On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:55 AM, Lauri Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > n Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Paul C. Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > Current practise by the majority of editors is to only include English and > the band's native language, and perhaps any others that are notably > more extensive (for instance, I know a Canadian band who have had > multiple top ten hits in Poland, but nowhere else, so they have a link > to English and Polish.) > > Other languages are linked from each wp page we link to anyway, 99% of them > are translations of the English or original language, or stubs with > nothing in. There > are few cases where the name changes between languages, and with no guideline > there's no reason to not add those few only, instead of every link to > every artist. > > Some editors disagree with this practise and will surely follow up > this email with > a very long one explaining 437 corner cases why this is a ridiculous > policy, so I'll > just leave it at that. > > > > 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. > > Personally I vote no, when I can be bothered, but those most likely to > indiscriminately add extraneous wikipedia links don't put those edits > up to vote.
Mozart as example of extreme case aside, I don't see myself (or anyone, normally) adding every single possible page. But I do think the real question isn't "which language(s)", or "should we have all these languages", but "is this data correct"? Is the url linking artist foo to a Wikipedia entry for artist foo? If yes, it's a valid URL AR. It shouldn't matter if we already have a link to a different language at Wikipedia, or how many Wikipedia links we have for artist foo, so long as each is independently correct and unique. Brian _______________________________________________ Musicbrainz-style mailing list Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
