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Contents 1 New Album? 2 Requested move 2.1 Voting 2.2 Discussion 3 Bug/Green Mind 4 userbox 5 page class 6 not grunge 7 Requested move 7.1 Survey 7.2 Discussion

[edit] New Album?

On May 1 2007, the original members of Dinosaur Jr are expected to release their first album of new material together since Bug. The album will be released on Fat Possum Records and is titled Beyond. It will be the first album by the original line up in 19 years. This should probabl be fixed. Billy Bishop 02:13, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Should be easy enough to get facts for this band, just google for "Dinosaur Jr". I came up with a fan site that had lots of facts and dates at http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/newreed/336/bio.html - and Google shows plenty more sites as well. - Logotu 19:58 4 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I'm sorry--"equally on par"? Isn't that redundant? --Domukaz

That's correctly right. I fixed it. .msbmsb 16:22, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Regarding the move from Dinosaur Jr. to Dinosaur Jr - ALL the CDs (including the latest greatest hits and reissues) I own have it with the period. I think the CDs should be authoritative, when in doubt. Besides, surely it's correct english to have that period, anyway? --Gecks 08:20, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

With regards to the above query about tense it is correct to say "Nirvana was an American rock band". Purely because it is a single entity, a rock band, and not a group of people. And can anyone back up that J Mascis was asked to play drums for Nirvana? This seems wrong to me.

Regarding the above discussion, Dinosaur Jr. DOES have a period, officially stated by the band and management. There have been inconsistencies over the years but we are taking measures to correct this. You may contact management for verification.--BleemusicAmy

I also would like to see this corrected. It should have a period. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Averyisland (talk • contribs) 23:17, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bug/Green Mind

I remember that with one of these albums, Mascis wrote and recorded most of the tracks in a few days to complete the album - does anyone remember which, with a ref if possible? Thanks.--Michig 13:46, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Azerrad's book mentions that Green Mind was largely the work of Mascis alone, so I assume it was that one. WesleyDodds 00:43, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] userbox

i created this userbox a while back. anyone is free to use it.

here is the code: {{User:Connorhalsell/UBX/Djr}}

Connör ^(talk) 17:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] page class

After extensive revisions & work by good writers and people who know the facts about the band, this page was promoted to B-class by an administrator (CloudNine) who has also made significant contributions to other pages of the same genre. Please do not change to to 'start' as it does not belong there. thank you.

Arleach (talk) 01:36, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Really, the only people who should be changing WikiProject ratings (unless the article is being promoted or demoted to/from GA or FA) are the members of those projects. WesleyDodds (talk) 04:36, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Ok ... added myself to project Arleach (talk) 05:06, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] not grunge

please see here as to why Dinosaur should not be classfied with grunge. They developed outside of the Seattle scene and predated virtually all of it. Arleach (talk) 02:12, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Dinosaur Jr → Dinosaur Jr. — Official and management websites and CD covers have the period. I think this is still up for discussion. —Davewho2 (talk) 01:17, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

[edit] Discussion

Support - Hard to find consistency, but it seems that most official sources have it. Davewho2 (talk) 01:27, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Support - but, the Powers that Be say there is no 'secondary source' and that the Azerrad book is Gospel. A video I plan on getting of them saying as such will come in July. Arleach (talk) 04:23, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Support. We'll never get a final answer about this, but it seems like the band and management might have changed their minds about the period since the Gosepl according to Azerrad was published. CloudNine (talk) 11:03, 11 June 2008 (UTC)