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For March 2011:
Open, Active RFCs:
Remove Versus Style in NGS
RFC 320: Revised Sortname Style
Active Discussions:
Our definition of "Publisher"
Performance names versus artist credits
Live track style
[silence]/[data track] recordings in NGS
Active Discussions:
Band credits vs. individual credits (cross-posted to forums here)
We have no official CSG?
Live track style (revisited)
Do we need Featuring Artist Style in NGS?
Active Discussion:
NGS guidelines
Busy week on the Style list (no surprise). Since the Wikipedia/Works RFV is being "fast-tracked", I'm adding a second post for this week.
Active RFV:
RFV: Extends Wikipedia Relationship Type to entity Work
(See also: RFC: Extends Wikipedia Relationship Type to entity Work)
Active Discussion:
Works and remixes/covers
RFC: Extend Official Homepage Relationship Type to Release and Release Group
CSG: separate [mb-classical] list?
Active Discussions:
RFC: Add CD-r to the format list
RFC: Add Secondhandsongs Relationship Type
RFC: The dates... designed only for duration, not for dating event
Live track style (revisited)
Merging multi-language releases?
Separate works for instrumental version?
Capitalization in NGS
Bonus discs?
CSG-specific Discussions:
CSG: Less VA?
CSG: Use release artist (& group) field for performers
And opinions on the NGS Style Guide development process...
meta-Style Discussion:
NGS guidelines
Active RFCs:
RFC: volume numbers normalization only for release groups
RFC: Add "8cm CD" format (Mini CD / 3" CD) as a subtype of CD format
RFC: Collaboration Relationship Type update
RFC-Something: Instrumental Attribute for Performed Relationship Type
RFC-323: Live Attribute for Performed Relationship Type
RFC-322: Performed relationship type attributes
Active Discussion
VolumeNumberStyle in NGS? (which has to do with the broader question of "normalization" in NGS)
RFC: Concept of works group (not a formal proposal)
I've haven't had much time to follow MB lately, but this seem kinda important...
Lukz's Recording/track distinctions discussion, and
the resulting proposal: RFC-333: Unify track/recording guidelines
Okay. So there are going to be times when nothing on [mb-style] piques my interest, or I get sidetracked with other things. So if you see something that you think is worth cross-posting, please feel free to add to this thread.
Recently Passed
RFV-337: Add 'solo' performer relationship attribute
Threads I'm following
RFC: recordings: remove remaster from the 'should not be merged' list highlights the differing views on what real world thing™ the Recording entity represents.
RFC-341 CSG Recording parts Relations introduces the idea of a nested Recording structure for multi-part Works. Conceived for "classical" but equally applicable to audio books and prog-fests.
RFC-merge-master: If we are merging different masters, we should also remove the person-recording mastering AR or we face inconsistency.
RFC-341 is the kind of overkill that people on ML tend to discuss, forgetting the simple needed stuff, IMO.
I agree with jesus2099 though the person-recording mastering AR cannot be simply removed from recordings as track list items (the logical place to move the AR to) do not currently allow ARs.
Passed proposals:
RFV: Percussion and string instruments has renamed "string instruments" and "percussion instruments" to "strings" and "percussion" respectively.
RFV-319: Add warning about conductors/choir masters to Member of Band has added a section about conductors and chorus masters to the "member of band" relationship type page. (wiki diff)
Open proposals:
RFC: Add zarzuela to the work type list
RFC: Add étude to the work type list
RFC: Add Symphonic poem to the work type list
RFC-346. Style/Language/Vietnamese : Punctuation change
Other discussions:
Extra Title Information on recordings
Passed proposals:
RFV: Add zarzuela to the type list
RFV: Add Symphonic poem to the work list
Open proposals:
RFV: Add étude to the work type list
RFC-346. Style/Language/Vietnamese : Punctuation change (updated but still waiting for opinions for/against)
Other discussions:
On Song vs. Tune or vs. Instrumental
Work type for movements?
Open proposal:
RFC-347: CSG update for NGS
Rather than use this thread, the new style co-leader is (or was) considering a regular style update posted to the blog (and he wouldn't be the first :-P )
Of course, that summary could still be cross-posted here if that seems useful.
A few (somewhat) Recently Passed proposals:
Change Performance Relationship Type to Recording Relationship Type
Add Work Type "Poems"
RFV-358: Allow links to video channels on sites other than Youtube
Also, some progress has been made towards an official post-NGS Classical Style Guide (if you're into that sort of thing).
Newly Passed:
Musical Theatre Style
Warp posted a question to [mb-style] and [mb-devel] which I'll cross-post here because the more eyeballs the better.
On nikki's advice, I'm moving this post to its own topic.
Kinda related (at least in my mind) to the previous question on recordings, there's currently a thread in [mb-users] that some of you might be interested in.
There's an epic (and gettin epic-er) thread right now, discussing the future of recordings as "mixes".
RFC-STYLE-208-New-Recordings-Guidelines.
I'm waiting for the audiobook version.
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