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==Neutrality== | |||
This article is about a band. As such, arguments regarding the religious faith of the members doesn't belong in the article if it does not contribute directly to the information in the article. Nowhere in the current article does the religion of the band members affect the content. Please stop changing the genre listed for this band. ] 18:34, 20 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
==Alternative Rock== | |||
They don't strike me as Alternative Metal, more Alternative Rock. | |||
--> They are too heavy top be classified as Alternative Rock, their style fits in far better with Alternative metal. | |||
I don't see them as Post-Hardcore, either. ] 23:33, 3 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
--> The vocal style of Flyleaf fits in perfectly with Post-Hardcore. As the vocal style is the defining feature of post-hardcore, that is enough to place them in that genre. | |||
I looked through some other band pages that are similar to Flyleaf's music/vocals - like Trapt and Chevelle. They aren't listed as Post-Hardcore, I don't think they are. and so I don't think Flyleaf should be, either. Or apparently those other bands need to be listed as it, then? I dunno. I still wouldn't label them as that. ] 03:59, 8 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
--> I would have said Flyleaf's vocal style was closer to Fightstar or Fireflight than Chevelle or Trapt. I'll remove Post-Hardcore from the genres anyhow.<small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (] • ]){{#if:{{{2|}}}| {{{2}}}}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
Again, see the post at the bottom of this page. Don't change the genre unless you have a source to back it up. Personal opinions and comparing them to other bands are original research and don't belong in an encyclopedia. --] 12:55, 17 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
Mmm, alas, Post-Hardcore was removed for a reason. :) ] 16:04, 17 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
Wait AllAroundMe, you said they sounded more like ] right? well look at what genre THEY are! {{unsigned2|02:35, 18 January 2008|24.129.103.212}} | |||
==Other Bands== | |||
Please try to limit the other bands you mention on the page, remember this is about Flyleaf, that's the reason I removed a couple, also to make it look neater, hope no one minds. | |||
] (]) 15:35, 23 January 2008 (UTC)==Holy Made Up Statistic Batman== | |||
From the article "Probably 50% of the people who first hear one of Flyleaf's mainstream songs don't know that they are Christian." I have no idea who added it, but that definitely doesn't belong in here and as such I'm removing it. | |||
You are right. For a long while I had no idea that Flyleaf was a Christian band and I do not characterize them as such. Although I did take note of a jesus mention in the song So I Thought. The beliefs of the band definitely do not affect how awesome their music is though. Rockers can have religion too. | |||
==Christian?== | |||
I love this band. I've seen them in concert twice now, and were one of the best each time. I'm just confused about something. Why are they considered Christian-based? Have they said this? It's just not the impression I get. ] 08:36, 5 April 2006 (UTC) | |||
Their song, "All Around Me" was released by the band on the christian radio circut. Also many of their songs have symbolic references to Jesus. Such as in the song "So I thought", where the lyrics actually say "And all these twisted thoughts I see, Jesus there inbetween". Other songs, such as "Red Sam", also have some references to the religion, ex: "And I worship, And I worship, And I worship, And I worship. You are the truth. Outscreaming these lies, you are the truth. Saving my life". In the song "Cassie", there are also the lyrics "Do you believe in God? written on the bullet." | |||
] 02:22, 6 April 2006 (UTC) | |||
Many bands have symbolic references to Christianity. Are they all Christian bands? No. They are not a Christian band. ] 11:53, 16 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
== Yes, they are Christian. == | |||
It is obvious that they are a Christian band. Listen to their lyrics! They also claim to be a Christian band. The hit "I'm So Sick" isn't a secular song. "I'm So Sick" has haunting and creepy lyrics that portray an individual who has a viral disease of self and wants to break free from earthly passions. "Sorrow" begins as a mid-tempo rock piece that contains glimpses of depression, but shows a yearning for spiritual guidance as Lacey Mosley utters the words "Sorrow lasts through this night and I'll take this piece of You, and hold for all eternity; for just one second I felt whole... as You flew right through me." | |||
The song "All Around Me" speaks about desiring to have a stronger relationship with the Father, while the Evanescence feel of "Fully Alive" is about a young girl who yearns to escape the abuse of her family by finding comfort in the arms of a loving God. The beautiful ballad "There For You" is all about finding trust and strength in a true friend who will never let one down despite the selfishness of their past mistakes. Arguably the best song on the album lyrically is "Perfect," which is blatant in proclaiming "Perfect in weakness, I'm only perfect in just Your strength alone." | |||
So now try and say that they aren't a Christian band. | |||
:That's fine, but if you know so much about groups in the genre, you should know that Evanescence is commonly mistaken for Christian music but clearly say that they're not, but I guess that really doesn't change what they are. Anyhow, what's with the pop-punk/hard rock tag? They're pretty different and somebody should put one or the other. I'm not a fan of this group, but my younger sister listens to them and they might sound like this: ] | |||
] 11:24, 6 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
Yes, I know this. | |||
That's weird 'cause most of those mentions are very minor. The song that said "Do you believe in God? written on the bullet." was more of a reference to Columbine than Christianity. What's also strange is that other bands have larger mention than Flyleaf's stuff, like ]. They have a constant mention of God in their tracklistings, yet they're not considered Christian. System of a Down has some mentions, but they're not Christian. In fact there's lots of bands like that... | |||
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True, but they make quite a few references to God. Its not just one or two here or there. To me it seems like there is at least one refrence to God in each of thier songs. | |||
Just the mention of God does not mean that a band is Christian, yes, but Flyleaf doesn't just mention God, they praise Him. In the song "Cassie", they say " say yes to pull the trigger". At the end of the song, she says "And I will pull the trigger", saying clearly that she believes in God. In the song "Red Sam", she says, "You are the Truth, out screaming these lies, You are the Truth, saving my life", then later she says "And I worship, and I worship, and I worship, and I worship". And plus, the mentions of God are NOT "minor". They are not ashamed of their faith in God. | |||
Well, to put it this way, if the members of Flyleaf are Christians, they just incorporate a little bit of their beliefs into their songs, but I wouldn't just refer to them as a Christian band | |||
::This debate seems kind of illogical, given that on the article for Moseley, it is stated that she is an outspoken Atheist and it notes that she is the vocalist for an Alternative Rock band. Someone needs to make up their mind because this confusion is ridiculous. ] 18:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
::::"Throughout her earlier years, she was an outspoken atheist. After her grandmother forced her to go to church, Mosley experienced something supernatural that brought her to God. "My life totally changed after that." That pretty clearly states that she is currently a Christian, I believe you may have misunderstood the first sentence. --] 01:39, 29 June 2006 (UTC) Min | |||
: I've silently watched this article for a while now, and there seems to be no end to the debate on whether or not they are a "Christian band" which has raged on this page since the release of their recent album. Therefore, unless we have ] and ] saying that they are a Christian band (perferably from the horse's mouth), the classification should either be removed or rephrased accordingly. We are, after all, a ] and are not a hub for unreliable, ]. -- ] <sup style="font-variant:small-caps;">] — ]</sup> 01:19, 18 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
::: There's this saying about ducks you've probably heard; if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and adores breadcrumbs like a duck, Vegas money says it's a duck. In this case we have a band that is played on CCM radio, that is sold in Christian stores, and that writes and performs music with clear religious content. Additionally, members of the band openly profess to be Christian. It's not the place of the "horse's mouth" to argue their demographic realities -- Celine Dion can say she's heavy metal all she wants, but if they're playing her on soft rock and adult contemporary stations, then that is her demographic. I appreciate your efforts at pointing out a perceived argumentum ad ignorantiam, but the band's standing as a CCM act is well established. --] 00:42, 22 July 2006 (UTC) Min | |||
:::: If that's the case, then why the fuss? ] and the the problem will be solved (or it'll solve itself). -- ] <sup style="font-variant:small-caps;">] — ]</sup> 04:06, 22 July 2006 (UTC) | |||
They are a Christian Band. Ask them yourselves next time they tour near you. ] 03:04, 22 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
Read articles on them. Lacey clearly states that her faith saved her life, and most of the record reflects that. Yeah. | |||
FLyleaf stated in an interview that they ARE a Christian band. My sister and I had this same argument before ... She finally came to me one night and said, "You were right; they are Christians. They said so in one of their interviews." Then she showed it to me. Mosely said that they're often asked whether or not they're Christian, to which she responded, "And yeah, we are all Christians. And what you believe in really comes out in your music." With those sentences she admitted her Faith, and called the band "Christian," as well as stating the lyrics have very intentional Christian themes (even if sometimes coated with ambiguity). The whole idea of many of their songs, she went on, was about pain and suffering and making a good situation out of something bad. | |||
*Maybe there's no doubt they're a Christian band meaning that all of the band members are Christian, but even with the many references listed here I don't believe they ought to be called a "Christian Rock" band. If you read the lyrics there is not one mention of ] and only a few mentions of a God. Overall Flyleaf's music is very secular. ] 22:31, 20 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
You are so wrong. God and Christ are basically the same person. There music is not very secular. In an interview with somebody, I can't remember who, Lacey said that "all our songs points to God in some way, form, or fasion". The song don't have to mention God's name. She could be talking to God. They even call themselves a "Christian" band. If you would pay attention to what they are trying to say, it's obvious that all of the songs point to God. | |||
I really honestly don't see why this is still be debated. Here's a quote from Lacey, found on Flyleafonline.com - | |||
"Lacey: "We all share the same faith. And so when we deal with the whole 'Christian band thing', we kind of think about something POD says, like, 'If you're a Christian, it affects everything in your life. So if you're a plumber, does that make you a Christian plumber?' I don't know the answer. We're a band, it's part of who we are, so it comes out in our music, and it's the fuel for what we do. And finding faith saved my life. So I'm not ashamed of it at all. And most of our album reflects that." | |||
If anyone can find a video interview of them saying they are a christian band i want to see it. I would say they arn't till then because of the reasons already stated. | |||
And i'm sure as hell going to blow the living hell out of my copy of their cd and stop listening to their music all together if they are. | |||
(thank you who ever edited the page but you forgot genre) | |||
I guess the fact that they have songs saying things like 'Jesus there in between' and 'I worship, I worship' wasn't clear enough? Lol. Look them up, look up interviews with them on YouTube..Lacey clearly states her faith being the reason she's alive, and that the album reflects that (like the quote I posted...), among other things. Now, they are Christians in a band..but, if you want to call them a Christian band, feel free. I'm pretty sure they don't give a crap about a label like that so much as the meanings in their songs. | |||
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(Different poster to above) | |||
Right. Talking/Singing about God =/= Christian Band. Christian musicians =/= Christian Band. "Christian Band" has all sorts of connotations to non-Christians, it comes over like they are going to start preaching, like you aren't invited. IMO it's better to leave it ambiguous, partially because the band choose to make it that way, and partially because the label is a major turn-off for a lot of people. ] 13:41, 23 May 2007 (UTC) | |||
I'll have to look up the lyrics because i dont think i've ever heard those two words used. and as long as they dont go on and on about it they should never ever be called a christian(ack i typed it)/white metal band. i'll also have to check out the stuff on youtube, no idea why it wouldnt be on tbe on the official site. | |||
Yeah Flyleaf could be referred to as ambiguous, but at the same time, they show talent in their writings. Nothing is so great or original about a band just coming out saying "JESUS LOVES YOU" all the time, you know? lol. | |||
Or how about going straight to the horse's mouth? Lacey has said this "I wouldn't call it positive as much as much you know; I would say Christian because a lot of people consider our music hopeful and intense." ] 22:18, 4 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
::Most, ok, almost all of their songs mention God and mean to present God/Jesus/Christianity in a positive light. It's funny how people will always say a band isn't a Christian band even though they mention God alot, when most of them pretty much are. Also, just because a band doesn't say "Jesus Loves You" doesn't means it's not a Christian band. To be exact, only a Praise and Worship band does that (Jars of Clay, Rock and Roll Worship Circus, anyone?). Flyleaf has more mentions of God than a band like Underoath, which is a Christian band (the members have made that clear). Other bands like As I Lay Dying, Project 86, and Kids in the Way, are all Christian bands and have alot less references to God/Jesus than Flyleaf. There's not a single band that mentions God/Jesus this much that isn't a Christian band. And don't say Creed, King's X, or U2, haha. Those are incredibly bad examples. Creed never tried to be a Christian band, they were at one point pushed by their vocalist, sure, but they weren't. King's X... Do I have to say why? U2, nah, they just do great music, and it's clear only of few of there songs are faith-based. Rock music with inspiration by the Christianity of the writer or singer is ]. It does not have to be evangelical.] 01:35, 30 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
Does it really matter if they are Christian or not?? If you like the music, see them in concert or buy their cd's what does it matter. I believe in GOD, but I do not like to be labled. Just enjoy the music and the message. Live and let live. rabbitears | |||
Yep I agree with both of you, it's pretty ridiculous with the labels, but generally, just calling them hard rock/alt metal works, I guess. And I have to laugh at the Creed comment XD and along the lines of Scott's sex tape. ] 08:52, 14 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
In an interview on YouTube, Flyleaf says that they are all Christians and that you cannot separate your life from your faith. | |||
:I don't understand where you guys get that its a christian band from the song Cassie. Yes, she says, "and I will pull the trigger", as in she would sooner committ suicide before she believed in the Christian god. This is what bothers me about the bible thumpers, because they rape and pillage everything in order to get bands they consider "cool" under the "Flag" of "Christianity". STOP!!!! <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 23:42, 12 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
:: Umm... "written on the bullet." As in, accepting God by pulling the trigger (most likely a metaphor anyway). Just read the article on ], it has her entire biography on how she became a Christian and how she's proud of it. ]] 00:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
==Punk?== | |||
How is this a punk band? I think this should go into the category of alt metal, if such a category exists. ] 02:57, 10 August 2006 (UTC) | |||
Dude... this is a wiki. If you can make it more objective, please go ahead.] 10:52, 19 February 2007 (UTC) | |||
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Any comments or suggestions as to why it shouldn't be put in the external links? ] 03:19, 9 December 2006 (UTC) | |||
==Vocoder use?== | |||
My only exposure to Flyleaf has been through secular radio airplay; both singles I've heard so far have vocals that sound heavily processed, perhaps with a vocoder. Is there any merit to this observation? (To be on topic, if there is such, it'd be worthwhile to add this info to the article...) ] 05:24, 7 January 2007 (UTC) | |||
==Cassie== | |||
Are you sure the song is about Cassie Bernall? She died from murder,the song sounds more like suicide. | |||
The song is about Cassie Bernall, not to mention Lacey says all the time when describing the song it was about Cassie Bernall. Say yes to pull the trigger, she said yes, thus the trigger was pulled. | |||
The idea behind the song is that Cassie controlled whether she lived or dies; by proclaiming a belief in God, she was essentially "pulling the trigger". And as a side note, no, the event in the song did not occur as descibed. ] 08:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)jparenti | |||
Really, though, that wasn't in her control. I mean the shooter could have easily murdered her, regardless of her answer. The song is about standing up for what you believe in, Lacey said something along the lines of "What if you thought you could say no and live, but he still shoots you? You'll have to answer to God, if there is one." It's really a test of faith and if you really believe in what you profess you do. ^^ ] 18:08, 20 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
==Authorities?== | |||
the start says they changed their name from passerby to flyleaf from something to do with the authorities. What? or by authorities do they actually mean copyright issues, that there was already a band with that name? ] 23:22, 22 April 2007 (UTC) | |||
The song Cassie is about Cassie Bernall, but all evidence seems to point at that that exchange of conversation didn't take place, maybe someone made it up to make it feel better or something. Someone who was sitting next to her said her last words were "Dear God, dear God! Why is this happening? I just want to go home." Even her mother wrote a book called She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall basically born on rumors of what she said. But many witnesses claim she said nothing of the sort. | |||
The bottom-line-meaning of the song is what's important here. and there was already a band named Passerby, yup. | |||
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== Lacey Mosley redirect == | |||
Why does Lacey Mosley redirect to this page? As an individual artist of the band, shouldn't she have her own page? Sameer and James have their own pages, though Pat and Jared do not. However, their names aren't links to this page . But, when I click on Lacey, it's the same page: Flyleaf. | |||
Why? | |||
Because what was previously on her page was the same thing that was on the main Flyleaf article, just maybe a few more words. No worries, I'm working on getting it started and whomever can fix it up..because it'll be my first page, full of errors, I'm certain hehe. Should Pat and Jared have their own articles? I'm not sure, but I think they might deserve them. ] 02:35, 29 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
I certainly think they should. We shouldn't just have some of the band members with their own pages. If one does, they all should. It takes every member of that band to make the music, so they deserve it. ] 17:58, 1 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
== Genre dispute == | |||
Yeah I agree as well, but I wasn't sure. I know some member pages for certain bands were deleted due to information that wasn't already featured in the main article or whatever (like Lacey's), so I'll try and pull some things up for their articles, too. ] 19:30, 1 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
It has become quite clear to me that this is not going to be solved anytime soon. As such, I have adopted the solution that was arrived upon at ], a band with similar genre conflicts. ] ''will'' be listed, but it will have a tag next to it clearly stating that it is disputed, linking to the section of the article that discusses this. I will be unlocking the article; however, if edit warring continues, all participants will be blocked. Please use this talk page for reasonable discussion from here on in, no personal attacks, no name calling. Thanks. ]''']''' 07:54, 5 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Just because a few ppl disagree with something that doesn't make it disputed. It is sourced info, it is not disputed. ] (]) 12:28, 5 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:: Actually, just because one or more members of a band have their own article does not mean that they all should. If there are not enough sources of information on members, then their articles are very short (like Sameer's and James' are now). Really, they should be part of this article until they merit their own. A section on 'band members' would suffice to have a paragraph or two on each without need a separate article. Just my opinion though. --] 16:53, 24 July 2007 (UTC) | |||
