Wikipedia Article Critique

I looked at the Guarani War article. All of the information in this article seems relevant to the topic. Nothing clearly stood out as not belonging. The article seems neutral with no viewpoints expressed. It simply explains the facts without any attempts to persuade the reader. The only source cited is an English language book on the suppression of the Jesuits by the Catholic Church. The source seems reliable and non-biased and does talk about the Jesuit missions and the Guarani who were involved in the war. There is also a link to another book about the Guarani under Spanish colonial rule, however it is not cited in any of the text of the article. Of the three external links that included in the article two work and one does not. This broken link is supposed to link to the Madrid Treaty (1750). The article mainly talks about what the Spanish and Portuguese did. It mentions some of what the Guarani did, but does not have as much information on them as it does the Portuguese and Spanish. The one citation that the article does have links to the book about the suppression of the Jesuits on Google books. The link works, but the page cited does not have the information cited. It instead talks about the later expulsion of the Jesuits by the Spanish colonial governor in 1767, over a decade after the Guarani War. None of the information seems out of date. There is definitely more information that could be added. More information about every part of this topic could be added as the article is very basic. There is no discussion on the talk page. The article is rated as a start-class article and of low-importance. It is part of several WikiProjects, including those on the indigenous peoples of the Americas, military history, and the histories of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Portugal, and Spain. This article mostly covers topics we have not yet discussed in depth in class. It does talk about the Guarani, who we have mentioned in class. It only really says that they were a group of indigenous peoples who lived at the missions in question and fought against the Spanish and Portuguese when they tried to move the missions. Ultimately, the major issues with this article are the lack of information and the lack of sources.

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