# Disambiguation for Artist relationships?

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/disambiguation-for-artist-relationships/546097>\
**Category:** Style\
**Tags:** musicbrainz, relationships\
**Created:** [August 11, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/disambiguation-for-artist-relationships/546097 "2021-08-11T23:15:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Totosaurio3279](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/totosaurio3279/32/25805_2.png) [@Totosaurio3279](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Totosaurio3279)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/disambiguation-for-artist-relationships/546097/1 "2021-08-11T23:15:37Z")

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I usually add anime and game related stuff to MB and I try to always add the relationship “voiced by” when I add a new character to the database. Normally one person voices a character throughout the years and no disambiguation is needed. Often, the relationship is ended because the cast is changed for whatever reason.  
But what if a same character was voiced by two different people during the same period of time? (EG. one person voices the game version while other voices the anime version) [as in this example](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/62590045-e4b2-41d0-a20c-c1b77c16d568/relationships).

Sure, one artist started after the other but then the period overlaps, and there’s music released for both products, giving credits to both the character and the voice actor.  
And I doubt this issue is limited to the “voiced by” relationship, I can easily imagine this happening for groups or other type of artists too.

I think that the current option of only differentiating artist relationships by time period is somewhat lacking and we could use some small disambiguation field.

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**Author:** ![tigerman325](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tigerman325](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/tigerman325)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/disambiguation-for-artist-relationships/546097/2 "2021-08-11T23:38:42Z")

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I see no problem with the overlap with dates, but I like your idea of having a comment field by the dates so you can say something like (game version character) (anime character), etc.

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**Author:** ![chaban](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/chaban/32/111349_2.png) [@chaban](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/chaban)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/disambiguation-for-artist-relationships/546097/3 "2021-08-12T03:52:50Z")

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Something like this?

> [@Credited as for opera / theatre](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/credited-as-for-opera-theatre/452972/5):
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> Audio dramas would heavily benefit from a proper method too: Another problem is the lack localisation in vocal attribute credits: If I were to enter character names in e.g. Japanese people who can’t read Japanese are going to be unhappy and if I were to enter transliterated names those who do know Japanese will be upset. Maybe [N-point relationships](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/MBS-1159) are the solution? Personally I like the “roles” idea by nikki.

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**Author:** ![Totosaurio3279](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/totosaurio3279/32/25805_2.png) [@Totosaurio3279](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Totosaurio3279)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/disambiguation-for-artist-relationships/546097/4 "2021-08-12T13:47:21Z")

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Something similar, yes.  
I was thinking something like that N-point relationship for an Artist-Artist level, but would that leave space for that disambiguation or comment space I mentioned?