Talk:Fleetwood Mac

An excellent article, whoever you are who wrote it. Well done. John

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Take a look at the spanish version (if you can understand it). It's more or less the same thing. I'm a contributor to that version.

Regards,

Javier - es:Jdiazch

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Like any other celebrity ariticle, the use of superlative descriptions is appropriate for fan magazines and not encyclopedia aricles. Unless there is clear documentation accompanying a particular claim (such as album sales or concert attendance), they do not belong here. We can be appreciative of our favorite artists without arbitrarily ranking them and violating Wikepedia's NPOV policy. --Blainster 19:58, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Sure; my point is that it is not any less POV to call Fleetwood "one of the more creative and enduring rock bands in the world" than it is to call them "one of the most creative and enduring rock bands in the English-speaking world". Both assessments are subjective and POV. I agree the right way to describe Fleetweed's stature is by reference to, say, album sales, position on various billboards and top 50 lists, critical response, etc. Neilc 04:13, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

McVie

The article repeatedly refers to "McVie" without making it clear which of the two McVies it's referring to. I'm guessing Christine, but I don't know much about the band and for all I know it may not even be the same one each time! There are also POV problems as noted above but this is is a big, big problem that makes the article very confusing.

Yes, Christine McVie throughout - I checked.... in the course of which, I found that a couple of songs attributed to "McVie" were actually co-written, so I've edited accordingly. I haven't checked whether the songs attributed to the others were really co-written, though.... TheMadBaron 03:26, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

"Cult"

Regardless of my personal feelings about the The Children of God, to call them a "cult" does not conform to NPOV. Wikipedia:Words_to_avoid#Cult.--Sojambi Pinola 00:18, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Reformatting?

At some recent point, the format of the article was reworked such that the first paragraph is no longer an intro/summary preceding the table of contents. Hence, some of the information may feel a bit redundant. How do others feel about this change? I'm on the fence, myself. Perhaps simply retitling it "summary" or some similar word would take away some confusion. --Sojambi Pinola 00:18, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Eh. I was being picky. Actually, I think that's pretty cool as is. --Sojambi Pinola 00:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Before the marriage the group briefly considered renaming themselves 'Fleetwood Perfect'. Really??? I never heard that before. What's your source? --Sojambi Pinola 20:12, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

smoothing out the read

The article was severely jumbled, jumping from one point in time to the next, then addressing the previous time period, and it did that a few times too many. It was hard to follow. so I've made some adjustments, by all means add to them, but let's keep it chronological so as to avoid making the same mistakes, most of my edits deal with the beginnings of the group, and the line up changes.Jonah Ayers

The article does seem a little "gushy" in some areas, which I can work on but overall I found it fair and well written.

they produced what is considered their penultimate album, Then Play On, though Spencer was for the most part absent from these recording sessions.

That's an incorrect use of the word "penultimate." Penultimate means "second to last," chronologically. What did you really mean to say? --Sojambi Pinola 06:31, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Jonah/Walter, I'd agree that "nonpareil" is on the right track, if perhaps a tad highfallutin'. --Sojambi Pinola 00:02, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

I like it where you write, "I'm stuck." Hey, no surpise there. It's obvious. But do try to be more useful in your edits. I've taken a year of your life. A year, man. A YEAR!!! And it's just getting better. A year. This proves that while I type in between strokes of genius at my keyboard for which I am paid greatly, you have to come home from work and attempt to write more of your NPoV about some worthless drunkard you hero worship all over. This is truly fabulous. I've gotten to take a year of your life, and watch you cry to administrator after administrator, and whine and attempt to cajole them, and it's been incredibly fun. That's the only word for it, fun. you get so mad, so worked up, that you start to actually sound like, well a lot like a baby crying on the lollipo he dropped in the dirt. A year, Stevie boy. A year. now, run on over there to Will Beback and made your addition to his list. I spent the last month having friends make thousands, literally, thousands of identities to use as edits. Well into the next couple years, we can go there buddy, and I'm happy to do it. I bought a new computer with the proceeds of my work this year, and offered to donate 500 bucks to your Brooklyn charity. My honey and I are off to Europe in spring, and then to Key West in the fall. And it's so good to be able to do things like that. I wish you well, you mad little grub. good luck. I'll see you tomorrow, name? Who knows!!!!King Wales 05:43, 31 January 2006 (UTC)