Talk:Mr Beast (album)

Album number and cover

I have two questions. First, I wasn't quite sure how to number this album. It is listed ninth in the discography on the Mogwai page, but it is really only the fifth actual album. Listing it as the fifth feels more correct to me, but other album pages follow the sequential order of the discography. Can anyone think of a better, more explicit way to express this?

Also, unrelated to the album numbering, I am uncertain of the legality of the image used. Does anyone know if unreleased album covers qualify under fair use? Imaginaryoctopus 23:11, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Well I'm not an official source but I would guess using even the higher resolution cover from the Matador Records site would be okay. Mogwai is an indie band, and is on Matador in the US, a label which asked to be taken off the RIAA list for prosecuting p2p folks. It is my guess, as a fan of Mogwai, that using the current image is okay. And, from my basic understanding it does pass the four-factor test. As an aside, when a record review site uses an album cover how does that work out? Do all the little sites have to okay it? Hmm. Also the comment from Alan McGee on 'Mr Beast' being possibly better than 'Loveless' is interesting, I hadn't read that yet so thanks to whoever included it. --Haruki 09:44, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Album Title

I guess I didn't even think of this when I created the article, but should it be "Mr Beast"? I've heard that it is more common in British to not have a period after things like "Dr", "Mr", etc. The British method seems consistent with the spelling on the actual album, so I'll move the article and fix the spelling in a few days if no one objects. Imaginaryoctopus^(talk) 18:41, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, there's no full stop in it Modest Genius ^talk 16:28, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

This article has been renamed from Mr. Beast to Mr Beast as the result of a move request.

The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. 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 proposal was - unopposed move. Keith D (talk) 22:12, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Mr. Beast → Mr Beast — There is no full stop on the album, or on any primary source that I have seen. —U-Mos (talk) 17:30, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Survey

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• Support. Seems to be a British vs American thing to use "Mr" instead of "Mr." I dont understand all the rules but it does seem to be the way they do it. Horsesforcorses (talk) 22:12, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
• Support. Use British contraction for a British band's album. If this is moved to the proposed title, then shouldn't The Recording of Mr. Beast be moved to The Recording of Mr Beast? – Axman (☏) 15:32, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

• Indeed it should, but that would be pretty uncontroversial so anyone could do it if this move is made. U-Mos (talk) 16:16, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

• Support. Imaginaryoctopus^(talk) 22:28, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Discussion

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