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We seem to continue to request more information that most likely has little (if any) value to the vast majority of users and contributors, even if said information has value to the editors. Admittedly. I have not yet seen the revised submission form, but I hope it doesn't get increasingly unwieldy....
I can be rather confident that bar codes will be like cat#s for me. If it gets submitted via source links found in my search process, then that's were it'll be....
Each territorial release may have a different barcode, so I hope this new feature will not cause too much confusion or data errors...
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"Each territorial release may have a different barcode..." even each STORE branch (of a store chain for instance) has a different barcode as the primary purpose for item barcodes is tracking sales and inventory. Is shs going to scan these barcodes-if not they will be useless as that is why/how they were created. for scanning --the submitter will have to what? copy and paste? there is no practical purpose for barcodes in submissions and its a sorry addition-- silly too.
the same product can have 2 different bar codes.
If 2 releases have different bar codes, then they are most likely 2 different (re)issues.
But I don't know where one finds such bar codes.
You mean physically? Or research-wise?
En trabajos antiguos puede ocurrir que el vinilo original no tenga código de barras, pero sí el cd. Supongo que en ese caso no se adjunta el código de barras...
Exactly, it's an optional field, because bar codes only appeared in the 80s. But even new releases don't always have a bar code...
Read, and hopefully it doesn't discourage submitters from filling out the forms.
It's an optional field.
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"Each territorial release may have a different barcode..." even each STORE branch (of a store chain for instance) has a different barcode (...) there is no practical purpose for barcodes in submissions
Good points. Some chain stores, mail orders et al. for various reasons add internal barcodes and/or order numers to the releasing label's/companies'/distributors' own ones. Their mainly automated reordering systems will use the suppliers', though (best example probably Amazon).
But even for worldwide releases by the same label or company and according to local cat. nos. etc., (f. ex.) US/CDN may go for one barcode, G/A/S for one only varying by some digits, JP for an entirely other one and the UK for yet a different one, etc.
In those respects and considering that a) asking 'average' (submitting) users to optionally add applicable(?) barcodes may be a bit overtaxing, and b) barcodes likely aren't of much use to 'average' (searching) users, I'm not too convinced about this new feature.
But, as so often & in the long run, experience will tell...
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