[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Not as funny as Eddie Van Halen's entry:
Born to Dutch immigrant parents, formed a band in the mid 70s with his brother and became known as an innovative guitarist.
That's it? What a waste of time. You should link it with Wikipedia's entry, at least. I'm afraid to see what Steve Howe's says:
A classical guitarist who gained fame with an English prog rock band?
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Well I was close:
Steve Howe played "wandering minstrel" Spanish guitar on the track Innuendo.
Wow, you guys can read liner notes!!! Congrats!
Queenpedia is great for pictures and facts about albums and sleeves, but if you guys are serious about this, maybe you need some research assistance. Or don't bother to write anything about non-queen personel. That was pathetically lazy.
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Have you stopped to think for a moment that it's merely a filler page until we get round to writing something better??
Probably not because it's just easier to complain. Erin, myself and Lester have spent countless hours getting the site to the point it is at now. I'm sorry that the Eddie Van Halen page does not get your seal of approval. It is a Queen site, not a site about these other artists.
If that is the best criticism that you can throw at the site I think we are doing pretty darn good. The Who's Who section will be fleshed out but there are pages that are MUCH more important to get completed first.
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[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Not as funny as Eddie Van Halen's entry:
Born to Dutch immigrant parents, formed a band in the mid 70s with his brother and became known as an innovative guitarist.
That's it? What a waste of time. You should link it with Wikipedia's entry, at least. I'm afraid to see what Steve Howe's says:
A classical guitarist who gained fame with an English prog rock band?
EDIT
Well I was close:
Steve Howe played "wandering minstrel" Spanish guitar on the track Innuendo.
Wow, you guys can read liner notes!!! Congrats!
Queenpedia is great for pictures and facts about albums and sleeves, but if you guys are serious about this, maybe you need some research assistance. Or don't bother to write anything about non-queen personel. That was pathetically lazy.
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Wow. I guess we should have had our priorities in order then. Instead of focusing on the condiments of the site -- y'know, the discographies and all that -- we should have started with the real meat by giving Mr. Van Halen a comprehensive biography. I wasn't aware that Queen fans came to Queenpedia to read an extensive run-through of Mr. Van Halen's dirty life and times. What a waste those weeks and weeks of market research and focus groups were. See, Pieter, I knew we should have just jumped in to the additional musician information! You never listen to me!
Born to Dutch immigrant parents, formed a band in the mid 70s with his brother and became known as an innovative guitarist.
That's it? What a waste of time. You should link it with Wikipedia's entry, at least. I'm afraid to see what Steve Howe's says:
A classical guitarist who gained fame with an English prog rock band?
EDIT
Well I was close:
Steve Howe played "wandering minstrel" Spanish guitar on the track Innuendo.
Wow, you guys can read liner notes!!! Congrats!
Queenpedia is great for pictures and facts about albums and sleeves, but if you guys are serious about this, maybe you need some research assistance. Or don't bother to write anything about non-queen personel. That was pathetically lazy.
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Wow. I guess we should have had our priorities in order then. Instead of focusing on the condiments of the site -- y'know, the discographies and all that -- we should have started with the real meat by giving Mr. Van Halen a comprehensive biography. I wasn't aware that Queen fans came to Queenpedia to read an extensive run-through of Mr. Van Halen's dirty life and times. What a waste those weeks and weeks of market research and focus groups were. See, Pieter, I knew we should have just jumped in to the additional musician information! You never listen to me!
Instead of complaining on QZ you can email the Queenpedia team anytime with additions, corrections, information and scans. They answer very quickly and the submissions are uploaded within hours.
Hey Barbara, the name of this thread is:
What do you guys on QZ think of Queenpedia.com
Not
Why don't you guys on QZ email your comments about Queenpedia.com
And I guess making any comment that doesn't say "Queenpedia is great" is a complaint. Forgive me for not praising how great it was. Oh wait, I did. Funny, you guys handle criticism like Athiest.
What do you guys on QZ think of Queenpedia.com
Not
Why don't you guys on QZ email your comments about Queenpedia.com
And I guess making any comment that doesn't say "Queenpedia is great" is a complaint. Forgive me for not praising how great it was. Oh wait, I did. Funny, you guys handle criticism like Athiest.
