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The list was promoted by Dabomb87 15:39, 1 July 2011 [1].

List of number-one EPs (UK)

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Nominator(s): Rambo's Revenge (talk) 18:20, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vinyl EPs are dead, but they had a life in the 1960s and even their own chart. Hopefully it is up to standard and maybe even slightly interesting. I realise I've been away, but assuming I haven't missed the introduction of any new "scope" or "alt text" type standards, I believe it is up to scratch. As always all reviews are greatly appreciated. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 18:20, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - no images..........? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:53, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't add one because any actual EP or cover would be non-free and I don't think justified under WP:NFCC#8. As for artist images, all images of The Shadows are truly pathetic. Ditto for The Beach Boys (their article used copyrighted ones + a rubbish older one meeting Regan). I don't really want to use the Beatles image because it seems to be in the lead of many of my FLs and that's a bit boring. I've put in an image of someone who never got a UK number-one outside the EP chart, is that okay? Rambo's Revenge (talk) 20:42, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Good call :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:09, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • Don't need to link The Beatles or Shadows twice in the lead.
  • "and a silver disc of recordings selling over 250,000 units." I feel "of" would be better as "to", like you have for gold discs, or perhaps "for" if you want something different. Giants2008 (27 and counting) 02:35, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done them. Thanks for catching those. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 22:42, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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  • "Mirror had stopped compiling their own and had begun publishing Record Retailer's charts in March 1962" - does this mean Record Mirror published their own, different, EP charts at some point? If so, what makes the ones shown here "official" and the RM ones not so.....? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 15:12, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Nope just an unclear statement. It was referring to the fact that RM used to publish singles & albums charts, then stopped them and began publishing RR's. I've made this explicit now. Hopefully it's okay. Good catch though, Rambo's Revenge (talk) 16:56, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 16:03, 16 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comments - welcome back by the way...!
  • Caption: 8->eight.
  • You directly cite the "died out" quote but not the "third vinyl format" quote. Any reason?
  • Singles is overlinked in the lead.
  • Should you also link format the first time rather than the second?
  • Link NME in the lead. Would it have been called New Musical Express in 1952?
  • I thought "disc" was the US spelling of disk?
    • Spelling of disc shows this is quite confusing. Although the use in computing—disc is used for optical media (CDs etc.) and disk is used for magnetic media (hard disk etc.).[2]—may suggest that the magnetic gramophone records would be "k" I have strong evidence to the contrary: Cliff's EP is called Cliff's Silver Discs, Continuum (UK origin) use "disc" in the Credo hosted reference cited, publications such as Record Mirror[3] and NME[4] used "disc" in their publications. Although I haven't managed to find an online Record Retailer scan but am fairly confident it would use the same spelling as other British periodicals at the time. Also, in this artile the usage of "disc" always refers to the music certifications introduced by Disc. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 21:24, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Any reason why Magical Mystery Tour isn't in italics if it's an EP in this context?

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:02, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done all but one, and I'm pretty sure my response to that point is adequate.
Done deal dude. Your response is "adequate"...! Good to have you back. The Rambling Man (talk) 21:26, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure about that. There might not be a well publicised EP chart outside the UK but just a quick google search turned up this Billboard article from October 1957 mentions a Billboard weekly listing of the top 10 selling EPs and refers to it as "the new EP chart". Just because a Wikipedia article doesn't exist doesn't mean it didn't happen. There weren't any lists documenting the UKs most followed charts in the 60s until I made them. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 12:32, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, and despite my seeming rant above I do appreciate your comments and support. I'll get onto the South Pacific thing some time soon. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 12:33, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]


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