Talk:Bands from band names
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While I don't fully believe that this article belongs, how about renaming it to "Bands from band names"? It matches the similar articles Products from modeling, Films from narrator, and Breakfast Cereals from Specially Marked. RickTommy (edits) 14:19, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
Is This Article Redundant?
This article feels like a big violation of the "Once and Only Once" rule, as all the bands here have their own pages. I want to argue that it used to have a purpose some time ago, due to the minorness of Lazor or Bigg Nife, but looking at the page histories, both bands had articles before this one was made. On top of that, Lazor's section is almost identical to the band's own article, while Bigg Nife's is similar to its page before The Archer came out.
I believe that this page should be deleted, but I'm not going to put up the "To Be Deleted" template just yet, in case others disagree. — Keegster2 (Howl at me) 00:05, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- As I recall, I suggested on Talk:band names that those bands didn't need pages of their own, and that they should be moved over here. Then this page was created without any further discussion, and nothing was done in any direction regarding deletion/merging of any of the pages.
The Knights Who Say Ni 
00:28, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- I think the Fast Forward section of band names b/w their individual articles do a better job of covering the content than this vague summary. Since the page doesn't have as wide a scope as something like Minor Companies or go into detail like The Periodic Table of Candy Elements there's no real way to expand this article beyond what's already covered in their individual articles, which again runs afoul of OAOO. FWIW I think Bigg Nife's article is deserved since "they've" released an actual song, while I'm not convinced Lazor needs more than a mention in Limozeen Live (practice)#Inside References. -- Bleu Ninja
01:20, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- I see now that I made that suggestion shortly after Bigg Nife was created (and that its reason for creation was that Lazor had a page). Bigg Nife has been expanded somewhat since then, so it is more worthy of a page now than it was then (but maybe not all the way there). I still think that Lazor should redirect here, and I wouldn't be opposed to Bigg Nife redirecting here too. The Knights Who Say Ni 02:34, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- In either case, I think Limozeen and Taranchula should be seemain'd and have at most two sentences describing them to cut down on redundancy. See how The House That Gave Sucky Treats Costumes doesn't restate the descriptions from Rejected Costumes. -- Bleu Ninja 04:19, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- I think the page is fine with the seemains-113.37.226.89 06:10, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
- In either case, I think Limozeen and Taranchula should be seemain'd and have at most two sentences describing them to cut down on redundancy. See how The House That Gave Sucky Treats Costumes doesn't restate the descriptions from Rejected Costumes. -- Bleu Ninja
- I see now that I made that suggestion shortly after Bigg Nife was created (and that its reason for creation was that Lazor had a page). Bigg Nife has been expanded somewhat since then, so it is more worthy of a page now than it was then (but maybe not all the way there). I still think that Lazor should redirect here, and I wouldn't be opposed to Bigg Nife redirecting here too.
- I think the Fast Forward section of band names b/w their individual articles do a better job of covering the content than this vague summary. Since the page doesn't have as wide a scope as something like Minor Companies or go into detail like The Periodic Table of Candy Elements there's no real way to expand this article beyond what's already covered in their individual articles, which again runs afoul of OAOO. FWIW I think Bigg Nife's article is deserved since "they've" released an actual song, while I'm not convinced Lazor needs more than a mention in Limozeen Live (practice)#Inside References. -- Bleu Ninja
Misunderstood Purpose
Regarding this diff. This makes more sense now. I was under the impression that this listed bands that were "named first": that is SB gave them a name and then they "became" real bands. But in retrospect, that's sort of a silly distinction.
I do agree with DEIDATVM's musing that perhaps we should have a dedicated bands page. There was also some discussion above regarding the purpose of this page. Perhaps this page could be made into a general "Bands" page with a dedicated "bands from band names" subsection? --Stux 18:12, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
