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Former good articleThey Might Be Giants was one of the Music good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
April 3, 2006Good article nomineeNot listed
December 5, 2006Peer reviewReviewed
January 3, 2007Good article nomineeListed
February 18, 2007Good article reassessmentDelisted
January 23, 2012Good article nomineeNot listed
Current status: Delisted good article

Jonathan Coulton

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Should this article include something about Jonathan Coulton collaboration with They Might Be Giants? Benjamin (talk) 06:35, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Lede

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The article looks pretty good. I'm just wondering if the lede needs so much detail on awards received. Any other opinions? Ragity (talk) 20:27, 2 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A stretch?

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i am fan of TMBG but this sentence is a huge stretch and an opinion: "The duo has been credited as vital in the creation of the prolific DIY music scene in Brooklyn in the mid-1980s" -- even if a writer from Rolling Stone thinks so, the entire idea of DIY music is DIY, musicians were DIY-ing it themselves way before and way after TMBG -- even in Brooklyn! 98.167.186.78 (talk) 21:42, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I personally think the fact it notes that they were influential at a specific time and location makes it a bit more applicable. Macdrown (talk) 08:32, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Quibble re Twisting

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I noticed looking at the TMBG singles chronology that "Twisting" is listed in the discography as the second single off of Flood, but in other places "Istambul Not Constantinople" is listed as the second single. Looking at the TMBG wiki (https://tmbw.net/wiki/Twisting), I see that, according to that, "Twisting" never received a commercial single release, only promo and test releases (which would explain why it had no chart appearances). I don't usually meddle with these technical matters, so I'm not sure whether promo and test releases count as a "release as a single", but at the least someone might want to figure out whether "Twisting"'s single release(s) were before "Istambul..." and make our information on that point consistent.Brianyoumans (talk) 17:17, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Citation in History section

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I noticed that for a good 3-4 sections in History, there is little to no sources, I added a marker at the top of the history page, but it would be great to get an expert on Dial-a-Song or whatever working on that. Adeeta (talk) 20:29, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Johns picture dupe

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The same picture of the Johns from 2020 is used at the top and bottom of the articles. Is there a better pic that could be used for the start? Adeeta (talk) 20:35, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]