question: for a 2 disc release, there are two versions: 1. standard version. 2. japanese version where disc 2 has a bonus track. So in MB there is only one disc 1 (with two release events), and two disc 2 (each with 1 release event). Should the PartOfSetRelationshipType be applied to both disc 2s?
MClemo
two different sets, so I would guess yes
MightyJay
I would think so too, but it looks weird at disc one, having two disc 2's ;)
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nikki
I would say they should have the box thingy ticked though, 'cause the second disc only applies to certain release events, not every release event... but it's kinda confusing 'cause the wording changes
ruaok
wow. street clashes in tehran and LA.
one over democracy and one over... basketball.
MightyJay
maybe the AR should be on the release events instead of the release ;) but NGS will fix all that..... (I have no idea, but I can pretend ;)
nikki
it will
MightyJay
woohoo \o/
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nikki
I seem to remember suggesting that we have an attribute to say that the next disc isn't a part of a set with every release event so that ngs could convert the data easier and that's what the linking text implies to me...
but the page to add the relationship says 'bonus', so does the wiki, which means something else to me
well, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't
MightyJay
as far as I can tell, the current AR only speaks about it being a bonus disc or not
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nikki
like I remember linking a disc where one release had extra tracks plus a bonus disc... the bonus disc always came with the release with extra tracks, there's no release events on the main disc which don't have the bonus disc
so to me it makes no sense for it to say 'may be part of a set' when it's always part of a set in that combination
MightyJay
that makes sense
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warp was prodded.
nikki
indeed you were.
warp
hi! :)
nikki
do you remember what we intended the attribute for the part-of-set relationship to mean?
warp
which one?
nikki
the bonus/optional/may-be-part-of-set thing
i.e. was it supposed to be used for when the second disc didn't apply to all of the release events, or when the disc was a bonus disc, whether it applied to all the release events or not
warp
"If the first disc in this relationship is available separately without the second disc, the second disc is a bonus disc. A checkbox is used to indicate whether the second disc is a bonus disc."
nikki
what about when there's release event X, with discs A and B, and release event Y with discs A and C? there's always a second disc, but not always the same one?
warp
that's the wording in the guideline, from that I think our intent was that a release which always has two discs shouldn't have the bonus disc checkbox checked (regardless of wether the second disc is called bonus disc or not).
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this may not have been communicated clearly enough, so I don't think we can rely on everyone using it in this way.
ruaok
nikki and brianfreud are back. and keeping warp busy.
it feels more like MB here now.
warp
:D
nikki
I know it wasn't clearly defined, I was just trying to find out what we originally intended
warp needs to repost the BBC javascript with brianfreuds comments fixed.
I know my original intention was for it to say whether the relationship applies to all release events or not, but I don't know about other people :)
brianfreud
nikki: what about when disc 2 is a 2 in 1 but only iion of the set, whereas the other version has 3 separate CDs instead? ;D
warp
nikki: yeah, technically the wording in the guideline agrees. the wording of the checkbox itself really doesn't make it clear though.
nikki
what's an iion?
MightyJay
I have the feeling that most people apply it on a "is titled a bonus disc or not" basis
brianfreud
iion = in only one version
warp
brianfreud: pagh, weird edge cases :P
nikki
the wording does make sense for both meanings though, in most cases
so it could just be that we overlooked the ones where the meaning diverges
it's too late to really change it now, I guess, anyway... but I was still curious
brianfreud
warp, I know, just teasing :)
if anyone else uses the LMA, btw, I have a LMA GM import script in testing - going for a nap now, I'll be putting it up on userscripts tonight (along with the amazon import script)
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nikki
there are only 81 discs which are the left side of more than one part-of-set relationship anyway, so they can be reviewed by hand
MightyJay
ah, that's not so bad
nikki
and 26 discs which are the right side of more than one