Talk:Smokie (band)/Archive 1

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Hi, I wrote this article (initially for rateyourmusic.com, where I'm a moderator). I contributed this article to wikipeadia also. Feel free to use it! azfrankie — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.190.207.63 (talk) 01:49, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Merger
The result was merge Alan Silson into Smokie (band). -- Debate   木  13:07, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes to merger. Silson on its own doesnt really make it as a topic. Decoratrix 05:11, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes to merger. I agree with Decoratrix. 17 September 2007

Irish origins of alice response
Hi, I am interested by the line on this page where you say:

The band had noticed that, whilst touring in Ireland, whenever they sang the main line "For 24 years/I've been living next door to Alice" the audience would shout "Who the fuck is Alice?".

I am writing about Irish audiences, and would like to be able to quote your statement. For this reason, I am interested to know what your source was for the assertion that this phenomenon started in Ireland. Did this come directly from a band member? or from someone closely connected with them? Or did you find a written source which said this?

Thanks for any help you can give me on this.

Barbara  Shangrila3 (talk) 00:51, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Invalid References
The references quoted in NO WAY prove the text. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.238.249 (talk) 12:43, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Fancruft
Somebody tagged the article with template, but didn't give any reason. I don't see any explanation on what is Fancruft in the article, so I removed the template. Vanjagenije (talk) 16:34, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Trivia
I deleted the Trivia section, because it contained only two facts, both about the songs that have their own articles. These fact belong to the articles on the songs, and not to this article. Vanjagenije (talk) 16:38, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Release dates
The articles only says the release date of albums Pass It Around and Changing All the Time, and that's in a section, NOT in the setlists of all songs. I want to know the release dates of ALL of'em. Can someone send me a mail with the release date of ALL their albums, or if you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bad News Live 1982-87 (talk • contribs) 13:46, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Cleanup
Major need of cleanup, which I have attempted in part. The discography was dire (and still is poor), I would think a singles discography would be appropriate too. Citations are needed for the article in every section. The albums link back to this page (apart from one) - I could go on, but I fail to see how this could be rated a 'B class article'.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 23:45, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Ron Kelly vs. Pete Spencer
Citate from Text: „Ron Kelly left Kindness on 8 August 1973 and the band recruited an old school friend, Pete Spencer...” But see the Personnel Table: Ron Kelly (drums) 1965–1968, and Pete Spencer (drums): 1968–1986. What is the Truth? 195.56.250.155 (talk) 16:57, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

The truth is: Ron Kelly was never a member of Smokie. He left Kindness in August 1973 and Pete Spencer joined the band before they became Smokie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.44.5.1 (talk) 19:19, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Personnel - links
the links are not working and wrong!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.116.242.76 (talk) 19:06, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Can someone revive the article???
Hi, this is The Wikimon and I'm a big fan of the band... I'm also new to Wikipedia and I'm not too good at raising the standards of articles, so I was hoping someone could add some really good references, cause the ones as of now don't work correctly. Also I've taken the liberty to increase the lead, so could someone remove the tag at the beginning. And is it alright if I start correcting all grammatical errors, or would someone feel better off if they did it???Thanks once a lot... Here's hoping that the article becomes a GA or an FA!!!The Wikimon (talk) 08:43, 18 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Good luck on sorting out the article. Your biggest problem will be finding references I would imagine. The lead you have extended needs a bit of work on styling and wording. Songs are listed like "this" and albums are listed like this. Check out other music articles to get some ideas. Also remember that "greatest hit" and "claim to fame" are your own opinion and not allowed, so you would need to be clear here. If this is their biggest hit (and I'm not sure it is) then maybe something like "they are perhaps best known for..." or just list a few of their biggest hits (which you have done) and leave it at that. Good luck with it though.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 13:48, 18 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot Tuzapicabit!!! It's all a learning process for me so mic appreciated!!! I'll try me level best The Wikimon (talk) 14:27, 18 March 2013 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 1 one external link on Smokie (band). Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20120124070316/http://www.spiritofsmokie.com:80/ to http://www.spiritofsmokie.com/

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