Talk:Metallica

Castor Hetfield

Hello. I made a page for James son Castor as a redirect to James for future reference and possibly he is in a band and doing some productivity with his life. Not sure how you all feel about it, but maybe some years down the line it can be it’s own stand alone article. A.R.M. 04:15, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

"Napster Bad!" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Napster Bad! has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 August 16 § Napster Bad! until a consensus is reached. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:15, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

It/They

I'm American, Bands are "they", not "it" in American English. "We went on tour with it" sounds completely wrong, and this tendency to refer to bands as "it" is something I've noticed on Wikipedia more than anywhere else (and not even consistently within articles, like this one). That's basically it. Esszet (talk) 04:58, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Per American and British English grammatical differences#Subject–verb agreement: In American English (AmE), collective nouns are almost always singular in construction: the committee was unable to agree. 4TheWynne (talk • contribs) 05:04, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Why this Australian guy thinks he understands American English better than I do is beyond me. Esszet (talk) 05:07, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

All I did was point you towards a sourced article explaining the differences in grammar; have a look at MOS:SINGULAR as well, the very reason why you see the singular form more often here like you say. Also, again, please don't revert without reaching a consensus first, per WP:BRD. 4TheWynne (talk • contribs) 07:23, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

@Miniapolis: I have no idea what in the fucking world this guy's problem is. He's Australian, he thinks he knows American English better than I do, I tried to explain it to him at his talk page, but all he keeps doing is repeating himself and reverting me wholesale. The very next sentence in the article he keeps mentioning is "However, when a speaker wishes to emphasize that the individuals are acting separately, a plural pronoun may be employed with a singular or plural verb: the team takes their seats, rather than the team takes its seats." He's made no serious attempts to contribute to the discussion, and he has now taken it to the level of edit warring. What should I do here, I've never had an experience like this on Wikipedia. Esszet (talk) 15:09, 20 January 2024 (UTC)