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TvvrAskesis
Marathon Man

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:28 pm 
 

Sent him a warning. Don't have time to revert his edits though.
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Quorthallis
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:22 pm 
 

TvvrAskesis wrote:
Sent him a warning. Don't have time to revert his edits though.

I reverted them, so that's taken care of.

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TvvrAskesis
Marathon Man

Joined: Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:33 am
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Location: Netherlands
PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 8:26 am 
 

Quorthallis wrote:
I reverted them, so that's taken care of.


Thanks!
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KingSpooky
The Man, The Machine, The Legend

Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:24 pm
Posts: 4462
Location: United States
PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:47 am 
 

User: sweetsaltbones (https://www.metal-archives.com/users/sweetsaltbones)
Was only active in October-December last year, but created a mess during that time and has now received 3 warnings for adding albums to bands that they don't belong to. In user profile: "If I add any wrong albums, it is because it was on their Spotify and I'm sorry :) have forgiveness pls, I'm stupid"
Probably worth looking at their edit history to see what other mistakes have been made.

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Tlacaxipehualiztli
Metal newbie

Joined: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:03 pm
Posts: 111
Location: Poland
PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:00 pm 
 

To avoid edit wars, this user should be informed about proper Polish capitaliztion rules:

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/kelchenu
https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/N ... oat/923410

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Quorthallis
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Aug 13, 2017 5:40 am
Posts: 2227
PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2021 8:46 pm 
 

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

Blacklist circumvention. Look at the band he submitted https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Da ... 3540486815 and how it's actually spelled. At the time of submission, the band was still blacklisted and if you check the blacklist you'll easily find out that the band is still there despite the fact that it is accepted now. Also, he spelled the name of the self-titled release correctly https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/D ... ple/941119 so the only conclusion that can be drawn from this is that he deliberately spelled the band name wrong to circumvent the blacklist (also the keys l, i, and e aren't really next to each other on the keyboard).

Here is when the band was last appealed and afterward it was submitted by the OP and was rejected and blacklisted once again. viewtopic.php?f=27&t=130958
Since then the band had no new releases.

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odium
Metal newbie

Joined: Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:32 pm
Posts: 205
Location: Lithuania
PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2021 3:36 pm 
 

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

Dr_Zed likes duplicating digital versions a lot; even if tracklist of the album is the same, cover art is the same, but publishing date on other platform/label's platform differs, he adds it as the separate version. Or is this considered legit? For example:

https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/D ... ngs/945074

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Dr_Zed
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:24 pm
Posts: 27
Location: Canada
PostPosted: Tue May 04, 2021 10:49 am 
 

I add what appears to be a duplicate digital version because the version-field is not filled in. Thus, I add another version from a known-host, and make sure that version has the version-field filled in with the known-host and correct release date. How can anybody tell it is a duplicate without the host filled in? It could have come from anywhere. The rules said this a few weeks ago: You must show us where this album is hosted; acceptable distribution methods include any legitimate music portals that offer full downloads, be they global or more local (most prominently iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby, Bandcamp...). Additionally, I discussed this issue with Hellblazer, who told me to put the version there. I cannot merely add the version I am looking at to the existing version when somebody else placed the version without showing the version-field since I have no idea where it came from. Many versions are released the same day, so the date does not tell us it is a duplicate without the version-feild filled in.

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KingSpooky
The Man, The Machine, The Legend

Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:24 pm
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Wed May 19, 2021 11:56 am 
 

There should only be one digital version listed per release.

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Dr_Zed
Mallcore Kid

Joined: Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:24 pm
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Location: Canada
PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 1:54 pm 
 

Hello KingSpooky...you also told me "There should only be one digital version listed per release, rather than an independent version, a version that is on a label's Bandcamp page, etc." So what do we do if there is an independent digital version without any host, even though the rules say the host MUST be listed, and the label publishes another version of the same release on a bonefide bandcamp page with a different date published? Should we instead overwrite the wrongly-listed independent version without any host with the corrected label published date and a corrected host?

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KingSpooky
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 3:05 pm 
 

Hi Dr. Zed,
If there is a label and an independent digital release that take place at the same time, the label one should be the one that gets listed. In general, the one that came earliest would be best, though (if the independent version came a day earlier, that should be the main entry rather than a later label version). New downloadable versions, unless they're different (remastered, bonus tracks, etc., in which case they should have an additional entry) can be listed in the additional notes of the digital release version. Thanks.

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Wilkun
Metal newbie

Joined: Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:32 am
Posts: 46
Location: Poland
PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2021 6:02 pm 
 

Is this the correct version or not?

https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/I ... bra/947042

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0th
Suicidal Angel

Joined: Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:59 pm
Posts: 261
Location: China
PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:15 pm 
 

As your report says, it's a promotional track without unique cover art. Deleted.

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Quorthallis
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Aug 13, 2017 5:40 am
Posts: 2227
PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:38 pm 
 

Can someone please tell Gutterscream to stop sabotaging my edits regarding lyrics and songwriting? I caught him doing this a few times and when I asked him about it when he did it for Slayer's Show No Mercy he provided no valid explanation whatsoever. Now I caught him doing the same thing again for Arch Enemy's Wages of Sin https://www.metal-archives.com/history/ ... /id/450396 and I provided those credits from the exact album booklet. Here https://www.discogs.com/Arch-Enemy-Wage ... ter/113282 take a look if you don't believe me. I know he is a former mod but I don't think this should excuse such behavior. Moreover, if the ordinary user who never was mod or doesn't have a metal knight status did this, he would probably receive a warning or even a ban. So I really think something should be done about this.

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MDL
Metalhead

Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:12 pm
Posts: 949
Location: Unknown
PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2021 8:28 pm 
 

Hello.
I hope this is the correct place to mention this.
This user has added tons of artists for bands that are nowhere to be found - at least, I wasn't able to find anything. There's probably still some bands with traceable material that could be eligible for the site or, ultimately, just to be deleted and to remove hundreds of orphan entries to the site. Some artists he added were already deleted and he has only 8 points, so, I guess that whatever he did to actually contribute to the site, was just too little and beyond all these added artist pages.
Also, he stopped his activity on the site in 2017.

If someone around here has some free time to look deeper into this, I will (and we all will) appreciate it:
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/MetalLord33


Last edited by MDL on Sun May 30, 2021 8:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Quorthallis
Metalhead

Joined: Sun Aug 13, 2017 5:40 am
Posts: 2227
PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2021 8:44 pm 
 

Also, I would like to ask someone to help me purge all of this user's https://www.metal-archives.com/users/gazza15 "artist" entries. He submitted a spam band and added a lot of fake artists and labels. I purged all of the labels but I can't purge the artist entries, so I would appreciate it if someone would be willing to help me with this since some of the reports regarding those fake entries are cluttering the report queue. https://www.metal-archives.com/report/view/id/755670

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KingSpooky
The Man, The Machine, The Legend

Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:24 pm
Posts: 4462
Location: United States
PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2021 10:04 pm 
 

All of Gazza's fake artists have been deleted. After a solid hour of working on it, MetalLord33's mess is cleaned up as well.

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MDL
Metalhead

Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:12 pm
Posts: 949
Location: Unknown
PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2021 12:38 pm 
 

Awesome work, thank you very much.

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MDL
Metalhead

Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:12 pm
Posts: 949
Location: Unknown
PostPosted: Fri Jun 04, 2021 4:38 pm 
 

Hello.
Could someone delete the artist pages added by this user? They're linked to a blacklisted band (see update history) that's nowhere to be found.
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/DevinAllen666

Also this:
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Craig_theRipper

All those artists added on March 18th are orphan entiries - apart from Duncan Bantley. They're either from bands without valid releases or projects that seem to have disappeared completely.

Thanks

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KingSpooky
The Man, The Machine, The Legend

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Location: United States
PostPosted: Sun Jun 06, 2021 10:57 pm 
 

Yes, MDL - taken care of. Thank you.

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MDL
Metalhead

Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:12 pm
Posts: 949
Location: Unknown
PostPosted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:45 pm 
 

Great work, thanks.
Here's another user who have submitted artist that are now orphan entries - linked to a band that's nowhere to be found. These artists' pages can be deleted.
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/demontekken

Edit:
The artists this user added are from a blacklisted band. They can be deleted too:
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Nolacarveth

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KingSpooky
The Man, The Machine, The Legend

Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:24 pm
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 6:54 am 
 

Thank you - these have been deleted as well.

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Planetary_Misfortune
Metal newbie

Joined: Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:18 am
Posts: 189
Location: United Kingdom
PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:33 am 
 

I recently added a 7 artist split to a release page. I didn't know that 6 is the maximum. So I wanted to apologise to the mod that had to clean up the page. I am sorry.
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Witcher
Metal freak

Joined: Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:27 am
Posts: 7145
Location: Czech Republic
PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 2:15 pm 
 

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/sebsib
Added a ffake artist named "Some Random Fag" in an apparent attempt to vandalize the page.

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KingSpooky
The Man, The Machine, The Legend

Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:24 pm
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:04 pm 
 

cmg92: I don't see that anything has been deleted in your recent history. Does that issue still need to be taken care of, and could you say which release you're referring to? It would be better to put in a report for it rather than to post about it here, for future reference. Thanks.

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Planetary_Misfortune
Metal newbie

Joined: Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:18 am
Posts: 189
Location: United Kingdom
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:35 am 
 

Ah I wasn't too clear. The release was already deleted by a moderator. I just came here to acknowledge understanding the rules.
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MDL
Metalhead

Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:12 pm
Posts: 949
Location: Unknown
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:21 am 
 

Hello.
This user has added tons of musicians from various Asian countries. If you look at the update history, you can see that these entries are associated with supposed Asian metal bands. I'm not sure if these bands can be traceable or if some of them were already added to the database, but the best way to clean this up is to double-check. This will surely take some time and I'll take a look at some of these entries whenever I'm available for doing so, but I'll just report these artists for deletion, as I can't purge these pages.
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/jhun199

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KingSpooky
The Man, The Machine, The Legend

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Location: United States
PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:28 am 
 

Have begun deleting the orphan artist entries here - thanks for pointing this out. Any other mods that feel like helping to delete them, it would be appreciated!

