Talk:Atlantic Records

message: I have a simple, yet intriguing solution to this vandal problem, where people keep writing "You suck!" on the article.  Why dont we just simply make a redirect page, where people can write in "You suck!" all they want on the article.  Then, of course, if there are people that actually want to view the article, they can simply click at the link on the top to view the actual article.
I still believe that we should use protection, of course, but I do believe that this proposal will stop the majority of the vandalism from happening.--Roflthatnoobgotowned (talk) 20:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Aside from the fact that the software doesn't contain any feature allowing people to do this (as far as I know), this is an encyclopedia and not a sandbox for vandals. Hut 8.5 20:46, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Though most vandals do it to make people mad. I think this case is just an on going joke. The people that put "You Suck" on this article see the video and come in here to try it. They don't know or care about AR. I think protecting the page is not a good idea. It takes away from the  base of Wikipedia. The ability to come in and add new information at will. Wikipedia has enough moderators they can watch this article for "You Suck"  Heck Wikipedia has enough bots doing work, make one that watches this article for "You Suck". Knotslanding (talk) 11:42, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a good idea.  I wonder if bots have the power to suspend editing privileges? Steelbeard1 (talk) 16:33, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

text: I say we just protect these pages. WPjcmWords are cool 19:15, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

text: Can this article be semi-protected again? Steelbeard1 (talk) 12:08, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've put the semiprotection back since it's clear the vandalism hasn't died down. Hut 8.5 12:11, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

text: If you're asking if there is a consensus to block IPs on sight without warning for making one edit, no there is not such a consensus and never can be. If somebody vandalizes this page, warn them, and if they continue, then they should be blocked. There's nothing special about this article that requires making exceptions to WP:BLOCK (such as blocking IPs for 10 days, four hours after they stopped editing or after just one edit). - auburnpilot talk 22:46, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this talk page should be semi-protected as well.  It's obviously getting vandalized as well. Steelbeard1 (talk) 02:02, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Talk pages are generally left open except in severe cases, and this one has only been vandalised by one IP in the last two weeks. Hut 8.5 07:38, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I reccomend semi protection (permanent) and then banning users for 1 hour, 3 hours, 7 hours, 24 hours, 72 hours, and then 240 hours (for repeat vandal IPs). If the final 10 day ban does not stop them then I reccomend a permanent IP ban. The other option would to to fully protect it and create a page such as Atlantic Records/New to allow people to add suggestions (which could be added by an admin) without threatening the artical. --JekShadowtalk 05:15, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: How many years has this nonsense been going on? The trolls/vandals obviously won't give a damn if we keep throwing temporary, or even permanent bans, at them nonstop. I do think that permanent semi-protection is a good idea, as it has seemed to slow the vandalism down somewhat - yet 3 damned years after "White and Nerdy" came out, these morons are still messing things up for lulz. Banning accounts and/or IPs might not do much in the long run, since all they need do is create a new account or use a different computer/proxy server to get around such bans. And even if they can sneak around whatever degree of semi-protection we can have set up, our options are limited. I'd recommend full protection, but only as a last resort. This s*** has got to stop. --SigmaX54 (talk) 17:33, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

text: Keep the article (and the talk page, if possible) semi-protected and have zero tolerance for registered editors who deliberately vandalize this article. Steelbeard1 (talk) 15:56, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal to stop the majority of the vandalism 

message: Now that Atlantic has revived the Elektra Records imprint, the "You Suck" vandalism has spread to that article.  I suggest zero tolerance for vandalism to that article as well. Steelbeard1 (talk) 10:40, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The "You Suck" vandalism has spread to Elektra Records 

message: Why is there not even a mention of Aretha Franklin on this page?  It just seems very odd.
:This article is about the record label.  See List of former Atlantic Records artists for mention of Aretha Franklin. Steelbeard1 (talk) 11:00, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Aretha

message: British Artist 'Ridin' Hood' was signed last week after performing at the 02 last month, its official. Please metion this in the article, his first album with them is called 'Gangster D.O.R.K' and isn't complete yet.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ridin04 (talk • contribs) 18:03, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ridin' Hood 

message: If there are no objections in the next few hours, I will change this page's protection to make use of the new Pending Changes system, so that all edits from new and unregistered users will require review. --Chris (talk) 10:47, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay by me; let's give it a try. Infrogmation (talk) 17:44, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

