User:Oureias/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
An article about Pan, the Greek God.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Pan is a significant deity for Greek, Roman, and early Christian cultures due to his associations with earth, fertility, and popular conceptions of the Devil. I have a personal interest and background in Greek and Roman mythology. Preliminary impressions are that the article has several citation issues and I felt that I could help with a discussion in the Talk page about whether Ovid references Pan or Marsyas in a duel with Apollo.

Evaluate the article
Article lead in section is intelligible; makes unsourced claims about the etymology of the god's name. Further unsourced claims made about: seat and style of worship, parentage, relationship to Aegipan, mythology of Pitys, the constellation Capricornus,

Misunderstanding or misattribution (uncertain as yet) of Nonnus' Dionysiaca. Sections are overly detailed or provide no explanation of terms used. Some untranslated Greek included. Named references occasionally massaged to enhance credibility (the "visionary" Anne Emmerich might more confidently be termed "mystic"). Section on "Revivalist Imagery" purports to discuss Romantic Era, covers 1786-2015.

Additional issues with unsubstantiated research claims in several sections. Several image and text formatting issues. Suspected unsourced plagiarism in "Nymphs" and "Revivalist Imagery" section (there are no sources at all in "Nymphs" or "All the Pans"). No relationship with Priapus-cult is explored. Provided primary sources link to theoi.com instead of primary text. Slight grammar issues throughout. Section headings may not be most informative. Article is bizarrely focused on unsourced folk etymology. Citations in "Neopaganism" section lack page numbers or specificity, Alistair Crowley widely understood not to be a good primary source; article credulous of Crombie's metaphysical claims.