User talk:Harout72/Archive 5

Cher

That isn't definitive at all. You'd need a source that specifically linked the entertainer to that name.—Kww(talk) 08:03, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

re: Hammer

Per "requested/acceptable" source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/arts/television/13hammertime.html 63.131.4.149 (talk) 05:55, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for updating, great job! P.S. If you work on other articles regarding album sales that would need to include this information, feel free to update those as well. I appreciate it. Happy 2011! 63.131.4.149 (talk) 06:46, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Rick Ross discography

Just so everything is clear, I didn't realize I had removed the sales figures when I formatted the tables. Sorry about that. EnDaLeCoMpLeX (contributions) • (let's chat) 23:52, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

That's ok, I figured. But I created an additional column again for the sales figures, I am not sure why you placed the sales figures and certifications in the same column. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies/style.--Harout72 (talk) 00:05, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Okay. Wonderful! EnDaLeCoMpLeX (contributions) • (let's chat) 00:10, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For your creative and awesome ideas. Regards, Scieberking (talk) 07:02, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Hiya

Hey Harout :) Looks like the new rule is coming along nicely! I wanted to let you know I received an answer by the RIANZ about the Carey-Dion thing, but it does not help :(. Jacque told me that they got their info from record labels, and that some of the certifications were no doubt outdated because they didn't get all their requests back. They list Music Box and Daydream at both 5x Platinum, like we thought, but for Dion's Let's Talk About Love they list Platinum and don't list Falling into You. Tricky I know :(. Also, can you provide me with some info. What are the different levels of certification and sales requirements for gold and platinum in Sweden, Switzerland, Argentina, Netherlands, and Austria? If you could tell me the different amounts over the years, I can't find that info anywhere :S. Thanks!--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 19:49, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

It definitely does! Thank you very much :D--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 20:31, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Backstreet Boys discography

I supported my positions with sources 122.165.3.250 (talk) 01:39, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Eros Ramazzotti discography

Just wanted to clarify my edit summary. What the {{Link FL}} template does is mark the interwiki link with a star showing that the article has featured list status in that Wikipedia, which indeed this article seems to have.--Muhandes (talk) 08:49, 1 February 2011 (UTC)Thanx for your message. The article is very good, and as a fan of the man I am happy to gently edit your material for readability. I will tend not to adjust meaning or content too much. It is unlikely that I will finish things today, so you may see me pop onto the article again. Salut. FeatherPluma (talk) 19:41, 15 May 2011 (UTC)Thank you for your kindness. I am thrilled by the reward, my only WP recognition.FeatherPluma (talk) 18:35, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Taco (musician)

Hi,

I am Taco's manager and tried to change the following wrong facts: 1) Taco is not an Indonesian but a DUTCH singer - 2) His origin is not Germany but THE NETHERLANDS - 3) "Puttin' on the Ritz" was #1 in Austria and not only in the Top-5.

Best regards, Roland [1] [2] [3]

Roland Colerus 16:07, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Taco

Hi,

You used the Swiss Charts but not the AUSTRIAN: http://www.austriancharts.at/oe3_no1.asp (1983 3 weeks - 3 Wochen #1) If you don't believe his official bio, please have a look at this brandnew online interview: http://oldschool.tblog.com/post/1970109864. Concerning "origin" I thought it has to be the nationality.

All the best, Roland

Roland Colerus 16:36, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Taco

One last try, Taco's passport: http://www.taco.tc/Passport.PDF

Roland Colerus 17:44, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi, Though his numerous fans know he is Dutch, here are some other sources: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Taco - http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco_Ockerse - http://www.funkhauseuropa.de/sendungen/suepermercado/suepermusik/2010/suepersong_100817.phtml - http://www.zevener-zeitung.de/Home/lokales/region-landkreis_artikel,-Mehr-als-nur-ein-Ein-Hit-Wunder-_arid,242673_print,1.html - http://www.lyricsbird.com/artist.info/Taco-Ockerse/ - http://wapedia.mobi/de/Taco_Ockerse - http://www.zevener-zeitung.de/Home/lokales/region-landkreis_artikel,-Mehr-als-nur-ein-Ein-Hit-Wunder-_arid,242673.html - http://www.kulturundheimat.de/index.php/hoermahl/137-taco - http://listing-index.ebay.com/musicians/Taco_Ockerse.html - http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Taco_Ockerse - http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/what_nationality_is_taco_ockerse - http://www.videolala.com/actors/Taco_Ockerse - http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/taco.htm

