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CD Shop Awards 2015 nomination

Acording to this and this, BABYMETAL's album was nominated to CD Shop Awards 2015. Should we create a section with awards and nominations? In Kyary Pamyu Pamyu article's section there's pending awards. We should put here a list and add that It's a pending award. What do you think?
GUROMETAL (talk) 18:49, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

I think we should. I'll do it now. --Moscow Connection (talk) 20:09, 18 August 2014 (UTC)
Thank you!! ^^
GUROMETAL (talk) 22:17, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

I'll be searching reliable sources about the Kami-Band members and adding into this section:

Takayoshi Ohmura (Guitar God)

[1] - Official website diary entry; [2] - Official website profile; [3] - natalie.mu

BOH (Bass God)

[4] - Official website profile
GUROMETAL (talk) 13:21, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

Any better sources? I would prefer to list more people than just Takayoshi Ohmura, but now he is the only one whose participation is mentioned in a reliable source (Natalie). And Natalie doesn't even say he is in the Kami Band... --Moscow Connection (talk) 05:47, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Genre

Please don't revert cited material without reason. If you want to add any other genres, you need sources per WP:RS. Andrzejbanas (talk)

Please stop adding this to the infobox:

Heavy metal,[1] J-pop (more precisely, idol music[2]), death metal,[3] symphonic death metal,[4] melodic speed metal,[5]
kawaii metal

This is highly incorrect and as I have previously argued with 93.135.12.4 in a past discussion the genre in the infobox should be to these standards of which this fails as there is no such thing as Kawaii metal or Melodic speed metal, they are merely dubbed genres used to describe the band and should remain in the musical style. As for Symphonic death metal that is a sub-genre of death metal so there is really no need to go into specifics, its supposed to be generalised and the idea of stating more precisely, idol music next to Jpop is highly unnecessary here and once again deserves to be in the musical style. SilentDan297 talk 01:41, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

  1. ^ "BABYMETAL – Biography – Artist". Barks. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  2. ^ "Are Japan's Death Metal Teenyboppers Babymetal Okay?". MTV Iggy. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  3. ^ "Metal-Wahnsinn in Japan Babymetal werben für Metallica". Metal Hammer (in German). 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2013-12-07. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "BABYMETAL「SUMMER CAMP 2013」に爆音生バンドを従え登場" (in Japanese). Musicman-NET. 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2013-12-07. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "アイドルとメタルの融合BABYMETALが、「メタル女子会」イベントに参戦". Barks (in Japanese). 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2014-05-14.

Nanja Korya

≤:new to Wiki, but here goes. there is a note at the end on an interview that mentions "What the" does not exist in Japanese. This is true; how ever, Su-metal in conversation is known to say Nanja Korya, which is not in the Japanese dictionary and means what the hell is this? Well, at least politely. I can provide a link to a recorded interview if need be:≥ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.59.33.127 (talk) 21:32, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

Sure, provide a link, and even better two (or ten)!
I'm not sure what should be done about this. It just looked strange to me that she was cited as saying "What the", which looked like if she used the four-letter word. So when I added the sentence based on the MTV interview, I supplemented it with a note about this. Since your link won't be to that exact interview, I guess we can just change the note to say that she probably said "Nanja Korya" or that she often says it in interviews. By the way, there's a problem that such a note will not exactly comply with Wikipedia rules (like WP:V, WP:RS, WP:OR), but there's a rule called "Wikipedia:Ignore all rules" for such cases. --Moscow Connection (talk) 03:28, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
By the way, you can change the note yourself. Cause you see, after some time on Wikipedia people get "too cautious" in their approach to editing. Or feel free to propose the exact wording of the note and I will make the change. Cause I personally don't know how to explain it better, and because of this I will hesitate forever. (If you have a good idea or there's something incorrect or can be improved or added, just do/add/change it yourself. I or someone else will see it and will just remove it if it's incorrect will improve on it and then some other person will improve on it and so on.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 08:53, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Once again justifying my edits - SilentDan297

Don't understand why this particular article seems to keep going to a state where it is NOT in accordance of the guidelines given to us by Wikipedia itself, no one has given me any clear reason what so ever to as why my edits are wrong in any way, last time I check they where all correct by Wiki standards, so lets go through these edits again;

Infobox
I have already had this massive argument, let me explain it again. Citing to the guideline: Template:Infobox musical artist it tells you everything that must be in the infobox and what manner to put it on, now on genre it states that 2-4 general genres should be used to describe the artist, in this case I substituted Heavy metal, J-pop and death metal since they are the three top generalized genres used to describe the band by professional critics and reporters, however someone keeps adding in Kawaii metal, a fake genre used to dub the band as a means of promotion, symphonic death metal which is a sub-genre of Death metal so does not need to be mentioned here and melodic speed metal is also a fake genre used to simply describe the band's mixture of death and speed metal. Also this point: "J-pop (more precisely, idol music)" is not right at all, again it should be mentioned in the musical style section, you quite simply do not add such details in the infobox as it is meant to be generalised! That is why only those three genres are there. Also the label, it is not mentioned on the template that years active should be here, so stop adding that!

Discography
So without even citing the guidelines, the format which it keeps getting reverted to is simply ugly, disorganized and cluttered, I mean why number each album? People can count you know, and on the singles what on Earth is an "Indie single"? To me that describes a song that was self-released without a label, which is false for every product this band has released and half of the songs aren't even numbered anyway so why number them!? The translations make no sense cause most of them translate back to what it already says! Whats the point of this? So now if we refer to the guideline Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies/style, Album/single name comes FIRST, then it's the album details (Release date, label and available formats) then peak chart positions, then number of sales and then finally the certifications, the exact format I used! A simple, easy to follow table so stop reverting this!

Members
DO NOT ADD BIRTH-DATES AND AGES! This is not required at all! Yes I understand it's a big deal that the fact these girls are so young, making them some of the youngest metal starts today, but that is already mentioned in the history section of the article and the birth years and ages, along with any other biographical information regarding the trio is already mentioned on their own articles! It is not needed here! While there is no official guideline for this let me cite some featured articles that use the format of; Name, instruments and years active (only if there has been member changes): Nirvana, Metallica, AC/DC and Slayer among other featured and good articles, they all use the same format!

Other
As for the rest of the information, such as the quotes used in the musical style, I feel they are inconsistent with the rest of the article, if you are to add them it least make it consistent and don't repeat what has already been mentioned because that is what those interviews where doing. Again please and I mean PLEASE discuss any further changes, I have given very good reasons and have cited to Wikipedia guidelines just to justify myself, if you think your format is still correct then you're wrong and if you think it's okay to disobey the guidelines well it's not, they are there for a reason so if you want to go by your own rules make a fan website or edit a Wikia site instead cause that's not how it works here. SilentDan297 talk 02:07, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

First of all, please don't try to force you edits in by edit warring. You came to ths article on June 19 and make some changes without any prior discussion.
Second, I have found some stuff that you said ("DO NOT ADD BIRTH-DATES AND AGES!", "if you want to go by your own rules make a fan website or edit a Wikia site instead cause that's not how it works here") rather rude.
Infobox
The genres are sourced. Template:Infobox musical artist is not a guideline. Michael Jackson, a featured article, lists 7. Also, several editors seem to want to add "kawaii metal" to the infobox. I agree with them.
I think you'll find it is a guideline, otherwise what's the point in it existing? And Micheal Jackson is a special case, he has delved into essentially every genre there is to offer, Babymetal on the other hand has delved into metal and pop, that's it. Kawaii metal as I have said time and time again is an unofficial genre, it is only used to describe the band as a means of promotion therefore should not be there. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Template:Infobox musical artist#labell doesn't say the years shouldn't be there, so stop deleting that.
If you look at the examples it provides the years are not there, only their current labels, so either way no years mentioned. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
You also deleted the part "(both are subsidiaries of Toy's Factory)". Why? It's important, it is encyclopedic, it's not found anywhere else in the article.
That detail should only be mentioned on either their own articles or on the bands history section, not here, it is not required, again not on the examples provided. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Further point you just said that Template:Infobox musical artist is not a guideline yet you just cited it to back up your point on the label, so make up your mind. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Discography
The format is not ugly. An indie single is a single released on a independent label.
Avoiding describing what the format looks like in means of offence it's inconsistent, it isn't in accordance to Wikipedia and your means of describing am independently released single is very new to me and probably anyone who edits discography pages in general, as I've said before it title first, details second then peak chart positions third. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Why did you change one of the titles to "Headbangeeeeerrrrr"?
That was an edit that I resorted to due to the original title messing up with the table since it has multiple !'s. I couldn't find a means around it so I changed it to that until someone could fix it. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Numbers are there because the singles have official numbers, at least the major-label ones.
What official numbers? Where are you even seeing this? SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
The ones that translate back to what what it already says aren't translated. Therefore the argument is invalid.
Then what's the point in them, they're simply repeating the title, therefore I removed them therefore you just justified my point. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
I followed this example. If you simply wanted to blindly follow the two examples in the style guidelines, why did you delete the sales data Azuxingmi added? The charts the user added are allowed and are used in many, many discographies. for example, Madonna singles discography is a featured article and it lists "Billboard Hot Dance Club Play".
If you're following the Kiss discography as an example then let me list two things you are doing wrong:
  • You're not even following it properly, here it is listed as: Release date/year, title, peak chart and certification so you are not following this example at all.
  • It is not even a featured article, it is listed as a start class article, meaning it has many issues to get through before it reaches featured.
Me removing the sales numbers must have been a mistake then, I recognize their value so I shouldn't have so apoligies for that. The peak charts should only really contain the countries main chart, however this doesn't really matter too much if the album/single/other product hasn't charted in many other countries so I will be fine if all those chart positions remain. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Billboard Japan Top albums is not the main Japanese chart, it has only existed since 2009 or so. Oricon is the de-facto industry standard in Japan. Therefore it's incorrect to list Billboard Japan as "JPN".
I'm not very knowledgable about these chart positions in Japan, the fact they have 2 charts confuses me, you win this one. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
The music video table is either completely nonsensical or ugly. What's "performance"? The unformatted bare links look terrible.
A performance video is a simple video that shows the band performing in the video, a narrative one however tells a story, and a live performance video specifically is a recording of the band performing the song live. remove that row if you want I have just been use to editing these in such a way, also the links, how so? It links you to the video, simple as that, no need to for any further editing, it is in the 'Link' row so it clearly indicated as the link to the video. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Members
Please don't shout. The birth dates are not required, but are not forbidden. Many reliable sources talk about their ages cause it is important. It's not nice to make the readers click on many links to find this info.
It is already mentioned in the article, but think about it this way, in 3 years the younger of the three will be 18 and the elder will be 19, at that point their age is no big deal, Justin Bieber was younger when he started so their age is not that big of a deal. Also if they want to read up on the individual members that is what their articles are for, as I said any biographical information should remain on their own articles. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Their names are in all caps officially. It's incorrect to change the names in the profile to lowercase.
Let me refer you to the Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters#All caps, it clearly says that they are supposed to be, by Wikipedia standards, lowercase, and in the event of it being a title or name the first letter should be a capital, hence the article name also not being in all caps. Just because it's official doesn't mean it should go against Wikipedia guidelines. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
I now noticed that you changed the member order. GUROMETAL is correct, you can't change the official order. By the way, they are obviously ordered by age.
It is not by official lineup according to labels and reports, typically it is ordered by:
  1. What year they joined
  2. Surname alphabetical order
Just because the lineup is announced in one order doesn't mean that we should comply to that order, it is ordered that way to promote the band. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Other
The quotes provide a description of the band's musical style.
As I said, It would be better to organize these into the actual paragraph and not individually. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
In short, I'm reverting. If you decide to insist or change something else, please seek a consensus here on the talk page first. ---Moscow Connection (talk) 03:30, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Addition

