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Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 9:50 am
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Location: Brazil
PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:05 am 
 

Haat888 wrote:
artist index seems down again :(

It's working again.

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Zodijackyl
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Joined: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:39 pm
Posts: 7601
Location: United States
PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 1:28 am 
 

Looks like an open <b> tag went between reviews, making everything after the first review bold. It doesn't do this in v1, so it seems like it is relevant to v2.

v2 http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/M ... al/108348/
v1 http://v1.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=108348

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Alhadis
Madder Max

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
Posts: 4014
Location: Australia
PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:13 pm 
 

Seems fine now. Somebody must've already edited it.

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oogboog
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:09 pm
Posts: 947
Location: United States
PostPosted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:51 am 
 

Could we create a warning system telling users that a band is already in the queue after this message? I submitted a band named "Novus Ordo" and some user submitted his draft, unaware of my submission.

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Midnightwards666
Heavy Metal C-3PO

Joined: Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:05 am
Posts: 968
Location: United Kingdom
PostPosted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:21 pm 
 

He probably missed this message when filling in all the band fields.

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Zodijackyl
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Joined: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:39 pm
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:13 pm 
 

Artists can not be credited on both sides of a split, even when they should be. For example, Tomas Lindberg performed on both sides of this split:

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Gr ... vil/180171

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Evenfiel
Heavy Metal Hunter

Joined: Tue May 27, 2003 9:50 am
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Location: Brazil
PostPosted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:50 pm 
 

Yeah, that's a known issue.

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SwarteHeap
Metalhead

Joined: Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:52 am
Posts: 410
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:11 am 
 

Zodijackyl wrote:
Looks like an open <b> tag went between reviews, making everything after the first review bold. It doesn't do this in v1, so it seems like it is relevant to v2.

v2 http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/M ... al/108348/
v1 http://v1.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=108348


Italics in this case http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/G ... ches/1674/

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Alhadis
Madder Max

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
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Location: Australia
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:19 am 
 

SwarteHeap wrote:

Fixed.

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Alhadis
Madder Max

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
Posts: 4014
Location: Australia
PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:03 pm 
 

Alright guys, anybody who finds themselves wanting to copy+paste a reeeeeeeeally long Discogs tracklist into MA can feel free to use these two little bookmarklets I wrote earlier tonight:As with all bookmarklets, just drag them into your bookmarks bar, and click them on the relevant page.

Procedure:
  1. Open the Discogs release page (example)
  2. Run first script, cut+paste the compressed data in Notepad, or whatever
  3. Open the "Add Release" page on Metal Archives
  4. Add the required number of tracks (click "Add Multiple Tracks" at the bottom)
  5. Run the second script, pasting in the compressed data you copied in step 2
  6. Correct Discogs' bullshit capitalisation

This should save some time with adding large releases; and yes, it copies across the track lengths too (if available). ;)

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~Guest 290927
Metal newbie

Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:13 am
Posts: 185
PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:27 am 
 

Webmasters, could you please add the length for band names? This band has such a long name that in order to write it complete, one has to omit some spaces, which results in a very weird form. I reported it and was told that it was because the restraint of the maximum length for a band name.

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Azmodes
Ultranaut

Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:44 am
Posts: 11193
Location: Ob der Enns, Austria
PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:38 am 
 

Snow Listener wrote:
Webmasters, could you please add the length for band names? This band has such a long name that in order to write it complete, one has to omit some spaces, which results in a very weird form. I reported it and was told that it was because the restraint of the maximum length for a band name.

I've asked HellBlazer to increase it yesterday, it should get done soon.
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~Guest 82538
Metal freak

Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:34 am
Posts: 6400
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:07 am 
 

Is the website's layout "wider" or am I just crazy?!

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Alhadis
Madder Max

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
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Location: Australia
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:18 am 
 

Nope, it was increased in width earlier today. :D Fits a lot more content this way. ;)

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~Guest 82538
Metal freak

Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:34 am
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:35 am 
 

Phew! I was beginning to think that my sleep deprivation was making me see things. :-D At first sight it seems that it could improve the reading a bit on the reviews as it stretches the paragraphs more but I'll have to get back on that matter later.

One thing that sticks out on the "home" is that the MA logo now seems a bit out of place as it is aligned to the left. Maybe it would be better centred? Just a thought.

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Alhadis
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Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
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Location: Australia
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:07 am 
 

androdion wrote:
Maybe it would be better centred? Just a thought.

