Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of number-one albums of 2008 (U.S.)/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 Matthewedwards 07:12, 11 April 2009.

List of number-one albums of 2008 (U.S.)

 * Nominator(s): Efe (talk)

I am nominating this for featured list because it was reviewed and I feel it meets the criteria. Regards, Efe (talk) 13:24, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment - I make a couple minor edits, but overall the prose looks pretty good. –Juliancolton Talk  ·  Review  18:22, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Review by 
 * Lead
 * Other albums with extended chart runs include Jack Johnson's fifth studio album, Sleep Through the Static, and Metallica's ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, each spent three straight weeks on the chart. -- the final comma should be a semi-colon
 * I think its fine because if the sentence goes this way, "Other albums with extended chart runs include Jack Johnson's fifth studio album and Metallica's ninth studio album, each spent three straight weeks on the chart", the clause is dependent therefore a semicolon is not necessary. --Efe (talk) 03:00, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I misread it, eh.--Best,  ₮ RU  C Ө   03:04, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Its my mistake. I thought of spending rather than spent. So the clause "each spent ..." is independent therefore a semicolon is grammatical. And the fact that there are lots of comma, it will help. Sorry. --Efe (talk) 08:31, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Tables and images look fine
 * Thanks. --Efe (talk) 03:00, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * References
 * The MTV source should have the publisher as MTV Networks and the work from MTV. This also need to be linked.
 * Sandy said when the work and publisher are closely 'related', like this case, better remove the publisher. --Efe (talk) 03:00, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * That isn't necessarily right from my view. MTV Networks is the publisher, so thats how it should be not just MTV. So its vise-versa.--Best,  ₮ RU  C Ө   03:04, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Quoting from User:SandyGeorgia, its redundant. But if you really want me to add it, its fine. =) --Efe (talk) 08:31, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, because this is how its setup in other FLs.--Best,  ₮ RU  C Ө   14:42, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll let this go since I was given no feedback.--Best,  ₮ RU  C Ө   01:29, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I love how you only give 1 alternate publishing source ;)--Best,  ₮ RU  C Ө   02:39, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Added one non-Billboard source. They give specific figures, based on SoundScan. --Efe (talk) 03:00, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh I know, I'm just complimenting you since I gave you my original thought on this.--Best,  ₮ RU  C Ө   03:04, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I learned from you dear. And what I like with albums chart is that there are lots of sites publishing figures, ranking, etc. --Efe (talk) 08:31, 26 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Support -- Previous issues resolved to meet WP:WIAFL standards.--Best,  ₮ RU  C Ө   01:29, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I tried to ask Sandy. Thinks she's busy as of now. --Efe (talk) 09:45, 30 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * "longest-running album" sounds like the album is of the longest duration. Maybe "had the longest run" is better?
 * That is clarified by the supporting phrase "is the longest-running album among the releases that have reached peak position in 2008". --Efe (talk) 05:59, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I meant it can be misconstrued as total length of the album (in terms of hours, minutes, seconds). indopug (talk) 06:21, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah. Your right. I have changed it based on your suggestion. --Efe (talk) 06:54, 29 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Considering that you have a lot of white space in the side, I think you can add a few of pictures of artists. Eg: Metallica, for consecutive weeks at the top, or Radiohead, for most vinyl records sold.
 * Added two images for best albums in digital and vinyl formats. --Efe (talk) 05:59, 29 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I think the issue dates column would look much better if you align the entries to the right. indopug (talk) 15:46, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm. That's a general comment. Any changes to a single list must reflect to all pages. I think we can discuss this at the project page, I suggest. --Efe (talk) 05:59, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Support, all issues resolved. Dabomb87 (talk) 04:03, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Sources look good. Dabomb87 (talk) 23:50, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

I confirm my support after the criteria changes. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:19, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Despite the new FL criteria, this list is still up to those standards. My Support for promotion stands.-- T ru  c o   14:59, 9 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Further
 * Shouldn't the artist for Juno and other soundtracks be "Various artists"? Soundtrack could possibly be part of the album name, like "Juno soundtrack". indopug (talk) 16:41, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Comment Date format of references should be the same as in the main body of the article, in this case, mmmm dd, yyyy. Matthewedwards : Chat  02:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
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