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Years of birth/death for Pierre

Might want to fix that.. the numbers are swapped. He was born in 59. Not 95. As it stands - it seems as if he died at 11. Whyforartthou (talk) 16:20, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

If you're referring to the entry in the infobox, it states "m. 1895", meaning "married in 1895". Mindmatrix 00:58, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2020

83.20.224.39 (talk) 02:54, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. GreenComputer (talk) 03:12, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2020

Change Marie Curie to Marie Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Sklodowska-Curie .

Skłodowska (or just Sklodowska) is her maiden name! She adopted Curie when she got married, and she kept both names. You rob her of her heritage by not using her full name!

Source Polish encyclopaedia: https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/Sklodowska-Curie-Maria;3975962.html LukKur (talk) 12:56, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

See WP:COMMONNAMEThjarkur (talk) 13:01, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

There is a "-" between names. Its not Sklodowska Curie, but Sklodowska-Curie. Look at this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Louis-Dreyfus. This is the same situation so common name does not apply. You are just artificially cutting her name in half. This is incorrect, simply not her name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LukKur (talkcontribs) 22:20, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Obligatory ngram.TR 13:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

What part of: Skłodowska (or just Sklodowska) is her maiden name! She adopted Curie when she got married, and she kept both names. You rob her of her heritage by not using her full name! Dont you understand? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LukKur (talkcontribs) 07:20, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

 Already done. LukKur, the article already starts with Marie Skłodowska Curie, on account of that being her full name. The page name does not because that is the not what people are going to be searching for when they want to read an article about her. Granted, we could move the article to her full name but that would make information about her harder to find - how would that not be robbing her of her heritage? --Paultalk12:21, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Vandalism on "Marie Curie" Page

I saw that everyone except established users are unpermitted to edit this page because, as usual the page was protected to avoid vandalism. That means some user vandalized the page, and the page was protected. Who are established, and what made it vandalized?

Sincerely, Zikrain — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zikrsaloncom (talkcontribs) 22:50, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

This article has been protected on-and-off since 2008, if you're really curious you could trawl through the page's history. But it's not unusual for such a high visibility article to get vandalised pretty frequently. --Paultalk12:29, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 March 2021

Please edit her spouses dob and dod. He apparently was only 11 when he died according to this page currently 98.31.3.180 (talk) 02:30, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

 Not done The infobox states the year they married (as "m. 1895"), not the year he was born. Mindmatrix 02:54, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 April 2021

For “In popular culture” Dr. Marie Curie is referenced in the game Fallout 3. Mother Curie III is a reference to Marie Curie, mainly in name but also in her fate. In the story Mother Curie deals with irradiated water and, depending on player choice, has a chance to be turned into a Ghoul due to radiation exposure. Much like how Marie Curie was killed by radiation poisoning. Source https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Curie_III MrDr666 (talk) 11:13, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:47, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2021

Birth year of Pierre Curie is incorrect. Birth year is stated as 1895, should be 1859. Eriksteinebach1 (talk) 13:40, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: The date in the infobox is not referencing Pierre Curie's birth, but Pierre and Marie Curie's marriage. Egsan Bacon (talk) 14:16, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 May 2021

In the “Death” section could you please change the quote “concluded that she could not have been exposed to lethal levels of radiation while she was alive’” to “concluded that she could not have been exposed to lethal levels of radium while she was alive” as per the referenced source material (reference 79). The misquote seems to imply that she did not die from radiation exposure at all, when in fact it was simply not radium exposure that killed her, but other types of radiation exposure. Rmv14159 (talk) 17:55, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

 Done ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 18:37, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 March 2021

