Talk:Dispatch (band)

message: I put back the old page (copied from google's cache) since someone found funny to erase that page to write stupid things.. I also made a few changes (links, italics..) to make this page look more like other bands' page.. --Pierrealex 22:35, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: So I just did a layout reworking of the page by trying to divide the different topics up better.  Now it will be easier to expand and it seems atleast somewhat more organized than before.  As you can see, the main sections are now Band History, The Elias Fund, The Last Dispatch Documentry, The Relief Project, Band Members, Discography, and External Links.
Let's work to make this a real quality article.
--Thefirechild 14:22, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Layout Rework 

message: I'm not sure I hear much ska in their sound with the exception of a song or two, and while the band certainly used to jam on occassion, I don't really think the degree to which they did actually earns them the label of a jam band.  Because they drew their musical inspirations from so many different sources, it is indeed difficult to nail them to a specific genre.  However, the band did once identify themselves as "tri-vocal funcoustic instrument-swap groove" (Here's a quick reference I dug up ).  Anyways, I used to follow this group quite closely back in the day, so maybe when I get some time I can come back and contribute to this article (more on their early history, the significance of their sound, etc.) --68.163.70.14 19:18, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article should reflect sources only--opinions need not be included. If a source identifies Dispatch as a ska jam band then that label is eligible for inclusion here. Corey Salzano 15:19, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ska Jam band??? 

message: I just added a gallery for the album.. makes the page much more attractive.. and I was wondering : maybe it would be better to add some more space between the paragraphs. Pierrealex 17:55, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This change has just been edited out. Check history for Plm209's revisions on 5/29/2007 Corey Salzano 22:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Album gallery 

message: Can we just wait until the Zimbabwe show comes out on CD and DVD to add it as an album? If we were to list all "Virtual Albums", there would be hundreds of taped shows that could appear on this list. Corey Salzano 19:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, without objection I'm editing it out. Corey Salzano 23:31, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

text: I think the difference here is that it was an official recording that they were selling.  I still wouldn't call it an album though.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.88.176 (talk) 16:12, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Virtual Albums section a stretch 

message: Listing this as a live album rather than a DVD seems misleading.  UTR's own page, too, only lists the 7 tracks on the bonus audio disc, Patchwork, not the main DVD.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.151.64.62 (talk) 06:49, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Under the Radar 

message: I've taken out the sentence about their being "back in the studio" because it's not really notable by itself. "Back in the studio" could mean that they're cutting a new album (please, God), but it doesn't necessarily, and they haven't said so explicitly.
On a more general note, I just wanted to remind those editors who are fans of the band that, although we're all very, very excited about the upcoming tour, we should still be striving to make this article encyclopedic. In fact, I think that it's more important right now than it ever has been for this to be a high-quality article, because this tour is probably the highest-profile thing that the band has ever undertaken—it beats both Last Dispatch and Zimbabwe because it's a national tour, instead of just one show or three shows, respectively, in one city. That means that more people than ever before who aren't familiar with the group are going to be Googling "dispatch band," and when they do, this page will come up in the top ten hits. (In fact, I just tried it, and the WP article was the second hit, after the official site.) So, to the Dispatch fans editing the page—let's make this article awesome over the next few months! It's what the boys would want! :-) Skiasaurus (skē’ ə sôr’ əs) 06:07, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dispatch 2011 

message: "The musicianship was always on display at every show as each member of the band switched instruments throughout their set moving between guitar, bass and drums/percussion."
This seems much more like a fan's opinion than an encyclopedia.  If the point of the statement is that it is noteworthy that the band members trade instruments, then a source could be given to that effect.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.170.224.12 (talk) 16:29, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV-Statement 

message: The biggest change that I made in my edit was to rewrite the paragraph about the band's history; I felt that it wasn't well organized, and it hadn't been updated to reflect the band's getting back together. I also moved the members' names and instruments up to the first paragraph, and I deleted the reference to the Elias Fund because I don't think it's so important that it  needs to be in the lead. I do think that the lead should talk about their activism as a band, but that'll have to be added another time and/or by someone else.
Regarding sources, I agree that this article desperately needs more of them. The problem is that they're very hard to find, because, for most of its existence, the band has not been covered by mainstream media. Additionally, many of the publications that did cover them during that time (mostly college papers) no longer have those articles available on their websites. Go here and you'll see what I mean: out of 25 links on that page, only two ("Live album showcases Dispatch's diverse talents" from the Notre Dame Observer and "Pete Francis: So They Say" from the Yale Herald) still work. Anyone have an idea for what can be done about this?
Skiasaurus (skē’ ə sôr’ əs) 19:40, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead section, and a comment about sources