Hello list,
I propose to add "Other" to the list of artist types [1]. Many artists
don't fit into the Group/Person scheme, e.g.:
1. Some fictional characters (animals, mythical creatures, ...)
2. Some fictional artists that are purely created to keep a series
together
3. Companies that were cr
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 22:02, Johannes Weißl wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I propose to add "Other" to the list of artist types [1]. Many artists
> don't fit into the Group/Person scheme, e.g.:
>
> 1. Some fictional characters (animals, mythical creatures, ...)
> 2. Some fictional artists that are pur
Hello Philip,
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:55:02PM +0200, Philip Jägenstedt wrote:
> > Wiki page: http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Proposal:Artist_Type_Other
>
> Sounds good, I guess we'd make most special purpose artists into other.
Yes, that occurred to my only after I've written the proposal, but yo
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:55:02PM +0200, Philip Jägenstedt wrote:
> Sounds good, I guess we'd make most special purpose artists into other.
What about the attributes for the "Other" type? Any suggestions? Should
these be restricted or completely editable?
Name/Sort name/Comment: Of course allowe
+1, but this needs guidelines / serious thought first.
Gender: I believe this should be allowed. Some fictional characters may be
a different gender than the voice actor/actress behind him/her. It can only
be helpful.
Country: If we allow this for "other" genders, there need to be guidelines
Hello Yin,
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 09:55:47PM -0400, Yin Izanami wrote:
> +1, but this needs guidelines / serious thought first.
>
> Gender: I believe this should be allowed. Some fictional characters may be
> a different gender than the voice actor/actress behind him/her. It can only
> be hel
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:54 AM, Johannes Weißl wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:55:02PM +0200, Philip Jägenstedt wrote:
>> Sounds good, I guess we'd make most special purpose artists into other.
>
> What about the attributes for the "Other" type? Any suggestions? Should
> these be restricted o
Hello Nicolás,
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:42:22AM +0300, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote:
> > IPI code: Can non-groups/non-persons have an IPI code? If not, this
> > can be greyed out.
> Labels do have an IPI code, and there are a few cases where we need to
> add them as artists now
Actually I know of a couple cases where fictional characters are assigned
composition credits. _Maybe_ with research the real people could be
discovered, but it's also possible you wouldn't find anything.
e.g.,
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/c6eda16b-1cc1-4c82-8ab7-50a18aac5791/relationships
(this
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Yin Izanami wrote:
> Actually I know of a couple cases where fictional characters are assigned
> composition credits. _Maybe_ with research the real people could be
> discovered, but it's also possible you wouldn't find anything.
>
> e.g.,
> http://musicbrainz.org
On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 10:42 +0300, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:54 AM, Johannes Weißl wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:55:02PM +0200, Philip Jägenstedt wrote:
> >> Sounds good, I guess we'd make most special purpose artists into other.
> >
> > What about the at
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 18:55, Yin Izanami wrote:
> Date period: I'm not sure this should be allowed for fictional characters.
> Nothing bothers me more than going to Musicbrainz' "Ranka Lee" artist page
> and seeing "Born: 2044 (-32 years ago)".
If this proposal is approved, it's logical that
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