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On 12 March 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Lists of UK Singles Chart number ones to Lists of UK singles chart number ones. The result of the discussion was moved. |
I've moved this page so that it now conforms to the same naming pattern as the corresponding List of Number 1 Hits (USA). Future pages for other countries can follow the same scheme. Bonalaw 13:14, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I think there should perhaps be some clarification about the charts and their validity and general acceptance, in the opening paragraph here. I know little about this other than the Network Chart was rivalling the more established chart during the late 80s early 90s. Worth mentioning-
This article involves a lot of scrolling - perhaps it should be split into List of Number 1 singles (UK) 1952-1981 and List of Number 1 singles (UK) 1982-2004 or something? violet/riga (t) 18:30, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
With the size of List of Number 1 singles (UK) approaching 80k (though yes, lists are partially exempt from the size limit) it's time for this article to be split. I'm not sure how well the edit history would survive, however, and that's why I haven't done a manual move/copy/edit/etc.. I'd appreciate it if someone could split it into:
List of hit singles (UK) would be a disambig page (with List of Number 1 singles (UK) being a redirect to it). My plan is to write an overview of the main hits of the decade with the number ones being the main aspect. Any discussion prior/in objection to this would be appreciated. violet/riga (t) 22:56, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Are we allowed to re-publish this information under the GFDL, isn't it already copyright by the Official UK Charts Company? Edward 16:10, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I added a few photos. What do people think about the change? [[User:Dmn|Dmn / Դմն ]] 21:03, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
There is a problem with this, On the list the number ones are recorded as being number one 6 days after they were actually number one. Can someone please sort this out? Jeffy
I just created this page: List of Number 1 music downloads (UK). Any help would be appreciated. I'm not even sure if I have the dates right. [[User:Dmn|Dmn / Դմն ]] 17:22, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
After looking at ways of changing this article I've viewed Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2004 and List of Number 1 Hits (USA). I think that is a great way of doing it and propose this is changed over to the same format. Yes, it'll take a lot of time and effort but I think it is quite a superior way of organising it. After that is done we could remove a lot of US bias in List of musical events and 2004 in music etc. and integrate information there. Anyone have any comments? violet/riga (t) 12:15, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Editors might be intested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2005 Oricon Top 100 Singles. Kappa 18:28, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Does the UK have number one singles by genre specific charts like the US does? For example List of number-one modern rock hits (United States) ? Nagelfar 04:36, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
There is also a country music albums chart in the UK that is published in Country music people magazine every month (yes, this chart compilies the whole months sales not a week). However as Robdurbar has said these charts are overlooked becausde the UK is much smaller and while there is an audience for country, jazz and other music, the sales will be much smaller than the United States. 74.65.39.59 00:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't know if anyone else agrees but it is not clear to me whether the dates for each single are for the period when the single was at number 1 or whether it covers the entire period that the single was in the charts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.101.228.218 ( talk) 01:39, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
The page List of number-one singles is currently a redirect to this page, List of number-one singles (UK). That's obviously incorrect. It needs to be a disambig page.. in essence, it needs to be a list of lists. Would someone mind doing the honors? There should be a top-level category for number-one hits across the world too, shouldn't there? I'm a little busy... Thanks! 163.28.49.5 ( talk) 03:37, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was Move per discussion - The current titles are ambiguous, but the originally proposed titles are lengthy. Support has been voiced for the titles proposed in the course of the discussion, which are not ambiguous and are shorter than the originally proposed titles. Neelix ( talk) 20:58, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
Relisted for further input. Jafeluv ( talk) 10:36, 27 September 2011 (UTC) – This move will obviously have a significant effect on several lists, a lot of which are featured, so it seemed only polite to propose the move here rather than just moving them all without warning.
The way I see it, the titles of these lists are currently not as well-defined and clear as they could be for readers of this encyclopaedia. They say "number-one singles", but number one of what exactly? A song can be a "number-one single", but not necessarily have reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. For example, two weeks ago "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 reached number one on the UK Official Download Chart, thereby making it a "number-one single", meaning that a reader could conceivably expect to find it listed in the List of number-one singles from the 2010s (UK) article. But the song is not listed there because, as of yet, it has not reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, and that is the criterion for being listed in these articles. Hence, the titles should reflect this.
