Hey there!
I've noticed for a while that whenever I add a new song (or edit one that's already available) by adding a handful of artist/group names in the "Also perfomed by" section, the hyperlink with the artist's name usually leads directly to the song itself. Yet, this doesn't always happen.
Let's take as an example artist A whose song X (sung in English) is the original song of numerous covers, both in English and other languages. Then I add artists B, C and D who have covered it. B has a cover in English, C in French, and D in Italian. The covers may be indeed present on their pages, but the hyperlink with the artist's name that appears on the original song, would lead only to C's cover because it shares the same link and thus will be recognised automatically. The others would just redirect to the artist's page. Then, in order to find the cover you're interested in, you'd have to look for it through the artist's other songs. If you don't know it, you'll need to google it, then go back and look for it, but it may not be there at all.
Then let's say that A has recorded X in other languages. The only way to mention any of them is by adding a comment in the "Comment on song" section with a link to their corresponding versions. So far, I've been doing this a couple of times.
Although I'm quite glad the recognising feature is available, it needs to be improved a lot. That's why I suggest the following features to be added, if possible:
1) Adding a bar "Original song (if any) by: [insert artist/group name(s) here]" and another bar next to it or underneath where you can put the link to the respective original (if available), so that the hyperlink leads directly to it, not just to the artist's page. In the cases when the song is in the same language, it won't be a problem being recognised automatically, thus not being necessary to add a link to it. Yet, when the original song and its cover(s) are in different languages, it would be necessary to add a link to the original. In any case, you'd have to add a link just to be sure everything works.
2) Adding a bar "Other versions in another language(s) by the same artist (if any)" and then again, with bars where you'll need to insert either the title of the song or a link to it.
As I have no idea how new features are added to the website, I don't know how time investing this would be, but it would surely be quite handy for everybody. I also have some other suggestions concerning separate bars for albums, singles and years, but I'd leave them for another topic.
So, what's your opinion on this?
