Talk:Clan Rollo

Latest comment: 7 years ago by Agricolae in topic Abject Nonsense

Abject Nonsense

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Erik Rollo, nephew of William the Conqueror is completely made up. Invented. Utter fiction. Ridiculous fantasy. No such person existed. Any source that claims such a person as ancestor is no more accurate than a source that claims Mickey Mouse as ancestor, and is, by definition, a non-reliable source. Of course, a source that claims Mickey Mouse as ancestor is so unworthy of refutation that no scholar will waste time refuting it. There is not a presumption of accuracy for a source that includes such hilarious origin fables. That the author would shamelessly, or incompetently, attribute to a well known person whose family has been studied in detail by historians for over a century an otherwise unknown nephew, Erik, speaks volumes about the source's lack of reliability. It is like inventing a compatriot of Jesus named Brian - only good for its comic effect. You find for me any reliable scholarly source that shows William the Conqueror to have had a nephew Erik Rollo and then we will have something to talk about. WP:V calls for basing articles on "reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy." Note: sources - plural. Note: reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. When an article's sole source invents a non-existent nephew of an incredibly famous person, or credulously parrots a vane family's invention of same, it fails that abysmally. Agricolae (talk) 11:50, 6 April 2017 (UTC)Reply