Reviews reporting thread

well done for fighting back and monitoring this one, it's still going on  .....

The Doctor wrote: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=861752 The first paragraph is blatantly promoting illegal downloading.

Surely it isn't the first paragraph which is meant.

The review mentions pretty popular PF bootlegs. The mere mentioning of the existence of such recordings might inform people that they exist, but doesn't promote anything at all. 

The unlicensed tape recording of a concert is, of course, not completely legal. But in many countries the legal status of exchanging these recordings at no charge is unclear. Mentioning their names is legitimate, without doubt!


Edited by Einsetumadur - November 18 2012 at 16:30

I've reported this review in the past, but since nothing was done I'm reporting it again. This review, published some short period of time after the album was released, is apparently based on a leak that was around before the album was released, which did not contain the two last songs, had a much darker/rawer mix to it and sounded (just as the reviewer put it) a more aggressive, meaner sound to it.

Sorry to be the one to notice agin but Aargh!!!!
2 bands are getting very annoying.
1. ANGLAGARD, GREAT band, so I don't know why it's happening but the stream of people signing up, Five-ing them and slapping any old rating on others, is maybe getting worse. The two that I just noticed are http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=43538 and http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=38575 . Someone else told but I looked and saw more of them there too. Why would such a good band want that?
2. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7304 Ocean Architecture, Not so great(I listened) but the number of fans and family (SBD is clearly family. https://www.facebook.com/sam.dorsey.5 for instance) that go and review them with a 5 and for good measure slap ratings on a whole load of others is getting very annoying.
I want our fans to review us but few will bother. What I will NEVER want anyone to do is insult the integrity of PA by adding all those other meaningless ratings on others while they are there.
I hope these can be repaired.
Apart from that, It is snowing. Yes!!! I love snow.
Colin

Ha ha. Yes Guld. I am certain of it. Those would be harder to spot tho'. Even the ones that sign up in advance of album releases, to hide what they are doing are usually easy to see. I guess the real world will always mess up a good thing somehow.  You drink in denmark? Oh wow. We would not agree with such behaviour here in sweden!

I know hahah!!! The Swedes come here to get pissed!

As for the whole rating scheming, I find it less than sympathetic, but fortunately we've got folks around, like yourself, that politely point our heads towards these buggers. I hope others who come across this thread pick up a thing or two - and hopefully will see these acts/raters for what they are.

Italy again?
Has anyone any idea what they are doing? I like Italy.
Thanks again Dean. I see that ninestonesclose are pleased with all your work.
Yes the other band. Hmmm. SBD didn't make me smile at all. I have guessed one thing. They hit the ones that had recent reviews. Every time we get one from a collaborator, a new rating appears from someone like SBD. Now I am scared to get a review!
Colin

The collab review to rating weighting will smooth-out any retaliation effect from lone raters like SBD. It's when they open multiple accounts to flood the ratings it causes any problems.

Thanks Joe
I figured it was not directed at us.
Problems all getting solved. It is a good day!