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...there are two cases in which you might need to merge two or more [[Release|releases]]: you might have found one or more duplicates, or a multi-disc release whi ==Duplicate releases==

...medArtists]] - A list of artists who have the same name. Most of them have not been split into different artists but are one entry in the database, so you ...e Releases|NotDuplicateReleases]] for a list of similar releases which are not the same.

...there are two cases in which you might need to merge two or more [[Release|releases]]: you might have found one or more duplicates, or a multi-disc release whi ==Duplicate releases==

...ase officially sanctioned by the artist and/or their record company. (Most releases will fit into this category.) ...ded to promote an upcoming official release. (e.g. pre-release versions or releases included with a magazine, versions supplied to radio DJs for air-play, etc)

It's generally preferable to not remove content outright, unless it's really necessary. Removing entities le ...ave to find a match from scratch and correct their data locally. Merging a duplicate instead will ensure the old identifiers will redirect, so that any data use

Some musicians perform using an "alias" (not to be confused with the MusicBrainz term, "[[Artist Alias|artist alias]]") ...a musician uses multiple different performance names on various different releases?===

...t page, it's probably not the one you want! Once you're sure the artist is not in the database, it's time to add it! For that, select "Add artist" in the ...it will ask if you are '''sure''' the artist is not duplicate. If you are not ''sure'', but strongly suspect it's a different one, it's better to still a

== How Should We Record Credits for Scholz Releases and Recordings in MBz? == #* There are separate (duplicate) MBz Recordings to represent each set of bogus credits, even though the rec

...ist/62495254-237e-4e9e-8ffb-31fede562cfd/recordings merge recordings from 'Not for Want of Trying + 4' album] * [https://musicbrainz.org/edit/31264069 after merge: go over all releases and fix Artist Credit based on cover images]

...t page, it's probably not the one you want! Once you're sure the artist is not in the database, it's time to add it! For that, select "Add artist" in the ...it will ask if you are '''sure''' the artist is not duplicate. If you are not ''sure'', but strongly suspect it's a different one, it's better to still a

...ied directly from a game disc or game download. These are usually official releases. ...hird-party tools, and editorial decisions by a 'ripper'. These are bootleg releases.

** All duplicate artists merged, artist comment set for all artists with the same name. ** All releases are cleaned up, which means medium type, date, label, barcode, ASIN and dis

...ling lists and stats collection/graphing). Spoke to ruaok about stats, but not yet about mailing lists - will do that post meeting. ...lost. That still reproduces similar crashes as those reported, though I'm not sure if fixing that will solve it. There could be other issues. Still, that

* Merge duplicate recordings of all my subscribed artists. '''Mostly done.''' * Redo a pass on all releases I own, upload my scans (I should also redo my scans with a better scanner a

This is a list of users making bad edits and not learning. I will remove them from this list if this changes. ...them, or willfully ignore them (unfortunately I cannot know, but that does not make a difference in practice: incorrect edits still keep coming). Of cours

An ISRC identifies ''[[Recording|sound recordings]]'', not the song itself. Instead, [[Work|songs]] are identified by [[ISWC|Internati ...specific. They can also have [[IPI]]s attached to it, whereas the ISAN was not designed to be used with [[IPI]]s.

...that they understand the schema too (so this only covers visible changes, not the behind-the-scenes stuff like splitting dates into three fields) ...k is the introduction of [[Artist Credit|artist credits]]. Release groups, releases, tracks, recordings and works all have artist credits (note: relationships

* [[Ticket:2653|2653]]: Should get a warning/confirmation message when adding releases to holding label * [[Ticket:2602|2602]]: Add a warning when duplicate barcodes are entered

...tty messy, but I am not sure, whether it contains stuff of value, so I did not want to delete the discussion'' ...usters|DontMakeRelationshipClusters]]? It feels to me, it does. But I have not really understood it. --[[User:DonRedman|DonRedman]]''

...the music industry. The main reason for that being that the term itself is not clearly defined and refers to at least two overlapping concepts: imprints, ...rademark) associated with the marketing of sound recordings (an imprint is not a company). An imprint may be marketed as a project, unit or division of th