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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote someone_else Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2024 at 08:56
Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

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He's BAAAAAACK!

Apparently message ignored


I think it will cease soon enough. His own website shows 216 reviews and about half of these are posted, methinks. And these reviews are quite ok.

It occurs more often that an author spawns reviews in bulk quantities. I'd suggest that one or two reviews by one and the same author should appear on the front page (maybe 3 or 4 if the author is a collab) and the rest sneaks in silently. That would be an improvement.

One more thing: This author's e-mail address is visible in his member profile. If a PM won't work, this might help...


Edited by someone_else - August 27 2024 at 09:03
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^ Yes, it's possible to sneak reviews in. Simply rate the album and then add review a few days later. Nobody minds the reviews but it's really inconsiderate to wipe everyone else's off the front page.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Duddick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 29 2024 at 02:02
He’s at it again!?! 38 reviews posted in one go!? Now a total of 149 reviews in 5 days. It’s just so inconsiderate.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote MikeEnRegalia Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 29 2024 at 02:17
Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

If this user never visits the forum, do they still get the message? Notification of messages for me appears when I enter the forum, but no where else on the site. Maybe it's different depending on your browser?

This site really needs an overhaul.

Yeah i thought about that as well and the fact that the site really needs an overhaul is the reason so many have fled and don't want to participate in its future but apparently the owner is in it for the money only and couldn't care less about the modernization possibilities. Meanwhile RYM is showing everyone how a modern database should be done. 


Being in it for the money only ... that applies to RYM as well. Their platform is impressive from a technical standpoint. I suspect that they have more than one developer/designer/... Smile
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WTAF is yarstruly doing. I'm not commenting on the quality of their reviews, but spamming the reviews like they are is utterly selfish. The latest 50 reviews are nearly all theirs, someone should have a word, and the site shouldnt allow posts every few minues either. I've been coming here for years every day almost and while there's the occasional block of reviews from someone, but never such an ignorant amount like this. The last 50 reviews are not worth a toss like this, it's basically a one persons opinion feed.(function(){function c(){var b=a.contentDocument||a.contentWindow.document;if(b){var d=b.createElement('script');d.innerHTML="window.__CF$cv$params={r:'8c29280c0d62cd8e',t:'MTcyNjI0MTE5NS4wMDAwMDA='};var a=document.createElement('script');a.nonce='';a.src='/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(a);";b.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(d)}}if(document.body){var a=document.createElement('iframe');a.height=1;a.width=1;a.style.position='absolute';a.style.top=0;a.style.left=0;a.style.border='none';a.style.visibility='hidden';document.body.appendChild(a);if('loading'!==document.readyState)c();else if(window.addEventListener)document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',c);else{var e=document.onreadystatechange||function(){};document.onreadystatechange=function(b){e(b);'loading'!==document.readyState&&(document.onreadystatechange=e,c())}}}})();< height="1" width="1" style=": ; top: 0px; left: 0px; border: medium; visibility: ;">
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Originally posted by DarkLoch DarkLoch wrote:

WTAF is yarstruly doing. I'm not commenting on the quality of their reviews, but spamming the reviews like they are is utterly selfish. The latest 50 reviews are nearly all theirs, someone should have a word, and the site shouldnt allow posts every few minues either. I've been coming here for years every day almost and while there's the occasional block of reviews from someone, but never such an ignorant amount like this. The last 50 reviews are not worth a toss like this, it's basically a one persons opinion feed.


I'll try to contact the reviewer. Thanks for reporting. I's a problem that has happened with more than one enthusiastic individual. Often people copy/paste their reviews in here from other sites.

By the way, I see your post is full of code as happens to many. Please see this topic for the fix: https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=132330

EDIT: I PMed him about the inconsiderate flooding. He has a valid email, and his forum settings are set for him to receive email notifications of PMs so hopefully he responds and desists. I suggested some serious limiting of reviews per day so as not to take over the section and to give other people's reviews a chance to be seen.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Meltdowner Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2024 at 11:05
I don't want to read a single line from someone who behaves like this. Fortunately, Drew's review wasn't thrown out by that reviewer. I didn't know Barcelona Traction, great album.
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Originally posted by DarkLoch DarkLoch wrote:

WTAF is yarstruly doing. I'm not commenting on the quality of their reviews, but spamming the reviews like they are is utterly selfish. The latest 50 reviews are nearly all theirs, someone should have a word, and the site shouldnt allow posts every few minues either. I've been coming here for years every day almost and while there's the occasional block of reviews from someone, but never such an ignorant amount like this. The last 50 reviews are not worth a toss like this, it's basically a one persons opinion feed.

It's ridiculous. I just put out a review less than an hour ago, and it's already close to being pushed off the front page LOL
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Duddick Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2024 at 11:45
We have another one.

Member “Yarstruly” has posted @70 reviews over the last two days, totally hogging the latest reviews feed. Nothing wrong with the reviews but I find his “level” reviewing technique rather annoying but maybe it’s just me. Any chance of an admin email to ask him to hold back a bit on the volume of postings?!

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^ I already PMed him -- he does get PM notifications by email. If like me, I rarely check certain email addresses of mine. Hopefully he responds and acts on what I conveyed to him.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Hrychu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2024 at 11:55
Maybe they want to get the PROG REVIEWER badge as quickly as possible. 😂
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote lazland Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2024 at 13:02
He has been a member for donkey’s years, yet only published his first review last year.

Very strange.

Trouble is, in strictness, he isn’t breaking any rules, and I think his reviews are actually rather good.
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

and I think his reviews are actually rather good.

Ehhhh, I can't agree with that part. Most of them come off as really robotic and clinical due to his abuse of timestamps. I.e. "guitar solo comes in at 2:30"; "vocals get louder at 1:20", etc. Half the time, he's just rotely describing the music, rather than explaining its actual quality. I don't know, his writing just comes off as very repetitive and even a bit lazy to me. But to each their own Smile
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He’s still at it. What an egotist. Not all of us are interested in being bombarded by one person’s view of what is looking like it’s going to be the whole history of prog!?!?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Necrotica Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 13 2024 at 17:31
^ And it doesn't help that every single one of those reviews are also being posted on the Facebook page (no offense to the person who runs the page, but still...)
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Thanks for the response, and I hope I've fixed the code issue.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Lewian Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 15 2024 at 07:05
The problem really is the reviews feed, isn't it? Would it be possible to implement that only three reviews per user can be in the feed at any given time, and if anyone writes more, their previous ones are kicked out? 
I'd think it's fine if somebody adds lots of reviews as long as they are at least OKish, were it not for the feed.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Hrychu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2024 at 05:51
An infantile rant badly disguised as a review I'd say.
https://www.progarchives.com/review.asp?id=29067
Quote Well,as far as I know from this band it was the most popular band in east germany and actually it's existing now since 40 years. I heard its name before some time, but it's the first time I listen to some of their music. Actually I can't understand why they are listen here under SYMPHONIC PROGRESSIVE ROCK.This kind of music does not have anything to do with this sub-genre. It's nothing else than pop music. There are some trials to make classical music more popular like Vivaldi's Der Frühling",but sorry you can't call something like this SYMPHONIC nor PROGRESSIVE. It's cheap synth music as every one-man-band does at any wedding or birthday party.Maximum 1 star sorry!!!!
I mean, to be frank, the «“"""⹂review„"""”» (though calling it such is giving it way too much credit) criticizes Progarchives' criteria for inclusion in much greater detail than the music itself. xD

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^ It's a poor review, but criticizing PA's criteria is not a crime.
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