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Article Evaluation: Efrain Rios Montt

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?

Everything in the article is relevant to Efrain Rios Montt. The article primarily discusses his political career and his court trials for war crimes. There was nothing distracting from the main topic of the page. The only thing that is a little distracting is the length of the lead section. This section goes a little too in depth of what should be further discussed in the sections below instead.

Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?

This article is neutral. It only states facts about Montt's presidency and his trials. There is no clear bias toward a specific position.

Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?

No viewpoints are really presented throughout this article. It is more of a biography of his life.

Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?

The links that I reviewed work and are supporting the claims with relevant information.

Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?

There are quite a few referenced missing and some references are not from scholarly articles, rather from magazines. However, the sources are for the most part unbiased, and just state facts and information related to Montt.

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?

Nothing is out of date because Montt recently died on the 1st of April and that is in the article. I would, however, provide more details on his death.

Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?

Many people are arguing with each other over bias and citations. These biases have been, since, removed from the article, which is why I don't see too much bias present in this article.

How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?

It is rated C-Class and is a part of the following WikiProjects: Biography/Military/Politics and Government, Guatemala, Christianity/Charismatic, Cold War, Criminal Biography, and Military History.

How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

It is interesting to see the users arguing with one another and insulting one another, even though it has nothing to do with the page and against the rules of Wikipedia.

CHOOSE POSSIBLE TOPICS:

Guatemalan genocide:


 * Add in text citations where they are missing.
 * Delete section on Otto Perez Molina's presidency, because it is not relevant to this topic.
 * Add more information regarding U.S. involvement in military aide through training, spending, and providing weapons.
 * Add more information under Rios Montt's subsection (scorched earth policy).

Rigoberta Menchu:


 * Add missing citations.
 * Add more information under early life and victimization during Guatemalan genocide
 * Bias is clear; shows many critics of Menchu but not much information about her actual life

Maya peoples:


 * More information regarding genocide because there is not much
 * Fix misinformation that genocide only happened under Rios Montt
 * Add in text citations

Genocide in Guatemala
The 36 year long Guatemalan Civil War left more than 200,000 people dead, half a million driven from their homes, and at least 100,000 women raped; most of the victims were Maya.

The genocide against Mayan people took place throughout the whole civil war because indigenous people were seen as supporting the leftist guerillas, but most acts against humanity occurred during Efraín Ríos Montt's presidency (1982-1983). Ríos Montt instituted a campaign of state terror intended to destroy the Mayas in the name of countering “communist subversion” and ridding the country of its indigenous culture. This was also known as Operation Sofia. Within Operation Sofia, the military followed through with "scorched earth policies" which allowed them to destroy whole villages, including killing livestock, destroying cultural symbols, destroying crops, and murdering civilians. In some areas, government forces killed about 40% of the total population; the campaign destroyed at least 626 Mayan villages.

On January 26, 2012 former president Ríos Montt was formally indicted in Guatemala for overseeing the massacre of 1,771 civilians of the Ixil Maya group and appeared in court for genocide and crimes against humanity for which he was then sentenced to 80 years in prison on May 10, 2013. This ruling was overturned by the constitutional court on May 20, 2013 over alleged irregularities in the handling of the case. The ex-president appeared in court again on January 5, 2015 amongst protest form his lawyers regarding his health conditions and on August 25, 2015 it was deliberated that a re-trial of the 2013 proceedings could find Ríos Montt guilty or not, but that the sentence would be suspended. Ríos Montt died on April 1, 2018 of a heart attack.