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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list removal 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 kept by Dabomb87 23:31, 13 February 2011 [1].

Bloc Party discography[edit]

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I am nominating this for featured list removal because:

  • there are too much chart columns (20!) out of 10 requried.
  • bad linking: "remix" is linked, but the "album" should be also linked -> linking to "remix album"
  • false use of parameters: <ref name="Observer">{{Cite news |author = McLean, Craig|title=21st-century boy|work=[[The Observer]]|page=14|format=''The Observer Magazine''|date=2007-01-27}}</ref> - first, there is no url parameter, second the format is not the magazine, but the "format", for example PDF or video
You do not need a URL for cite news.  狐 FOX  16:16, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • again: <ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4217140.stm|title=Antony and Johnsons win Mercury |publisher=[[BBC]]|date=2005-09-17|accessdate=2009-07-25}}</ref> - actually it should be replaced with the "cite news" template, redirect to an another site
  • one more ref after this: Why not just one ref?
  • <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/entertainment/music/2009/04/22/9210976.html|title=Bloc Party works hard|author=Sterdan, Darryl|work=[[Winnipeg Sun]]|date=2009-04-29|accessdate=2009-07-25}}</ref> - again, not cite web, but cite news
  • Studio albums:
    • AUT links to Austria, just delink it
    • DEB links to Denmark, should be linked to "Tracklisten"
    • FIN links to Finland, should be linked to "Finland's Official List"
    • NOR, POR, SWE links to the countries, should be linked to "VG-lista", "International Federation of the Phonographic Industry" and "Sverigetopplistan" in this order
  • Singles section:
    • IRL links to "Irish Albums Chart" and not to "Irish Singles Chart"
    • SWE links to "Hitlistan", but redirected to "Sverigetopplistan"
  • Compilations section:
    • Allmusic multiple linked, also it is not the publisher, it is the work. The publisher is "Rovi Corporation"
  • External links:
    • Could have more links, for example "Allmusic"

-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 15:42, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is utterly ridiculous. I'm baffled, truly baffled, that you've not just done all of these (really really minor) edits yourself, rather than getting me all in a panic over it.  狐 FOX  15:59, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • (ec) Keep - In my opinion you've listed all minor issues, or non-issues. The approach should be to fix them, or at least attempt discussion at the list talk page. It probably would have take less time to fix some of these than it took to file the nomination. --Andy Walsh (talk) 16:00, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Nearly Keep all issiues, except number 3, were solved. Please find this url, thank you.-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 16:14, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Keep all issues were solved.
But the format is false. Why you name the newspaper as the format?-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 16:18, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Again, easily fixed.  狐 FOX  16:19, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • As for the BBC/NME link combo, each supports a different part of the sentence. If you'd read that, you'd know.  狐 FOX  16:25, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, obviously, there's utterly nothing wrong with it.  狐 FOX  16:27, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments - not strictly true that there's "utterly nothing wrong with it" but it's in no way in need of this process. But while it's here, I'll take a look, in due course. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:45, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comments - I would say "utterly nothing wrong with it" is going a bit far, dead links are still noticeable, also the language icon templates are not needed as the templates should have a language parameter, also as far as I know regarding I'd be interested in knowing where BLF came from for Belgium. Afro (Talk) 20:09, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This probably means Belgium (flanders region)-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 20:24, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it does. It differentiates it from Wallonia. If you see something else wrong with it, by all means, fix it.  狐 FOX  20:49, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Also took the liberty of fixing all the dead links.  狐 FOX  22:14, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The retrieval dates need to be altered if you have altered any of the references. Also I could be wrong but I'm sure there was some type of consensus reached regarding the use of the continental charts such as the European Hot 100. Afro (Talk) 05:25, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 18:53, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
*What's a "primary label"?
    • The label they're singed to..? You can't say "label" as a few releases are on V2, etc.
  • EPs section is unreferenced.
    • Fixed, had to use an Amazon link as there is literally nothing else (as least that I can see).
      • Why you don't use allmusic? Here i found the EPs
        • Thank you. I'm not a fan of allmusic, as it generally seems to be full of garbage.  狐 FOX  23:12, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • Also, their listing of Little Thoughts EP is not the Japanese version, but the reissue. So it has the wrong date, and therefore is useless.  狐 FOX  23:15, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Also, it's difficult to see where non-charting singles (etc) are referenced (Tulips, She's hearing voices).
    • Fixed.
  • Remix section is unreferenced.
    • Fixed.
  • Mix of date formats in the references, contrary to WP:MOS.
    • Fixed, I think.
  • IMDB is not usually accepted as a reliable source.
    • Fixed, I believe.

The Rambling Man (talk) 01:16, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]


  • The lead doesn't mention singles at all, and I think that Bloc Party are better known for a couple of their singles than albums (that's subjective) but singles should be mentioned in the intro.
    • ...Uh, it does?
  • I started looking at Allmusic and found things like "Dimmakified" which isn't mentioned here.
    • Can you point me to those?
      • here-- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 21:15, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
        • Thanks. Will see.  狐 FOX  23:12, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
          • I've looked, and it seems there isn't a reliable source for the release date of Dimmakified so it's gonna be hard to include.
            • Unfortunately, if you use the allmusic link to reference some of this, then if other singles etc are in that link but not in this list, it runs the risk of this list being declared incomplete. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:22, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments After having the FLC for Interpol discography dropped for a number of reasons which seem to also be issues here, I thought I would point out the following:
    • The reliability of EveryHit.com - used for Top 40 UK Single and Album chart positions - is questioned. (See large discussion here, half way down page discussion about EveryHit, and other chart pulication websites). The easiest way to get round this is to source ChartsPlus, in the same manner as has been done in Refs 23 & 24.
    • I'm unsure why the "Compilations" section includes releases which have already been released in another form, although I'm sure this is a much bigger issue than just this discography. Please see here, under "Resolved comments from Drewcifer - In response to issues with "Compilations"". simplest option would be to include compilation releases which were the first releases of such songs, or songs which were not released in any other form.
    • None of the releases include formats, ie. CD, vinyl, download, etc. These can be found fairly easy through Allmusic or Amazon.
    • No need to link "Helicopter" twice in singles section.
  • As is probably pretty clear from this, these points are all fairly easy to fix (I would have done it myself had I had more time), so it will be a Support after these are fixed.

SteelersFanUK06 AFCNorth2k10 04:57, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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