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Good articleAlan Turing has been listed as one of the Mathematics good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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Image of Turing aged 5

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Is this image in the public domain? The caption there reads: "Alan Turing, aged 5, Photo [AMT/K/7/2]. Thanks Martinevans123 (talk) 18:04, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'd imagine the image was taken in the UK, so you'd need to look up their laws. TarnishedPathtalk 10:28, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Possibly here? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:59, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 2 May 2024

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In the introduction, it is stated that "the evidence is also consistent with accidental poisoning", but there is no citation for that. The BBC article listed as the citation for that paragraph only mentions suicide. It should either be removed, or at least have a citation needed tag. Silversquirl (talk) 00:48, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done The introduction is a summary of the rest of the article which, per MOS:LEADCITE, does not require inline citations unless the claim is likely to be challenged. Since this claim has now been challenged I added a citation from the death section which verifies it. Jamedeus (talk) 02:38, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 October 2024

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"Turing's remains were cremated at Woking Crematorium just two days later on 12 June 1954 with just three people attending"; the citation for this wrongly cites this at page 529, when this is actually in the postscript of the book, at page 665. Furthermore, it would be useful to add that "His mother, brother, and Lyn Newman attended the ceremony.", as opposed to "three people". EHinchliff (talk) 12:36, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I have updated the wording, but just wanted to check if you are using the 1983 edition of Hodges? Martinevans123 (talk) 12:40, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Already done -- Marking this as done per above — BerryForPerpetuity (talk) 12:19, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lead image proposal

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Which of the following images should serve as the lead image for Turing's infobox?

Absolutiva (talk) 15:12, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In my view it should be "C". I think "A" is from too young an age and "B" looks strange (I think because his left eye is so dark almost as if it were empty). --Qcomp (talk) 15:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Agree, "C", for exact same reasons. Not sure why it was ever changed. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:00, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RFC: Lead image

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As per above, which of the following images should be used for Turing's infobox?

Absolutiva (talk) 09:19, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

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I just did what I thought would be a good crop of C
  • TarnishedPathtalk 10:26, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]