Sorry I've been absent from this thread. I've been away from email for most
of this week.
I'm one of the people who is quite comfortable typing in correct typography
in my classical track titles. I had someone object to my using it —
specifically em-dashes — in tempo markings on one track, saying that
em-dashes were *forbidden* in MB entries.
I think it's a big step forward to agree that correct typography is no
longer forbidden in the scope of the CSG. It would be nice to have it
encouraged in MB as a whole.
Brian and others have sketched out a scheme where the CSG describes what
typography is correct, and encourages us keeners to type it in track titles
and master work lists; and where the CSG also describes what simple
punctuation is good enough to be really helpful. A whole lot of people will
contribute simple punctuation, and that's great. We've heard a couple of
ways automated processes can upgrade the simple punctuation to correct
typography.
Do we have a consensus that it's OK for the CSG to define and encourage
correct typography, and define and welcome simple punctuation, in classical
ReleaseTitles and TrackTitles? If we do, I'm confident that we can come up
with a scheme that makes an automated editing tool feasible.
Brian Schweitzer wrote:
>
> ... am I suggesting that anyone need to deal with [correct typography],
> other than those making the master lists? Very very very much no.
>
> Now, is there a way to have our cake, and make it easy too? Sure.
> This is the process I was trying to describe -
>
> 1) No master list exists for that composer. Editors use standard
> typography to enter, though if they want to use language-correct
> typography (and they do it correctly), we fully welcome i
>
> 2) People work on a master list for that composer. ...
>
> 3) The master list is completed....
>
> ...The editor who doesn't care to both about typography? No problem.
> We're accomodating them - they can ignore typography (and use
> generics), until the list is done, then they *Still* can ignore it,
> and just copy/paste the line, but in the process of copy/pasting a
> line with correct typography, still end up doing it correctly....
>
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