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::Ok, so I followed the clues and figured it out (only through the second or third page of that "book") but google just brings up the band - which is extremely well-known and what this article was about. Is it really necessary to delete an article about a famous and influential band because someone somewhere uses the band's name as some sort of obscenity (a definition that I actively had to hunt for and wouldn't have found without you bringing it up and guiding me to it)? I don't see the point in that. [[User:LiamG|LiamG]] 17:09, 25 October 2008 (EDT)
::Ok, so I followed the clues and figured it out (only through the second or third page of that "book") but google just brings up the band - which is extremely well-known and what this article was about. Is it really necessary to delete an article about a famous and influential band because someone somewhere uses the band's name as some sort of obscenity (a definition that I actively had to hunt for and wouldn't have found without you bringing it up and guiding me to it)? I don't see the point in that. [[User:LiamG|LiamG]] 17:09, 25 October 2008 (EDT)
:::These 'grunge' and 'punk' groups use these names to fool people - then they can snigger in a stupid adolescent fashion, "Hey! Look at the squares! We've got them to say our name and think that it just means our name, when it means xxxxx! All right!". They deserve no publicity here, just as vandals, trolls and parodists deserve no publicity. We do not promote groups with obscenitries in their names. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 17:13, 25 October 2008 (EDT)
:::These 'grunge' and 'punk' groups use these names to fool people - then they can snigger in a stupid adolescent fashion, "Hey! Look at the squares! We've got them to say our name and think that it just means our name, when it means xxxxx! All right!". They deserve no publicity here, just as vandals, trolls and parodists deserve no publicity. We do not promote groups with obscenitries in their names. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 17:13, 25 October 2008 (EDT)
::::I'm pretty sure the idea that they named themselves after the obscenity is just an urban legend. I'm pretty sure it's the other way around, that their name got used as the obscenity. There are many rumors as to the origins of their name (which I only know because I'm now doing research). I think it's wrong to attribute thoughts and intentions to another person without basis. In fact, the band apparently denies the connection (though it seems you'd say they were lying). It's hardly their fault if people misinterpret their name to be something dirty. [[User:LiamG|LiamG]] 17:23, 25 October 2008 (EDT)