Talk:Split Enz

message: Is Photography allowed in Te Papa? - Maybe a Wellington Wikipedian could photograph the costumes displayed there.dramatic 04:31, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: ...or maybe a Hamiltonian could pop down to the display at Te Awamutu museum? User:Grutness|Grutness talk  09:04, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article has some great content, but its structure is really hard to read.  It has a lot of potential, but it needs some work, and some news ideas to make it a feature article. --Brendanfox 03:51, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Peer Review

message: Surely should mention the remarkable laser-etched vinyl of True Colours -- Jmabel | Talk 18:46, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)
I think that's a great idea, feel free to add something along those lines.  --Brendanfox 10:49, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The crisp sounds of 1979's True Colours placed the Split Enz firmly in the New Wave camp. Their neo-mod haircuts were equally crisp, as was the geometric laser etchings into the vinyl of the disc, which reflected light in colorful patterns as the disc rotated. All tracks were listed on the A-side label, allowing the B-side a solid black label to maximixe the dramatic visual effect.
Jmabel | Talk 18:18, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
Okay, I see what you mean.  I think we need to address the structure of the article as a whole, possibly making some areas more brief, and expanding on others.  We'll hold onto that piece until we get the structure right, and then add it in, where appropriate. --Brendanfox 05:50, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Vinyl

message: This article is chock-full of great information, but there's no flow to it. I would like to break out the wealth of Enz trivia by album, because it would provide a more logical direction to the article.   PitShig | @   17:02, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Any re-working of the structure could only be an improvement, go for it! Brendanfox 23:45, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Y'know? I just might. And it might also be able to be accessed over here. :)   PitShig | @   01:02, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think one of the major problems with this article is that much of what is in the introduction (such as the band's origins) is then repeated in the body of the article. Probably the best thing to do would be to cut down the introduction to 1 paragraph. It's also extremely long, although I do like the structure of NZ, OZ, UK. Willnz0 23:02, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added some subheadings to make the article easier to read. If anyone can think of more appropriate ones then please change them--Mutley 10:16, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs flow 

message: FYI, a separate Wiki entry for David Tickle now exists. Grimhim 23:47, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: David Tickle

message: Minor nitpick, but the image of the picture sleeve for the "I Got You" single looks like an *Italian* pressing rather than a UK copy.  See the comparison on this web page: http://www.kiakaha.net/nifty/Enz/True.html - the Italian sleeve has geometric shapes that are not present on the UK version.
118.93.163.111 (talk) 00:27, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  I Got You sleeve? 

message: The discography is getting too big - it needs to be moved to a separate page--Mutley 09:12, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Discography

message: I have a comment about this passage: "Mushroom's staff were young, keen, aggressive and willing to take risks — exactly the kind of company Split Enz needed. He is often criticised (with some justification) for the treatment of artists on the Mushroom roster."  Who is "he"? That's unclear in this paragraph.
:Gudinski I'd assume. I should fix that.BrianFG 04:53, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mental Notes

message: I removed the following from the Reunions section since it was entirely speculative, and Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. If concrete plans are announced, or specifically rejected, it will be worth noting then.
"Rumours of them continuing as a "working band" after this tour have not yet been debunked, nor has the unlikely event of another album, though this is doubted to include Neil Finn if it does occur, as he reformed Crowded House in 2007, releasing a new studio album and promising at least another in the near future." Gusworld (talk) 04:56, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Death of Wally Wilkinson  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gervox (talk • contribs) 12:44, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

text: This story is being reported on a number of blogs and news aggregation sites, eg . It seems to have been pulled from the only primary news sites I could find which carried it - Newstalk ZB carried the story but then removed any mention of a Split Enz connection, and stuff.co.nz quoted Superintendent Ted Cox as saying that Wilkinson was in Split Enz, but then removed this part of their story.. The name of the Split Enz member was Paul Wilkinson. I think perhaps someone got confused, and these are two different people.-gadfium 19:41, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reunion speculation 

