Talk:Steps (pop group)

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Pictures

I have added a few pictures, and put the singles and albums in tables. I hope the information is correct, as i tracked it down from various Steps fan sites.Peterwill 13:45, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am miss you very very much Claire Richard and Ian h walked and Lisa Scott Lee and Faye and Lee so please let me know if you tell with me to been your foster daughter of the rest of my life and your life as well 90.208.163.108 (talk) 21:05, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Their label will be thrilled to learn I never heard of them. I did wonder where to find a Canadian band, The 39 Steps, but all I got was Gov-Gen Buchan's novel... Trekphiler 06:09, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Buzz never made the Australian Top 50, let alone the Top 10. That chart position needs to be rechecked.

H Sexuality

"H has also recently anounced that he is gay. This came as a surprise to fans, however, H had already informed fellow, former band members and his family at the age of 21."

H's sexuality was a matter of discussion whilst he was in the band. I disagree that the recent news is surprising. Needs a source and short rewrite. --ScMeGr 20:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Awful Article

What a poor article, full of critisism and niff-naff. I hope that someone can rewrite the whole lot in to a sensible article highlighting the success of the group through very popular music and showmenship/showwomenship. In fact what on earth has Big Brother 2007 got to do with Steps as a group? I think I will remove it as it is completely irrelevent.Sidney Bung 19:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

what about the charts? the UK section lists them as having had 12 number ones lol which is not true, and besides, negated by the rest of the article. Dollvalley 14:07, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Nearly every sentence is just random opinion. ‹The template Talkfact is being considered for merging.› ^{[citation needed]} The usual course of action seems to be to request a citation for every sentence in the article. ‹The template Talkfact is being considered for merging.› ^{[citation needed]} I think that is often rather excessive, but this article doesn't seem all that reliable to me. In particular, statements such as "heavily criticised by their own fans" likely are not true,‹The template Talkfact is being considered for merging.› ^{[citation needed]} especially in the frequency at which they occur in this article, as anyone who dislikes so much of what a group does isn't likely to be a fan of that group. ‹The template Talkfact is being considered for merging.› ^{[citation needed]} The information in the article generally doesn't feel trustworthy. ‹The template Talkfact is being considered for merging.› ^{[citation needed]} -- The one and only Pj 01:23, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

one thing that would quickly make the article better would be to include a list of Steps members in the first paragraph and have them linked to their pages. I unfortunately, am not such a big fan to know who they all were, which is why i'd need all those links for the page to be at all useful. 86.164.56.6 (talk) 23:11, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article Title

Why is the title of this article "STEPS" instead of "Steps?" Aside from the fact that the English language doesn't capitalize things like that unless they are acronyms,‹The template Talkfact is being considered for merging.› ^{[citation needed]} the rest of the article uses "Steps" rather than "STEPS" and I've never seen anything aside from this article to suggest that the proper capitalization is "STEPS." -- The one and only Pj 01:23, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The disambiguation should be (band) and not (group) too.. - ǀ Mikay ǀ 16:32, 6 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Discography on a Separate Page

Why is the discography of Steps on a seperate page? I can understand Steps being worthy of an encyclopedia entry, and I can understand their discography being included in that entry, but I cannot see the discography of Steps (or most artists) being particularly worthy its own encyclopedia entry. If it is a seperate page at all, I would expect it to be "Steps/Discography" instead of "STEPS discography." -- The one and only Pj 01:23, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia doesn't support subpages in the main article namespace. Though you can create an article with that name, we shouldn't, because it implies a hierarchical naming structure, and as such is contrary to the house style.

Moreover, it seems to have become more or less house style to have separate discography pages, probably so that the detail in some of them doesn't clutter up the artist's main article. -- Smjg 14:59, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article

Please do not change British spellings to American spellings... Guess which country the band are from? Guess which spellings we are going to use? No American spellings. And, also, no double spacing after sentences please! I keep having to do change them. Don't you agree that the gap in between sentences is just too big? Like these? It's like wasted room. And no POV, please. I removed a whole bunch of that crap; "shocking", "actually", "carefully", "considerable achievement", "the mastermind behind the group" etc. Ugh... Scarian ^Talk 12:44, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you can see the difference between single and double spaces while viewing the article normally, then it's due to a bug in your browser. Every browser I've used follows this particular HTML standard by collapsing multiple spaces into a single space. As such, most of us cannot see any difference, and so see it as perfectly reasonable to type whatever number of spaces between sentences they're naturally accustomed to. -- Smjg 14:45, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures Required

