[mailing] Re: [mb-users] Colon/period usage in track titles

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2006/12/12, Marco Sola <marcosola at oksatcom.it>:
> Il Monday, December 11, 2006 11:32 PM
> Andrew Conkling <andrew.conkling at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>
> >> Ok. Square brackets, then? Symphony No. 1: IV. [Finale] Allegro
> >> vivace
> >
> > I thought that's what we used for posthumously assigned names? At
> > least, that's what I've always seen in print.
> >
> > But I think that the problem with parentheses and brackets is that
> > they relegate the Finale to some sort of lesser title, i.e. something
> > that doesn't normally belong with the rest of the title.
> >
> > By the way, I figured I'd check out an online score:
> > http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/aer3909/large/sco10119.html
> > First one that came to mind, but it uses a period. How 'bout that? :)
>
> Ok, IMHO we chatted enough: there's no real reason to substitute "Final:".
> Any our "pop" colleague could surely provide an example of a "Title Part1:
> TitleSubpart: Subsubpart" I mean, ":" is proper for indicate parts and I
> don't get what is so wrong.
>
> My two cents about MB "media": what could be done to avoid the fact that
> this discussion, whatever it reach consensus or not, could be not discarded
> and so reasked again before a year? I still think CSGD it's the best way to
> cooperate. It would be great if the proposers of a thread could put a couple
> of line there when done.
>
> CIao
>
> MArco (ClutchEr2)

The best way to avoid discussions is to set a rule IMO. As long as
there is no clearly established rule, users will keep entering data as
they feel right (in this case often as they see printed on the sleeve)
and other users will wonder why it is not consistent and they will ask
here hoping to finally get a consensus. So writing the discussion in
CSGD is a good way to remember that the discussion already occurred,
but not of solving the problem. I understand that it can be annoying
for old timers to see the same discussion coming back again and again,
but then why not just sit back and wait to see if the newcomers manage
to accomplish something more conclusive than a discussion?

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria