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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Grey market
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on: February 08, 2008, 01:42:02 PM
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Lately a number of unsortable items were (or are being) released:
- Zappa In Barcelona
- Live Transmissions
- Derailroaded - Inside The Mind Of Larry "Wild Man" Fischer
- Music In Review
- Transmissions
- A Token Of His Extreme
Most of these items likely come from the grey market.
So I suspect we should handle them differently in order to avoid confusion with regular releases of better quality.
Should we create a dedicated category Grey market? |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Australian editions
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on: February 06, 2008, 06:44:29 AM
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Warning, it seems that the article that was the most used as a source for Australian releases (including the Zappa Patio for instance) is not accurate => http://www.science.uva.nl/~robbert/zappa/interviews/australia.html
However it seems that a guy managed to sort out things => http://www.zappainaustralia.com/
Not a big deal yet in the wiki as I always try to find several evidences including visual.
This lead me to think that I need to find a way to cite sources in the versions tab.
This could be a bit hard as a most of the information I got so far (ean codes & release dates for instance) come either from commercial (jbook.com) and auctions sites (eBay) that do not necessarily last or records I do own (matrix numbers) or see in shops (I take pictures from time to time)...
So for each single line in the tab, I may have more than 5 different sources which is not so easy to manage. |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Recent wiki vandalism
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on: October 04, 2007, 03:35:23 AM
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From: http://jrandomhacker.info/MediaWiki_troubleshootingCannot use an & in a page title
Visiting the page truncates the title and shows a blank page.
Brion replied:
This is a problem with your rewrite rules. Apache unescapes the string, including the ampersand, so when you place it into the query string it counts as two separate parameters.
To avoid this you can:
1) Use an Alias directive instead of mod_rewrite; this is the simplest in most cases.
2) Use the ampescape patch to Apache (in maintenance/) to add a rewrite modifier function which can properly re-escape the ampersand.
Any help to us? |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Recent wiki vandalism
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on: October 03, 2007, 05:11:32 PM
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The redirection can be temporarily put in an already existing page such as Frank Zappa (for instance #REDIRECT[[Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention (The Album)]]).
So there is no blocking point to move *&* to *And*. It's just very time consuming 
A big part has been completed (Category:Samplers & Promos and America Drinks & Goes Home have been like hell, the Tributes should be the same).
The remaining are:
Category:Schools & Colleges
Category:Tributes & Cover Albums
Category:Tributes & Cover Bands
A&E Biography
Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Amos & Andy
Baby Ray & The Ferns
Battle of Eric Burdon & the Animals and the Mothers of Invention
Chunky, Novi & Ernie
Conrad & The Hurricane Strings
Cops & Buns
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (partially solved)
Cucamonga Science & Beyond
Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers
Don & Dewey
Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula
Dwarf Nebula Professional March & Dwarf Nebula
El-Malo Ryuichiro Yunoki & Shalgekazu Alla Meets Fz
El-Malo Ryuichiro Yunoki & Shigekazu Aida Meets Frank Zappa
Flo & Eddie (partially solved)
FZ & The Mothers Of Invention (The Bootleg)
Fast & Bulbous
Frank Zappa & l'Amérique parfaite
Frank Zappa & la dînette de chrome
Frank Zappa & les mères de l'invention
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention (The Album)
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention (The Album - 2)
Freaks & Motherfuckers
Freaks & Motherfuckers (BTB)
Gary Puckett & the Union Gap
Gene & Eunice
Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions
Harry & Rhonda
Hot & Putrid
JCB & Kansas On The Bus
JIM & I "The Siamese Twins"
Jim & Tammy's Upper Room
Joe's Garage Acts 2 & 3
Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III
Joe's Garage Acts II & III
Joe Perrino & The Mellotones
John & Yoko
Le Concert Impromptu & Bossini
Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
Loeb & Leopold
London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I & II
Lowell George & The Factory
Lucy's Seduction Of A Bored Violinist & Postlude
Lumpy Gravy & Elsewhere
Mom & Dad
Needles & Pins
Pigs & Repugnant
Resolver & Brutality
Revised Music For Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra
Roxy & Elsewhere (partially fixed)
Rock Flashbacks: Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
Sacco & Vanzetti
Sam The Sham & The Pharaos
Scratch & Sniff
Simon & Garfunkel
Sky Saxon & The Seeds
Sonny & Cher
The Legend Of Cleetus Awreetus-Awrightus & the Grand Wazoo
The Nancy & Mary Music
The Story Of Ruben & The Jets
Tom & Jerry
Unmatched, Absolutely Five & Sex
Varèse: The Rage & The Fury
Vito's Studio & Store
Zappa: Leading The Way In Digital & CD Technologies |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Recent wiki vandalism
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on: October 03, 2007, 01:55:44 PM
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Okay, relatively limited impact on the categories...
Category:Clubs & Bars
Category:Samplers & Promos
Category:Schools & Colleges
Category:Tributes & Cover Albums
Category:Tributes & Cover Bands |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Recent wiki vandalism
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on: October 03, 2007, 12:21:05 PM
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I couldn't tell.
