Talk:Part Time Punks

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Short description: 1980 song by Television Personalities

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for later

especially after Bill Grundy's infamous 1976 live TV interview with the Sex Pistols, during which the band swore and after which the TV host was fired from the ITV network.^[1] Ceoil (talk) 22:16, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

Nominator: Ceoil (talk · contribs) 20:51, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

GA review

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Reviewer: Watagwaan (talk · contribs) 17:59, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

The incomparable Ceoil! Let's do this.

General

Just an idea, I'd merge the "References" and "Sources" together into one references section, and then separate them with the subheads "Citations" and "Bibliography".
yeah and tks; done. Ceoil (talk) 23:17, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
There's more information regarding the song's release in the lead then there is in the actual "Release and aftermath" section. I know that release information is covered in "Recording and distribution" but then why not just move the distribution information there into "Release and aftermath"? It's a bit odd organization-wise.
To expand on that, the "Reception and influence" section itself seems smaller compared to the rest. What if you combined the distribution details with that section and titled it "Release and reception"?
Throughout the article the song title is inconsistently formatted. In some places, it is italicized like Part Time Punks and in others, it is formatted like the regular "Part Time Punks". Was this intentional?
done. Ceoil (talk) 23:17, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
Piggybacking on that, "Where's Bill Grundy Now?" in the lead should be formatted as Where's Bill Grundy Now?.
done. Ceoil (talk) 23:17, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
Could combine the second and third paragraphs in "Background" since they're only two sentences each.
done. Ceoil (talk) 23:17, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
Could move The track was written by the band's leader and vocalist Dan Treacy. into "Lyrics and style".
Are the singles in the infobox meant to be in bold?

eeek, fixed. Ceoil (talk) 23:17, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Could make the caption of the audio file more descriptive, other than just the word "Sample".

Lead

I would suggest condensing the sentences ever-so-slightly just to make it easier to read. It felt a bit dense the first time around and admittedly I think some of it doesn't need to be in the lead. If you choose to adapt this change, here's my sample lead, if you want you can use this or rewrite based off this:

"Part Time Punks" is a song by the English post-punk group Television Personalities. It initially appeared on their 1978 EP Where's Bill Grundy Now?, and was released by Rough Trade Records as a single in 1980. Written by lead singer Dan Treacy and composed by the band, "Part Time Punks" satirise the late-comer, fashion-oriented, so-called "plastic" punks who appeared after the English punk rock movement became mainstream.

"Part Time Punks" sold about 27,000 copies in its first year and brought Television Personalities to prominence within the then-emerging independent music scene. Though it was one of the band's best-selling releases, Treacy came to regard the track as a millstone and somewhat of a novelty song.

This is a very good suggestion. Ceoil (talk) 19:17, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

Final comments

The entire article overall reads REALLY well and you never cease to amaze me with the amount of effort you put into your articles. Some of these things are just formatting issues, but other than that, I'd be glad to pass this article after you give this a gander! Cheers!

[1]
Young 2006, p. 260.

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