User talk:Thenoticer0377

March 2024
Hello, I'm Binksternet. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Anton LaVey, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Binksternet (talk) 04:04, 15 March 2024 (UTC)


 * His birth surname Levey is a derivative of the Hebrew Levi, meaning to be a descendent of Levi, the founder of the Levi tribe of Israel.
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_(surname)
 * "According to the Bible, the Tribe of Levi is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Levi, son of Jacob. The descendants of Aaron, who was the first High Priest of Israel, were designated as the priestly class, the Kohanim.".
 * Source for my claim is the Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith.
 * PDF: https://ia802307.us.archive.org/35/items/dictionary-of-american-family-names-by-elsdon-d.-smith-1956/Dictionary%20of%20American%20Family%20Names%20by%20Elsdon%20D.%20Smith%20%2C%201956%20.pdf
 * Just ctrl + f for "levey".
 * He is most certainly Jewish.
 * Thenoticer0377 (talk) 04:15, 15 March 2024 (UTC)


 * That's not how Wikipedia works.
 * The WP:SECONDARY sources writing about LaVey agree that whatever Jewish ancestors he might have had were too distant for it to matter. Wikipedia summarizes the WP:Reliable sources for the reader. We don't try to figure things out on our own, based on the history of surnames or whatever. Binksternet (talk) 04:52, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
 * That is utterly preposterous, his literal surname is hebrew in origin.
 * It really doesnt get more jewish. Thenoticer0377 (talk) 05:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)