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TvvrAskesis
Marathon Man

Joined: Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:33 am
Posts: 179
Location: Netherlands
PostPosted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:42 am 
 

KingSpooky wrote:
Have begun deleting the orphan artist entries here - thanks for pointing this out. Any other mods that feel like helping to delete them, it would be appreciated!


Started on a few (just six or so). Isn't there an easier way to deal with such matters?
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KingSpooky
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Location: United States
PostPosted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:35 am 
 

It turns out that since they're linked to drafts, there's no easier way to delete them all. But the priority to delete them is pretty low I've been told, since they'll only appear when adding people to bands/releases. Still would be nice to have them not be there at all.

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Witcher
Metal freak

Joined: Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:27 am
Posts: 7145
Location: Czech Republic
PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 10:32 am 
 

This user constantly tries to whitewash the fact, that the band had an album release on Bandcap , proor to the label release of their album, and sens tnumerous messges abou it, which all were closed by a moderator. When i Closed his newest message with a simple "no whitewashing" remark, he reacted like this:
https://www.metal-archives.com/report/v ... 3/show/all

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TheGrimWombat
Metalhead

Joined: Wed Jul 05, 2006 3:06 am
Posts: 2137
PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 10:55 am 
 

Can someone ask user CHAIRTHROWER
https://www.metal-archives.com/users/CHAIRTHROWER

Why he changed the Lords of the Trident band photo to an outdated one by at least 7 years?

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Quorthallis
Metalhead

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:20 am 
 

Changed it to the most recent one. Don't know what photo was there before his change since the photo hasn't been updated since 2018 but if he changes it again, I'll ask him.

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eviluus
Metal newbie

Joined: Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:22 pm
Posts: 348
Location: Poland
PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:28 pm 
 

Witcher wrote:
This user constantly tries to whitewash the fact, that the band had an album release on Bandcap , proor to the label release of their album, and sens tnumerous messges abou it, which all were closed by a moderator. When i Closed his newest message with a simple "no whitewashing" remark, he reacted like this:
https://www.metal-archives.com/report/v ... 3/show/all


Well, their Bandcamp is empty right now and the physical release through that Australian label has no confirmed date. So, perhaps this is what he's screaming about.

I didn't see previous reports, though, so I don't know, what he said earlier.

There are few possibilities, why their album was removed from Bandcamp, and now this guy started a sh*tstorm about it. But it's not a place to talk about them.

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MDL
Metalhead

Joined: Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:12 pm
Posts: 949
Location: Unknown
PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 10:42 pm 
 

Hello.
This one is easy to handle. All the remaining artists he added are linked to a blacklisted band, that appears to not be traceable, whatsoever, apart from a few mentions around the internet. They're all orphan entries, that must be deleted:

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

Thanks.

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TheGrimWombat
Metalhead

Joined: Wed Jul 05, 2006 3:06 am
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 9:40 pm 
 

Quorthallis wrote:
Changed it to the most recent one. Don't know what photo was there before his change since the photo hasn't been updated since 2018 but if he changes it again, I'll ask him.


Yes. They haven't had many recent line up changes which is why I was a bit taken aback when I saw a pre 2015 lineup photo
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Dembo
Dumbo

Joined: Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:58 am
Posts: 2182
PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 3:25 pm 
 

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/maxkov03
https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/T ... nce/872485

Sure, it's only one instance that I know of, but it may still prevent future errors of that kind to send a friendly notification about adding singles with the specific cover art for the single rather than for the full length. I was on my way of reporting the single for deletion but found that it had a specific cover, but the user hadn't added that one.

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Witcher
Metal freak

Joined: Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:27 am
Posts: 7145
Location: Czech Republic
PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:56 pm 
 

User Vampirblut-14 added Extinctionist, oqner of Extinctionist Records and current guitarist of the NSBM band Goatmoon, as the new bassist of megadeth. maybe thiis considered a good jjoke in NSBm circles, but hard by the users and staff here. It think, that is worth at least a warning message:
https://www.metal-archives.com/history/ ... n/id/77310 9
Update: Now he's totally trolling the datagbase, adding Extinctionist to lline-up of famous oine bnan bands like Burzum and others:
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Burzum/88

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aloof
avant-gardener

Joined: Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:18 pm
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Location: never neverland, palm trees by the sea
PostPosted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:29 pm 
 

https://www.metal-archives.com/users/DrummingEdge133 added a duplicate entry on the latest evangelist ep, and looking at his history he's added a lot of versions that have been subsequently deleted... might be worth to school him or ask him wtf he's doing it for...
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aloof
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 07, 2021 9:36 pm 
 

nominee #2 for user of the year is https://www.metal-archives.com/users/Thrashead89gd ,

who guesses lineups: https://www.metal-archives.com/report/view/id/764674

and cannot differentiate between a closed and an active label:
https://www.metal-archives.com/report/view/id/764774

he somehow made it to 7341 points, i wonder how much more s**t there is to clean up... :/
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