User:Latinchica/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Fernando Botero

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I choose this article because it covers a very important Artist for Colombian Culture, I feel connected to this artist by culture, and I think it's important to improve the content so other people can learn about his legacy.

Evaluate the article
The article does have a good introduction to Fernand Botero, it explains why he was known best for and how he became so important in a few words. It’s precise and has all the sources listed. I found that content in the article is relevant and explains his life and his career, the content seems to be up to date, it does depict that Fernando died in September 2023. I did find that the some of the sources used for the article are self-published as noted in the article and also while reviewing some of the other sources I found that according to the article his dad died of a heart attack, but when reading the source provided, nowhere it is described the medical reason of his father death.

The article has a good tone and it’s well balanced, explaining his life and career without opinions. The images used in the article are well captioned, however more than half of the pictures don’t list the source where they were taken from.

I did find that the article lacks some more information on Botero’s work and the importance of if for the Latin community artist, as well as some of his donations. Some of it being his sculpture named “Naked Woman Standing” being displayed in the City of Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia and which its undergoing restoration

There are a good number of changes being discussed in the Talk page, there are also several links to sources that were reviewed and archived to not lose them. Some of the changes talked about were taken into effect, like the one about the painting being turned into a meme. There are also some comments and discussion that doesn’t seem relevant to the article, like the Robot reversing changes to the page.