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The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 20 September 2018 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2011[edit]

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Nominator(s): ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:50, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think everyone is familiar with these lists by now. Thirteen have been promoted in recent months, so here's the next one...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:50, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

One simple question: Is it really necessary to link Billboard in every single ref? I guess everybody knows what Billboard is.--Lirim | T 19:25, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I was always under the impression that works/publishers should be linked in every ref because the order of them could change -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:27, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Having said that, I've noticed that in some/most/all of the other lists that have been promoted to FL, I haven't linked it every time. So I guess I'm not wedded to them all being linked. I am not fussed either way.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:28, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
There's no hard rule about it beyond consistency- some people link every time because ref order is not fixed (as you state); some link only the "first" time (and generally don't try to keep that up to date...); some don't link publishers at all. --PresN 01:31, 10 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Aoba47[edit]

  • Something about this part (which had held the top spot since the chart dated December 18, 2010.) reads strangely to me. I think that something along the lines of (which had held the top spot on the chart since December 18, 2010). Something about the word choice (“dated”) seems a little off to me.
  • For this part (This gave McEntire the 25th number-one country single), I would revise it to (It was McEntire’s 25th number-one country single) to avoid starting a sentence with “This”.

You always do such great work with these lists. I only have two relatively minor comments for this list. It definitely inspires me to go back to do a music-related list sometime in the future. If possible, I would greatly appreciate any comments on my current FAC. Either way, I hope you are having a wonderful weekend so far! Aoba47 (talk) 02:44, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thanks for your kind words. I have fixed the issues which you raised, hopefully to your satisfaction. I will try to look at your FAC in the next day or two.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:22, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for addressing my comments. I support this for promotion! Aoba47 (talk) 19:37, 15 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from TompaDompa (talk) 18:47, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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  • The "Ref." column should either use the {{abbr}} template or spell out the word.
  • Brantley Gilbert achieved his first number one in 2011 [...] is syntactically ambiguous ("the first of his career was in 2011" vs. "the first of the ones in 2011"). I'd rephrase it as "Brantley Gilbert achieved the first number one of his career in 2011 [...]"
  • Blake Shelton spent the most weeks at number one of any artist in 2011. – I'd mention the number of weeks in the image caption.
  • I'd alphabetize "A Little Bit Stronger" under L, rather than A.
  • I'm not a fan of the "freely floating" footnote placement. I'd either make a footnote section or add a bottom row to the table (as is done for several tables on this page).

TompaDompa (talk) 18:58, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support Great job. TompaDompa (talk) 18:47, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment – About the only thing I can complain about is that I don't think the bit about "Why Wait" having the top spot since December 18 is fully supported by the source. That page is to the December 18 chart; there's not going to be anything there saying that it was also number one on December 25. That sentence needs another reference to confirm its placing in the second week. Other than that, the list looks good. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:13, 28 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Great list, here are some things I picked up on:

  • The line in the lead "...Brantley Gilbert, who took "Country Must Be Country Wide" to the top spot in December." - "took" sounds weird to me in this context, perhaps there is a better word?
  • Possibly add a table caption
    • Not sure what that is, can you elaborate.....?
  • "Ref." column should be unsortable
  • Could you archive the citations to prevent against potential link rot?
    • Again, not sure what that is/how to do it (never been asked to do it on any of the previous lists)........? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:43, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Otherwise, it's a beautifully presented list :) – Allied45 (talk) 11:57, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for not clarifying those points! Table captions are suggested in the "table dos and don'ts" (I have added this for you on your behalf). With archiving citations, I don't believe it's necessarily a requirement, but I am a big fan of doing this whenever I add a citation. Essentially you can use the Wayback Machine (link found here and it will capture the webpage as it is on that date, to prevent against potential link rot in the future, and it saves having to try to rescue or find a suitable alternative if the links go dead. This has actually been implemented already on List of Hot Country Songs number ones of 2010 if you'd like to take a look :) Regardless, I think you have done enough to receive my support – Allied45 (talk) 08:59, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Source review passed; promoting. --PresN 16:34, 19 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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