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I moved the page to add the period after the "A," then discovered from the logs that this had been moved back and forth several times, with one user stating that they "never" used the last period. N.W.A. and the Posse contradicts this statement, although they did not use it on subsequent album covers, I think this was done for stylistic reasons and did not actually represent a change in the name of the group. It seems to me most users looking for this group would expect that last period to be there, and there are many redirect pages steering them to this page. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:47, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
n.w.a. and the posse was never an official n.w.a release, as arabian prince said in an interview it was a bootleg combining an N.W.A EP titled N.W.A and a Fila Fresh Crew EP. This explains how it ended up on a different label and how Fila Fresh Crew were on it. check out the interview here:
http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/arabianprince/ therefore n.w.a. and the posse shouldn't count and the proper title for n.w.a should be without the period on the end. The period was never used on all official releases straight outta compton, 100 miles and running, efil4zaggin, greatest hits and their the best of compilation, all proper releases all without the period on the end--Siwhat (talk) 21:28, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As I mentioned above, I hadn't noticed all the previous moves till after I made the last one. I never noticed the period wasn't there on the album covers before either, but it isn't. If you feel strongly that it should be moved back, go right ahead, I really don't think it's that important. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:19, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Regardless, the group of Eazy, Dre, Cube, Ren and Yella uniformly used "N.W.A" whether with the official logo graphic or in written press releases, etc. The article title should reflect the name of the band, not rigid adherence to grammatical conventions. These endless reverts to "N.W.A." are tiresome and uninformed. Es-won (talk) 01:36, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
D.O.C. NOT a member
D.O.C. was never an official member of n.w.a. He was an affiliate. He was on one song on straight outta compton and then ghostwrote rhymes for eazy and dre.