Is everyone happy with what I have done? I sure hope so, don't want to hurt anyones feelings. ] (]) 12:30, 5 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
== Genre Argument == | |||
:Actually, people disagreeing over something is the definition of disputed. I've reverted your changes. ]''']''' 12:33, 5 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Ok, so everywhere on Misplaced Pages if SOURCED CONTENT is added, as long as a couple people don't like the truth you are going to list disputed next to it. I do not agree with alternative rock so put disputed next to it, then link it to the moron section. ] (]) 12:39, 5 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
One the most common arguments about any band is what genre they fit into. Ask 100 different people, fans or not, and you will likely get at least 50 different answers. SO, stop arguing about it and changing it back and forth. The only genres that should be listed are ones for which there is a direct source which states "this band is (genre)". Any other genre changes should be reverted. --] 13:59, 8 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
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:Please read the dispute before trying to override consensus that took over a month to reach. There are sources that can be found to say that Flyleaf is Christian rock ''and'' ones that say that Flyleaf dislike being labeled as a Christian band. Please do not edit war on the article. ]''']''' 13:33, 5 April 2008 (UTC) | ||
I'm glad that you see it my way cobra=] <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 17:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
== Stop Changing Genres == | |||
How does religion come into the discussion in the first place, surely its just circumstantial that all members are christian... plus the fact theres source 12 with singer stating she found faith. Surely it would make sense to have the 'christian' genre if flyleaf actively whore themselves as a christian band... user scorpionfoot 27/05/08 | |||
If whoever keeps changing genres reads this page. Stop now. <small>—The preceding ] comment was added by ] (]) {{{Time|06:34:29, August 19, 2007 (UTC)}}}</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
For what it's worth, I would assert that the "alternative metal" tag be removed, simply because they do not fit the criteria of metal music. Allmusic and MTV aren't reliable sources on heavy metal music. ] (]) 17:20, 31 May 2008 (UTC) | |||
::If whoever left this comment reads this section: Read the article. Read the Talk page thoroughly. And if you have a useful contribution, add it. ] <small>—Preceding ] was added at 08:39, 20 October 2007 (UTC)</small><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
== Why erase Christian == | |||
isnt the song All Around Me cosidered pop? MTV considers it pop. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 14:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
::Christian rock tag definitely needs to be removed. Christian rock really isn't even a real genre. There are bands of many different genres marketing to the Christian rock market. So Christian rock is really a marketing term rather than a genre. Genres are musicological classifications, and bands often dislike the label that describes the music they are playing. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 07:05, 21 August 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
Whoever is strongly suggesting that Flyleaf be listed as "Christian rock", I highly respect your theory and I know what your reason is, but just because the members of Flyleaf are Christian or in some songs they mention Christian references, doesn't make them a Christian rock band. Please think of this? <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 21:57, 3 October 2008 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
--> "Christian" and "Gospel" are considered genres. But, I wasn't listing Christian as a genre, but an adjective of the band, besides Christian is used all the time to show its a form of an established genre. An example: Mary Mary is referred to as a Christian R&B group. Christian is either an adjective of the group: Christian "R&B" group or could be considered the genre "Christian R&B". It is proper to also to say that Mary Mary makes "Christian R&B" music. Besides "Christian Metal" is a genre, "Christian R&B" is a genre, "Christian Hardcore" is a genre and "Christian Alternative Metal" is a genre. And, if "Christian Alternative Metal" isn't an official genre 'yet', then Christian can at least be used to describe a band and not part of the genre. | |||
Am I the only one that doesn't see a reason to have the "Christianity" section? ] (]) 05:32, 21 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
Either way its valid right where it is, or at least should be a in a sentence after the "Alternative Metal" genre sentence like: 'They are a Christian band.' | |||
== ] and Genres == | |||
Also, new genres are being created all the time. There is no organization in charege of making genres. You have a weak argument. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) {{{Time|16:27, August 24, 2007 (UTC)}}}</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
] has reverted twice citing ]. I asked the following question on his talk page but he's deleted it without comment so I'm pasting it here. | |||
--> I think its fine how it is. You were right, it did need christian written in the article before Alternative Metal, but I doubt that it needs to be added under genres in the band profile side thing. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 07:52, August 28, 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
If I understand you correctly, you want to replace <nowiki><br></nowiki> with commas? If so, where's the discussion on this? The sample template for bands at ] has <nowiki><br></nowiki>. --] <sup style="font-family:Calibri;">''] ♦ ]''</sup> 05:59, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
== How about this == | |||
They are 5 christian people who make great music influence here and there. And they got some amazing lyrics. | |||
Can we end the genre dispute now. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 12:30, 31 August 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
===Genre Section=== | |||
I agree. It's stupid to argue religious dogma over a band that so many people on here obviously enjoy. Stop the constant edits proclaiming Flyleaf a Christan band. And to all you Christians: It's not a mortal sin to enjoy listening to a band that isn't labeled "Christian" in bold letters. Get over it. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 08:41, 8 September 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
I think that that section should be deleted unless someone would elaborate in the bands style...because the same thing that is listed on the section is listed on the infobox...and elaborating on the bands style would include listing DIFFERENT point of views, as in if a proffesional review states that flyleaf is emo...it should be mentioned in the section, not only emo...obviusly other ggenres too, as long as the review/site is profesional and credible...though most reviews dont stray away from calling flyleaf postgrunge, alt rock/metal, hard rock....but im just sayin ] (]) 00:55, 25 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
: Your argument for deleting the section doesn't make sufficient sense. --] (]) 01:04, 25 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
:: well either i didnt explain myself right, or u read it wrong...i mean that if wats listed on the infobox is literally the exact same thing in the genre section, then delete the section, cuz it makes no sense repeating the same genres over again. A genre section...or musical style section isnt just listing the genres of the band..its much more than that...and the genre section in the article is an exact copy of wat is said or listen on the infobox...as in its literally pointless from an unbaised point of view to have a section that says something already written..................let me give an example............ if on an evanescence album article says that the album is alternative metal, and there is a musical style section that says only "the main genre of the album is alternative metal" and nothing else...then whats the point of making a section of it if its already said clearly? do u get me now? ] (]) 03:45, 26 December 2010 (UTC) | |||
::: >.> ok then i see ive been ignored...all im saying is erase the stupid genre section cuz theres no point in having it!!! ] (]) 20:05, 4 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
:::: The point is that it's common across articles, particularly when there is confusion. --] (]) 20:46, 4 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
==Glasscobra== | |||
"We all share the same faith. And so when we deal with the whole 'Christian band thing', we kind of think about something POD says, like, 'If you're a Christian, it affects everything in your life. So if you're a plumber, does that make you a Christian plumber?' I don't know the answer. We're a band, it's part of who we are, so it comes out in our music, and it's the fuel for what we do. And finding faith saved my life. So I'm not ashamed of it at all. And most of our album reflects that." Lacey Mosley. | |||
Since when can admins override consensus of multiple users? Alternative Rock clearly needs to be the primary genre here, almost all the sources found support that genre. ] (]) 12:59, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Does anybody actually read the discussion page before they edit?? She says herself it's an undecided issue. Leave the "Christian band" argument alone already!! ] 11:54, 16 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
:I am not overriding any consensus, please read the discussion more carefully. Kaiba and Dwrayosfour were edit warring over whether alt metal or alt rock would be included in the lead sentence. I removed the genre altogether and told them that they need to discuss it here on the talk page to decide which genre should be included. However, Dwrayos continued to revert back to his version; because he was edit warring and not discussing, he was blocked. ]''']''' 13:24, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::I think GlassCobra has handled this situation well, and ought to be commended on the way he has handled this situation. Good work. ] ] 13:32, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::<s>I hardly see edit-warring and overriding consensus commendable.</s> Strike that, I shouldn't have said that. | |||
You will see that many ppl will agree upon making Alternative the primary genre, and this was implied multiple times in the discussion. The edit war was clearly over between those two users, you poured fuel on the fire. You also could have discussed here first before removing something of that nature. It takes to to edit war, you were the other party here. Dwrayosrfour was not reverting to his version, he was reverting to your version that was in place directly after the article being unlocked. He felt he was enforcing a well-known consensus. Why is it that only we have to discuss changes here and not you? User Kaiba certainly did not discuss here before removing the content. ] (]) 13:38, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Actually, Lacey said this - | |||
:Alternative ''is'' the primary genre, it's true -- however, the distinction between alt ''rock'' and alt ''metal'' is apparently enough to edit war over. The edit war was over between Kaiba and Dwrayos because Kaiba did the sensible thing and stopped, because he realized he was closing in on 3RR. The point is that this was in contention and should have been discussed before being added at all if it was going to be fought over. So I merely removed it in order to facilitate discussion here. Please also be aware that it was Kaiba, not Dwrayos, who was reverting back to the version from before the article was protected. ]''']''' 13:44, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
" I would say Christian because a lot of people consider our music hopeful and intense." ] 06:00, 20 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
No according to the edit history the previous version had Christian in the lead, and the other had alternative metal. I meant he dw was reverting to the version that was in place while the article was protected, minus metal and plus rock. Kaiba's version was the new one. Check the history ] (]) 13:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
== Flyleaf's Cassie == | |||
Also I reverted my last change, I won't mess with it until something is decided upon here. ] (]) 13:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Many people believe Flyleaf wrote the song Cassie referencing Cassie Bernall of Columbine. However, according to a friend of mine who has spoken in person with Lacey Mosley (Flyleaf's lead singer) this is not the case. According to his conversation with her, she wrote that song referencing a girl who tried to kill herself by dousing herself in gasoline and lighting herself on fire. But at some point, she changed her mind and did not want to die, and began desperately praying, saying "don't let me die". As to whether or not the song was written about this girl, I believe really only Lacey can answer that question. As to whether the girl actually set herself on fire and lived, i think it depends on personal belief whether you believe it happened (unless some of you know her.) Either way, People should not have to experience such conflict that would lead them to suicide, and Cassie was killed in cold blood. I think both that nameless girl and Cassie Bernall should be kept in prayer. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 15:55, 27 September 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
When I looked at this article after the protection was over, like most Flyleaf articles here, it stated 'Alternative metal' in the header. It was I who changed it from alternative metal to simply the word 'rock'. Consensus of the recent discussion is to list Alt. rock, Alt. metal, and Christian rock in the genre box, but I dont believe there was any formal consensus on what genre the opening line should have (the only thing close to that was someone saying "there are more refs for alt. rock, so that was consensus", which is a false interpretation of what consensus really is). Since it was an agreed consensus to add these three genres to the infobox, I believe adding a single genre to the opening sentence would violate NPOV, since it is clear from the discussion that all three are or could be percieved (in the case of Christian rock) as a genre of Flyleaf. Furthurmore, all genres that are listed, Alt. rock, Alt. metal and Christian rock, all fall under a broad category of ], so stating 'rock', instead of one of the three, in the lead will ultimately lead to the most neutral view point on the genre. When this dispute happened on another bands article, ]'s, at the time there were four or 5 genres in the infobox, including alt. rock, heavy metal, hard rock and gothic rock/metal and the agreed solution there was to simply put it under the term rock music since it is irrefutable and the most neutral. — ] 14:55, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Your friend got it mixed up a little bit, the Flyleaf song "Tina" is about the girl who attempted suicide. "Cassie" was indeed written about the Columbine shootings. ] 22:49, 29 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
::I completely disagree with the above. The primary genre needs to be in the lead sentence. Alternative was said to be the primary genre multiple times in the past discussion. Primary genres are almost always listed in the lead sentence. Furthermore, there was no conflict involving this, you assumed that. No one expressed a problem with alternative being in the opening sentence, in fact we all agreed it would be the primary genre for this band. ] (]) 15:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
I have their album but "Tina" isn't on it. Where can I find this song? Is there a site where I can listen to it or see a video? I look up videos from flyleaf a lot but I don't recall seeing one for this song. ] 15:30, 3 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
Also alternative was in the article while it was protected, you need to discuss things like this here before you just simply edit-war to get what you want. It is your opinion none of the above should be listed, but you should also seek the opinion of others before doing something like that. You knew the genre of this band was, (is) heavily disputed. As for your other changes you kept insisting upon, policy is to use <nowiki><br></nowiki> tags in the infobox for bands, not commas. You should also familiarize yourself with ] before you repeatedly try and enforce it on others. ] (]) 15:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
I don't know if it's being sold anywhere anymore but if you look it up on YouTube you can hear it. (and on FlyleafOnline when the site is back up) ] 21:34, 4 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
Very sad when it is decided that a single genre ripped out from the three choices is plastered in the heading and called a NPOV. I wont respond to the rest of your attack. — ] 16:01, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
==Agenda== | |||
::It isn't sad when nearly three dozen sources support that genre, this is how it's almost always done. I am not attacking you, I am talking to you. Where did you see an attack? You saying "GET OFF MY F****NG talkpage is an attack, not my mere statement. The three genres are not the same, Christian Rock is disputed and has one or two sources that meet the criteria of ] and alternative metal and rock are very similar. Using alternative rock is the logical thing to do in this case, the vast majority of our references support it. I can understand your point of view if the genres were very different, and had an equal number of references, but that is not the case at all. ] (]) 16:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
This article, like all of Misplaced Pages's entries, is intended to be based on facts, not made-up ideas. I'm referring to the constant back and forth bickering over the Christian/Not Christian argument. Let it be made perfectly clear: All information must be cited. If you do not have a definitive source, stop changing the genre. Cite it or leave it out. This is an encyclopedia, not an Internet based pulpit for you to shout religious beliefs as loudly as possible at those who are genuinely trying to find information. What you think, feel, or heard from your preacher and Aunt Myrtle is not a valid source. This isn't a forum for religious agenda. ] 20:18, 30 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
:::Oh did I say a bad word (and in non-caps, as you didn't imply)? Misplaced Pages is not censored for minors. And again, you cite consensus in numbers of references, I suggest you read up on what consensus really is. I also suggest you clarify what is so similar about alternative rock and alternative metal, because they are two different genres completely. Alternative rocks style origins lay with punk, post-punk and hardcore music while alternative metal evolved from alt. rock, grunge, heavy metal and prog rock. In fact, I went and looked on the alternative rock article and I couldn't easlily find a link straight to alternative metal (although if I looked at the full article I could probably find a mention of it). The only things that are similar are the names of alt. rock and alt. metal. Not only that but you stated that the primary genre is always listed in the lead? I picked three stable band articles by random to see if you have it right: | |||
::::] - "Green Day is an American rock band" with punk rock, pop punk and alternative rock in the infobox | |||
::::] - "System of a Down...is an American rock band" with alternative metal, experimental rock, nu metal and various others listed in the infobox (wait, alt. metal? does that mean they are alt. rock too?! By your decree, they would be) | |||
::::] - "Nirvana was an American rock band" with alternative rock and grunge in the infobox | |||
:::Nirvana is the perfect example. Grunge is a type of alternative rock, but yet both alternative rock and grunge are listed in the infobox and lookie at the lead, it doesn't say ''either''. I rest my case. | |||
:::And Nirvana just keeps on giving, it is a '''featured article''' and look at the infobox, it lists the genres as "Alternative rock, grunge" <--Commas, no? — ] 16:32, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
You seem to be using this select few while ignoring hundreds of other articles that list the primary genre in the lead. ] (]) 17:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:Not that I want to get involved in the edit war here, and hopefully I'm not being violating ] but both sides appear to be very biased, you want no mention of Christian for genre others do. But although you are correct in that WP wishes to be an encyclopedia, not everything needs cited (]). When I look at band pages, most I come across have no citation for their listed genre and it really only becomes a point of contention when one attempts to label a band as Christian. I wish there were a single word genre for 'we are Christians in our private lives but do not feel a need to label our music as such' but there is not. I think people need to calm down a bit here, it is just a label, it has nothing to do with the music and weather or not a person likes it (unless a person bases their musical tastes on personal beliefs held by band members). Flyleaf as it seams to me claim to all be Christian, their music/lyrics have pro-religious overtones, and they have been sold by a Christian label. All of these things added together make it reasonable to list them as Christian metal(or whatever), for me it is the fact that they were sold in a Christian market that puts it over the edge. If a band chooses to sell as Christian by Christians for Christians, then they have placed themselves in a Christian genre and the argument should be over. --] 03:39, 9 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
