A fact from Anthony Sadowski appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 April 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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I deleted reference to President Ford being a descendent of Sodowski. Firstly, this information is based on a genealogy notice board, which cannot be accepted as a reliable source and secondly it is based on the assumption that "Sandusky" comes from "Sodowski". Neither the article on President Ford no the List of Polish Americans bear this out. Finally, on the link between Sandusky and Sodowski, read the following in the Etimology section at Sandusky: "The accepted etymology is that the name Sandusky is derived from the Wyandot word saandusti, 'water in water-pools'[7] or andusti, 'cold water'. A disproved theory was that the city (Sandusky) was named after a Polish fur trader by the name of Anthony Sadowski or Jacob Sodowsky." Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 10:47, 28 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
While you did the right thing, there are two problems with your reasoning. First, the family isn't named after the city. How could a Euro-American family be named after a city in Ohio? Euro-American surnames are much older than any Ohio city. Second, the genealogical information isn't based on any reference to the name Sandusky, since the supposed descent is from a daughter of the subject of this article, whose married name was Miller. The spelling of the family name didn't change to Sandusky until after her death. The proper reason for deleting the reference is that the descent is known to be questionable at one particular spot, and there is consequently no possibility of finding a Reliable Source for it (at least not yet). 70.107.238.239 (talk) 21:04, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Just curious, at what point is the descent known to be questionable? I thought it was verified, but I could be wrong. All Hallow's Wraith (talk) 20:17, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
