Once you're in a merge page with the two releases on it, you'll see lots of options: press "single artist"
2011-04-22 11241, 2011
reosarevok
And let me know :)
2011-04-22 11243, 2011
Snartal
hmmm, I didn't get all that. I just got a page that says "Merge Into"
2011-04-22 11252, 2011
Snartal
And I can pick one or the other.
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Snartal
Should I go with that?
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reosarevok
Hmm
2011-04-22 11202, 2011
reosarevok
Did you press merge on the release, or the artist?
2011-04-22 11222, 2011
Snartal
It says "Merge Release Groups"
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Snartal
You are about to merge the following release groups into one release group. Please review the Release Groups guidelines to ensure that you're merging release groups properly.
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reosarevok
Oooh, ok
2011-04-22 11248, 2011
reosarevok
Yeah
2011-04-22 11255, 2011
reosarevok
But we want to merge the actual releases :)
2011-04-22 11259, 2011
reosarevok
Because they're a duplicate
2011-04-22 11231, 2011
reosarevok
(normally, they wouldn't be and we could just merge the groups, but this time, they are)
(the one which is in the release area, close to the cover art)
2011-04-22 11218, 2011
Snartal
ok, I have no idea how I selected the two releases, but they are there, and I clicked single artist
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reosarevok
Ok
2011-04-22 11242, 2011
reosarevok
Now
2011-04-22 11249, 2011
reosarevok
Scroll to the end of the page
2011-04-22 11256, 2011
reosarevok
And see which release is on top
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Snartal
The compliation one
2011-04-22 11204, 2011
reosarevok
Nice
2011-04-22 11207, 2011
reosarevok
Then
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reosarevok
You should select
2011-04-22 11237, 2011
reosarevok
Keep release attributes of the target release. (target release is the top one, and you want to keep it a compilation)
2011-04-22 11257, 2011
Snartal
k
2011-04-22 11259, 2011
reosarevok
It doesn't matter for "Language/Script" because both are "English, Latin"
2011-04-22 11216, 2011
reosarevok
And usually you *would* say "merge release groups"
2011-04-22 11221, 2011
reosarevok
But you're merging them already
2011-04-22 11229, 2011
reosarevok
So choose " Don't merge release groups."
2011-04-22 11218, 2011
Snartal
ok, so even though the PUIDs are in the bottom one, they will merge into the top one?
2011-04-22 11221, 2011
reosarevok
Yes
2011-04-22 11236, 2011
Snartal
ok, so click merge?
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reosarevok
Yes, but leave an edit note saying they're duplicates just in case :)
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Snartal
ok, done
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Snartal
ok, I'm getting it now....... first one was merge the album (release), second one was merge the release group.
2011-04-22 11213, 2011
reosarevok
Well, this one was to merge the release, actually
2011-04-22 11234, 2011
Snartal
ok.
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reosarevok
But yeah
2011-04-22 11246, 2011
reosarevok
If you merge the releases
2011-04-22 11255, 2011
reosarevok
You don't have to merge the groups before, because as you've seen
2011-04-22 11205, 2011
reosarevok
You can just tell MusicBrainz to merge them at the same time
2011-04-22 11229, 2011
reosarevok
(it will still be two edits, though… both are done together, but one can be accepted and the other rejected)
2011-04-22 11230, 2011
Snartal
got it. Well heck, I need 11 edits anyway - lol
2011-04-22 11252, 2011
Snartal
So the reason it was coming up with the correct artist was this..... I was looking at a release group, which had the gangsta rap 38 special assigned to it. within that release group, there was a release, which had the classic rock 38 special assigned to it.
2011-04-22 11222, 2011
Snartal
So, artists for release groups and releases themselves are separately assigned?
2011-04-22 11213, 2011
reosarevok
Yes
2011-04-22 11226, 2011
reosarevok
Well, *normally* they're not
2011-04-22 11230, 2011
reosarevok
But they can be
2011-04-22 11256, 2011
reosarevok
Which I mean is: 99,99% of the times they're the same, but yeah, they are separate fields
2011-04-22 11202, 2011
Snartal
Yea, seems a bit strange to have an artist for the release and the release group, but I'm sure there is a reason for that.
2011-04-22 11225, 2011
reosarevok
Yes
2011-04-22 11228, 2011
reosarevok
For example
2011-04-22 11233, 2011
reosarevok
You can have a 2xCD
2011-04-22 11248, 2011
reosarevok
Disc 1 is by band A, disc 2 by band B
2011-04-22 11251, 2011
reosarevok
But they're sold together
2011-04-22 11219, 2011
reosarevok
That would have band A as release artist for disc 1, band B for disc 2, and probably Various Artists for the release group
2011-04-22 11236, 2011
Snartal
ok.
2011-04-22 11247, 2011
reosarevok
(Not that common, but I've entered some of those myself)
2011-04-22 11228, 2011
Snartal
Well, good thing I'm picking easy ones for my first edits! lol
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reosarevok
It can also happen that the artist for the release is different than the artists for the tracks
2011-04-22 11236, 2011
reosarevok
(I think that happens only in releases with tracks by various artists, but I might be forgetting some situation)
2011-04-22 11231, 2011
reosarevok
For example, a DJ-Mix CD tends to have the DJ as the release artist, and then the specific artist assigned to each track
2011-04-22 11245, 2011
reosarevok
You'll get the hang of it
2011-04-22 11259, 2011
reosarevok
But don't learn *too much*, because the new musicbrainz is coming in one month ;)
2011-04-22 11259, 2011
reosarevok
Well, I think it's a good moment for an European like me to go to bed :)
2011-04-22 11209, 2011
reosarevok
(4:25 AM here)
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ruaok
nn
2011-04-22 11254, 2011
reosarevok
Good night, oh Benevolent Dictator (and everyone else)!
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Snartal
thanks for you help reosarevok!
2011-04-22 11235, 2011
Snartal
ok, as I'm a gutton for punishment, anybody around for advice on my next edit?
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Snartal
nikki, you here?
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Nerd42
Hey musicbrainz picard on windows XP is using underscores in place of quotation marks in some of my file names
