Talk:Anne Wojcicki

Name of Daughter?

The article displays the name of their son but not their daughter...from a cursory search I cannot find it... --Schultkl (talk) 00:21, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Birth date It says she is due to give birth in Nov 08, when was this article last updated??? 121.98.167.23 (talk) 06:33, 27 January 2009 (UTC) Gareth

She's a biologist?

A BS in biology doesn't make you a biologist-- you have to actually do some biology. The article indicates that she was some sort of stock analyst, and then started a company. This would make her a businesswoman. Analyzing GM stock doesn't make you an automotive engineer; founding a software company doesn't make you a computer scientist. MayerG (talk) 04:14, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Ethnicity?

Why is her ethnicity listed on her brief profile? If ethnicity is important information in general, why isn't the ethnicity of her husband, Sergey Brin, also listed? Glai (talk) 14:19, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Do you mean in the lede ("an American biotech analysit...") or in the Early life section ("Russian and Polish descent")? I think that both of these cases are legitimate and proper, per Wikipedia guidelines. -FrankTobia (talk) 14:55, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Ethnicity is a very "touchy" issue as far as placement, relevance, ect, ect. It is very common in most bios to include ethnicity. I agree that the way it it currently written is very "clunky"/awkward but not offensive. It could have citations, but that goes without saying. Is there more that you object too? Also, Brin's ethnicity is covered extensively in his own bio as it should be, to point it out here would be unsuall unlesss there was some significant reason to do so, which I can't think of. Anyways, --Tom (talk) 15:17, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

ps, maybe read WP:MOSBIO which covers how bios should be crafted or feel free to hit my talk page for further discussion since about 30% of my edits deal with this exact issue. Cheers, --Tom (talk) 15:20, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

This is in regards to the text "Russian and Polish descent". I am not offended nor do I object to the utilization. It was more of an issue of consistency; merely, I am asking why this individual had this "ethnicity" info on the Brief Profile when it was not listed for her husband in his profile though it is known. I can only guess that many other individuals here on Wikipedia whose ethnicity may be known do not have their ethnicity listed as well.

In any case, Tom, I may move this to your talk page. Thanks for the responses here.Glai (talk) 18:09, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

As I said, the way the article is written now, its awkward and I to hate when ethnicity is "shoved" into articles as it is here, but alot of editors want ethnicity included, my guess being out of nationalist pride, ect, or for attack reasons, or for whatever reason. I think it adds usefull and legitmate biographical info. My biggest thing is when folks try to insert ethnicity into the lead sentence, ie Jewish-American, ect, which happens alot, which is a Wiki no-no. Bios usually don't go into ethnicity of spouses unless there is some good reason to do so. Again, folks can click on Sergey and read waaaay to much about his ethnicity and family background, imho. Anyways, cheers! --Tom (talk) 21:29, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

It's currently just left in the infobox and not listed anywhere in the text of the article. I haven't made any edits of this type and don't feel strongly but trust Tom to do this right. —mako๛ 15:23, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

High School Year Book

I being voted Most Likely to Succeed in your high school yearbook really something that belongs in the article? I can see it's cited, but it seems like an encyclopedia article is not really the best place to talk about what one's teenage classmates thought of one. —mako๛ 15:20, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Probably not, but I doubt anybody cares. It only took a year to get a response to this :) --Threeafterthree (talk) 14:30, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Adding sources

Most of the editors who worked on this article (per the talk page), have been banned, so I am doing what I can to provide sources that aren't directly from 23andme. I've added two, from the New York Times and SE Roundtable.

Here's a third, which could be included as an "External links" section, should anyone wish to do so:

Rise of the Young Philanthropists (2013).

--FeralOink (talk) 12:05, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Edits reverted by me

I have reverted edits related to recent developments at 23andMe by Caneprig to avoid redundant and conflicting content on Wikipedia, in line with WP:CONTENTFORK and WP:BRD. These developments are covered thoroughly in the 23andMe article and selective coverage of the facts here is likely to be unbalanced and misleading. Caneprig has reverted my revert without any talk page discussion (BRR, i.e. edit warring).

Caneprig has also since added contentious material based on a tabloid source, which I will now remove in line with WP:BLPREMOVE, WP:BLPSOURCES and WP:BRD. HelenOnline 13:50, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Subtle bias

It's everywhere on Wikipedia. In this article too: "She is the former wife of Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin." "It was reported on March 23, 2016 that Alex Rodriguez has been dating Wojcicki."

I changed them to: "She was formerly married to Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin." "It was reported on March 23, 2016 that Wojcicki has been dating professional baseball player Alex Rodriguez."

I find it amusing that in her own article, she is the figurative object of both of the original sentences, and also the grammatical object of the second. I wonder how often this type of subtle gender bias appears in Wikipedia articles in general. My guess would be fairly often, considering 87% of wikipedia editors are male. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.190.116 (talk) 01:48, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

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Team-B-Vital Improvement Drive

Hello all!

This article has been chosen as this week's effort for WP:Discord's #team-b-vital channel, a collaborate effort to bring Vital articles up to a B class if possible, similar to WP:Articles for Improvement. This effort will run for up to seven days, ending early if the article is felt to be at B-class or impossible to further improve. Articles are chosen by a quick vote among interested chatters, with the goal of working together on interesting Vital articles that need improving.

Thank you! -- ferret (talk) 00:00, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Director at Cazoo

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anne-wojcicki-onboard-at-cazoo-before-8bn-listing-f7xpln06p

Also mentioned here if we want to avoid paywall:

https://news.sky.com/story/ex-mp-berger-gets-on-board-cazoo-ahead-of-7bn-us-merger-12294134

©Geni (talk) 02:46, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Political Affiliation

Which political party does Anne align herself with? 2601:541:C100:D13:E8B2:4F84:81AD:47F7 (talk) 02:09, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Why? --ZimZalaBim ^talk 02:20, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

Referring to Brin as “her then husband” in 2005

“In approximately 2005, Wojcicki and her then husband Sergey Brin bought at least half a dozen commercial properties in downtown Los Altos.”

Brin and Wojcicki did not marry until May 2007. The source states 2005, so it was before their marriage, but this sentence is confusing since it makes it seem as if they were married at the time. Johna1311 (talk) 21:01, 10 August 2024 (UTC)