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'''Welcome to the MusicBrainz Wiki!''' |
'''Welcome to the MusicBrainz Wiki!''' |
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+ | The [[MusicBrainz Wiki]] is a dynamic information resource to help you [[About|understand]] [http://musicbrainz.org MusicBrainz], learn how to use and contribute to it more effectively, and to help shape the direction it takes into the future. |
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| − | This page is a summary outline of thematic clusters for these documentation efforts and discussions. |
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| + | == Frequently Asked Questions == |
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| ⚫ | New users can find [[MusicBrainz|an introduction to MusicBrainz]] in this Wiki, as well as |
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| − | + | These [[Frequently Asked Questions|FAQs]] are maintained by the MusicBrainz community. |
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| + | If you cannot find an answer in the FAQ, search the MetaBrainz [[Communication#Forums|forums]] to see whether another person has asked the same question. If not, start a new thread and ask! |
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| − | These [[Frequently Asked Questions|FrequentlyAskedQuestions]] are maintained by the MusicBrainz community. Chances are, that if you have a question on how to use [[MusicBrainz]], you will find the answer here. There is also a reviewed read-only version of this FAQ on [[Doc:FrequentlyAskedQuestions|the main site]]. |
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| − | If you cannot find an answer in FAQ, search this third-party [http://www.nabble.com/MusicBrainz-f2885.html discussion archive] (hosted by [http://www.nabble.com Nabble]) which combines messages from Musicbrainz's user, developer, and announcement [[Mailing List|MailingList]]s. You can search, browse, or post your questions there. The search is fast and the UI is clean. |
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| + | This wiki has important guidelines that help you determine how data on the database should be added and modified. |
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| + | * The [[Style|style guidelines]] have information on how the data in MusicBrainz should be formatted and organized. |
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| − | This Wiki contains all important [[Style Guideline|StyleGuideline]]s, which address issues for new and expert users on how to add to and improve the [[MusicBrainz]] database. |
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| − | * The [[Style Guideline|StyleGuideline]]s have information on how the data in [[MusicBrainz]] should be formatted and organized, including [[Official Style Guideline|OfficialStyleGuideline]]s, [[Capitalization Standard|CapitalizationStandard]] and [[Classical Style Guide|ClassicalStyleGuide]]. |
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+ | The [[Communication/Mailing_Lists#Users.27_Mailing_List|MusicBrainz-Users]] mailing list archive also holds many discussions and informal agreements on formatting entries. |
==Community Projects== |
==Community Projects== |
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+ | The users who take care of the MusicBrainz database have started various [[Community Project|community projects]]. This helps people to coordinate their editing efforts and to find like minded editors. |
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| − | ==Additional Metadata and Information== |
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| − | The [[MusicBrainz]] database can only hold some types of information; this Wiki can be used for [[Additional Metadata|AdditionalMetadata]] that is helpful when editing or voting, such as information on [[Identically Named Artists|IdenticallyNamedArtists]], and lists of artists & releases that are [[Not Duplicate Artists|NotDuplicateArtists]] and [[Not Duplicate Releases|NotDuplicateReleases]]. There is also information on [[International Artists|InternationalArtists]]. |
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| − | Now that the database supports [[Artist Annotation|ArtistAnnotation]]s and [[Release Annotation|ReleaseAnnotation]]s, some of this information can and should be moved to the database. |
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==MusicBrainz Development== |
==MusicBrainz Development== |
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| + | The community is actively [[Development|developing]] MusicBrainz, and offers a number of different [[Products|products]]. |
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| − | [[MusicBrainz]] is being developed in small evolutionary steps and this Wiki provides an important resource for this process. The section [[MusicBrainz Development|MusicBrainzDevelopment]] lists work depending on its status: |
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| − | * [[New Feature Suggestions|NewFeatureSuggestions]] are just that suggestions. This is the place to add cool feature ideas (or even better, discuss them on the [[Mailing List|MailingList]]). |
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| − | * [[Future Work|FutureWork]] are features we have agreed to implement, but nobody is working on it yet. |
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| − | * [[Current Work|CurrentWork]] is work that somebody is working on now, possibly on one of the [[Test Server|TestServer]]s. |
