Talk:AC/DC/Archive 5

message: I'd seen the Rush Wikiportal and I was thinking of starting an AC/DC one, what are everyone else's thoughts? Also, when does everyone think it'd be a good time to nominate AC/DC for Todays featured article? I was thinking sometime when their new album comes out in the Summer (least I think it's the Summer), what does everyone else think? ĤĶ51→Łalk 21:54, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I forgot, I nominated the article to TFA (Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests#AC/DC). No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 22:54, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: AC/DC Wikiportal and TFA

message: Sounds like a good movie title huh? Lol. No but seriously Reference 58 is broken, ive heard this as a rumor, and even though personally I dont think this fact needs to be on this article, it should least have a proper reference. --Ferdia O'Brien 01:54, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The link is broken, but the reference is fine, it can be replaced with template:cite news. I'm searching for another link. No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 02:50, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Fixed. Check if it works for you. No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 02:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice one. And i never daubted the origional reference, I was just saying that this isnt exactly relevent to the artical. Its infinatly more relevent to the Slane article.--Ferdia O'Brien 04:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, no problem. I'll also add the info to the slane concert article. Cheers :) No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 04:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference 58 

message: Okay, it doesn't matter if AC/DC consists of more than one person; when you're talking about the band as a whole (as in ONE BAND), you use IS, not ARE (like, "The band IS ranked..." not "The band ARE ranked..."
I'm going to change all these is/are mistakes, and I'll be very frustrated if someone changes them back. Helltopay27 23:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This has already been discussed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:AC/DC/Archive04#Plurality. ĤĶ51→Łalk 14:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Note that this is STILL an issue for certain people... WP:ENGVAR exists, and it is there to be adhered to. Bretonbanquet 22:27, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

text: I've noticed, this is stupid. I've been on wikibreak ages and I find this kinda stuff still goes on. I'm so sick of discussing it! ĤĶ51→Łalk 11:08, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar (is/are) 

message: AC/DC IS A HARD ROCK BAND AND SOME OF THERE SONGS ARE HEAVY METAL BUT HOW THEY ARE BLUES ROCK...... AC/DC'S NEWER ALBUMS ARENT AS GOOD AS THE OLD ONES....... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.162.152.150CXz<v ,CX. VVB<mcx  MdlfnB.152.150|contribs).
:Listen to Powerage, "Ride On", "Crabsody in Blue" (if you can find it), and a lot of other Bon Scott-era stuff. It's all undoubtedly blues-rock. ĤĶ51→Łalk 20:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly. the 76-78 albums are very much blues-based rock. Those two songs HK51 mentions are practically straight blues. The later stuff is also blues-rock, but to a lesser extent. Bretonbanquet 21:30, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: AC/DC

message: I can't believe there is so little mention of the band's time in Melbourne in this article.  They spent much all of their formative years in Melbourne when the Young's moved from Sydney in 1974. (see: http://www.mtv.com/#/music/artist/acdc/bio.jhtml)
I do not think that "formed in Sydney" gives an accurate representation of the formation of the band. 
From the MTV site:
"AC/DC was formed in 1973 in Australia (i.e. Sydney) by guitarist Malcolm...the band played some gigs around Sydney...While still in Sydney...(they) cut a single called "Can I sit next to you""
"The band moved to Melbourne the following year (i.e 1974), where drummer Phil Rudd...and bassist Mark Evans joined the band...Bon Scott became their lead singer"
While the band was formed in Sydney they formed the "AC/DC sound" in Melbourne.
I can't think of a way of easily slipping this in without making some major changes, so some help would help :D.
Shniken 12:02, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Melbourne 

message: I checked on Napster and Rhapsody. And by the appearnce of it AC/DC didn't give any download sites permission make their songs avalible. [The only song avalible was Big Gun performed for Last Action Hero, which to perform for the movie they would've had to given up the rights to] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by FinalWish (talk • contribs).
:Yeah, an user posted that before. If you find a reliable source that explains why, you can put the info on the article :) No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 04:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sony's Connect music store has them, same with metallica.Bkkeim2000 04:39, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

text: I believe the official website should say if they're touring soon. I don't really know for sure. Cheers. No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 04:59, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: AC/DC Refusal to give Download Rights?

message: The article lists U.S. chart positions for AC/DC's singles, based on claims on the band's website. For example, it states that "Big Gun" was #1. However, a look at the Billboard Hot 100, the leading U.S. chart (and the one implied when a U.S. chart position is gven), shows that it was not. If it was Adult Contemporary or Airplay or one of the other secondary charts, this needs to be clarified. But AC/DC's own website is a secondary, and probably less reliable, source. ProhibitOnions (T) 07:25, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: #1 U.S. single?

message: where in the world do you think that the new album is some sin for nuthin'? the only name i heard of it is a song from Blow Up Your Video. the title is probably a bootleg. bootlegs don't count for discography. the title isn't cited either. someone who put it there should give a citation before it gets removed, according to WP:CITE. peace out! Jailbreaker22 23:36, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The album was a hoax created by a blocked user, and the article/redirect has been deleted. --Wafulz 15:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  some sin for nuthin' 

message: AC/DC's number one genre should definetly be Heavy Metal since they qualify under every category to be Heavy Metal...1# Heavy Distorted Guitar, #2 Blues style soloing, #3 Lyrics pertaining to either occult or counterculture, #4 Music you can "headbang" to...They are also Blues Rock, Hard Rock, and you can even put them under Rock and Roll. AC/DC isn't headbanger music, it just has a very hard sound that's cool.----
The only two genres AC/DC has ever accepted are Rock and Roll and Hard Rock. --68.51.88.109 23:59, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  AC/DC Genres 

message: where in the world did you get information that the stones are going to play at slane this year instead of ac/dc? peace out! Jailbreaker22 23:11, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  rolling stones at slane 

message: I noticed in the new album section that someone has suggested the name of the new album will be road truama, how do we verifie this. AdamJWC 04:56, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: New album

