WP AFC on Marathonios Note The following post by an IP about Wikipedia talk Articles for creation Tiberius Claudius Hipparchus Marathonios has been copied here from User talk EdJohnston Anontalk Thank you for taking the time to review my proposed article As the source of the wealth of Herodes Atticus probably was his grandfather i thought some sentences could exist for him having also an interesting story His name is or almost is as set in my article through many sources of which a mentioned in the article only one Marathonios shows descent from Marathon a famous town of Attica It was usual at the time to always add the town to which one was belonging So most of the times one was using only his first name but among faraway people the town was used as well Thales of Miletus or Miletios etc Whether Wikipedia s policy is to use the full name or just the first i can not tell and i would appreciate your advice But in this article see Ancestry Wikipedia already uses that exact name Probably the right spelling might have been Marathonius as all the name in in latin but mostly is mentioned as Marathonios so i would vote this way Preceding unsigned comment added by 79 129 49 66 Thanks for your note If you create future AFC nominations the record keeping is easier if you will create an account instead of using a variety of IP addresses My original AFC comment was based on the linked sources not supporting your submission It appeared to me that bits of information about different ancient figures were being mixed up together This runs of the risk of an article misinforming our readers In your above post geni com etc are not considered to be WP Reliable sources for Wikipedia The Google Book is OK but it only confirms that Herod Atticus s grandfather was known as Tiberius Claudius Hipparchus without the word Marathonios So your information has no reliable source Herod Atticus may have had a relative known as Marathonios but that seems to be a different person who was born after the death of Hipparchus