Rule changes: Sets/Previews
Posted by atomicoz - 2011-06-21Starting today it's no longer possible to add lyrics for official previews, livesets or radioshows. Only full released or free tracks will be allowed. Basically it takes too much time to maintain previews and tracks would in some cases be incomplete previews for several weeks (or more) after release:

1. It relied on the submitter or someone telling it's released to start with. I don't like people reading incomplete lyrics when it's been out for a while and it's missing a lot of lines.

2. It also relied on the submitter updating the lyrics with the full info and lyrics within a reasonable time. A bit too often they'd seemingly miss or don't care about the mails sent.

3. Finally the mods would verify it again afterwards. Sometimes the submitter would add only the album info, not the full lyrics. (Meaning it's incomplete but marked as the full tracks!)

So starting from now any new lyrics you visit won't be incomplete! :)

To be fair to everyone who already submitted previews:
Any lyric already submitted will still follow the old rules no matter whether they're approved or pending.
(So the rule change is not retroactive)

To sum it up, here's some examples of what you may or may not add
Examples of what's not allowed:
* Tracks played in radioshows or on parties
* Previews of tracks uploaded on Youtube or similar

Examples of what's allowed
* Tracks released on labels no matter if they are commercial labels or free netlabel releases.
* Free tracks given out by professional or upcoming producers.

atomicoz 13 years, 10 months ago
Yeah we had to weigh out the pros and cons, it's just that it requires people to bother posting when it's released, requires the submitter to bother fixing it, and it requires us to verify it again. (like also posted in the news)

A lot of the times they just don't fix it and are never to be seen again, and on a few occasions they tried to get away with adding the release info but not the full lyrics to go with it. :(

And I'm the one who have to deal with the people using the contact form or complaining on other places because their favorite track is still a preview and nobody said it's released for weeks. (And when I thank them and ask for their help they're mostly nowhere to be heard of)

So I'd rather go for quality instead of quantity.
Although this means we'll have more time to spend on other stuff = more lyrics! For example there's a lot of Hardstyle lyrics added but still plenty to go, and I think that's one of the best covered genres we have :)
JdeBftw 13 years, 10 months ago
This is bad news if you ask me.. a lot of tracks have a release date many months after they're first played..

For example: Frontliner - Discorecord was played on Defqon 2010 (june 2010) and got released february 2011.. Thats 7 months of "wait time". Complete and official previews should be allowed imo
eddie 13 years, 10 months ago
It's a sad day for eddeh
R.I.P. KING ATOMICOZ
Imil 13 years, 10 months ago
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H4LHitout 13 years, 10 months ago
Nice! :)
H4LHitout, pissing you off in a polite way.
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