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Dexter
Metalhead

Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:01 am
Posts: 623
Location: Argentina

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:31 pm

are we capitalizing genres? I thought that we shouldn't do that (as we don't capitalize instruments, for example), but then I realized that all bands seem to have their genres capitalized.

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Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 9:50 am
Posts: 6135
Location: Brazil

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:14 am

That started in v1.

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oneyoudontknow
Cum insantientibus furere necesse est.

Joined: Sun May 21, 2006 6:25 pm
Posts: 5063
Location: Germany

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:11 pm

As there will no (?) genre per release section, why not do something like it is being done in Kongregate.
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Hyptosi ... ian-3/tags
Those who would like to sabotage entries can be dealt with a history thing like it is being done on the normal sites.

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MalignantThrone
Vanished in the Cosmic Futility

Joined: Tue May 31, 2011 1:24 am
Posts: 2785
Location: A step closer to home

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:28 am

oneyoudontknow wrote:

I am surprised to see that an edit of a review leads to it appearing on the front page. Sorry for the flodding.

I've mentioned this before; I find it a bit ridiculous. It's even more annoying that I can no longer see when my works were originally submitted. Perhaps the date field at the bottom could display something like "-MalignantThrone, month/day/year [edited month/day/year]"?

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Guitarpro77889 wrote:

which ones are mainstream cuz i will stop listening to them

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Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 9:50 am
Posts: 6135
Location: Brazil

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:59 pm

Yeah, I've submitted a report about it, though that might take a while to be fixed.

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GraveWish
Metalhead

Joined: Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:49 am
Posts: 950
Location: France

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:43 am

Hello,

I want to add a band member under the name 'John' to the line-up of a certain band, the member is also active in another band. Any hint how I can find the member without having to search the 1500+ members under the same name!

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As their material is being released in quantities more than 20 home dubbed tapes, the band has been removed from the Metal-Archives.

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Alhadis
Madder Max

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
Posts: 3203
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:45 am

GraveWish wrote:

Any hint how I can find the member without having to search the 1500+ members under the same name!

Try and cheat like I do: Just put a bullshit name in the other "John's" "real name" field, search for it, add the member, and switch it back.

Ugly technique, but it saves getting eye-strain from pouring through literally hundreds of pages.

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Alhadis
Madder Max

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
Posts: 3203
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:53 am

Uhm... Why was the label "Infinite Regress" deleted? I've noticed Invalid Label Links, and the label existed in version 1 of the site... D:

I've readded it and I'm fixing all the bands/demos that were unlinked from the label being deleted. I can't for the life of me figure out why anybody would do and do that; they're an independent label off the west coast of Queensland, Australia... Not the biggest name in Australian music, but do they have to be?

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Alhadis
Madder Max

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
Posts: 3203
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:15 am

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/oden/11447#band_tab_discography

oden wrote:

The band name is spelled with a small o not a capital O

Since when has this ever been allowed...? If an artist insists on enforcing non-standard capitalisation, do we fly with it, or follow the standard capitalisation procedure used throughout the site?

Noticed a band in the queue that said the artist's name was to be always presented in uppercase... :S

(Sorry to bump the thread a third time; maybe we should sticky this?)

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oneyoudontknow
Cum insantientibus furere necesse est.

Joined: Sun May 21, 2006 6:25 pm
Posts: 5063
Location: Germany

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:46 pm

will the future SW-version include a search for labels as well? I would like to search for active ones per country.

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Alhadis
Madder Max

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
Posts: 3203
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 6:27 pm

oneyoudontknow wrote:

will the future SW-version include a search for labels as well?

SW...?

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oneyoudontknow
Cum insantientibus furere necesse est.

Joined: Sun May 21, 2006 6:25 pm
Posts: 5063
Location: Germany

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:45 am

SW = software

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Alhadis
Madder Max

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
Posts: 3203
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:50 am

oneyoudontknow wrote:

SW = software

Don't think I've ever seen that word abbreviated before. <_<

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Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 9:50 am
Posts: 6135
Location: Brazil

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:10 am

oneyoudontknow wrote:

will the future SW-version include a search for labels as well? I would like to search for active ones per country.

Yes.

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I've deleted 600 "dummy labels" last weekend and it seems that Infinite Regress was one of them. Ops! Sorry for that.

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Since when has this ever been allowed...? If an artist insists on enforcing non-standard capitalisation, do we fly with it, or follow the standard capitalisation procedure used throughout the site?

There might be a few exception around. I don't really mind it.

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I want to add a band member under the name 'John' to the line-up of a certain band, the member is also active in another band. Any hint how I can find the member without having to search the 1500+ members under the same name!

