#musicbrainz

CatQuest: I have a first draft of a "batch-add artist aliases" script (https://bitbucket.org/loujine/musicbrainz-scrip...)

:O

if you have time to take a look at one moment...

i will, just a sec

sure

artist name and sort name to set by hand, short dropdowns for type and locale, no way to set dates or other fields for the moment

where do I got to see it? mb.org/blup/aliases?

yup

I dont see anything obvious on https://beta.musicbrainz.org/instrument/bc026c3...

artists only, but I guess it would work the same elsewhere (works?)

basically i nead it the most for instruments

artists not as much

can you fix the "@include" line to http*://*musicbrainz.org/*/*/aliases ?

seems to work

yes i cna do that

I guess editing instruments is restricted to a few powerusers?

ah yea

it's my only claim to fame, i'm the "instrument Inserter" :P

hmm how hard would it be to make the "edit" link into a editable row ?

might be issue with the parts that can't be edited yet

it works!

cool :)

some imporovements: let me be able to add severla rows at once, say five, and make one large submitting all alaises thing, so i don't have to clci kthme all maybe?

but in all: omg so awesome!

editable rows can probably be done, I did more or less the same on works

sure, "submit all rows at once" should be easy to add

the not having ot reload a loads of pages alone is a fantastic help

if that's your use case I'll try to add it soon

yes

keep a close eye on what the script does though, it's probably not totally reliable

i hall. luckily laises are pretty easy fixable if there is mess. sicne the removal is also an autoedit

uff my spelling

i shall. luckily aliases are pretty easy fixable if there is mess. since the removal is also an autoedit

sure

are there "alias types" for instruments too?

oh my god yo uhave no idea how much evne just this first thing helps me!

there is!

ah yo uahve selected the ones for artist: let me give you for instruments: "Instrument name" and "Search hint"

so if there is anywhere you can fetch this data instead of hard coding..

hmm I wonder if I can ask the boss admin guys if you can have the special power jsut al ittel bit whiel you work on the code?

so that probably doesn't work (since the POST request will send "1" or "2")

(with the understanding that it's not to be for using but for coding a script)

hmm

let me test it

or I'll test on my local db, I guess I can give myself superpowers on that one

ah, even better

ah, the type works actually. i selcted "artist name" and it submitted as "instrument name" it must be "1" there as well

for the moment, choosing the first/second options in the dropdown should send the correct "instrument name"/"search hint" even if the label is wrong ("artist name"/"legal name")

yes

third option should make the edit fail

(which should be shown by the script)

no, i get Success (code 200)

:O

by passing the third option?

yes

I'll test if I can

no idea what was sent :/

if you think about something else and have a bitbucket account just drop a note on https://bitbucket.org/loujine/musicbrainz-scrip...

I'm off to bed

hah, it shows "Sucsess (code 200)" but it doesn't actually submit: https://beta.musicbrainz.org/instrument/bc026c3... (i entered a "3" with the third option)

al loujine I am not able to create an account on britbucket, :/ i tried for almost an hor last time ://

ah loujine I am not able to create an account on bitbucket, :/ i tried for almost an hour last time ://

just leave me a message here then

wait, now it let me do it after all. wtf

ok

I don't remember if POSTing incorrect forms fail or just validate bogus data, I'll have to check

probably the second one (I messed up a certain number of Work language attributes that way)

I'll have to take a look at instruments editing anyway

have a good night

yes. please

have a very good night, and thank you

no problem

thank you so, so much

oh, also would you mind just posting a slight blurb to https://community.metabrainz.org/t/instrument-a... ? then if anyone in the future looks for it there is a link (or something)

you completely thought differently that my initial ideas maybe. but that's totally awesome still. I really like the not having to go to another page

also this for editing aliases too

(but maybe not post everywher until a bit more stable etc)

I'm just very very happy about this

!m loujine

You're doing good work, loujine!

good night for mee too

\o/

if the label says "Vinyl Only" for the track, do I still omit it from the track name?

ugh, that link isn't going to work, https://www.discogs.com/Catz-Eats-Dogz-Stinky-L...

"more images"

darwin: Yes, I'd omit it

That's the equivalent of "bonus track"

yeah, I agree, it's just kinda rare to see it on vinyl

darwin: I have seen "CD bonus track" and equivalents

hibiscuskazeneko: sure, I've seen those too... on CDs.. :D

Mostly older ones (from when the CD was still a new medium)

Now that vinyl is coming back and considered a niche collector's medium (as CDs once were), these bonus tracks and such are becoming more common

darwin: it worked actually. it has the (RYDIM Remix) extra title information so that's fine.. I don't know about "vinyl only" it's line is thinner than everything else (as thin as the A1/B1 thing)

so yea, what hibiscus said. probably omit

when we get the alt tracklists (Soon™) it coudl be added as such

also loi that release title and the cat#

or isit artist? idgaf

link me so i cna tag as awesomename