Frequently asked questions / Help

General questions
1. What is Lololyrics, and why?
2. What are the site rules?
3. What guidelines should I follow when submitting lyrics?
4. Why can't I download the songs?
5. What's your privacy policy?
6. Who are these admins and moderators? Can I be one?
7. Who created Lololyrics?
8. Questions? Contact us

Lyrics / Requests
9. How do I submit a lyric?
10. How do I submit a request?
11. Can I embed a Youtube video to show it on the lyric page?
12. Where is my lyric I just submitted?

Comments / Chat
13. What more smileys are there?

More
14. Licensing and thanks.

General questions

#1 What is Lololyrics, and why?
Lololyrics is a site specialized in lyrics for electronic music, primarily focused on the harder genres of it. People who listen to hardstyle, hardcore or any other genres have never found any place to post their lyrics and they are commonly spread in forum threads instead, which is very ineffective.

I started working on Lololyrics as I saw the same thread on several different forums: "Post hardstyle/core lyrics".. What I wanted to do was to give them first of all a central place for all the lyrics, and to have it easy - so they can quickly register and add their own lyrics.

Why name it Lololyrics?
Many, many eons ago; the then dominant species on Earth were almost exterminated by an awful plague.
Left was only one man and he tried his best to reproduce using nothing but what nature could provide, thus he didn't succeed. (He needed a woman. This isn't an episode of Lost, Fringe or The X-Files)
The Incans refer to this man as "Mr. Lolo" ..

Maybe this is true, maybe it isn't. I heard the real story is hidden somewhere on the site.

#2 What are the site rules?
Welcome to Lololyrics. This site exists to give its user a unified place to post and discuss lyrics. For it to work in a good way we unfortunately need a set of rules.

Illegal content
Examples:
* Warez (Do not make it available in any way)
* Pornography of any kind (no porn at all on Lololyrics)
* Racism
* Attacking the site or its user (Surely you can keep a conversation at a high level and discuss using arguments?)
* Utilizing the site in a malicious way (spamming, scamming, hacking, etc.)

Undesired activities:
* Deliberately trying to insult or provoking people. (Trolling)
* Posting made up facts, give us a way of verifying. (Sure, you know the artist, but another person just claimed the opposite saying he knew another artist)
* Anonymously representing a company, organisation or site and using Lololyrics for commercial gain. (Shilling)
* Collecting data regarding the site or its members (Mining)
* You may only use one account on the site. (No duplicate accounts or evading bans)

Etiquette:
The official language on the site is English. Stick to it unless it's a foreign request or lyric.
Users are responsible for the content they post. In case of breaking the rules or receiving a valid complaint we will look into it in a reasonable amount of time.
You may not use an offending name or impersonate other people. (E.g. DJ's or producers)
We reserve the right to send you email messages in case of changes on the site or your account. For example sending you an email if your lyric request gets added by another user.
Do not use the request and lyric comments as a social chatbox telling us about your day, use the chat page for that. :)

Repeated violations or a severe violation may lead to your access being temporarily or permanently revoked.

#3 What guidelines should I follow when submitting lyrics?
A. Genres we allow
Lololyrics is a site dedicated solely to Electronic Dance Music. This means that we allow music like Techno, House, Hardstyle, Hardcore, Drum & Bass, Dubstep, Trance and other EDM genres.
We do not allow things like hip hop, reggae, rock, jazz and classical music.

B. Lyric text quality
1. Try to use well known spellings of each word, even if it's slang (ex. "cause" is better than "cos" or "cuz"
2. Lyrics should have a source, or contain more than six different words not including the words in the title. E.g. songs without a source with the same two words repeated over and over will not be accepted.
3. Split up the lyric in sections for easier readability. (Logical grouping while listening to the song) Typing it in one monstrous wall of text may lead to it being disapproved.
4. Start every line with a capital letter. Don't Capitalize Every Word In The Line Like This.
5. There's no need to end the lines with a comma or dot, although a question mark is recommended in case of questions.
6. Mark repetitions in a song with brackets.
i. Mark line repetitions with a [2x] at the end of the line, where 2 is the number of repetitions. If there's an unknown or big number of repeats you may use a question mark, like this: Do you like violence? [?x]
iii. Mark repetitions of whole verses by placing the [3x] after the block, like so:

The beats, the bombs
The beats, this is how we do it!
[3x]

iv. Mark individual word repetitions with parenthesis,
ex. "Raise your fist, for angerfist! (fist [?x])" would be the same as "Raise your fist, for angerfist! fist fist fist fist fist fist fist"

7. Mark words you can't make out with three periods in brackets, [...] , if there are too many, you're better of posting it as a request to get other users to help you fill in the blanks.

C. Sources
1. If the lyric sounds like it's using samples from another song or a movie, try to search the web for it, and add any found source(s) in the 'source' field.
2. Sources should be split up using the '|' character to specify more than one source.
3. Keep the source name simple, specify additional details in the notes if necessary.

D. Notes
1. If you want to include a youtube video with your lyric, specify the ID of the video inside a [youtube] [/youtube] tag, check part #11 about embedding youtube videos if you need further help.
2. Specify in the notes any additional details about the source that you would like to clarify (ex. 'From the movie K-Pax (2001) in the intro sequence').

E. Mashups, megamixes
1. Megamixes (rapid mixing of multiple tracks) and Mashups (combining different songs to form one song) are only allowed when they are officially released. Make sure it can be verified or it will be removed. There are a lot of people creating homemade mixes or songs and sometimes they add it under a false name. (E.g. Angerfist - Terror Of My Speedcore)

Please only submit the lyric if you have a good understanding of it. Do not simply leave out parts of the text because you can't understand, it will be removed. Don't submit lyrics you can't verify because you don't know the language.

