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There are quite a lot of links in the article that reference the article itself(!). If no-one objects, I'll remove them. --Tirolion 14:59, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
See also
* List of songs with particularly long titles
err, why?
The image that was being used was from google, and was almost certainly a breach of wikipedia image policy (though I am not familiar with said policy). An anonymous user fixed the issue - we should get a new (legal) picture. Erich Blume 08:17, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Stop vandalising this page by removing the contribution of Brian Reddyb to this band. Brian Reddyb 22:17, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Yes I see you did add a source which states that 'the band's founders and producers Janne Ericsson, Örjan "Öban" Öberg and Pat Reiniz', from an article which was created on the 14th of May which is four days after which some vandal on this site removed Brian Reddyb from the list of founders. That vandal being, Öban a.k.a Örjan Öberg.Quite apparent that the 'source' sourced their information from this site. Myself and Öban had a dispute early on in the Rendex project, the result being that I left. So while I was not involved during the Rednex glory days, I most certainly was there at its inception. Furthermore, that article relates to a supposed ebay sale of the Rednex brand. I relinquished my rights to the brand upon departure, perhaps another reason why I am not referenced. I setup my Wikipedia account to stop vandals removing my contribution. Brian Reddyb 13.30, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
My account registration timing in relation to the so called Chiefofmsiss edits was merely coincidental. I have noted for some time that the inclusion of my name as one of the founding producers of Rednex was being subject to constant removal. See above comment re Örjan "Öban" Öberg, he being the principal culprit. Also see [7], this being an earlier discussion about people using my name or variations thereof in random articles. Unfortunately based on my association with Rednex and my subsequent career as a cabaret band manager, I managed to develop a cult following, primarily in Sweden, Germany and parts of Ireland. I accept your removal of my TvWiki source, but politely request that you stop vandalising this page. Brian Reddyb 15:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
I have reverted your last edit since the claim that the band was originally founded by Janne Ericsson, Örjan "Öban" Öberg, and Pat Reiniz is undisputed; the "according to some sources" qualifier is redundant. What is being disputed here is the contribution of the alleged 'fourth' founder. Ayla 14:17, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Additionally, I have also submitted a request for comment and a conflict of interest report. Editors interested in contributing to resolving this dispute are encouraged to read the above discussion, and to refer to the deletion discussion for Brian Reddy. Also note that both the Reddyb and Brian Reddyb articles were speedy deleted, the former as "patent nonsense/hoax" and the latter as "completely false/fictitious". Additionally, a complaint on the Wikipedia help desk was made by an individual asserting to be Örjan Öban Öberg, one of the founding producers behind the group, who states that he has "never heard of the claimed producer named Brian Reddyb [and] neither have the others". Ayla 14:44, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Firstly, the issue of the Brian Reddyb, Reddyb Briyan al-Reddiyb and other variants of my name being used to create fictitious articles was discussed above. As mentioned, I have developed somewhat of a cult following. Re the specific articles Brian Reddyb and Reddyb, I thank you for pointing them out to me, I was unaware of these. Nonetheless, Reddyb is a name of Jewish heritage and there are many of us throughout Europe. Not sure whether those articles were supposed to be representing me or another Brian Reddyb. As for the Örjan Öban Öberg alleged complaint, assuming it is actually from him, I have also discussed that above. I left after irreconcilable differences with this individual and thus he may 'have it in with me' as it were. Finally, I have produced TWO quality references. In fact these references are substantially better than many of the references found throughout this site and are at least on a par with them. Since I was a member of the founding quartet for just a few months into the project, I was surprised to find even such references about me. I rescinded all my rights to the brand after my departure, thus you will not find any reference to me in relation to the proposed sale of the brand on ebay. I will now revert the changes made by yourself and PrimeHunter so that all producers are referenced by the same source. Using separate sources and stating that only 'some sources' mention Brian Reddyb's role in the founding of Rednex seeks to devalue my position as one of the founder's of Rednex, and arouse a level of suspicion regarding my involvement. I belive Ayla PrimeHunter and Örjan Öban Öberg are conspiring against me and it is possible that you are all indeed the same individual. Brian Reddyb 16:26, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
I am Pat Reiniz, one of the co-founders of Rednex along with Örjan Öberg and Jan Ericsson. Brian Reddyb (?!) has nothing to do with Rednex and we have never heard of this person, though I do appreciate his coup and intention to start a “cult following”. It is actually quite “Rednexy” and I give my respect to that. However, for those interested in the truth, he should be removed from any Rednex articles. If anyone wants proof of this or to get more information about Rednex, please don’t hesitate to email us at info (at) popbandforsale.com or visit rednexmania.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by PatReiniz (talk • contribs) 11:04, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
Hello. It is Örjan Öberg. Once again I would like to repeat that neither me or Pat Reiniz have ever heard of Brian Readyb. We don't know who that is.
For me it is very unpleasant to read that he claims to have had a dispute with me. He writes: "I left after irreconcilable differences with this individual and thus he may 'have it in with me' as it were."
This feels like having a stalker.
He also thinks that I, Ayla and Primehunter are the same person. I have never heard of them either. Since I don't know their real names, I don't know who they are. Maybe they are old friends, I can't tell.