Roland Colerus 08:07, 2 February 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roco1944 (talk • contribs)

The Emancipation of Mimi

Hiya Harout, I noticed the PDF you uploaded on MediaFire for the certifications in Canada is gone :S. Do you know why the file isn't available on ref 70 anymore? Thanks!--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 09:54, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Ah perfect. Thanks so much Harout! :)--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 17:48, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Don't forget to let me know when your doing Carey's certs :) I have a few notes to share and stuff. Thanks :D--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 11:43, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi Harout. What about using some Japanese sales? Can I show you them? Even if we don't, I found an RIAJ source listing #1s as 3x Million. I would like to show you this official from the RIAJ, so her Japan certs should be increased 2 million more. Also, I increased the UK numbers by 200k, a reason I left on the talk. Lastly, the Australian certifications are wrong. I have showed you official documents from the ARIA which would equal around 2.9 million. Additionally, Carey's Australian certifications should equal at least 3,980,000. Here is an official source fromm Sony or ARIA claiming Carey ot have shipped 3 million albums in AUS. Plus the 980,000 from her singles. Check them out. Aside from that, it looks good :) --CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 04:04, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

I see your point. However, we have a source for Music Box 11x Platinum, so we can add 770,000 to the AUS total. I've added it :) Last thing Harout, Carey has 1,250,000 certified sales in Spain. We should be able to source it with the same source for that of Madonna and Julio. Also, what happened to Dion's certifications in Canada? She has 7 Diamond albums there alone, let alone the others. She should have a good 10 million+ there. Check it out--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 06:58, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Denmark

Hi, do you know where to find the year end positions in Denmark for 2008 and 2009? Skaterboy2012 (talk) 19:31, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Is this what you're looking for, under Album 2010 or Track 2010?--Harout72 (talk) 19:46, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

No, these are the year end positions for 2010. I found another source that lists year end positions from 1997-2007 but I can't find for 2008 and 2009 Skaterboy2012 (talk) 07:27, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

So, have you found a source that lists the year-end positions for these two years?? Skaterboy2012 (talk) 10:16, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

No I'm sorry haven't had the time to look for them, I'm mainly into certifications to be honest with you.--Harout72 (talk) 16:45, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Taco

I think it is not optimal that you edit warred with an anonymous to reinsert incorrect information into a biography, even after you were given a giant pile of references. I found loads of sources from the 1980s indicating clearly that Mr. Ockerse is Dutch - I added two sources to the entry and corrected the error.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 11:18, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

With all due respect but could you please not accuse me of edit-warring and inserting incorrect information, when all I have tried to do is clean up that article as much as possible by providing various sources, see the original version of the article here before I came across it. Taco may be of Dutch descent but none of the sources posted on my talk page above by Roco1944 could be regarded as reliable with an exception of only one which I must have missed as all others seemed clearly unreliable. With regards to my reverts, this here is the most recent edit I have reverted, again there was no source provided for the claim. And this here is the one before that, again no source provided for the claim.--Harout72 (talk) 17:31, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

My point is that you reverted and re-inserted wrong information when there are loads of reliable sources (I picked only two to include but there are many more, all easily found) and you had very good reason to think that the "clearly unreliable" sources might have had a point. You are a good editor, so please don't take my remarks as any sort of serious complaint or reprimand. I'm merely pointing out, for your reflection, that what you did here was not optimal.

This is the sort of thing that people outside the community complain about fairly often: "I saw an error, I fixed it and gave an explanation why I did it, and they reverted to keep the wrong information anyway." In this case, I understand what happened: you saw only unreliable sources mentioned in the explanation and chose to revert rather than assume good faith and take a look to find a reliable source. I recommend a different approach.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 16:40, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

OK no problem, I honestly do look for appropriate sources to improve articles and I think this can be noticed when the current version of Taco's page is compared to the original one, I thought the article needed help in many other areas rather than emphasizing whether he's of Dutch descent. I don't mean to argue with you, but I believe that the original version of the article before did contain more incorrect information including Taco's musical origin being the Netherlands (which in fact is Germany), or his debut album having been certified Gold in the US (which has not been) etc. Anyways, I'm glad you located reliable sources, and I admit that Zevener Zeitung would have done the job but I simply failed to even click on it.--Harout72 (talk) 17:21, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

We're cool then. Sorry to have even said anything, really, now that I see how much work you put into the article overall. Thanks!--Jimbo Wales (talk) 23:16, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

