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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 10:13
Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:


When referring to being objective in terms of independence or impartiality, one will almost always use objectivity as the noun, with subjectivity as its antonym. Objectiveness is a far less frequently used synonym, and one which not every dictionary recognizes.

But I suppose MW supports you.

Please enlighten me on how you think this site should be run.
 

I am not a native English speaker and this very spelling checker did not report Objectiveness as being wrong, but I will keep that in mind for the future.

As for the site, at the very least, there should be some way to make an appeal in cases like this when enough users think the respective team decision was wrong.

If this site cares for its users in any way, then the users should at least be heard and not cut off completely and rejected because they're not part of any team, and only the teams know what's right.

That does not mean that the users should be allowed to decide because that would mean chaos, but at least they should be able to vote and their votes should weigh something, similar to the way ratings are calculated.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 10:12
Originally posted by amatala amatala wrote:

Not as silly as others before me, e.g. "it's our call, if you don't like it, buy your site and do what you want, I don't have to answer you"

These our toys and you don't get to play with them, go buy your own! LOL


http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objectiveness

To be fair; that was a remark made in the heat of the moment....but yes it reflects the fact that we are a number of normal people who do the best that we can to keep this site up and running. 
We all (even the folks who work here) have our own ideas on what exactly prog rock is and should be, which is why the teams work with votes. That is about as fair as it comes.
......and trust me, we all got a fair few bands we think should be here but aren't and vice versa. That doesn't mean we should change the foundation of the site though - it merely means that we can't please all of the people all of the time.

There is no secret cloak and dagger stuff - no secret doorways to the other side of the curtain - nor ill will towards certain types of music. Each band is evaluated based on the music alone.......and sometimes you end up with a result that some don't agree with. 






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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 10:08
Just to add my two penn'orth as a former New Bands Admin.
I'm listening to the first album now and from what I've heard so far I would have no objections to it being included in Symphonic Prog, however the decision belongs to Ivan and his team and not me. They have a vast amount of experience of their genre and it's a subjective thing so if they feel it doesn't belong, then chucking your toys out of the pram and resorting to abuse isn't going to help.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 09:55
Originally posted by amatala amatala wrote:

Not as silly as others before me, e.g. "it's our call, if you don't like it, buy your site and do what you want, I don't have to answer you"

These our toys and you don't get to play with them, go buy your own! LOL


http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objectiveness


When referring to being objective in terms of independence or impartiality, one will almost always use objectivity as the noun, with subjectivity as its antonym. Objectiveness is a far less frequently used synonym, and one which not every dictionary recognizes.

But I suppose MW supports you.

Please enlighten me on how you think this site should be run.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 09:37
Not as silly as others before me, e.g. "it's our call, if you don't like it, buy your site and do what you want, I don't have to answer you"

These our toys and you don't get to play with them, go buy your own! LOL


http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objectiveness


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 09:25
Originally posted by amatala amatala wrote:

I think that the important thing to understand here is that PA is not a site that strives for accuracy or objectiveness


The word you're looking for is objectivity.

Just a minor error in a silly, libelous post.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 06:09
It doesn't really matter, the result is the same. The teams decide, so it's their site to do as they please with the info on it.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 06:04
The owners? This site has only one owner, and he's not involved in the evaluation of bands to be added to the database. Those you call "owners" are all volunteers who do it out of passion, without getting any reward - financial or otherwise. I understand your frustration, but before taking pot shots at people you might want to get your facts right.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 04:25
I think that the important thing to understand here is that PA is not a site that strives for accuracy or objectiveness, but it's a site on which the owners include whatever they feel it's right in order to create their own subjective definition of Progressive Rock. This has been made very clear on repeated occasions.

Once you understand that, this debate is over, the owners have spoken and users are free to move along and start using whatever site which they consider to be more credible and accurate (or build they own sites where they can be kings and rule their own worlds as they deem fit).


