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If two releases are re-released on one CD, or if two songs share the same track, the title should be split as follows: |
If two releases are re-released on one CD, or if two songs share the same track, the title should be split as follows: "This Is the Modern World / All Mod Cons". |
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Note that this is ''space, slash, space''! |
Note that this is ''space, slash, space''! |
Revision as of 10:34, 15 November 2009
Titles
When entering a release or track title into MusicBrainz, please adhere to the following guidelines:
- Follow the appropriate Capitalization_Standard
- Expand abbreviations
- Use a colon (:) to separate multi-line parts
- Use a slash (/) to separate multiple titles
- Use a comma (,) to separate words such as Volume or Part from the title itself
Detailed guidelines
Follow the appropriate Capitalization Standard
Album and song titles are often found in uppercase on the back cover of CDs. For example, the album Songs of Love and Hate by Leonard Cohen is written as SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE on the cover. This is usually the choice of a graphic designer, not the artist. So, instead of copying the title from the cover, we follow certain rules to capitalize a title. There rules are different for each language, please see Capitalization_Standard for more information.
Expand abbreviations
Abbreviations in titles should generally be expanded. Probably the most common abbreviations used in titles are "Vol." and "Pt.", these should always be expanded to "Volume" and "Part". The only exceptions to this guideline are "feat." for "featuring" and "vs." for "versus". Also, acronyms such as "OST" should not be expanded.
Use a colon (:) to separate multi-line parts
Use a slash (/) to separate multiple titles
If two releases are re-released on one CD, or if two songs share the same track, the title should be split as follows: "This Is the Modern World / All Mod Cons".
Note that this is space, slash, space!
Use a comma (,) to separate words such as Volume or Part from the title itself
Exceptions
Notes
The intent for this page is to replace the following wiki pages:
MainTitle, VolumeNumberStyle, PartNumberStyle, AbbreviationStyle.
Still todo:
SubTitle, SubTitleStyle, MultipleTitleStyle, SplitReleaseTitleStyle, SeriesNumberStyle,