Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2019/archive1
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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 11 June 2021 (UTC) [1].[reply]
List of Billboard number-one country songs of 2019 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
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- Nominator(s): ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:59, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi everyone, here's the 68th of these lists to be brought to FLC for your consideration. This particular year was an interesting one: a bloke with a white bucket on his head achieved a country number one, but Lil Nas X didn't, because after one week on the chart Billboard decided that "Old Town Road" wasn't actually a country song after all, which ruffled a few feathers. As ever, your comments are invited and will be actioned promptly.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:59, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
- "main charts that" link charts.
- "introduced in 2012" could link that 2012 article I just reviewed.
- "The seven-week run at ... unbroken run atop" run run repeat.
- "the feat of ... a feat no" feat feat repeat.
- What's EDM?
- List of Billboard number-one country albums of 2019 is a redirect, but if you keep it, at least italicise Billboard.
- NYT ref needs a subscription.
That's all I can see on a first pass. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 17:56, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- @The Rambling Man: - all done -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:00, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Support my concerns addressed. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 18:35, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from Dank
- Standard disclaimer: I don't know what I'm doing, and I mostly AGF on sourcing.
- "an action which caused controversy": What was it that happened that was an indication of controversy?
- "had become a controversial topic": I've already hit my quota on this word so I will just note it without criticism ... but others may have opinions on this.
- FLC criteria:
- 1. The prose is fine. I've done a little copyediting; feel free to revert or discuss. The coding at the top of the table seems fine. I checked sorting on all columns and sampled the links in the table; "Eric Church" looks like he's probably out of sort order in the next-to-last column.
- 2. The lead meets WP:LEAD and defines the inclusion criteria.
- 3a. The list has comprehensive items and annotations.
- 3b. The article is well-sourced to reliable sources, and the UPSD tool isn't indicating any problems (but this isn't a source review). All relevant retrieval dates are present.
- 3c. The list meets requirements as a stand-alone list, it isn't a content fork, it doesn't largely duplicate another article (that I can find), and it wouldn't fit easily inside another article.
- 4. It is navigable.
- 5. It meets style requirements. Is a better image, or a crop, available for Chase Rice? Also, it's described as an "official photo" but "own work" ... not really sure how it can be both.
- 6. It is stable.
- Support, since this is close enough to the finish line. Well done. - Dank (push to talk) 22:33, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- @Dank: - the controversial element of "Old Town Road"'s removal from the country chart was the claim by some people that it was influenced by Lil Nas X's race, and that if a white artist had produced a similar "rap with hint of country" song, Billboard would have been just fine with leaving it on the country chart. I don't know if explaining all of that is too much detail for this article, though.......? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:06, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- BTW I toned down the other use of "controversy" -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:06, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- I see the problem now, and I don't have a solution, certainly not one that's going to work for everyone. I like your edits since my last edit. - Dank (push to talk) 11:35, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- @Dank: - added a very brief explanation, which hopefully will make it clear why it was controversial without overloading the article -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:13, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- That's probably the direction I would go with a similar article, but see my standard disclaimer above: I don't know what I'm doing. - Dank (push to talk) 12:27, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- @Dank: - added a very brief explanation, which hopefully will make it clear why it was controversial without overloading the article -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:13, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- I see the problem now, and I don't have a solution, certainly not one that's going to work for everyone. I like your edits since my last edit. - Dank (push to talk) 11:35, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- BTW I toned down the other use of "controversy" -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:06, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- @Dank: - the controversial element of "Old Town Road"'s removal from the country chart was the claim by some people that it was influenced by Lil Nas X's race, and that if a white artist had produced a similar "rap with hint of country" song, Billboard would have been just fine with leaving it on the country chart. I don't know if explaining all of that is too much detail for this article, though.......? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:06, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - just a quick note to say that I will now be off-WP till Tuesday evening. If there's any fresh comments in that time, I will pick them up on my return..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:32, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Source review – Pass
[edit]Will do soon. Aza24 (talk) 05:30, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Formatting
- They NYT times ref might be more accurately represented by "limited" as the url-access parameter
- Solid and consistent otherwise
- Reliability
- No issues here
- Verifiability
- Checked a couple, no issues. Pass for source review. Aza24 (talk) 05:30, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Many thanks for your source review, I have tweaked the NYT ref -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:18, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support from Aoba47
[edit]Everything looks good. My only comment would be to archive the citations as that would avoid any issues with citation rot and death. However, that is not a major issue at the present, so I support the list for promotion. Aoba47 (talk) 16:32, 9 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Promoting. --PresN 22:57, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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