band submissions
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Topic: band submissions
Posted By: bobo
Subject: band submissions
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 04:49
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I opened a discussion a few months ago, in which I asked how if and can I get a band inserted into the site. I got a good answer, that there is a link that specifies the procedure and what I have to do. I spent a few weeks working on a complete form of a band submission, and sent it to the appropriate e-mail address but didn't get an answer, and I saw nothing was being done. I sent another e-mail - still nothing. I sent a personal message to the head of the team that adds new bands, and yet - nothing. can anyone help me with this? I put a lot of work into the form, and it's a shame to see it wasted withou a decet answer at least. thanks. ------------- the contracts of my youth expire |
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 06:17
| Agreed - I've heard nothing about my Lone Star submission from September. I appreciate the guys on the team are busy, but we should at least be able to get some idea of how things are going. |
Posted By: bobo
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 06:52
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they can't be too busy to send a lousy answer - "we're busy right now, we'll discuss the request later on". they claim they want more people to visit the site and stay on it, so they won't disqualify requests that fulfill they're demands, but they don't even have the decency to give the shortest answer to people who put a great effort into these things. ------------- the contracts of my youth expire |
Posted By: bobo
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 07:54
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to people who view this topic but don't reply because they think it's an injustice to the guys who run this site: it's your duty, if you call yourself prog-fans, to fight for our rights as visitors. if we have a right to suggest bands being inserted into the site, it should be respected at least with an answer. even if you don't care for this issue specifically, you should express your opinion, so this issue will earn a response from the people in charge. if you just read it and ignore, your like slaves of the injustice system. ------------- the contracts of my youth expire |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 08:03
It would be really nice if someone from the band submissions team would respond to this. |
bobo wrote:Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 08:17
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------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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...oh really? Whatever!
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 08:53
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There is no band admission team anymore ... many people ask me about what happened to their submissions. Truth is: I don't know for sure. I can tell you that all submissions sent to the email address were received, but the band admission team faced much resistance from members, collabs etc. and was disbanded. Only the head of the team dealt with that email account ... I'll ask Tony if he could contact the team head(s) and collect the email, so we (special collabs) can deal with them. Many have been dealt with, but not all of them. A few days ago the situation changed however ... now every Special Collaborator can add bands. Until a member of the admin team post anything definitive here, my advice on how to proceed with new band requests is this:
Sorry guys, I know this is frustrating. Remember that we (most special collabs) are not employees of this website - just contributing in out spare time.
------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to: 
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Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 10:36
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To bobo and chopper, firstly an apology on behalf of the site. In this respect we fell short of expectations for a while ... Believe me the situation was just as frustrating from the inside as it must have been from the outside. While the situation has now been resolved in terms of special collabs adding bands, the procecure regarding submissions from outside still hasn't been totally clarified and we will try and sort it out as soon as possible. Until then MikeEnR's suggestion is wholly workable. I will try right now what has happened to chopper's Lone Star submission and bobo's efforts too ... what was the band please? Apologies again. ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 11:42
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Mike/Trotsky, thanks for the updates. I know you guys are volunteers and, believe me, I fully appreciate the great job you all do but, having spent a couple of hours getting my Lone Star stuff together, I did want to know what happened to it. Thanks again. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 12:44
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Just a suggestion - couldn't we start up a new poll section just for
new bands? If anyone wanted to suggest a new band for inclusion in PA,
they would just create a new yes/no poll (with a link to a file on
YouSendIt.com for anyone to download) and the result would determine
whether the band gets in or not. Not perfect I know, but better than nothing. |