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==Description==

The '''label comment''' is a field in the database used to help distinguish [[Identically Named Labels|labels with identical names or LabelCode]]. It's structurally identical, and has the same purpose as the [[Artist Comment|artist comment field]].

The '''label comment''' will appear in the search results next to each name: the comment should be kept fairly short. A few words is normally enough, just enough that someone reading it will recognize the [[Label]] they're looking for. The '''label comment''' field is not a place to store general background information: that kind of information should go in the [[Label Annotation|LabelAnnotation]].

You will be prompted to enter a comment any time you enter a new [[Label]] which shares its name with an existing [[Label]], but you'll not be prompted to enter a comment for the "old" one. To enhance the search results, you should ideally provide a comment for the old [[Label]] as well, by editing it on its [[Edit Label Page|EditLabelPage]].

==Editing trick==

Sometimes, we want to add a comment to a label, though there is no other identically named label. There is an easy trick to achieve this in one edit:
* edit the label, and change the label name to an existing label name...
* you will then be prompted to confirm that you want to perform this change, by providing a comment and by ticking a confirmation checkbox
* change the label name back to its original name, provide a label comment, tick the checkbox, write an edit note. Submit. That's it!

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[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:Label]]

Latest revision as of 22:00, 8 September 2012