On Jan 26, 2014, at 3:20 PM, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren <reosare...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now that the orchestra attribute is going away (thankfully) we should store > this data where it belongs: on the artists. I would like to add a few new > artist types to more clearly store this kind of info. > > After the feedback on the RFC phase, it seems clear that some people aren't > happy with a large number of subtypes, while others aren't too happy with a > not-large-enough number of subtypes. So for now, I'm going to stick to the > two most basic main types, Orchestra and Choir. > > I will then look into adding the necessary code for them to behave like > groups (initially) - later on, we can look at adding specific improvements > that apply to these two types. They will be based on Groups, and won't have a > Gender (which might make a bit of sense for choirs but seems like misusing > the field to me). > > tl;dr: I want to add Orchestra and Choir as artist types > > Artist type page is http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Reosarevok/Artist/Type > Ticket is http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-285 Since we can’t use gender for choirs (since many are made up of both sexes) will we be able to classify them by membership at some point? I know of several that are made up of only men, only women, only children, etc. > > -- > Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren > _______________________________________________ > MusicBrainz-style mailing list > MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
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