Prog or not - a solution?

^ Thanks! I actually like both systems (collaborative approach vs. team oriented) ... most users will know me under my own user name (MikeEnRegalia), and that I helped to implement genre teams here at PA. I still like that approach, but especially from the perspective of normal users who have their own ideas about what is prog and what isn't, my website could be an interesting "experiment". Create an account and try to assign genre and progressiveness levels to your collection ... even by simply trying to do that you may gain some interesting insights into how difficult it can be.

King By-Tor wrote: Or we could just come up with teams of people who know their stuff and have them vote on each band that is considered for inclusion - reliable people who are known by the site and are consistently active and participative. Maybe have a few charts where we could track their decisions as to votes on the band and if the band should be moved from one subgenre to another. These people could also handle the artist additions, add the discographies and write the bios for the bands. How about that?

I like it. I've seen it implemented on one site as well. 

Or we could just come up with teams of people who know their stuff and have them vote on each band that is considered for inclusion - reliable people who are known by the site and are consistently active and participative. Maybe have a few charts where we could track their decisions as to votes on the band and if the band should be moved from one subgenre to another. These people could also handle the artist additions, add the discographies and write the bios for the bands. How about that? 

I just had this idea, so I thought I would run it up the flagpole and see who salutes. In answer to the endless discussions of whether certain bands/artists are "prog" or not ( which I am, quite frankly, getting tired of!), I suggest that ALL bands are prog, but to varying degrees. For example, Yes would be 100% prog, and Madonna would be about 0.001% prog. The Who would be about 35% prog. So the arguments arise from the differing standards of the listeners, rather than the music. Thus someone who will not call anything with a prog level of less than 95% "prog" will not accept the Who, but someone else who gladly welcomes anyone with a prog level over 25% will certainly call them prog. But at the most fundamental level, EVERYTHING IS PROG.

In light of this, when considering an artist for inclusion, we just poll the members on how prog they think it is (from 0 to 100 percent), and then compare the resulting number to a predetermined prog cutoff point of 40% or whatever. Has anyone suggested something like this before?