[mb-style] JapaneseArtistsException [was: Open call for people who can speak Yiddish, Hebrew, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, etc]

[Philip Jägenstedt]

I also don't really like the name of it, since it's not an exception
at all. Also, there are certainly some Japanese artists which are very
inconsistent with capitalization for which we simply standardize the
track titles.

Philip

On 2/18/08, Kuno Woudt <kuno at frob.nl> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 09:41:04AM +0100, Lauri Watts wrote:
> > On Feb 18, 2008 2:50 AM, Jim DeLaHunt <from.nabble at jdlh.com> wrote:
> >
> > The change is already the noted JapaneseArtistsException page.  The
> > text there has been in place for months now.  It is not a material
> > change to any guideline, only a documentation of existing behaviour,
> > which already is in line with the style principles, and an explanation
> > why that is so.  It is referenced from the capitalisation list page,
> > and the English Capitalisation page (since that is the page it is an
> > exception to.)
>
> As is obvious from my comments in that page, I take issue with the name
> of it.  It explains how the StylePrinciple is (usually) applied to
> releases by japanese artists, it is not an exception to the
> StylePrinciple or any of the guidelines.  It would prefer it if we call
> it something like 'clarification' instead.
>
> Other than that, the page has been quite useful as a means of explaining
> how we treat these artists to those less experienced in the area :)
>
> -- kuno / warp.
>
>
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