If you’ve been with us for a while, you’ve probably realized that we’re constantly updating our database guidelines. This isn’t because what we have is necessarily incorrect, but usually because we find new cases that we hadn’t thought of before.
And, once again, this has occurred with locations and bands. So take a look and learn more about the wonderfully complicated world of band names and geo-locations. 😅
New DBG for Multiple Bands with the Same Name
For a while now, we’ve had a DBG for “Multiple Bands with the Same Name”, but these only included information about when bands are from different countries. We didn’t, however, have a DBG for when bands are from the same country.
Since we have been using the ISO 3166-2 alpha-2 country codes for multiple bands with the same name from different countries, it was only natural to apply the ISO 3166-2 alpha-2 country subdivision codes for multiple bands with the same name from the same country as shown below:
See Database Guidelines for Bands Here
New DBGs for Crown Dependencies within the United Kingdom
Due to the unique status of countries within the United Kingdom, we have always treated these regions a bit differently than other countries in the world. But we had never considered the nature of Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom until a user reached out to use with an inquiry about the Isle of Man.
Let me just say that this was a very complicated case and took a lot of time to figure out, but eventually we put the pieces together and this what we came up with:
See Database Guidelines for Locations here
Conclusion
While we are aware that these are a bit confusing, it’s always difficult to come up with simple solutions when the cases are quite complicated. Hopefully, these make sense, but if you have any ideas how we might simplify things or clean them up, please let us know. We are all ears. 👂
Cheers!
Alexander and the Team at Concert Archives