No problem, I enjoy working on wikipedia project whenever I get the chance.--Harout72 (talk) 23:54, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

best selling artists

hi, I'm just posting regarding your edit to the "best selling artists" page. I might be misunderstanding so just posted to clear something up. it seems you listed certifications for certain artists (like mariah, madonna) including their albums AND singles..but for other artists you only list the certifications for their albums? on second look a few other things seem to be off, like the certifications in japan for both mariah and celine, among other areas..I digress though since it must be tough to tabulate these certifications and I appreciate the work you're doing, I don't have the energy to do itHaiafmo29 (talk) 09:49, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

I have posted all of the available certified sales for all those artists. In other words, I retrieve whatever certifications regardless of albums/singles/videos the certification-databases of the certifying agencies contain. You also might want to go over the footnotes posted below those tables which list artists both with claimed figures and certified sales. The footnotes specify the years each market has established their certification-system, and may give you a clearer picture as to why, for example, Japan's certified sales for Dion and Carey are low, if that's what you're referring to. While Japan has been issuing certifications since 1987, RIAJ's certification-databases cover only records certified in 2003 onwards.--Harout72 (talk) 16:15, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

South African Certifications

Hey, I found this video and at around 1:10, I think I can see the Backstreet Boys holding platinum discs (or double platinum, I'm not sure) for Backstreet's Back and Millennium. Can you please verify and is it possible to use this as a source for adding South African certifications? Skaterboy2012 (talk) 17:04, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Honestly, I wouldn't use that as a source anywhere on wikipedia to support certifications. I can see them holding certified records, but it's unclear whether they are Gold or Platinum discs, also it's not being mentioned which one of their albums those are for, or what country for that matter. Overall, it's not useful as a source for certifications.--Harout72 (talk) 01:53, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

It's clear that they're holding platinum discs, because gold discs would be gold in colour and platinum discs would be black. The cover of the album can be seen and the one on the left is definitely Backstreet's Back. Also, since they're in South Africa, it is obvious that they are for South African certifications. Skaterboy2012 (talk) 08:44, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

GOOGLEBOOKS

The sources for Spain, Denmark, Portugal, Europe, Malaysia and Italy's correct position (#1, not #2) can be found in Billboard june 5 and june 12 in google books. They are found under "International" topic under "Hits OF The World". See for yourself and the source for hungary can be found under archivum in mahasz website 122.165.3.250 (talk) 17:29, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

While I went all the trouble locating those sources and citing the positions of those markets above you mention, it normally should be done by those editors who persistently claim that they exist. Instead, you chose to revert the entire sourced version of the page to one that has those specified markets but without any sources whatsoever to support any of the listed positions.--Harout72 (talk) 02:33, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Canada

I have a doubt regarding Canadian certifications. Does the CRIA certify albums once they've reached diamond status? I mean do they post certifications like 11x Platinum, 12x PLatinum etc. From what Ive noticed it looks like they dont certify the album again unless it has reached double diamond status. Or do they actually post certifications between diamond and double diamond CanadianFreak (talk) 06:30, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes you have noticed it correctly, once an album reaches Diamond status, CRIA won't issue anymore certifications for that record unless it turns 2x Diamond.--Harout72 (talk) 16:37, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

European Sales

When IFPI Europe certifies albums, does it include sales in the UK or only continental Europe? Skaterboy2012 (talk) 08:17, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it includes sales of the UK also. IFPI (Europe) is based on sales of all those that are members of IFPI.--Harout72 (talk) 16:11, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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Backstreet Boys ref for "BSB"

Please see my recent comment on Talk:Backstreet Boys#Referred to as BSB re your edit. Mitch Ames (talk) 11:48, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Stress of the armenian names

A question about armenian language: in which syllabe are stressed generally the armenian family names ending at -yan, like Martirosyan, Grigoryan , Nazaryan, etc? Saludos. Leonprimer (talk) 01:11, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

In Armenian language it's common to place the accent upon the vowel of the last syllable, Martirosyān, Grigoryān.--Harout72 (talk) 03:00, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Tupac sales

Tupac surely has enough certifications for 100 million. His certified sales in Us alone are 37.5 million according to RIAA. He had 75 million sales worldwide in 2003 and since then, the figure has been used by most websites including Forbes.His sales are bound to increase by now. Tupac has also been in Guinness book for being the highest selling rapper in the world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ammar93scorpio (talk • contribs) 21:05, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		Hey, putting aside what we've been talking about Tupac Shakur, I really appreciate your contributions to so many articles, specially List of best selling artists. KEEP IT UP man!!message Ammar93scorpio (talk) 21:25, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

