Talk:Wham!

message: RE: this: "In November, they released I'm Your Man which went straight to #1 in the UK charts.".  It didn't - it had a week at No.2 before it went to No.1 if I remember rightly.  Please change this if you like. Jim Mason.
Young Guns was the first hit single and Wham Rap the second single. I will change the text. You can do it now. If you don't do it, I will do it sooner or later. Crimson 19:29, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Changes

message: Throughout the article, the name is shown capitalied, as WHAM!, but the article is at Wham!. Should it be moved? (I'll move it myself if no one objects). Dylan 15:49, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Is the band's name even capitalized in such a fashion? I've always known it to be "Wham!". --Matharvest 07:45, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

text: A similar discussion made with the German group Neu!, while it was often written in capitals as NEU!, it's use was a symbol. But it was really Neu! I agree that it should be changed back. Chadwholovedme 13:25, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalization 

message: The artists should be referred to as "Ridgeley" and "Michael" not as "Andrew" and "George." Lmr5069 18:32, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Referring to artists 

message: Is Wham! gay?
: Only George Michael.
::Did George Michael fancy Andrew Ridgely? --Timtak 05:35, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: There seems to be a lot of unsourced material and speculation in lines like: 
:"George's father had just fired his son from the family's restaurant believing he overloaded the dinner plates" or "the contribution of Ridgeley as the group's image specialist and spokesman was crucial to the band's initial success"
Whoever added some of this more anecdotal info needs to source it, or it shouldn't be here. - AKeen 16:03, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know how to add sources (and that wasn't me who wrote it either) but I know that the second comment can be sourced to the George Michael documentary that came out in England two years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.183.100.99 (talk • contribs) 
The source http://www.jango.com/music/Wham+Holiday+/_full_bio?l=0 is used, but that page explicitly says that it's sourced from Wikipedia, so it seems to be a completely invalid (circular) source. 74.89.25.196 (talk) 00:05, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources/references 

message: These pages are not intended to be the George Michael announcements service, and the tone of the last two sentences is approaching user confrontion, which I'm all for if placed on THIS page and not in the article itself.  Please try to keep in mind that you're writing for the ages here (or hopefully you are intending to...).  As such, notices with short-term intent do not serve the article itself and are perhaps mistreating the usage of the Wiki as intended by its creators.  Thank you to all who respect others contributions and especially to those who constantly clean up after me, I appreciate it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.183.100.99 (talk) 06:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Please write from a historical perspective 

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message: 'The record was not playlisted by BBC Radio 1 in the UK, partly because of the profanity in the Anti-Social Mix. Subsequently the reissued UK release replaced the controversial lines in the first verse "B1, B2, make a claim sign your name’s all you have to do" and the opening two phrases of the second verse citing "Mr. Average".'
why is the B1, B2 line controversial? 81.96.247.50 (talk) 23:20, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Question

message: This article has nowhere near enough "citation needed" tags. Some of the sentences are still virtually readable; in fact one or two entire sentences have no "citation needed" punctuation at all. This is clearly unaccepatable. Please add more. For example "Wham were [citation needed] a popular[citation needed] beat combo[citation needed] in the early[early according to whom? discuss] 1980s[citation needed]". That kind of thing.82.71.30.178 (talk) 20:40, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  More Citation Neededs Needed 

message: hi. in the 'Post-Wham! and George Michael's death' section, it should be mentioned that ridgeley performed w/michael on stage at this concert. here's a video of their doing 'everything she wants' there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuGomJ02oWg&t=2m29s
and the imdb page for the televised event: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209348/
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thread_title:  'Stand by Me: AIDS Day Benefit' concert, 1987  

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The sentence on Michael's issue with the Wake Me Up video was incomplete. I've copied the fragment below. Hopefully the original editor - or someone else with knowledge on the original intent - could revisit this and add the info intended.
"although he said in an interview with UK TV host Jonathan"THX1136 (talk) 17:09, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incomplete sentence removal 

message: Wham! is considered a New Wave, as well as a Post-Disco and Dance-Pop band, I would like if someone could change this. FueledByMusic05.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by FueledByMusic05 (talk • contribs) 21:02, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: To add or change genres, you will need a reliable source for the change. - SummerPhDv2.0 17:03, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Genre

message: This article should have a reference to Whamageddon, but the article is semiprotected so I cannot add it. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whamageddon  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:999:1:C16C:E56F:DBCF:302A:6E36 (talk) 19:30, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Semiprotected - change request