User:BrianSchweitzer/Link Phrases Proposal

Generally cleaning up phrasing used

• NOW: Artist has a biography page at URL
• PROPOSED: Artist has a biography at URL

• NOW: Artist has a discography page at URL
• PROPOSED: Artist has a discography at URL

Support for past and present tense when either could be true for the AR

• NOW: Artist had a creative position at Label
• PROPOSED: Artist had/has a creative position at Label

• NOW: Artist had an engineer position Label
• PROPOSED: Artist had/has an engineer position Label

• NOW: Artist had a producer position at Label
• PROPOSED: Artist had/has a producer position at Label

• NOW: Artist had a recording contract with Label
• PROPOSED: Artist had/has a recording contract with Label

Consistency in terminology

• NOW: Artist has a fan page at URL
• PROPOSED: Artist has a fan web site at URL

• NOW: Artist has an official homepage at URL
• PROPOSED: Artist has an official web site at URL

Consistency in phrasing

• NOW: Artist provided art direction on Release
• PROPOSED: Artist provided art direction support for Release

• NOW: Artist provided art direction on Track
• PROPOSED: Artist provided art direction support for Track

• NOW: Artist provided booking for Release
• PROPOSED: Artist provided booking support for Release

• NOW: Artist provided booking for Track
• PROPOSED: Artist provided booking support for Track

• NOW: Artist provided creative direction for Release
• PROPOSED: Artist provided creative direction support for Release

• NOW: Artist provided creative direction for Track
• PROPOSED: Artist provided creative direction support for Track

• NOW: Artist provided design/illustration for Release
• PROPOSED: Artist provided design and/or illustration support for Release

• NOW: Artist provided design/illustration for Track
• PROPOSED: Artist provided design and/or illustration support for Track

• NOW: Artist provided graphic design for Release
• PROPOSED: Artist provided graphic design support for Release

• NOW: Artist provided graphic design for Track
• PROPOSED: Artist provided graphic design support for Track

• NOW: Artist provided legal representation for Release
• PROPOSED: Artist provided legal representation support for Release

• NOW: Artist provided legal representation for Track
• PROPOSED: Artist provided legal representation support for Track

• NOW: Artist provided merchandising for Release
• PROPOSED: Artist provided merchandising support for Release

• NOW: Artist provided merchandising for Track
• PROPOSED: Artist provided merchandising support for Track

Phrases that actually make sense as an English (partial) sentence

• NOW: Artist (type) orchestra performed Release
• PROPOSED: Artist performed as a/an (type) orchestra on Release

• NOW: Artist (type) orchestra performed Track
• PROPOSED: Artist performed as a/an (type) orchestra on Track

• NOW: Artist programmed Release
• PROPOSED: Artist programmed electronic instruments used on Release

• NOW: Artist programmed Track
• PROPOSED: Artist programmed electronic instruments used on Track

• NOW: Artist music can be downloaded for free at URL
• PROPOSED: Artist has music which can be downloaded for free at URL

• NOW: Artist music can be purchased for download at URL
• PROPOSED: Artist has music which can be purchased for download at URL

• NOW: Artist music can be purchased for mail-order at URL
• PROPOSED: Artist has music which can be purchased for mail-order at URL

Fix tenses to be consistent (actions for a Release or Track took place in the past)

• NOW: Artist has a miscellaneous role on Release
• PROPOSED: Artist had a miscellaneous role on Release

• NOW: Artist has a miscellaneous role on Track
• PROPOSED: Artist had a miscellaneous role on Track

Fix quantities; it cannot be 'the' something, if there are more than 1 of that something listed

• NOW: Artist is the child of Artist
• PROPOSED: Artist is a child of Artist

• NOW: Artist is the parent of Artist
• PROPOSED: Artist is a parent of Artist

Other

"online community" is an outdated phrase, if it ever was current; "social networking" is a phrase many more will be familiar with (and know when the AR is or isn't right)

• NOW: Artist has an online community page at URL
• PROPOSED: Artist has a social networking page at URL
• Also rename the AR from Online Community Relationship Type to Social Networking Relationship Type, to match the new phrasology

• NOW: URL is an online community page for Artist
• PROPOSED: URL is a social networking web page for Artist

"We have composers, lyricists, etc who also have performance names; "performs as" doesn't make sense for those contexts

• NOW: Artist is a performance name for the person Artist
• PROPOSED: Artist is a performance name for the person with the legal name Artist

• NOW: Artist performs as Artist
• PROPOSED: Artist uses the stage name Artist

"Providing instrumentation" doesn't make a lot of sense; the past tense of the verb is "instrumentated"

• NOW: Artist provided instrumentation for Release
• PROPOSED: Artist instrumentated Release

• NOW: Artist provided instrumentation for Track
• PROPOSED: Artist instrumentated Track