Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-24 Thread practik
caller#6 wrote > > On 05/22/2012 09:55 PM, Kuno Woudt wrote: >> I agree the concept of fixing spelling mistakes is a bit buried, so I >> wouldn't mind adding it to the style principles page in some way -- but >> I wouldn't want to split up the Artist Intent page (as it is currently >> written) in

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-23 Thread caller#6
On 05/22/2012 09:55 PM, Kuno Woudt wrote: > > On 22/05/12 17:50, practik wrote: >> It seems to me that the principle it explains -- that we correct >> errors in titles -- is an important one, and I find it a little weird that >> it should be buried under Artist Intent. I see two possibilities:

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-22 Thread Kuno Woudt
Hello, On 22/05/12 17:50, practik wrote: > > Kuno Woudt wrote >> >> On 21/05/12 19:52, practik wrote: >>> I guess I'm wondering whether the "Reasoning" section that >>> started this whole thread even belongs on the Artist Intent page at all, >>> since it really has nothing to do with Artist Intent

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-22 Thread practik
Kuno Woudt wrote > > On 21/05/12 19:52, practik wrote: >>I guess I'm wondering whether the "Reasoning" section that >> started this whole thread even belongs on the Artist Intent page at all, >> since it really has nothing to do with Artist Intent. Does anyone know a >> better place for it? (I

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-22 Thread Kuno Woudt
Hello, On 21/05/12 19:52, practik wrote: >I guess I'm wondering whether the "Reasoning" section that > started this whole thread even belongs on the Artist Intent page at all, > since it really has nothing to do with Artist Intent. Does anyone know a > better place for it? (I haven't noticed one

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-21 Thread practik
swisschris wrote > > Just go ahead, Patrick. I'll gladly follow you ;-) > Thanks, Chris :-) I looked at http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Style/Principle/Artist_intent over the weekend, and several questions came up: First, I notice that only Artist Names, Release Titles and Track Titles are mentio

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-17 Thread SwissChris
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:10 PM, practik wrote: > > Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote > > > > I think SwissChris is on the right track > >> in suggesting that we simply rewrite it: > >> > > > > That sounds reasonable to me. If Chris or you want to RFC for it, I'd > > +1 - I would but I just promise

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-17 Thread practik
Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote > > I think SwissChris is on the right track >> in suggesting that we simply rewrite it: >> > > That sounds reasonable to me. If Chris or you want to RFC for it, I'd > +1 - I would but I just promised I wouldn't send more RFCs in May! :) > Sure, I'll give it a s

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-16 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
> The sentence in question originally came from the Style Principle page. > DonRedman put it there in July 2005* (though he may not have been its > author), and then Brian Schweitzer rewrote it and started an RFC to move it > to the Artist Intent page in Feb. 2008.† > > All of which is to say, we p

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-16 Thread practik
Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote > > http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Principle/Artist_intent#Exception:_Spelling.2C_Punctuation_and_Grammar > says "[...] or creating new imaginary words for stylistic purposes. In > such cases it often makes sense to fix the errors, valuing spelling > and punctuat

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-16 Thread Simon Austin
On 16/05/2012 18:29, SwissChris wrote: > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren > mailto:reosare...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:43 PM, caller#6 > > wrote: > > > > > > On 05/16/2012 09:0

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-16 Thread SwissChris
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren < reosare...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:43 PM, caller#6 > wrote: > > > > > > On 05/16/2012 09:00 AM, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> > http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Principle/Artist_intent#Excepti

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-16 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:43 PM, caller#6 wrote: > > > On 05/16/2012 09:00 AM, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote: >> Hi! >> >> http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Principle/Artist_intent#Exception:_Spelling.2C_Punctuation_and_Grammar >> says "[...] or creating new imaginary words for stylistic purposes

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-16 Thread caller#6
On 05/16/2012 09:00 AM, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote: > Hi! > > http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Principle/Artist_intent#Exception:_Spelling.2C_Punctuation_and_Grammar > says "[...] or creating new imaginary words for stylistic purposes. In > such cases it often makes sense to fix the errors,

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-16 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2012/5/16 Frederic Da Vitoria > 2012/5/16 Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren > >> Hi! >> >> >> http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Principle/Artist_intent#Exception:_Spelling.2C_Punctuation_and_Grammar >> says "[...] or creating new imaginary words for stylistic purposes. In >> such cases it often makes sen

Re: [mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-16 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2012/5/16 Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren > Hi! > > > http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Principle/Artist_intent#Exception:_Spelling.2C_Punctuation_and_Grammar > says "[...] or creating new imaginary words for stylistic purposes. In > such cases it often makes sense to fix the errors, valuing spelling >

[mb-style] On artist intent reasoning

2012-05-16 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
Hi! http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Principle/Artist_intent#Exception:_Spelling.2C_Punctuation_and_Grammar says "[...] or creating new imaginary words for stylistic purposes. In such cases it often makes sense to fix the errors, valuing spelling and punctuation correctness over cover accuracy."