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I did a search on Amazon, and I can't find a Shel Silvestein book of poems entitled "New Kids On The Block", but anyway, if you think it's worthy of a Wikipedia article well and good. However, it means we have a name clash. I guess we should create an article that contains pointers to "New Kids On The Block band" and "New Kids On The Block book". Is that OK? -- Robert Merkel — Preceding undated comment added 01:19, 29 November 2001 (UTC)
Somebody with NKOTB knowledge please pretty-fy this page? It breaks my heart to see such an unattractive Wiki page devoted to my favourite 80s boy band. 24.215.63.110 04:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm aginst the merge. I can write Danny's article. I was a big blockhead back in the day and collected articles for years after they disbanded. I think if the other four members have their own article, Danny should too. I'll have it done by 4/1/06. G312 19:34, 16 March 2006 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.192.38.14 ( talk)
With their first 9 singles reaching the top ten in 1988-1990, it is hard to disrespect NKOTB. Compared to the Backstreet Boys, NKOTB experienced greater success in the U.S. because the Backstreet Boys never had a #1 single in the U.S. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.29.149.88 ( talk • contribs) 19:57, 11 August 2006.
Back in the 80's some girl told me that one member of NKOTB had roots from Yugoslavia. Anyone that can confirm? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.187.201.102 ( talk) 14:22, 16 March 2007 (UTC).
I seem to remember an episode where they were singing and dancing (in cartoon form) around a fountain. Am I crazy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.196.202.165 ( talk) 01:23, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
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Danny Wood performed before "10 paid attendees" ? Is that some kind of joke? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.51.191.70 ( talk) 07:52, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
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Njs4ever.com scored an interview with Danny Wood in the summer of 2007 -- it's over an hour long and on YouTube, but I have also created a "Pop Stand" page to serve as an easy place to find it. It's VERY candid, and very informative, and frankly, I'm not understanding why its inclusion on the NKOTB wikipedia page is being deemed "irrelevant" or inappropriate since reunion talk is discussed, before ANYONE was even thinking about it in 2007 (besides the reunion attempts by MTV and the Bands Reunited series). I will be adding it back on....if you have questions, please reach out to me directly. Just click "contact" on the website's side bar. Thank you.
Andrew Knyt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knyte77 ( talk • contribs) 04:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Hey girls, I know Pinkadelica who removed it meant well, but I'm a NKOTB fan too, I was the one who added the info about the American Music Awards, but I saw you removed the unexplained changes I added, I guess I should've explained it, I corrected the info about Joey Mcintyre's first album, because it was certified Platinum since then, not just Gold, also the New Kids are trying to like get away from Maurice Starr's "puppet masketeers" image, that's why i removed Maurice Starr from the top of the article to give more credit to the new kids themselves, because you know when people in the media read their wikipedia, maurice starr's name is gonna be up there on the top again, and it could spur their anti-new kids manufactured thing, you know what i'm sayin, if we remove maurice starr from at least the top of the article, then it gives more credit to the guys, well anyway, go New Kids, love to all the blockheads! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.25.3.67 ( talk) 01:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
There is an ongoing dispute over the fair-use images that are currently in this article. I don't see the need for so many fair-use images here, but whenever I've removed them, I've found that they've been restored (see edits like this and this). I admit I'm no expert with images, but from my understanding of the image policy, these images shouldn't be here under at least 3 counts:
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Someone keeps on editing my edits. I was just trying to clean up the article. -XYZ1003 — Preceding unsigned comment added by XYZ1003 ( talk • contribs) 21:01, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
I don't usually edit articles nor do I know the codes, but um, I'm guessing this sentence is not supposed to be there "In April 1986,ashley is their biggest fan." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.16.231.6 ( talk) 19:35, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
'Kim Glover' redirects here but there's no mention of her on this page. Please could someone who knows about her either add some information or delete the redirect, as it's not helpful at the moment. Jammycaketin ( talk) 18:56, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
My first instinct on seeing the "Full Service Tour" information added was the same as that of the person that removed the info, that it wasn't a separate tour. However, if you read the source cited, it states:
So clearly it is a separate tour; maybe there is no break between the tours, but they are still separate. -- Susan118 ( talk) 04:14, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm removing the recently added section about British boy band Take That because 1)It doesn't have anything to do with NKOTB, 2)No references, and 3)Even if it was relevant, it shouldn't be in the lead section. Please feel free to discuss if you disagree. -- Susan118 talk 22:03, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
There is a Dutch TV series that's called New Kids on the Block; after the first two seasons abbreviated to New Kids ( Dutch Wikipedia page). It's currently being broadcast by Comedy Central and is starting to get quite popular in other countries as well, especially in Sweden and Germany ( German Wikipedia page). DJ Paul Elstak created a song for the New Kids Turbo movie that'll be released in about a week ( IMDb, Dutch Wikipedia page). The series is named after the American boy band. -- 82.171.70.54 ( talk) 23:16, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
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I left the lede alone, and I know they were very young when they started out, but is "boy band" actually the best term to characterize a vocal group made up of men in their late 40s and early 50s? Timothy Horrigan ( talk) 12:39, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
I know Backstreet Boys have been active for longer and that might explain a page dedicated only to their awards.
