# \#silence
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## [What's the max artist limit on a release](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/whats-the-max-artist-limit-on-a-release/745761)
**Author:** [@glawie](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/glawie)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/whats-the-max-artist-limit-on-a-release/745761 "2025-03-09T16:33:17Z")
With tongue mostly in cheek, once the full list of 1,000 artists is available, how many of them can be added as release artist, or should they just be listed as performer ARs, or perhaps just “member of” artist-artist re…
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## [Policy regarding silent HTOA](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/policy-regarding-silent-htoa/506311)
**Author:** [@61C7hFxpxjQB](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/61C7hFxpxjQB)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/policy-regarding-silent-htoa/506311 "2023-09-08T20:09:57Z")
What is the policy on short, acoustically silent data in the pre‐gap of track 1? Should it be included as a \[silence\] pre‐gap track in the tracklist like here? I have a couple of releases where the HTOA is acoustically…
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## [Silent heading and trailing tracks](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/silent-heading-and-trailing-tracks/334441)
**Author:** [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/silent-heading-and-trailing-tracks/334441 "2017-10-05T14:53:42Z")
We don’t include silent trailing tracks like music‐less data sessions. Is it really useful to include things like 1 second silent pregap (which is even difficult to witness with the CD itself in drive).