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So, we're in the quarterfinals now, and the World category is still in desperate need of attention. There are songs in the top 10 that are, to me, obviously off-topic. It seems like no one has read the actual guidelines OurStage has put forth regarding what fits in that category. For example, there's a song with a bossa nova groove, Spanish style playing, and Spanish vocals. That's all well and good, but there's a "Latin" category which is specific for that kind of music! Then there are songs with one ethnic drumloop in the background with completely Western sounds, writing, vocals, etc. I don't think that is "World", I think that is "Rock" or "Jazz" or the actual PRIMARY genre of the piece.

Because we're now in the quarterfinals I implore the OurStage staff to please be more proactive in removing or re-classifying songs that are in the wrong genre!

If I may make a suggestion on how to improve things, or rather, two suggestions;

1. When judging, there should be a prominent description of the genre being judged right above the songs that are playing. Then, in red text, fans should be asked to please flag any songs that don't fall into that description as "Off Topic"!

2. When uploading a song, the system should STOP you once you select a genre and do the following;

* Display a description of the genre you picked and say, "Are you sure this is what you want?"

* Provide alternative suggestions for genre classification. eg. If you pick World, it should say "Is your song primarily Latin or Spanish in style? If so, please select the LATIN category." It seems like many people simply aren't reading the guidelines or looking through all the categories, so by doing this, problems could be avoided.