Talk:Thao & the Get Down Stay Down

Untitled
This page is in the process of expansion. The band does indeed exist; this is not a vanity page. Amiaheroyet 08:30, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, the article looks much better since I first tagged it. Sorry for the quick trigger there. -- Shadowlynk 09:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thao Nguyen is a person, an independent entity who released an album under her own name before beginning to play with the Get Down Stay Down. Visitors to "Thao Nguyen" should not be automatically redirected here, as if Thao's identity were subsumed by those of her (male) backing band members. I don't know how to fix this but somebody should.Rentstrike (talk) 21:58, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Isn't it time to take down the WPVN marker from the talk page, and the Notability question from the main page? I came to wikipedia looking for more information on Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, and this page was informative. I've contributed one external link to a site where i found her music. It seems time to call this page legit. JohndoeW 22:38, 25 January 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohndoeW (talk • contribs)

Diacritics
Can we get the diacritics for her name? Badagnani (talk) 00:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I may argue to not have them in this case. But if you can find them, yeah.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amiaheroyet (talk • contribs) 00:50, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't know what you mean by diacritics (fr) but I guess she might be Nguyễn XXX Thảo with XXX being unknown like Ngọc, Thị or something else, or nothing or different accents... → Tristan ♡ (talk) 17:27, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Vietnam
Why exactly is this article part of WikiProject Vietnam? I understand that Thao is Vietnamese, or at the very least of Vietnamese descent, but this article is about an American music group. Putting this article in WPVN seems like a tremendous stretch to me. It's analogous to putting Theory of Relativity in WikiProject Germany simply because Einstein was German. I may be wrong, as I'm by no means an expert on Thao Nguyen, this band, or Vietnam, but it seems to me this tie is tenuous at best. Does the group play Vietnamese-inspired music or support Vietnam related causes? I'm simply trying to understand the connection, as the article itself gives no plausible explanation. In fact, the word "Vietnam" doesn't even appear in the article. Thank you in advance to anyone who can clarify this for me. 64.15.81.27 (talk) 14:42, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Requested move
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down → Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – Although the band was once named Thao With The Get Down Stay Down it has now be determined that the band would wish to be called Thao & The Get Down Stay down. The band' social media and main website have already been changed and now Wikipedia is all that is left to update. See the band's google news results here: https://www.google.com/search?q=she+and+him+wikipedia&oq=she+and+him+wikipedia&sugexp=chrome,mod=0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=thao+and+the+get+down&hl=en&prmd=imvns&source=univ&tbm=nws&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=iMKSUK-tEuiviQLf6YGICg&ved=0CHsQqAI&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=a3f712a0cb56aa20&bpcl=37189454&biw=1260&bih=814 199.116.73.107 (talk) 18:36, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems reasonable. a13ean (talk) 20:03, 1 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Oppose – what they wish to be called is not a good rationale for a move. What are they called in English-language secondary sources?  Until we see a significant change there, we have no reason for a move.  Dicklyon (talk) 21:31, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The existing name returns about 8x as many Google hits as the new proposal. The Independent, The New York Times, and AllMusic have all heard of the "with the" version, but nothing for the ampersand. If and when the new version of the name becomes the predominant one amongst secondary sources, then we should make this move. Until then, just add the new name as a redirect. Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 02:43, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * In Favor - I understand there are currently many articles and google results with the previous name, yet the name has been officially changed by Thao herself. With the recent announcement of Thao and the Get Down Stay Down's new album, We The Common, and their new song, "Holy Roller'", there has been plenty of current articles written about the band which reflect the updated name. Please see NPR, Stereogum, Under the Radar, A Heart is a Spade, The Stark Online, Spin, Death and Taxes Mag, Exclaim, Chart Attack, Stereo Subversion, and Talk Tunes World for current references regarding the band's name change. The numerous examples listed above should be plenty evidence that the band has officially made a revision to their name and their Wikipedia page should reflect this change if it wishes to remain current. A page can be added with the previous name redirecting users to the official new name, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurenzeitgeist (talk • contribs) 22:38, 8 November 2012 (UTC)