Talk:Carlos Aguilar Piedra

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This individual is clearly noteworthy, but your entry does not follow the general format of other Wikipedia entries on notable archaeologists. Please refer to these and use them as models. Hoopes (talk) 02:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

The opening paragraph of the article should be a short, encyclopedic summary that helps the reader to instantly understand the most important characteristics of the person about whom the article is being written. The first sentence of this entry, for example, should state that Carlos Aguilar was a prominent Costa Rican archaeologist. The details of his personal biography can be provided in a subsequent section. In general, your writing is not a clear as it could be, with some stylistic and grammatical errors. I have tried to correct most of these, so please see the revised entry and review the changes. Hoopes (talk) 02:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Although Latin American cities often have names that can be translated into English, this should not be done. The city in which he was born and lived is called Cartago, Costa Rica which should be properly hyperlinked. Note that his name, according to the Spanish convention, has two surnames. The first is his father's and the second is his mother's. He should be referred to throughout the article by his father's surname (Aguilar) not by his first name. Hoopes (talk) 02:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Note that there are a large number of hyperlinks that could have been added to this article to make it more useful to the general user. This is one of the great values of Wikipedia, and you should always check to see what relevant articles are available to which you can add links. Note, for example, that there is no article for trophy heads but that there is one for headhunting. Hoopes (talk) 02:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

You don't need to include the names of journals in the text of the article if they are properly cited in the references section. However, all of the articles that you mention should be provided with full citations, rather than simply citing the online resource that cites them. Hoopes (talk) 02:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Some background on his specific research would have been helpful. Guayabo de Turrialba was not discovered by him in 1968. It had been known since at least the mid-19th century and had been excavated by Anastacio Alfaro in the 1880s and 1890s. Hoopes (talk) 02:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Please see the modifications that I've made to the article. Since it is in Wikipedia livespace, it should be closer to expected Wikipedia standards. Please note that you should make your own additional modifications to the article after reviewing the ones that I've made. Hoopes (talk) 02:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

At present, most of the references are to a social media source ("chibchan tribe"). It would be better if the information came from more reliable and noteworthy sources, such as published obituaries. Hoopes (talk) 15:03, 22 March 2016 (UTC)