Talk:Taproot (band)

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Regarding this article's content, nicknames and personal bias is all over this article, as well as this discussion page. 64.212.95.204 22:54, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

RAPCORE???

They never made rapcore! please listen to their songs first before you change it to rapcore(RAP METAL)! they just sing and never raped! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.167.213.225 (talk) 10:34, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

you've obviously never heard their pre-gift works. their first two (independent) albums (before Gift) had some rap/rock type stuff. 66.38.19.158 (talk) 20:33, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

BTW: Rapped has two "P's". I would hope too that the fine young men of Taproot never raped either. 208.24.252.14 (talk) 20:52, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Gift album name

Is the gift album just called "Gift"? on the front cover it says in blue lettering above the word gift in white: "yesterdayishistorytomorrowisamysterytodayisa..." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dark wounds (talk • contribs) 16:22, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

it is shown basically everywhere as just 'Gift'. 66.38.19.158 (talk) 14:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup

Holy crap this thing needs some grammatical cleanup. I'm a relatively new user, though, so how do you put a 'cleanup needed' disclaimer in an article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.86.226.30 (talk) 07:45, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

-- Agreed. This article is terrible and doesn't conform to encyclopedic style in any way, shape or form. It reads like it was written by an eighth grader who is describing his garage band for a school report.

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External links

Hello @T Yorke, you are currently engaged in an edit war with me on the Taproot (band) page. Please desist and discuss on the talk page instead. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 06:20, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Revirvlkodlaku, I'm just trying to add a link to the band's merch store. It says it's the official store on the band's official Facebook and Twitter pages. According to WP:SOCIALMEDIA, adding this information is acceptable. T Yorke (talk) 21:59, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

@T Yorke, what is not acceptable is your edit warring. Please familiarize yourself with the topic here: WP:Edit warring. As pertains to the external link you insist on placing on the page, please read WP:External links#Minimize the number of links. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 22:18, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku, so it's acceptable for you to edit the article but if it's anyone else it's edit warring? Please familiarize yourself with WP:OWN. Also, in the page WP:External links#Minimize the number of links, it states: "More than one official link should be provided only when the additional links provide the reader with significant unique content and are not prominently linked from other official websites." T Yorke (talk) 00:27, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

@T Yorke, you are misrepresenting what has happened: you made an edit, I reverted you. So far so good. Your next step should have been to discuss on the talk page, per WP:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. Instead, you reverted back. This is how an edit war begins. I should not, then, have reverted once more, but I did; that is my bad. At this stage, we are at loggerheads: I believe I am correct in stating that the link doesn't belong, whereas you feel the opposite way. My position is that the site is a merch site, not an official Taproot site, despite what their social media states. If you feel strongly that your position is superior to mine, please seek a third opinion. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 02:27, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku, in regards to a third opinion, it states: "This process is neither mandatory nor binding." on WP:Third opinion. I wonder why you seem so determined to keep the official store link from being in the article. The band definitely seems like they could use the help monetarily since they created a GoFundMe page to finance their upcoming album. Do you have some kind of personal issue with the band or what? T Yorke (talk) 04:24, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

@T Yorke, please don't make ridiculous insinuations. I have nothing against Taproot—I used to be a big fan of theirs, once upon a time. I've already explained to you why I don't think the link should be on the page. Which part of my reasoning wasn't clear to you? If you don't wish to pursue a third opinion, you can drop the matter, but if you continue to reintroduce the link despite my stance against it, you will be creating a bigger problem than is warranted. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 06:04, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku, yeah OK, I'm done wasting my time with you. T Yorke (talk) 06:36, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Lede

Hi @User:Clay...Bill Clay, you are now engaged in an edit war with me about the wording of the lede; please stop and discuss the issue instead. I don't think it is necessary to mention that the band had other hits in the 90s. "Poem" was their most notable song, and in my opinion, it is sufficient to include that in the lede. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 07:13, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Yeah I think either keep it like this (only mentioning the 1 song) or not mentioning it at all (since it gets mentioned in the next paragraph anyway). Either way, not much use mentioning "other singles" and linking the discography page since none of those singles sadly ever came close to Poem's popularity (Calling was closest but not by much). Xanarki (talk) 17:36, 12 November 2023 (UTC)