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Polanski was arrested for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl

No, he was arrested for the rape of a 13 years old girl. It wasn't simply a statutory rape charge because the prosecution claimed there was no consent and he drugged her. --189.70.250.241 (talk) 12:30, 3 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 Done — ErikHaugen (talk | contribs) 19:11, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Case current cite 127

The last paragraph under Sexual abuse case contradicts the next heading Documentary films; it should probably be moved to the intro of the Documentary films instead of being the concluding paragraph contradicting the next concluding paragraph. They're sequential and contradictory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.62.68.53 (talk) 05:13, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I guess you were referring to the last sentence, which relates directly to the whole topic in that paragraph. The two sections are now more clearly linked after some rephrasing. --Light show (talk) 06:08, 5 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

World War II

This article states that the Krakow Ghetto was liquidated after a rebellion. There was no rebellion in the Krakow Ghetto (see the book The Krakow Ghetto Pharmacy by Tadeusz Pankiewicz, a pharmacist who ran a pharmacy in the Ghetto and was an eyewitness to the entire existence of the Krakow Ghetto.) There was a rebellion in the Warsaw Ghetto which may be what this is referring to. 72.9.4.90 (talk) 20:58, 9 July 2014 (UTC) NDBriggs[reply]

  • Correct. No rebellion took place before the liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto. Article is based in part on recollections of a little boy... put on paper decades after the fact. Some of what is being said belongs to a genre of creative nonfiction. Poeticbent talk 00:51, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Polanski is NOT Polish.

Albert Einstein, an esteemed individual, is listed as merely "German-born" in Wikipedia. While Polanski, a notorious individual is listed as "Polish" rather than "Polish-born". Why the inconsistency? When an individual, if of Hebrew descent, are lauded, they are listed as "Jews" but been they have committed crimes they are no longer Jews, but representatives of their "host countries"; Polish, German, Russian, etc. Wikipedia needs to be consistent. Was Benny Goodman Polish or Jewish?

In this case, Roman Polanski should be listed as a "Polish-born Jew". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.48.232.51 (talk) 16:17, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Except that he was born in Paris, so "Polish-born" is misleading. Rcarter555 (talk) 20:17, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Furthermore, according to WP:OPENPARAGRAPH we avoid mentioning ethnicity in the lead. Favonian (talk) 20:19, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting info that may be worth noting

From The Beatles Forever by Nicholas Schaffner, page 129: "...Charlie Manson, who made the Beatles his rationale for murdering the wife of Roman Polanski. The famed director's diabolical Rosemary's Baby was filmed in the New York apartment building presently inhabited by John Lennon". Mind you, the book was written in 1977. Could this be notable for inclusion? If so, could someone please add it in where they see fit? It might also be worth noting on some other articles, such as Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate, etc. Bossanoven (talk) 03:57, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Even The New York Times can be Wrong.

Based on the information provided then the first sentence of the first paragraph is incorrect and needs to be corrected by the person responsible for this Wiki-article on Roman Polanski. Factually, Roman Polanski was born in Paris, France and is therefore French. The first sentence states Roman Polanski is Polish. It is true Mr. Polanski may have a Polish background through his father but based on this logic you may as well state Mr. Polanski is Russian because his mother, Bula Katz-Przedborska, was born in Russia. If you follow this kind of logic then Mr. Polanski has a Russian background too but he is not Russian; Roman Polanski is still French. Further, the first sentence states Roman Polanski became a naturalized French citizen in 1979 and there is a reference link (1) which takes you to a New York Times article stating Roman Polanski is Polish- not French. If I am born in New York and my father is from Brazil and my mother is from China then I am still a red-blooded American. 184.76.56.97 (talk)JSJR 02232015

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