User talk:73.72.224.164

January 2024[edit]

Please stop. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's no original research policy by adding your personal analysis or synthesis into articles, as you did at Ric Ocasek, you may be blocked from editing. Binksternet (talk) 18:39, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is no synthesis. The quoted source clearly indicates Ric Ocasek's paternal grandfather, August, was born in Anina Romania and his father, Josef, was born in Skomelno. 73.72.224.164 (talk) 18:49, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The research was done by H. D. Schmidt, K. Fassbinder & F.-J. Lataretu in the year 2000. It's a published Banat family book and a valid secondary source.

https://www.banatbooks.com/FamilienbuchList.htm 73.72.224.164 (talk) 19:00, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to "What counts as a reliable source", the researchers that put together the published Banat village books are more reliable than music journalists regarding the ancestry of Ric Ocasek. 73.72.224.164 (talk) 19:50, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you quote the relevant passage on page 830 from the book? Binksternet (talk) 21:08, 17 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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