Disambiguations on artists and labels when no similar artist/label exists in the database

[aerozol]

This has already been discussed a bunch and my opinion hasn’t changed for a while:

@aerozol

What is the difference between giving someone an informed choice between:

• [artist A] and [artist B]
• [artist A] and [artist B who doesn’t exist in MB yet]

I just don’t see the benefit in waiting until there’s heaps of artists mashed together, and then sorting it out and disambiguating.

I spend a lot of time un-mashing artists as it is, so now I will always disambig. It doesn’t always stop people matching their euro-dance releases to a “New Zealand metal” artist but every little bit helps.

Something like this would be a big improvement:

MBS-13409

But until that day I think we should allow disambiguations on artists with unique names. If the guidelines need to be updated to reflect that, then let’s do it.