Wikipedia is weird

SortaSavageLike · #1 09-26-2007, 09:55 PM

Just out of boredom last week, I added Fleetwood Mac to the list of "bands who use cowbell in their recordings."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowbell

The next day a message popped up next to my new entry, saying that a citation is needed. What the hell? The other bands on the list don't have specific citations, so why should Fleetwood Mac? Christ, it's not like no one's ever heard Homeward Bound, Gold Dust Woman, or Oh Well!

Sarah · #2 09-26-2007, 10:00 PM

... statements in wiki should be cited. otherwise, it's useless as a valid source.

Chrislit18 · #3 09-27-2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SortaSavageLike

Just out of boredom last week, I added Fleetwood Mac to the list of "bands who use cowbell in their recordings."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowbell

The next day a message popped up next to my new entry, saying that a citation is needed. What the hell? The other bands on the list don't have specific citations, so why should Fleetwood Mac? Christ, it's not like no one's ever heard Homeward Bound, Gold Dust Woman, or Oh Well!

Hold Me uses a cowbell too...

**mylittledemon** · #4 09-27-2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Chrislit18

Hold Me uses a cowbell too...

I always thought it was the guitar just made to sound cow-bell-ish...?

ChiliD...Help me here?

Chrislit18 · #5 09-27-2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Chrislit18

Hold Me uses a cowbell too...

oh and go on this site, and youll see the Fleetwood Mac list.

http://www.geekspeakweekly.com/cowbell/data_search.pl

bretonbanquet · #6 09-28-2007, 10:24 PM

The guy who put citation tags on Fleetwood Mac for the use of the cowbell.. I've had arguments with him before

He decided that it wasn't clear who was singing "Don't Stop" so he told me he wanted a citation to prove it. I uhh.. disagreed

I took the tags off anyway, you only really need to provide a source to prove things that are contentious, or for quotes and things, otherwise the articles get swamped with footnotes and stuff. Some people want sources to prove every sentence, and it gets silly.

Sarah · #7 09-28-2007, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I always thought it was the guitar just made to sound cow-bell-ish...?

ChiliD...Help me here?

I think you're right. That's not to say there isn't one buried in there somewhere, but I've never noticed it. Those little parts that I think you're thinking of are totally Lindsey quick picking the notes. I think its particularly clear right as it heads into the solo.