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Daveburstein (talk) 04:57, 28 August 2024 (UTC)Removed "undisclosed paid." Reviewed article, which recorded both exceptional achievements and some criticisms. Backed up with many references. In the absence of direct evidence of paid submission, I deleted it. I'm not qualified to judge the value of Wolfram's contributions but note they have frequently been praised. I've neither met nor have any connection to Wolfram. Dave Burstein[reply]

Hello. I have just tagged this article {{undisclosed paid}}, because it was very heavily edited by a (highly likely paid) sockfarm that is focused almost exclusively on promoting Stephen Wolfram and his work. Please see this COIN thread (perma) and the related SPI for more information. The article will need a thorough review before the tag is removed. Thanks and best, Blablubbs|talk 15:12, 13 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds plausible, the current text doesn't reflect the uniformly negative reception of Wolfram Physics and A New Kind of Science among the secondary WP:RS. Rolf H Nelson (talk) 04:46, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edits requiring particular scrutiny, per the master list: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. XOR'easter (talk) 17:35, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Evaluating:

Nationality in infobox edit, looks OK
Updated access-date in web reference, looks OK
Moved text; text was bad, but moving it not a problem
"British" to "British-American"
Added 2 references, 1 primary
Emphasis on "inaugural Fellow" might be puffery
Spammy and trivial, only primary and self-published sources
copy edit to the previous addition
much new text, very spammy, advertorial in tone
changed link target
puffing up "influences" list in infobox (what are those even good for anyway?), removed initially struggled in school
changed link target
unsourced change of doctoral advisor
another sock adding a source for the previous
source for the puffery in "influences" list from edit 11
minor tweak in citation metadata
upgrading his grandmother from "speaker" to "expert"
removal of test edit (thanks)
adding empty marketing language
hyping the "Wolfram Axiom", blatantly ignoring everyone else's contributions (see Minimal axioms for Boolean algebra)
moved some text, hyped his SoundCloud
unsourced BLP information about his son, early life and education material rearranged
the dreaded "In popular culture" heading
trivia
addition of self-published source
linkfarming
more linkfarming
added an image from Wolfram's website; claims to be CC, but the original website doesn't say so
added his age-7 report card, same copyright concern as previous
added paragraph about testifying before a Senate subcommittee; without a secondary source, seems WP:UNDUE
added picture from the Senate subcommittee event; image again lifted from Wolfram's website, where no photo credit is given

Whew! XOR'easter (talk) 21:20, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Source for first published writing at 15

As loathe as I am to lend credibility to someone sockfarming WP, a possible source for the citation needed around his first publishing at 15 would be a link to the actual paper he published that includes the date and the name of the journal: https://content.wolfram.com/uploads/sites/34/2020/07/hadronic-electrons.pdf 172.92.181.142 (talk) 13:48, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Or perhaps, same paper, but from somewhere that isn't his own website: https://www.publish.csiro.au/ph/pdf/PH750479 172.92.181.142 (talk) 13:51, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Change scientific career fields

Change “computing” to “Computer Science” in the scientific career fields. 79.169.33.125 (talk) 21:45, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is a mistake. His computing is not computer science. I suggest a change here. Soupnero (talk) Soupnero (talk) 14:44, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ruthless undermining and bad habits of stealthy recording business partners

Mathematica's Wolfram sued, accused of secretly recording calls

"SWolfram has been sued by a former CEO of one of his companies who alleges he promised a stake in the firm and then reneged."

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20141104/NEWS04/141109944/mathematica-s-wolfram-sued-for-allegedly-reneging-on-partnership-promise

He plays many of his business partners and associates against one another. Soupnero (talk) 14:52, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"before he had earned his undergraduate degree"

It says earlier in the text that he never actually earned an undergraduate degree and left Oxford early:

"by the time he had earned his undergraduate degree, he had published ten such papers"

Is the phrasing just incorrect then? 87.150.85.110 (talk) 23:30, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]