I do request to add full surname of Marie. Her full name and surname is Maria Skłodowska-Curie and this is how it supposed to be presented to the World if Wikipedia are a reliable source of knowledge. Many thanks in advance for fulfilling this request. Starchild7997 (talk) 21:19, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. LOMRJYO(About × contribs) 22:24, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
Quick Google search provides multiple results on this. Among which there's this website: culture.pl
Curie's full name is already on the page (first three words of the lede). The page name itself is 'Marie Curie' because that's what most people know her by -- the WP:COMMONNAME policy doesn't require we use someone's full official name, especially when someone is better known by a different name. For example, Caesar's page name is Julius Caesar, not 'Gaius Julius Caesar' even though that was his full name. Hope this addresses your concern. Zupotachyon (talk) 22:27, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
This page loaded after looking for 'Maria Sklodowska', so the argument that people will be looking for Maria Curie is very weak. Let's make it the other way around - let's make the page searchable as Maria Curie if this is was people know her by, but the title should read Maria Sklodowska-Curie, because that was her name. Just like Lamborghini LM002 is the title of the page because it's an official type and name of the car but the page can be found by typing 'Rambo Lambo'. Please change the title of the page to what her name was and not what some people mistakenly know her as. I won't say what president Trump is known in certain regions as, but I still would not recommend putting it as a title of the article about him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.5.149.191 (talk) 18:22, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
 Not done: page move requests should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves. In any case, as noted above the policy at WP:COMMONNAME states that "Wikipedia does not necessarily use the subject's "official" name as an article title; it generally prefers the name that is most commonly used (as determined by its prevalence in a significant majority of independent, reliable English-language sources)". In order to change the name of the article, you would need to demonstrate that such sources refer to her as such. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 14:10, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 July 2021

Pierre Curie was borned in 1859 not 1895 as stated. 2604:3D09:A57F:4E00:7469:3AFE:5D60:AC59 (talk) 20:38, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: See above, the birth date is correct. The m. means married. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:43, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Anyone else notice a giant nazi flag when trying to enter the article

Qhen I clicked on the link t there was a giant nazi flag. It happened a few more times when I backtracked and clicked on the link again. I am absolutely confused and it seems to have fixed itself. Am I the only one this happened to? The red completely covered the article, and it was very clearly the swastika flag. Was this a site wide thing? Was this something that only happened to me? I have no idea if this is even the right place to put this but I feel it needs to be addressed considering Curie was Polish who were huge victims of the Nazis --120.149.68.187 (talk) 14:04, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 August 2021

Correct Pierre Curie's birth year. 1895 should be 1859 2600:1700:9D20:2A90:D97F:ECF1:DFAF:12D1 (talk) 23:11, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

 Not done This is a frequent request, but note that 1895 refers to the year they married, not Pierre's birth year. Mindmatrix 23:31, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

tis is a bad site for school because anyone can edit it — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:88F0:8030:E5EF:BDC3:9345:77AF (talk) 15:26, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 October 2021

Please change reference 106 URL to https://orau.org/health-physics-museum/articles/how-the-curie-came-to-be.html. The current URL is broken. Thanks. Topspinner21 (talk) 14:18, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

 Done ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:49, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Small editorial improvement

The sentences "While a French citizen, Marie Skłodowska Curie, who used both surnames,[7][8] never lost her sense of Polish identity. She taught her daughters the Polish language and took them on visits to Poland.[9] She named the first chemical element she discovered polonium, after her native country.[a]" should constitute a separate paragraph, as they have no connection with the previous sentences in the paragraph where they currently are located. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.52.105.157 (talk) 05:57, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Done. Thank you for the suggestion.
Nihil novi (talk) 09:21, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 November 2021

Please change the name of Marie to her full name as she's Curie- Sklodowska 2A00:23C7:D00D:E601:7D32:7B50:98EB:EC5C (talk) 00:42, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: No need – the article name is her WP:COMMONNAME, but her full name is in the introductory paragraph and there's also a redirect from Marie Skłodowska Curie. ClaudineChionh (talkcontribs) 01:06, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Name change

