Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-02-19 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
"Not sure what the state of affairs is here. Should this be going back to RFC? There was a lot of support in the RFV, but some objections too." That doesn't seem like it would be reasonable - it's going to be vetoed with the exact same reasoning. The proposal process says "if the changes would en

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-02-12 Thread lixobix
Staffan Vilcans wrote > 30 januari 2014, drsaunde < > drsaunde@ > > skrev: >> What i'm saying is that mini-album and EP are the same thing with a > different name. Why should we have 2 categories that represent the same > thing? >> >> > > I'd say they are not. An EP is generally 4-5 tracks while

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-02-12 Thread Staffan Vilcans
30 januari 2014, drsaunde skrev: > What i'm saying is that mini-album and EP are the same thing with a different name. Why should we have 2 categories that represent the same thing? > > I'd say they are not. An EP is generally 4-5 tracks while a mini-album is somewhere between EP and album length

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-30 Thread Staffan
30 januari 2014, drsaunde skrev:What i'm saying is that mini-album and EP are the same thing with adifferent name. Why should we have 2 categories that represent the samething?I'd say they are not. An EP is generally 4-5 tracks while a mini-album is somewhere between EP and album length (usually

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-30 Thread lixobix
drsaunde wrote > What i'm saying is that mini-album and EP are the same thing with a > different name. Why should we have 2 categories that represent the same > thing? > > Albums are sometimes called LP's. Should the fact that we have a category > "Album" block us from adding a new category "LP"

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-30 Thread drsaunde
Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote > That's why, given that our definition is circular ("it's an EP if it's an > EP") I can't see how it can be used to block mini-album. Saying "Usually > it > should only be assumed that a release is a mini-album if the artist/label > defines it as such" seems perfect

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-29 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 2:17 AM, drsaunde wrote: > Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote > >> You can have a 42 minute, 8 track EP: > >> > >> http://musicbrainz.org/release/95f94241-8568-4d6f-aeb1-3d8da18e5120 > >> > >> And you can have a 37 minute, 8 track album: > >> > >> http://musicbrainz.org/relea

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-29 Thread drsaunde
drsaunde wrote > And what about those that are the same release but called Mini-Album in > Japan and EP in North America > or > what about releases that meet our definition or are categorized elsewhere > as and EP or mini-album, but aren't called either on the release...what do > we call them then?

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-29 Thread drsaunde
Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote >> You can have a 42 minute, 8 track EP: >> >> http://musicbrainz.org/release/95f94241-8568-4d6f-aeb1-3d8da18e5120 >> >> And you can have a 37 minute, 8 track album: >> >> http://musicbrainz.org/release/d38d37ed-7da8-3105-bc4f-2e7661667126 >> >> The only difference i

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-29 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:41 PM, lixobix wrote: > drsaunde wrote > > > > Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote > >> Not really - proposals pass if they're not vetoed. kuno specifically > said > >> he wasn't vetoing this - I'm not sure about drsaunde so let's wait a bit > >> and see if he clarifies it

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-28 Thread lixobix
drsaunde wrote > > Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote >> Not really - proposals pass if they're not vetoed. kuno specifically said >> he wasn't vetoing this - I'm not sure about drsaunde so let's wait a bit >> and see if he clarifies it :) > Based on the examples provided and the proposal, I cannot f

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-27 Thread Kuno Woudt
On 01/27/2014 07:39 PM, drsaunde wrote: > Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote >> Not really - proposals pass if they're not vetoed. kuno specifically said >> he wasn't vetoing this - I'm not sure about drsaunde so let's wait a bit >> and see if he clarifies it :) > > Don't proposals require at least a

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-27 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
On 27 Jan 2014 20:39, "drsaunde" wrote: > > Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote > > Not really - proposals pass if they're not vetoed. kuno specifically said > > he wasn't vetoing this - I'm not sure about drsaunde so let's wait a bit > > and see if he clarifies it :) > > Don't proposals require at le

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-27 Thread drsaunde
Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote > Not really - proposals pass if they're not vetoed. kuno specifically said > he wasn't vetoing this - I'm not sure about drsaunde so let's wait a bit > and see if he clarifies it :) Don't proposals require at least a +1 from someone other than the proposer? In thi

