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    Posted: November 02 2009 at 13:20
I`ve written about 10 bios for the site and just noticed that someone has been F******* around with the Jethro Tull bio. Not only did they change the photo but they f***** a lot of the grammar starting on the first line. I got a  journalist friend to go through it and now it`s going to take some time to correct the thing. I had the same problem with the KC bio a while back.

I took a lot of my free time to write those bios so if you think something`s not right contact me before you start srewing around with them. And it would be nice to have the original JT bio photo back. Stop playing GOD.


Edited by Vibrationbaby - November 02 2009 at 13:21
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2009 at 13:33
If it was a simple grammar change..whats the problem?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2009 at 13:34
Ghost editing?  Booo!!! Tongue

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2009 at 13:39
I have updated some Bios, but not Tull.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2009 at 13:40
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Ghost editing?  Booob!!! Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2009 at 13:45
Alright I'd post a pic of a cute one, but I'm sure it would be censored by a ghost editor. LOL




Edited by Slartibartfast - November 02 2009 at 13:46
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2009 at 13:54
http://movies.lovetoknow.com/wiki/images/Movies/4/45/Ghoststill.jpg
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2009 at 15:11
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

http://movies.lovetoknow.com/wiki/images/Movies/4/45/Ghoststill.jpg


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 09:25
Jusrt  don`t f*** around with anthing I that I`ve written here without contacting me. That Jethro Tull Bio is a mess now. Obviously the person who tampered with it does not have a proper command of the English language. I make mistakes and I always stand corrected.

I`ll call a spade a spade. There are too many chiefs and not enough indianns on this site. Angry
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 09:29
I don't know about too many chiefs, etc.  but it is bad manners to say the least to change someone's bio without contacting the original author. 
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 10:12
Yes. It`s a real mess and I don`t have the time right now to fix it up. I wish the person would own up to it. And I`m going to get the original photo put back as well.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 10:31
What's wrong with the current photo?
"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 10:56
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

Jusrt  don`t f*** around with anthing I that I`ve written here without contacting me. That Jethro Tull Bio is a mess now. Obviously the person who tampered with it does not have a proper command of the English language. I make mistakes and I always stand corrected.

I`ll call a spade a spade. There are too many chiefs and not enough indianns on this site. Angry

So the whole Bio has been changed?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 12:03
Wow, Ian, it looks like you put a whole lotta work into that one.  How lame for someone to mess it up. Thumbs Down
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 12:30
Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

Jusrt  don`t f*** around with anthing I that I`ve written here without contacting me. That Jethro Tull Bio is a mess now. Obviously the person who tampered with it does not have a proper command of the English language. I make mistakes and I always stand corrected.

I`ll call a spade a spade. There are too many chiefs and not enough indianns on this site. Angry

So the whole Bio has been changed?
No some things have been re-arranged commas taken away, inserted. It`s a freakin` mess and I think I got  everything right. I was shocked when I showed it to a journalist friend the other day who wants me to write an article for the Montréal Gazette ( completely unrelated to music ) I looked like a damned fool. Fortunately I could show her the other ones which are intact ( thus far ). As for the picture, it wasn`t  selected by myself but I agreed that the original one was entirely suitable. Why would someone just go in and change it. " Oh I don`t like the picture so I`m going to put my better picture in". Duh. And it`s not even a better picture. I came up with a better picture of John McLaughlin but I contacted one of the admins to get his take. In this case I doubt if this was done. I did the same for a few other artists. I noticed someone changed the Omega photo I selected to a lousier photo as well.

I dunno. When we do things like writing bios for the site we don`t get paid for it and put a considerable amount of work into it and some clown comes along and defaces it. It should be the author who makes any corrections if necessary. I`ve even made corrections to some of my reviews after being notified by PM.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 12:55
Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Vibrationbaby Vibrationbaby wrote:

Jusrt  don`t f*** around with anthing I that I`ve written here without contacting me. That Jethro Tull Bio is a mess now. Obviously the person who tampered with it does not have a proper command of the English language. I make mistakes and I always stand corrected.

I`ll call a spade a spade. There are too many chiefs and not enough indianns on this site. Angry

So the whole Bio has been changed?
No some things have been re-arranged commas taken away, inserted. It`s a freakin` mess and I think I got  everything right. I was shocked when I showed it to a journalist friend the other day who wants me to write an article for the Montréal Gazette ( completely unrelated to music ) I looked like a damned fool. Fortunately I could show her the other ones which are intact ( thus far ). As for the picture, it wasn`t  selected by myself but I agreed that the original one was entirely suitable. Why would someone just go in and change it. " Oh I don`t like the picture so I`m going to put my better picture in". Duh. And it`s not even a better picture. I came up with a better picture of John McLaughlin but I contacted one of the admins to get his take. In this case I doubt if this was done. I did the same for a few other artists. I noticed someone changed the Omega photo I selected to a lousier photo as well.

I dunno. When we do things like writing bios for the site we don`t get paid for it and put a considerable amount of work into it and some clown comes along and defaces it. It should be the author who makes any corrections if necessary. I`ve even made corrections to some of my reviews after being notified by PM.


It says that the last person to update it was you, and before you Sean Trane. Of course someone could have done it since without putting their name but it would have to be a Special Collab or Admin obviously.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 13:36
I`m just a bit flustered. I wish they wouldn`t do this. The worst error has already been corrected but I`ll have to do the rest tomorrow. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 14:16
If it's punctuation, it's more likely to be steps M@x has taken to prevent hacking which have inadvertently removed some non-text. I've noticed a few of my reviews have such markings missing now.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2009 at 17:14
Always easier to just presume some wrong doing though, isn't it?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2009 at 09:33
Well I`m going to go through the bloody thing now. Doesn`t look like it was a result of preventitive measures to me.
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