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February 22, 2024	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
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May 5, 2024	Guild of Copy Editors	Copyedited
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On 22 March 2017, it was proposed that this article be moved from AC/DC to AC/DC (band). The result of the discussion was not moved.

Section sizes in AC/DC

Section size for AC/DC (29 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	5,680	5,680
History	12	118,951
1973–1974: Formation and name	14,868	14,868
1974–1976: Bon Scott joins	7,055	7,055
1976–1977: Initial success and record deal	6,715	6,715
1977–1980: Cliff Williams joins and death of Bon Scott	7,390	7,390
1980–1983: Brian Johnson joins and rebirth	7,076	7,076
1983–1990: Line-up changes and commercial decline	9,854	9,854
1990–1999: Popularity regained	11,645	11,645
1999–2014: Popularity confirmed and Black Ice	22,191	22,191
2014–2018: Malcolm Young retires and hiatus	15,631	15,631
2018–present: Reunion and Power Up	16,514	16,514
Musical style	6,134	12,820
Influences	1,799	1,799
Genres	4,887	4,887
Legacy	15,189	20,188
Lyrics assessment	4,999	4,999
Awards and achievements	13,556	13,556
Band members	152	2,058
Current	612	612
Former	1,294	1,294
Discography	1,032	1,032
Concert tours	1,482	1,482
See also	202	202
Notes	24	24
References	28	6,254
Sources	6,226	6,226
Further reading	1,611	1,611
External links	1,158	1,158
Total	185,016	185,016

Nationality, Australian vs Scottish vs Scottish Born

Nationality discussions

This section is pinned and will not be automatically archived.

If you're here to dispute the nationality of AC/DC, Angus, Malcolm, Stevie or George, please understand this, This topic has been discussed countless times here and at Angus Young or brother's Malcolm Young, Stevie Young or George Young articles. All brothers were born in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1963 they moved to Sydney, Australia. AC/DC was officially formed in 1973 in Australia. The consensus discussions (listed below) and the Wikipedia community have concluded that Angus Young, Malcolm. Stevie and AC/DC will be listed as Australian. Any changes to this fact will be promptly removed.

List of nationality discussions

Angus's discussions

Malcolm's discussions

AC/DC discussions

There are too many to list here, feel free to review other discussions at AC/DC Archive index

- FlightTime (open channel) 04:36, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Typo

'Angus and Malcolm's newphew, Stevie Young' it should be 'nephew'.

Thanks. Slyrjnd (talk) 11:57, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done - good spot, thank you. 10mmsocket (talk) 12:00, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sources + Further reading

Can these sections be merged? MaxBrowne2 (talk) 10:42, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

can ac/dc be written down as a scottish/australian band

AC/DC was formed by Angus and Malcolm Young alongside Bon Scott all three who are scottish, something most people reading this should know. I am aware that Dave Evans, Colin Burgess are australian and the band was formed in australia but shouldnt it be considered a Scottish-Australian band considering the foundign members, bon Scott and the Young brothers were Scottish? I am aware that being formed in australia is reasoning for ac/dc being considered solely an australian band ut having the 3 founding members being scottish should count for something.

Please be kind and ignore any and all spelling mistakes and lack of capitalization, i also did not write down Larry Van Kriedt when mentioning original members who were all australian because he was with the group for around 4 months, Nov 1973-Feb 1974. Gmrscotlandforever (talk) 14:15, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:AC/DC#Nationality,_Australian_vs_Scottish_vs_Scottish_Born. Please read cause these discussions get tiresome. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 17:37, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This has been discussed countless times, and there is a long withstanding consensus to refer to the band as Australian. HorrorLover555 (talk) 02:21, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]