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Good articleLa Carcacha has been listed as one of the Music good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
April 20, 2023Good article nomineeListed
Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 8, 2023.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that after seeing a broken car, A.B. Quintanilla proclaimed his desire to make the song "La Carcacha" about it?

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:La Carcacha/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 17:12, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a. (prose, spelling, and grammar):
    b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a. (reference section):
    b. (citations to reliable sources):
    c. (OR):
    d. (copyvio and plagiarism):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a. (major aspects):
    b. (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
  6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
    a. (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):
    b. (appropriate use with suitable captions):
  7. Overall:
    Pass/fail:

(Criteria marked are unassessed)

I will crack on with this today! --K. Peake 17:12, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox and lead

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  • "a song that was recorded by American singer Selena for her third studio album" → "a song recorded by American singer Selena for her third studio album,"
  • "It was written by" → "The song was written by"
  • Reword the emphasized part per it being too repetitive with the body's wording
  • ""La Carcacha" is a Tejano cumbia song that is emblematic of Selena's style," → "It is a Tejano cumbia song that is emblematic of Selena's typical style,"
  • Remove the release year of the song since that is not needed in the lead
  • ""La Carcacha" has continued to receive" → "it has received" and mention ones this includes
  • "in the Broadway musical" → "in the Broadway musical,"
  • ""La Carcacha" triple platinum," → "it triple platinum," and make this the second sentence of the second para instead

Background and inspiration

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  • Change all mentions to A.B. and wikilink on the first instance
  • Remove commas around Joe Ojeda
  • Maybe the musical piece part could be simplified to him proclaiming he was inspired to compose by it?
  • "he would pursue" → "he would pursue with"
  • "A month later," → "A month after the hotel incident," or something similar per this being a new para
  • I think a word more encyclopedic than "chagrin" should be used here
  • Remove comma before Pete Astudillo
  • "yet she remains unperturbed by" → "However, she lacks concern with" as a new sentence to avoid a run-on

Music and lyrics

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  • Audio sample looks good!
  • The first para is slightly out of order; the introduction and countdown parts should be at the end instead
  • "It features the characteristic hip-swaying" → "It features the characteristic danceable"
  • The melodies are not mentioned by the source
  • "The track bears a" → ""La Carcacha" harbors a"
  • "melodic hook" which he believed" → "melodic hook", which he believed"
  • The Burr ref needs to be re-invoked for the second sentence if that is from [14] instead of [15]
  • Remove the usage of ultimately because this adds nothing here
  • Remove the Roiz lyrics praise since this is trivia
  • "on "a junk car"" → "on "a clunker car"" per the source
  • Remove the internal qualities sentence, as this is repetitive and adds nothing
  • "or lack thereof. The song's lyrics championed the joys" → "or lack thereof, championing the joys"
  • "and defends her partner" → "and defending her partner"
  • "with billowing tailpipe smoke" start a new sentence here to avoid a run-on
  • "Tejano music often suffered" → "Tejano music had often suffered"
  • "writing for the Austin American-Statesman, compared its" → "for the Austin American-Statesman, compared the song's"
  • Remove song after the year because speech marks imply this
  • "creates an auditory landscape" → "create an auditory landscape"
  • "Selena's biographer, Joe Nick Patoski, noted that" → "Selena biographer Joe Nick Patoski noted that"

Commercial and critical performance

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  • Retitle to Reception per that being what both of these are types of
  • "It made its debut on" → "It debuted on"
  • "peaked at number sixteen on the" → "peaked at number 16 on the US" per MOS:NUM and to specify this is not Mexico
  • "The song peaked at number 21" → "It peaked at number 21"
  • Mention the date the certification was awarded and remove the "has", also should platinum really be capitalized?
  • Remove overly obvious wikilinks on Miami and the Carribean
  • "which compelled people to dance," → "which compelled them to dance,"
  • "the closing number for her" → "the closing number for Selena's"
  • "engaged from start to finish and" → "engaged throughout and"
  • The source mentions "washing machine", but not the 1995 concert
  • Add "the" before Los Dinos
  • "of the planet.", according to" → "of the planet", according to" and re-invoke the ref because this sentence uses a direct quote
  • "squeezebox instrumental break."" → "squeezebox instrumental break"." per MOS:QUOTE

Legacy and impact

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  • ""La Carcacha" helped increased" → "The song helped increase"
  • ""La Carcacha" helped opened" → "The latter helped open"
  • Start a new sentence at Michael Clark
  • ""La Carcacha" was the inaugural song" → "the former was the inaugural song"
  • Instead change the live medley sentence to writing that it was identified as a great offering for fans by Fernando Zamora of El Norte since it is jumbled at the moment
  • Add a comma after Selena Forever
  • "deeming "La Carcacha" the quintessential" → "deeming it the quintessential"
  • Remove the comma after Cuco
  • None of the plagiarism info is sourced

Credits and personnel

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Chart performance

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  • Retitle to Charts
  • EFE should not be italicised
  • Why are Latin Pop Digital Song Sales and the Mexico chart linked to a section here but neither are in prose?

Certifications

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  • Good

References

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Works cited

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Final comments and verdict

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 Pass now, I had to do some copy editing but good work from you still, of course! --K. Peake 07:04, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your review! – jona 15:07, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk22:33, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Improved to Good Article status by AJona1992 (talk) and Kyle Peake (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 19:10, 24 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/La Carcacha; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

  • Article was promoted to GA within a week of promotion. Long enough and plenty well-cited, no close paraphrasing detected. Approve ALT0 as more interesting; ALT1 is also interesting but I think a fact like that needs a citation with more retrospective distance than 1992. DigitalIceAge (talk) 20:03, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]