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

[MLL]

Frederic Da Vitoria a écrit :
> 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?
> 

CSG and/or CSGD are indeed a good place to keep memories of these, but 
correct me if I'm wrong, the point of this thread is not if ":" 
deignates a subpart, because everyone agrees on this. It's rather how to 
avoid stuff like "Final: Allegro vivace" because "Allegro vivace" is 
*not* a subpart of "Finale".

MLL