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When adding an artist to the database whose name appears to start with a definite article (eg. "The"), always check whether the definite article is actually part of the artist name. In cases where this is not known, ignore the definite article. In the case where an existing artist has a credit on a release starting with a definitive article and it isn't part of the artist name, include the definite article in the artist credit, not in the join phrase. |
When adding an artist to the database whose name appears to start with a definite article (eg. "The"), always check whether the definite article is actually part of the artist name. In cases where this is not known, ignore the definite article. In the case where an existing artist has a credit on a release starting with a definitive article and it isn't part of the artist name, include the definite article in the artist credit, not in the join phrase. |
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| − | *"The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra" should actually be [[artist:299597ae-3a20-4bf1-973e-03704af69f6b|Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] according to their website. If they appear on a release as "The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra", then "The" should be included in the artist credit, not the join phrase. |
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| − | *In the case of "Los Lobos", "Los" is actually part of the name according to their website and Wikipedia, so their artist name in MusicBrainz is correct: [[artist:2b9967c7-3246-4658-a561-ded5408dd9af|Los Lobos]]. |
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Revision as of 18:16, 23 January 2013
| Status: This page describes an active style guideline proposal and is not official. |
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JIRA ticket http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-180 |
Introduction
This proposal is designed to improve the correctness of artist names in the database, where the artist name starts with "The" or some other definite article. It also aims to improve the consistency of artist credits for these artists.
Proposal
Insert the following text at the end of the "Name" section of Style/Artist.
A definite article is a word before a noun which indicates uniqueness, found in some languages. For example:
- English has one: the
- French has three: le, la, les
- Spanish has four: el, la, los, las
- German has many, including the following: der, die, das
When adding an artist to the database whose name appears to start with a definite article (eg. "The"), always check whether the definite article is actually part of the artist name. In cases where this is not known, ignore the definite article. In the case where an existing artist has a credit on a release starting with a definitive article and it isn't part of the artist name, include the definite article in the artist credit, not in the join phrase.
