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#REDIRECT [[Style/Titles#Extra_title_information]] |
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=Style for Extra Title Information= |
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'''Additional information on an [[Album]] or [[Track]] that is not part of its [[Main Title|MainTitle]] (but required to make it distinguishable from different albums or tracks with the same [[Main Title|MainTitle]]) must be entered in parentheses after the [[Main Title|MainTitle]].''' |
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This [[Extra Title Information|ExtraTitleInformation]] must be put in '''lower case''', '''except for''' those cases where it represents a '''proper name''' (f.e. the titles of a (re)mix, the names of places or persons, etc.). |
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Note, that this does not apply to sub-titles as explained in [[Subtitle Style|SubTitleStyle]], which are handled as parts of the [[Main Title|MainTitle]]. |
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'''Status:''' ''Basically this is an [[Official Style Guideline|OfficialStyleGuideline]], but since the content of this page needs some review, I would still consider it a [[Proposed Style Guideline|ProposedStyleGuideline]] concerning specific details.'' |
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==Details== |
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The specific cases of [[Extra Title Information|ExtraTitleInformation]] are dealt with in a page of their own. Note, however, that unifiying the following guidelines is still under way: |
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* [[Remix Style|RemixStyle]] |
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* [[Versus Style|VersusStyle]] |
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* [[Soundtrack Title Style|SoundtrackTitleStyle]] (or better [[Soundtrack Style|SoundtrackStyle]]) |
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* [[Instrumental Style|InstrumentalStyle]] |
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==Special Notes== |
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* We generally do not retain information such as "(album version)" as this is considered incidental. If the release is a single, of ''course'' one of the tracks is going to be the "album version"; "album version" is '''not''' part of the title, and is extraneous [[Extra Title Information|ExtraTitleInformation]]. |
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==Examples== |
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Blue (extended mix) |
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Talking All That Jazz (Torti's Old School Mix of Edits dub) |
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Bear Witness (Automator's 2 Turntables and a Razor Blade re-edit) |
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Disciple (demo) |
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==Discussion== |
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For example I think "(excerpt)" and "(highlights)" should be in that [[Extra Information Style|ExtraInformationStyle]]: in brackets and lowercase and note it's not a track only matter. --[[User:ClutchEr2|ClutchEr2]] |
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The following additions to this guideline were [http://lists.musicbrainz.org/pipermail/musicbrainz-users/2004-November/018858.html discussed on the mailing list] on 2004-11-18: |
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* Extra title information should always be in English, except for volume identifiers which are considered part of the title and should be consistent with the language used in the title. |
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* Expand all abbreviations within extra title information unless they are part of a title, ie: RMX or MX can sometimes be considered part of a remix title and so should not be blanketly expanded. Featuring is the only accepted abbreviation (as "feat."), all similar abbreviations should be expanded. |
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It is currently not possible to store all information about releases that people might be interested in. Rather than clutter release/track titles with too much information, the following details should be left out: |
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* Country of release or designation as an import |
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* Record label |
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* Designation as a "bonus track" |
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* Any other information not discussed in the [[Official Style Guideline|OfficialStyleGuideline]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s. |
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You can, however, add this information to the [[Album Annotation|AlbumAnnotation]]. |
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''"but required to make it distinguishable from different albums or tracks with the same [[Main Title|MainTitle]]"'' - I think this should be removed, as it's not always the case. Eg, if a track is only ever recorded as a live version, does that mean "(live)" is not required? I'm not sure how to reword it, but basically I think that it should be that any info deemed appropriate on the sleeve is valid [[Extra Title Information|ExtraTitleInformation]], '''except''' that which is irrelevant (eg 'bonus track' - because the track itself is no different). --[[User:Gecks|Gecks]] |
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