Yeah, if something is artist-intent-wise an EP, then that forces us to separate it due to artist intent 
Not a bad idea re: being an example.
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After discussion (II), amended/expanded suggestions. Unless someone has a huge problem with these, I think I’ll just make them official in a week or two and we can expand them as needed with further examples or cases.
Add the following to What to group together:
Different editions of a single containing different b-sides or remixes alongside the main track.
UK singles released as a set of several single CDs, even if some contain only remixes.
Different editions of an album containing different bonus content, including remix discs, alongside the standard album content (even if as additional bonus discs).Examples
- Survivalism by Nine Inch Nails contains both a release with just the single track, and several releases with remixes and bonus tracks.
- Brazen ‘Weep’ by Skunk Anansie was released in the UK as a set of 3 standalone CDs, with CD2 and CD3 containing just remixes, but the single release group contains all 3 releases.
- What Sound by Lamb contains both 1-CD releases, and 2-CD releases including an extra disc of remixes.
And add this to What not to group together:
Remixed albums or singles where the remix(es) are the main content of the release, and the original tracks are not included.
Remixed releases of a different type than the original (such as single vs album or single vs EP).Examples
- Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D by Nine Inch Nails is a remix album containing just remixes of Year Zero. It doesn’t contain the original album tracks, so it is a separate release group.
- Juicy (Armand van Helden remix) by Doja Cat & Tyga is a remix single of Juicy. It contains only the remix and not the original track, so it is a separate release group.
- Work (remix) by A$AP Ferg feat. A$AP Rocky, French Montana, Trinidad James & ScHoolboy Q is a remix single (including extra guest verses) of Work by A$AP Ferg. It contains only the remix and not the original track, so it is a separate release group.
- Make It Bun Dem: After Hours EP by Skrillex & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley is an EP of remixes of Make It Bun Dem. It contains the original track as well as remixes, but it is officially an EP and not a single and as such it must be entered as a separate release group.
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It’s nice that this was finally answered 33 days later.
Yes it’s nice.
It’s not like if everything was due.
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If you look at the posts, my question wasn’t even answered, it was someone else reposting the same question.
The only caviart is LB’s Album pages not showing the remixes anywhere when they should exist, but that’s an LB issue, not really a fundamental one
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Sorry, I clearly missed that at the time! My bad. Hopefully the actual choice seems sensible anyway.
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While I disagree with a few bits of it, as I disagree with some other bits of MB style here and there (which is fine!), I want to just say a big thanks to @reosarevok and the other editors as getting this into a formal style guide is going to be a big help going forward for this type of merge/split editing
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After the summit I got sidetracked (or well, the opposite of that) by working on our React priorities, but I remembered this today and updated the guideline page with the latest wording I had proposed. If we find more issues where this doesn’t quite work during practical editing use, we can revisit
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