Talk:Operator Please

message: I think someone should mention how young these guys are.
I mean Holy Crap.Joeldipops 00:36, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They don't seem to know for sure here so it's probably not known for certain. shard who appears to be the forum admin is unsure with the ages posted. Farsouth 01:53, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Fixed from first hand sources. Amanda is 18 (soon 19), Ashley 18, Timmy just turned 17, Taylor is 16 and Sarah is 17 (18 in November) Erik Veland 20:24, 6 Aug 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Happy birthday Amandah! Erik Veland 11:53, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't think it's appropriate to note their ages per se, but if pages are created for each of the group's individuals, they would then be indicated there. lincalinca 00:29, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Being a "young" band - one of the most often asked question is regarding their ages, so I think it is appropriate for this article. Erik Veland 04:01, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes that is one of the main questions associated with this band! Most people would actually look them up on wikipedia looking for their ages. I agree that ages should be included in this article, although if someone creates articles based on the individuals the ages should be removed from this article. andrewrox424 Bleep 06:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Which one's the blonde boy? When the music video was taken, he does not look 16–19. — 60.241.151.205 07:33, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  The "blonde boy" is Timothy Commandeur. How is it relevant how old he looks? For accuracy sake, he was 16 when the video was shot and he is currently 17. Erik Veland (talk) 04:53, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ages of the band members 

message: I just adding album artwork, cited and neatened up the article to hopefully meet Wikipedia's standards. -- Kai talk 08:39, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Album artworked, referenced and neatened! 

message: I'm pretty sure I have seen a different cover of "Just a Song About Ping Pong" on Operator Please's MySpace and other websites. It has a ping pong paddle on it surrounded by ping pong balls, and it has "Just a Song About Ping Pong" written on it in chunky white writing, and the handle has "Operator Please" written on it. I was thinking it was the 7" cover or at least the UK release cover, but both releases here have the same pictures of a boot with ping pong balls as well as the title and artist... anyone know the difference? 210.50.189.10 09:14, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The releases with the Ping Pong Paddle is the Australian single release of "Just A Song About Ping Pong" as well as the Australian exclusive EP release of Just A Song About Ping Pong. The difference is the latter contains the songs "In Motion" and "Spying" in addition to the standard tracks "Just A Song About Ping Pong" and "Just A Song About Ping Pong (Kissy Sell Out's White Stallion Remix)". The cover that is on here now was for the British releases of the single and the vinyl EP. Erik Veland 10:32, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Uploaded new cover art and credited creator Elvira Wilkinson Erik Veland 10:45, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Album covers of "Just a Song About Ping Pong"

message: Don't wikilink to "#### in music" via pipe with just a year. Plus, don't just wikilink years alone. If there's a specific release date, you can wikilink the whole thing. Although we're supposed to bulid the web, we're also supposed to only wikilink to the appropriate page as suggested by the link you click on. As I said, if you have a full release date, you may note that as 19 August, 2007 (any americans will have the month/day switched over according to their user preferences). If you know the month and year, then link that also, such as August 2007, but if you just know the year, don't wikilink it. See the manual of style for more info alike this. --lincalinca 07:40, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikilinking

message: Just wondering what the difference is between Just a Song About Ping Pong EP is in Australian and UK? Because I just wrote an article on it and included the UK version of cover art as the alternate cover.. is this appropriate? Because I really don't see the difference between the two. andrewrox424 Bleep 06:23, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Aus version includes the songs In Motion and Spying. The UK one do not (I believe). Erik Veland 10:18, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, so im wondering why on the two 'just a song about ping pong' articles it says single/EP? When they clearly cannot be both. andrewrox424 Bleep 07:09, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And also, how is a CD with 2 songs or 4 an EP? andrewrox424 Bleep 08:51, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The term "EP" orginally referred to any "extended play" record that could carry more than one track per side (i.e. two songs on the A side and two on the B side). Becaues we don't really make music for EP or single format any more, so technically, they can call it what they want. They can fit as much as 80 minutes onto a CD if they want, really. The terminology hasn't changed, despite the reasons for the terminology not being existent any more. --lincalinca 11:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

