Dxneo

Charts

Hello I've undone several reversions you made to edits did to 'APT' and 'Die with a Smile'. I've been editing music articles for over 15 years and partly wrote the chart guidance at WP:RECORDCHARTS around which charts to use and when. Many reliable sources produce charts but it doesn't mean said chart is valid or accurate. The long established consensus is that the chart used should be the one which is nationally recognised in the country of origin. For example, in the US, the official chart provider is Billboard, and while alternative airplay charts are provided by mediabase, we only include the Billboard ones. Additionally Billboard launched a series of digital charts in 2023 called 'Hot Songs of the World', they include all the random country charts like Romania Songs (Billboard) and are based largely on streams and downloads. It was discussed at WP:RECORDCHARTS and determined that Billboard is primarily the US chart provider. In countries like Romania, it is not known in Romania for its charts and therefore their charts are not broadcast or used to judge popularity. This has been discussed before about including multiple charts for small countries, it becomes WP:INDISCRIMINATE. Additionally, for countries like Romania, Media Forest is long established. TopHit is not - therefore there's no value in including both. This is why you will find that the vast majority of articles do not include multiple charts for countries.

I know on the outset it seemed like a removed a lot of information - but please understand that I have a lot of experience in the field having taken numerous articles to good article status and even some to featured status. We do not include every single chart even if its published by reliable sources. It becomes unwieldy and WP:UNDUE. If you have any more questions, happy to discuss further with you but if you search the talk page of record charts, you will find the discussions on the topics listed above. Also please check the information at WP:RECORDCHARTS and especially WP:GOODCHARTS. >> Lil-unique1 (talk) — 22:59, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

Well, I did not mean to offend you in any way. My sincere apologies. dxneo (talk) 23:10, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

Don't worry - you haven't.

It's just a topic I know a lot about as one of the editors who picked through the mess of the arrival of digital charts about 15 years ago. Apology wasn't required but appreciate the sentiment. Keep up the good work :) >> Lil-unique1 (talk) — 23:12, 25 November 2024 (UTC)