@SilentDan297: I have made some changes, now it's much closer to your version. Now:

  1. I wouldn't really mind reducing the number of music genres. But I think we must discuss it with other editors. I actually think that your version looked neater. The main reason i reverted the genres was that many other editors objected to the change.
  2. Could you rewrite the quotations in prose? (Actually, I've just noticed you've already rewritten one.) Could you also add some more stuff about the band's music style, also see the suggestions by Ryotax0710 above. Anyway, something about squeaky voices and cuteness is necessary.
  3. The birth dates are important. If you can suddest some other way to format the list while keeping the birth dates, please do.
There is no other format, birth dates simple do not get mentioned on the band pages, only their independent articles. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
  1. I've reformatted the discography. I even deleted the Japanese titles and the translations and the release dates for the singles. It does look neater now, but I don't know, I actually regret deleting so much...
It remains to be against Wikipedia standards, as I said multiple times; Title first, details second and peak charts third. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
Also just had a look and I have no idea what you're on about in terms of indie singles, "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" was released via Juonbu Records, as was every single before it, the only single released differently to the rest was the latest Megitsune so this makes no sense what so ever, and if Juonbu Records is a sub-label then that means it's not an indie label, it is as it says a sub-label of an even larger record label. Another mistake I'd like to point out is that Babymetal × Kiba of Akiba has not actually charted, if you look at the reference it is not listed, if this is the case then not only will that number be reduced to a mere - but also the article will no longer be notable so will have to be deleted. SilentDan297 talk 13:00, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
  1. Do you want to change the Music videos table? I think my version is much more inconspicuous. What did you mean by "Type: Performance"? All songs/videos are performances. What did you mean by "Narration", the lyrics? If so, could you maybe just add something about it in prose in the Musical style section?
Remove the Type column then, not bothered about that. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
  1. I've deleted the part about the first time they performed with the live band to avoid any possible mistakes/misinterpretations. If you look at the Barks article that I cited originally, you will see that it specifically says that they performed with a live band for the first time in 2013.
A separate discussion is required on this one to be honest, I agree with you on the removal of it temporarily. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
I hope some other editors participate in the discussion too. --Moscow Connection (talk) 04:46, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
If you can read Japanese, you can look at the source I used here. It can be used to further improve the article about the single and maybe this one too. (By the way, "pikorimo" or electronicore is a much better description of their sound than what you or someone else added about trance.)
I cannot read Japanese I have to use Google Translate so anything you think worth mentioning should be added here add it yourself, also the two genres are very similar anyway, not sure why that matters since it's subjective. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
And Ryotax0710 asked to add something about cuteness/charm, and about "doll-like dancing", headbanging and the wall of death they perform on stage (see our discussion above). I'm afraid I couldn't think of a good way to add it all and I didn't have time to think about it thoroughly, but I hope you will be able to come up with something... --Moscow Connection (talk) 05:12, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
"Metalhammer described their act using the formula "Short skirts, school girl charm and squeaky voices - just like in the manga comics. But they mix the whole thing with Metal.".[53]" Already mentioned in the musical style. SilentDan297 talk 10:57, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Third opinion (as best one can)

3O Response: Wow, that's a lot of things in one tranche! I'm afraid I'm going to formally decline the request at WP:3O, because much of the above is a fork of earlier discussions on this page, in which more than two editors have participated. Also, with such a huge wall of text, raising many issues at once, it is impossible to extract what the issues are and what they are not. Especially impossible when the discussion has already moved on regarding some of the issues. @SilentDan297:, I recommend you try to discuss one topic at a time. But if you do want to raise many at once, when somebody replies, please don't interleave your counter-replies within their messages, as it obfuscates who has said what.

Although I can't give a 3O on everything raised here, a few things can be said:

  • Template documentation does not constitute a Guideline in the Wikipedia sense of the term: a document that has been explicitly recognised by the community to represent community consensus. Template documentation generally doesn't go through this process. In particular, Template:Infobox musical artist hasn't.
  • In any case, that template only says "preferably use 2-4". This is merely advisory.
  • IMO Kawaii metal is not a real genre. What is said about it in the source can be mentioned in the article, but it's inappropriate in the infobox.
  • Calling something "simply ugly, disorganized and cluttered" is merely WP:JUSTDONTLIKEIT. Following Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies/style is most desirable, however.
  • Birth dates and ages: since there's no policy or guideline about it, shouting instructions is out of order: you need to establish consensus for this article.
  • The application of MOS:ALLCAPS to stylized names is uncertain. That guideline contains an explicit list of things that should be downcased, and names are not on the list. However, why are the members listed by these names rather than their real names in the infobox?
  • If you have trouble with exclamation marks upsetting other formatting, use the HTML code ! instead.
  • When replying to items inside numbered lists, you should use #:, not ::, to get indentation without disrupting the numbering. (See Help:Lists for the gory details.

-- Stfg (talk) 17:27, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

  • I've deleted "kawaii metal" from the infobox. (I didn't have any opinion on this. I can also agree with reducing the number of genres and I even think that the infobox would look better with just "Heavy metal, J-pop, death metal", but I don't want to annoy people (fans) who obviously want the infobox to list more genres than that.
  • Because the members are officially listed like this: [5].
  • I used allcaps in the Members section because it looks less cluttered than "Su-metal (stylized SU-METAL)". The official capitalization must be mentioned anyway. The official site and the Japanese press always write the names in all caps...
  • By the way, I'm a bit alarmed by SilentDan297's atiitude. He came to the article in June, changed it to look the way he personally liked and since what he did looked like a case of WP:OWN. He reverted basically just saying that the way he formatted the article was the "correct" way to do it ([6], [7]), and he also thought that adding "kawaii metal" into the infobox was "vandalism" ([8], [9]). Also, while replying to some suggestions on the talk page, he has already said "no" to perfectly good suggestions 1. to create more articles and 2. to list the members in the official order. Now he wants to delete the article for the single "Babymetal × Kiba of Akiba" cause he didn't find it in the charts linked. (It was linked, but first he deleted the link and then I deleted the link to make the table look more like his version.)
    I really find such an attitude somehow threatening. (Cause it threatens the effort to improve the coverage of the band on Wikipedia.)
    By the way, when I saw what SilentDan297 did with the tables, it was too obvious that he took the examples of how a discography can be formatted too literally. Look, the title "Peak chart positions" doesn't fit when there are only one or two charts listed, it's too long. (By the way, he made some factual errors in the tables. The single is not titled "Ii ne", etc. And he chose to revert the Azuxingmi's addition of sales data even though the examples he followed had a column like that. So maybe he didn't actually follow them literally, but rather simply liked a certain layout.)
  • I also find it impossible to reply to SilentDan297's replies above cause they are formatted badly (and you have addressed most of them already, especially the ones about the formatting of the Discography section). But I have read them and addressed what I could by editing the article. (As I said, I have deleted "kawaii metal" from the infobox, added a link proving that "Babymetal × Kiba of Akiba" charted.) Also, addressing some more, I think that one can certainly say "indie single" and that a major record label can have an independent subsidiary label. Anyway, it is certainly the case here. The singles were independently distributed. And the major label releases have official ordinal numbers; SilentDan297 can search for "1st", "2nd" here on the Toy's Factory official site. --Moscow Connection (talk) 17:22, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
It's great to see that you two have started a fresh discussion, much better structured. So perhaps there's not much to say here, except:
  • WP:3O addresses content issues not conduct issues.
  • The fact that the official page lists the adopted stylized names doesn't mean we should. They do it for image reasons. We're not here to promote their chosen image, but to record facts. Giving their real names is at least as valid. Giving their ---METAL names is what one would expect of a fan site, but not necessarily of an encyclopedia.
With that, I'll bow out. Kind regards to both, --Stfg (talk) 08:37, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Another nomination

This time, BABYMETAL was nominated to 2014 MTV EMA!! Should we add It to the awards and nominations section?

[edit] Here's the link.
GUROMETAL (talk) 13:32, 9 September 2014 (UTC)

I am confused about the nomination process... I think the awards template is meant to list the awards an artist was shortlisted for... There are no results yet and there's gonna be another public vote... But it can definitely be added to the history section in prose. --Moscow Connection (talk) 05:25, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
Well, BABYMETAL, alongside with other 4 acts, were nominated as a wildcard to join other 4 Japanese acts. In this nomination, Daichi Miura was the winner. Anyway, BABYMETAL was nominated as a wildcard to the major award, so I think It should be listed there, on the section (why add something on the history section, if there's a specific place to add something like this?).
GUROMETAL (talk) 22:53, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
We can't describe all the details in the table, and "Nominated" in the "Result" column would mean the group was shortlisted for the award. Which wasn't the case. (I don't get all the details, though. My guess is that there are gonna be several artists shortlisted for the "World Wide Act Award" and the winner will be revealed during the actual ceremony in Glasgow. My guess is that Babymetal would have had to be chosen as the "Japan and Korea representative" for the "World Wide Act Award" in order to be shortlisted.)
Could you please suggest an exact sentence we could add to the History section? --Moscow Connection (talk) 11:31, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
@GUROMETAL: I've changed my mind. I think it's okay to add it, but it should be described clearly in the awards table and I don't know how to do it. Since I don' know how to do it, we should look at articles about other artists who were nominated for MVA, but weren't shortlisted. There are many diferent ways to do it, by the way: Template:Nom. --Moscow Connection (talk) 14:45, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
@Moscow Connection: Wow, there are a lot of way to do It hahaha :) I'll try to find a better way later, since now I'm working in Marina Horiuchi's article and in Marina disambiguation (ptwiki). Btw, thanks for the template link :)
[edit] I thought in something like "pre-nominated" and to create a note explaining what happened. But, other ideas are welcome :)
GUROMETAL (talk) 14:52, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
@GUROMETAL: Okay. :) By the way, you can even add custom text like this: [10]. --Moscow Connection (talk) 15:03, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
@Moscow Connection: This is awesome! Way better to clarify things :)
GUROMETAL (talk) 15:16, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Disruptive edits by SilentDan297

I believe an editor named SilentDan297 is being intentionally disruptive. I'm frustrated by his attitude and by his lack of cooperation. Frankly saying, I think the editor should be blocked for what he did here.

A little bit of history.

I created the article and somewhat looked after it afterwards. But I wasn't "owning" it. I only reverted people who deleted "death metal" from the infobox, but other than that, I would basically let people do whatever they like. Cause I was happy to see happy to see people learn about the band and come to Wikipedia.

