Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Queen/Archive

message: I added the template to all songs listed on all albums listed on the template. Billvoltage 20:29, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Great, Thanks - Mtmtmt 09:13, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is indeed great work, Billvoltage. --Siva1979Talk to me 14:12, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you, but I wish to help more, is there any other way I can?? Billvoltage 02:36, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template 

message: This box: ... has a Queen crest in it. I beleive that image is fair use only, and cannot be used except in article space to illustrate directly relevant things. You may want to seek a different image (the WP:Beatles project had to do so as well) Hope that helps. ++Lar: t/c 15:44, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article project box 

message: What is this welcome letter, and may I distribute it to the two members that have yet to recieve it (one of whom is me)? Billvoltage 22:06, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes you may distribute it, sorry about that. I'm working on an official one Template:Queen WikiProject welcome . - Mtmtmt 05:15, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Welcome letter? 

message: Candyfloss is right, we shouldn't have a separate article for Queen's cover of "God Save The Queen". I added instead a small infobox to the article on the British anthem (I don't think it'll stay there for long, though). --Kristbg 02:01, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  God Save The Queen 

message: There are two on-going problems with the two articles stated above; with the first, there is a history problem, and the second has a referencing problem.
I think that we should work on getting both of these fixed, however the history problem is, seemingly, about to be over with. Whast do you think? Billvoltage 22:40, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Queen Main Page and Freddie 

message: As per a request on the Freddie Mercury talk page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Freddie_Mercury#Appearance ) I am asking us to add pictures that show "the change in hair, dress, build, the mustache, and the alteration of his image in general."  What do you think? Billvoltage 21:32, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request 

message: I created the stub, assuming that Mack the Producer is really Josh MacRae (the drummer for The Cross, of course, not the scottish folk singer or any of those fucking guys popping up on Google). I got this information from AMG. It would be great if someone could contribute to the stub, because I can't find any credible information on this guy. Thanks a Lot and Good Luck! Fenrir2000 08:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: WHY do you create a stub if you "can't find any credible information on this guy"??? Josh Macrae and Mack are different persons who have nothing to do with each other. - Candyfloss 10:18, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Article on [[Josh MacRae|Mack]]

message: Just started a page for the new Freddie release, Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs - The Very Best Of Freddie Mercury Solo, and it's EXTREMELY bare-bones at the moment.
Also, The Solo Collection boxset needs a page, too.
Jason 16:59, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Compilation albums (new and old)

message: Is there scope for the Queen Symphony (by Tolga Kashif) based on the music of Queen to be covered by this project? Mdcollins1984 13:52, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes.— miketm - Queen WikiProject - 21:42, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Queen Symphony 

message: Just fixed the The Freddie Mercury Album entry, and added its counterpart, The Great Pretender - both articles need to be assessed and modified if necessary.Jason 21:34, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved "The Great Pretender (Freddie Mercury album)" to "The Great Pretender (album)."— miketm - Queen WikiProject - 21:41, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix/Add 

message: Hello. The WikiProject Council is currently in the process of developing a master directory of the existing WikiProjects to replace and update the existing Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory.  These WikiProjects are of vital importance in helping wikipedia achieve its goal of becoming truly encyclopedic. Please review the following pages: 
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It is my hope to have the existing directory replaced by the updated and corrected version of the directory above by November 1. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 21:44, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry if you tried to update it before, and the corrections were gone. I have now put the new draft in the old directory pages, so the links should work better. My apologies for any confusion this may have caused you. B2T2 00:30, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project Directory 

message: I'd like to get some comments regarding the Freddie Mercury article.  I've attempted to order quotes about him, starting with those who have worked closest with him, followed by that who are closely associated with his music, followed by others in what I perceive as order of notability on the topic of Freddie Mercury.  That ordering keeps getting undone by a lone editor and I'm not in the mood for an edit war.  Discussion here.  Thanks. *Sparkhead 21:12, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Freddie Mercury]] Article 

message: Beginning cross-post.
:See Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team#Stablepedia. If you wish to comment, please comment there. ★MESSEDROCKER★ 23:51, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stablepedia 

message: I came across the template  on the page Talk:The Prophet's Song.  This template incorporates a variety of wikilinks to other articles (at least one of which is also a redirect, so the Talk page gets picked up on Special:DoubleRedirects).  However, there is some indication from the developers at Wikipedia talk:Redirect#Content of redirects: templates, categories, multiple lines that templates (or anything else) appearing on a redirect page after the actual redirect should not include any "ordinary" page links; category links are OK.  I didn't want to muck about in a project that I'm not familiar with, so I left the page as is, but wanted to raise the issue here so that those who developed this template can address it.  --Russ (talk) 16:31, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merged articles template 

message: Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 18:10, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia Day Awards 

message: I've just argued against a proposed merge at Talk:It's a Hard Life. I can't see any good reason for it, but could be persuaded. I've not come across this project before, but I'd welcome input from your members. --Dweller 12:20, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See Talk:It's a Hard Life.— miketm - Queen WikiProject - 13:01, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge 

message: I've looked through a smattering of the articles on Queen. Some things seem to be missing, which seem to me important (if not easily cited for; looking thorough some reviews from the period would probably help):
* In the discussions of individual songs, there is very little discussion of them as music. A lot of these songs are interesting musical compositions, but you'd never know it from reading our articles.
* Queen occupied an interesting position in that they had influenced from both progressive rock and musical theater, but rarely fell into the utter pretentious bloat that commonly befell similarly influenced bands (and when they did get pretentious, it was usually undercut by humor). 
* There is also surprisingly little about, well, queerness. There is something absurd about discussing "Killer Queen", "Flick of the Wrist", and, so help me, "Son and Daughter" without talking about portrayal of sexual identity. Much of the glam rock pose involved a certain sexually ambiguity, usually portrayed by straight (Mark Bolan) or largely straight-identified bisexual (Bowie, Lou Reed) men. Queen stood out for being gay or gay-identified, especially in the early 1970s when this was far more risky than today. Surely some of this needs to make it into the articles.
I'm not working much on Wikipedia these days, but thought I'd drop this here as a few thoughts someone might want to follow up. - Jmabel | Talk 23:49, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In regard to sexuality, Mercury was the only non-straight member of the band.— miketm - Queen WikiProject - 13:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wasn't around in the 70s, but I've never had the impression that Queen stood for anything in particular regarding sexuality. Freddie Mercury was openly gay/bisexual, but sexuality doesn't necessarily define a band. They were very theatrical, and very camp, but that was an aesthetic style rather than a political statement. Being gay and being theatrical are two totally separate things, Tom Robinson sang extremely political songs about gay rights but they weren't camp songs at all. As I said I wasn't there in the 70s, but going by how Queen are regarded today I've never thought of them as a "gay-identified" band, whatever that means. They were a rock band that had straight and gay members playing side by side, writing great music that appealed to anyone regardless of their sexuality. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.146.47.250 (talk) 10:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outside view 

message: Hi, I've seen today that some anonimous changed the genre of "slighly mad" to psychodelic rock. Not sure that I agree though it has some points of it. Previously it was pop rock, which when you read the artcile is a very broad field, and well I guess it's true. It covers glam rock and arena rock among others as subgenres.
Anyway the main point is should we make some focus on the genres of the songs? and then if we put them to be something to leave a comment in the code to come to some page to disscuss if someone dissagrees. Or is this really not that important? Donny (talk) 22:21, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genres