[mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-02-21 Thread Alex Mauer
Expiration: 2012-02-28 This RFC is to move the “medley” relationship to an attribute of the “performance of” relatonship. More details in jira, http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-97 This was not previously discussed. ___ MusicBrainz-style m

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-02-21 Thread Alex Mauer
On 02/21/2012 04:47 PM, Alex Mauer wrote: > Expiration: 2012-02-28 > > This RFC is to move the “medley” relationship to an attribute of the > “performance of” relatonship. > > More details in jira, http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-97 > > This was not previously discussed. Proposed updat

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-02-21 Thread Nikki
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Medley_Relationship_Type will also need updating if the separate recording-work relationship goes away. Currently the displayed phrase is "{partial} {live} {instrumental} {cover} performance of", where would medley go in here? This will require one of the devs to wri

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-02-22 Thread monxton
On 22/02/2012 05:30, Nikki wrote: > http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Medley_Relationship_Type will also need > updating if the separate recording-work relationship goes away. > > Currently the displayed phrase is "{partial} {live} {instrumental} > {cover} performance of", where would medley go in here?

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-02-22 Thread Alex Mauer
On 02/21/2012 11:30 PM, Nikki wrote: > Currently the displayed phrase is "{partial} {live} {instrumental} > {cover} performance of", where would medley go in here? Probably the new join phrase should be “{partial} {live} {instrumental} {cover} {performance|medley} of”. Though it seems to me that

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-02-22 Thread Nikki
Alex Mauer wrote: > On 02/21/2012 11:30 PM, Nikki wrote: >> Currently the displayed phrase is "{partial} {live} {instrumental} >> {cover} performance of", where would medley go in here? > > Probably the new join phrase should be “{partial} {live} {instrumental} > {cover} {performance|medley} of”.

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-02-22 Thread Andii Hughes
On 21 February 2012 23:22, Alex Mauer wrote: > On 02/21/2012 04:47 PM, Alex Mauer wrote: >> Expiration: 2012-02-28 >> >> This RFC is to move the “medley” relationship to an attribute of the >> “performance of” relatonship. >> >> More details in jira, http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-97

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-05 Thread Alex Mauer
On 02/22/2012 07:39 PM, Andii Hughes wrote: > > Looks good to me. Can I get an official +1 on that? —Alex Mauer “hawke” ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrain

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-05 Thread practik
I think picking the right join phrases is the key to preventing confusion here. The potential trouble spots I see are "partial medley of" and "cover medley of," because the attributes would seem to apply to the entire medley, though really they only apply to parts of it. If I were completely new

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-08 Thread Alex Mauer
On 03/06/2012 12:05 AM, practik wrote: > I think picking the right join phrases is the key to preventing confusion > here. The potential trouble spots I see are "partial medley of" and "cover > medley of," because the attributes would seem to apply to the entire medley, > though really they only a

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-09 Thread practik
Alex Mauer wrote > > These all agree with my understanding of the attributes as they’d be > used with medley. > Would specifying the join phrases not be part of the change proposal? I was assuming it would be. Sorry if I went off-topic there. > It may just have to be “medley performances:

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-09 Thread Nikki
Alex Mauer wrote: > Interesting point. I would expect that in such a case the medley itself > would be a new work, and we’d need to have a work-work “medley of” > relationship. [snip] > Good idea, but I’m not sure how that will work with the display system. > It may just have to be “medley per

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-09 Thread Alex Mauer
On 03/09/2012 01:25 PM, practik wrote: > Alex Mauer wrote >> >> These all agree with my understanding of the attributes as they’d be >> used with medley. >> > > Would specifying the join phrases not be part of the change proposal? I was > assuming it would be. Sorry if I went off-topic there. I

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-09 Thread Alex Mauer
On 03/09/2012 02:00 PM, Nikki wrote: > There already is a work-work medley relationship, so that page needs to > be updated too and the text you're referring to won't go away just by > getting rid of the recording-work relationship. I don’t see a need to change that, as we don’t have a “performanc

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-22 Thread caller#6
On 03/05/2012 09:38 AM, Alex Mauer wrote: > On 02/22/2012 07:39 PM, Andii Hughes wrote: >> Looks good to me. > Can I get an official +1 on that? > > —Alex Mauer “hawke” > My only reservation is the "medley" definition[1]. It seems too broad. Not every multiple-titled track is a medley, is it?

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-26 Thread Nikki
Alex Mauer wrote: > On 03/09/2012 02:00 PM, Nikki wrote: >> There already is a work-work medley relationship, so that page needs to >> be updated too and the text you're referring to won't go away just by >> getting rid of the recording-work relationship. > > I don’t see a need to change that, as

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-26 Thread Nikki
Alex Mauer wrote: > On 03/09/2012 01:25 PM, practik wrote: >> Alex Mauer wrote >>> These all agree with my understanding of the attributes as they’d be >>> used with medley. >>> >> Would specifying the join phrases not be part of the change proposal? I was >> assuming it would be. Sorry if I went

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-26 Thread practik
We were talking about some suggestions I made in a post further up the thread, on March 5: practik wrote > > EDIT: is a {*partial*} {live} {instrumental} {cover} > {performance|*medley*} of > RESULTS: (on release and recording pages) medley including parts of:, (on > work pages) partially includ

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-26 Thread Sheamus Patt
On 12-03-22 01:07 PM, caller#6 wrote: On 03/05/2012 09:38 AM, Alex Mauer wrote: On 02/22/2012 07:39 PM, Andii Hughes wrote: Looks good to me. Can I get an official +1 on that? —Alex Mauer “hawke” My only reservation is the "medley" definition[1]. It seems too broad. Not every multiple-titl