I am glad that Reddyb is banned from this site now. Thank you. Orjan67 15:34, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
The cited links do check out and include the name Brian Reddyb. That said, revert warring really isn't the way to solve things on Wikipedia. Please see this example of an arbitration case I opened because editors who had a conflict of interest engaged in edit warring over a former member's contribution to a band. Google gives prominent indexing to this site's pages so individuals who have a professional reputation to protect would do well to enter the mentorship program and avoid creating the appearance of impropriety. I hope your situation works out. DurovaCharge! 16:00, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Thank you, I appreciate your open mind on this issue. Brian Reddyb 16:04, 1 July 2007
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Whilst I agree that page protection is the best way to go, the article should at least acknowledge the dispute surrounding Brian Reddyb's contribution to the band. The assurance that the cited links "check out" is insufficient; unfortunately, it often happens that even reputable websites copy material indiscriminately from Wikipedia, and this might have been the case with the given sources. In fact, Brian Reddyb himself has earlier referenced a site which stated explicitly that it was a mirror of the Wikipedia article (see [13]). I thus recommend reverting back to the version which gives separate sources for the three- and four-member claims until the dispute is resolved. Ayla 16:18, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I did reference such a mirror site, and being a relatively new user to the Wikipedia project was unaware of any potential problems. I acknowledged your grievance with that source and happily allowed your revision unobstructed. As for your comment ‘unfortunately, it often happens that even reputable websites copy material indiscriminately from Wikipedia', that argument is weak. The same could be said for any number of potential sources on this site, not least the conflicting one used on the Rednex page (Rednex On Sale For $1.5 Million). I suggest that you argue for a change in the Wikipedia reference policy if you have an issue with it, although that might prove problematic given that every reference on the Rednex page is susceptible to the same claims that you make about the sources I provided. I recommend that the protection remain on this page until someone with an ounce of reason mediates. At the very least such precaution will ensure that the revert war mongering of Ayla et al is curtailed. Let common sense prevail and put a stop to this ludicrous episode.Brian Reddyb 16:53, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm not commenting on the reliability of those sources - merely noting that they do mention the Brian Reddyb name. Brian, would you be willing to undergo a checkuser to clear up suspicions about whether you're related to the hoax activity that's happened at other articles? DurovaCharge! 18:13, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Brian has to eat, and also has a life, he is not stuck to his computer 24/7 editing wikipedia. Oh and right so, a reasonable entry is made on the Rednex wiki page backed up with two independent citations (recall these are sources sourced like any other on this website), other people subsequently have an issue with this and this warrants potentially attempting to block an entire IP range?? Please do that, if including cited information in an article warrants such bizarre action, go ahead and do it. I will most certainly make contact with other administrators and explain to them how you are undertaking such grotesque abuses of power. Perhaps, other users should be checked for sock puppetry. Either way,I am indifferent,this entire episode is becoming nonsensical surely you must have other things to be doing rather than deliberating over whether or not Brian Reddyb's undeniable (sources verify) input into the Rednex brand deserves a mention in the article. Removing it will only undermine the impartiality and reliability of this site. Kindest Regards, BrianReddyb 11:34, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Well, now we know Brian has seen the checkuser challenge. I'll shorten the clock for a yea or a nay to 24 hours. This has a very strong appearance of WP:HOAX, enough to justify sitebanning in my opinion, and I'm offering you the chance to clear your name. If you really think my actions here abuse administrative powers you're welcome to solicit independent opinions at the administrators' noticeboard. DurovaCharge! 03:30, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
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request[edit]When page protection is applied, it almost always assumes that there is something wrong with the article (NPOV disputes, weasel words, etc.). And because of this, the protected version is always the m:the wrong version. This talk page should be used to discuss the proposed changes and try to come to a consensus. If that effort fails, there are mediation options that are available. --MZMcBride 18:34, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Hey guys, im new to the wiki world but am a big fan of Rednex and i had looked forward to contributing to their page on wikipedia. Is editing permanently blocked on the page? This issue of producers seems to have caused quite the storm. It is also being talked about now in parts of the media over here! Anyway i hope this will be resolved soon. Rednex rule!! Sanchezsteamer 01:42, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
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template to the article. Ayla 12:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
As mentioned above, I am now at the point where I am indifferent to what version of Rednex is used. I have other things to use my time for other than waste it discussing this issue.Please feel free to choose whatever previous edit of the article you wish, I have no objection. As for the IP range, I will be living back in Stockholm in two weeks soon after which I will be living in the UK, so it will not affect me. Oh, and one last thing, guys make sure you get outside every once and a while. Consider the case closed and that I now remove any of my involvement in it, I'm too busy. Sanchezsteamer, thank you for taking an interest in Rednex, comments like that make it all the more worthwhile. Peace to all. Kindest Regards Brian Reddyb 11:17, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
In response to some concerns above I'll explain this more fully. Unless Brian Reddyb accepts my offer soon I will act upon the compelling evidence, banning him from this site. From that point onward any editor may revert his edits immediately even if those edits come from shared IP addresses. No more good faith discussion is required, no examination of sourcing, etc. It's a simple matter to watchlist pages and revert. Moreover, from the moment of sitebanning onward, if reasonable suspicion exists that this user has evaded the ban then we can run checkuser whether or not he wants it and we'll checkuser all the suspected sockpuppets including Sanchezsteamer (a Google News search turned up nothing for this band in the last day, by the way). Checkuser has been known to turn up additional unsuspected sockpuppets where those also exist.