I refuse to believe NKOTB have so few awards in comparison.
Can anyone tell if there is nothing else for NKOTB?
George Rodney Maruri Game ( talk) 03:36, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
The Early Career section of this article currently states that Jamie Kelly "replaced" Mark Wahlberg in New Kids on the Block "as the group began to take shape" - and that Joey McIntyre subsequently replaced Jamie. The only source offered for this is Nikki Van Noy's "authorized biography" of the group, which doesn't appear to be accessible online. On the other hand, this Biography.com article says that Kelly joined the group "early on" and seems to suggest that he joined before the Knight brothers or Danny Wood. It's still possible that Mark Wahlberg had left the group before Jamie Kelly joined, but if that was the case, then when Mark left, it seems as though Donnie would have been the only one remaining in the group at the time.
The article goes on to say that Kelly made an "early exit" either due to "a lack of talent or simply a lack of commitment". And the article suggests that Starr began looking for Kelly's replacement only after Kelly left. So while it would be accurate to say that Joey McIntyre took Kelly's spot in the group, it seems that McIntyre was recruited only after Kelly chose to leave. It doesn't seem that Kelly was forced out to make space for McIntyre. I'm not familiar with the history of New Kids on the Block nor have I ever seen Van Noy's authorized biography, so I can't confidently speak to the actual timeline of the group's forming. It's certainly possible that different people associated with the group have given contradictory accounts of all this. If so, then it would be worth mentioning those contradictions here on Wikipedia. There are a few additional sources that I'm going to look into, and if I find out more on the topic, I'll report back. -- Jpcase ( talk) 16:19, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I searched a little bit further through the page's history and found that the People article was first added as a source in this 2008 edit. But by that time, the Early Career section had already existed largely in its current form for quite awhile. So the entire Early Career section was written without sourcing. And I'm pretty sure the only reason that Van Noy's biography was added as a source in that aforementioned 2012 edit was so that it could serve as a source for the group's original name. Much of the information in the Early Career section is obviously true, but it seems fair to say that some of the details in that section could potentially be inaccurate. -- Jpcase ( talk) 03:10, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
In the 2013-present section this line sticks out as... I mean a BTS fan had to write this, right? What's the relevance? "One thing to point was during the concert, K-Pop Boyband BTS were vibing and enjoying New Kids On The Block and New Edition's Performance. The memorable and goose-bump feeling comes off to New Kids singing Hangin' Tough , making everyone waving their hands in good vibes."
