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Topic: One More Time - International CD releases

27th Jul 2019, 1:03 PM
	gregs45s SUBS Member since Apr 2012 7614 Points	Continued... This "International" problem is only one of the potential problems facing the future of CD Album World however IMHO.I feel that we need clarification of how serious a World/Database this is to become,i.e,if it is to be regarded as a proper reference site,then some basic format changes to the database are surely overdue. I have been linking CD albums recently,and this has raised a question/potential problem...If,the only way to find a particular albums releases are to be by the "Linked Releases" option,then they will need to be constantly updated,if,however you were to create a "Master Release" page (a-la-Discogs),then all releases could be found/added to on one page.This lists all releases of any one particular album in chronological order from top to bottom,and includes all the different formats the album was released on,typically, LP/Cassette/CD. And,although we would effectively be copying Discogs,surely,what matters is that it clearly works,and would surely be an improvement on the current linked releases method (not to mention cross-links!). Some Moderators i feel,interpret CD Cat.No's as "similar is the same",whilst they are clearly not,and i feel everyone needs to be on the same page here.If more emphasis perhaps was put on ensuring Cat.No's were entered more accurately (i.e,as written on the product,making sure all spaces/hyphens etc. were included) then i feel that the difference between different counties releases would become more apparent,and feel that by tweaking the way CD's were entered (perhaps with a better guide) then it would make life a lot easier for all. (perhaps also the addition of a "how to enter CD's" page before the countries page,would help,with some pointers on how to spot country indicators) Edited by gregs45s on 28th Jul 2019, 11:01 AM