But then it happened... On June 19, SilentDan297 appeared. He reformatted the whole article to look the way he liked and he deleted much more more than added. His changes were immediately reverted by an IP and SilentDan297 immediately resorted to an edit war. He made five reverts in 42 minutes: 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5, thus violating 3RR. If only I were here... I would have defended the article from him...

On July 20, I returned to Wikipedia and changed a few things back. All my edits were immediately wholesale-reverted by SilentDan297. Two times in a raw: [11], [12]. All my changes!

I succeded to change some important things back and correct a few mistakes, but SilentDan297 continues to edit war. Basically, he doesn't seem to listen to anyone at all, he doesn't listen to my thorough explanations of why some things should look a certain way. He just wants the article to look the way he wants.

I believe his edits from August 4 to be a bad faith attempt to sneak his changes into the article again. While no one is looking (cause I was away). This is really the last straw. I believe the editor should be blocked for disruptiveness.

Here is why I think so:

  • [15], [16] - Among other changes, these edits change the order in which the members are listed. See Talk:Babymetal/Archive 1#Members order. I think that the consensus (2 users against SilentDan297) is to list the members in the official order. (I hope user GUROMETAL will be able to confirm it.)
  • When I reverted most, but not all of his changes from August 4, SilentDan297 again wholesale-reverted me: [17]. Completely reverted all my changes! The edit summary says "I have consensus", which is either a memory failure or an outright lie.

Basically, I am frustrated and I think the editor is dangerous to this page. (Not only because he is disruptive, but also because his knowledge about the band is somewhat limited and he does strange things like changing the official member order or removing any mention of the official capitalization from the Members section.) But every time I look away he repeats the same edits again and he acts like if he hasn't noticed my explanations and other people's opinions. I am even afraid to return to Wikipedia now. Cause I'm sure the next time I look at the article I will see he has repeated the same changes again, and the edit summaries will be like "it's correct", "I have consensus", "see discussion on talk page" as if nothing has happened. I am frustrated to the point of not wanting to edit Wikipedia ever again. --Moscow Connection (talk) 05:47, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

There's a lot of grievance in here, but I don't think this is the best place to put it. It really should be in an RFCU or an admin noticeboard, as there probably aren't a lot of passing admins who would do any blocking without a lot of discussion, as well as this page not really being the place to discuss user conduct in an official capacity (it's an article talk page, for article content discussion). At any rate, it's really late at night for me and I don't have time right now to comment on the actual issue you've raised (nor do I want to do it here as I don't feel the complaint was made in the correct place), but I wanted to get what I did say out now. - Purplewowies (talk) 06:40, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
I had asked an admin to look at it already.
Also, I wanted to post it here to show that we are just wasting our time on this talk page and it's somehow useless to discuss anything with the editor in question. I had conceeded to many changes after STATicVapor expressed his opinion (with the exception of "JPN Oricon" that I thought didn't look right), but I went away for a few days, and SilentDan297 again made the article look exactly as he wanted. As if my or anyone else's opinions never existed.
By the way, I changed the last paragraph after you replied. I think I have to say this cause it's usually not advised to change a message after it has been replied to. --Moscow Connection (talk) 08:00, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
I discussed it with the other editors and yourself and when it came to the edits I made to this article you where the only one against them while I had a couple of others agreeing to them. There are still edits I made to the article which you reverted and have still yet to make any comment on such as the format of the discography, you have yet to comment on that but you revert anyway, also GUROMETAL is the only one who backed you up on the members, the full discussion regarding all of these anyway are here: Talk:Babymetal/Archive 1#Fresh discussion as it discusses all the points I have tried to edited, of which several editors agree to with you being the only one against them. I will refrain from editing for now but you have yet to comment on the rest of these matters, by doing that you are essentially forcing your edits. I have combated against every comment you made against my edits but insist I am the one who is wrong without citing to templates or guidelines which we follow and refuse to listen to the logic of other editors just because it doesn't follow the official website of the band/group. I await whatever may come of this to fully explain myself but you need to be more cooperative, so far you are failing that. SilentDan (talk) 10:46, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
Okay. That's nice that you say that you will refrain from editing but I don't really want you to refrain from editing, just to refrain from repeating the same non-consensual changes.
"[S]everal editors agree to with you being the only one against them" - Can you provide a quote to confirm this? A quote saying smth like "I agree with you and Moscow Connection is the only one who objects"?
Talk:Babymetal/Archive 1#Fresh discussion - I have already linked it.
(Yes, there are other matters I haven't reiterated here again.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 14:55, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
@Moscow Connection:: Unfortunately every edit I attempt to make, which is in accordance to guidelines and templates, is reverted. Essentially If I make the edits I have been doing you will just revert, so until this is resolved I will halt my edits for now, although I will still make my argument for the edit's I have made on the Talk:Babymetal/Archive 1#Fresh discussion section which I still await your reply against the edits made on the discography and a new reply on the members. I'm glad that the genres have been resolved at least. Also I would like to point out that just because you are more "knowledgeable" of the band doesn't justify your edits, that I've just noticed appears to be the main driving force of your edits. If you want to play that game I will have you know I also own the Babymetal album and read up on the band in news articles, I thoroughly enjoy the music they make and love how different it is compared to most metal bands out there. So there you have it, I hope you know that I edit not because I enjoy the band/groups music and not because I am a fan, but because I want the article to a much higher standard, of which I believe by you reverting me is preventing me doing so. SilentDan (talk) 22:18, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
Frankly saying, i think you are just wasting everyone's time.
What happened is:
  1. You came and changed the whole article.
  2. I reverted some of the changes.
  3. You asked Static to help you, and with his help you successfully added some of your changes back. The changes that I personally think are either absolutely incorrect or not very good include the official positions/instruments and the labels in the infobox.
  4. Other stuff you changed and I successfully reverted ---- no one seems to care about it except you. Basically every one else says either way will do.
  5. You are continuing. You write walls of text, you say same things over again. I don't want to waste my time on this. I only hope that you won't ask another friend to come by and vote against me. Cause as I said, you have already changed enough.
  6. Could you please just stop and expand the article instead of fighting over the column order and the birthdays? From my part, I promise I will add some stuff about 2010 and "Doki Doki Morning" in September. But basically, there are two reliable sources I could find now: Barks and Tower Records. They are already on this talk page. You can use them. I have already told that something about "DDM", how it was originally released on the album and then a music video was shot for it and it was released as a DVD single and uploaded on YouTube and it created some buzz or whatever will do. And "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" was indeed their second song and it was indeed premiered in July 2011 at a Sakura Gakuin concert. (But the buzz, I don't think it created anything...)
  7. That's all.
  8. I'm very sorry if what I wrote looks rude, but I have wasted may hours on fighting you over small changes and I have basically lost already and you are continuing and you want to revert everything I corrected and you want to damage the article even more.
  9. By the way, I looked at some articles you created and they look absolutely different. If these are "guidelines", why aren't album details in a separate column and is the year column first?: Blue Stahli discography, Bury Tomorrow discography, Young Guns discography, Eluveitie discography, Dead by April discography, Death by Stereo discography.
  10. Basically, I think you are continuing to insist for the only sake of proving you were right.
  11. Now that's all. --Moscow Connection (talk) 08:47, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
@Moscow Connection: Ah, thank you for reminding me on what articles I need to improve, I created those articles while that format was considered correct, at least it was to me at the time though it could possible not have been. Also you are clearly not sorry, making personal attacks? Calling me a waste of time? Attacking the way I previously edited articles while I was still a developing user? And also on your talk page: "And by the way, you are not welcome on my talk page." Seriously? All because you are losing arguments (of which you admitted) on the article you created and think you own the rights to (WP:OWNER). I am not going to even try to start attacking you but all the claims you have made in the past about me bullying you or me just editing to aggravate you are false, I formatted the article according to guidelines, using FA status articles as a guide also, by what is correct formatting by other users of Wikipedia and I backed all this up with links to said guidelines and as you said I even asked for third party opinions to back up my editing and you still say no, why? because WP:JUSTDONTLIKEIT, that's the only reason that you have given me so far. Also you don't have right to tell me that me asking for [User:STATicVapor|STATicVapor]]s opinion as you have done just that with User:Bbb23 so you can stop your complaints about that.
How about you make this easier by agreeing to the edits then, or wait for Bbb23 to give his third opinion on this then we'll take action in accordance to his comments. SilentDan (talk) 09:35, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
I didn't call you a waste of time. I just said that I had wasted a lot of time on this and as far as I understand all discussions in the section you started can be closed as either "no consensus" or "keep it as it is now". You are the only one who is willing to prolong the discussion.
WP:OWNER and WP:IDONTLIKEIT are actually the right words to call what you did here. And WP:3RR that you violated on June 19 and possibly on August 4.
I'm sorry if you think I'm aggressive. But as I explained, you are the one who started it and you are the only one who actively continues. (I mean who attempts to change the tables and the lists on the actual page. I stopped when I lost a couple of discussions and you seem to be willing to continue until you win everything. I stopped, I went away and I returned only to see that you changed it again and you reverted me saying there was a consensus when there was not.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 10:07, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
Talking about a consensus... Above I asked you a question. I asked you to provide a quote for your statement that "several editors agree to with you being the only one against them". Please reply. Don't create a wall of text again, just prove your words in one sentence/link. --Moscow Connection (talk) 10:07, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

@Moscow Connection: Ok, lets make a list regarding each subject, also include me as part of the consensus since I'm also an editor:

  1. Infobox Genres
    • "All unsourced genres should immediately removed per WP:OR and WP:GWAR. Per discussions on Template talk: Infobox musical artist the genre should be generalized in the best way it can and should never include genres that do not have their own articles, as it would be considered fancruft. While taking that in mind, the only genres that should seemingly be listed are Heavy metal and death metal. Not to mention genres should be backed by more than a single source anyways. STATic message me! 09:40, 22 July 2014 (UTC)"
  2. Members
    • "See WP:ALLCAPS and MOS:TM. As for your second paragraph, you make it very clear you do not understand what original research is at all. Again, you are not adding any backing to your argument with that blatant incorrectness. You have not explained how dance is an instrument, which is what is listed in band member sections, not their occupations. Screaming is not an instrument either, it is a form of using your vocals in music, just like normal "clean" vocals, rapping and beatboxing. Wikipedia is not a mirror of their official site, to want to follow their official site that religiously is against Wikipedia policy. STATic message me! 11:07, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
      Oh and I now see they all have separate articles, so their ages and real names should be included there or elsewhere in the article, not in that section. STATic message me! 11:08, 22 July 2014 (UTC)"
    • "I'm indifferent on a personal-opinion level, really, but considering even just the small consensus here (and the policy/guideline arguments used), I'm swayed to vocalist for the reasons most others (namely you and STATic) stated. So yes, I'm agreeing. As for vocals v. backup vocals (or differentiating Su as lead), that's something where I have no idea what is actually best; I mentioned it because I just don't know, actually. - Purplewowies (talk) 14:29, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
      I think it might be fine to mention them by their titles, as an article like X Japan seems to list the people who go by stage names by those names, but then those are the predominant names those people are known as. Basically, I could see it go either way, dependent on how they might best be known—stage names, or similar to the Spice Girls, where they are referred to by the band names to establish them but otherwise are referred to by their real names. *wonders if there is some sort of policy on stage name v. real name use* As for the birthdates... every idol group I could find (the highest quality of which on Wikiproject Japan's ratings was Momoiro Clover Z at B-class) listed birthdates, even for artists with their own articles, so... that seems to be the precedent, though typically, I would say no. I do wonder how much of the birthdate inclusion on idol articles is a byproduct of the industry from whence they came (where everything from birthdate to height and weight and blood type is available (Moa's is A, for instance)), and therefore, I wonder how much is appropriate for Wikipedia vs. how much is included here. I also wonder if there are even higher quality idol articles that might either back up or refute the birthdate angle. - Purplewowies (talk) 16:25, 30 July 2014 (UTC)"
  3. Discography
    • "I see only a few problems in this section. In the chart positions of their album, Japan should not be given its own separate row heading, I have never seen any other article do that and it comes off as undue since they also have had chart success in other countries. The notes are completely not necessary and improper in the table. That information should be discussed in the article body and at the end of the day it is irrelevant what their "major singles" are, I am pretty sure that is WP:OR anyways. STATic message me! 09:51, 22 July 2014 (UTC)"

