+1
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 3:31 AM, Duke Yin yind...@gmail.com wrote:
Ticket: http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-237
Proposed Change to Style/Titles:
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User%3AYindesu%2FStyle%2FTitlesdiff=64184oldid=64183
Why?
I usually try to reach
I agree with taking (one of) the spine text(s) over cover in some cases*, but
not with taking something that is not seen when you hold the album in your
hands (websites, etc.).
(*) sometimes the spine only contains a short version due to lack of space
and the cover is then primary IMO.
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For the first 2 paragraphs, wouldn't it be easier to say (more or less):
Follow the capitalization standard, unless the title breaks the standard
consistently across the release and on official websites.
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On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:29 PM, lixobix arjtap...@aol.com wrote:
For the first 2 paragraphs, wouldn't it be easier to say (more or less):
Follow the capitalization standard, unless the title breaks the standard
consistently across the release and on official websites.
The issue doesn't
On 08/16/2013 03:31 AM, Duke Yin wrote:
Ticket: http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-237
Proposed Change to Style/Titles:
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User%3AYindesu%2FStyle%2FTitlesdiff=64184oldid=64183
The way words are presented on the front cover artwork of a
On 16 August 2013 11:17, Kuno Woudt k...@frob.nl wrote:
On 08/16/2013 03:31 AM, Duke Yin wrote:
Ticket: http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-237
Proposed Change to Style/Titles:
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User%3AYindesu%2FStyle%2FTitlesdiff=64184oldid=64183
I personally prefer the official site of the group/label.
Being able to copy/paste from a trusted source reduces the change of
copying errors.
I have seen many cases of errors on the actual release btw...
Sebastien
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Tom Crocker tomcrockerm...@gmail.comwrote:
But there's a big difference between typos and choosing which source takes
precedence when there are two (different) correctly spelled titles.
On 16 August 2013 13:17, Lemire, Sebastien m...@benji99.ca wrote:
I personally prefer the official site of the group/label.
Being able to copy/paste
Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:29 PM, lixobix lt;
arjtaplin@
gt; wrote:
For the first 2 paragraphs, wouldn't it be easier to say (more or less):
Follow the capitalization standard, unless the title breaks the standard
consistently across the release and on
On 08/16/2013 05:17 AM, Kuno Woudt wrote:
I think the release itself should take precedence. I'm OK with using
the spine or booklet, but not sources external to the physical release.
This.
But I don’t see why some random page # in the liner notes should take
precedence over the actual front
Alex Mauer wrote
On 08/16/2013 05:17 AM, Kuno Woudt wrote:
I think the release itself should take precedence. I'm OK with using
the spine or booklet, but not sources external to the physical release.
This.
But I don’t see why some random page # in the liner notes should take
precedence
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 6:07 PM, lixobix arjtap...@aol.com wrote:
Alex Mauer wrote
+1
Would this apply to capitalisation?
I hope not and I don't think it should. It's a very old consensus on MBz
that capitalization is normalized, following the language specific
capitalization rules,
On 08/16/2013 11:36 AM, SwissChris wrote:
I hope not and I don't think it should. It's a very old consensus on MBz
that capitalization is normalized, following the language specific
capitalization rules, unless obvious Artist Intent can be documented.
Correct, I would not apply that to
On Aug 16, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Alex Mauer ha...@hawkesnest.net wrote:
On 08/16/2013 05:17 AM, Kuno Woudt wrote:
I think the release itself should take precedence. I'm OK with using
the spine or booklet, but not sources external to the physical release.
This.
But I don’t see why some
To find out a release title I agree on using not only the packaging but
also the official sources (label or artist). Now, on capitalization, we
should definitely stick to the guidelines. English not being my native
language, I would have a hard time to explain why. But, sometime ago I read
an
Ticket: http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-237
Proposed Change to Style/Titles:
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/index.php?title=User%3AYindesu%2FStyle%2FTitlesdiff=64184oldid=64183
Why?
I usually try to reach agreements (or concede my point) in edit comments.
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