Talk:Klaus Fuchs/Archives/2018
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Hi there @Hawkeye7:, you reverted my recent edit saying the content about his later life was "already in the lead". But so are the statements that he worked at on the Manhattan project, at Los Alamos, and was convicted of espionage. So surely it will be consistent to add another sentence to the first paragraph, introducing his life after those events? Somej (talk) 06:30, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
- But it's already in the third paragraph, and it isn't what he is most notable for. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:56, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Hawkeye7: Los Alamos is in a later paragraph. It isn't what he is most notable for. Manhattan is in a later paragraph. It isn't what he is most notable for. And, from a neutral POV, all major aspects of his career as a physicist - including leading the DDR nuclear program - are of equal interest Somej (talk) 08:07, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
- What he is famous for is being the stomic spy who leaked nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. I know a fair bit about his work at Los Alamos and Harwell, but not much about his work in the DDR. So this only occupies the last paragraph of the article, and therefore is lucky to make the lead at all. Most physicists don't achieve much over the age of 50, but if you have some more material about his work in the DDR , we can add it to the article. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:37, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you for that suggestion. I've added some of the material from the de:Klaus Fuchs page to the body of the article to support the new sentence in the opening paragraph. Somej (talk) 08:05, 2 May 2018 (UTC)
- What he is famous for is being the stomic spy who leaked nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. I know a fair bit about his work at Los Alamos and Harwell, but not much about his work in the DDR. So this only occupies the last paragraph of the article, and therefore is lucky to make the lead at all. Most physicists don't achieve much over the age of 50, but if you have some more material about his work in the DDR , we can add it to the article. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:37, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
- @Hawkeye7: Los Alamos is in a later paragraph. It isn't what he is most notable for. Manhattan is in a later paragraph. It isn't what he is most notable for. And, from a neutral POV, all major aspects of his career as a physicist - including leading the DDR nuclear program - are of equal interest Somej (talk) 08:07, 1 May 2018 (UTC)