Talk:Flora Largo

GA review

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Nominator: Krisgabwoosh (talk · contribs) 04:29, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: ThaddeusOrlando55 (talk · contribs) 00:01, 17 September 2026 (UTC)

Hello again. It has been a while. I believe that this is the first biographical article of yours that I shall be reviewing. I shall begin my review shortly. ThaddeusOrlando55 (talk) 00:01, 17 September 2026 (UTC)

Images

One image, a photo of the subject. The licensing checks out.

Sources

Twelve sources. Three web pages, six news articles, and three books. Nothing problematic. One thing I will note is that for the news articles with identifiable authors, you still cite the newspapers' names, like the La Prensa and La Jornada articles. I'd suggest you cite the author's names, but I will leave it up to you.

Grammar, prose, etc.

• For the family name footnote, you use Spanish as the language, but since Largo is Bolivian I believe it is now custom to use Hispanic American as the language. See for example Rodrigo Paz.
  • Now links to "Naming customs of Hispanic America". Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
• In 2009, her party ran her for a proportional representation seat representing Potosí Department, which she won. I think that should be "representing the Potosí Department".
  • It can be rendered without the in the same way as "he is from Ingavi Province" or "she was raised in Fresno County". Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
• In the lead, you may wish to mention something that she did while she was a deputy, since otherwise it's quite short.
  • The problem is there's just so little as is. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:59, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
• Are the names of her parents known?
  • I usually cite parents' names to Vargas & Villavicencio, but in this case, they are not mentioned. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
• Largo's father, a displaced mineworker, found work as a mason and later again as a miner. If the displacement is in reference to a specific event, you may want to explain it. Based on the links, my assumption is that the displacement had something to do with the 1985 closure of Bolivia's state-owned mines by Víctor Paz Estenssoro (the Paz family again, because of course). Though I was previously under the impression that the displacement alluded to was what caused her parents to move from Pati Pati to Potosí, that can't be right since she was born in 1974 and the mine closures happened in 1985.
  • The term relocalizado – which I and some sources translate as displaced – is a euphemism for mineworkers who "relocated" as a result of the closure of state mines in 1985. Largo refers to her father as a "relocalizado minero" but I didn't pick up that the dates don't really add up. Probably, she means that her parents already migrated for work and that the father later lost his mining job. That's a lot to explain – and interpret from the source – so I'm opting to omit the mention of it. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
• In Gonzales Salas (p. 274), she says she had five siblings, so you may wish to mention that.
• She studied at Tomás Frías University, graduating with a degree in economics. Is it known when she received this degree?
  • It seems she graduated in 2002. No source states so explicitly, but she mentions she held the student delegate rule during her "final term, before leaving university". I think this is enough to justify the claim. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
• That role initiated her ties to the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), which drew its core support from the peasant movement. You may want to specify that the MAS is a political party since the last two organizations were a social enterprise and a trade union, and a reader unfamiliar with Bolivian politics might be unaware of that. Something like "a political party which drew its core support...".
  • Added using your phrasing. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
• Vargas Luna and Villavicencio Arancibia (p. 89) say that she has a daughter, and she states so in Gonzales Salas (p. 275). I think that merits inclusion, possibly in the early life section.
• In 2009, the party included her on its slate of candidates to represent Potosí Department in the Chamber of Deputies. Again, I think that should be "the Potosí Department".
• In 2010, following mass protests, the Evo Morales administration pledged several public works projects to improve conditions in the region. I assume not, but is there a link for the protests? Also, perhaps this is too much detail, but you might want to say that Morales was the leader of the MAS, since that might not be obvious to a reader unfamiliar with Bolivian politics.
  • There is no article on it. I try to at least include interlanguage links, but there is no Spanish equivalent either. The article "Potosinista Civic Committee" and a section of the "Evo Morales" article mention it, but not enough to justify linking them. I suppose it doesn't hurt to add a MOS:REDLINK but I personally don't plan to make an article on the topic. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
• In Gonzales Salas (p. 275), she mentions wanting to legislate on children with Down syndrome. This is likely too obscure to determine, but did she end up writing and/or passing any legislation on that?
  • I looked into this as well. I planned to mention it, but it doesn't seem like any legislation along those lines passed in Bolivia at the time or recently, so I omitted it. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
• In Gonzales Salas (p. 276) and Vargas Luna and Villavicencio Arancibia (p. 89), there is talk of her being aware of the gender imbalance in various matters. As with the previous point, I'm wondering if she pushed any laws regarding women's rights.
  • None that I could find. I'll note that the status of women in parliament is a question posed to all the interviewees in the book. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
• She was not nominated for reelection. I imagine that the answer is no, but is it known why?
  • The MAS rarely nominated its legislators for reelection; it's usually when they were re-nominated that sources give an explanation as to why. Romero does explain this particularity of the party, if you think it worth including. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2026 (UTC)
• The last information on this article is from more than a decade ago. Is anything known about what she has been up to, if anything, since the end of her term?
  • Kind of in line with the previous comment. The MAS had little interest in developing long political careers for its lawmakers, and since most were not public figures beforehand, they mostly return to relative obscurity. I could not find anything on Largo after her term in parliament. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:56, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

Overall

@Krisgabwoosh: This was a solid article. Pretty short, but given the obscurity of the subject, that's to be expected. I'm pleased to see quality articles on Latin American women being produced. After my comments have been addressed, I should be able to pass this. ThaddeusOrlando55 (talk) 21:21, 21 September 2026 (UTC)

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a. (prose, spelling, and grammar):

   b. (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a. (reference section):

   b. (citations to reliable sources):

   c. (OR):

   d. (copyvio and plagiarism):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a. (major aspects):

   b. (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a. (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales):

   b. (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/fail: