+1 Lauri Watts schreef: > 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. > >
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