[ogmetal]

I am one of the six admins on MA. If there is some public info like a DOB that you'd like fixed, let me know. I think this is a little bit exaggerated. The only new blocks with the new version are city and DOB and as the person you emailed suggested, the mods/admins aren't tyrants.

You have to realize that 99.99 percent of info is contributed by users and we try our best to accommodate removal requests. Personally, I don't like the new birth date block but birth dates aren't exactly new...they were added before in notes section on the previous version if it was widely known. It was even more common in the event of a deceased musician.

Bottom line is, the site's administration isn't unreasonable. Just drop me a line.

[Wraith]

[ogmetal]

Wraith, I didn't create the site or add the feature. As you may have read, I don't agree with the block. I can only make my input to remove it. So, for the time being, the best choice is to amend the info if someone doesn't wish to make it public.

As I said, drop me a line.

[Wraith]

[Wraith]

[Kojiri]

[blewcheer]

BECUZ OF METALARCHIVES I KNOW MUTIILATIONS BIRTHDAY OMG DID U KNOW HIS NAME IS WILLY

Difference between listing Dio's or (in the slightly less-dead bracket) Tony Iommi's birthdays is that they are legitimately public individuals. Some kid with a black metal project operating out of his basement doesn't quite meet that requirement.

[Demoniarch]

Why is there 'points' anyways ?

Are the majority of the clowns listing all this shit 12 years old or what ? If you list an album cause you are releasing it, great... who the fuck else bothers with that stuff ?

[Dodens Grav]

Well, the more points you have, the more you're able to edit. It's basically a way of weeding out people who just want to fuck with data (randomly or with malicious intent) by forcing people to make a wealth of contributions, thereby ideally establishing their good faith contributions to making the resource better and more accurate, which in turn is rewarded with privileges of editing more sensitive information. I understand where you're coming from though, as I initially had a similar "why bother with points" reaction before I gave it some thought.

[Valgrinder]

M-A seems like a nice tool for ANTIFA
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[rauta]

[BLASTzine]

[Reaper's Grave]

If bands request to be anonymous it's respect to keep it so, some won't for one reason or another, but if the individual at least requests sensitive information is taken down, it's something that should be respected.

I don't prefer to use pseudonyms, but its become useful in these cases. A lot of times it isn't relevant. Even if you know the real names of some artists it doesn't matter. I remember seeing werewolf's name somewhere when i was expecting a package from him, but i never really gave it any thought until i noticed he prefers to keep himself anonymous. I don't see why i should care what others call him when he's at his day job.

To me it's more relevant with bands like DSO/Ghost etc, but that's more association. If they have pseudonyms in other bands that's good enough for me just to see what else they're involved it.

[Worthless Joke]

I don't know about identity theft, but the employability thing might be a problem sometimes, if you have an unusual name and a controversial band.

[AngeldeathGreg]