These comments where copied from Talk:Babymetal/Archive 1#Fresh discussion, as you can see I have other editors backing me up, now can you show me quotes where others are backing your edits up? SilentDan (talk) 10:22, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

  1. Another editor didn't support you in almost anything: Talk:Babymetal#Third opinion (as best one can).
  2. 1, 2, 3: Why are you citing quotes about the genres in the infobox and about the official positions ("vocals", "scream", "dance") and about the major singles? This had already been changed long ago, in July. If you meant that Static agreed with you on several things, thus making it 2 against 1 and therefore there were several things when I was alone, it's true, but it had been already changed before your August 4 edits.
    Correction: Removing everything but "vocals" wasn't in your original changes/proposals, therefore Static is not supporting you. --Moscow Connection (talk) 20:23, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
  3. 2a: So? The editor didn't say to remove all caps. WP:ALLCAPS and MOS:TM don't say an all-caps trade mark can't be mentioned in a Wikipedia article. And again, see Talk:Babymetal#Third opinion (as best one can).
  4. 2b: The editor actually says that another article has the birthdates and it's B-class. And she said she doesn't really care. And again, see Talk:Babymetal#Third opinion (as best one can).
  5. Okay, the thing about "JPN" is the only place where 2 editors were against me in something that I reverted on August 5. But I have already mentioned it in this very thread myself. (Okay, I will change it now if only to stop this discussion). --Moscow Connection (talk) 10:54, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
    Correction: This wasn't the way you changed it originally (you just removed Oricon completely), therefore Static is not supporting you. --Moscow Connection (talk) 20:23, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
@Moscow Connection:In terms of the WP:ALLCAPS, in the Talk:Babymetal#Third opinion (as best one can) discussion Stfg even says "The fact that the official page lists the adopted stylized names doesn't mean we should. They do it for image reasons. We're not here to promote their chosen image, but to record facts. Giving their real names is at least as valid. Giving their ---METAL names is what one would expect of a fan site, but not necessarily of an encyclopedia." So there you have it, thats another quote backing me up there, so since you support this user shall we remove them? Also STATicVapor referenced them because it actually explains that it shouldn't be in all caps, hence why he only referenced them and didn't discuss them. SilentDan (talk) 11:04, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
You misinterpreted. He seems to actually say to remove all "-metal" names which is not what you want to do. And it can never be done cause all reliable souces call them like this.
Support the user?!! Is this a trick question? Would you you want to remove all "-metal" names which you actually insisted on using throughout the article only to annoy me? :))) I am defending the article from incorrect information, not from you personally and I would never harm this article in order to win an argument with you.
And he says that giving their real names is okay. So he's actually against you cause you want to remove them from the Members section and you have already removed them from the History section. (It wouldn't be bad to just refer them by their real names in the History section. When I was writing the article, I think I mostly just called them the way the sources did. But you were actually the one who changed it on August 4.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 11:40, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
And I'm sorry, but I think the way you said the "support this user" thing is kinda strange... If you really want to make this article worse just to win an argument with me and annoy me and prove you are right... ---Moscow Connection (talk) 11:40, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
Not really, I'm trying to improve the article according to guidelines which you are ignoring just because WP:JUSTDONTLIKEIT, and I guess we interpret it differently, since he puts it in all caps and not lower caps that seems to be more specific to the removal of All Caps, hence "---METAL" and not "-metal". You kept referring to this user so it seems that you was praising them that's why I stated that, and since, in my eyes, he agrees to removing the all caps, I also agree. It should be consistent, not just what the source names them by. If we do that the prose will be confusing to new readers since we are mentioning them by several different names. This information is also not incorrect, I'm not changing their names beyond recognition I'm changing it to one that's more consistent and abides the WP:ALLCAPS and MOS:TM guidelines. SilentDan (talk) 11:52, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
The user actually seemed to think that it was you who just "WP:JUSTDONTLIKEIT" the article. And he said that "[t]he application of MOS:ALLCAPS to stylized names is uncertain". I think you misinterpret everything he said.
I'm tired, could we stop? It's unfair to torture me endlessly. You are just one person and you have succeeded to annoy the main contributor (me) and to change some correct stuff to incorrect. (You actually didn't want to change everything to "vocals" initially, so I kinda suspected you would do anything just to win over me... Sorry, it's not intended as an offence, I'm just tired, I don't understand how you can write so much and just want to stop this endless argument.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:10, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
@Moscow Connection: There is no "main contributor", the whole point of Wikipedia is that everyone contributes to it, no matter how knowledgeable they are of a particular subject. I don't give up because I want the best for this article. I changed my mind on the Vocals situation because the argument made by Static at the time made sense to me and that's how discussions work, if someone makes a good point to an edit then you agree with it and make that improvement, so far what your doing is seeing these edits as nothing but threats to an article you created and want to maintain as your own. I am NOT doing this to annoy or torture you, I only just got to know you a month ago, there is no motivation to annoy you, I am no troll. I am currently making amendments to the discography pages I created a while ago because you pointed out that their format is incorrect, I thank you for that, you must understand I do not hate or dislike you by any means, I just want to make the article reach higher standards according to the guidelines, that is what I've been doing all this time and I am not tiring out because of it. SilentDan (talk) 12:20, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
There is, you are the main contributor to this talk page: [18]. :)
You see, many different articles are formatted in different ways, there is no point in following just one certain pattern.
And even if there were some absolute rule for all cases, read Wikipedia:Ignore all rules. (I mean, if something in some discography you intend to write can be presented in a more clear way... [Not the case here, the discography section is okay according to two editors you asked to come and look.]
The discography pages you created were okay... It's not a mistake. If even you correct all your articles, I won't change my opinion cause the tables are more clear/readable with the year column first. And i will show you a hundred more articles with the year column first...) --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:34, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

@Moscow Connection: Those are merely statistics of who has added the most text at one time and so on, I myself have not said that I am the main contributor, like all edits must go through me first, this information does not mean you are the main contributor, it means you have contributed the most, that is all. Also there is no rule preventing me from improving Wikipedia, you are yet to cite any guidelines or templates that say the opposite of my edits, that's where this rule applies, instead it is a single editor who is rejecting these edits. Cite actual rules/guidelines/templates to combat against my arguments then this rule will apply, so far there isn't any. Also if you disagree with the discography layout then go onto their talk page and address the issue, but the idea that the product name goes first makes more sense instead of the release date since it is already in release order and it would repeat information already mentioned in the album details section. SilentDan (talk) 12:49, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

I stated what I did about placing it in a user conduct RFC or an admin noticeboard because it would generate more discussion from a variety of admins and editors and not just whoever frequents this page plus whoever you notified, something that could make discussion here biased in one way or another. (And depending on who you notified, it's possible said notifications could be construed as canvassing, even if it was unintentional. (And no, not all notification is canvassing, I just don't/haven't looked at who you notified, but I don't want someone to get in trouble for something like that.)) Plus talk pages for articles are usually for discussion about the article, not user conduct, even if the user's conduct is related to the article. - Purplewowies (talk) 14:31, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
Okay. :) I don't want to waste any more time on this either. Someone else wants to. :) --Moscow Connection (talk) 14:55, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Arbitrary break 1

  • I'm back here because I got a couple of notifications today. I don't intend to revisit the issues, which I last looked at more than two weeks ago, but I concur with Purplewowies that you two are achieving nothing here with this repetitive bickering. If either of you thinks the other is misbehaving, you can go to WP:ANI and see what you can achieve there, but before either of you does that, I recommend reading WP:BOOMERANG. Another, possibly wiser course would be to see if WP:DRN can get you back on course discussing the content issues instead of indulging in these childish and disruptive testosterone trips. And I mean discussing, not these pantomime ("Oh yes it is!" -- "Oh no it isn't!") repetitions. Good luck. --Stfg (talk) 13:41, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
@Stfg: Apologies, I have made a report on WP:DRN, I wasn't aware this even existed, thank you for your time. SilentDan (talk) 13:55, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know. That's a good, neutral report you filed. I've put it on my watch list (but will probably not participate). By the way, this section has become very long, so I've added a numbered arbitrary break header. It makes editing it a little easier. --Stfg (talk) 14:03, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
@Stfg: Thanks for letting me know this existed, will be using this in the future if an issue like this happens again. SilentDan (talk) 14:06, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

Request for outline of actual problems

If there are any problems with the article in its current state that need to be discussed or addressed, could someone please clearly outline them in a fresh section starting below? It's really difficult to sift through all the name-calling in the sections above to work out what the actual problems being highlighted are, and even the Discussion at DRN doesn't make things any clearer. --DAJF (talk) 23:30, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

