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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 5 November 2025
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Change/Remove the following sentences in the "Controversies" > "Climate memo in 2025" section. Numerous spelling and grammatical errors!
Relevance of the hurricane on this page is also questionable.
"It was also in the days when hurrican Melissa strengtened by climate change caused destruction in the carribean islands,[260] costing Jamaica alone a 30%-250% of its annual GDP,[261] and worsening the situation with migrants in the USA, as many migrants from Jamaica that Trump want to send back, now does not homes to return in,[262] and the storm can create more migration." ~2025-31348-40 (talk) 14:46, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
On Epstein
Not interested in editing this mess, but I wanted to inquire a discussion over how we should address the Epstein files. My own thoughts are that it would be wise to wait for more information to surface up before any serious revising to the article in question. Jedediah Bucklesmith (talk) 23:49, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 26 February 2026
Anyone want to add a line to “Controversies > Connection with Jeffrey Epstein” at the end of the penultimate paragraph in that section?
- On 24 February 2026, Gates acknowledged to Gates Foundation staff that he had extramarital affairs with two Russian women, and that Nikolić knew of the affairs and told Epstein.[1]
~2026-12834-22 (talk) 19:16, 26 February 2026 (UTC)