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I find it surprising that the section on his views includes no mention of his forthright defence of the UK NHS and socialised medicine. https://www.hawking.org.uk/in-words/speeches/speech-1

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parent name and wife name 36.252.69.73 (talk) 11:37, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Change: Hawking claimed to be an atheist.

To: Hawking was an atheist. 81.78.67.89 (talk) 12:15, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Tollens (talk) 13:22, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Recent allegations of sexual misconduct regarding Hawking’s name being mentioned in the Epstein client clist

Does anybody know how to factor this in? I know we must wait for more information but at the very least we can add a stub saying there have been “allegations” and then see if the allegations are further proven then we edit accordingly 99.232.236.142 (talk) 03:23, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Allegations of what? HiLo48 (talk) 05:03, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest putting a subsection about the Epstein court case under the Personal life section, similar to the Sexual harassment lawsuits section on the Danny Elfman article. We will also need to take care to cite from reliable sources, as there are so many news outlets reporting on the Epstein documents as they have been recently made public. Panian513 05:21, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah it’s too early to discuss it as fact but it should definitely be mentioned in personal life as alleged and I mean alleged. I myself have very strong feelings in this but for the sake of journalistic integrity I would stress putting it as alleged until we get further information since this stuff has just been released. I myself am not a confirmed protection user hence why I have brought the subject for someone more skilled in editing and with more power to do so. 99.232.236.142 (talk) 06:22, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]