Add Label Alias Edit
This edit adds a LabelAlias to an existing Label
How to do it
The
Add New Alias link below the list of existing aliases on a
label aliases page takes you to a page where you can add a new LabelAlias (AddLabelAliasEdit).
Guidelines
Editing
Aliases are useful to enhance search results; there are a number of legit reasons to create a new alias: misspellings, variants, numbers... Be sure to read LabelAlias for a complete list.
Thanks to the Lucene search engine that MusicBrainz uses, there is no longer a need for aliases containing unaccented characters
Use LabelAliases sparingly. Adding too many (bogus) aliases will actually degrade the search quality and encourage misattribution.
Voting
The LabelAlias page covers most legitimate uses.
Notes
At that time, LabelAliases have to be unique (
780), like ArtistAliases.
Prerequisites
An AddLabelAliasEdit will fail due to a FailedPrerequisite if that alias already exists (be it attached to the same label or to another one).
An AddLabelAliasEdit will fail due to a FailedPrerequisite if the label is deleted by a RemoveLabelEdit.
Dependencies
None
Internal Errors
None since
6658114
Symbolic name and id
MOD_ADD_LABELALIAS ()
Discussion
Is MOD_ADD_LABELALIAS actually correct and what is the edit ID?
Isn't the second FailedPrerequisite a FailedDependency?
Is
1162 applicable here?
Please AnswerMe. -- dmppanda 2007-04-07 03:22:50