hi, you're right about the missing characters - please have a look at the ongoing discussion about this on http://setlistfm.uservoice.com/pages/14938-setlist-fm-features/suggestions/204995-polish-characters-missing - you can add your thoughts and vote for it. and cheers to you for adding all the setlists :-)

I agree that it's nice to have solos and improvizations in the setlists. But we need to be consistent so that the statistics are accurate. If you want to add solos/improvizations, make sure you add them to EVERY applicable setlist for that artist, even the setlists that you didn't create. Also make sure you name it the same in each setlist.

You can also add solos and improvizations using the @Info tag. Especially if it occurs in the middle of a song.

Regarding intros and outros. If it's a tape played over the PA (not performed by the band), we usually don't add it to the setlists. Again, consistency is important. If you want to add intros and outros, make sure you add them to EVERY applicable setlist for that artist, even the setlists that you didn't create.

hey dee! that's some great incentive you're planning. really cool. unfortunately we can't just turn russian characters on and off as we like - it would involve a fundamental change to the database system. but as the requests for characters other than latin1 become more and more, we'll talk about that as soon as possible, which will be in our next complete team meeting. so I'll tell you by tuesday next week how we go about this. until then: isn't it possible to take venues with their latin1 name? I'm sure all russian venues and cities can be written in western characters too, or am I missing an important point?

rock on

yep the artist import is another problem we're currently working on, but as it states on the import page - it's currently not our fault. but we're already working on a workaround.
thanks a lot for your insights, we'll take them as part of our team meeting. and yes, the stuff you did with the eastern bands (amongst which i only know phudys ... ) really sounds interesting. we'll keep you informed!

cheers,

Hi Deethewriter,
I see you listed a Metal Church show in Portland on 10/2/84. Would this have been supporting Megadeth?

Hey, I see you posted a setlist of my band Scattered Earth at the Tri-County Carnival in Levittown in May. We think its cool that you did that, the acknowledgement is appreciated, but just out of curiosity, how did you find out about us? Were you at the show?