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[edit] date

So does 1995 refer to Selena's death or Saldivar's conviction? Selena did die in 1994. -- Zoe 20:27, 6 April 2003

Saldivar's conviction and Selena's death happend in the same year (Saldivar's conviction happend only 4 months 23 days after Selena's death March 31).—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.153.7.94 (talk • contribs) 04:48, 26 March 2006

[edit] Selena

Does anyone know the exact date in October of 1995 that Yolanda was convicted?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.55.226.130 (talk • contribs) 16:49, 6 April 2004

October 23, 1995 she was found guilty of her death—Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.198.152.97 (talk • contribs) 12:24, 17 August 2006

[edit] Yolandas conviction date

She was convicted on October 23, 1995!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.112.218.185 (talk • contribs) 17:49, 23 November 2004

[edit] Parole or no?

This article indicates parole eligibility at 30 years, Selena's article says no possibility of parole. Which is correct?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.183.121.1 (talk • contribs) 18:44, 21 March 2005

At the time of her conviction, there was no sentance in Texas for life without parole. All persons convicted and sentenced to "life" were eligible for parole after 30 years. The law has since changed allowing for a sentence of life without parole. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.124.104.190 (talk) 10:06, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] hispanic\latino

is she of latino\hispanic origin? because saldivar sounds spanish—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.4.66.92 (talk • contribs) 21:32, 18 September 2005

saldivar is mexican american—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlujan69 (talk • contribs) 02:00, 11 May 2006

[edit] Accent

Mcmillin24 apparently believes that the stress is on i (ergo, "Saldívar"), but is this actually the case? Should it be Saldivár? --Nlu 07:20, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

I adjusted the article name to accomodate the change made on March 31—I'm not entirely positive where the stress is located. Unfortunately, a Google search just now reveals her name might actually be "Yolanda Saldivar," without any diacritical marks, and the user who made the change months ago may have been incorrect in doing so. McMillin24 (talk) 21:48, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Here's the input of a Spanish teacher with graduate work in the language: If the emphasis were on the final syllable, no written accent would be needed, as this would be in conformation with the rules of Spanish. (With the exception of exclamatory or interrogatory words, written accents on multisyllable words in Spanish are used only to indicate emphases that depart from the basic rules.) For the record, a Google search that showed no accent marks would not be sufficient to show that it should not have a written accent; many online users and sources ignore these special characters. Beyond that, my anecdotal memory from viewing many programs about Selena -- and therefore, for obvious reasons, this woman as well -- is that there was indeed an emphasis on the middle syllable, which would then be written Saldívar.Lawikitejana 19:24, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't know what the actual pronunciation should be, but in the movie they say "Sáldivar." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.208.244 (talk) 04:46, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] eligible for parole in 2025

http://www.cnn.com/US/9510/selena/10-26/index.html—Preceding unsigned comment added by Lee78221 (talk • contribs) 23:37, 25 March 2006

[edit] Photo of Saldivar

http://www.mugshots.com/Criminal/Killers/Yolanda+Saldivar.htm

I don't know how to add it, but here's the link for anyone who would care to post it.Jlujan69 07:00, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Behind the Music appearance?

While I hate to further the possible attention hunger of a person like this, the purposes of the encyclopedia dictate that I suggest adding a line or two about her claims in VH1's 1998 profile of Selena in the Behind the Music series. Saldívar claimed early in the program that she would direct her interviewer to secret evidence that would show she was protecting the singer by hiding damaging information. Late in the show, the interviewer visits the indicated site, but finds nothing to support the woman's claims. It's not something I'd want to add just because it's titillating, but because it's informative and was newsworthy at the time. It also tells something about her credibility.Lawikitejana

[edit] Bibliography

Many of the articles cited at the end of the Selena article probably belong here as well, or even instead, as they focus on the murder trial and testimony given there. Lawikitejana 19:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] English

The English in this article really sucks. It should be revised and rephrased paragraph by paragraph.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.166.71.32 (talk • contribs) 20:29, 20 December 2006

[edit] Editorial Tone

IMHO this article seems written more like the narrative of a novel, rather than a cool explanation of the events? A rewriting of it with more of a dispassionate tone would make it read in a more encyclopedic fashion. It seems a bit too dramatic as it reads right now... 134.50.7.201 09:06, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree. It verges on the style of something you'd read in Reader's Digest or some trashy Sunday Newspaper Magazine Insert.
"Drenched in blood and wearing a dark green velvet sweatshirt, Selena ran along the side of the motel pool. Behind her was Saldívar with the .38 caliber in the air."
"Selena, bleeding profusely from a bullet wound in her back, ran with all her might, then crawled until she made it inside the motel lobby. In a state of complete shock, she blurted out..."
"The singer, still with the ring clenched in her tight fist, managed with her dying breath to name her assailant."
It amounts to encyclopedic pornography. ~Neil —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.248.255 (talk • contribs) 01:26, 23 December 2006
I agree. The structure of the article and the way it reads is unencyclopaedic and contrasts with the style and tone of other Wikipedia articles.--Foetus In Fetu 18:29, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Changed Saldivar to Saldívar

