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:::::Hmains is removing red links with no citations from lists without discussing it first on the talk page, which is hardly conducive to harmonious editing, and is classic Hmains; in other words, Hmains is enforcing unilateral decisions without discussing it on the talk page; He's been doing this for years. Now, nobody has said in ''this'' discussion that the information cannot be verified, so I have no idea why you even raised that issue other than to distract people. What they have repeatedly said, is that they would like Hmains to discuss the topic before deleting unsourced content unilaterally. Surely you must be aware that simply because something is unsourced is not a reason to remove it. Now, tell me, who has attempted to challenge or verify the names? [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 07:53, 23 March 2009 (UTC) |
:::::Hmains is removing red links with no citations from lists without discussing it first on the talk page, which is hardly conducive to harmonious editing, and is classic Hmains; in other words, Hmains is enforcing unilateral decisions without discussing it on the talk page; He's been doing this for years. Now, nobody has said in ''this'' discussion that the information cannot be verified, so I have no idea why you even raised that issue other than to distract people. What they have repeatedly said, is that they would like Hmains to discuss the topic before deleting unsourced content unilaterally. Surely you must be aware that simply because something is unsourced is not a reason to remove it. Now, tell me, who has attempted to challenge or verify the names? [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 07:53, 23 March 2009 (UTC) |
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:::::After looking into this further, I see you have no interest in this issue other than to follow and hound Badagnani. That's what I initially suspected from your reply. Please take your personal dispute with Badagnani to the appropriate forum and do not use talk pages to continue your vendetta. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 08:04, 23 March 2009 (UTC) |
:::::After looking into this further, I see you have no interest in this issue other than to follow and hound Badagnani. That's what I initially suspected from your reply. Please take your personal dispute with Badagnani to the appropriate forum and do not use talk pages to continue your vendetta. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 08:04, 23 March 2009 (UTC) |
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:::::Getting back on topic, Hmains did not take a second to verify ''anything''. As Hmains said above, Ronz, "I remove names that have no citation and no wp article". That's Hmains philosophy, Ronz, but it isn't supported by any known policy or guideline. Hmains has a long history of starting editing memes, pretending that his way of doing things is the only way or the right way. Then, other editors start copying him, thinking that the way Hmains does things is the way its always been done. And on it goes. |
:::::Getting back on topic, Hmains did not take a second to verify ''anything''. As Hmains said above, Ronz, "I remove names that have no citation and no wp article". That's Hmains philosophy, Ronz, but it isn't supported by any known policy or guideline. Hmains has a long history of starting editing memes, pretending that his way of doing things is the only way or the right way. Then, other editors start copying him, thinking that the way Hmains does things is the way its always been done. And on it goes. |
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:::::Ten seconds on Google shows Szentivanyi is a notable person in the field of medicine who was born in Hungary in 1926 and became a U.S. citizen. |
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:::::''(personal attack removed after requesting refactoring by Viriditas --[[User:Ronz|Ronz]] ([[User talk:Ronz|talk]]) 17:47, 25 March 2009 (UTC))'' |
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:::::Hmains' claim that entry X does not meet the long stated inclusion criteria for the article is bogus. [[User:Viriditas|Viriditas]] ([[User talk:Viriditas|talk]]) 09:27, 23 March 2009 (UTC) |
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:User:Ronz appears to have [[WP:STALK]]ed me here, as s/he has done to at least a half dozen other articles s/he had not previously edited before this past several weeks, following a spate of undiscussed, repeated deletions by him/her, to which I had objected some time ago. What basically happens is that s/he follows me to various articles and does the same thing: deletes text, always forcefully and repeatedly, and without engaging beforehand in thoughtful, careful, and deliberate discussion. [[User:Badagnani|Badagnani]] ([[User talk:Badagnani|talk]]) 15:13, 23 March 2009 (UTC) |
:User:Ronz appears to have [[WP:STALK]]ed me here, as s/he has done to at least a half dozen other articles s/he had not previously edited before this past several weeks, following a spate of undiscussed, repeated deletions by him/her, to which I had objected some time ago. What basically happens is that s/he follows me to various articles and does the same thing: deletes text, always forcefully and repeatedly, and without engaging beforehand in thoughtful, careful, and deliberate discussion. [[User:Badagnani|Badagnani]] ([[User talk:Badagnani|talk]]) 15:13, 23 March 2009 (UTC) |
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Ethnicity lists discussion
Please see discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) for current discussion of a potential policy to apply to all ethnicity lists on Wikipedia, including this one. JackO'Lantern 20:40, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
A chaotic list
This list BADLY needs to be cleaned up. There is no order whatsoever here at this time.---Heff01, 4-17-06
Edward Teller and Johnny von Neumann...
