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|Hi, and welcome to [[MusicBrainz]]! This page is intended to give you a few starting points to edit MusicBrainz, whether you're an [[Artist|artist]] or a user of the BBC Music site. Please read it (and any other guides relevant to what you want to do) before starting to edit. If after reading you're still stuck, then [[Contact Us|contact us]] so we can help you and hopefully make the guides more useful for other users.
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|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:30px">Introduction</span>
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|style="background:#F3CFAA;"|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:25px">What is MusicBrainz?</span>
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|style="background:#F3CFAA;"|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:15px">MusicBrainz is a community-maintained open source encyclopedia of music information. Data in MusicBrainz can be edited by anyone, so artists and fans can fix and extend the information. Note that unlike Wikipedia, changes to the data don't usually apply automatically, but have to be [[Introduction to Voting|voted on]].</span>
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|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:25px">How does the BBC use MusicBrainz's data?</span>
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|style="background:#F3CFAA;"|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:15px">The BBC uses the MusicBrainz database as the backbone of their artist pages (eg. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/5700dcd4-c139-4f31-aa3e-6382b9af9032 the artist page for Kraftwerk]). An artist must exist in the MusicBrainz database in order to have a BBC artist page, and this page will be systematically linked to from across bbc.co.uk wherever editorially relevant (eg. from tracklists, playlists, charts, event pages etc). Related BBC content is aggregated on each artist page, including videos, audio clips, album reviews and play count information.
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|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:25px">Creating a MusicBrainz account</span>
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|style="background:#F3CFAA;"|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:15px">First, you need to [[How_to_Create_an_Account|create a MusicBrainz user account]]. Note that MusicBrainz doesn't have any kind of special artist or corporate accounts, but if you represent a company it is recommended that you show it in your username eg. "sony_bob" or "bbc_john".</span>
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|style="background: #ffffcc;"|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:15px">'''Note:''' You should create an account on the MusicBrainz '''site''' (http://musicbrainz.org/register), ''not on this wiki''.</span>
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|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:25px">Creating a MusicBrainz artist page</span>
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|style="background:#F3CFAA;"|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:15px">Creating a new artist is simple, just follow the [[How_to_Add_an_Artist|How to Add an Artist guide]]. Don't try to turn an existing, different artist into your own entry, just add a new artist for you and work with that. If the BBC have attributed radio plays to the wrong artist, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/?ref=/music/ contact them] once you have created the right one and let them know of the problem.

Once the artist page has been created on MusicBrainz it may take several hours to show up on the BBC Music website and in search results.</span>
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|style="background:#F3CFAA;"|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:15px">The BBC takes most of their links for an artist from MusicBrainz. For adding a new link, follow [[How_to_Add_Relationships#Relating_to_URLs|the guide for adding URLs]].

Note that the Last.fm links are automatically added by the BBC and cannot be added or modified through MusicBrainz.</span>
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|style="background:#F3CFAA;"|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:15px">The BBC displays biography extracts from the Wikipedia page related to the artist in MusicBrainz. You can add the relevant Wikipedia page by following the [[How_to_Add_Relationships#Relating_to_URLs|guide for adding a URL]].</span>
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|style="background:#F3CFAA;"|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:15px">The BBC does not use MusicBrainz data to display the artist photo on each BBC artist page, but a combination of Getty Images, BBC copyright photos and publicity shots. Adding an image link to MusicBrainz will not add it to the BBC artist page.

If you'd like to add a photo for an artist who has been played by the BBC, please contact them directly (at musicfeedback@bbc.co.uk) for details.
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|style="background:#F3CFAA;"|<span style="color:#000000; font-size:15px">For adding [[Release|release]]s (albums, singles, etc.) to your artist, follow the [[How to Add a Release]] guide.

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|style="background: #091B49;"|<span style="color:#5786FF; font-size:15px">'''Note:''' If you don't have the time or skill to add this yourself, see [[User:Colbydray/RequestBrainz]]</span>
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