The í was inconsequently used throughout the article, so I replaced all occurences of Saldivar with Saldívar. JAL 83.80.81.236 14:57, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notes on recent copyedit

I am a member of the League of Copyeditors and just completed a copyedit of this article. The "Selena's murder" section had quite sensational language, and I tried to tone that down. It also contained what appear to be irrelevant details that only make the account confused or, once again, sensational. It also needs extensive referencing. Please see my comments in the text and correct as necessary. Thank you! Galena11 18:17, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for all your work. One comment on a source cited that didn't meet the usual standard ... the reason I had included a cite of an MSN Groups item was that the María Celeste Arras interview was mentioned in many places online, but the mentions always seemed to assume that one was familiar with the claims Saldívar made in that interview. The MSN Groups item was the only one I could find that detailed just what YS had said. Naturally, I'd like as much as anyone else to see a better cite for this bit.
Also, as I mentioned in one of my August contributions, there are a LOT of references in the Selena article that could go to this one as well, if someone has the time. I can't, at present, due to having a full-time job that keeps me far busier than I used to be. Lawikitejana 03:26, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disputing the Factuality of this Article

The part where it mentions Yolanda Saldivar's signed confession has a lot of discrepencies in the dates, most of which indicates events taking place in 2005 as opposed to 1995 or an earlier date.

Secondly I question the authency of the statements made in the confession statement as it is not consistent with the rest of the article. For example, the statement indicates or implies that Yolanda Saldivar got into her truck and drove off soon after the shooting, whereas the rest of the article seems to indicate that she chased after Selena and calling her a "bitch". Which is the true account of the event and where there any whitnesses to this? This whole section needs a citation.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.216.100.110 (talk • contribs) 09:13, 19 July 2007

Italic textthis statement should say that she should die in jail for killing someone else!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.205.126.70 (talk) 22:58, 8 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Just a thought.

This article seems to be written by a bunch of emotional Mexicans. No doubt murder is bad, but please, stop sounding so biased when writing this. This is an encyclopedia not an opinion page of the Caller-Times. Start using some sources. --garzj019 20070722PST2206

I think that is a little unfair. It may very well be written by her "emotional" fans. But take nationality out of it. You sound accusatory. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.208.244 (talk) 04:52, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Progress of article

The article was reasonably encyclopedic back in Jan 2007; recently it seems to have turned into a tabloid piece (again). The article needs to be totaly copyedited, removing trivia, unsourced material, and bias, as per the WP:MOS. At this point, I think a major revert might be the best first step, but would like to hear from other editors, as to which version to go back to. Also, there's some gnomish work that needs preserving, e.g. updates to categories.Studerby 03:06, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure how far back we need to go, but with that said, I agree completely. In addition to the problems you mention, there are basic errors such as lack of capitalization of month names (standard in English, not Spanish, which may be the source of the problem) as well as long stretches that are plugged in wholesale from specific books. I'll look and see if this has a copyediting tag and if not, I'll put one. I hate YS as much as the people doing the vandalism, but I care about Wikipedia's accomplishing its mission.Lawikitejana 14:52, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Saldivar.gif

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BetacommandBot 02:27, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'The murder' section

This section could use a rewrite or expansion - at the moment, it has a serious lack of context. For example, it doesn't state that Saldivar was the president of Selena's fan club, or that she was embezzling money from Selena's boutiques; it doesn't explain in any way how they knew each other before the murder. Was an earlier section deleted, or has the article always looked like this? Whichever it is, it needs to be expanded with more information. Terraxos (talk) 23:14, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Looking through the history, my suspicions were right - the earlier first section, about Saldivar's work for Selena's company, was deleted by User:Agentbla on October 24 as a copyright violation. That was the right thing to do, but it left this article with a large part missing - is anyone prepared to rewrite that section in their own words, so the information can be restored? Terraxos (talk) 23:17, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Embezzlement

Can someone put in the article whether Saldivar was ever convicted of embezzlement, or that she wasn't? It's not really mentioned.
Razor Rozar7 (talk) 18:56, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Incoherent Article

What in the world is wrong with you folks? This is probably the worst article I have ever seen on Wikipedia. It reads about the same way a four-year-old would tell a story: choppy, new ideas right in the middle of another without appropriate introduction, jumping back and forth between themes/subjects and no apparent arc.

So fix it. 76.110.82.251 (talk) 19:44, 3 June 2008 (UTC)