BSB discography

Hey Harout, I nominated the discography of the Backstreet Boys for FL status and I've been working on the suggestions that the editors have put forward so far. However, I won't be on for the next seven days, so I was wondering if you would go to the reviewing page and work on any further suggestions from any editors. KingdomHearts25 (talk) 20:04, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, and keep an eye on this page too for any future comments by any other editors. KingdomHearts25 (talk) 20:24, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

IMDB no longer considered reliable? nevermind

Donna Summer article - I see you tossed the IMDB source and content. I am sorry I missed that change to consensus, we have an amazing amount of work to do, if it has happened. May I impose on you to shoot me a linky to that discussion? No problem if not, of course. Please feel free to respond here, or on the article talk page, if you are interested. I will have your talk and the article/article-talk on watch. I confess that I am amazingly dubious of this change of community consensus.Shajure (talk) 04:01, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

No, nevermind, I'll drop the article and you off my watch and move on.Shajure (talk) 04:02, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Jennifer Lopez Singles

What are you doing? Jennifer Lopez Singles reversal. You hate Jennifer Lopez. Please be neutral.alptns90 (talk) 18:58, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Blocked

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring. You know WP:3RR, and you know you broke it on Jennifer Lopez discography. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

—Kww(talk) 16:14, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Yeap, my fault entirely, I totally missed that I had one other reversion from yesterday which was also under 24th, April 2011. I should have been more attentive.--Harout72 (talk) 16:19, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Harout72 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

I realize that saying I'm not the kind of editor who would break wiki policy is not a reason enough for admins to lift this block but I truly missed my first revert from yesterday by accident. If it would help at all to believe me, I'd like to point out that my last reversion that I made here was by simply saving an earlier version in order to avoid the third reversion, but then, I failed to see that I had one other from yesterday. Again my apologies.

Accept reason:

seems to understand nature of offense.—Kww(talk) 21:16, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

--Harout72 (talk) 16:42, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm uncomfortable here, Harout. You understand that you aren't permitted to revert 3 times in a day with impunity, either, don't you? 3RR isn't an entitlement of any kind. The problem is that you and Alptns90 whipsawed an article back and forth for essentially cosmetic reasons.—Kww(talk) 18:11, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

I know, I should have tried and opened a discussion perhaps to get Alptns90 engaged in it but I doubt that would help as he/she clearly doesn't want anybody touch those articles that he/she edits. I wish I knew that Jennifer Lopez discography was on your watchlist and you would eventually notice his wrong doing. That's ok Kevin, as I said above I should have been more careful, I'll live with the consequences, I always tried to keep my record clean but I guess that is no longer the case.--Harout72 (talk) 20:43, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Kevin, I appreciate the unblocking. But I still don't seem to have the ability to edit, does it normally take sometime after the block is lifted?--Harout72 (talk) 23:22, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

I forgot to undo the autoblock. Should be OK now.—Kww(talk) 23:28, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Apologies

Hi, I'm sorry. I want to move together with you. I don't want to have conflict. My apologies. alptns90 (talk) 21:34, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Jennifer Lopez "On The Floor" Canadian Chart List

Please explain this. Is there a valid reason why this single chart position was removed?

"On The Floor" Canadian chart:http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/canadian-hot-100?chartDate=2011-04-16 —alptns90 (talk) 19:08, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

I looked at the other singers in the Canadian chart history. Does not support them up. For example: Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.

Lady Gaga Canadian chart history:http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100#/artist/lady-gaga/chart-history/1003999?f=793&g=Singles

Britney Spears "Hold It Against Me" chart history: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/britney-spears-p320976/charts-awards/billboard-singles —alptns90 (talk) 07:12, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Jennifer Lopez discography

Please leave a message on the article's talk page before making BOLD edits like you did. At first revert you should have done this. Even if one user disagrees. Wikipedia works with consensus. ℥^nding·start 17:35, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Per Wikipedia rules, if a user disputes your edits, it should be brought up on the talk page. Do not revert it again or I will be forced to report you. Just because you believe you're correct, doesn't mean you are. And you're message on my talk page doesn't make much sense. I never took a slide in the edit war at all. I just reverted it to the way it was before, and asked you nicely to take it up on the talk page. ℥^nding·start 22:31, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

After just looking through it, I understand what you are talking about. I no longer think a talk page message is necessary, but I think you should leave the other user involved a message explaining nicely what your changes were exactly, and I think this can be resolved. ℥^nding·start 22:38, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

