Talk:The Mint Chicks

message: I received this message on my talk page, sent by BK Punk (talk · contribs):
:The band have asked for their page to be edited to be more surreal to fit in with their current marketing campaign, or for some other reason.
As I responded on my talk page, remember that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a promotional website, and everything in it should be true and verifiable. — Insanity Incarnate 08:19, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Surrealism" in the article 

message: "Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia. The most common types of vandalism include the addition of obscenities to pages ... or the insertion of bad (or good) jokes or other nonsense. ... Committing blatant vandalism, however, is a violation of Wikipedia policy; once it is spotted it should be dealt with accordingly" (Wikipedia:Vandalism).
Any edit made to "screw up" the Wikipedia page is vandalism, plain and simple, and will be dealt with as such. If necessary, I will lock the page so only admins can edit edit. I don't want to do that, but if established editors want to break the rules and vandalize the page, that's their choice; I just deal with what happens as a result.
I also got a message from User:Rubannielson on my talk page stating that "The band prefer that the page be edited in an objective manner by it's[sic] fans." I've got no problem with objective, factual edits being made to a page. When edits are clearly false, then I've got a problem.
If the band wants a page to be messed with by their fans, hey, they can create a forum on their Myspace or personal website for that. I'm not going to tell them how to run their site. However, in turn, they do not have the prerogative to override Wikipedia guidelines and introduce garbage to their article. —C.Fred (talk) 16:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism and page protection 

message: I appreciate your need to protect the integrity of wikipedia, however, there are so many inaccuracies on this page as it is that it is more untrue now than it would be if it were completely surreal. There is no greater lie than something which is almost true. This page was already full of objective opinions and you have done nothing but lock in the first wave of inaccuracies. The later more interesting and entertaining ones? Those have been locked out and changed back. Have you got any references or proof regarding the so-called 'facts' that this version of the page contains? I think what you're doing really is undermining the status of wikipedia as a democratic system by giving privileges to a select few and denying the majority their right to develop the truth of the page on their own. At this point not even the members of the band, nor any of their fans, nor the record company or any of the journalists who know anything about the band can access the page. Only the gatekeepers of wikipedia are allowed access, and I'll bet you they have never heard of the band until now!  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.100.219.36 (talk)  
:Welcome to the world of article protection. It gets frozen at the last version pre-vandalism. If you'd like to suggest a change to the article, give the corrected information and a reference here, and any established editor can make the change. —C.Fred (talk) 01:43, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Further, the band members shouldn't be editing this article anyway: it's a conflict of interest. —C.Fred (talk) 01:45, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

text: If the band want to edit, it's conflict of interest, yes. However, if they stick to well-sourced facts, it's not going to be a problem. If fans want to edit constructively, it's not a problem. If they want to add nonsense to the article, it's a problem. Enough new editors have added nonsense that, to prevent further disruption, the page has been locked. Yes, it might have punished some legitimate editors--although I note that nobody has made any suggestions of edits here on the talk page since the page has been locked, so there's no evidence that any of them are out there. —C.Fred (talk) 16:42, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: the inaccuracies that are already here

message: Come on, America. Lighten up a bit. Wikipedia isn't even a certified method of research. My university thesis would get the bootass if I used this site. Editing the band's crap on MySpace isn't as fun. The Mint Chicks wanted it this way... If you want a high calibre of research, go to your nearest library and dig out the database there... thats what every person with half a brain cell would do. Phatphishpatty 23:41, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well it's true that you can just go to a library, but bands like The Mint Chicks here, might not be found in any books, etc. And most information is found on the net anyway. Infinitynz 05:00, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oh, God. Honestly. 

message: First off, this page seems pretty messy, but has good content in it. This could make it a good page. Also, why has noone made a page for any of the albums? They are good albums too!  Infinitynz 05:01, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Album Pages 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:F**kthegoldenyouth.jpg

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Crazyyesdumbno.jpg

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Octagonoctagonoctagon.jpg

message: there's a new bassist in the band as of late april 2008. don't know who he is though.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Just-buzzed (talk • contribs) 04:33, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  new bassist 

message: Looked broken and Kaspersky antivirus flagged it as having some trojan keylogger Bullshit...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slymagpie (talk • contribs) 16:05, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted fansite from external links 

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