#musicbrainz

now to figure out where to go to do that

for the second, clicking on the toolbar icon

for firefox there are probably better ways

the toolbar icon only gives me a list of checkboxes for Google subdomains

There doesn't appear to be a way to add more URLs

no "Add a rule for this site"?

I went to coverartarchive.org to get that

I think it happens only if you're already on a https domain

anyway, I've only forced it on musicbrainz.org

OK, I noticed that the MusicBrainz page wasn't opened in HTTPS. That fixed it.

Why am I laughing so hard at this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXsCokh-NIQ

As usual, I'm more into the comments. "Now that they are finding dinosaur remains that aren't even fossilized maybe people will wake up to the fact [of creationism]"

Dave Mustaine has become known for his religious rants lately. Those comments aren't totally out of the blue.

anyone knows how long it takes http://notlob.eu/isrc/ to pick up new releases?

jesus2099: Merci for the comment. :p

Nyanko-sensei: ~1 hour. (It's using the hourly replication packages, so MB first has to put out the hourly package, and then notlob has to import it, but it should "never" be more than 2 hours out-of-sync, unless something's gone wrong.)

roger that

adding a ton of ISRC's from stuff I could rerip

Neat.

I wish we had more obvious ways of adding ISRCs (and ISWCs and all the other industry "standard" identifiers), as MB is the only open db for them.

yeah...

when I was younger, I didn't save the cue/log files after ripping...

But then again, it's also so far removed from the reality of most of our "everyday" users, that far most of them likely do not even know that those identifiers exist. :)

Anyway. Post-workout shower. Bbiab.

oh boy… looks like it's time to replace the ol' charger again

But then it won't be ol' anymore. :(

Mac chargers are poorly designed and last about a year on average (at least for me)

(on another note) did I make the right call here? https://musicbrainz.org/edit/34290102

hibiscuskazeneko: Is it poor design if they're intentionally designed to only last about a year?

I have no idea how long they're supposed to last

it's poor something. why aren't the villagers grabbing their pitchforks?

All I know is you have to bend it unnaturally to plug it in, then the rubber turns yellow and splits open and the wires start to fray

CallerNo6: The pitchforks only last about a month.

crap, how the hell do I protest /that/?

Exactly!

hibiscuskazeneko: I would probably have tried to find a link to the relevant style guideline, but otherwise it looks okay.

Except that release doesn't exist anywhere other than that torrent

hibiscuskazeneko: And the language is fairly neutral too. Much better than some of the edit notes you used to write. Good job, keep it up! :)

hibiscuskazeneko: Yep, I'm pretty sure that case is mentioned in a style guideline somewhere?

Nope, I don't think so

Or some other document perhaps.

the whole "do not add fan compilations" bit?

Yeah.

lemme find it

IIRC all we have is "do not add copyrighted playlists" somewhere and I don't even remember if it's a guideline or not

But maybe it's there somewhere

reosarevok: That one is under /Style

Oh, so that'd be that :p

there's "While we welcome bootlegs, we discourage adding home-made compilations or mixtapes. "

We have so many pages I keep forgetting which is which

Oh, where's that one? :)

^

from doc/Beginners_Guide

Like anyone reads that. Psh.

Like anyone knows the difference between bootlegs and home-brew compilations.

(well, in the broad sense that MB uses "bootleg")

true dat

Oh. Yeah, beginners' guide is so tl;dr I actually have recommended some beginners not to bother reading it :p

(which is kinda sad really)

yeah, but that particular recommendation has been around so long that it's part of the oral tradition.

reosarevok: I'm glad "(re)writing docs" is not part my job description. :|

Heh

it's a descent into lovecraftian madness. who wouldn't want to do that?

I mean, I think we should just have the how tos to be honest

What's the point of the beginners guide supposed to be?

It's not like you can read it and start editing, since the stuff is confusing and you'll need the specific help :p

Someone suggested doing video tutorials. I would love to do that/have that done.

ideally, a "beginner's guide" could be made by stringing together a subset of how-tos.

I would do it myself, but I'm not sure I'd be the best voicing for it.

(video anything is always longer, slower and more boring than just reading, in my experience)

reosarevok: I'm not a huge fan as well, but some people swear by them, and they would be useful for "how to add a release", "how do I use X userscript", ...

I completely agree.

screenshots are bad enough (in terms of quickly becoming out-of-date). videos are a really bad ration of effort-to-useful-lifespan.

oops, "ratio"

CallerNo6: Sure. Which is why I'm not suggesting spending money on it. But it would be neat if a volunteer could be found who would like to do it. Some people do enjoy this kind of thing. Crazy as it may seem.

Just like some people apparently enjoy spending hours upon hours on meticulously entering nit-picky details about fringe music acts into random databases on the interwebs.

Crazy people, I tell you.

Shocking, that.

:-)

I would love to be able to point someone towards a import from discogs etc. userscript

right, video / tutorial /anyhthing

I mean, in general it'd be nice if scripts writers would include a short tutorial on their use when relevant

But I guess that'd be a dev willingly documenting something :p

hibiscuskazeneko, here is the HTTPS problem I have (and we are two) : http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/MBS-8497 if you are interested to understand what was meant. :)

jesus2099: For me it worked the opposite way

I use HTTPS Everywhere, which forces HTTPS connections to IA but not to MB

life is strange indeed… :) MB works perfect in HTTPS for me but not CAA upload (and CAA display is also slower in HTTPS so I also force that to HTTP)

It seems both your IA and MB connections have to be HTTPS

(or mine at least)

not mine. ;)