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Alias

The band name is sometimes written Goxxip - can that be aliased to this page? xx little anna 17:44, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's been done. [1] Wwwhatsup 23:40, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Arkansas/Washington

also, how can they be a band from arkansas when they formed in washington? does this confuse anyone else? xx little anna 17:44, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Easily. Snow Patrol are a band from Northern Ireland but formed in Scotland cos that's where the Northern Irish members met. I think Beth and Brace were born in Arkanas but moved to Seattle and formed a band. Easy :) Lone Architect 21:12 9th November 2006 GMT

but hannah isn't from arkansas. that's not very fair to her. not easy.xx little anna 23:27, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Gossip vs Gossip

Aren't they called just Gossip (no "The", like Pixies) as per the Standing in the Way of Control cover? [2]

chocolateboy 22:46, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They're sometimes referred to as just 'Gossip', but more often it seems to be 'The Gossip'. It's confusing...

I cleaned up the article a bit, and I added "The" throughout only to create uniformity with the title of this article. If the band's name is indeed just "Gossip" then the article itself should be moved back to "Gossip (band)". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ericorbit (talk • contribs) 23:27, 4 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Cleaned up a bit

Did some substantial clean up work on Gossip related articles including creating 10 new articles, and adding the images i could find, and creating an template for the bottom of each article. King nothing 20:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Skins

they've had a lot of sucess in the uk recently with 'standing in the way of controll' featuring on the promotions for E4's Skins

Sure, this is a factor, but they were getting a lot of press anyway since Beth Ditto was rated by NME. Rogwan 16:20, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Opinions

There new Album is a bit rubbish really completely hyped up by one half decent track on the album

I won't delete this, but Wikipedia isn't for music reviews, bad ones at that. And sign your comments. Rogwan 16:20, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So-called controversy

What does being "open about her weight" entail, exactly? I mean, sexuality, fine. But isn't one's weight something one doesn't have much choice about being open about? It's not like being overweight (unlike sexual preference) is something one can keep in the closet... Does the statement mean that the singer is always talking about her weight? Or perhaps that the band is controversial for having an overweight lead singer? I don't know, I just found it an odd assertion. Since I am unfamiliar with the band, I have no idea what it means, so perhaps it could be addressed more clearly. Lazylisa 21:39, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it means she's not ashamed of it. It's not a bad way of phrasing it. Wwwhatsup 22:17, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why Merge?

Oppose. This doesn't need merged Ms. Ditto is a figure in her own right, with plenty to warrant an entry of her own. Also, her public comments and "out" life do not necessarily represent the attitudes of her band-mates. Runrik Y. 129.98.206.72 15:05, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I disagree with the merge as well. Drewcifer3000 22:37, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I disagree with the merge for the same reasons as the first comment sbove. Jam
Oppose. Merging would be stupid, and only have to be reversed. Wwwhatsup 22:10, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Exploding Boy 05:43, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. no need to merge. --Barryob Vigeur de dessus 18:11, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The definite article

What do we think about dropping 'The' from the band's name throughout the article, and just adding formerly known as The Gossip to the first line? Wwwhatsup 22:13, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and, as pointed out above, the page would have to be moved. It does seem that the band have dropped the The. Wwwhatsup 22:18, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]