Talk:Massive Attack

message: Killed dead Rolling Stone reference and statement.  Citation non-working.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.27.121.20 (talk) 03:55, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead Sources 

message: Sorry, but it's bosh to list LP6 in the discography! There is no release date, no name, no guarantee... 92.231.49.246 (talk) 08:47, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. If we're going to be that speculative we could add LP7 (2012?) and LP8 (2014?) while we're at it.--Michig (talk) 08:55, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

text: The source cited states "After they wrap up their U.S. dates, Massive Attack will head back into the studio to record their next LP and Del Naja says the band has already sketched out plenty of ideas", i.e. they haven't started recording a new album yet. The album does not exist and may never exist. Including it in a discography when it hasn't been recorded or even confirmed that it's going to exist is ridiculous.--Michig (talk) 21:01, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  LP6 

message: The article has been tagged with unspecified clean up since October 2010. The organisation of the article was poor, with two separate histories, a misplaced music style section, and an inadequate lead. I moved the history summary into the lead, where it seemed to more appropriately belong, and moved the Music style section to the end, where such sections are normally found. I then started to improve the lead so the first paragraph gives us some basic information, such as who are in the band, and what are their major recordings. I then noticed that the history summary contains slightly different information to the main history, so the information needs merging and sorting out. There is also a lot of unsupported statements that come across as editorial opinion or observation, so I have removed the unspecified clean up tag and replaced it with an OR tag. This article contains an assortment of information, some useful, some doubtful. It is difficult to know which statements have been gathered from reliable sources and which have been written from editorial observation. For such a high profile article on an important and popular band, we  need more secure referencing, and tighter organisation of the article. SilkTork *Tea time 15:20, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Article issues

message: Can I go ahead and add a link to my fansite to Massive Attack - http://massiveattack.ie/ or does that fall under the "Links normally to be avoided" section of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links
While on the subject, there are a few other fansites and official social media/networking accounts for Massive Attack that could be added to the External Links section. I don't see much use in linking to a few random interviews that are on there at the moment. Thanks!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.249.249.44 (talk) 11:52, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Under WP:ELNO, we wouldn't link to fansites or social networking sites. --John (talk) 11:59, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: OK then. Well thats what I expected. Thanks for the quick reply. Is there any reason why those links to a few random interviews should be there though?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.249.249.44 (talk) 12:05, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: As a rule, we can use stuff in the external links section that we could potentially use to support the material in the article. Interviews can sometimes be used to source the article. Fansites and social networking never can. --John (talk) 12:22, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I have 2 links to my site in the References section that someone (not me) used in the article. I changed the URL structure of those links on my site sometime ago so now they are dead links. Is it OK for me to change the URL of those dead links to where the pages are now on my site so they will no longer be dead. Cheers!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.249.249.44 (talk) 12:34, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately as a  fansite we cannot use it as a reference either. I have removed the links. --John (talk) 13:01, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

text: I was considering adding massiveattack.ie to External Links. The Guardian says here that "A superfan, Richard Coffey from Ireland, graciously referred to as the band’s unofficial historian, joins the party and spends some time analysing the current arrangements of Teardrop, which he explains to Del Naja “are probably at their best at the moment”. Coffey’s obsession translates to an encyclopaedic knowledge of all the interviews Massive Attack have ever given." WP:ELNO says "Blogs, personal web pages and most fansites (negative ones included), except those written by a recognized authority. (This exception for blogs, etc., controlled by recognized authorities is meant to be very limited; as a minimum standard, recognized authorities who are individuals always meet Wikipedia's notability criteria for people.)" (my emphasis). -Lopifalko (talk) 08:04, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Link to Fansite 

message: More of a general question. Apologies for the nubie wiki question, but I really don't know/can't find the answer. 
What does the word "Present" mean when talking about a band.  As in, Massive Attack is, according to the article, "active" from the years 1988-"present." Sorry for the quip but there is nothing presently active about Massive Attack. And there was nothing presently active about Massive Attack a year before that.  Or the year before that.
Not a slight on Massive Attack. Just trying to understand the terminology. Thanks.
Kavika411 (talk) 00:01, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Present" 

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message: I check pages listed in :Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of :Massive Attack's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "pitchfork":
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From OK Computer: 
From Yellow Magic Orchestra: 
From Through the Devil Softly: Pitchfork Review www.pitchfork.com. Access date: June 26, 2010.
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From The Spoils (single): 
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thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:Massive Attack]] 

message: Does anybody have information on why MA called themselves "Massive Attack"?  A name fit for a Thrash Metal or Hard Core band, but that often soft and dreamlike music with whispered lyrics which cannot even be called Rap?  I guess the name derives from something else, maybe a constant fear of being attacked by society or whatever, but I couldn't find any information about this.  I think the article could use a section dealing with this subject (if any information is available at all).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alfe (talk • contribs) 14:07, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Meaning or Origin 

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message: Relative to the discussion above, should Tricky (musician) be listed in the infobox as a past member of the group? Or should he be removed from the infobox because he was only a collaborator?  Binksternet (talk) 21:16, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Request for comment: Should Tricky be listed as a member of Massive Attack?

message: *Infobox yes, because enough publications describe him explicitly as a member, and even more publications describe him as vitally important in shaping the early sound of Massive Attack. Even if he was technically a collaborator, not having signed with the label, he was crucial and significant enough to list as a member. Binksternet (talk) 21:16, 9 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: Did Tricky tour with Massive Attack during his time as collaborator on the first two albums?  If so he should be listed in the appropriate section. Jonpatterns (talk) 11:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Tricky as touring member