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Pedro Abad Santos
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Pedro Abad Santos is the founder of the Socialist Party of the Philippines, and is the brother of Jose Abad Santos. I fixed some of the article's issues in prose and verification, and I prefer that someone else remove the maintenance tags. I aim to make this article B-class, or GA/FA-class.
Some questions to start the peer review discussion:
- The biography is thematically arranged (early life and education, then joining the Katipunan; Peasant Uprising section, etc.) Should I keep it this way, or can I move or combine some events?
- I tried using efns to clarify inconsistencies among sources. Should I also use them to clarify the use of Filipino translations of the party names? I have to distinguish PKP-1930, the Socialist-Communist merger, and the 1960's Communist Party of the Philippines.
- What information should I add/remove, considering that the article focuses on Pedro Abad Santos and not necessarily his parties? I plan to add a paragraph on his views (on Catholicism, ties with the US, Philippine independence) while writing as head of the Socialist Party in the sentence where Luis Taruc describes Abad Santos.
Thanks, RFNirmala (talk) 03:48, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
Comments by AdaCiccone
Some comments from me after a brief read:
- I think the Katipunan and Philippine-American War section has some unnecessary details like him being allowed to walk freely in the camp and family visitations. If GA is really your aim, per GA criterion 3b, the article should stay focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail. Try spotting similar issues elsewhere in the article.
- The name used when referring to him isn't consistent. Both 'Pedro' and 'Abad Santos' are used in the article, I'd suggest make it uniform.
- The article has cleanup banners. Those could be a starting point for further improvement.
- The legacy section could be made as some sort of closing summary of the subject. Right now, it's so short.
- Now addressing your questions:
- Keep the thematic structure but try paying attention to the time and chronology. For example, the 'Preparations for World War II' sections ends with the Pearl Harbor event in 1941 but the next section, 'Peasant Uprising', goes back to the 1930s. I understand that the beginning of the peasant uprising is meant to give readers some background but it could be better if there's clearer chronological laying out of events.
- Keep efn tags but don't to rely on them to explain stuff that'd genuinely work better as a prose. The party distinctions are important but they're also key to understanding the subject. Maybe you could clarify it as a prose instead?
- I'd add what kind of political figure he was (and how others viewed him at the time) and remove stuff that aren't related to him. For example, the peasant uprising section reads more like an historical event and is less about him. If it has to stay, then that event needs to be explained with him as the central theme.
That's all I could think of right now. Maybe there'd be some more from other editors. AdaCiccone (talk) 11:37, 1 May 2026 (UTC)
- Hi, I got tied with IRL matters so I couldn't reply ASAP. Thank you for the feedback. I made his naming more consistent and tried to add more info. But again, I'm never sure when I've exhausted all sources I could find, so improving the article could take some time. RFNirmala (talk) 00:33, 15 May 2026 (UTC)