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Traian Vuia was not the first to build a heavier than air flying machine, the Wright brothers beat him to it by a few months. Do you have any reliable source stating otherwise? -- Gutza 13:51 15 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Oh, ok, nice to hear that, I honestly wasn't aware of that. Maybe an article on Traian Vuia would be in order? :-) Gutza 16:35 15 Jul 2003 (UTC)
What's the criteria for listing presidents here rather than at President of Romania - would it be better to only list them at President of Romania? Wondering simply... Martin
An anon recently made some deletions. I restored Corneliu Vadim Tudor -- certainly a significant figure, however much one may despise him. Also eliminated were:
I could not care less about the Cheeky Girls. Someone else is welcome to restore them to the list. As for Calimach, unless someone gives a good reason he does not belong on the list, I intend to restore him. He is no less Romanian than Andrei Codrescu, whom I assume we can all agree belongs on the list. -- Jmabel 06:52, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
A recent anon edit removed " Dumitru Prunariu, astronaut (cosmonaut)." I have no idea why. If no one can explain this in the next 48 hours, I will feel free to restore. -- Jmabel 23:43, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
There has been a recent set of edits back and forth as to whether Sabin Bălaşa belongs in the list. I presume he has at least as good a claim as The Cheeky Girls. An article on him by someone with a clue (hint, hint) would make this clearer one way or another.
And by the way, with reference to the "Wikipedia is POV" remark about his inclusion/deletion: inclusion/deletion inevitable involves decisions that cannot be totally objective. I think that's pretty universally recognized. -- Jmabel | Talk 00:10, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC)
Who is Gil Nicolesco? Google turns up nothing. -- Jmabel | Talk 22:29, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
Someone recently deleted Costin Iorgu and added Gica Popescu. I don't follow Romanian footballers enough to have a clue what is right, but I have to suspect that at least one of these changes is wrong. Can someone clueful please address this? -- Jmabel | Talk 18:15, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)
The list of soccer players is absolutely ridiculous.It includes Catalin Hildan and Michael Klein,I suppose because they're both dead,and it doesn't include Ilie Dumitrescu and Florin Raducioiu. Stefan Udrea 15:16, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
What is soccer???? Seby
Celestina Popa-Toma, recently added under gymnastics, doesn't strike me as notable enough to belong here. 20 Google hits, unless she is better known under another variant of her name. If no one makes a case in the next 24 hours, I will probably delete. -- Jmabel | Talk 19:35, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)
Similarly for "Adrian Alexandru, WTF taekwondo". Google search for "Adrian Alexandru" + taekwondo gives only 2 hits, one of which says he has trained for two years in the sport. Again, maybe there is a reason he's listed: the other says someone became an Olympic contender by beating him, but again, given that the Olympic contender isn't on the list, why should Alexandru be. Unless someone demonstrates notability, I will delete this as well. -- Jmabel | Talk 19:36, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)
Why?? Here's what I have:
1) [ [1]] Nikola Tesla was born in 1856 in what is now Croatia to Serbian parents Milutin and Djuka Tesla
2) [ [2]] Nikola Tesla, American scientist of Serbian origin...
There are a few people here who can be considered Romanian by some criteria, and not Romanian by some other criteria. Examples:
I think it would be nice to have a note after the leading paragraph stating the criteria by which the people in this list are selected. To me, it seems that the list has everyone with a Romanian nationality regardless of ethnicity or other criteria. If there are people on the list who were born outside Romania but are ethnic Romanians, this could also be noted.
KissL 7 July 2005 13:17 (UTC)
I erased Hermann Oberth from the Physics section...he surely wasn't Romanian. Stefan Udrea 15:35, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Same with Edward G. Robinson, Bucharest-born Yiddish speaker who spent 10-years in Romania.