:Yeah, and how many of those are articles are ] by their ]s? And how many of those articles are content that is ], or even considered a ]? My bet is not many, if any at all. — ] 17:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Why is there always a big argument going on here? Why can't you all just leave well enough alone? This is hardly worth arguing over. Everyone has agreed that alternative be the primary genre through consensus. If you wish you can restart the debate I suppose, but I doubt many will want to join seeing how the debate ended just YESTERDAY. ] (]) 18:30, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::In fact SRE Recordings is part of INO Records which lists Flyleaf as one of their artists still and they are a Christian label with a desire to deal with Christian bands everything I can find about Flyleaf indicates they are a Christian group of people (which I don't think is up for debate) and they associate themselves with Christian labels and by doing so make themselves a 'Christian band'. More than just their associations, is their lyrics, yes many bands do have religious imagery in the lyrics, flyleaf has very specific religious references: | |||
:"Everyone has agreed that alternative be the primary genre" is not what is questioned. Alt. rock, Alt. metal and Christian rock all have sources. And the issue is having a single one of those listed in the beginning sentence. — ] 19:05, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::*"And all these twisted thoughts I see, Jesus there in between" | |||
::*"And I worship" | |||
::*The song "All Around Me" is all about God | |||
::*The song "Cassie" is about someone voicing their belief in God leading to their death and it ends with the singer claiming they would voice their belief in God as well. "I will pull the trigger" --] 05:01, 9 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
Think about it like this kaiba, you are worried about NPOV to keep everyone happy and be fair to everyone right? Well do you realize that this entire new dispute is because of you failing to discuss what you were doing and edit warring? You could have at least waited for someone to complain, leave good enough alone. ] (]) 19:53, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:::Just a note, genre disputes do not only come up in a Christian/non-Christian setting. Some artist/band pages even have a 'disputed genre' section. Also, your examples (the list) are original research, lyrics are inherently ambiguous at the very least. That does not mean I don't want to label them Christian, I think there is plenty verification for that. But I don't really care, I just like to hear a girl scream. -- ] 09:41, 9 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
:I haven't edited the article for the genres since last night. I have been here for the entire length today discussing it and not changing it. Shut up unless you have a valid argument. — ] 20:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
You people are arguing over nothing! Like Kaiba pointed out, other articles have just rock in the lead. Why are you arguing over whether to put christian rock or alt rock or whatever? Just put rock. And 76.177.242.179 (aka ]), you're just escalating this. Just rock in the lead is fine and there's no reason for anyone to disagree with that, unless of course you just love edit warring and pointless discussion. ]]] 21:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::::Find me a citation. Once again, this is all being based on what the lyrics "sound like" to an individual. It's not important what we think. What's important is what we know for sure. And we know for sure that Flyleaf is not classified as a Christian band in any source cited in this article. I'll admit, it rankles me as a non-Christian to have the Christian label shoved down my throat when I say I like this band. But I'm trying very hard to support my position without becoming fanatic. I think everyone can agree that no source cited in this article mentions Flyleaf as a Christian band. QED. ] 18:32, 11 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
I just want to point out that Kaiba is on nearly ever single band article there is making these same changes. ] (]) 00:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:::::A subphrase was added today stating that they are Christians (but not labeling them as a Christian band). With that a source was added which completely backs up the statement. I just like to note that this is a good direction we're apparently moving in. And off topic: I — as a non-Christian, as atheist as one can be, denying anything remotely supernatural — am not rankled by liking a Christian band. In the same way that I can enjoy the majesty of a baroque church. -- ] 13:00, 19 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
:Would you like to point out a a group of diffs of me changing a genre significantly other than this article? I did so to this article and Nickelback yesterday, but I do not recall any others, unless your seeing something I'm not. — ] 05:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
The ones that do not list the primary in the lead for the most part are the ones Kaiba has graced with his presence. Nearly all band articles do this, no different here. ] (]) 00:05, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::::::I removed the link, for two reasons. One, the information was in the wrong place in the article. Whether or not they are Christians is irrelevant to the genre, and it was located right there in the first sentence. Two, the site is not a source reliable enough to warrant changing this article. (The 700 Club? Come on. How about a REAL source?) ] <small>—Preceding ] was added at 08:36, 20 October 2007 (UTC)</small><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
:I was not the one who ''changed'' any of the genres in any of the articles I pointed out above. The fact I may have edited the article at all is of no relevance. ] dearly noted. — ] 05:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
=== "Rock" in lead === | |||
:::::::I disagree, for two reasons. One, if something is in the wrong place it should not be removed, it should be moved to the right place. (Even though I think it wasn't in the wrong place, it didn't state anything about their genre, it stated something about their beliefs, very clearly.) Two, the source is plenty reliable. It is a clear piece with quotes by Lacey Mosley about their beliefs. (Also, The 700 Club has nothing to do with the cited article, right?) I'd appreciate it if you could re-add the material. -- ] 14:06, 20 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
Is anyone not okay with this? I'd strongly support it, if only to end this bickering. ]''']''' 14:24, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
The only person against alternative metal is Kaiba, why are we always bending over backwards for one user and ignoring the wishes of others. I like how you will not even acknowledge making a mistake yesterday, and ignore me when I ask you about it. Kaiba was the one making the change from the version restored after and before and after the article was unlocked. DW was acting on behalf of several users, it is a shame people are treated that way on here. Kaiba was making the change, and he should be the one to had to discuss on talk first. You would think that you if anyone would have supported that consensus after witnessing and mediating a month long edit war. You could have at least told Kaiba to discuss before making a change regarding the band's genre, that is what the edit war was over you know? I would have done the same thing, I have seen TONS of cases where one user will enforce consensus when someone new is overriding it without discussing it, and they certainly were not blocked. The guiltiest party in an edit war is the one seeking the change. The fact he is blocked is a disgrace to the entire community. You should have supported that consensus yourself. You could have at least not been so careless and actually looked at the edits that were made between the users. You went on for half a day yesterday how most articles contain the primary in the lead, and that you agree one of the two should be in the lead, but that you were not going to side with metal or rock. Then told me to be aware that dw was the one making the change, well that wasn't the case and you would have known had you taken the time to actually looked.Nearly all articles contain a genre in the lead, just because one person wants to edit war over it is not a good reason to do different here. ] (]) 15:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::::::::First, to Pepve: Sorry about removing the post from this page. I was actually trying to add something, and I think I screwed up when I saved it. Oops. Second, the link I removed was to a heavily biased site that is not affiliated with the band. The views contained there cannot be trusted as reputable. Therefore, I will not re-add the material. Also, the information doesn't solve the genre problem. I'm actually working on a solution now that I hope will be satisfying to everyone. Stand by. ] 05:48, 21 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
::Another thing, what is up with the three day block? When I reported hoponpop for personal attacks, incivility, harassment, abusive sock puppetry, etc. he was only blocked for 72 hours and that made the 9th time he had been blocked for the same things, and all within not too long a period. He then made another personal attack literally minutes after the block expired, he was then reported and the admins responding failed to even warn him, one even said he was salvagable, and that he jumped the gun reporting him. I don't understand how things work around here. ] (]) 15:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::There. Check the article and see if the new section helps. I sincerely hope that solves the problem that's been causing so much bad sentiment. ] 06:09, 21 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
:::Although this is unrelated to this article, Hoponpop69 seems to have just gotten lucky. Admins must think that since he has had mostly good edits, he will learn from his mistakes by getting several short blocks. I think this is a serious problem. Every time he has been blocked it has only been for a few days. Almost all of his blocks are from incivility and personal attacks, yet blocking admins refuse to give him a longer block for reasons unknown to me. However, he should receive the correct number of warnings before being reported. Hoponpop seems to be addicted to edit wars and won't settle for anything other than what he thinks should be. I am having this problem with him over ] about the genres; he refuses to discuss the issue and just keeps reverting my edits. He didn't violate the ], and I've already reported his activities to ], but the responding admin just told him to discuss the matter on the article's talk page rather than on mine. I am almost ready to just report him to WP:AIV for reverting my edits without explanation or discussion. However, this isn't the place to discuss this, so if you want to discuss it further, Landon or anyone, feel free to on my talk page. ]]] 21:21, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
I put "rock" into the lead not realizing there was a discussion about it. It's kinda obvious that they are rock, and its essential in the article really. ] (]) 21:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::It looks good to me, I'm glad with your solution. A small note though, it's a bit much on the quotation. But that's for the future. -- ] 10:38, 21 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
Landon1980, you said "The only person against alternative metal is Kaiba".. You said you wanted alternative rock in the lead paragraph.. This is only evidence that simply the term 'rock' should be in the lead '''which is what I supported from the beginning'''. So think about it now Landon, now yourself and Hoponpop69's IP are the only ones left favoring the alternative metal/rock lead, while myself, glasscobra, Timmeh and Riverpeopleinvasion all support rock in the lead. I see your so-called consensus failing. — ] 22:22, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::I figured that I could start it, and anyone else can add on. Personally, I don't think it needs more of a mention than that. But any more information on the subject has a nice cozy home now. Hopefully there won't be any more disagreements. And to whoever added the pic, bravo! The article really needed it. ] 04:58, 22 October 2007 (UTC) | |||
Either of the alternatives are fine with me, also that IP is not hoponpop's. He would be for Christian in the lead if he were still involved, trust me. ] (]) 22:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::::::::::::As far as I can tell, the band themselves full claim to be a christian band, the lyrics and themes of the songs point towards it. I think that the "Christian" needs to be re-added in front of the "Alternative metal" in the opening sentance of the article.] <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 12:16, 30 November 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
:Too bad I can't trust you. — ] 22:29, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::::Why would hoponpop suddenly change over and support alternative, he hates the idea of it being in the lead, he wanted Christian in there, that was one of the things the last dispute was over. ] (]) 22:35, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:::::Why are you so defensive about Hoponpop's views about this? Seems to me like you know a lot more about what he thinks should be in the lead than you should. Something smells fishy here. Not accusing anyone of anything, but I have a very good feeling something's not right here. ]]] 22:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::Wow your one sharp tack, I am indeed a sock of him, that is why I reported him to ANI which resulted in him being blocked for 72 hours. He was since reported again, and I commented there, was certainly not for him. ] (]) 23:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
And yes Kaiba, you are the only editor that has a problem with alternative being in the lead. The others just do not want to argue about it, anything to get us to shut up. You are the only one that cares enough to edit war over it. You are the only erson to ever complain about it being in the lead. EVER! ] (]) 22:30, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know hoponpop would not fight to have alternative in the lead, he spent a month fighting against it, and was blocked due to edits he made while frustrated over the ordeal. ] (]) 23:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:Call down. Now, rock covers all the genres. Be it alternative metal or hell even christian rock. Rock works for everything and there are more people for it than against it. So consensus? ] (]) 22:32, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::I think everyone, except Landon, agrees that rock should be in the lead. He won't give a reason why he doesn't want it there so there's no point arguing over it anymore. It's a pointless discussion. ]]] 22:36, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:::::::::::::No more editing wars please. This issue is, as far as I can tell, resolved and I think we need to give it a rest. The compromise is working fine and has been for over a month. The "Christian" term is discussed in the article. Unless you're prepared to cite a reference )other than your opinion) which gives good reason for changing the first line, leave it alone. ] (]) 16:00, 7 December 2007 (UTC) | |||
Most all articles have the primary genre in the lead, why should it be different here? That is why I don't want it there, there are in excess of 30 sources that support alternative, just seems logical to me to put it there. You all need to quit throwing GC's name into the mix. If you will read is earlier statements he said he definitely agreed that alternative should be in the lead, he will agree to about anything just to get everyone to shut the heck up. He has to be sick of this by now, every time he thinks it is over here comes someone like Kaiba, stirring up a bunch of shit. If he/she would have left well enough alone nothing would have ever been said. ] (]) 22:41, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
==Rerelease information added to article== | |||
::Hold on, but isn't alternative metal a subgenre of rock? So it covers it. Like the linkin park article, they are nu metal yet rock is in the lead. This should work here too. ] (]) 22:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Most all articles, like which ones? That doesn't matter anyway. When there's debate over what should be there, like there is here, then a broad term that covers all the debated genres should be put in the lead, and that's rock. And stop complaining about Kaiba, you're moving closer and closer to personal attacks. ]]] 22:51, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Added new rerelease to discography section. I figured it was relevant, since the new version of the album is SLIGHTLY different, what with the acoustic tracks and all. I linked it back to the album article, since that article already mentions it. If it looks wrong let me know. ] 10:45, 1 November 2007 (UTC) | |||
In reply to two paragraphs above, anything to get you to shut up is probably right Landon. It isn't like I'm exactly begging for an edit war or to disrupt anything, I saw something that honestly needed changing, and I did and now I'm here since someone has contested it. Yes, I am the only one to may care about it (even though there ''is'' a bigger majority ''for'' my change here than when we started), but it wasn't only me who reverted the other editor a couple days ago, glasscobra was also, so I am not alone, and glasscobra seems to support my change ''now''. | |||
Just so you see my point, I'll tell you of a little bed-time story Landon: I was also the only one to ''ever'' revert or to complain on the ] article about there being a two championship belts that may or may not be a part of the honor. When I started that discussion, I was the ''only'' person who thought that and they thought I was a lunatic to start that discussion. 3 or 4 months of discussion ensued after that. By the end of the discussion, we had reached a compromise for the two championships belts to be seperated and listed seperately on the article. If you look at that article now, those championship belts are no longer mentioned on the article and if you read the talk page there is overwhelming consensus that favored my original complaint. | |||
==Christian rock== | |||
Just hope you know I've been in longer and harder uphill battles than you can imagine (the above story is only one of many), and I don't plan to go and hide like everyone else just so there isn't a discussion. — ] 22:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Just so nobody changes it I added Christian rock to the Genre because the said that there not ashamed of their faith and that comes out in there album and that is what every Christian rock band does. Her exact words were pretty much if them being Christians make them a Christian band than she guesses they are, if a plumber is a Christian is he a Christian plumber? She says they are a band, and they always list their genre as alternative or metal.<small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 20:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
:GC reverted the edit because he thought the two of you were fighting over whether rock or metal would follow alternative. He didn't realize you were the one making such a change immediately after the page was unlocked without even discussing it first. He said himself, alternative metal was the implied consensus, and that the consensus made several mentions of it being the primary genre for the band. He also said that most articles like this have a genre in the lead. ] (]) 23:03, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::], just like users opinions, and Glasscobra's latest comment says he supports rock being in the lead, and no amount of "he said this and that before" can change what he currently stated. I would rather Glasscobra comment on his feelings himself rather than you imply what he feels. — ] 23:18, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Landon, I'm sorry if you feel ignored; however, I'm not sure what you mean about me "going on for half a day yesterday how most articles contain the primary in the lead," I believe I only mentioned it once. I do still agree that some genre should be in the lead, but I did not want to side with one of the two alternative ones being bickered over. I am supporting "rock" in the lead because I feel it would be a compromise for all sides involved without sacrificing any of the factual accuracy of the article. Now, unless anyone has a ''very'' good reason why rock should not be in the main, I would like to end this debate. ]''']''' 23:22, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:Dear friend, if only that was how it worked. In fact, the genre of this band is heavily disputed. And Misplaced Pages has a policy for these matters: ]. In short, it says that such material has to be attributed to a source. It is not that I do not believe you, it is just that our opinion does not matter when writing an encyclopedia. So I will revert each change to the genre of this band which is not attributed to a ]. I'm sorry, but please find a good source and use it. -- ] (]) 21:03, 9 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
