Template:Did you know nominations/List of Selena songs

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 13:28, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

List of Selena songs

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• ... that Selena's brother A.B. Quintanilla wrote most of her songs?

Created/expanded by AJona1992 (talk). Self nom at 05:06, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

• At the very least, needs a major copyedit. "She had wrote the songs", "had became", and a lot of technically possible but odd choices of verb tenses. - Jmabel | Talk 00:23, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
  • And where could I get a user who will be willing to c/e the article? Best, Jonayo! ^{Selena 4 ever} 00:24, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
    • I just took a shot at copyediting it myself; someone else should review. At least one passage remains unclear: "The songs were on the independent LP records Selena y Los Dinos (1984), Alpha (1986), Muñequito de Trapo (1987), And the Winner Is... (1987), Preciosa (1988) and Dulce Amor (1988). The other songs were on her studio albums..." The referents of "The songs" and "The other songs" are unclear. What is the distinction? - Jmabel | Talk 07:29, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

• Untouched in two weeks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:51, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

• 5x expansion checks out, article is thoroughly supported by footnotes. I've reworded the hook slightly (below) to exactly reflect what the article says; AGF on hook fact based on offline sources. AGF on originality of wording -- the awkwardness of the first version makes it unlikely that the words were borrowed from a published source. Some of the writing in the article is still unclear (as noted above), but that does not disqualify it from DYK.

• ALT hook: ... that, starting in 1989, Selena's brother A.B. Quintanilla was the main songwriter for her songs? --Orlady (talk) 15:04, 13 February 2012 (UTC)