text: I'm surprised a bot/script hasn't been written to deal with the uncreative vandalism affecting this article.  I'm more surprised people still think vandalizing this is cute or funny, its totally old news.  JBsupreme (talk) ✄ ✄ ✄	 21:21, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pending changes 

message: does WP:Beans apply or are we going for WP:IAR ? --T1980 (talk) 03:17, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  anti-vandal template  

message: —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonny30284 (talk • contribs) 21:24, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: ???  This article is currently semi-protected which means only registered Wikipedians can edit this article, not unregistered IP addresses.  Since Jonny30384 is a registered member, you can make suitable edits.  But beware, registered users who wish to vandalize the article. Any vandalism to this article by registered users risk a permanent ban from editing on Wikipedia. Steelbeard1 (talk) 21:54, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: After looking at Jonny30284's talk page, it mentioned that he vandalized the Weird Al Yankovic article. Maybe the reason for his request is because his account was suspended.  Again, if this article is vandalized, the administrators have a low tolerance and registered vandals are banned from Wikipedia. Steelbeard1 (talk) 21:57, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

text: The reason its protected is because fans of Weird Al keep on blanking the page and putting up YOU SUCK!, al la White & Nerdy  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.106.47.200 (talk) 04:58, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Jonny30284, 10 September 2010 

message: I am currently working on expanding this article, which is (IMHO) pathetically inadequate. At this stage I am primarily working on incorporating material from the 1990 Wade and Picardie biography of Ahmet Ertegun (which I just bought) but I will reference as many other sources as is practical as the work expands. I would appreciate any comments or constructive criticisms. Thanks! Dunks (talk) 13:37, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. From first look, looks like good work.  Much needed expansion of this article. I think the article was to long held back by all the effort put into fighting the idiot vandals who know absolutely zero about Atlantic other than a passing reference in a Weird Al video. Infrogmation (talk) 15:17, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

text: Thank you! Hope I can do justice to this great subject. I've done a lot of work on the Warner Bros. Records article and hope to do the same here. One point if I may? I noticed that there was an new addition about the CBS distribution deal in the Early Years section - with respect, I think perhaps this is a misreading of the source? As I read it, the CBS guys were aghast that Atlantic was paying royalties to its artists (which is pretty ironic in the light of Ruth Brown's celebrated case against the label) but I don't read that story as meaning that it scuttled the deal and it doesn't explicitly say that in the Wade and Picardie book - what do you think? Dunks (talk) 23:11, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

text: I hope you will weed out redundancies in the article created by revisions which do not take into account material already in the article. Steelbeard1 (talk) 15:10, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion of article 

message: If its still continuing, how about some hidden text at the top of the page: 
left bracket exclamation dash dash "Please do not replace this page with the message "YOU SUCK" in emulation of the Weird Al Yankovic "white and nerdy" video. Its been done before, it is considered vandalism, and could result in your being blocked from editing. If you want to see the effect, try the sandbox" dash dash right bracket. 
This is used in a lot of lists, to remind people to not add names which are not notable. I know this wont stop determined vandals, but we could still stop people who learn to edit, but dont read the talk pages, and are not lost to reason and civility.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 06:19, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Another aide to recurrent vandalism

message: I need to do maintanence  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whyubhatin123 (talk • contribs) 02:07, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Whyubhatin123, 23 July 2011 

message: There must be some story behind it?  I've never heard of Atlantic Records before seeing his video...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.210.156.24 (talk) 20:18, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's discussed in the article. Essentially they denied him permission to record a parody. Hut 8.5 21:15, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why did Weird Al change this article to say 'YOU SUCK!' in his White & Nerdy video? 

message: ...to deserve it's own template?
| text      = PLEASE stop trying to imitate the "Weird Al" Yankovic music video for "White & Nerdy" by replacing the text of this article with "YOU SUCK!" It is disruptive and considered vandalism, and will be dealt with appropriately. If you are that desperate to see if it can be done, please visit the Sandbox.
LOL!--Wierdalyankovicfan99999 (talk) 22:50, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Welcome to the human race. 2 principles apply here: Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, as it manifests in the observer-expectancy effect, and "don't think about monkeys". people will alter their behavior based on the attention/observations of others (creating a cascade effect and rendering any objective analysis of human culture impossible), and people cannot will themselves to not think of things, which results in many impulsive actions based on obsessive thinking. I am sure that every effort on this page to try to stop people from editing in this fashion simply encourages the act. We are that polymorphously perverse.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 16:36, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

text: Created as a user warning at . --Soumya-8974 talk contribs subpages 14:20, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  It's been done THAT many times... 

