Talk:Ian Hancock

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message: Adrianzax insists on including a direct quote from the second source. In fact, he is misinterpreting what that source is saying, and that information is already included in the article. 
He also does not understand what I mean when I say "relevant," since he confuses this word with "reliable (sources)." I maintain that the information he has included is irrelevant because it is already said in the article that Prof. Hancock has some Hungarian Romani ancestry. 
Yet Adrianzax seems to be adamant on including a direct quote, when there is really no reason to do so, because he thinks that the fact that Prof. Hancock has some Hungarian Romani ancestry is very important and demonstrates that he is part of some conspiracy (completely imagined by Adrianzax) whereby the Hungarian and Romani minorities take over Romania. He ignores the fact that Prof. Hancock only has one great-grandfather who happened to come from Hungary.
Finally, I ask: How can anybody criticize another fellow human being, based purely on the latter's ethnicity, and not be considered racist? --Kuaichik (talk) 05:28, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: excuse me noble fellow, but I only added : Ian Hancock was born in Britain of both British Romani and Hungarian Romani descent and was raised according to Romani traditions and mores" and which is completely true. It sounds to you like i'm criticizing him? Adrianzax (talk) 09:55, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's true but redundant. His ancestry is already mentioned in this article, so there is no need for a direct quote. You did not criticize him here, but you did here. --Kuaichik (talk) 17:15, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

text: No. He is not Hungarian. Húngaro is not an English word. Not all Romanies come from Hungary. --Kuaichik (talk) 03:29, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  What about "Romani Romanian"? The population of Romania are Romanians, which are European population and not the so called "Romani" which are a minority coming from India and Pakistan. The "Romani", how you use to call them here, or "Sinti and Roma", how they are called in Germany, or "Rrom", how they are called in Romania are a small minority in Romania, making only 2% of the total amount of population. The Romanians are about 90% of the population, Hungarians 6%, Germans 1%. Hence "Romani Romanian" designates a person of a minority existing everywhere in Europe, not only in Romania.    — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monterex (talk • contribs) 21:58, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
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message: Hello. Today I discovered http://rmy.wikipedia.org and I asked my father (professor Hancock) about it. Here's what he had to say (edited from e-mail conversation):
At 12:38 PM 4/13/2010, you wrote:
http://rmy.wikipedia.org
And how come I was never aware of a written (non-Romanized) form of the
language?! What character set is that in? It looks like Tamil.
--A
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 13:05, Xulaj <xulaj@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
That's a creation of a nutty guy in India-- don't take it seriously
	
At 14:35 PM 4/13/2010, you wrote:
Well, if it lacks credibility, then the Wikimedia Foundation needs to know,
because it would be silly for them to include such things in their repertoire.
I bet if you did communicate with them you'd have some serious clout, being
who you are.
--A
Should this section be under review by WM, if it is indeed not to be taken seriously?
Weasel5i2 (talk) 19:47, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
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