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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 Dabomb87 02:31, 27 May 2010 [1].

Spice Girls discography edit

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Nominator(s): Mister sparky (talk) 13:14, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because over the past couple of months I have done alot of work on improving sourcing, formatting, content etc for the article and think it's of very high quality. There has also been a peer review and the suggestions have been actioned. Mister sparky (talk) 13:14, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comments.
  1. Can you use a uniform format for large numbers? For instance: "UK: 3,000,000[1] US: 10 million[1] World: 23 million[1]". Write "3 million" instead of 3,000,000.
    forgot about that one. Mister sparky (talk) 20:02, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Why are you putting a full stop after incomplete sentences? For instance: "Promotional song for the launch of Channel 5 in the UK.". No full stop is necessary here.
    good point. Mister sparky (talk) 20:02, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  3. The tables mention featured artist and promotional songs. They should be also mentioned in the leading section.
    FL discogs don't usually mention promo and featured songs in the lead, thats why I left them off. Mister sparky (talk) 20:02, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ruslik_Zero 19:37, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support. I do see any further problems with this list. Ruslik_Zero 17:24, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

thank you! :) Mister sparky (talk) 19:33, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support I have a couple of comments, but this is good enough for me to support. Well done.

thank you! :) Mister sparky (talk) 19:52, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Shouldn't you introduce the band members in the lead? As it stands, only Haliwell is named, and only because she quit the group.
added. Mister sparky (talk) 19:52, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
forgot about that! added. Mister sparky (talk) 19:52, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I hope you can mix up the prose in the lead a bit more, as you use a few phrases repetitively. For eg: That first paragraph alone contains the word 'sell' five times, 'album' is there 16 times (mix it up with the name of the album). Also, 'global success' shouldn't be there twice.
done some re-jigging. Mister sparky (talk) 19:52, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • You devote far too many words for that debut album (esp "Wannabe") as compared to the rest of their releases.
also jigged the info a bit. Mister sparky (talk) 19:52, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Considering that all the chart positions are obviously referenced in the body of the article, you don't need to reference them in the lead too.—indopug (talk) 16:10, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
in every flc i've worked on previously they do have to be sourced in the lead. unless things have changed recently? Mister sparky (talk) 19:52, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 17:53, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Not keen on "contains", perhaps "consists of" would be better.
changed. Mister sparky (talk) 13:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ok, and then to avoid repetition, perhaps instead of "the group consisted of", you could have "the group was made up of" or similar.
changed. Mister sparky (talk) 13:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "twenty-three million" 23 million.
changed. Mister sparky (talk) 13:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The now four-piece Spice Girls" Perhaps "Now a four-piece, Spice Girls ..."
changed. Mister sparky (talk) 13:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "a new album, and in November, a Greatest Hits album was" I would avoid the repeat of album, perhaps just "in November, Greatest Hits was ..."
changed. Mister sparky (talk) 13:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Spiceworld and Forever, you have a capital C for Cassette.
oops! changed. Mister sparky (talk) 13:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • The link to allmusic (to ref the US positions) doesn't take me to the right page, I think this is the one you really, really want.
both links go to the same page, and when i click on the link in the article it does go to the right page... Mister sparky (talk) 13:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • And I don't see "Headlines" referenced in that source at all.
it's in the book, but not on allmusics or billboards site, odd. will swap for the book. Mister sparky (talk) 13:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not all note under promo songs section are referenced (e.g. catalogue number, cancelled from album, rewrite of 5-4-3-2-1...)
the only places i can find for the cat number are discogs and online retailers? can't find a reliable source for cancelled single so will remove that. Mister sparky (talk) 14:09, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Spice Girls in America: A Tour Story" you suddenly link "United States", no need.
oh yea! changed. Mister sparky (talk) 13:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Big blank for the director of the video for ""(How Does it Feel to be) On Top of the World)" (as part of England United)"
added note. Mister sparky (talk) 13:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Aren't those ISO accessdates in the wrong order?
all dates in the references are in the international format as they are a british band. Mister sparky (talk) 13:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
But ISO dates list the year first, then the month then the day, so as to be ambiguous (e.g. so we don't confuse day and month). The Rambling Man (talk) 13:38, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
thats the american format. all other FL discogs i have worked on have the dates in the british format. Mister sparky (talk) 13:46, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No, that's the ISO standard, which is international. The Rambling Man (talk) 13:48, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
See ISO 8601 which reiterates my point. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:28, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
changed them now anyways. re cat numbers, is discogs considered reliable for them? Mister sparky (talk) 14:29, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Rambling Man (talk) 07:15, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Support, as long as you find a cat number with an RS. Good work. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:53, 22 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - a DVD entitled "Spice Girls Greatest Hits" is used as a reference, but does not appear in the "video albums" section - any reason for this omission.....? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:00, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
the dvd is a bonus disc with the greatest hits album, added the format to the compilation table, which i forgot previously. Mister sparky (talk) 13:15, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]


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