User blog:N217062/Corrections to the wiki

Given that last time I attempted to rectify things I was blocked, I will not actively make edits this time. But I stand by the information I presented especially since factual evidence and common sense goes a long way.

Though first off, I would like to apologize. There was one thing I was wrong about. Seems I acted on bad information but a psychiatrist does indeed have an MD allowing them to fill prescriptions. My one mistake however does not invalidate my other information which is correct. Also a side note, every doctor character on this wiki contains in their name the prefix “Dr.” and the suffix “MD”. For example, Lucas Jones is listed as “Dr. Lucas Jones, MD”. As any professional with a degree will know, this formatting is incorrect. You use one or the other but never both on the same line. So the to rectify this we would either change it to “Dr. Lucas Jones” or “Lucas Jones, MD”.

Okay now for the fun stuff. The Cassadines, our favorite evil family. For most members of family, they are listed as being part Greek. This is simply incorrect. The Cassadines own property (an island) in Greece. They have adopted certain Greek customs such as names (ex. Stefan, Stavros, Mikkos, and some others are Greek names). But the family itself possesses NO Greek blood. Their family tree which was shown onscreen several times contained no full Greek names in it. This invalidates the theory that the Cassadines perhaps intermarried with Greek locals. They were and always have been full-blooded Russians. Now I hate to rehash this but for the sake of a full argument I must. The admin that blocked me (won’t name any names but it is listed in my block log) claims that the Cassadines had lived in Greece for “100 years or more (since the last Tsar of Russia)”. Obviously this person is not a historian because the last Tsar of Russia was Nicholas II, who abdicated in 1917 and was assassinated the following year. And it was stated by Nikolas Cassadine onscreen that the Cassadines fled Russia around the time of the revolution and the Tsar’s assassination. The Cassadines lived in Greece and then arrived in Port Charles in 1981. So if we were to use those dates, 1917/18 to 1981 is definitely not “100 years or more”. In the same message, this admin also made the claim “they lived there, they were Greek citizens, they’re Greek”. Well yes, that’s true TO A POINT. Because the thing is the category we were debating was “ethnicity”. A person’s citizenship is not the same thing as their ethnic identity. If we were to create a new category labeled “nationality” then yes, Greek would work for the Cassadines. But it most definitely would not work under “ethnicity”. Saying the Cassadines ethnically identify as Greek is like saying I (an Asian American) ethnically identify as Kenyan because I lived in Kenya for two years. You see how ridiculous that sounds, right?

A similar issue is the claim that Liesl Obrecht and her family are Burmese. This is also not true. Liesl Obrecht has always been described as a Swiss German. She was born in Switzerland and she speaks German. She is also very obviously white. None of this even remotely suggests that she may be part Asian. Now in the message, the admin claimed that “it was stated by Nathan shortly after Liesl's debut that she was Burmese”. Already that statement is problematic. Given that Liesl debuted over a year before Nathan did, the statement makes little sense. Also in rewatching scenes of the early interactions between Nathan and Liesl, I never saw or heard any mention of the term “Burmese”. Perhaps the admin may have been referring to when Liesl’s history was explained that she had fled Switzerland after being outed for her illegal experiments on patients. Perhaps Burma was one of the countries she fled to. But again, to make the same argument, just because she fled to Burma it doesn’t make her Burmese. More evidence against this lies in the first reunion between Liesl and Madeline at the PCPD on April 9, 2014. During the reunion it was explained that Madeline had run away from her family at a young age. Madeline stated that she had left “Zurich”. This further enforces the already established history that Obrecht came from a Swiss German family. Also while we’re on the topic, the term “Burmese” really is archaic. Since 1989, the country has been known as “Myanmar”. The name “Burma” was used during the country’s colonial period when it was ruled over by the British. Today, the terms “Burma” and “Burmese” are no longer considered to be appropriate ways to describe the country or its people.

Now for my last thing, which is more of a smaller thing. Under Kevin Collins’ occupation, he is listed as a cryptographer. Cryptography is Kevin’s hobby. He said he “dabbles in it”. He does not get paid for it nor does he hold a job title for it. Therefore “cryptographer” cannot be considered one of his official occupations. For example, I and all of you contribute to this wiki. But if any of us were to put “wiki writer” or some such thing on our official resumes we would be laughed out of any job interview.

So there it is. Again for the sake of peace, I will not be making any of these edits (even though I really should). I only ask that other people on this wiki read this and consider it the next they want to edit a page.