Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2019 September 27

= September 27 =

RS Readers final question
Hi, I got an idea about the surveys that the magazine got in its readers. Publishers select a top 10, 25, etc, then have readers vote for themselves. They add the votes and the ranking comes out. In their lists I have seen several artists, for example, very popular in the US a little less here in Europe although more than a fair reputation. Also with regard to the "Best Lead Singers" ranking, Eddie Wedder and Chris Cornel are known here, but in America they are very famous. So it is reasonable to think that the list of "candidates" gives it the site. Also with regard to the films it is the same thing; is it really so? I mean, readers vote for their performer, disco, etc. starting from a shortlist of names already selected. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 18:09, 27 September 2019 (UTC)


 * You'd have to ask the magazine, but yes, in general they would supply the list. If they don't do that then there's all sorts of issues that come up like "Is there really a band with that name ?", "Are these two band names the same band ?", "Do they play the genre we were asking about ?", "Is that band name too obscene to publish ?", etc. And then open-ended surveys can end up with infamous results like Boaty McBoatface (here, maybe a social media campaign gets some obscure garage band which has never recorded one song the win). Supplying a list of "proper" candidates eliminates all these problems. SinisterLefty (talk) 22:14, 27 September 2019 (UTC)


 * By RS do you mean Rolling Stone or something else? —Tamfang (talk) 17:40, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Yes, Rolling Stone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 11:52, 1 October 2019 (UTC)