Azizi, it would be a waste of time to attempt to "add" to the DT because it isn't being updated anymore, and the search engine used to search the DT and forum haven't been upgraded. That doesn't make it obsolete as a resource for what it is, but it makes it obsolete as a resource that is being regularly managed, maintained, and expanded upon.

I haven't done anything to "spread the word" of Mudcat to anyone, because I don't agree that is rich or particularly valuable. For academic purposes, there are far superior resources available online. I can't imagine any academics using this site as a legitimate academic resource (though the "ethnomusicology" field is full of fluff and nutters, so I'm sure there are some who would use it and possibly even cite it in their work).

For the professional musician, I don't think there is much of value here, again, because of poor indexing, cross-referencing, and search capabilities, not to mention that many of the "8,000+ songs" are multiple versions of the same song. And don't even get me going about the "links" section.

Does that answer your points raised?