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Moderation Types
Status: This page has been superceded by EditType (whichis not finished yet but still far more complete than this page). I fear that this here still contains some information that should not be lost. Still eventually this should become a CandidateForDeletion --DonRedman
Here we aim to show you what each of the moderation types are, what they mean, how they are created, and how to vote on them. First a quick reminder about the structure of the MusicBrainz database:
At the top of the picture, there are artists. Each artist has:
a name
a sortname
zero or more aliases (each of which is just a name)
zero or more releases
zero or more tracks, probably on those releases
Each release has:
a name
one or more tracks
zero or more CD disc IDs
a main artist
attributes
Each track has:
a sequence (e.g. track 1)
a name
a length (or this might be "unknown")
an artist
zero or more TRM IDs
Right, now on to the moderations. It's probably useful to know the most common types of moderation, so you can focus on them first if you like. During March 2003 the moderations were distributed roughly as follows, most common to least common:
name | type | count |% of total =============================+======+=======+========== Add TRMs | 27 | 13864 | 37 Add Release | 16 | 9403 | 25 Edit Track Name | 4 | 7063 | 19 Change Track Artist | 10 | 2344 | 6 Edit Release Attributes | 26 | 840 | 2 Edit Release Name | 3 | 641 | 1 Remove Artist | 19 | 486 | 1 Merge Artist | 6 | 422 | 1 Edit Artist Sortname | 2 | 389 | 1 Remove Release | 12 | 280 | 0 Remove Track | 11 | 181 | 0 Add Track KV | 18 | 148 | 0 Edit Artist Name | 1 | 143 | 0 Add Artist | 17 | 120 | 0 Convert Release (SAC to MAC) | 9 | 108 | 0 Remove TRM Id | 22 | 85 | 0 Edit Track Number | 5 | 71 | 0 Merge Releases | 23 | 67 | 0 Add Artist Alias | 15 | 22 | 0 Remove Disc ID | 20 | 20 | 0 Remove Releases | 24 | 19 | 0 Convert Release (MAC to SAC) | 13 | 16 | 0 Merge Release (MAC) | 25 | 16 | 0 Move Release | 8 | 10 | 0 Remove Artist Alias | 14 | 8 | 0 Move Disc ID | 21 | 7 | 0 Add Track | 7 | 0 | 0
Bearing in mind that "Add TRMs" moderations are automatically applied, that means the vast majority of moderations which require voting are "Add Release", followed by "Edit Track Name" and "Change Track Artist".
Auto Moderation
Most moderations need to be voted on, and the vote won, before the moderation is permanently applied. Sometimes the change is made straight away, but undone if the vote is lost; for other moderation types, no changes are made at first, and the changes are applied later on only if the vote is won.
However, some moderations don't even need to be voted on in the first place; such moderations are said to be auto-moderations, or automods, or it is said that they have been automod'ed. Currently, this is the logic for determining whether any given moderation is an auto-moderation:
A very small minority of MusicBrainz moderators have a special privilege; they are auto-moderators (also known, confusingly perhaps, as "automods"). If one of these users enters a moderation of one of the following types, it is is auto-moderated:
EditArtistNameEdit (MOD_EDIT_ARTISTNAME)
EditArtistSortnameEdit (MOD_EDIT_ARTISTSORTNAME)
EditReleaseNameEdit (MOD_EDIT_ALBUMNAME)
EditTrackNameEdit (MOD_EDIT_TRACKNAME)
EditTrackNumberEdit (MOD_EDIT_TRACKNUM)
AddTrackEdit (MOD_ADD_TRACK)
MoveReleaseEdit (MOD_MOVE_ALBUM)
ConvertReleaseToMultipleArtistsEdit (MOD_SAC_TO_MAC)
ChangeTrackArtistEdit (MOD_CHANGE_TRACK_ARTIST)
ConvertReleaseToSingleArtistEdit (MOD_MAC_TO_SAC)
AddArtistAliasEdit (MOD_ADD_ARTISTALIAS)
AddReleaseEdit (MOD_ADD_ALBUM)
AddArtistEdit (MOD_ADD_ARTIST)
MOD_ADD_TRACK_KV
MoveDiscIDEdit (MOD_MOVE_DISCID)
RemoveTRMEdit (MOD_REMOVE_TRMID)
EditReleaseAttributesEdit (MOD_EDIT_ALBUMATTRS)
AddTRMsEdit (MOD_ADD_TRMS)
MOD_ADD_TRMS is always auto-moderated
Moderations of these types are auto-moderated if the old value and the new value differ only in case and/or accents:
EditArtistNameEdit (MOD_EDIT_ARTISTNAME)
EditArtistSortnameEdit (MOD_EDIT_ARTISTSORTNAME)
EditReleaseNameEdit (MOD_EDIT_ALBUMNAME)
EditTrackNameEdit (MOD_EDIT_TRACKNAME)
Everything else is not auto-moderated, i.e. voting is required. For completeness the mod types that are never auto-moderated are:
MergeArtistsEdit (MOD_MERGE_ARTIST)
RemoveTrackEdit (MOD_REMOVE_TRACK)
RemoveReleaseEdit (MOD_REMOVE_ALBUM)
RemoveArtistAliasEdit (MOD_REMOVE_ARTISTALIAS )
RemoveArtistEdit (MOD_REMOVE_ARTIST)
RemoveDiscIDEdit (MOD_REMOVE_DISCID)
MergeReleasesEdit (MOD_MERGE_ALBUM)
RemoveReleasesEdit (MOD_REMOVE_ALBUMS)
MergeReleasesVariousArtistsEdit (MOD_MERGE_ALBUM_MAC)
The Moderation Types
Edit Artist Name
Symbolic name and id
MOD_EDIT_ARTISTNAME (1)
Meaning
The artist's name is being changed.
How to enter
Via the "edit" link next to the artist's name.
Notes
The moderation will be instantly applied (no voting required) if the only change to the name was case and/or accents.
Voting guidelines
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See also
Edit Artist Sortname, Add Artist Alias, Remove Artist Alias
Edit Artist Sortname
Symbolic name and id
MOD_EDIT_ARTISTSORTNAME (2)
Meaning
The artist's sortname is being changed.
How to enter
Via the "edit" link next to the artist's name.
Notes
Can be auto-moderated, see above.
Voting guidelines
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See also
Edit Artist Name, Add Artist Alias, Remove Artist Alias
Edit Release Name
Symbolic name and id
MOD_EDIT_ALBUMNAME (3)
Meaning
The release's name is being changed.
How to enter
Via the "edit" link at the top-right of an release table.
Notes
The moderation will be instantly applied (no voting required) if the only change to the name was case and/or accents.
Voting guidelines
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See also
Add Release, Remove Release
Edit Track Name
Symbolic name and id
MOD_EDIT_TRACKNAME (4)
Meaning
The track's name is being changed.
How to enter
Via the "edit" link to the right of the track name and length.
Voting guidelines
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See also
Edit Track Number
Edit Track Number (sequence)
Symbolic name and id
MOD_EDIT_TRACKNUM (5)
Meaning
The track is being renumbered within the same release
How to enter
Via the "edit" link to the right of the track name and length.
Voting guidelines
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See also
Edit Track Name
Merge Artists
Symbolic name and id
MOD_MERGE_ARTIST (6)
Meaning
Two artists are being merged into one. The merge is almost, but not quite, symmetrical.
If artist "X" is merged into artist "Y", then all of X's tracks, releases etc are moved over to artist Y. Note that no overwriting nor merging of data happens here; if both "X" and "Y" have an release called "Greatest Hits", say, then after the merge artist "Y" will have two releases both called "Greatest Hits".
The only sense in which the merge is not symmetrical (apart from internal database IDs) is that, as a result of the merge, a new alias for artist Y will be created; the name of that alias is artist X's name. (Artist X's sortname is thrown away).
When the moderation comes to be applied (e.g. once it has been approved by the voters), then the target artist is searched for by name. This means that if the target artist has since been renamed, the merge will fail.
How to enter
Follow the "merge" link next to the artist's name (artist "X", in the explanation above). Search for the target artist (artist "Y"). Select the target artist from the search results.
Voting guidelines
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See also
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Add Track
Symbolic name and id
MOD_ADD_TRACK (7)
Meaning
This moderation type is obsolete. It has been superseded by MOD_ADD_TRACK_KV (18).
Move Release (to another Artist)
Symbolic name and id
MOD_MOVE_ALBUM (8)
Meaning
An release is being moved to another artist.
How to enter
Click the "move" link underneath an release (on the "show release" page). Search for the target artist. Select the target artist from the search results, or enter details for a new artist.
Voting guidelines
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See also
Merge Releases, Convert Release from Single Artist to Multiple Artists, Convert Release from Multiple Artists to Single Artist
Convert Release from Single Artist to Multiple Artists
Symbolic name and id
MOD_SAC_TO_MAC (9)
Meaning
An release is being converted from
How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
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Change Track Artist
Symbolic name and id
MOD_CHANGE_TRACK_ARTIST (10)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
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Remove Track
Symbolic name and id
MOD_REMOVE_TRACK (11)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
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Remove Release
Symbolic name and id
MOD_REMOVE_ALBUM (12)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
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Convert Release from Multiple Artists to Single Artist
Symbolic name and id
MOD_MAC_TO_SAC (13)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
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Remove Artist Alias
Symbolic name and id
MOD_REMOVE_ARTISTALIAS (14)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
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Add Artist Alias
Symbolic name and id
MOD_ADD_ARTISTALIAS (15)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
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Add Release
Symbolic name and id
MOD_ADD_ALBUM (16)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
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Add Artist
Symbolic name and id
MOD_ADD_ARTIST (17)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
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Add Track
Symbolic name and id
MOD_ADD_TRACK_KV (18)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
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Remove Artist
Symbolic name and id
MOD_REMOVE_ARTIST (19)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
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Remove Disc ID
Symbolic name and id
MOD_REMOVE_DISCID (20)
Meaning
A disc ID is being removed from an release.
How to enter
The Disc IDs for an release are listed at the bottom of the release view. Click the "Del" link next to a disc ID to remove it.
Voting guidelines
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See also
MOD_MOVE_DISCID
Move Disc ID (to a different Release)
Symbolic name and id
MOD_MOVE_DISCID (21)
Meaning
A disc ID is being moved from one release to another one (by the same artist).
How to enter
The Disc IDs for an release are listed at the bottom of the release view. Click the "Move" link next to a disc ID to move it to another release by the same artist. The new release must have the same number of tracks as the old one.
Voting guidelines
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See also
MOD_REMOVE_DISCID
Remove TRM Id
Symbolic name and id
MOD_REMOVE_TRMID (22)
Meaning
A TRM id is being removed from a track.
How to enter
From an release view, click through to the "show track" page, which then lists the TRMs for this track. Click "delete" next to the TRM you want to remove.
Voting guidelines
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See also
MOD_ADD_TRMS
Merge Releases
Symbolic name and id
MOD_MERGE_ALBUM (23)
Meaning
Two or more releases are being merged into one.
How to enter
Tag the releases using "batch operation" feature, then select the "merge" button.
Voting guidelines
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See also
MOD_MERGE_ALBUM_MAC
Remove Releases
Symbolic name and id
MOD_REMOVE_ALBUMS (24)
Meaning
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How to enter
Select the releases you want to remove using the "batch operation" feature. Then select to remove the releases.
Voting guidelines
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See also
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Merge Releases into one "Various Artists" Release
Symbolic name and id
MOD_MERGE_ALBUM_MAC (25)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
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Edit Release Attributes
Symbolic name and id
MOD_EDIT_ALBUMATTRS (26)
Meaning
The release attributes (release type, e.g. release and release status, e.g. official) are being changed.
How to enter
Click the "edit" link next to the release attributes, near the bottom of an release listing. You can change multiple releases at once (setting the attributes for all of them to the same thing) using the "batch operation" system.
Voting guidelines
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See also
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Add TRMs
Symbolic name and id
MOD_ADD_TRMS (27)
Meaning
Associations between TRM IDs and tracks are being added.
How to enter
Use the tagger.
Voting guidelines
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See also
Edit Artist Alias
Symbolic name and id
MOD_EDIT_ARTISTALIAS (28)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also
Edit Releases
Symbolic name and id
MOD_EDIT_RELEASES (29)
Meaning
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How to enter
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Voting guidelines
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See also