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Acdc Highway to Hell.JPG

message: Where it says Bon Scott under former members it should have deceased in parenthesis...because...well...hes dead —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.3.4.1 (talk • contribs) 20:18, June 18, 2007 (UTC)
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thread_title:  Bon Scott 

message: The Albert Records profile page and Atlantic Records profile page no longer appear to exist, therefore I'm going to go ahead and remove them from the EL section. ĤĶ51→Łalk 11:23, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: EL

message: *First of all, the picture is of bad quality. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PICTURE OF THE CURRENT LINE-UP? Bon Scott is dead, and will stay dead. He's not in the band, and Brian Johnson has been in the band over 27 years. Alterego269 00:47, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bon Scott Picture?

message: Hello to everyone!
The thing is,that our team have devoted few weeks to a forum,which we want to become the most famous and the best fan-forum of AC/DC in Bulgaria.We have some plans in future to make a site,but we need some more people,and,fans ofcourse.
We  wish to add the link, the address of *acdcrocks.forumi.bg* in the section "External links" of AC/DC`s page here.Would anyone be against ,if we did that?Please,it is so important!
We had put a lot of energy,money ,mind and even soul in that project.
Thank you for the attention.Please,note here your descision.Thank you again!
acdcrocks.forumi.bg team —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.22.9.42 (talk) 06:12, 24 July 2007
::Read WP:EL. No blogs, chats or forums. Sorry but your link can't be added here. 156.34.221.249 10:15, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  BULGARIAN AC/DC  FAN-FORUM 

message: I have edited the article to correct grammar errors, but someone keeps editing them back.  Am I the only one who went to college here?  "AC/DC is a hard rock band" is correct grammar.  "AC/DC are a hard rock band" is not.  When referring to a noun, singular, you always use "is".  When plural, you use "are".  You are referring to AC/DC as a single entity, so "is" is the correct grammar.
For Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, or even The Heartbreakers, the correct grammar would be "are", since you are referring to more than one entity.  Only When plural is referred to in the title, does it become "are".
Although AC/DC does mean 2 things, the band is using it as a single entity.Paladinyann 22:38, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You may well be the only one who went to college, but you may also be the only one unwilling to read edit summaries or WP:ENGVAR, in which it is clearly explained that articles about British, or in this case, British / Australian subjects, are written in British English. The grammar rules you are talking about are American grammar rules, and are not correct in British English. Please do not revert the article when I correct it in a moment. Also it is wiki etiquette to sign your comments with 4 tildes. Bretonbanquet 21:17, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And another thing, editing other people's comments is about as bad as vandalism gets... Bretonbanquet 22:55, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar errors 

message: Angus Young is pictured playing a left-handed guitar left-handed, even though he's a right-handed guitarist. Odd. ĤĶ51→Łalk 13:39, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The pic just got flipped 68.11.101.204 18:52, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

text: haha, Cliff Williams in the background is also playing a left handed bass. No-Bullet (Talk • Contribs) 20:59, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Yea, i was just about to post something then i saw this. WTF??? Who dunnit, come now own up. Cheeky Bugger. --Savre 01:28, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Anyone notice something odd about the title picture...

message: *Besides Bon Scott and Simon Wright being switched around, the former members section is in order of tenure. This is the best way to arrange them, but Simon was in the band for 6 and a half years, and Bon was in the band for about 5 years and 5 months. Following the proper order, Simon's name would appear first. So, I'm going to properly change it. - 68.88.199.26 08:31, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former members 

message: What is with the plugs for these other bands in the opening lines of the article?
Why should AC/DC be related to these bands?
Also I think that most AC/DC fans would agree.
They are not pioneers of Heavy Metal, but of rock'n'roll.
Can we have a vote on this??
Who decides what goes into this article anyway??
Everytime I make changes they get undone.
I should be able to make whatever changes I want, it is a wiki.
As long as my changes improve the article....which they do.
I think the rest of the article is excellent, so well done to everyone who has put in such great work.
Dweezlezappa 02:42, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia isn't based on personal opinion. It's built on verifiable references from reliable sources. If over 100 reliable sources say that AC/DC were influential on the heavy metal genre, then it would take over 200 that say that they weren't. It could be added as an opposing position. But the original referenced content cannot be removed from Wikipedia just because you don't agree with it. In fact, deleting content that is referenced by reliable sources and verifiable is vandalism and will see the culprit blocked for doing so. 142.167.80.111 02:57, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bad opening lines

message: Hey people. I've just removed the references to the band's style from the infobox and replaced them into the lead, as the infobox is a very small space and, according to the majority of the music related wikiprojects (mustard, wp music, albums, musical artists, songs etc) using references in the template space is discouraged where it can be avoided (which it can be here). lincalinca 05:03, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References in Infobox 

message: someone please pemove pop punk from the infobox. ac/dc are NOT pop punk. not even close. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dezzrek (talk • contribs) 23:11, 14 September 2007
It doesn't even matter what wikipedia says AC/DC's genre is. They add heavy metal as a genre, then take away blues rock. Adding Punk pop, Art rock, and soft jazz as genres are all the next logical step in disgracing AC/DC. Captanpluto123 04:44, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  pop punk!?!?