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The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 28 August 2023 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of Best Selling Soul Singles number ones of 1972 edit

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Nominator(s): ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:35, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi everyone, here's #30 in this series of number one lists. In this particular year, the top chart performer was the future Reverend Al Green. As ever, feedback will be most gratefully received and swiftly acted upon -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:35, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Just one comment. In the references you have the dates in two different formats. For the issue date of Billboard, it is ordered as DD-MM-YYY, but for the retrieval and archived dates, they are done in MM-DD-YYYY. Shouldn't the format be consistent (MM-DD-YYYY since Billboard is a US-based publication)?
-- Birdienest81talk 07:14, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Birdienest81: - fixed. No idea how that happened...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:49, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
--Birdienest81talk 08:07, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, I'll take a look when I get a sufficient chunk of time -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:14, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

NØ edit

  • "The following week, it was displaced by Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" - I haven't usually seen the usage of "displaced" in this context. Are you sure this shouldn't be "replaced"?
  • "Beginning in the issue of Billboard dated July 8" - I might have written this as "beginning with" but my Grammar checker isn't catching anything wrong with the current usage so this is completely optional.
  • "It was one of six of 1972's soul number ones" - Very nitpick-y but this could be slightly tweaked to eliminate the repetition of "of"
  • "It was one of six of 1972's soul number ones to also top the Hot 100, along with Sly and the Family Stone's "Family Affair", Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" - Do these artists' names need to be repeated in this sentence? These songs have been introduced as being by them in prior sentences.
That's it. Phenomenal work and this is up there with the other lists in this series in terms of quality! Great pictures too.--NØ 08:54, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@MaranoFan: - thanks for your review and kind words, all points actioned I think! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:14, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support--NØ 09:16, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pseud 14 edit

  • For the table header, add {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
  • I think per WP:WOULDCHUCK: would achieve -> achieved; would prove -> proved
  • Perhaps for the Staples Singers caption, suggest tweaking to something like: The Staple Singers with TV host Don Cornelius (second right), as having the parenthetical within a parenthetical seems awkward.
  • That's all from me. Great work! Pseud 14 (talk) 20:32, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • Butting in: I get that "would" is a potential problem. Pseud, Future in the past gives the example "She said she would return" ... does that "would" work for you? Or would (!) you say it a different way? (This is not, of course, a trick question ... some people never use future-in-the-past tense, some use it only in certain expressions, some use it to avoid giving the reader the false impression that the narrative has just jumped 5 years into the future. Some probably use it to sound pretentious, like that essay says, but I haven't seen that at WP:FLC, I think.) - Dank (push to talk) 21:47, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Pseud 14: - done -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:13, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
      • Support. Another fine addition to your series. Hope you had a nice break. If you're not too occupied and have spare time, could I get your comments on the other side for my current FAC. Pseud 14 (talk) 13:10, 28 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source review – Reference reliability and formatting look okay, and the link-checker tool shows no issues. Giants2008 (Talk) 01:23, 20 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Image review – All photos used have appropriate free licenses and alt text. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:37, 22 August 2023 (UTC)Im[reply]

BennyOnTheLoose edit

  • Whitburn (2004) is not cited, so should be removed from Works cited.
  • I made some trivial date tweaks suggested by a script, hopefully uncontroversial.
  • Optionally, maybe start the caption "Lean on Me" was a number one for Bill Withers. with the singer rather than the song, as that's what the image depicts?
Nice work! BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 14:40, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@BennyOnTheLoose: - thanks for your review, both points addressed! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:51, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:00, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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