I'll try from my point of view:
  • Labels in the infobox
    1. Should it be "Jūonbu, BMD Fox (both sublabels of Toy's Factory)" or simply "Jūonbu, BMD Fox" or simply "Toy's Factory".
      (SilentDan297 with the help of another editor changed it to "Jūonbu, BMD Fox" by force and reverted me afterwards. But it's obvious that "Jūonbu" (重音部) stands for the heavy metal section of Sakura Gakuin and "BMD Fox" stands for "Babymetal Death Fox" and therefore these labels were created specially for the band and just listing them like this doesn't provide all the necessary encyclopedic information.
      Because of this I had to change it to "Toy's Factory". Simply because it seemed that "Toy's Factory" would be easier to defend against SilentDan297. And indeed, the change wasn't reverted and "Toy's Factory" is still there.)
  • Members section
    1. Official positions/instruments are "vocals, dance" and "scream, dance".
      (Official and reliable third-party sources: Toy's Factory, official site, Natalie, Oricon, Barks
      JAME World, AUX.TV, TAF México, CDstarts
      and the liner notes for the album Babymetal)
      (They have now been changed to simply "vocals". And I object. The so-called consensus was 2 editors against me. I tried to change it back, but I was reverted.)
      1a. Should we describe their positions/instruments/"vocal roles" in simpler / more common terms?
      (This is not just about the Members section, it can be added elsewhere. Currently there is a more detailed description in the "Live performances" section.)
      (For example, is Su-metal the main vocalist and a dancer, while Yuimetal and Moametal backup vocalists / screamers and dancers? I don't think they can be strictly described like that and it's dangerous to change their official positions cause we can make a mistake, and that's why I think the "Members" section should just say "... — vocals, dance" and "... — scream, dance" to avoid any errors. The producer knows best what they do. It's like using a primary source to describe what an author wanted to say with his book. Primary sources are allowed in such cases.
      But I think it's okay to describe what they actually do on stage / in a recording studio in a couple of additional sentences. It would be very useful for readers. And the additional description wouldn't have to be 100% accurate cause it will be just a supplement to the part with official positions.)
    2. Official capitalizations of their names (SU-METAL, YUIMETAL, MOMETAL). Should they be mentioned in the Members section?
      (I think they must. Especially since "SU-METAL" can be "Su-metal" or "Su-Metal" or whatever and the official sources and all the Japanese sources use only all caps.)
    3. Real names. Should they be mentioned in the Members section?
      (I think they should. Especially since the lead introduces the members like that.
      SilentDan297 has attempted to remove the real names several times. What's then? If their real names aren't listed [listed only in the lead], will we be calling them by the "-metal" names every time, simply because the readers won't otherwise understand who is who? I'm sure that Wikipedia is mostly used as a reference book, the readers can't search the whole article for their real names. It's called a "Members" section, they will look here.)
    4. Birthdays. Should they be mentioned in the Members section?
      (I think they should. Especially since it looks like the members are officially listed/ordered by age. And because knowing their ages is essential for the understanding of their style. And the lead says "teenage", so the readers would want to know how old.)
    5. The order in which members are listed. Should it be official (Su-metal, Yuimetal, Moametal)?
      (Sources same as above: the liner notes for the album, Toy's Factory, official site, Natalie, Oricon, Barks. As I said earlier, it looks like they are listed by age, which is very common for Japanese idol groups.)
      (Certainly it must be official. SilentDan297 wants to leave Su-metal listed first cause she is in the center or a main vocalist or whatever, but Moa second and Yui third because he thinks the remaining members should be ordered alphabetically.)
  • Discography section
    1. In Singles and Videos, should the Year column be first?
      (I think it looks better when it's first. SilentDan297 thinks it looks better when it's second.)
    2. In Studio albums, should the columns for Japan look like this or like this.
      (I like the first version better cause it's just Oricon and Billboard, and "JPN Oricon" looks strange.)
    3. SilentDan297 removed the note saying "(DVD single)" and I reverted.
      (How can you remove it? It's just encyclopedic information. A "Singles" section usually lists CD singles and that's what the readers would assume they were if not for this note.
      Also, the table lists the positions in the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, a chart for CD singles, and a DVD single can't possibly enter it. Therefore a note is there also in order to clarify that the single wasn't eligible for the chart anyway.)
    4. Various other things have been already removed by force or more or less voluntarily.
      (I wanted to avoid further arguments and hoped that SilentDan297 would decide he had won enough and stop.)
      • Numbering of singles
      • Original Japanese titles
        (Even for "Doki Doki Morning" that doesn't have its own article.)
      • Notes saying that the first singles were released on an indie label and the last two on a major label.
      • The sentence saying that Yui and Moa form a duo called BLACK BABYMETAL was removed from the Members section and placed somewhere in the middle of the "Life performances" section.
      • The "Live performances" section is now not about just live performances, it's about their visual style and their "vocal roles". Before SilentDan297's changes it was structured differently. It wasn't perfect, but different. Rename? Restructure?
  • History section
    1. Should the members be referred to as Su-metal, Yuimetal, Moametal consistently throughout the article?
      (I think no one should care. "Moa" will do and "Moa Kikuchi" will do and "Moametal" will do.
      SilentDan297 by request of GUROMETAL changed almost everything to "-metal", but I think it's a bit repetitive.
      By the way, one editor even said that he thought it was promotional to call them by their "-metal" names. I personally don't think so. But if I had to choose, I would probably just say "Moa" more often than "Kikuchi" or "Moametal" or anything.)
    2. Should there be a separate section for the origin of the band's name?
      (Since we don't know when exactly the producer came with the name, it's better to place the story in a separate section, in order to avoid mistakes in the timeline / order of events.)
    3. Is this source reliable to be used word by word in the History section?
      (I think it's mostly correct, but it's written like a J-pop fan blog post, there are errors (what's "SAKURA GAKUIN"?) and I have never seen another source saying that "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" created a buzz back in 2011. WP:REDFLAG.
      Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Sources#Online only says Blabbermouth.net is a reliable source for reviews, but not for news. I used the source elsewhere, in "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" with a direct reference to Blabbermouth.net, but for now I removed all sentences sourced from it from here. Not sure.)
    4. Is this "expand section" tag placed by SilentDan297 required?
      (I think it makes Wikipedia look unprofessional. If it was intended to ask help from people who actually edit the article, it has already served its purpose, everyone knows.
      I have tried to remove it cause I was somehow sure it would be there for years until I added a sentence or two about the year 2010 and "Doki Doki Morning".
      But maybe SilentDan297 placed it simply because I reverted his addition about, as he said in the edit summary, the group's "first releases in 2010 and 2011", an addition that misinterpreted the forementioned article from Blabbermouth.)
(A couple of things I've just listed hasn't been discussed on this talk page, but that is simply because I was afraid to say a thing, until yesterday I just replied to SilentDan297's statements about how everything he did was according to guidelines and just hoped that he would stop.)
--Moscow Connection (talk) 00:35, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Label name

So what exactly is the name of the group's label? Do we have a source? At present, the article has Toy's Factory in the infobox, while the individual releases are marked as being on the BMD Fox Records label. These need to be unified. --DAJF (talk) 08:52, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

The band has released content through these two labels:
The most latest releases have been through BMD Fox Records but there is no source (that I can remember) that this is the only label they are currently signed to, whether they still signed to Juonbu Records now is unclear. User:Moscow Connection insisted on adding the small note that they are both sub-labels of Toy's Factory in the infobox which I believe is unnecessary and should instead be mentioned in the history section of this article and in each individual article of their releases. In any case Juonbu Records issued their first release and BMD Fox Records issued their later releases so I believe it should go in that order. SilentDan (talk) 11:21, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
The Toy's Factory site doesn't say anything about either "重音部RECORDS" or "BMD FOX RECORDS".
The sources I have so far are profiles in various online shops, etc. A few examples:
Discogs gives two serial numbers for their indie releases, one from Juonbu Records and one from Toy's Factory: [19]
Tower Records says "BABYMETAL 『メギツネ』 BMD FOX／トイズファクトリー": [20].
And several of their videos are uploaded to Toy's Factory channel on YouTube and they say "重音部RECORDS" or "BMD FOX RECORDS".
Also, maybe this will be useful for something. A couple of sources for Kobametal "serving a consultant for Juonbu Records: "「重音部RECORDS」顧問を務める", [21].
I haven't find articles/sources we could use to write a sentence or two about this. --Moscow Connection (talk) 11:48, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
I believe discogs is considered unreliable, I have cited that in the past and people pretty much shouted at me for using it, I'm not sure now but I've always used AllMusic.com since it is considered reliable. This does seem tricky but I think my previous statement: "In any case Juonbu Records issued their first release and BMD Fox Records issued their later releases so I believe it should go in that order." should apply since it is still true, we can figure out and discuss about their tie ins with Toy's Factory here. SilentDan (talk) 12:00, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Something I just found here, this official site states that Babymetal is in fact a part of their rooster, so all three should really be mentioned. SilentDan (talk) 12:07, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
That's what I have been saying, that the two minor labels are sublabels of Toy's Factory. And that just saying "The band is on Juonbu Records" or "on BMD Fox Records" won't provide much useful info cause the labels are only known to Babymetal fans. --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:23, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
What I mean is that all three should be mentioned in this format: Juonbu Records, BMD Fox Records, Toy's Factory. This should be the listings, sub-labels or not they are still labels, the information regarding this should be mentioned in the articles history and perhaps Toy's Factory's article as well, in fact BMD Fox Records is listed as a sub label there already. SilentDan (talk) 12:27, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
No, I think it's not good. It looks like three separate labels, which they aren't.
Let's see what DAJF suggests. --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:34, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
But sub-labels are separate labels... Not sure what makes you think otherwise but essentially they work for Toy's Factory and are owned by them. SilentDan (talk) 12:37, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
If their releases have all been on the Juonbu Records and BMD Fox Records labels, then surely these are what should be mentioned in the infobox. If they are sub-labels of Toy's Factory, then that could be mentioned somewhere in the article text, and the sub-label names could be piped (i.e. as "[[Toy's Factory|Juonbu Records]]"), although I note that the Toy's Factory article does not actually mention Juonbu Records, so that could be problematic. --DAJF (talk) 00:17, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

@DAJF: I think all of them should be mentioned in the infobox for now in the order I suggested before, although we will need to find sources concerning Juonbu Records being the sub-label of Toy's Factory and also add it to the Toy's Factory article. I like the idea of using pipes for the record labels, perhaps this: [[Toy's Factory#Sub-labels|BMD Fox Records]] would be better since then it also pipes to the sub-label section of the article, making a clear indication that it is a sub-label. SilentDan (talk) 14:37, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
I cannot find a single source stating that Juonbu Records is a sub-label, they aren't mentioned anywhere but blogs and purchasing websites, they don't have their own website nor are they mentioned on the Toy's Factory website. I believe they are just a separate label all together since there is nothing reliable to suggest that Juonbu is a sub-label. SilentDan (talk) 18:56, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

More sources:
"トイズファクトリー／BMD FOX RECORDS": [22]
"トイズファクトリー／BMD FOX": [23]
Better source, "トイズファクトリー内 重音部RECORDS": [24] (sakuragakuin.jp) --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:31, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

@DAJF: It think it can't be mentioned in the article text cause we don't have a source that actually discussed the record labels in prose.
So, what do you propose? something like "Juonbu Records, BMD Fox Records" (both link to "Toy's Factory#Sub-labels")? It's a minor thing, so I guess it would be best to close this discussion execept for the part about using or not the pseudonyms all the time. --Moscow Connection (talk) 17:01, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

@DAJF and SilentDan297: It can be done like this:

