The main thing is you have got legitimate references from elsewhere to show the correct spelling. So, in the same way you edit a release, you can edit the spelling of the artist name and correct it.
Donât tick any of the boxes about âmake this correction everywhereâ as I expect the odd mixed case came from some compilation album cover somewhere.
Edits to artists tend to go into the 7-day queues allowing more checking. Especially if you are correcting a name.
My initial impulse would be to have it âcorrected everywhereâ.
If I do as you suggest, will it correct the name for all âlegitimateâ releases, but only leave some compilation releases that caused this untouched?
That would be o.k. I guess?
The more I look atound that artist, the clearer it gets. ALL those references to LaBoriel are wrong. The error seems to have started by an import from freedb.com
Every image of a cover, every link back to the images at Dicogs shows no big B.
âCorrect it everywhereâ does sound like the correct option here. But good idea to check what you can first. So far, in this example, they ALL need cleaning up.
The trust comes from patience and care. You know you want to see this all correct, and want to share knowledge. As long as you leave links as to why you are making changes then corrections are always welcome.
You are correcting data from 2004. There are many artists like this in MB who need a little TLC from someone who pays attention to the details.
I tried to find other places where LaBoriel has been used. Even Discogs only have a couple of examples and they are on Saturday Night Fever sounds track and an old Dolly Parton albumâŚ
So yeah, I think you are safe to make this correction database wide.
This is why I do work like this here at MB. These artists have given me so much pleasure through their music. So I want to return some of that love by helping document their music properly.
Iâm pretty sure I pasted two links into that field, one to this thread, and another to Abeâs wikipedia page?
I may have f*ed up though?
Well, letâs hope I get away with it this time
Only way to learn anything - in this case you can now go back to the Edit History and âAdd Noteâ to the main edit. I added a note referencing this thread.
Edit notes are one of the most important part of any change. It allows someone looking at the data in ten years time to understand why you made that change.
Agreed 100%
On a personal note, my contributions (and comments) will be mostly about artists and their instruments.
Barcodes, country borders, record companies, etc. interest me a bit less.
It would not be much use if every editor all edited the same things. There are many people youâll meet who edit very narrow but vital areas.
Many editor concentrate on their CDs and just add enough to get their file tags sorted.
I enjoy the extra research involved with looking up more details and history on an artist to add more to the artist pages. I have learnt so much about my favourite musicians this way. Tracking down obscure references.
Hence âMusicBrainzâ - if we gather enough people in one place we should be able to add up enough brain cellz to get a to a full music Brain between us.
The power of community - add everyoneâs little obsession together for a brilliant whole.
Iâm not sure how to get a count of how many artists there are in MB, but there are quite a few. It takes little bit of time to get to all of them.
Iâve done work on some obscure punk artists who were barely just a name when I first found them in the database. It gets addictive drawing all the resources together and learning more about the backgrounds of the music in my collection. Something nice thinking you are helping preserve these details in to another generation.
And funny to see a request to add TLC to the TLAâs.