Talk:The Letter (Box Tops song)

message: +The letter was actually written by wayne carson thompson, not by the box tops. if you go to the box tops wikipedia page, you will see that informatin on there as well. 155.212.97.18 21:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Authorship

message: There are 25+ unreferenced chart peak positions in the "History" section.  These should be moved to the "Chart performance" section, if citations are added.  The additional sentence after the charts (specifying number of weeks) is an unneeded detail and not given for the other charts (also unneeded in the History section).  The "Joe Cocker cover" section contains a large blank white space and looks awkward.  Until more is written about Cocker's version, the charts should not be formatted as two columns, which is causing the problem.  The mention of the Mindbenders' cover in the History section should be moved to "Other cover versions" and the unreferenced trivia "the song appears as...[3x]" should be removed. —Ojorojo (talk) 17:01, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: There have been several improvements.  However, twelve unreferenced chart peak positions appear in the Boxtops Chart performance table and three in Cocker's.  Also, two cover chart positions are unreferenced. These should be cited or removed.  Wikipedia:Record charts has info on recommended charts, etc.  The blank space and unreferenced Use in media should be removed. I've made some other changes that were easier done that listing here. —Ojorojo (talk) 14:21, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Tsort.info/music/ is on the list of WP:BADCHARTS#Websites to avoid.  About 20 chart table entries need citations to WP:GOODCHARTS. —Ojorojo (talk) 19:41, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Charts

message: Interesting example of an American use of 'aeroplane' (rather than airplane) in this song. Acorrector (talk) 18:56, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Give me a ticket for an aeroplane 

message: Hello : One of your recent additions was removed a couple of times before, one in 2018 with the summary "removed NZ Listener/Flavour of New Zealand: doesn't meet WP:CHART guidelines". The guideline includes: "A chart is normally considered suitable for inclusion if it meets all of the following characteristics:... 2. It covers sales or broadcast outlets from multiple sources." However, Listener does not cover either, but is based only on voting by its readers (subscribers?).
The Listener info page includes:
Since it doesn't meet the guideline criteria, it should be removed from the article. It should also be listed on :WP:BADCHARTS "Deprecated charts" or "Websites to avoid" so others will be advised of its unsuitability.
—Ojorojo (talk) 15:21, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree. [deleted later: That entry needs to be reverted and restored.] The fact that a different method than sales and/or radio airplay was used to survey listeners is entirely irrelevant.  The method should be viewed as effective and accurate, because the chart positions are comparable to those of other nations.  Plus, New Zealand had no other national music chart or survey during that era. Lever Hit Parade and Listener charts are used across hundreds if not thousands of WP song articles, and not only because I have entered them.  [added later: The key word in the policy is "normally," which is there for this very reason, since NZ would otherwise have no chart data predating 1975.]  That is also why the charts from Toronto radio station CHUM are used for Canada from 1960 to 1963, prior to the RPM chart era. - JGabbard (talk) 16:44, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Your edit earlier today already restored it once again, so there is nothing to revert. A RfC has been started at :WT:CHARTS#Listener New Zealand charts; please add your comments there. —Ojorojo (talk) 18:01, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Please don't change your comments after someone has replied. Instead, use strike and insert (see :WP:TALK#REVISE). —Ojorojo (talk) 22:18, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I've never known how to do that, thanks. - JGabbard (talk) 22:39, 26 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charts