  1. "Jūonbu, BMD Fox" or "Jūonbu Records, BMD Fox Records" (both link to "Toy's Factory#Sub-labels")
  2. "Jūonbu, BMD Fox (Toy's Factory)" or "Jūonbu Records, BMD Fox Records (Toy's Factory)"
  3. "Toy's Factory (Jūonbu, BMD Fox)" or "Toy's Factory (Jūonbu Records, BMD Fox Records)"
I prefer #3.
(I know the guidelines tell us to cut it short, no "Records, Records". But in this case just "Juonbu" is the the Sakura Gakuin section and "Juonbu Records" is the label, so maybe "Records" shouldn't be truncated. --Moscow Connection (talk) 05:22, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
I like #3 because it makes it clear that both labels are Toy's Factory. In #2, it may look like only BMD Fox Records is. --Moscow Connection (talk) 10:00, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
@Moscow Connection: I think it should simply be: Jūonbu, BMD Fox, Toy's Factory. We have no idea if Jūonbu Records is even a sub-label at this point so to say that it is a sub-label could be very misleading since there is no source to back it up, as far as we are aware its a completely different label. This format is the simplest and is in order of releases. SilentDan (talk) 11:17, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
You didn't understand anything. Again: Both Juonbu Records and BMD Fox Records are sublabels of Toy's Factory. This is absolutely, 100% percent true. See my endless comments above.
  1. Babymetal has been on two labels, both sublabels of Toy's Factory.
  2. Why did you just link BMD to Toy's Factory and not Juonbu?
  3. Why did you add Toy's Factory as a third label?
  4. Sources for the fact that Juonbu Records is a sublabel/subsidiary of Toy's Factory are provided above: "トイズファクトリー内 重音部RECORDS". This source for Juonbu isn't any better or worse that the ones for BMD Fox. In fact, it's even better.
  5. Could you just believe me in this matter cause you can't understand what the quote ("トイズファクトリー内 重音部RECORDS") says anyway?
There should be some time limit for discussions like this. It's been three weeks. --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:25, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
I understood completely but there are no references for Juonbu Records as a sub-label of Toy's Factory, you may have referenced BMD Fox Records but not Juonbu, also I listed Toy's Factory as a third label because they are listed as a part of their rooster so that would make sense to add. So far your claim that Juonbu Records is a sub-label is original research, as far as I'm aware Juonbu is it's own independent label and not a sub-label. SilentDan (talk) 13:17, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
I twice referenced Juonbu Records in my previous reply to you. I'm not to blame you can't see it. That's all I want to say. No more comments from me until DAJF returns. (I hope eveyone sees why I was so annoyed at this.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 13:27, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Members section

  1. If all the members dance while they are singing, surely this is no different from any other idol group (AKB48 et al), so is it really necessary to mention?
  2. It seems unnecessary to mention the all-caps names, as just about every English name is capitalized in Japanese.
  3. I think it's important to mention their real names in this article too (as well as their own articles).
  4. Each member has their own article, so including other details such as birthday seems unnecessarily trivial.
  5. If there is a clear official "order", then they could be listed in that order. Otherwise, list them in alphabetical order (by stage name).

Maybe something like this:

"vocals" hardly needs to be linked. Maybe enclose their stage names in quotation marks (e.g. "Su-metal")? --DAJF (talk) 08:52, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

I partially disagree with using their real names here like this since you could link their stage names to their individual articles where the rest of their details also lie but I think this looks far better so I am not against this format, and I do suppose that using their real names here would help people identify who is who as well. SilentDan (talk) 11:24, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
I guess there's no way you would agree to just write their names in all caps or to list the official positions insted of "vocals"... Isn't there?
Formally your version looks okay, rather neat, but I still think it's incorrect to change what the official site says and the official capitalization must be mentioned. But okay... If nothing can't be done... --Moscow Connection (talk) 11:53, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
@Moscow Connection: So may I edit this section into this format? SilentDan (talk) 12:02, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Please not yet. Maybe someone else comes and supports me. Give it a few days. :) And DAJF hasn't replied, too. :) --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:14, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

@SilentDan297: Okay, if DAJF returns and says it must be done, you can change the section into this format today. Cause it may happen that I won't be here to reply / contunue the discussion. --Moscow Connection (talk) 13:17, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
(I mean, I may not be here today in the evening, so it would be just better to close the discussion today by changing the "Members" section and changing "Suzuka Nakamoto" to "Su-metal". If DAJF says to do so.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 13:20, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
I'm back. No rush. Don't change anything. :) --Moscow Connection (talk) 17:47, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
@SilentDan297 and DAJF: DAJF doesn't reply, so i guess he doesn't agree to my proposed changes.
SilentDan297, if I'm the only one to object, you have all the right to change the list to DAJF's version tomorrow. (Three days are probably enough for a rather straitforward "remove"/"don't remove" discussion like this.) If I'm here tomorrow, I even can change it myself as a sign of good will.
After that, there will only be a minor thing about the labels and a more serious matter about their pseudonyms. --Moscow Connection (talk) 16:54, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
@Moscow Connection: Thank you, I don't mind who changes the section's format so long as it's changed, either you or me. Don't forget the discography also, that's a discussion that needs to continue as well. SilentDan (talk) 17:19, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
@SilentDan297: Do it yourself tomorrow then. :)
Offtopic:
The discussion in the discography section is only about which column first. No one except you thinks it should be changed, so I guess it shouldn't. :)
And the videos... Your version was much worse (with bare links), so I guess we should just leave it as it is now. Cause it's the most neat (I think). The source for the "Ii ne!" director -- I guess there wouldn't be a better source, so it's your decision to either make the article look more "professional" / less amateur by removing the tag or leaving it here forever. (Forever, with no hope to actually "fix" the problem. And I really think it's not a problem cause a primary source can be used for something like this.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 17:30, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
@SilentDan297: I've just changed the section into this format. It's already tomorrow morning in Europe. (Still, I would at least listed them in all caps if I could choose. The good thing is that DAJF's version is concise and looks neater than a bit overcomplicated version by me... But the all-caps names... :(() --Moscow Connection (talk) 05:36, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Discography section

  1. Enough featured articles use the style with the year first, so I don't see that there is any problem with the current format.
  2. The second (i.e. the current) version makes more sense, unless we group the US and UK charts in the same way.
  3. If the title is a DVD single rather than a conventional (i.e. CD) single, then yes, it makes sense to include a note indicating this.
  4. Arbitrary numbering of releases (singles and DVDs etc) doesn't serve any valid purpose and is not a form used in more developed articles. I think most readers are quite capable of counting. Including the original Japanese title for releases is desirable in cases such as "Doki Doki Morning" where there is no linked article. The "Live performances" section looks fine to me. --DAJF (talk) 08:52, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
I still believe it should follow WP:DISCOGSTYLE since this is the most accepted version, also the discography isn't consistent at the moment as the albums table starts with the name while the singles start with the years released. Fair enough to the indication of the DVD single but wouldn't that class it as more of a promotional single? I'm not sure, I also completely agree to the removal of counting the releases in each table, I'm glad they have been removed. What of the Music Videos table? Should it link to the music videos themselves on YouTube? The WP:DISCOGSTYLE doesn't show an example of this table so I'm uncertain of what format this should be in. SilentDan (talk) 11:31, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Let's not talk about the videos. Many people don't like articles with linked videos and there's no definite format. Many articles have tables like this, though. If you go around asking advice, you will come across someone who thinks they must be just removed. That would be the worst that happened to this page in its entire history... Now the table looks good. And unconspicuous. --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:05, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Hence why I asked, if that's the case then shouldn't the links be removed? I've asked about the format on the project page and am awaiting a reply so until then I will leave it alone. 12:35, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
You are willing to remove something useful and something that's not against the rules and something that no one yet objected to... Sad... We should think about what is best for the page and what is convenient for the readers. Please leave it as it is...
Actually, I'm sure I saw you defending links to YouTube elsewhere. Maybe you were a big fan of some other group, but in this case you don't really care... Sad... (Sorry.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:47, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
(Here: User_talk:SilentDan297#Music videos).
Anyway, it's not against the rules. Nice example, it looks exactly like here. --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:52, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
@Moscow Connection: Ah you got me all wrong, I'm just discussing it's format, not that it should be removed, in fact I also think it's crucial to mention this information don't get me wrong, but taking examples from FA status articles would be better, here are a few I could find: Linkin Park, 50 Cent, Mastodon. SilentDan (talk) 19:00, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
I see no problems here, I agree with everything.
And actually, I think I won't add the original title for "ド・キ・ド・キ☆モーニング" now. Cause I think the table looks better without it. --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:05, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

History section

  1. The member names ought to be standardized throughout the article, and using "Su-metal", "Moametal" etc. seems logical. Unofficial abbreviations like "Moa" make it sound like a fan page.
  2. It looks OK as it is to me.
  3. I too would have reservations about using the Blabbermouth.net source as a source for possibly contested details.
  4. The maintenance tag appears valid to me. Details and sourcing about the formation of the group do appear to be missing from the section, so it would be premature to remove the maintenance tag without adding these rather crucial details. --DAJF (talk) 08:52, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
The only Issue to me was the part that one of the music videos has 12 million views, that seems trivial to me. The rest of the points you made I completely agree with, I was unsure about Blabbermouth.net but since various other editors have spoken out against it I will conform and only use it for reviews. SilentDan (talk) 11:34, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
@SilentDan297: I'm not sure who added the sentence about the 12 million views, it can be removed. (It looks out of place. Maybe with a better source, something about the video getting some considerable amount of views back in 2013 February when it was released and discussed in reliable Japanese sources, but not like this, not like it's done now.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 17:04, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
Removed it, thank you. SilentDan (talk) 17:15, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
I mean saying "Suzuka, Yui, Moa". Just calling them by their given names. And for example, when Suzuka Nakamoto graduates from school, it's a bit strange to refer to her as Su-metal in a sentence like this...
But okay, if you really think we should repeat "-metal, -metal, -metal" every time, I see no real problem here. I agree with everything else. --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:08, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
@Moscow Connection: So is it OK for me to do so? To make it consistent this way? SilentDan (talk) 12:31, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
You mean changing everything to "-metal"? I think I only reverted this change on one occasion, when Suzuka graduated from school and from Sakura Gakuin. I really think it's somehow strange to see "Su-metal graduates from school". And in Sakura Gakuin she is Suzuka Nakamoto. Let's see what DAJF says. If he says it must be "-metal", you can change it immediately afterwards.
(Frankly saying, this "-metal, --metal, -metal" looks a bit like Pig Latin to me... A bit annoying. I would prefer to have freedom to alternate "Moa" and "Moametal", "Suzuka" and "Su-metal".)
Let's wait for DAJF. --Moscow Connection (talk) 12:43, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
I've been thinking about it and changed my mind. I think this ban on using anything but "Su-metal. ..." is a very dangerous thing. I will have to actually read the article after SilentDan297's recent changes cause it may just sound absolutely incorrect.
Cause as far as I remember, most English-language press jusr says "Suzuka", etc.
I'm even afraiod to look at the article now. What if it has been changed to "Moametal said in an interview", "Su-metal graduated from Sakura Gakuin" (I think I changed it back).
And what if I finally decide to expand this article and use Kobametal's interview in which he talks about how he chose members for the group. After I add something about that, will SilentDan297 change all names to "Su-metal, Yuimetal" even in the sentences that talk about something that happened before the group was created?
And I hope you will understand that the metal names are used only for Babymetal activities, and everywhere else, including Sakura Gakuin, they are (Suzuka was) Suzuka, Yui and Moa.
I think the only general rule should be to use the same name as in the sources that a particular part is based on.
And "Su-metal, Yuimetal, Moametal" is practically unpronounceable. How will people read the article that reads like "Su-metal gradumetalled from school" or whatever?
That's all I have to say now, I need a day or two to browse through all the sources used and see how the sources call them. --Moscow Connection (talk) 18:09, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
These are the names associated to the members most though, it makes logical sense to do so, and as DAJF said, unofficial abbreviations make it look more like a fan page. Either way just naming the members differently every time a new source is provided will confuse readers. SilentDan (talk) 22:56, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
There aren't the names most associated with members. Meybe for you cause you only know Babymetal, but not for people who followed Sakura Gakuin, which definitely includes most Japanes fans.
I've already replied that these weren't abbreviations, these were their real names. Suzuka Nakamoto, Yui Mizuno, Moa Kikuchi. They are people, they have names.
And I would personally say that it was quite the opposite, that referring to the members as "Su-metal, ..." in the sentences about something that happened off stage makes this article look like a crazy promotional page or a fan site. When Suzuka is performing on stage with Babymetal, she is Su-metal, but before the group was created, when they just started singing one or two songs as Babymetal (just a subgroup of Sakura Gakuin) at Sakura Gakuin performances and at the Sakura Gakuin graduation concert she was Suzuka Nakamoto.
I need more time to look at the sources, I will have the technical possibility to do it in a couple of days. (Sorry for the delay.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 11:11, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
@Moscow Connection: But these are the official names of these members in this project, and in both the lead and members section it tells you who each of them are. Not sure how keeping it consistent like any encyclopaedia would is more of a fan site to your eyes but it would keep it simple for viewers, besides Sakura Gakuin at this stage is far less popular than Babymetal, evident in both the amount of tours Babymetal goes on compared to Sakura Gakuin and the page views: Babymetal, Sakura Gakuin. In any case these are the official names, just not in all caps which is by guidelines mentioned before, these are their most associated names as well since these are the names used to promote them. So fans of Sakura Gakuin will know who each member is by the lead and members section and new readers will also have an understanding of who is who also by this and in the history prose. SilentDan (talk) 11:24, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
Not a reliable source and the views don't matter.
(I'm kinda sure Babymetal will have more views in the Japanese Wikipedia too currently, since the release on the album, but I'm also sure this wasn't the case in 2013. Check.)
And the article should use the names most used in the media, and I'm somehow sure they are mostly called just Suzuka, etc... (Su-metal is unpronouceable, in my opinion. :)) But I will check the sources when I have the technical possibility. (You can look at the sources yourself in the meanwhile.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 11:37, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

