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More passive aggression https://musicbrainz.org/edit/37534654

Your initial response comes across as straight-up aggressive.

Having dealt with him for years (all while being moked, belittled, gaslighted and threatened) what did you expect me to do?

Either deal with his actions through the appropriate channels or ignore him. Aggressive behavior is not warranted.

It won't solve any problems, it will just create more.

Ignoring him will only cause more damage.

He is single-handedly responsible for ruining a whole chunk of MB and most people are too afraid to go near it because of him.

Behaving aggressively won't fix that.

You behave aggressively toward other editors. This behavior causes problems, and you bring them here in the hopes that other people will fix them. Frankly, it's counterproductive.

There have been times in the past where I've had problems with other editors and it's made me frustrated and angry. I take that as a sign that I need to step away for a while.

Stepping away only gives these people license to get away with murder.

No, it doesn't. MusicBrainz is not a person and it won't be brought down by some bad edits. They've happened before. They'll happen again. We'll do our best to prevent and fix them. The site will not fall apart because of it.

The site is, however, dependent on its community and on people being able to work together, even when they disagree.

When you behave in a hostile manner toward another editor, it won't change their mind or solve the problem at hand. It will put them in a defensive position, where they feel the need to double down on their opinion because they're under attack.

I urge you to consider whether your current approach to the site is healthy either for the project or for you. Step away for a single day and evaluate.

I have no other option at this point. Everything I present gets shot down as "not good enough" or "I can't figure it out, so it must be bogus" or "some other site says no, so you must be wrong".

There are always other options, and hostility will never be the correct course of action.

looks like a bot making some questionable edits...

hey guys. In picard, I can tag a song but the time/duration never gets updated. Clues?

updated in the web interface *

Picard doesn't submit to the web service.

Well, it does for certain things, but not metadata.

Interesting.

I tag stuff every so often and always forget the process :(. I login, create an album/go to an existing one, click tagger, do my stuff in picard, then?

apparently the submit button is greyed out... hmm

Submit is only for fingerprints. No other data is included.

Leftmost: I'm attempting to change the fingerprint as well

If you've selected the correct release and associated the file with the right track and it's not allowing you to submit, that means the fingerprint is already associated with that recording.

Leftmost: even if the web interface says "no fingerprints associated..."

?

Is the file very short?

2:33

(latest picard, and fpcalc)

Leftmost: here is the release http://musicbrainz.org/release/303c8e52-b382-46... ... this one is specifically confusing to me

Well, for the length, you'll have to set it manually since it's vinyl.

ooooh.

I'm glad I asked you

In the web interface, that is.

And can you screenshot picard when you're trying to submit the fingerprint?

Leftmost: sure. Thanks for the help. I'm slow and can't find the "length" in the Edit section

You're in the release editor, right?

I see now. I was in the song editor

Recording length is calculated automatically.

awesome, thanks

From the lengths set in tracklists.

Leftmost: so, I'm unsure what to screen shot. I click "tagger" in the Release view, tagger loads the album, I drag the files to it, CD turns Gold, Submit button greyed out.

tagger == picard

You need to scan the files instead of dragging them. Otherwise it doesn't calculate a fingerprint.

Leftmost: I seeee now

Leftmost: thanks mate!

No problem.

problem solved. I'll write the process down this time. (it's probably in the illustrated guide...)

Hello. I'm a CS undergrad and new to MetaBrainz community. I would like to get involved in development of the project. I have gone through the idea list and willing to get my hands wet by fixing some issues listed on the bug tracker. I have experience in development with Python. So can any mentor could assign me a specific issue that would help me

get started ?

Thanks

mr-karan aran you are in the right channel

I am about to crash out, but welcome.

:)

So where do I get started ?