Talk:Richthofen family

H. F. von Richthofen

I removed the entire section on him since a claim that he was ambassador to Bulgaria appears false. A Google search of "H.F. von Richthofen" "ambassador" -Wikipedia turns up only mirrors and some eBay auctions; a Google search of "Herbert Freiherr von Richthofen" "ambassador" -Wikipedia turns up nothing. CityOfSilver 00:35, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Like this E-Bay auction?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Germany-business-card-Richthofen-ambassador-Bulgaria-38-/180741161270

There is no doubt that our Herbert was a German Ambassador to Bulgaria. I can remember (dimly) somewhere reading of his dismissal for disloyalty - although as I have said several times we DO need a proper reference (this one obviously won't do, any more than the E-Bay auction one). I had a quiet chuckle about your "if it ain't on google it ain't real" idea - the reference we want is there in a Book (you know - those funny paper things) somewhere.

Whether or not the man was a Nazi is probably less than crashingly notable - and may as well be cut, pending the result of the search for a proper reference.

Has the man got an article in German Wikipedia??? --Soundofmusicals (talk) 01:28, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

He has! see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_von_Richthofen

A german speaker may be able to use this to track down a proper (English language) reference - but in any case I think we can take it as comfirmation that Herbert was indeed a German Diplomat - and that he did serve in Bulgaria in the years in question. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 01:56, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Here's a ref to his being the ambassador to Bulgaria: [1] 89.100.150.198 (talk) 16:53, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

This is NOT a disambiguation page - but an article for a prominent family

The Brazilian Richthofens are, so far as we know, not acknowledged as relatives by the German family covered by this article. The likely case seems to be either that they are in fact unrelated, or very distantly related indeed. In either case they don't belong in this article, which is about the actual family. Please stop adding them in. If they are notable (apart from the perhaps very ephemeral scandal noted here) then they may well need to go on a disambiguation page. The purpose of disambiguation pages in this encyclopedia is to cover just such things as this - where (for instance) the same term, or the same name can refer to different things, or different people, regardless of whether they are related or not. This is NOT the case here - since all the Richthofens in the article are related, and the article is about the family. I have said this repeatedly in several edit summaries without your replying at all - please can you present evidence of some kind that (regardless of what their alleged relatives say) they are members of the family? Casual notes in newspapers by journalists certainly aren't "reliable sources" for an encyclopedia in this context. Even if the relationships to the family was confirmed we might very well have notability issues!

The second thing you keep doing is re-adding an "extra" entry for the famous "Red Baron" under "others". Since he is noted, with his brother Lothar, also a WWI flying ace, in the appropriate section, there is no need to enter him again under "others". This does NOT need reinstatement, even if we end up with the unedifying Brazilians. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 00:36, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

I have left a note on your talk page - but come here to discuss it please. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 22:13, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

@Soundofmusicals: This is probably the most ridiculous thing that I've encountered in this encyclopedia so far. The "Brazilian Richthofens" [sic] are direct descendants of Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron). As stated by many credible sources.

• Casual notes in newspapers by journalists certainly aren't "reliable sources" [sic]

You don't get to decide what a credible source is and what it isn't all by yourself. See WP:RSP. Well respected newspapers and their professional editorial teams have way more credibility than anonymous users who have nothing to back their claims (users like you).

• The likely case seems to be either that they are in fact unrelated, or very distantly related indeed. [sic]

Nope. They are direct descendants and closely related to this family. Geographical distance doesn't erase the lineage. It seems like you are trying to say that ppl who were born in latin america are less relevant (is that right?). How can you say that they are unrelated when they have the exact same surname. Do you think that ppl just pick their surnames at random??? "von Richthofen" is not some common surname that you can find just anywhere, like "smith".

•  In either case they don't belong in this article, which is about the actual family [sic]

This article is about the Richthofen Family, and they are part of that family, there is no reason not to include them. You don't get to decide who can be listed here based on nonsensical personal preferences.

• they may well need to go on a disambiguation page [sic]

I'm not even going to address this one. It's beyond pathetic. I'm appalled to see how you managed to enforce so much BS on this article over so many years, when a simple google search could easily prove you wrong. This won't happen anymore, not on my watch. [scrapped: rude & unnecessary] Daveout (talk) 03:35, 18 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for (finally) coming here to discuss this - this is an important part of how Wikipedia works.

Assuming that the murderer of her parents is related to the family with the same name (by no means impossible, of course) we do need a reliable source for this. (A reference to "credible sources" is not enough - we need to know what these sources are - and they need to be "reliable sources" in the Wikipedia sense). In any case it is categorically physically impossible for anyone to be a "direct descendant of Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron)" since he was killed when he was only 22 and never married. So any source claiming "direct descent" is obviously poorly researched (as journalistic articles VERY often are) and certainly not "reliable". A direct descendant of a third cousin, or something like that, is of course quite another matter (some of the people who ARE mentioned in this article are no closer related than that).