I'll get started on the 10 page Eddie Van Halen bio tonight. I know that his section will be the first place visitors go to for Queen info.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]PieterMC wrote: [/QUOTENAME] I'm sorry that the Eddie Van Halen page does not get your seal of approval. It is a Queen site, not a site about these other artists.
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1. I don't think Eddie would approve either, nor would his fans.
2. Sorry you can't handle criticism. Your website is the best thing on the internet. Happy?
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1. I don't think Eddie would approve either, nor would his fans.
2. Sorry you can't handle criticism. Your website is the best thing on the internet. Happy?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Funny, you guys handle criticism like Athiest.[/QUOTE]
Constructive criticism is one thing, saying we are "pathetically lazy" for not having finished the Who's Who page is another.
Constructive criticism is one thing, saying we are "pathetically lazy" for not having finished the Who's Who page is another.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Erin wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I'll get started on the 10 page Eddie Van Halen bio tonight. I know that his section will be the first place visitors go to for Queen info.[/QUOTE]
Smart ass.
How bout a link, since you don't know much about Eddie without reading it on-line, oh greatest website creator, ever.
Smart ass.
How bout a link, since you don't know much about Eddie without reading it on-line, oh greatest website creator, ever.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Smart ass.
How bout a link, since you don't know much about Eddie without reading it on-line, oh greatest website creator, ever.
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See..that's what I'm talking about. Who is being an ass exactly? If the bio is bothering you so much, why don't you write one up for us?
How bout a link, since you don't know much about Eddie without reading it on-line, oh greatest website creator, ever.
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See..that's what I'm talking about. Who is being an ass exactly? If the bio is bothering you so much, why don't you write one up for us?
This took me 2 minutes to cut and paste.
From Wiki:
Edward Van Halen was born to Jan Van Halen, a Dutch father, and Eugenia, an Indo (Eurasian) mother, in Amsterdam, Netherlands and spent his early childhood in Nijmegen in the east of the country. The Dutch Van Halen family moved to Pasadena, California, from the Netherlands in 1962. Edward immediately started classical piano training, and won several talent competitions as a child . Upon their arrival in America, his parents immediately sought a piano tutor for him and his older brother, Alex Van Halen.[2]
However, playing the piano did not prove sufficiently engaging - he once said in an interview, "Who wants to sit in front of the piano? That's boring." Consequently, whilst Alex began playing the guitar, Eddie bought a drum kit and began practicing drumming. According to Eddie, while he was delivering newspapers (to pay for his drum kit) Alex would practice on it.[citation needed] After Eddie heard Alex's performance of the The Surfaris' drum solo in the song "Wipe Out", he grew annoyed that his brother had overtaken his ability and decided to switch and begin learning how to play the electric guitar.[2]
Eddie was approximately twelve years old when he started playing guitar, and practiced constantly.[citation needed] He has stated that he would often walk around at home with his guitar strapped on and unplugged, practicing. He once claimed that he had learned almost all of Eric Clapton's solos in the band Cream "note for note" by age 14;[2] in later interviews he stated he could never play the solos precisely, instead he would modify them slightly to suit his style.
In April 1996, in an interview with Guitar World, when asked about how he went from playing his first open A chord to playing "Eruption", Eddie replied:
“ Practice. I used to sit on the edge of my bed with a six-pack of Schlitz Malt talls. My brother would go out at 7pm to party and get laid, and when he'd come back at 3am, I would still be sitting in the same place, playing guitar. I did that for years — I still do that.[3] ”
Eddie has many influences; most notably Eric Clapton, however he has also acknowledged the influence of Queen guitarist Brian May and fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth.
