Adding albums

mellotronman wrote: As a bit of a newbie here, I've only just discovered that while you can add albums, you can't amend them! I made a couple of minor omissions while adding entries today, and uploaded the wrong image for one, and don't know how to fix it. Also, by sheer coincidence, I spotted a new entry for the new album by a band I've just left (Litmus), posted by someone who not only hasn't put track lengths, but has left me off the musicians' list...  :-(

Edited by Snow Dog - April 18 2007 at 17:51

As a bit of a newbie here, I've only just discovered that while you can add albums, you can't amend them! I made a couple of minor omissions while adding entries today, and uploaded the wrong image for one, and don't know how to fix it. Also, by sheer coincidence, I spotted a new entry for the new album by a band I've just left (Litmus), posted by someone who not only hasn't put track lengths, but has left me off the musicians' list...  :-(

Easy Livin wrote: M@x is keen to leave the facility open to all.   It could be argued that adding an album with details missing is better than not adding it at all. It would help if the member at least put up a thread seeking the missing gen though.   Some members kindly keep an eye on the new additions though, and highlight deficiencies, errors, duplications etc.

Yes, I agree absolutely. I thought only if it could be possible somehow to warn any future album adder  to  do best to  include  as much  valid info as possible.  If Iam correct, there was a time when adding an album without cover prompted a popup box reminding a person to add an image.
Of course, adding any (if incomplete) album info is better than none. Especially if collabs can amend them later on.
I admit it is not always easy to find valid info, and you can argue that it is enough to have the title, track listing and cover image. Lineup and release info are not always found (I am talking of web pages, not physical discs). 

Although this is not in the responsibilities that I have defined for our team, we will try to keep an eye on those additions, but any help fo people here is appreciated. We are in the process of doing an all-database sweep of completing missing discographies (and we have had our "ranks" re-inforced lately), so are priorities are elsewhere for the moment.

I agree, but it's probably very hard to check that the correct details have been entered as it's a free-form text field.