User:MarlynZuno/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Our Lady of Guadalupe

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I'm interested in working on this page for my class project, specifically adding on cultural significance to include chicana art. The article is lengthy and contains a lot of detailed, relevant and important information. However, some of the information could be re-written to be more clear. Most importantly, the majority of the information is about religious significance and religious history and the section on cultural significance as it relates to art, film and literature is lacking. In my Chicano Studies classes, we’ve learned about the different reinterpretations of the Virgen de Guadalupe in Chicana Art which speaks to the cultural significance but it's absent in this wikipedia page. Also, when comparing the Spanish and English pages I noticed that some information varied.

Evaluate the article
The lead section includes minimal specific information and is lacking an overview/brief description of what the major sections in the page are about.

The content presented in the page is all related to the topic and for the most part properly cited with just a few citations missing but no warning banners on the wikipedia page. The sources cited are varied as they include primary sources and academic/peer-reviewed sources. Moreover, there are sources up-to-date with some being from 2021. However, I’d be interested to do more research and perhaps include more academic sources on the page.

In terms of tone of the wikipedia page, it’s balanced in the sense that it includes multiple perspectives such as the religious history, controversies and syncretism with Tonantzin. However, as a discussion in the talk page notes, the organization of sections and clarity in writing could be improved.

All the images are relevant to the information presented in the page and do enhance the understanding of the topic.

The information about religious history and significance is thorough and when compared to cultural significance it seems to be weighted more.

The section on “Cultural Significance" includes subsections on “Symbol of Mexico”, “Mexican culture”, and “Literature and Film”. I would make some changes to this section on the English page. For instance, the Spanish page contains a section on “La Virgen de Guadalupe en la historia de México o Guadalupanismo”, and includes more detailed information of the impact of the Virgen de Guadalupe on Mexico’s history and culture. Thus, I would create a section on this on the English page and on the “Cultural Significance” section expand on art, literature and film. For example, my main interest is to include Chicana Art in this section such as Ester Hernandez’s La Virgen de Guadalupe Defendiendo los Derechos de los Xicanos (1975) and Yolanda Lopez’s Nuestra Madre (2002), Victoria F. Franco: Our Lady of Guadalupe 2002, Margaret F. Stewart: Our Lady of Guadalupe (2002), Portrait of the Artist as the Virgin of Guadalupe (2002), Virgin at the Crossroads (2002), Madre Mestiza (2002).