message: I saw Split Enz around 1982 or 1983 - a 3XY Under 18's concert in Melbourne, which also featured DD Smash and the Eurogliders before hand. Sadly, no references seem to be available. I also saw the Enz at "The Club" in Collingwood one night - must have been 1983 or 1984 - without Tim Finn, who was apparently off in the US promoting "Escapade" from memory. They had a black girl singing backup - had never seen her before, never seen her since. I wonder who she was... --Commking (talk) 05:06, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Tours & Shows

message: This article does have a lot of potential, however, there are countless problems with POV and some contradictory text as well. There needs to be more flow, chronologically, and referencing.--leahtwosaints (talk) 05:51, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have made some changes to the lead in regards to genres and years.--Mutley (talk) 12:17, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV Issues 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I noticed these two sentences which appear to contradict.
:In preparation for their performance, they recorded "129" and "Home Sweet Home" (the songs would be released in November as their second single). Soon after, they also recorded the retro-1930s sounding "Sweet Talking Spoon Song", which would become the second single.
As I do not have much knowledge on the group I cannot do the edit. I wondered if the current editor(s) would like to address this issue.THX1136 (talk) 16:57, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradicting Info 

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replies: text: There's certainly no agreement on my part, ! I'm still trying to understand this (it affects many articles, I think). If permission to use this content has been received and filed, can you help me see or know where it is stored, and who has access to it? I wasn't around in October 2004, when the milesago page was copied here, or , when it seems that email verification of copyright releases was required. How do we go about finding out if that was ever received? I'm going to ping  and , who seem to have been the principal architects of the Donating copyrighted materials page, in the hope that either or both can shed some light. If, as appears possible, no proper permission was ever recorded, then I think we may need a CCI. I do note  by ; that editor is long gone, or I'd ask him about it. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 15:46, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  I see your ping, but I have no idea what you are asking me. I'm not on the OTRS team, so I wouldn't have any record of any email granting permissions. And we should certainly not take other people's copyrighted work without their permission. - Jmabel | Talk 16:00, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, , I wasn't at all clear. What I'm looking for is some insight into how copyright release was handled in about 2004, and where – if anywhere – releases from that time might be stored. I thought to ask you because I notice that you created Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials in January 2005, which made me think this might have been an area where you were active at that time. If I'm wrong about that, please ignore this. Your mention of OTRS made me think: the oldest ticket I'm able to see is from 17 September 2004, a few days before the mass addition here; but I don't know if the system was up and running then. I agree, we can't use this stuff if we don't have a proper release for it, so although this is very old history, I think it has to be unpicked. Thanks for your input, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:06, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Evidently, Justlettersandnumbers, permission was never sent - Shell undid her confirmation flag. I did a search of OTRS, and I found nothing. It seems that this person may have made some assertions, but I have not found verification of this. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:26, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Damn, I should have been able to find that for myself – thanks, ! Unless anyone can indicate where permission to use the milesago content was received and logged, I'm going to go ahead and request a WP:CCI for , as a number of articles seem to be affected. , I believe those revisions should be hidden again – assertions alone aren't enough for us now, and (as far as I'm able to understand) weren't enough for us then either. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:56, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: Hi everyone. Not sure how many people are still watching this article at the moment but I am currently doing a complete rewrite in userspace to make it more in line with Wikipedia's style guidelines. You can find it here, but please note it's a work in progress and is far from finished. ToQ100gou (talk) 03:38, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: ToQ100gou, I did my own rewrite and just now looked at the talk page and saw that you were working on one. Did not mean to step on any toes. Please feel free to add any changes you think would be beneficial. As you will see, the page has been significantly shortened, which I thought was appropriate given that so much of the overly-detailed text was totally unsourced. MonMothma (talk) 11:21, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: No worries actually, I just noticed it now and I appreciate it. The shortening has made the page a lot easier to deal with, though I think the biggest problem is with how a lot of the prose was copypasted and/or slightly changed from the Milesago page, the hagiographic tone of the copypasted text, and, as you have pointed out, the lack of sources. We could probably put a lot of the information back in as long as it is worded better and properly sourced. ToQ100gou (talk) 12:17, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool. Thanks for understanding. MonMothma (talk) 15:07, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite in progress