Re: [mb-users] Should catalog numbers be capitalised?
Alex Mauer <[email protected]> Sun, 21 Sep 2014 20:21:53 -0500
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On 9/21/2014 12:56 PM, Ian McEwen wrote: > On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 12:29:41PM -0500, Alex Mauer wrote: >> On 9/18/2014 10:38 AM, caller#6 wrote: >>> On 09/17/2014 03:48 PM, lixobix wrote: >>>> Should catalog numbers be capitalised, or should they be entered as shown? >>> >>> Where possible, I'd prefer to use the form that the label uses in >>> printed catalogs or on web pages over the form used on an individual >>> release (assuming there's a difference). >> >> It seems completely wrong to me to use a source other than the release >> for this information. MB is about the releases, not about some website >> or printed catalog. >> > > MusicBrainz is about neither, OK, fair enough; MusicBrainz *release entities* are about the releases though, IMO. For an entity that represented the catalog itself or the label, it's appropriate to normalize; but not for the release.