#musicbrainz

outsidecontext: are you online rn? I’m trying to do some Picard videos and am way out of my depth!

and a tag scripting question re. a forum post I want to do

Oh never mind, found the answer! To the script question anyway

Don’t know if anybody had already posted a complete $unset tag list for Picard, I couldn’t find it so hopefully this helps some Google/Discourse searchers in future: https://community.metabrainz.org/t/only-set-a-s...

when should a regular vs. unicode slash be used?

for example, should it be "b/w" or "b∕w"?

no idea! That second b/w looks messed up haha

the former is apparently "fraction slash" and the latter "division slash"

" DIVISION SLASH is in the mathematical operators block. It is intended to be used when representing the mathematical division operator, e.g. in mathematical formulas. "

" FRACTION SLASH is in the general punctuation block. It is intended to be used when representing a fraction. Use it when you might say, out loud, "one half". You might use it in nonmathematical contexts, e.g. "1⁄2 cup of olive oil". "

huh. that suggests that pretty much all cases on mb should be "FRACTION SLASH"

Interesting. Seems like it

bleh, I had been using "DIVISION SLASH" for some cases.

that bums me out because the DIVISION version has the advantage of being a valid character in both unix and windows paths.

ooh sneaky. Easy to swap out the slash in a Picard file naming script though, hopefully?

with 🙼 for extra oomph

^ A+ advice

I use beets, but yeah, I could probably do that there too... probably I'll just... not-care lol

You might use it in nonmathematical contexts, e.g. "1⁄2 cup of olive oil". <- but cooking is totally maths

I bet there's some correct divisions in MB titles, but probably few :)

outsidecontext: really liek this idea https://community.metabrainz.org/t/showing-a-us...

like*

oh god. not enough with - ' and " we need to use unicode / as well now >_<

prefered but not required

i hate that

I can see that :)

i prefer to not use performatory unicode

just use the bloody regulr chars

literally noone else does it

especially, especially like artists that like actulaly use wonky unicode ON PURPOSE

but they use ' in a track.

like "don't"

and we are to say that's wrong

sigh

Style is not wrong or right

except my edit subscriptions and artists i care aobut are full of these edits thnaging recordings and tracks to this. and i can't change it back

so yea

entropi and all that. eventually no ' will b left

dseomn: please make a release with intentional hyphenminus et all

:D

CatQuest: thanks. Let's see if we can make it happen :)

:D

“CatQuest: i prefer to not use performatory unicode” +100

(Speaking as someone with the printed, bound Unicode standards on the bookshelf…)

Can we make a guideline that extends beyond MB? Global?

Specifically “you are not allowed to call yourself ‘Indigo’”

aerozol: bad experience with your ex?

Hah, no. I feel like if we did that then all names would disappear pretty quick :D

Just too many in MB...

.. try "void"

Let’s do a global guideline for that one too!

Anyone know what the most used artist name is in MB?

aerozol: too many of your exes in MB?

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this is a good disambig https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/DldU5...

lmao

HAHAHA

dentis wtf

dentist wtf

Maybe there are two Peruvian guitarists/video game arrangers! Exactly the same except for their jobs

maybe they make songs about dentistry

ooh I hope so!

seems reasonable, he may well be a dentist

does he make drill music? 🤔🦷