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The following Wikipedia contributor has declared a personal or professional connection to the subject of this article. Relevant policies and guidelines may include conflict of interest, autobiography, and neutral point of view. Their edits to this article were last checked for neutrality on 2-10-2018 by Binksternet. Btsediting ( talk · contribs) This user has contributed to the article. This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus. This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the Top 25 Report 4 times. The weeks in which this happened: February 11 to 17, 2018 February 25 to March 3, 2018 March 4 to 10, 2018 April 14 to 20, 2019 Daily pageviews of this article A graph should have been displayed here but graphs are temporarily disabled. Until they are enabled again, visit the interactive graph at pageviews.wmcloud.org Section sizes Section size for BTS (36 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 8,130 8,130 Name 3,221 3,221 History 12 174,936 2010–2014: Formation and early years 11,752 11,752 2014–2017 18 46,982 Skool Luv Affair and first concert tour 8,756 8,756 Mainstream breakthrough and commercial success 15,810 15,810 You Never Walk Alone and Love Yourself: Her 22,398 22,398 2018–2020 18 79,621 Love Yourself album series 23,793 23,793 Map of the Soul: Persona, stadium world tour and BTS World 28,199 28,199 Map of the Soul: 7, "Dynamite" and Be 27,611 27,611 2021–present 23 36,569 "Butter", "Permission to Dance" and Proof 22,384 22,384 Military service and contract renewal 14,162 14,162 Artistry 13 25,858 Influences 6,678 6,678 Musical style 8,775 8,775 Lyrical themes 10,392 10,392 Impact 6,159 19,789 Diplomacy 8,760 8,760 Fandom 4,870 4,870 Other ventures 22 11,344 Endorsements 6,993 6,993 Philanthropy 4,329 4,329 Accolades 4,621 4,621 Members 3,457 3,457 Discography 641 641 Filmography 455 455 Bibliography 54 54 Concert tours 3,991 3,991 Notes 24 24 References 28 28 Bibliography 4,216 4,216 Further reading 256 256 External links 4,117 4,117 Total 265,138 265,138

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This article is twice as long as it needs to be, with far too much pointless trivia and long-winded descriptions. 2.217.114.126 ( talk) 12:16, 1 January 2024 (UTC) reply

The article is perfectly fine. Btspurplegalaxy  💬  🖊️ 04:14, 8 January 2024 (UTC) reply

Nothing on WP is perfectly fine. Or at least not an article this size At almost 9000 words, the WP:TOOBIG guideline is at "possibly ok, but maybe not." Gråbergs Gråa Sång ( talk) 19:16, 8 March 2024 (UTC) reply

It went through a WP:FAC, so it's classified as a high quality article. It went through a downsizing from previous times. Btspurplegalaxy  💬  🖊️ 05:53, 13 May 2024 (UTC) reply

Is there a reason the members section of the article does not link to each of their individual articles? Most group articles link to members pages in that section ( Beatles, Rolling Stones, Twice), without the links it almost seems they do not each have individual articles.

I understand that they are linked elsewhere on the page, I only ask as I myself usually go to the members section to see a timeline (if applicable) and go to member articles from there. Orangesclub ( talk) 05:18, 13 May 2024 (UTC) reply

We refrain from linking due to MOS:OVERLINK. It's unnecessary to include links to their articles within the members section since readers can easily access them either through the introduction sentence or the infobox. Btspurplegalaxy  💬  🖊️ 05:42, 13 May 2024 (UTC) reply

As Namjoon already had explained that doesn’t mean BTS - BTS meaning it’s only Bulletproof Boys Scout or in Korean Bangtan Sonyeondan 76.168.146.210 ( talk) 00:13, 14 July 2024 (UTC) reply

The page doesn't mention anywhere that BTS means "behind the scene". Chiya ^ko92 07:14, 14 July 2024 (UTC) reply

There is, see the infobox. 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 • [𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺] 07:33, 14 July 2024 (UTC) reply

That is beyond, as it was announced by Big Hit in 2017. Chiya ^ko92 09:46, 14 July 2024 (UTC) reply

Oh my! I got confused, my bad. 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 • [𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺] 16:02, 14 July 2024 (UTC) reply

BTS as a group was formed on July 12th 2013 2A02:587:7E1C:A00:403B:5C0C:6572:FB0 ( talk) 14:48, 19 July 2024 (UTC) reply

You seem to be conflating "creation of the group" vs the "debut of the group" - per article Auditions were held in 2010 with plans to launch the following year. The band members lived together, practicing up to 15 hours a day, and first performed before a small crowd of industry insiders in 2013. Evaders99 ( talk) 00:09, 20 July 2024 (UTC) reply