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Article milestones Date Process Result September 17, 2008 Good article nominee Listed October 17, 2008 Good topic candidate Promoted
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Second or seventh single

Surely this was their seventh single - not second. See Coldplay discography#Singles. Or am I missing something? Peanut4 (talk) 00:07, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

You are correct, it is the seventh. I think whoever wrote it was probably thinking of the second from the album. --JD554 (talk) 07:32, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

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It passed. Just one question is it possible to add their chart positions. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 19:49, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

The chart positions are mentioned. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 20:15, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Thats not what i ment, but who cears not a big deal any way. --Be Black Hole Sun (talk) 10:52, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

"Back to the star"

I was reading the article just now, and noticed in the Reception section a quote from a Rolling Stone editor that may leave a misleading impression. The reviewer says that the line is: "Let's go back to the star". I know this is kind of WP:OR; if you listen to the song it's not quite clear, but it sounds more like "start" on every occasion. Also, every major lyric website (yes I know, lyric sites are oftentimes wikis) reports it as "start" for every pre-chorus. I don't own the album, so I don't know what the lyric liner says. This may sound weak, but for the sake of the encyclopedia, I think this part of the quote needs to somehow be removed, because it may not be true. Comments? JamieS93 18:15, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

AFAIK, none of the Coldplay albums include lyrics, but the official website says 'start'. -- I need a name (talk) 20:37, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Good finding! Didn't know they had all that info on the website. I've excluding the lyric from the quote with a "...", and tried to keep it as original as possible by only changing the word "with". Best, JamieS93 21:00, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Austrian singles chart

How can this be considered a good article if it ain't stating its best peak position worldwide, which was at #8 in Austria... Reidlos (talk) 20:07, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Source? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 20:16, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Coldplay&titel=The+Scientist&cat=s

Wrong Category?

This article was put under the category "Songs About Suicide". That doesn't seem to be the correct category at all. Could someone make any needed corrections on this page and the category page? 170.211.148.46 (talk) 15:39, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Other Versions

The version of the song performed by Katelyn Epperly on the 9th Season of American Idol is in fact an "Other Version" of the song. American Idol is a noted musical TV program that is highly viewed. The episode was viewed by more than 23 Million people. Three youtube videos combined have another 165,000 views with much commentary on the version performed by Katelyn Epperly. Katelyn is a musician and not a one off talent show participant. The interweb contains many articles about the performance. To remove the edit as being "not notable" is an opinion of the editor. The factual evidence reveals it is a different version of the song, as well as being notable as described above. The interweb contains many articles about the performance. Further, in this same section there is a cite to a Voice contestant performing the song.

In addition, while a youtube video may not be an appropriate cite in most instances, this youtube videos documents that the performance happened on American Idol, although there are other cites including the full article of American Idol Season 9 on Misplaced Pages.

Further, Calidum says "not important." Many music listeners enjoy hearing different or alternative versions of popular songs. Misplaced Pages is a site to find out about those other versions. I went and listed to both the Willie Nelson Version of the song and the Voice contestant's version of the song after coming to this page. Katelyn Epperly's version of the song is readily available on the web as described above and providing this version to music enthusiasts is important.

Let's include the below in the article under "Other Versions"

Thanks.70.91.216.5 (talk) 01:11, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

                 In 2010, American Idol contestant Katelyn Epperly performed the song on the 9th season of American Idol. The episode of American Idol, March 3, 2010, that Katelyn performed the song on was viewed by approximately 23 Million people according to Nielsen Ratings.

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.91.216.5 (talk) 00:22, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

3. "TV Ratings Top 25: Oscars, American Idol & The Big Bang Theory Top Weekly Broadcast Charts". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Retrieved April 19, 2012.

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