Carried on from
Discogs_Guideline_Review_2009
Current Outstanding Guideline Issues / Todo
2. Artist (inc ANV and joins)
- Join field + colabs - rewording proposal at
http://www.discogs.com/help/forums/topic/189303#2384328 . This
incorporates or attempts to address the following:
- Solve or explain the joined / separated artist name problem -
Why is Simon And Garfunkel joined? When should this rule be
followed?
- Should there be an automatic separator used for the join field?
ATM it defaults to no separator, but this is usually (always?)
not applicable.
http://www.discogs.com/help/submission-guidelines-release-artist.html#Adding_Artists
"a comma between them if there is no joiner on the release
itself.". mjb I believe suggested that the slash (/) seems to be
a good default, but pipes and commas are also a possibility.
nik - let's go with a comma, it's less visually distracting for
me and strikes me as less 'loaded'.
- Make clarifications under "The Join Field and Artist
Collaboration" section that collaborating artists must be
distinct. So, (artist X) Presents (alias of artist X) is not
considered a collaboration; it must always be split. This topic
was raised in discussion at
http://www.discogs.com/help/forums/topic/186422 and the
proposed guideline change is at
http://www.discogs.com/help/forums/topic/186638
- Regarding Japanaese and Hungarian "Surname Givenname" name format -
"The database artist names, label names, titles, and tracklisting
should be treated as language-neutral. Artist names should be
entered as they appear on the release. ANV's should not be created
unless they appear on the release, or they appear on another release
in the database. Future ANV's should be created once other releases
are in the database. Names should not be swapped about unless there
is a very clear and provable need to do so, and only after
discussion and general agreement in the help forum."
http://www.discogs.com/groups/topic/123447
- How to title split releases without a given title. - No Title
(Split)?
A directive by the database manager have been issued on this. Please
read here: http://www.discogs.com/help/forums/topic/174811#2228748 So:
no more new submissions titled Split if the release itself does not
mention this as a title.
- Explain how to differentiate between a new label, and a series on an
existing label
- To discuss - can we simplify the guideline regarding unique cat#s
and shadow cat#s - is this something we expect the average
submitter to know / learn / understand / apply?
Why are styles required for the electronic genre and not for the rest?
Proposal - remove this requirement or even extend it to the other
genres. - needs to be coded
- Need to work on the page indexing! "Indexed credit roles (ie.
Producer, Mixed By) that entered in the same field with other
multiple roles, are not indexed into their proper section on the
artist page."
http://www.discogs.com/help/forums/topic/156801#2026541 - this is
something for the artist page reorg
- Forbid the use of "[Credited To]"
- Make the guidelines less strict
- Add some a section on photography / image manipulation
- Being discussed and formulated: