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Norman Bates
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Location: Paris, France 
- #1
- Posted: 12/05/2011 14:56
- Post subject: Editing albums
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Hi ! The problem has probably been raised somewhere else, and it's also probably just a matter of clicking in the right place (as always with me), but here's what : I've been wanting to edit the albums from my decade charts which were not yet on BEA. And although I have no problem adding the tracks, the year of release doesn't show after I've changed it.
Plus, I consistently get a message telling me that if I have made changes, I should answer "yes" : I don't know where. I'm perfectly willing to answer "yes".
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Taric
Gender: Male
Age: 32
- #2
- Posted: 12/05/2011 14:58
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One of the first lines:
[example] Backless by Eric Clapton (View on site) | Google | Approve: Yes (HEREHEREHERE) No (NOT HERE)
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Taric
Gender: Male
Age: 32
- #3
- Posted: 12/05/2011 14:59
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Woah man, there are like hundreds of albums added in the last day.
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albummaster
Janitor
Gender: Male
Location: Spain
Site Admin
- #4
- Posted: 12/05/2011 15:51
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| Taric wrote: | | Woah man, there are like hundreds of albums added in the last day. |
I know  The moderation system is flooded with albums that haven't been edited. I hope it doesn't stay like that. Otherwise, I might have to find some incentive to help these get filled out, such as an album not counting towards the rankings unless the details have been entered, or some sort of cap on the number of 'new' albums. I might disable new albums being added entirely if the number of albums in the queue gets much higher.
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Bork
Executive Hillbilly
Location: Vinson Mountain, GA 
- #5
- Posted: 12/05/2011 16:30
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So how about everyone who has a little time to spare chips in and starts editing? We don't want any of those things to happen. The info on Wikipedia is normally reliable enough to get the facts.
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19loveless91
mag. druž. inf
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- Posted: 12/05/2011 16:43
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I'm kind of busy these days, but I'll help with the moderation when I find some time.
I really wish though that people who add new albums would also moderate them. I mean they should be the ones that would want to see the updated info the most, right?
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Taric
Gender: Male
Age: 32
- #7
- Posted: 12/05/2011 16:45
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| 19loveless91 wrote: | | I really wish though that people who add new albums would also moderate them. I mean they should be the ones that would want to see the updated info the most, right? |
Seconded. Plus they are the ones that know the album better than I do.
Isn't there a faster way of doing this than ctr-c + ctr-v-ing my fingers blue?
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albummaster
Janitor
Gender: Male
Location: Spain
Site Admin
- #8
- Posted: 12/05/2011 16:46
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Thanks Bork, although it's going to take a continuous effort to keep on top of things.
I sort of anticipated this happening with the early flood of charts being added. Before yesterday, the moderation system was barely keeping on top of things, so I'm thinking that decade charts are a step too far for the site to self-manage. If that proves to be the case over the next week or so, then I think one of the above measures will have to be implemented to put a lid on things.
I'd much prefer a smaller, more accurate database, than a larger database that nobody can rely on (which is no use to anybody).
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Fergenaprido
Gender: Male
Location: GTA 
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- Posted: 12/05/2011 18:06
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I actually didn't realize that we could edit the album track listings ourselves until yesterday. I thought that everything had to be submitted and then approved by albummaster or one of the other moderators.
Now, though, I'll be making more changes myself, since I seem to be adding a lot of albums that are not on here. The only thing I'm not good at is the images... I don't really understand how to add the album images, either from google or from my computer.
Also, when I'm not sure about the correct or original tracklisting, I leave it blank. That's what I did with Enrique's Euphoria (sorrry). There is an international version, a US version, and a UK version (which I bought), so I didn't know which to add... 
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albummaster
Janitor
Gender: Male
Location: Spain
Site Admin
- #10
- Posted: 12/05/2011 18:42
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| Fergenaprido wrote: | | Now, though, I'll be making more changes myself, since I seem to be adding a lot of albums that are not on here. The only thing I'm not good at is the images... I don't really understand how to add the album images, either from google or from my computer. |
Thanks for the feedback, perhaps the instructions need to be a bit clearer. The way to add images is to use the browse button to locate the image on your local PC. When you click the save button, the image will be uploaded.
| Fergenaprido wrote: | | Also, when I'm not sure about the correct or original tracklisting, I leave it blank. That's what I did with Enrique's Euphoria (sorrry) |
I think that's a sensible course of action, better to leave it blank than enter something that might not be right. .
| Fergenaprido wrote: | | There is an international version, a US version, and a UK version (which I bought), so I didn't know which to add... |
BEA's policy is to list the original track-listing for an album, so whatever came out first (not including 'bonus' tracks).
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