Talk:Bill Gates

POV

A heading entitled "controversies" is inherently POV and also an issue of WP:UNDUE. These topics should be incorporated into the rest of the article. Iggy pop goes the weasel (talk) 19:26, 23 June 2025 (UTC), Wiki link added by PerLundberg (talk) 19:25, 11 July 2025 (UTC).

Seconded. Even outside of that section, a lot of this article seems critical in nature, particularly in the "Political positions" section. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 17:47, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Was reading the controversies section - Maybe we can merge #Antitrust litigations and treatments towards coworkers part into the Microsoft section?

For Epstein stuff I have no idea. I don't know what section should it belong to even if we were only going to mention it in a passing sentence. Personal life? Seems odd. Political positions...? This section itself is POV...

Maybe we should create a section named "Outside Microsoft" or something like that. 海盐沙冰 (talk) 09:12, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

I've moved everything in the controversies section into more appropriate locations. The question now is whether those sections need paring back, or whether they are appropriate. If/when we are content that the coverage is appropriate, the POV tag can go. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 07:53, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

"A heading entitled "controversies" is inherently POV"

Not at all. It's quite possible to be completely neutral and recognize controversies.

Same for "Criticisms". Selbstporträt (talk) 01:30, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Agree. Neutrality becomes an issue only when one favors or skews one side of any controversy. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 17:54, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 May 2026

include in Covid section:

Dutch Court Orders Bill Gates to Stand Trial Over COVID-19 Vaccine Allegations

https://londondaily.com/rtrmnp-dutch-court-orders-bill-gates-to-stand-trial-over-covid-19-vaccine-allegations ~2026-20349-92 (talk) 22:28, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

 Not done, that's just a headline. There's no context or apparent significance to it. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 22:57, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

It is not "just a headline." There is a report below the headline and there was a court ruling. The substance of the ruling is that Gates was named as part of a defendant group in a vaccine safety lawsuit. His lawyers argued that he is a US resident and therefore outside Dutch court jurisdiction, but the Dutch court concluded that, under the circumstances, this is insufficient for dismissal before trial. ~2026-27607-47 (talk) 01:46, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Being a defendant id very different from being found guilty. 03:37, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

No one here has said that he was found guilty. ~2026-27607-47 (talk) 20:24, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Then we don't mention it. Acroterion (talk) 22:22, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Good Article reassessment discussion

The article should be reassessed and removed from Good Article status.

It has a neutrality concern that remains unresolved for a long time, which fails the criteria requirements. Since this issue has persisted without resolution, the article no longer satisfies the standards expected of a Good Article. - The9Man ^Talk 10:18, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

What neutrality concern might that be? ~2026-27607-47 (talk) 01:24, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Add public domain photo from 1980s

Found a high quality public domain color photo of Bill Gates from the 1980s via a Tandy magazine ad and uploaded it to Commons (File:Bill Gates with Tandy 2000 running Windows 1.0 (1984).jpg). Might be worth adding to the article! Suspiciouscelery (talk) 01:44, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Bill Gates and Epstein Connection

Why the topic on Epstein Connection is so small? It also does not include some other notable facts and images that could provide more background on this incident. I am looking for making edits if no one is gonna do it. Morris (talk with this worm) 02:22, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

It is not small, and it has an image. What do you believe is missing? ~2026-27607-47 (talk) 00:21, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

July is misspelled as jully

this is within the first paragraph when talking about as of now. ~2026-40261-05 (talk) 00:21, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Fixed. Thanks for the heads-up. HiLo48 (talk) 02:06, 19 July 2026 (UTC)