The titles to which I'm proposing moving these articles are obviously slightly longer than the current ones, but I believe that this is a fair sacrifice if it makes them less ambiguous for our readers. Thanks very much. A Thousand Doors ( talk | contribs) 19:29, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
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On 12 March 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Lists of UK Singles Chart number ones to Lists of UK singles chart number ones. The result of the discussion was moved. |
I've moved this page so that it now conforms to the same naming pattern as the corresponding List of Number 1 Hits (USA). Future pages for other countries can follow the same scheme. Bonalaw 13:14, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I think there should perhaps be some clarification about the charts and their validity and general acceptance, in the opening paragraph here. I know little about this other than the Network Chart was rivalling the more established chart during the late 80s early 90s. Worth mentioning-
This article involves a lot of scrolling - perhaps it should be split into List of Number 1 singles (UK) 1952-1981 and List of Number 1 singles (UK) 1982-2004 or something? violet/riga (t) 18:30, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
With the size of List of Number 1 singles (UK) approaching 80k (though yes, lists are partially exempt from the size limit) it's time for this article to be split. I'm not sure how well the edit history would survive, however, and that's why I haven't done a manual move/copy/edit/etc.. I'd appreciate it if someone could split it into:
List of hit singles (UK) would be a disambig page (with List of Number 1 singles (UK) being a redirect to it). My plan is to write an overview of the main hits of the decade with the number ones being the main aspect. Any discussion prior/in objection to this would be appreciated. violet/riga (t) 22:56, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Are we allowed to re-publish this information under the GFDL, isn't it already copyright by the Official UK Charts Company? Edward 16:10, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I added a few photos. What do people think about the change? [[User:Dmn|Dmn / Դմն ]] 21:03, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
There is a problem with this, On the list the number ones are recorded as being number one 6 days after they were actually number one. Can someone please sort this out? Jeffy
I just created this page: List of Number 1 music downloads (UK). Any help would be appreciated. I'm not even sure if I have the dates right. [[User:Dmn|Dmn / Դմն ]] 17:22, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
After looking at ways of changing this article I've viewed Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2004 and List of Number 1 Hits (USA). I think that is a great way of doing it and propose this is changed over to the same format. Yes, it'll take a lot of time and effort but I think it is quite a superior way of organising it. After that is done we could remove a lot of US bias in List of musical events and 2004 in music etc. and integrate information there. Anyone have any comments? violet/riga (t) 12:15, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Editors might be intested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2005 Oricon Top 100 Singles. Kappa 18:28, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
Does the UK have number one singles by genre specific charts like the US does? For example List of number-one modern rock hits (United States) ? Nagelfar 04:36, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
There is also a country music albums chart in the UK that is published in Country music people magazine every month (yes, this chart compilies the whole months sales not a week). However as Robdurbar has said these charts are overlooked becausde the UK is much smaller and while there is an audience for country, jazz and other music, the sales will be much smaller than the United States. 74.65.39.59 00:23, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't know if anyone else agrees but it is not clear to me whether the dates for each single are for the period when the single was at number 1 or whether it covers the entire period that the single was in the charts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.101.228.218 ( talk) 01:39, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
The page List of number-one singles is currently a redirect to this page, List of number-one singles (UK). That's obviously incorrect. It needs to be a disambig page.. in essence, it needs to be a list of lists. Would someone mind doing the honors? There should be a top-level category for number-one hits across the world too, shouldn't there? I'm a little busy... Thanks! 163.28.49.5 ( talk) 03:37, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was Move per discussion - The current titles are ambiguous, but the originally proposed titles are lengthy. Support has been voiced for the titles proposed in the course of the discussion, which are not ambiguous and are shorter than the originally proposed titles. Neelix ( talk) 20:58, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
Relisted for further input. Jafeluv ( talk) 10:36, 27 September 2011 (UTC) – This move will obviously have a significant effect on several lists, a lot of which are featured, so it seemed only polite to propose the move here rather than just moving them all without warning.
The way I see it, the titles of these lists are currently not as well-defined and clear as they could be for readers of this encyclopaedia. They say "number-one singles", but number one of what exactly? A song can be a "number-one single", but not necessarily have reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. For example, two weeks ago "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 reached number one on the UK Official Download Chart, thereby making it a "number-one single", meaning that a reader could conceivably expect to find it listed in the List of number-one singles from the 2010s (UK) article. But the song is not listed there because, as of yet, it has not reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, and that is the criterion for being listed in these articles. Hence, the titles should reflect this.
The titles to which I'm proposing moving these articles are obviously slightly longer than the current ones, but I believe that this is a fair sacrifice if it makes them less ambiguous for our readers. Thanks very much. A Thousand Doors ( talk | contribs) 19:29, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
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