Talk:Lothar Wallerstein

I propose to change the classification to B
I believe that this article meets the six B-Class criteria: Sincerely, HopsonRoad (talk) 02:11, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
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✅ Having seen no dispute of the above. HopsonRoad (talk) 11:03, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Nationality
you proposed re-casting Wallerstein's "nationality" with a recent edit. Let's discuss here. HopsonRoad (talk) 01:23, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I believe Wallerstein shouldn't be characterized as "Czech musician". Born in Prague in the fin de siècle middle-class Jewish family. In that period of time, most of Jewish middle-class Prague citizens were German-speaking, as German was still a primary language of Jewish middle and higher classes in Prague. Having said that, I believe a term "Austrian musician" would be more appropriate. German Wikipedia describes him as "American director and conductor of Austrian descent". As for the Czechoslovak citizenship, I assumed Wallerstein was a Czechoslovak citizen before emigrating to the United States but I might be wrong. Both English and German wiki articles suggest he never worked in Czechoslovakia post-1918 independence. Most of the places where he was active were in then German-speaking world. I believe a lede description as "American director and conductor of Austrian descent" would be a good compromise. Otherwise I see no indication he could be labeled as Czech. - Darwinek (talk) 17:22, 16 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for engaging here. You make a good case. My caution was born of the fact that a lot of the material in this article was compiled by a direct descendant of his, who is thoroughly familiar with his family history. I'm good with your lede description. Perhaps we shouldn't populate the "nationality" field, since during his early life it might have been regarded as "Jewish" and since the notion of border control with passports and with it identification of citizenship didn't start until WWI. As to citizenship, the only mention we have in reliable sources is American. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 19:39, 16 August 2019 (UTC)