Is there a one-liner JavaScript code to remove all relationships of a work, recording, or other entity in MusicBrainz?
I recently discovered that nearly 300+ HOYO-MiX works were mistakenly included under a single work named âGenshin Impact.â For those unfamiliar with it, Genshin Impact is a popular Chinese anime-style game, and all of its in-game music is created by the HOYO-MiX team. The name âGenshin Impactâ should not be treated as a âBig Work,â and it has even been linked to a product entity on VGMdb - Genshin Impact, further indicating that it shouldnât be categorized as a MusicBrainz work.
If aiming to create a catalog-style grouping, it would be better to establish a work series or recording series, but this would require a significant amount of work. So instead, I created a RG series (Music of Genshin Impact) that encompasses all HOYO-MiX releases instead.
Even if we treat it as a single large-scale work, it still wouldnât make sense to dump all soundtrack pieces into it. If insists on treating Genshin Impact as a single overarching entity, then it should still be represented as a Work Series, not a single Work. For example, similar to this structure: https://musicbrainz.org/series/4558f8e9-3508-473b-989d-4239bbad5e68
That is a collection of thematic soundtrack works organized under a series. Genshin Impact music also contains multiple thematic groups (region music, battle music, character themes, event music, etc.), so a Work Series would make far more sense than merging everything into one Work with hundreds of unrelated âparts.
Yes, exactly. Itâs like splitting the music into Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and so on, rather than dumping all of them â nearly a thousand tracks, with more to come â into the same Work. That would create a mess I think.
What I mean is that all HOYO-MiXâs works should not be placed arbitrarily under a single work named after the game, especially given how many of them there are. Instead, they should be organized as a work series or a release group series; otherwise, it will become a mess.
Iâm not sure whether there is an issue here really. It actually does make sense for these works to be part of a game soundtrack larger work; I guess arguably you could say some of them are part of the soundtrack for Genshin Impact and some are part of the soundtrack for a specific expansion of the game, since you could see each further expansion as a ânew gameâ of sorts - although they all are playable in the same big world AFAICT so not sure if thatâs really more sensible than having all of them under the main game entry.
Obviously, that doesnât mean you cannot at the same time also have a release group series, for example.
@KenParker_CN
I would like to vote no.
But Iâll do it only in a few days, in case you change your mind and mass cancel.
Because if I vote no now, it would send you 332 emails.
@KenParker_CN
You should not remove this parent soundtrack work, itâs totally the norm and it exactly follows the definition of work soundtrack type:
A soundtrack is the music that accompanies a film, TV program, videogame, or even book.
If these are all songs for a single game I think the work should stay.
With such a big work you may want to additionally create series and maybe even sub-works (if some of these tracks are for specific expansions or something) but Iâm not sure why we would remove the work for the game. It being big or messy is not a good reason for removal imo.
Iâm not that familiar with Genshim Impact so sorry if I have misunderstood anything. In any case I have voted no because it definitely seems like some more discussion is warranted
