In the same line of thought as the earlier SameArtistWithDifferentNames, I would really like to build-up a document that we agree on, and that provides a decent reference for all these poor lost confused newbies (we all are, right? :])
Yet again, this is *not* about some super new proposal, or a "new" conception about how things *should* work, but rather an attempt at summarizing what we currently do, and how our current data model works (even when it doesn't work so good :]). For a long time, our only relevant reference AFAIK has been: http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/WhatDefinesAUniqueRelease which needless to say is not exactly a guideline, but rather the embryo of a *very early* discussion (before the wiki migration) that never took-off the floor... This document is (IMHO) useless as a guideline to which newcomers are susceptible to actually *adhere*, and the source of many witnessed confusion and edit "wars". and to some extent: http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/HowToMergeReleases which I would like to revamp/synch as well (though it is more focused on what should *not* be merged). This proposal, though, might prove a little more controversial than the previous (almost harmless) SameArtistWithDifferentNames, specifically because we had so little written guidance about the "duplicate or not" question so long. Hence, for now, as this may be more heavily discussed, here is a *raw* draft of it (without the wiki bells, doc sugar and polish it will require later on): http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/dmppanda/wdaurdraft Please bring up any major issue you have with it - though, let's keep in mind both the purpose of it (*not* a new proposal, rather stating *what we do*) and that this is a *practical* guideline (a pair of corner cases or rare exceptions should *not* be a reason to throw it entirely) Regards to you all, - Olivier _______________________________________________ Musicbrainz-style mailing list Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
