Talk:Towers of London

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I'm 99% certain that this is not a band but a comedy. (82.43.189.130 00:08, 15 November 2006 (UTC)) This page is trying to back up the myth. It's a comedy project - for definite definate. Quite silly, heh, heh. Spinal Tap must be proud of their legacy!

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[edit] History

  • "They are well known for" by whom? This needs to be vefiried prior to inclusion.
  • Citation re-added concerning criminal damage conviction - why was this removed?

[edit] cults & chavs

  • "shows members of the band beating up a drunken chav" The language is inconsitent with an encyclopedia and is not NPOV. Princess Tiswas 11:28, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Again - not NPOV, and no basis for claiming a cult following. It's a small town high street, not the sermon on the mount. --Princess Tiswas 18:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

The posted clip has 147,536 views and has even been mentioned in music magazines (such as NME)... that is a cult following. Read the comments in relation to the video, most of them directly reference the stereotypical "chav" (a term which appears in the dictionary), which is no different from calling the band punk, its within NPOV. You don't like the band.. understood, but no need to mess the article about. - Deathrocker 20:38, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

  • 147,536 comments would be a following, cult or otherwise. 147k views is just that - the number of times the clip had been seen. A cult, as your own link suggests, would require an indicative level of devotion or obsession, and a culture surrounding the focal object. Similarly, chav is pejorative slang, and therefore, by definition, not NPOV. My opinion of the band is entirely irrelevant, and not even touched upon, and your comment on "messing the article about" is inappropriate. --Princess Tiswas 12:05, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Deathrocker - If you are repeatedly going to revert changes, be courteous enough to make an entry in the talk page. This is not a discussion on the merits of the band, but on the use of chav as non-neutral language, and incorrect use of cult as an adjective. I suggest WP:RFC --Princess T 11:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Comment : Use of language for Youtube video

This is a dispute about the language used to describe a video clip -- 14:16, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Statements by editors previously involved in dispute
  • Chav is by definition not NPOV, and cult implies more than merely a large number of observers or participants. -- 14:16, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Repeated unsupported reversion

User:Deathrocker, please stop reverting edits without supporting your actions - such action is tantamount to vandalism. Citing "anti-Towers" motivation is a straw man arguement - the edits are being made due to POV comments & unencyclopaedic language - Tiswas(t/c) 14:39, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

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