#musicbrainz

loujine: which file is it and at what line does the locale list start https://github.com/loujine/musicbrainz-scripts/...

loujine: I've managed to fork the right thing i think. i'm in https://github.com/CatQuest/musicbrainz-scripts...

but i don't think that's the right file. it doesnt have the chinese parts for example?

it's https://github.com/CatQuest/musicbrainz-scripts...

ah

alright

Ooh, CatQuest is a programmer now!

Neat

oh god no

Well, a tiny bit of one only :p

How do you think *I* feel half of the time?

But then things work. Sometimes.

oh god

(and if not I ask bitmap, who seems to have some idea what he's doing... most of the time at least :D )

hmm.. 🤔 ....ask bitmap

Well, for this stuff you can probably ask me if you get stuck :)

(I mean, or loujine)

{bitmap .oO(oh no! now there's two of them)}

reosarevok: i..

help

Help provided, PR up

🙇 thank you reo and loujine

CatQuest: looks good

:O

hm I wanted to add on line 61 'ckb': 'Central Kurdish',

'ckb': 'Central Kurdish/Sorani', too

add a new commit and I'll merge afterwards

nevermind

I can add it and merge, fine with you?

Oh, I was on it but if loujine can add it and then squash - merge that's probs easier :)

loujine: do let me know :)

i swear i will get a modern "coding/working" computer at some point

and then grandfather thispice of junk to be a suped upt music player D:

reosarevok: I'm on it

<3 you guys

CatQuest: 'Central Kurdish' or 'Central Kurdish/Sorani' ?

adding /Sorani to the already excisitng Central Kurdish, so the latter

CatQuest: should be updated, version 2020.10.21.1

💖

coool

even my idea to put nn right after nb madeit so that typing "n" "n" fast works ot get it rather thna the next thing on the list

I'm merging the artists William Livingstone and Bill Livingstone. Bill Livingstone is the name he commonly goes by in daily life, but he publishes his compositions as William Livingstone. He's released albums under both names.

Which should I merge into which? Should I opt for the legal name, or the name that people most commonly associate with him?

rak, use the one that he's credited as on most releases , I assume Bill Livingstone

and then add the uncommon alternative name as an alias

(don't update all releases to Bill Livingstone - it looks like only one release is attached to William Livingstone)

when merging, the name you are merging will become an alias automatically :D

but yes else what evelyn is saying

TIL! how convenient

Done, thanks! Also CatQuest, I assume I don't see the other name in the list of aliases because it's stuck in the queue?

https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5d647db6-757a-40... says "Bill Livingstone has no aliases."

eh. the name will become alias once they are merged

Thanks :-)

merging is a "destructive" edit so it will require voting

you cna post the edit here and ask for votes :)

https://musicbrainz.org/edit/74078846 :)

rak do you know if William Livingstone jr on Musicbrainz is related to William Livingstone or if they too are the same people?

cuz they're both bagpipers

specifically https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dbf0c6ec-ccff-42...

hmm

is bill/william from canada?

discogs has https://www.discogs.com/artist/2525378-William-... (which seems more classical orientated) https://www.discogs.com/artist/4563031-William-... (probably our dude) https://www.discogs.com/artist/905387-Bill-Livi... (that bill)

yes he's from Canada

ah so jr is disambbiguated as Bill but there is no open edit to merge him into Bill https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fa35653a-e0aa-41...

well if they'refather and son it's not unthinkable that they alsoplay the same instrument.. though it's unusual that that isn't mentioned anywhere. coudl be out bill is the jr and tht the "senior" is the classical orianetated one

or the senior isn't a musician at all I guess

thoguh https://beta.musicbrainz.org/artist/fa35653a-e0... has "bill livingstone" as a disalbiguiation so i think it's safeto merge him into bill

indeed

yeah, I've opened an edit

I actually thought it was him who was the original open edit made by rak :)

that's 3 duplicates turned inot one compiled entry, well done guys!