Greetings,
Just after adding a release for the artist The Worm Ouroboros, I saw that the said release already existed, but for The Worm Ourobouros, which is the name of the artist but with a typo in it. (See the band’s Bandcamp to check it.)
Before I start modifying every recording and release associated to the wrong band’s name, is there a way to change the artist so that this release group is associated to the correct name? I tried correcting the wrong band name, but MB considered it as another artist with the same name (therefore asking for disambiguation).
And in a more general way: is it possible to rectificate a band’s name so that its releases can be associated to the correct artist?
Thanks!
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If they’re the same entity, then use the merge function on the artist page, its under the Editing header.
Provide your reasoning for merging the two.
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The two artists are complementary: the releases missing on the correct artist page have been created on the misnamed one. Therefore, by merging the artists, the missing releases would be added to the correct artist – with just my release existing as a double of the one on the misnamed artist, which I would later merge with the latter.
Would this justify merging the artists?
(Edit: grammar.)
Yes I can’t see why not - this would be the way the merge system is intended to be used, to fix mistakes like this.
Even if the artist was incorrectly spelt on a release, they should still only point to one artist entity and use a ANV (artist name variation) for the incorrect spelling.
So yeah two merges
- merge the artist entities
- merge the releases
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Thank you!
Here’s the edit for merging the artists. Is it correct?
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Looks to be good, considering the amount of Yes votes you have!
Haha, thanks!
Concerning merging the releases: Will it become possible only once the artists are merged themselves, or can I try doing it before it’s done?
You can do it now, before you forget. 
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