Are both quite hungarian. I moved them up from the Other category into the Scientist category. Yes, they aren't cited and should be, but I'm confused as to why those two were removed when none of the other myriad of uncited exampled were left untouched. I put them back. Acornwithwings 05:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
who goes on this list?
This list refers to Hungarian Americans, which in turn mentions Hungarians. The latter article discusses Hungarians as members of the Magyar ethnic group. Is this list supposed to be limited to Magyars or is it to encompass American people and their descendants who were born in the territory of the country called Hungary, regardless of ethnic group? Hmains 21:42, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
Elie Wiesel?
Can someone please explain how Elie Wiesel is Hungarian? He is not an ethnic Hungarian, he spoke Yiddish at home with his family, the town where he was born was part of the Kingdom of Romania at the time. If you have read his book "Night" he makes a clear distinction in that he refers to the Hungarian gendarmerie who deport him and his family to the ghettoes as "the Hungarians." If he were Hungarian himself he would not refer to a group of people of the same ethnicity in that way, would he? His only connection to being Hungarian is speaking the language, well, he also speaks German, French, Hebrew, and Romanian, why not list him as German-American, French-American, Hebrew-American and Romanian-American as well? --67.149.150.252 (talk) 04:40, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Massive blanking
Please do not engage in massive blanking; thank you for this courtesy. Badagnani (talk) 19:09, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
- No more filibustering. Been discussed for years (quite). Bulldog 20:10, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
- Please source this article. Unsourced entries should be removed. Resolute 20:54, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Blanking of Mark Knopfler
Blanking of Mark Knopfler here (despite the fact that the Mark Knopfler article states that he is of Hungarian ancestry). Badagnani (talk) 23:57, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
- But what makes him in any way an American and whom has ever referred to him in a source as a "Hungarian American" ? Peripitus (Talk) 00:09, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
I checked again and he seems to be British. I've been following his music since the early 1980s and had always thought he lived in the U.S. If he isn't a naturalized U.S. citizen, as his article indicates, I agree that he should not be included in this article. Thanks for weeding this one out. Badagnani (talk) 00:18, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
- You THOUGHT he was a naturalised (spelled with an S, since the subject is British) American, even though there is nothing in the article that says it? You say you have been following his music since the early 80's, and you didn't know he was British...? Did you not read the article, where no catergory states he is a US citizen, and see that he lives in Chelsea, London? Lastly, even if Mark Knopfler did naturalise, what is the basis of including his brother? You need to seriously check your facts before editing anything else into this article. LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:08, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
removal of uncited material with no wp article
On all such articles I remove names that have no citation and no wp article. They do not meet the long stated inclusion criteria for the article. Editor who adds them need to follow the rules. Hmains (talk) 05:31, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
- Redlinks are not mandated to be removed from WP articles, but may in fact be beneficial in that they spur the creation of articles on truly notable individuals. Blanking those names first rather than discussing them first, so we can improve the article, isn't helpful. Badagnani (talk) 05:33, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
- Steve Erdody is probably notable (Grammy winner), but otherwise I agree with the removals, that wasn't a mindless mass blanking. Squash Racket (talk) 07:16, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
It's eminently reasonable to ask for due deliberation, in the form of discussion here, prior to large deletions. Badagnani (talk) 07:21, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
- You are right, he should mention this on the talk page before deleting anything. Squash Racket (talk) 07:28, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
User:Hmains, please undo [1] and discuss here. Thank you for this consideration. Badagnani (talk) 19:45, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
- I don't see how undo would be a good idea. The integrity of these lists depends on the people being of the nationality indicated and being notable. If they have a WP article and the article gives their nationality, that is OK; otherwise, if citations showing nationality and notability, that is OK; both is OK also. If this is not done, then that opens this list and all others like it open to mindless attacks by those who want to get rid of these lists altogether. This came up in previous deletion attempt discussions. The lists must be properly maintained to save them. Hmains (talk) 22:19, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
- That argument can be made about anything and everyone. Red links should not be removed from lists and articles without good reason. And there is no hurry to edit war your chosen version into the article. Essentially, you are engaging in Ben Tre logic, and that doesn't hold water. Viriditas (talk) 00:44, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- WP:V is very clear. If the information cannot be verified, it may be removed. The burden of evidence is then upon anyone who wants to restore the material to provide proper references to verify the content. --Ronz (talk) 03:26, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- Hmains is removing red links with no citations from lists without discussing it first on the talk page, which is hardly conducive to harmonious editing, and is classic Hmains; in other words, Hmains is enforcing unilateral decisions without discussing it on the talk page; He's been doing this for years. Now, nobody has said in this discussion that the information cannot be verified, so I have no idea why you even raised that issue other than to distract people. What they have repeatedly said, is that they would like Hmains to discuss the topic before deleting unsourced content unilaterally. Surely you must be aware that simply because something is unsourced is not a reason to remove it. Now, tell me, who has attempted to challenge or verify the names? Viriditas (talk) 07:53, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- After looking into this further, I see you have no interest in this issue other than to follow and hound Badagnani. That's what I initially suspected from your reply. Please take your personal dispute with Badagnani to the appropriate forum and do not use talk pages to continue your vendetta. Viriditas (talk) 08:04, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- Getting back on topic, Hmains did not take a second to verify anything. As Hmains said above, Ronz, "I remove names that have no citation and no wp article". That's Hmains philosophy, Ronz, but it isn't supported by any known policy or guideline. Hmains has a long history of starting editing memes, pretending that his way of doing things is the only way or the right way. Then, other editors start copying him, thinking that the way Hmains does things is the way its always been done. And on it goes.
- (personal attack removed after requesting refactoring by Viriditas --Ronz (talk) 17:47, 25 March 2009 (UTC))
- Ten seconds on Google shows Szentivanyi is a notable person in the field of medicine who was born in Hungary in 1926 and became a U.S. citizen.
- (personal attack removed after requesting refactoring by Viriditas --Ronz (talk) 17:47, 25 March 2009 (UTC))
- Hmains' claim that entry X does not meet the long stated inclusion criteria for the article is bogus. Viriditas (talk) 09:27, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- WP:V is very clear. If the information cannot be verified, it may be removed. The burden of evidence is then upon anyone who wants to restore the material to provide proper references to verify the content. --Ronz (talk) 03:26, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- That argument can be made about anything and everyone. Red links should not be removed from lists and articles without good reason. And there is no hurry to edit war your chosen version into the article. Essentially, you are engaging in Ben Tre logic, and that doesn't hold water. Viriditas (talk) 00:44, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- I don't see how undo would be a good idea. The integrity of these lists depends on the people being of the nationality indicated and being notable. If they have a WP article and the article gives their nationality, that is OK; otherwise, if citations showing nationality and notability, that is OK; both is OK also. If this is not done, then that opens this list and all others like it open to mindless attacks by those who want to get rid of these lists altogether. This came up in previous deletion attempt discussions. The lists must be properly maintained to save them. Hmains (talk) 22:19, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
- User:Ronz appears to have WP:STALKed me here, as s/he has done to at least a half dozen other articles s/he had not previously edited before this past several weeks, following a spate of undiscussed, repeated deletions by him/her, to which I had objected some time ago. What basically happens is that s/he follows me to various articles and does the same thing: deletes text, always forcefully and repeatedly, and without engaging beforehand in thoughtful, careful, and deliberate discussion. Badagnani (talk) 15:13, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Please follow WP:TALK, WP:CIVIL, WP:AGF, etc if you want your concerns to be considered in consensus-making. Thanks! --Ronz (talk) 17:04, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- The above comment is in regard to the above editor's failure to follow WP:STALK, not any other issue. WP:STALK seems to have been the primary motivation for his/her recent edits here. Let's try to get away from that, as it is damaging to our project's fundamentally collaborative ethos. Badagnani (talk) 17:33, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- Ironic how Badagnani complains about stalking when he followed me to every CfD I've listed recently and spitefully !voted the opposite to how I did. Bulldog 19:34, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
This discussion page is about "List of Hungarian Americans," so please use it for that purpose only. I do follow all ethnic group-related deletion proposals, many of which the above editor has either initiated or supported, which have been very damaging to our project in the past. Badagnani (talk) 19:39, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
How about sourcing
Folks, how about first deciding on the criteria, then sourcing to show that people meet the criteria. If the linked article is sourced then doing this is a simple task, if not then either find one or remove them.....simple. This silly warring is just going to result in grief, stupid responses, blocking and pointless drama - Peripitus (Talk) 10:27, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
