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Raff wrote: I didn't assume anything...Anyway, if you want the thread to be moved in order to discuss the band, I'll do so. I'm afraid there was some misunderstanding in the first place, which is not uncommon on the Internet.

I wasn't speaking about you, lol, I meant the person who closed my thread. If it could be moved to the proper discussion area, that would be great!

Edited by Zoso - 08 Aug 2010 at 5:09pm

^ahhh I understand now. I thought you were suggesting the band for inclusion on the site ( as you posted in the suggest new artist thread). Therefore I assumed you hadn�t searched for the band in the right corner on the frontpage. If you made a forum search and nothing came up it�s just because no one has posted anything about the band yet.

Edited by Zoso - 08 Aug 2010 at 2:50pm

@ Zoso: I closed your thread because that band was already in the database. This is something we do for a reason - to keep track of what has already been added in the Suggest New Bands section. At the moment, I am the only Admin active, and, even if there is not a whole lot of traffic, it is very easy to let things slip and let the site become a mess.

As regards the layout, the site owner and webmaster used the same layout as his first website, ProgArchives. This does not mean it cannot be changed, especially since the site has only been around since March 25th. Just for the record, though: it is not 'our' site - we are just collaborators, and the final decisions rest on the shoulders of those who actually own the place and work behind the scenes to make it happen.

Anyway, I am sorry if the layout is such a turnoff for you that it prevents you from sticking around... MMA is (like most websites) a work in progress, and every suggestion for improvement is welcome.

^So you were suggesting a general discussion concerning that band? If so, you got us confused, as the suggest new bands sub-forum is for the purpose of suggesting bands missing from the database altogether, and not for other discussions about them.

The problem is that the topics were moved from the MM Lounge, and here (as on PA) a moved topic leaves a 'shadow' in the subforum where it was originally started. I will have to look in the Admin Control Panel to see if this 'shadow' can be removed - though it will make it harder for users to find their topics if they get moved. 

Thanks! For the time being, there are only a few genre appreciation threads. When things get really moving, we will think about having a separate section for them, since - as Pekka said - they might overshadow the band/artist appreciation threads. 

Once we get more people starting appreciation threads for all the subgenres, perhaps we'll divide the subforum to one which houses nothing but the subgenre appreciation threads and other for individual artists and bands. 18 sticky threads is too much I think for one area.

That could be fixed by asking an admin to make sticky threads for each subgenre under the appreciation main thread. This would ensure that the sub genre appreciation threads were always instantly visible on page 1 when you enter the appreciation thread. Just a suggestion.

Yep and in time as more collabs are included, we will probably have a suggest new bands monitor collab function, just as they have on PA. At least I think that�s a good idea, so that no suggestion is left unnoticed.