Film music contributor

C Michael Armstrong: split

2008-08-07T04:41:07.0017Z

There seems to be info on two different C. Michael Armstrongs... there are film categories and also information on an executive of the same name. In addition there is another C. Michael Armstrong here: http://www.freebase.com/view/business/cik/1168011

I'm going to use the link above to add Citigroup board member C. Michael Armstrong

William Norris: CDC CEO and B-movie writer?

2008-06-17T23:09:43.0005Z

Although it is possible, I find it very unlikely that all of this information is about one person.

P.D.Q. Bach: Should be split into two topics

2008-05-05T22:04:19.0005Z

One for the person:

Peter Schickele

One for the Fictional Person:

P. D. Q. Bach

Ludwig van Beethoven: Composer vs. Musical Artist for classical composers

2008-04-26T01:20:38.0007Z

Welcome to my nightmare.

Every music database in the world indexes classical recordings by composer, basically because the physical record had to go in one place in the store. There is no reason for us to follow this model—except that our main data source, MusicBrainz, still uses it.

We will be changing this at some point, but I couldn’t tell you when. Do you have a specific use case or application that this is blocking? That would affect our priority.

Ludwig van Beethoven: Composer vs. Musical Artist for classical composers

2008-04-25T23:21:38.0012Z

It seems odd to have entries for albums and tracks recorded for a classical composer. Shouldn't the musical artist in this case be the conductor, symphony or other performers (analogous to songs and albums recorded by someone like the Rolling Stones)?

Trey Parker: Use of the alias field

2008-04-25T21:58:47.0007Z

This shouldn’t happen again. Thanks for noticing it.

Trey Parker: Use of the alias field

2008-04-25T06:01:48.0007Z

When MusicBrainz tells that X is also known as Y, we don’t necessarily know that Y is a fictional character played by X, as opposed to just a stage name.

It’s definitely a bug that the bot is re-adding aliases previously deleted, though. Sorry about that, and thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Trey Parker: Use of the alias field

2008-04-25T01:27:43.0000Z

It looks like your MusicBrainz bot is still adding improper aliases. Will this be fixed?

Trey Parker: Use of the alias field

2008-04-16T20:48:53.0007Z

You are correct - names of the characters that an actor portrays should not be aliases of that person. This is an artifact of some psuedonym refactoring that was done on musical tracks. In general, if you see another topic like this, feel free to delete the pseudonyms.

Thanks for pointing this out.

Trey Parker: Use of the alias field

2008-04-16T18:56:40.0005Z

Should aliases really be used to include roles played by an actor? It seems very inappropriate to me.

Stewart Copeland: Split Klark Kent graffitti info

2008-04-07T09:44:34.0005Z

The Wikipedia information about the graffitti artist got glommed on here because of Copeland’s identical performance name. It should be split out.

Alan Jay Lerner: Still marked for deletion?

2008-03-24T16:44:41.0005Z

I don't think this topic should be deleted, unless someone can post a valid reason for it.

Alan Jay Lerner: Delete this topic?

2008-03-19T20:56:04.0005Z

Merge, don't delete.

Vladimir Horunzhy: music of Vladimir Horunzhy

2008-02-16T15:50:39.0005Z

Who knows Where possible download music of Vladimir Horunzhy from the " Langoliers" : "Opening titles" and "Suspense"? Or "FILMUSIC OF Vladimir Horunzhy"?

William Finley: Do not merge

2008-01-02T19:25:58.0012Z

"Bill Finley" should probably be modeled as a pseudonym of "William Finley" from a musical artist standpoint, rather than merging the two topics.