> Thanks for raising this issue. This is a pretty general issue for
> MusicBrainz. There is a type of bootlegs out there that we have
> traditionally not let into the database: collections of files
> that are
> distributed (usually illegally) using torrents.
That might be a categorization
I am the appointed Scretary of the StyleCouncil[*]. As such my job is to
moderate the decision process. This is easier if I keep my personal POV
out of the debate. Otherwise it is easy to inadvertedly direct the process
into a direction of my liking.
I believe that if I am conscious about my POV,
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:37:40 +0200, Jason Bouwmeester wrote:
Finally I have kept my personal POV out of this mail. Maybe I'll send a
separate mail later.
DonRedman
How come? Pardon my ignorance, I am fairly new to the MB Community
(even though I've been using MB for some time now)... I'm a
On 7/26/06, Jason Bouwmeester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Finally I have kept my personal POV out of this mail. Maybe I'll send a
> separate mail later.
>
>DonRedman
How come? Pardon my ignorance, I am fairly new to the MB Community
(even though I've been using MB for some time now)... I'm
Finally I have kept my personal POV out of this mail. Maybe I'll send a
separate mail later.
DonRedman
How come? Pardon my ignorance, I am fairly new to the MB Community
(even though I've been using MB for some time now)... I'm assuming you
are one of or the head honcho around these parts? E
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:43:05 +0200, Bogdan Butnaru wrote:
I start this thread because of (1) and to a related thread on the
user's list. I started it here because I think this is a guideline
issue and we need to discuss as such. I encountered similar
situations before.
(1) http://musicbrainz.o
bogdanb wrote:
>
> Such a collection is, I insist, worthy of MusicBrainz, both as a
> tagging database and as a discographic database. (In fact, I'd even
> agree with adding at least some of Billboard's tops even if there was
> not, in fact, a torrent containing the songs.) I think we should mak
As long as there are yes and no votes it will go the length of the voting
cycle.
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Cooper
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 6:20 PM
To: MusicBrainz style discussion
Subject: Re: [mb-style] Billboard's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_charts#Methodology_of_its_charts
As you can see, the Billboard system changes, it calculates radio airplay and
music bought at SoundScan-enabled stores. So this is a bit arbitrary (and much
in favor of "commercial" releases).
As you can see there are many d
On 7/25/06, Chris Bransden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 26/07/06, Bogdan Butnaru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I start this thread because of (1) and to a related thread on the
> user's list. I started it here because I think this is a guideline
> issue and we need to discuss as such. I encounter
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 01:43:05AM +0200, Bogdan Butnaru wrote:
> How can we then look at a collection of all the songs in one of
> Billboard's (*) tops and dismiss it as a "homebrew" just because it
> was not released on a physical bootleg CD from Russia(**), but
> through a torrent? I have seen
On 26/07/06, Bogdan Butnaru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I start this thread because of (1) and to a related thread on the
user's list. I started it here because I think this is a guideline
issue and we need to discuss as such. I encountered similar
situations before.
(1) http://musicbrainz.org/s
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Steve Wyles wrote:
The 99 track limit was removed about 5 months ago, but seems to have been
reintroduced in this release.
removed in http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/changeset/6672
added again in http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/changeset/7584
it needs a bug report raising.
ht
I also don't have a clue of the coding needs, but will there be someone that
will take up that part of the coding before we even start on the discussion
of whether not to accept them, we need someone willing to create the code to
make them admissible in my opinion.
The 99 track limit was removed
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bogdan
Butnaru
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 5:43 PM
To: MusicBrainz Style Policy Mailinglist
Subject: [mb-style] Billboard's "top whatever"
I start this thread because of (1) and to a related thread on the
user's list. I s
But that doesn't mean all home-burnt CDs and music .torrents are
uninteresting for MB. We do keep in the database demo tapes that were
thumbs up! thanks for taking this to the mailing list, i agree with
you that this should be discussed in the open.
regards, keschte
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I start this thread because of (1) and to a related thread on the
user's list. I started it here because I think this is a guideline
issue and we need to discuss as such. I encountered similar
situations before.
(1) http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=5258089
The current guidelines say rat
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