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It has been proposed in this section that Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows be renamed and moved to DRUGS.

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Drugs (band) → DRUGS — This is an abbreviation; I mean, shortened for United States of America is USA, not Usa; thus shortened for Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows is DRUGS, not Drugs. And Manual of Style says nothing exact about that. R8R Gtrs (talk) 09:16, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The meaning of the name doesn't appear to be relevant, unless it is also the official name, and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks) suggests that it probably depends on pronunciation of the name. It looks like the band is usually referred to as "D.R.U.G.S.", and that would be equally valid (see options for disambiguation at Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Naming the specific topic articles). Peter E. James (talk) 11:31, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
How many people know, or realize, that it is an acronym, and how many merely treat the name as meaning that the band named themselves after drugs? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:21, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think, they mostly think those both; it is clear words play.--R8R Gtrs (talk) 14:04, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Currently DRUGS redirects to Drug (disambiguation). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 00:12, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose use D.R.U.G.S. instead, that actually redirects here, and uses standard punctuation. On the disambiguation page, there is another band with the name "DRUGS" already. 65.93.12.43 (talk) 04:52, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose to your oppose since points are just stylification. And that band has no Wikipage (but even if it would, that'd be called DRUGS (French band) (if French, that's not in name). And lots of words in brackets are actually OK, nothing scary. --R8R Gtrs (talk) 16:05, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"D.R.U.G.S." is an equally valid (and less ambiguous) title, and is used by as many (probably more) sources, including the band's page on Myspace - although "DRUGS" would also be acceptable. The current title is probably wrong - it looks like it is only used in Wikipedia and not in any news or official sites. Peter E. James (talk) 16:39, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
periods are grammatically correct 64.229.101.17 (talk) 05:34, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks). – ukexpat (talk) 18:10, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

MOS:TM: "editors should choose among styles already in use (not invent new ones)" - is the band ever referred to as "Drugs"? Peter E. James (talk) 18:29, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How is the band's name normally read? — AjaxSmack 22:45, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 *'''Oppose to your oppose''' since points are just stylification. And that band has no Wikipage (but even if it would, that'd be called DRUGS (French band) (if French, that's not in name). And lots of words in brackets are actually OK, nothing scary. --[[User:R8R Gtrs|R8R Gtrs]] ([[User talk:R8R Gtrs|talk]]) 16:05, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
 :*"D.R.U.G.S." is an equally valid (and less ambiguous) title, and is used by as many (probably more) sources, including the band's page on Myspace - although "DRUGS" would also be acceptable. The current title is probably wrong - it looks like it is only used in Wikipedia and not in any news or official sites. [[User:Peter E. James|Peter E. James]] ([[User talk:Peter E. James|talk]]) 16:39, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
+:* periods are grammatically correct [[Special:Contributions/64.229.101.17|64.229.101.17]] ([[User talk:64.229.101.17|talk]]) 05:34, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
 *'''Oppose''' per [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks)]].&nbsp;–&nbsp;[[User:Ukexpat|ukexpat]] ([[User talk:Ukexpat|talk]]) 18:10, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
 :*[[MOS:TM]]: "editors should choose among styles already in use (not invent new ones)" - is the band ever referred to as "Drugs"? [[User:Peter E. James|Peter E. James]] ([[User talk:Peter E. James|talk]]) 18:29, 8 December 2010 (UTC)