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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:12, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

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Hi! I added the infobox that you wanted added. I do have some notes, however:

• The article should be about the statue - there is no need to go into depth about the history of Benito Juarez in the article, as this will already be in the article about him. As such, the article should really only contain information about the history of the statue. I'd model it after articles on statues such as Statue of Unity, Statue of James II, Trafalgar Square, and Statue of Lenin, Seattle. The first three sections don't really fit into how articles on statues or public artwork are typically styled - however I would use this information to flesh out the article on Juarez, if any of this information in his article is unclear or needs expansion.

• Be extremely careful of sections like historical significance. Remember, this isn't meant to be about the historical relevance of Juarez, but of the statue itself. Any information about what the statue is meant to represent can definitely be included in the history section, but make sure that you're only summarizing what has been explicitly stated in the source material. Anything that comes across like an opinion needs to be directly attributed to the person making them.

• This leads into the next part - make sure that everything is neutrally written. Avoid flowery language like "sheds light" and that nothing comes across as pro or anti-Juarez or for or against the statue.

• The sourcing should be about the statue - I'm concerned that some of the sourcing doesn't actually seem to mention the statue, like the Washington Post piece. Be aware that using these sources to back up claims about the statue will be seen as original research, which shouldn't be in the article. You also should make sure that the sourcing is reliable - for example, Wikipedia cannot be used as a source because anyone edit it. The Flickr source isn't usable since it's written by a random person. Flickr doesn't fact check anything posted by its users or provide any editorial oversight, so we have no way of knowing how accurate the source is or isn't. Even if the material all looks correct, it's still not a good source to use in the article.

It's extremely important to have sourcing that is independent, reliable, and goes into depth about the statue, as the statue is not automatically notable because of Juarez or the governments that were involved.

I hope that this all helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:54, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your help, I appreciate the detailed feedback! History925818 (talk) 18:45, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks for creating Statue of Benito Juarez in New Orleans.

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Hughesdarren (talk) 22:46, 4 May 2019 (UTC)