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According to my hungarian friend, Wolfgang was in fact Hungarian, so why is this a Austrian people stub? [[User:194.193.78.109|194.193.78.109]] 14:30, 13 June 2006 (UTC) |
According to my hungarian friend, Wolfgang was in fact Hungarian, so why is this a Austrian people stub? [[User:194.193.78.109|194.193.78.109]] 14:30, 13 June 2006 (UTC) |
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As far as I know his ancestors were immigrants from Ireland. |
:As far as I know his ancestors were immigrants from Ireland. |
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Von Kempelen is known in English sources by the German version of his name, not a Hungarian one. It can be easily proved for example by references in scholar.google.com (163 references to Wolfgang von Kempelen scholar vs. 27 to Kempelen Farkas). VinceB, please refrain from hungarizing names in this Wikipedia. There is also a Hungarian Wikipedia, where you can do it. But this is an English version. [[User:Tankred|Tankred]] 20:35, 3 January 2007 (UTC) |
Von Kempelen is known in English sources by the German version of his name, not a Hungarian one. It can be easily proved for example by references in scholar.google.com (163 references to Wolfgang von Kempelen scholar vs. 27 to Kempelen Farkas). VinceB, please refrain from hungarizing names in this Wikipedia. There is also a Hungarian Wikipedia, where you can do it. But this is an English version. [[User:Tankred|Tankred]] 20:35, 3 January 2007 (UTC) |
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Then I learned something new. :-) I didn't knew that??? OMG! Then? This is why this page is editable to everybody. Gosh....--[[User:VinceB|Vince]] <sup>[[user talk:VinceB|hey, yo!]] :-)</sup> 22:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC) |
:Then I learned something new. :-) I didn't knew that??? OMG! Then? This is why this page is editable to everybody. Gosh....--[[User:VinceB|Vince]] <sup>[[user talk:VinceB|hey, yo!]] :-)</sup> 22:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC) |
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According to my hungarian friend, Wolfgang was in fact Hungarian, so why is this a Austrian people stub? 194.193.78.109 14:30, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
- As far as I know his ancestors were immigrants from Ireland.
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Von Kempelen is known in English sources by the German version of his name, not a Hungarian one. It can be easily proved for example by references in scholar.google.com (163 references to Wolfgang von Kempelen scholar vs. 27 to Kempelen Farkas). VinceB, please refrain from hungarizing names in this Wikipedia. There is also a Hungarian Wikipedia, where you can do it. But this is an English version. Tankred 20:35, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
- Then I learned something new. :-) I didn't knew that??? OMG! Then? This is why this page is editable to everybody. Gosh....--Vince hey, yo! :-) 22:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC)