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Every month or so, a new artist or project is chosen to be the subject of the Cleanup of the Month (previously 'Collaboration of the Month'). The aim is to bring the efforts of the community to a focus on providing the most complete and correct discography possible for a single artist, or to take care of a cleanup project too large for any one editor to handle.
Every month or so a new artist will be chosen from the list of nominations to be the subject of "Cleanup of the Month". The aim is to focus the effort of the community and work as a team to clean up that artist's MusicBrainz entry. To complete and correct the discography as much as possible, to link usefull information, to basically "complete" it.


Each collaboration is organised and discussed in its own wiki page and forum topic.
Each collaboration will be organised and discussed in its own wiki page and separate forum topic.


==Current Cleanup(s) of the Month==
==Current Cleanup of the Month==


This month's cleanup is [[Artist:70248960-cb53-4ea4-943a-edb18f7d336f|Bruce Springsteen]]!!
For December 2009 - January 2010, we have two cleanups running at the same time: [[Cleanup_Of_The_Month/BachBoxSets|JS Bach box sets]] and [[Cleanup_Of_The_Month/Unlinked_Discs_Report|Cleaning up the unlinked discs report]].
Things that need to be done are at [[/Bruce Springsteen]] and you can discuss issues in the [http://forums.musicbrainz.org/viewtopic.php?id=2597 forum].


==Selecting the next Cleanup of the Month==
==Nominations for Cleanup of the Month==


To nominate an artist for a future cleanup, list the artist's name at the end of the list on the discussion page. To vote for a nomination, enter your name underneath the description. Good candidates for CotM should be artists that have large, messy, and incomplete [[MusicBrainz]] entries. Please add more candidates!
To nominate an artist for a future cleanup, list the artist's name here. Good candidates for CotM should be artists that have large, messy or incomplete MusicBrainz entries. Please add more candidates!
:'''Note: for projects and other ideas please list them [[Talk:Cleanup_Of_The_Month|here]]'''

; [[Artist:f81d592c-993f-4693-b53a-57db5a6257b9|Blood, Sweat & Tears]]
: Well known artist, but with a messy and incomplete discography.

; [[Artist:06fb1c8b-566e-4cb2-985b-b467c90781d4|Jimi Hendrix]]
: mister Matt Perry on forum :D [[User:Mdhowe|Mdhowe]]

; [[Artist:9fdaa16b-a6c4-4831-b87c-bc9ca8ce7eaa|The Who]]
: I think it would be a good challenge; normal bootlegs and official bootlegs (if there is such a thing).

; [[Artist:1884ed9c-6fe1-468d-a7f8-8d19c9c4e441|Status Quo]]

; [[Artist:87c5dedd-371d-4a53-9f7f-80522fb7f3cb|Björk]]
: Well known artist, lots of bootlegs. [[User:Nine99|Nine99]]

; [[Artist:53b106e7-0cc6-42cc-ac95-ed8d30a3a98e|John Williams]]
: Similar to Morricone in the number of entries, and the types of issues. Also, there are at least 8 different John Williams in the database, so easy potential for incorrect artist attributions between them.

; [[Artist:79501bb4-f711-48fc-822e-2e4c9d62181a|New Jordal Swingers]]
: Norwegian Band, Huge catalogue, 30+ years, lots of various releases, mostly empty entry.

; [[Artist:44119570-4d53-46e7-a447-bd18608c28d8|Procol Harum]]
: Prog band mostly known for their hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale". Their discography is full of similar releases that need tracking down for proof etc.

; [[Label:e206bbcc-7dce-4a2c-a30e-08494961c99e|EXIT TUNES]]
: Japanese Label covering a lot of popular tunes used frequently on Nico Nico Douga, and as a bonus covers a ton of official Vocaloid work.

; [[Label:d5a60c75-26e2-4363-a5db-58c12b578cd5|Toshiba EMI]]'s [http://www.emimusic.jp/dancemania/ Dancemania] (Trance Paradise/Hime Trance/etc.) series.
: A joint venture label between Toshiba and EMI, releases spanning over a decade. Over half of all the releases include worldwide hits, including remixes, and the other less-than-half is internally-produced electronic music.


