Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (UK)/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by Dabomb87 23:16, 12 February 2010.

List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (UK)

 * Nominator(s): 03  md  01:33, 6 January 2010 (UTC), Mephiston999

I am nominating this for featured list because I feel it is ready to become featured. Any guidance on improvements to referencing etc. is appreciated. 03 md  01:33, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments from Mephiston999


 * Support. All major issues fixed. Ready for the promotion.Mephiston999 (talk) 00:44, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments from The Rambling Man


 * Support, referencing is much more helpful now. I know we can't indefinitely semi protect, but this one will be more prone to vandalism than most. It'll be worth keeping on a few watchlists. WFCforLife (talk) 02:41, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Comments from 
 * General
 * The external link in ref #7 is dead.
 * Fixed Mephiston999 (talk) 01:46, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * User:Mephiston999 had about half your edits to the article, unless his changes were minor, you should have contacted him about this nom.
 * Dab links check out fine.
 * Some of the images need alt text.
 * In addition, in stead of using 'lady' for one of the images I saw, use 'woman.' (its more formal)
 * Fixed Mephiston999 (talk) 01:35, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Lead
 * Since 2005 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical and digital singles, as long as the single was available in both formats. -- A)Comma after 2005 B)instead of 'as long' use 'as well', makes a tad bit more sense.
 * Fixed Mephiston999 (talk) 02:49, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * At the end of the decade a retrospective chart was compiled by the Official Charts Company to determine the best-selling single across the ten-year period. -- Comma after decade
 * Fixed Mephiston999 (talk) 02:54, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The single sold 1.795 million copies and saw Young finish ahead of his fellow Pop Idol finalist Gareth Gates, whose debut single "Unchained Melody" sold 1.4 million copies and took second place. -- Doesn't 'took second place' sound a bit repetitive since it is stated that Young's single placed ahead of it?
 * Fixed Mephiston999 (talk) 02:54, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The X Factor winners Alexandra Burke (5th) and Shayne Ward (8th) and the band formed on Popstars in 2001, Hear'Say (9th), also made it into the top ten. --> The X Factor winners Alexandra Burke (5th), Shayne Ward (8th) and the band formed on Popstars in 2001, Hear'Say (9th), also made it into the top ten.
 * Fixed Mephiston999 (talk) 02:54, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Only 5 songs released in 2003 and 2 released in 2004 (including Band Aid 20's million seller "Do They Know It's Christmas?" made the top 100 best-selling singles, in comparison to 11 in 2000 and 13 in 2009.  -- the parenthesis needs to be closed.
 * Fixed Mephiston999 (talk) 02:54, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The song eventually reached number 36 in the best-sellers list. -- this is sourced in the table right?
 * yes, you can find it in the table, which has 3 references (see general references) Mephiston999 (talk) 02:54, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Table
 * Since there are three refs for the positions, which cause that column to stretch, you should make them general references. See this example.
 * Fixed Mephiston999 (talk) 01:41, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * External links
 * Remove this header because there are no 'links.' The template goes under the references in this case.-- T ru  c o   503 23:43, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed Mephiston999 (talk) 01:34, 6 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Support -- Comments resolved; meets WP:WIAFL.-- T ru  c o   503 23:45, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Support Just one thing, you shouldn't put use images (such as the check marks) on FLC pages because they slow down page-loading. Mm40 (talk) 13:41, 11 February 2010 (UTC)


 * No major problems with the images. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 20:35, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support as long as you fix the typo in the title of ref 4 and remove that random > from near the end of the lead.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:54, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed both issues.Mephiston999 (talk) 11:36, 11 February 2010 (UTC)


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