[mb-users] "Disc #" v. "Vol. #"

[Andrew Conkling]

On 12/7/06, Kerensky97 <kerensky97 at xterra101.com> wrote:
> Andrew Conkling wrote:
> >
> > Recently a discussion came up regarding changing "disc #" to "Vol. #"
> > on a release: http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=6081833.
> >
> > gfmorris thought that ArtistIntent meant that it should be switched to
> > "Vol. #". However, based on BoxSetNameStyle and DiscNumberStyle, I
> > voted 'no', thinking that this wasn't a case which warranted deviating
> > from those docs. (I guess you could always read the notes on the edit.
> > :)
> >
> > Anyway, wondering what y'all thought about it.
> >
> Personally I think it should stick to the boxset guide with Disc#.
> But the disc has Vol.# printed on it so I guess artist intent can be argued,
> however I think this is one of the instances where artist intent is being
> pushed into a situation that it never really existed.  Changing Vol to Disc
> doesn't effect the meaning of the box set in any way.  If you told Sufjan
> Stevens that we changed Vol to Disc for consistancy I don't think he'd fly
> off the handle screaming, "WHAT!!  You can't do that!  Now the whole meaning
> of the boxed set makes no sense!!!"

Right, my thoughts exactly. In this case, DiscNumberStyle outweighs
ArtistIntent, because there's not much of the latter. :)

Cheers,
Andrew