Well actuality, I added photos to the page, many to be honest, however they were all removed and the reason given as 'undiscussed addition of images'. This was over a year ago I think. When I was redoing the page. First I add them, then they're taken, now they want to be added again? P e ter will 20:40, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Were the images free, Peter? I think that might be the request? The JPS ^{talk to me} 21:29, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They were covers of Band Albums and singles - therefore in the public domain... No? P e ter will 11:32, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No. Copyright and non-free. a_man_alone (talk) 16:09, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

semi protect

I've requested semi-protection for this page. Vandalism isn't anything as bad as on some pages, but it's still annoying, given tehir sudden return to the media spotlight. a_man_alone (talk) 16:48, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from , 12 October 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} The Official Steps website is www.stepsofficial.co.uk, the one posted is not I have a copy of the disclaimer from www.ultimate-steps.com Published: 15th August 2011

Ultimate Steps is an unofficial fansite for the pop group Steps. We in no way claim to be official, however we do aim to only post correct news about the band. This information is usually obtained from the group directly, via twitter, facebook, offiical websites and other official outlets. JKing88 (talk) 23:41, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Changed. Lord British (talk) 21:30, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would appear this request has been done, so I removed the {{edit semi-protected}}. Chzz ► 00:16, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from , 16 October 2011

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Steps have added a new date on the 20th April making their tour total to 15 instead of 14

2nd April 2012 Belfast Odyssey Arena, Belfast

3rd April 2012 The o2, Dublin

4th April 2012 Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool

6th April 2012 SECC, Glasgow

7th April 2012 Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre, Aberdeen

8th April 2012 Metro Radio Arena Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne

10th April 2012 Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester

11th April 2012 Capital FM Arena, Nottingham

12th April 2012 LG Arena Birmingham, Birmingham

13th April 2012 Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff

15th April 2012 Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield

16th April 2012 Bournemouth International Centre (BIC), Bournemouth

17th April 2012 Brighton Centre, Brighton

19th April 2012 20th April 2012 North Greenwich O2 Arena, London

JKing88 (talk) 09:03, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to fifteen now. --Jnorton7558 (talk) 18:03, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from , 18 October 2011

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Due to popular demand they have added 5 more tour dates taking the total to 18, information taken from www.stepsofficial.co.uk

JKing88 (talk) 11:21, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As I'm seeing things they added 5 and removed 2 from their dates, which totals the 18. Added in to the article. --Jnorton7558 (talk) 13:27, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from , 24 October 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} The band appeared on 'Loose Women' today (24th October, 2011) where Lisa and Clare were interviewed and the band sang 'Deeper Shade of Blue' at the end of the show - thought it could be added to the article.

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Steps to the stars winner - Joss Stone??

Just saw that the article said that the winner of the first series of Steps to the Stars was a young Joss Stone - this is complete rubbish. I actually recorded the series when it aired and was watching it again last night - the girl's name was Jenny-Lynn Smith and she looks absolutely nothing like Joss Stone. I don't know who wrote that unfounded claim in but I'm editing it now. :) KoopaCooper (talk) 19:23, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Years Active

So there has been some edit warring regarding the definition of the Years Active in the infobox. After reading the explanation of this on Template:Infobox musical artist it seems clear to me that this just refers to when they are active as a group not if they had split up. So i think the page should show '2011-2013 & 2017-present'. Just like it does on One Direction, for example. Any thoughts on this, otherwise i will revert to this and place a hidden note saying to discuss before changing in future.

Cheers,

AussieWikiDan ^(talk) 04:41, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree with this, as defined here. However it does of course leave it to interpretation what counts as "active". What level of activity counts as active? I would suggest it means the members working together in some capacity, with at least a year leeway, and accounting for other projects members may be involved in. But it may depend on band statements or past history. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 10:41, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That is true although I think in their case they didn't do any group projects. I think a small social media presence or release of a compilation by the record company wouldn't count. AussieWikiDan ^(talk) 16:47, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Recent additions

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Extrapolation of opinions given by individual websites into facts is not acceptable. If you want to say a particular song is their signature song, then sources that actually say this are needed. Articles about the success of one song are not springboards to hype the rest of their career, particularly when it is, again, opinion not fact being aired. The section is also not about the rest of their career, and a summary here is misplaced.
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