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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 not promoted by Giants2008 22:29, 2 July 2012 [1].

My Bloody Valentine discography

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Nominator(s): Idiotchalk (talk) 23:22, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because My Bloody Valentine is of significant interest to a number of groups, especially alternative rock fans, Irish music fans and fans of shoegazing - a subgenre the band pioneered. Idiotchalk (talk) 23:22, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from Albacore (talk) 21:37, 5 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Cut the space between the start of the prose and the infobox
    •  Done
  • What makes mybloodyvalentine.net or Imdb reliable sources?
Just noticed that per WP:RS/IMDB IMDb is not a reliable source and replaced ref 18 with another source. mybloodyvalentine.net is maintained by fans but is affiliated with Kevin Shields, as the band's web site has been inactive for almost three years. If another source is needed to verify, I'd be glad to add one.
  • Since you have a "Bibliography" semi-colon, why not have a "References" semi-colon under for a separation of the two?
    •  Done
  • The "Year" column is a bit redundant, since you have the year already listed under the "details" section.
    •  Done
  • The "Miscellaneous appearances" section in the infobox doesn't add up to the real total.
    •  Done
  • Ref 3... can you give me the website of Underground magazine, or some proof it exists?
Underground doesn't have an official web site, it was an indie magazine that only was active for a few months in the late 1980s, here's some proof of its existence though.
  • My Bloody Valentine' released its debut mini album, no need for apostrophe
    •  Done
  • debut mini album, This Is Your Bloody Valentine, in 1985 on Tycoon Records with its original line-up. ... consisting of who? And this implies the band later changed lineups, but nothing is said.
    •  Done
  • Overall, the prose standard could use another paragraph to summarize the entire list, references aren't up to snuff regarding formatting and reliability, and lists could use touch-up with scope-row and scope-col tags. Albacore (talk) 02:07, 22 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Could you give me an example of bad formatting in the references?
    • English is the default language, no need to specify. All-caps should be avoided in references, and everywhere where there is a - various artists should be a – various artists, or you could remove that part altogether. Double-bolding, such as in the Studio albums section, should be avoided, and scope-col for :""—" denotes a release that did not chart." is not necessary. There's something going on with the notes in the "Promotional singles" section, and I would prefer that the notes have a section to themselves. Albacore (talk) 22:42, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Done all of these. The only thing I didn't quite understand was "All-caps should be avoided in references." Was that referring to "ITV Chart Show"? If so, that was fixed too. Idiotchalk (talk) 13:06, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The ITV in the references was proper; I was referring to ref 5. Albacore (talk) 16:27, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comments –

  • "The band recruited bassist Debbie Gorge after its release...". Sounds like the band was released instead of the album, which surely wasn't the intention.
  • Excess period after ref 4.
  • Feels like "has" is missing from "Loveless since sold over 250,000 copies...".
  • The lead image could use alt text.
  • I agree with Albacore that mybloodyvalentine.net is probably unreliable, and am concerned that the site may not have had the right to republish the book excerpt used here. Would really like to see another source found for this, perhaps from a copy of the book itself. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:43, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from NapHit (talk) 12:03, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - WP:CONTEXTLINK frowns against the use of bold links, adding plainrowheaders to sortable wikitable will fix the issue. NapHit (talk) 22:04, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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