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When I used to read it, up until 1980, they never italicised the initials, so the compulsion overwhelmed me. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 21:26, 19 June 2009 (UTC) | When I used to read it, up until 1980, they never italicised the initials, so the compulsion overwhelmed me. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 21:26, 19 June 2009 (UTC) | ||
:What standards are we working on here? I was under the assumption that all publications and books are italicised. [[User:Meg Ireland|Meg Ireland]] 21:40, 19 June 2009 (UTC) | :What standards are we working on here? I was under the assumption that all publications and books are italicised. [[User:Meg Ireland|Meg Ireland]] 21:40, 19 June 2009 (UTC) | ||
::I've changed it back. The Oxford style guide states publications should be italicised. [[User:Meg Ireland|Meg Ireland]] 21:43, 19 June 2009 (UTC) | |||
Rotten ''Oxford style guide''! [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 22:28, 19 June 2009 (UTC) | |||
:So why did you stop reading it after 1980? I've never been a big fan. I preferred ''Melody Maker'' and ''Record Mirror''. [[User:Meg Ireland|Meg Ireland]] 23:34, 19 June 2009 (UTC) | |||
Bored with the music, the punk/new wave thing was played out, didn't know the groups any more. I see the Human League's "Don't You Want Me" was actually from 1981, the last new single I bought before leaving for Portugal. MM I read from around the Tubular Bells era to the Roxy Music "Stranded" era. My favourite pre-punk bands were the Dead, the Velvets & Beefheart, while we're at it. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 00:45, 20 June 2009 (UTC) | |||
:A Brit in Portugal... isn't that where Madeleine McCann disappeared? Anyway it doesn't appear we have anything in common musically. [[User:Meg Ireland|Meg Ireland]] 00:28, 4 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
Well, I've just started an article on the [[Howlin' Wolf|Wolf]], as it happens... [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 00:33, 4 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
Latest revision as of 18:33, 3 July 2009
NME > NME
When I used to read it, up until 1980, they never italicised the initials, so the compulsion overwhelmed me. Ro Thorpe 21:26, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
- What standards are we working on here? I was under the assumption that all publications and books are italicised. Meg Ireland 21:40, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
- I've changed it back. The Oxford style guide states publications should be italicised. Meg Ireland 21:43, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
Rotten Oxford style guide! Ro Thorpe 22:28, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
- So why did you stop reading it after 1980? I've never been a big fan. I preferred Melody Maker and Record Mirror. Meg Ireland 23:34, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
Bored with the music, the punk/new wave thing was played out, didn't know the groups any more. I see the Human League's "Don't You Want Me" was actually from 1981, the last new single I bought before leaving for Portugal. MM I read from around the Tubular Bells era to the Roxy Music "Stranded" era. My favourite pre-punk bands were the Dead, the Velvets & Beefheart, while we're at it. Ro Thorpe 00:45, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
- A Brit in Portugal... isn't that where Madeleine McCann disappeared? Anyway it doesn't appear we have anything in common musically. Meg Ireland 00:28, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Well, I've just started an article on the Wolf, as it happens... Ro Thorpe 00:33, 4 July 2009 (UTC)