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[mb-style] RFC: [none] for no catalog number
Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
2011-06-06 18:32:04 UTC
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Using [none] in the catalog number field would allow us to mark the
difference between "this has no cat#, and I know that" and "I don't
know if this has a cat#".

The updated page would be (only change is the "Catalog number" section):
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Reosarevok/Release
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Frederic Da Vitoria
2011-06-06 19:29:06 UTC
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2011/6/6 Nicol?s Tamargo de Eguren <reosarevok at gmail.com>
Post by Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
Using [none] in the catalog number field would allow us to mark the
difference between "this has no cat#, and I know that" and "I don't
know if this has a cat#".
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Reosarevok/Release
+1
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jacobbrett
2011-06-07 11:53:20 UTC
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Post by Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
Using [none] in the catalog number field would allow us to mark the
difference between "this has no cat#, and I know that" and "I don't
know if this has a cat#".
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Reosarevok/Release
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+1, though I think it should be a Boolean option and not entered as text, as
the latter would be data redundancy.

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Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
2011-06-07 11:56:26 UTC
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Post by Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
Using [none] in the catalog number field would allow us to mark the
difference between "this has no cat#, and I know that" and "I don't
know if this has a cat#".
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Reosarevok/Release
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+1, though I think it should be a Boolean option and not entered as text, as
the latter would be data redundancy.
Please explain. I don't see how it would be more redundant than an
actual cat#, but I don't oppose a checkbox for it either? it's just
that I don't see where that'd fit in the RE structure (not a lot of
space there)
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jacobbrett
2011-06-07 12:04:29 UTC
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Post by Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
Using [none] in the catalog number field would allow us to mark the
difference between "this has no cat#, and I know that" and "I don't
know if this has a cat#".
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Reosarevok/Release
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+1, though I think it should be a Boolean option and not entered as text, as
the latter would be data redundancy.
Please explain. I don't see how it would be more redundant than an
actual cat#, but I don't oppose a checkbox for it either? it's just
that I don't see where that'd fit in the RE structure (not a lot of
space there)
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The redundancy is storing the six characters of text "[none]" over and over,
compared to a 1 or 0. The latter also avoids typos.

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Lukáš Lalinský
2011-06-07 12:36:58 UTC
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Post by jacobbrett
The redundancy is storing the six characters of text "[none]" over and over,
compared to a 1 or 0. The latter also avoids typos.
A big disadvantage is that the boolean field can't be added any time
soon. MB has a history of adding hacks quickly and then eventually
migrating them. :)

Lukas
Nikki
2011-06-14 06:42:04 UTC
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It's been more than a week, you can send an RFV now.

Nikki
Post by Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren
Using [none] in the catalog number field would allow us to mark the
difference between "this has no cat#, and I know that" and "I don't
know if this has a cat#".
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Reosarevok/Release
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