Talk:Janet (album)/Archive 1
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The album Whitney by Whitney Houston was the first album by a female artist to debut at number one.
Reply: It said Soundscan era (Guest)
Janet was certified 6x platinum by the RIAA on Apr 12, 1994. This is the link which shows it's certification; http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS - I don't know why somebody is persistently changing it to 8x platinum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.195.33.225 (talk) 22:26, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
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WW Sales: Over 13 million
- The album has sold over 13 million copies worldwide. I think this is a reliable source: [1]
- The website fails WP:RS for the following reason:
Anyone can create a website or pay to have a book published, then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason, self-published books, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, blogs, forum postings, and similar sources are largely not acceptable.[1] Self-published material may, in some circumstances, be acceptable when produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications. However, caution should be exercised when using such sources: if the information in question is really worth reporting, someone else is likely to have done so. Self-published sources should never be used as third-party sources about living persons, even if the author is a well-known professional researcher or writer; see WP:BLP#Reliable sources.
The Bookkeeper (of the Occult) 19:29, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Janet (album)/Archive 1/GA1
- ^ "Blogs" in this context refers to personal and group blogs. Some newspapers host interactive columns that they call blogs, and these may be acceptable as sources so long as the writers are professionals and the blog is subject to the newspaper's full editorial control. Where a news organization publishes the opinions of a professional but claims no responsibility for the opinions, the writer of the cited piece should be attributed (e.g., "Jane Smith has suggested ..."). Posts left by readers may never be used as sources.
Personnel
James Brown, Kool & the Gang, Stevie Wonder, The Average White Band, The Flow and The Supremes are all listed in the personnel section, but it doesn't say what their contribution was. Can this be completed by someone who knows? --JD554 (talk) 14:29, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
- Looking at the Allmusic credits, I think these were just listed to note who was sampled on the album, but I don't think they actually contributed to the album. The Bookkeeper (of the Occult) 17:18, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Worldwide sales at 13 million
- I added a Reputable source from Touch magazine for the worldwide sales, which are at 13 million. Look during the Control section.LAUGH90 (talk) 03:50, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
- You added a link to a fan site. Wikipedia requires the original source. The Bookkeeper (of the Occult) 04:59, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
- Alright, alright. I've added a new source, that seems respectable and isn't a fan site this time.:[2]. Please see this before you make you're decisions.LAUGH90 (talk) 20:46, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
- You're kidding right? The title of the web site is Fan of Music. This is not a professional organization. They don't attribute any information on how they tract their sales figures. The Bookkeeper (of the Occult) 01:28, 9 March 2009 (UTC)