Template talk:R.E.M.

Style change

I'm slowly but surely changing all band-related infoboxes to a single, uniform style (see {{Rush}} for example), and have made the changes to this template. If you feel like making any changes feel free! plattopus^talk 14:30, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

===>My two cents I generally like the aesthetics of your design and the idea of having a more standardized template, I do not prefer it to the one that we had previously. I'll probably amend/revert it, and if you feel strongly about it yourself, we could have a vote or somesuch. Justin (koavf) 05:05, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Breaks in Template

Upon arriving here, I discover that a couple users have been having a long running edit war over this, R.E.M. discography and various other REM pages. The 2 parties are users whom I've encountered elsewhere and have observed to be overly opinionated, and frankly as a result aren't users I'm too keen on interacting with, but I'm going to throw in my 2 cents here anyway.

• Breaks in templates are bad, please leave them out
• I prefer to see discographies and band templates that are overly inclusive. If an album or compilation is less "official" explain why on its page, but let other users be aware of those pages' existence
• I see no problem with linking to the 40 Watt Club on the discography

Please note that I comment not to take sides, but merely to express my own tastes. I find wikipedia disputes to be silly and counterproductive. Think how much could be done if people spent more energy on building up less developed wp areas instead of fighting over things that make marginal content difference? --Alcuin 03:37, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Odd I have no idea why BGC would delete these; they are completely legitimate albums. I also have no idea why you would want to make the template bigger without adding any information. I find it odd that you would editorialize about our personalities on this page. If you have some kind of disagreement, quarrel, unease with my editing style or person, you can bring it up on my talk or e-mail me. I think you'll find there are users who have had some kind of issue with me in the past, and it was all resolved by constructive dialogue with me, rather than asides on template talk pages. One last thing what are these "various other REM pages?" -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 04:00, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

The albums deleted from the list may well have come out on IRS, but they were released AFTER R.E.M. left the label, and they were obviously "cash-in" releases that the band had no input in, nor which received their approval. "And I Feel Fine..." has. Secondly, the breaks are meant to shift certain titles into new lines so that the overall look of the template is more balanced. It's purely for aesthetic reasons, but if you'd rather it looks inferior, then be my guest. Apparently you have more authority over the REM pages than others... BGC 18:16, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Cute If you want to be a sarcastic jerk, feel free to go somewhere else. Who cares if they're "cash-in" compilations? How do you get to decide which ones are official or not? What in the world does "official" even mean? Aren't all of these albums released for profit? If you want the template to be unnecessarily large, go for it. See how adorable and asinine that was? In case you weren't aware, BGC, the album titles will appear on different lines if one is using a different browser/OS/screen settings/etc., so you're only making it look right on your computer, not everyone else's; that's how the Internet works. If you stop randomly inserting line breaks, it will look better for everyone. If you want to talk like an adult human being, please do so. Otherwise, please stop editing on Wikipedia. Thanks. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 03:41, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Wow.... you're an arrogant one. And insecure too. It's only an article page dude. Relax. BGC 23:07, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Posted at Template talk:R.E.M. and User talk:BGC Don't go picking fights with people and then tell them to "relax," "dude." You clearly didn't know what you were doing, you didn't bother explaining yourself on talk or in the edit summary ("...and you don't own the REM pages...." doesn't count, either), and you're causing more discussion about the template than actual improvement to its contents. I'll direct you to Wikipedia:No personal attacks, too. The template talk namespace is intended for discussion about the template itself, not your personal opinions about or psychoanalysis of me. If you want to complain about me, that's why Wikipedia has the user talk namespace. If you need more help understanding how to use these resources, I'll direct you to the help desk. -Justin (koavf)·T·C·M 14:30, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Take your own advice. BGC 05:39, 20 September 2006 (UTC)