I'll try to explain it to him myself the best I can. ℥^nding·start 22:43, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Jennifer Lopez Singles the new version looks really bad. In the old version looked better. "If You Had My Love" is Austria number 13. In addition, only two entered the top 10 and number 1 has only one in Austria . Netherlands was the only one No. 1. Also, only one No. 1 in Sweden. I really was better than the old version.Alptns90 (talk) 17:16, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Good job over at the article with the chart positions. ℥^nding·start 00:55, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Jennifer Lopez Singles

Hi, some have the wrong. I want to help. I fix them. But please, Sweden is removed and US Dance put. Because, thirteen top 5 in U.S. dance and three top 5 in Sweden. For him, U.S. Dance should be. OK? —Alptns90 (talk) 15:42, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

See talk page there, I have written.Alptns90 (talk) 15:47, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Netherlands chart is used for the Dutch top 40. Dutch Single Top 100 is not valid. Beyoncé discography look. Or you can ask Lil_℧niquℇ №1. Because he is saying to me.Alptns90 (talk) 06:25, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

IMPALA

impala is a record certification company that release this certificates for sales around Europe altogether

check this web site www.impalamusic.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelvin1985 (talk • contribs) 23:14, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

sorry for any problems, as you say i am new, and it is a little confusing

sorry —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelvin1985 (talk • contribs) 23:28, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

--Kelvin1985 (talk) 18:04, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

APOLOGY

Sorry for any trouble i have caused. as said i'm new and i have a good source for the stuff i add, but only now i'm getting used to the rules and why you taken my edits off

so once again sorry

ps, could you add the impala awards to the discography, the web site, www.impalamusic.org has these awards fro 3 scooter albums

i understand that you go by charted countries only and that is the reason why we cant add all the awards, but impala is for all of Europe

if you could add them i and many fans would be grateful

thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelvin1985 (talk • contribs) 17:59, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

--Kelvin1985 (talk) 18:03, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Lena Meyer-Landrut discography

It's OK to have only 11 chart peaks but the UK music industry is far more important than the one from Hungary (where even CD singles don't exist) Goerlitz83 (talk) 12:28, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

CD Singles do exist in Hungary, type in desired artist name here and see the results for "Single (track) Top 10 lista" (which is the official singles charts positions). I have; however, replaced Hungary's column with UK's as Hungarian No.2 position is not for Mahasz's official singles chart. Otherwise, I would have left it as we are to go with better charted peaks, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Discographies/style#Per-release (bullet 6: a good rule of thumb is to go by the relative success of the artist on that chart). No.30 for UK is not a plausible peak.--Harout72 (talk) 15:43, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Rick Ross discography (Luxury Tax and Maybach Music)

I noticed that you reverted my edits on Rick Ross discography, with regards to the chart positions for "Luxury Tax" and "Maybach Music". I don't understand why you feel the sources are not appropriate, as they come straight from the XML database that Billboard keeps all of the old chart records in. I checked them carefully, and the positions are certainly there, so they can be verified. I may have missed something obvious, but could you digress a little as so why the sources are not acceptable? Sufur222 (talk) 09:45, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

This very source here is for the single "Luxury Tax" which you had provided. I certainly see the name Billboard in the URL, but why would anybody think that a source of this kind should be acceptable, when the information within is messy enough to give one dizzy. You claim that the positions can be verified, how? Where is, for example, the position No. 103 for "Luxury Tax" in that source?. In this source, where is the position No. 113 for "Maybach Music"? --Harout72 (talk) 15:54, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Which web browser do you use? If you don't use Internet Explorer, I admit it is not easy to extract information from the pages, as Internet Explorer is just about the only web browser I know that displays XML files properly: otherwise, as you say, the information is very confusing, as it is simply a long line of text that makes no sense (in Google Chrome, for example). But if you do use Internet Explorer, then you should see that the positions are clear enough to understand, as the properly displayed XML page organises all the text into sections (e.g. <name>, <issuedate> and perhaps most importantly for this situation, <peak>, for the song's chart position). This database is used as a source for other discographies and songs (see Eminem discography#cite note-261 (here, it even recommends the use of Internet Explorer for an optimal view of the page), Plies discography#References, Obie Trice discography#References and Better on the Other Side#Notes and References) and they are generally accepted there as being accurate. Sufur222 (talk) 16:22, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

1). OK, I see your point, I normally use Firefox, and yes you're right, its layout is entirely different with Internet Explorer. But I have to say that it's not all that clear with IE either, but manageable. You had posted here position No.103 for "Luxury Tax" for US Hot 100, whereas all I see in the source is No.3 for Bubbling Under Hot 100 and position No.70 for Pop 100. So, where is the position No.103 for US Hot 100? Because Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and Billboard Hot 100 are not the same. And Pop 100 was just an Airplay chart which was discontinued in 2009.