Erh, not a chance, mate. Centring the element would be a major inconsistency in the design - users would start to get a bit disconcerted by the sudden loss of balance. Trust me, you think you wouldn't notice anything now, but after browsing the site with the logo glaring at you in the centre of the page... it'd start throwing you off. ;)

The existing placement's perfectly fine. Think of the juncture between the logo and control panel as one of those square metal braces that you often see ornamenting the corners of an old leather-bound encyclopaedia. ;)

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~Guest 82538
Metal freak

Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:34 am
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:16 am 
 

I was actually thinking about it being centred in the announcement's frame, it would be aligned between the number of bands and Encyclopaedia in that "There are currently 86583 bands, 222295 registered users and 68801 reviews in Encyclopaedia Metallum.", so that you can see what I'm talking about. ;)

It doesn't bother me much and if it goes against the natural order of things I'll just need to grow accustomed to it. I have a thing (call it a paranoia, eh) with symmetries. :p

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oogboog
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:09 pm
Posts: 947
Location: United States
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:33 am 
 

I just noticed on my profile that "Favorite metal genre(s)" and "comments" are kinda on the same line, which can be kinda confusing.
http://www.metal-archives.com/users/oogboog

Edit: Did the font text change slightly, or am I just seeing things? Just curious.


Last edited by oogboog on Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:41 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Alhadis
Madder Max

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
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Location: Australia
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 10:41 am 
 

oogboog wrote:
I just noticed on my profile that "Favorite metal genre(s)"

I don't see a line for "Favorite metal genre(s)"... there is one for "Favourite metal genre(s)", however. :p

</shitstirrer>
Opening a report ticket for it now. :p

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MalignantThrone
Vanished in the Cosmic Futility

Joined: Tue May 31, 2011 1:24 am
Posts: 2789
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:49 pm 
 

oogboog wrote:
Edit: Did the font text change slightly, or am I just seeing things? Just curious.

It's the same font, just a wee bit bigger.
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HellBlazer
Metalhead

Joined: Sat Aug 10, 2002 6:48 am
Posts: 2119
Location: Canada
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:53 pm 
 

oogboog wrote:
I just noticed on my profile that "Favorite metal genre(s)" and "comments" are kinda on the same line, which can be kinda confusing.
http://www.metal-archives.com/users/oogboog


Alhadis wrote:
Opening a report ticket for it now. :p


What are you guys talking about? :scratch: I checked in three browsers and it looks perfectly normal to me...?


oogboog wrote:
Edit: Did the font text change slightly, or am I just seeing things? Just curious.


Slightly bigger font for the band/album/artist/etc. data at the top of pages, and slightly brighter overall.

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MalignantThrone
Vanished in the Cosmic Futility

Joined: Tue May 31, 2011 1:24 am
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:04 pm 
 

HellBlazer wrote:
What are you guys talking about? :scratch: I checked in three browsers and it looks perfectly normal to me...?

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This is with some recent version of Firefox, not exactly sure which.
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HellBlazer
Metalhead

Joined: Sat Aug 10, 2002 6:48 am
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Location: Canada
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:20 pm 
 

Ah. It's fine in Firefox here, but I see the issue in Chrome now (needed to ctrl+F5 twice, WTF?).

It should be fixed now.

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Zodijackyl
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Joined: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:39 pm
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:28 pm 
 

HellBlazer wrote:
Ah. It's fine in Firefox here, but I see the issue in Chrome now (needed to ctrl+F5 twice, WTF?).

It should be fixed now.


I heard about that with Chrome a while ago, seems to be some issue with how it handles CSS. Here's a bit of info on it if you're curious.
http://productforums.google.com/forum/# ... oCbvfRwTok

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Verd
Metal newbie

Joined: Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:37 pm
Posts: 59
PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:10 pm 
 

If you try to edit Sinergy's page http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sinergy/479 it says


"Reminder: The status of the band is unknown. DO NOT change it to "split-up" unless it is officially confirmed."


but according to the band notes: "According to Alexi, Sinergy has disbanded, and is no longer an active music project"

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Morrigan
Crone of War

Joined: Sat Aug 10, 2002 7:27 am
Posts: 10527
Location: Canada
PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:37 pm 
 

This is not a software issue... this is something that might warrant a report on the band page. :|
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~Guest 82538
Metal freak

Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:34 am
Posts: 6400
PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:15 pm 
 

Going back a bit to my earlier statement, the new layout does make reading a bit easier on the eyes.

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~Guest 290927
Metal newbie

Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:13 am
Posts: 185
PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:38 pm 
 

If you go to "My Reports" section, you see that by default the oldest reports appears first, and in order to see your most recent report, one has to scroll down or click "Date" tab. I think it's better to list the most recent reports first and older one later. Although it just saves one click, but still better.