Change her name to full (Marie Skłodowska-Curie) in the article title and every subsequent mention in the article AnkaGalway77 (talk) 08:42, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Yes, why isn't this done yet? This is like washing her from identity. Maria owns a lot to France, but encyclopedias are not about politics and apprioprietation. Truth is what it is - she herself wanted and used both surnames. It is mentioned in the very text. 46.5.18.225 (talk) 13:22, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Category query

Category:Inventors killed by their own invention suggests she invented radium or radioactivity. That's not the case. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 23:36, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Congress Poland or Vistula Land

My understanding is that Russia has revoked most existence of Congress Poland at the begin of 1867 (march 1867 articles indicate that the 3rd council of state of Poland was revoked, see article on the council in polish lang). But she is born in November 1867. So legally speaking it was Russia at that time, and this area at this time was not supposed to be called Congress Poland, but Vistula Land. Sure the name was coined later but it indeed apply already as soon as the revocation is done by the Russian. Sure Marry is polish of culture, but not legaly speaking at the time because Russia has ruled otherwise. The article should reflect her polish culture and ancestors bit also reflect the reality of the situation at the time she was born and her actual nationality she had. 2A01:CB19:67B:C800:8812:7A22:99EB:A104 (talk) 23:31, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

11 year old husband

1859 not 1895 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:4C8:1421:9710:E53B:FF7B:69B7:86D (talk) 19:35, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 April 2022

Marie curies spouse birthdate is wrong on the card on the left 2A02:A447:9131:1:ED44:B9A6:7563:2957 (talk) 20:34, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:02, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
If you mean the "1895" in the infobox, that's the year of Pierre and Marie's marriage (as also indicated by the preceding "m."), not Pierre's birth year. Hqb (talk) 09:05, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 August 2022

In Pop Culture; Marie Curie was portrayed in season 3 of Canada's Drag Race's Snatch Game played by Giselle Lullaby Jintilley89 (talk) 18:54, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Please provide secondary sources to demonstrate that this is noteworthy. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:20, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 September 2022

Please change the name on top to Maria Skłodowska-Curie. That’s the bame of the woman in question. The west has robbed Maria of her name despite the extraordinary lengths she took to have her name remembered. That’s straight up insulting to her memory and patriotism. 185.189.139.233 (talk) 13:57, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: The lead of the article already states her full name. If you want the title changed, open a move request. Madeline (part of me) 14:30, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 October 2022

[1]

Pop Culture:

Add: In the book, Love On The Brain by Ali Hazelwood, Marie Curie is referenced. The female MC runs a twitter account called, "What Would Marie Curie Do?" regarding women in STEM and has several conversations about Marie and she shares details about Marie's life.

Sources: https://alihazelwood.com/books/love-on-the-brain/ Roamingsun97 (talk) 20:40, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done. Please provide reliable sources that are independent of the subject.  Ganbaruby! (talk) 21:46, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

References

Semi-protected edit request on 16 October 2022

Maria Skłodowska-Curie is the name of this person, how she noted in her diaries as wanted to be known because of being Polish and proud of HER OWN and not her husband’s achievements, and reducing it to Curie is anti-feminist and attributes her person further to France, which she purposely wanted to avoid as written by her in her well maintained diaries. She went against tradition in her times, keeping her maiden name. Referring to her by the surname she wanted would be the minimum respect Wikipedia can give her. 2A02:C7F:F67A:6D00:901D:5CE7:F657:F82C (talk) 20:25, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done See WP:COMMONNAME. If it's any consolation I think most of the world would think of Marie before her spouse if asked to name a Curie. Cannolis (talk) 23:32, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Georges Franju short film

Nicole Stephane plays her in it 188.29.194.33 (talk) 21:23, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

wrong units

in the d scription of one of the images, there is a mistake: "very small elecrical charge (in the region of pico-amps)"

charge is tot measured in amps! 31.30.161.28 (talk) 15:17, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Indeed, the image description doesn't really make sense as written. However, this doesn't directly pertain to the Marie Curie article (as discussed here), especially since the description is not shown in the caption. You should point out the problem at commons:File talk:Pierre and Marie Curie.jpg or possibly contact the uploader directly, to get it fixed. Thanks, Hqb (talk) 15:48, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 December 2022

