User:JKBrenner/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Edward Bernays

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.) I chose the page of Edward Bernays because he was briefly discussed in Kerryn Higgs' 'A Brief History of Consumer Culture' and from my impression he seems to be a really influential figure in advertising, public relations, and consumerism as a whole.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.) The lead section and the first sentence especially seem to concisely summarize Bernays, his life, and why he is important. The article also has a lot of content which to me all seems to be accurate and up to date. One equity gap though could be that it only briefly mentions the fact that he was a Jewish man. The content also all comes off as very neutral and unbiased and they are backed up with many different sources that all seem reliable. The organization and use of images in the article both work really well. In the talk page, there were a lot discussions about the article until it got overhauled and made into what it is today. The more recent discussions are pointing out more minor problems which seems a lot different from the discussions in class. This article was a part of a wiki project recently and I think that is why this is a strong article without a lot to change. I think the biggest changes would be just adding a little more content, especially in the legacy section.