As I visited and read about a proposal for official extension standardisation, we found some edge cases where sometimes a song may have multiple versions of same length group (e.g two short versions, two different game versions, three long versions). Mostly, these songs have different version markers even though these are technically fall under same length group.
Because of that, I want to propose a rule to exclude these songs from standardisation.
That way, we can honor artist's version name for the song, as well as clearly differentiate which version is which. Do note that this proposal doesn't cover the case such as:
The proposal wording can be better, but I'm not sure how, since I don't speak English. Any thoughts?
Because of that, I want to propose a rule to exclude these songs from standardisation.
If a song title contains short or game version markers, the markers must be standardised to (Short Ver.) and (Game Ver.) respectively.
Note: This proposal assumes current ranking criteria and is separate from official long version proposal. The wording can be adjusted if official long version proposal is accepted.- This does not apply if multiple versions of same group present (e.g two short versions, two game versions). In that case, use the marker provided by the primary metadata source.
That way, we can honor artist's version name for the song, as well as clearly differentiate which version is which. Do note that this proposal doesn't cover the case such as:
- Multiple game version present with no markers on the song title.
- Songs in which specific official short/long version used in a game.
- TV Size songs.
Example case
- Song title (Short); Song title (Game Cut)
These are standardised to: Song title (Short Ver.); Song title (Game Ver.) - Song title (Short A ver); Song title ~Short B ver~
These are left as-is: Song title (Short A ver); Song title ~Short B ver~ - Song title (Game ver.side A); Song title (Game ver.side B)
These are left as-is: Song title (Game ver.side A); Song title (Game ver.side B)
The proposal wording can be better, but I'm not sure how, since I don't speak English. Any thoughts?