[mb-users] Amazon linking - right album but different version

mud crow akamudcrow at msn.com
Wed Dec 13 21:49:01 UTC 2006




>From: Ryan McCabe <ryan at numb.org>
>Reply-To: General discussions about 
>MusicBrainz<musicbrainz-users at lists.musicbrainz.org>
>To: General discussions about 
>MusicBrainz<musicbrainz-users at lists.musicbrainz.org>
>Subject: Re: [mb-users] Amazon linking - right album but different version
>Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:26:35 -0500
>
>On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 01:19:12PM -0600, teknojnky wrote:
> >
> > Hi I have a quick question, I recently submitted an amazon ASIN
> > relationship to add cover art for a release I added. The specific 
>release
> > is a Best Buy version with 2 bonus tracks, but otherwise is the same
> > album/artist/cover art as the amazon version.
> >
> > Is there any guidelines restricting such usage of ASIN relationships 
>aside
> > from common sense?
>
>My intuition is that common sense dicates that ASIN relationships
>only be added when an album is identical to the album that has the ASIN
>you're adding, regardless of whether the artwork is the same.
>
>
>Ryan
>
I agree, I see no reason to add an Amazon ASIN to a release that isn't 
EXACTLY the same release. I would rather have no coverart/amazon link than 
an incorrect link to a different release.

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