"Her husband, Pierre Curie, was a co-winner on her first Nobel Prize, making them the first ever married couple to win the Nobel Prize and launching the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes." "on" should be changed to "of" "first ever" should be changed to "first-ever"

"In 1920 she founded the Curie Institute in Paris, and in 1932 the Curie Institute in Warsaw; both remain major centres of medical research." Should be reworded for clarity to "She founded the Curie Institute in Paris in 1920 and the Curie Institute in Warsaw in 1932; both remain major medical research centres." LHS Shadow (talk) 22:10, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks for noticing. - Jochen Burghardt (talk) 10:00, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 December 2022

The 5th paragraph states that Marie Curie died from aplastic anemia due to radiation exposure, although it is not known if this caused it. Many sources say that it is LIKELY why she died, although it is not known. I suggest an edit where "...France, of aplastic anemia from exposure to radiation..." is changed to "France, of aplastic anemia, likely from exposure to radiation..." LHS Shadow (talk) 21:35, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

 Done casualdejekyll 18:39, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 February 2023

Please I want to help make this source useful GOD!2344555 (talk) 16:37, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:44, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Surname

Why on earth is she referred to as only Marie Curie? The article clearly states at a later point “ While a French citizen, Marie Skłodowska Curie, who used both surnames,[8][9] never lost her sense of Polish identity.” This should be reflected in the title of the article in all languages. 5.173.9.166 (talk) 23:50, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure this person's de jure name was not at any point 'Marie Skłodowska-Curie'. The retaining of both names was not even invented at the time. If you have evidence, that Marie Curie in any point used herself the form "Marie Skłodowska-Curie" please provide the evidence (note that in this form she would not have used her Polish first name). The current formatting is ridiculous and example of historical negationism. Wikipedia should stick to the official names, and not to alternate invented names made up by feminists.
If you search 'Marie Curie autograph' in google the most cases are clearly spelled 'M. Curie' with only one reference (in wikipedia/commons) with this form from a letter by a claimed family member with no objective evidence that the signature even is even legit (and the picture quality/conrast in this clearly in this picture is too high to not be unmodified original so nothing proves it against being a fake) Objective214390 (talk) 17:13, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
I agree, the fact the title of the page is Marie Curie is historical negationism. Here is Maria Skłodowska Curie’s thesis paper from 1903, as you can clearly see, her surname is spelled Sklodowska Curie, which is to be expected when a French typewriter does not have the letter “ł”. Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6135943
Furthermore, in her Nobel Prize from Chemistry the name provided is Marie Sklodowska Curie, again the omittance of “ł” is due to it not existing in other languages. Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6184910
The fact that her name is “maiden name” - “husbands name” is a direct connection to the Polish naming tradition concerning dual surnames. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_names#:~:text=However%2C%20a%20married%20woman%20usually,barrelled%20name%20(nazwisko%20z%C5%82o%C5%BCone).
Additionally, if anything, her name being signed as M. Curie is the minority when you do a google search of “Maria Skłodowska podpis” or “Marie Skłodowska Curie signature”. Link: https://www.google.com/search?q=maria+sklodowska+podpis&sxsrf=AJOqlzVvGlkdHD92u5i0xf7XYTB2hQthgA:1678821255093&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwisi7TEkNz9AhWhmIsKHez9ArcQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1728&bih=881&dpr=2
https://www.google.com/search?q=maria+sklodowska+curie+signature&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjnlP3EkNz9AhVVvyoKHXoTBNYQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=maria+sklodowska+curie+signature&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoECCMQJ1CWBljyOmDyb2gAcAB4AIABXogB-weSAQIxNpgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=iMcQZOewEdX-qgH6ppCwDQ&bih=881&biw=1728
Lastly, her epitaph is Maria Skłodowska - Curie on her Polish tombstone and Marie Curie-Skłodowska on her French grave.
For these reasons I once again ask for the title of the page to be changed to Maria Skłodowska-Curie. 5.173.144.18 (talk) 19:17, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
Please see WP:COMMONNAME, a subsection of our article titles policy. Stoarm (talk) 15:58, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 February 2023

