Re: [mb-users] Should "vol." always be expanded? -- intent?

caller#6-2 wrote
> On 08/24/2014 12:25 PM, lixobix wrote:
>> And the release itself is generally the strongest evidence of artistic 
>> intent anyway. 
> 
> That's not my understanding of "artist intent". I mean, yes, it's a 
> source to consider if you're trying to prove artist intent, but I don't 
> think it's sufficient. If it is, then we should just say "enter 
> everything as on cover".
> 
> [...]
> 
> IMO, for something to be "artist intent", it needs to be in some way a 
> meaningful difference to the artist. 

So why don't we say "enter everything as on cover"? I agree that
capitalisation should generally be corrected, as the effect of
capitalisation and font choice etc. don't transfer well into a standardised
text database. Obvious, non-stylistic, errors should be corrected. But I see
no reason why everything else should not be entered verbatim. After all, we
now have recordings, which comply with MBs own formatting rules, so why do
we have to change what is written on the release when adding releases /
tracks to comply to our own standard? I expect many users would expect to
see the release titles in MB written as on the media they own.

In relation to artistic intent, I see your point, but surely the release
itself is always a refutable presumption of artistic intent. Your approach
that the titling choices must make a "meaningful difference to the artist"
goes in the opposite direction: you presume that the choices are wrong
unless the artist has somehow confirmed that they are correct. According to
that approach, we at MB have the authority to correct "errors" that were
make by people actually involved with the release, simply because the artist
has not made it clear whether such "errors" were intentional or not. I don't
see why we take it upon ourselves to do this, nor the benefit.



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