Following on discussions of how tables of chart positions (for music singles) should look, starting (mostly) at WT:Manual of Style (record charts)#Chart template formats and with an alternate set of proposals at User:Lil-unique1/Chart formats.
My preferences are shown below, left to right, followed by Lil-unique1's proposals 2b and 2c, preferably when Propsal 2b doesn't have the word "Chart" as in Belgium and Japan there.
Notes: (1) This page isn't finished, because I still have to figure out why Lil-unique1 showed 2 rows for Japan. Singlechart uses only one (although I realize that the formatting discussions here would affect manually-entered chart tables as well). (2) My JFP2 is also not solid because I have yet to decide what names should be used ("Sverigetopplistan Top 60 Singles", "Top 60 Singles", or just "Top 60"). (3) Also uncertain, what "real names" should be used for the Billboard charts (consider Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)). (4) JFP1 is basically my testing table for {{singlechart}} tests, so there are a couple of repetitive-looking rows (Denmark, NL, Norway). None of the tables currently show Belgian Ultratip examples, unfortunately. Every basic macro is shown, however.
Principle: Country, not adjective (exception: European), not linked, with UK and U.S. abbreviated as UK & US; Chart name or provider in parens, linked to article, except UK and US charts, where both chart name (without parens) and provider (in parens) are given. Article linked to is about chart itself when available, provider otherwise (exception: US charts link to articles, provider links to Billboard).
| class="col-break col-break-3" |
| Proposal JFP2 | |
|---|---|
| Chart (20xx) | Peak position |
| Australia (Top 50 Singles) | 1 |
| Australia (Top 100 Singles) | 96 |
| Australia (Urban Singles Top 40) | 24 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) | 4 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | 16 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) | 5 |
| Bulgaria (Singles) | 7 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100) | 66 |
| Czech Republic (Singles) | 9 |
| Denmark (Singles) | 10 |
| Denmark (Singles) | 10.5 |
| Denmark (Singles) | 11 |
| Europe (Hot 100 Singles) | 14 |
| Finland (Mitä hittiä Singles) | 15 |
| France (Singles) | 16 |
| France (Top 50 Download Singles) | 17 |
| Germany (Singles) Angela Merkel rap edition |
218 |
| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) | 19 |
| Hungary (Single Top 10) Top10 |
19.1 |
| Hungary (Dance Top 40) Dance! |
19.2 |
| Ireland (Singles) | 20 |
| Italy (Singles) | 21 |
| Japan (Hot 100) | 16 |
| Japan (Oricon Singles) | 5 |
| Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100) | 12 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) | 103 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) | 8 |
| New Zealand (Top 40 Singles) | 222 |
| Norway (Top 20 Singles) | 23 |
| Norway (Top 20 Singles) week/year |
24 |
| Scotland (Top 40 Scottish Singles) | 7 |
| Slovakia (Singles) | 25 |
| Spain (Singles) | 26 |
| Sweden (Top 60 Singles) | 27 |
| Switzerland (Singles Top 75) | 28 |
| United Kingdom (Dance Singles) | 32 |
| United Kingdom (Independent Singles) | 33 |
| United Kingdom (R&B Singles) | 34 |
| United Kingdom (Singles) | 31 |
| United Kingdom (Singles) | 35 |
| United States (Adult Contemporary) | 60 |
| United States (Adult Top 40) | 61 |
| alt | 62 |
| United States (Hot Country) | 62 |
| United States (Dance Club Songs) | 1 |
| United States (Digital Songs) | 64 |
| United States (Billboard Hot 100) | 11 |
| United States (Latin Pop) | 2 |
| United States (Latin Songs) "Loba", Spanish version |
1 |
| United States (Mainstream Top 40) | 61 |
| United States (R&B/Hip-Hop) | 61 |
| United States (Radio Songs) | 63 |
| United States (Rap Songs) | 64 |
Principle: Country (or Europe), not adjective, not linked; Chart name in parens, linked to article. No indication of provider except when it's part of chart name in multi-chart country. Article linked to is about chart itself when available, provider otherwise.
| class="col-break col-break-3" |
| Proposal JFP3 | |
|---|---|
| Chart (20xx) | Peak position |
| Australia (Top 50 Singles) | 1 |
| Australia (Top 100 Singles) | 96 |
| Australia (Urban Singles Top 40) | 24 |
| Austria (Singles) | 4 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | 16 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) | 5 |
| Bulgaria (Singles) | 7 |
| Canada (Singles) | 66 |
| Czech Republic (Singles) | 9 |
| Denmark (Singles) | 10 |
| Denmark (Singles) | 10.5 |
| Denmark (Singles) | 11 |
| Europe (Singles) | 14 |
| Finland (Singles) | 15 |
| France (Singles) | 16 |
| France (Download Singles) | 17 |
| Germany (Singles) Angela Merkel rap edition |
218 |
| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) | 19 |
| Hungary (Single Top 10) Top10 |
19.1 |
| Hungary (Dance Top 40) Dance! |
19.2 |
| Ireland (Singles) | 20 |
| Italy (Singles) | 21 |
| Japan (Hot 100) | 16 |
| Japan (Oricon Singles) | 5 |
| Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100) | 12 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) | 103 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) | 8 |
| New Zealand (Singles) | 222 |
| Norway (Singles) | 23 |
| Norway (Singles) week/year |
24 |
| Scotland (Singles) | 7 |
| Slovakia (Singles) | 25 |
| Spain (Singles) | 26 |
| Sweden (Singles) | 27 |
| Switzerland (Singles) | 28 |
| United Kingdom (Dance Singles) | 32 |
| United Kingdom (Independent Singles) | 33 |
| United Kingdom (R&B Singles) | 34 |
| United Kingdom (Singles) | 31 |
| United Kingdom (Singles) | 35 |
| United States (Adult Contemporary) | 60 |
| United States (Adult Top 40) | 61 |
| alt | 62 |
| United States (Hot Country) | 62 |
| United States (Dance Club Songs) | 1 |
| United States (Digital Songs) | 64 |
| United States (Billboard Hot 100) | 11 |
| United States (Latin Pop) | 2 |
| United States (Latin Songs) "Loba", Spanish version |
1 |
| United States (Mainstream Top 40) | 61 |
| United States (R&B/Hip-Hop) | 61 |
| United States (Radio Songs) | 63 |
| United States (Rap Songs) | 64 |
Principle: Country (or Europe), not adjective, not linked; Chart name in parens, linked to article, word "Singles" if only one chart in country. No indication of provider except when it's part of chart name in multi-chart country. Article linked to is about chart itself when available, provider otherwise.
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