User:Votawh/Sacrifice in Maya culture/YumoLu Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

Votawh


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * Sacrifice in Maya culture
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)

Evaluate the drafted changes
(Compose a detailed peer review here, considering each of the key aspects listed above if it is relevant. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what feedback looks like.)

Lead:

The lead is concise but more information from the body part of the article can be added.

Content:

All contents are related to the topic and are mostly up-to-date.

Tone and Balance:

The contents are added with a neutral tone. However, there are places where assumptions are made but no citation is provided (e.g., "De Landa provides..., but in none of these regular events is human sacrifice mentioned, which  must mean  his Maya informants were unaware of any instances since the cleric would hardly have suppressed such information.")

Sources and References:

The article draws from a variety of valid sources (mostly from books and journals). However, there are quite a few statements not backed by literatures. For example, statements in the lead section aren't backed by references. Bancroft's description is quoted and a page number 705 is provided. However, no citation source is linked. In the first paragraph of the "Origins, meaning and social function" section, the article mentions "most scholars" with no references.

The citations included in this article is slightly old. There are a lot of articles on the Carleton library catalyst that are related to the topic and written after 2015. Maybe check them out and add citations to gain points.

Organization:

The contents are well-written, and no grammatical mistakes stood out.

The overall organization of the article can be improved. Currently, there are a lot of information under the "Sacrifices in calendar and everyday rituals" section. This section can potentially be subdivided into three groups: 1) Blood sacrifice; 2) Animal sacrifice; 3) Human sacrifice

Images and Media:

Images are included in the article, and they are well-captioned. They are laid out in a visually appealing way, and there is not violation of rights.

Overall Expressions:

This is an evaluation on the wikipedia article itself.