From Wiki:
Edward Van Halen was born to Jan Van Halen, a Dutch father, and Eugenia, an Indo (Eurasian) mother, in Amsterdam, Netherlands and spent his early childhood in Nijmegen in the east of the country. The Dutch Van Halen family moved to Pasadena, California, from the Netherlands in 1962. Edward immediately started classical piano training, and won several talent competitions as a child . Upon their arrival in America, his parents immediately sought a piano tutor for him and his older brother, Alex Van Halen.[2]
However, playing the piano did not prove sufficiently engaging - he once said in an interview, "Who wants to sit in front of the piano? That's boring." Consequently, whilst Alex began playing the guitar, Eddie bought a drum kit and began practicing drumming. According to Eddie, while he was delivering newspapers (to pay for his drum kit) Alex would practice on it.[citation needed] After Eddie heard Alex's performance of the The Surfaris' drum solo in the song "Wipe Out", he grew annoyed that his brother had overtaken his ability and decided to switch and begin learning how to play the electric guitar.[2]
Eddie was approximately twelve years old when he started playing guitar, and practiced constantly.[citation needed] He has stated that he would often walk around at home with his guitar strapped on and unplugged, practicing. He once claimed that he had learned almost all of Eric Clapton's solos in the band Cream "note for note" by age 14;[2] in later interviews he stated he could never play the solos precisely, instead he would modify them slightly to suit his style.
In April 1996, in an interview with Guitar World, when asked about how he went from playing his first open A chord to playing "Eruption", Eddie replied:
“ Practice. I used to sit on the edge of my bed with a six-pack of Schlitz Malt talls. My brother would go out at 7pm to party and get laid, and when he'd come back at 3am, I would still be sitting in the same place, playing guitar. I did that for years — I still do that.[3] ”
Eddie has many influences; most notably Eric Clapton, however he has also acknowledged the influence of Queen guitarist Brian May and fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]And I guess making any comment that doesn't say "Queenpedia is great" is a complaint. Forgive me for not praising how great it was. Oh wait, I did. Funny, you guys handle criticism like Athiest.[/QUOTE]
We handle criticism fine, but when it's such a minuscule part of the website, such as a brief filler sentence for Eddie Van Halen while we get the more important things finished, one has to wonder why you even posted that at all. You seemed to have conveniently missed out the part that we mentioned Eddie's appearance on the Star Fleet album. What more do you want us to say?
The Who's Who section is an obvious work-in-progress part of the site, but it's not the primary focus right now. Your comment has been duly noted. We'll get to that when it becomes a priority. In the meantime, for any and all Eddie Van Halen needs, I urge you all to look at Vanhalenpedia.com.
We handle criticism fine, but when it's such a minuscule part of the website, such as a brief filler sentence for Eddie Van Halen while we get the more important things finished, one has to wonder why you even posted that at all. You seemed to have conveniently missed out the part that we mentioned Eddie's appearance on the Star Fleet album. What more do you want us to say?
The Who's Who section is an obvious work-in-progress part of the site, but it's not the primary focus right now. Your comment has been duly noted. We'll get to that when it becomes a priority. In the meantime, for any and all Eddie Van Halen needs, I urge you all to look at Vanhalenpedia.com.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]This took me 2 minutes to cut and paste.
From Wiki:[/QUOTE]
Oh wow, you can cut and paste. I bet it wouldn't take you two minutes to do all the other work that has been put into this site.
From Wiki:[/QUOTE]
Oh wow, you can cut and paste. I bet it wouldn't take you two minutes to do all the other work that has been put into this site.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME]In the meantime, for any and all Eddie Van Halen needs, I urge you all to look at Vanhalenpedia.com.[/QUOTE]
I love you, Lester. LOL
I love you, Lester. LOL
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
Wow. I guess we should have had our priorities in order then. [/QUOTE]
Wow Lester, I'm shocked at the fact that YOU can't handle criticism either, and YOU'RE AN AUTHOR!!!
I guess I better praise your Queen book as the greatest book written also, right?
Grow up you people.
Wow. I guess we should have had our priorities in order then. [/QUOTE]
Wow Lester, I'm shocked at the fact that YOU can't handle criticism either, and YOU'RE AN AUTHOR!!!
I guess I better praise your Queen book as the greatest book written also, right?
Grow up you people.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Micrówave wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Grow up you people.[/QUOTE]
You are the one doing the name calling.
You are the one doing the name calling.