Re: [mb-style] RFC: Transliterations/translations, again! (now on test.m

2006-10-11 Thread chidade
I know it's been a few months since this thread was active, but I'm a bit of a newbie at MB and definitely at this mailing list... Is the AR mentioned still active on the test server? Looking at all the links that everyone gave of their apparently successful attempts - I can't see any difference

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Transl(iteration-ation) AR (Resurrection).

2006-10-11 Thread Kerensky97
I could start working on updating the wiki page, most of the info is already in there, but I don't usually mess with the wiki so I may have to bug you on a few details. As for the calling the release status "Transl(iter)ation" that's about as concise as it gets; i was suggesting "Alternate" just

Re: [mb-style] RFV: Artist type: Project

2006-10-11 Thread Joan Whittaker
Given that it was Beth and I who originally put forward this idea, and at the moment Beth is ill and unable to be on mb, then I would be more than willing to be champion for this idea. To reiterate my original reasoning: Roger Glover is and has been for a long time a part of Deep Purple. However,

Re: [mb-style] RFV: Artist type: Project

2006-10-11 Thread Robert Kaye
On Oct 11, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Don Redman wrote: On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:22:58 +0200, Robert Kaye wrote: Given that there seem to be no real objections to this, I'd like to put out an official call for veto on this topic. Please speak up in the next 48 hours if you have objections to this iss

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Transl(iteration-ation) AR (Resurrection).

2006-10-11 Thread Don Redman
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:59:17 +0200, Kerensky97 wrote: BTW, I still like using "Alternate" as the release status. Then it might be possible to add a setting where people can choose to show alternate discs or not. Plus it's ambiguous enough you can stick a few other "virtual releases" in t

Re: [mb-style] RFV: Artist type: Project

2006-10-11 Thread Don Redman
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:22:58 +0200, Robert Kaye wrote: Given that there seem to be no real objections to this, I'd like to put out an official call for veto on this topic. Please speak up in the next 48 hours if you have objections to this issue. Otherwise I will bring the code back for the

Re: [mb-style] artist type: project

2006-10-11 Thread Wendell Hicken
On 10/11/06, Robert Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What is the difference between a band and a group?I could see adding a collaboration and a project type, but anythingelse starts getting too complicated.Would anyone venture to write a one paragraph definition for each of these proposed types?Here

Re: [mb-style] artist type: project

2006-10-11 Thread Robert Kaye
On Oct 10, 2006, at 3:26 PM, Chris Bransden wrote: i never felt it was resolved. i feel that group is a plural, person is a singular, but "project" is pretty vague. i agree with lauri's comments in the original discussion that if we're to include project, we need collaboration, band, person an

Re: [mb-style] How to handle band/artist name changes

2006-10-11 Thread Lauri Watts
On 10/11/06, Age Bosma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kerensky97 wrote: > > DonRedman wrote: >> Heh, what about that simple suggestion: We could make a wiki page and >> collect all these artist there and the decisions that led to the state >> they are in. This would not be a guideline yet, but maybe

Re: [mb-style] How to handle band/artist name changes

2006-10-11 Thread Age Bosma
Kerensky97 wrote: DonRedman wrote: Heh, what about that simple suggestion: We could make a wiki page and collect all these artist there and the decisions that led to the state they are in. This would not be a guideline yet, but maybe a step towards one. I still think we need somethin

Re: [mb-style] CSG: Multi-track movements

2006-10-11 Thread Dave Smey
On Wed, October 11, 2006 5:23 am, David Gibson said: > As far as I'm aware, the CSG don't specify any particular format for > track titles when a single long movement is split across multiple > tracks. > > Therefore, with davitof's encouragement, I humbly suggest the form > I've used in http://musi

Re: [mb-style] CSG: Multi-track movements

2006-10-11 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2006/10/11, David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: As far as I'm aware, the CSG don't specify any particular format for track titles when a single long movement is split across multiple tracks. Therefore, with davitof's encouragement, I humbly suggest the form I've used in http://musicbrainz.org/show

Re: [mailing] [mb-style] CSG: Multi-track movements

2006-10-11 Thread Marco Sola
Il Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:23 AM David Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: As far as I'm aware, the CSG don't specify any particular format for track titles when a single long movement is split across multiple tracks. Therefore, with davitof's encouragement, I humbly suggest the form

[mb-style] CSG: Multi-track movements

2006-10-11 Thread David Gibson
As far as I'm aware, the CSG don't specify any particular format for track titles when a single long movement is split across multiple tracks. Therefore, with davitof's encouragement, I humbly suggest the form I've used in http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=5686760. There are two parts to t

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Artist 'is managed by' AR

2006-10-11 Thread Michelle .
From: Matt Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], MusicBrainz style discussion To: MusicBrainz style discussion Subject: Re: [mb-style] RFC: Artist 'is managed by' AR Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:56:53 +1100 On Wednesday 11 October 2006 2:14 am, Steve Wyles wrote: > I feel this

Re: [mb-style] RFV: Artist type: Project

2006-10-11 Thread Chris Bransden
i would say that bringing an old RFC that IMO never reached consensus, and then 35 mins later going to RFV is moving too quickly. based on http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ArtistTypeProject, any band that has changed it's lineup could be changed to a project: "Or is a mixture of both: it has one or mo