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kk



Joined: 09 Jan 2005
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta
PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:56 pm Reply with quote
Okay, so I'm trying to submit some information on bands and stuff. However, the format for blood types, date of birth, etc, only allow one person's information to be shown.
Like for example, for Dir en grey how do you submit all the band members birth dates and blood types? The format only allows one birth date. Should I use the other info section to submit the data? Or should I just put down when the band formed?

I know this seems a little confusing. I don't have the best grammar. Sorry. Any help, or possibly clarification, would be appreciated.
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AnimeFreak28



Joined: 16 Dec 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 3:04 am Reply with quote
Linkage would help.
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Dan42
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Joined: 02 Jan 2002
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Location: Montreal
PostPosted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 9:56 am Reply with quote
Yes, you can only enter one birth date for a person because human beings are only born once. The problem here is that "Dir en Grey" was added as if it was a person when it fact it is a band. It's not a person, but it's not really a company either. Until now I don't think we've had a firm policy regarding band names, but from now on let's say they belong under "companies", not "staff". It's not entirely accurate but at least it's better than the alternative.
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dormcat
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Joined: 08 Dec 2003
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Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC
PostPosted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:30 am Reply with quote
Is it possible to add "group" for "people", like "omnibus" for "anime" and "magazine" for "manga"?
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holl.e.rama



Joined: 09 Jul 2004
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Location: California
PostPosted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 1:08 pm Reply with quote
What I've seen some people do for certain bands is list the band name under who sang the theme song, but under the "staff" list they put each band member's name so there would be a separate page for each member. I think it would work well that way, maybe.

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Dan42
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:50 am Reply with quote
dormcat wrote:
Is it possible to add "group" for "people", like "omnibus" for "anime" and "magazine" for "manga"?

Not in the near future, but I'll keep it in mind for the next version of the encyc.
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Dan42
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:52 am Reply with quote
Hollerama wrote:
What I've seen some people do for certain bands is list the band name under who sang the theme song, but under the "cast" list they put each band member's name so there would be a separate page for each member. I think it would work well that way, maybe.

op/ed music should be listed under "staff", definitely not under "cast".
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