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

2006-10-16 Thread Age Bosma
Lauri Watts wrote: I do understand that a lot(?) of people might be reluctant with such a big change all of a sudden. Because of that I think I have to agree with Kerensky97. We could still change the the current 'performs as' AR to at least be able to create a link to other band/artist names.

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] How to handle band/artist name changes

2006-10-10 Thread Kerensky97
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. > Well if we don't have a way to relate the

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

2006-10-09 Thread Don Redman
On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:49:23 +0200, Age Bosma wrote: Hi, Based on the responses I think we can draw the following conclusions: 1. Releases have to be filed under the artist name it was releases under. Um, no? http://musicbrainz.org/artist/6514cffa-fbe0-4965-ad88-e998ead8a82a.html Most of th

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

2006-10-09 Thread Don Redman
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:30:50 +0200, Kerensky97 wrote: For now i think we need to consider an AR that artist X changed name to artist Y (a complete changeover, not performas as or anything like that). And the Picard tweak would be cool too (it'll cause issues with last.fm submissions though :

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

2006-10-07 Thread Age Bosma
Hi, Based on the responses I think we can draw the following conclusions: 1. Releases have to be filed under the artist name it was releases under. 2. If, what could be considered, the same release was released under different artist names, with or without a different track listing, each release

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

2006-10-04 Thread Chris Bransden
On 04/10/06, Aaron Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/4/06, Chris Bransden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i think the best argument for unifying artist names *where > appropriate* (eg, not for true aliases/regional variations/other??), > is that MP3 software and players are largely ordered by

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

2006-10-04 Thread Kerensky97
I think something like this is definately the way to go. To me it would be ideal if we had the option for the artist page to show all the titles they did under different names based off AR links and dates, perhaps greyed out with a note as to which name it was performed under. That way looking a

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

2006-10-04 Thread Aaron Cooper
On 10/4/06, Chris Bransden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 04/10/06, Lauri Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/4/06, Noa Groveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This matter is complicated by the fact that many artists intentionally > > release works under different performance names, usually w

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

2006-10-04 Thread Chris Bransden
On 04/10/06, Lauri Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/4/06, Noa Groveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This matter is complicated by the fact that many artists intentionally > release works under different performance names, usually when they are > legally required to do so (because of a label

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

2006-10-04 Thread Lauri Watts
On 10/4/06, Noa Groveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This matter is complicated by the fact that many artists intentionally release works under different performance names, usually when they are legally required to do so (because of a label contract) but sometimes for other reasons. I've always b

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

2006-10-04 Thread Noa Groveman
This matter is complicated by the fact that many artists intentionally release works under different performance names, usually when they are legally required to do so (because of a label contract) but sometimes for other reasons.  I've always been of the opinion that the name of the MB artist shou

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

2006-10-04 Thread Age Bosma
Hi, I know this discussion has been raised before but there wasn't much response on the matter at that time. There aren't clear guidelines about how to store releases when bands or artists have changed their name. A classic example would be Prince [1] with the following names: - Prince - T.