User:Kpham00/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
J. Robert Oppenheimer

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.)

This article has a lot of information about a pivotal figure during the Manhattan Project. It is a prominent time in American history that many would want to learn about and it would be beneficial if there were many people continuously adding to it and making sure of its accuracy. I also think there are interesting pieces of information that is not explored in his article.

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 introductory section provides all of the basic information one would need to vet a fair grasp on his credibility and

I think that the article is very efficient and fairly detailed. there were sections of this article that made me feel as though it was a drama magazine and other sections had me feeling as though I needed to go somewhere else to answer my questions on him. Some statements made about him feel to me as though they are ambiguous in tone. I think that mixing his personal private life with his political affiliations is a strange combination to possibly paint him as in a less savory light. The article is very balanced in the variety of information it has about Oppenheimer.

The majority of sources are from within the last 30 years, mainly around the early 2000's. I think that is fairly recent enough but given that he's been dead for 50 years, I would like more recent perspectives of his work and maybe his psyche.

I think that the pictures within the article are relevant and add to the literature about him.

Surely, there are discussions or conversations of whether not not Oppenheimer actually did regret helping build the bomb. Even if there is no outright regret, people would then bring up the possible notion of responsibility or growing pacifism. This article is fairly similar to what our class has discussed.

i think that this is a good and effective article that describes the many components of Oppenheimer's life. There are many prominent strengths of scholarship in writing and neutrality. I think that there could be more discussed in the perception of how people see him outside his political stance, what his struggle with the government showcases in terms of war and power, and his concern for humanity.