@gp2 - what would you consider critical info in "other notes"? That's the most "subjective" part of the content and can be hard to keep in sync.
There are surely better examples, and I can't remember much of the specific knowledge I've sought that has been missing, but one example, just to give you an idea, is the two appearances of "Two Hearts Beat as One (Import Mix)" in the discography:
http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/sing014.html (which features no data on this b-side whatsoever in the Other Notes section)
http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/sing011.html (which, in reference to this b-side, only vaguely states "This mix is closer to the Kervorkian mix in sound." But what does that mean? It was due to Trevor's insight on this forum that I finally got clarification that this track is merely an edit of the "Long Version", not truly a unique mix)
Hopefully this gives a sense of where I think information could be clarified and embellished. While we're taking redesign notes, I'm also compelled to note that anytime I have attempted to send corrections or additions to the discography, I never receive a reply. Once, I sent a lengthy email detailing a rare Japanese CD that I came across at eil.com which I'd never seen or heard of before (prompting me to purchase it for the ungodly sum of $75) called BAND AID SPECIAL which, to my knowledge, remains the only official digital release of "Do They Know It's Christmas (12" Mix)" and "Feed the World" in existence. My submission, which included full cover scans as proof of its existence, was never acknowledged or added to the site. I would hope that these types of user-submitted updates would get appropriate attention moving forward...
Hmm. Since I've never heard of a digital release of DTKIC (12") I certainly don't remember ever getting an email from you about the topic. Now it's entirely possible that I just didn't read something. Can you tell me what email address it would have came from so I can search my archives? I never throw away any email, so if I did receive it I'd still have it. I'd like to check to make sure I'm getting your emails at the very least. PM me if you don't want to list it on here...I've searched for any mention in my inbox for these songs and cannot find any email referencing them.
Now regularly I receive 4-5 pieces of information every day for the disco on top of numerous pieces of other u2 related junk mail. Unfortunately most of these are scans of bootleg items these days and people asking about them before buying. Does anyone really think "Mercy" was on a promo CD pressed five years ago? With work and other commitments, the page has not been updated for months. In order to do fourteen U2 shows, I took a significant amount of vacation time and traveled the world. That's the time I typically would take to work on the site. In 2004 I took three days off to finish things up before the launch of the website. I am however, storing this material for future use, but unfortunately that's about all I have time for is storing it and not sorting through what is useful and what is not. The storage bin of "to do" stuff dates back to 2000. Some of it's been addressed, but other things still sit in limbo. If someone contributes a significant amount of material i try to respond, and at the very least say 'thank you, it'll take a while' but granted i may not have hit everyone along the way, especially if the mail comes in when I'm not at home and don't have the freedom of an instant reply.
When will I get to updates again? I have the by song listings up to date and on my harddrive. I've attempted to keep those the most current part of the site. I'm currently moving to a new apartment, and catching up on work after the tour activities. I expect around Christmas time I will start to have some free time to work on things again, and Carl and I will be discussing options for making the data much easier to update and maintain. As it sits right now I hand code each page that you see, maintain all the links manually, and at most use an old version of Netscape to help set some of my graphics. It's not very friendly.
Sorry it's been lacking in updates. Things were turning around with the release of the first couple of singles, but the tour has taken all of my attention, and that is unlikely to shift when it kicks into gear again next year. But we will use the downtime to try to get some section of the site back up to par and hopefully introduce some means of helping things update better. I will warn you that means that other sections are being permanently shelved for retirement...
I will thank Brad here for all his help with the news bits on the front page. Without him, there would be very little in the line of discography information period in a timely manner. Unfortunately, his access does not allow for updates of the discography itself, so these are just that 'front page' news bits.
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