Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UK Physical Singles Chart


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was 'delete. Insufficient significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject to meet WP:N. Dreadstar †  01:20, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

UK Physical Singles Chart

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Unsourced article, can't find any evidence that the Official UK Charts Company publishes any such chart. As far as i know there is a singles chart (which combines downloads and sales) and a download only chart but no sales only chart. this document is the infopack form the charts company, page 14 details the charts they produce as you can see such a chart is non-existant. neon white user page talk 14:23, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete No evidence that this chart exists; only hits are to Wikipedia and related articles. I am also removing bogus chart positions from various song articles. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 17:32, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * On second thought, Speedy delete G3 as a blatant piece of misinformation. As the nom points out, this chart clearly does not exist -- and the author of this page went so far as to insert fake chart positions into several articles (which I have since removed). So tagged. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 17:42, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral for now awaiting further evidence. There's surprisingly little info out there for a supposedly major chart, which has me thinking this might be a hoax. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 21:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment—This does not look like a blatant hoax to me, so I asked that the speedy be undone. Taking a look here there is at least some preliminary evidence that this chart might exist. More investigation is needed, so let's allow the AfD to run its course. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 21:30, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.   --  Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 14:35, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Delete - It's real; contact the OCC if your in any doubt. UK Singles Chart used to be entirely physical then downloads came along and gave rise to UK Official Download Chart, then they got combined together resulting in three charts UK Singles Chart (combined physicals and downloads), UK Physical Singles Chart (physicals only) and UK Official Download Chart(downloads only). At that point and historically this chart is somewhat significant. Today however the physical chart has lost it's significance to the combined chart and also the download chart. Distribution of the physical chart goes to record companies and other music bodies but it's not freely available anywhere online (unlike other UK charts from the OCC that are distributed freely to the public via the bbc) hence the lack of search engine links. ChessCreator (talk) 18:16, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Then that suggests that it isn't notable (as it isn't an officially published chart) and can not be sourced. -- neon white user page talk 01:27, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - It was official published last time I checked. It's just not freely published, it can(or could) be bought in the trade magazine Music Week online subs here but yes there is no reference to meet WP:N so I will amend to delete. ChessCreator (talk) 13:33, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That does give it more notability, if this is correct and can provide citations for it existing (wikipedia article on Music Week doesnt mention it) then the article might be worth keeping after removing all the unsourced OR. -- neon white user page talk 14:50, 10 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete Even the most recent source is not openly available; it needs to be ordered. – thedemonhog   talk  •  edits  16:20, 10 April 2008 (UTC)