Catholic social teaching was one of the Philosophy and religion good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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Why was the article delisted as a "good article"? The note above says there are suggestions here about how it could be improved, but these and all other comments appear to have been removed. Why? Deipnosophista (talk) 07:15, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The primary issues raised by the reassessing editor were the lack of independent sourcing—that is, sourcing that isn't directly from the Catholic church—as well as a few statements that were not verified by the sources. If one compares the version available at the time of the reassessment with the version now, I'd say these issues have been addressed to some extent.
As it was in February 2010, the majority of the article's references took the form of pointers to encyclicals. The article still relies too heavily on primary sourcing—a general problem across religious articles. Specifically, now, it probably relies too heavily on the Catechism. Obviously, it has now been expanded to cover developments since Francis became Pope. The secondary sourcing has improved, although there's plenty of sources out there to improve it.