Talk:Dream Theater/Archive 1

message: IMO the fact that Jordan Rudess is Juilliard-trained should be put on a page about him, not on the Dream Theater page.  So I've moved it there. -mhr 23:41, 12 Jan 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Jordan

message: The names of the band members are presented with in-wiki links three times in this article. On the main text, on the thumb and on the Line-up section. I am limiting that to the Line-up, since that's that general standard. Does anybody disagree? --Sn0wflake 22:03, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The standard is also that the first occurance should be wiki'd and that text in image captions should be wiki'd too.  violet/riga (t) 22:13, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: If you would stop and look at what you've done, you would see that you reverted two edits that didn't have ANYTHING to do with this. But that's beyond the point, right Mr. Admin... well, do as you please. I'm just adding the captilisation correction and thumb size modification back. --Sn0wflake 00:11, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: To be honest I see no reason for their roles to be capitalised, and the image change size doesn't make much of a difference, in my opinion. violet/riga (t) 00:25, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither do I, that's why it was changed - even though the edit wasn't processed - and the thumb size is intended to help people on lower resolutions see the article correctly. To me, the same instance being linked three times is clutter, but I won't start an edit war over this. --Sn0wflake 00:40, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

text: I agree with violetriga. In my opinion the names should be wikilinked in the text as well. However, I won't start an edit war on Symphony X over this :P --Jannex 15:03, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

text: Maybe my comment was too acid, so let me rephrase: people have different opinions on certain subjects. Some things which are on the manual of style have been dropped for the simple fact that they clutter the articles, and this is one of the things which are slowly heading towards that direction. I am not an editor of this article, I haven't contributed to it in a substantial manner, thus I have no saying over what is right or wrong here. But having transformed Symphony X from nothing to a reasonable article, I think that my opinion is worth somewhat more on it. --Sn0wflake 18:01, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, now I think we agree. I also have come to think that your revert was reasonable there. Keep up the good work! --Jannex 18:16, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Names in-wiki 

message: I think mention should be made of the diverse things one can expect from DT live... such as the fan club gigs, song covers, Nightmare Cinema, happy birthdays, fun things like that. Perhaps this image could be utilised (of an audience member being brought on stage to sing Black Sabbath's "War Pigs"). plattopus (talk) 20:21, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)
:Yes, their live appearances must be told of. The lenght of the shows, variable setlists, etc. --Jannex 20:46, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Live reputation 

message: I'm baaa-ack.  ;)
"They usually performed covers of Deep Purple, Ozzy Osbourne or Van Halen tunes."
Really?  I only ever knew of their "Perfect Strangers" cover.  What were the Ozzy and VH tunes?  And since NC was such a short-lived thing, perhaps it would be simpler just to list what songs they played?
--Durga2112 13:39, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, the tourography at mp.com lists 7 shows with Nightmare Cinema.  6 of the performances are of "Perfect Strangers", and just one is of "Suicide Solution".  Going to reword that section now.  --Durga2112 13:44, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nightmare Cinema 

message: I would suggest against editing this page in the next week or so, because I am re-writing the entire thing. It has some horrendous factual errors, and due to constant editing it seems very disjointed, so I'm currently re-doing it. I would suggest against wasting your time editing anything, because I'll be including all current information in my edit.
In case you care, I maintain the DTFAQ so I can assure you it will be correct. --Plattopus 16:06, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
* OK kids, all done. I think it ended up a little too long, so if someone could maybe go through and weed out the unnecessary bits it would be great. But if noone else thinks it's too big, we can keep it. --Plattopus 10:21, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
* Oh, and also... I'm Australian so I inadvertently use a lot of Aussie English spelling... if you see anything spelled wrong, please change it! --Plattopus 10:22, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
** Great! I think nothing should be removed. Only concern I have is that some people may think that the subheaders are unencyclopedic. Nevertheless, I think they're fine. I have one question. According to Mike Portnoy, Kevin Moore left the band before Awake was mixed. Should that be corrected? --Jannex 15:39, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major overhaul coming