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November 24, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
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Missing words

Hello there. “They were followed by Revolution Radio(2016), which became their third to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Father of All Motherfuckers (2020) and Saviors (2024).” is not a complete sentence. 142.169.16.244 (talk) 21:20, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Main image

I think the main image should be changed to include the drummer, Tre Cool. Klutch2008 (talk) 16:49, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thanks to Ggoofy14. The Sharpest Lives 19:05, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 10 May 2024

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In the intro sentence: "Aongside fellow California punk bands Bad Religion, the Offspring, Rancid, NOFX, Pennywise and Social Distortion, Green Day is credited with popularizing mainstream interest in punk rock in the U.S."

"The" in "The Offspring" should be capitalized. Bladerunner116 (talk) 08:33, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Charliehdb (talk) 10:00, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Charliehdb: According to MOS:THEBAND, "Mid-sentence, per the MoS main page, the word the should in general not be capitalized in continuous prose." Bowling is life (talk) 13:08, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bowling is life: Thanks for the information. Charliehdb (talk) 09:44, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Band origin as Rodeo, California instead of "East Bay"

Quote from the 30th anniversary Dookie boxset: "Childhood friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt (née Pritchard) started what would become Green Day in 1987 in Rodeo, a small refinery town in Northern California's Contra Costa County." I think this quote could reasonably be used as evidence to list the band as being from the specific city of Rodeo, California instead of the vague "East Bay". Hostagecat (talk) 01:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recent vandalism

New here, so let me know if I should go about this in a different way. It seems the first paragraph has been vandalized. I'm not sure how else to show when this was changed, so I'll copy-paste what I see in the history browser:

Revision as of 07:05, 17 February 2025 view source

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The text for the initial "Rock Music" link was changed to "Jazz" (though the link itself is intact); "Rodeo, California" has been changed to "New Orleans, Louisiana"; "1987" to "1957"; "California punk bands" to "Louisiana; "punk rock" to "jazz music."

After this, the same user fixed typos. H. Caspia (talk) 08:49, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for commenting - the vandalism has now been removed. Entranced98 (talk) 08:52, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]