Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/March 26, 2023

"shifted"
, regarding, i believe "shifted" was being used to mean "sold". here is one such use by nme regarding a musical subject, and here is one by reuters outside of the musical world. that being said, i was surprised by the wording used, but didn't want to change it unilaterally. seeing that you may have been unfamiliar with this usage of the term, i thought it might be better to simply use "sold" instead, as the article lead and body do. "shipped" doesn't necessarily mean "sold", so i would hesitate to use that word as a replacement.courtesy pinging (fac nominator) and  (tfa/r nominator), in case the use of "shifted" instead of "sold" was deliberate. dying (talk) 04:40, 23 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Can confirm, the word referred to actual sales and not shipments. The one million is a worldwide value.  danny music editor  oops 05:14, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * oh, that is a good point, . i had admittedly not considered the possibility that a reader could interpret the value as pertaining to u.s. sales only.  would it be appropriate to clarify this by using the phrase "it has sold a million copies worldwide"?  the blurb is already near the character limit, so to compensate, i think "Following the release" can be replaced with "After the release".  dying (talk) 05:37, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * That's fine by me. MusicforthePeople (talk) 08:51, 23 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Yes, I was unfamiliar with the term and couldn't find it by Googling. Art LaPella (talk) 04:44, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I chose the word "shipped" only because my best guess was that the strange word "shifted" probably arose by mistyping two letters of the word "shipped". Art LaPella (talk) 05:06, 24 March 2023 (UTC)
 * no worries,, that's completely understandable. besides, if you were unfamiliar with the term, then i presume most main page readers would be too, so it is good that the blurb is being reworded.  anyway, i've  the proposed change.  (for future reference, searching for "shifted * copies" music gave me the music industry source above.)  thanks, all!  dying (talk) 05:56, 24 March 2023 (UTC)