[mb-users] Classical titles w/ more than one name (eg. MoonlightSonata)

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2006/12/7, Andrew Conkling <andrew.conkling at gmail.com>:
> On 12/7/06, Frederic Da Vitoria <davitofrg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Andrew's suggestion is good, Marco's has the further advantage that
> > the parentheses might suggest that Moonlight is not required. OTOH,
> > both suggestions require that the user knows which is which...
>
> Disregard or correct me if I misunderstood, but classical editing
> almost always demands a bit of knowledge--or at least research. How
> many times does Wikipedia confirm an edit based on piece info there?
> The user may need to know which is which, but Wikipedia provides that
> info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._14_%28Beethoven%29.
>
> (Interestingly enough, WP also formats it the way I did. :)
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew

Well, yes and no. Of course, it is better if the editor knows what he
is doing. The problem is that he is not always. I do know classical
music; but if I entered a release from Purcell, I wouldn't know how to
correct anything to what is written on the sleeve (except from
following the obvious CSG rules), because I am not a Purcell
specialist. So I must accept (and even hope for) a knowledgeable user
to come and correct my edit.

Even more, some users who enter classical releases know almost nothing
about classical. They just happened to have a cd which they liked
(yes, this happens ;-) ) and so they decided to enter it just like
they entered their other non-clasical cds. Why would we prevent them
from entering it? How could we, anyhow? There is no special MB login
that only classical knowing users can use.

Knowledge is recommended, but can not be required.

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria