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Suggestion for limited editions and some digital releases
I would like to make a suggestion that could perhaps solve the duplicates issue of the limited editions and some digital releases. The main problem isn’t the fact that we have two similar albums in the database, since the reprints are also catalogued. The problem is the artist being credited twice for the exact same work.
I wondered if we could have a check box (like Feat.), indicating that the artist has been already credited in the similar album. Then, the link to the artist remain on the album, but this album wouldn’t appear in the artist’s discography, as it happens with reprints. The same thing for the iTunes releases, as Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, The Last Remnant and many others. However, this should not happen with "best of" collections releases because they are different, of course. I don't know if that is possible to do or if it would be confusing. Maybe someone have a better idea, but this is my suggestion. Thanks in advance. |
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I guess the question is whether it is a problem for an artist to have multiple albums in a discography credited from essentially the same work.
I think we see the same issue in a game like Tokimeki Memorial, where someone composes the theme song, and it's used on fifty albums. I don't know that either of these cases is a problem; it depends how you want to use the discography. |
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Personally, I feel it's a bit inconsistent, because we make child albums and bootlegs not appear in the discography pages. It's fine to credit artists to something exclusive to the Limited Editions, of course. |
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But we can restrict this to the limited editions. I thought about using it for those types of albums that are re-released with the same title and with nearly the same original content, but because of an extra CD or DVD, can't be categorized as reprints. The Final Fantasy XIII OST for example. If you look at the discography of Masashi Hamauzu, he takes an extra credit as a composer and arranger on the same track over the standard edition just because the first press edition has a CD drama. In other words, he didn’t compose two different soundtracks. If were not this CD drama, FFXIII OST could be added as a reprint, and this duplicate would not appear in the discography. Quote:
In the case of FFXIII, for instance, Masashi Hamauzu would be credited in the two versions, and in his discography we would see only the regular release, because in his case is redundant the first press edition appears. Since the drama cast would be noted only in the first press edition, and this album would appear in the discography of the voice actors. But I don't know if in this case could be a better solution... Quote:
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I don't think leaving an album unlinked is a good solution, because someone viewing that album page loses out by not having the clickable artist links.
Nice catch on the bootleg album. I thought those weren't displayed on Discographies at all. We should not display any bootlegs on our discography pages. I'm still not convinced that the duplication on the discographies is a bad thing. Most LE editions include additional material on a 2nd disc anyway (granted, mostly videos of songs that are on the 1st disc). I'd even consider going the other way, and displaying the reprints. |
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If the current 'feat' is supposed to seclude Doujin works from discographies, I wonder if we ought to have another function to seclude official reprises or such from the albums where artists have direct involvements in... just a random idea. |
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I guess this whole issue could be solved cleanly once there are per track credits. Such could be then extended with info if the track is the first of it kind (ideally tracked for composition and arrangement separately, so different arrangements don't raise credits for composition), and then those could be accumulated for credits statistics.
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Last edited by Revoc; Jan 21, 2010 at 03:59 PM. |
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