Talk:Loose Ends (band)

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In addition to making various other copyedits, I've removed the following statement: "They were the first UK group to top the U.S. R&B chart." This really could use a citation. I thought perhaps that Average White Band had previously accomplished this, but "Pick Up the Pieces" peaked at number 5. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 12:57, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was just wondering about that myself. I was listening to an American Top 40 from 1980 on XM radio in which Casey Kasem mentioned that Queen had become the highest charting British act on the R&B chart ever when they hit #2 with "Another One Bites the Dust". So I sought out the Wikipedia pages to see who was the first to hit #1, and didn't see any British acts from 1980 until I got to "Hangin' on a String" by Loose Ends. Unless we find that there was some British act to hit #1 before them, I'm comfortable stating that they were the first. --Metropolitan90 06:23, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spam

Someone using the IP address 71.105.104.206 has been spamming pages on black musicians, adding promotional material on "George Smith" (no idea who that is) and his son, an alleged "singer/dancer/producer" called "2 Krayze." This kid is a Disney Channel artist and a relative non-entity. A quick Google search for "2 krayze" reveals that someone has been copying 2 Krayze's profile from the Disney Channel website and pasting it into the comments sections on black-culture articles and blogs. It looks like this kid and his family (who are listed as his managers/agents/whatever) are orchestrating a deliberate spam campaign to manufacture fake publicity for 2 Krayze. Other articles that this spammer has attacked include Perri "Pebbles" Reid‎, Bobby Brown‎ and The Gap Band‎. I'm not sure whether "George Smith" did in fact manage all these artists, but all the edits that 71.105.104.206 has made look a lot like spam. I'm going to revert all the edits that this person has made and put the above pages on my watchlist. If anybody has more information about this spammer, please leave a message on my talk page. Huntthetroll (talk) 17:56, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The spammer, using the IP address 67.182.72.212, added the self-promotional information back to Bobby Brown, Perri "Pebbles" Reid, Loose Ends (band)‎ and Bobby Brown. I have reverted all those edits, and will leave warnings on the talk page for that user. Does anyone know how to report spam to administrators? Huntthetroll (talk) 21:32, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You forgot Laurnea Wilkerson !!

That's really weird. This article proves that she was member of Loose Ends: saveoursoul.nl Interview. I added this to the article. -andy 217.50.52.26 (talk) 20:47, 1 October 2010 (UTC) Italic text[reply]

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Loose Ends

Since there are other articles called "Loose Ends" in Wikipedia, this article could be headed by a note guiding Wikipedia readers to the disambiguation page. Vorbee (talk) 17:49, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Band members

The source that Avon Villa refers to to justify their reversion does not state that Laurnea Wilkerson was ever in the band; it states that she simply contributed to the band's album Look How Long. In addition, the beginning of that same sentence states that that was their last album. Finally, if you think you have sources states otherwise, you have to actually add them to the article, not simply state that they exist. Erpert ^{blah, blah, blah...} 01:50, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

================ Please Fix/Update ============

For the attention of Erpert Vorbee

Ref - Laurnea Wilkerson - The source - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1998/01/18/a-musical-progression/a7cd356d-6ab0-49b6-9a63-dd0d0ba2b92b/ - mentions her contribution to the band as vocalist therefore she should be credited as such. The video seen here from the OFFICIAL band YouTube channels - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-spAj4wnfA clearly states that 'We Are Back'. If you read below the statement reads and I quote "The line band line up has not changed since the 90’s so with a recent signing to...". This is not confusing nor misleading but a public, factual statement from the official source.

Ref - Linda Carriere - The soure https://www.allmusic.com/album/look-how-long-mw0000318105/credits - clearly justifies her contribution as composer, vocalist and background vocalist. The images of the on going releases eg, https://www.discogs.com/Loose-Ends-Cheap-Talk/release/2968515 contain her photo and imagery as member of the band. Therefore what is written on the article needs to be updated as Linda Carriere as band member. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-spAj4wnfA clearly states that 'We Are Back'. If you read below the statement reads and I quote "The line band line up has not changed since the 90’s so with a recent signing to...". This is not confusing nor misleading but a public, factual statement from the official source.

Ref - Sunay Suleyman - The source - https://www.allmusic.com/album/look-how-long-mw0000318105/credits - clearly states her contribution to the band as Composer, vocals and background. The images of the on going releases eg, https://www.discogs.com/Loose-Ends-Cheap-Talk/release/2968515 contain her photo and imagery as member of the band. Therefore what is written on the article needs to be updated as Sunay Suleyman as band member. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-spAj4wnfA clearly states that 'We Are Back'. If you read below the statement reads and I quote "The line band line up has not changed since the 90’s so with a recent signing to...". This is not confusing nor misleading but a public, factual statement from the official source.

Therefore please fix the statements to read correctly as the following makes no sense.

WRONG - "Carl McIntosh continues to perform under the name Loose Ends."

The group is still Loose Ends, even with the departure of two members as they were replaced and continued their musical career to the creation of the next album entitled 'Look How Long' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_How_Long . REMOVE all statements that relates to a broken group or 'disbanded' as this is false and misinterpretation as the name was not disolved and Carl Mcintosh is not solo. yet according to Trademark and copyrights he is the owner of the band to date and he orchestrated the replacement of two members. Removing band members or instrument players is not and should not be termed broken or disbandment of a group.

WRONG - "Turned out to be the final studio album released under the Loose Ends name, and featured their final hit single, "Don't Be A Fool" - https://www.allmusic.com/artist/loose-ends-mn0000827760/biography

It wasnot a final album as there was no declaration. The source does not state the latter, instead it states " The group shuffled its lineup in 1990 for the release of Look How Long, with McIntosh now joined by Linda Carriere and Sunay Suleyman. McIntosh also produced several artists, notably Caron Wheeler." - Please fix. This source - http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Loose%20Ends.html - is a personal blog that is unreliable and not a reliable source. The article from that source has no author or editorial name. Derived in 2000 and sits on a platform that is deemed suspicious by Google. I request that this source and references be completely dropped/removed due to its it's unreliability and biased statements. - https://www.whois.com/whois/soulwalking.co.uk

WRONG - "McIntosh himself went on to work behind the recording desk following the group's peak popularity, but the new trio soon disbanded."

This statement makes no sense, The new trio never did disband, the statement is made up and untrue with no factual evidence of the latter. No evidence of Carl Mcintosh working behind a mixer desk, No proof/evidence of group disbanding, No evidence of 'Peak' as the latter needs comparison to a source to which there is none. The whole statement should be removed.

No confusion here, just factual sources and common sense.

Thank you for your understandings, Please updae and fix.Avon Villa (talk) 09:38, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This entire response is completely confusing because it sounds like more than one person is posting, but really it's all you. Not to be funny, but it sounds like you're arguing with yourself. What exactly are you trying to say?

At any rate, again, please refer to WP:BURDEN; if you think you have sources that will justify your claims, then you have to add them; I don't. (If you need help doing so, refer to WP:REFB.) Erpert ^{blah, blah, blah...} 01:39, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Erpert, Erpert Thanks for your response,

I was trying to explain each of the queries you had, I will simply add them by justification Avon Villa (talk) 08:20, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Loose ends

Amazing band … soundtrack of my early youth .. thank you 🙏🏼 150.143.95.201 (talk) 23:29, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]