The actors-actresses section on this list is way too long and the remainder is way too short. In addition, I've noticed a lot of "Professor of" next to peoples name in the scientific section. Shouldn't this list just contain significant scientists with achievements and not an random Professor? (anon 20 July 2005)
from www.dictionary.com : cosmonaut= A Russian or Soviet astronaut. the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts
so,how about we call Dumitru Prunariu an astronaut instead of a cosmonaut
I am removing the section "Romanian citizens Exiled" until notability is established. The sense in which these people are "exiled" is unclear: I am not aware that the present Romanian regime has ever sent someone into exile. The three names there were:
Being a real estate broker is not encyclopedic. "International Business Operation" can mean anything, no indication of notability. Grigore Culian is apparently the editor not of New York Magazine but of a Romanian-language New York Magazin. That magazine might merit an article; I doubt its owner and editor does. -- Jmabel | Talk 05:41, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Leonida Constantin Brezeanu was added to the list three separate times. I've consolidated them. Probably not a particularly famous person, unless known by a different form of her name: I got only two Google hits on this. Does anyone know if this person is legitimately notable? -- Jmabel | Talk 05:35, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
I think all the Bucharesters are in there. You should probably make a CHESS PLAYERS section for Albin. HotelRoom 03:58, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
I don't honestly know whether Alexandru T. Balaban and Mihai Dimonie are important enough to be listed (in the latter case, I suspect not), but either they are, and their names should be links, or they are not, and their names should not be here. - Jmabel | Talk 06:14, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Who the heck is Haralambie Ţugu? I looked it up because the name seemed unlikely. Zero Google hits. I presume eithe misspelled or utterly bogus. There have been about 100 edits since I last looked at this page, so I'm not sorting through to find who added it. ~- Jmabel | Talk 04:12, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
I see that Bela Lugosi was recently added. Admittedly, where he was born is now Romania, but he was ethnically Hungarian, and by the time his native Lugos, now Lugoj, became part of Romania, he was long gone. Consequently, I am removing this. - Jmabel | Talk 04:17, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Per the guideline on
Wikipedia:Lists (stand-alone lists) I've removed all the red links, as "each entry on the list should have a Wikipedia article." If anyone wants to write articles on any of the removed entities the pre-editing list can be found
here.
brenneman
05:34, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Is there a Romanian female rapper by that nick? 88.117.38.203 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 12:04, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
There is an article on Anatoliy Blashku that is presently an orphaned article. Apparently, Anatoliy Ivanovich Blashku (1944 - ) was the Minister of Industry of Transnistria. Could some editor, more skilled than I, please look into how to include a wikilink to this page. Thanks in advance. TheAMmollusc ( talk) 11:11, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
I think this got here by mistake. John DeLorean was not born in Romania. 195.212.29.190 ( talk) 15:37, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
hmm page need verification i know about romanians were are very importants but i belive some are lies
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Traian Vuia was not the first to build a heavier than air flying machine, the Wright brothers beat him to it by a few months. Do you have any reliable source stating otherwise? -- Gutza 13:51 15 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Oh, ok, nice to hear that, I honestly wasn't aware of that. Maybe an article on Traian Vuia would be in order? :-) Gutza 16:35 15 Jul 2003 (UTC)
What's the criteria for listing presidents here rather than at President of Romania - would it be better to only list them at President of Romania? Wondering simply... Martin
An anon recently made some deletions. I restored Corneliu Vadim Tudor -- certainly a significant figure, however much one may despise him. Also eliminated were:
I could not care less about the Cheeky Girls. Someone else is welcome to restore them to the list. As for Calimach, unless someone gives a good reason he does not belong on the list, I intend to restore him. He is no less Romanian than Andrei Codrescu, whom I assume we can all agree belongs on the list. -- Jmabel 06:52, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
A recent anon edit removed " Dumitru Prunariu, astronaut (cosmonaut)." I have no idea why. If no one can explain this in the next 48 hours, I will feel free to restore. -- Jmabel 23:43, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
There has been a recent set of edits back and forth as to whether Sabin Bălaşa belongs in the list. I presume he has at least as good a claim as The Cheeky Girls. An article on him by someone with a clue (hint, hint) would make this clearer one way or another.
