The Issue with Attachments

Some of you may have seen the thread from SB. In case you ignored it or weren't there, here it is again. My idea is to have all of the various attachments on Concerthall (sheetmusic, etc) hosted offline, so as there isn't as much stress on the admins and the server. Miles even made a journal entry about the problem and there are plenty of people here that don't take too kindly to the problem, so to speak.

Also, there needs to be more intelligent discussion in here. The majority of people come here, request something, get it, and never participate in discussion. Or, they come here, request something, request it again, whine about not getting it yet, request another upload site, etc. Sure, downloading sheetmusic or recordings is good, but what about discussing what you're getting? Our community is deteriorating because of this. The other sections have lots and lots of discussion. But why not this one? Thoughts?

Also, remember that the #concerthall IRC channel is a great place for music discussion.

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55 views and no thoughts? The lack of discussion in this thread highlights one of my points exactly.

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Also, look at the amount of dead threads in the Listening Room, and even Musician's Library. The whole Listening Room is dead, actually. When the "Identify the Composer" thread was active, and maybe some of the others, it was better. But now it seems that mindless leeching has taken over. There needs to be some serious attention to this situation before Concerthall gets overrun even more with leechers and a lack of discussion.

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Originally Posted by ♪^___^♪

As for the attachments themselves, I don't think they'd actually be that much of a problem were it not for the indifference or lack of courtesy towards GFF shown by many concerthallers. I'd rather work on the latter part than remove the attachments altogether.

Did you happen to see Miles' journal entry? If he has a problem with it, clearly it is an important problem. I think both the indifference and lack of courtesy and the problem with the large attachments both need to be worked on. We're using up like 25GB! How much do you think the other parts of GFF are using up? Nowhere near as much. I don't think it's fair, even if there is no issue with space. And besides, the recordings are hosted off line. Why not the sheetmusic? People download both things about equally, and no one has complained about the recordings being hosted off line.

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Originally Posted by AcerBandit

I've left a 10 day announcement throughout Concert Hall and Other Requests in light of the redirect getting bumped off the planet.

Thanks for that. People there need to see it and God knows how many threads would have bumped it off and this thread would be even more ignored than it already is.

Originally Posted by ♪^___^♪

The thing is, after the last two or three crashes, I asked the administration each time about the sheet music attachments, suggesting they be hosted off-site if space was an issue. And, each time, I was told it wasn't, that they could be kept on-site. And suddenly this becomes a huge problem and we're under fire. Make up your minds, guys.

Well, the library of attachments has grown exponentially since the last few crashes occurred. There have been many contributors, many of them who have posted tons and tons and tons just by themselves. I remember when I first came to GFF, the sheet music section was nowhere as large as it is today. I could see how it wasn't a problem then. But now I think it is getting out of hand and some change needs to occur.

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I think the general concensus is that FTPs become the norm in Concerthall. We should probably stop quibbling about possible solutions and start thinking about how to put this plan into action. A lot of us have already agreed that this is the best option for relieving the stress on GFF's server. The 3-6 month flush idea is great too. I've been to forums that have that same policy and it has worked without a hitch. And a reupload thread where you request things that had been deleted would be necessary as well. So hows about we start enacting some of our current decisions? Or are there any objections still?

I was speaking idiomatically.

If we go the route of FTPs or upload sites, it might not be gone forever. And besides, the index might act as a good database once it is "useless". It guarantees that someone in the community will have what you are looking for, which means that if it isn't reuploaded after you request it, someone is a greedy bastard (instead of it plain not being on the internet or available from someone). So all is not lost with the index.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I admit to not knowing too much about FTPs (just how to access and leech off them, somewhat). What would it require to set one up, exactly?

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Well, I have all the necessary things for an FTP. I have a great university line and I have a semi-good line at home (when I'm there). And my computer is continuously on. If no one else would like to volunteer, I'd be willing to do it.

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I think I'm going to go for it if no one else would like to volunteer. I use tons of p2p software, torrents, etc and have never been caught and gotten no notices, so i think it should be fine. Well, here comes the long haul of getting everything on the FTP...

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I think it should be fine now. If people missed some things, they can request a reupload in the thread.

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