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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. |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">[[Image:Attention.png]] This month's collaboration is [[Artist:b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d|The Beatles]], things that need to be done are at [[Cleanup Of The Month/The Beatles|/TheBeatles]] and you can discuss issues in [http://forums.musicbrainz.org/viewtopic.php?id=81 this forum topic]. |
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Every month a new artist is chosen from a list of nominations to be the subject of Collaboration of the Month. The aim is to work as a team to provide the most complete discography possible for a major artist in one month. Good candidates for CotM should be well-known artists that have messy and incomplete [[MusicBrainz]] entries. |
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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]. |
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==Nominations for Cleanup of the Month== |
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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! |
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==Nominations for Collaboration of the Month== |
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:'''Note: for projects and other ideas please list them [[Talk:Cleanup_Of_The_Month|here]]''' |
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; [[Artist:f81d592c-993f-4693-b53a-57db5a6257b9|Blood, Sweat & Tears]] |
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: Well known artist, but with a messy and incomplete discography. |
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* [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/614e3804-7d34-41ba-857f-811bad7c2b7a.html Dire Straits] |
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** Another well-known artist, lacks structure and compilations are a mess. |
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; [[Artist:1884ed9c-6fe1-468d-a7f8-8d19c9c4e441|Status Quo]] |
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* [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/c296e10c-110a-4103-9e77-47bfebb7fb2e.html Bob Marley & The Wailers] |
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** Very well known artist. Loads of compilations and re-releases that have to be verified and bad style in parts. Some entanglement with other artists (esp. [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/c9e99d40-4a2c-4ca7-ac5b-e842264ee271.html The Wailers]). |
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; [[Artist:87c5dedd-371d-4a53-9f7f-80522fb7f3cb|Björk]] |
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; [[Artist:53b106e7-0cc6-42cc-ac95-ed8d30a3a98e|John Williams]] |
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: 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. |
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; [[Artist:79501bb4-f711-48fc-822e-2e4c9d62181a|New Jordal Swingers]] |
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[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] |
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: Norwegian Band, Huge catalogue, 30+ years, lots of various releases, mostly empty entry. |
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; [[Artist:44119570-4d53-46e7-a447-bd18608c28d8|Procol Harum]] |
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: 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. |
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; [[Label:e206bbcc-7dce-4a2c-a30e-08494961c99e|EXIT TUNES]] |
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: 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. |
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; [[Label:d5a60c75-26e2-4363-a5db-58c12b578cd5|Toshiba EMI]]'s [http://www.emimusic.jp/dancemania/ Dancemania] (Trance Paradise/Hime Trance/etc.) series. |
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: 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. |
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==Previous Collaborations/Cleanups of the Month== |
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* [[Collaboration Of The Month/The Beatles|The Beatles]] (November-December 2006) |
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* [[Collaboration Of The Month/Dire Straits|Dire Straits]] (January-April 2007) |
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* [[Collaboration Of The Month/Bob Marley|Bob Marley]] (May-June 2007) (not completed) |
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* [[Cleanup Of The Month/Ennio Morricone|Ennio Morricone]] (July-August 2007) |
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* [[Artist:125ec42a-7229-4250-afc5-e057484327fe|[unknown]]] (September 2007-January 2008) |
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* [[Artist:b09ae88f-4156-4caa-b129-1cacb5e1632e|Benny Goodman]] (February-March 2008) |
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* [[Cleanup_Of_The_Month/BachBoxSets|JS Bach box sets]] (December 2009 - January 2010) |
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* [[Cleanup_Of_The_Month/Unlinked_Discs_Report|Cleaning up the unlinked discs report]] (December 2009 - January 2010) |
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[[Category:Community Project]] [[Category:CotM]] |
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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).
- 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
- The Beatles (November-December 2006)
- Dire Straits (January-April 2007)
- Bob Marley (May-June 2007) (not completed)
- Ennio Morricone (July-August 2007)
- [unknown] (September 2007-January 2008)
- Benny Goodman (February-March 2008)
- JS Bach box sets (December 2009 - January 2010)
- Cleaning up the unlinked discs report (December 2009 - January 2010)