Can I add track X?
We do not support leaked tracks. Tracks will be considered for approval if they have been:
(A) Released on a label or by the artist itself. Music by upcoming producers are welcome as long as a (legal) link to the track is provided.
(B) Played at a big event or if it has been broadcasted on a noticeable radio station with permission of the artist. Leave the album field empty to avoid confusion.

Previews are only allowed if they are presented by the responsible label or artist, and if the preview represents a considerable part of the track.
When submitting a preview, mark it with [Preview] in the title and provide a reference to the preview itself. The album field should be left empty until release, to avoid confusion.
Once the track is released, the submitter is naturally obliged to edit the lyric including album info within reasonable time.

#4 Why can't I download the songs?
Lololyrics does not approve of illegal filesharing. If a song is freely available it probably has information below about where you can download it.

If an artist spends a lot of time and money on a track and want something in return for it, it should be respected. If a car is too expensive, you look for other interesting objects, don't you? If there's no demand for it the artist will have to reconsider.
Still think we should provide downloads? It's illegal according to the law, I won't take the fall for it. (I'd probably be sentenced to jail and get a huge fine, while more serious crimes will have very relaxed punishments)

The 1m30s previews you can hear at some of the songs is legally provided by our affiliate DJTunes.com which specialize in digital dance music. Next to the preview you will find a link which will allow you to purchase it. This will support the artist.

#5 What's your privacy policy?
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website.
These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.

#6 Who are these admins and moderators? Can I be one?
Admins: atomicoz
Moderators: eddie, HardstyleLJ, Imil, invictus, MarlboroMan, Pain, Roby31

If you think you would be a valuable and active moderator, please contact us and apply.

Requirements:
* You like helping people. (In other words, you want to help people as much as possible. You do not get annoyed but instead fix and/or tell if people miss minor things)
* Good understanding of English. (Spelling errors, grammar, decent vocabulary so you won't mistake words for something else, etc.)
* Submitted a 'bunch' (10-20) of flawless lyrics so you get the hang of the rules regarding lyric formatting, finding sources, when to tag it as a preview, etc.

Plus:
* Understanding of other languages than English. (Hell, if you know Japanese we will probably bow before you. )

#7 Who created the site?
A Swede! Oh yes, meatballs, IKEA, and now - Lololyrics! I'm a man with a passion for good music, friends, computers, twisting words to mean other things and pleasing people.

If you happen to use this site a lot and like it, please consider donating a few bucks

#8 Questions? Contact us
Feel free to contact us for any feedback or criticism. (whether it be negative or positive)

ps, no more nude pics of yourself, videos are still OK. ;)

Lyrics / Requests

#9 How do I submit a lyric?
Before you can support Lololyrics by submitting lyrics you have to create an account. This also enables you to keep track of your requests, what lyrics you have submitted, post comments on lyrics etc.

Click here to create an account

When you're signed in you simply press the "Add lyric" link which is placed to the left on the menu

#10 How do I submit a request?
Just like when submitting a lyric, this also requires you to have an account at Lololyrics.com. This also enables you to keep track of your requests, what lyrics you have submitted, post comments on lyrics etc.

Click here to create an account

When you're signed in you simply press the "Add request" link which is placed to the left on the menu

#11 Can I embed a Youtube video to show it on the lyric page?
Yes. To do that you can use the [youtube] tag. This tag will only work in the Additional Notes field

Copy the 11 symbol long ID which is after the "v=" part of the link and put it in the youtube BBCode.

Example to make it easier:
Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CSmDZ-CaZ7I
What you write: [youtube]CSmDZ-CaZ7I[/youtube]

PS. You can't do this on videos where it says "embedding disabled by request". You'll get a "Video unavailable" if you try to embed such a video. Most videos on Youtube allow embedding.

#12 Where is my lyric I just submitted?
Before your lyric is shown on the site it has to be approved by one of our moderators.
This is to ensure that the lyric meets our guidelines.

If your lyric doesn't miss anything and it follows our guidelines, rest assured that it will be approved when we have verified it.

Comments / Chat

#13 What more smileys are there?
Below is a list of most of the smileys that can be used here on the site.

Smiley	How to do it		Smiley	How to do it		Smiley	How to do it
	:) or :-)			:D or :-D			:P or :-P
	:O or :-O			^^ or ^_^			(H), 8-) or :cool:
	:(			:'( or :cry:			:\ or :-\
	:lol:			(6) or :devil:			:sick:
	:one: or (y)			O_O or O.O			:wave:
	o_O or o.O			:roll: or :eyeroll:			:yawn:
	._. or :meh:			:dance:			:sombrero: or :hat:
	>_> or :paranoid:			:confused: or :?			:dunno: or :shrug:
	:fist: or :angerfist:			<3 or :love:			:whoop: or :woo:
	:star: or (*)			:V or :pacman:			(8) or :music:

#14 Licensing, thanks, and more
Thanks to Cliff for coming up with the site name and giving me many useful advices when first starting up.

Thanks to Azrael for creating the current design (lolo v2)

"Wordpress Audio Player" is licensed under the MIT License
(Used at some lyric pages to legally provide 1:30 previews courtesy of DJTunes.com)

"jQuery" javascript library is dual licensed under the MIT and GPL license.
- Plugins used: qTip (MIT), jGrow (MIT, GPL) and tablesorter (MIT, GPL)

And of course a big thanks to all the moderators for the huge amount of time spent on verifying lyrics.

Thanks for using Lololyrics!