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Redirecting to Bob Marley

The Wailers was a band. Bob Marley was a member of that band. Redirecting this article to Bob Marley makes no sence. This is a valid article in its own right. If you dislike it, then you'll have to go through an AfD procedure to have it removed/redirected. --Ezeu 09:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article length

This article is shockingly short for such a famous group. More of a stub than an article JayKeaton (talk) 13:32, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Current Wailers Band

I saw the Wailers play a show a few weekends ago in downtown Raleigh. At least they called themselves the Wailers and played all of Marley's hits (and more). They played an amazing show that ill never forget, but who are they? It seems that they broke up 35 years ago.Bobbyschultz (talk) 03:59, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Bob loved lasers??? There were many members of this band such as, Diana Ross, Nick Price, Michael Jackson, & Brittany Spears. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.197.35.189 (talk) 20:51, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removed this defacement: Tha King of Cannabis B.K.A Tha Rastafari of Reefer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.254.51.151 (talk) 09:06, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Page name

Is it Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bob Marley & the Wailers or Bob Marley & The Wailers? Sincerely Erik gbg (talk) 18:14, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We had one band called 'The Wailers Band' and one called 'The Wailers'. No problems with this as far as I could tell, so why do we now need this article disambiguated to 'The Wailers (1963-1974 band)', particularly since The Wailers were active in one form or another since 1961?--Michig (talk) 05:48, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

I propose that the articles The Wailers (1963–1974 band) and Bob Marley & the Wailers are merged into the same article as there is a massive amount of overlap between the two articles. The subject of both these articles is essentially the same thing: Bob Marley's band.

A simple review of their discography shows that although the band have performed under a few slightly different names at various times - e.g. The Wailing Wailers and The Wailers - they were most commonly known as Bob Marley & the Wailers (used on 9 out of 13 of their studio albums).

Currently the two articles give the impression that The Wailers split in 1974 (after the departure of Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer) and that Bob Marley subsequently formed a new band entitled Bob Marley & the Wailers. This is not strictly accurate as two studio albums, Soul Rebels (1970) and Soul Revolution (1971), were released under the name Bob Marley & the Wailers while Tosh and Wailer were still in the band.

Furthermore, numerous people were members of both "The Wailers" and "Bob Marley & the Wailers" during the band's history, proving that Bob Marley & the Wailers was a in fact continuation of the same band that formed in 1963, not an entirely new band. Beej2k6 (talk) 21:15, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have performed the merger myself, as no one else contributed to the discussion. "The Wailers (1963-1974 band)" article has been redirected to the "Bob Marley & The Wailers" with the relevant information copied and pasted. However the article still needs a major cleanup to get to the standards of the Bob Marley article. Beej2k6 (talk) 12:57, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]