Talk:Dreaming of You (Selena album)/GA3

GA Review
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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 13:43, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Comments (apologies for the delay, have been too busy in real life to give enough focus to this review) ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ A few things to address on this first quick run-through, so I'll put it on hold for a week. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:34, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * "1994–1995" in the infobox -> "1994–95" per WP:YEAR.
 * "were top record producers" bit POV.
 * Yolanda Saldívar appears to have a diacritic.
 * Some of the lead is referenced, a lot is not. In general, you use the lead to summarise the main article, and use the main article to expand upon the lead, placing references there instead of the odd one here and there in the lead.
 * "did additional production" not great prose.
 * "quintrigenuple platinum" 35 times platinum is more accessible to most!
 * "As of 2010" and "As of 2008"... no updates considering it's now 2013?
 * I guess not. The sales figure hasn't change over the years since the last I checked. Not only that, but Latin albums don't generally sell very well (about a tenth of a standard album) in the US.
 * "Behar thought that he had discovered the next Gloria Estefan but his superior called Behar illogical since he had been in South Texas less than a week" not keen on the prose here, plus it reads like it should be a quote, i.e. "discovered "the next Gloria Estefan" ..." otherwise it's not particularly encyclopedic.
 * "won several accolades" well a Grammy is an accolade, isn't it?
 * "Selena was signed to EMI's SBK Records in November 1993 in Los Angeles.[17][18] Selena's new deal was front-page news on Billboard magazine.[19][20] Selena said ..." three consecutive short sentences starting with "Selena...." is not great prose.
 * "to begin.[9] EMI relented and the recording sessions began" begin .. began... again, not good prose.
 * "They had decided to step down prior to the recording sessions, since they wished to allow professional pop producers to work with her" -> "They had decided to step down prior to the recording sessions to allow professional pop producers to work with Selena".
 * "Selena Etc.boutiques" space missing.
 * "while the reminder contains" typo.
 * I don't see the typo. I did reword it though.
 * "of the New York Daily News" it's just Daily News.
 * You link Dion and Houston but not Abdul, why?
 * "I should do. " spare space.
 * "exerted an excessive amount of esophagus" I don't understand this.
 * "Donde Quiera Que Estes" is missing a diacritic.
 * "developed .[56] " remove space.
 * "Selena said it was still being developed .[56] Jose Behar of EMI Latin said " reads odd because Behar is talking about what happened after Selena was killed.
 * "140,000 units of..." avoid starting sentences with a number.
 * "EMI Records reported that the delay in releasing the album outside the U.S. was their fear of the main focus on Selena's death rather than her music." -> "EMI Records reported that the delay in releasing the album outside the U.S. was their fear that the focus would be on Selena's death rather than her music."
 * Link Janet Jackson the first time, not the second.
 * "Some Texas retailers criticized sale figures for their state" don't really get this.
 * "350,000 copies.[81][66][82]" refs in numerical order.
 * "was released commercially[50]" how else would it be released?
 * "peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[100] It peaked at number " peaked at... peaked at... repetitive prose.
 * "As of 2005" it's late 2013...
 * See above. Although I don't think this is actually necessary as the three million copies sold in the US should suffice.
 * Not much point in creating abbreviations like ASCAP if you never use them.
 * Boston Globe is The Boston Globe.
 * Is it Allmusic or AllMusic?
 * Is it Allmusic or AllMusic?
 * Is it Daily Vault or The Daily Vault? And if it's not notable enough for a Wikipedia article, does it really matter what they said?
 * Honestly I don't know. I've seen it used on other articles, though I know that other stuff exists is not a valid reason.
 * Tables with a single entry need not be sortable.
 * In Certifications, Sales/shipments col doesn't sort correctly.
 * Sounds like a problem template.
 * Check ref titles for WP:DASH e.g. ref 68 needs an en-dash in the title, not a hyphen.
 * Refs 23, 41, 42, 43, 45, 61, 140 etc... have "accessdate" parameters but no URLs so no required.
 * AJona1992 hasn't been active since last month, so I'll take a shot at addressing the issues as this is an important Latin album. Erick (talk) 08:38, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * May I ask for week extension? I do not think I will be able complete within the deadline. Erick (talk) 19:06, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Sure, no worries, just keep me informed. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:07, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I've done some changes. But given my busy college schedule and what I still need to fix for this article, I might need another week extension. I apologize for the inconvience. Erick (talk) 05:03, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Fine, just let me know how you get on. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:19, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay again. College again and as a FAC kept me busy. I should have some time either tomorrow or Tuesday. Erick (talk) 04:12, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
 * These what I got so far. Given the large scope of the issues though, I don't think I can complete the article without AJona's aid. Especially since I did not really contribute to the article. More to come. Erick (talk) 23:47, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok, well no major trauma here. I can "fail" this specific GAN and you can work on it with no time constraints, and perhaps AJona will return.  It's your call?  We don't normally keep GANs on hold for so long.  Let me know what you'd like to do.  The Rambling Man (talk) 17:16, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, perhaps it is for the best. I was hoping he'd return soon, but I've done what I've could. Plus I know you have another article of mine to review. I'll leave a message on his talk page. Erick (talk) 02:29, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

Okay, per the above discussion, I'll fail the GA in its current state. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:11, 13 October 2013 (UTC)