Talk:Up to eleven

message: The Phazon link in the article leads to the Phazon of the Metroid Prime series.... I'd fix that, but I'm not sure if what the link should be actually exists. - Anon
:Changed it to no link.  --Concrete Cowboy 17:14, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: FWIW, there's a PPG episode where Bubbles asks for the difficulty setting on a simulator to be set to 11 to prove she is strong.
If I had known there was a Wikipedia entry for this I would've recorded the numerous "11" references I have seen, literally dozens, over the years; and I'm referring to ones where I'm quite sure it was a Spinal Tap reference.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.164.215.102 (talk) 09:13, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Powerpuff Girls reference 

message: I thought the actual setup to the punchline was that he's showing off all of his amps, and then singles out one of them as being very special - because its dial goes up to eleven, making it louder than all the others. I.e. it's just the one amp that goes up to 11, not all of them. In fact, he's very possessive of this amp, and doesn't want the interviewer to touch it or point at it or even look at it. The following transcript http://corky.net/scripts/ThisIsSpinalTap.html seems to back me up, so I'm going to edit the page, but I thought I'd put my reasoning here.
::Thanks for the clarification. Adding link to External links section. -- Malber (talk • contribs) 15:39, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: For the record, though, it's a guitar he's never played that he asks DiBergi not to touch or point at.206.116.141.183 02:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

text: For what it's worth: the scene starts at 22'04 in the movie. And the scene can be seen here: youtube. Peter S. 22:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Actual Joke Set-up? 

message: FYI, in the Feb 11, 2007 episode of The Dresden Files (TV series), "Hair of the Dog", Harry Dresden wants to try and track someone's movements by scent.  He grabs something from his desk and sniffs it.  When another character asks what he's doing, he off-handedly says "I'm dialing my nose up to eleven."  
Not sure that it's significant enough to include in the pop culture section of this article, but there you go. Dugwiki 22:04, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Dresden Files dials it up to eleven 

message: I'm not sure who proposed the merge, but there's no mention on this talk page so I'll kick it off.
*Oppose - The phrase has grown far beyond the original film, with numerous cultural references in a variety of media as well as general speech. It's even mentioned in a major dictionary, which I feel is enough for it's own article. --Darksun 16:18, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[This Is Spinal Tap]] 

message: Should it be mentioned that in SSX3 all character attributes go up to 11? - McGeek  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.245.212 (talk) 22:12, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[SSX3]] 

message: Anyone know why they dont do this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shniken1 (talk • contribs) 09:41, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know if you're serious, but to take it quite literally, no matter how loud you make ten, eleven is ALWAYS one louder.  Nigel is right. He can make 10 louder, but the amps still go up to 11, which is yet louder.  71.197.122.2 (talk) 00:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Or to be more accurate 11 is 100% of volume on a scale of 1-11 on a scale of 1-10 10 is 100% so in fact their the same volume.
83.104.138.141 (talk) 22:18, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: But why don't they make it go to 110%? 122.107.20.56 (talk) 15:27, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: But 11 is one louder than ten  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.56.88.21 (talk) 17:31, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why don't they just make 10 louder? 

message: Must we really mention every scale that happens to go to 11? Not every usage is a reference to the idiom. If there is no clear indication that it is a reference, then it doesn't belong on this page - that includes the illustration picture.122.107.20.56 (talk) 15:24, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree.  It's not all that original.  In 10 (film) (five years before Spinal Tap), someone asks George (Dudley Moore) how gorgeous Jenny (Bo Derek) is on a scale of ten, and he replies "Eleven."  —Tamfang (talk) 07:27, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  The volume of the video fragments on the BBC news website goes up to eleven. This is a Spinal Tap joke, surely? 84.198.246.199 (talk) 17:18, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  That is more due to it using the iplayer software there, it is really the BBC iplayer that goes to 11. I have added this fact before and it was removed. --Lemming64 18:38, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage in Culture section 

message: While reading this article, I couldn't help but think of these guys...it's sorta related. They believe that 11 is the holiest number or something since it is one greater than ten which is supposedly 'perfect', so eleven goes beyond what is perfect and into the realm of Chaos which is beyond all comprehension. Haven't really looked it up in a while, and unfortunately the site is down at the moment, but you guys can check it out at www.templeoftheblacklight.net when it gets back up. There's a relatively short and not very comprehensive article on their beliefs at Dissection (band).Avnas Ishtaroth (talk) 12:10, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Temple of the Black Light 

message: You can put all sound, music and voice up to 11 :) 203.26.122.12 (talk) 03:53, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Burnout Paradise 

