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Which article are you evaluating?
Christians for Socialism

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because the came caught my eye as I scrolled through the list of articles to evaluate for the class. My preliminary impression of the article was that it was overly brief and limited in depth.

Evaluate the article
Lead section

The lead section had a clear and concise first sentence which does a good job of summarizing the topic of Christians for Socialism. However, the lead section was only two sentences long, the second sentence simply providing the date the organization was founded. The lead section lacks a description of the main sections of the article, and while it says that Christians for Socialism is a focused on addressing economic and social injustice, the article as a whole provides very little detail on how the organization actually does this.

Content

The content is relevant to the topic, but very sparse. The article does not provide any information on the organization in the current day, but neither does it state that the organization met its demise at any point. As noted in the lead section evaluation, there is insufficient content that explains what the organization actually did to address social and economic injustice: the article mentions that the organization supported and was in ideological accord with Chilean President Allende and Fidel Castro, and socialism in general; as well, the article has a section called Gatherings, which informs the reader that the organization hosted several conferences in various countries in Europe, South America, and North America which promoted ideological goals and shared theories with other movements. This article likely should be addressing equity gaps due to the past and present connections between Catholicism, Liberation Theology, and indigenous people in South America. There are a few uncited statements. The content does not contain a description of the structure of Christians for Socialism or lack thereof.

Tone and balance

Tone and balance seem within acceptable parameters.

Sources and references

The sources suffer from the same issue as the content, that is, they are not especially extensive, but at least two of them are books for this class, so that is a good sign.

Organization and writing quality

The organization fits the the content, but since the content is so limited, that is not especially great. There is certainly room for a section which details the geographic extent of the organization, as well as one on its actual views and activities.

Talk page discussion

The talk page is not very long, but it does make clear that even more uncited material has been removed, and that there is debate over how to translate the phrase "socialismo del rostro humano". In 2017, the article was nominated to be Philosophy and religion good article, but did not pass due to significant flaws, it is clear from the description that the article no longer contains material that was present in 2017, including a section called Present Day.