Change title to Marie Skłodowska-Curie, as it is the name she used herself. Dropping Skłodowska is not supported by any source. 2001:8003:22F7:6600:AC0A:B76D:44D0:14A7 (talk) 12:10, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

See Talk:Marie_Curie/Archive_1#Requested_move_1, Talk:Marie_Curie/Archive_2#Requested_move, Talk:Marie_Curie/Archive_2#Requested_move_2011, Talk:Marie_Curie/Archive_2#Requested_move_2...
I have no strong opinion, just pointing out this was discussed in the past, and if you want to start a new discussion, you should follow the instructions at WP:RM. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:15, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 Not done: page move requests should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:55, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
IP 2001, please see WP:COMMONNAME, a subsection of our article titles policy. Stoarm (talk) 16:01, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 February 2023

Change Marie Curie to Marie Skłodowska Curie 188.122.20.103 (talk) 19:39, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

The article already says that. RudolfRed (talk) 22:16, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
no!
Because a wrong title name, chatGTP calls her Marie Curie, what is a lie , as her name was not Marie Curie but Marie Curie Skłodowska.
How such a important person in history of mankind can have a wrong name in Wikipedia.
Crazy!
People who can change it, please do it ! Mac81x (talk) 11:04, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Wrong surname! chatGTP makes a mistake!

Because a wrong title name, chatGTP calls her Marie Curie, what is a lie , as her name was not Marie Curie but Marie Curie Skłodowska.
How such a important person in history of mankind can have a wrong name in Wikipedia.
Crazy!
People who can change it, please do it ! Mac81x (talk) 11:06, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
Please see WP:COMMONNAME, a subsection of our article titles policy. Stoarm (talk) 12:42, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 April 2023

Change the title from Marie Curie to Marie Sklodowska-Curie, that is her CORRECT name. 2A02:A443:35E0:1:A81F:FD47:C5F5:A2E9 (talk) 13:05, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: See relevant discussion above and WP:COMMONNAME. Actualcpscm (talk) 13:14, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Inaccurate statement in the section on his death and some more reliable references.

Innaccurate statement (actually false):

"Because of their levels of radioactive contamination, her papers from the 1890s are considered too dangerous to handle. Even her cookbooks are highly radioactive."

Alternative wording with more reliable references:

"Although it has been publicized that their laboratory notebooks are highly radioactive and very dangerous to handle [1] , the fact is that the effective external dose in their vicinity is 0.1 µSv/hr, which would lead to an annual hand dose of less than 35 µSv even with frequent consultation of the journals [2] As for the possible dose from ingestion of Ra-226 , an assessment commissioned by the Wellcome Trust in 2014 found contamination levels of 1.6 µCi of Ra-226 on the journal covers and about twice that on the rest [3] According to U.S.NRC, one can ingest up to 2 µCi annually and inhale up to 0.6 µCi without exceeding the legal limit.[4]"

[1] https://gizmodo.com/marie-curies-100-year-old-notebook-is-still-too-radioac-1615847891 & https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-quirky-facts-about-marie-curie-180967075/ both based on https://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/Horizons/2011/1107/Marie-Curie-Why-her-papers-are-still-radioactive

[2] https://blog.bir.org.uk/2015/09/02/the-radioactive-legacy-of-marie-curie/

[3] https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/01/03/marie-curie%E2%80%99s-notebooks-16033

[4] https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part020/appb/radium-226.html Pedrojwiki (talk) 13:28, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Death: adding interesting information about the radioctivity of the remains

She was buried next to her late husband in the cemetery of Sceaux, a few kilometers south of Paris. Sixty years later, in 1995, particularly well-preserved remains with a still recognizable face [1] were transferred, along with Pierre's, to the Panthéon in Paris.[2]

At this honorary transfer in 1995, the French radiation protection agency estimated that Pierre's body emitted higher doses of radiation than Marie's, about 0.24 µSv/hr with an estimated upper limit of radium accumulation equivalent to about 1.6 µCi [3], ruling out the absence of radiological risk to workers, the public and the environment.[1]

[1] Joel O Lubenau and Jean-Luc Pasquier (2013). «The Radioactive Remains of Pierre and Marie Curie». The Journal of The British Society for the History of Radiology.