::There was no one fighting over whether out of the two which should be added. The argument was over Kaiba removing alternative all together without discussing it. You still act like Kaiba and dwrayos was edit warring over whther the lead be alt rock or metal, that isn't what happened. Kaiba was removing material related to the genre out of the version that you used after unlocking the article, that version was implied to be consensus regarding genre related issues. Please stop saying they were edit warring over metal or rock and you just could not side, that is not in the least what was going on. Have you not actually looked at the edits. All dw wanted was for Kaiba to discuss first, and to understand the long argument over the genre and that alternative metal was agreed to be the primary genre. ] (]) 23:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Well that's to bad though its good to know that someone is makeing sure that this artical does not change. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 03:04, 11 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
:::Does his previous interpretation of old revisions matter somehow? He said he supports rock in the lead ''now'' and two other editors and myself support it as well and you have never given a satisfactory reason as to why the term 'rock' is somehow inaccurate, misleading or worth debating. The genres still exist in the infobox, its not like they are going away. — ] 23:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:Landon, I'm not really concerned about why they were edit warring -- the point is that they shouldn't have, whatever the reason. I have said before to multiple people that the previous discussion had nothing to do with what genre is the "primary" one, and then I am trying to facilitate a brand new debate. Can we all please forget the old stuff and move on? I just want to come to a peaceful agreement. ]''']''' 00:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
==Civility== | |||
I think I got some proof I went to the Christian rock artical and it says "There are multiple definitions of what qualifies as a "Christian rock" band. Christian rock bands that explicitly state their beliefs and use religious imagery in their lyrics" and what I said was a basic version of that so I'm changeing it back until further notice. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 20:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
I would just like to remind participants in the above debates to keep ] and remain ]. ] ] 23:14, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:Thanks Seraphim, for your comment. — ] 23:26, 7 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
==Where they are from== | |||
:There are two problems with that 'proof'. Misplaced Pages is not a ] (especially not for itself) and your conclusion is ]. Let me state Misplaced Pages's policy in short: only write stuff that you have a (reliable) source for, and then attribute the statement to that source. Thanks for your effort though, I appreciate it very much. -- ] (]) 16:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
Now, I have lived down in Belton, TX. And I know one of the band members went to my church down there. Everyone in or around that area says they are from Temple, TX. Now you know that Belton, TX and Temple, TX are right next to each other. Before going to main stream they played at Bethel Assembly of God, in Temple, TX a few times. Now, the members are from both Belton and Temple. Why dont we say they come from the Belton-Temple, TX area. Oh, ya and on there myspace (www.myspace.com/flyleaf) it says there location is Temple, TX.] (]) 08:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:That is exactly what I have just changed it to, I changed it to reflect that Flyleaf formed in the Temple and Belton, Texas regions, adding a reference to their myspace for Temple, Texas and a reference to All Music Guide for Belton, Texas. If someone disagrees, and I'm sure someone will *sighs*, tell me. — ] 08:15, 8 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::I have no disagreement. That looks good to me. :) ]''']''' 13:29, 8 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::Neither do I. I always wondered why it said Belton. ] (]) 15:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Actually neither of those sources said that they formed in either of those regions, it just stated that thats where they are based in now.] (]) 15:09, 11 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:Actually the All Music Guide reference does say they formed in Belton and it is well known they are from Temple, Texas as well since there are references that state a couple of members themselves are from Temple. Get consensus before you remove it again, because as it stands, when I made the change, Glasscobra and Landon agreed with the change and Timmeh reverted your removal. If you feel it should be removed, give a more satisfactory reason than 'because it is a fact' because there are obvious facts which refute you. — ] 10:05, 12 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:Yeah, I feel including both Temple and Belton is more accurate. I don't see the problem here, hoponpop, if it is sources you want there are plenty out there to back this up. This is from their purevolume page "Out of the small, quiet town of Temple, Texas emerges a rock band that is about to take the world by storm." ] (]) 13:50, 12 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::I want to go ahead and let it be known that I just accidentaly signed my comment with an IP that has some recent vandalism edits, I thought I was still logged in. I am at work and some of their computers use an open proxy, and it is a bank of IP's that alot of people use to vandalise wikipedia apparently, because in the last month it looks like several ppl have used this same IP. The IP changes on this open proxy every two minutes, and tons of ppl share the same IP's. ] (]) 14:01, 12 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
I got the proof from wikipedia and you give me crud about wiki policy but its from this site so what's the problem? <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 19:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
==Christian alternative rock== | |||
Are you just saying Misplaced Pages is not reliable sorce. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 20:09, 13 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
I think it should say ] because it is more suitable for this band because "Unlike Christian rock, Christian alternative rock generally emphasizes musical style over lyrical content." But I will not change it until someone says they agree or not. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
:I would agree with you normally, but in the case of Flyleaf, it is not clearly defined in their music or by the band themselves whether or not they would even considered Christian rock, with only a couple of references, and any 'Christian' genre would inevitably be disputed. Getting some reliable sources that state they are Christian alternative rock would be helpful. — ] 19:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::I would discourage people from responding to this; we've gone over the Christian part several times, and I believe now we should just focus or the rock or alternative part. Thanks. ]''']''' 19:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
I've thought a lot about this and I don't actually have a problem with rock alone being in the lead. I only had a problem with how user Kaiba was implementing his change at first, and his condescending attitude. It probably is a good idea to do this, hopefully this will be the end of the bickering on here. I for one am sick of this. The only reason I said anything to start with is his failure to discuss it first, and the fact I thought it went against consensus of many users. I don't see the big deal of rock or alternative rock being in the lead, and I certainly do not understand why someone would edit war over something so petty. I'll agree with anything just to move on, unlike some of you I have a life outside of wikipedia. ] (]) 00:33, 9 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:I reverted the addition of ] to the genre box again, it needs a source. I would like to ask anyone who has a reliable source for this statement to go ahead and add it. Thanks in advance. I'm sick of this. -- ] (]) 20:44, 13 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
:Well I have a life outside Misplaced Pages, but I will certainly spend all of my time on Misplaced Pages if someone wants to dispute something. Sorry, but I don't usually have to explain every change I make on a talk page, I just usually do the ] thing and leave an edit summary and if someone has a problem, they can leave me a message at my talk. And BTW, you aren't the first one to misinterpret my tone as meaning something else when I had no intention of doing so. — ] 01:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::I understand. I realize you had good intentions all along. I never really disagreed with what you were doing; I just got the wrong idea of your intentions I guess. By the way I'm not saying you should discuss before you make any change whatsoever. It is just there was a lot of controversy surrounding this particular article. I felt that anything dealing with their genre should be discussed first. I will admit it is a good idea for this specific article, only because of its neutrality. I may be wrong, but I don't see how anyone could have a problem with this. Hopefully this will put the genre dispute to bed, or at the very least a long nap. ] (]) 02:24, 9 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Well I think you need proof that they're not. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 00:41, 14 January 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
:::Thanks, — ] 03:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
Alright, well, unless anyone objects, I'm going to go ahead and put "rock" into the lead sentence, and hopefully now we can all move on and keep editing the encyclopedia. I'd like to thank everyone for keeping it relatively civil these past few days here. :) ]''']''' 15:42, 10 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
:Please read this section: ]. Thank you. -- ] (]) 01:02, 14 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
::: Just because the members are Christian doesn't automatically classify their band as Christian rock. Tolkien and Stephen King are Christians, does this make Lord of the Rings and Carrie christian literature? --] (]) 06:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
::::We already had this discussion, it is in the archive, if you would like to read it, it is located at ]. — ] 08:00, 14 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
I hope this entire discussion on their christianity is a joke since their music VERY SPECIFICALLY references christian themes. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 07:53, 5 May 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
Do you not understand? Unless you have an article/video/sound recording or anything that proves that Flyleaf is in fact a Christian Rock band, you cannot just go ahead and change their genre. Misplaced Pages is for supported facts only. ]] 23:36, 14 January 2008 (UTC) | |||
Dudes Flyleaf is a Christen/alterinitive rock band!!!!! Listen to their | |||
Well I don't really care about this stupid debate but in the artical wich they say in a interview "We're not ashamed of our faith and that comes out in their music and a discription of Christian metal is metal with some christian value in it so that is proof. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 00:16, 11 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
lyrics sometime. ] <small>—Preceding ] was added at 18:15, 12 June 2008 (UTC)</small><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
::ATTENTION! This argument has been fought and decided already. Read the archives. Don't be difficult. And learn to spell. ] (]) 07:41, 20 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
What did i spell wrong??] <small>—Preceding ] was added at 19:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC)</small><!--Template:Undated--> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
:::Christian and alternative ] (]) 19:23, 26 June 2008 (UTC) | |||
Kaiba, you are wrong when you say that "It is not clearly defined in their music or by the band themselves whether or not they would even considered Christian rock, with only a couple of references, and any 'Christian' genre would inevitably be disputed." You obviously don't listen to their lyrics. "I'm So Sick" talks about wanting more than this physical world, a hole only God can fill. "Fully Alive" talks about a girl who is fully alive through Christ even though she's had a bad life. "Perfect" talks about how we can only be perfect through God. "Cassie" is the most obvious. She boldly says that "I will say 'yes'." The song says "say yes to pull the trigger." Then she says, "And I will pull the trigger." "Sorrow" talks about how sorrow will last only a short time; God will take that sorrow away from us. "I'm Sorry" is about how this world will build a "shell" around us and that only God can break that shell. It also talks about how God knows what we go through when she says "And I understand that You stood where I stood." "All Around Me" is another obvious one. It is talking about really experiencing God, or getting the Holy Spirit. It says "And so I cry... Holy, The light is white... Holy And I see You... Holy." "Red Sam" is another obvious one. It is basically just a worship song to God. "And I worship, and I worship, and I worship.You are the Truth, outscreaming these lies, You are the Truth, saving my life." "There For You" is about how God is always there for us, no matter what, and that we need to be closer to Him. "Breathe Today" is about salvation. Hence, "Big enought to fill the void inside of you, it's just a breath away." "So I Thought" is about how this world will tear us apart, but "Through all these twisted thoughts I see Jesus there in between." I just proved you wrong because that is all the songs on their album. | |||
You are correct when you say just because the members of a band are Christian doesn't mean that the band is Christian. But, in Flyleaf's case, it does. They have stated that several times. They once said something to the effect of, "We are all Christians and God is our lives, and you can't seperate your life from your music, so, yes we are." And, yes, Lord of the Rings ''IS'' considered Christian literature. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 22:43, 27 July 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
:See the archives, we have been over all of this more than once. ] (]) 00:41, 28 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
::I would also like to encourage you to use your registered account to engage in disputes on talk pages. ] (]) 00:44, 28 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
Sure, FlyLeaf has a lot of Christian references in their music, but so has ] and I don't see them labeled as "Christian Rock"? ] (]) 10:13, 30 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
Yes, but Flyleaf's music is focused on God, they don't ''just'' make references to God. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 15:17, 21 August 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
I would just add that this past Labor Day I saw Flyleaf perform at Revelation Generation, a Christian Rock Festival in New Jersey. During their set Lacey gave a lengthy Christian testimony about her life of faith and the faith of the band. At least Lacey, and I wager the whole band define themselves as Christians playing Christian music. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 17:03, 17 December 2008 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
] is a yearly compilation of Christian rock, Christian hard rock, Christian metal, Christian alternative rock, and Christian punk artists and bands. Flyleaf was on the 2008 and the current 2010 editions. That should also be an indication of the Christian rock or Christian alternative rock genres they are in. <span style="background:black"><span style="color:red">Mr. C.C.</span><sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub></span> 20:18, 20 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
This edit war has gone on long enough. No more harsh words, no more edits. The citation has to be something a little more considerable than, "personally considers somewhat". No one else has seen that quote as being enough to change the article. ] (]) 12:52, 26 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
Flyleaf's music is also sold through Christian distribution channels as well as mainstream channels. While they may not know what it means to be a Christian rock band, the industry that sells it certainly does. Shall I provide some links to show that their music is sold in Christian channels and is reported on in Christian music media? And don't say that the argument is over, since and to read the archives. --] (]) 23:51, 22 September 2010 (UTC) | |||
Well how about reading the THREE citations that I added sourcing them as Christian rock, instead of mindlessly reverting?] (]) 22:33, 26 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
== Emocore == | |||
The articles you are referring to speak of them being Christians, not a Christian band. Until you find proof directly linked to Flyleaf that says they are a Christian Rock band leave the correct genre alone. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 07:19, 27 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
Flyleaf is an emocore band... because they have some songs that have emo influences. There music also fits in perfectly with the term emocore, because they have some elements of post-hardcore and emocore is emotional hardcore. so please comment if you think otherwise <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 00:10, 23 July 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
*EMO not is a culture | |||
Much like other bands, some of Flyleafs songs ARE influenced by their religion. Religion is a '''part''' of their life. However, writing a few songs with religious sentiments does not make them a religious rock band. Amy Lee of Evanescence mentions God numerous times in lyrics and interviews, however, EVANESCENCE IS NOT A CHRISTIAN BAND. Christian rock bands do not leave room for doubt that they are Christian. The fact that we can debate whether Flyleaf is Christian is proof enough that they probably don't want to be labeled as Christian rock. As far as their lyrics go, all of their songs can be interpreted in different ways. Interpretation is a core part of any artistic work. It's completely subjective, and because someone interprets something in art does not mean that it's fact. Furthermore, it's best just to leave the genre alone. If they were a Christian rock band there would be no cloud of doubt surrounding them. Also, if you look at the page you'll see that they are a part of the "Bitch We Have a Problem" tour. Obviously, they aren't going to be on stage singing amazing grace to the crowd. ] (]) 00:17, 27 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
*EMO not is music (wrong) | |||
*EMOcore obvious not is a genre of music(wrong) | |||
*Flyleaf is alternative rock <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 16:41, 23 July 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
As inappropriate as this may be, amen to that. :) ] (]) 05:45, 27 February 2008 | |||
I would like to encourage those of you that wish to change their genre to Christian Rock to find a source to back that up that isn't a fan site, or merely something speaking of them being Christians. Christian is their religion, not their genre. The fact that we can argue about this speaks for itself. If they wanted to be labeled a christian rock band they would do so. They ALWAYS list and introduce their genre as alternative rock or metal. Lacey would not have responded she didn't know the answer and that the only way they are a Christian band is if them being Christians makes them one. Christian rock bands do not leave any room to doubt, and they list their genre as such. ] (]) 08:13, 27 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
Throwing policy to the wind for a second here, since when? Here is some simple math for you; emotionally driven lyrics ==/== Emo. There are more things that go into the musical categorization process than just looking at lyrical content. Back to policy, if you can find a source that says they are Emo, then add it to the info box. | |||
Why the fuck are three sources listing them as Christian rock getting ignored? This is absolutely ridicolous, I've never seen such a lack of logic and common sense before. | |||
Second guy… wow… where to begin? Difficult to deal with you when you A) Don’t speak the English language and B) Don't really know what you’re talking about. Some unverifiable truth for you: | |||
*"Flyleaf are a tattooed, loud, deceptively Christian rock band" | |||
*"Like jumbo shrimp or civil war, "Christian rock band" can seem like an oxymoron. After all, rock and roll has always been the devil's music, and Jesus surely wouldn't approve of the sex-and-drugs lifestyle. So why is the Christian band Flyleaf playing on this year's Family Values Tour with Korn, Deftones, Stone Sour and Bury Your Dead? Did some booking agent make a terrible mistake?" | |||
*"Christian Rock" | |||
*Emo is a subculture that is better referred to as Scene. Although, Scene people take offence to being called Emo. | |||
] (]) 18:24, 27 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
Now for some verifiable stuff. | |||
They are christian metal! Just listen to their song Cassie, and don't give me any crap about "Just because one song is Christian metal doesn't make them a christian band" because they are. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 21:31, 29 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
*] is music | |||
==HELLOOOOO== | |||
*] = ] (Emo is just shorter) | |||
*] is a subgenre of ] | |||
Some other stuff. | |||
In case all you "mightier than thou" editors hadnt noticed, VH1 isnt exactly a "fan site." In addition, Flyleaf is listed there as...dun dun dun....CHRISTIAN! Stop changing the genre. I dont know what the problem is, but it says it right there. On a music site. FLYLEAF IS CHRISTIAN. Just because they may be played on secualar radio, does not make them nonchristian. Take Switchfoot, Relient K, etc. You may always hear them on secular radio, but turn on the Jesus music for once. OH, AND. It has both ] and ] on there as the genre. Why cant people just leave well enough alone? And why are you so scared to say that Flyleaf is Christian....? ][[user | |||
