Talk:Four Tops

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There is no definite article in the official name for the Four Tops, as confirmed by record labels and Joel Whitburn's chart books. The definite article is used before their name in speech and in running text, but not in headings and in lists of names. The same is true for:

Carpenters Buggles Bee Gees Go-Gos

I can't figure out how to remove the definite article from the titles of the entries of these acts.

For the record, the following non-definite-article acts are already listed correctly in Wikipedia:

Pet Shop Boys Buzzcocks Spice Girls Village People Sex Pistols Doves Associates

A nerdy observation, but keeping in the spirit of Wikipedia for sure.

Regarding the Happy's Pizza section... I don't know that I would classify Happy's as a "pizza giant". At present they have about 15 stores, almost all of them in Detroit. It's a strong presence in the city, to be sure, but not nearly enough to qualify the company as a "giant". Also, referring to their endorsement as "selling out" is hardly NPOV. Guyinypsi 22:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

It's true that on most of their records they are billed as "Four Tops" rather than "The Four Tops" - but not all of them. And although I agree with the observation, I think common sense, and common usage lends towards "The". After all, who would really say, "My favourite Motown groups are The Temptations, The Supremes and Four Tops"? It's just not right somehow. MegdalePlace 22:29, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

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See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 05:40, 3 February 2008 (UTC)