message: Why is this page semi-protected?
--DontYouDareBlockMe88 (talk) 06:24, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Huge amounts of vandalism. -- Infrogmation (talk) 14:56, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: See the explanation in the article. Hut 8.5 16:12, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why? 

message: a recent edit got rid of the picture of weird al writing  "YOU SUCK" on this page in the video for "white and nerdy".  he stated that it was fake. can someone fix that?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kmmnderkoala (talk • contribs) 10:07, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  please replace the picture 

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message: 167.206.48.218 (talk) 02:25, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. No request made. EvergreenFir (talk) Please  02:41, 4 February 2016 (UTC)
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message: IS there a reason this is not under PERMANENT SEMI? 68.229.212.158 (talk) 13:08, 11 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Its under pending change protection for  good long while.  d.g. L3X1 (distant write) 13:16, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

text: If I may, I think the reason why they had removed the protection is because anything that is exciting happens every second of the day, in this case there could be a bold new artist that gets signed to Atlantic or another notable event happens, I understand Weird Al Yankovic unintentionally created a "vandalism pandemic" (using it in my own words) but I think that we have people who have sharp eyes who can catch the "You Suck!" vandalism Thomasthedarkenguine talk 7:22, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
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message: I noticed that when you were expanding this article several years ago, you added several short citations of "Brover, 2007" to the article with various page numbers (e.g., this edit). However, a full citation for this source is not provided anywhere in the references section, so I'm not clear what these short citations are referring to. Were you perhaps referring to the book by John Broven, published in 2009, that is cited earlier in the article? If not, could you provide a full citation for this source? My apologies if it's bothersome to bring up years-old edits, but as it stands right now the material sourced to "Brover, 2007" is currently unverifiable, so if we could clear this up that would be awesome. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 17:13, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: This is almost certainly a corruption of "Broven, 2009"—Record Makers and Breakers – Voices of the Independent Rock ’n’ Roll Pioneers—currently reference #7 on the list for this article. Pstoller (talk) 00:56, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I was thinking the same thing. I just put Broven's book on hold at the library, and once it arrives it should be pretty easy to determine if it's the same source. I'll post an update here after I take a look. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 01:03, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I own a copy, and I just checked. I can now confirm that "Brover, 2007" is, in fact, Broven, 2009. Pstoller (talk) 07:10, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the confirmation. I'll correct the citations accordingly. The apparent lack of a full citation for "Brover, 2007" was really bugging me as I was looking through the references, so I'm glad we could get it sorted out. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 08:33, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who is Brover 2007? 

message: I propose that Atlantic Records UK be merged into Atlantic Records. In my opinion the UK operation of Atlantic is not notable enough to warrant its own article. I think this is the only UK operation of a label with its own article, and it seems to me that the article fails to establish the subject's notability and make a distinction from Atlantic Records. Even the sources don't distinguish Atlantic Records UK –  is cited by the article, but it simply mentions it as "Atlantic", not "Atlantic UK". — bieχχ (talk) 10:35, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  It might be OK—after this article is reduced more. It's still more of a book than an article. The merger would of course make a long article longer.Vmavanti (talk) 03:32, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

text: Klbrain (talk) 14:34, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal – [[Atlantic Records UK]] 

message: I would like to consolidate the footnotes for the Wade & Picardie source using the "rp" method unless someone objects. This would clean up the ref section.Vmavanti (talk) 03:30, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consolidate footnotes 

message: "In 2006, the label denied "Weird Al" Yankovic permission to release "You're Pitiful", a parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful", despite Blunt's own approval of the song." This sentence does not have a link to the song "You're Beautiful". --121.221.131.155 (talk) 02:20, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done  78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 03:12, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "You're Pitiful" dispute 

message: List of Atlantic Records artists
 List of current Atlantic Records artists
 List of former Atlantic Records artists
The sublists just link to the main list.  Cavernousknoll (talk) 22:02, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  List link update 

message: Before the RIAA started certifying albums "Platinum" for 1 000 000 units in 1976, Atlantic had their own in-house Platinum Record awards for $2 000 000 dollars.
Some links..
, , , , ,,.
I'm sure there must be more. But this is an interesting part of musical history that should be added to the article. Walter Stanley Kowalski (talk) 11:13, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Atlantic Platinum