*In actuality, they have VERY few elements of Alt. Rock. | |||
talk:ElisaEXPLOSiON|<s>talk.</s>]] 13:37, 27 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
*They are what you can source them to be. | |||
Some advice for you, sign your posts by using four tildes, and please, PLEASE, learn to use proper English before editing the English Misplaced Pages.] (]) 04:16, 31 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
:Because those editors are self-hating Christians.] (]) 18:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
I would have to say Flyleaf is not an Emo band. If Emo music is defined by all music that is driven by emotion and feeling, then all music would have to be considered emo because that is where good music comes from. Without any feeling or emotion in music, it wouldn't be worth listening to because you wouldn't get anything out of it, it would lack passion. So as far as their style of music goes, they have many different influences that add to their style of music, including their christian influence. They all blend together to form something between rock, alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock(or hardcore) and i guess emo but not by stereotype. | |||
::And now the whoe thing has been blocked. Awesome. Did you get what you wanted? ]] 18:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
They are in no way emo/emocore(same thing)/hardcore. There is not an ounce of punk in their sound, and those are all subgenres of punk. Please don't use genres to describe a band if you know nothing about the genre and what it means. ] (]) 07:17, 21 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
:The only way genre disagreements should be decided is by providing ], none of this argument is relevant. If you wish to dispute the Emo genre, please take it to the talk page there - ] ] <small><span style="color:black;">(] - ])</span></small> 12:57, 21 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
:::Simple, because all three of those articles are intended to say they are Christians, not that their genre is Christian rock. I can list dozens upon dozens of sources saying the are metal. All those articles are based off of the quote of her denying the fact. If they were a Christian rock band they would list their genre as such. Try looking on their official homepage, see if you see Christian rock anywhere. | |||
::*Flyleaf isn't even remotely emo. They are pure post-grunge. But, as has been said, they are what you source them to be. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 01:33, 19 October 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
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::::I just used all the major search engines and conducted a search on Flyleaf. I done it for two hours straight and did not come across one place listing them as Christian rock. Look for yourself, literally everywhere lists their genre as Alternative, metal, or heavy rock. If we are going to start changing everything because we can find a couple sources that support that I hate to see what Misplaced Pages will look like. Everywhere that sells their music, lists a biography for them, etc., etc., etc. lists their genre as alternative rock. ] (]) 20:12, 27 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
Emo is probably a sub-genre of Flyleaf's music. You guys should read wikipedia's page on emo music, and compare it to what other sites have to say (what emo actually is is often confused because of stereotypes that MUST be avoided). | |||
:::::Looks like your blind because I just posted three examples earlier in this discussion: | |||
TheQw 07:50, 8 March 2010 (UTC) | |||
*"Flyleaf are a tattooed, loud, deceptively Christian rock band" | |||
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*"Like jumbo shrimp or civil war, "Christian rock band" can seem like an oxymoron. After all, rock and roll has always been the devil's music, and Jesus surely wouldn't approve of the sex-and-drugs lifestyle. So why is the Christian band Flyleaf playing on this year's Family Values Tour with Korn, Deftones, Stone Sour and Bury Your Dead? Did some booking agent make a terrible mistake?" | |||
*"Christian Rock" | |||
Flyleaf is not emo or any form of emo music. If you listen to their music, then you would know they don't even sound remotely emo. <span style="background:black"><span style="color:red">Mr. C.C.</span><sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub></span> 20:43, 20 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
Cmon get your head out of the gutter] (]) 00:10, 28 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
:umm yea they sound emo, but thats up to personal interpretation i guess :/, anywho..i was just gona reply over here to the emo as a subgenre thing<wich is really old topic, but im just continuing...emo is NOT a subgenre of punk, emo is simply a minor subgenre of alternative with punk inclinations, but there are lots of Emo-pop bands like owl city and never shout never who are infact emo-pop and not punk, and emo-emo is closer to punk, but doesnt nescesarilly needs to be punk, because if you listen to emo and emo-pop music in general the ONLY thing in common is the vocal style, and the lyrics dont nescesarilly define the genre, anyways sorry for bringing the topic back again, i just felt i needed to clarify some things ] (]) 02:24, 14 September 2010 (UTC) | |||
::::::Wow dude, you are an idiot. Those articles are based on the statement of Lacey's where she denies being a Christian band and speaks of the plumber. How can you act as if you are right and like your three sources trumps dozens upon dozens upon dozens of articles that say they are an alternative rock band. Including their homepage and myspace. You can't be this stupid. I can see where the article needs to say that some ppl label them a Christian rock band because they are Christians, but certainly not their genre changed to a false one. lol you even make the first sentence Flyleaf is a Christian... WOW how do you function, I bet you have shit running down your legs. ] (]) 01:10, 28 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
== I think the actual meaning of the word flyleaf should be put in == | |||
:::::::] - 3/4 of the previous editors to this section should take some time to review the policy. --]]] 01:14, 28 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
'''i agree the band is quite ace | |||
THIS NEEDS TO END. RIGHT NOW. No more ad homniem attacks. No more cursing. No more nasty comments left on user talk pages (thank you again for that, ElisaEXPLOSiON). This is a matter than can be solved by looking at the sources. According to the majority of the editors here, no information can be found labeling this band as explicitly Christian. You have not assumed good faith, you have been uncivil, and you have been quite unprofessional on the talk page, on the history page, and on editor's talk pages. Stop it now or you will be blocked from editing. All I have to do is contact an admin. I won't do it now, because I have some faith in you guys to resolve this like intelligent people. Keep up the discussion, lose the harsh words, and find some sources that everyone can agree on. Please? ] (]) 06:14, 28 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
but the true meaning of the word 'flyleaf'''' | |||
:In response to Jparenti: You do not own this article. You will not tell people what to do, you're just irritating the situation. Second, the message left was not nasty, just angry. Granted, I should have been more civil, but you seem to think that you either own this article, or you are the only one that edits it. You won't listen to others' comments, because apparently only ''your'' opinion counts. Not only did we have the VALID sources listing Flyleaf as christian, we also had them listed as '''altenative metal''' so you would stop whining about it. But, yet again, expectations were dashed. Who knew? ]] 13:35, 28 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
fly·leaf | |||
–noun, plural -leaves. | |||
'''a blank leaf in the front or the back of a book.''' | |||
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:You can link to the Wiktionary term of it. <span style="background:black"><span style="color:red">Mr. C.C.</span><sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub></span> 00:09, 21 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
== Emo tag == | |||
::ElisaEXPLOSiON, you're argument is extremely weak. Do you not understand that you have those three sources that are based off of the plumber statement (her basically denying the fact) the walmart source even lists alternative rock as the genre if you actually click on the cover, then you have literally every other article online saying they are alternative metal including their official homepage and myspace? How can you honestly, and in good faith expect three sources to trump hundreds? This is an encyclopedia and therefore should only contain factual matter. Please answer. ] (]) 14:34, 28 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
The source for "emo" doesn't say emo once on the entire page. How can it possibly be a reliable source. I'm removing the tag until someone can find one. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 07:31, 27 November 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
:::This is ridiculous. Do what you will if it makes you happy. ]] 14:43, 28 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
:i found a amg REVIEW that clearly says that flyleaf is an emo band...not a tag, it actually says it, briefly, but it still does, the exact term used is emo-metal, wich i find true, since singer lacey mosley definetly has the emo-style vocals, and if anyone has read flyleafs lyrics its very emo, like the actual emo, not emo-pop like paramore, hey monday, fall out boy, and all time low, i mean emo as in my chemical romance, and red jumpsuit apparatus, and btw just to clarify, if a band/musician sings emo music that doesnt make the artist or band members emo themselves, so im gona go ahead and put the emo genre in the infobox, if anyone doesnt like that i put it there, well then too bad, its reference and unless you give me a good explanation independent of your personal opinions then im gona keep fighting on the discuss page until a reasonable cause for takin it off the infobox is given! i dont mean to be mean, but come on people, wikipedia is about facts not opinions, and btw, its IN THE REVIEW in amg that states that flyleaf is emo<emo-metal> wich is a much more reliable source than the alternative metal tags at the bottom . OH!sorry i responded so late to the section, its just that i didnt wana create a new section, and if anyone finds this aggresive, then sorry, im trying to be assertive, anywho wtv, im gona put it know.. ] (]) 02:12, 14 September 2010 (UTC) | |||
::::"According to the majority of the editors here, no information can be found labeling this band as explicitly Christian."- You are completely and utterly inept, I keep explicitly giving you my THREE sources (compared to the ONE for Alternative Metal) and you continue to ignore them, not even acknowledging them. This is the last straw. I can not work with someone as stubborn as you. I'm going to request a mediation.] (]) 15:17, 28 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
== Band history needs to be edited == | |||
Did they originally have a different name? Under "Band history" it does not state when they stopped being called Passerby and started using the name Flyleaf. | |||
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:::::Oh don't worry, as soon as the protection is lifted I will personally add sources stating they are alternative rock until you tell me you have had enough proof. Conduct a search yourself, 99.9% lists their genre as alternative rock, metal, or heavy rock. You see you have those three sources that are some how supposed to trump hundreds. Sure does make sense huh? ] (]) 15:23, 28 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
== Farted? What? == | |||
::::::I love how ] ] think they own Misplaced Pages. ]] 15:31, 28 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
Umm...under Memento Mori (2009-Present) it says that some songs were "inspired when they farted, by a self-help book called The Purpose Driven Life." (Something to that effect). It was cited as source 14, which does discuss a Purpose Driven Life, but I saw nothing at all about farting on there. Anyone got any clue where this came from? | |||
Why don't you show your "hundreds" of sources. Furthermore three sources is more than enough to back something up.] (]) 15:32, 28 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
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I'm not sure I know how to do this properly but I'm going to try to list some of the sources supporting alternative rock. | |||
I just wanted to add a few of the ones I found. If anyone would like more sources to back up the alternative rock genre let me know. This didn't even put a dent in the ones I found ] (]) 18:29, 29 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
== Faith section. == | |||
Many of these are not valid or don't back up your claims: | |||
is a pure volume site which is maintained by the band themselves, and therefore is not thirf party information. | |||
doesn't even mention alternative rock. | |||
says Hard rock not alternative rock. | |||
does not mention alternative rock. | |||
is a user edited site and is therefore invalid. | |||
this is a ring tone site, it is not a valid source on music information. | |||
lists them as pop/rock. | |||
lists them as alternative metal | |||
does not mention alternative rock. | |||
] (]) 18:34, 1 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
What is this supposed to be? | |||
"They had , Their faith influences their music..." <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 20:17, 28 May 2010 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
Since nobody has explained this poor edit, I've undone it manually. ] (]) 22:10, 25 August 2010 (UTC) | |||
Does list them as alternative rock, you have to scroll down the page. | |||
== Genre dispute == | |||
One thing for certain is none of those places mention Christian Rock. ] (]) 05:30, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
If you look-up flyleaf cd's at walmart (the world's largest seller of CDs) the genre is rock with subgenre heavy metal. I believe that should be taken into account. I don't know why people feel the need to make up 8 million sub genres. The music is just rock, get over it. It's not country, it's not R&B. Those are real genre differeces.--] (]) 19:31, 17 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
But these ones do: ] (]) 19:28, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
===Mediation=== | |||
I've filed a mediation for this argument. If you would like to be in on it please sign up here. | |||
] (]) 15:32, 28 February 2008 (UTC) | |||
== Hiatus? == | |||
:I agree. I don't want to make enemies on here. I just know that we've been down this road before, and it was solved in a civil manner. If you read the previous posts on this page, you'll see that. I propose a truce between us, and I hope that the mediation will solve this, for either party, once and for all. ] (]) 08:44, 1 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
Should it be said that the Band are on a Hiatus due to lacey's Pregnancy? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 11:01, 26 November 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
: If a reference can be found, yes. --] (]) 16:04, 26 November 2011 (UTC) | |||
== Reference? == | |||
You people can say whatever you want about them but, every person I've ever met that knows about flyleaf says their a christian rock band and every one that I know that doesn't know about them will be told they are christian rock and most people who like them wont come here because its so dang obvious! <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 18:08, 2 March 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
One of the things I added a while ago was that Blankets of Worms was changed to Bucket of Words by request of the president of their label. I'm not sure how to reference that since Sameer said it in a chat on their website. --{{User:Ice66Breaker/Normsig}} 21:13, 17 May 2012 (UTC) | |||
This is completely ridiculous. Hoponpop69, this is the second time I've encountered you trying to label a band as "christian". They are Christians, sure. Nobody is arguing that. But they are NOT a Christian band. On their Myspace page, which THEY control, they have listed themselves as just "rock" . On their band page they say absolutely NOTHING about religion whatsoever. I think that makes it quite clear that they are not branding themselves as a "Christian rock" band. I don't understand how you continue to argue something that is so objective. Are you suggesting that bands can't even choose their own genre's? That's absolutely insane. Flyleaf is NOT a Christian band. The foundations on which you base your argument are weak, and clearly fall when pitted against the ones of those who disagree with you. You can be Christian, that's perfectly fine, no one is trying to take that away from you OR Flyleaf. But wikipedia is not an outlet for people who are trying to spread their religious beliefs. Imposing your religion onto every band that mentions Jesus, God, or Christianity is not only ignorant, but is also against the basic principles of this site.] (]) 20:55, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
: If the chat was archived, you can reference that. If not, it may have to be removed if a reference can't be found. --] (]) 21:53, 17 May 2012 (UTC) | |||
== Is Kristen May really an actual member of Flyleaf? == | |||
First of all in terms of genre a myspace page holds no credence, get that through your brain! Second of all I'm not even a Christian so you just made a fool of yourself in your analysis of this. Let's wait and see what the mediation deams to be reliable sources.] (]) 03:00, 3 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
This isn't a fan rant or anything. On the statement released by the band concerning Lacey Sturm's depature, it says "In order to continue on with New Horizons, Sameer, Jared, James, and myself have selected Kristen May, formerly of Vedera, to assume lead vocal duties '''for future tour dates'''." I've seen comments like this on other websites. Is Kristen an actual member of the band like it's stated on this Misplaced Pages article, or is she just a touring singer? (like ] is for ]) | |||
Alright the first mediation fell through, here is were the cabal one will be ]. You can go there to discuss this.] (]) 03:24, 3 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
--] (]) 14:42, 22 December 2012 (UTC) | |||
: It's my understanding that she's currently just a touring replacement for Strum, but the wording is intentionally ambiguous. --] (]) 18:51, 22 December 2012 (UTC) | |||
== Adding the Between the Stars album page == | |||
Yeah, ok. I'm not going to sit here and exchange insults with you. That is not what this is about. I believe that a page that the band created themselves holds the utmost of credence since it was created by the band themselves. Other sources can say what they want, but what the band says should outweigh anything else. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 04:04, 3 March 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
Hey, is there someone who can add the new Flyleaf album page? We now have the official track listing, when the album will be released, their first single was released a few weeks ago, and its being released through Loud & Proud Records. All the sources are on the main page. I just need someone to make the page because I don't know how haha. <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 23:01, 22 July 2014 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> | |||
==More Sources For You To Try And Explain Away. Note that these support their genre falling into the Alternative category== | |||
: I'm not sure I understand. I looked for an article titled ''Between the Stars'', but I didn't see one. As a result, there's no way we can add the new album page to this article. Are you suggesting that you want to create the article? The question is, does it have any third-party references to support its notability? I'm talking about discussions in ], reviews in those publications, indications that the album has charted on some national chart or something else, similar. Without that, the album would likely not last long so it's best to wait for something like that before adding an article. ] (]) 04:34, 23 July 2014 (UTC) | |||
== Members/timeline format == | |||
] (]) 07:05, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
Hey there – I don't understand why my edits to the band members/timeline sections are being reverted. The way that I have edited the page is how nearly ''every'' band article out there appears. ], I understand that you want to protect/preserve the article, but there is honestly no reason why the timeline can't have a subsection, etc. It's not "incorrect". Please consider this. Regards, '''<font face="Arial">]<sup>]</sup></font>''' 02:16, 2 January 2015 (UTC) | |||
== "Rick Parasher" == | |||
: Because adding "members" to a section that is about members is redundant. | |||
: And adding a heading for a timeline is not necessary at all. ] (]) 03:06, 2 January 2015 (UTC) | |||
::I agree. In fact, this seems like another article that doesn't even really need a timeline. Do we really need a visual to breakdown a single change over the course of a decade? ] ] 23:39, 2 January 2015 (UTC) | |||
== Flyleaf homepage. == | |||
This should read Rick "Parashar". ] (]) 18:00, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
Change the image and description to a recent photo. It's way outdated and they switched singers on 2013. ] (]) 21:14, 13 September 2015 (UTC) | |||
==Shortening of Discussion Page== | |||
