Talk:The Donnas

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[edit] Cleanup

I cleaned up the article and removed the parts about the anti-Donnas club and the Donnas vs. Ragady Anne stunt. I couldn't think of a way to make it sound professional, and I believe that info is currently outside the scope of this article. DaveTheRed 01:15, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Albums

I added "EP" to the format of the Raggady Anne record so it is not assumed to be a single. I moved the self-titled Donnas album to the first position in the list of The Donnas' albums because it was the first one released, even if Lookout re-released it after they released American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine. I corrected the record label that originally released the self-titled album. (Radio X and Super*Teem! were both imprints of Darin Raffaelli.)

Someone changed the year of Lookout's release of the self-titled album from 1998 to 1997; I corrected that. Is there a format to use to indicate that it was first released (on vinyl only) by Radio X in 1997 (I don't know where to find the exact date) and then re-released by Lookout (with bonus tracks) on the date now shown?

I see Spend the Night is now indicated as having gone gold. When was it certified gold? Citation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.23.151.182 (talk) 19:24, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

The RIAA's Web site indicates that it has not achieved Gold status, so I removed that notation. --anon.70.18.9.226 (talk) 08:52, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notability

The piece doesn't seem to establish much notability Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! ^(Whisper...) 08:16, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

How so? The article establishes that they've released six albums as well as the fact that their music has appeared in films, videogames, and commercials. WP:BAND only requires the release of two albums. ShadowHalo 09:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:DonnasLogo.png

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BetacommandBot 01:19, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Punk rock?

Just because they deny affiliation with the genre doesn't mean that The Donnas music doesn't fall into that category. I think it should be included in the genres, maybe with a note out to the side that they don't like that label. But, musically, that is the way to label them, and the purpose of this article is to provide information and look at things in a clinical manner.

The only Donnas album that can be classified as punk rock is the first one. The ones that followed are clearly hard rock in the same vein as AC/DC and KISS. I recall reading of a backlash from the punk rock community after the release of their second album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.23.133.65 (talk) 14:00, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] All-female?

Is it necessary to point out that they're all female? I mean... I guess the term all-female should be included at some point, but in its heading?

shut up, you know nothing about females. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommysproducts (talk • contribs) 17:53, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

It doesn't say "all-male" for Incubus or Green Day or Goo Goo Dolls or any other all-male band. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.91.207.121 (talk) 12:09, August 21, 2007 (UTC)

No, nor does it say "all white" or "all non-blind". But all-women rock bands (sadly) remain enough the exception for that to be quite worth noting. - Jmabel | Talk 21:54, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Not all sections visible

Why aren't all the sections of the article visible? The discography and external links, for example, aren't visible, although they're there when one goes to edit this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.23.189.68 (talk) 05:43, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Seems to be fixed. - Jmabel | Talk 21:55, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Maya Ford redirect?

Just wondering why, rather than having no page at all, the page for Maya Ford redirects here?
Christopherbailey (talk) 06:35, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I have unlinked Maya Ford, if that's what you mean. Maikel (talk) 08:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Why have you unlinked Maya Ford? Now that is just bad, if you don't got a good reason? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.181.20.140 (talk) 15:18, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

There isn't a Wikipedia article for Maya Ford. In my opinion, there shouldn't be an article for any of her bandmates, either. --anon. 141.149.53.97 (talk) 03:31, 20 April 2008 (UTC)