Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Depeche Mode discography


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The list was promoted 04:22, 23 February 2008.

Depeche Mode discography
It would appear that this is a complete, accurate list of all records released by this influential and long-standing pop-group. Sunil060902 (talk) 18:38, 8 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Support All of my suggestions have been taken into account. Great list! Drewcifer (talk) 05:54, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I just realized something else. What's with all the blank spaces in the chart cells?  I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable reason (ie their downloadable songs, limited release, etc, etc), but the dashes are meant to cover those kinds of things too. Drewcifer (talk) 04:29, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I didn't start the discography article off, but I presume the Dashes indicate release without charting, and Spaces are for "no release" in that country. best, Sunil060902 (talk) 18:49, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I see, that does make sense. But what about the German cell for the greatest hits album? Drewcifer (talk) 04:50, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Note that this was released in the old East Germany - I wouldn't think chart info was/is that freely available for that regime! Though it must exist somewhere. I presume 81-85 was the release in the old West Germany. best, Sunil060902 (talk) 10:35, 18 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment I'm reasonably sure that the original version of "Strangelove" did not chart on the Modern Rock Charts (the chart did not exist until the following year; if anything it was probably "Strangelove '88"). "World in My Eyes" was a single from Violator but is not indicated as such. WesleyDodds (talk) 05:57, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * > "World In My Eyes" sorted! Sunil060902 (talk) 18:49, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * > "Strangelove" (1987) sorted for US Mod Rock, definitely not in list of #1s, definitely started in second half of 1988. Need more info for the '88 mix, so left it blank for now. best, Sunil060902 (talk) 19:04, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * From what I recall "Strangelove '88" was an American-only remix single, released because they thought the song should've done better in America (and the remix did indeed chart higher). WesleyDodds (talk) 21:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
 * In that case probably wasn't in US Mod Rock - it's in Dance, where I would have thought it would have been best suited, agree? best, Sunil060902 (talk) 10:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Where are all the b-sides? All discographies I've seen list them. See Nirvana discography for an example. WesleyDodds (talk) 07:55, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Do I have to do everything??? (Kidding!) Sunil060902 (talk) 10:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like someone's gone and done it :) Sunil060902 (talk) 15:35, 18 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Support good work. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:39, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments A little way to go:
 * How come none of the chart positions are cited? Each column header (the name of the chart) should be cited to be corresponding chart's website. Check Nirvana discography to see what i mean (you need to do this for all album tables).
 * > References section at the end contains all the relevant weblinks
 * > Chart positions now linked straight through to websites. best, Sunil060902 (talk) 15:20, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Another column solely for the year would be nice for a brief look at when it was released (for all the album tables).
 * > Check!
 * "CD, Vinyl, Cassette, Digital download" - why so many capitalisations?
 * > Check!
 * platinum should always be Platinum.
 * > Check!
 * Compilation albums - why no "&mdash;"es? Why is (North America) written smaller than (East Germany)?
 * > Check!
 * Live albums - again no "&mdash;"es.
 * > Check!
 * The "Other appearances" section would be much clearer if it was modelled after the "Miscellaneous" section of Nirvana discography; this way the primary part of the table would be the band's songs.
 * > Check!
 * For uniformity, ""—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart." should be in small letters.
 * > Check!
 * indopug (talk) 06:41, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Best, Sunil060902 (talk) 12:03, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Not sure about the lead; right now its 6 small paragraphs, while I think it would work better as three big ones. "Depeche Mode have also released..." that information can be included above itself when you are counting studio albums, singles etc. The detailed info about the band's music video collaborators seems unnecessary in this context. Maybe also include an overview of the band's career? I don't understand the merit of that last paragraph; why are only those two releases mentioned by name but no other from the band's career? indopug (talk) 14:25, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed, no more than three paragraphs needed here really. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Better now? best, Sunil060902 (talk) 14:58, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Support Looks good to me. -- Scorpion0422 04:20, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
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