Below is the list of the pages impacted with the ampersand issue (exception made for pages mentionned earlier in this post):
A&E Biography
Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
America Drinks & Goes Home
Amos & Andy
Baby Ray & The Ferns
Battle of Eric Burdon & the Animals and the Mothers of Invention
Chunky, Novi & Ernie
Conrad & The Hurricane Strings
Cops & Buns
Cucamonga Science & Beyond
Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers
Don & Dewey
Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula
Dwarf Nebula Professional March & Dwarf Nebula
El-Malo Ryuichiro Yunoki & Shalgekazu Alla Meets Fz
El-Malo Ryuichiro Yunoki & Shigekazu Aida Meets Frank Zappa
FZ & The Mothers Of Invention (The Bootleg)
Fast & Bulbous
Frank Zappa & l'Amérique parfaite
Frank Zappa & la dînette de chrome
Frank Zappa & les mères de l'invention
Freaks & Motherfuckers
Freaks & Motherfuckers (BTB)
Gary Puckett & the Union Gap
Gene & Eunice
Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions
Harry & Rhonda
Hot & Putrid
Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin
JCB & Kansas On The Bus
JIM & I "The Siamese Twins"
Jim & Tammy's Upper Room
Joe's Garage Acts 2 & 3
Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III
Joe's Garage Acts II & III
Joe Perrino & The Mellotones
John & Yoko
Le Concert Impromptu & Bossini
Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
Loeb & Leopold
Lowell George & The Factory
Lucy's Seduction Of A Bored Violinist & Postlude
Lumpy Gravy & Elsewhere
Mom & Dad
Needles & Pins
Pigs & Repugnant
Resolver & Brutality
Revised Music For Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra
Rock Flashbacks: Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
Sacco & Vanzetti
Sam The Sham & The Pharaos
Scratch & Sniff
Shut Up & Play yer Guitar Bonus
Shut Up & Play yer Guitar Promo
Simon & Garfunkel
Sky Saxon & The Seeds
Sonny & Cher
The Legend Of Cleetus Awreetus-Awrightus & the Grand Wazoo
The Nancy & Mary Music
The Story Of Ruben & The Jets
Tom & Jerry
Unmatched, Absolutely Five & Sex
Varèse: The Rage & The Fury
Vito's Studio & Store
Zappa: Leading The Way In Digital & CD Technologies |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Recent wiki vandalism
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on: October 03, 2007, 06:27:20 AM
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Ok, I guess the redirection should be considered as a temporary workaround because it prevents from using the 'What links here' functionality.
Plus I found a few exceptions that cannot be solved with a simple redirection.
London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I
will obviously not redirect to
London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I & II
Frank Zappa will not redirect to
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention (The Album)
or
Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention (The Album - 2)
Anyway I will apply the workaround everywhere it is possible.
In a second time, I will move the pages and then replace "&" by "And" anywhere I can. |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Recent wiki vandalism
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on: October 03, 2007, 05:13:46 AM
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Thank you very much Barry.
This new sausage in the logo is cool.
Sure I started to hunt the errors, the only one I found so far is on my own page which uses borderline syntax. |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Anatomy of a DISCOGRAPHY
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on: October 01, 2007, 03:42:45 PM
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I've not been visiting the Zappa Wiki Jawaka pages for months (years), and now have been looking for thing - but couldn't always find...
The way I see it it works as it worked before - and with which I really cannot do a thing. Full of "skeleton pages" with NO INFOS in them. The MAIN thing in the wiki-world is that if a link is red, there is no info behind it, if its blue, ther IS something there. I was glad to find things on the theme of the OSFA star map - and been very sad to find that there are NO INFOS for qiute a lot of things.
It is sad because this way I will continue not-using the wiki (as I did not use it for months), and I will HAVE TO continue not contributing it - simply because I do not understand the structure.
So: I think skeleton pages should be removed, filled with information, or whatever - this way it is just no good.
I've been talking about it before, but nothing changed. Okay, things don't have to go "my way", but this way I cannot contribute, I cannot use it.
(But anyway, the correct usage f the wiki-structure is not "my way", I think. Its the "normal way".)
its a pity.
Hi Bálint,
Many potential contributors might share the same opinion as yours and then get discouraged.
Let's hope we can find a solution very soon in order to help you (and other people) to edit.
And most of all, I would be very happy to see you back here.
C U soon |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Re: Recent wiki vandalism
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on: October 01, 2007, 09:08:59 AM
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But why? What is the point of it? They are obviously unaware of the low volume of contributions so they will be spotted and reverted straight away. 1.4.2!!! Wikipedia (now at 1.11.0) uses a CAPTCHA for registration and before you can save an article with a web link within the text. One day all upgrades will come with a Revert button I just managed to successfully install 1.11.0 on a test domain and upgrade (a copy of) the old database in the process... huzzah! I'll be attempting the same on the live wiki. Stay tuned...  
Thanks Barry |
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Frank Zappa / Zappa Wiki Jawaka / Recent wiki vandalism
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on: October 01, 2007, 03:53:19 AM
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Hello guys,
I think the recent issues are due to a vandalbot.
Seems there is no real permanent way to cure this, except maybe to add a kind of Turing test in the subscription form.
These two softwares may help to get rid of bots from subscribing:The contribution concept of reCAPTCHA seems to be particularly interesting.
What's your opinion Barry?
I might implement a prototype on a wiki sandbox (if I find time to do so). |
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