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This article was nominated for deletion on 18 August 2009. The result of the discussion was keep.

"Dos Equis"

I did not vandalize a reference - I removed a complete fabrication. The xx are NOT called, nor have they EVER been referred to as, "Dos Equis", under any official circumstance whatsoever. The only basis for this fabrication is a single blog entry in "Hipster Runoff."

"While I was creating my personal dangly earring, I started to ‘put together the pieces’ and made a huge realization…. I had always thought that you pronounced the name of the band “the ex-ex.” But then I started 2 think…maybe u say it ‘The Dos Equis’, named after the popular adult alcoholic beverage."

That's the basis of "The Dos Equis." A single speculative comment based on thin air by some stoned blogger does not mean that it's The xx's new name, or that they should be referred to as anything else than their official name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiburger (talk • contribs) 21:59, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Article quality

This article has been written pretty poorly. Obviously, it was nominated for deletion but was kept. If it was kept, then why was it not improved? --Thatguykalem (talk) 05:07, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article wasn't nominated for deletion because of poor quality but because of notability, see WP:BAND and the article's nomation on the deletion list. Of course, they're pretty notable with all the rave reviews around the world, so it's no wonder the article was kept.

Husky ^{(talk page)} 20:34, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a source for the band that I happened to see in Rolling Stone:

[1] TheWeakWilled (T * G) 22:11, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It just goes to show how arbitrary and blinkered some of the "policies" of Wikipedia are proving to be. Shortly after the deletion request for notability came out the band, as the other editor said, was made "Album of the Year" in The Guardian and featured on the front page of NME among other accolades elsewhere. So take note and learn a simple lesson. Just because you think you are right does not mean that you are oh Wikifascists. 78.147.168.249 (talk) 23:13, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is so true. I just created a page for Esben and the Witch, only for it to be deleted. They'll make all of the top 10 bands to look out for in a few months. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kreuzuerk (talk • contribs) 17:58, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Demos, covers and remixes list

Is this worthwhile? It will never be comprehensive, and clearly will only get worse. 86.21.0.24 (talk) 16:36, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Genre

The genre keeps changing (and disappearing/reappearing); is there no consensus as to whether or not a genre is wanted here, or what the genre should be? Allmusic lists the xx as "Pop/Rock" - any good? Radiopathy •talk• 02:50, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Legendary bullshit

"The xx recorded their album in a small garage that was part of the XL Recordings studio, often at night, which contributed to the low, whispery nature of the album"

Somebody thinks, if you record at night the music is low (and dark?) And if you record at day it's bright and sunny? Life can be simple ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.76.77.94 (talk) 09:23, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what was intended by the author, but as it is written (with the comma) it is the fact that it was recorded in the garage that "contributed to the low, whispery nature of the album", not the fact that it was recorded at night, which is simply a supplementary aside. If it had been intended that the night recording contributed to the whatever, there would be no comma. Skinsmoke (talk) 14:28, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There again, it could also mean that the garage was only part of the recording studio at night! Skinsmoke (talk) 14:30, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Removed record producer category

Category included without any citations to the band being record producers. Being a recording artist and recording music is not the same as the job title "record producer".

If the women do have experience as record producers, it should be included in the article including credits with citations. Actaudio (talk) 08:42, 12 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Name origin?

Does anyone have a source for how the band came up with their name? I came across a wikipedia article about a group of Belgian artists in the late 1800's called "Les XX".. was that the influence? Brosefzai (talk) 03:00, 20 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Romy

How many singles and newspaper articles and reviews does Romy need to get before you stop redirecting her to this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.22.202.45 (talk) 12:16, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You need to establish wp:notability (people) by wp:citing sources Adakiko (talk) 12:17, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How is anyone supposed to edit a page when you keep deleting it? Why don't you spend some of that energy in actually making the page better rather than being a control freak. 120.22.202.45 (talk) 12:26, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And can someone who is not Adakiko come and decide whether Romy should be equated with The xx??? 120.22.202.45 (talk) 12:27, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is Adakiko going to block me for adding a **wikilink** to Romy? Let's find out. 120.22.202.45 (talk) 12:33, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Evidently not. Just to lock this "C Class" article from any improvement. Not interested in helping people make things better, just in controlling it and stopping anyone else from improving things. 120.22.202.45 (talk) 12:38, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

120.22.202.45, wikilinking a redirect to the linking page itself does seem pretty pointless. I see that you tried to create an article ([2]), but the complete lack of citations made reverting your article creation attempt a very acceptable choice. Perhaps you could create Draft:Romy Madley Croft, add all independent reliable sources you can find about the subject (notability for beginners; citation basics), and submit that for review. Or, if you're really good at this (so far, it doesn't seem so), create a fully referenced article in one single edit replacing the redirect. The choice is yours; an edit war here in this article is none of the options. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:48, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't come here to start a war, I came to read about Romy. There wasn't an article so I decided to start one, but some dude with a control fetish decided that wasn't allowed. Have your shitty C-class article. Bye. 120.22.202.45 (talk) 12:53, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]