Talk:AC/DC/Archive 9

Flick knife incident
Has it been established what actually happened? Seems like everyone has a different version of the story to me. Ozzy says it was just a switchblade comb, Geezer says he was just playing around with the knife and not threatening him, and what precisely were the circumstances that led to AC/DC being thrown off the tour? It's all a bit he said, she said. My edit that "accounts of the incident differ" was reverted without a satisfactory edit summary. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 00:20, 13 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I was reverting for a MOS-type edit but also didn't mind removing your initial portion, because if it was alleged then "accounts differ" didn't seem to add anything. As for what happened, basically Black Sabbath was a bit too rowdy and tipsy compared to the hard work ethics of the Youngs, and Geezer Butler was drunk out of his mind sitting next to an already bothered Malcolm Young. Geezer was either a jackass for flicking something at Mal or just his drunken state was enough to flick Mal's switch. Regardless a really tense altercation happened, tense enough to drop AC/DC from opening. I thought Mal would wipe the floor with Geezer but that was kinda it. There's two Classic Rock refs and a Blabbermouth ref where the relevant sentences are. Carlinal (talk) 17:52, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Recent infobox edits
To @FMSky, I'm a little confused at your recent edits to the infobox, which includes using an outdated SVG of the band's logo (without removing the other logo's appearance) and removing the parameter for the head image size. Could you give an explanation? Carlinal (talk) 18:38, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * MOS:IMGSIZE "Except with very good reason, a fixed width in pixels (e.g. 17px) should not be specified, because it ignores the user's base width setting. " -FMSky (talk) 18:47, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Perfectly understandable, thanks.
 * I'll add over the logo thing, however, that I don't really see a point in it appearing in the infobox, since I believe it would be better used to further illustrate the origins of AC/DC's name and branding. Not to say adding official branding in infoboxes is a bad thing, but I don't see it as the best solution in this case. Carlinal (talk) 18:56, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Post-FAC comments
Hi and. Since the previous FAC has been closed without promotion, I have started this topic so that hopefully you guys can continue with all your issues that needs to be resolved, before opening a third one. —  VAUGHAN J.   (t · c) 04:18, 13 June 2024 (UTC)


 * and : Don't know if you all got my previous message. —  VAUGHAN J.   (t · c) 00:04, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi Vaughan J., thank you for the ping. I'm currently short on time, and am having trouble keeping up with WP editing tasks. Hoping to be back at it before too long, and then I can take a look at this. In the meantime, I'd suggest reaching out to editors who have recently shepherded music-related articles through FAC. They'll be best-suited to give constructive criticism and prepare you for the next FAC run. Best, Ajpolino (talk) 14:31, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Ajpolino (oppose)
Despite your decision to oppose the article, we were still carrying on to resolve more issues. Before closure, I cleaned up the whole article, now having less references than what was like before. Just waiting for review. —  VAUGHAN J.   (t · c) 04:19, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Pseud 14
Before closure, you were down to the 1990–1999: Popularity regained section. —  VAUGHAN J.   (t · c) 04:19, 13 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Apologies for the delay. I do agree with Ajpolino. I'll take a look on the prose after the fixes. I would assume, given the sourcing spot-checks to be made, that changes to the prose are to be expected. I can have another look by then on your next run. Pseud 14 (talk) 17:21, 1 July 2024 (UTC)