# Found a vulgar edit - What to do?
**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982
**Category:** MusicBrainz
**Created:** [January 2, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982 "2026-01-02T02:43:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@RandomMushroom128](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/RandomMushroom128)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/21 "2026-02-12T20:11:21Z")
What are we even doing đ voting is exhausting but this shouldnât happen again to a real release (thatâs 2 releases i know are real in a short time nowâŚ)
Wasnât there a (now invalid ofcourse) bandcamp link attached or in the add release edit notes?
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### Author:  [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2026, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/22 "2026-02-12T21:15:38Z")
Good riddance.
[If you follow](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/139758441/data) the artist link and the other linked artists, there are still many other fake music releases to remove, IMO, all added by @sexsexsex (probably same person as Zippy Kid).
But Iâm not wasting my time with this.
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### Author:  [@RandomMushroom128](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/RandomMushroom128)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/23 "2026-02-12T21:41:19Z")
> [@jesus2099](#):
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> Good riddance.
No. [About - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/About)
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### Author:  [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/24 "2026-02-12T23:34:22Z")
> [@RandomMushroom128](#):
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> No. [About - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/About)
Which part of this page mentions troll releases? đ
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### Author:  [@RandomMushroom128](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/RandomMushroom128)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/25 "2026-02-13T05:58:57Z")
Not specifically but i was referring to this whole part
> As an encyclopedia and a community, MusicBrainz exists to collect as much information about music as possible. We do not discriminate or prefer one genre of music to another, and we try to collect information about as many different types of music as we can. Whether it is published or unpublished, popular or fringe, western or non-western, played by humans or computer generated â we want it all recorded in MusicBrainz.
How do you even define âtrollâ releases anyway, and what sets it aside from an experimental album which cover art and titles you just donât like or get. Who decides what is and isnât? I see no reason why this release or any other of Zippy Kidâs music shouldnât be on MusicBrainz.
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### Author:  [@reosarevok](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/reosarevok)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/26 "2026-02-13T09:09:29Z")
This should probably be readded, and itâs amazing that it basically only was a problem in last.fm because 20 years later, they are _still_ unable to differentiate artists of the same name đ¤Śââď¸
That said, the artist does seem like a troll and I certainly canât be bothered to fix and readd his stuff.
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### Author:  [@14Super60pa](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/14Super60pa)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/27 "2026-02-13T15:05:59Z")
Yeah, its real annoying that Last.FMâs structure is based on the artistâs name. Even with referencing the MBID for their API still returns back to the names. But Iâm sure it would require them to associate each scrobble to MB or another DB to untangle their mess.
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### Author:  [@Beckfield](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Beckfield)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/28 "2026-02-13T18:40:00Z")
> [@RandomMushroom128](#):
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> We do not discriminate or prefer one genre of music to another, and we try to collect information about as many different types of music as we can. Whether it is published or unpublished, popular or fringe, western or non-western, played by humans or computer generated â we want it all recorded in MusicBrainz.
I was done with this thread, but certain points keep nagging at me.
Iâm fine with the goal of recording info about all types of music, but I would hope that the goal is to record _accurate_ information about that music. That was my objection to the edits/editor in question, not, as was unkindly assumed, because I âdonât like it.â It was clear, at least to me, that the editor was entering untrue credits, for example (werenât they crediting things to Taylor Swift, or am I confusing this case with another?).
And now Iâm done with this thread again.
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### Author:  [@aerozol](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/aerozol)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/29 "2026-02-13T21:20:29Z")
> [@Beckfield](#):
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> It was clear, at least to me, that the editor was entering untrue credits, for example (werenât they crediting things to Taylor Swift, or am I confusing this case with another?).
Not as far as I am aware, it was always new artists (but I may have missed something).
I have opened a merge to have âPink Floydâ as an alias rather than a separate artist entity, which tbh seems like a basic fix that would solve everyoneâs issues with this, including lfm?
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### Author:  [@IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/IvanDobsky)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/30 "2026-02-13T21:34:05Z")
> [@aerozol](#):
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> I have opened a merge to have âPink Floydâ as an alias rather than a separate artist entity, which tbh seems like a basic fix that would solve everyoneâs issues with this, including lfm?
This I agree with here. The artist is picking random name to associate their music to so they can get a reaction. Especially when they then only release the one track. These are aliases. Underneath is the original artist.
Rude words in titles should not be a reason to delete a release. Even low circulation numbers should not stop the record of the release. Especially as in this case the personâs release has caused debate. That alone is noteworthy.
Seeing Last.FM deleting releases as they break their lousy system is the worst part of all of this.
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### Author:  [@RandomMushroom128](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/RandomMushroom128)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/31 "2026-02-14T13:08:50Z")
> [@reosarevok](#):
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> This should probably be readded,
Thanks, readded it, as open edits because itâs controversial but I donât think that should be necessary [Edits for Wish I fuck her - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/f83b6e55-1db2-41b8-b0f3-cb48a7c5a0fb/edits)
I left out the status because it might have been removed by bandcamp but Iâd think the artist doesnât see it as not official anymore?
> [@Beckfield](#):
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> That was my objection to the edits/editor in question, not, as was unkindly assumed, because I âdonât like it.â
Sorry, but that comment was not directed at you but to jesus đ
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### Author:  [@IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/IvanDobsky)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/32 "2026-02-14T18:27:14Z")
> [@RandomMushroom128](#):
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> I left out the status because it might have been removed by bandcamp
I think that fits under âwithdrawnâ.
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### Author:  [@RandomMushroom128](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/RandomMushroom128)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/33 "2026-02-14T19:12:24Z")
Iâve seen multiple editors say this and I can see the argument, but I still disagree (or lean towards disagreeing, not entirely convinced). To quote [the guidelines](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Release#Status):
> An official release that was actively withdrawn from circulation by the artist and/or their record company after being released,
Bandcamp isnât a record company and the artist didnât have anything to do with this being removed.
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### Author:  [@IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/IvanDobsky)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/34 "2026-02-14T21:36:50Z")
It may not have been the artist or the label, but it has been withdrawn from circulation by the only source where it was available.
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### Author:  [@chaban](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/chaban)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/35 "2026-02-14T21:46:57Z")
If the party responsible for the removal doesnât matter wouldnât that also include government mandated takedowns?
[I have asked before whether platforms removing releases are withdrawn](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/announcement-new-release-statuses-cancelled-and-withdrawn/572974/15)
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### Author:  [@aerozol](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/aerozol)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/found-a-vulgar-edit-what-to-do/813982/36 "2026-02-16T18:08:23Z")
If it makes you feel better @RandomMushroom128, the âexpungedâ status was created so that releases could be marked as withdrawn without impacting the DB too much/so theyâre not so much of a big deal. If release groups are ever hidden from artist pages, etc, it would only be the more extreme âexpungedâ type. I agree that âwithdrawnâ has a few different interpretations, but I wouldnât lose sleep over it myself!
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