Talk:M2M (band)

Non-Album Bonus Track?

I've been trying to look for information about The Feeling Is Gone, and I'm pretty sure it was by M2M, but I don't see any info anywhere on Wikipedia regarding the existence of this song - it's not even listed on this page. XIronGolemX (talk) 04:41, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

It shouldn't be listed on this page. This page is an overview of the band, not a collection of all their songs. The Feeling is Gone was featured as a bonus track on certain editions of both "Shades of Purple" and the single "Don't Say You Love Me". Freikorp (talk) 21:52, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Chart positions

Whoever added them should verify them, all the Norwegian ones were made up, assuming they were supposed to represent how M2M performed in the official Norwegian sales charts -- chsf, 18 March 2006

I don't think that the part about M2M being a hit in the Philippines is true. Yes, they may have been a hit, but it was definitely not because they made Mandarin versions of their songs. People in the Philippines do not speak Chinese, unless they are Chinese who migrated to the area and that is not a large part of the population. -- misa, 30 January 2007

Chart positions and sales figures are completely fictional - at least the German ones. Purschka (talk) 23:10, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

All the charts are now verified. M2M were a hit in the Phillipines, though probably not for Mandarin versions of songs, however to the best of knowledge their are no reliable sources for charts in the Phillipines so chart listing accordingly does not appear. Freikorp (talk) 21:52, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

Another single?

I know for a fact that Don't was released as a single off their second album, but I have no idea whether is was international or North America only.... SKS2K6 08:19, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

My extensive searching has found a reference that it was released in the US, however I believe it was a promotional release only. I have not found any sources that this single was released elsewhere. Freikorp (talk) 21:52, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Cartoon network freak (talk · contribs) 15:03, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Lead

• The album was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award. They were signed to an international record deal with Atlantic Records in 1998 and subsequently changed their name to M2M. → The album was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award and the band changed their name to M2M after signing a record deal with Atlantic Records in 1998.  Done
• A 'best of' album → A greatest hits album  Done

Infobox

• You need references for the genres, instruments and labels (see this as an example)  Done
• Use {{hlist|...}} for genres, instruments and labels  Done

History

• Rename this overall title in "Career"  Done
• They formed a music duo they were eight → The two girls formed a music duo when they were eight  Done
• At the time Raven was → comma after "time"  Done
• After the album's release they started → For alternation: After the record's release, they started  Done
• link "Atlantic Records" here to its respective article on Wiki  Done
• As M2M their first → As M2M, their first  Done
• It featured in the closing credits → It was featured in the closing credits  Done
• the single was very successful → the single experienced commercial success (due to fancruft)  Done
• It charted at No. 2 in Norway and No. 4 in both Australia and New Zealand → It charted at number two in Norway and at number four in both Australia and New Zealand  Not done - or for any similar requests. MOS:HASH says "No." is an acceptable format.
• It was certified gold in both Australia → Additionally, it was certified Gold in both Australia  Done
• US → write out to "United States"  Done
• In November 1999 M2M → comma after "1999"  Done
• of the TV series → remove "the"  Done
• It was well received critically → You need a reference for this statement  Done
• and reached No. 7 in Norway, No. 89 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Top Heatseekers chart → and reached number seven in Norway, number 89 on the Billboard 200 and number one on its Top Heatseekers component chart.
• Release year in brackets for "Mirror Mirror"  Done
• certified gold in the US → certified Gold in the United States  Done
• "Everything You Do" → release year in brackets  Done
• reached No. 21 → reached number 21
• Throughout 2000 M2M appeared → comma after "2000"  Done
• high-schools across the US → write US out  Done
• In September that year, they toured the US with Hanson → write US to "America" here for alternation  Done
• performing as the boys' → performing as the band's  Done
• Release year in brackets for "Everything"  Done
• No. 6 in Norway and No. 27 → number six in Norway and number 27
• Release year in brackets for "What You Do About Me"  Done
• No. 46 → number 46
• The track "Don't" was released in the US-only as a promo single → Another track, "Don't", was made available as a promotional single in the United States.  Done
• singles in the US → write US out to America here  Done
• The promotion for their second album including → The promotion for their second studio album included  Done
• Following the appearance they were → comma before "they"  Done
• then upcoming → then-upcoming  Done
• songwriters in the US → write US out to United States  Done
• 100,000 units in the US → write out to America here, for alternation  Done
• record contract from Atlantic US → record contract from Atlantic  Done
• Raven said that her and Larsen → Raven said that she and Larsen  Done
• they had become quite different → Is this a quote? It sounds quite unencyclopedic

