User:Aswanson29/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Encomienda

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because I wanted to learn more about the Spanish and Portuguese colonization of Latin America and the economic exploitations of the citizens.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The introduction succinctly provides information about the topic that the rest of the article covers. However, the end of the introduction fails to cover the eventual abolition of encomienda. The article's content goes through the spanish origin of the phrase "encomienda", how the phenomenon evolved, eventual reforms of it, and historical criticism of it as well. The article does reference historically underrepresented groups like the victims of colonialism. However, the article's content regarding the abolition of encomienda is lacking. The article talks about how encomienda evolved with Latin American colonialism, but it briefly mentions a citation saying that the phenomenon lasted longer than its abolition. The article should explain the citizens' reservations with this inhumane policy and how they ended it. All the sources are well done. I'd recommend a hyperlink to Yale University to bolster the historian's credibility.

I'd say the article is well written. I didn't spot any grammatical errors. There are three images in the article that support the brutality of encomienda, but I'd recommend a few more. In the talk pages, they referenced errors with citations and recommended a section on the native resistance to Encomienda. This supports my assertions about more information in the abolition of encomienda section. Everything is rated C and it has a score of 600. Wikipedia generally supports what the textbook says about encomienda. They talked about how they forced Christianity on the natives and that was discussed.

Overall, the article does a good job evaluating encomienda. The article's strengths lies in its introduction which doesn't distract from the main content of the article. Similar to the talk rooms, it needs more on the native resistance to encomienda, and how they eventually overthrew Spain and Portugal. Yes. The article is well developed and has good research.