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A '''Release annotation''' is user contributed text attached to a specific release entry. |
A '''Release annotation''' is user contributed text attached to a specific release entry. |
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<small>{i} You may consult either the [[Annotation]] or [[Release]] page for general information about them. </small> |
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==Release annotation content== |
==Release annotation content== |
Revision as of 14:14, 10 March 2010
Overview
A Release annotation is user contributed text attached to a specific release entry.
Release annotation content
A release annotation may hold any information about a release that does not fit into the fields of the database, or which is not allowed to be in the ReleaseTitle or TrackTitle
s according to the OfficialStyleGuideline
s. The following uses are suggested:
- Trivia: sales, awards...
- Historical facts related to the conditions or recording and/or production of the release
- Disambiguation: notes that help differentiate this release from another (possibly identically named different release, or different edition), indications about bonus tracks...
- Miscellaneous editing warnings or information: notes specifically warning users about some uncommon aspect of the release, that shouldn't be changed (capitalization, spelling, ...)
- Additional comment about the state of the information: things to fix, to research
- Alternate release title or other edition indications
- Data that can't fit in the fields of the database, but should, due to a current technical limitation
- This list is not exhaustive: you may use a release annotation for pretty much anything you can think of - as long as it matches the purpose of Annotations, and relates to the release entry to which it's attached.
{X} You mustn't add copyrighted content copied from other resources, be they online or printed. More generally, you really shouldn't copy/paste any kind of content, unless it's purely factual.
Release annotation style
For translated/transliterated releases, the following wording is suggested:
- For the original release use:
- "Please do not change the capitalization of this release, it is exactly the way it should be as this is a japanese release, for the transliterated [resp. translated] version go here [link]. These releases must not be merged."
- For the transliterated/translated version:
- "This is a transliterated [resp. translated] version of [link to original]. These releases must not be merged."