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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 15:25, 9 January 2010 [1].

Kate Rusby discography

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Nominator(s): ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:39, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I am nominating this for featured list because I think it's of a comparable standard to existing featured discogs, and I think it would be nice to see one from the world of folk music. There's probably loads of things still wrong with it, but if you point 'em out, I'll fix 'em if I can :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:39, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

PS Before it is asked, I have looked hard and can find no evidence that she has charted anywhere except in the UK. Allmusic says that one of her albums charted on a minor Billboard chart, but this is not supported by Billboard themselves, who state "This album has never charted" against all her albums on their website. If people feel that the Allmusic info should be included anyway, I'll be happy to add it in, I'm not "up" on how accurate the info on Billboard's own site may or may not be..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:55, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I am aware, Allmusic copies the chart information directly from Billboard, so you should include it. Dt128 let's talk 16:23, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Now included -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:35, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 11:18, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • "... first release ... was released ..." just reads a little poorly for me.
  • Don't use EP before you place (EP) after extended play.
  • Never keen on small fonts, just makes the information less accessible.
  • I assume that all the stuff which doesn't have specific in-line references is referenced by the two general references e.g. that in 1995 the eponymous album was released on CD and cassette?
  • Ref 14 is really a note.
  • The list is uncategorised.

The Rambling Man (talk) 09:42, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for your comments, all sorted now I think. Everything not specifically cited inline should be covered by the general refs. I don't personally think ref 14 is a note, it is the reference citing the information as to who the director of the DVD was, unfortunately the credits on the DVD itself is the only source I could find....... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:01, 22 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Staxringold talkcontribs 21:32, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
:*The All-Music cite for the sentence "In 1997 Rusby released her first solo album, Hourglass, and also joined the all-female folk group The Poozies, with whom she recorded one EP and one full-length album." cites the album and mentions The Poozies, but does not say when she joined.
  • The "extended plays" need some more info, see Godsmack discography for example.
  • The ref for the video album director isn't proper. I would just cite the DVD itself.
  • I would archive the "Television" ref (#17) using WebCite. Just advice, but that looks like a link that could easily rot.
  • Her template (I guess not really part of the article but worth fixing) should include her all her Collab albums under "Other albums" along with Heartlands, even if they don't have an article. I've done the same with the one musician I've written on, Alison Krauss discography and {{Alison Krauss}}. Staxringold talkcontribs 17:02, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Resolved comments from Drewcifer
Comments Looks good. Here's a few suggestions/comments:
  • The charts column in the Collaborative albums table is unnecessary, since none of those albums charted.
  • In general there's a few chart positions columns with only one sub-column (UK). In these instances, there's no point in having the header (Peak Chart Positions) along with the sub-header (UK). Just one header is fine since there's only one column.
  • The titles of the EPs aren't bolded like the titles of the other albums are.
  • Year columns in general should be centered.
  • I'd recommend merging repeating columns, such as Years and Album (mostly in the singles table).
  • The Guest Appearances table should also include which track she appeared on. As it is, it looks like she was a guest appearance for the whole album.
    • Sources don't state that information, and for the ones I happen to own myself from the list, that level of info isn't even on the sleeve. We're not talking a case like a rapper where "Featuring Kate Rusby" would be plastered in big letters on the track listing on the back of the sleeve. The albums I own from the list do not pick out the additional musicians who are on each track, rather each album has one block listing of all the musicians on the album in tiny type inside the booklet which includes "Backing vocals: Kate Rusby", which could obviously mean anywhere from one track to all of them. I could of course listen to them and pick out the ones with her voice on, but that would be OR. I'll wait and see if you think this is a dealbreaker before I proceed with the other changes you've requested...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 17:30, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • Hmmm, I see. Well, what I would recommend then is to be a specific as possible wherever it is possible. For those albums where it is completely vague - either based on the sources or the actual way in which she's credited on the release itself - just leave it vague. But surely some of the releases specify contributions on a per-track basis. The compilations especially. And taking a look at the wikipages of some of the other albums, a few of the pages themselves do specify which track she contributed to. Not sure if that's OR on those pages, but it's worth a look. In general you can only be as specific as the liner notes allow you to be, but if they allow you to be more specific then you should be. Drewcifer (talk) 20:15, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • I've had a good look round and I can only reliably source the track(s) she is on for three of the fifteen albums. Some of the others may be sourcable from the sleeve notes but I don't own them or know anybody who does. Personally I think it would look really silly to put specific tracks against three albums and leave twelve as "unknown", so I'm not going to add it in. If this means the article can't be a FL well, so be it, such is life...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:03, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
          • I don't think you need to be so negative about it; I'm giving suggestions, not trying to derail the FLC. Hopefully you can see my point/problem with the current format, and hopefully we can come to some simple solution. My problem is that it seems to suggest Rusby's involvement is album-wide, which obviously isn't the case in some of the instances. So wherever possible, and wherever applicable, I think it would be clearer to include specific tracks. You could do something similar to the last table of Trent Reznor discography. Or, you could also just add in parenthesis the specific track where applicable rather than add a whole new column. Or, you could also just add some sort of asterisk type thing to those albums, with a legend below the table stating that those asterisked albums include contributions on only certain tracks. These all seem like reasonable and simple solutions, hopefully one of them works with you. Drewcifer (talk) 08:24, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • There should be an external links section of some sort.

That's it for now. Drewcifer (talk) 00:50, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support Sorry for the delay on this. I made one little edit myself to the sub-header thing; feel free to revert if you like. Also, hopefully you can figure out what that last unknown track contribution is, but I'll won't hold it against you for now. Drewcifer (talk) 23:55, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. It looks like a staggeringly obscure album, I think the only way to find out would be to buy it. Maybe if I see it really cheap on Amazon marketplace ;-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 17:22, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support Mm40 (talk) 18:45, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Mm40 (talk)
Just a few comments:
  • "as part of a duo or group" was she ever in a duo? If not, "duo or" can be removed.
    • yes, she was in a duo with Kathryn Roberts
  • There should be non-breaking spaces after the two mentions of "number" in the second paragraph.
    • Done
  • The link to the US World chart in the first table links to a section that doesn't exist.
    • It did at the time, but that article appears to have been quite heavily reworked since. Fixed as best I could
  • misspelling: "casette" for first collaborative album
    • Done
  • Link The Poozies in EP table?
    • Done
  • no full stop needed after "Recorded live at the Leeds City Varieties"
    • Done
  • In the music videos' table, I think the "(s)" can be dropped off of "Director(s)"
    • Done
  • Some references are missing periods; all should have them. Mm40 (talk) 01:45, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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