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-26 Thread Alex Mauer
On 03/26/2012 01:50 PM, Sheamus Patt wrote: > I've agree - the current definition is not at all what I think of as a > medley. Here's the guideline, from > http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Medley_Relationship_Type. > > This indicates that a track is a compilation of several other > tracks.​ This

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-03-27 Thread Sheamus Patt
On 12-03-26 03:17 PM, Alex Mauer wrote: > On 03/26/2012 01:50 PM, Sheamus Patt wrote: >> I've agree - the current definition is not at all what I think of as a >> medley. Here's the guideline, from >> http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Medley_Relationship_Type. >> >> This indicates that a track is a

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-04-03 Thread çilek
hello, I also share the concerns about definition of medley stated here and agree that it would be better under "a performance of" relation, but I also agree with caller#6, that you gave a really vague meaning to medley here. So, I came up with the idea of using the word "juxtapose" as a wider grou

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-04-04 Thread practik
Çilek Koçak wrote > > I also share the concerns about definition of medley stated here > and agree that it would be better under "a performance of" relation, but I > also agree with caller#6, that you gave a really vague meaning to medley > here. > So, I came up with the idea of using the word "j

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-04-04 Thread çilek
> > I'd be inclined to keep it simple and enter potpourris and quodlibets as > medleys. My gut feeling is that creating separate subcategories for them > would generate lots of unwinnable arguments ("It's a potpourri!" "No, it's > a > medley!") without adding much value to the database. > These ty

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-04-04 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2012/4/4 çilek > I notice, though, that you started your forum thread with a question about >> how to edit some "potpuri" tracks. It's unclear to me whether "potpuri" >> is >> a distinct musical form, or simply the Turkish word for "medley." If it >> is >> a distinct form, there might be an ar

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-04-05 Thread practik
OK, new attempt at defining "medley": This indicates that a recording includes two or more otherwise unrelated works performed as a single continuous piece, in which all of the works are given roughly equal prominence. "two or more otherwise unrelated works" to exclude works designed to be perfor

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-04-05 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2012/4/5 practik > OK, new attempt at defining "medley": > > This indicates that a recording includes two or more otherwise unrelated > works performed as a single continuous piece, in which all of the works are > given roughly equal prominence. > > "two or more otherwise unrelated works" to excl

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-04-05 Thread Alex Mauer
On 04/05/2012 11:10 AM, practik wrote: > OK, new attempt at defining "medley": > > This indicates that a recording includes two or more otherwise unrelated > works performed as a single continuous piece, in which all of the works are > given roughly equal prominence. > > Better? Hopefully not wors

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-04-05 Thread caller#6
On 04/05/2012 12:59 PM, Alex Mauer wrote: > On 04/05/2012 11:10 AM, practik wrote: >> OK, new attempt at defining "medley": >> >> This indicates that a recording includes two or more otherwise unrelated >> works performed as a single continuous piece, in which all of the works are >> given roughl

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-04-05 Thread Frederic Da Vitoria
2012/4/5 Alex Mauer > Does the name of the song/track matter? > > e.g. I wouldn’t say “We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions” is a > medley, even though they’re customarily played as a single continuous > piece and given equal prominence. (But if the track were titled > “Medley: We Will Rock Y

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-05-16 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
This kinda died out, but it seemed that the main problems with it were about defining "what is a medley" rather than about the change itself - and since we already have a medley relationship, that seems to be a second, already existing problem that doesn't necessarily have to affect the merging of

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-05-16 Thread caller#6
On 05/16/2012 11:28 AM, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote: > This kinda died out, but it seemed that the main problems with it were > about defining "what is a medley" rather than about the change itself > - and since we already have a medley relationship, that seems to be a > second, already exist

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-05-16 Thread practik
Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote > > apart from the already existing "what's a medley" problem, are there > any other issues people have with it? > I've been waiting for a dev response to the (possibly overly ambitious) join phrases I suggested on March 5 and again on March 26: practik wrote >

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-05-16 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:33 PM, practik wrote: > > Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote >> >> apart from the already existing "what's a medley" problem, are there >> any other issues people have with it? >> > > I've been waiting for a dev response to the (possibly overly ambitious) join > phrases I s

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-05-16 Thread practik
Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote > > Sadly, join phrases can only depend of whether *one* attribute is > present or not (in the way that you can change different things if > different attributes are present, but you can't change the same thing > in different ways if two attributes are combined). S

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-05-16 Thread practik
OK, here's a second attempt: On release and recording pages, the base phrase ("medley of:") would be modified by adding any or all of the following: "live " "instrumental " "including covers " "of parts " So if you selected all four attributes, the join phrase would be: "live instrument

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-07-30 Thread Philip Jägenstedt
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:41 AM, practik wrote: > OK, here's a second attempt: > > On release and recording pages, the base phrase ("medley of:") would be > modified by adding any or all of the following: > "live " > "instrumental " > "including covers " > "of parts " > > So if you selecte

Re: [mb-style] RFC STYLE-97: Move "medley" to an attribute of "performance of"

2012-07-30 Thread Alex Mauer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/30/2012 01:02 PM, Philip Jägenstedt wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:41 AM, practik > wrote: >> OK, here's a second attempt: It also occurs to me that the wiki >> page for this RFC should be updated to reflect the current >> wording of >> htt