[Developers] freebase-python: bug in tests

[Vishal Talwar]

Ah, thanks for explaining Chris. I had previously refrained from retyping
Sting because I noticed it was the musicbrainz bot that had removed that
type, and I thought it would know better...but then I noticed it had gone on
to add some musical albums to him after removing the type, so I just added
it back.

Thanks,
Vishal

On Jan 15, 2008 12:34 AM, Christopher R. Maden <crism at metaweb.com> wrote:

> Vishal Talwar <rawlatv at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sting is no longer a musical artist in Freebase (he was at the time of
> the
> > last update), so this should be fixed.
>
> Hey, Vishal.  I see that someone has already added back Musical Artist to
> Sting, so that's cleared up.
>
> What happened here is that we split out pseudonyms from real identities;
> strictly, Sting is a pseudonym for Gordon Sumner, who is a musical artist.
>  This distinction is to allow us to note all the recordings (or written
> works, or sculptures, or...) by an artist and also to note the correct
> credits for them.
>
> However, in a few cases where the pseudonym is better-known than the real
> name of the performer (as for Sting and also Bob Dylan), the split wasn't
> clean, and so things are in a half-baked condition right now.
>
> Comments on the Pseudonym type, its use, and its implications are all
> welcome, though probably better suited for the data modelers' list or on the
> type itself.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
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> Christopher R. Maden
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> Metaweb Technologies, Inc.
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