@Moscow Connection: If your talking about the links with the view count I think you'll find they are, they are linked by Wikipedia on the "View History" page of articles, anyway here is a list of websites referenced on this article that list the members by their "-metal" names:

Sources that call them by their real names:

I didn't bother to mention the same website twice since they usually keep their names consistent from article to article anyway, I also didn't mention some of the references since they cited to chart companies which pretty much merely mention the band, album and where they charted. These are the vast majority of sites mentioned on the article so safe to say that the members are most popularly known by their stage names. SilentDan (talk) 12:37, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm suprised that they are indeed usually called by their "-METAL" names in the English-language media.
But It is not quite so for the Japanese media, I would even say absolutely not so for a couple of the sources you have listed.
(It's quite understandable that "SU-METAL" stands out in Japanese text for a person who doesn't speak Japanese...)
Now look:
  • MANTAN-WEB says that the 3-member Sakura Gakuin unit called BABYMETAL consists of "SU-METAL (Suzuka Nakamoto), ..." and then says "Nakamoto-san graduated from Sakura Gakuin in March". So it actually doesn't call her SU-METAL.
  • J-CAST says "SU-METAL (Suzuka Nakamoto, 13)" and that's all.
  • Kawaii Girl Japan calls them "-METAL" when reviewing a BABYMETAL concert, but says "Suzuka Nakamoto, SU-METAL of BABYMETAL, is going to graduate from the group this March.".
  • In the Nikkei article, KOBAMETAL talks about inviting "YUIMETAL (Yui Mizuno)" and "MOAMETAL (Moa Kikuchi)" to participate in the band.
@DAJF: I can agree to use "Su-metal", etc. when we are talking about the band's activities, but could you agree to use their real names (or both, one in brackets) when talking about how the group was created and when talking about their Sakura Gakuin activities and school activities (the example now being Suzuka's graduation from middle school and from Sakura Gakuin). --Moscow Connection (talk) 15:30, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
@SilentDan297: I've changed it to "Su-metal" in the sentence sourced from an MTV81 interview. And added "(Su-metal)" in brackets after "Suzuka Nakamoto" in the sentence about her graduation from Sakura Gakuin. Can you agree to leave it like this? --Moscow Connection (talk) 04:49, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Kami Band

I think the members of the Kami band should be listed under the members section. 77.97.151.145 (talk) 20:45, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

I agree however not many reliable sources have done so far, please see Talk:Babymetal/Archive 1#Backing band members as a discussion about this topic has already started there. SilentDan297 talk 21:24, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
I think they are officially some very cool Gods of Metal and aren't supposed to have names (or at least have their names listed on the official site). But try to find some reliable sources. And yes, see Talk:Babymetal/Archive 1#Backing band members for more details. --Moscow Connection (talk) 00:26, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

We have a source:

The backing band turn out to be exceptional musicians
Although the girls have been the only permanent members of the group, there are some seriously gifted artists kicking around on stage, and I wish people were more aware of this. I hope, in time, Babymetal will morph into a serious 7 piece with the likes of Mikio Fujioka (guitar), Hideki Aoyama (drums), BOH (bass), Takayoshi Ohmura (Guitar) sticking around permanently.

— The Best Worst Band in the World Are Playing the UK - Lord Have Mercy (Huffington Post)

Could someone add a sentence or two about this? I'm thinking about something else right now. --15:16, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Discography

Hey guys, don't you think that is the time to make a own article to BABYMETAL's discography? I really think so.
GUROMETAL (talk) 22:09, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

I don't really think it's necessary... But since someone will do it sooner or later without asking us anyway.. Okay, give me a couple of days to get to it and I'll create it. (This way I will also create one for the Italian Wikipedia that really needs it.) --Moscow Connection (talk) 22:55, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
Awesome :D
GUROMETAL (talk) 11:53, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Not Metal

get rid of the metal tags it's j-pop with distorted guitars. By the way, I'm not vandalazing, i'm being serious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.142.7.229 (talk) 01:49, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia editors don't invent stuff themselves. According to Wikipedia rules (this one), articles are written based on so-called "reliable sources". This means that if some "reliable source" (i.e. a big newspaper or a magazine or a respected, reliable website etc.) say a band is metal, we can say it is metal on Wikipedia. In this particular case, many respected music magazines say BABYMETAL is metal. So it's a common view, and Wikipedia just repeats it. --Moscow Connection (talk) 06:16, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Group formation date

I found a realiable source citing the November 28, 2010 as they formation date. Here is It.
GUROMETAL (talk) 10:35, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

Merger discussion for Live at Budokan: Black Night

An article that you may have been involved in editing, Live at Budokan: Black Night, has been proposed for merging with another article. If you are interested, please participate in the merger discussion. It has gone 15 days (half its discussion period) with no discussion, and while discussion is not required to merge, I thought people may not have realized it was happening, so I thought I'd notify relevant pages in the interest of drumming up discussion. Thank you. Purplewowies (talk) 18:32, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Found images to use (Flickr)

Found two images that could be added to the article if anyone want's to upload them:

  • Babymetal Live in Toronto 2015: [25]
  • Babymetal live in Paris 2014: [26]

SilentDan (talk) 12:21, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

Replacement of Idol with J-pop in the infobox

I feel as though the term Idol less of a genre and more of a type of music artist, so I believe the articles lead and the first history paragraph should both contain this, which they do, however I don't think it's a genre, the article for Japanese idol even states "Most idol singers work across genres of Japanese pop music, usually in the genre that is most popular at the moment..." therefore while it means J-Pop now it could mean something else at another date, I think it would be much better to replace it with either Pop or J-Pop since they are both genres and more specific, Idol just seems to describe the band's format and reason of being more than a accurate description of the bands sound. - SilentDan (talk) 18:14, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

