http://wiki.discogs.com/index.php/Discogs_Guideline_Review_2007/08
Discuss these update proposals at
http://www.discogs.com/help/forums/topic/169038
Your review should relate directly to the page of the release, artist,
or label you are reviewing. Try to compose your Review so that it will
be interesting to read, and permanently valid.
The Review should contain a reasonable amount of information about
the subject. As a rough guide, a couple of informed sentences is the
minimum, the maximum depends on the quality of the writing i.e. if
you are going to write three paragraphs, please make them well
written, informative, and interesting.
All information should be as accurate as possible.
Reviews must be written in reasonably clear English. Before
submitting, check your Review for proper capitalization, bad
spelling/grammar and lack of punctuation. Be careful with
capitalization (don't use A.B.C, use ABC) and ellipses (don't use
three periods in a row ..., use the proper ellipse character …).
Try to keep the length sensible. One line reviews and "this is the
best record ever" should be avoided.
If you feel that you must address Reviews made by other users, you
must ensure that it can stand alone and would make sense if the
previous review was removed. You do this when:
* You do not mention another Discogs user name.
- You do not quote another user.
- You do not directly refer to or mention another Review.
It is possible to agree with, counter, elaborate on etc. the
content of Reviews made by other users without directly
referring to them. Remember that occasionally Reviews are
deleted for a variety of reasons, so referring to another Review
or Discogs user may one day invalidate the content of your own
Review. Artist, release and label pages are not discussion
forums, if you must directly address a Review then do so by
using the Discogs forums or by contacting the relevant Discogs
user.
Be aware that the Review submission box automatically word wraps
your text, so you do not need to place line breaks unless forming a
new paragraph. Use paragraph spacing to improve the readability of
your Review.
Some of these rules are subjective. Use your judgment alongside
these guidelines. Take your time and try to submit a Review that
other users will find informative and easy to read.
This form is NOT to be used to correct any release, artist or label
information held in the database. Corrections to the database should
be submitted via the "Update" form on the relevant page. Information
and trivia about releases such as pressing limitations, colored
vinyl, use and origin of samples, packaging, specific and verifiable
background information etc. belongs in the Release Notes or Profile
on the relevant page and should also be submitted via the "Update"
form.
Unconfirmed rumors, slander etc. will not be allowed.
The Review should be free of any material that is subject to
Copyright (material for which the author / owner has not given their
permission to be published on Discogs). Cut-and-pasted reviews from
other sites will not be accepted, even if the original source is
credited. Reviews should add some unique value to Discogs.
Do not use Reviews to ask for information or to solicit responses
from other users - use the Discogs forums for this. Spam of any kind
it not allowed in Reviews; please use the Spam forum or the
Marketplace section of the site instead.
Do not include URLs or email addresses in your Reviews - these may
become invalid over time and also make the Review look ugly.
Do not refer to future events/releases that will (once they have
happened, or indeed failed to happen) invalidate the content of your
Review.
Do not Review on a release's rating, as this may change over time
and invalidate the content of your Review (also, there is no need
for you to include a rating score in the Review. Ratings can be
viewed by using the links provided on release pages).
Do not sign and/or date your Reviews. Both your user name and the
date of your Review will be displayed.
Do not paste the same review to multiple versions of the same
release. Only enter your review once (to the version that you own or
are reviewing).
No HTML or forum style coding is allowed.
If you see a review that doesn't follow the above guidelines, is
abusive, or you have written a review yourself that you want to remove,
please use the 'report' link below the review. Please give a full reason
for the removal.
These yes / no buttons are used for voting on the reviews. If there are
multiple reviews, the one with the most yes votes is the one that gets
displayed on the release page. The no vote will hide the review from
you.
Please use the 'report' function on the bottom of the review to request
the review is removed.