Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of S.H.E awards/archive1

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The list was not promoted by User:The Rambling Man 06:56, 4 August 2008 [1].

List of S.H.E awards

I am nominating this list for Featured List status. The lead summarizes who the group is, and how their commercial success (and the awards that confirm this) led to more Taiwanese groups being formed. There is one table per award type; each iteration of each awards show is properly cited. In the "Other awards" section, the prose is not cited, because the citations are located in the "List of other S.H.E awards" drop down box. I elected to collapse that table because the list would have become much too long otherwise. If reviewers find this objectionable, I can easily revert to slapping the table onto the main article instead of hiding it. Pandacomics (talk) 23:57, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Remove the bold formatting if you want to keep the link per WP:BOLDTITLE
- Done. Pandacomics (talk) 16:09, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The columns in the tables are all different widths; can they be made the same?
- Done. Pandacomics (talk) 16:09, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
~~Why is the reference sometimes in the Year column and sometimes in the Award column?~~
" Hebe" has a funny cell issue above "Top 20 Songs of the Year"; I think there's an extra row
- After further inspection the table in the "Hebe" section is pretty much busted, with a ton of extra empty rows, etc.
  - ~~Hm. It may be your browser, cause mine doesn't really have any problems, i.e. no empty rows. Pandacomics (talk) 06:35, 25 July 2008 (UTC)~~[reply]
    - Saw the empty cell a few days after your comment, heh. Guess you were right. Fixed. Pandacomics (talk) 12:40, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Why is the Infobox split into dark blue and light blue and what do they represent?
- I don't think the colors help unless they are actually explained in the article.
Why aren't nominations also listed in the Infobox?
- Hm, all of the awards lists I've seen list nominations, also (an award is pretty much always considered a nomination)
  - Well, it doesn't always work that way in every part of the world. Secondly, as previously mentioned, most of the time nomination lists are not released, so having a separate column for nominations with almost identical figures as the wins is rather pointless. By having 5 wins out of 5 nominations, it doesn't take into account the years that there were zero nominations. Furthermore, it gives an inaccurate perception that the group has won everything it has been nominated for. Pandacomics (talk) 06:37, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
remove period from the image caption. it is a sentence fragment
- Done. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
could the lead please be expanded to two-to-three paragraphs?
- To include a bit on awards that certain albums won? Pandacomics (talk) 06:35, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
why is ""Genesis" (美麗新世界)" in bold?
- ~~Because five songs were nominated, but only one of them was the winning work. Pandacomics (talk) 06:35, 25 July 2008 (UTC)~~[reply]
- Unbolded. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gary King (talk) 03:49, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

~~But I like bolds....it gives the list some audacity (har har)~~
~~Yes. I will get cracking on that ASAP.~~

*When a member wins several awards on her own within the same year at different awards shows (see the Hebe section), it wouldn't really make sense to cram each of those cites into that 2007 cell. Unless there's a better way to represent that Hebe table. (dealt with)

Dark blue - awards shows presented by a radio station, television network or government body (i.e. ones that matter). Light blue - awards shows with corporate sponsors (i.e. ones that matter less)
Not all nominations are disclosed. It's really common to just announce winners. Not surprisingly, as noted above, the ones that have nominations lists tend to be the ones that "matter".