There aren't 1500+ plain "Johns", but only 100. The results are ordered by artist name and then by country. It should take you more than thirty seconds to find him.

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Viral
Metalhead

Joined: Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:04 am
Posts: 1854

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:30 pm

The site won't allow me to change the label for a band. I'm trying to change the label for a certain band but every time I click the "apply this label" button, nothing happens.

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The_Beast_in_Black wrote:

Sathanas_BM wrote:

The biggest influence of Swedish Death Metal is In Flames.

That's not right. That's not even wrong. It's so fundamentally inaccurate that I think it may well be incorrectable.

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Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 9:50 am
Posts: 6135
Location: Brazil

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:00 pm

Viral wrote:

The site won't allow me to change the label for a band. I'm trying to change the label for a certain band but every time I click the "apply this label" button, nothing happens.

Which band? Which label? Which browser are you using?

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Haat888
Metal newbie

Joined: Fri May 02, 2008 1:35 pm
Posts: 88
Location: Portugal

Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:54 am

just encountered a little bug while adding some album line-ups

ex: Stürm Kommand (EP 2006) while entering Alexander (all instruments, vocals) "This artist is already present in this line-up. To add information, just edit the line or click the + icon ("add year range / instrument")."

well present where? there was nothing

Same for Bleeding Black (Bgr too) I can't add bassist to demo line-up, same message

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Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 9:50 am
Posts: 6135
Location: Brazil

Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:57 am

Weird. I've reported it.

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juicebitch
Juice Bitch

Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:57 am
Posts: 1511

Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:57 pm

Review link bug -->

I click on the "Reviews" tab for Hantises by Frozen Shadows (located here: http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Fr ... ises/38288) and select the magnifying-glass "Read" icon next to Hate Forest's review. I am then directed to a review of Hagal's Sterbender Traum instead of the review I actually want to read. Note that the URL I am directed to is as follows: http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/F ... ate_Forest

Has anyone else experienced this and is there any way to fix it? Thanks!!

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Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 9:50 am
Posts: 6135
Location: Brazil

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:35 am

I've reported it. Thanks.

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The_Black_Priest
Metal newbie

Joined: Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:10 am
Posts: 181
Location: India

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:21 pm

I think i have encountered a bug..
i cannot seem to add new-members to the line-up.
The add artist tab simply does not come.
Why??

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Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 9:50 am
Posts: 6135
Location: Brazil

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:27 am

Work fine here. Which browser are you using?

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oneyoudontknow
Cum insantientibus furere necesse est.

Joined: Sun May 21, 2006 6:25 pm
Posts: 5063
Location: Germany

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:07 pm

Evidence section for the reports
I did some reports and especially those from visitors add odd, because they generally lack evidence ... it would be nice to have some sort of 'evidence' field or the sort, in which the users can c/p or link to the proper informaiton.

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oneyoudontknow
Cum insantientibus furere necesse est.

Joined: Sun May 21, 2006 6:25 pm
Posts: 5063
Location: Germany

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 5:41 pm

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Bleeding_Black/Demo/42451#album_tabs_lineup
It is impossible to add the bass player. An error message appears, which states that the musician was added there already.

Same error:
http://www.metal-archives.com/lineup/edit/releaseId/134566

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Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 9:50 am
Posts: 6135
Location: Brazil

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:30 am

I've already reported both albums a week ago or so.

I've requested a "Evidence field".

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peterott
Metalhead

Joined: Sun May 02, 2004 4:34 pm
Posts: 1452
Location: Germany

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:31 am

One thing: Why are there two things for past member?

First there is the "Past member" option and then it is possible to click on "show legacy lineup". Are both maintained at the same time when someone enters a new ex-member name? Or will one option (the legacy option) die in the future?

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Azmodes
Dweller of the Styrian Depths

Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:44 am
Posts: 3855
Location: Graz, Austria

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 8:28 am

peterott wrote:

I think you're misunderstanding the term "legacy" here. The legacy lineup is not for past members, it's just the old lineup field from v1. Once it's transferred to the new system it can be cleared (and has been for many bands already). Eventually, all such legacies will be gone from the site.

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Dexter
Metalhead

Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:01 am
Posts: 623
Location: Argentina

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:52 pm

website links without "http://" can't be added (I get "insert a valid link")

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Porman
Sweek Souvlaki Muncher

Joined: Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:00 pm
Posts: 1111
Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:22 pm

So? Just enter "http://" before any link.

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Dexter
Metalhead

Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:01 am
Posts: 623
Location: Argentina

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:04 am

Porman wrote:

So? Just enter "http://" before any link.

