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[New Rule] Reputable Sources for Metadata.

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Lanturn
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Lanturn
I would like to add this as a reference/new rule to the Metadata concerning where official titles/artists/sources are obtained from.

Metadata should be obtained only from the official site of the artist or publisher of the work and/or released CD cases and scans. Database sites such as VGMDB and download sites such as iTunes or Amazon are not reputable sources for metadata.
(Feel free to reword this as needed)

Unofficial websites are prone to contain errors, or may add a suffix not provided by the official website/CD. As mentioned in the examples above, the official site or a CD Case/Scan with the appropriate data on it may only be used as a final title. Please note that even if there is consistencies between unofficial sites, it does not make it the official title.

This includes markers such as TV Size, and Short Version. Even if the official site links to them, but doesn't include it themselves in their track listing, it can't be used.

Example from KSHR:

KSHR wrote:

sweet ARMS - Trust in you (TV Size)
There are some web sites that shows this title with a label. ([1] = From a download service. | [2] = From an anime official site.)
I mean labels that are written in download services are sometimes different from official ones.
The reason I'm proposing this rule is because I was talking to KSHR about where titles can be obtained from. The easiest and safest way possible is to limit this to only the official artist or publishers websites, and in the CD Case of the song itself. If the official website doesn't list the track itself, then it can't be proven to be official.
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kisata
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kisata
maybe alternate wording

Metadata should be obtained only from the official site of the artist or publisher of the work and/or released CD Cases and Scans. Database sites such as VGMDB and download sites such as iTunes or Amazon are not reputable sources for metadata.

iTunes/Amazon aren't considered to be official?
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Lanturn
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They aren't considered official, as they only provide downloads. Even if the official site has allowed them to sell their product.

Also, I love your wording. I'm going to swap to yours.


Edit: removed the "considered to be" part :P
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kisata
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kisata
I'd maybe remove the "considered to be" part. The rule's intent should come across as clear as possible and it's just a bit of extra word fluff.

edit: okay you got it ha
Garven
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Garven
Could we have a hierarchy as far as the decision process? So Website > CD Print? I've seen misprints on CDs enough that I'd weigh in favor of the website as it is more dynamic.
Lanturn
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I agree we should choose either CD print or Website as a priority (preferably website)

Some examples are (most famously) IGNITE (TV Size) (Website) / IGNITE (TV size ver.) (Scan)


vs


Another example is this: p/3281468 in which I would prefer to use the Album's title because of how 'ugly' the title is on the official sites.

I'm fine with either having a set in stone rule, or allowing BATS/Players choose. Of course I'm leaning towards the former.
Lust
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Lust
do we have to list where we get our metadata from now on or something

why make this a rule? if the metadata is wrong then a modder will point it out anyway and it will be fixed

sounds better as a guideline, but even that i am still iffy about

who cares where a person gets their data from. its like researching information for a paper, the professors usually dont care where you find it - as long as you can make a good case for it you should be fine (here, the good case would be correct metadata and the players would be the professors)
WingSilent
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WingSilent

Lust wrote:

why make this a rule? if the metadata is wrong then a modder will point it out anyway and it will be fixed

sounds better as a guideline
Yes. This must be a guideline, for sure.
Lach
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Lach
Why does this matter? I'd rather everything be labelled under a single uniform abbreviation, than see "Anime Size ver." or "xXxANiME420VERSiONxXx", because that's the kind of shit that will be next.

You care so much about something that doesn't even make the map better. If you want to make a difference, try actually modding maps instead of posting screenshots of a cd cover scan.
DakeDekaane
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DakeDekaane
I'm firmly standing in a position for banishing any label like this.

We'll be consistent regardless of how the OST/single states, late releases, impatient mappers, etc.. And I doubt it'll break anything as it's the same song after all.

But this is another topic so don't mind me \o3o/
xxdeathx
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xxdeathx

DakeDekaane wrote:

impatient mappers
sorry >.<

i didn't want to wait until sep 24 for the Rail Wars OST release
Lanturn
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Note this isn't only related to labels or markers. This also includes things like capitalization of songs, punctuation and spaces, and even spelling.
You see a song called INNOCENCE on the official site (pic), but Innocence elsewhere on Wikipedia or a download site. It's pretty straightforward what you would use right? This is basically the concept of this rule. It takes 5 seconds to click a Wikipedia link leading to an official site to confirm a title.

Nothing is really going to change from this if you think about it. An official source will have the official title. Simple as that. Consistency wins this way for mapsets of the same song. The only major change is that some labels will be now deemed invalid because it doesn't appear on the official website/CD.

@DakeDekaane | You're right, and it's a good solution, but yeah, another topic. I agree with you that it would be the easiest way and would pretty much solve everything when dealing with labels. (Start this thread up sometime please!)

@Lach | Make a thread about abolishing labels and only having a specifically set label then, going back to the old system we used to have. Also, an incorrect title/artist/source is a reason why some maps get unqualified. Unfortunately this happens far to often now with the current ranking criteria.

@Gokuhan | Feel free to add a TV Size tag into the tags if the song doesn't include it on the title.
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Kyouren
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Kyouren
Lanturn, if i can't searching a Tittle is correct (Use TV Size or TV size ver.)

