Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Bryan Adams discography/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 not promoted by User:The Rambling Man 08:23, 8 July 2008 [1].

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Bryan Adams discography

I'm nominating the page. All the music videos and film albums are on the Bryan Adams videography page. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 23:07, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Comment

• Might as well link Bryan Adams in the lead if there is going to be no bold formatting. (DONE)
• Italicize album titles (DONE)
• Disambiguate the following links: On a Day Like Today, BPI, Only the Strong Survive, Sting, 101 Dalmatians, and Behind the Sun.(DONE) Something else Gary. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 08:55, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Gary King (talk) 03:58, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Comment This is my first discography list to review, but I'll try my best here:

• "Sixteen" is spelled incorrectly in the lead. Even though this is true, you must change it to "16" per MOS guidelines, I think. (DONE)
• When you say "Britain" in the lead, are you referring to the UK? Please link that word as well.(DONE)

This is all I have for now. (DONE)--Dem393 (talk) 04:07, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

• • Please don't strike out other people's comments. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:06, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

• Comments
  • "For a catalogue of Bryan Adams Film albums and music videos, " why "Film" not "film" and I guess you're missing an possessive apostrophe. Actually, what is a film album? You mean a soundtrack?(DONE)
  • State Kingston is in Ontario.(DONE)
  • "he's sound incorporates" his sound.(DONE)
  • "Adult Contemporary, Rock & Roll, Arena Rock" why are these all capitalised?(DONE)
  • Numbers below 10 should be written as text.(DONE)
  • "Cuts Like a Knife'," spare apostrophe there.(DONE)
  • "He's fifth " His...(DONE)
  • "in 1987, despite favorable reviews, the " grammar here, you need a new sentence somewhere here.
• There are more problems like this... there are too many spelling and grammar errors in this list. I would strongly recommend get it copyedited.(DONE) The Rambling Man (talk) 10:41, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

• Strong oppose: Discographies on Wikipedia are not comprehensive unless music videos, video albums etc are included. See any other featured discography. I see absolutely no reason—other than perhaps to evade opposes for uncited music directors—why they should be branched off to a separate videography article.(DONE) indopug (talk) 18:36, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

• More comments
  • Remove the extra apostrophe after "Cuts Like a Knife" in the lead.(DONE)
  • Link to "United States" in the lead as well.(DONE)
  • Put a comma after "In a Day Like Today" in the lead.(DONE)
  • Italicize "You Want It You Got It" in the lead.(DONE)
  • Also in the lead, change all occurences of "he's" to "his".(DONE)
  • Remove the comma between "March" and "2008".(DONE)--Dem393 (talk) 20:24, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Resolved stuff from Tenacious D Fan

• • "Bryan's work" should be "Adams' work". Try not to have a personally invested tone.(DONE)
  • "(sales thresholds)" and "Certifications" link to the same thing. Is "(sales thresholds)" needed?. (DONE)
  • I am sure Bryan Adams has scored some UK certifications. Include these. What about Australia?(DONE)
  • For songs which are non-album singles: give some explanation as to which releases these songs 'originate from'. I.e. are they B-sides?(DONE)
  • Did any BA singles achieve certifications?(DONE)
  • Where the video albums and music videos?? I don't think the idea of Bryan Adams videography has been set in stone. I would prefer this page to be merged back to discography and properly cited!(DONE)
  • Your intro paras have no cites and are woefully short for an artist who has released so much.(DONE) You need to discuss at least each studio album release, reflecting on its chart performance etc.(DONE)

You don't discuss "Into the Fire" in your paras. There are no cites. Cites for assertions like "The album went platinum in the United States." are not required as this is later substantiated in the article.(DONE)

• • Album titles need to italic.(DONE)
  • "Waking Up the Neighbours is his best-selling album in the UK Adams' next album was to be the last album to get a american certification." Numerous errors. Punctuation missing and caps as well as "a american". If you are having difficulty with basic prose perhaps you should withdraw this and resubmit once these basic errors have been ironed out.(DONE)
  • "Although widely associated with rock, he's sound incorporates pop rock, Adult Contemporary, Rock & Roll, Arena Rock and hard rock elements." Is this necessary? Is this cited?(DONE)
  • You don't discuss his first album at all.
  • "Since the 1980s, Bryan Adams has released 10 studio albums, 2 live albums, 3 compilations and 60 singles." What about music vidoes/video albums? Why is "Since the 1980s" required?(DONE)
  • Any Australian certifications?(DONE)
  • "Canada.[3][1]" Cites should be in numeric order.(DONE)
  • "Adams' has sold over 15 million records and singles alone in the United States.[2]" This one sentence makes up a whole paragraph. Not FA standard.(DONE)
  • "was the firts singles ever released" Not FA standard.(DONE)
  • "The singles got little attention which has lead to that these song has never come on another album or a single." Not necessary.(DONE)
  • Live albums, compilations, soundtracks and videos need catalog numbers.(DONE)
  • "Besides his music career..." This whole para is not necessary.(DONE)
  • "I'm ready" Caps?(DONE)

Strong oppose - recommend withdrawal for proper grammer/language/spelling clean-up. This article has basic flaws and should never have been nominated with them. The FA nom should not be used as a peer review!

• Music videos needs to be reliable cited.

Tenacious D Fan (talk) 11:05, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Comments I won't repeat anything that anybody has already mentioned. I've found four more to add though.

• Kingston, Ontario, not just Kingston(DONE)
• Does the UK really need two references in the albums?(YES)
• studio albums, live albums and compilation albums should all use the same charts, ideally.(DONE)

I'm afraid it's an oppose for me, too. This just isn't ready at the moment. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 08:40, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

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