In Wikipedia articles it's not about what **you** feel, or what **you** think, or what **you** don't think. There are policies and guidelines in Wikipedia. If your only rationale for your repeated removal of a valid inline citation of a reliable source is your personal feelings & thoughts, then you should seriously take a good read of WP:5P. The source in question is a reliable source, as it fulfills the requirements of a reliable source. The editorial staff is listed on their website. This source is not a blog or a one-man-show site. Please refrain from removing valid inline citations. Thank you. 93.133.24.226 (talk) 06:15, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
That really didn't answer my question at all but ok I'll try again, Idol is technically not a genre, so it should not be in the infobox. The article for Japanese idol even states "Most idol singers work across genres of Japanese pop music, usually in the genre that is most popular at the moment..." meaning it doesn't have a structured sound, merely what ever music is popular in Japan at the time of the musicians popularity, be it rock, pop or metal, so it is incorrect to have Idol in the genre parameter and should be replaced with an actual genre such as JPop or even just Pop since they are sourced in the article as actual genre's and actually fulfil the parameters purpose. Idol should only be mentioned in the articles prose since that too is a feature of the band backed up by many sources of course but it is not a genre, simple as that.
Also @93.133.24.226: two editors have gone against your edits on your addition to the fake Idol genre, myself and @Shikari 123: have both asked for you to refrain from adding this addition and to instead back up your argument, fail to do so is disruptive in itself and goes against Wikipedia policies, just because we disagree with one of your edits doesn't mean we dictate the article, we are merely two contributors who disagree with your edit, and that's fine. - SilentDan (talk) 11:08, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Touching on the concern of the term "idol" not being a musical genre, there are loads of reliable sources which define the word "idol" as a musical genre. Here are just 2 sources:[1][2] 93.133.28.98 (talk) 11:12, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Are you going to ignore everything else I just said? Please refrain from repeating your edit as it is now blatantly disruptive, if you want Idol to be recognised as a musical genre please edit the Japanese idol article because despite that being backed up by several references the article merely says "...one can say that idols themselves form a sort of music genre of their own." so one source out of 27 states this, the sources you yourself practically state the same thing I have already repeated to you, that it is simply what ever is popular at the time. Please be more considerate, less disruptive, and more cooperative by not forcing your edits onto the article and by discussing this properly, by all means we would be thankful if you made these corrections to the Japanese idol article if they are wrong as well, maybe then we can interoperate Idol as a genre but as of now there is no reason for us to do so. - SilentDan (talk) 11:23, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
You cannot use a Wikipedia article as a source to verify or justify your edits. 93.133.28.98 (talk) 11:27, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
No I cannot but I can reference its references which I just did, as I said only one reference out of the 27 there reference Idol as a genre, it is widely accepted that it is not. SilentDan (talk) 11:30, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
This issue here is not about a "replacement" of jpop with idol. I dont care what genre is placed in the infobox. What I do care about is editors removing a valid inline citation from a reliable source. It's not about jpop or idol, I dont care about that. The question must be asked why these 2 disruptive editors are bent on removing a citation from a Russian source? Is it because the source is in the Russian Language? There is not guideline or policy in Wikipedia which forbids the usage of non-English sources in English Wikipedia articles. Apart from all this, with the addition of the above mentioned 2 sources, WP:BURDEN has been fulfilled, which stipulates: All content must be verifiable. The burden to demonstrate verifiability lies with the editor who adds or restores material, and is satisfied by providing a citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution. 93.133.28.98 (talk) 11:32, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
This suggests then I can simply move the sources to the article then? Why you never stated this at the begging of the discussion I probably won't understand, but if this was the case why did you change the genre field in the first place? - SilentDan (talk) 11:42, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Last but not the least: there are 2 types of "idol". The one refers to the person, and the other refers to the musical genre. The Japanese idol article clearly refers to a person, and not a musical genre. Why then are you using this non-related article to justify your removal of a valid inline citation from a reliable source? You cannot use the Japanese idol article to "reference its refernces" cause that article is not about the musical genre "idol". On the other hand, there are loads of reliable sources which clearly define "idol" as a musical genre. Also, there is nothing like "reference its references". Please go and read WP:5P to familiarize yourself with the basic Policies and Guidelines of Wikipedia 93.133.28.98 (talk) 11:49, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
If you want to add any material into Wikipedia articles, you must provide verification. Understand this, that there are lots of sources which use both idol and jpop on Babymetal, so both must be in the infobox as a genre. I have provided reliable sources for "idol" as a genre. Now it's up to you to provide a reliable source for "jpop". Thank you. 93.133.28.98 (talk) 11:53, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Well first of all you're failing point 4 in terms of edit wars, you are doing nothing but revert after revert at this point, and you even stated you don't care about what genre is in the infobox yet you reverted my attempt to simply move the references to the articles prose which is what you appear to have suggested when you said you didn't actually care about the genre. You also fail on the fifth rule, that being there are no firm rules, the policies and guidelines are not carved in stone, in the end it's what the majority of contributors feel is best for the article so long as they have good reason for those edits, you are currently contradicting yourself simply by removing the warning on your talk page to then place them onto mine, your the one responsible for the edit war in the first place.
And you wan't me to go through every reference to tell you which is more popular of a choice: JPop or Idol? It is all across the article, to go through every reference would take ages, just because you have provided three references doesn't mean you have to ignore every other reference mentioned throughout the entire article here. - SilentDan (talk) 12:08, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
I would also like to say that the recent two additional sources do not aid this article what so ever, they are merely discussions of what the term Idol means and have nothing to do with Babymetal, just because you use them to back up your argument does not mean you should place them in the article. - SilentDan (talk) 12:14, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Simply provide a reference for your "jpop" addition, and let us all try to remain civil. Can we then agree that in the infobox, there are going to be three genres? Heavy Metal, jpop and idol? 93.133.28.98 (talk) 12:16, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
The genre in the infobox is subject to WP:V. Most especially in cases like this where a musical band incorporates various genres. Therefore, the genres must have a direct inline citation. If you dont like my 2 references, you are free to replace them with a reliable source of your choice. 93.133.28.98 (talk) 12:20, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Ok, here's The Guardian: [27] The source states they are a teen-idol group (referring to the band's structure) but calls them a j-pop group throughout the article. Also there is no point in having both JPop and Idol if they both mean the same thing, there has been huge arguments in the past, admittedly involving myself, regarding this, the infobox is supposed to have the most generalised terms, hence why all the metal sub-genres aren't mentioned here such as thrash metal, symphonic metal and speed metal, they are all mentioned in the Musical style section because that goes into more detail, hence why Idol is also down there in the first place, the consensus was reached that Heavy Metal and JPop should be the only two used because they are the most generalised terms while the article prose goes into more detail regarding their sound, you can look through the archives if you don't believe me. SilentDan (talk) 12:29, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

That's a brilliant article which precisely supports both your preferred version of "jpop" but also the "idol" genre. This article therefore, in my view, points to the direction we should go: include both terms. To support this, check this article from Chicago's Tribune, which writes about idol pop, metal idol groups, idol groups, idol music fans, idol artist etc. even referring to the music of Babymetal as "leading ambassadors of idol pop". We as Wikipedia editors are to report what the sources say, and the sources typically use the genres "heavy metal (or metal)", "jpop (or pop)" and "idol" to describe the Babymetal muscial genre. So, in order to avoid WP:SYNTH, it is my suggestion that these three genres should be placed in the infobox with the relevant reliable source: heavy metal, jpop, idol. What's your take on this? 77.4.9.99 (talk) 14:11, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Btw, why do you write that jpop and idol are both the same? In the Chicago Tribune article for instance, a distinction is made, as the author of that article writes about "metal idol groups" and "idol pop star". 77.4.9.99 (talk) 14:17, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Yeah it seems to me that listing "Idol" as the band's genre would be like listing "boy band" as One Direction's genre. The basic concept of Babymetal is the fusion of J-Pop and Metal; it starts to get more complicated when talking about other genres/styles, therefore these extra genres/styles should be discussed in the article, and the infobox should only list the very basic and general ones, in this case Heavy metal and JPop. Shikari 123 (talk) 23:54, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
If you can provide reliable sources for your assumptions about your version of an alleged "basic concept of Babymetal", please kindly share your sources. As long as you do not provide any reliable sources, what you've written about an alleged "basic concept of Babymetal" is your own private opinion and original research. I wonder why some Wikipedia editors are bent on removing the word "idol" from the infobox? By the way, the word "idol" is correctly mentioned in the opening section of the article. As far as the available sources are concerned, each source that is out there uses the words "metal" (or some variation of it), "pop" (or jpop), and "idol" to describe the music and genre of Babymetal. Having these three genres in the genre section of the infobox is not complicated. Three is not complicated, especially when it is backed up by the majority of available sources. 93.133.25.1 (talk) 08:55, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
One source is one used on the Wiki, quote: "Idols sing songs, and in addition to serve as models for advertising, play movies, TV shows and appeared in commercial programs." ([28]) clearly stating that an Idol is a type of person in the entertainment industry, not a genre. That's one source, I'm somewhat limited on time outside Wikipedia so I won't be able to contribute and discuss much for the next couple of days, but yeah this is one source that pretty much states that an Idol is a person, not a characteristic. SilentDan (talk) 11:51, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
Also just checking your google scholar sources, they both contradict each other it seems, one states it's rock and the other states it's pop orientated, which one is it? - SilentDan (talk) 11:56, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
Just quickly came across another source backing up Idol to be a sub-genre of pop music: [29] It pretty much states that Idol pop is simply a term used as a marketing scheme, yes it's a genre but it's not actually any different to that of J-Pop, again this falls under the generalisation issue where Idol is simply a sub-genre of JPop, which istelf is a sub genre of Pop, so by all means we should be using either Pop or JPop (since the group is Japanese of course) as their second genre, no need to add sub genres just cause you have one single additional source stating the band is of the Idol category. SilentDan (talk) 12:05, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
The source from the Japanese embassy in Russia does not state that "idol is not a genre". There is nothing like that in that source. The word "idol" can be used to refer to a person, and also to a genre. What's there not to understand or to argue? You've already been informed here about this. The Google-books sources that I've provided undebatably define the word idol as a genre, and these are just 2 sources. There are loads of additional sources which define "idol" as a genre. Again, the word idol can refer to a person and to a genre. The article which you've now provided, writes about idol pop being a sub-genre of jpop but also writes this about Babymetal: "Finally, far to the left of Momoiro Clover Z sits Babymetal—idol pop’s most recent sensation". The author of that article places Babymetal in the very classification of music which you apparently have issues with, namely "idol pop", therefore this classification should appear in the genre field of the infobox, or are you saying that there is a Wikipedia guideline or policy that forbids this? The Japan Times in an article from 2012 defines idol-pop as a genre. So we have 2 reliable sources to back up idol-pop as a genre and as a sub-genre. The consensus here therefore should be that idol pop will be included as a genre since there is no Wikipedia guideline which forbids its inclusion. The infobox template for musical artists suggests placing 2-4 genres in the genre field of the infobox, so if we place "metal", "idol" and "jpop" (or some derivations of them) into the infobox, it would be a good consensus. 77.4.130.162 (talk) 10:17, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
  1. ^ Craig, Timothy J. (2015). Japan Pop: Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture. New York, USA: M. E. Sharpe. p. 76. ISBN 9780765605603. Retrieved 2015-06-12.
  2. ^ Galbraith, Patrick W. (2012). Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-230-29830-9. Retrieved 2015-06-12.

Wikipedia's core content policy of Verifiability

Every content added to Wikipedia articles must be "published information", and the evidence of this is given by providing "a citation to a reliable source that directly supports the contribution". The citation must clearly support the material as presented in the article. When you add material into an article without providing a reliable source, your addition may be reverted at any time. Any material lacking a reliable source directly supporting it may be removed and should not be restored without an inline citation to a reliable source. 93.135.19.191 (talk) 14:35, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Your point being? Siuenti (talk) 17:19, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Please note, that when you add one word into an existing sentence of a Wikipedia article, then **you** must provide a reliable source which supports not only the added word, but the entire sentence as a whole. So when you add the word "jpop" into this sentence: "the concept of the group is a fusion of the metal and idol genres", then your reliable source that you should provide as a reference must state something like "the concept of the group is the fusion of metal and jpop". This is what WP:V stipulates: "....any material whose verifiability has been challenged,...must include an inline citation that directly supports the material". Furthermore, Wikipedia's Policy of No Original Research states that in order "...to demonstrate that you are not adding original research, you must be able to cite reliable, published sources that are directly related to the topic of the article, and directly support the material being presented". The burden of proof lies with the contributor who adds material, so if you want to add jpop into the existing sentence, it is your task to find the reliable source which states something like "the concept of Babymetal is the fusion of metal and jpop". I don't care what genre you place into the article. My main focus is to ensure that the added material is properly sourced. Please find the right reliable source for your addition. 77.4.148.157 (talk) 14:03, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Making of Tours Articles

Hello, I just thought I'd let you know that I just made an article for Babymetal World Tour 2015, and will start on the article for the 2014 World Tour tomorrow. Of course, feel free to help, edit and revise anything you might find wrong or out of place. User:ReDead (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 02:06, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Idol is both a genre and a description of people within that genre

Idol is a genre (a classification of music). This is what the sources report. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. It is interesting to observe that those Wikipedia editors who keep on deleting the word "idol" from the genre section, are people from non-Asian countries. In Japan, the second largest music industry of the world, Idol is a musical genre. The content of Wikipedia articles "is determined by previously published information rather than the beliefs or experiences of its editors".. There are loads of published information from reliable sources which clearly categorize the word idol as a genre. Please note, that idol refers to both a genre and to the people practising that genre. In addition to this, most reliable sources write about Babymetal being part of the idol genre (e.g. check this latest article defining Babymetal to be "a union of Japanese idol music and thundering heavy metal"). Because of Wikipedia's core content policy of Verifiability the word idol will remain in the genre section of the infobox. Wikipedia is not about what YOU think or what YOU are used to. It's about Verifiability. Thank you. 93.133.27.182 (talk) 09:10, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

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