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Second oldest nomination right now, let's do this. I'll try to review it this year still. Skyshiftertalk 22:36, 26 December 2023 (UTC)reply
General comments
Fair use image has a valid rationale
No copyvio (highest one there copies text from Wikipedia).
Infobox and lead
Ok
Background and production
The singer recorded songs phonetically initially, Selena expressed her aspirations to attain fluency in the language [...] — confusing, maybe missing a semicolon or something?
Music
The record commences — I'd suggest the album commences because the word "record" is being used too much
Originally taken from 1986's Alpha, "Acuérdate de Mi" opens the third track, [...] — is "opens" the correct term here? I interpret that as "Acuérdate de Mi" being the opening part of the third track (meaning there's more to it). Also, the standard here for citing the year would be "Alpha (1986)". So my suggestion would be The third track is "Acuérdate de Mi", originally taken from Alpha (1986), [...]
The subsequent tracks, "Cariño, Cariño Mío" and "Dulce Amor", are both taken from the Dulce Amor (1988) album, while "Quiero Estar Contigo" and "Terco Corazón" are taken from Preciosa (1988) — in this sentence, "The subsequent tracks" only applies to "Cariño, Cariño Mío" and "Dulce Amor", so would make it clear that the latter two songs also follow the previous ones. So something like while following tracks "Quiero Estar Contigo" [...] should do
While "Dime" originally appeared on Dulce Amor, "Ya Se Va" was one of the first singles released by Selena y Los Dinos in 1983 — it's not clear what position these tracks are in the album or that they follow the previous ones. Suggestion: The thirteenth track, "Dime" originally appeared on Dulce Amor, while the subsequent track, "Ya Se Va", was one of the first singles released by Selena y Los Dinos in 1983.
Vela expressed elation upon Selena's recording of "
Cien Años" (1988), [...] — Same here. Maybe Vela expressed elation upon Selena's recording of "
Cien Años" (1988), included as the compilation's fifteenth track, [...]
Done Changed to 15th as per
MOS:1ST, let me know if fifteenth is better -
Dcdiehardfan (
talk) 19:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Scratch that, I changed it to fifteenth to be consistent with "The thirteenth track, 'Dime'"
Dcdiehardfan (
talk) 19:05, 2 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Release and critical reception
one of his recommended listen — change to "one of his recommended listens"
Add the year of publication for Texas Monthly's Joe Nick Patoski list in prose
Done Should be 1992 as per source right? -
Dcdiehardfan (
talk) 19:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Writing for Billboard,
Leila Cobo called the reissue "a collection of Selena hits". I'm not sure this is a necessary quote. The album is a greatest hits album by Selena, so it is "a collection of Selena hits" by definition.
Removed for now, let me know if the prime editor wants to integrate the Billboard source -
Dcdiehardfan (
talk) 19:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)reply
[...] found the songs to have substantiated Selena's status as a dominant figure in the Tejano music market, they found the album [...] change the comma to a semicolon
This only confirms the date, so information such as "As part of a commemoration of Selena's twentieth year since entering the music industry" doesn't appear referenced. However, it seems like Cobo 2002, p. 26, confirms it; can you include it alongside the Brown source?
Now knowing the context, "a collection of Selena hits" is indeed just another way of saying "greatest hits albums", not her opinion about the album, so the sentence should be removed.
The source says "An overview of Selena's early career." Can "overview" really be rewritten as "comprehensive examination"? You could just use "overview" or more accurate synonyms such as "general review" or "summary".
Done Already done prior to me -
Dcdiehardfan (
talk) 19:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Source says "and he would ignore us", and the article says "Silva spurned and disregarded the group". I don't think "ignore" becoming "spurned and disregarded" is accurate. Seems like the same case as above; why not just use "ignore"?
@
Skyshifter Hey there! I'm just a random editor who happens to be stopping by after it said the OG nominator was inactive. I went around and fixed the article to the best of my abilities, ping me back if there's anything missing. Also kudos to you for reviewing and passing
Skibidi Toilet lol. -
Dcdiehardfan (
talk) 19:02, 2 January 2024 (UTC)reply
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