message: Whenever the webcomic Xkcd 'features' an idea, superfluous Xkcd links tend to be added to the bottom of those article as "references." A short while after on most pages (for example, SkiFree) those links are removed with little argument. That is to say, these links are added by Xkcd readers for the short time that Xkcd readers flock to these pages and are then removed. While Xkcd may be a valid pop culture reference (and indeed, those are discouraged?) it adds little the article, is only relevant to Xkcd readers (who are here because they have already seen the comic) and will likely be forgotten in a few weeks time so why bother with a link at all? If anything, create a well sourced "in popular culture" section including the Xkcd comic reference- not a useless footnote hidden in the external links section. 203.206.91.245 (talk) 09:46, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Xkcd 

message: Funnily enough, on BBC's iPlayer (online video on demand service), the volume slider goes up to 11. Is this something that deserves a mention in the article or not? The Z UKBG (talk) 03:46, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. Pete Tong  mentioned this in a Tweet not so long ago too! Photomonkey (talk) 23:23, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  BBC iPlayer 

message: I've noticed a fair share of modern amplifiers actually do have the maximum volume setting labelled 11 now. It would be good to mention in the article. Not sure where would be a good place to get a source for that though... Some guy (talk) 07:38, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Partially got it from a different article. Some guy (talk) 07:41, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real usage 

message: I won't edit the page as the sources aren't available, but isn't the Singer Porsche case irrelevant? If it'll rev beyond 10k RPM, then it's just a regular rev counter.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dahamsta (talk • contribs) 11:21, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Singer Porsche 

message: * In Doctor Who, The Doctor turns the pipe organ up from 110 to 111. Reference:  --Byziden (talk) 23:47, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  More examples in popular culture 

message: We sent a box (X-ray spectrometer?) into space with a 'Piezo Amp' control knob that, yup, goes to 11. I will try to locate a photo. An instance of the actual instrument was on public display for 75th anniversary of the Ames Research Center.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.24.222.33 (talk) 16:02, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  NASA instrument 

message: I think that the secotion on the scene from spinal tap should be removed and it's contents condensed into the lead or the reference in pop culture section.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isador1500 (talk • contribs) 02:58, 12 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the phrase originated from the movie This is Spinal Tap, it is a critical piece of information and certainly should have its own section. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 22:00, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delete Spinal Tap As Own Section 

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thread_title:  External links modified (January 2018) 

message: The article has it as "Other controls with a maximum of 11 include SSL mixing consoles, Amazon Alexa, the BBC's iPlayer on demand video player,[...] in . While no doubt correct when written, (cf.  here), the iPlayer is now BBC Sounds for the UK audience. I am British but live outside the UK, and can still get the "international" iPlayer for some things (BBC World Service in particular), but it no longer has this and probably never did as a pop-out window, where there is just an icon with a speaker and bars from 1 to 5 that illuminate as you hover over them, like the Windows taskbar volume control. The BBC Sounds app, which comes up when I listen to domestic BBC Radio 4 does indeed have a control that goes up to 11. I note this without prejudice, as it might differ for those on a UK-based ISP. 94.21.38.126 (talk) 14:20, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: To be clear, I only listen on laptops or desktops running Windows (various browsers), not on smartphone apps etc. Hence my hesitance to change it as it may vary. Since it is just a mention en passant it doesn't matter that much, but technically I think it is incorrect now as iPlayer does NOT have a control that goes up to 11, and I think only ever did when it was not popped  out, but I am only going from memory there, that i was surprised and amused that it did, and that someone in the BBC has a sense of humour. 94.21.38.126 (talk) 14:30, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  BBC Sounds/BBC iPlayer 

message: All the Spinal Tap articles link Nigel Tufnel to Christopher Guest instead of Micheal McKean and vice versa?  Is this intentional - perhaps to annoy the Tap fans? 129.176.151.29 (talk) 17:05, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Because it is correct, at least according to IMDb (which also says that Micheal McKean played "David St. Hubbins"). --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 00:06, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is there some reason the people are switched? 

message: the phrase from This is Spinal Tap is "goes to 11" not "up to 11", and the article doesn't cite any source for "up to 11"; rather, it cites "goes to 11". That should be the name of the article. In the actual scene, the Christopher Guest character (a rock star) says over and over, "it goes to 11". The Rob Reiner character (a reporter) questions it, saying "up to 11". Rob Reiner always plays a tool, he even played Meathead in All in the Family. So if you're going to make the joke, you imitate the cool guy, the rock star, and say "my [car/bike/amp] goes to 11". Period. You people have no ear for poetry, timing, etc. sheesh. 2603:8001:D3F0:87E0:0:0:0:1DF6 (talk) 02:35, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "goes to 11": rename the article!