Can someone just tell me how to make this show up correctly - I can't seem to figure it out.

example:
? (as Altus Verum), 2007-2008, 2008-present (as Mephistophilus)

The Band is Christ Tormenti - that was their name from 2007-2008. Then they switched to Mephistophilus from 2008 to ? and then to Altus Verum from ? - present.

The problem is that there was a two year gap between Mephistophilus and Altus Verum and no confirmation on the web if they changed it in 2008, 2009 or 2010.

So how do I get Mephistophilus to show up as 2008-? instead of 2008-present. Putting in a "?" in the end date field throws an error.

Thanks

In those cases you can use ~ for wildcards to force correct sorting without years given. These wildcards can be somewhat approximate, but mainly serve to have the years active displayed correctly as they are not visible on the page itself.

I've added some now, see here: http://www.metal-archives.com/band/edit/id/128284 (and here: http://www.metal-archives.com/band/edit/id/3540304531)

This is also mentioned in the help section, though I admit it can be elusive at first. Under "Adding new data", "Band entry form", "Years active".

Thanks - sorry, I've read the notes and knew about the ~ but I think what I missed was that I still needed the year in there. I guess I was thinking the year would show up if I did that but I see in your example that it's only for sorting.

Thanks