Duplicate albums added repeatedly

View previous topic :: View next topic
Author Message
EyeKanFly
Head Bear Master/Galactic Emperor

Age: 33

Location: Gotham
United States
  • View user's profile
  • #1
  • Posted: 10/16/2023 13:25
  • Post subject: Duplicate albums added repeatedly
  • Reply with quote
It appears that "Ken Dou Werente" and "Pirates Choice" by Orchestra Baobab are repeat albums: Ken Dou Werente by Orchestra Baobab was released in 1983 and Pirates Choice by Orchestra Baobab is a deluxe edition/remaster with an expanded track list (as listed on BEA) released in 2001 according to Discogs. In Ken Dou Werente's moderation history, you can see multiple instances of Pirates Choice being flagged and combined, but a new Pirates Choice keeps popping up including most recently about a year ago.

I have a couple suggestions on how to remedy this and make sure it doesn't pop up again:
1. Re-title "Ken Dou Werente" to something along the lines of "Ken Dou Werente [Pirates Choice]"
2. or, edit Pirates Choice to clarify that it's a compilation and released in 2001.

It's a tricky situation since the album was released in different formats in different regions over the years, but these are my thoughts on how to deal with it.
_________________
51 Washington, D.C. albums!
Romanelli
Bone Swah
Gender: Male

Location: Broomfield, Colorado
United States

Moderator
  • View user's profile
  • #2
  • Posted: 10/16/2023 15:00
  • Post subject: Re: Duplicate albums added repeatedly
  • Reply with quote
EyeKanFly wrote:
It appears that "Ken Dou Werente" and "Pirates Choice" by Orchestra Baobab are repeat albums: Ken Dou Werente by Orchestra Baobab was released in 1983 and Pirates Choice by Orchestra Baobab is a deluxe edition/remaster with an expanded track list (as listed on BEA) released in 2001 according to Discogs. In Ken Dou Werente's moderation history, you can see multiple instances of Pirates Choice being flagged and combined, but a new Pirates Choice keeps popping up including most recently about a year ago.

I have a couple suggestions on how to remedy this and make sure it doesn't pop up again:
1. Re-title "Ken Dou Werente" to something along the lines of "Ken Dou Werente [Pirates Choice]"
2. or, edit Pirates Choice to clarify that it's a compilation and released in 2001.

It's a tricky situation since the album was released in different formats in different regions over the years, but these are my thoughts on how to deal with it.


For the time being, Ken Dou Werente has been assigned to the correct artist Orchestre Baobab Gouye Guy De Dakar. Pirates Choice has been flagged for deletion as a duplicate.

As for the rest, that would be for AM to decide.
_________________
Musicians play gigs.
Fans go to shows.
albummaster
Janitor
Gender: Male

Location: Spain

Site Admin
  • View user's profile
  • #3
  • Posted: 10/17/2023 07:24
  • Post subject:
  • Reply with quote
Thanks for flagging. BEA only lists the original version of each album, so this album has now been merged into the original release (option 1 is the only action we can take). Not sure we can rename the album, as this would be inconsistent with the treatment of other re-releases where we haven't altered the original title (the album hasn't been modified as many times as some others), so I think leaving 'as-is' (post merge) is the right course of action right now.
EyeKanFly
Head Bear Master/Galactic Emperor

Age: 33

Location: Gotham
United States
  • View user's profile
  • #4
  • Posted: 10/17/2023 13:18
  • Post subject:
  • Reply with quote
Makes sense, thanks for the follow-up!
_________________
51 Washington, D.C. albums!
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic
All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1


 

Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Similar Topics
Topic Author Forum
duplicate albums added GeevyDallas Suggestions
Duplicate Albums Elston Suggestions
Duplicate Albums joannajewsom Suggestions
Albums added by _________ benpaco Suggestions
Newly added albums Rikuff Suggestions

 
Back to Top