Yeah, I know that, but maybe inexperienced users who don't know a lot may miss that.

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I'm getting "DataTables warning: JSON data from server could not be parsed. This is caused by a JSON formatting error." while trying to go to the last page of the submitted bands page.

Firefox 5.0

Last edited by Dexter on Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:29 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Azmodes
Dweller of the Styrian Depths

Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:44 am
Posts: 3855
Location: Graz, Austria

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:06 am

Dexter_prog wrote:

I'm getting "DataTables warning: JSON data from server could not be parsed. This is caused by a JSON formatting error." while trying to go to the last page of the submitted bands page

Same here. Google Chrome.

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Dexter
Metalhead

Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:01 am
Posts: 623
Location: Argentina

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:50 pm

Now it's happening on page 6. It seems that there is a band that fucked up that page somehow.

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Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 9:50 am
Posts: 6135
Location: Brazil

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 5:47 pm

I've contacted Morri and Hellblazer.

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Dexter
Metalhead

Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:01 am
Posts: 623
Location: Argentina

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:46 pm

I've just figured it out, it was this band: http://www.metal-archives.com/band/prev ... 3540331687

It was called Lost In The Delusion Called "Life" (note the quotes). I removed the quotes and the list works again.

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BrokenDesign
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:35 pm
Posts: 3
Location: United States

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:39 am

When I try to add new releases the label search won't work for me. When the search box comes up and I enter the label name, it says "There really exists a label with this name: Apply this label," but nothing else comes up. When I click on "Apply this label" nothing happens. I'm using Internet Explorer.

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Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 9:50 am
Posts: 6135
Location: Brazil

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:53 am

Use Firefox or Google Chrome.

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NickCaveman
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:43 pm
Posts: 5
Location: Sweden

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:46 am

I just added Target's new album Knot of Centipedes (Chile) and realized I made two small mistakes, the second song, Oxymoron, I wrote the name Oximoron, and the album title, I wrote "Knot Of Centipedes" when it should be "Knot of Centipedes", the capital letter... so, small mistakes, I thought "is ok, I can correct them later" but now I try to edit the info and I just can't, the edit link does send me to another page but I can't edit anything there besides the song lyrics... do I need some more points to edit such stuff? I did read the rules but found nothing, also tried to edit the band info in general cause it needs a serious update but I can't... dunno if it's a bug or is part of some rule I'm not aware of, if any of the mods can fix it for me in case I can't then cool, is just those 2 mistakes

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Dexter
Metalhead

Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:01 am
Posts: 623
Location: Argentina

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:13 am

Read this:

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Access

Here's a brief explanation of how ranks work:

All members can add new data, regardless of rank.
All ranks below Veteran have no significance and serve only for amusement, or monitoring each member's activity.
Only members with a rank of Veteran or higher can update existing data, and with limits (see updates section).
Only members with a rank of Metal freak or higher can update certain fields: artist aliases, label names, album titles.
Only members with a rank of Metal freak or higher can delete album tracks, change categories of submitted reports, and ignore discography locks.
Only members with a rank of Metal lord or higher can act as a moderator (accept or reject submissions, near-total data control).
Only the webmasters (e.g. Metal Goddess) have complete control over the site's content.
Earning or losing points will not change a member's rank if it's Metal lord or above.
You cannot reach the rank of Metal lord or higher by simply earning points.
Only the webmasters can promote a user to a rank of Metal lord.
Do NOT ask us to become a moderator/Metal lord, especially if we don't know you.

http://www.metal-archives.com/content/help (help > ranks > access)

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Viral
Metalhead

Joined: Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:04 am
Posts: 1854

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:06 pm

Evenfiel wrote:

Viral wrote:

The site won't allow me to change the label for a band. I'm trying to change the label for a certain band but every time I click the "apply this label" button, nothing happens.

Which band? Which label? Which browser are you using?

Swedish death metal band Entrails (there's two of them... the one I'm refering to is the one that's still active). They're currently signed to Dark Descent Records and I wanted their page to reflect that. I'm using Internet Explorer (I'm assuming I can only do this on Firefox or Google Chrome, right?). Sorry I took so long to respond.

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The_Beast_in_Black wrote:

Sathanas_BM wrote:

The biggest influence of Swedish Death Metal is In Flames.

That's not right. That's not even wrong. It's so fundamentally inaccurate that I think it may well be incorrectable.

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Azmodes
Dweller of the Styrian Depths

Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:44 am
Posts: 3855
Location: Graz, Austria

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:17 pm

Viral wrote:

I'm assuming I can only do this on Firefox or Google Chrome, right?

Yes.

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