As discussed in http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=14345490 I believe the current DataQuality implementation is flawed.
As I see it, it has two aims: 1. Giving an indication of the perceived quality of a release 2. Locking down edits on a release. I have no problem with 1. 2 is an issue. It creates a feeling of mistrust, which I don't see reflected in the reality of MB editing, by assuming that other editors will destroy the existing work. As stated in the comments on the edit, I can see this being an issue where the guidelines are not immediately intuitive (e.g. soundtrack guidelines where composers are used in place of performers) but generally it isn't an issue. I'd like to propose that the increased edit conditions are restricted only to edits that change or remove existing data, which seems to be the intent of the restrictions. I can't see any harm in allowing the addition of edits, but lots of potential problems with edits being dropped. Why is this viable? Because additions concern: * New aliases, which may not have been used when the quality was raised. * Release events which either happen after or are discovered after the quality was raised. * New ARs may be added to MB after the quality is raised (e.g. http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=14345418 which is pending instead of being autoedited in due to the high quality of that release) * New URLs may appear. Add Track is the only one I can see a reason to restrict. Similarly, Edit URL is one that could probably be unrestricted, given that broken links are quite common, but I don't see changing that as a necessity. The main issue is Add Alias, Add Release Event and Add Relationship. I can't see how any of those damage the existing data, but they do allow new material that wasn't present before to be added. -- Andrew :-) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) Support Free Java! Contribute to GNU Classpath and the OpenJDK http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath http://openjdk.java.net PGP Key: F5862A37 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) Fingerprint = EA30 D855 D50F 90CD F54D 0698 0713 C3ED F586 2A37 _______________________________________________ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