: A new image is needed. ]. ] (]) 21:28, 13 September 2015 (UTC) | |||
This page is extremely long, and contains a lot of things that I think can be removed. I am not going to remove anything relating to the current genre debate, only things that are just taking up unnecessary space. ] (]) 20:57, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
:] rather than remove please. --] <sup><font face="Calibri">''] ♦ ]''</font></sup> 21:00, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
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"A buzz began to circulate over Belton, Texas, quartet Flyleaf when the band's debut EP first made the rounds. Fronted by singer Lacey Mosley, the band generates an enormous sound that draws on elements of nu-metal, screamo, and '''ALTERNATIVE ROCK''''." | |||
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The other two sources you found do not list their genre as Christian Rock either, they merely make reference to them being Christians. That is clearly what they mean when they said Christian band. ] (]) 22:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
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They call them a Christian band both times they describe them. In case you are not aware of this, Christian is not a musical genre but a religion. The only time this article mentions Christian Rock is when they mention it to be an oxymoron.] (]) 23:00, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
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According to you I am blind so you had better check this out for me. It appears to dumb ole blind me that here when VH1 does actually state their genre they label them a '''Heavy Rock Quintet''' Why don't you use your 20/20 vision to show me where it says Christian Rock. ] (]) 23:10, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
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:Chillout dude. We can debate without it getting so personal.] (]) 23:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
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Yes please take a look at that it stats that their music DRAWS ELEMENTS OF THOSE genres, yet at the top of the page it lists the bands genre as Christian rock. In the VH1 article it must be dumb old blind you because that vh1 page is not even the article I had originally linked to. Stop distorting the truth or I won't acknowledge your statements.] (]) 02:57, 3 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
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For the record this was the page I had linked to and it clearly says "Flyleaf are a tattooed, loud, deceptively Christian rock band. But they're not ashamed to admit it."] (]) 03:04, 3 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
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Also, on the vh1 link you provided, this statement "...Christian rock band. But they're not ashamed to admit it." Goes on to show that it is based off of the plumber statement. ] (]) 04:26, 3 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
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Guys, this is getting ridiculous. There are obviously '''''way''''' more sources out there that say Flyleaf is Rock/ Alternative. In light of that fact, I think everyone would be better off to just stop arguing about it and put that in the page. It's juvenile and immature at this point, and we aren't getting anywhere. Furthermore, Hoponpop, you took drastic measures by leaving a comment on someone else's talk page, but signed it as ''Dwrayosrfour''. That not only is deceitful and unethical, it is against the rules, out of hand, and unfortunately, ya lost brownie points on that one. : ( So, I guess that's just the way I feel, and if that's the majority consensus, then maybe we could tell an admin and get back to editing the page LIKE THE MATURE ADULTS I KNOW YOU ARE. Anyways, have a good day : D ]] 13:57, 3 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
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God strike me dead in my tracks if I made that comment on Jparenti's page, either page for that matter. I didn't know it was there until he asked me about it. The only person I asked for help is Elissa. My little brother stayed with my wife and I last week. I'm not saying he did it, I'm saying it is a possibility. I will ask him, he may have been trying to help me. He knew I didn't know how to list sources because I told him about it. He is only 12 so he may not know the difference between the user and talk page. If you remember I said "the funny thing is there is a lot of truth in that comment" In fact it was all true. Anyways, hoponpop, I apologize for falsely accusing you. Based on some of the things you have said, I jumped to conclusions. ] (]) 17:04, 3 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
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::Hi all, I found this reference: <small> ]</small> which indicates they are often called a Christian band. Could this be used for a compromise wording? Something along the lines of: "Flyleaf are an alternative rock band, that are sometimes described as a Christian band"? ] (]) 19:08, 3 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
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I'm not so sure if that will help or not. The problem is that just means they are Christians, when they are called a Christian band. Because Christian is not a musical genre. I personally think the article is fine the way it is. The '''CHRISTIAN FAITH''' section is sufficient in my opinion. This was an issue in the past and was solved in a civil manner, the product being the current article. Seeing how "hoponpop" is the only one that has a problem with the genre being Alternative Rock/Metal I think an administrator should be called in to deal with him. He is (was) the main participant in the edit war. It seems that everyone else has reached a consensus. However if others want the article to say they are sometimes labeled a "Christian Band" I do not have a problem with that. I don't think that type of content belongs in an encyclopedia, but I am not going to nonsensically revert the statement every 5 mins. ] (]) 19:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC) | |||
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Genre dispute
It has become quite clear to me that this is not going to be solved anytime soon. As such, I have adopted the solution that was arrived upon at Anberlin, a band with similar genre conflicts. Christian rock will be listed, but it will have a tag next to it clearly stating that it is disputed, linking to the section of the article that discusses this. I will be unlocking the article; however, if edit warring continues, all participants will be blocked. Please use this talk page for reasonable discussion from here on in, no personal attacks, no name calling. Thanks. GlassCobra 07:54, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Just because a few ppl disagree with something that doesn't make it disputed. It is sourced info, it is not disputed. 78.129.175.213 (talk) 12:28, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Is everyone happy with what I have done? I sure hope so, don't want to hurt anyones feelings. 78.129.175.213 (talk) 12:30, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, people disagreeing over something is the definition of disputed. I've reverted your changes. GlassCobra 12:33, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
Ok, so everywhere on Misplaced Pages if SOURCED CONTENT is added, as long as a couple people don't like the truth you are going to list disputed next to it. I do not agree with alternative rock so put disputed next to it, then link it to the moron section. 78.129.175.213 (talk) 12:39, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
- Please read the dispute before trying to override consensus that took over a month to reach. There are sources that can be found to say that Flyleaf is Christian rock and ones that say that Flyleaf dislike being labeled as a Christian band. Please do not edit war on the article. GlassCobra 13:33, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm glad that you see it my way cobra=] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.29.150.73 (talk) 17:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
How does religion come into the discussion in the first place, surely its just circumstantial that all members are christian... plus the fact theres source 12 with singer stating she found faith. Surely it would make sense to have the 'christian' genre if flyleaf actively whore themselves as a christian band... user scorpionfoot 27/05/08
For what it's worth, I would assert that the "alternative metal" tag be removed, simply because they do not fit the criteria of metal music. Allmusic and MTV aren't reliable sources on heavy metal music. Prophaniti (talk) 17:20, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
isnt the song All Around Me cosidered pop? MTV considers it pop. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greenday21 (talk • contribs) 14:56, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
- Christian rock tag definitely needs to be removed. Christian rock really isn't even a real genre. There are bands of many different genres marketing to the Christian rock market. So Christian rock is really a marketing term rather than a genre. Genres are musicological classifications, and bands often dislike the label that describes the music they are playing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkolak (talk • contribs) 07:05, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Whoever is strongly suggesting that Flyleaf be listed as "Christian rock", I highly respect your theory and I know what your reason is, but just because the members of Flyleaf are Christian or in some songs they mention Christian references, doesn't make them a Christian rock band. Please think of this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tanner9461 (talk • contribs) 21:57, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Am I the only one that doesn't see a reason to have the "Christianity" section? 66.58.169.123 (talk) 05:32, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
WP:MOS and Genres
User:Kaiba has reverted twice citing WP:MOS. I asked the following question on his talk page but he's deleted it without comment so I'm pasting it here.
If I understand you correctly, you want to replace <br> with commas? If so, where's the discussion on this? The sample template for bands at Template:Infobox_Musical_artist#Genre has <br>. --NeilN 05:59, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Genre Section
I think that that section should be deleted unless someone would elaborate in the bands style...because the same thing that is listed on the section is listed on the infobox...and elaborating on the bands style would include listing DIFFERENT point of views, as in if a proffesional review states that flyleaf is emo...it should be mentioned in the section, not only emo...obviusly other ggenres too, as long as the review/site is profesional and credible...though most reviews dont stray away from calling flyleaf postgrunge, alt rock/metal, hard rock....but im just sayin 24.139.117.90 (talk) 00:55, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
- Your argument for deleting the section doesn't make sufficient sense. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:04, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
- well either i didnt explain myself right, or u read it wrong...i mean that if wats listed on the infobox is literally the exact same thing in the genre section, then delete the section, cuz it makes no sense repeating the same genres over again. A genre section...or musical style section isnt just listing the genres of the band..its much more than that...and the genre section in the article is an exact copy of wat is said or listen on the infobox...as in its literally pointless from an unbaised point of view to have a section that says something already written..................let me give an example............ if on an evanescence album article says that the album is alternative metal, and there is a musical style section that says only "the main genre of the album is alternative metal" and nothing else...then whats the point of making a section of it if its already said clearly? do u get me now? 24.139.117.90 (talk) 03:45, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
- >.> ok then i see ive been ignored...all im saying is erase the stupid genre section cuz theres no point in having it!!! 24.139.117.90 (talk) 20:05, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
- The point is that it's common across articles, particularly when there is confusion. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:46, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
- >.> ok then i see ive been ignored...all im saying is erase the stupid genre section cuz theres no point in having it!!! 24.139.117.90 (talk) 20:05, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
- well either i didnt explain myself right, or u read it wrong...i mean that if wats listed on the infobox is literally the exact same thing in the genre section, then delete the section, cuz it makes no sense repeating the same genres over again. A genre section...or musical style section isnt just listing the genres of the band..its much more than that...and the genre section in the article is an exact copy of wat is said or listen on the infobox...as in its literally pointless from an unbaised point of view to have a section that says something already written..................let me give an example............ if on an evanescence album article says that the album is alternative metal, and there is a musical style section that says only "the main genre of the album is alternative metal" and nothing else...then whats the point of making a section of it if its already said clearly? do u get me now? 24.139.117.90 (talk) 03:45, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Glasscobra
Since when can admins override consensus of multiple users? Alternative Rock clearly needs to be the primary genre here, almost all the sources found support that genre. Landon1980 (talk) 12:59, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- I am not overriding any consensus, please read the discussion more carefully. Kaiba and Dwrayosfour were edit warring over whether alt metal or alt rock would be included in the lead sentence. I removed the genre altogether and told them that they need to discuss it here on the talk page to decide which genre should be included. However, Dwrayos continued to revert back to his version; because he was edit warring and not discussing, he was blocked. GlassCobra 13:24, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- I think GlassCobra has handled this situation well, and ought to be commended on the way he has handled this situation. Good work. Five Years 13:32, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I hardly see edit-warring and overriding consensus commendable.Strike that, I shouldn't have said that.
You will see that many ppl will agree upon making Alternative the primary genre, and this was implied multiple times in the discussion. The edit war was clearly over between those two users, you poured fuel on the fire. You also could have discussed here first before removing something of that nature. It takes to to edit war, you were the other party here. Dwrayosrfour was not reverting to his version, he was reverting to your version that was in place directly after the article being unlocked. He felt he was enforcing a well-known consensus. Why is it that only we have to discuss changes here and not you? User Kaiba certainly did not discuss here before removing the content. Landon1980 (talk) 13:38, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- Alternative is the primary genre, it's true -- however, the distinction between alt rock and alt metal is apparently enough to edit war over. The edit war was over between Kaiba and Dwrayos because Kaiba did the sensible thing and stopped, because he realized he was closing in on 3RR. The point is that this was in contention and should have been discussed before being added at all if it was going to be fought over. So I merely removed it in order to facilitate discussion here. Please also be aware that it was Kaiba, not Dwrayos, who was reverting back to the version from before the article was protected. GlassCobra 13:44, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
No according to the edit history the previous version had Christian in the lead, and the other had alternative metal. I meant he dw was reverting to the version that was in place while the article was protected, minus metal and plus rock. Kaiba's version was the new one. Check the history Landon1980 (talk) 13:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Also I reverted my last change, I won't mess with it until something is decided upon here. Landon1980 (talk) 13:52, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
When I looked at this article after the protection was over, like most Flyleaf articles here, it stated 'Alternative metal' in the header. It was I who changed it from alternative metal to simply the word 'rock'. Consensus of the recent discussion is to list Alt. rock, Alt. metal, and Christian rock in the genre box, but I dont believe there was any formal consensus on what genre the opening line should have (the only thing close to that was someone saying "there are more refs for alt. rock, so that was consensus", which is a false interpretation of what consensus really is). Since it was an agreed consensus to add these three genres to the infobox, I believe adding a single genre to the opening sentence would violate NPOV, since it is clear from the discussion that all three are or could be percieved (in the case of Christian rock) as a genre of Flyleaf. Furthurmore, all genres that are listed, Alt. rock, Alt. metal and Christian rock, all fall under a broad category of rock music, so stating 'rock', instead of one of the three, in the lead will ultimately lead to the most neutral view point on the genre. When this dispute happened on another bands article, HIM's, at the time there were four or 5 genres in the infobox, including alt. rock, heavy metal, hard rock and gothic rock/metal and the agreed solution there was to simply put it under the term rock music since it is irrefutable and the most neutral. — Κaiba 14:55, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- I completely disagree with the above. The primary genre needs to be in the lead sentence. Alternative was said to be the primary genre multiple times in the past discussion. Primary genres are almost always listed in the lead sentence. Furthermore, there was no conflict involving this, you assumed that. No one expressed a problem with alternative being in the opening sentence, in fact we all agreed it would be the primary genre for this band. Landon1980 (talk) 15:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Also alternative was in the article while it was protected, you need to discuss things like this here before you just simply edit-war to get what you want. It is your opinion none of the above should be listed, but you should also seek the opinion of others before doing something like that. You knew the genre of this band was, (is) heavily disputed. As for your other changes you kept insisting upon, policy is to use <br> tags in the infobox for bands, not commas. You should also familiarize yourself with Wp:MOS before you repeatedly try and enforce it on others. Landon1980 (talk) 15:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Very sad when it is decided that a single genre ripped out from the three choices is plastered in the heading and called a NPOV. I wont respond to the rest of your attack. — Κaiba 16:01, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- It isn't sad when nearly three dozen sources support that genre, this is how it's almost always done. I am not attacking you, I am talking to you. Where did you see an attack? You saying "GET OFF MY F****NG talkpage is an attack, not my mere statement. The three genres are not the same, Christian Rock is disputed and has one or two sources that meet the criteria of WP:Source and alternative metal and rock are very similar. Using alternative rock is the logical thing to do in this case, the vast majority of our references support it. I can understand your point of view if the genres were very different, and had an equal number of references, but that is not the case at all. Landon1980 (talk) 16:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- Oh did I say a bad word (and in non-caps, as you didn't imply)? Misplaced Pages is not censored for minors. And again, you cite consensus in numbers of references, I suggest you read up on what consensus really is. I also suggest you clarify what is so similar about alternative rock and alternative metal, because they are two different genres completely. Alternative rocks style origins lay with punk, post-punk and hardcore music while alternative metal evolved from alt. rock, grunge, heavy metal and prog rock. In fact, I went and looked on the alternative rock article and I couldn't easlily find a link straight to alternative metal (although if I looked at the full article I could probably find a mention of it). The only things that are similar are the names of alt. rock and alt. metal. Not only that but you stated that the primary genre is always listed in the lead? I picked three stable band articles by random to see if you have it right:
- Green Day - "Green Day is an American rock band" with punk rock, pop punk and alternative rock in the infobox
- System of a Down - "System of a Down...is an American rock band" with alternative metal, experimental rock, nu metal and various others listed in the infobox (wait, alt. metal? does that mean they are alt. rock too?! By your decree, they would be)
- Nirvana (band) - "Nirvana was an American rock band" with alternative rock and grunge in the infobox
- Nirvana is the perfect example. Grunge is a type of alternative rock, but yet both alternative rock and grunge are listed in the infobox and lookie at the lead, it doesn't say either. I rest my case.
