Do not build straw men I haven t said EJ is not a reliable source As for Wikipedia it is a tertiary source according to own s Wiki policy article this page was recently merged Tertiary sources are publications such as encyclopedias that sum up other secondary sources and sometimes primary sources Wikipedia is a tertiary source The claim can be see as exceptional as it a conflicts with many published biographies were is stated Romanian father French mother b conflicts with the image propagated by hiw own family his daughter c even so it is admittely a controversial issue Even among the scholars admitting Eugene Ionesco s Jewish origin we find scholars like Alexandra Lagniel Lavastine saying Ionesco s Jewish origins are certain but remote the quote is from memory WP BLP applies for one main reason you re discreding her testimony I m not removing sources saying otherwise I m just objecting to the way they are balanced Go for mediation if you believe it s necessary but I hope we can solve this with common sense and arguments