Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of anthems by country


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The list was promoted by User:Matthewedwards 19:07, 14 October 2008.

List of anthems by country
previous FLC (18:30, 9 July 2008)

I've been working on this on and off for six months. It has been through two FLCs, and I think it's ready now. Gary King ( talk ) 05:47, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Comments
 * What makes http://www.national-anthems.org/origins.htm a reliable source?
 * Otherwise sources look good, links checked out with the link checker tool. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:50, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Replace with an NPR link. Gary King ( talk ) 17:12, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Support with a final comment Rambo's Revenge (talk)  10:50, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * São Tomé and Príncipe should sort as Sa... but currently it comes after Sy... when sorting by name.
 * Fixed Gary King ( talk ) 14:48, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Comments Nergaal (talk) 22:01, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Many countries have anthems, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism";[1] most anthems are either marches or hymns in style many and most are very vague. Please use a more precise term (i.e. over half, over 60%, etc.)
 * A hymn can become a country's national anthem by a provision in the country's constitution, by a law enacted by its legislature, or simply by tradition perhaps give an example for each case?
 * Some countries also use the royal anthem as the national anthem please give some kind of figure, or an example at least.
 * the historic paragraph describes only 3 cases, without making the reader why are the UK and the French examples relevant. What about outside Europe? When did countries start having hymns from when they got independence? (i.e. when did it became truly a common practice?)
 * The multilingual country of Spain has no words in its anthem => I am not sure multilingual is the best possible word & has no words officially
 * Why is the image chosen for that of Hungary? There is no access to the Dutch one?
 * What about the usual length of the anthems? (timewise)
 * Is it possible to put the exact references used somewhere in the article? perhaps right after [13] or after "National anthem"


 * All done. I've switched to the UN. Instead of "many" I've used "most"; I don't want to get much more specific than that so that a dispute won't flare up. It's accurate as it stands now. I've given the anthem of Jordan as one that is used both as a national and a royal anthem. There is sheet music for the Dutch anthem online but I'm uncertain about how the copyright works on those, so I'm sticking to what I can find on the Commons. Length? Sources will definitely disagree with each other on that, if I can even find any. I think the three general references are sufficient; they cover the entire table. The information is from them, and the information found in each one backs up the other. Gary King ( talk ) 04:57, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:42, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
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