Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Justin Timberlake discography/archive1

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The list was promoted by Giants2008 22:06, 30 November 2014 [1].

Justin Timberlake discography

Featured list candidates/Justin Timberlake discography/archive1

Nominator(s): — Tomíca^(T2ME) & — Status (talk · contribs) 21:51, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this for featured list because... I think it satisfies the FLC criteria. Timberlake's discography was pretty much in a good shape thanks to Status (talk · contribs) and his regular updates; additionally I added more information, formatted well the references, added some sales and sourced throughout the article. With this shape at the moment I really think it has a very good potential in earning a bronze star. — Tomíca^(T2ME) 21:51, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from WikiRedactor

Five external links to correct.

I fixed the dead ones, and only the Warn are left, although I tried to fix them too, I don't know what's the problem with 'em. However, the links are opening :). — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:03, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think that Justin can be called a singer-songwriter in the first paragraph because he writes all of his music, although if this creates some kind of conflict with other editors, feel free to ignore this point.

Done. — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:03, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Singer-songwriter is for folk singer ("the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the folk-acoustic tradition"), Timberlake is a singer and a songwriter but I wouldn't consider him folk-acoustic. I would reconsider this or just change it to be "singer and songwriter". I say this because there was a huge discussion about it at Miley Cyrus. LADY LOTUS • TALK 13:02, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I like to see US and UK written out as the United States and the United Kingdom when it is used as a noun (as opposed to an adjective for charts.)

Done. — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:03, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it is common practice to write US as U.S. (with the punctuation) when it is used as an adjective.

I think that's a personal choice whatever you choose to use, only it has to be consistent through the whole article. I kinda prefer US instead of U.S. tbh hehe :). — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:03, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I can't spot any issues in the article, it looks well-developed and nicely written in my view! WikiRedactor (talk) 16:28, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @WikiRedactor: ;) ! — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:03, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from SnapSnap

I think the abbreviation for Netherlands should be "NL", as "NLD" seems to refer to the country's original Dutch-language name (Nederland);
In the As guest artist subsection, there's a link (ref 22) to the NZ chart source under "NLD";
You should remove the "...which acts as a 25-song extension to the Hot 100" sentence from this note per WP:BILLBOARDCHARTS.

All three done. — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:03, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Everything else looks fine in my eyes. :) SN▲P • SN▲P 18:10, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks you @SnapSnap: so much :) — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:03, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from SNUGGUMS

Resolved concerns from SNUGGUMS

It might help including time ranges for when Timberlake worked with NSYNC

Done — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:50, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As much as I understand WikiRedactor's statement on "singer-songwriter", there was a huge debate about the use of that term on Mariah Carey's article which lead to an RFC at WP:WikiProject Music. Consensus was that the term is used to describe folk/acoustic singers like James Taylor and Joni Mitchell who write/compose/etc. their own material. It's best to describe Timberlake as a singer and songwriter or just simply singer.

Whatever. I made it singer and songwriter — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:50, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In the lead, there's no need to state the number of singles each album produced- that detail instead belongs on their respective album articles
It doesn't hurt nobody though, just make the prose read better — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:50, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Rather than a number of years Timberlake's music hiatus was, it would be better to give year ranges.

Tried but the prose became poor, it's better like this... people can't count 2006-2013 = 7 years — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:50, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I understand citing release dates for material that doesn't have separate articles, but any particular reason why the albums with articles have sourced release dates when songs with own articles don't?

There was one user in one discussion who wanted to see release dates for the albums in the tables, nothing mentioned for the single. Personally, I don't prefer them. — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:50, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, may as well remove the refs from those with articles Snuggums (talk / edits) 19:58, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done, I removed them. @SNUGGUMS: — Tomíca^(T2ME) 11:21, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For the release date citations, I'd see what else is available aside from iTunes/Amazon.com. While definitely not bad to use for citing release dates, secondary sources tend to be preferred when available.
New York Post isn't exactly the best of sources and shouldn't be used

The release is so rare so that's the only source in found it with a release date in it. @SNUGGUMS: — Tomíca^(T2ME) 19:50, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This list is in decent shape, just needs a bit of touching up before it becomes FL. Snuggums (talk / edits) 19:08, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support very good work! Snuggums (talk / edits) 16:33, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from Erick

Hello Tomica! I will go ahead and have a look at the list and give my input. First thing I want to point out before I do is that I noticed you have a "as of sales" for UK but not the US, why? Erick (talk) 22:51, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Magiciandude: (Erick) thanks for the note... I fixed them and there are 'as of sales' for all the references that provide clear date. For all the others that only have accessdate I left them just with a reference by themselves. — Tomíca^(T2ME) 11:22, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Tomica: Having looked at the list extensively twice, I can see no further issues with it. Given that you've already addressed everyone else's comments, I will give my support. The only small suggestion I have is to remove Discogs from the external links since it's a user-generated site and Allmusic is probably sufficient enough. Erick (talk) 16:47, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Magiciandude: Status already removed it, thank you Erick, I really appreciate your input here :). — Tomíca^(T2ME) 18:39, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comments from HĐ

Support A comprehensive list with detailed information. Nicely done! Simon (talk) 13:19, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate your vote Simon. Thanks. — Tomíca^(T2ME) 13:33, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FLC/ar, and leave the {{featured list candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Giants2008 (Talk) 20:16, 1 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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