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{{official ngs style}}

Applies to [[Release Title|release titles]] and [[Track Title|track titles]] that are part of a [[Series|series]].

When an item is one of a series which are labeled as parts, volumes, etc., separate the number from the title by a comma and a space like so:

:'''"''Release Title'', Volume 2"'''
:'''"''Track Title'', Part 2"'''

* See [[Volume Number Style|VolumeNumberStyle]] for specific details on ''Releases''.
* See [[Part Number Style|PartNumberStyle]] for specific details on ''Tracks''.

Note that the [[Abbreviation Style|AbbreviationStyle]] says that you '''must not''' use abbreviations in titles with the only exception that [[Artist Intent|ArtistIntent]] overrules the [[Style Guideline|StyleGuideline]]s. In this case you need to provide evidentiary information about why it is an exceptional case in your [[Edit Note|EditNote]]!

=Example=

"''UK Space Techno, Volume 5''"

"''Café del Mar, Volumen Cinco''"

=Rationale and Details=

The rationale behind SeriesNumberStyle was so that we can create some consistency through groups of series. In some aspects this guideline is a [[Strong Guideline|StrongGuideline]], in others it is a weak guideline, e.g., a [[Style Guideline]]:

In most cases SeriesNumberStyle is the only applicable rule, since it is rare and hard to prove that there is any real [[Artist Intent|ArtistIntent]] with series numbers. Also many series have a title scheme that is [[Consistent Original Data|ConsistentOriginalData]] (there are exceptions!), but still things like "'', Vol. X''" or "''(Volume X)''" are changed to "'', Volume X''".

Thus the [[Abbreviation Style|AbbreviationStyle]] ''always'' overrides the second rule of the [[Style Principle|StylePrinciple]]s. In the same manner parantheses must be ''always'' replaced with a comma.

SeriesNumberStyle is, however, weak and follows the [[Style Principle|StylePrinciple]]s in the following cases (as long as they are used consistently in the original data, or at least in the majority of cases). These things are usually not changed by SeriesNumberStyle:
* Number schemes other than "''1, 2, 3, ...''"; e.g. "''I, II, III, ...''", "''One, Two, Three, ...''", "''1st, 2nd, 3rd''" or the use of foreign language numbers.
* Volume labeling schemes other than "''Volume''"; e.g. "''Series''", "''Edition''", etc.
* If the [[Release Title|ReleaseTitle]] ends with a different punctuation mark; e.g. an exclamation mark [http://musicbrainz.org/album/42201617-0f73-4095-82be-1f036eafb98a.html The Best Sixties Album in the World... Ever! Volume 4 (disc 2) ]. In that case just use the punctuation mark that is specified by the title.
* Combinations of the above; e.g. "''Fetenhits: The Real Classics, the 2nd''", or [http://www.musicbrainz.org/newsearch.html?limit=0&table=album&search=Emo+Diaries+chapter The Emo Diaries] which use ''Chapter'' as volume delimiter, and English words as volume numbers.
* and similar cases (still to be added after discussion).

Latest revision as of 23:47, 1 May 2015