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...not a drawing made for this purpose, but if you ignore the political texts I think it fits.
Websites I work with:

http://www.progressor.net
http://www.houseofprog.com

My profile on Mixcloud:
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Websites I work with:

http://www.progressor.net
http://www.houseofprog.com

My profile on Mixcloud:
https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 04:08
Oh boy! the debate is not over.. We have a persistent defender of the Black Codex here. From what i have been listening from this artist, it always seems difficult to reject a band that we think offer some quality music. I don't know if Black Codex would fit better on eclectic team because there's some symphonic music here, but much more like classical, medieval, soundtrack, etc. It's not the end of the world if this band is rejected by PA, it doesn't mean that it's not quality music or that it doesn't have some progressive rock tendencies. Maybe it's because the Progressive Rock element is not perceive as dominant from team's members here.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 02:35
Who needs barrack room "lawyers" when we have a real one.  Wink
What?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 02:11
Originally posted by Komandant Shamal Komandant Shamal wrote:

t i'm NOT Svetonio. And I told you that no one time.
Okay you say that, and i read that assertion at many threads and not only from you - please show to the forum members, collabs and admins, an unanswereable proof for your assertion - but please DONT start to "joking" now, DONT wake up your forum's lawyers to "help" you - now you must to show an irrafutable proof for what you said at the forum, and the admins will delete my account in a sec and you'll never see me again. isnt that nice? what you and your "lawyers" are waiting for? LOL
 However, if you dont have an incontestable proof for your assertion, and if you are to continue to call me "Svetonio", I will call you a liar.

1.- Do you know English?

I said ALTER EGO, because of your ignorance in the languages (English and Latin), here is the definition.

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alter ego

: a close friend who thinks or feels similarly to the way you think or feel

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alter%20ego

Educate yourself before you write, never said you were a clone....Now what I think is my problem.

2.- I don't need to wake anybody to help me, i can do it for myself, have debated with people more prepared and educated than you, unlike others who are  puppets of their alter egos. 

3.- About the band, it's our call, if you don't like it, buy your site and do what you want, I don't have to answer you or your ALTER EGO, the Administrators and the owners of the site are the only ones who can inquire about our decisions as a team.

They haven't been added, because in our opinion and at least two members of the Neo Team, they are not Prog.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 01:57
Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by Komandant Shamal Komandant Shamal wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ There's no doubt it's symphonic rock, I can tell that just from the small samples.  Whether it's prog is for the team to decide.

Mister, i unterstand that for some crazy reason you have to play the lawyer of symph team in the case of "The Black Codex" ridiculous rejection, but I dont buy the cheap tricks. Symph rock and Symph prog is the same thing - always have been and always will be... So go try to sell your tricks to the kids in a kindergarten.

Symphonic Rock is the same as Symphonic Prog?

I'm getting tired of this crap, we don't have  to answer you or your alter ego Svetonio.

i'm NOT Svetonio. And I told you that no one time.
Okay you say that, and i read that assertion at many threads and not only from you - please show to the forum members, collabs and admins, an unanswereable proof for your assertion - but please DONT start to "joking" now, DONT wake up your forum's lawyers to "help" you - now you must to show an irrafutable proof for what you said at the forum, and the admins will delete my account in a sec and you'll never see me again. isnt that nice? what you and your "lawyers" are waiting for? LOL
 However, if you dont have an incontestable proof for your assertion, and if you are to continue to call me "Svetonio", I will call you a liar.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 01:41
^ Actually you kinda do.  This is Progarchives, not a knitting club.  Everyone fights for what they believe, that's the point.  And if you fail, it's on to the next thing.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 01:24
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Oooh, a tough guy.   Bring it, Shirley.   I have no knowledge as to whether they've been rejected or not, but if you wanna fight, we can do that too.


"I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right..."
 
 
...At least in this case!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 01:16
Originally posted by Komandant Shamal Komandant Shamal wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ There's no doubt it's symphonic rock, I can tell that just from the small samples.  Whether it's prog is for the team to decide.

Mister, i unterstand that for some crazy reason you have to play the lawyer of symph team in the case of "The Black Codex" ridiculous rejection, but I dont buy the cheap tricks. Symph rock and Symph prog is the same thing - always have been and always will be... So go try to sell your tricks to the kids in a kindergarten.

Symphonic Rock is the same as Symphonic Prog?

I'm getting tired of this crap, we don't have  to answer you or your alter ego Svetonio.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2015 at 01:06
Oooh, a tough guy.   Bring it, Shirley.   I have no knowledge as to whether they've been rejected or not, but if you wanna fight, we can do that too.


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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ There's no doubt it's symphonic rock, I can tell that just from the small samples.  Whether it's prog is for the team to decide.

Mister, i unterstand that for some crazy reason you have to play the lawyer of symph team in the case of "The Black Codex" ridiculous rejection, but I dont buy the cheap tricks. Symph rock and Symph prog is the same thing - always have been and always will be... So go try to sell your tricks to the kids in a kindergarten.
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