Pandacomics (talk) 04:29, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

On the topic of "non-standard" though, this list is pretty much a carbon copy of the List of U2 awards, so I don't really see where it's "non-standard" other than the fact that the list covers awards in another part of the world. Pandacomics (talk) 06:35, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a more recent one: List of The Killers awards Gary King (talk) 06:49, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I will leave it at just comments for now. But, the bold at the very least needs to be done; it is either bold or link, but not both. Gary King (talk) 06:51, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments
- One para in the lead is insufficient for a list of this size. Also, avoid starting with "This is a ..." - featured article don't so why should featured lists? And other lists that may be featured now which start like that are not good models to follow - they should be changed as well.
  - Lead done (finally, whew). Pandacomics (talk) 03:00, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- You should link S.H.E. somewhere in the lead (but not in the bold, obviously).
  - Done. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- " major music awards" - what's major?
  - "The ones that are important". It's like asking, "Why are the Grammy Awards important?" Because they've been around for a while, and they're prestigious. Pandacomics (talk) 18:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Sorry but "major" is POV. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Reworded criteria for dark blue in footnotes. Pandacomics (talk) 01:20, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Taiwanese links to a dab page.
  - Re-linked to Republic of China. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- "formed" twice in consecutive sentences reads quite blandly.
  - Reworded. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- "S.H.E was formed following the conclusion of the 2001 Universal Talent and Beauty Girl Contest." - this isn't a logical follow-on for most readers - was the contest specifically designed to create a group, like Popstars or what?
  - Detail added. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- "of even more Taiwanese pop groups" even is redundant.
  - Redundancy removed. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- "not the iteration that year." - unclear - rephrase please.
  - Well, unless you mean I should be giving an example, e.g. "If an award show is listed as the 2004 edition, but took place in 2005, it will say 2005." IMO, this is even more awkward than the current. Pandacomics (talk) 18:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - I don't understand what "not the iteration of that year" means. I'm not trying to be clever, it's just not clear.
      - Added to footnotes section. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- N/A in the infobox is top-left aligned while the other values are all central-central aligned. Be consistent please.
- I'd prefer to see the references in a ref col because they look really untidy next to the year - they're no more relevant to the year than any other part of the row, so creating a column for them isn't all bad.
  - ~~Processing. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)~~ Done. Pandacomics (talk) 16:09, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- If you want to use HK as an abbreviation for Hong Kong then after the first expanded "Hong Kong", place a (HK).
  - Done. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Where does the 148+ come from in the nominations table? Surely you must know how many nominations in these "major awards" the band has received?
  - Actually, I mentioned this above, but not all awarding bodies provide nomination lists. It's just how it goes. Pandacomics (talk) 18:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Well what the heck, why not say 2000+? It just seems odd to me. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Because as Gary King said, all wins are, by default, nominations. But since not all nominations are disclosed, one can only guess at how many more nominations they received because of those awards that don't disclose their nom lists. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Why is "Genesis" (美麗新世界) in bold?
  - ~~Because they had four other songs nominated, and that happened to be the one that won them the award. Pandacomics (talk) 18:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)~~[reply]
    - I'm asking because it's not clear in the list. If it needs to be questioned then it should be answered within this list. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Turns out it doesn't explicitly say in the reference. Unbolded per comment by Gary King. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- "won 7 Global " numbers below 10 should be text, i.e. seven.
  - Done. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Golden Melody - how can the award be Best Group and the work be Super Star? The group's S.H.E., right?
  - Because it's the work that earned them the nomination for being the Best Group. Pandacomics (talk) 18:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - So "super star" can apply to the entire band? Odd, so it needs noting. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Well, it is their album, after all. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- 2007 Golden Melody Most Popular Female Artist = who was it?!
  - Jolin Tsai. Pandacomics (talk) 18:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Is that clear in the list? The Rambling Man (talk) 19:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - It's in the reference's headline. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- "2001-2003 " en-dash please.
  - Done. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- You wikilink Hong Kong in the Metro Radio Mandarin Music Awards section - surely this should have been done earlier?
  - Wikilinked early. Pandacomics (talk) 19:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Farhenheit is also not linked on its first appearance.
  - Done. Pandacomics (talk) 12:40, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- If the work is the band then why not just add S.H.E. in there rather than blank cells?
  - Because I'm treating "work" as either a song or an album in the sense that it's the stuff that they produce, not who they are. Pandacomics (talk) 18:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Well that's inconsistent because "work" is the reason for the nom or award and plenty of them are for the band. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- 2007 Best Chart Performance in Singapore Hit Awards was for what song?
  - For all of them, because all of them charted, and thus, SHA gave them the award for it. Pandacomics (talk) 18:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Then state that, with notes where required. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - Done. Pandacomics (talk) 12:40, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- "over the years — Cici (2001)" no spaces before/after the em-dash.
  - Done. Pandacomics (talk) 16:09, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- We could actually use some English references - this is, after all, English Wikipedia, and we have no way of easily verifying the citations.
  - Sorry, but the English references are going to be very few, and very far in-between. You could always ask a zh-3+ editor to verify the references. The other thing I could try to help you guys doing is giving you search keys so that you can press Ctrl+F and find that particular entry on each reference. Other than that, it's going to say as is. Pandacomics (talk) 18:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The Rambling Man (talk) 16:06, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support: I like their music. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 09:35, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment liking their music is not a convincing reason to support the promotion of the list. Keep !voting like this and your supports/opposes are likely to be ignored. The Rambling Man (talk) 10:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Its a good list and i don't see no problem, and i can't see that the references are unreliable cause i don't understand chinese. So i support. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 11:30, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's a more appropriate reason for support, not just "I like their music". The Rambling Man (talk) 11:50, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

