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NASA Astronaut Group 2[edit]

NASA Astronaut Group 2, also known as the "Next Nine" and the "New Nine", was the second group of astronauts selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Chosen in 1962 to augment the Mercury Seven, these astronauts were meant to fly the two-man Gemini spacecraft and three-man Apollo spacecraft then under development. The nine astronauts were Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, Pete Conrad, Jim Lovell, James McDivitt, Elliot See, Tom Stafford, Ed White and John Young. Six of the nine flew to the Moon (Lovell and Young twice), and Armstrong, Conrad and Young walked on it as well. Seven of the nine were awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

NASA Astronaut Group 2

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Contributor(s): Hawkeye7, Kees08, Balon Greyjoy

After the Mercury Seven comes the Next Nine. Six of them were awarded the NASA Medal of Honor, five travelled to the Moon (two of the twice!) and three walked on it, including Neil Armstrong, the first man to do so. --Hawkeye7 (discuss) 08:08, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

~~Comments~~ Support: There's precedent for titling a GT/FT differently than the main article, but that's when the scope of the topic isn't quite the same as the subject of the lead article, and it looks to me like here they're the same. "Next Nine" is certainly catchier than "NASA Astronaut Group 2", but, since the article's title presumably reflects the community's judgment about the primary title associated with this subject, maybe the GT should reflect that fact? I've added a summary paragraph to the proposal, as the rules now require; others should feel free to edit and improve my draft! The articles all seem to be at quality, and they're linked by a navbox, though not exactly by any clear category; probably one should be created, along the lines of Category:Mercury Seven. -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 13:08, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My concerns have been addressed; changing to support. -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 20:18, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support on article quality but I do share the concerns about the topic title; "Next Nine" is catchy and does automatically denote the idea of a series of entries, but I'm not sure that it should take precedence over the article's title. Other than that this is tremendous work, clear in scope and complete. 𝄠ʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 14:33, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It was never my intention to rename the article; it was just my own working title for the topic. I'm perfectly happy with for the topic to be named NASA Astronaut Group 2. I have created a Category:NASA Astronaut Group 2 along the lines of the Mercury Seven's one; there is a corresponding category on Commons. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 03:02, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:47, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support - all looks good to me! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:08, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support ~~Comments~~ merge the first para with the second one in the Neil Armstrong article since five paras is too much per WP:LEAD, but then place parts from the second para into the third to avoid the former becoming overly long. Merge the fifth para with the fourth for Pete Conrad per above and remove the refs from the infobox because those awards are already sourced in the body, also IMDb should be removed from references in this article and Jim Lovell per WP:RSP. You have accidentally added an extra t to Elliot See's name in the navbox and that definitely needs to be fixed, whereas the article's first para should be merged with the second one and the media section is too short, so should join legacy and add the necessary source(s) for the miniseries and film. Also, Ed White should be piped to Ed White (astronaut) and I think you should merge the media section with another one, maybe organizations and combine the titles because neither is long enough? Outside of these issues, very hard work on these impressive articles and the introduction itself makes for an intriguing read! Note even though the third Neil Armstrong para looks too beefy to me and the first appears too small, these are stylistic preferences so I can't oppose based on them. --K. Peake 08:23, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Too awkward to merge Neil Armstrong as proposed; merged paragraphs three and four as they are both about his astronaut career, bring the paragraph count down to four. Merged Pete Conrad lead as suggested. Replaced IMDB link in Jim Lovell. Correct typo in Elliot See's name. Changed piping of Ed White. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:26, 5 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
~~Sorry but I am going to have to remove my support since the Pete Conrad article still uses IMDb references... remove or replace these now. --K. Peake 08:50, 7 November 2021 (UTC)~~[reply]
IMDB references have been removed from Pete Conrad. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:08, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This topic is more than satisfactory now, changed to a proper support! --K. Peake 14:27, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Hawkeye7, before I promote this I just wanted to confirm, whats the topic title we're going with here? Best – Aza24 (talk) 22:44, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think we said it would be NASA Astronaut Group 2. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:17, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This topic has been Approved for promotion. Congratulations and thank you for your hard work. A bot will promote this topic within one hour. Please double check that {{Featured topic box |title= is exactly what you want the topic name to be, is short, and is unformatted. Aza24 (talk) 21:13, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Promotion completed successfully. Don't forget to add {{Wikipedia:Featured topics/Next Nine}} to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Good topics. NovemBot (talk) 14:40, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Billboard number-one country songs[edit]

Billboard magazine has published charts ranking the top-performing country music songs in the United States since 1944. The first country chart was published under the title Most Played Juke Box Folk Records in the issue of the magazine dated January 8, 1944, and tracked the songs most played in the nation's jukeboxes. Billboard added a second chart in 1947 based on retail sales, and a third in 1949 based on radio airplay. The jukebox chart was discontinued in 1957, and the following year, the remaining two charts were dropped and replaced with a chart, initially entitled Hot C&W Sides, which combined sales and airplay data into one overall ranking. This chart was renamed Hot Country Singles in 1962, Hot Country Singles and Tracks in 1990, and Hot Country Songs in 2005. In 1990, its methodology changed to use only airplay data from country music radio stations. In 2012, this changed again to use data from stations of all formats as well as sales and streaming information. At the same time, a new Country Airplay chart was introduced, which continued the former methodology of tracking plays on country stations only.

Billboard number-one country songs

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Contributor(s): ChrisTheDude

This is a complete overview of the songs that have topped Billboard's country music charts since the first one was launched in 1944. It's taken me just over four years to get to this point, so I hope you like it :-) The 2021 list will be nominated for FL once the year has finished and (assuming both this and that pass) added to the FT at that point and so on going forward...... --ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:41, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support. A tremendous amount of work, even if the world's greatest country singer is missing. Obviously a topic which will require constant ongoing maintenance but it's clearly in good hands as regards this. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 15:12, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- It does raise the question though--and this has no bearing on this nomination passing--do we want to look at adding an optional fourth column to the topic box template to reduce the height of some particularly large topics like this? Three would still be the expected default I assume but we could conceivably neaten up some with four columns. ᵹʀᴀᴘᴘʟᴇ ꭗ 15:15, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  That is a fair point, I have raised it at the relevant template talk page here. Spy-cicle💥 ^Talk? 15:02, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support: I'll just note that the lead article has already been promoted to FL but (as of this writing) the bot hasn't processed the promotion yet. I also think four columns would be a better idea for this unusually large topic. Great work! -Bryan Rutherford (talk) 21:05, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support more than 70 years spanned by these lists, kudos for such a large acheivement! --K. Peake 16:40, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Meets the criteria. Superb work on all of these lists. Spy-cicle💥 ^Talk? 15:10, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I reviewed some of these lists for their FL nominations, and this is some excellent work.--Alexandra^IDV 04:40, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Great work with these lists. Aoba47 (talk) 01:03, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Impressive work and a job well done. – zmbro _(talk) 16:48, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Outstanding achievement. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 18:27, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This topic has been Approved for promotion. Congratulations and thank you for your hard work. A bot will promote this topic within one hour. Please double check that {{Featured topic box |title= is exactly what you want the topic name to be, is short, and is unformatted. – Aza24 (talk) 00:55, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Promotion completed successfully. Don't forget to add {{Wikipedia:Featured topics/Billboard number-one country songs}} to the appropriate section of Wikipedia:Featured topics. NovemBot (talk) 01:21, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

NASA Astronaut Group 2[edit]

Billboard number-one country songs[edit]

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