Talk:Oscar Straus Memorial
Latest comment: 13 years ago by Carptrash in topic I am strongly inclined to remove
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I am strongly inclined to remove
editthe" German-American" part from the phrase " German-American artist Adolph Alexander Weinman". Weinman arrived in the USA aged 10 so was entirely trained in America, or at least after coming to America. Had he been trained in Germany before arriving at Ellis Island then I can see why having that phrase might be a good idea, but . . . anyone out there have a reason to keep it? Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 01:22, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
He's credited that way on the Goethe website in the reference.Goldnpuppy (talk) 02:15, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
- Actually that sort of proves my point. What the Goethe website says is "The fountain, designed by German-American architect Adolph Alexander Weinman..." and Weinman is not an architect. Never was, never will be. This is not a good site to base too much on. Carptrash (talk) 03:06, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Whether he was an artist or architect, he was born in Germany and that means he was German and always will be.Goldnpuppy (talk) 18:00, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
- So you feel that a source that if proven to be wrong is still a good one to use? He was born in Germany came to the United States and became an American, not a German-American. Carptrash (talk) 19:58, 21 May 2011 (UTC)