Woodenhead
commented
11 years ago - Artist & album disambiguation. (same name but diff. artist or diff. album version) [ajax it?]
- Incorporate featured artists
- List the complete discog, regardless of something being on-site or not. Albums missing from the site could be denoted somehow. (perhaps have this as an option/button to click?) (This could extend to the major bitrates/formats as well.)
- Built by the userbase and/or external API
- Ability for the actual artist/label to have their own input [needs fleshing out]
edgewyn
It's an obvious & mandatory feature. But it needs to be done right. A major problem I see with other sites is too much clutter/scrolling etc. Some artist pages are massive. I'd like to see something more akin to how Discogs does it.
See for an example: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Flaming+Lips%2C+The
Rather than showing all the different album versions, they are collapsed under a "master release", which, when clicked on, expands to show the different versions. (ajaxing, is it?) Keep in mind Discogs goes be every single different Catalogue #; Waffles only sees a difference if the mastering and/or tracklist is different. (or media: CD cassette vinyl)
Something else I'd love to see: have the page list the complete discog, regardless of something being on-site or not. Albums missing from the site could be denoted somehow. (diff font, an icon, even a friggin' asterisk) I really believe this would be a big incentive for the users to upload more content, in an effort to complete a discog. It would also make it an easier task for users to check for dupes, before uploading.
I would even like to carry the idea one step further, and list the main formats as well, regardless. Again, incentive to have an album up in every format. (flac, 320, V0, V2, perhaps "Other" [multichannel, DVD-A...]) Again, if the album isn't available in a certain format, the row/column would still show the missing format, just that it would be represented differently, to show it's not on site yet. Also, say there's a 192 rip up. Still show the V2 row/column, denoted as not being available, but add, say, (192CBR available) beside it, which would show that there is something there, but also that it can (and should) be upgraded/replaced. (And perhaps request votes could be shown/voted on here as well.)
All of this should be built & modifiable by the userbase & API (Discogs, by the looks of it at this point)