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Charlwood94
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:49 am 
 
Sorry for the potentially confusing title :)

I noticed that in the web address for a band's page on the metal archives there is a number at the very end of the address

for example:
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Black_Sabbath/99

Does anyone know what the number means, and does anyone know which band, if any, has number 1?
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DestruicaoMetalica
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:02 am 
 
It's the number the band was added, so Amorphis has number 1 because they were the first band on here.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:33 am 
 
Well, it actually means when the band was added, even if it is still in the user's draft, like this band. The number is 3540346934, yet the stat counter at the top of the homepage of MA reads 85150.
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John_Sunlight
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:34 am 
 
The name part doesn't even matter, only the number. You could open a link to http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mar ... y_Bunch/99 and it will still take, you to the Black Sabbath page.
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Charlwood94
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:46 am 
 
DestruicaoMetalica wrote:
It's the number the band was added, so Amorphis has number 1 because they were the first band on here.

cheers mate, just something i was wondering :)
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Ancient_Sorrow
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:51 am 
 
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The name part doesn't even matter, only the number. You could open a link to http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mar ... y_Bunch/99 and it will still take, you to the Black Sabbath page.


That's handy - I was interested in which bands showed up at low-numbers, and now I know.
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Morrigan
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:56 am 
 
It's the band's internal ID in the database.
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Goatfangs
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:12 pm 
 
Just like Black Jester is band 666.
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lord_ghengis
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:34 pm 
 
While I'm aware of most of this stuff, there is one thing about this I would like to know, does anyone know when the number system shifted from direct counting to the lengthy ones that aren't in obvious order? I always liked the sequencial system.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:45 pm 
 
V2
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lord_ghengis
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:30 am 
 
I'm sure it predated the shift to V2, I'm sure I remember seeing those massive numbers in the old days when there was no band name in the address.
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John_Sunlight
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:44 am 
 
Could be right. I only noticed them after V2 and assumed they were connected.
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Morrigan
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:31 pm 
 
It's not v2. There was some weird glitch in the database a few years ago and the auto-increment counter got messed up. I have no explanation for it, literally.
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Why Iron maiden is there? It's very far to be metal than a lot of some metal band.
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lord_ghengis
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:18 pm 
 
Ah ok then, I would have been a little disappointed in you guys if you did it deliberately since it's such a fun little detail. Any idea what was the last band to be in the old count?
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Morrigan
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:41 pm 
 
130090

http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Fro ... ire/130090
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you can debate the actual date that metal began, but a fairly agreed upon date is 1969. Metal is almost 25 years old
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Why Iron maiden is there? It's very far to be metal than a lot of some metal band.
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lord_ghengis
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:05 pm 
 
Thanks Morrigan, that's something that's bugged me for ages haha.
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VHSDVD123
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:05 am 
 
Blind Guardian master race at number 3!

what band was number 2?
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Morrigan
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:16 am 
 
Test band #1, probably. :P
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Markeri wrote:
you can debate the actual date that metal began, but a fairly agreed upon date is 1969. Metal is almost 25 years old
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Why Iron maiden is there? It's very far to be metal than a lot of some metal band.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 1:18 am 
 
Morrigan wrote:
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Frozen_by_Fire/130090

Those guys could be great!
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