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 * Name of article: (Women in Ecuador)
 * I personally chose this article because I like understanding hardships other cultures go through, and seeing what that culture has done to try and correct some disputes in their communities.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

1.    The article begins in a way that clearly addresses the topic at hand, though there are some minor spelling and grammatical errors.

2.    In the first paragraph of my article it does well in addressing the main points of the overall article, but there are some paragraphs that follow which give background information that is not backed up by anything following later in the article. This leaves the reader with a lot of unanswered questions or questions that could have been more thoroughly explained if more research was done.

3.    The lead does include certain sentences that do not seem to flow with the rest of the article. Like holidays and the life of a young girl in Ecuador, these are simply stated but never talked about or thoroughly addressed.

4.   The points and topics of the article are clearly backed with citations and other useful articles.

Lead evaluation.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * 1.    I think the article addresses a lot of the main topics that women are facing in Ecuador, but fails to bring up some small minor details that would make the article not only flow a little better, but overall help gain a further understanding of the women’s situation in Ecuador. I would like to add some things about women and indigenous rights since it only addresses their struggles. I want to also add laws and rules that have been placed upon the community that have attempted to prevent or abolish some of these imbalances and why they have not seemed to work out.
 * 2.    It seems very up to date she uses a lot of sources from 2015 and higher but there are definitely some that could be further updated from 2002 and lower.
 * 3.    I think some of the aspects of the feminist movement chapter could be thoroughly elaborated on there seems to be a lot of missing information that could’ve been added if more research was done. There are countless articles and books written purely on the feminist movement in Ecuador but in the article its very short and straight to the point. Meaning it is missing countless information that just was not researched thorough enough.
 * 4.    The article definitely follows the timeline and does it in a way of presenting all the information one may need for a simple understanding of the topic.

Tone and Balance

 * Guiding questions


 * 1.    The article is clearly neutral and does not present opinions just simply the facts of the issue.
 * 2.    Education in Ecuador seems to be much longer and thoroughly researched than most of the other topics but does not present any opinion just an overabundance of facts.
 * 3.    The article shows no opinions or anything trying to persuade a reader one way or another.

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions
 * 1.    All of the sources used come from in my opinion pretty reliable sources though some of them seem to be outdated slightly in the sense of presenting old information that could be elaborated on.
 * 2.    The sources come from many different articles and have very large diverse groups of people reporting on the topic at hand. There are some contradictions I noticed between some of the sources but overall the article seems to flow very well and is thoroughly cited.
 * 3.    All of the links and citations have a source attached and all of the links seem to work properly.

Organization

 * Guiding questions
 * 1.     The article has a very clear flow and the understanding of topic s talked about seems to be thorough.
 * 2.     There are many sentencing errors and spelling errors that seem to be prevalent throughout the article but nothing major it is able to be read without many complications.
 * 3.     The article doesn’t seem to follow the same lay out placed in the lead but the major points are all addressed just in a manner that could be cleaned up slightly.

Images and Media

 * Guiding questions

1.    There are not many images on the page and out of the 3 images on the page 2 of them seem to have very little to poor reason why they were included in the article.

2.    The images are simply captioned it seems the author didn’t give each image a lot of thought and consideration just needed images so they attached some.

3.    All of the images comply with copyright regulations.

4.    The images seem to just be thrown in with little to no thought.



Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions
 * 1.    There have been 50-75 total edits of the page throughout its history but all seem to be minor changes and it doesn’t look like anyone has talked or discussed this article in the talk page.
 * 2.    The article seems to be attached to a broad project of just Ecuador as a whole.
 * 3.    There seems to be no changes to the actual content of the page but more addressing the issue of sourcing and grammar/spelling mistakes. Not anything to deal with the actual layout and complexities of the article.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

1.    The article has not apparent status.

2.    The article is very straight to the point it gives you the facts and tools to understand those facts.

3.    It could be improved by a simple addition of minor details instead of the very large broad points the article does bring up. The article is only covering things that could be searched up and addressed in a short amount of time. Meaning the article is missing countless information about any other details that would have been nice to have in the article. Not only addressing the extremely large issues but explaining how those issues came to be and whats being done to try and prevent them from getting worse.

4.    The article is completely developed but it has been poorly researched giving the reader just the bare minimum to understand the topic nothing less nothing more. I would like to add a couple more chapters that introduce the reader to new things that are developing in the country, how their trying to fix growing issues, and elaborating on some of the broad topics the article addresses but does not go into any detail in the slightest.



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