fixes #1149

app/models/artist.rb

@@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ class Artist < ActiveRecord::Base
       Artist.new.tap do |artist|
         if params[:name]
           artist.name = params[:name]
-          post = Post.tag_match("source:http #{artist.name}").first
+          if CurrentUser.user.is_privileged?
+            # below privileged users are limited to two tags
+            post = Post.tag_match("source:http #{artist.name} status:any").first
+          else
+            post = Post.tag_match("source:http #{artist.name}").first
+          end
           unless post.nil? || post.source.blank?
             artist.url_string = post.source
           end