Talk:Las Reinas del Pueblo/GA2

GA Review
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Reviewer: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 06:40, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Some referencing nagging issues as well as a few copy changes, but it can be improved to GA level. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:21, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Lead

 * Posthumously released on April 4, 1995, by EMI Latin in the wake of Selena's death on March 31, 1995 That's two year references and should be reworded.

Background

 * A resurgence of interest in Selena's music helped three of her other albums ... re-entering the Top Latin Albums chart, Removing the dashed aside reveals that "re-entering" should be "re-enter".

Music

 * It commences with Selena's "Como la Flor" (1992), a commercially and critically acclaimed piece widely regarded as Selena's signature song, "Como la Flor" has become a posthumous epithet and swan song, as well as her most renowned recording. This sentence must be split. The obvious place to do so is to take the comma after "signature song" and make it a period.
 * Selena's "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom", the fifth song, features lyrics that originally portrayed a jubilant fish swimming freely in the ocean, before it transitioned into a cumbia and reggae song. The comma after "ocean" is not needed.
 * The ninth track, Selena's "¿Qué Creías?", functions as a "kiss-off anthem", that Selena claimed represents "all the ladies". maybe "which" instead of "that"
 * "Tu Recado," Should be logical quotes: comma outside of quotation mark.

Critical and commercial performance

 * A parallel appraisal by Pat Muir in the TCA Regional News As one of Wikipedia's heaviest users of ProQuest, I smell a problem. TCA (Tribune Content Agency) stories are reprints from other newspapers. Sometimes, they are not newspapers available by themselves in ProQuest! Go down to the bottom and you'll find the correct newspaper to cite: (c)2015 Yakima Herald-Republic (Yakima, Wash.) Visit Yakima Herald-Republic (Yakima, Wash.) at www.yakima-herald.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Both of the 2015 Pat Muir stories should be credited to the Yakima Herald-Republic, in text and in references.
 * I also object to this being a "parallel" appraisal when the Muir stories are 15 years later than Ramiro Burr's Express-News columns.
 * Lifting the "moods and themes" from AllMusic for AllMusic characterizes the album's prevailing ambiance as spicy, street-smart, exuberant, sensual, and celebratory. might not be the hottest thing to do.

Sourcing and spot checks
Encouragement: Clip newspapers.com citations so users without subscriptions can access them. I have done this in this article.

The Houston Chronicle article should be credited to La Vibra. I fixed a lot of little ref issues.


 * 3: Cross-checked to another database I have with this article. There seems to be some issues with sfnref because of all the citations to Lannert in 1995. The correct one is the June 10 article, which checks out. ✅
 * 5: Also a Billboard ref, which checks out. ✅
 * 15: "one of Selena's most popular songs" Not sure this justifies the claim of it being the most popular though.
 * 21: "Speaking for all ladies..." not "all the ladies". Quote fidelity needs improvement. It's also not a quote as the article is paraphrasing her words. Please fix.
 * 25: Three-star rating at AllMusic. ✅

Images
The only image is non-free album art with NFCC and alt text.

Status?
this has been on hold for over three weeks now. Maybe it's time to close it as failed? RoySmith (talk) 16:00, 29 December 2023 (UTC)


 * @RoySmith Unfortunately, AJona1992 hasn't edited since December 2, so going to close due to nominator inactivity. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 23:06, 29 December 2023 (UTC)