2011/5/19 symphonick <[email protected]>

> On Tue, 17 May 2011 10:06:53 +0200, Frederic Da Vitoria
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Since "We standardize the formatting of the catalog number", shouldn't
> > it be
> > "B. 152" rather than "B.152"? If not (if sometimes there should be a
> > space,
> > sometimes not), I guess we should list somewhere each catalog's rule.
> >
> Changed it, hope you're right. :-) But now I'm unsure if we should
> standardize catalogue...
>

I don't know if I'm right, I just followed a general rule: always put a
space before the number. If this indeed changes for each catalog and we want
MB standardization to follow it, then we should definitely have a reference
somewhere. We can't expect users to follow a standard and never explain what
that standard is, especially if that standard... is not really standardized
:-) So if it should be B.## and K ##, then there should be a page somewhere
explaining when to put a space and when not to.


A few more things I did not see last time:

> *"Hail, all hail to the Queen,"*
> from "Les Troyens" (translation Edward J. Dent)
>
>  you removed (translation Edward J. Dent) from the MB track title. I
probably agree but I suggest you explain why you did so, just as you
explained he "(1)".


it's correct with both English & German in this example

It took me some time to find out you were probably referring to "for". I
suggest you explain because for someone who does not speak German (I don't)
it isn't obvious at all.


Enter as (note that it's a German release):

Once again, here you are referring to the "Op." capitalization. I suggest
you say so.


1. Les Nuits d'été, op. 7: Villanelle. Allegretto

I notice you used the standardized "separator"-"no space" colon. This should
be noted so that if we decide to use the "localized" colon, we will remember
to edit the example accordingly.


-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
(davitof)

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