[mb-users] Re: Sortnames (for fictitious artists)

[Jan van Thiel]

Hi,

On 10/24/07, Frederic Da Vitoria <davitofrg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2007/10/24, Jacob R <creap0 at gmail.com>:
> > What is the reasoning behind not sorting fictitious artist names by
> > last name, by the way? As noted on
> > http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/SortNameStyleDiscussion it
> makes, for
> > instance, Jimi Hendrix sort on H but The Jimi Hendrix Experience under
> > J.
> >
>
> Yes, I always felt this rule was strange. I'd like an explanation too, if
> someone still around remembers...

I was the one who had the SortNameStyle made official. Before that, it
was sort of common practice to have it like this, so I left it like
that.

I don't have any preference on this.

Jan (zout)