I'm hesitant to just flat out delete it, but I can't see why it's even in the article. Who cares if BTS listened to their concert, why is that historically significant? Can you cite "everyone waving their hands in the air in good vibes"? Is "goose-bump feeling" an academic term? IDK, I'm not sure what to do about it so I figured I'd bring it up in here to see what everyone else thought. Evil taco ( talk) 19:48, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
I saw this article from Billboard magazine about their new clip "Bring Back the Time". https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/new-kids-on-the-block-bring-back-the-time-video-donnie-wahlberg-interview-1235038429/ I don't know if there enough infos to put an entry about this song. -- Sd-100 ( talk) 16:25, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
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I did a search on Amazon, and I can't find a Shel Silvestein book of poems entitled "New Kids On The Block", but anyway, if you think it's worthy of a Wikipedia article well and good. However, it means we have a name clash. I guess we should create an article that contains pointers to "New Kids On The Block band" and "New Kids On The Block book". Is that OK? -- Robert Merkel — Preceding undated comment added 01:19, 29 November 2001 (UTC)
Somebody with NKOTB knowledge please pretty-fy this page? It breaks my heart to see such an unattractive Wiki page devoted to my favourite 80s boy band. 24.215.63.110 04:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm aginst the merge. I can write Danny's article. I was a big blockhead back in the day and collected articles for years after they disbanded. I think if the other four members have their own article, Danny should too. I'll have it done by 4/1/06. G312 19:34, 16 March 2006 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.192.38.14 ( talk)
With their first 9 singles reaching the top ten in 1988-1990, it is hard to disrespect NKOTB. Compared to the Backstreet Boys, NKOTB experienced greater success in the U.S. because the Backstreet Boys never had a #1 single in the U.S. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.29.149.88 ( talk • contribs) 19:57, 11 August 2006.
Back in the 80's some girl told me that one member of NKOTB had roots from Yugoslavia. Anyone that can confirm? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.187.201.102 ( talk) 14:22, 16 March 2007 (UTC).
I seem to remember an episode where they were singing and dancing (in cartoon form) around a fountain. Am I crazy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.196.202.165 ( talk) 01:23, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
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Danny Wood performed before "10 paid attendees" ? Is that some kind of joke? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.51.191.70 ( talk) 07:52, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
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Njs4ever.com scored an interview with Danny Wood in the summer of 2007 -- it's over an hour long and on YouTube, but I have also created a "Pop Stand" page to serve as an easy place to find it. It's VERY candid, and very informative, and frankly, I'm not understanding why its inclusion on the NKOTB wikipedia page is being deemed "irrelevant" or inappropriate since reunion talk is discussed, before ANYONE was even thinking about it in 2007 (besides the reunion attempts by MTV and the Bands Reunited series). I will be adding it back on....if you have questions, please reach out to me directly. Just click "contact" on the website's side bar. Thank you.
Andrew Knyt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knyte77 ( talk • contribs) 04:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Hey girls, I know Pinkadelica who removed it meant well, but I'm a NKOTB fan too, I was the one who added the info about the American Music Awards, but I saw you removed the unexplained changes I added, I guess I should've explained it, I corrected the info about Joey Mcintyre's first album, because it was certified Platinum since then, not just Gold, also the New Kids are trying to like get away from Maurice Starr's "puppet masketeers" image, that's why i removed Maurice Starr from the top of the article to give more credit to the new kids themselves, because you know when people in the media read their wikipedia, maurice starr's name is gonna be up there on the top again, and it could spur their anti-new kids manufactured thing, you know what i'm sayin, if we remove maurice starr from at least the top of the article, then it gives more credit to the guys, well anyway, go New Kids, love to all the blockheads! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.25.3.67 ( talk) 01:02, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
There is an ongoing dispute over the fair-use images that are currently in this article. I don't see the need for so many fair-use images here, but whenever I've removed them, I've found that they've been restored (see edits like this and this). I admit I'm no expert with images, but from my understanding of the image policy, these images shouldn't be here under at least 3 counts:
I do not think that these images are appropriate, but can we discuss this rather than revert-war over the images? Acalamari 19:35, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Someone keeps on editing my edits. I was just trying to clean up the article. -XYZ1003 — Preceding unsigned comment added by XYZ1003 ( talk • contribs) 21:01, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
I don't usually edit articles nor do I know the codes, but um, I'm guessing this sentence is not supposed to be there "In April 1986,ashley is their biggest fan." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.16.231.6 ( talk) 19:35, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
'Kim Glover' redirects here but there's no mention of her on this page. Please could someone who knows about her either add some information or delete the redirect, as it's not helpful at the moment. Jammycaketin ( talk) 18:56, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
My first instinct on seeing the "Full Service Tour" information added was the same as that of the person that removed the info, that it wasn't a separate tour. However, if you read the source cited, it states:
So clearly it is a separate tour; maybe there is no break between the tours, but they are still separate. -- Susan118 ( talk) 04:14, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
I'm removing the recently added section about British boy band Take That because 1)It doesn't have anything to do with NKOTB, 2)No references, and 3)Even if it was relevant, it shouldn't be in the lead section. Please feel free to discuss if you disagree. -- Susan118 talk 22:03, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
There is a Dutch TV series that's called New Kids on the Block; after the first two seasons abbreviated to New Kids ( Dutch Wikipedia page). It's currently being broadcast by Comedy Central and is starting to get quite popular in other countries as well, especially in Sweden and Germany ( German Wikipedia page). DJ Paul Elstak created a song for the New Kids Turbo movie that'll be released in about a week ( IMDb, Dutch Wikipedia page). The series is named after the American boy band. -- 82.171.70.54 ( talk) 23:16, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
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I left the lede alone, and I know they were very young when they started out, but is "boy band" actually the best term to characterize a vocal group made up of men in their late 40s and early 50s? Timothy Horrigan ( talk) 12:39, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
I know Backstreet Boys have been active for longer and that might explain a page dedicated only to their awards.