- And Nirvana just keeps on giving, it is a featured article and look at the infobox, it lists the genres as "Alternative rock, grunge" <--Commas, no? — Κaiba 16:32, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- Oh did I say a bad word (and in non-caps, as you didn't imply)? Misplaced Pages is not censored for minors. And again, you cite consensus in numbers of references, I suggest you read up on what consensus really is. I also suggest you clarify what is so similar about alternative rock and alternative metal, because they are two different genres completely. Alternative rocks style origins lay with punk, post-punk and hardcore music while alternative metal evolved from alt. rock, grunge, heavy metal and prog rock. In fact, I went and looked on the alternative rock article and I couldn't easlily find a link straight to alternative metal (although if I looked at the full article I could probably find a mention of it). The only things that are similar are the names of alt. rock and alt. metal. Not only that but you stated that the primary genre is always listed in the lead? I picked three stable band articles by random to see if you have it right:
- It isn't sad when nearly three dozen sources support that genre, this is how it's almost always done. I am not attacking you, I am talking to you. Where did you see an attack? You saying "GET OFF MY F****NG talkpage is an attack, not my mere statement. The three genres are not the same, Christian Rock is disputed and has one or two sources that meet the criteria of WP:Source and alternative metal and rock are very similar. Using alternative rock is the logical thing to do in this case, the vast majority of our references support it. I can understand your point of view if the genres were very different, and had an equal number of references, but that is not the case at all. Landon1980 (talk) 16:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
You seem to be using this select few while ignoring hundreds of other articles that list the primary genre in the lead. 76.177.242.179 (talk) 17:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, and how many of those are articles are controlled by their fanboys? And how many of those articles are content that is featured, or even considered a good article? My bet is not many, if any at all. — Κaiba 17:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Why is there always a big argument going on here? Why can't you all just leave well enough alone? This is hardly worth arguing over. Everyone has agreed that alternative be the primary genre through consensus. If you wish you can restart the debate I suppose, but I doubt many will want to join seeing how the debate ended just YESTERDAY. 76.177.242.179 (talk) 18:30, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- "Everyone has agreed that alternative be the primary genre" is not what is questioned. Alt. rock, Alt. metal and Christian rock all have sources. And the issue is having a single one of those listed in the beginning sentence. — Κaiba 19:05, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Think about it like this kaiba, you are worried about NPOV to keep everyone happy and be fair to everyone right? Well do you realize that this entire new dispute is because of you failing to discuss what you were doing and edit warring? You could have at least waited for someone to complain, leave good enough alone. 76.177.242.179 (talk) 19:53, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- I haven't edited the article for the genres since last night. I have been here for the entire length today discussing it and not changing it. Shut up unless you have a valid argument. — Κaiba 20:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
You people are arguing over nothing! Like Kaiba pointed out, other articles have just rock in the lead. Why are you arguing over whether to put christian rock or alt rock or whatever? Just put rock. And 76.177.242.179 (aka User:Hoponpop69), you're just escalating this. Just rock in the lead is fine and there's no reason for anyone to disagree with that, unless of course you just love edit warring and pointless discussion. Timmeh! 21:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I just want to point out that Kaiba is on nearly ever single band article there is making these same changes. 76.177.242.179 (talk) 00:00, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Would you like to point out a a group of diffs of me changing a genre significantly other than this article? I did so to this article and Nickelback yesterday, but I do not recall any others, unless your seeing something I'm not. — Κaiba 05:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
The ones that do not list the primary in the lead for the most part are the ones Kaiba has graced with his presence. Nearly all band articles do this, no different here. Landon1980 (talk) 00:05, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- I was not the one who changed any of the genres in any of the articles I pointed out above. The fact I may have edited the article at all is of no relevance. WP:POINT dearly noted. — Κaiba 05:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
"Rock" in lead
Is anyone not okay with this? I'd strongly support it, if only to end this bickering. GlassCobra 14:24, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
The only person against alternative metal is Kaiba, why are we always bending over backwards for one user and ignoring the wishes of others. I like how you will not even acknowledge making a mistake yesterday, and ignore me when I ask you about it. Kaiba was the one making the change from the version restored after and before and after the article was unlocked. DW was acting on behalf of several users, it is a shame people are treated that way on here. Kaiba was making the change, and he should be the one to had to discuss on talk first. You would think that you if anyone would have supported that consensus after witnessing and mediating a month long edit war. You could have at least told Kaiba to discuss before making a change regarding the band's genre, that is what the edit war was over you know? I would have done the same thing, I have seen TONS of cases where one user will enforce consensus when someone new is overriding it without discussing it, and they certainly were not blocked. The guiltiest party in an edit war is the one seeking the change. The fact he is blocked is a disgrace to the entire community. You should have supported that consensus yourself. You could have at least not been so careless and actually looked at the edits that were made between the users. You went on for half a day yesterday how most articles contain the primary in the lead, and that you agree one of the two should be in the lead, but that you were not going to side with metal or rock. Then told me to be aware that dw was the one making the change, well that wasn't the case and you would have known had you taken the time to actually looked.Nearly all articles contain a genre in the lead, just because one person wants to edit war over it is not a good reason to do different here. Landon1980 (talk) 15:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Another thing, what is up with the three day block? When I reported hoponpop for personal attacks, incivility, harassment, abusive sock puppetry, etc. he was only blocked for 72 hours and that made the 9th time he had been blocked for the same things, and all within not too long a period. He then made another personal attack literally minutes after the block expired, he was then reported and the admins responding failed to even warn him, one even said he was salvagable, and that he jumped the gun reporting him. I don't understand how things work around here. Landon1980 (talk) 15:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Although this is unrelated to this article, Hoponpop69 seems to have just gotten lucky. Admins must think that since he has had mostly good edits, he will learn from his mistakes by getting several short blocks. I think this is a serious problem. Every time he has been blocked it has only been for a few days. Almost all of his blocks are from incivility and personal attacks, yet blocking admins refuse to give him a longer block for reasons unknown to me. However, he should receive the correct number of warnings before being reported. Hoponpop seems to be addicted to edit wars and won't settle for anything other than what he thinks should be. I am having this problem with him over Sum 41 about the genres; he refuses to discuss the issue and just keeps reverting my edits. He didn't violate the 3 revert rule, and I've already reported his activities to WP:ANI, but the responding admin just told him to discuss the matter on the article's talk page rather than on mine. I am almost ready to just report him to WP:AIV for reverting my edits without explanation or discussion. However, this isn't the place to discuss this, so if you want to discuss it further, Landon or anyone, feel free to on my talk page. Timmeh! 21:21, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Another thing, what is up with the three day block? When I reported hoponpop for personal attacks, incivility, harassment, abusive sock puppetry, etc. he was only blocked for 72 hours and that made the 9th time he had been blocked for the same things, and all within not too long a period. He then made another personal attack literally minutes after the block expired, he was then reported and the admins responding failed to even warn him, one even said he was salvagable, and that he jumped the gun reporting him. I don't understand how things work around here. Landon1980 (talk) 15:15, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
I put "rock" into the lead not realizing there was a discussion about it. It's kinda obvious that they are rock, and its essential in the article really. Riverpeopleinvasion (talk) 21:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Landon1980, you said "The only person against alternative metal is Kaiba".. You said you wanted alternative rock in the lead paragraph.. This is only evidence that simply the term 'rock' should be in the lead which is what I supported from the beginning. So think about it now Landon, now yourself and Hoponpop69's IP are the only ones left favoring the alternative metal/rock lead, while myself, glasscobra, Timmeh and Riverpeopleinvasion all support rock in the lead. I see your so-called consensus failing. — Κaiba 22:22, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Either of the alternatives are fine with me, also that IP is not hoponpop's. He would be for Christian in the lead if he were still involved, trust me. Landon1980 (talk) 22:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Too bad I can't trust you. — Κaiba 22:29, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Why would hoponpop suddenly change over and support alternative, he hates the idea of it being in the lead, he wanted Christian in there, that was one of the things the last dispute was over. Landon1980 (talk) 22:35, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Why are you so defensive about Hoponpop's views about this? Seems to me like you know a lot more about what he thinks should be in the lead than you should. Something smells fishy here. Not accusing anyone of anything, but I have a very good feeling something's not right here. Timmeh! 22:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Why would hoponpop suddenly change over and support alternative, he hates the idea of it being in the lead, he wanted Christian in there, that was one of the things the last dispute was over. Landon1980 (talk) 22:35, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Wow your one sharp tack, I am indeed a sock of him, that is why I reported him to ANI which resulted in him being blocked for 72 hours. He was since reported again, and I commented there, was certainly not for him. Landon1980 (talk) 23:06, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
And yes Kaiba, you are the only editor that has a problem with alternative being in the lead. The others just do not want to argue about it, anything to get us to shut up. You are the only one that cares enough to edit war over it. You are the only erson to ever complain about it being in the lead. EVER! Landon1980 (talk) 22:30, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know hoponpop would not fight to have alternative in the lead, he spent a month fighting against it, and was blocked due to edits he made while frustrated over the ordeal. Landon1980 (talk) 23:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Call down. Now, rock covers all the genres. Be it alternative metal or hell even christian rock. Rock works for everything and there are more people for it than against it. So consensus? Riverpeopleinvasion (talk) 22:32, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- I think everyone, except Landon, agrees that rock should be in the lead. He won't give a reason why he doesn't want it there so there's no point arguing over it anymore. It's a pointless discussion. Timmeh! 22:36, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Most all articles have the primary genre in the lead, why should it be different here? That is why I don't want it there, there are in excess of 30 sources that support alternative, just seems logical to me to put it there. You all need to quit throwing GC's name into the mix. If you will read is earlier statements he said he definitely agreed that alternative should be in the lead, he will agree to about anything just to get everyone to shut the heck up. He has to be sick of this by now, every time he thinks it is over here comes someone like Kaiba, stirring up a bunch of shit. If he/she would have left well enough alone nothing would have ever been said. Landon1980 (talk) 22:41, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Hold on, but isn't alternative metal a subgenre of rock? So it covers it. Like the linkin park article, they are nu metal yet rock is in the lead. This should work here too. Riverpeopleinvasion (talk) 22:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Most all articles, like which ones? That doesn't matter anyway. When there's debate over what should be there, like there is here, then a broad term that covers all the debated genres should be put in the lead, and that's rock. And stop complaining about Kaiba, you're moving closer and closer to personal attacks. Timmeh! 22:51, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
In reply to two paragraphs above, anything to get you to shut up is probably right Landon. It isn't like I'm exactly begging for an edit war or to disrupt anything, I saw something that honestly needed changing, and I did and now I'm here since someone has contested it. Yes, I am the only one to may care about it (even though there is a bigger majority for my change here than when we started), but it wasn't only me who reverted the other editor a couple days ago, glasscobra was also, so I am not alone, and glasscobra seems to support my change now.
Just so you see my point, I'll tell you of a little bed-time story Landon: I was also the only one to ever revert or to complain on the Triple Crown Championship article about there being a two championship belts that may or may not be a part of the honor. When I started that discussion, I was the only person who thought that and they thought I was a lunatic to start that discussion. 3 or 4 months of discussion ensued after that. By the end of the discussion, we had reached a compromise for the two championships belts to be seperated and listed seperately on the article. If you look at that article now, those championship belts are no longer mentioned on the article and if you read the talk page there is overwhelming consensus that favored my original complaint.
Just hope you know I've been in longer and harder uphill battles than you can imagine (the above story is only one of many), and I don't plan to go and hide like everyone else just so there isn't a discussion. — Κaiba 22:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- GC reverted the edit because he thought the two of you were fighting over whether rock or metal would follow alternative. He didn't realize you were the one making such a change immediately after the page was unlocked without even discussing it first. He said himself, alternative metal was the implied consensus, and that the consensus made several mentions of it being the primary genre for the band. He also said that most articles like this have a genre in the lead. Landon1980 (talk) 23:03, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Consensus can change, just like users opinions, and Glasscobra's latest comment says he supports rock being in the lead, and no amount of "he said this and that before" can change what he currently stated. I would rather Glasscobra comment on his feelings himself rather than you imply what he feels. — Κaiba 23:18, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Landon, I'm sorry if you feel ignored; however, I'm not sure what you mean about me "going on for half a day yesterday how most articles contain the primary in the lead," I believe I only mentioned it once. I do still agree that some genre should be in the lead, but I did not want to side with one of the two alternative ones being bickered over. I am supporting "rock" in the lead because I feel it would be a compromise for all sides involved without sacrificing any of the factual accuracy of the article. Now, unless anyone has a very good reason why rock should not be in the main, I would like to end this debate. GlassCobra 23:22, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- There was no one fighting over whether out of the two which should be added. The argument was over Kaiba removing alternative all together without discussing it. You still act like Kaiba and dwrayos was edit warring over whther the lead be alt rock or metal, that isn't what happened. Kaiba was removing material related to the genre out of the version that you used after unlocking the article, that version was implied to be consensus regarding genre related issues. Please stop saying they were edit warring over metal or rock and you just could not side, that is not in the least what was going on. Have you not actually looked at the edits. All dw wanted was for Kaiba to discuss first, and to understand the long argument over the genre and that alternative metal was agreed to be the primary genre. Landon1980 (talk) 23:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Does his previous interpretation of old revisions matter somehow? He said he supports rock in the lead now and two other editors and myself support it as well and you have never given a satisfactory reason as to why the term 'rock' is somehow inaccurate, misleading or worth debating. The genres still exist in the infobox, its not like they are going away. — Κaiba 23:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- There was no one fighting over whether out of the two which should be added. The argument was over Kaiba removing alternative all together without discussing it. You still act like Kaiba and dwrayos was edit warring over whther the lead be alt rock or metal, that isn't what happened. Kaiba was removing material related to the genre out of the version that you used after unlocking the article, that version was implied to be consensus regarding genre related issues. Please stop saying they were edit warring over metal or rock and you just could not side, that is not in the least what was going on. Have you not actually looked at the edits. All dw wanted was for Kaiba to discuss first, and to understand the long argument over the genre and that alternative metal was agreed to be the primary genre. Landon1980 (talk) 23:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Landon, I'm not really concerned about why they were edit warring -- the point is that they shouldn't have, whatever the reason. I have said before to multiple people that the previous discussion had nothing to do with what genre is the "primary" one, and then I am trying to facilitate a brand new debate. Can we all please forget the old stuff and move on? I just want to come to a peaceful agreement. GlassCobra 00:13, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Civility
I would just like to remind participants in the above debates to keep cool and remain civil. Seraphim♥ 23:14, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks Seraphim, for your comment. — Κaiba 23:26, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Where they are from
Now, I have lived down in Belton, TX. And I know one of the band members went to my church down there. Everyone in or around that area says they are from Temple, TX. Now you know that Belton, TX and Temple, TX are right next to each other. Before going to main stream they played at Bethel Assembly of God, in Temple, TX a few times. Now, the members are from both Belton and Temple. Why dont we say they come from the Belton-Temple, TX area. Oh, ya and on there myspace (www.myspace.com/flyleaf) it says there location is Temple, TX.169.147.3.28 (talk) 08:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
- That is exactly what I have just changed it to, I changed it to reflect that Flyleaf formed in the Temple and Belton, Texas regions, adding a reference to their myspace for Temple, Texas and a reference to All Music Guide for Belton, Texas. If someone disagrees, and I'm sure someone will *sighs*, tell me. — Κaiba 08:15, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
- I have no disagreement. That looks good to me. :) GlassCobra 13:29, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
- Neither do I. I always wondered why it said Belton. Landon1980 (talk) 15:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Actually neither of those sources said that they formed in either of those regions, it just stated that thats where they are based in now.Hoponpop69 (talk) 15:09, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
- Actually the All Music Guide reference does say they formed in Belton and it is well known they are from Temple, Texas as well since there are references that state a couple of members themselves are from Temple. Get consensus before you remove it again, because as it stands, when I made the change, Glasscobra and Landon agreed with the change and Timmeh reverted your removal. If you feel it should be removed, give a more satisfactory reason than 'because it is a fact' because there are obvious facts which refute you. — Κaiba 10:05, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, I feel including both Temple and Belton is more accurate. I don't see the problem here, hoponpop, if it is sources you want there are plenty out there to back this up. This is from their purevolume page "Out of the small, quiet town of Temple, Texas emerges a rock band that is about to take the world by storm." Landon1980 (talk) 13:50, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
