Talk:Daft Punk#Merge proposal

Good day fellow Wikipedians and Daft Punk fans, as many of you may or may not be aware of at this current moment in time, official accounts of Daft Punk have very recently posted several images on various social platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. As a fan of the duo and an inexperienced Wikipedian, I come to the talk pages to ask whether this recent event is worthy enough to update the page to reflect the strange occurrence on the first anniversary of their separation. Thank you in advance. KnightCamelot (talk) 20:55, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

:It doesn't seem anything worthy to mention for now. For the duo, it might be as simple as sharing their material through the years or maybe leading to Musique Vol. 2? We can't speculate. – The Grid (talk) 21:11, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

::{{ping|The Grid}} [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daft_Punk&action=history A revision has been made] with the summary of "reunion announced". Would it be appropriate to revert the edit in following WP:CRYSTAL? TIA KnightCamelot (talk) 21:42, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

:Hey daft punk what language are you speaking in and I love the harder better faster stonger 172.56.91.90 (talk) 01:52, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Reunion is confirmed.[https://edm.com/news/daft-punk-return-to-social-media-comeback-rumors-1-year-anniversary] Cheers. Lmharding (talk) 22:24, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

:Their reunion is purely speculative. [https://www.instagram.com/daftpunk/?hl=en Social media] still says (1993-2021) Rpgoof (talk) 22:57, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

::Yeah...the EDM.com article even says "return to social media". They have made no announcements of reuniting. – The Grid (talk) 14:08, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

:::The Grid is correct. Daft Punk is not reuniting and they only returned to release anniversary content. KnightCamelot (talk) 00:53, 24 February 2022 (UTC)

I'd like to discuss adding the 1995/1996 "unofficial" tour to the Concert tours section. There are found records of a few shows from this tour in the form of photographs and videos, but the sources are not always the most credible. If we decide that its worthwhile to add this tour to the site, should be call out only shows that we have record of? Or maybe it's best to simply state that a tour happened, but the specifics tour dates, venues, loactions, etc are a not well known? Open to thoughts. Joe from Chicago (talk) 00:59, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

:The correct way to handle this is to find third-party sources that documents these shows. We really even shouldn't call it an unofficial tour unless third-party sources state that. I know that these sources exist, because I read them myself in the mid-'90s, but they might require extra effort to track down these days. Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 01:04, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

I think the section about what they have done post break up might be something where we should not go into detail if it's only about one member. We have articles for Guy Manual and Thomas Bangalter for that detailed info. I can start to see a coatrack effect happening here and it's going to eventually give undue weight to the band's article as a whole. – The Grid (talk) 15:59, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

{{Discussion top|result=To merge Darlin' (French band) into this article; overlap; historical continuity; key part of history; short text and context. Klbrain (talk) 19:28, 26 April 2025 (UTC)}}

I propose we merge Darlin' (French band) into Daft Punk. The content on the Darlin' page is already covered on the Daft Punk page. The rest is uncited and not obviously notable. Popcornfud (talk) 15:48, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

:I have no authority or expertise, but my personal gut feeling tells me these should be separated. An additional band member, different genre, etc., makes me feel like it was more like a protogenetic evolution than being the same thing. Maybe pose this talk page to /r/daftpunk for a more detailed analysis? Electricmaster (talk) 10:16, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

::r/daftpunk? The reddit page? Forgive me, but if we went by the opinions of Redditors, every Daft Punk B-side would have three different Wikipedia pages.

::In any case, it's not to do with how different Darlin' were from Daft Punk, it's to do with how much coverage there is of them in reliable sources. There isn't really enough quality coverage to justify giving them their own page, it can all be summarized in the Daft Punk article. Popcornfud (talk) 11:53, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

::Uhhhh consulting Reddit (or any off-wiki website) is certainly not how the process works. We're not particularly seeking out the opinions of superfans, we need the opinions of experienced Wikipedia editors. Sergecross73 msg me 15:36, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

:Merge per nom. This band doesn't appear to be independently notable, but can be discussed in the history section of Daft Punk with a redirect and a bolded name. voorts (talk/contributions) 15:48, 11 February 2025 (UTC)

• Merge per WP:MERGEREASON. There's very little there. It can just be a small mention in DP's early part of its history section. It's actually pretty much mostly already in place. Sergecross73 msg me 16:14, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
• Merge per WP:MERGEREASON. I used to have Laurent Brancowitz as its own article until realizing he's not independently notable to have a separate article. When Darlin's history can be explained in a paragraph, we already have the info about the short lived band in the right place. – The Grid (talk) 16:52, 11 February 2025 (UTC)
• Merge. I consider myself a super-fan of Daft Punk, yet agree that a band that they were in for six months before actually becoming famous isn't notable enough for its own article. The redirect to the history section of Daft Punk's would be enough. I think that article does a better job of explaining the band than its main article does, and anyone searching for Darlin' is likely doing so under the context of looking at Daft Punk's history anyway. -- coco (talk) 10:02, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
• Merge per WP:MERGEREASON. Redundancy and lack of notability. Itzcuauhtli11 (talk) 21:42, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
• Merge per WP:MERGEREASON. I note that two of the only three references for the D'arlin article were about Daft Punk, in which D'arlin gets a brief mention. 14.2.200.245 (talk) 10:03, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

:Merge per nom. Darlin' was only around for a year, had no notable pieces of work, and is considered a stepping stone to Daft Punk. Dares7361 (talk) 18:36, 20 February 2025 (UTC)

:Merge per WP:MERGEREASON, no other rationale needed in my opinion. Sock (tock talk) 18:41, 28 February 2025 (UTC)

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:{{merge done}} Klbrain (talk) 19:28, 26 April 2025 (UTC)

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