However, I can still see how the non-English references are a bit of a concern. I'd be willing to help, but for obvious reasons, I can't use myself as the Chinese-literate editor to verify (COI). Pandacomics (talk) 12:40, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

Try not to wikilink two words next to each other in the text, per WP:MOSLINK. It looks like Taiwanese girl group, which is confusing.
- Changed to "girl group from Taiwan". Pandacomics (talk) 18:07, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"S.H.E's third album, Genesis, has earned more awards than any work the group has released." I think this should be "than any other work"
- Done. Pandacomics (talk) 21:02, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What does "cross-straits controversy" mean?
- Wikilinked. Pandacomics (talk) 18:07, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Be careful of pluralising the collective noun. "S.H.E, a Taiwanese girl group, has won numerous awards and accolades during their career." should use "its" instead of "their", although this will result in "during its career", which also sounds odd. The entire sentence may have to be recast. In contrast, "the trio has recorded 10 albums...release of their first album Girls Dorm" is okay. Check the rest of the prose too, such as "S.H.E's most successful year was 2007, when they won 32 awards" (plural) vs "S.H.E has won seven Global Chinese Music Awards." (singular)
- The group is in collective singular for the rest of the article. Fixed otherwise. Pandacomics (talk) 18:07, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In the MTV Asia Awards, please link to MTV Asia Awards and MTV Asia Award for Favorite Artist Taiwan
- The first MTV Asia Awards is linked in the infobox, so I didn't exactly bother linking it the second time around in the actual section. The Taiwan one is wikilinked now. Pandacomics (talk) 18:07, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In Hong Kong TVB8 Awards, what does "Won (#2)" mean? They came second, they won two awards, or something else?
- It means that out of the Top 10, the song was #2. It was either that, or just put #2 there with the green background. That then makes it more complicated for the 25 song-related awards which are unranked. Pandacomics (talk) 18:07, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In the Annual Music Chart Awards, do we really need to know who the sponsors were, in order to understand what awards the group won?
- I added it cause the ceremonies themselves don't have their own wiki article. (shrug) Pandacomics (talk) 18:07, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In the KKBOX Awards, Taiwanese is a dablink -- but it doesn't need to be linked anway, because you linked it in the Lede section.
- Done. Pandacomics (talk) 18:07, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ella's acting award doesn't link to the movie she acted in, yet in the following table, Reaching for the Stars (soundtrack) is.
- The movie (drama serial, actually) is linked in the prose in her section. Pandacomics (talk) 18:07, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In the hidden "Other Awards", please use regular size font per WP:ACCESS. Those of poor sight may have trouble reading small text.
- Done. Pandacomics (talk) 18:07, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Make sure the songs and album titles conform to Wikipedia:TITLE#Album and song titles and band names. "Reaching For The Stars" should be "Reaching for the Stars, "Thanks For Your Gentleness" --> "Thanks for Your Gentleness", "Don't Want To Grow Up" --> "Don't Want to Grow Up", "Always On My Mind" --> "Always on My Mind".
- Done. Pandacomics (talk) 18:07, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm also concerned that the references are not in English
- Yeah...I addressed it above, but really, award shows in non-English countries tend not to get a lot of English-language coverage. Unless it's in Singapore, which is why there actually are a couple of English sources in the reflist (e.g. Channelnewsasia). Pandacomics (talk) 18:07, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A few things to be resolved before I can support. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 16:30, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, so all my concerns have been addressed, except for the one about non-English language references. I think this is going to be a big hurdle you have to cross before the list will be featured. I therefore still cannot support at this time. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 06:30, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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