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Quorthallis
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 3:55 pm 
 

MDL wrote:
This user had been adding a bunch of information regarding certain artists. While it doesn't seem like it's done in ill-faith (at least, for now) he definitely needs to be warned about how he should handle these edits:

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/kraechtz11

He is a band member actually. I'll re-arrange the edits and send him a message.

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aloof
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Location: never neverland, palm trees by the sea
PostPosted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 10:43 pm 
 

please have a look into https://www.metal-archives.com/users/egopaintedgrey 's edits...

he caught my eye bcs he added discogs as an official link on Brigantia. going through his edits, he removes or changes info and then adds it back in or changes it back like a minute later... he does this a few times. I had a good day today so I'm gonna say he's probably not very well acclimated with the site (even as a veteran), but it would be best if he got a hold of himself.

he also types "matrice" instead of matrix, etc. probably not malicious, but we don't need to have to clean up all his edits :/
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aloof
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:10 pm 
 

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/angryinc / https://www.metal-archives.com/report/v ... 3/show/all

to be fair, thats how the insert lists them...
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Dr_Zed
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:24 pm
Posts: 27
Location: Canada
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:05 pm 
 

Gorilla1969 is getting ridiculous. Here's another duplicate, yet he has been warned several times in the same month, just on the page above!
https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/A ... ult/977508

We can look back on this forum where somebody lost 7000 points for adding one word a MOD thought was point-whoring! Where is the equality?
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PostPosted: 01 Oct 2021 08:57
User gorilla1969 should be reminded that separate digital versions of the same album are added only if the tracklist or cover artwork differ:

https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/M ... ery/975697
https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/M ... ery/982191
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PostPosted: 01 Oct 2021 13:10
aah, gorilla1969 again... one of the mainstays in this thread...

search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&keywords=gorilla1969&t=64976&sf=msgonly&ch=-1
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Posted: 05 Oct 2021 17:26
It was determined many months ago and posted by King Spooky in May 2021 (viewtopic.php?f=3&t=64976&start=4360) that only one digital release was allowed per version, other versions were to be posted only in the notes, yet I keep finding gorilla1969 adding numerous digital versions.
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Posted: 05 Oct 2021 21:37
Things should be fine with Gorilla now on the matter:
https://www.metal-archives.com/report/v ... /show/mine
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KingSpooky
The Man, The Machine, The Legend

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Location: United States
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:15 pm 
 

The link there is for a digital release set to come out tomorrow, but he added it back on 9/7. I'll remove that entry.
(removed entry, for reference: https://imgur.com/a/oVrl2h4 )

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Dr_Zed
Mallcore Kid

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Location: Canada
PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:59 pm 
 

OK, very sorry, I thought I checked the date added was this week. I was wrong!

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KingSpooky
The Man, The Machine, The Legend

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2021 5:19 pm 
 

No worries.

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TOATestimony
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:02 pm
Posts: 7
Location: United States
PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2021 2:39 pm 
 

requesting full review of my band submittal from another moderator - https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Te ... 3540494825

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Witcher
Metal freak

Joined: Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:27 am
Posts: 7145
Location: Czech Republic
PostPosted: Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:29 pm 
 

TOATestimony wrote:
requesting full review of my band submittal from another moderator - https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Te ... 3540494825


Thiis a wrong thread for such quesion. you can continue in thread, which you have already made hrere:
viewtopic.php?f=27&t=133387
Though if it is again because of the cover issue,then ImI'm afraid, theat a review by aother moderator would not solve anything.

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Dembo
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Posts: 2182
PostPosted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:16 am 
 

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Kanaklux3000

Some of his Amazon links are in Spanish despite the same stuff being available in English. For example:
2021-11-19 21:21:56
2021-11-19 20:29:33
2021-11-19 19:54:54

EDIT:
Some iTunes and Deezer links as well, for example:
2021-11-19 21:21:14
2021-11-19 18:16:03
2021-11-19 18:04:56
2021-11-19 18:04:20
2021-11-19 13:57:33

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Dembo
Dumbo

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Posts: 2182
PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:05 pm 
 

Another one who could use a friendly reminder:

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Dr_Zed
2021-09-13 15:44:18
2021-09-13 15:43:08

Added "not to be confused with band from [another country]".

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Of_This_Night36
Metal newbie

Joined: Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:16 pm
Posts: 323
PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 2:09 pm 
 

Could be a misunderstanding I feel that "Wicked von Armageddon" is abusing the similar artists feature. At first I thought it was some ideological thing - as I work with mostly Christian bands, and he kept downvoting those. (For example, there's no way he listened to every single one of these obscure bands.) But as it turns out, he does this... seemingly at random? He downvoted tons of bands on Xasthur and Leviathan.
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eviluus
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Joined: Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:22 pm
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Location: Poland
PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 7:21 am 
 

I don't know, if this is a proper forum, but would like to clarify with someone from moderators. How are treated such releases?

[url]https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/The_Funeral_Orchestra/Den_mörka_shamanens_glöd/516443[/url]

I know, that digital releases are now allowed to the site, but... In "additional information" to this single, we can find following: "Remastered for Bandcamp." The point is, that this single is not available on the band's Bandcamp. I don't know, if there's any way to check, if it was uploaded there at all, but the fact is, that now it's not there. Their former label (Aftermath Music) doesn't have Bandcamp profile, so it's not available there as well.

What I mean is, that in the future we may face more similar issues like that, people will get confused and start opening reports to delete such releases.

Can anyone from mods guide, how to deal with such releases?

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KingSpooky
The Man, The Machine, The Legend

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:57 am 
 

A lot of releases on Bandcamp end up getting deleted by the band that uploaded and had made them available. We keep them listed on the site after the band has decided to take them down, though. In this case, it looks like there isn't a reason to question the validity of the release - it existed 6 years ago, and at some point they must have decided to remove that single from their page. If you notice someone adding digital releases that shouldn't be listed in a band's discography (YouTube streaming only, artwork not unique to the single and the same as what an upcoming full-length album will have, etc.) feel free to put in a report, though.

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eviluus
Metal newbie

Joined: Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:22 pm
Posts: 348
Location: Poland
PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:22 pm 
 

Still, quite an interesting issue.

Anyway, thank you for your time and dropping those few sentences here. I wasn't going to open a report for deletion of this particular single, just got curious. Now I know, what's the approach - if something was added to M-A = it was verified by user, that it existed. Once again, thx.

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MDL
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Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:12 pm
Posts: 949
Location: Unknown
PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:56 pm 
 

This user added tons of artists from bands that are either blacklisted (like Of Mice & Men) or that appeared to have vanished. I'm sure that there's some potential additions here (by checking the update history) or repeated bands/artists. Might take some time to clear it all:
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Zakkinabox

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KingSpooky
The Man, The Machine, The Legend

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Location: United States
PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:03 pm 
 

You're welcome, Eviluus.

MDL, when you're done looking through the artists that this user added, just send over the profile link and I'll take care of deleting the rest. Thanks for helping to get all of these artists not attached to anything off of the site.

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KingSpooky
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:24 pm 
 

Since the issue of user Zakkinabox adding over 750 artists that aren't linked to any bands in the database was recently brought up here, I'll make a post as a reminder to keep working on it as time allows, and to ask for other moderators' help in deleting every artist here other than Mike Berger (near the top) and Shayley Bourget. Thanks.
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Zakkinabox

Similar case here, which was been brought up a few months ago, and has been a work-in-progress. Still a lot of artists left to delete on page 2 of modification history:
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/jhun199

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MDL
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 3:19 pm 
 

Hello.
Another similar case, though this is easier to handle: https://www.metal-archives.com/users/ieatplaydough557

All those individual artist entries can be deleted. They're either fake or from bands that are nowhere to be found.


All these artists can be deleted as well, as it appears like the band Toxika has never materialized: https://www.metal-archives.com/users/To ... maleThrash

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KingSpooky
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:09 pm 
 

Those 2 are taken care of. Works in progress:
Spoiler: show
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Zakkinabox
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/jhun199 (mostly on pg. 2 of modification history)

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KingSpooky
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 8:41 pm 
 

After months of slowly chipping away at them (and grinding through them as quickly as possible for the last 30 minutes), jhun199's mess is finally cleaned up. I'll keep working on these in the coming days (and the help of people who are able to delete artists would be appreciated) -
Spoiler: show
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Zakkinabox

- completed this tonight as well, then noticed the same issue with another of their accounts (see pages 2 and 3 in modification history). Will get to this soon.
Spoiler: show
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/MetalLord33

- finished

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MDL
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 11:39 am 
 

Thanks!

Here's another one:https://www.metal-archives.com/users/AbortedJew

All artist pages, apart from Jak Noble, Brian K. Doane, Jason Cottreau and Luc Cottreau can be deleted, as they're related with blacklisted bands or projects that have vanished.

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KingSpooky
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 4:47 pm 
 

Done.

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MDL
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Location: Unknown
PostPosted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:57 pm 
 

Some more orphan entries to delete. These can be all removed:

Spoiler: show
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Andreas%20Miezans

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/dirtnoisegrind

(Spooky) - Done.

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MDL
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 12:01 pm 
 

Thanks!
All these entries can be removed, as they're linked with a band that's nowhere to be found, that aren't metal or lack a valid release:

Spoiler: show
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/_user_lapidoth

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/KrupskiMaria

(Spooky) - Done.

Edit:
All entries can be deleted:
Spoiler: show
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Skycaroline - linked to a band that has split-up, without a valid release.

(Spooky) - Done. One of the artists was attached to a band on the site, so it wasn't deleted.

Edit:

Spoiler: show
All entries, apart from Juli, can be deleted: https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Belly666
All these can be removed: https://www.metal-archives.com/users/DaveP
All entries, apart from Anna Eleftherou and Gregory Drakopoulos: https://www.metal-archives.com/users/MariannaPs

(Spooky) - Done.

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Witcher
Metal freak

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Location: Czech Republic
PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 4:37 am 
 

Report for Goat disciple:
https://www.metal-archives.com/report/v ... 7/show/all
Their band leader also mentioned in his failed attempt to resubmit the band hhimself, that his mentally unstable ex-girfriend keeps reporting the band as NSBM at Bancamp in order to get their ppage there deleted.

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Witcher
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Location: Czech Republic
PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 2:03 pm 
 

The page for Necrohorizon has been massively vandalized in the former band name field:
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ne ... 3540462092

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MDL
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 2:34 pm 
 

I've just cleaned up that mess. That band page should be locked, as it was subjected to a lot of vandalism recently (check the report history).

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henkkjelle
Metal freak

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Location: Netherlands
PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 3:26 pm 
 

This person is being an idiot vandalizing band pages. https://www.metal-archives.com/users/GookNukem

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Old_Silver_Key/3540331225
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/14-88/3540415576
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Deathspell_Omega/4237
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Drudkh/9344
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Wilkun
Metal newbie

Joined: Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:32 am
Posts: 46
Location: Poland
PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 6:51 pm 
 

stop this user

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/eBaumsw0rld

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Planetary_Misfortune
Metal newbie

Joined: Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:18 am
Posts: 189
Location: United Kingdom
PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 6:59 pm 
 

Wilkun wrote:


2 of them, 6000 points for grossly trolling many pages
edit : thanks for banning and cleaning up so quickly, Hellblazer. I've restored any information that I am able to.
edit 2 : Restored all locations, alt-names, info, and vandalism that I am able to. Haven't been able to restore pictures or logos as I don't recall what the original ones we had were. Cannot delete albums either.
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Kennermahn
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Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:36 am
Posts: 616
PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2022 3:56 pm 
 

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Gaylord/3540443796

Shouldn't this band be locked for new users? It was badly vandalized three times last year, either because of their name or their social/political stances.

Thanks

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MDL
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Location: Unknown
PostPosted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 11:42 am 
 

All these artist entries can be deleted, as the attached band is nowhere to be found:

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Lord%20Sorrow

thanks.

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PaganiusI
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Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:49 pm
Posts: 3276
Location: Germany
PostPosted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:16 pm 
 

MDL wrote:
All these artist entries can be deleted, as the attached band is nowhere to be found:

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Lord%20Sorrow

thanks.

I'll take care of this.

Update: Fixed.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ho ... 3540500219

The band was in his draft, so I added them :-D

Generally speaking though, there isn't really a reason to delete "orphan" artists. We purge them regularly and stuff linked to drafts is something I'd rather leave untouched. You never know when we need this info again (just like in this case).
e.g. I'm currently working my way through old (like 2013) submissions/bands that were rejected/deleted and am more than happy for any trace of info that might lead to somewhere. While the modification history tracks the names of members involved, the artist pages themselves might have some info in them that can be used to track things down.
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MDL
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 4:02 pm 
 

Hello, that was very nice, thanks!
KingSpooky has just advised me to not report the orphan entries, but to add traceable information to the research thread, which is something I'll start doing, then. Since moderators can have access to user's drafts, it would be easier this way to trace these bands.
Thanks again!

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Witcher
Metal freak

Joined: Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:27 am
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Location: Czech Republic
PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 6:50 am 
 

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/MetalFan85
This user keeps adding links to a fake official site of Chaoagnostic to their database prprofile, even if tit was reported already twice by aband member H.Bruxa as not being a source of odofficial inof about the band:
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/MetalFan85
https://www.metal-archives.com/report/view/id/781715

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Gelordum
Metal newbie

Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:01 am
Posts: 54
PostPosted: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:53 am 
 

Witcher wrote:
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/MetalFan85
This user keeps adding links to a fake official site of Chaoagnostic to their database prprofile, even if tit was reported already twice by aband member H.Bruxa as not being a source of odofficial inof about the band:
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/MetalFan85
https://www.metal-archives.com/report/view/id/781715

Added again from his new profile:
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/GrimaBlackMetal

Statement on the official Facebook page about this situation:
https://www.facebook.com/chaoagnostic/posts/pfbid0W22SL2y5Mt8Q9ehYMBGxsECMRkdnXmozEM6wVqRPEiturQCoFmRzynC5dNuNb7LQl

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Gelordum
Metal newbie

Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2005 1:01 am
Posts: 54
PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:28 am 
 

Band:
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ch ... 3540498760

Fake link was added again from this profile:
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/H_Bruxa

Now he's trying to name profile similar to the original author.

Link removed.

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H Bruxa
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:36 pm
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Location: Ukraine
PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:30 pm 
 

Gelordum, Witcher and other admins/moderators - thanx for your patience. It seems like the person is mentally ill. I can't find another explanation that an adult is wasting his time and energy on such meaningless activities.
Maybe it's possible to block adding new info about the band for everyone except moderators/admins? If I need to add smth (new release when it will be out etc.), I'll simply send it directly to the site's administration.

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Dr_Zed
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:24 pm
Posts: 27
Location: Canada
PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:09 pm 
 

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/HeavierThanThou

Friendly reminder. Please double-check your release additions. I keep finding digital format listed for digipaks, CD format for bandcamp version descriptions, Bandcamp versions with CD format, the same for tapes, etc., almost everyday for months. There have also been several Reports I had to fix that others found with all these errors, and I have fixed many others I just plain come across and have to fix.

No doubt we all make these oversights, but I keep fixing yours' most everyday for months, so maybe you can be more careful!?

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