I do notice at first glance some odd entries: Louis C.K. whose only Hungarian relative appears to be his paternal grandfather and I can see nowhere in the press referred to as "Hungarian-American" - is this an acceptable entry ?. Jesse Ventura whose ancestors seem to come from Slovakia and Germany...not Hungary. Mark Singel, Keith Jarrett and Joseph M. Gaydos—no references and they have articles without a single mention of Hungary or Hungarian descent. - Peripitus (Talk) 10:27, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- I agree, before we even begin to deal with the details we should first decide on the criteria. But I guess that debate belongs somewhere else, for example Category talk:Lists of American people by ethnic or national origin, so that we can notify all noticeboards and everybody can join the discussion. Squash Racket (talk) 10:44, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- I'd quote a very interesting comment from an earlier — unsuccessful — nomination for deletion of the page though:
Hope that clarifies a few things. Squash Racket (talk) 13:13, 23 March 2009 (UTC)List of Hungarian American is not a random "ethnicity-nationality-occupation intersection", as claimed in the nomination, but a list of notable Americans falling within the established United States Census Bureau ancestry category "Hungarian Americans"; USCB defines ancestry as "a person’s ethnic origin, heritage, descent, or 'roots,' which may reflect their place of birth, place of birth of parents or ancestors, and ethnic identities that have evolved within the United States."[2] This official definition is applicable to List of Hungarian American as well; the statement, "these people hardly qualify as Hungarians by any definition...they may have been born in Hungarian-territory, which would make some refer to them mistakenly as Hungarians" is therefore pointless and irrelevant. Pia 01:11, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- It is great to see that content is being discussed here at "Discussion." Regarding Keith Jarrett, he has stated in interviews "I'm Hungarian."[3] There are other sources as well. If there is doubt about any of the other individuals in this list, let's work on them here and do the same thing. Badagnani (talk) 14:40, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
User:Squash Racket needs to understand that just because someone like Drew Barrymore has Hungarian background, it doesn't automatically make her a Hungarian.... as he would like to think. Until that misconception is cleared up, this list is doomed. Bulldog 19:36, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- But it makes her a Hungarian American. User:Bulldog123 needs to understand that I quoted a comment that cited the definition of the United States Census Bureau while I can't see any serious source on which he bases his own statements. Squash Racket (talk) 04:59, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- According to Hungarian American, "Hungarian Americans are American citizens of Hungarian descent." That's the definition, and, if sourced, they're eligible to be included in this list. Badagnani (talk) 19:42, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Blanking without prior careful, thoughtful, and deliberate discussion
is unhelpful to our article and project (as this editor has been requested dozens of times). See [4]. It's best if we take a different tack and accord serious discussion prior to engaging such large, insistent, and repeated deletions. Doing so will bring us closer to the ethos of our founders, as a maximally collaborative and collegial project. Badagnani (talk) 15:10, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- No. WP:V is clear, as are WP:CIVIL, WP:AGF, WP:TALK, WP:BRD. Please join the other editors here in respecting Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Thanks! --Ronz (talk) 17:07, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Yes, blanking without prior careful, thoughtful, and deliberate discussion really is unhelpful, and often destructive, not only to our content, but to our project's fundamentally collaborative spirit. Badagnani (talk) 17:32, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
- Great. So anytime you're willing to actually try following those policies and guidelines, please do so. --Ronz (talk) 17:46, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Confusion is complete
This whole thing started with User:Bulldog123 removing content of this article to try to conform to his goal of making the article ONLY contain first generation Hungarian Americans and NOT ANY other generations. He even renamed the article to match this re-purposing goal after all his deletions--a rename which I asked and obtained reversal on. Now with a bunch of comments by other editors, few of whom seem to have actually read the history of this article but just read other editor's comments, the editors who did not want these mass deletions and article re-purposing of Bulldog123 to happen are the ones being accused of doing what Bulldog123 actually did! Incredible. Such as waste of words and time. What is the point of all this other than have the opportunity to write bad words about other editors and pursue old grudges? The discussion has little to do with this article, as such. This article is just like all the other fooian-American lists: it contains both first and other generations of Hungarian Americans, referencing the Hungarian American article which discusses all generations--just like the other fooian American articles. Can editors discuss