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

[Christopher Key]

Frederic Da Vitoria wrote:
> 2007/10/28, Jan van Thiel <jan at palinka0.nl>:
>   
>> 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.
>>
>>     
>
> I'd rather have it sorted like the solo artist. In order to have the Miles
> Davis Quintet just after Miles Davis, instead of "Davis, Miles" and "Miles
> Davis, Quintet", for example. And because I often forget that it is Dave
> Matthews Band and I try to find it under the letter "M"
>
>   
I suppose it depends on how you interpret the name, and whether you see 
it as,

"The {{Miles Davis} Quintet}", which would sort as, "{{Davis, Miles} 
Quintet}, The"

or

"The {Miles David Quintet}", which would sort as, "{Miles Davis 
Quintet}, The"

Where the individual is well known, and has released solo material e.g. 
Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix etc, I'd say that the former interpretation is 
the most logical, leading to "{Bob Marley} & {The {Wailers}}", sorting 
as "{Marley, Bob} & {{Wailers}, The}" and "The {{Jimi Hendrix} 
Experience}", sorting as "{{Hendrix, Jimi} Experience}, The".

-- 
Chris