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[edit] Clinton is part Romani, according to Prof. Hancock at least

In Chapter Thirteen of We Are the Romani People, Prof. Hancock includes a list of several notable persons of Romani origin, along with a description. One part of the list reads as follows:

"William Clinton, president of the United States between 1993-2001, was formerly named William Blythe. He is descended from the brother of the Romani leader Charles Blythe, who was crowned 'King of the Scottish Gypsies' at Kirk Yetholm in 1847, and whose brother Andrew emigrated to America. Andrew's son, Andrew Jefferson Blythe, died in 1860 and was President Clinton's great-great-great grandfather." --Kuaichik 01:00, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Irrelevant quote directly copied from second source replaces valid information?!

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)

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)

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)