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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 User:The Rambling Man 10:11, 2 August 2008 [1].

G-Unit discography

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I have been working on this for the last few days and have re-done all of the charts and added all relevant info. The list is now as complete as possible. All information such as sales, certifications and chart positions are very well sourced. Deserves to be a featured list. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 15:02, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 09:34, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

  • Too much discussion on G-Unit. "The group's members all grew up in the same neighbourhood, they rapped and sold drugs together." This is not neccessary. Keep it to the discography.
  • Music video directors needs reliable sources.
  • There are a number of redundant? "Released:" on this article.
  • The "Thisis50.com" table has a redundant row.

Look's good though. Tenacious D Fan (talk) 16:59, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments. I have worked on the thinsg that you have pointed out. In the Intro I have removed the line that you have quoted but have kept most of it per other featured discographies such as the ones talked about above. Also, MVD Base has been used as a reference for Music Video Directors in other Featured Lists such as 50 Cent discography. Also, I have added references using youtube videos uploaded by the official Universal Music Group channel. The directors specified in the video summary match the ones provided by MVD. The extra row has been removed. However the "Released" are still there because it is virtually impossible to find exact release dates for all of those mixtapes. I'm not sure if the "Released" field should be removed or kept incase dates are found. What do you think?
Remove the release field. You need to add all directors in for music videos. MVDbase is not WP:RS, and it shouldn't be in the 50 Cent discography. Is "Over 41" precise enough? Also, the infobox order of release types should be the same as that of the titles in this article. Tenacious D Fan (talk) 10:33, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have removed the released field & re-ordered the infobox but the fields seem to be staying in the same order. MVDBase is actually correct in all of its listings. All of the directors that it lists are the same as the directors named on Universal Music Group's official video channel. I know the director of "My Buddy" but cant find the link - ill keep looking. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 11:36, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 11:51, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments
    • No bold links in the lead please.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Caption is a fragment so no full stop/period.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Start the lead with something other than "This is a comprehensive..." yuck. Say something more imaginative like "The discography of G-Unit, a ...., consists of...."
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Soundtrack doesn't need to be capitalised in the lead.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • " Music videos and collaborations are also included. However, solo works from the groups' members, Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent, Tony Yayo and formerly Young Buck are not." - merge those "..are also included, but solo works...."
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "same neighbourhood" which one? And should that really be "neighborhood" since this is in US-English?
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "worked hard on mixtapes" - "worked hard" sounds a little POV and "mixtape" could do with a link in my opinion.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "50 Cent was later dropped from his label after being shot nine times in front of his grandmother's house" really, dropped for being shot or dropped for not being able to record or perform?
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "Due to the success of his debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin', he was granted his own record label." reads odd. Maybe, "Following the success of his..., he was given his own... by Interscope.."?
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "The group continued to work hard... " by now I've lost track of who "The group" is, so reinforce G-Unit, and avoid "work hard" again - POV.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "earned them a lot of attention in the rap industry.[4] The most prominent of these being 50 Cent Is the Future, God's Plan, No Mercy, No Fear and Automatic Gunfire." - "a lot of " sounds poor. The second sentence is a run-on from the first so a full stop/period isn't appropriate.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "They released their commercial debut, Beg For Mercy in 2003, which sold 377,000 copies in it's first week of release" - Again, reinforce "G-Unit released..." and "it's" should be "its" or "their" depending on how you feel about discretionary plurals.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • " It has now sold.." - As of July 2008, it has sold...
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • U.S. vs UK, why not just US?
 Done MOS:ABBR --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • " in July of this year. " - context. so, July 2008.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "No.4" - number four or #4.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Link Billboard.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "The United World Chart counts sales data from Japan, United Kingdom, Germany and France.[11]" fascinating but probably a footnote rather than a sentence in the lead.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Mixtapes = 41+ in the infobox - what does the + mean (to non-expert readers)?
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Shouldn't you be bolding the titles as well as italicising them?
See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians/Article_guidelines#Discography_section
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:48, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "DJ Drama [34]" remove the space in front of the cite.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Reviews: All Music" no in-line links please.
What do you mean by this? --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "Peak chart positions[28][14]" order numerically unless you have a good reason not to.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • What's a Featured single? And why no references?
 Done Changed header & added refs for all features singles. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 10:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • My Buddy music video has no director.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 11:54, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments II
    • Who says "the most prominent of these being 50 Cent Is the Future, God's Plan, No Mercy, No Fear and Automatic Gunfire." is true? And if so, why is Automatic Gunfire without an article?
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "...n the United States[11] and, as of July 25, 2008, 194,000 copies worldwide." - is worldwide excluding United States? Not clear.
I had this info in before and you told me to have it as a footnote - see footnote & above.
    • " 2× platinum" in lead, "2× Platinum" in the table. Choose one.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Shouldn't soundtrack "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" be in italics? And as I said before other discogs are bolding all of the titles. And what formats was the soundtrack released in?
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "Reviews: All Music" - this has an in-line link which is to be avoided in featured material.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Still too much small text - there's absolutely no need to use smaller text, it just makes it more difficult for people to read.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Most other discogs us US and not U.S.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • What is the title of the second col in the mixtapes section supposed to represent?
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "Label: G-Unit/Shadyville" is repeated on every single mixtape in the first table - not really necessary, is it? Say it once and say it applies throughout.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • "Other notable mixtapes" - who says they're notable? Three of them don't even have refs.
    • Bad Guys stuff is completely unreferenced as well. In fact, 90% of the mixtapes are unreferenced.
 Done --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤ 20:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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