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| − | * [[Finished Work|FinishedWork]] is well, finished. |
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| − | * [[Dormant Work|DormantWork]] is um, not finished because of different reasons. |
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| − | ==MusicBrainz Documentation== |
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| − | The [[MusicBrainz Documentation|MusicBrainzDocumentation]] is a major current project on the Wiki. We have started [[Restructuring The Documentation|RestructuringTheDocumentation]]; i.e. to move the [[MusicBrainz Documentation|MusicBrainzDocumentation]] from the main pages into the Wiki. The docs on the main pages are often quite dated, so we will try to update and intertwingle them here. This will finally lead to [[WikiDocs]], a homepage that is completely based on the [[MusicBrainz Wiki|MusicBrainzWiki]] |
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| − | ''The intertwingling is quite awful currently. It should be something like this:'' (--[[User:DonRedman|DonRedman]]) |
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| − | * [[Restructuring The Documentation|RestructuringTheDocumentation]] -- about the ''project'', can also help with backlinks if you say "We are [[Restructuring The Documentation|RestructuringTheDocumentation]] here" on doc pages. |
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| − | * [[MusicBrainz Documentation|MusicBrainzDocumentation]] -- an index of everything there is. No matter what the current status is. |
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| − | * Category Documentation Official -- should replace '[[Original Version|OriginalVersion]]' which is a terribly [[Bad WikiName|BadWikiName]] |
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| − | * [[Official Documentation|OfficialDocumentation]] -- currently does what [[Restructuring The Documentation|RestructuringTheDocumentation]] should do. The full [[Wiki Name|WikiName]] of this page should be [[Official MusicBrainz Documentation|OfficialMusicBrainzDocumentation]] BTW. |
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| − | ==Other Music Metadata Efforts== |
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| − | * [http://microformats.org/wiki/haudio http://microformats.org/wiki/haudio] - a microformat. |
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| − | ==About This Wiki== |
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| + | Feel free to check out our [[Server|server]] and [[Database|database]], and the [[MusicBrainz License|license]] they're provided under. |
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| − | See [[MusicBrainz Wiki|MusicBrainzWiki]] for more information on this wiki. |
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| − | * [[Status Of This Wiki|StatusOfThisWiki]] should give you an idea which parts are stable and which are in progress. |
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| − | * [[Moin Moin Wiki Syntax|MoinMoinWikiSyntax]] is about the technical details of editing wiki pages. |
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| − | * [[Good Wiki Style|GoodWikiStyle]] (especially [[Good WikiName|GoodWikiName]] and [[Bad WikiName|BadWikiName]]) are more about how to behave well in this wiki. |
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| − | * The [[WikiDocs]] concept outlines how we use content of this wiki to show it on the main site. |
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| − | * [[MusicBrainz Wiki License|MusicBrainzWikiLicense]] for details about our license |
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| − | * Finally you can test anything in the [[Sandbox]]. |
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Latest revision as of 05:30, 3 March 2023
Welcome to the MusicBrainz Wiki!
The MusicBrainz Wiki is a dynamic information resource to help you understand MusicBrainz, learn how to use and contribute to it more effectively, and to help shape the direction it takes into the future.
Introduction to MusicBrainz
New users can find an introduction to MusicBrainz in this Wiki, as well as an explanation of the Picard Tagger and how to contribute.
Frequently Asked Questions
These FAQs are maintained by the MusicBrainz community.
If you cannot find an answer in the FAQ, search the MetaBrainz forums to see whether another person has asked the same question. If not, start a new thread and ask!
Guidelines
This wiki has important guidelines that help you determine how data on the database should be added and modified.
- The style guidelines have information on how the data in MusicBrainz should be formatted and organized.
- The editing tips provide information on how editing works and suggestions on the most effective ways to add new data and correct data that has errors or doesn't follow the style guidelines.
The MusicBrainz-Users mailing list archive also holds many discussions and informal agreements on formatting entries.
Community Projects
The users who take care of the MusicBrainz database have started various community projects. This helps people to coordinate their editing efforts and to find like minded editors.
MusicBrainz Development
The community is actively developing MusicBrainz, and offers a number of different products.
Feel free to check out our server and database, and the license they're provided under.