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-26 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 3:09 AM, Mihai Spinei wrote: > I guess since the vote tally is two positive and two negative, this is in > limbo/not passed? > Not really - proposals pass if they're not vetoed. kuno specifically said he wasn't vetoing this - I'm not sure about drsaunde so let's wait a bi

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-26 Thread Mihai Spinei
I guess since the vote tally is two positive and two negative, this is in limbo/not passed? Sorry, I’m new at making feature requests to MB... On Friday, January 24, 2014 at 7:49, Mihai Spinei wrote: > Hi, > Thanks for that description lixobix, I edited it in into my wiki page ^^ > > http:/

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-23 Thread Mihai Spinei
Hi, Thanks for that description lixobix, I edited it in into my wiki page ^^ http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:D4rkie/Release_Group/Type#Mini-Album On Friday, January 24, 2014 at 4:39, Kuno Woudt wrote: > Hi, > > On 01/23/2014 07:07 PM, lixobix wrote: > > I'd put something like this in the gu

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-23 Thread Kuno Woudt
Hi, On 01/23/2014 07:07 PM, lixobix wrote: > I'd put something like this in the guidelines: > > "A Mini-Album (or Mini-LP) is a release that is in between EP and Album in > terms of number of tracks and length. The number of tracks is around 7-9, > and the length varies from around 20-35 mins. The

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-23 Thread lixobix
drsaunde wrote > > Mihai Spinei wrote >> Got a couple of +1s for mini-albums, so I'd suggest to add just them for >> now, will debate maxi-singles later. RFV >> >> ticket: http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-282 >> wiki: >> http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:D4rkie/Release_Group/Type#Mini-

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-23 Thread drsaunde
Mihai Spinei wrote > Got a couple of +1s for mini-albums, so I'd suggest to add just them for > now, will debate maxi-singles later. RFV > > ticket: http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-282 > wiki: > http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:D4rkie/Release_Group/Type#Mini-Album > > Expires of 2014

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-23 Thread Rachel Dwight
This is an RFV, so that may qualify as a veto. On Jan 23, 2014, at 1:18 AM, Kuno Woudt wrote: > Hello, > > On 01/23/2014 02:05 AM, Alex Mauer wrote: >> On 1/22/2014 10:03 AM, Kuno Woudt wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> On 01/22/2014 04:33 PM, Mihai Spinei wrote: Got a couple of +1s for mini-albu

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-22 Thread Kuno Woudt
Hello, On 01/23/2014 02:05 AM, Alex Mauer wrote: > On 1/22/2014 10:03 AM, Kuno Woudt wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On 01/22/2014 04:33 PM, Mihai Spinei wrote: >>> Got a couple of +1s for mini-albums, so I'd suggest to add just them for >>> now, will debate maxi-singles later. RFV >> >> I'm not convinced

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-22 Thread Alex Mauer
On 1/22/2014 10:03 AM, Kuno Woudt wrote: > Hello, > > On 01/22/2014 04:33 PM, Mihai Spinei wrote: >> Got a couple of +1s for mini-albums, so I'd suggest to add just them for >> now, will debate maxi-singles later. RFV > > I'm not convinced difference between EP and mini-album is significant > enoug

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-22 Thread jesus2099
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Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-22 Thread Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Kuno Woudt wrote: > Hello, > > On 01/22/2014 04:33 PM, Mihai Spinei wrote: > > Got a couple of +1s for mini-albums, so I'd suggest to add just them for > > now, will debate maxi-singles later. RFV > > I'm not convinced difference between EP and mini-album is signi

Re: [mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-22 Thread Kuno Woudt
Hello, On 01/22/2014 04:33 PM, Mihai Spinei wrote: > Got a couple of +1s for mini-albums, so I'd suggest to add just them for > now, will debate maxi-singles later. RFV I'm not convinced difference between EP and mini-album is significant enough to warrant this distinction in the database, so -1

[mb-style] RFV STYLE-282: add "mini-album" primary type

2014-01-22 Thread Mihai Spinei
Got a couple of +1s for mini-albums, so I'd suggest to add just them for now, will debate maxi-singles later. RFV ticket: http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-282 wiki: http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:D4rkie/Release_Group/Type#Mini-Album Expires of 2014-01-25