"Exact same surname" is very far from being "proof" of relationship - however uncommon a surname might be. There is in fact in most counties little or nothing to stop the adoption of a surname, even one implying an aristocratic connection, by anyone.

None of this has anything to do with me and my opinions, (or yours either, fortunately). Wikipedia has many guidelines - most of which have very sound reasons (as here).

We do not have a "proper" disambiguation page for this subject. If this WAS a disambiguation page in the usual sense then the only restriction would be be listing pages containing the word "Richthofen" - being "part of the Richthofen family" in any sense would become irrelevant. I mentioned this fact as a possibility round which we might craft a compromise - that you find this "beyond pathetic" is rather disturbing!

A "simple Google search" might well be a part of research for a Wiki article. The idea that you imagine that such a search is likely to produce an authoritative point of view is totally laughable.

Finally, the entry has in itself almost no "encyclopedia notability" whatever. Alas, this is a wicked world, and if every particularly repugnant criminal was entitled to an article on those grounds alone they might well swamp the whole encyclopedia with such things. Do we really need a category of articles on the subject of "patri/matricides". The murder of a father or mother is, sadly, a very common kind of murder - probably exceeded only by the murder of a husband or wife. The Richthofen family connection, if it could be properly established, might marginally increase this notabilility? Even here I have my doubts. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 02:56, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

@Soundofmusicals: It is impossible to discuss this topic seriously when everything you say is based solely on personal preferences (and in a disingenuous fashion). When I said that she is a direct descendant of the red baron, I meant to say that she is a direct descendant of his family. Suzane's Father, Manfred von Richthofen (yes, another Manfred von Richthofen), was a grandnephew of the Red Baron. You would know that if you had done any research on this family. The bottom line is: there are credible sources (like the telegraph) certifying this claim, while you have nothing to back your guessing that they "might be unrelated". A disambiguation page would imply that they are unrelated, that another "von Richthofen" family mysteriously appeared out of nothing in Brazil, which is not the case. (or do you have any source stating that?). Also, google search is a tool that helps people find reliable sources, but since you don't even know what a reliable source is, it is no surprise that you also don't know what a search tool is and how to use it. It is also very interesting to see how concerned you are about the inclusion of a "repugnant criminal" in an article that already features an actual nazi (that doesn't upset you as well?). Anyway, encyclopedias are supposed to present information, not to judge people's characters or criminal records. ps: don't get offended by the (potentially rude) things i say. i have nothing against you. I just tend to defend my points of view passionately. Have a great day! [scrapped:doesn't add anything relevant to the discussion] Daveout (talk) 10:39, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

@Soundofmusicals: Ok, so I was going through some old Manfred’s (Suzanes’s father) interviews, trying to figure out who his father actually was, and in one of them, he says this [in Portuguese]:

The Red Baron was my great-uncle. And my father was appointed to test the first squad of Stuka diving bomber planes, the squad was named, by Hitler, ‘’The Richthofen Squad’’. My father commanded all of that, He went bombing in the Spanish Civil War trying to protect the dictator Franco, who had asked Hitler for the Stukas’ logistical support, [...] My father, in a way, helped paint Picasso's Guernica, because he bombed the city portrayed by him. My father died of back problems, because he used to dive a lot in the Stukas, and when those planes took off, a thing he called ‘’whip’’ would happen, a strong impact on the back of the Stuka's seat.
— source

The only person, so far known, who matches that description is Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen. And if that is really the case, there seems to be, in fact, inconsistencies in his claims (Like, his father died yeas before the date he was allegedly born). What do you think of that? Daveout (talk) 10:39, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Forgive me for adding a signature to your last post - this is purely to make the exchange clear to anyone else (like who actually said what). Remarks like "everything you say is based solely on personal preferences" DO make it very difficult, if not quite "impossible" to "discuss a topic seriously". Serious discussion (and not only on the talk pages of Wikipedia articles) is severely hampered by a lack of assumption of good faith on the part of other editors. Having a strong POV (point of view) and defending it "passionately" is all very well, but where points of view differ we obviously run into the very problem you are complaining of. We need to be patient, to try to see the other's (probably sincere) POV, and assess it without assuming malicious intent, at least it becomes plain that one's "opponent" is not interested in improving the encyclopedia.

In any case - the lady concerned does have her own article - which (as I suspect you will well understand) lies totally outside my sphere of interest, and which (I promise) I have no intention of editing! --Soundofmusicals (talk) 22:29, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Ok. Sorry for being rude earlier. The big issue here is that, in order to state something contrary to what is presented by a reliable source, one must have a pretty good reason. It’s not enough to say that the sources ‘’may be wrong’’.