And by the way, with reference to the "Wikipedia is POV" remark about his inclusion/deletion: inclusion/deletion inevitable involves decisions that cannot be totally objective. I think that's pretty universally recognized. -- Jmabel | Talk 00:10, Oct 28, 2004 (UTC)
Who is Gil Nicolesco? Google turns up nothing. -- Jmabel | Talk 22:29, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
Someone recently deleted Costin Iorgu and added Gica Popescu. I don't follow Romanian footballers enough to have a clue what is right, but I have to suspect that at least one of these changes is wrong. Can someone clueful please address this? -- Jmabel | Talk 18:15, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)
The list of soccer players is absolutely ridiculous.It includes Catalin Hildan and Michael Klein,I suppose because they're both dead,and it doesn't include Ilie Dumitrescu and Florin Raducioiu. Stefan Udrea 15:16, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
What is soccer???? Seby
Celestina Popa-Toma, recently added under gymnastics, doesn't strike me as notable enough to belong here. 20 Google hits, unless she is better known under another variant of her name. If no one makes a case in the next 24 hours, I will probably delete. -- Jmabel | Talk 19:35, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)
Similarly for "Adrian Alexandru, WTF taekwondo". Google search for "Adrian Alexandru" + taekwondo gives only 2 hits, one of which says he has trained for two years in the sport. Again, maybe there is a reason he's listed: the other says someone became an Olympic contender by beating him, but again, given that the Olympic contender isn't on the list, why should Alexandru be. Unless someone demonstrates notability, I will delete this as well. -- Jmabel | Talk 19:36, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)
Why?? Here's what I have:
1) [ [1]] Nikola Tesla was born in 1856 in what is now Croatia to Serbian parents Milutin and Djuka Tesla
2) [ [2]] Nikola Tesla, American scientist of Serbian origin...
There are a few people here who can be considered Romanian by some criteria, and not Romanian by some other criteria. Examples:
I think it would be nice to have a note after the leading paragraph stating the criteria by which the people in this list are selected. To me, it seems that the list has everyone with a Romanian nationality regardless of ethnicity or other criteria. If there are people on the list who were born outside Romania but are ethnic Romanians, this could also be noted.
KissL 7 July 2005 13:17 (UTC)
I erased Hermann Oberth from the Physics section...he surely wasn't Romanian. Stefan Udrea 15:35, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
Same with Edward G. Robinson, Bucharest-born Yiddish speaker who spent 10-years in Romania.
The actors-actresses section on this list is way too long and the remainder is way too short. In addition, I've noticed a lot of "Professor of" next to peoples name in the scientific section. Shouldn't this list just contain significant scientists with achievements and not an random Professor? (anon 20 July 2005)
from www.dictionary.com : cosmonaut= A Russian or Soviet astronaut. the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts
so,how about we call Dumitru Prunariu an astronaut instead of a cosmonaut
I am removing the section "Romanian citizens Exiled" until notability is established. The sense in which these people are "exiled" is unclear: I am not aware that the present Romanian regime has ever sent someone into exile. The three names there were:
Being a real estate broker is not encyclopedic. "International Business Operation" can mean anything, no indication of notability. Grigore Culian is apparently the editor not of New York Magazine but of a Romanian-language New York Magazin. That magazine might merit an article; I doubt its owner and editor does. -- Jmabel | Talk 05:41, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Leonida Constantin Brezeanu was added to the list three separate times. I've consolidated them. Probably not a particularly famous person, unless known by a different form of her name: I got only two Google hits on this. Does anyone know if this person is legitimately notable? -- Jmabel | Talk 05:35, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
I think all the Bucharesters are in there. You should probably make a CHESS PLAYERS section for Albin. HotelRoom 03:58, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
I don't honestly know whether Alexandru T. Balaban and Mihai Dimonie are important enough to be listed (in the latter case, I suspect not), but either they are, and their names should be links, or they are not, and their names should not be here. - Jmabel | Talk 06:14, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Who the heck is Haralambie Ţugu? I looked it up because the name seemed unlikely. Zero Google hits. I presume eithe misspelled or utterly bogus. There have been about 100 edits since I last looked at this page, so I'm not sorting through to find who added it. ~- Jmabel | Talk 04:12, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
I see that Bela Lugosi was recently added. Admittedly, where he was born is now Romania, but he was ethnically Hungarian, and by the time his native Lugos, now Lugoj, became part of Romania, he was long gone. Consequently, I am removing this. - Jmabel | Talk 04:17, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Per the guideline on
Wikipedia:Lists (stand-alone lists) I've removed all the red links, as "each entry on the list should have a Wikipedia article." If anyone wants to write articles on any of the removed entities the pre-editing list can be found
here.
brenneman
05:34, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Is there a Romanian female rapper by that nick? 88.117.38.203 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 12:04, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
There is an article on Anatoliy Blashku that is presently an orphaned article. Apparently, Anatoliy Ivanovich Blashku (1944 - ) was the Minister of Industry of Transnistria. Could some editor, more skilled than I, please look into how to include a wikilink to this page. Thanks in advance. TheAMmollusc ( talk) 11:11, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
I think this got here by mistake. John DeLorean was not born in Romania. 195.212.29.190 ( talk) 15:37, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
hmm page need verification i know about romanians were are very importants but i belive some are lies