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Live Aid

As of 2006/09/22, there is no mention in the main article of Queen's command performance at live Aid. Why not? 213.202.149.45 03:37, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

• It's under the history of Queen article. - Zone46 13:49, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Queen is/are

It seems people who change 'Queen is' to 'Queen are' never bother to change all the other "is"s to "are"s (or the other way around) in the article. I've come to the point where I really don't care anymore what form of English the article is written in, but I'd like to aim for consistency (my new favorite word when it comes to editing this article), so we should decide what we want it to be (is/are, finding their sound/finding its sound) and keep it that way. - Zone46 13:18, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Maybe we should switch the article, Queen are from England where treating collective nouns as plurals is normal.— miketm - Queen WikiProject - 12:19, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree, even though, to me, it sounds odd. I believe that the group should be treated as they would be treated in their own country, and Queen are British.Billvoltage 15:57, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

That's fine. Let's just keep it consistent. - Zone46 17:37, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Why is Freddie Mercury listed as a former member?

Guys, it is pretty silly to refer to Freddie Mercury as a "former member." Among other things, this suggests that the rest of the band achieved some kind of notable success after his death, which is simply not the case. Let's face it, Queen is basically a defunct band, and I find the current designation to be very offensive. 67.190.44.85 01:57, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

You are very much right about that. Queen are still technically active but Freddie has never actually "left the band". He may have passed but he would most definetly still be in the band if he was still to be around today. 65.93.85.3 20:28, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

On the other hand, he's dead, and they have worked as Queen without him. We have to deal with facts not "what might have been". --kingboyk 16:26, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I have to agree, as much as I'd rather not... He should be listed as former. Billvoltage 11:34, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Don't Stop Me Now

maybe it should say in the article that "Don't stop me now" by Queen was voted greatest driving song of all time by UK TV show Top Gear. (and i think it is the best driving song :) )

yeah I guess it could fit into trivia or such... but first it will need a source for quoteing Donny 13:42, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

It's already written in the Don't Stop Me Now article, it really doesn't fit in here (this article's big enough as it is, apparently). - Zone46 13:33, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

spliting the article more?

there is now a new warning that the article is too long. Should it be cut more? We have separated the discography into a new article, which I think was both needed and better for viewing. But now what? makeing new "history" page, with just the summary here? posibly a "live" page also, with the lineups and maybe more detail?

Anyway I think it should be though of a bit before doing....Donny 13:57, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Personally, I think the article is fine, as long as it doesn't get any longer. There are many other bigger articles, and although there is a lot of info here, but it doesn't need to be really short, either. I suggest trimming some of the 1980s section and just including highlights of Queen plus Paul Rodgers and other stuff in the 1998-present section. - Zone46 20:02, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes i agree Queen has had a very long and interesting history and needs a long article!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.226.217.25 (talk • contribs)

(a) I think the new article on the History of Queen is not a bad idea. But I am not happy that Feureau has removed almost all content from the history section in the main article; see also Beatles#History. (b) What do you think about 'Live performances by Queen'? Is it a good idea or should we move its content to the main article? - Candyfloss 16:10, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

I liked all the info on the main page, rather than on separate pages. So what if the article is long? It's not like it's going to get much longer (developments about new albums, performances, and wahtnot should really go under the Queen + Paul Rodgers article, anyway). See my previous post above. It's just my opinion, but I think this page looked a lot better before. - Zone46 16:33, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Opening Line

The opening line states that queen are arguably the most famous English rock band. 'Arguably' aside, it is quite ridiculous to say they are or were more famous than the Beatles. I'm no great fan of either, but I think this is just a plain false statement. Anyone agree? HenvY 21:27, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

It has nothing to do with fame, and yes Queen are britain's most consistently successful band of the past three decades. Just look at the charts. Thay had 5 number one singles and 4 number one albums in the 70's, 6 number one singles and 6 number one albums in the 80's, 5 number one singles and 2 number one albums in the 90's, and 1 number one single in 2000.(17 singles and 12 albums all together). That's not menchining the compilation and live albums or the DVDs. And there album sales keep climbing. The Beatles had 17 number one singles and 11 number one albums in the 60's.— miketm - Queen WikiProject - 05:34, 25 September 2006 (UTC)