I think that this is exactly right, and also implies that we may want to be proactive about other long lists of data or magazine rankings that we are keeping on Wikipedia at the moment. I believe there is some conversation at the Village Pump about the larger magazine-published list concern.
Jkelly
Quoting Tony Sidaway f.crdfa@gmail.com:
Not sure how far they can take this. Surely we can say "X reached number 4 in the Billboard Hot 100 in November, 2002". Some of those lovingly crafted chronological tabulations are going to have to go.