[mb-users] Adding releases not yet released

[Philipp Wolfer]

2007/9/5, Aaron Cooper <cooperaa at gmail.com>:
> Looking back, I am not sure whether the release was added before or
> after a torrent surfaced for the album.  If we can confirm the
> tracklist with audio files before the official release date then I'm
> okay with adding releases early (regardless of what I may have said on
> past edits... we are always improving our voting/editing methods ;)

I don't know, but as far as I remember there was already a torrent
available in this case.

I understand your position and I can imagine that we could indeed make
this a condition for such edits. But I believe that we don't get any
extra reliability by doing so. Audiofiles alone don't confirm a track
list. The track list can change, the release date can change, there
might be hidden bonus tracks - that all can happen no matter if we
rely on an official track listing or a (leaked) promo release. For me
that's pretty much the same.

And there are so many variations. There are releases where the label
publishes the track listing together with a few songs for complete or
partial download. Is that enough to enter the release in MB or not?

-- 
Philipp Wolfer