text: To further clarify, the single refers to the two song release, and EP to the four song release. Erik Veland 14:29, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, thanks, so i'll get onto making the 'single' page today. And i will have to move it again, thanks to lincalinca. no offence. andrewrox424 Bleep 07:40, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

text: No, don't do that. In accordance with mustard/albums and songs wikiprojects, don't have multiple pages where one is sufficient. It's the same piece and there is simply an EP release of it and a Single release of it. Otherwise the articlemapping becomes duplicitous. The two articles with invariably become merged if you do this. --lincalinca 11:22, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree; there isn't a need for two articles that are about the same song. Use the article already used in Just a Song About Ping Pong (EP), and perhaps move the name without the word (EP), then write clearly in the article that there are two different formats released in Australia and UK. Include the track listings for both releases and any other info that's relevant for both. RaNdOm26 15:51, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, listen to Random. He knows his shit. Imagine if I created a separate article for each different release of "It's Only Natural". That's crazy talk! --lincalinca 22:29, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Restored the previous layout. There is no reason to separate singles and EPs at this stage as they all have from two to four tracks. The UK vinyl "single" of Ping Pong had five tracks for example. Separation can be made when the album is released in November, as it will be more natural to separate major from minor releases. Erik Veland 11:19, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ok, so now that it's on an actual album could we make a separate page? andrewrox424 Bleep 13:14, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK and Aus ver of Ping Pong 

message: Don't really know if anyones interested but I just created a userbox and a catogory for people that like Operator Please.
To add yourself to the catogory, insert the following on your user page:
:
Or if you wish you can add a userbox like:
:
Thanks, andrewrox424 Bleep 23:12, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to let you know, that category will be deleted based on a lack of content for one, and another is that you can't add your user page to an articlespace category. Articlespace is purely for articles abut OP. Unless you set up a wikiproject for it, you really can't make a category to indicate yourselves, and there's no way there'e volume enough to sustain a wikiproject. Sorry, I won't nom it for deletion, but can guarantee it won't last. The userbox is fine though. Nothing wrong with that. --lincalinca 11:18, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Oh, ok, I was just reading the categorization page and it said anyone could create a category. Sorry, and that sucks lol, it took me ages to find out how to create a category. andrewrox424 Bleep 07:38, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, that's a fair enough assumption. Anyone can do anything, especially with the climate when it comes to rules around here, however, deletionists are very likely to give it the flick. As a general rule of thumb, a musical artist doesn't warrant a category unless there's going to be a decent volume of articles (including subcategories for members, albums and songs by the band). Generally, an artist needs to have released a reasonable volume of albums to quantify a category creation. Albums and songs should always, however, be categorised by artist. --lincalinca 23:26, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

text:  Yeah, ok but for the meantime, its here to join. andrewrox424 Bleep 08:04, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Userbox & Category 

message: Official MySpace and YouTube pages qualifies as relevant links according to the WP:EL. Erik Veland (talk) 04:51, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: I've just created a Operator Please NavBox template, so we don't have to put in a large ammount of code. Don't worry about updating at the moment, I've already updated all the pages that are linked in it.

Hope this is helpful. andrewrox424 Bleep 09:11, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  NavBox Template 

message: As per AfD Discussion and WP:Music, the article for Sarah Gardiner has been merged into Operator Please. Drinkaboutit (talk) 02:20, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merged Sarah Gardiner 

message: Is it necessary to mention Gardiner's nude photography done after leaving the band?
It doesn't concern the band, it isn't newsworthy.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dominicjones (talk • contribs) 09:56, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems there's a consensus to add it back in, but no one has done it yet. Worst case you'll face a backlash of astro-turfing by Operator Please fans, but realistically the longevity of such bands is pretty short, and no one really cares about them anymore (I'm not even sure if they exist anymore?) so it won't be much backlash. BaSH PR0MPT (talk) 11:46, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Nude Photography

message: The history page is pretty crap compared to many other musical artists' history pages around here, and it's continually deteriorating at the end. I'm going to go ahead and fix things up, but it's hard enough already with barely any news sources covering them, and a lot of the most recent info coming directly from the band. Anima❖talk 09:22, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Okay guys really 

message: Substituted at 01:54, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment