Talk:Freak like Me
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Requested move 2008
This was a surprisingly contentious issue at WP:CAPS a while ago, and I feel obliged to put this issue to rest. This concerns the capitalization of "like" when being used as a preposition. Since the "like" in proper nouns such as "Freak L(l)ike Me" is being used as a preposition, it technically shouldn't be capitalized. However, almost all media sources capitalize "like," so there's little point in following some Wikipedia guideline if it doesn't make logical sense. — Xnux the Echidna 01:46, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
- Freak Like Me
- It's like That (Run-D.M.C. song) → It's Like That (Run-D.M.C. song)
- It's like That (Mariah Carey song) → It's Like That (Mariah Carey song)
- Love like This → Love Like This
- Just like You → Just Like You
- Just like You (Poster Children album) → Just Like You (Poster Children album)
- Just Like You (Keb' Mo' album)
- Just Like You (Keyshia Cole album)
- Just Like You (Roxy Music song)
- Just like You (Three Days Grace song) → Just Like You (Three Days Grace song)
- Just like Heaven → Just Like Heaven
- Feels like Home → Feels Like Home
- I'm like a Bird → I'm Like a Bird
- Just like a Pill → Just Like a Pill
- Hot like Fire → Hot Like Fire
- Someone like Me → Someone Like Me
- Like It like That → Like It Like That
- A Girl like Me (Rihanna album) → A Girl Like Me (Rihanna album)
- Love like Honey → Love Like Honey
- Lean Like a Cholo
- I Guess I Like It like That → I Guess I Like It Like That
- Fight Like the Night
- No Place like Earth → No Place Like Earth
- Life Is Like a Boat
- Do It Like a Robot
Half this article is about a cover of the song. that song should have its own page, rather than take up almost this entire article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.7.183 (talk) 02:09, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Requested move 2012
Fair use of notable cover version single cover
Since the images,
The single cover for the Sugababes cover version passes the points of
The current consensus for single covers in section infoboxes to represent notable cover versions are that they pass
Sugababes version
Yes it has the same name, but you can't really call it a cover version when it uses a completely different backing track. It's similar to another Richard X production, "
- The backing track doesn't matter. It a bit like saying Leona Lewis's version of "Run" isn't a cover version because the backing music is different from the original, or the Michael Andrews and Gary Jules version of "Mad World", for example (and thousands of others). It's not a mash-up because it uses newly recorded vocals. It's a cover version, using a sample from another song. –anemoneprojectors– 14:26, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
- Leona Lewis' cover of "Run" is the same as the original except that it's played using a piano instead of a guitar. Unreal7 (talk) 14:56, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
- And the Sugababes version of "Freak like Me" is the same as the original except that it uses a sample from another song as it's backing track. So no difference between "Freak like Me" and "Run", then, in that they're both cover versions, and neither are mash-ups. If it used Adina Howard's vocals instead of newly recorded vocals, then it would probably be a mash-up. The Sugababes version uses a sample of one song, but isn't a mash-up of two existing songs. From Mashup (music) - "A mashup is a song or composition created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another." –anemoneprojectors– 10:01, 30 October 2013 (UTC)
- Leona Lewis' cover of "Run" is the same as the original except that it's played using a piano instead of a guitar. Unreal7 (talk) 14:56, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
Requested move 14 November 2016
- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the move request was: not moved. -- Tavix (talk) 19:43, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
Freak like Me → Freak Like Me – CAPS Jax 0677 (talk) 17:24, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
- This is a contested technical request (permalink). Steel1943 (talk) 18:08, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
- Searching for "Like me" in article titles pulls up mixed results for "Like" being capitalized and not capitalized if it's not the first or last word. Also, it seems that Wikipedia:Naming conventions (capitalization) isn't completely clear where the usage of the word "like" falls and if it is applicable to its guideline. Steel1943 (talk) 18:08, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
- @Jax 0677: This move request has been moved to full discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 18:08, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
- Oppose - No reason has been provided as to why the caps is better or helpful than lowercase, Simply saying "CAPS" is not enough, I would suggest this be speedy closed. –Davey2010Talk 21:57, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.