2). For "Maybach Music" your source states position No.13 for Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, whereas you had posted position No.113 for R&B Chart, again those two charts are not the same, and I don't see position No.113 in the source. Let me know if I'm missing something.--Harout72 (talk) 21:26, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Medina

Sorry but I didn't understand you well. What I need to do?--DujeTrogir (talk) 08:14, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

Okay, now I understand. Thanks for help. :)--DujeTrogir (talk) 17:16, 6 June 2011 (UTC)

JLO disco

I'd like to thank you for keeping JLO's discography article in good shape while I've been quite inactive on Wikipedia. I've noticed a lot of articles I have worked on have been completed messed up. ℥^nding·start 00:21, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Stop erasing blackout week

y do u keep erasing blackout week on blackout britney spears album? its official write back plz...nebagain (mood: confused of y its erased) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nebagain (talk • contribs) 01:00, 17 June 2011 (UTC) ok a source has been added thnx 4 ur time

Have you seen this

Hi my friend, long time no speak :) So I saw this and thought is was you, and then was in for a shock. I think its pretty disrespectful that he would nominate something that's not his work, so I'm going to request for the delegates to cancel the nomination. What do you think?--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 10:20, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm good, thank you :) Lol, I should've realized that of course you would know, I mean the nom page is updated through the discussion page, so you would see it. Lol, yes, aside from all the difficulties in promoting this page, he has no idea about the page or any such thing. It will actually be funny to watch it crash and burn :) I just thought it was pretty outrageous, but whatever lol.--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 15:32, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

its me again nebagain

hi. i am the author of blackout week. u probabaly remember me cuz u have erased my section 4 times too many. u seem to know what u r talking about but im only 11 years old. u said something about my source didnt re-direct or whatever. i would like to be treated with respect despite my age cuz i know a lot but could u xplain that again in vocabulary that i would understand?its official and im part of the blackout eek campain.plz remember this is an encyclopedia and ppl go here 4 info. im just trying to provide info. plz reply and thanks 4 your time -nebagain — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nebagain (talk • contribs) 16:11, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

oh. my bad

i get it. thanks 4 helping me instead of cyberbullying like petergriffon9901. that will help me out a lot in future edits. it wont happen again. thnx 4 keeping the music world of wikipedia clean. i know u probly dont want to (which is ok) but if u want 2 come to my talk page just 2 talk thats fine. all i have on there is "blackout week is fake". i live in the middle of nowhere with no one so its fine im up 4 a chat. again thnx 4 helping and sorry about this whole mishap. -nebagain — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nebagain (talk • contribs) 16:42, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Bushido discography

what's the problem with adding sales and certifications

"Deutschland gib mir ein Mic" went gold --> 25000+ "Für immer jung" went gold --> 100000+

http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/

Ich901 (talk) 16:41, 20 June 2011 (UTC)Ich901

First, the Gold certification-award level in Germany for singles is 150,000, not 100,000. The Gold certification-level is 100,000 for albums, see the levels here. Second, there is no problem as long as everything is done properly and accordingly, that is no damage to the tables should be created. And there are no certification-awards issued for live album of Deutschland gib mir ein Mic, that is for DVD.--Harout72 (talk) 00:36, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

P!nk Sales Figures

Hello Harout72, first i want to start off by saying that i have a lot of respect for you and your thousands of contributions, but when I edited the best selling music artist it wasn't me trying to be rude, it was just me standing up for my artist and the source I provided did state her worldwide sales it said and i quote,"Over the course of five groundbreaking albums that have sold 40 million copies and 65 million singles worldwide". So My Question Is, Is Jive Records Not A Reliable Enough Source Or Whatever The Problem May Be Can You Please Write Me Back, It Would Be Much Appreciated.--Dynailjarrell (talk)-- 7 July 2011

It's Me Again, And Yes I Know I Inserted P!nk's Name In The List Of Best Selling Music Artists Once Again Only Because I Know That Jive Records website jiverecords.com is a reliable source and on that cite it clearly states P!nk's Sales Figures As 40 Million Albums And 65 Million Singles. And Those Two Figures Total Up To 105 Million Record Sales Worldwide. If It's Something I'm Missing Please Please Feel Free To Give Me Some Advice, Because I'm Really Interested In Making Correction To UnIntentional Errors. Thank You, --DynailJarrell-- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.64.30.230 (talk) 03:58, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello Harout72

