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Infobox genres

@TheOnlyOne12: How are these genre changes not necessary? I added genres that are supported by reliable sources but I guess five is too many. Maybe we should go with four. I suggest cutting indie rock and just going with Britpop, alternative rock, pop rock, and neo-psychedelia. Bowling is life (talk) 22:24, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bowling is life: How about this? I'd suggest reducing them down to four genres but restore rock and remove indie and pop rock. TheOnlyOne12 (talk) 19:54, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TheOnlyOne12: I was thinking maybe we could go with Britpop, alternative rock, pop rock, and neo-psychedelia. Or I guess Rock, Britpop, alternative rock, and neo-psychedelia would work too. Either one would be better than what is included now. Bowling is life (talk) 06:19, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~Rather than performing original research,~~ we should point to reliable sources to determine which genres are most often associated with the band. Tkbrett (✉) 17:52, 17 September 2024 (UTC) Edit: I see these genres are sourced in the article's body, so scratch the stupid pointed remark at the start of my comment above. Still, I think we should find general sources here before changing the infobox, since those listed in the article are somewhat arbitrarily ordered. Tkbrett (✉) 17:58, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oasis Reunion Lineup

I notice Bonehead keeps getting readded to the official member section despite the fact there's no official conformation on this and just speculation in the press, we never updated the Oasis page to say they were back together before it was officially confirmed, so why are we doing it with Bonehead? And if he's being added back to the official members section, then why isn't Gem as what's the difference other than Bonehead being specifically named in the press? Should we agree to keep it as just the Gallagher's until it's been officially confirmed by the band what the line up is? Edandoucho (talk) 09:24, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

yes, the official lineup should be listed at just the brothers until there is any announcement otherwise, I removed Bonehead and Gem from the official members timeline as they were in the touring members timeline (which matches up with what is known so far. TriPiece (talk) 10:50, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jessica Greenfield? Russel Pritchard? There's really no confirmation they're gonna tour with Oasis, no names were given so far, this is just pure speculation. Bonehead and the High Flying Birds members should be removed from the touring member list and timeline until we get a proper confirmation. 190.21.40.6 (talk) 10:33, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

this isn't speculation, it has been confirmed, please read before you make comments like this TriPiece (talk) 04:58, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing has been confirmed by the band. Are you telling me Jessica Greenfield and Russell Pritchard are confirmed to be in the band? The "source" clearly says that Noel "has brought in some of his band", but we don't know the members yet. If you insist saying they're officially confirmed then show proof. 190.21.35.242 (talk) 05:28, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unexplained removal of update to timeline

Recently, I fixed the fact that the Definitely Maybe page credited Noel Gallagher with playing piano on Digsy’s Dinner. There was a source from the engineer that states that it was played by Bonehead, by the way it previously stated that Bonehead played it but someone changed this without a source. Anyways, since that was the first instance of Noel playing keyboards the discography, I changed the timeline to reflect the update. Moving Noel playing keys for the first time during the recording of the Morning Glory album, as he was credited with piano and Mellotron. This edited was reverted along with many others, while I agree with the other edits being undone, I do not understand this one being reverted. HGP7 (talk) 01:55, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It’s been a few days now, no one has objected. I’ll re-instate the edit. HGP7 (talk) 12:54, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

70 million in sales, not 75 or 100

Banned Irish editor User:DooksFoley147 has been busy using IPs from Ireland to add inflated claims to Oasis articles, using poor sourcing. For instance, the Rock Hall of Fame source is a purely promotional blurb written by artist management or whoever; it is not signed by a human, and thus cannot be assessed for its expertise.

One Uproxx source also said 100 million, but the piece was looking at the Rock Hall of Fame nomination, not evaluating sales on their own. I don't trust that source per WP:CONTEXTMATTERS. A whopping jump of 30 million in sales must have a clear indication of how it happened.

Much better to stick with the NME source saying 70 million in sales, the number also appearing in The Belfast Telegraph. Let's stick with these sources and reject those that are just pulling numbers out of thin air. Binksternet (talk) 17:45, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Please remove any mentioning of Oasis being one of the best-selling music artists of all time because the best-selling music artists article says that only artists that have sold between 250 or more to 75 million records should be included, and Oasis only sold 70 million records worldwide, thus, do not qualify for being on the list. 2601:40D:101:9D60:54D2:341:B5C5:91AB (talk) 19:30, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: For one thing, the article you mention makes 75 million the threshold for inclusion in that particular article; it doesn't mean they aren't among the best-selling artists just because they fall just short of that somewhat arbitrary number. Secondly, the quoted figure in this article is from 2022. I was unable to find an updated amount, but I did find a Guardian article that said the week after their reunion tour announcement they had three out of the top five albums on the UK charts. I would imagine they've hit 75 million by now. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 16:59, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]