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Steve Jobs was a Engineering and technology 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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Semi-protected edit request on 4 October 2015 OR Ethnicity is a different concept from ancestry

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In the quick stats box on the top, right-hand side of the page, Jobs's "Ethnicity" is listed as German and Syrian. Those are his (most current) ancestral ethnicities as he did not partake in, identify with, nor was admitted to the cultural matrixes of either German or Syrian. Ancestry is more specific as the topic to the response given (or implied) there than ethnicity and hence more accurate; therefore, "Ancestry" should replace the word "Ethnicity" in that box (or else where found). The logic of ethnic cultural matrix as synonymous with ethnicity makes Jobs's American (or some equivalent term) in fact and his nationality (in today's understanding) is from wherever he held citizenship, which would likely include at least the same, but that is not always true with all of course. 2601:584:C000:3A0:4D7F:B9BB:D744:1EDE (talk) 07:03, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. It would also entail a discussion on the talk page of {{Infobox person}}. -- Sam Sailor ^Talk! 08:36, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm perplexed as to what the problem is. The Infobox template, which you can see here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_person

offers the following categories for background:

| nationality = | ethnicity = | citizenship =

Nationality is listed as American (which also covers citizenship). Ethnicity is the other option given (not ancestry). The Oxford English Dictionary defines "Ethnicity" as: "Status in respect of membership of a group regarded as ultimately of common descent" which covers the concept of "ancestry." Ethnicity is based upon the background of parents, grandparents etc. His biological father is Syrian and mother is German on her father's side, hence the identification as German and Syrian. His adopted mother was Armenian and Jobs is reported to have had an interest in Armenian culture and history. However, I'm not sure listing "Armenian" as one of the categories would fit under the term "ethnicity." The entry is correct. -Classicfilms (talk) 05:03, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling of full name

Early signatures seem to show his name signed "Stevin Jobs," and not "Steven Jobs" as it is spelled on his wiki. Should this be researched?

Set index article for Steve Jobs films

There is a discussion about Steve Jobs (film), a set index article listing films named after Steve Jobs. The discussion can be seen here. Editors are invited to comment. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 15:54, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Donation

Should this be mention? just wondering. http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/18826930/apple-donates-1-million-to-rescue-workers-rsquo-families.htm http://mashable.com/2012/11/09/apple-donates-hurricane-sandy/#jXQn2CFKL8qo --1.34.108.230 (talk) 10:40, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Atari hiring

I'm concerned about the section on his hiring at Atari. It had nothing to do with Woz's pong, he went and showed them that later after he was hired. All accounts state Al hired him just to take a chance, not because of any game. I.E. sources such as 1 and 2. --Marty Goldberg (talk) 21:18, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Innovations and designs

It is not clear if Jobs was ever listed as the sole inventor of any patent, (like Steve Wozniak for instance). Please clarify in the section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uscbino (talk • contribs) 23:35, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

He was a highly unpleasant person

How can we insert this into the articles?78.149.212.18 (talk) 13:48, 1 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]