This Is A New User Thabestbo And Im Wondering Why Pop Artist P!nk isn't listed in the list of best selling music artists?!? --User:ThabestboǀThabestbo-- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thabestbo (talk • contribs) 02:58, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

P!nk can be listed if reliable sources are located claiming up to 55 million in sales due to her only 28 million in certified sales. I have also explained this to another editor at Talk:List of best-selling music artists#Pink!. You can refer to that discussion and bring up your questions also on there. But again in order to put her up on the list we'd need reliable sources claiming sales figures that correlate to her available certified sales.--Harout72 (talk) 03:21, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Message Received...

I'm So Terribly Sorry I Honestly Never Noticed That Record Labels Were Exempt Please Please Accept My Apologies That Error Won't Happen Again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dynailjarrell (talk • contribs) 04:10, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

I LOVE YOU

Just thought I'd let you know. Oh, and if you wanna know why, it's because you've been like a second me. Watching over things and reverting if it gets messed up. xD :') ℥^nding·start 04:30, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

lol thanks, just trying my best.--Harout72 (talk) 05:36, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Eminem discography

I noticed that you removed all of the chart positions for songs that bubbled under the Hot 100 and R&B/Hip Hop Songs. Of course, you say they are different charts, which is reasonable: however, at the top of the tables with the chart positions there is a small "f" which links to one of the page's footnotes, which reads:

"Although the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts both comprise up to a hundred songs, the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles act as 25-song extensions to each chart. Thus, songs that have peaked up to these extension charts are listed in this discography under the Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with values over a hundred."

This is followed by a reference, which links to the following:

"To search for songs that charted on the Bubbling Under charts, use this search page and look up exact chart positions on this address (Internet Explorer recommended for optimal view): http://api.billboard.com/apisvc/chart/v1/list?artist=Eminem&song=[title]&sdate=[start date yyyy-mm-dd]&edate=[end date yyyy-mm-dd]&api_key=bvk4re5h37dzvx87h7rf5dqz".

This, therefore, acts as the reference for the Bubbling Under positions across the discography, so the positions should NOT be removed. Besides, as I mentioned to you before, as long as you have Internet Explorer, this is a valid reference to use, as this means the XML page will be displayed properly and therefore be useful. Although the charts are technically different, the Bubbling Under charts are only extensions to the main ones, and thus the positions are worth mentioning. Also, if you have a subscription with Billboard, you can use "http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/singles-chart-search" to search for positions, and this is not in XML, so any browser can display it. I have thus returned these positions, and if you still wish to remove them, you should explain to me first, as I strongly believe they should stay. I have also added extra references for the other songs with positions removed, as, say, peaking at 61 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart allows "Bitch Please II" to appear on the table. Because the "f" reference supplies the positions (in theory) of ALL of the positions, I have simply put these back into the table.

Thanks for reading. Sufur222 (talk) 18:12, 12 July 2011 (UTC)

Forget the above...

I read your note and I'd like to apologize for being something of an imbecile. You are, of course, right - my judgement is sometimes clouded, as I know you've reverted several similar edits of mine in the past. Sorry - I'd like to think we can work together in the future, as you're certainly a consistent and sensible editor. Thanks! Sufur222 (talk) 15:54, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Bubbling Under Charts

They are most emphatically not extensions of the Hot 100 charts. The main difference is that a song cannot drop from the Hot 100 onto the Bubbling Under. For example, if a song would have charted with a pattern like "101, 90, 50, 103, 102, 101, 101, 101, 101, 101, off the chart", all it will show is "1 (Bubbling under), 90 (Hot 100), 50 (Hot 100)". All the trailing activity is lost. It would be nearly impossible for Bubbling Under positions 1-25 to have any relationship at all to what positions 101-125 on an extended Hot 100 would behave like.—Kww(talk) 02:01, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

OK, I suppose I'm resigned to defeat. Although you're technically right, I just felt that the positions were worth having in the table in the first place, because if there is no position at all, why should the song be in the table? On many other discographies, Bubbling Under positions are included, although these are normally very poorly edited and formatted ones. I now know for the future - and you're right, they aren't really extensions. I now know for the future. Sufur222 (talk) 15:51, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Eros Ramazzotti discography - Video albums - Concert tour videos - Notes

In the Notes section for the Concert Tour Videos/DVD's I wrote that

The Concert DVD Eros Roma Live released in 2004 charted on German Albums Chart and Swiss Albums Chart as those charts includes sales of Music DVD's.

