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[edit] Regular English Usage

I have changed the word "string" to "ribbon" as in [she], ie, Rubio was asked to cut the "string".Mark Preston 05:55, 26 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] What About Pau-Latina?

  • Keep - Sources added, why someone is deleting the new sources?. I also think the subject is notable in its field . User eddyvirto 09:30,4 april 2007 (UTC)


There is no section for the PAU-LATINA album. It talks about Border Girl and skips to Ananda. ShadowBoxer 07:50, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nobel Prize Gala

I added a paragraph in the "Ananda to present" section relating to Paulina's performance in Oslo, Norway at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. PopolVuh! 06:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

None of their first albums with EMI reach the million of copies. The information is totally false.

[edit] SALES

does any one know the actual sales for Paulina's 1st albums? i have read that La Chica Dorada has sold a little over a million in a magazine and i know for a fact the 24 Kilates has been certified gold in mexico at least.


Can someone please post she recently performed on jay leno show to sing "ni una sola palabra" becoming only the 2nd artist allowed to sing in spanish.

[edit] Edits without citations to record sales and other facts. . .

Will not be permitted. All items added must be in accordance with Wikipedia:Verifiability. Ronbo76 08:32, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Weasel words will be looked at carefully

Generally, weasel terms are statements that are misleading because they lack the normal substantiations of their truthfulness, as well as the background information against which these statements are made. Weasel terms are the equivalent of spin in the political sphere in British English. Saying that one artist is the best or a generalization like, "it has been decided" without citing a neutral POV veriable source will draw attention to your edits. Wikipedia is not a fansite where unsubstanitated rumors can be written. Ronbo76 17:05, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WW SALES

On December 6, 2006, Paulina Rubio performed on Jay Leno and before she appeared, Jay Leno said that she had sold over 16 million albums worldwide. Check out this link:

Youtube is not considered a reliable source, even though the artist may appear. Citations are just like a term paper: you write it; it is back up by a third party neutral reliable source. Otherwise, it will not be accepted here. Ronbo76 07:12, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
None of your references checked. The first opened to a Nobel Peace site, which could be seen as a bad faith edit. Once again, if you cite a fact, i.e., "Rubio sold xx albums." The link must read on that page, "Rubio sold xx albums." If the citation is not veriable as per above, it will be reverted.

The article is valid as the album sales are listed near the end of the article. There is a section about her in the article. You need to read the article carefully before making false reverts.

75.6.247.40 07:37, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

You may wish to review Wikipedia:Citing sources. That paragraph tells you how to properly cite a fact backed up by a reliable source. The problem with the citation you used is that the reference to her sales is a passing reference that invites a reasonable editor to ask what is the source. With an established fact like "Columbus sailed in 1492. . ." reliable third party sources are available to back the fact. With album sales about a current performer it is difficult to find a good source. Billboard might be that source but even it is subject to how record sales are reported, adjusted, etc. It is easier to find good sources for a performer whose numbers are not clicking like an odometer.
Wikipedia strives to preserve a reasonable amount of information about topics pertinent to an article. However, there is a caveat, and that involves what Wikipedia is not. WP:NOT#BLOG Wikipedia is not a blog or indiscriminate collection of information. There is another proposal about what it is not: Wikipedia is not a fansite. Wikipedia is about preserving information in a reasonable manner that the next reader does not have to worry about how good Wikipedia's information is.
Inre Paulina Rubio's article, several editors like me have seen this and companion articles descended upon fans who want to make an impact statement without doing their homework. They will make edits without providing sources and in some instances make malicious edits. That is why this article was semi-protected less than a month ago.
Wikipedia strives for a Wikipedia:Neutral point of view meaning that articles should be well written and grounded on facts. The best example given to me recently by another editor about how articles should be written is "term paper is a good analogy. An overview article in a scientific journal would be another example."
I will admit that I am a fan of Paulina's but that is where I have to stop myself concerning editting her article. If I put fansite blog material into her article, I am doing her readers a disserve and more importantly myself. As an editor I have to ask myself, "what would a reader of an encyclopedia expect to read?" Encyclopedias are facts written with a neutral point of view. If a reader is looking for facts, then Wikipedia and encyclopedias are the place to come. If not, then I would gently suggest that other sources of information should be sought out.

You may wish to review those articles cited in this note which are policy. Ronbo76 13:56, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

BTW, before I revert, I do a voluntary due diligence review. I did a Yahoo search last night on the term, Paulina Rubio album sales. It did not yield a good reliable NPOV cite. It was interesting to see this Paulina Rubio URL on her official website. This is a messageboard there with a link back to this article and its author states,


"I used Paulina’s Wikipedia article as a reference for most of the album sales figures. It doesn’t list all of them, but it is a start. Here is a link to that article: (Wikipedia link not included.)"


Wikipedia is not the reference for her album sales. Ronbo76 15:46, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Note to all editors why this article might be receiving anonymous IP edits - her official website message board has a link back to this article

All editors may wish to review my post above this one. To make it easy for you, I wrote:


It was interesting to see this Paulina Rubio URL on her official website. This is a messageboard there with a link back to this article and its author states,


"I used Paulina’s Wikipedia article as a reference for most of the album sales figures. It doesn’t list all of them, but it is a start. Here is a link to that article: (Wikipedia link not included.)"


I will not pretend to be an expert on this matter but ask that editors consider this when seeing record sales posts.

I should add, that the artist is probably not responsible for the messages on her website message board. Ronbo76 17:04, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elimination of album sales to improve this article

I will discuss with other editors the number one way to cut down on the number of vandal edits - the elimination of album sale numbers. Gold, silver and bronze sales are more easily tracked achievements. Ronbo76 04:09, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Is there such a thing as silver and bronze when it comes to albums sales? Isn't that the way they award olympic athletes? Album awards are gold, platinum, and diamond.

In some countries, like the UK, in terms of albums it goes silver, gold and platinum

[edit] M.A.C. edition

Anyone wanna add on to her lipstick/lipglass edition to MAC? All info is on the site

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Paulinapaulina.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Ananda.jpg

Image:Ananda.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 02:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC)