Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-20 Thread Arturus Magi
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Frederic Da Vitoria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't have much against allowing it, but I certainly wouldn't want anybody > to make me do it! If a CD I have is already in MB as part of a box set and I > have a single CD release, I don't want to have to enter m

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-18 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
On Feb 15, 2008 12:09 AM, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13-Feb-08, at 7:36 AM, Chris B wrote: > > back to the proposal: i would say that we should allow all box sets to > > be added even if they are a subset of a larger box, UNLESS that box is > > just a box containing other, existi

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-14 Thread Brian Schweitzer
> > How will they know which of the CDs in the box have been released in > > the > > past? How will they know how to group the CDs? What text on the > > box or in > > the insert do they look for? > > Excellent questions! Easy solution: Let's allow people to add > separate releases for bo

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-14 Thread Chris B
On 14/02/2008, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13-Feb-08, at 7:36 AM, Chris B wrote: > > back to the proposal: i would say that we should allow all box sets to > > be added even if they are a subset of a larger box, UNLESS that box is > > just a box containing other, existing, boxes

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-14 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 14-Feb-08, at 3:36 PM, Jim DeLaHunt wrote: What really want to understand, and don't, is what steps a contributor should take, who has a box set in their hand, and no clue about other releases or box sets. How will they know what existing MB entries to look for? What should they do with t

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-14 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 13-Feb-08, at 7:36 AM, Chris B wrote: back to the proposal: i would say that we should allow all box sets to be added even if they are a subset of a larger box, UNLESS that box is just a box containing other, existing, boxes (bear with me) - in which case that's basically the same logic we app

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-14 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
Brian: Brian Schweitzer wrote: > > > I'm not disagreeing with you - if it's released separately, add just the > standalone release. If it's added in a box, add the box. > > The problem I'm describing is the cases like the Brilliant Classics > Master Composers series, or the Philips and B

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-13 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
On Feb 13, 2008 1:54 AM, Brian Schweitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1 Label A releases a classical CD. > 2 Label B licenses that classical CD and includes it as disc 6 of a box set. > 3 Label A releases a box set, also including that CD. > 4 Label C licenses that CD and includes it as disc 9 of

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-13 Thread Chris B
On 13/02/2008, Brian Schweitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > why treat classical box sets any different to normal box sets? > > > > if released separately: don't add the box set > > if only released in boxset: add the box set > > http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/BoxSetNameStyle > > > > if part rele

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-13 Thread Brian Schweitzer
> why treat classical box sets any different to normal box sets? > > if released separately: don't add the box set > if only released in boxset: add the box set > http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/BoxSetNameStyle > > if part released only in the box set, and part not, add the whole box > set for context

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-13 Thread Leiv Hellebo
Brian Schweitzer wrote: Box Sets, aka: what defines a unique classical release? This one is a pain, but not just in classical. I don't agree, I find BoxSetNameStyle sensible and good. (This is not to say that there aren't problematic cases. Here is an AddReleaseEdit for the second disc of a

Re: [mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-13 Thread Chris B
On 13/02/2008, Brian Schweitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Box Sets, aka: what defines a unique classical release? > > This one is a pain, but not just in classical. In classical, though, > we tend to run into it a LOT more - Led Zep may put out one or two box > sets, whereas the same classical

[mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-12 Thread Brian Schweitzer
Just a clarification: When I talked about a "single CD", I'm talking about a non-box set release. A release of, say, Don Giovani that spans 2 or 3 CDs I would, under this suggestion, still consider a "single" release as opposed to a Box Set release. (Box Set style combines the two as a single con

[mb-style] [Clean up CSG] Box sets, aka, what defines a unique release?

2008-02-12 Thread Brian Schweitzer
Box Sets, aka: what defines a unique classical release? This one is a pain, but not just in classical. In classical, though, we tend to run into it a LOT more - Led Zep may put out one or two box sets, whereas the same classical CD may be re-re-re-re-released in many many box sets. 1 Label A rel