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## [[/Language/English|English guidelines]] ([[Style/Classical/Language/English|English in classical music]])
 
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Revision as of 10:23, 15 January 2013

This page outlines the official MusicBrainz Style Guidelines.

Getting started

  1. Quickstart
  2. Style principle
    1. Error correction and artist intent
  3. Adding a new release
  4. Old style practices

Detailed guidelines

  1. Titles
    1. Abbreviations
    2. Extra title information
    3. Subtitles
    4. Multiple titles
    5. Split releases
    6. Series numbers
      1. Part numbers
      2. Volume numbers
    7. Featured artists
    8. OC ReMix series
    9. Promo Only series
  2. Artist
    1. Artist with multiple names
    2. Sort Name
    3. Aliases
  3. Release group
  4. Release
  5. Recording
  6. Label
  7. Relationships
    1. URLs
      1. Cover art whitelist
      2. Lyrics whitelist
      3. Score whitelist
    2. Don't make relationship clusters
  8. Unknown and untitled
    1. Special Purpose Artist
    2. Special Purpose Label
    3. Special Purpose Track Title
  9. Specific types of releases
    1. Soundtrack
    2. Opera
    3. Musical Theatre
    4. Live bootlegs
    5. Broadcast programs
  10. Classical music
    1. Release / Release group title
    2. Release / Release group artists
    3. Track artists
    4. Recording artists
  11. Miscellaneous

Language specific guidelines

  1. Overview
    1. English guidelines (English in classical music)
    2. Guidelines for transliterations
    3. Catalan
    4. Chinese
    5. Czech
    6. Danish
    7. Dutch and Frisian
    8. Estonian (Estonian in classical music)
    9. Finnish
    10. French
    11. German
    12. Greek
    13. Hebrew
    14. Hungarian
    15. Italian
    16. Japanese
    17. Latin
    18. Latvian
    19. Lithuanian
    20. Norwegian
    21. Polish
    22. Portuguese
    23. Romanian
    24. Russian
    25. Slovak
    26. Spanish(Spanish in classical music)
    27. Swedish
    28. Turkish
    29. Vietnamese
    30. Yiddish


Style
Overview Style Principle · Error correction & Artist intent · Old and/or outdated style practices · Forums · How to propose style changes
Title Style Titles · OC ReMix series
Entities Artist (Sort name) · Release Group · Release · Recording · Work · Series · Place · Event · Aliases · Artist credits
Relationships Relationships · URLs (Lyrics Whitelist)
Classical Classical portal · Release title · Release artist · Track titles · Track artist · Recording artist · Works
Special Cases/Misc. Unknown and untitled entities (Special Purpose Artist, Special Purpose Label, Special Purpose Track Title) · Specific types of releases (Pseudo-Releases, Soundtracks, Theatre, Live bootleg, Broadcast, Audiobooks) · Miscellaneous
Languages English (Classical) · Catalan · Chinese · Czech · Danish · Dutch and Frisian · Estonian (Classical) · Finnish · French · German · Greek · Hebrew · Hungarian · Italian · Japanese · Latin · Latvian · Lithuanian · Norwegian · Polish · Portuguese · Romanian · Russian · Slovak · Spanish (Classical) · Swedish · Turkish · Vietnamese · Yiddish · Transliterations
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