this without anger and outrage and just stick to the article(s)? Hmains (talk) 02:47, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, we can, should, and must. Badagnani (talk) 02:50, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- Ok, any chance Andor Szentivanyi is going to be added back into the article? Viriditas (talk) 09:07, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- Is he notable enough for the list? I see he doesn't have his own wiki article, should that matter and should red link entries be ok? Can you provide citations that verify he is of Hungarian descent? Lots of questions I know, sorry :) --Tom (talk) 13:09, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- ps, sorry, just read article page where it says person must have their own article, was that added recently and is that the consensus? I would probably favor that so folks could click on the article and read more, anyways, --Tom (talk) 13:11, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- It doesn't say that. It says they should have an article or references, but that was something Hmains added, I believe. I don't really care one way or another. All I know, is that Andor Szentivanyi, one of the most notable Hungarian Americans in medicine, was removed from this list. I'm sorry that you aren't familiar with him, but he meets and exceeds all the requirements. Sources aren't the problem. If someone had merely requested them to begin with, which is normal procedure, they would have been provided. We don't delete content merely because it lacks sources. That has never been the sole criterion for removal. Viriditas (talk) 13:24, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- Right now, the article page says the person "must" have a Wiki article, again, I don't agree or disagree with that, just noting it. If this person is notable, a page should be created with citations it seems. Anyways, I don't feel that strongly about this either way, good luck. --Tom (talk) 14:45, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- Again, it doesn't say that. Please read the entire paragraph. :) Viriditas (talk) 21:52, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- I apologize, I stand corrected. They must have an article OR must have references showing they are Hungarian American AND are notable. Good luck on the last point :) Anyways, no biggie. Sorry again, --Tom (talk) 22:38, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- No problem. As I mentioned above, Andor Szentivanyi's notability has already been established and references proving he is Hungarian American are easy to find. My point was, we don't delete list entries merely because they don't have sources or an article. The process is to tag the information if there is a problem or to use the talk page, none of which seems to have been done by the people hounding Badagnani's contribution list and blanket reverting his edits. Those people are the same editors who simultaneously started an RFC against him and tried to provoke him into edit warring and incivility. Viriditas (talk) 04:35, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
- I apologize, I stand corrected. They must have an article OR must have references showing they are Hungarian American AND are notable. Good luck on the last point :) Anyways, no biggie. Sorry again, --Tom (talk) 22:38, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- Again, it doesn't say that. Please read the entire paragraph. :) Viriditas (talk) 21:52, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- Right now, the article page says the person "must" have a Wiki article, again, I don't agree or disagree with that, just noting it. If this person is notable, a page should be created with citations it seems. Anyways, I don't feel that strongly about this either way, good luck. --Tom (talk) 14:45, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- It doesn't say that. It says they should have an article or references, but that was something Hmains added, I believe. I don't really care one way or another. All I know, is that Andor Szentivanyi, one of the most notable Hungarian Americans in medicine, was removed from this list. I'm sorry that you aren't familiar with him, but he meets and exceeds all the requirements. Sources aren't the problem. If someone had merely requested them to begin with, which is normal procedure, they would have been provided. We don't delete content merely because it lacks sources. That has never been the sole criterion for removal. Viriditas (talk) 13:24, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- ps, sorry, just read article page where it says person must have their own article, was that added recently and is that the consensus? I would probably favor that so folks could click on the article and read more, anyways, --Tom (talk) 13:11, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- Is he notable enough for the list? I see he doesn't have his own wiki article, should that matter and should red link entries be ok? Can you provide citations that verify he is of Hungarian descent? Lots of questions I know, sorry :) --Tom (talk) 13:09, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- Ok, any chance Andor Szentivanyi is going to be added back into the article? Viriditas (talk) 09:07, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
(outdent)ok. You seem to be making sense to me. I don't know about the history about blanking and hounding, ect, ect., and I probably don't want to :) I know I sometimes remove/blank material if it is unsourced rather than tagging it. I chaulk that up to being bold. If somebody then disagrees, then it should be tagged and taken to the talk page, per WP:BRD, no harm there it seems. Anyways, --Tom (talk) 12:47, 25 March 2009 (UTC)