Talk:Platinum Blonde (band)

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Hey Hey You

Their first release was a great punk pop single called "Hey Hey You".184.147.226.4 (talk) 19:21, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IP edits

This is a message for the editor at IP 99.232.187.161. I've already tried to contact you on your talk page, here. Your recent edits have been reverted for the following reasons.

1. personal messages in article space. Please don't do this. If you want to contact me, you can do so here at this talk page, or at my talk page. The article page is not a place for messages between editors.

2. potential copyright violation on the entry regarding Chris Steffler's tinnitus. Please see WP:COPYVIO; although I can no longer find it, I found this direct quote on the current band website; you cannot quote directly without attribution. I'm also reverting it because it breaks the tense structure of the rest of the section (past tense), and in general because it reads more like a fan-page bio or news release than an encyclopedia entry. Referring to tinnitus as "the auditory ailment tinnitus" is also redundant, given that tinnitus is wikilinked.

3. unsourced information. I have been unable to find any reliable source confirming the statement that Chris Steffler plans to return to the lineup. If you have a reliable published source for this information, please add it. If you don't know how to cite the source correctly, please post it here and I'll cite it for you.

Please note that we have been engaged in a slow-motion edit war on this piece of text; this is discouraged under Wikipedia policies. I am withdrawing from this discussion and editing of this page after this revert (with the exception that if you continue to attempt to contact me through article space I will remove such attempts). I have made two separate attempts to draw you into discussion on this (three if you count my edit summaries on one of the reverts), and you aren't responding. Rather than get drawn into a more heated edit war, I'm recusing myself.Vulcan's Forge (talk) 23:12, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Who is Vulcan ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.255.37 (talk) 22:59, 25 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am. I would have thought that was obvious. (And IP 71.7.255.37, reverting my response to your question does not change the answer and is pretty rude, too.)Vulcan's Forge (talk) 22:33, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To edit factual information is also rude, don't you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.255.37 (talk) 22:52, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To which fact(s) are you referring?Vulcan's Forge (talk) 00:00, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

far too much of this article reads like a band written promotional piece. Citing what the band members thought and said to each other? Subjective adjectives written like an advertisement. Whole article neds to just stick to basic citation driven facts. 50.34.176.137 (talk) 17:21, 19 February 2022 (UTC) dude[reply]

The "Canadian Duran Duran" nickname

Should some mention be made in this article to Platinum Blonde's unofficial nickname? They were compared to Duran Duran throughout the 80s, both for their fashion sense, their guitar-driven New Wave sound (reminiscent of DD's Rio album), and their overall image and style.

Only if you can find a reliable source for that. Plus, given it is seemingly somewhat disparaging, it might counteract WP:NPOV. Also, please sign your posts by adding 4 x ~ (tilde). - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 21:40, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edits May 2022

In the attempt to improve the cited references in this article, I've made considerable changes to the "Band members" section, particularly in reference to the band prior to 1982. Understandably there isn't much written about the band pre-1982, but I found a picture of the jacket cover for the single "Hey Hey You" and it reads: "Mark Homes-guitar & vocals", "Joey Ciotti-bass & vocals", "Ray Bailie-drums". It's the best source I could find to cite for the original band members' names and instruments, which contradicted what was originally in the article, which stated that Holmes played bass and that Ciotti played guitar and was the lead singer. Prior to my edits, the only cited reference that existed in the article for the original band members was this archived page, which looks like user-contributed data, similar to Wikipedia and isn't really a reliable source.

I've kept 1982–1990 as "years active" in the infobox, since Platinum Blonde wasn't really known as a band until the 1982 iteration. I also found inconsistencies in the band's reported break-up date--most articles that I found cited 1989, even though Yeah Yeah Yeah was released in 1990. Only one article I found said 1991. It is for this reason that I've kept 1990 in the infobox. What seems most probable is that the band truly parted ways in 1989 (Galli, for example started his design firm that year) and that the band members weren't really involved in the 1990 album release or playing any gigs to support it. MacLean was also already doing his own solo thing in 1990. I've also kept to 1990 dates in the Band members section and Timeline for that same reason.

I've also left the sentence about their line-up since 2020 with a citation needed tag out of good faith, because I did find the odd short article, post 2020, that announced some of their performances and these articles had pictures of Holmes and Galli, but unfortunately none of them mentioned the drummer. Having said that, I did find some articles mentioning that Holmes played with Kadis in the early 2000s, so it's not wholly improbable that he would be playing with the band as of 2020. Marchije•^speak/_peek 23:33, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]