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Billy Talent was one of the Music good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
July 8, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
September 19, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
June 26, 2025	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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Which genres should be listed in the Infobox?

Five rock music genres are currently listed in the Infobox: Punk rock, alternative rock, post-hardcore, pop punk, ska punk (early). Is this list accurate?

I propose that we retain (or add) genres that have reliable sources, i.e., the band has been described using the genre or a similar term in a reputable music magazine (print or online) or book. I suggest that this proposal serve as a guideline—it is not cast in stone.

Punk rock and alternative rock have been used by reliable sources (see section above for examples). Post-hardcore seems accurate to me, but I haven't seen sources using that term to describe Billy Talent. Pop punk does not seem accurate at all (IMHO). I don't know enough about ska punk to have an opinion.

What do you think? - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) (I am a man. The traditional male pronouns are fine.) 18:32, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

All four genres are currently sourced in the musical style section and they all seem fairly accurate. Pop punk seems like a stretch to me, but it's actually very easy to come by sources referring to them as it, so unless a consensus is reached against it here then I don't see it going any time soon. The early label is in reference their time as Pezz. While, Pezz's only album is definitely ska punk, I can't seem to find any source that calls it such and also the EP prior to it sounds more like funk rock to me, however again there's no source calling it so. Because of this, I'm not sure either should be included unless one can be found. Issan Sumisu (talk) 19:11, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note to self: Always review the musical styles section. :^\ Thank you Issan Sumisu for your astute comments. :0) - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) (I am a man. The traditional male pronouns are fine.) 19:41, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Article review

It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed the following:

There are uncited statements in the article including entire paragraphs.
There doesn't seem to be much post-2021 information, even though the band still seems to be active.

Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 14:57, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment

Billy Talent

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Delisted. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:20, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are uncited statements in the article including entire paragraphs. There doesn't seem to be much post-2021 information, even though the band seems to be active. Z1720 (talk) 02:13, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delist no edits to address concerns. Z1720 (talk) 16:33, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.