User:LeFeelInternacionale/Evaluate an Article

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Jacques d'Arc

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because it is about the father of an influential figure in history with some cultural and religious influence (Joan of Arc). My preliminary impression of the article was that it contained barely enough information about why Jacques d'Arc was notable. Additionally it has serious issues with the validity of the information because it contains no inline citations and much of the information is not backed up by any source on the page.

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This is a seriously flawed article that is labelled a "stub" by Wikipedia, likely for several reasons. The organization of the article is not very good, with only one section (entitled "Life") after a one sentence introduction. The even larger issue with the article is that it is not correctly cited. There are no inline citations in the article (as mentioned in a disclaimer from Wikipedia at the top of the page), so it appears at first glance that there are absolutely no sources to back up the brief biographical information in the article. However, upon further investigation, a link titled "Du Lys coat of arms on Heraldica.org" listed incorrectly under the section "External links" is revealed to contain some of the information within the article. This external link is about d'Arc's extended family and barely mentions him specifically. Much of the information on the Wikipedia article is not even contained within this source at all (for example, the amount of land that her family owned). This may be a simple formatting issue that caused the author to lose their citations (or they simply forgot to add them), but it still ruins the credibility of the article and renders it rather useless. The actual content of the article does not give enough information about d'Arc, and only lists some very basic biographical information about his job, family, land, and nobility status, outlined in very simple terms. The article does mention that he is the father of Joan of Arc, and that he was alleged to have died from grief after her execution, but contains little other details about the relationship he had with his daughter (which is likely the reason that he is a notable figure at all). It would be very useful to know how he influenced his daughter and if he supported her ambitions. I would also like to see an editor verify and expand upon the conflict mentioned between the family story of how Jacques died and his more likely death 9 years later (according to historical records), and what the motivations might be of his extended family for creating that story and of his ancestors for perpetuating it. The images in this article, which portray a statue of d'Arc and his family coat of arms, are adequate. Overall, this article needs to be significantly overviewed and the claims need to be verified so citations can be added. There should also be a significant restructuring of the article into more sections which contain more well researched and correctly cited information about d'Arc's life