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Hey everyone,
I'm relatively new to the wikipedia scene, so I'm not sure the best way to go about this, but it seems like we should unify the way all of the Handel oratorio/opera articles are titled. Some are "Sampson (oratorio)" (i.e. by genre), others are "Belshazzar (Handel)" (i.e. by composer). Either would be ok, although I think using the composer is the clearest (it's possible to have more than one oratorio by different composers) and I think it would be great to go through and make it conventional.
I don't know how I would go about even doing it in the wikimedia software, nor am I confident that it wouldn't be stepping on a lot of toes to do it without some consensus-building. Can anyone advise?
Hello. I don't think it's a good idea putting all of Handel's oratorios into the opera category, because most of them certainly can't be described as opera. There are three exceptions, I think: the masque Acis and Galatea, and the secular oratorios Semele and Hercules are often considered borderline operas and staged as such. I think the best thing to do would be to create a category for Handel's oratorios. Those three works would then be put into both "Operas by Handel" and "Oratorios by Handel". I will try to do this within the next 24 hours if you like. Thanks. --Folantin 19:33, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OK. I've created Category:Oratorios by George Frideric Handel. See the Messiah page for an example. It should be pretty easy for you to add the rest of his oratorios to this category now. --Folantin 19:48, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Great, thanks! I'll get to it mid-week. cheers! Fred 23:57, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