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oogboog
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:09 pm
Posts: 947
Location: United States
PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:47 pm 
 

Snow Listener wrote:
If you go to "My Reports" section, you see that by default the oldest reports appears first, and in order to see your most recent report, one has to scroll down or click "Date" tab. I think it's better to list the most recent reports first and older one later. Although it just saves one click, but still better.

Well, one click may be nothing, but I think it's better that the older reports show first, because they are the ones that haven't been resolved/closed yet, so that more attention gets brought to them. Otherwise, those reports may just get buried and accumulate overtime. No wants to see a bazillion reports pending again.

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~Guest 290927
Metal newbie

Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:13 am
Posts: 185
PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:24 pm 
 

oogboog wrote:
Snow Listener wrote:
If you go to "My Reports" section, you see that by default the oldest reports appears first, and in order to see your most recent report, one has to scroll down or click "Date" tab. I think it's better to list the most recent reports first and older one later. Although it just saves one click, but still better.

Well, one click may be nothing, but I think it's better that the older reports show first, because they are the ones that haven't been resolved/closed yet, so that more attention gets brought to them. Otherwise, those reports may just get buried and accumulate overtime. No wants to see a bazillion reports pending again.

There are four tabs in My Reports. For Unassigned or Assigned, older one should appear earlier. But for Resolved and Closed, recent ones should appear earlier. Opinions?

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MalignantThrone
Vanished in the Cosmic Futility

Joined: Tue May 31, 2011 1:24 am
Posts: 2789
PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:31 pm 
 

Snow Listener wrote:
There are four tabs in My Reports. For Unassigned or Assigned, older one should appear earlier. But for Resolved and Closed, recent ones should appear earlier. Opinions?

Seems unnecessary to me. There is practically zero effort required to click the button that takes you to the last page of closed/resolved reports.
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oogboog
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:02 am 
 

Artist index is down again. :(

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Morrigan
Crone of War

Joined: Sat Aug 10, 2002 7:27 am
Posts: 10527
Location: Canada
PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:12 pm 
 

Grrr, and it had been so quiet lately too... Restarted.
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Von Cichlid wrote:
I work with plenty of Oriental and Indian persons and we get along pretty good, and some females as well.

Markeri, in 2013 wrote:
a fairly agreed upon date [of the beginning of metal] is 1969. Metal is almost 25 years old

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oogboog
Metalhead

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Location: United States
PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:20 pm 
 

Morrigan wrote:
Grrr, and it had been so quiet lately too... Restarted.

Can you check again? It, well, went down. Again.

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Morrigan
Crone of War

Joined: Sat Aug 10, 2002 7:27 am
Posts: 10527
Location: Canada
PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:34 pm 
 

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Von Cichlid wrote:
I work with plenty of Oriental and Indian persons and we get along pretty good, and some females as well.

Markeri, in 2013 wrote:
a fairly agreed upon date [of the beginning of metal] is 1969. Metal is almost 25 years old

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Haat888
Metal newbie

Joined: Fri May 02, 2008 1:35 pm
Posts: 103
Location: Portugal
PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:02 am 
 

:oh shit: down again ... :ugh:

Artists from newly added bands don't appear

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Morrigan
Crone of War

Joined: Sat Aug 10, 2002 7:27 am
Posts: 10527
Location: Canada
PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:09 pm 
 

Restarting... :(
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Von Cichlid wrote:
I work with plenty of Oriental and Indian persons and we get along pretty good, and some females as well.

Markeri, in 2013 wrote:
a fairly agreed upon date [of the beginning of metal] is 1969. Metal is almost 25 years old

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Alhadis
Madder Max

Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:35 am
Posts: 4014
Location: Australia
PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 4:12 am 
 

... aaaaand again. :ugh: :(

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Morrigan
Crone of War

Joined: Sat Aug 10, 2002 7:27 am
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Location: Canada
PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:51 am 
 

Restarted.

Apparently the new version of Solr is coming out soon, we're hoping it will help with those issues...
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Von Cichlid wrote:
I work with plenty of Oriental and Indian persons and we get along pretty good, and some females as well.

Markeri, in 2013 wrote:
a fairly agreed upon date [of the beginning of metal] is 1969. Metal is almost 25 years old

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oogboog
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:09 pm
Posts: 947
Location: United States
PostPosted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 7:16 pm 
 

What's this new rank of "Metal knight"?
http://www.metal-archives.com/users/Drowned

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