Talk:Oasis (band)/Archive 1

message: I feel this article needs an entire revision.  Painbearer...you need to be a bit more moderate in your contributions.  There is a lot of irrelavant information in this article, let alone spelling and gramatical errors.  I suggest you trim it down.  Also, please refer to the Wikipedia instructions on creating articles.  Little things like mentioning Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs in " " links repetitively isn't necessary.  -- TheSunTheSea 17:28, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major Revisions 

message: I suggest that he mention any future contributions in this Discussion page before he alters the article.  It seems most of his writing is haphazard and written as if he's writing a personal letter to a friend.  It lacks any form of structure and he fails to follow Wikipedia policies. TheSunTheSea 22:53, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contributions by Painbearer 

message: Slightly O/T, but I think that it's important. At the moment, the genres for Oasis's albums & singles are not consistant.  They are generally britpop or rock.  I think that we should get this consistant, but don't want to make an arbitary decision by myself.  I would go for rock, but what do other people think?  (btw, I asked this at the WTSMG page, but didn't get a response there.)  --Apyule 03:32, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say a Rock n Roll band of the Britpop era. That's a bit long though.--Crestville 19:44, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to say something lke that too, but it doesn't really fit.  One word would be best, but we might be able to get away with something like Rock/Britpop.  Could that work? --Apyule 05:45, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which genre? 

message: Is there any objection to the placement of the below somewhere in reference to the album (What's The Story) Morning Glory?:
The title of the album references a British slang expression for an erection. Hiding 17:20, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Morning Glory 

message: Still required?  If so, why? Hiding 12:52, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the cleanup tag, anyone objects, list details here. Hiding  talk 17:27, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup Tag 

message: Oasis are not Britpop. 
Oasis are a British rock band, nothing more nothing less. Labelling Oasis "Britpop" puts them in the same league as Busted and McFly. Should we call Led Zeppelin a Britpop band too because they had major chart sucess? Of course not! I am not a great Oasis fan but I understand the difference between this band and McFly. Popular sucess does not mean they are "pop": Elvis was extremely popular but he wasn't classed as "pop".
: I think you've misunderstood. Britpop was a musical genre that was at it's peek in the mid-1990s. It comprised of british guitar based bands such as pulp, blur, the verve, Radiohead etc. Oasis were not only members but pretty much led the movement. Busted and McFly are British Pop bands, not Britpop bands.--Crestville 21:57, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Britpop? 

message: I think that it isn't a single from Oasis...
24.232.136.43 13:54, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The Boy With the Blues"? 

message: Just to point out, Noel didn't actually confirm a release, he just said it was something he think they might do.  Nothing is confirmed yet, not publically at least.  Mr. Monobrow 01:31, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Boy With The Blues 

message: I think this article would benefit from a bit of cleanup in terms of tone. There's some mild POV stuff in here, I think, and quite a few places where the language is not "encyclopedic", e.g. "Guigsy" is referred to at one point, when he should probably be referenced by surname. Some of the POV stuff - the band's sound, for example - could easily be retained by using quotes from the NME, BBC, or Guardian online. I'd do all this myself, but there are probably Oasis enthusiasts who could do handle it more sensitively than me. Happy to have a crack if no-one objects, though.
I have mixed feelings about this kind of change - it's nice to read enthusiastic articles by people who likes the band they're writing about - but too much POV detracts from the article's credibility.Rayray 16:39, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've made changes to the first part of the article in line with what I've suggested above. What do people think? I'll carry on working my way through the article, and would appreciate some help.Rayray 23:00, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This article (and other articles on British pop groups) still suffers from a lot of subjective language - immense songwriting talent, for example. It would be good if people working on this article could try to stick to facts, and avoid opinions, or else it will be hard for anyone to take it seriously. I'll try to do a rewrite with this in mind later in the week. --Rayray 12:08, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV, Quotations & Encyclopedic Tone