User:LaroucheCrackDen/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Manuela Sáenz

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because of the importance of the subject to the liberation struggles of Latin America in the early 19th century.

Evaluate the article

 * Lead Section
 * The lead section is concise, and provides key information that can be found in more detail later on in the article. The introduction describes the subject matter well.


 * Content
 * Lots of missing content, early life has sparse detail, no sources.
 * Late life as well, only one source at the end of the section.
 * Tone
 * Serious tone, but no mention of any of her actual beliefs or political convictions. It's possible to include a revolutionaries political convictions in an article about them while maintaining a neutral tone.
 * Only 5 sources, missing info from several biographical sources the article lists, and other scholarly articles that would improve the article, such as this article in Hispanic Journal.
 * Writing quality itself is decent, but the content of the writing is sorely lacking. Broad generalizations followed by unsourced anecdotes permeate the article.
 * The talk page has one conversation consisting of 2 posts from 1 person 7 years ago. They raise concern over a discrepancy between Bolivar's article and this one, and are mainly concerned with resolving contradictions in Bolivar's own life.
 * The article is rated as a Start Class, and a level 5 vital article in the Revolutionaries category. It is a part of 3 wiki projects: Biography, South America/Ecuador/Venezuela, and Women's History.
 * The article's overall status is incredibly sparse, with only a barebones account of her life and involvement in the revolution. The article does do a decent job at conveying her legacy in the former Gran Columbian states, but could be improved with more sources that describe her actual life and role within the revolutionary forces. I would rate this article as incredibly underdeveloped.