Talk:Green Day

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[edit] Just wondering

Do the dates next to the songs on American Idiot mean anything?--69.113.131.124 22:42, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I believe they are the dates that each song happens in the story for American Idiot, although I am not completely sure and have no evidence to back it up. I do think the American Idiot article did have an explaination at one point.  Orfen User Talk | Contribs 00:39, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discography

Their album 'Shananigans' is missing from the discography —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.58.100.33 (talk) 18:34, 7 March 2007 (UTC).

Shenanigans is a compilation album and is therefore not mentioned in the discography section. You can, however, find it in the discography article. - Duribald 20:42, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] this is a very good article wouldn't you agree...

this is one of the best articles about green day ever the info. is amazingly correct. it shows pictures and criteria i am in awe of how well managed this is! good job! -bryer d.- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.215.29.17 (talk) 15:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Minor Correction

Its a really, really minor point but I'd recommend adding a line about Kerplunk being recorded to the section on the bands history. At the moment it reads rather strangely because it jumps from the release of 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and the consequent tour to discussing sales figures for Kerplunk with no mention of the album being recorded. I'd edit it myself but I don't really know anything about this period of Green Days history so I'd worry about getting my facts wrong. Danikat 19:07, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Danikat! I added a quick fix for now, because there's not much information about Kerplunk's recording. I'll have to do some digging, because I vaguely remember some information that I cannot confirm. I just changed it to "Their second full length album" to the sentence so the confusion is lessened. Thank you for pointing that out!--JUDE talk 21:02, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] my song samples

I don't know why, but nearly all of my sound samples have been removed. Can someone tell me why and how to get them back on so they won't be removed again?  scrumshus Talk to me 22:43, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't the person who removed them but I'm guessing either that there were too many, or (more likely) copyright reasons. Cynical 13:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] horribly vandalized

this page is horribly vandalized, someone please fix it! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.73.94.20 (talk) 03:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Sources for successful albums after Dookie

There was citation needed for the following statement:

"Green Day's immediate follow-up albums didn't achieve the massive success of Dookie, but they were still successful."

I added two references[1]. Insomniac was their 3rd most successful album, though in the shadow of Dookie, Green Day felt it was a failure. nimrod. as I recall was an instant success, especially after the release of Good Riddance (Time of Your Life). This source validates the chart positions as successful by recording industry standards. This source states that compared to Dookie, which was a huge success, Insomniac was slightly dwarfed. I think it justifies the statement in the article. I wouldn't typically make a whole talk page topic about citation, but I feel like I might have pointed out why the sources are relevant since the statement seems to be "commentary-ish"[2], which is true. If anyone is unsatisfied please let me know as the topic is slightly vague and opinion oriented. Thank you.--JUDE talk 07:14, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, no citation is needed for that statement. It's the lead section, which gives an overview of the entire article, thus the statement is expanded upon material already in the body of the article. WesleyDodds 07:27, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Oh okay, sorry! I didn't realise that. I was just going by the edit someone made asking for citation. Thanks for clearing it up, I'll delete it.--JUDE talk 08:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
So, no references are needed in lead sections? Sancho (talk) 13:21, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Generally there should be no need for references, since whatever appears in the lead section should also appear in the body of the article (where it will be cited). However, some things (particularly facts like sale numbers and direct quotes) need to be cited no matter what. WesleyDodds 18:00, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Correction

The picture where it says early green day before John Kiffmeyer joined is wrong. John is left handed and the drummer in that picture, who i'm assuming is tre, is obviously right handed, because his ride is on the right. Thanks!!!

[edit] Photos

Why are the photos going to get deleted?--69.113.131.124 21:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

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