if not artist['begin_date_year'] and not artist['end_date_year']:
        begin_date, begin_date_reasons = determine_begin_date(artist, page, is_performance_name)
        if begin_date['year']:
            out(" * new begin date", begin_date)
            artist['begin_date_year'] = begin_date['year']
            artist['begin_date_month'] = begin_date['month']
            artist['begin_date_day'] = begin_date['day']
            update.add('begin_date')
            reasons.append(('BEGIN DATE', begin_date_reasons))
        end_date, end_date_reasons = determine_end_date(artist, page, is_performance_name)
        if end_date['year']:
            out(" * new end date", end_date)
            artist['end_date_year'] = end_date['year']
            artist['end_date_month'] = end_date['month']
            artist['end_date_day'] = end_date['day']
            update.add('end_date')
            reasons.append(('END DATE', end_date_reasons))

    if update:
        edit_note = 'From %s' % (artist['url'],)
        for field, reason in reasons:
            edit_note += '\n\n%s:\n%s' % (field, ' '.join(reason))
        out(' * edit note:', edit_note.replace('\n', ' '))
        time.sleep(60 * 2)
        mb.edit_artist(artist, update, edit_note)

    db.execute("INSERT INTO bot_wp_artist_data (gid) VALUES (%s)", (artist['gid'],))
    print