Talk:Sophie Wilson

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6502 was created by MOS Technology Inc

MOS Technology Inc published a Datasheet for their 650X processors in 1975. Wilson did not create the ISA for the BBC Micro.

http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/datasheets/

Do not edit war over this.

Wilson was very important within Acorn Computers Ltd. Other people who were in Acorn have differing recollections about Roger Wilson being the only person doing the work. They remember the development of the BBC micro involving a diverse group of people. There is a list of people involved within the ROM chip in the BBC micro. Roger Wilson is one of those named.

It is rare for a computer processor to be designed by one person alone. This is not one of those cases.

BlueWren0123 (talk) 14:42, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unsubstantiated claim

In the Career section is "As well as programming, she wrote the manuals and technical specifications, realising communication was an important part of being successful." The supplied reference does not support that. The BBC Microcomputer System User Guide states "Original edition written by John Coll, edited by David Allen." WP:NOR states that "Wikipedia articles must not contain original research." BlueWren0123 (talk) 16:37, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The source does say "I was one of the people who wrote all the documentation, communicating with other people, negotiating specifications.", which is pretty close, but that could definitely be worded differently. -- Maddy from Celeste (WAVEDASH) 16:51, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The source must be independent. It may not be of the form "this is what I did". Self publicity is a no no. Sorry. BlueWren0123 (talk) 17:00, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

True. I do think we could include that she said she worked on those aspects of the production, too. -- Maddy from Celeste (WAVEDASH) 17:17, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tell me a more about what you are proposing but the "she said she" bit is not promising. Will come back in a few days. I hope that you can find something that will be acceptable. BlueWren0123 (talk) 17:22, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Have read through this 'ref'. It is about the Acorn Micro that came before the Proton/BBC Microcomputer so it does not support a claim of documenting the BBC Microcomputer. Have removed the sentence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BlueWren0123 (talk • contribs) 11:56, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wilson was spending time developing the ARM processor from about 1985. Was she also leading the BBC Basic changes as well?BlueWren0123 (talk) 12:22, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The everything2.com describes itself: "Our editorial process is not as strict as it is elsewhere", it is a collection of submitted "original writing[s] of many kinds". The reference (currently #4 ab) is based on two sources. One "ARM's way", an article in Electronics Weekly 29 April 1998 is available on the magazine's online content. It contains a recollection by Steve Furber: “in late 1983, I started working closely with Sophie Wilson who had developed all the versions of BASIC for the BBC Micro.” It seems that this has been conflated with a period of 15 years mentioned elsewhere.BlueWren0123 (talk) 19:54, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]