Hello Wieland, On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:24:43AM +0200, Wieland Hoffmann wrote: > > In all other cases, Last.fm links don't make much sense for me, because > > either the information there is redundant (e.g. also available on > > Wikipedia), or the links can be automatically inferred from the > > MusicBrainz name, so manual linking isn't required. > > That are reasons for not linking to the BBC at all, you know?:-)
Hmm, actually it is quite similar to BBC: We normally only link to BBC if the page provides additional information. It is more a checkbox "BBC contains more information", because the link can be of course inferred automatically. > > > Another problem with artists credits are bands that changed their name > > > but I can't think of any band where this would cause the creation of > > > so many relationships that it's more than a minor annoyance. > > > > In case this redirect is not yet established, I think it is sufficient > > to only link to the mew name. Of course if the old page contains better > > information (biography, pictures, ...) than the new one, linking to both > > is also ok. > > So, how do we measure the informational content of a page on last.fm? > Some would argue linkin to the old name is alredy lots of information. I guess this will always be a gray area. But I don't think a link to Last.fm is necessary to store that information about the old name. We can handle that natively in MusicBrainz also... > > > * Artists with names in a non-latin script. People WILL try to add links > > > to lots of transcriptions. > > > > Hmm, if both the romanized Last.fm page and the non-latin page contain > > good/distinct information, I would allow both. > > "The" non-latin page?:-) You do realize that (for example) Tchaikovskys > name is written differently in every major european language? With that > in mind, the last point (localized versions of last.fm)becomes even more > of a problem. It's probably the same for japanese artists. With "the" non-latin name I meant the artist name in his native script, so Cyrillic/Russian in this case I guess. But regarding this example, in my opinion a link to Tchaikovsky's Last.fm page isn't necessary at all, since it provides no additional information over Wikipedia/Allmusic. Johannes _______________________________________________ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
