Talk:List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2005
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Persistent target of vandals
[edit]Since November 30, 2015, this article has seen frequent, unexplained change to chart statistics. In particular, the two songs on the list by the group Green Day are often the altered entries, specifically the number of weeks each song spent in the top 10. Multiple users and IPv6 addresses have altered either or both entries in the table, many of whom have been reported as sockpuppets at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Никита-Родин-2002. It is not known how many more of these users/IPs will be tied to this SPI, but those who have been reported to date have been linked to vandalizing not only this article, but related Billboard chart articles and those related to Green Day. The three-month semi-protection of this article [1] has helped as far as limiting this vandalism, though some accounts that are allowed to reach autoconfirmed status manage to get thru and are often reported.
Here is an exhaustive list of the diffs in question, altering the stats of either/both of the Green Day songs listed (mainly the "Weeks in top ten" statistic), thru April 16, 2016: [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
For the record, the correct statistics for the two songs are as follows:
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 29 | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | Green Day | 2 | March 5 | 14 |
| September 24 | "Wake Me Up When September Ends" | Green Day | 6 | October 15 | 7 |
The "Weeks in top ten" statistic is verifiable thru one general source listed under references in the article:
- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
This is a Joel Whitburn book, so is reliable per WP:USCHARTS, but because the content of the book is not on the Internet, only those with the book can verify the information in question. I happen to own the book, and have verified the above about Green Day's songs (particularly peak, peak date, and weeks in top ten) is correct.
As this article reflects how Billboard charted these songs (and all the songs listed in the article) on the Hot 100, and assuming the statistics have been verified correctly, the data about each song's "chart run" should not see any alterations unless the user making changes can back them with a reliable reference, or a valid explanation in the edit summary which would also need to be verified by someone else via a reliable reference. MPFitz1968 (talk) 00:52, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
Move discussion in progress
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