#musicbrainz

liftarn is at it again… https://musicbrainz.org/edit/32857503

Hmm, this release doesn't look like it belongs in MB https://musicbrainz.org/release/deca9a2c-350a-4...

also probably bootleg with the inclusion of non-licensed game music.

i can edit atleast a few of the ones who i know /and are actually mentioned on the site

CatQuest: That "release" looks like a fan-made compilation

hibiscuskazeneko: fan-made compilations belong in MB

They do?

I was told otherwise

hibiscuskazeneko: https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Beginners_Guide says "While we welcome bootlegs, we discourage adding home-made compilations or mixtapes. These kinds of releases are not widely available and any information about them is typically only useful to the individual who created them. Releases such as these are usually removed from our database. "

Exactly my point. These are basically mixtapes shared with the outside world.

but the shared with the outside world is an important aspect of it

the distinction is that if I make a compilation at home and share it with a few friends and family, only a few folks will have a copy of that "release", so it is not useful data for all the other musicbrainz users

but if someone takes the effort to make cover art for the release, put it on a website or forum or otherwise shares it to a larger community of hundreds or thousands of listeners -- then it is useful for that group of people to have it in the musicbrainz database

ofcourse where the cut-off point is is a bit difficult to determine, so use some common sense. In general though if it looks like the data could be useful to people, it's better to allow it. Those who don't have/listen to the release will not be harmed by having it in the database.

I experience a great deal of physical and psychological trauma for every release in the database for which I have no use.

Leftmost :)

the fac that you can download it right of that page means that it is indeed "released"

I use the definition "leased" (instead of usefullness since many releases aren't "useful" eg case in point those trolling releases) if it's been "released" to a wider populus it's been released and belong in mb

erh s/leased/released

also if it's *new* music, even if the "releasing" part is really limited. if whats in it is something that was "unreleased" anywhere else I'd recon it's useful (heh) and i'd add it

"I'm totally blown away by the Baron's compilation. It's so professionally executed with superb selections and track manipulations never used before on Infite Game Music. He's made an awesome job reviving tracks from really old games like Balloon Fight and Excite Bike seamlessly mixing them with newer ones"

likedis's bot... did a really sloppy job :<

Where this time?

kiryu

mass merging a ton of stuff atm

feels like good ol' days, kinda -__-;

This is why it's best to have actual human beings add data… we can do quality control

at least can edit stuff after it added it

just the sloppyness of adding extra recordings/groups

semi-automated would be the best though

The problem with that is that machines can move much faster than we can. The instant it starts auto-pulling data, it'll outpace the humans who clean up after it and leave a mess in its wake.

That's why I spent 3-4 months tagging all the artists for which Likedis Auto added data.

I edit mostly the stuff that is in my collection. needless to say it's a huge one (questioning myself whether I will ever listen to everything in it)

if only I had a working turntable...

I use iTunes. ripped almost everything

i thought the likeds bot was banned for making to much mess?

it was, but the aftermath is still there

its not following code of botduct is it?

oh

There's a code of botduct?

you get yes votes from me atleast :D

and me

thanks a lot ^^

no problem

it's what I'm here for

[side note] I'm watching Dog the Bounty Hunter now, and now a certain song is stuck in my head

(it's not the show's theme song)

I discovered noisemaker and now am stuck on their youtube playlist

:P

http://beta.musicbrainz.org/artist/d8818460-c15... preliminary mass merge done. now to wait for them to get applied so I can the missing info

Nyanko-sensei: These guys remind me a lot of Linkin Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS1fn8VZ3rU

japanese linking park :3

*linkin

https://musicbrainz.org/edit/32834211 - i love how this guy calls pankkake using "flatmuffin"

s/using//

"flatmuffin"? Is that like "flatfoot" (an obsolete term for a do-gooder)?

it's like a pancake being a flat muffin

oh… classy

though muffins don't go well with maple syrup

Is there an eta or a solution coming for all the 502s ?

gotta take the issue with some humour :)

"use beta" is what I have been doing, but maybe I just got very lucky

I have hit like 4 in the last week :p

I get a 502 30-50% of the time this morning

I'll try beta

It seems better (so far)

I'll try using beta, reo :)

also lol that dog. it should be on the error page XD

He seems to be suffering (just like us) lol

haha

ja

well. it seems reo once again was el righto

also, this artist https://beta.musicbrainz.org/artist/bcb44294-f5...

great! that means i *can* edit a bit later

i dont understand why is using beta better seeing as they use the same db instance and it is a db problem ?

Well, I imagine that means it's not a db problem

yea

i seea a markant huge difference here

seriously

oh god why didn't I just try beta last night

ahahaha

Is there a gamma ? might be even less buggy :p

haha

Oh, meh, there goes some income

(they probably deserved it, but)

yea.

Release Group Merge Request: http://musicbrainz.org/edit/32873777 if anyone wants to vote/comment

:)

Lotheric: pls use beta?

just for you: https://beta.musicbrainz.org/edit/32873777

(your link was 502 automatically :P)

yea i changed the url and voted already :D

Sometime, I end up on the main server somehow... so many tabs opened

:)

ugh I'm going ot just stop looking at open edits on [unknown] it's just too depressing. so many edits *not* moving stuff away from [unknown] but adding shit or linking shit. most of those eits don't actually "fix" [unknown] data