Talk:Özlem Türeci

Ethnicity does not belong in the lead
Türeci is a German citizen and has spent her entire career in Germany. As per WP:ETHNICITY: "Ethnicity, religion, or sexuality should generally not be in the lead unless it is relevant to the subject's notability. Similarly, previous nationalities or the place of birth should not be mentioned in the lead unless they are relevant to the subject's notability." Mentioning her Turkish roots under "Personal life" or "Early life" is sufficient. --Tserton (talk) 03:17, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Not sure what you are saying here - you are the one who added her ethnicity without a citation. -- haminoon  ( talk ) 03:24, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I think there's a misunderstanding - I hadn't previously edited this article (except just now to change Turkish-German to German). It was someone else who originally put in "Turkish-German". --Tserton (talk) 03:50, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Currently the first sentence links to the German ethnicity article. I'll remove it. -- haminoon  ( talk ) 03:52, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see what you mean! You're right, that's my bad - but "German" is a nationality as well as an ethnicity, and that's how I was using it. I hadn't realized the page Germans refers to the ethnic group, not the people living in Germany. (Incidentally, it might be worth making that page more inclusive, since it currently omits fully one-quarter of the German population, but that's a discussion for another place - there are some comments to that effect on the talk page.) Surely there must be some way of including her nationality without implying an ethnicity, though. Maybe just "German" without a link, or a link to Germany? --Tserton (talk) 04:14, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I've taken a look at other pages of German people who aren't "ethnic" Germans (e.g. İlkay Gündoğan, Philipp Rösler, Aminata Touré) and common practice seems to be to identify the subject as German but with no internal link. So let's stick with that for now. :) --Tserton (talk) 07:16, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * It’s bold to claim that e.g. Rösler is no „ethnic“ German. Ethnicity is not race, just as nationality is not. And there is no consensus on the definition of the German ethnicity/nationality except the citizenship (by the German constitution; there is special case for Germans in former Soviet countries, but that’s not relevant in this discussion). That’s why we should not define any person as „ethnic“ German or Turkish or so on, unless we know that the persons said he/she identifies with a specific ethnicity. Then we should simply write „Person XY identifies as (...)“. Since we don’t have any proof that Türeci (the same with her husband) identifies as Turkish, we must not claim/guess her nationality. Simply follow WP:ETHNICITY. Therefore I will replace any unspecific „Turkish“ adjectives with „of Turkish descent“. --A11w1ss3nd (talk) 12:53, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes that looks good. -- haminoon  ( talk ) 07:28, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Expansion
This page is still more like a stub. There is a lack of information on her (scientific) activities, particularly those independently of her husband. We've added information from media coverage, for example, The New York Times, Forbes, and others. I hope this appropriate, and I will refrain from any further large edits here. Independent community feedback is highly appreciated. Thanks, J at BioNTech (talk) 08:01, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

born date
The born date should be have a citation, as I see Wikidata shows different date Kushared (talk) 19:07, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

What about the science?
Not much here about the details of Tureci's scientific accomplishments -- not the kind of detail a scientist would want to know, or that a science magazine like Scientific American or Nature would put into a profile. What were the problems with creating an mRNA vaccine, and how did Tureci help to solve them? --Nbauman (talk) 17:54, 7 November 2021 (UTC)