- I want to go ahead and let it be known that I just accidentaly signed my comment with an IP that has some recent vandalism edits, I thought I was still logged in. I am at work and some of their computers use an open proxy, and it is a bank of IP's that alot of people use to vandalise wikipedia apparently, because in the last month it looks like several ppl have used this same IP. The IP changes on this open proxy every two minutes, and tons of ppl share the same IP's. Landon1980 (talk) 14:01, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Christian alternative rock
I think it should say Christian alternative rock because it is more suitable for this band because "Unlike Christian rock, Christian alternative rock generally emphasizes musical style over lyrical content." But I will not change it until someone says they agree or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.29.160.135 (talk • contribs)
- I would agree with you normally, but in the case of Flyleaf, it is not clearly defined in their music or by the band themselves whether or not they would even considered Christian rock, with only a couple of references, and any 'Christian' genre would inevitably be disputed. Getting some reliable sources that state they are Christian alternative rock would be helpful. — Κaiba 19:36, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
- I would discourage people from responding to this; we've gone over the Christian part several times, and I believe now we should just focus or the rock or alternative part. Thanks. GlassCobra 19:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
I've thought a lot about this and I don't actually have a problem with rock alone being in the lead. I only had a problem with how user Kaiba was implementing his change at first, and his condescending attitude. It probably is a good idea to do this, hopefully this will be the end of the bickering on here. I for one am sick of this. The only reason I said anything to start with is his failure to discuss it first, and the fact I thought it went against consensus of many users. I don't see the big deal of rock or alternative rock being in the lead, and I certainly do not understand why someone would edit war over something so petty. I'll agree with anything just to move on, unlike some of you I have a life outside of wikipedia. Landon1980 (talk) 00:33, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
- Well I have a life outside Misplaced Pages, but I will certainly spend all of my time on Misplaced Pages if someone wants to dispute something. Sorry, but I don't usually have to explain every change I make on a talk page, I just usually do the bold thing and leave an edit summary and if someone has a problem, they can leave me a message at my talk. And BTW, you aren't the first one to misinterpret my tone as meaning something else when I had no intention of doing so. — Κaiba 01:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
- I understand. I realize you had good intentions all along. I never really disagreed with what you were doing; I just got the wrong idea of your intentions I guess. By the way I'm not saying you should discuss before you make any change whatsoever. It is just there was a lot of controversy surrounding this particular article. I felt that anything dealing with their genre should be discussed first. I will admit it is a good idea for this specific article, only because of its neutrality. I may be wrong, but I don't see how anyone could have a problem with this. Hopefully this will put the genre dispute to bed, or at the very least a long nap. Landon1980 (talk) 02:24, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks, — Κaiba 03:00, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
- I understand. I realize you had good intentions all along. I never really disagreed with what you were doing; I just got the wrong idea of your intentions I guess. By the way I'm not saying you should discuss before you make any change whatsoever. It is just there was a lot of controversy surrounding this particular article. I felt that anything dealing with their genre should be discussed first. I will admit it is a good idea for this specific article, only because of its neutrality. I may be wrong, but I don't see how anyone could have a problem with this. Hopefully this will put the genre dispute to bed, or at the very least a long nap. Landon1980 (talk) 02:24, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright, well, unless anyone objects, I'm going to go ahead and put "rock" into the lead sentence, and hopefully now we can all move on and keep editing the encyclopedia. I'd like to thank everyone for keeping it relatively civil these past few days here. :) GlassCobra 15:42, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
- Just because the members are Christian doesn't automatically classify their band as Christian rock. Tolkien and Stephen King are Christians, does this make Lord of the Rings and Carrie christian literature? --75.176.82.74 (talk) 06:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- We already had this discussion, it is in the archive, if you would like to read it, it is located at Talk:Flyleaf/Archive 1. — Κaiba 08:00, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- Just because the members are Christian doesn't automatically classify their band as Christian rock. Tolkien and Stephen King are Christians, does this make Lord of the Rings and Carrie christian literature? --75.176.82.74 (talk) 06:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
I hope this entire discussion on their christianity is a joke since their music VERY SPECIFICALLY references christian themes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.254.65.58 (talk) 07:53, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Dudes Flyleaf is a Christen/alterinitive rock band!!!!! Listen to their lyrics sometime. User:Dursely —Preceding comment was added at 18:15, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
- ATTENTION! This argument has been fought and decided already. Read the archives. Don't be difficult. And learn to spell. Jparenti (talk) 07:41, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
What did i spell wrong??User:Dursely —Preceding comment was added at 19:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
- Christian and alternative Landon1980 (talk) 19:23, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Kaiba, you are wrong when you say that "It is not clearly defined in their music or by the band themselves whether or not they would even considered Christian rock, with only a couple of references, and any 'Christian' genre would inevitably be disputed." You obviously don't listen to their lyrics. "I'm So Sick" talks about wanting more than this physical world, a hole only God can fill. "Fully Alive" talks about a girl who is fully alive through Christ even though she's had a bad life. "Perfect" talks about how we can only be perfect through God. "Cassie" is the most obvious. She boldly says that "I will say 'yes'." The song says "say yes to pull the trigger." Then she says, "And I will pull the trigger." "Sorrow" talks about how sorrow will last only a short time; God will take that sorrow away from us. "I'm Sorry" is about how this world will build a "shell" around us and that only God can break that shell. It also talks about how God knows what we go through when she says "And I understand that You stood where I stood." "All Around Me" is another obvious one. It is talking about really experiencing God, or getting the Holy Spirit. It says "And so I cry... Holy, The light is white... Holy And I see You... Holy." "Red Sam" is another obvious one. It is basically just a worship song to God. "And I worship, and I worship, and I worship.You are the Truth, outscreaming these lies, You are the Truth, saving my life." "There For You" is about how God is always there for us, no matter what, and that we need to be closer to Him. "Breathe Today" is about salvation. Hence, "Big enought to fill the void inside of you, it's just a breath away." "So I Thought" is about how this world will tear us apart, but "Through all these twisted thoughts I see Jesus there in between." I just proved you wrong because that is all the songs on their album. You are correct when you say just because the members of a band are Christian doesn't mean that the band is Christian. But, in Flyleaf's case, it does. They have stated that several times. They once said something to the effect of, "We are all Christians and God is our lives, and you can't seperate your life from your music, so, yes we are." And, yes, Lord of the Rings IS considered Christian literature. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.78.50.121 (talk) 22:43, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
- See the archives, we have been over all of this more than once. Landon1980 (talk) 00:41, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- I would also like to encourage you to use your registered account to engage in disputes on talk pages. Landon1980 (talk) 00:44, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Sure, FlyLeaf has a lot of Christian references in their music, but so has U2 and I don't see them labeled as "Christian Rock"? Fedor (talk) 10:13, 30 July 2008 (UTC) Yes, but Flyleaf's music is focused on God, they don't just make references to God. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.9.193.250 (talk) 15:17, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
I would just add that this past Labor Day I saw Flyleaf perform at Revelation Generation, a Christian Rock Festival in New Jersey. During their set Lacey gave a lengthy Christian testimony about her life of faith and the faith of the band. At least Lacey, and I wager the whole band define themselves as Christians playing Christian music. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.86.137.201 (talk) 17:03, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
X is a yearly compilation of Christian rock, Christian hard rock, Christian metal, Christian alternative rock, and Christian punk artists and bands. Flyleaf was on the 2008 and the current 2010 editions. That should also be an indication of the Christian rock or Christian alternative rock genres they are in. Mr. C.C.I didn't do it! 20:18, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
Flyleaf's music is also sold through Christian distribution channels as well as mainstream channels. While they may not know what it means to be a Christian rock band, the industry that sells it certainly does. Shall I provide some links to show that their music is sold in Christian channels and is reported on in Christian music media? And don't say that the argument is over, since and to read the archives. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:51, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
Emocore
Flyleaf is an emocore band... because they have some songs that have emo influences. There music also fits in perfectly with the term emocore, because they have some elements of post-hardcore and emocore is emotional hardcore. so please comment if you think otherwise —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakeellsonator (talk • contribs) 00:10, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
- EMO not is a culture
- EMO not is music (wrong)
- EMOcore obvious not is a genre of music(wrong)
- Flyleaf is alternative rock —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.248.44.241 (talk) 16:41, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Throwing policy to the wind for a second here, since when? Here is some simple math for you; emotionally driven lyrics ==/== Emo. There are more things that go into the musical categorization process than just looking at lyrical content. Back to policy, if you can find a source that says they are Emo, then add it to the info box.
Second guy… wow… where to begin? Difficult to deal with you when you A) Don’t speak the English language and B) Don't really know what you’re talking about. Some unverifiable truth for you:
- Emo is a subculture that is better referred to as Scene. Although, Scene people take offence to being called Emo.
Now for some verifiable stuff.
- Emo is music
- Emocore = Emo (Emo is just shorter)
- Emo is a subgenre of Hardcore Punk
Some other stuff.
- In actuality, they have VERY few elements of Alt. Rock.
- They are what you can source them to be.
Some advice for you, sign your posts by using four tildes, and please, PLEASE, learn to use proper English before editing the English Misplaced Pages.72.81.227.98 (talk) 04:16, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
I would have to say Flyleaf is not an Emo band. If Emo music is defined by all music that is driven by emotion and feeling, then all music would have to be considered emo because that is where good music comes from. Without any feeling or emotion in music, it wouldn't be worth listening to because you wouldn't get anything out of it, it would lack passion. So as far as their style of music goes, they have many different influences that add to their style of music, including their christian influence. They all blend together to form something between rock, alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock(or hardcore) and i guess emo but not by stereotype.
They are in no way emo/emocore(same thing)/hardcore. There is not an ounce of punk in their sound, and those are all subgenres of punk. Please don't use genres to describe a band if you know nothing about the genre and what it means. 24.128.137.234 (talk) 07:17, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
- The only way genre disagreements should be decided is by providing reliable sources, none of this argument is relevant. If you wish to dispute the Emo genre, please take it to the talk page there - Talk:Emo k-i-a-c (hitmeup - the past) 12:57, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
- Flyleaf isn't even remotely emo. They are pure post-grunge. But, as has been said, they are what you source them to be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.217.118.246 (talk) 01:33, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Emo is probably a sub-genre of Flyleaf's music. You guys should read wikipedia's page on emo music, and compare it to what other sites have to say (what emo actually is is often confused because of stereotypes that MUST be avoided).
TheQw 07:50, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by TheQw (talk • contribs) 07:50, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Flyleaf is not emo or any form of emo music. If you listen to their music, then you would know they don't even sound remotely emo. Mr. C.C.I didn't do it! 20:43, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
- umm yea they sound emo, but thats up to personal interpretation i guess :/, anywho..i was just gona reply over here to the emo as a subgenre thing<wich is really old topic, but im just continuing...emo is NOT a subgenre of punk, emo is simply a minor subgenre of alternative with punk inclinations, but there are lots of Emo-pop bands like owl city and never shout never who are infact emo-pop and not punk, and emo-emo is closer to punk, but doesnt nescesarilly needs to be punk, because if you listen to emo and emo-pop music in general the ONLY thing in common is the vocal style, and the lyrics dont nescesarilly define the genre, anyways sorry for bringing the topic back again, i just felt i needed to clarify some things 24.139.117.90 (talk) 02:24, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
I think the actual meaning of the word flyleaf should be put in
i agree the band is quite ace
but the true meaning of the word 'flyleaf' fly·leaf –noun, plural -leaves. a blank leaf in the front or the back of a book.
Needbeef (talk) 23:52, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
- You can link to the Wiktionary term of it. Mr. C.C.I didn't do it! 00:09, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Emo tag
The source for "emo" doesn't say emo once on the entire page. How can it possibly be a reliable source. I'm removing the tag until someone can find one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.176.234.42 (talk) 07:31, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
- i found a amg REVIEW that clearly says that flyleaf is an emo band...not a tag, it actually says it, briefly, but it still does, the exact term used is emo-metal, wich i find true, since singer lacey mosley definetly has the emo-style vocals, and if anyone has read flyleafs lyrics its very emo, like the actual emo, not emo-pop like paramore, hey monday, fall out boy, and all time low, i mean emo as in my chemical romance, and red jumpsuit apparatus, and btw just to clarify, if a band/musician sings emo music that doesnt make the artist or band members emo themselves, so im gona go ahead and put the emo genre in the infobox, if anyone doesnt like that i put it there, well then too bad, its reference and unless you give me a good explanation independent of your personal opinions then im gona keep fighting on the discuss page until a reasonable cause for takin it off the infobox is given! i dont mean to be mean, but come on people, wikipedia is about facts not opinions, and btw, its IN THE REVIEW in amg that states that flyleaf is emo<emo-metal> wich is a much more reliable source than the alternative metal tags at the bottom . OH!sorry i responded so late to the section, its just that i didnt wana create a new section, and if anyone finds this aggresive, then sorry, im trying to be assertive, anywho wtv, im gona put it know.. 24.139.117.90 (talk) 02:12, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
Band history needs to be edited
Did they originally have a different name? Under "Band history" it does not state when they stopped being called Passerby and started using the name Flyleaf.
TheQw 07:47, 8 March 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheQw (talk • contribs)
Farted? What?
Umm...under Memento Mori (2009-Present) it says that some songs were "inspired when they farted, by a self-help book called The Purpose Driven Life." (Something to that effect). It was cited as source 14, which does discuss a Purpose Driven Life, but I saw nothing at all about farting on there. Anyone got any clue where this came from?
~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 3nails4you (talk • contribs) 16:38, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
Faith section.
What is this supposed to be? "They had , Their faith influences their music..." —Preceding unsigned comment added by T-Money92 (talk • contribs) 20:17, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
Since nobody has explained this poor edit, I've undone it manually. Fyrael (talk) 22:10, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Genre dispute
If you look-up flyleaf cd's at walmart (the world's largest seller of CDs) the genre is rock with subgenre heavy metal. I believe that should be taken into account. I don't know why people feel the need to make up 8 million sub genres. The music is just rock, get over it. It's not country, it's not R&B. Those are real genre differeces.--Brian Earl Haines (talk) 19:31, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
Hiatus?
Should it be said that the Band are on a Hiatus due to lacey's Pregnancy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.123.135.237 (talk) 11:01, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
- If a reference can be found, yes. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:04, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
Reference?
One of the things I added a while ago was that Blankets of Worms was changed to Bucket of Words by request of the president of their label. I'm not sure how to reference that since Sameer said it in a chat on their website. --Ice66Breaker 21:13, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
- If the chat was archived, you can reference that. If not, it may have to be removed if a reference can't be found. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:53, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Is Kristen May really an actual member of Flyleaf?
This isn't a fan rant or anything. On the statement released by the band concerning Lacey Sturm's depature, it says "In order to continue on with New Horizons, Sameer, Jared, James, and myself have selected Kristen May, formerly of Vedera, to assume lead vocal duties for future tour dates." I've seen comments like this on other websites. Is Kristen an actual member of the band like it's stated on this Misplaced Pages article, or is she just a touring singer? (like Floor Jansen is for Nightwish) --Ethan1994 (talk) 14:42, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
- It's my understanding that she's currently just a touring replacement for Strum, but the wording is intentionally ambiguous. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:51, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
Adding the Between the Stars album page
Hey, is there someone who can add the new Flyleaf album page? We now have the official track listing, when the album will be released, their first single was released a few weeks ago, and its being released through Loud & Proud Records. All the sources are on the main page. I just need someone to make the page because I don't know how haha. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ijoshiexo (talk • contribs) 23:01, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I understand. I looked for an article titled Between the Stars, but I didn't see one. As a result, there's no way we can add the new album page to this article. Are you suggesting that you want to create the article? The question is, does it have any third-party references to support its notability? I'm talking about discussions in reliable sources, reviews in those publications, indications that the album has charted on some national chart or something else, similar. Without that, the album would likely not last long so it's best to wait for something like that before adding an article. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:34, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
Members/timeline format
Hey there – I don't understand why my edits to the band members/timeline sections are being reverted. The way that I have edited the page is how nearly every band article out there appears. Walter Görlitz, I understand that you want to protect/preserve the article, but there is honestly no reason why the timeline can't have a subsection, etc. It's not "incorrect". Please consider this. Regards, 4TheWynne 02:16, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- Because adding "members" to a section that is about members is redundant.
- And adding a heading for a timeline is not necessary at all. Walter Görlitz (talk) 03:06, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
- I agree. In fact, this seems like another article that doesn't even really need a timeline. Do we really need a visual to breakdown a single change over the course of a decade? Sergecross73 msg me 23:39, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
Flyleaf homepage.
Change the image and description to a recent photo. It's way outdated and they switched singers on 2013. Graffiti Heart (talk) 21:14, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
- A new image is needed. Misplaced Pages:Finding images tutorial. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:28, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
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