No. It's not a direct quote. The original source is in Norwegian. The Bing translation gives the text "We were like twins when we were kids, but that 18-year-olds we were very different". Can you suggest better wording for the article?

• A 'best of' album → A greatest hits album  Done
• M2M sold → As of 2013, M2M sold + do this in the lead, too  Not done I understand the source for 2 million is from 2013, but I think it's misleading to specify the year in the prose. M2M disbanded in 2002 and their 'best of' album was released in 2003. I seriously doubt M2M sold more than 1000 records between 2004 and 2013. I have a source that states they sold 1.5 million copies of their debut album by January 2002. What I'm saying is they would have sold those 2 million albums by 2004. Specifying 2013 makes it sound like they've still been selling records up until then, and also makes the article look somewhat out of date. It raises the question of how many albums they've sold in the four years since 2013 (again, I seriously doubt they've sold more than 100 since 2013, but that's beside the point). Is this really necessary?
• Release year for "Break You" in brackets  Done
• reaching No. 9 → reaching number nine
• No. 1 in Norway → number one in the aforementioned territory.  Done
• have reached No. 1 in Norway → have reached number one in Norway
• Release year for "If a Song Could Get Me You" in brackets  Done
• which also reached No. 1 → which also claimed the top spot  Done
• 2nd picture > No.1 hits → number one hits

Critical response and musical style

• rare amongst teen pop → rare among  Done
• instrument prowess ... It's rare → ... to [...]  Done (Changed to (...) as per MOS:ELLIPSIS)
• In 1999 Stephanie McGrath → That same year, Stephanie McGrath  Done

Discography

• The filed where the title of the respective album is placed needs to be darker, see this as an example.  Not done - I don't know how to change that. I'm not good with table codes.
• You need something like an iTunes link to reference the albums were released (see this as an example)  Done - but I had to shorten the first album to year only as I couldn't find a reliable source for the exact date
• The countries don't need to be that thick (take example on the articles mentioned above; change the style of the tables if needed)  Not done - again, I don't know how to change that.
• For the singles section, the title and year need to be switched (see this as an example.)  Done
• You need refs for the singles as well (see this as an example)  Done
• The maximum of countries is 10; you have 11 in the singles table  Not done - are you sure this is a CURRENT wiki policy? I seem to remember a consensus ruling against the maximum of ten countries some time ago.

Awards

• Please make a table for the awards (see this as an example)  Done

References

• norwegiancharts.com. (and other related links) → Norwegian Charts (no italic)  Done

Copy-violation

• 21.9% is acceptable!

Images

• Article is perfectly illustrated by images ;)

Links

• No problems here!

References

• As far as I checked them, the references do cover the assertations made in this article
• No dead links! Good job!

Outcome

•  On hold for 7 days! You've done a good job with this, but it needs some minor work before I'll pass it to GA status. Good luck with editing and best regards, Cartoon network freak (talk) 14:07, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the review. I fixed a couple things but I'll have to get back to this (and the Alexandra Stan review) after the weekend as I'm going away. Cheers. Freikorp (talk) 02:25, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

@Cartoon network freak: I've tried to adderss everything. Please looks at my replies to the few things things I didn't change and let me know where you want to go from here. If you could help me fix the table I'd really appreciate it. Thanks again. Freikorp (talk) 12:52, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Gladly passing! Best, Cartoon network freak (talk) 08:52, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

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