On Tuesday 01 August 2006 3:21 am, Don Redman wrote: > Since we need to figure out which gidelines we need for such torrents, we > will allow such series in *one by one*. The most important thing which we > need to figure out is how to determine whether a torrent is 'popular' > enough. > > That means, if you are an editor and want to start to enter a series into > MB, send a mail to the StyleMailingList and ask if it is considered > popular enough. This should be a realively quick process. > > Currently accepted torrents are: > > * Billboard's Top... (i.e. torrents that are compilations of a year's > Billboards Top something listing)
I am oppossed to this, it is just way to arbitrary for my liking. Even if a torrent is considered 'popular' do we really want it in the database. Greatest Hits compilations etc. Just as a random example: Most seeded Foo Fighters torrents: http://isohunt.com/torrents.php?ihq=foo+fighters&ext=&op=and&ihp=1&iht=-1&ihs1=2&iho1=d A few torrents that I would consider 'popular' on that search include: 100 Greatest Rock Songs of the 90s: Self explanatory. Top 150 Hits of the 00s (2000 - 2005): Again, self explanatory. The Best of "Foo Fighters": 26 random tracks & 5 videos. Foo Fighters: All of their albums rolled into one torrent. Top 200 Hits of the 2000's Rock-Alternativ Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits: 18 random tracks. 128 Indie and Alternative Acoustic Versions And for comparison here is the same search for 'Billboard': http://isohunt.com/torrents.php?ihq=billboard&ext=&op=and&ihp=1&iht=-1&ihs1=2&iho1=d We already have a problem with bootleg compilations with a lot of older artists (The Beatles, The Beach Boys, etc.) with little or no way of verifying them. Adding 'popular' torrents would double the problem IMHO. Matt Howe (mdhowe) _______________________________________________ Musicbrainz-style mailing list [email protected] http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
