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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 29 January 2020 (UTC).

List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1972

 * Nominator(s): ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:26, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

The latest list of country number one songs by year. So far this little project of mine has produced 35 FLs and another is close, so here's the potential #37........ -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:26, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Support Comments from Aoba47

 * I am uncertain about this sentence: "At the start of the year, the number one single was "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" by Charley Pride, its fifth week in the top spot." It reads a little awkwardly to me, and I think it could be made more concise. Maybe something like the following, "At the start of the year, Charley Pride's "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" spent its fifth week in the top spot.", would be better?
 * I have a question about this part: "totalling 11 weeks in the top spot with "My Hang-Up Is You", "Bless Your Heart" and "Got the All Overs for You (All Over Me)". Is "totalling" intentionally spelled like that? I am not sure if it is a spelling variation on totaling or a typo so I wanted to ask to make sure.
 * This sentence, ""My Hang-Up Is You" had the longest unbroken run at number one, spending six weeks at the top of the chart in the spring, twice as long as any other song spent at number one in 1972.", reads rather awkwardly to me, specifically the phrase beginning with "twice...". I understand what you mean, but I am wondering if it could be revised to read a little better. Apologies for the somewhat vague comment, but I am not entirely sure how I would reword myself.
 * It may be better to revise this part, "Jerry Wallace achieved the only country chart-topper of his career", to something like the following, "Jerry Wallace achieved his only country chart-topper", to be a little more concise with the prose.
 * For this part, "after being featured in an episode of the TV show Night Gallery", I believe it should be "television show" instead of "TV show".
 * For this part, "Tillis co-wrote the song with Webb Pierce, whose version went to number 2 on the chart in 1959,", I would spell out "2" as "two" since numbers under ten are spelled out with words rather than numerals in other parts of the lead.
 * Since you specify the year in two of the image captions, I would do the same for the ones for Hart and Fargo.
 * When I first read through the list, I noticed a few odd spacing issues where there were sometimes double/triple spaces left between sentences. I think that I have corrected all of them, but I would encourage you to check again and see if I missed any other instances.

Awesome work as always. Your productivity and consistently good work is very admirable. I enjoyed reading through the list, and it inspired me to check out some of these artists in the future, specifically Donna Fargo since I have a preference for female singers. Once my comments are addressed, I will be more than happy to support this for promotion. Have a great start to your week! Aoba47 (talk) 03:25, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * many thanks for your comments, which have hopefully been addressed to your satisfaction. With regard to "totalling", that's how I would spell it but then I am British and I appreciate that this article should be written in US English.  I am not 100% sure what the correct US spelling would be, so I have used alternative wording which hopefully avoids the issue altogether..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:30, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for addressing everything! I support this for promotion. Upon further investigation, the totaling/totalling difference is really just an American/British spelling difference. I guess American English drops the double l for a single l. Either way, have a great rest of your day! Aoba47 (talk) 14:54, 26 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Support – Great as always. – zmbro (talk) 03:45, 27 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Comment – I had to strain to find anything worth complaining about, but is the space before the comma in the title of ref 1 meant to be there? If it's there in the original, it wouldn't be the worst idea to take it out for our purposes. That's the only (tiny) issue I saw. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 22:14, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * no, purely a typo on my part which I have now rectified -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:24, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Support – Everything looks good now. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 02:07, 5 January 2020 (UTC)

Comments from Teratix
Excellent job as usual. – Teratix ₵ 14:02, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
 * (pictured in xxxx) I would avoid including this phrase in the caption unless it's relevant and necessary to mention (e.g. Joe Bloggs (pictured in 1999) suffered severe facial disfigurement in 2000).
 * ... Charley Pride and Merle Haggard each achieved three number ones in 1972, spending seven and six weeks respectively ... 1) You have already referred to Pride in full in this paragraph, so there's no need to mention his first name. 2) I would swap the order Haggard and Pride are mentioned, so that "six" and "seven" are in ascending order (and the artists are alphabetised by surname).
 * Tillis did not record the song himself until 1972, when he went one better than Pierce to gain his first number one. "went one better" is slightly informal phrasing and awkward when near another instance of "one". Replace with "improved on Pierce's version's performance" or similar.
 * Every number one in 1972 was by a solo artist; no bands topped the chart during the year. Without a source mentioning this, it seems like original research. But I concede it is evident after a glance at the table. Could be a "routine calculation". Not sure here.
 * Artist(s) As all of the songs are by solo artists, there is no need for the (s).
 * Ref. -> Ref.
 * - all done -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:52, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Wow, I didn't realise Williams actually suffered facial injuries! I don't see the relevance of (pictured in 1966) in Hart's caption – is that just an oversight or is there a specific reason? – Teratix ₵ 05:30, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
 * - I just missed that one. Now removed -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:20, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Last thing (I promise) — a recent FLR jogged my memory: ‘hit’ is too informal for an encyclopaedia and should be replaced. – Teratix ₵ 00:31, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Really? OK, I have re-worded to remove the word -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:25, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Interestingly, I note that the Encyclopedia Britannica has no problem with using the word "hit" in this context..... ;-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:30, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Support (I note that same article also speaks of a manager who “fell in love” with the band, so perhaps it’s not the benchmark of encyclopedic style). – Teratix ₵ 12:07, 10 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Support. Another fine list. Well done . Cheers – Ianblair23 (talk) 11:07, 9 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Source review by Cowlibob
 * The Billboard sources are tripping the external links tool as they should have https:// in front of the www.
 * The Rolling Stone link is redirecting to this link "https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/10-great-songs-you-didnt-know-mel-tillis-wrote-125819/webb-pierce-i-aint-never-1959-126176/"
 * I would recommend archiving the source using IABot to preserve for the future. "https://tools.wmflabs.org/iabot/"
 * I think Ref 4 should be replaced by ref 13 as it verifies that it was charted as number 1 for 5 weeks.
 * The book ref "Encyclopaedia of Country Music" should have a page number
 * Spot checks verify information in article
 * images appear appropriately licensed Cowlibob (talk) 14:59, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * All done except IABot, because I have literally no idea what I am supposed to do there............ :-S -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:09, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Source review passed. I've done it for you. It's pretty straightforward, you go to that link, click the login in button on the topright where it logs you in using your wikipedia credentials. Then in the next page, you type out the name of wikipedia article, you want the bot to edit. The default is to only archive dead links but if you tick the box below where it says "Add archives to all non-dead references", it tries to archive every link it can. Very nifty bot. Cowlibob (talk) 15:16, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * That's great, thanks! I'll know for next time........... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:25, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

This is another FLC where I've supported and will not be closing, so once again I call on one of you to do the job when necessary. Giants2008 ( Talk ) 02:26, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

Promoting! -- Pres N  02:50, 28 January 2020 (UTC)


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