Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-254: make instrument attribute optional

2013-09-18 Thread Dainis Jonitis
+1 On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Alex Mauer ha...@hawkesnest.net wrote: Occasionally it is necessary to credit all|any instruments to indicate that a person performed non-specific instruments on a track. There is no way to do this within the AR system at the moment. performed is not

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-205: Remove indication in conductor guidelines to use chorus master for choral conductors

2013-04-04 Thread Dainis Jonitis
+1 I suggest to have more than one sparse sentence in MB doc pages with polished wording that only those who follow style guidelines forum can understand. Normal users will only benefit if we can clearly see what to do when artist is credited as conductor, as chorus master, when both roles are

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Add a In homage to relationship to works

2013-04-02 Thread Dainis Jonitis
+1 On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Deanna Earley d...@earlsoft.co.uk wrote: Songs are sometimes written with a dedication to another artist, but MB doesn't seem to have any way to mark this yet. Can a in homage to relationship be added to works? Other examples are: • In memory of ... • A

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-202: Add soundtrackcollector.com to the other databases whitelist

2013-03-26 Thread Dainis Jonitis
+1 On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 4:22 AM, ListMyCDs.com musicbra...@listmycds.com wrote: I'm proposing to add soundtrackcollector.com to other databases whitelist. Soundtrackcollector.com is valuable resource for anything related to soundtrack genre. Database has discography pages for 9942

[mb-style] RFV: [STYLE-200] Add Operetta work type

2013-03-22 Thread Dainis Jonitis
Hello, There were 3 +1 for idea. RFC expired. RFV time. Expires on March 25. Dainis On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Dainis Jonitis joni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, There are many composers that were famous for their operettas (Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss, Jr. etc.). For example

[mb-style] RFC: [STYLE-200] Add Operetta work type

2013-03-15 Thread Dainis Jonitis
Hello, There are many composers that were famous for their operettas (Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss, Jr. etc.). For example operetta Die Fledermaus: http://musicbrainz.org/work/88504b20-f1e2-4316-ad45-347730af6b5f MB currently does not have direct support for Operetta work type. And Opera

Re: [mb-style] Locations and the upcoming schema change

2013-03-08 Thread Dainis Jonitis
Hello, I would also avoid nationality as it is yet another (controversial) dimension of data... It could be interesting to map on globe all places where Russian or German composers have been active, but not for this schema change. Let's first concentrate on purely geographical location. It can

Re: [mb-style] RFC-194: Book Work Type

2013-03-08 Thread Dainis Jonitis
+1 On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 3:09 AM, SwissChris swissch...@gmail.com wrote: +1 On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:41 AM, LordSputnik ben.s...@gmail.com wrote: Reopening this now, with the type renamed to Prose. Expected End Time: 2013-03-14, 23:59 GMT JIRA Ticket:

Re: [mb-style] RFV: Add Soundtrack work type

2013-03-07 Thread Dainis Jonitis
Tamargo de Eguren wrote: On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Dainis Jonitis joni...@gmail.com wrote: Some time passed since RFC was sent and the feedback was mostly positive. Proceeding to RFV stage. Expected time of passing is 2013-03-07 in the UTC morning. No vetoes, looks like

Re: [mb-style] Entering recordings consisting of multiple logical tracks

2013-03-06 Thread Dainis Jonitis
Hello, Since the subject is related I have question about what to do with LP and DVD releases that specify one tracklisting, but it would be logical to split that one recording into two. There is no constraint of CD TOC, so it is possible to specify separate recordings, even if on cover sleeve

[mb-style] RFV: Add Soundtrack work type

2013-03-04 Thread Dainis Jonitis
have some user preference to see all information, CSG specific and contemporary only. But that for future... Regards, Dainis On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Dainis Jonitis joni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Proposal is to add Soundtrack work type for movies/theater plays and musicals. It should

Re: [mb-style] RFC: Add Latvian National Cinema Museum to the work database whitelist

2013-02-23 Thread Dainis Jonitis
for that MBS-5714 Just my 2 cents how I use current MB features to store soundtrack related info. Dainis On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren reosare...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Dainis Jonitis joni...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Site (in Latvian

[mb-style] RFC: Add Soundtrack work type

2013-02-23 Thread Dainis Jonitis
Hello, Proposal is to add Soundtrack work type for movies/theater plays and musicals. It should be possible to use it: 1. As a placeholder. When no individual songs within movie are named/specified then we just express that composer wrote music for that movie. 2. As a container for individual

[mb-style] RFC: Add dziesmas.lv to lyrics whitelist

2013-02-12 Thread Dainis Jonitis
Hello, http://www.dziesmas.lv/ is resource dedicated to the Latvian song lyrics. It exists from 1998 and since 2010 belongs to Latvian lady from USA Ārija Kalns. According to this text (in Latvian): http://www.dziesmas.lv/Home/About She takes maintaining this site as her involvement in

[mb-style] RFC: Add Latvian National Cinema Museum to the work database whitelist

2013-02-12 Thread Dainis Jonitis
Hello, Site (in Latvian) http://www.nfc.lv/lmdb/index/ It contains detailed information about Latvian movies. For example, movie Ilgais ceļš kāpās: http://www.nfc.lv/lmdb/movies/movie.php?mov_id=1562 When entering soundtrack works in Musicbrainz it would be nice to allow to link to this DB.