Talk:Ilan Stavans

message: Why is this Ilan rather than Ilán? - Jmabel | Talk 03:37, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: Much of this article is unreferenced, and reads like an autobiography or press release.  Indeed, much of it has been written by Veronica Albin, a close collaborator of Ilan Stavans's.  It would be good to have some sources, and for the tone of the article to become somewhat more encyclopedic.  --Jbmurray 12:58, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The external links list needs to be trimmed, though some of the trimming could be accomplished as part of the sourcing task; that is, some of the links would meet the criteria of sources for statements in the article, in which case they could be incorporated into inline footnote and removed from the "External links" segment. Lawikitejana 06:03, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, this guy not only heavily relies on stereotypes but also has the tendency to arbitrary and cynically generalise. Throughout his writings we come across with "Mexicans this..., Mexicans that..." as if being Mexican were a monolithic cultural state. He also makes the fundamental mistake common to virtually all essayist when writing about Mexico: this is, to equate Mexico City with Mexico. It's a shame that people like these try to pass as cultural embassors.--Scandza (talk) 13:17, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreferenced 

message: Precisely because of these concerns (see section 'Unreferenced' above) I found and added a reference to a New York Times article from 1999 addressing criticism of Ilan Stavans. Also added a 'Criticism' section that I think is much needed. From the wikipedia entry it would seem that Stavans' critics were just unaffiliated or non-academic 'Latino' circles, but reading the New York Times article it seems that there are critics from within academia itself, so I think that is worth addressing in future updates of this entry.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.227.179.180 (talk) 20:33, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism 

message: In addition to Ilan Stavans' print publications, should there also be a section including web articles he's written? Heather Chait (talk) 19:42, 25 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Articles Online 

message: I added a POV tag. This article reads like the dust jacket of a self-published novel.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.85.253.79 (talk) 19:11, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: For its size, this must be the most poorly referenced WP bio article I've seen. I placed a few tags over the most prominent uncited claims being made, but the article needs cites in far many more statements than those I tagged. The list of 6 references there now are almost useless to support the article even existing: two of them are permanent dead link, 2 others aren't taking directly about the subject of the article, and out of the remaining 2 only one, imo, is from a WP:RS. I am not saying article doesn't meet WP:N criteria. What I am saying is the article makes a lot of claims, some of which can be substantiated by solid RSs but those existing RSs haven't been taken advantage of by previous editors. The article appears written by either the subject of the article himself (read WP:COI or some of his fans. Mercy11 (talk) 03:15, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Poorly Referenced

message: He appears to be a Mexican resident in the States. If he has dual citizenship, that should be indicated. 142.205.202.71 (talk) 20:54, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  American?