User talk:Mh4yn3s

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List of number-one singles from the 1990s (UK)
Hi there

Please do not add the information about the best selling single of each year to this list unless you can cite a reliable source for the information. As this is a Featured List, it is imperative that everything in it is correctly sourced, per WP:V and WP:WIAFL. If you can cite a reliable source, the info can go in (although it should be noted that identifying something just by the use of colour is prohibited by WP:ACCESS, therefore you'd need to use a symbol as well, and the yellow colour is horribly garish and something a bit more subtle would probably be better, but these are minor points - the sourcing is the main issue). If you can point me in the direction of the source from which you obtained the information, I'll confirm if it's considered reliable or not and assist with adding the correct citations to the article. Cheers! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:19, 17 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for the feedback, I kind of understand where you're coming from. I'm guessing this means the actual page for the best selling single of each year is flawed? This was all I was trying to reference, as done in a couple of other pages in the series of number one singles.  I would also assume the use of colour on the List of number-one singles from the 2000s page is wrong too and should be change to symbols? -- Mh4yn3s (talk) 13:12, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, technically that page needs fixing to use symbols as well as colour. I have it down as one of the 9000000 things on my "to do" list :-)  The best selling singles page isn't flawed as such, the info might be correct, but without reliable sources it could equally just have been made up by someone.  That's why it's better not to replicate it on a Featured List, which requires impeccable sourcing to retain that status.  Hope that makes sense...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:58, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, all makes perfect sense, I guess that's the problem with being a relative newbie to editing pages, there's quite a lot to get to know before you really start doing anything. Are there any guidelines for the use of symbols or is it just a case of using A...Z or 1..999 etc.?  Maybe I can knock one item of your list at least! -- Mh4yn3s (talk) 17:04, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * No, you wouldn't need to use a different symbol every time, just picking a symbol and using it alongside a colour each time it appears is the way to go. So, for example, you could have an asterisk alongside each entry which was also coloured yellow, and put the asterisk in the yellow box in the key so that it's clear what it means.  Hope that makes sense.  Oh, and one other point to note, when an editor posts a message for you on your talk page, the best way to reply is to post on their talk page.  That way when they log in they get notified automatically that they have a new message, rather than having to remember whose talk pages they'd posted on and check back for replies.  Happy editing! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:40, 18 February 2010 (UTC)