[2] https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000552554

[3] https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/01/03/marie-curie%E2%80%99s-notebooks-16033 Pedrojwiki (talk) 13:43, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

The hyperlink for her brother, possibly in other places, at the beginning of the early life section need fixing. 1: it for some reason redirected me right back to this article, and the same place on my phone. When you try the hyperlink directly on her brothers name bring you to a blank article that wants you to fill it out. The footnote next to it brings you to her grandfather’s page and then you would need to click the link at the top. 2: her brother’s actual article is in polish and would need to be translated. I would try to do any of this, but I don't know polish and am not confident enough in my skills to edit hyperlink. If someone else could do it, that would be great! Megabits13 (talk) 18:31, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 September 2023

Kiciakocia1 (talk) 19:30, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

„Marie Skłodowska Curie” is supposed to be

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 19:36, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Wrong DOB for Pierre

It looks like the years and his date of birth have been flipped 2603:8090:400:4FFE:404E:161F:4618:B333 (talk) 12:41, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

This has been mentioned numerous times (see the archives). The date indicated refers to the date Marie and Pierre were married, not when Pierre was born. Mindmatrix 13:25, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Title of the page is incorrect. Change it to Maria Skłodowska-Curie.

Title of the page is incorrect, it omits full legal name of the Maria and her origin which is harmful even more considering her active effort to be remembered as Polish. 2A02:A316:6140:C880:4B06:E549:9BC0:A6F1 (talk) 08:49, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Title of Wikipedia's "Marie Curie" article

The subject of this Wikipedia article appears in the standard Polish biographical dictionary, published in Polish in Poland, as follows:

Tadeusz Estreicher, "Curie, Maria ze Skłodowskich" ["Curie, Maria, née Skłodowska"], Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. 4, 1938. p. 111. Nihil novi (talk) 22:46, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Your point being? Dimadick (talk) 21:09, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
Possibly in order to include her biography in the alphabetically earliest possible volume of Polski słownik biograficzny – or because Estreicher considered "Maria [Marie] Curie" to be a suitable and proper name – he listed her under that version, which is also how she is commonly known in English. He did not title the article – as he might have done – "Maria Skłodowska Curie".
Nihil novi (talk) 01:27, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
Should we also note how Ukraine was described in the 1911 Britannica? ;) 2A00:F41:1C05:F219:20D3:F2C6:1526:D07 (talk) 14:53, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 November 2023

Title is wrong. Should be Marie Skłodowska-Curie not Marie Curie 2A02:A315:423B:780:9453:ABEC:7DA7:C148 (talk) 08:55, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: per WP:COMMONNAME NotAGenious (talk) 09:54, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
The "common name" wasn't the name she used and identified with. It stems from misogyny. Should Wikipedia also misgender if it is/was common? 2A00:F41:1C05:F219:20D3:F2C6:1526:D07 (talk) 14:55, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Change the title from "Marie Curie" to Marie Skłodowska-Curie.

