Age Bosma wrote: > Luká? Lalinský wrote: >> >>> Peoples homemade discids are cruft and I applaud anyone who takes >>> the time to clean up cruft even when the cruft is not causing much >>> damage. Some more practically inclined will think that it's a waste >>> of time, but why vote no? >> >> Because it's reducing the usefulness of the database. There is no good >> way to prove that a discid is homebrew (ie clasify what is 'cruft' and >> what is not). There is the usual +2 seconds method, which I personally >> consider questionable, but a simple script can check this much more >> effectively than a bunch of editors. >> > > Don't forget that it's not just the +2 seconds issue. I've seen a lot of > homebrew disc id's of discs which contain plain wrong tracks and thus > linking completely different track lengths to tracks. > > Personally I see a disc id as just another bit of information. We > automatically take over track lengths from disc id's when e.g. adding a > new release. By not allowing homebrew disc id's to be added, we would > only reduce the chance of wrong information. When we don't allow > homebrew disc id's, it should also be allowed to remove homebrew disc id's. > Granted, it's hard to identify homebrew disc id's with 100% accuracy all > the time but so is identifying wrong information in the rest of the db > in a lot of cases. In these situations, information often gets removed > based on likeliness as well. > > Since MB is all about factual information, with the exception of tags, > homebrew disc id's do not belong in the database imho. They are not a > representation of the facts. It would be just like allowing people to > add all their personal compilations as releases. >
In addition: At the moment all disc id's are added as autoedits. Imho this behaviour should also change for high quality releases. P.s. Speaking of the devil: http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=8746134 _______________________________________________ Musicbrainz-style mailing list Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
