Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1980s/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 Hahc21 10:01, 19 September 2013 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1980s edit

Featured list candidates/List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1980s/archive1

Nominator(s): Holiday56 (talk) 05:47, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because after having worked on the article's prose, tables, and referencing, I think it may finally satisfy the featured list criteria. A rather short article—Billboard's alternative chart was only existent for a mere two years in the 1980s—but I believe that it's as comprehensive as it can be on the subject. Holiday56 (talk) 05:47, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Underneath-it-All

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The list looks great! Just a few small things:
- Add Knight Ridder as the publisher for Ref 2
  - Done. Holiday56 (talk) 02:03, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Add MediaNews Group as the publisher for Ref 3
  - Done. Holiday56 (talk) 02:03, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- AllMusic + Billboard should only be wikilinked once in the refs.
  - Based on previous FL experience, it seems fine to link either once or in all instances for the references section. It's a personal preference of mine to link all. Holiday56 (talk) 02:03, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

– Underneath-it-All (talk) 18:37, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Underneath-it-All (talk) 02:07, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

3b of the featured list criteria should be satisfied first. While much better covered and laid out here, the lists are basically a duplication of existing content at Number one modern rock hits of 1988 and Number one modern rock hits of 1989, thus a WP:CFORK. If you can resolve that, you should be in good shape for FL. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 19:20, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Will see what I can do. Perhaps the two lists could be merged into this one? Holiday56 (talk) 07:50, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - I've proposed a merger. Anyone is free to leave any comments. Holiday56 (talk) 09:01, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - No additional comments have been left on the merge discussion in over a week. It seems that there's a rough consensus to merge (per step IV of the merge process on WP:MERGE), and discussion has gone silent, so can the merge be carried out? Holiday56 (talk) 06:41, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good question. One of Ericorbit's objections when I tried to boldly merge the lists previously, was that he wanted to see a discussion first. There wasn't a lot of participation, but it may be enough of a rough consensus, as you say, to carry out. --Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 23:59, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion has since been closed with a consensus to merge, so I suppose the fork issue has been resolved. Holiday56 (talk) 10:06, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 20:08, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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