[mb-style] RFV: BonusDisc ammendment

[Chris B]

Long expired RFV - made official today :)

On 30/08/2007, Alex Dupuy <alex.dupuy at mac.com> wrote:
>
>
> Gecks wrote:
> >
> > well, the bit about tri repetea would be removed because i was personally
> > under the impression that version info (like 'deluxe edition') were to be
> > removed, but now i find no guideline to support that, so there's no
> > justification in changing the actual worded title.
> >
>
> In the ExtraTitleInformationStyle there is the following text:
>
>
> > It is currently not possible to store all information about releases that
> > people might be interested in. Rather than clutter release/track titles
> > with too much information, the following details should be left out:
> >
> >     * Country of release or designation as an import
> >     * Record label
> >     * Designation as a "bonus track"
> >     * Any other information not discussed in the OfficialStyleGuidelines.
> >
> > You can, however, add this information to the ReleaseAnnotation.
> >
>
> The last bullet point (emphasis added by me) covers everything from "(Deluxe
> Edition)" to "(Digitally Remastered)" that is not explicitly covered
> elsewhere in the style guidelines (e.g. (bonus disc), ClassicalStyle
> performer information, (instrumental) etcetera).
>
> This text is currently in the "Discussion" section, but this was actually
> part of the style guidelines when they were still hard-coded on the web
> server (before they moved to the Wiki).  In the original version of the
> ExtraTitleInformationStyle
> (http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ExtraTitleInformationStyle?action=recall&rev=1),
> DonRedman placed these rules under the heading "Tarragons Text of Reference"
> (i.e. the original style guide as edited by Tarragon Allen, the last
> StyleDude) - that part got dropped, leaving these guidelines in the
> Discussion section.
>
> Although not properly reflected in the Wiki page, these have been part of
> the official style since 2004 or even earlier, and are even encoded into
> functions like Guess Case (which removes "(bonus track)" automagically).  If
> I get a chance today, I may edit the ExtraTitleInformationStyle wiki page to
> properly reflect this.
>
> @alex
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