Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of music releases from Popstars contestants/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 not promoted by The Rambling Man 17:42, 6 October 2009.

List of music releases from Popstars contestants

 * Nominator(s): 03  md  22:07, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because I took it to Peer Review a couple of months ago where I acted upon all the points raised. I have improved the list and kept it up to date. I feel it is ready for FL. 03  md  22:07, 8 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Dabs; please check the disambiguation links identified in the toolbox. Dabomb87 (talk) 22:40, 11 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Done 03  md  00:08, 12 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments by --Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 16:53, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) "Popstars is a British television programme that ran for two series." doesn't make sense to me. It's either ran for two seasons or it's not a programme but a franchise or something. And is it British or international? according to Popstars it's international.
 * The franchise is international but this article deals with only the British programme, which ran for two series (Popstars and Popstars: The Rivals). I have slightly reworded the lede - should the article name be changed to List of music releases from Popstars (UK) contestants
 * 1) The link "Popstars (Series 1)" is probably more like "Popstars"?
 * The link is to a specific page on series 1 which has not been created, like there is a page for Popstars The Rivals.
 * It should be Popstars (UK series) and not "UK series 1". Please change it to that. I suggest creating a stub article about this series so that readers who don't know anything about it, like me, could know what it's about. Please also explain in the first paragraph its relation to the international Programme.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 16:41, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) Please reference everything in paragraph 1 of the lead.
 * 2) The Lede isn't referenced yet, why is that?--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 16:41, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) I think you should split Series 2 from Series one in the sections Singles and Albums.
 * Do you mean separate tables or grouping all the series 1 releases together in the same table?
 * I mean creating two tables one for season 1, and one for 2. Each under a Subsections of Albums and Singles.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 16:41, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments. I have addressed 1 and left some questions. 92.6.154.189 (talk) 23:07, 12 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment - why is Darius Danesh only mentioned in passing in a footnote and his releases not included in the tables? He wasn't a finalist, fair enough, but then neither were the Cheeky Girls and yet their releases appear in the tables..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:24, 17 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Fair point. I think they should be added. Let me know if there are any other contestants that I have forgotten. 03  md  21:17, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Comments from
 * The image needs alt text per WP:ALT.
 * "Despite this initial success and hiring a new member when Kym Marsh left, the group split a year after formation." The part about hiring a new member seems largely irrelevant, and disrupts the flow of the sentence.
 * "the girls finished on top and debuted at number one, and the boys debuted at number two" It's not clear who the "boys" and the "girls" are.
 * "have become one of the most successful female groups in the United Kingdom" Cite for this claim?
 * "the singer who missed out on a place in Girls Aloud" What do you mean by "missed out on a place"?
 * Some of the footnotes are unsourced. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:18, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * The "UK peak chart position" column should be narrowed.
 * Most of the cited "shart stats" pages for the rows do not include release date information. Where is that coming from?
 * Most of the statements in the "Other releases" section are unreferenced. Why aren't they included in the tables?
 * Could you create a page for the PopStars series 1? It doesn't have a page, which seems like a big oversight, especially when the second series has one.
 * "Girls Aloud, in contrast, have become one of the most successful female groups" - Unsourced POV.
 * -- Scorpion 0422  00:52, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Delist the list was nominated for a month and the user hasn't addressed various issues. I suggest delisting this candidacy. The user can renominate after the suggested improvements.--Diaa abdelmoneim (talk) 08:43, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
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