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"Article Evaluation"

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Everything seems relevant in the plot summary, I think some information about the characters could be more descriptive. Is there anything that distracted you? Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Yes, specifically I did not find Father Gonzaga a "calming presence"in the story. They also describe the old man as "absent minded" and "patient" which is acceptable but I think there are more neutral ways to describe the personality of the old man as given through the narrator. The claim about the neighbor is also a little off, the description claims she tries to help the neighbors which I would argue with because she is such a minor character and only offers advice not help. I have problems with the description of the spider woman because it claims she is a "trouble maker" but clearer the narrator sympathizes with her in the story and it is explained that the punishment seems unjust for her actions. The description of the child is ok to me. Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented? Yes, I'd say there are sections that need to be added such as themes, critical reception, adaptations. Not much is over represented just a bit biased in terms of reading. Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article? The fist source was for the publishing date but they only got the date for when it is published first and not for when it is published in English. The second source checks out. The last two cite plays. I think I'll need to find some more critical sources for this. Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? The information mostly comes from the text itself but I notice there is no citation for that. Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added? Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects? This article is part of the wiki project novels. It is rated sub-class on quality and low-importance on the priority scale. It is noted that there are problems with use of "you" making it not encyclopedic. It is also noted that the character section is ridiculous: "it looks like it was written by a 10 year old oblivious to any metaphors". It also notes that there are a lot of good scholarly sources out there for this and that it needs a great deal of rewriting. How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class? It seems fairly similar just a bit more formal in the edits. The talk page pointed out some obvious flaws and some smaller flaws of the article.

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"The story begins after three days of rain, which make crabs come out everywhere. Pelayo and Elisenda's child is sick, supposedly because of the crabs' stench. They find an old sickly man with enormous wings in their backyard. When the couple attempts to communicate with the old man, his incomprehensible language leads the couple to believe he is a castaway. A neighbor woman, who knows many things about life and death, tells the couple he is an angel. Pelayo decides to lock the angel in a chicken coop overnight and then send him on a raft to his fate.

Early the next morning the local people gather in front of the chicken coop, to harass the angel. Father Gonzaga arrives at 7, alarmed by the strange news and to see whether the old man really is an angel or not. Ultimately, Father Gonzaga finds many reasons why the man cannot be an angel, such as the fact that the old man cannot understand Latin, and he shows many mortal characteristics. Elisenda, tired of cleaning up the visitors' messes, decides to charge an entrance fee of 5 cents to see the angel, which eventually allows them to amass a fortune.

The crowd soon loses interest in the angel, because another spectacular person becomes famous in the village. The new attraction is a woman who disobeyed her parents when she was young and has since been transformed into a tarantula. In order for her to continue telling her story, the people of the town toss meatballs into her mouth, which was "her only means of nourishment." Though the people of the town no longer visit the angel, the family has saved up enough money to build a mansion with balconies and gardens and nets.

Still in captivity, the angel's health declines and seems on the verge of death. When his last winter in the chicken coop is over he suddenly becomes more healthy and grows a few new feathers. At first, he roams around the house, but Elisenda keeps shooing him out of the rooms with a broom. One day he leaves the house and flies away.[2]" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.93.47.74 (talk) 01:41, 23 October 2017 (UTC)