Talk:Lists of UK singles chart number ones

message: 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)
replies: text: Shouldn't this page be moved to List of Number 1 singles (UK). This would allow for the creation of List of Number 1 albums (UK) and remove the word 'hits' which doesn't sound very encyclopaedic. Dmn 23:07, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Now you mention it, yes. The same should be done for the US number ones page too. Bonalaw 11:44, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Naming

message: 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-
*Record Mirror charts (1955-62) - after that RM used the Record Retailer survey
*Melody Maker charts (1956-???
*Disc and Music Echo charts (1958-67)
*MRIB Network Chart (1984-???
::Mintguy (T) 10:52, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: A rather nice thing about the formatting on the article page is that it gives us the freedom to include information from the other charts as well. Might be worth looking into. -- Bonalaw 20:45, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Chart source

message: 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)
replies: text: I wondered about that. It can take a long time to load. In the latest list on Special:longpages, this is the 106th longest page on Wikipedia. Dividing it up somehow seems a good idea. Bonalaw 12:18, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: We should probably start moving on this. Maybe we could split it up by decade? I'm not sure of how a split should properly be done on wikipedia to preserve page history, but it does need to be done. Bonalaw 10:06, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: We need a request for demerge! I agree splitting it by decades might be good, and I was thinking of adding a little write-up about the number ones from each year. violet/riga (t) 16:38, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

text: *I made a page just for the 1950s. Will that work? — RJH 22:20, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: *It was mentioned to me that the name should be List of Number 1 singles from the 1950s (UK) (&c.) to preserve the original intent. (That differs from "hit singles", which may not have been at number 1 on the charts.) So I moved the page and updated the links on List of Number 1 singles (UK) — RJH 17:43, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: *If that's what you think but, as said above, I planned to expand the list into an article mentioning other major singles from each decade - smash hit singles that didn't get to number 1, or memorable or mentionable songs from that era. violet/riga (t) 22:41, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split? 

message: 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 from the 1950s (UK)
*List of hit singles from the 1960s (UK)
*List of hit singles from the 1970s (UK)
*List of hit singles from the 1980s (UK)
*List of hit singles from the 1990s (UK)
*List of hit singles from the 2000s (UK)
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)
replies: text: *I made a page just for the 1950s. Will that work? — RJH 22:20, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: *It was mentioned to me that the name should be List of Number 1 singles from the 1950s (UK) (&c.) to preserve the original intent. (That differs from "hit singles", which may not have been at number 1 on the charts.) So I moved the page and updated the links on List of Number 1 singles (UK) — RJH 17:43, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: *If that's what you think but, as said above, I planned to expand the list into an article mentioning other major singles from each decade - smash hit singles that didn't get to number 1, or memorable or mentionable songs from that era. violet/riga (t) 22:41, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: From VP

message: 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)
thread_title:  Copyright? 

message: I added a few photos. What do people think about the change? Dmn / Դմն  21:03, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea, though I don't think the Kylie image is the most appropriate.  Be nice to find some ones for the older number ones too - there must be a The Beatles single cover somewhere. violet/riga (t) 21:28, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Together I think we've made some great additions.  Shame there are quite a few famous names without associated pictures, but they'll be added I'm sure.  Good work Dmn / Դմն ! violet/riga (t) 16:56, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos 

message: 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
:There are two possible solutions. Either we can change the dates, or we can add a header explaining the "week ending" system, like on the US number ones page. Bonalaw 06:24, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: From what I can tell the chart compilation day changed from Wednesday to Sunday in 1969.  The dates before that are Wednesdays and I've now changed all the ones after that to Sundays.  If anyone else can check the dates I'd really appreciate it. violet/riga (t) 17:00, 18 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: @Bonalaw, UK week chart dates in Wikipedia are all wrong! They're not like the USA Billboard Hot 100 indeed: the week ending date IS NOT the one on which is announced but the last day of the week previous to the day another chart is announced and, thus, another week starts; another new week that IS NOT the current sales week! When a new chart is announced counts have already been done in the UK so in this date the chart week starts, IT DOESN'T ENDS! Take a look at the current UK chart, please: the week ending date HAS STILL TO COME! In view of this all the dates are wrong. Let's take an example: on January 8, 1995, the new number 1 was "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex BUT Wikipedia lists it on January 14 assuming that sales were for previous days starting with day 8 and ending with day 14 while in reality sales refer to the whole week before day 8. That other week was instead the chart week, NOT the sales week! So we need to clarify what a week ending date actually is. --Morbius (talk) 13:29, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

text: In my opinion the column header Week ending date is ambiguous because, differently from the US Billboard Hot 100, in the UK Singles Chart there are two of them and they don't match: the first one is at the end of the sales week; the second one is at the end of the chart week that starts the day following the end of the sales week. We should call it  Week starting date or Issue date updating every date to 6 days earlier as UK OffcialCharts.com actually shows. --Morbius (talk) 16:07, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates 

message: 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. Dmn / Դմն  17:22, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Downloads 

message: Editors might be intested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2005 Oricon Top 100 Singles. Kappa 18:28, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delete the charts? 

message: 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)
replies: text: Kind of - there are never-referred to official indie, rock, R'n'B and dance charts, listed here . These are almost universally ignored, basicially because the UK is so much smaller and so to get onto a genre specific chart is not really that big news; any album that is perhaps on sale can do well; for example, Nevermind by Nirvana is in the top 10 of the rock albums, whilst Green Day have three records in the top 10. Robdurbar 09:08, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genre-specific charts? 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Dates 

message: 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)
thread_title:  for someone who loves disambig/category clarity... 

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