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Grammar

"Opeth is also well known for their incorporation of Mellotrons in their work." I think we should stick to the singular "Opeth is well known for...its..." or go with the plural "Opeth are well known for...their...". I gather that Wikipedia uses the singular for bands, so it should be "its incorporation". Thoughts? Equinox ◑ 21:18, 29 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Exact year of formation

Two recent edits spurred me to check the article's sources on the band's early years. Of the sources in the lede and first history paragraph that I was able to read—the article "Pressing the Red Button" by Joel McIver, published in the January 2008 issue of Metal Hammer magazine, does not appear in the magazine's online archives or in any Google search—two say 1989 (musicradar.com and astra-berlin.de), a third says 1990 (allmusic.com), and the rest do not mention the exact year that the band formed. After initially reverting the edits, I have changed my mind and left them in, reasoning thus:

Mike DaRonco at Allmusic refers to 1990 as the year when Opeth was "Brought together in Stockholm by guitarists Peter Lindgren and Mikael Åkerfeldt." However, the other two sources, as well as this article itself, tie the formation of Opeth to the first meeting of Mikael Åkerfeldt and David Isberg—which, they state, occurred in 1989. Therefore, it seems to me that the timelines presented are not truly inconsistent; instead, one author chose a different event in the timeline to mark the band's formation date. I think the article should use the earlier event; otherwise, why mention Isberg and Åkerfeldt's first encounter at all?

Huntthetroll (talk) 17:25, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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 "Opeth is also well known for their incorporation of Mellotrons in their work." I think we should stick to the singular "Opeth is well known for...its..." or go with the plural "Opeth are well known for...their...".  I gather that Wikipedia uses the singular for bands, so it should be "its incorporation". Thoughts? [[User:Equinox|Equinox]] [[User_talk:Equinox|◑]] 21:18, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
+== Exact year of formation ==
+Two [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Opeth&diff=prev&oldid=1232142480 recent] [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Opeth&diff=prev&oldid=1232142608 edits] spurred me to check the article's sources on the band's early years. Of the sources in the lede and first history paragraph that I was able to read—the article "Pressing the Red Button" by Joel McIver, published in the January 2008 issue of ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' magazine, does not appear in the magazine's online archives or in any Google search—two say 1989 ([https://www.musicradar.com/guitarist/interview-mikael-akerfeldt-opeth-283778 musicradar.com] and [https://www.astra-berlin.de/events/2016-11-24-opeth astra-berlin.de]), a third says 1990 ([https://www.allmusic.com/artist/opeth-mn0000400717#biography allmusic.com]), and the rest do not mention the exact year that the band formed. After initially reverting the edits, I have changed my mind and left them in, reasoning thus:
+* Mike DaRonco at Allmusic refers to 1990 as the year when Opeth was "Brought together in Stockholm by guitarists Peter Lindgren and Mikael Åkerfeldt." However, the other two sources, as well as this article itself, tie the formation of Opeth to the first meeting of Mikael Åkerfeldt and David Isberg—which, they state, occurred in 1989. Therefore, it seems to me that the timelines presented are not truly inconsistent; instead, one author chose a different event in the timeline to mark the band's formation date. I think the article should use the earlier event; otherwise, why mention Isberg and Åkerfeldt's first encounter at all?
+[[User:Huntthetroll|Huntthetroll]] ([[User talk:Huntthetroll|talk]]) 17:25, 2 July 2024 (UTC)