Jump to content

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Alexandra Stan discography/archive2

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by SchroCat via FACBot (talk) 00:30, 14 August 2016 (UTC) [1].[reply]

Alexandra Stan discography

[edit]

Alexandra Stan discography (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Toolbox
Nominator(s): Cartoon network freak (talk) 14:59, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because I believe it satisfies the FL criteria. I as well followed the style of Inna discography, which finally became a FL.

Comments by User:The Almightey Drill

  • Some of the best certifications of "Mr Saxobeat" could be mentioned in the lead
  • The German chart links seem to circle back to the site's landing page. I noticed this when I was working on Marina and the Diamonds discography. Like you have done with Italy and Slovakia, you will have to cite each song one-by-one – copy the template from the article I just mentioned and start from there.
@The Almightey Drill: All done! Thanks for your comments. Best, Cartoon network freak (talk) 19:14, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by AJona1992

Resolved comments from – jona ✉ 17:46, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
*You should avoid ambiguous words such as "one of which" since Stan has released three studio albums
  • "with their own management" – under their management
  • Change "the" with "that" for explicitly
  • "she released the promotional" – Remove "the" as it is redundant and replace it with "a"
  • Change "gained" with "received" and when was "Lollipop (Param Pam Pam)" released? A few days, weeks, months, or a year following "Show Me The Way"?
  • Following this, Stan released the breakthrough single "Mr. Saxobeat", which was initially a success in Romania, peaking at number one for eight consecutive weeks. Change to In 2010, Stan released her breakthrough single "Mr. Saxobeat", which was an immediate commercial success, peaking at number one on the Romanian Singles Chart for eight consecutive weeks.
  • Subsequently, the song was released internationally and peaked at number one in eight other countries across Europe, including Germany and Italy. change to The single was subsequently released internationally, peaking at number one in eight countries across Europe; including Germany and Italy.
  • You should either link music certification on the first mention of a platinum/gold record as countless countries have different measurements of units, or explain what a platinum/gold record is at first mention.
  • "The record spawned singles such as" – Usually when users adopt this method they would provide the peak positions of the singles that would follow this sentence; for an example: "It spawned the top 40 singles" or "The album spawned the four number one singles" etc.
  • Was the number of units mentioned for Unlocked sales or shipments; because you gave both.
  • Not a fan of the word "new", "Balans" was released several months ago; which isn't new.
  • Why are there no Romanian Albums/Singles chart, especially since the singer hails from there?
  • Once you fix the issues I have raised, I'll re-read the article and provide further comments or support the nomination. Best – jona ✉ 14:18, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • "selling high numbers of copies" – remove, it's ambiguous
  • "which gained popularity in Japan" – which single? both?
  • "bringing total sales of over" – this is contracting; you say it brought total sales of 15,000 units but then went on and wrote "of over"
  • You should note that "Balans" was the second released single from Alesta.
@AJona1992: Fixed all your issues. Actually, a Romanian Albums Chart doesn't officially exist and sourcing the singles chart isn't very easy. Until 2011-2012, the Romanian Top 100 was present before ceasing its publication. As of now, this acts as the official chart of Romania. However, it only spawns the top 20. The overall top 100 chart is podacsted by kiss FM. It is only too complicated to include Romanian chart peaks; on Inna discography the RO-column is made possible by users who live in Romania and listen to radio, but in this case it's hard. Best, Cartoon network freak (talk) 16:25, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
That's a shame, but I understand. I left more comments after another read of the article. – jona ✉ 00:20, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@AJona1992:  Fixed Best, Cartoon network freak (talk) 13:37, 20 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Review by PresN

Ugh, this nomination has gone way over the average time without enough attention. Review time!

  • In the lead, you have the album as Cliché but the single as Cliche, which I thought was odd until I saw that the link redirected. They should be consistent.
  • In "As lead artist" at "We Wanna", you link Alesta; you shouldn't, since you linked it in an earlier table and you seem to not be doubling up on those. (re: Saxobeats not being linked in this table)
  • Redirects aren't a big deal, but literally half of the links in the lead are redirecting, as are several of the chart links in the tables (GER, HUN, CZR, ITA, SLK, SPA, RUS, FIMI). Makes it seem messy and not intentional
  • Call the Police is noted as being as part of the G Girls, which is never mentioned elsewhere; since the group is a four-part including Stan, it should probably be mentioned in the lead, even if it's a one-off project (which it may not be).
  • Why is Saxobeats' Finish chart performance in the album table, but the "Mr Saxobeat" and "Get Back" singles performances aren't in their table? (same ref)
Ref 24 (used for JPN singles performances) seems to indicate that Mr. Saxobeat got to #25 on the Canadian Hot 100, but I don't see CAN as a column anywhere.
Source Review by PresN

Might as well go all-in here. --PresN 16:05, 29 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

  • Formatting: Lot of instructions having to be given here, but this isn't the first list to find an awkward way to deal with the awkward global music charts websites, and I've never seen a better one. Also, ref 43: "kfetele" should be "Kfetele - even if they use all lowercase, Wikipedia converts to standard capitalization.
  • Spotchecks: Checked refs 8, 24, 35, 47, 53, 65. Ref 24 no longer covers anything (redirects to an AllMusic search page). I had to find an archive to verify. Please archive your refs to avoid this problem. Ref 47 does not show that "We Wanna" is on the Polish album.
  • Completeness: Given the problems noted above, I'm concerned that you're not covering all chart positions, even those given in the refs used.

@PresN: Sorry for the late response, but I am in holiday in Hațeg, Romania, and in this location I finally have internet. I have done everything, and here some responses comment-wise:

  1. In a discussion made in the past with one of this article's "base-men", we have decided to only add the charts she has the most peaks and certifications on, thus resulting the change of some charts on the albums and singles
  2. "strange career trajectory": I am also sad she has not got the same WW-success anymore, but she's still big in Romania, Japan and recently Italy again. :) Best, Cartoon network freak (talk) 16:13, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I've spent some time thinking about this today, and I'm satisfied with that explanation. Support, and source review passed. --PresN 02:40, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates/Alexandra_Stan_discography/archive2&oldid=1138478947"