Talk:Pura Belpré

The first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City

The article states that she was "the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City" or a "pioneer..." . This, like other passages in this bio, must be referenced. I've tagged the passage. Also, there's a passage saying she is "well known for her work in the New York Public Library". I don't think this is even referable. Sounds more like folk knowledge that encyclopedic language. Would someone volunteer to rewrite that? --damiens.rf 11:30, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

References sections

The article use some references sometimes connected with some passage (like this^[1]) but sometimes not. It should be made consistent. We need to know what the last five references are supposed to support in the article. --damiens.rf 12:02, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Some of the references where just rotten link. I removed them. Is it ok?

Death and awards

While I noticed that one of the sources mentioned the date of her death, we still need references for the posthumous awards mentioned. --damiens.rf 12:11, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

The article also mentions a public school named after here. This should be referenced. We should search for some online official listing of public schools in NY. I'll try that. --damiens.rf 12:45, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Place of birth

The source "Latina Legacies : Identity, Biography, and Community" says that there's scarce biographical information about Belpré, and her place of birth is said to be Cidra based only on an essay she wrote. I put that (lack of) info into the article. --damiens.rf 12:18, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Formating references

I am rewriting the references to use the available templates and unify the format. Any problem? --damiens.rf 12:27, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

External broken links

I removed the External links section because every one of them are rotten links that lead to Error 404 pages. Some problem? --damiens.rf 12:28, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

Homage language

It that encyclopedic language?

"Belpré's name lives on in the fields of Latino and American librarianship and Latino and children's literature as a source of inspiration."

This makes the section sound as a homage to Ms. Belpré. Wikipedia is not a place for that. Is it ok if I remove that? --damiens.rf 12:47, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

The first major Juan Bobo story published in the United States

The article states that she wrote the "first major Juan Bobo story published in the United States", but the reference is just a link pointing the reader to buy the book at Amazon.com. That does not supports what is said. I tagged as such, for a while. But the information must be removed if not properly referenced. --damiens.rf 12:50, 16 January 2014 (UTC)