So, TV Size is remove and add in tags?
Wafu
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Wafu
I totally agree on this, official sites and CD cases are most reliable. iTunes even reverses the given and family name for east asian artists. Simply, if it is different from how the artist listed it on official source, it is unrankable. Getting a case scan is imo not problem. Looking forward to see this rule accepted.

Anyway, there will be problem to get some CD cases from not famous artists.
Melophobia
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Melophobia
I'm standing for this wording,
Metadata should be obtained only from the official site of the artist or publisher of the work and/or released CD cases and scans. Database sites such as VGMDB and download sites such as iTunes or Amazon are not reputable sources for metadata.
Honestly I think it's a matter of common sense, it should be a guideline at best. However, as it is more and more confusing, I agree to get it formulated in a way. We need something settled that applies to all situations for this.

Another thing to be added to the rule is like Garven already mentioned, sometimes website conflicts with CD covers (And we cannot determine that's a misprint, since both of them are official anyways) This happens really frequently (IGNITE, aLIEz etc.) so we might as well prioritize something to make some hierarchy. I'm all for website > CD > Video etc. because that way it's easier for those who have trouble finding scans. And like Wafu said it's hardly possible to find scans of unknown songs therefore obtaining metadata from websites is better from the perspective of convenience.
Wafu
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Wafu
I agree with Melophobia pretty well. Anyway, there were complications, where the artist/title was taken from the official website of the anime or something it was in - What might be different, since game/anime's website is official, but not official for the soundtrack, so to fill in your "website > CD > Video" I would change to "website > CD > website of source > Video" and I can completely agree.
Shulin
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Shulin
This is pointless and doesn't need to be a rule or even a guideline.

People should use common sense when applying metadata; if you can find multiple people using that artist / song title then that's probably what it should be. There's no point changing your artist / song title to something no one else is using just because a CD cover or website says so.

Also, this proposed hierarchy of sources is even more ridiculous; a website trumps a CD cover? Since when? How does that make sense? Official material can and does contradict itself on occasion; not everything needs to be black and white, just go with the most common iteration and there's less conflict. Also, since when is itunes and other commercial outlets "unofficial" - if anything these should be given priority since they're often official commercial material.

Lach wrote:

Why does this matter? I'd rather everything be labelled under a single uniform abbreviation, than see "Anime Size ver." or "xXxANiME420VERSiONxXx", because that's the kind of shit that will be next.

You care so much about something that doesn't even make the map better. If you want to make a difference, try actually modding maps instead of posting screenshots of a cd cover scan.
Completely agree. Metadata modders need reigning in a little imo, I'd prefer if more effort went into actual modding.
Wafu
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Wafu

Shulin wrote:

People should use common sense when applying metadata
They use common sense and as you might see, many beatmaps pass with wrong title. This argument can be used for any ranking criteria. We might rewrite whole ranking criteria just to one like:

Ranking Criteria wrote:

  1. Use common sense.
If the website or CD cover says so, it is right, if multiple people use wrong title, it doesn't mean it is right.
Shulin
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Shulin

Wafu wrote:

They use common sense and as you might see, many beatmaps pass with wrong title. This argument can be used for any ranking criteria. We might rewrite whole ranking criteria just to one like:

Ranking Criteria wrote:

  1. Use common sense.
If the website or CD cover says so, it is right, if multiple people use wrong title, it doesn't mean it is right.
It would be a start and would prevent arbitrary rules like this one!

The whole proposed hierarchy of "reputable sources" is because official sources sometimes disagree, either because they're not always right, or they changed their mind later on. Better to use common sense and use the title that's most common; if there's an argument that the title needs changing it needs to be better than "because this CD cover says so" imo.

It's all trivial anyway because the title of your map won't make it better.
Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani
Taken from "[RULE] Do not alter title"

CDFA wrote:

For reference, a priority list of where to get song titles (as I went through this issue with one of my maps)

From highest to lowest

1) Composer/Band's official website
2) Official album listing (aka. Either from a purchased album, or a site that sells the album (ie. iTunes))
3) Composer/Band's wiki pages. (Assuming the wiki is a decently active wiki. Fanmade wikis that are mostly dead are generally not reputable sources)
4) Unofficial music databases. (Which is what most people would tend to use, especially for foriegn music)
5) Wikipedia page.
6) Unofficial album listing (aka. A site that you can download the album from, but is not officially sold by the composer/band)
7) Youtube video listing (This is mostly useful for things like youtube poops or fanmade things that don't really have a home outside of youtube)

NOTE: This is by no means official I just made it off of the top of my head so tear it apart all you want. Also be aware that different situations call for different things, but this is what I'd generally think in terms of credibility.

And for reference, Because a previous map has a title does not mean its right I'm aware that there was a rule for consistency way back in 2012 where people would put wrong metadata so things would be consistent, but now we've moved past that, and rather than keep on making the same mistake over and over again, we need to like, actually fix things. I'm not sure how the progress is on osz2 and the magical "oh it'll fix every title", but the least we could do is at least start that now so it's less work in the future. I don't know if that needs to be worded into the rule, or if it should just be on the "Don't be stupid" clause.

It should also be in the best interest of reputable modders as well as all BATs to start looking at this stuff prior to qualifying, even if it seems trivial, so we don't have incidents like the one that has lead to this happen again.

Completely supporting this rule tho.
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