On 8-Apr-08, at 1:41 AM, Paul C. Bryan wrote: > Hi all: > > I'm beginning to see more redundant Wikipedia links in various > languages > in MB, and as I've seen voting in both directions when faced with such > AR adds, I'm seeking to clarify what may become a reasonable policy > for > Wikipedia ARs in MB. > > Perhaps to illustrate what I consider the worst case scenario I am > aware > of, will all due respect to Brian, > http://musicbrainz.org/show/artist/relationships.html?artistid=11285 > seems like the example of Wikipedia-links-run-amok in MB. > > I see there's a (slightly stale) policy under discussion in > http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/WikipediaRelationshipType. If you believe > it's more appropriate to host the discussion there, let me know. > > There are two options that seem to be generally considered > reasonable by > various editors within MB: > > 1. Link to the Wikipedia language choice that is most appropriate, > typically the language that is associated with the release. This > doesn't > work so well for artists. If this option was accepted, I presume we > should establish a Wikipedia AR addition policy. > > 2. Link to Every Possible Wikipedia Language Page for a Release (hence > the title of this message). This results in a worst case scenario > outlined above. If this option was accepted, I would propose we > develop > an enhancement to the MB user interface to render the potential > reams of > Wikipedia links in a more intuitive manner. > > At the moment, I don't consider this to be a burning issue for the MB > community; it's something that, as I'm voting on edits, I am just > becoming aware of. At the very least, your advice can help me decide > whether I am a yes, no or abstain voter when I come across these types > of edits.
I don't think the relationships are "wrong" so I'd have a hard time voting "No" but at the same time there is a lot of Wiki links on Mozart's page that I don't care to ever see. Perhaps we need a language preference to hide all Wiki links other than your preferred language(s)? -Aaron _______________________________________________ Musicbrainz-style mailing list Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
