Talk:'N Sync
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[edit] Critical Acclaim
Removed:
- run-of-the-mill generic mish-mash that has not recieved critical acclaim
for obvious reasons. Attempts to sum up the critical reception of a band, work of art, etc., should make an attempt to be exhaustive and fair enough to pass NPOV muster. Also, do critics whose praise is described as "acclaim" review NSYNC at all? If not, it's nonsensical to say that they haven't received critical acclaim--of course they haven't. Neither has my Mom's stuffing (which is a hell of a lot better than NSYNC, but that's neither here nor there). --Larry Sanger
[edit] Cash-in
I'm just pleased that "emetic seasonal cash-in" has survived from when I originally wrote the article!
[edit] Redirects
The number of redirects to this article seems to be a lot higher than normal. This will have the effect of increasing its importance as far as Google's PageRank algorithm is concerned. When people search for Nsync on Google, this article will appear higher than expected on the list. In general, this is true of any article on Wikipedia, which is normally good for the project. The high amount of internal wiki crosslinking makes us look important to Google, so our pages appear high on any search list. However it's only a matter of time before product placement people notice this effect and start making use of it (if they haven't already). We should be watching out for this -- Derek Ross
[edit] Five articles
Why are there five articles, exactly the same but with slightly different titles, for a cultural blip? Will we have Partridge Family, Partridge family partridge family next? Danny
[edit] Asterisk?
What's with the asterisk?--Sonjaaa 04:09, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Name
The article has been renamed according to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks). ed g2s • talk 01:28, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Origin of name
It appears there is some argument over the origin of the group's name (whether it came from the last letter of each band member's name or the comment from Justin's mom that they're so "in sync"). As a former fanatic of the band, I've heard both. Rather than have the article pick one as the origin, I'm going to re-word it to include both. Tygartl1 16:09, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Second N & Lance's nickname
I think there needs to be some discussion on whether to list the second N as referring to Jason Watkins (the original bass singer for the group) or attribute it to Lance's nickname "Lansten/Lanston/Lanceton/Lanceten". I would personally like to include the info about Jason as long as it's a citable fact. Also, can we come to some consensus on how to spell Lance's so-called nickname? Please vote (and include reasons!) and we can get this decided once and for all. I know I can't be the only one tired of the silly edit war on how to spell a nickname they probably only came up with to fit the spelling of the group name. Tygartl1 15:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
- A quick google search for "lansten nsync" gives 3,350 results, "lanston nsync" gives 77 results, "lanceten nsync" gives 97 results, "lanceton nsync" gives 264 results. Based on this, my vote is for Lansten. Tygartl1 16:30, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Consistent Name Spelling
I noticed that the band's name is spelled several different ways in the artical ('N Sync, *NSYNC, N*SYNC). Shouldn't only one form be used? The band's official website spells it like "*NSYNC" with the asterisk first and in all caps, so perhaps that would be the best form to use. 24.144.151.182 02:07, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] To clear a few things up...
1) *NSYNC has NOT officially broken up. As of July 2005, they are still on "hiatus...indefinitely" (direct quote from Justin Timberlake).
2) None of the band members have openly expressed any dislike for one another. In fact, many of them still hang out together.
3) Just because they are a "boy band" with predominately "teenybopper" fans (most of whom outgrew that phase at least five years ago) does not mean that they lack talent or that they are manufactured, gay, posers, etc.
4) *NSYNC still has a very strong following. This does not mean that these people are "living in denial." People ARE allowed to enjoy an artist or artists even after they've "moved on."
There's no need for hostility; the person is clearing some things up. Evidently that need to be because the article says the group was active from 1995 - 2002, and I dispute that. As far as I'm concerned, as long as a band or group has not broken up or retired, they're still active whether they're on hiatus or not.
[edit] Notoriety of members
If we're going to mention Bass's recent coming out, should we also mention the newsworthy romantic entanglements of other members? Haven't the affairs of Timberlake been covered at length in the medi? It seems odd to only mention Bass's boyfriend, but not Timberlake's girlfriend(s). -Will Beback 22:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
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- I've removed that information, those are personal information bits which should be put on the individual pages of the performers, not on the page about the band as a whole. This is a page about the band and their accomplishments together, not the sexual orientation or dating history of the individual performers. Mentioning one persons sexual orientation or one persons dating history serves no purpose on this page whatsoever. Batman2005 13:42, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
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- I disagree. There are other mentions of their personal lives in that part of the section, and the public nature of his relationship seems to me to merit a mention in this article. Twin Bird 20:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] YouTube links
This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it. Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed. I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy. In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed, feel free to ask me on my talk page and I'll review it personally. Thanks. ---J.S (t|c) 06:41, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Not Formed"
Read the first sentence about the group -- "The group was not formed in..."
Hey, that's not fair, I just did a report on the wrong thing!!!Andrewrhchen 13:22, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Missing section
Where's the section that talks about how much they freaking rock?
