Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of songs written by Bruno Mars/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 PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 17 October 2021 (UTC).

List of songs written by Bruno Mars

 * Nominator(s): MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 07:34, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

I am nominating this for featured list because it is a comprehensive look at Bruno Mars' written songs up to today. It contains an introduction and a list of the written songs, their respective writers', albums they were included, and the year of release. I'll try to update it constantly as new songs are released like I have done with all the works for the artist mentioned above. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 07:34, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Support from ChrisTheDude

 * No need for the dashes around the titles of his albums
 * "as well as other artists" => "as well as for other artists"
 * "They also co-wrote songs to soundtracks" => "They also co-wrote songs for soundtracks"
 * "As well as these artists, Mars co-wrote" - I would just say "Mars also co-wrote"
 * Need a comma after World Cup to close the clause
 * "Jay-Z & Kanye West "Lift Off"" => "Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Lift Off""
 * And you need a comma after that, otherwise it reads as if "Welcome Back" was also by Jay-Z and Kanye
 * Apostrophe missing after Sugababes in the Garibay caption
 * The artist column should sort by surname (where the person has one), not forename, so for example Adam Lambert should sort under L, not A
 * Song and album titles which start with the word "The" should sort based on the next word in the title
 * In note a, the mixtape title should be in italics
 * Notes which are not complete sentences (eg "Alternate title "Mister Johnny".") should not have full stops
 * That's what I got on a first pass...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:51, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I believe I have addressed the issues you pointed out. However, I'm uncertain regarding the "surname" advice o rappers. Should it also be done? Thank you so much for taking your time. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 12:28, 26 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Support - the name sorting looks OK to me -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:27, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

Support Comments from Aoba47

 * I am uncertain about the first sentence. Is it necessary to list out the names of all his studio albums? In this FL (List of songs written by Tove Lo), the lead only lists the number of studio albums that the artist had released. I am only suggesting this because it makes the prose more concise and I am assuming that Mars will continue to release albums in the future so it would avoid having a rather long list of title right at the top of the page.
 * For this part, and create "a hip-hop, R&B, soul or rock" song, would be it worthwhile to link the genres? This seems to be a standard practice for song and album articles, but II am not entirely sure how this is handled for this type of list.
 * I think that this part, Mars explained the record was going to be a movie, could use a little more clarification to avoid any confusion that this was literally going to used as the basis for a future movie or it would be a visual album. I think this sentence from the 24K Magic article expresses this a little more clearly: He told that the album was inspired by a non-existent movie that he visualized.
 * In the third paragraph, there are two sentences (i.e. He also co-wrote Cardi B's "Please Me" and He co-wrote Alicia Keys's "Tears Always Win") in a row that begin the same. I would revise one of these instances to avoid being repetitive.
 * I have a question about this sentence, He co-wrote Alicia Keys's "Tears Always Win", Adele's "All I Ask" for her third studio album, 25 (2015), Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Lift Off", and "Welcome Back" for the soundtrack of Rio 2. Why are two albums named (i.e. 25 and Rio 2). but not (Girl on Fire or Watch the Throne)? It just seems a little random to only mention two albums here.

Great work with the list. I am glad to see a FLC about songwriting. My comments are relatively minor and once everything is addressed, I will be more than happy to support this nomination for promotion. I hope you are having a great week so far! Aoba47 (talk) 18:50, 23 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the compliment, as well as the comments. I believe I have addressed every issue. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 12:28, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for addressing everything. I support this FLC for promotion. Have a great weekend! Aoba47 (talk) 15:40, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

First of all, thank you for taking your time to comment on the article and making the source review. I checked all the Global Music Rights and they all work, I also fixed the issue on reference 126. If anything else rises an eyebrow just let me know. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 09:22, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Source review – Reliability of the sourcing appears okay throughout. There's one formatting issue that needs to be resolved: ref 126 is giving me a red error message. The problem appears to be that there is a space in the url. Try putting  where the space should be, as Help:Footnotes calls for that; my hunch is that will resolve the issue. Also, the link-checker tool doesn't seem to like the Global Music Rights site, so I suggest double-checking a couple of them to make sure the links are still in working order. Otherwise, it showed no problems.  Giants2008  ( Talk ) 22:23, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Ref 126 looks fine now. The source review has been passed. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 22:23, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Comments from Carlobunnie

 * The image caption uses the MDY format but the references display as DMY. Since a mix of both formats is used in the editing, I was looking for a date template at the top of the page to explain why this is the case, but it turns out it's at the bottom of the page for some reason, along w one saying to use British English (both dated 2013) for this article? While consistency is necessary, I recall reading somewhere on WP that if an article is for eg. UK/European-based then DMY is the standard, but if it is US-centric, then MDY should be used. Mars' other articles also use MDY and American English, so you should probably move the date template up top, change it to MDY, and remove the BE template.
 * The 2nd-to-last sentence of the 2nd pgraph presently reads: "Mars told that the album was inspired by..." - This grammar is incorrect, and should be written as either "Mars has said that..." or "In interviews with the RA+Rap-Up, Mars said that..." based on your attached sources. Though for concision, I think the former would be better.

That's all from me. -- Carlobunnie (talk) 15:36, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Nice catch, I have fixed it now, I believe. MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 09:28, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Pamzeis
Not gonna screw anything up... (hopefully) Close enough to support. On an unrelated note, I'd appreciate any comments here. Pamzeis (talk) 02:46, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * various artists, notably on — MOS:EDITORIALISING
 * by a non-existent movie → by a non-existent film
 * The singer has many — Keys or Mars?
 * Be consistent with whether you use the MOS:SERIAL comma or not
 * Since he is American let's stick with movie. I have no idea how to keep the structure of the sentence by removing "notably on". Everything else was addressed. Thank You MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) 09:28, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Promoting. -- Pres N  14:22, 16 October 2021 (UTC)


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