Talk:I'm from Barcelona

I searched for an entry on this band yesterday and could not locate one. So I created one myself and got to work on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_From_Barcelona_%28band%29

It's much more complete than the entry attached to this talk page and carries the "(band)" label in the URL as well (which is common among bands on WP). There are a few templates that probably need to be added to my contrib that are present on this one. Should these be combined? Should this entry be deleted? Would the new entry still considered a stub?

I'm fairly new at this, as you can probably tell from my contributions. An experienced wikipedian's help would be appreciated. Thanks. Mediamelt 19:59, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm away from my computer and don't remember my login, but my username is Borksamoht. I think the article you've done is swell, and it looks great, much better than the stub that's at I'm From Barcelona. The one thing that I would suggest, though, is hosting the page at simply I'm From Barcelona, not I'm From Barcelona (band). The addition of (band) is used only when disambiguation is needed, and as far as I know this is the only I'm From Barcelona. See Architecture in Helsinki or Radiohead for examples, they're simply hosted at their names.

Good point Borksamoht. I posted this proposed merge on both articles as well as at proposed mergers and received no resistance. So, I incorporated the few verifiable things from the old entry that were missing from my efforts and then moved the whole thing here. Then I redirected the (band) entry to here in case anyone else searches the (band) tag like I did and finds nothing for "I'm from Barcelona". Thanks for your input. Mediamelt 22:11, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Changed description since they signed to EMI.

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The band has an odd name, so I think it would be useful to put its origin (if known) in the article. I just stumbled across the band and know nothing about them, but my first thought was that it's a reference to the recurring line "he's from Barcelona" in Fawlty Towers. --Patik 16:47, 15 October 2007 (UTC) -It appears your assumption might be right. I found this article: http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1872154,00.html

"The name is the result of Lundgren hearing too many jokes about his name being similar to that of Manuel,      the Spanish waiter from Fawlty Towers.)"

The article appears credible, as it was used in Indie Pop, saying that the band has said it was influenced by c-86 and Sarah Records bands, although I couldn't find it in the article, it would be a good idea to mention the band's influences. Nnnudibranch (talk) 08:39, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the source! i'll add it as a footnote in the article. --Yamanbaiia(free hugs!) 10:22, 4 January 2008 (UTC)