Musicbanter Improvement Thread

Lucem Ferre · 12-30-2019, 12:55 AM

Okay, now the thread makes sense.

OccultHawk · 01-13-2020, 01:53 PM

Could one of the mods please sticky that which should be stuck and unsticky that which should be unstuck?

**Marie Monday** · 01-13-2020, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Could one of the mods please sticky that which should be stuck and unsticky that which should be unstuck?

on it (as far as I trust my judgement)

OccultHawk · 01-13-2020, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MarieMarie

on it (as far as I trust my judgement)

I’m no rocket thing but I figure it ain’t 2019 no more

**Marie Monday** · 01-13-2020, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I’m no rocket thing but I figure it ain’t 2019 no more

Yes, I unstickied the 2019 threads, other suggestions are welcome of course

Epikouros · 06-13-2020, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Could one of the mods please sticky that which should be stuck and unsticky that which should be unstuck?

I am making a reminder here. Many sticky threads on top of the page are not being used so much, maybe they should be unstuck and leave 2 or 3 popular threads in each forum. It is certainly confusing to have all these threads on top.

Key · 06-13-2020, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Epikouros

I am making a reminder here. Many sticky threads on top of the page are not being used so much, maybe they should be unstuck and leave 2 or 3 popular threads in each forum. It is certainly confusing to have all these threads on top.

The names of threads make it pretty easy to differentiate between them.

DwnWthVwls · 01-14-2020, 03:23 PM

All of them. The popular threads will remain at the top. Let the ones that cant hack it die.

Lisnaholic · 09-28-2020, 09:32 AM

Is it Krautrock or is it me?

Krautrock pops up regularly on MB as new people discover it or want to share a rec. On MB it's spread across several sections: Avant Garde, Electronica, Rock&Metal and Prog&Pysche. It doesn't really have a "homebase" thread, like other genres that come to mind. For instance, from MB's first page, it takes one click to go to the Ska section, another click on the first thread at the top, and there you are, picking up on the latest Ska recs.

You can't do that with Krautrock, which is why I'm suggesting we have a stickied thread in the Prog&Psyche subforum. Marie is kind of tentatively on board with the idea, but it would be nice to have a comment from other members so that she doesn't dismiss me as a lone crank. If you think it's a good idea, you could put a thumbs up below or follow Tristan's comment in this thread:-
https://www.musicbanter.com/rock-met...ml#post2137056

In detail, the thread could begin with an index to other Krautrock threads, then be a massive Krautrock Recommendation thread, which we already have as the Kosmische Musik/Krautrock thread. It could be done by merging two or perhaps three threads, and go under the admittedly clunky title: Krautrock Index and Recommendation Thread. Thus Krautrock would come of age and have a long, permanent Rec thread, hopefully more active because more accessible, the way it is for many genres here.

Lisnaholic · 12-28-2020, 08:11 AM

Thanks, addidass. I agree that we shouldn't expect mods to go through the boards looking for duplicate threads to merge.
Recently, Marie was kind enough to consider sorting out the Krautrock threads at my suggestion. The problem was that no one would even post a thumbs up to support the idea that we have one permanent go-to thread for Krautrock:-

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Krautrock pops up regularly on MB as new people discover it or want to share a rec. On MB it's spread across several sections: Avant Garde, Electronica, Rock&Metal and Prog&Pysche. It doesn't really have a "homebase" thread, like other genres that come to mind. For instance, from MB's first page, it takes one click to go to the Ska section, another click on the first thread at the top, and there you are, picking up on the latest Ska recs.

You can't do that with Krautrock, which is why I'm suggesting we have a stickied thread in the Prog&Psyche subforum. Marie is kind of tentatively on board with the idea, but it would be nice to have a comment from other members so that she doesn't dismiss me as a lone crank. If you think it's a good idea, you could put a thumbs up below or follow Tristan's comment in this thread:-
https://www.musicbanter.com/rock-met...ml#post2137056

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09-28-2020, 09:32 AM	#9 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Is it Krautrock or is it me? Krautrock pops up regularly on MB as new people discover it or want to share a rec. On MB it's spread across several sections: Avant Garde, Electronica, Rock&Metal and Prog&Pysche. It doesn't really have a "homebase" thread, like other genres that come to mind. For instance, from MB's first page, it takes one click to go to the Ska section, another click on the first thread at the top, and there you are, picking up on the latest Ska recs. You can't do that with Krautrock, which is why I'm suggesting we have a stickied thread in the Prog&Psyche subforum. Marie is kind of tentatively on board with the idea, but it would be nice to have a comment from other members so that she doesn't dismiss me as a lone crank. If you think it's a good idea, you could put a thumbs up below or follow Tristan's comment in this thread:- https://www.musicbanter.com/rock-met...ml#post2137056 In detail, the thread could begin with an index to other Krautrock threads, then be a massive Krautrock Recommendation thread, which we already have as the Kosmische Musik/Krautrock thread. It could be done by merging two or perhaps three threads, and go under the admittedly clunky title: Krautrock Index and Recommendation Thread. Thus Krautrock would come of age and have a long, permanent Rec thread, hopefully more active because more accessible, the way it is for many genres here. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953