==Previous Collaborations/Cleanups of the Month==
==Previous Collaborations/Cleanups of the Month==
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* [[Collaboration Of The Month/The Beatles|The Beatles]] (November-December 2006)
* [[Collaboration Of The Month/The Beatles|The Beatles]] (November-December 2006)
* [[Collaboration Of The Month/Dire Straits|Dire Straits]] (January-April 2007)
* [[Collaboration Of The Month/Dire Straits|Dire Straits]] (January-April 2007)
* [[Collaboration Of The Month/Bob Marley|Bob Marley]] (May-June 2007)
* [[Collaboration Of The Month/Bob Marley|Bob Marley]] (May-June 2007) (not completed)
** ''Note: Due to growing pains of the Musicbrainz Community and the complexity of Bob Marley's musicantry, and insufficient interest in CotM at large, Bob Marley's entries were not completed.''
* [[Cleanup Of The Month/Ennio Morricone|Ennio Morricone]] (July-August 2007)
* [[Cleanup Of The Month/Ennio Morricone|Ennio Morricone]] (July-August 2007)
* [[Cleanup Of The Month/%5 Bunknown%5 D|[unknown]]] (September 2007-January 2008)
* [[Artist:125ec42a-7229-4250-afc5-e057484327fe|[unknown]]] (September 2007-January 2008)
* [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/b09ae88f-4156-4caa-b129-1cacb5e1632e.html Benny Goodman] (February-March 2008)
* [[Artist:b09ae88f-4156-4caa-b129-1cacb5e1632e|Benny Goodman]] (February-March 2008)
* [[Cleanup_Of_The_Month/BachBoxSets|JS Bach box sets]] (December 2009 - January 2010)
* [[Cleanup_Of_The_Month/Unlinked_Discs_Report|Cleaning up the unlinked discs report]] (December 2009 - January 2010)




[[Community Project]]
[[Category:Community Project]] [[Category:CotM]]

Latest revision as of 18:11, 8 February 2017

Every month or so a new artist will be chosen from the list of nominations to be the subject of "Cleanup of the Month". The aim is to focus the effort of the community and work as a team to clean up that artist's MusicBrainz entry. To complete and correct the discography as much as possible, to link usefull information, to basically "complete" it.

Each collaboration will be organised and discussed in its own wiki page and separate forum topic.

Current Cleanup of the Month

This month's cleanup is Bruce Springsteen!! Things that need to be done are at /Bruce Springsteen and you can discuss issues in the forum.

Nominations for Cleanup of the Month

To nominate an artist for a future cleanup, list the artist's name here. Good candidates for CotM should be artists that have large, messy or incomplete MusicBrainz entries. Please add more candidates!

Note: for projects and other ideas please list them here
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Well known artist, but with a messy and incomplete discography.
Jimi Hendrix
mister Matt Perry on forum :D Mdhowe
The Who
I think it would be a good challenge; normal bootlegs and official bootlegs (if there is such a thing).
Status Quo
Björk
Well known artist, lots of bootlegs. Nine99
John Williams
Similar to Morricone in the number of entries, and the types of issues. Also, there are at least 8 different John Williams in the database, so easy potential for incorrect artist attributions between them.
New Jordal Swingers
Norwegian Band, Huge catalogue, 30+ years, lots of various releases, mostly empty entry.
Procol Harum
Prog band mostly known for their hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale". Their discography is full of similar releases that need tracking down for proof etc.
EXIT TUNES
Japanese Label covering a lot of popular tunes used frequently on Nico Nico Douga, and as a bonus covers a ton of official Vocaloid work.
Toshiba EMI's Dancemania (Trance Paradise/Hime Trance/etc.) series.
A joint venture label between Toshiba and EMI, releases spanning over a decade. Over half of all the releases include worldwide hits, including remixes, and the other less-than-half is internally-produced electronic music.

Previous Collaborations/Cleanups of the Month