Deleted bands
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Topic: Deleted bands
Posted By: victor77
Subject: Deleted bands
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 09:01
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I read in a forum that there have been bands deleted from the archives. Is it possible to see the bands no longer listed? It may be interesting to clarify if an artist is missing for addition or it has been deleted. Thanks |
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 09:45
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I think there's only ever been two at the most, and they were a long time ago. They were deleted soon after they were added, and our processes changed. I can't remember who they were now.
Nowadays, it is highly unlikey that a band once added would be removed again due to the robust nature of the admission processes used by our teams.
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 10:21
I don't think we're talking just two, Bob.  We currently have "4.088 bands & artists" in PA, according to the front page statistic. Yet the id count for the last added band is 4.307 (David's Lodgers). Since this id count is specifically designed for a band's entry (webpage), I think we're talking about approximately 200-210 bands/artists who have been deleted, have dissapeared or I don't know what else, but anyway they aren't on PA (anymore). Sure, we can exclude accidental double entries (in which case the entry was deleted, but the count couldn't be reset), but I still think something happened to at least the abovementioned number of artists. ------------- 
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Easy Livin wrote:Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 12:20
| We certainly have not removed that sort of number Vic. I think the missing numbers must be down to technicalities such as duplications and internal testing. The only person who can actually delete a band is mailto:M@x - M@x . |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 12:34
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Hm... Well, a statistic of how many bands we "lost" on the way would be nice to know, even if in numbers only. -------------
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 12:36
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^ I think the numbering all went to peices when we rebuilt the database after the infamous hack of '07 - there's no way we've lost or deleted 200 bands.
Anyway - the WayBack Machine is the best bet ( http://www.archive.org/index.php - http://www.archive.org/index.php ) - though searching through it is difficult and time consuming. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 12:46
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Man...PA looked... um... different from what it has become. That's really amazing to see. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 12:57
I wanna read the guestbook!  |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 15:14
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i know about My dying Bride's case... though I never learned what was the reason for their deletion.... (not that they really fit here anyway...) ------------- 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 15:16
| I think there was another band in a similar vein that was deleted soon after addition.. I think it was Katatonia. And then, there have been cases of early entries in the DB that have been done away with during some genre team's cleanup, though I don't remember the names now. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 15:18
...that was the reason.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 15:19
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Have not some bands merged too? I mean those that may have had two entries 'cause they changed their name but are primarily the same band? I cannot think of an example for the moment. Syzygy had a different name though and released an album under their first name. -------------   
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 15:53
| Kaleidoscope become Fairfield Parlour, and appear under a single heading here. Not sure if they were ever separate though. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 16:05
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And Second Hand became Chillum. ------------- What? |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 20:05
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I'm pretty sure Neutral Milk Hotel was added and quickly deleted a while back as well. And there have been a couple of April 1 additions (wasn't Mariah Carey added one April)?
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 20:06
psst... Vic... that's what they want you to think! * looks around furtively, starts running * THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 20:20
Yes. That was Joren and Ansen.  William Hung was also added.-------------
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: February 19 2009 at 03:01
And your name will go in the book too.
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Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: February 19 2009 at 03:35
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I seem to recall that Arcade Fire were here for a short while, but were subsequently deleted.
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: February 19 2009 at 03:47
very interesting website - i looked at PA from March 2006 when i joined, looks very different to today, though "Selling England...." is still listed as most popular album, and Sean Trane is still most prolific reviewer !
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Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: February 19 2009 at 06:19
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Lake. Originally in Symphonic
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 19 2009 at 07:52
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Wasn't he moved to Related, instead of being deleted? |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 19 2009 at 08:06
| It's not Greg Lake, but a band called Lake, formerly in Symphonic, and then found out by the Symph team to be not even prog-related. |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: February 19 2009 at 09:28
Katatonia was here and was deleted? Buhu. So I guess that ones gonna be a bit hard to get a special collab to champion for prog-related  .
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: February 19 2009 at 14:17
Actually maybe it helps... It can be like when one applies for a Visa to entry another country...It always helps that you have already been issued a Visa once.... -------------
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 19 2009 at 14:22
I actually got my Visa without having ever been issued one in the past... We don't need one to travel to the US from Italy . |