[mb-style] RFC: Modify AdvancedRelationships page in wiki

[Chad Wilson]

+1

This is sorely needed in order to point editors to - thanks Brian for 
bringing it back up again.

There are still AutoEditors (and other experienced editors) editing in 
opposition to that earlier discussion due to the lack of formalisation 
in the guidelines.

Chad / voiceinsideyou

On 7/01/2009 11:34 p.m., Brian Schweitzer wrote:
> It's been pointed out to me by an editor figuring out where to put 
> what AR that the consensus of the long threads last year never did 
> actually make it into the style guidelines.
>
> So, in http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/AdvancedRelationships , under the 
> current text in the ArtistRoleInheritance section, add (wording 
> totally cribbed from Lauri, back on 7/14/2008, with modifications for 
> style guideline clarity):
>
> Strike: "The page ArtistRoleInheritance 
> <http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ArtistRoleInheritance> goes into the 
> implications of this in some depth."
>
> Add:
> ------------------
> 1. If the Advanced Relationship is applicable to all tracks on a 
> release, put it on all the tracks, rather than on the release.
> 2. If the Advanced Relationship is not applicable to all tracks, and 
> you know which ones it applies to, put it on only those tracks.
> 3. If the Advanced Relationship is not applicable to all tracks, and 
> you don't know which ones it applies to, put it at release level.  A 
> basic effort to determine to which tracks the relationship is 
> applicable is appreciated, however.
> 4. If the credit is release level, and does not apply on a track by 
> track basis (e.g., mastering for the whole album), then apply the 
> Advanced Relationship to the release, not the tracks.
>
> Note: There are still releases that do only have release level 
> Advanced Relationships, predating the discussions as to where Advanced 
> Relationships should be attached.  These still need to be corrected.  
> If you find a release with such release level Advanced Relationships 
> that can be moved to the tracks, please fix them.
> ------------------
>
> http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ArtistRoleInheritance also needs more 
> severe modification and updating, but that's the scope for some other 
> RFC; this would only change 
> http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/AdvancedRelationships
>
> Brian
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Musicbrainz-style mailing list
> Musicbrainz-style at lists.musicbrainz.org
> http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style