So unless some surprising development happens in the next few hours, I'll probably downgrade the protection on this article to semiprotection. If problems persist any editor can report them to this noticeboard and request additional userblocks and page protections. Any editor would also be able to request follow-up checkuser reports as necessary. If things drag on you can add a report at Wikipedia:Long term abuse.
Brian, if I'm mistaken please act quickly. You can use the "my preferences" link at the upper right corner of your screen to enable your e-mail address as the official band e-mail. Once you receive the verification e-mail from Wikipedia you can click the "e-mail this user" option at the left hand column of the page User:Durova and send me a message confirming your membership in the band and give your voluntary consent to undergo checkuser. These actions should clear up any doubt. DurovaCharge! 17:08, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Brian Reddyb and registered sockpuppets are blocked indefinitely. The static IP addresses haven't edited in a long time so I haven't imposed any specific blocks on them: semiprotection will prevent them from editing this page. If problems continue, report to WP:ANI and file a class F checkuser request. I've downgraded the page protection at this article to semiprotection. Post new requests to WP:RFPP. Best wishes all and thank you for your assistance.
FYI, sometime in the coming months I'd like to revive an old noticeboard that used to centralize complex investigations. Please review Wikipedia:Requests for investigation and voice your support if you think it would have helped in this case. Regards, DurovaCharge! 01:54, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Why is this page protected and when is it set to be unprotected? Regards Reddtastic (talk) 15:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm a big fan of Rednex and feel tremendously disappointed that the article has been semi-protected. I demand that protection be removed immediately so that I can continue to bring my expertise to the article. 89.204.230.77 (talk) 21:44, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
The introduction gives undue weight to America. Why should the level of their success in America be mentioned, but not say, in the UK or Australia or somewhere else? 92.12.22.16 (talk) 19:21, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Page states "Their song Cotton Eye Joe is also featured on the Hampster Dance CD released April 2004." ... I'm wondering why thisone compilation would be mentioned out of the hundreds, possibly thousands of compilations that the song is in (I personally own twenty or more compilations that hold the song). DiscoNova (talk) 12:34, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
"Devils On The Loose" is now out and officially distributed via ThePirateBay --195.177.121.136 (talk) 15:00, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
I think article should also have some information about their statements in http://rednexmusic.com/info/RednexSaysHowdyAtPirateBay_READ_NOW.pdf Also their current label on their page is marked: REDNEX AB Waffa 02:20, 10 January 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Waffa (talk • contribs)
The article is missing information about a computer game they made. I don't know how to go about referencing web pages, and this is the most informative page I could find:
http://www.krans.com/ArtDetail.cfm?ArtCode=13783&CatCode=SWMG&ShowArtikelsStartRow=1
cached:
http://www.krans.com.nyud.net:8090/ArtDetail.cfm?ArtCode=13783&CatCode=SWMG&ShowArtikelsStartRow=1
The game is sort of a Myst clone. The protagonist visits Brunkeflo and has to round up the band members by playing mini games and solving puzzles, to eventually escape Brunkeflo to the big city. One can also see a few of their music videos in the game. 130.238.15.192 (talk) 09:11, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
According to their site, under Band Members (http://www.rednexmusic.com/band-members):
"The performers that are currently in the Rednex group include Dakotah, Abby Hick, Misty Mae, Dagger, Ace Ratclaw, Joe Cagg, Boneduster Crock, Rufus Jones, Spades, Mup, Billy Ray, Bobby Sue. Pictures below."
... Billy Ray, Bobby Sue, and Mup are 3 of the original band members who - with Mary Joe and Ken Tacky comprised the first Rednex band... question is, are these three the originals, or are they just recycling names? Anyone else got any info? I know Pat Reinez, who played Mup in the original lineup, now owns the trademark, but does he do anything in Rednex (though if not, why list his character of Mup as back in Rednex?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Travelsonic (talk • contribs) 06:46, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
If there is any problem with the Rednex pictures or any data, I suggest to ask straight from the source. I, myself work with the band as well, so I have the right to distribute photos and give you up-to-date information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helekas (talk • contribs) 06:22, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
This is not an official release by the band - it is a homemade CDR made by a Discogs user
Here is the Discogs page - https://www.discogs.com/Rednex-The-Cotton-Eye-Joe-Show/release/3501819
Here is the user admitting that it shouldn't be on Wikipedia - https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/368083?page=5#7066309
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If you guys notice in the Band Members timeline that they all play a instrument called "Redneckery" usually they put actual instruments in there so I think that needs to be fixed Thomasthedarkenguine (talk) 06:33, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
The timeline only extends to 2018. This needs updating along with the legend as mentioned above. LightningScout Samræða 01:47, 6 June 2024 (UTC)