[mb-users] re: Capitalization or not

[Mangled]

2006/9/1, Dave Smey <autodave at davesmey.com>:
> >
> > The Round Midnight example (as stated previously) is a more
> > complicated issue (even the musicians don't know what is the name of
> > the tune - Yllona mentioned a trivia about Vaughan wondering if it was
> > Round About Midnight or Around Midnight or 'round Midnight).
>
> While that is true, it remains a fine example.  If you are going to
> attribut it with an apostrophe, you still capitalize the R.
>
> My copy of Monk, Genius of Mod Music notes that the track was originally
> credited as "'Round About Midnight" and later changed to "'Round
> Midnight."  In both cases they use capital R because that is the way one
> does it.
>
> (It turns out I've got 3 CD sources which use 'Round Midnight.  So far the
> score is capital -R 3, lowercase -r 0)
>
> >
> > We of course don't need a *complicated* guideline, still this issue
> > rose up a number of times already in edit notes, so, we need *a*
> > guideline.
>
> But there is an existing guideline, damnit.

Please, if it existed "damnit" we wouldn't have started that thread.
Look at:
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/CapitalizationStandardEnglish?highlight=%28apostrophe%29
This is in the discussion section.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

> Now, *where* is the example of a CD or LP that says "'round Midnight"?
> Does anybody have even one?

Discussions about the specific case of "Round Midnight" are highly
welcome in the Jazz/Compositions section of the wiki.


This thread should focus on the generic case.


Now, remember the first post in this thread, co-authored by "Joan" and
"dmppanda"?
You don't have to convince *me*.
I have hundreds of copies of 'Round Midnight :D


Take care ;)

- Olivier aka dmppanda