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<small>[[Label]] | [[Annotation]] > Label annotation </small> |
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==Overview== |
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A '''Label annotation''' is user contributed text attached to a specific label entry. |
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<small>{i} You may consult either the [[Annotation]] or [[Label]] page for general informations about them. </small> |
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==Label annotation content== |
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[[Image:Idea.png]] A label annotation may hold any information about a label that does not fit into the fields of the database. The following uses are suggested: |
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* [[Image:Checkmark.png]] '''Trivia''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><small>example: ''Prestige'' was known as "The Junky Label" </small> |
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</ul> |
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* [[Image:Checkmark.png]] '''Textual historical facts''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><small>example: ''Debut'' catalog was offered to ''Fantasy Records'' by [[Artist:f3b8e107-abe8-4743-b6a3-4a4ee995e71f|Charles Mingus]] as a "wedding present" </small> |
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</ul> |
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* [[Image:Checkmark.png]] '''Additional disambiguation''': [[Identically Named Labels|identically named labels]] are usually distinguished thanks to a short [[Label Comment|label comment]]. Sometimes, though, it may be useful to provide additional information, or special warnings. |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><small>example: There are at least four different ''Dial Records'', and you should be extra careful when deciding to which you attribute a release. </small> |
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</ul> |
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* [[Image:Checkmark.png]] '''Miscellaneous editing warnings or informations''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><small>example: ''BYGActuel'' is the correct name and should not be modified to ''Actuel'' </small> |
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</ul> |
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* [[Image:Checkmark.png]] '''Additional comment about the state of the informations attached to the label entry''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><small>example: Badly lacking historical information about ''Bird Notes''. If you have some information, please provide them or drop a mail to editor [[Editor:dmppanda|dmppanda]] </small> |
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</ul> |
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* [[Image:Checkmark.png]] '''To do list''': list of pending work, draft, data fragments awaiting to be properly added. You should use the word '''TODO''', as to make your list easily find-able via a search on annotations. |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><small>example: TODO: research, dig and sort out the awful ''Toshiba'' ''Blue Note'' reissue mess (all TOCJ and TOJJ series) </small> |
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</ul> |
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* [[Image:Checkmark.png]] '''Open issues to resolve''': if you think something is wrong, but you're not sure or don't want to fix it yourself, you can write a short note to warn others about it. You may use the word '''FIXME''' before your note. |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><small>example: FIXME: some of the releases here are not ''Blue Notes'', but probably ''Mosaic''. </small> |
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</ul> |
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* [[Image:Checkmark.png]] '''Data that can't fit in the fields of the database, but should, due to a current technical limitation''': we actually have no way to specify non continuous multiple periods of activity for a label. |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><small>example: ''Blue Note'' went dormant during the late 70s, before it was revived during the 80s. </small> |
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</ul> |
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* [[Image:Checkmark.png]] This list is not exhaustive: you may use a label annotation for pretty much anything you can think of - as long as it matches the purpose of [[Annotation]]s, and relates to the label entry to which it's attached. |
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{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. |
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==Label annotation style== |
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At that time there is no official (neither recommended) style for label annotations. We may later propose such a style guide if there is really a need for it. |
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{{AnnotationIntertwingling}} |
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[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:Label]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:20, 24 July 2011
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