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The list was promoted by Matthewedwards 22:23, 11 August 2009.

List of awards and nominations received by Alison Krauss

 * Nominator(s): Staxringold talkcontribs 00:43, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Long ago I authored Wikipedia's featured article on Alison Krauss. I disappeared from Wiki for a while, but following my last return I happened upon List of awards and nominations received by Beck. Following the standards laid out in that FL (and in the many FL's by User:Gary King on musician awards) I realized I could rewrite Krauss' list which had been left to the wolves since I initially formatted it a bit during Krauss' writing process. I now feel the list stands up to the FL standard for musician awards as exemplified in the aforementioned Beck list. Staxringold talkcontribs 00:43, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Comment A couple of the sources seem questionable in terms of reliability: http://www.twin-music.com/lists/40women.html and http://www.whowonwhen.com/entertainment/acm_awards/academy-country-music-2005.php. Also, the access dates shouldn't have ordinals, and refs 2 and 3 are missing publishers. The Billboard ref is dead (see ), but since they're redesigning their pages that's to be expected. Dabomb87 (talk) 00:53, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Some awards simply don't seem to keep track of their nomination history. Those ACM nominations are mirrored by multiple sources, it's just there is no list on the official ACM site. Nominees but just for the 44th. I can happily remove the 40 women list thing, it's just an interesting honor (that once again there is limited material online about). I'll fix the refs now. Staxringold talkcontribs 01:03, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * There we go, removed the ordinals and fixed the dead link. What would you recommend I do with the 40 Women list? Staxringold talkcontribs 01:19, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Wait for other reviewers' opinions :) Dabomb87 (talk) 01:21, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Found a WAY better, official source for the top-40 list. Staxringold talkcontribs 01:53, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I really outthought myself on that one, heh. Turns out searching for wins on the official site also returns noms. Staxringold talkcontribs 02:14, 29 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Support once 1969 is unlinked. The other years are unlinked so 1969 should not be linked in my view. Consistency and all that. I'm not a fan of linking solo years anyway ;-) Nice work.  — Rlevse • Talk  • 02:02, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Done. Also added a Wayback Machine ref of the 2001 ACM nomination. Staxringold talkcontribs 02:08, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * And then I was smart and found a better ref. Staxringold talkcontribs 02:33, 29 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Oppose from
 * General
 * Missing You is a dab that needs to be fixed.
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The image needs alternate text.
 * Infobox:Musician Awards doesn't take alt text. Note all the other FL musician award lists, none of them have alt in the lead image. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Added it to the infobox and article. Staxringold talkcontribs 00:23, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Lead
 * Alison Krauss (born July 23, 1971 in Decatur, Illinois) is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler. -- unlink Country music, its a well known genre that does not need the link.
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Krauss has also released 5 compilation albums - Now That I've Found You: A Collection (1995), Live (2002), Home on the Highways: Band Picked Favorites (2005), A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection (2007), and Essential Alison Krauss (2009) - and made other notable recordings such the single Whiskey Lullaby with Brad Paisley or her several songs on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. -- A)Change the endashes to emdashes and make sure the dash connects both the preceding and following word. B)+as before the single C)Change the or to and
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Krauss has won 26[4] Grammy Awards, most by a female artist and 3rd most by any artist all time. -- 3rd --> third
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * She has also won 14 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards,[6] 8 Country Music Association Awards,[7][8] 2 Gospel Music Association Awards,[9] 2 CMT Music Awards,[10][11][12] 2 Academy of Country Music Awards,[13] and 1 Canadian Country Music Award. -- numbers that are 9 and under should be spelled out instead of using an integer (per MOS:NUM)
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The lead should state her overall awards and nominations count; yes the infobox states it but the lead should also.
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Awards
 * For one, this section should be renamed to at least Awards and nominations, since that's what it's about.
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Overall: Change all numbers that are 9 and under from integers to spelled out words (MOS:NUM)
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The Country Music Association Awards have been presented annually by the Country Music Association since 1967 and are generally presented at the Grand Ole Opry. -- Comma before and
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Each statement that gives the summary of awards like Singer A has received so and so awards from so and so nominations should all be consistent. They should all at least be in a format similar to Singer A has received five awards from 140 nominations.
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:46, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * References
 * Ref 1 should be properly formatted. The for Billboard.com is not correct, a publisher should also be added.
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Ref 2 and 3 lack publishers
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Ref 4 should not have from Grammys.com, the publisher should just be  or
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Ref 5, there shouldn't be a period before CNN
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * All the refs need to be referred to my comment about Ref 4, they are all improperly formatted.
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Some of the publishers are also incorrect. CMAAwards is not the publisher, Country Music Association is the publisher. CMT.com is not the publisher, Country Music Television is the publisher. amcountry.com is not the publisher, Academy of Country Music is the publisher.
 * Done. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The Rock on the Net refs should not have a period before the publisher.-- T ru  c o   503 19:36, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * That's how cite web formats them. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh okay, I see now. The only other problem that I see is for sections in which Alison only won one award from one nomination <-instead of saying that-> reword it to has received one award., to avoid redundancy.-- T ru  c o   503 02:51, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * You got it, all done. This is really nice, the crew that patrols FLC does an excellent job sharpening up things. Staxringold talkcontribs 03:08, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Support -- Previous issues resolved/clarified; list now meets WP:WIAFL.-- T ru  c o   503 16:00, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Support my comments addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:36, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:38, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:38, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ref 1, Billboard is the work and Nielsen Business Media, Inc. is the publisher.
 * Fixed. Staxringold talkcontribs 21:14, 3 August 2009 (UTC)


 * What makes http://www.metrolyrics.com/1990-grammy-awards.html a reliable source? Dabomb87 (talk) 14:35, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It matches with everything else. The only reason I didn't use Rock on the Net is because it doesn't list Best Bluegrass Recording. Staxringold talkcontribs 21:14, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * To determine the reliability of the site, we need to know what sort of fact checking they do. You can establish this by showing news articles that say the site is reliable/noteworthy/etc. or you can show a page on the site that gives their rules for submissions/etc. or you can show they are backed by a media company/university/institute, or you can show that the website gives its sources and methods, or there are some other ways that would work too. It's their reputation for reliability that needs to be demonstrated. Please see Wikipedia Signpost/2008-06-26/Dispatches for further information. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:21, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * They are backed by AOL. That's a large media company, yes? Staxringold talkcontribs 21:33, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Here is an article attesting to that, BTW. Staxringold talkcontribs 21:35, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, that's good. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:38, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Looks OK at a glance.
 * Wondering why the totals at the bottom of the infobox are formatted in such a complicated way: since green and red are the colour codings for wins and nominations, respectively, why not a single row, "Totals", with 55 and 96 across in the green and red columns. Seems simple and carries through the idea of the the colours. Tony  (talk)  17:54, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
 * That's how the template is formatted. Ultimately though I don't really see it as complicated, it's basically the same length. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:29, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
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