User:Gdpanassol/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Clare of Assisi

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I grew up in a Saint Francis-Clara worshipping household. My parents always felt really connected to both figures and that eventually made me interested in them too. My expectations for this article were somewhat high, as the little knowledge I had of Saint Clara was that she was inspired by Saint Francis' methodology and ideologies. This idea was somewhat broken in the article, but it was way too brief for any concrete critical thinking about her and her Order of Poor Clares.

Evaluate the article
The first noticeable detail about Clare of Assisi’s page is how short it is. Every section, introduction, biography and legacy, even the photos in the article, except post-death, are incredibly short and do not do justice to St. Clare’s doings. The whole article feels way too summarized and there are some aspects where information is missing. For example, the article mentions how armies attacked the monastery St. Clare was in and they did not succeed because she was praying while it was happening. It would have been nice to know what else was going on and how long she was praying for or what type of prayer too.

Another big noticeable detail in this article is how messy it is. Her biography and legacy sections are all over the place. The article mentions how the Order of the Poor Ladies was renamed Order of Saint Clare before St. Clare’s death or even becoming the abbess for the order. Her legacy just mentions anything in any order, as it mentions marriage traditions, then it jumps to 1777 in California, goes to Cuba and Columbus’ ship named after her and ends with a Lesser Festival in England. Some chronological order in her legacy section would be ideal as things are usually named after preceding things, and not the other way around.

I was surprised however to find that this article did not focus solely on St. Francis or just his relationship with her. Since that is indeed a big part of St. Clare’s life, I thought there would be more detail on it. But as I mentioned before this article is extremely short and not detailed, even though the article did focus on her and actions only.