Talk:Jane Hawking

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Biography: Arts and Entertainment

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the arts and entertainment work group (assessed as High-importance).

Education Mid‑importance

	Education portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Education, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of education and education-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.EducationWikipedia:WikiProject EducationTemplate:WikiProject Educationeducation articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Women writers High‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women writers, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of women writers on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women writersWikipedia:WikiProject Women writersTemplate:WikiProject Women writersWomen writers articles
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Women's History Mid‑importance

	History portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women's History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Women's history and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women's HistoryWikipedia:WikiProject Women's HistoryTemplate:WikiProject Women's HistoryWomen's History articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Hertfordshire (inactive)

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Hertfordshire, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.HertfordshireWikipedia:WikiProject HertfordshireTemplate:WikiProject HertfordshireHertfordshire articles

It is requested that a photograph be included in this article to improve its quality.
The external tool WordPress Openverse may be able to locate suitable images on Flickr and other web sites.

Upload

Archives

Archive 1

Last name[edit]

Again, Wikipedia takes it upon itself to change the name of a married woman to put her family surname before her married surname while no other source refers to her as Jane Wilde Hawking. NorthernThunder (talk) 23:32, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that with the thrust of that comment . Shouldn't it be changed? The other point is that there is no evidence that she is a "Professor of Romance Languages" anywhere. In the UK professor is not just a title given to anyone who teaches at a university. Neilj (talk) 11:12, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think the name is correct. She was born as Jane Wilde and she is not married to Hawking anymore, but Hawking is the name she is famous for, not her second husband's name. and there is a reference for her teaching romance languages in the UK. HesioneHushabye (talk) 14:31, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes-But: she's not a professor as commonly understood in the Commonwealth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.68.85.125 (talk) 14:41, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Should it not be Jane Beryl Wilde Hawking Jones in the lead? She is obviously best known as Jane Hawkings in source material, but the correct order would put her family name first.--Metallurgist (talk) 18:16, 9 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Her First Husband[edit]

Curious why the page mentions her [first] husband, instead of just saying Hawking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8084:D020:3F00:A14A:1696:FE16:E4E4 (talk) 20:45, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's just to avoid too many repetitions of "Hawking" in the article. JezGrove (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion[edit]

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

Stephen Hawking - Jane Wilde 1966.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 13:37, 21 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]