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Latest comment: 3 months ago13 comments3 people in discussion
I have plans to update the lead photo with a recent collage photo of the members that I made on Commons for the lead image on the article Gzavala6 (talk) 00:33, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
I disagree. The image should depict how they looked like in the band, however, all the images are of them post-breakup. Also, it is simply unnecessary to have a collage when there is a perfectly fine picture of them all actually together, that can be used in the infobox. We are very lucky with 1D as they have a lot of good images together, while other articles (eg NSYNC) only have collages because there are no appropriate images of them together as a band. jolielover♥talk04:43, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Even though they are not together anymore, I believe it is best to use the collage photo I made and made it all five members in the same collage photo Gzavala6 (talk) 05:14, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Agreed with jolielover, though I'd also like to see the collage photo. there's also plenty pictures of concerts on wikimedia if you feel it needs replacing. we could, i suppose, include the collage photo further down the article, maybe in the band members section. EmergentAnarchy (talk) 10:59, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
I think it'd depend what Gzevala's collage looks like as to whether we should include it. Though all their individual articles are linked and have photos, so it might be a bit redundant. EmergentAnarchy (talk) 11:06, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
I think it's the exact same as my collage, or maybe just 1-2 pictures changed. Yeah, I think it's redundant... it's like having a picture of Paul McCartney today on the Beatles page. You can check his page to see how he's doing, no use of it on the Beatles page. jolielover♥talk11:09, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
While we're on the subject, are there any pictures of Zayn taken in the last decade? there's none on commons or his article from after 2015. EmergentAnarchy (talk) 11:11, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Nah. That's another thing, all the members are struggling for pics post-breakup. Zayn in particular doesn't even tour so even harder to get pics. jolielover♥talk11:22, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
He's started touring in the last couple years (starts one this week iirc), so hopefully someone will post something from those. btw, i was hoping to upgrade his article to A class, but someone else needs to sign off on it EmergentAnarchy (talk) 11:25, 21 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 1 month ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Normally, a band in which one-fifth of the members are not from the United Kingdom would, according to common practice, still be referred to as a British boy band.
It was neither founded in Ireland nor does it consist predominantly of members from Ireland.
This is a clear case of Wikipedia activism.
It is a British band with one Irish member. Pulpitty (talk) 15:21, 26 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
You're right, we typically only consider wherever the band is based. But I feel like this would be a controversial change. Maybe we do it like Katseye – "boy band based in London". jolielover♥talk18:19, 26 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
level-5 vital article is rated GA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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