User:ChurinPeruana/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
William Lamport

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 it is related to our course on Irish immigration in Latin America. Lamport is a notable figure in both Mexican and Irish history as he fought for both countries. Although, while the article is well-written, the page lacks media to enhance the readers' understanding of the material. There is only one photograph at the top of the page and the rest of the page is very text heavy. Moreover, the article fails to mention how his character has led to the modern interpretation of Zorro and subsequent graphic novels.

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 lead section of the article is concise and well described. It describes Lamport as what he most for, which is being an Irish Catholic adventurer who was executed in Mexico. Content-wise, the section with his political ideas holds the most information. The tone and balance of the article is represented well as it takes on a neutral point of view to describe Lamport’s political affiliations. Although, the lack of media is evident throughout the article, the only photograph of Lamport is located at the top of his biography. The lack of media makes the text difficult to understand because it is very text heavy. I would recommend adding more media throughout the article in order to enhance one’s understanding of the figure.

Also, I would also like to point out that the legacy section of this article leaves out key information about this character. Various textual references have argued that Lamport has generated the modern character known as Zorro. Graphic novels have since depicted Lamport as the Irish Zorro, which a key piece of information that goes into the biographical understanding of his character.

Finally, in the political ideas section of the article, there is a prompt which states that the section requires additional citations. Wikipedia guidelines state that there should be at least one reference per paragraph and the first paragraph has no references for its detailed information. For example, the article states that “the writings confiscated at the time of his arrest indicate that he was informed about political philosophy of popular sovereignty”. This information cannot be considered valid without a citation. ~ User:ChurinPeruana