What is Discogs?
{{Infobox Website | name = Discogs | logo = | url = [http://www.discogs.com/ Discogs.com] | commercial = Partially | type = Music | language = [[English language|English]] | registration = Optional | owner = Zink Media, Inc. | author = Kevin Lewandowski | launch_date = October 2000 | current_status = Active | revenue = Advertisement, Marketplace Seller Fees }} '''Discogs''' is a [[website]] and [[database]] of information about [[record label]] [[recording|releases and recording]]s. Discogs is owned by Zink Media, Inc. in [[Portland, Oregon]], [[United States]]. It is believed to be the largest online database of releases on [[vinyl record|vinyl]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7GrCAAAQBAJ&dq=discogs+largest+database+vinyl&pg=PA207|title=Digital Libraries: 6th Italian Research Conference, IRCDL 2010, Padua, Italy, January 28-29, 2010. Revised Selected Papers|last1=Agosti|first1=Maristella|last2=Esposito|first2=Floriana|last3=Thanos|first3=Costantino|date=2010-09-11|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-642-15850-6|pages=207|language=en}}</ref> but Discogs began by concentrating on issues of electronic music becoming one of the largest online databases in that field.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBObDwAAQBAJ&dq=discogs+largest+database&pg=PA168|title=Innovations for Community Services: 19th International Conference, I4CS 2019, Wolfsburg, Germany, June 24-26, 2019, Proceedings|last1=Lüke|first1=Karl-Heinz|last2=Eichler|first2=Gerald|last3=Erfurth|first3=Christian|last4=Fahrnberger|first4=Günter|date=2019-05-31|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-030-22482-0|pages=168|language=en}}</ref> == History == The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000. Discogs was released in October 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski. It started as a database of his personal music collection. The name of the site is short for [[discography|discographies]]. == Contribution system == The information on Discogs comes from members of the website. ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [h