Editing releases & adding bands
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Topic: Editing releases & adding bands
Posted By: Vehemency
Subject: Editing releases & adding bands
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2010 at 4:09am
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I must say that it's no the most effective way to increase the amount of bands & correcting wrong infos if it has to be done through a forum post. Am I just blind or is this the only way? Would love to be able to add / change wrong covers (there's tons of them without), as I don't feel like posting 1000 threads about every little error I see in releases. I think RateYourMusic has quite a good system (voting etc) for adding / changing stuff. I know the site is very young, so this is more like a question that will there be another way? EDIT: I guess this is the way PA is handled too, so maybe it works then! I still need to get acquainted with this whole system, hehe. |
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 1:04am
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You can edit album info and add albums to PA when you earn the third star ( correct me if I�m wrong M@X or Phil) which prevents trolls and other nasty creatures to f**k up the database. People who stick around long enough to earn some stars ( which mostly happens because people write serious informative reviews, but also if they show dedication in the forum) usually have an interest in maintaning the site and not messing up the database. It works pretty well on PA IMO. The album covers are handled by a seperate team on PA. But that�s only if you want to change what is already added, not if it�s a new album you add. About Bios it�s always possible to make the team which is responsible for a certain sub aware that something is wrong with a bio and of course offer you help correcting those wrongs. That�s how it works on PA. Maybe one of the two admins can say if that�s how it�s gonna be here on MMA too? ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Vehemency
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 3:34am
| Thanks, that cleared up quite a lot! So it's not 100% in the hands of admins to decide what is edited/added, but it's also not a Wikipedia with all the vandalism. It sounds like a nice system (if it is how MMA works too, that is.) |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 3:58am
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Just remember that my initial post said albums. Not artists. I assume the system with adding artists here on MMA will probably be a bit different from the one on PA. There are seperate teams for each sub on PA who evaluate each artists that is suggested. On PA they are evaluated to see if they are prog enough for that site. I assume that it will be a matter of determining which genre that a band will fit into more than determining how "metal" they are ( well they have to be metal of course, and borderline cases will always appear) on MMA. Only five star special collaborators on PA are able to add artists to the database. I�m very interested to hear how the system will be here on MMA just like you. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 7:48am
| We will only have to wait until we have reached 100 posts to see if things work here as they do on PA. Hopefully there will be genre teams implemented soon, because a metal site needs them even more than a prog one does. |
Posted By: Sleepwalker
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 8:06am
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I'm not sure why everybody says on PA you can edit albums when having three stars, as this is what I get when editing an album (though I have close to 8000 posts now). http://fotopocket.nl">  This means only 4 and 5 star members can edit album information. Adding albums is possible for me though. |
Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 8:10am
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It should work in the same way (approx.) that it works on PA. - Special collab.: subgenre teams - Special collab.: Reviews/shouts moderators For now they are the most important, and we will create the teams Monday with submission in the forum topic related. |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 8:13am
Oh 4 star collabs then. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Sleepwalker wrote:Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 8:26am
| Well, on PA, selected members can edit more informations. But mostly it's a manual upgrade of selected members. |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2010 at 8:52am
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Don�t forget to mention that the number of collabs who can edit the most basic info on albums is actually pretty large. It�s not a small 5 person group. All suggestions for changes are dealt with within a pretty short time span. I�d say that part of PA is a pretty smooth running machine ( there�s a thread where members can suggest changes). I�ve personally suggested album cover changes a couple of times ( which is something I�m not able to do myself on PA) and the changes happen pretty fast. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |