So I found a release group posted on an artist that is incorrect. It was created in 2003 and really hasn’t been updated other than correcting the album script a few years ago. I did some digging and realized that the person who posted this reversed the group name with the album name. The user who made this hasn’t logged on since 2003 so there’s no chance they can go in and do anything about it. Doesn’t help that there’s a bunch of information in the release group/release they posted has minimal information.
Now I’d like to fix this but I’m not sure what to do. Should I merge the incorrect release into the correct one? See if it can get outright deleted? Something else? I just want to do the right thing since this is messing up the artist page this release group is on. Any help is appreciated!
Release group on incorrect artist (the problem child in this situation)-> Release group “Jagged Edge” by Jagged Little Thrill - MusicBrainz
Release group it technically should be a part of → Release group “Jagged Little Thrill” by Jagged Edge - MusicBrainz
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Yes, the release group should be merged into the correct one. The artist should also be merged, and since there’s only one 14 track release, I would say go ahead and merge this unspecified medium release into that CD as well.
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Well spotted. As @highstrung says - just merge to fix.
You could fix it in two steps. Merge Release, then Merge Artist. Won’t even need to worry about fixing the incorrect artist details then. Just make sure you add good notes, maybe point at this thread.
Bonus points would be to Merge Release Group otherwise it will automatically get deleted.
Edit: Wow! That error has been there since 2003! Edit #413445 - MusicBrainz
That is older than some of the editors… 
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Since it’s a small checkbox people might miss: there’s now an option to merge release groups in one go when merging releases, just check the appropriate checkbox at the bottom just above the edit note!
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I think I remember this being mentioned in an update… I must have immediately forgotten again!
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@highstrung @IvanDobsky
Thank you guys for the help/advice!
Yeah I was shocked to see that it’s been kinda lost in the shuffle for so long, I enjoy finding empty MB artists and trying to get some info on them to fill things in. Plus there actually is a Jagged Little Thrill band now and wanted to make sure the page was used for them.
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