I wanna add that there is a chance (very small, but still) that the "Brazilian Richthofens" descend from one of Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen's brothers (very little is known about them). I also found out that Manfred's mother (Suzane's Grandmother) is called Margot Gude Hahmann (this may be useful for others investigating this family). The question that persists is, who is his father? Or did he change his name from Hahmann to Richthofen? It is also important to find the German sources that deny connections between both families. One of them is the newspaper called ‘’Bild’’, but I don’t speak German. That’s basically it.

One last thing: could you please change the heading of this discussion so people can tell it’s about Suzane and other contested members?. Something like ‘’About Suzane von Richthofen’’. Daveout (talk) 00:08, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Newspapers are (on the whole) very bad sources for an encyclopedia: the function of a newspaper and that of an encyclopedia are just too disparate. That something "just might be true" (something I never discounted here - if you read the thread from the top) doesn't mean it is encyclopedic - and just because it creates a brief sensation in the media doesn't mean, by any means, that it is going to be notable in the long run. To paraphrase WP:NOT (a useful guideline and well worth reading). * When in doubt (especially but not exclusively about factuality) leave it out. * In the words of my old mum "If you can't say something nice, say nothing". Some unpleasant truths MUST be told, obviously, but we have to be very careful about the notability (in the encyclopedic sense) of scandal.

All things considered, it's probably best to leave talk page section headings "as is" - even when, as here, they are no longer very helpful. If anyone has been following this thread then this makes it easier for them to do so.

We all make edits, both to talk pages and (much worse) articles that we later realise to have been mistaken. To admit our mistakes as you have done here is a sign of maturity and responsibility (not to mention the very important quality of being able, and willing, to learn from them) and is utterly commendable - at the risk of sounding like a condescending old man - Well done! --Soundofmusicals (talk) 01:20, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Suzane von Richthofen

We need a mention to the Suzane von Richthofen, who killed his parents in Brazil in 2002. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:7F2:2984:6C22:0:0:0:4 (talk) 05:24, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

See above, where this is discussed at length.--Soundofmusicals (talk) 01:27, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Discussions about Suzane's case are taking place HERE. (The "Brazilian") Manfred claims to be the Red Braron's grandnephew, but we don't know his father's or grandfather's names. Most of the Red Braron's and his siblings' descendants are known, and none of those "family lines" seem to lead to Suzane's Father. Daveout (talk) 03:25, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

According to an old newspaper's note announcing Manfred's marriage, his father's name was Joachim Hermann Oskar von Richthofen. Im putting this here in case anyone wants to investigate his family lineage further. - Daveout(talk) 23:07, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 12 February 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved. And redirect Richthofen to Manfred von Richthofen.  — Amakuru (talk) 15:04, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

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Richthofen → Richthofen family – Per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and WP:CONSISTENT, other notable noble families have their articles include a "family" at the end. In the meanwhile, Manfred von Richthofen is byfar the most well-known out of the Richthofens. I am requesting making "Richthofen" redirect to either the fighter pilot during World War I or keeping the redirect to here. Linking Pageviews, out of the Top 10 most viewed Richthofen articles, the Red Baron is by far the most viewed out of the bunch with about 2.8 million views dwarfing the 2nd place coming in at around 200K.[2] Basing also from Google Ngrams, the fighter pilot is also the most referenced since the end of World War I (his uncle was in the lead before the war but has since been passed). [3] Let me know what you think. PyroFloe (talk) 13:45, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

• Mild Oppose, I think the Red Baron is the most famous person with the name but he was hardly referred by the mononym "Richthofen". I'd rather keep the DAB at base name. Ortizesp (talk) 15:17, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

I think the term "Richthofen" usually refers the famous fighter pilot as he is the main person that comes up at search results. Usually very notable people that have an ambiguous surname redirect to them, like Biden to Joe Biden, Reagan to Ronald Reagan, Nixon to Richard Nixon, and Hitler to Adolf Hitler. Even in extremely ambiguous cases like Caesar to Julius Caesar. You may have forgotten to sign your reply so I have gone ahead and added your signature. Thanks! PyroFloe (talk) 16:10, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

• Support move to make it clear that it's an article about a family and for consistency with similar articles. No opinion on where Richthofen should redirect. (t · c) buidhe 12:05, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

  Ditto Red Slash 23:47, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

• Support. The Red Baron is a clear primary redirect. His surname is very well-known and commonly used and he's by far the best-known person known by that name. If the surname was used alone without further qualification everyone would understand that it referred to him and not any other member of the family. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:09, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.