Title 2A00:F41:387E:E51:780:27B7:3974:92FA (talk) 08:34, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass. Or read the archives. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:38, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
Social change. "Marie Curie" stems from misogyny. In 2023, we are aware enough of social issues. Time to force this change through. 2A00:F41:1C05:F219:20D3:F2C6:1526:D07 (talk) 14:56, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

CHANGE TITLE

Her name wasn’t “Marie Curie”. Her name was Maria Skłodowska Curie. We ALL should respect that. Laraska (talk) 10:22, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 December 2023

Change Marie Curie to Marie Skłodowska-Curie in the title. A little bit of research will show she fought for her full name to be used, and didn’t approve of using only the last part of her name. This is sexism and xenophobia. Or you could anglicise it eg. Skvodovska? 5.151.92.199 (talk) 23:33, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: Marie Curie is her WP:COMMONNAME. M.Bitton (talk) 23:43, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
Well it shouldn’t be common, because it’s wrong. 5.151.92.196 (talk) 14:03, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
It’s common because of you 11likelive (talk) 05:28, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

What is your problem!?!!?

I corrected your mistakes why to undo? 11likelive (talk) 14:53, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Read WP:RIGHTGREATWRONGS. 0xDeadbeef→∞ (talk to me) 15:33, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 February 2024

Maria Curie to Maria Skłodowska-Curie, which is her actual full name. She used both surnames legally. 70.50.69.217 (talk) 14:34, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Geardona (talk to me?) 15:36, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 March 2024

Different than stated in the intro text, she was not the only person to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields. She was rather one of two people to be awarded Nobel Prizes in different fields, the other being Linus Pauling. 77.22.70.236 (talk) 00:06, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

 Not done:. The text actually says "in two scientific fields". Pauling's other prize was in Peace. Hqb (talk) 08:03, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 March 2024

Please add this under Commemoration and Cultural Depictions:

Marie Curie appears on the French 50-cent euro coins released in March 2024.

Source link: https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20240310-veil-baker-and-curie-acclaimed-women-to-appear-on-new-french-coins 77.64.145.81 (talk) 12:03, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done thank you Irltoad (talk) 23:27, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 April 2024

Change Marie Curie to Marie Skłodowska-Curie 91.233.205.14 (talk) 17:29, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: per WP:COMMONNAME. If you really insist on the change, you can make a requested move, but I believe it's unlikely that consensus will be in your favour. Liu1126 (talk) 18:22, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Last name

Why only one last name? Her name was Skłodowska-Curie 2A00:F41:4813:5FE2:2980:B568:A4DC:3433 (talk) 11:46, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

The article starts with her name Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie. Nothing to fix. The article title is determined by WP:COMMONNAME. Binksternet (talk) 16:45, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 April 2024

Change Marie Curie to Marie Skłodowska-Curie. 164.127.229.70 (talk) 12:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: WP:COMMONNAME '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk|contribs) 12:18, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

in 1995 she became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Paris Panthéon, [10] WHILE Poland declared 2011, the Year of Marie Curie, during the International Year of Chemistry.

in 1995 she became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Paris Panthéon, WHILE Poland declared 2011, "the Year of Marie Curie", during the International Year of Chemistry. 192.116.64.236 (talk) 12:06, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Error

Birth date of her husband is jumbled " 2600:1700:EB40:32B0:AA2B:72B:3A80:1874 (talk) 02:12, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

If you're referring to the "m. 1895" in the infobox, that's the year they were married, not Pierre's birthyear. Mindmatrix 12:21, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

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Marie Curie

Marie Curie (1867–1934) was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. Born in Warsaw, she studied in Poland until she was 24, when she moved to Paris to earn her higher degrees. In 1895, she married French physicist Pierre Curie, and in 1903 she shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Pierre and physicist Henri Becquerel for their pioneering work developing the theory of "radioactivity" – a term she coined. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. She won a second Nobel Prize in 1911, the first person to do so, for her discovery of the elements polonium and radium. Under her direction, the world's first studies were conducted into the treatment of neoplasms by the use of radioactive isotopes. During World War I, she developed mobile radiography units to provide X-ray services to field hospitals. She founded the Curie Institute in Paris in 1920, and the Curie Institute in Warsaw in 1932. This photograph of Curie was taken in around 1920 by French photographer Henri Manuel.

Photograph credit: Henri Manuel; restored by FMSky and Bammesk

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