User talk:Btboy500
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- Mailer Diablo 17:04, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi. I would say that when reviews describe an album as having "squeezed the last remaining life out of this nearly extinct formula," "nothing more and nothing less than Hybrid Theory Part 2," and "left the reviewer 'underwhelmed,'" there is certainly basis to say there was a poor critical response.
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Thanks, and if you have any questions drop me a line! [[User:Premeditated Chaos|User:Premeditated Chaos/Sig]] 00:56, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- If we're generalizing about the critical response as a whole then we need to take everything into account. Your basis of saying that the response was poor were based on the ones labeled as average, not poor, reviews. Specifically the review from New Music Express was labeled as good. For the fact that the majority of reviews are labeled under excellent, good, or average, I don't think "poor" was a good word to use. Maybe the reviews themselves are mislabeled. Otherwise, I think maybe "lackluster" or "mediocre" would be better. Btboy500 16:48, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Lacklustre and mediocre are perfectly acceptable words. I wouldn't object if you wanted to change the phrase to say that. (Not that I would have objected in the first place, to be perfectly honest - it's not one of my "pet" articles and I don't monitor it altogether closely.) As for Talk pages...it can go either way, really. I (and most users) have no preference for where my discussions take place. Some users do, and most of them make note of that on their talk page. And as for my quote - I know. You're not the first person to notice. I'm not changing it, because that would be giving in to everyone. =P [[User:Premeditated Chaos|User:Premeditated Chaos/Sig]] 22:17, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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