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21st May 2017, 9:25 PM
	Lee Wrecker If you can't dig me, you can't dig nothin' Member since Nov 2013 2283 Points	PhilMH and TopPopper in my second suggestion these are taken care of as is your previously mentioned Korean produced Australian release PhilMH, It also takes care of the EU and Australasian "boilermaker" by focusing on country/region of release, the intended market and is incidentally in line with the rest of the site (45Cat and LPs). " 1. Made In Country/Region + Marketed in Country/Region = Listed as from that Country/Region 2. Made In Country/Region + Marketed in a different Country/Region = Listed as from a different Country/Region (ie. EU made UK releases) listed as UK release or Australian in your case Phil 3. Made In Country/Region + Marketed in multiple Countries/Regions = Listed as from Country/Region" I know these suggestions look like simple off the top of the head solutions but believe me I've thought long and hard about this and think we could logically fit almost any CD into one of the three options(there will always be some anomalies). My intention is not that we choose one but use the three suggestions here concurrently as guidelines. I may not have communicated that as well as I could have but that was my intention. Site users and MODS alike balk at the thought of using the "international" category as it currently stands. See TopPopper's and Magic Marmalade's comments above and then witness the the endless trainspotting for different details including sec. cat#s, different publishers, longbox cat#s etc. that users will use to avoid classifying a CD as international. So my conclusion here is that MODS and site users are not at all happy with the way it currently works and attempt to avoid it at all costs. Essentially what I'm proposing is a "what's on the tin" method of entry with a few guidelines for cases such as but not exclusively the EU made CD with a different specific country of release or the USA made CD that is also available in other countries. Another point of note is that after having entered about 700 CDs and commented on hundreds of others on this site I believe there more differences than similarities in global CD production than you might imagine when you get down to the finer details. This why I've completely ignored them in my suggestions as a way forward as they (barcodes, cat#s, sec. cat#s) will only confuse the issue further. Just thought I'd explain where I'm coming from in regard to my suggestions and their apparent off handedness and lack of sophistication. I assure you the reverse is true but I still would like people to try and shoot holes through them. The aim of this exercise is to improve things after all. Edited by Lee Wrecker on 21st May 2017, 10:25 PM