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(Provide a link to the article here.) Matilde Carranza

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 as I was curious as to why a woman who had such an influence on the education in Costa Rica is so underrepresented in this Wikipedia article. Considering that she was a notable historical figure in North America, including being the first woman to receive a PhD in philosophy, it is important that the topic of this article is further researched to shine light on the contributions she made to her country. Upon my first time reading it, I was surprised with how little information was written and how hard it was to find some from good sources. I was not expecting the “talk” page to be completely free of discussions either. Seeing how much potential this article has, I decided to evaluate it from various angles.

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.)

I understand why this selection is a stub article as there are several improvements to be made.

Firstly, the lead can be better organized and more descriptive. Since the second sentence describes who Matilde Carranza was and what she was known for, I believe this should be the first sentence of the lead. This section can also be improved by including an overview of the prominent sections in the article as well as more general facts about her.

The content of this article only covers the surface of the topic. Addressing Matilde Carranza as an activist, the content mentions that she helped lead a teacher’s strike against certain labor policies. However, there is no information on the strike itself nor what labor policies she was against. Though there is slightly more information on Carranza regarding her endeavors in academia, further research can be done on this, such as her influence on the education in Costa Rica after implementing the Montessouri education method.

This article is quite neutral. It does not use any value statements such as the words, “best” or “only”, nor does it make claims that show a clear bias. However, there is so little information in the content of this article that there may be a good amount of underrepresented viewpoints.

The sources are not current, as there are several that were written before the year 2000. The latest one was written in 2018. However, many of them come from well-known institutions such as Stanford University, the Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica, and the University of Costa Rica, each of which briefly covers the content of the article. Many of the links either do not work or redirect users to a non-existent page. Overall, the reference list of this article is not strong.

In terms of organization, the information under the “Life” section should be divided into several sections with subtitles such as “Teacher’s Strike” and “Education” under which the points currently mentioned can be further elaborated. This article does not have grammatical or spelling errors.

This article does not include any images or other media components, therefore, including some would be another step to improving its quality. To add, this article does not have any discussions under the “talk” page, meaning it is still very much at its beginning stages and is one that would be good for editors to make meaningful contributions. This is also shown through its five WikiProjects, all of which are in the stub-class.

Overall, this article is still of very low quality, hence its “stub” status. The article shows potential through how it briefly touches upon important parts of Carranza’s life, including what she did as an activist and teacher. However, it is still very underdeveloped and is in need of further research and changes in organization. ~