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Other Criticisms[edit]

I've seen various other things criticized:

Lack of progressive rock
Neglect of backing groups
Emphasis on rap in recent years

This will need proper sourcing/citation of course, but I just wanted to mention this. Wolf O'Donnel (talk) 05:07, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Revert[edit]

Perhaps the editor who made this revert can explain why.[1] --2603:7000:2143:8500:9908:4467:7D2D:5F71 (talk) 04:38, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. The term "gossip blogger" is un-encyclopedic. It is not a neutral term. KitHutch (talk) 22:47, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

25 years[edit]

I thought the rule was changed to the record has to have been released at least 26 years ago. RyanDalziel (talk) 07:31, 18 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Critical of some criticism[edit]

I'm not a fan of the organization, and I'm not the biggest rock fan either, but it says right there in the name "Hall of Fame". It doesn't say "Hall of Quality", "Hall of Authenticity", or "Hall of Genuine Contributors". Perhaps the name is intentionally this way. TooManyFingers (talk) 01:18, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect English[edit]

As of the date and time I'm typing this, the article contains "The groundbreaking opening ceremony took place on June 7, 1993". That's an oxymoron. When there is a ribbon-cutting ceremony (such as the one described occurring at a LATER date in this same article), that's almost always the same thing as "opening ceremony". "Groundbreaking ceremony" is a completely different thing. It's when fame-seeking celebrities and petty government officials desiring a photo-op don hi-visibility vests and hard-hats and turn over a few shovels-full of soil to "begin construction" the first part of which is excavating below original surface level. So it's almost impossible for there to be such a thing as "groundbreaking opening ceremony". The word "almost" is in my typing because if I try really hard I can think of how people might rebuke me if I left it out. If the word "groundbreaking" is a metaphor for something like the first time a citizen of Estonia was invited to a U.S. event, then it's possible. Also, if there is a self-serve diamond-mine such as Arkansas's where diggers pay to sift dirt at the surface and keep their finds, the necessary buildings for a cashier, tool-rental, and bathrooms might be constructed first, with the first paying customer's first stab into the dirt with a shovel being considered both "the groundbreaking" and "the opening". But that's not the case here.2600:1700:6759:B000:D8B6:4F13:141:8567 (talk) 22:24, 13 March 2024 (UTC)Christopher Lawrence Simpson[reply]

Thanks for spotting this. I removed "opening ceremony" altogether from that section and linked to the actual Groundbreaking page. There's also now a dedicated reference for the 1993 ceremony in the article. Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 22:41, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]