# Talk:The Cure

There is apparent duplication of information in two paragraphs of this section. One is: Within the same month, the band recorded a demo in Robert's parents' house, entered and won a talent contest, and signed a recording contract with German record label Ariola-Hansa on 18 May.[3]  and then next paragraph’s first sentence is a simple duplication: That year, Easy Cure won a talent competition with German label Hansa Records, and received a recording contract. The only difference is slightly different label’s name. Should be merged into one paragraph in my opinion.
--Rafał Komorowski (talk) 20:47, 20 October 2018 (UTC)

hi guys, where is the 'former members' tab that used to be on this page? There's significant previous members of the band and who decided to delete it?  Please advise  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.26.209.101 (talk) 01:11, 30 March 2019 (UTC) 
Proposal on Porl/Pearl Speaking of former members, there is a bit of back and forth happening right now between "Porl Thompson" and "Pearl Thompson". It seems Porl has changed his name to Pearl. Porl's/Pearl's own article currently states that the legal change occurred in 2011, although the current cited sources do not actually support the specific year of the change (nor did I find a date with a cursory effort). Nonetheless, it appears that the name change occurred sometime after his 2010 retirement from the Cure. Given that he was known as Porl throughout his extended time(s) with the Cure, I propose that we uniformly use Porl for the purposes of the Cure article - mainly to avoid confusion and the sort of disruption currently occurring. Any thoughts? (While I support uniform use of "Porl", I'm not making any changes right away as this is currently bordering on an edit war. Also, I'm open to opposing arguments.) CAVincent (talk) 04:06, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

I agree this seems to be an issue that needs to be addressed and we need to pick one. It seems we get a lot of IP editors who see "Pearl" as a typo without researching it or looking at Thompson's own page. It looks like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame uses Porl Thompson in their induction, which happened in 2019 after Thompson's name was changed to Pearl. Other stories like this one in the Hollywood Reporter use Pearl, while this one in Billboard uses Porl in a photo credit but Pearl in text. I suggest there be some kind of consensus on what we pick, at least on this article. Whatever we pick, we should likely add in a commented out note in the infobox directing editors to this discussion about why this name is included and not the other one.  Doc StrangeMailboxLogbook 04:17, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

"The Cure", like every other band name which begins with the word "The", is a proper noun; you don't capitalize the title according to how you feel, or what is currently trendy. In English, this is a really clumsy use of the English language, and reads as awkward every time I see it. Why has this trend taken hold on Wikipedia?
A person might say, "the Cure concert I went to was awesome!", and that is reasonable; they are referring to the concert, so shortening the band's name is grammatically acceptable.
But to persistently do this for every band beginning with "The", all of the time, is improper grammar. 110.142.116.27 (talk) 02:55, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

This is covered by MOS:THEMUSIC. It is part of Wikipedia's manual of style. If you wish to change it, discuss it at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Capital letters and/or Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Music. Hrodvarsson (talk) 03:17, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
I have posted a request for comment regarding a suggestion for updating this on WT:MOSMUSIC. Fh1 (talk) 14:54, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Shouldn't Boys Don't Cry (the album) be listed within the "Discography" section of the article? 24.127.236.115 (talk) 14:27, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Was the Cure inspired by Joy Division? Many songs sound like Joy Division music. 2001:9E8:CAEA:9600:9188:8199:5A7A:2F2B (talk) 10:16, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Per wp:lead and wp:original research. Cure biographer Jeff Apter wrote that Smith's towering hair grew after the release of Pornography (1982), not before. The lead section has to respect chronology about their change of image and not messing up with years. 
The links with the Goth 
Subculture are not evoked in the article. This is why those two points have been withdrawn off the lead section. Woovee (talk) 21:10, 26 August 2025 (UTC)