, a sentence which I know was a bit clumsy (for a lack of better word) but what I meant was that the sales for Music DVD's are included on the Albums Chart, for example German Top 100 Albums. Your revision of "those markets have charts for sales of Music DVD's" is therefore not entirely correct, as one might belive based on that revision, that the chart positions listed here for Eros Roma Live are from a DVD Chart, but they are actually from the main Albums Chart (as weird as it may seem, Music DVD's are eligible to chart on the "big chart" (album chart) in Germany and Switzerland)

Kai81 (talk) 21:07, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

It's OK, but the part about VHS releases being able to chart on German Albums Chart is not needed (only the DVD is worth mentioned), as the chart rules allowed DVD's to be included on the Albums Chart in July 2002 and by then DVD-sales had already bypassed VHS sales.

As a sidenote, a curious thing about the German Singles & Albums Charts sales figures - as digital/download sales were added to the charts, the charts are no longer based on the number of sold records/downloads, but rather on the sales value of the sold product. Therefore the number one album might not actually be the best selling record of the chart period, just the most valuable (especially if there's a more expensive limited/special edition which is being sold in large quantites). This is also the reason why DVD/Blu-Ray albums sometimes chart surprisingly high on the "Audio Albums Chart", as the price is much higher on them than on a CD-album.

Kai81 (talk) 23:47, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

On pages 6 and 9 in the following German Chart Rules there's info about the changes in 2002 that allowed Video Albums to appear on Audio Album Charts "Systembeschreibung der offiziellen Charts: Gegenstand und Zweck (System Description of the Official Charts: Object and Purpose)" (PDF) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.. On page 9 you'll find described the reasons for those changes - it's all in German.

Kai81 (talk) 02:32, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

RIAA: Latin type certifications

Hi Harout72. You may recall a comment you made three months ago, which amounts to what the current template code does - it uses the certification date to decide what the certified amount was. Erick has recently unearthed some evidence that this is not the case, and that, in fact, all certifications were updated, independent of certification date, see here. Would you be so kind to comment at my talk page about this? --Muhandes (talk) 08:01, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Let me look at it more thoroughly later on today please.--Harout72 (talk) 16:00, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Japan Digital

Hi Harout :) Just wondering, what month/year are there digital certifications for Mariah Carey? I know "Touch My Body" has one.--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 22:05, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Ah, as I thought :) Thanks!--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 22:18, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

An Invitation to Join WikiProject Jennifer Lopez

You have been invited to join the Jennifer Lopez WikiProject, a WikiProject on the English Wikipedia dedicated to improving articles and lists related to Jennifer Lopez. If you are interested in joining, please visit the project page and add your name to the list of participants. Thank You. ℥nding·start 08:10, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the invitation, but have to decline as watching pages and keeping them clean takes enough time from me.--Harout72 (talk) 16:38, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Discussion

Hello :), please help reach consensus by weighing in your opinion here. Thanks!--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 12:02, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

JL discography

Lol man. What have you done, you reverted everything that I have done, some sources were duplicate, the references were mess, publishers, works, the article was whole messed-up, I changed it up and even nominated for FL. You can't just revert it. What should I discuss, the improvement of the article? LOL, I don't know what just I have done to the article according to you. I am confused ... BIG ? !!! Tomica1111 (talk) 22:20, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

The name of the references are not even important, what have I changed? You mean for example .. ref name="US album positions for Jennifer Lopez" with ref name="US ALB", well yeah, and that's because the name of the first one it's too long, but that's not even so bad, because I used the source on the same place! I don't really understand what's the dispute here. You can compare the both reverts, and you can see that I'm totally right, and my revision is even better, cause is totally improved. And sorry about language, but you pissed me off man... Greetings Tomica1111 (talk) 22:29, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

PLEASE SEE THE DISCUSSION ON THE TALK PAGE AND STOP REVERTING ! DO YOU HAVE EVEN A TALK PAGE...???? Tomica1111 (talk) 22:38, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I will make those changes, just don't revert the whole article ! PLEASE ! Tomica1111 (talk) 22:44, 10 August 2011 (UTC)

DON'T REVERT UNTIL I'M IMPROVING THE PAGE, ACCORDING TO YOUR ILLOGICAL STUPIDS ! PLEASE ! THANK YOU ! Tomica1111 (talk) 23:17, 10 August 2011 (UTC)