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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 not promoted by User:Scorpion0422 23:03, 3 June 2008 [1].

List of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel following the September 11, 2001 attacks[edit]

My first featured list nomination, and I think it's a good one. The scope is narrow, the content is clear, the heading is well-written, and it gets bonus points for just being interesting. --jonny-mt 17:14, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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In the days following the September 11, 2001 attacks, many television and radio stations altered normal programming in response to the events. During this period, the rumor spread that Clear Channel Communications and its subsidiaries had established a list of "songs with questionable lyrics"
  • "that stations might not want to play after the attacks." Stations, or station executives, producers, etc?
  • "and songs done by multiple artists" Consider "songs recorded by multiple artists", "performed by" etc. Anything by "done by"
  • Reference needed for final paragraph of Lead
  • Is there any information about why each particular song was banned? Which exact lyrics were "questionable", etc
  • The first reference doesn't work

Matthewedwards (talk · contribs · count · email) 22:03, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • I've fixed the repetition in the lead, the verb "done", and the first reference (apparently it hadn't been updated since the article was moved to an archive). While I'm not sure whether or not there's a need to specify to what individuals within a given radio station the suggestion targeted, I'll do some poking around and see if there's anything more concrete on the reasons behind the listing of the individual songs. --jonny-mt 23:58, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ugh. This article is little changed from when it went through two AfD's, neither of which managed to garner a consensus to keep. Much of the information on the "why" behind songs being included on the list is speculative original research (including the statements about only certain versions of some songs being included on the list, which implies that there was a reason for this beyond mere oversight on the part of the list's original author). The article is also repeatedly vandalized and/or incorrectly edited by people adding songs that were never part of the list. On a side note, I find the current table layout to be less professional-looking than the previous alphabetical-heading layout. --DachannienTalkContrib 02:28, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, not enough in-line citations. GreenJoe 23:52, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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