Re: [ARSCLIST] discographies

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wikipedia has as much credibility as a ouija board..ANYONE can make corrections.
I never use that one.

dl

Steven Smolian wrote:

> But discographies on-line can be corrected.  A Wikopedia type structure
> might work- corrections by peer review, signed, should be a good starting
> place.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Fitzgerald" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 9:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] discographies
>
> > At 09:17 PM 10/17/2005, Steve Smolian wrote:
> >>Which is a great reason for publishing them on line.
> >
> > But only if you've got access to the correct info!
> >
> > Leaving aside the plagiarism issues, copying a ton of stuff straight out
> > of a book is very ambitious and it takes time and effort. However - in the
> > end you only get what was already in the book (if you're careful enough
> > not to introduce copying errors). And if you start with decades-old books
> > (like jazzdisco.org has done), you aren't aware that Roland Kirk's Argo
> > record has actually been released on more than just the original Argo LP.
> >
> > Every discography I've done *improves* what is in the books, by including
> > quantitatively more data (timings, composers, release dates, studios,
> > track sequences, etc. etc.).
> >
> > And if you are going to do an electronic discography, a sophisticated
> > database is the way to go. I can immediately generate a song index,
> > personnel index, etc. Can't be done if you just keep typing text into a
> > word processor. The formatting may look the same, but the functionality is
> > quite different.
> >
> > Then there's the data exchange feature that allows information to be
> > transferred and for multiple users to collaborate on a single discography.
> >
> > Then there's the subject of authority control. The jazzdisco.org site
> > doesn't know that "Bill Green" and "William Green" are the same LA studio
> > guy. Or the even more important fact that "Jamil Nasser" and "George
> > Joyner" are the same bassist. They just copied what some book said,
> > without doing any research. Which is why I don't trust and can't recommend
> > them.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > mike at JazzDiscography.com
> > http://www.JazzDiscography.com
> >
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