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SG review

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Lead
Formation
Lydon joins
  • Lydon later said that early-seventies Britain was "a very depressing place ... the close quote is missing ... not sure where to put it.  Done
  • An advertisement in Melody Maker for a "Whizz Kid Guitarist ... not older than 20 ... not worse looking than Johnny Thunders." ... not a complete sentence  Done, fixed both, [1] SandyGeorgia (Talk) 12:33, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Early following

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  • with his green hair, hunched stance and ragged looked ... like a cross between ... it seems like there is a missing word before looked ?
    Now it's ragged looked ... looked ??? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 12:39, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm missing the point of why this sentence is where it is ? How it relates to rest of para ... On their off-night on the 5th, the Pistols attended a Ramones gig at Dingwalls, like virtually everyone else at the center of the early London punk scene.

Other

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  • their own Pistols-style group, Buzzcocks. As Devoto later put it, "My life changed the moment that I saw the Sex Pistols."[62] They soon played other important venues, ... "They" meaning the Sex Pistols or Buzzcocks?  Done SandyGeorgia (Talk) 12:41, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • Is a para break needed there somewhere to make it clear where the influence on the Buzzcocks ends and other gigs start  Done
  • OK to reintroduce here what year we are in ??? released their debut album on 23 April.  Done
Sid Vicious replaces Matlock
  • John Robb claims it was at the first Sex Pistols residency gig on 11 May 1976; Matlock is convinced it happened in September. .. it ??? the date when Vicious replaced Matlock? How could they be that far apart ?  Done
  • Who is Cookie? According to Jones, "to Cookie and me,  Done
  • Incomplete sentence: For a view that Vicious was a more competent bass player than his reputation would have it.[134]  Done
A&M, Virgin, and Jubilee week
  • A straggler to be fixed? In Oslo, Lydon was photographed making the Nazi salute while wearing a sweater with a swastika.[unreliable source?]  Done
  • pseudonymly -- > pseudonymously ??? Seems off .. it's an acronym??  Done
Break-up
  • Not sure if it's a BrEng thing, but here it's usually called the Northeast .. several dates in the north-east.  Done
Post-Lydon
  • Wayward to be fixed ... Now[when?] a resident of Los Angeles,  Done
  • Something is wonky here ... Having played with the band Chiefs of Relief in the late 1980s and with Edwyn Collins in the 1990s,[215] Since the Rich Kids' break-up in 1979, Matlock has played with various bands, including recording and touring with Iggy Pop.  Done
Influence

SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:58, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ceoil is this ready for me to have a new look yet ? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 12:06, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please set up separate sections for each nomination.

FASA nomination Ceoil

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I nominate User:Ceoil for a Featured Article Save Award for their efforts during its FAR to retain the featured status of Sex Pistols. Hog Farm Talk 02:30, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion Ceoil

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  1. Support as proposer. Hog Farm Talk 02:30, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support! Well deserved. Aza24 (talk) 04:05, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support agreed Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 05:20, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support page is much improved after months of effort and hundreds of edits. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 14:04, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Never mind the Supports, here a belated one! (Sorry about that) ——Serial Number 54129 20:11, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]