[lagire]

Hello,
I'm new to the site, although I've been registered since 2015!
But I was quite active on AcclaimedMusic and RYM.
I want to help on this site because it's a different and interesting approach.

I looked at The How It Works page, and to make sure I understood correctly...

I'd like to add recognized charts, but I assume you need to have a certain level to add them?

Do the charts absolutely have to be ranked? I know plenty of unranked charts, and I think it's a real shame not to add them (like the Tom Moon book, for example).
If they absolutely have to be ranked, I also know several charts from a specific country or language that could be added. (Same question for genre charts)
But apparently, that's not possible either?

[albummaster]

Belated welcome to the site and thanks for posting. To add a recognised chart, you first need access to custom charts. The process is to create a custom chart containing the rankings from the external source, give it the same title as the original list, and then flag it for promotion. A moderator can then review it and, if it meets the criteria, promote it to a recognised chart.

Only 'ranked' charts qualify as otherwise points cannot properly be determined/awarded (albums cannot be sequenced properly). The site's points system relies on albums being placed in a specific order. You could still add an unranked chart as a custom chart, but it couldn't be promoted right now without impacting the rankings (this could change in the future, but might lead to the possibility of the site being flooded with too many charts), but I've made a note to allow people to add unranked custom charts (could also be used for other purposes).

Genre charts are possible to be promoted at the moment, but only if the original source is a specialist in that genre. Recognised charts can come from anywhere in the world, but the chart itself needs to be international in scope.

The source also needs to meet minimum notability criteria so that the site doesn't flooded with charts of a dubious nature and maintains a quality threshold. This doesn't necessarily mean the source has to be internationally famous. Some publications are/were hugely influential within their own country, language or genre, even if many users outside that audience haven't heard of them. BEA aims to maintain a global perspective, so this is taken into account when assessing sources.
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