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Steve Jobs was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. 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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January 12, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
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Apple started in a garage

The part about Apple and that they started Apple in a garage seems to be wrong. "Jobs, Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne founded Apple computer in the garage of Jobs's parents in order to sell it"

According to Steve Woz from his book.

" Stanford 1934 graduates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard founded Hewlett-Packard in their garage in 1939. Now, a lot of people confuse that story with Apple’s, saying that we started Apple in a garage. Not true. HP started in a garage, true. But in the case of Apple, I worked in my room at my apartment and Steve worked in his bedroom in his parents’ house. We only did the very last part of assembly in his garage. But that’s how it goes with stories. " Wozniak, Steve (2007-10-17). iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon (p. 123). Norton. Kindle Edition. Henriknj (talk) 17:35, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The statement may be incomplete, but I don't think it's incorrect. Markula met the Apple team in the garage, and Woz was there to demo it in the garage so the garage played a significant role. Woz's clarification that much of the earliest work was done in their bedrooms before moving to the garage could be mentioned, but it almost seems a matter of trivia. Is it important enough to include? BashBrannigan (talk) 01:02, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Steve Jobs Birthplace

Hi,

I was wondering if the birth city is accurate for Steve Jobs. I have seen numerous sources list San Francisco, however, I have also seen Green Bay Wisconsin listed. Which is accurate? It is interesting to note his parents were both UW students/employees and his sister was born in Green Bay. As an example of a site that lists Green Bay, www.city-data.com lists Steve Jobs as a celebrity born there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.62.94.170 (talk) 20:04, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

From what I understand, he was put up for adoption pre-birth and his mother went to the couple in San Francisco to actually have him. So His parents lived in Wisconsin, but he was actually born in San Francisco. I might be wrong though. Jeancey (talk) 20:11, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So I found a copy of the birth certificate which is dated March 2, 1955 - though he was born on Feb 24, 1955. The name of the hospital is blank - which doesn't really help to establish where he was born. http://www.astro.com/imwiki/adb/Stevejobs.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.62.94.170 (talk) 12:36, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That would be incorrect. The picture you linked gives his date of birth as February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California. It was received by the registrar and filed on March 2, 1955. No hospital might indicate a Home-birth. Jeancey (talk) 15:03, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Listing Jobs' other sister

Is it appropriate on Wikipedia under "relatives" to list next to his blood sister, Mona Simpson, his adopted sister, Patty Jobs? Walter Dufresne (talk) 15:17, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jobs images

Can we get a single goddamn picture of Jobs in this thread before he got cancer? The man lived a long fucking life. For most of it, he looked good. Any other half-decent bio-article of this length, be it Joseph Stalin or Oprah Fucking Winfrey you'll find pictures of them from throughout their lives, not just from the five-year period we knew them in before they died.

Why don't you ask for a picture of him with his fucking halo and feeding the fucking poor also?

Steve Jobs had cancer for almost the whole time Wikipedia existed, so we didn't get the chance to photograph him before that. Pictures other people have taken are copyrighted so we can't use them. If you have some photos you took of Jobs when he was well, and you're willing to release them for free use, I'll bet the Commons would be happy have them. Keep your fork, there's pie (talk) 02:40, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]