I refuse to believe NKOTB have so few awards in comparison.
Can anyone tell if there is nothing else for NKOTB?
George Rodney Maruri Game ( talk) 03:36, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
The Early Career section of this article currently states that Jamie Kelly "replaced" Mark Wahlberg in New Kids on the Block "as the group began to take shape" - and that Joey McIntyre subsequently replaced Jamie. The only source offered for this is Nikki Van Noy's "authorized biography" of the group, which doesn't appear to be accessible online. On the other hand, this Biography.com article says that Kelly joined the group "early on" and seems to suggest that he joined before the Knight brothers or Danny Wood. It's still possible that Mark Wahlberg had left the group before Jamie Kelly joined, but if that was the case, then when Mark left, it seems as though Donnie would have been the only one remaining in the group at the time.
The article goes on to say that Kelly made an "early exit" either due to "a lack of talent or simply a lack of commitment". And the article suggests that Starr began looking for Kelly's replacement only after Kelly left. So while it would be accurate to say that Joey McIntyre took Kelly's spot in the group, it seems that McIntyre was recruited only after Kelly chose to leave. It doesn't seem that Kelly was forced out to make space for McIntyre. I'm not familiar with the history of New Kids on the Block nor have I ever seen Van Noy's authorized biography, so I can't confidently speak to the actual timeline of the group's forming. It's certainly possible that different people associated with the group have given contradictory accounts of all this. If so, then it would be worth mentioning those contradictions here on Wikipedia. There are a few additional sources that I'm going to look into, and if I find out more on the topic, I'll report back. -- Jpcase ( talk) 16:19, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
I searched a little bit further through the page's history and found that the People article was first added as a source in this 2008 edit. But by that time, the Early Career section had already existed largely in its current form for quite awhile. So the entire Early Career section was written without sourcing. And I'm pretty sure the only reason that Van Noy's biography was added as a source in that aforementioned 2012 edit was so that it could serve as a source for the group's original name. Much of the information in the Early Career section is obviously true, but it seems fair to say that some of the details in that section could potentially be inaccurate. -- Jpcase ( talk) 03:10, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
In the 2013-present section this line sticks out as... I mean a BTS fan had to write this, right? What's the relevance? "One thing to point was during the concert, K-Pop Boyband BTS were vibing and enjoying New Kids On The Block and New Edition's Performance. The memorable and goose-bump feeling comes off to New Kids singing Hangin' Tough , making everyone waving their hands in good vibes."
I'm hesitant to just flat out delete it, but I can't see why it's even in the article. Who cares if BTS listened to their concert, why is that historically significant? Can you cite "everyone waving their hands in the air in good vibes"? Is "goose-bump feeling" an academic term? IDK, I'm not sure what to do about it so I figured I'd bring it up in here to see what everyone else thought. Evil taco ( talk) 19:48, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
I saw this article from Billboard magazine about their new clip "Bring Back the Time". https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/new-kids-on-the-block-bring-back-the-time-video-donnie-wahlberg-interview-1235038429/ I don't know if there enough infos to put an entry about this song. -- Sd-100 ( talk) 16:25, 17 March 2022 (UTC)