Talk:LMFAO

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LMFAO!LMFAO= MEANS: Laugh My Fucking Ass Off!! :)

Yeah I think it is what they had in mind when they founded the group. The story behind it is, that they were looking for a band name and one of the band members had an internet chat conversation with his grandma and after he told her one of his ideas about a possible band name (I don't actually remember what was his first idea) his grandma responded with "*lmfao*" which you can call chat-code or chat-slang. And the band members found that so funny that an elder lady had used that chat-slang, that they descided to take this as their band name.

Has anybody a reference for that? We should put this fact to the artice. Actually I already expected it there.

JLitSays (talk) 09:10, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

This group also has no wiki page :P and i spent a good amount of time searching for them on wikipedia before creating this page.

JLitSays (talk) 09:13, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. You may be missing the point of why I suggested deletion - Wikipedia is not designed for advertising up and coming groups, regardless of how good you personally may think they are. Wikipedia is here to provide information about (amongst other things) groups that are already notable. There are a basic set of criteria that groups are expected to meet before they can be considered for inclusion - these are detailed here :WP:BAND, and I can see nothing that indicates that this group currently meets these criteria - that's not to say they won't in the future. If you can provide evidence that they meet one of the criteria listed on that page, I'll happily remove the deletion tag. CultureDrone (talk) 10:11, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Origination contradiction

In the intro, it states that LMFAO comes from LA, but the info box says they come from the Central California Coast. LA is not part of the Central Ca coast, so one of these is wrong.

97.113.74.232 (talk) 14:16, 20 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sky Blu vs. SkyBlu

In the official video for Party Rock Anthem, "Sky Blu" is spelled with a space. In this article, it is "SkyBlu" everywhere. Should it be changed to "Sky Blu"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ6zr6kCPj8#t=12s — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccheever (talk • contribs) 05:39, 25 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's SkyBlu, Redfoo told me himself. -- SpongePappy (talk) 18:39, 27 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Best Night

On what date will Best Night be released? -- SpongePappy (talk) 20:55, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: no consensus for move. Favonian (talk) 14:55, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

LMFAO (group) → LMFAO – This is the only thing on the wiki with the exact name LMFAO. Anyone looking for the "variant of LOL" can be guided there with a hatnote. Also, 1.) there are several inbound links to LMFAO meant to refer to the band, and 2.) "(group)" is not a valid disambiguator. Since this is the only thing with that exact name, let's not beat around the bush. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 04:43, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rename. Straightforward. Neutrality^talk 20:30, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose; the subject of the article "LOL" is the primary topic for this name. Powers ^T 00:11, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If it were the primary topic, then it'd have its own article. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 00:12, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Fallacious reasoning. Barack Obama is the primary topic for Obama; Gdansk is the primary topic for Danzig, and LOL is the primary topic for ROFL, ROFLMAO, and LMFAO. Powers ^T 00:26, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Powers. We have an article with information about the primary usage, it should therefore redirect there. Or are you saying that every single primary topic should be a separate article, such as articles whose subjects have multiple names, so we should have a copy of that article at each name variant? 70.24.247.40 (talk) 07:01, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Can you move to LMFAO?

Create a new article about the variant of LOL and move LMFAO (group) to LMFAO. I belive refering to the band is the most common use of the term LMFAO. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hillcrest98 (talk • contribs) 00:42, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That idea was rejected in the section immediately above. Powers ^T 18:57, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I support that idea so I made this section due to guidelines that I should do any further comments for another section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hillcrest98 (talk • contribs) 02:54, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Move or otherwise disambiguate

I strongly agree with the sentiments expressed in the move petition above. LMFAO_(group) is a primary subject and the recipient of significant media attention. Searching for "LMFAO" results only in "variant of LOL" - in order to reach LMFAO (group), one must know to append "(group)", which many users may not. If a move is not the right action, a disambiguation page should be created.Ekips (talk) 14:50, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, one must not know any such thing, since this article is prominently linked at the top of the "Variants of LOL" section. Powers ^T 18:00, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer that a disambugation page be created. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hillcrest98 (talk • contribs) 01:53, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

definitely should be moved

This Group's success should be a reason for a move. Everyone who disagrees is just trolling in my opinion Aryattack (talk) 09:33, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's not very helpful to accuse anyone who disagrees with you of operating in bad faith. Powers ^T 23:13, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Time for a reality check?

I've read all of the preceding posts, and while I don't disagree with the logic, the current implementation is just silly.

Imagine I come to Wikipedia looking to read about my new favorite band LMFAO.

I type LMFAO into the search bar and hit enter, and I'm taken to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMFAO

the page for LOL, which tells me I've been redirected from LMFAO and does not link to a LMFAO disambiguation page, only a LOL disambiguation page, which does not contain any link to LMFAO the band:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL_%28disambiguation%29

I have to scroll down past the intro, Analysis, Spread from written to spoken communication, Acceptance, and Lexical Form sections before I get to something that, oh by the way, tells me that if I want the music group I should click here.

Guys (and dolls), that's simply too much.

Either put an immediate link at the top of the LOL page to LMFAO band, or link LMFAO directly to the band and add a disambig link BACK to LOL if people wanted that. If I google "LMFAO" I don't get the acronym or pages and pages about laughing out loud, I get the band. Why can't Wikipedia get it right as well? The Masked Booby (talk) 12:32, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Normal browser behavior should mean that the LMFAO redirect goes directly to the "Variants" section of the LOL page, where there is a hatnote that says "'LMFAO' redirects here. For the music group, see LMFAO (group)." It doesn't get much more immediate than that. Powers ^T 17:28, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I was looking for information about the group. I initially assumed there was no article about, since I was redirected to LOL. I eventually found this page by happy accident. --193.160.157.241 (talk) 14:27, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure how much more prominent we could make the "For the music group, see LMFAO (group)" phrasing. Powers ^T 19:20, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Change name

I think we should change it from LMFAO (group) to LMFAO (duo) because they're not a group they only have two people, unless LMFAO also consist of Q and Shuffle Bot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marioluigi98 (talk • contribs) 17:18, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Explanation of group's name

The article is currently deficient in offering any explanation of the group's name. I'm adding a brief mention & link to LOL variant. Brad (talk) 19:53, 5 February 2012 (UTC) watz wroung with the name??????[reply]