i don't disagree with your point except that i'm not exactly trying to appease here i guess it sounded that way though i actually think both points of view have merit which is why i'd go with the anglo australian type of construction and maybe drop the manx in the first sentence as i said if you had asked me before this discussion started where the bee gees were from i would have said australia based on how i recall them being promoted in the s and i also totally see the logic of considering them english so the dual wording does make sense to me i've looked a bit and haven't come up with anything on the web to answer that question yet maybe you'll have more luck by the way olivia newton john may be relevant here she is considered australian as well and her wiki article calls her english born australian or words to that effect her bio says she was born in england moved to australia at age and moved back to england at where she began recording a pretty similar story to the beegees and she's listed as australian which might be how she self identifies i don't know but on a quick read it appears she only lived there for about years like them as for whether this editing is personal i have no idea and don't want to get into it i do know that i am trying to reach consensus among different points of view on this exceedingly minor point and as i have said there was some fussing about it a couple of months ago and it settled down with the awkward wording because it is accurate so i hope we can drop this quickly and move on to something more substantive