Talk:Žigmund Pálffy

The history

someone moved the page by copy pasting which screwed up the history. It needs to be fixed. Masterhatch 19:24, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

The history from this article needs to be merged with the history from Žigmund Pálffy. Masterhatch 19:37, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

January 2012

Palffy is a player of Hungarian origin. Palffy has Slovak nationality, born in Skalica home to 94.84% of Slovaks, Czechs 3.61% and 0.61% Roma. He who is questionable, this information provides false information. The data referred to at the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation, which speak of Hungarian origin, two Slovak players are false lies. They have no proof of these claims bi confirm this information. Therefore, I ask abi this information immediately deleted, and these sites were shown only truthful information. Thank you, loyal hockey fan from Slovakia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.141.102.191 (talk) 10:59, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia goes by verifiability and the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation, an independent national sports governing body is definetely a reliable source. Interestingly, by none of the other mentioned names in the article came it into question, what is more, encouraged contributors put there their own knowledge to expand the players' background. I can offer you a number of other sources that also confirm it.

• The International Multicultural Hockey Championship, of which goal is exactly to promote the cultural diversity, and which lists Pálffy who represents the Hungarian heritage in the NHL.
• Hungary's leading sports paper, Nemzeti Sport's short news about the retirement of Pálffy: About the intention of the 33-years-old Slovak international who is of Hungarian descent were reported by the Slovak papers. ("A szlovák válogatottban szereplő 33 éves magyar származású játékos szándékáról a szlovák lapok tudósítottak.") [1]
• In an article of Hungarian news channel Inforadio, which talks about the 2010 Winter Olympics: Beside her, two flagbearer who are of Hungarian descent were also processing; the flag of Romania was held by Éva Tófalvi, and the flag of Slovakia by Zigmund Pálffy. ("Rajta kívül még két magyar származású zászlóvivő is felvonult; Románia lobogóját a biatlonos Tófalvi Éva, Szlovákia zászlaját pedig a jégkorongozó Zigmund Pálffy vitte.") [2] (Last paragraph.)

If you really are a loyal hockey fan, I'd suggest you to improve the hockey-related articles and help them to reach GA level, instead of removing well-referenced information and getting into troubles. Getting familiar with the fundamental principles of Wikipedia might be also helpful. Regards, Thehoboclown (talk) 13:10, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Biographies of living persons

We must get the article right. Be very firm about the use of high quality sources. All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be explicitly attributed to a reliable, published source, which is usually done with an inline citation. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion.

This reference is low quality essay. Its factual accuracy is disputed. It may contain original research. It may contain wording that merely promotes the subject without imparting verifiable information.

Who is Zigmond Palffy? I do not know that player.

What is "Hungarian descent"? His father and mother are not Hungarians. Please write who in his family was Hungarian. This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. Thank you. --Omen1229 (talk) 15:23, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

We must get the article right. Be very firm about the use of high quality sources. All quotations and any material challenged or likely to be challenged must be explicitly attributed to a reliable, published source, which is usually done with an inline citation. – There it is.

Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion. – There are four reliable sources that support the statement.

This reference is low quality essay. Its factual accuracy is disputed. It may contain original research. It may contain wording that merely promotes the subject without imparting verifiable information. – Actually, none of the listed concerns applies for the source, but for the article itself. If you dispute the statement, you can solve the problem by adding reliable sources that clear it. The article does not contain original research, as the citation is exactly says what is written in the article. The article does not contain a single puffer word; it's only a short statement. The reference may do so, however, as written above, it has nothing to do with Wikipedia itself.

Who is Zigmond Palffy? I do not know that player. – A misspell of the name does not deny the truth of the article. Even the best materials contain mistakes.

What is "Hungarian descent"? His father and mother are not Hungarians. Please write who in his family was Hungarian. – Hungarian descent means he has Hungarian ancestors. I do not know who in his family is Hungarian, however, if you are interested and have the source, would be very welcomed to add the info. A plain statement, on the other hand, that says this or that is not Hungarian is pretty much unverifiable.

Regards, Thehoboclown (talk) 16:15, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

– There are four reliable sources that support the statement. > There are not. Hungary's sports papers wrote: "33 year old Hungarian born player" and "Hungarian flag carrier". Its false info and original research. Its factual accuracy is disputed.

– The reference may do so, however, as written above, it has nothing to do with Wikipedia itself. > Not true. Be very firm about the use of high quality sources.

– A misspell of the name does not deny the truth of the article. Even the best materials contain mistakes. > This is not "best materials", but low quality original research.

– I do not know who in his family is Hungarian > Please write who are "Hungarian ancestors" in his family or provide oficial statement of Žigmund Pálffy or stop with original research. --Omen1229 (talk) 17:11, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

– There are four reliable sources that support the statement. > There are not. Hungary's sports papers wrote: "33 year old Hungarian born player" and "Hungarian flag carrier". Its false info and original research. Its factual accuracy is disputed. – I guess you used a google translator or some other machine translators. The correct translation of the text is given by me a few lines above. You might seek for verification here, if you don't trust me.

– The reference may do so, however, as written above, it has nothing to do with Wikipedia itself. > Not true. Be very firm about the use of high quality sources. – I have no concerns about the quality of the sources. If you have, you may looking for help at the reliable sources noticeboard.

– A misspell of the name does not deny the truth of the article. Even the best materials contain mistakes. > This is not "best materials", but low quality original research. – Once again, an original research is something that does not appear in any sources, or does, but the sources are adapted wrongly. In this case, the source directly supports the statement.

– I do not know who in his family is Hungarian > Please write who are "Hungarian ancestors" in his family or provide oficial statement of Žigmund Pálffy or stop with original research. – Similarly to the previous one, original research is something that is not written down, or not properly in the source. Since there's a clear statement, it cannot be an original research.

Regards, Thehoboclown (talk) 17:41, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

– I have no concerns about the quality of the sources. If you have, you may looking for help at the reliable sources noticeboard. > This is only your feeling. This essay without references is everything, but definitely is not high quality source.

- Once again, an original research is something that does not appear in any sources, or does, but the sources are adapted wrongly. In this case, the source directly supports the statement. > In this case, the really bad source directly supports this low quality essay. Roberto Luango, John Taveres, Manny Moholtra, Jarmir Jagar :-D (maybe they thought jaguar), Dustin Byfluin, Chris Stewert, Pavel Datsuk etc? I know only Roberto Luongo, John Tavares, Manny Malhotra, Jaromir Jagr, Dustin Byfuglien, Chris Stewart, Pavel Datsyuk... This side is joke, everything is wrong.

Please provide who are "Hungarian ancestors" in his family or provide oficial statement of Žigmund Pálffy or use of high quality sources with references. If "Hungarian origin" is true, it will be not problem with neutral and quality sources. --Omen1229 (talk) 20:04, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

There's no connection between those two sites... If you question the reliability of World Multicultural Champs then I think it should be listed at the reliable sources noticeboard, but even if you discard that source, there are three others, which support the statement, one from the leading sports paper in Hungary, one from the main governing body of ice hockey in the country, and one from Inforadio news station, all of them appears to be clearly reliable and quality source for me. However, since there's a disagreement between us, I've requested a third a party opinion, to solve the problem. In addition, here's another source from Blikk (Hungarian daily, published by Ringier), which says "The Slovak hockey player who is of Hungarian descent, Zigmund Pálffy, the Czech Olympic gold medalist goaltender Roman Céchmánek, and the bronze medalist Martin Erat were his team mates on the gala match." ("A magyar származású szlovák világbajnok hokis, Zigmund Pálffy (37), a cseh olimpiai aranyérmes kapus, Roman Céchmánek (38) és a bronzérmes Martin Erat (27) volt a csapattársa a gálamérkőzésen.) [3].

Regards, Thehoboclown (talk) 21:06, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation and Hungarian newspapers are not neutral sources, because we talk about "Hungarian origin" of Slovak ice hockey player. Please provide high quality and neutral sources especially with references. Thank you. --Omen1229 (talk) 21:40, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

It is normal that this info is covered by Hungarian papers, as it is important mostly for them. On the other hand, arbitrarily declaring them biased does not make any sense. Not only becuse of the unjustified reasoning (I don't know why and how would be an independent source biased. The statement is X is of Y origin. There is not any bias here and it don't know how other would it read in "neutral way"), but also because the sources are not exclusive, therefore if once a source/book/paper is identified as reliable/neutral/good for use/etc., it remains so regardless the topic in they are used. Even more, since it is their topic of interest, it makes them a more authentic source of information in the theme. Since I'm rather ready to spend my time on building the 'pedia instead of stuck into endless talks, which just goes round and round without any solution, I'm finished with the topic and completely rely on and accept a careful and wise third opinion, decide the dispute in either way. Regards, Thehoboclown (talk) 13:41, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

The "Hungarian origin" of Žigmund Pálffy is only urban legend, which is popular only in Hungary and supported by obscure articles in the Hungarian media. Please stop with these myths or provide high quality and neutral sources especially with references. Regards, --Omen1229 (talk) 16:01, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

I came here from the third opinion page. First I want to say that wikipedia is concerned about verifiability rather than truth. So far it seems we have sources that say is of Hungarian decent (the reliability of them is being contested). Do we have any that say anything to the contrary? My thoughts are that if there are no sources saying he is not of Hungarian decent or something similar, the sources, especially when put together, are enough to merit the mention of his Hungarian in the article. Eomund (talk) 02:18, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

I disagree.

Do we have any that say anything to the contrary? > We don´t have, because it is not necessary to prove his Slovak origin as player in national ice hockey team. Everyone knows that he is Slovak ice hockey player. 0 reliable results in google with Slovak words "Žigmund Pálffy maďar" and 0 reliable results with "Zigmund Palffy Hungarian". This urban legend lives only in Hungary. If we talk about "Hungarian origin" so we must know who exactly in his family is Hungarian.

My thoughts are that if there are no sources saying he is not of Hungarian decent or something similar > This is ridiculous, because we have no sources saying they are not of Hungarian decents also for Marián Hossa, Marián Gáborík etc. All ice hockey players in the world are of "Hungarian descents", because have no sources saying they are not. Now we can to create some essay, obscure articles without references in the Ugandan media and soon we have new "Ugandan origin" ice hockey player. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article. --Omen1229 (talk) 10:33, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Thehoboclown has provided sources stating that he is of Hungarian decent. What 'Everyone knows' doesn't matter. What matters is what is verifiable. As for the second comment, perhaps I was not clear. What I meant was that there are sources saying that he is of Hungarian decent. That should not be overridden by what 'Everyone knows' or common knowledge. No one is saying that there are sources saying Marian Hossa and Marian Gaborik are on Hungarian decent, therefore no sources are needed to refute what is not claimed. If it is an 'urban legend,' you willing probably be able to find reliable sources refuting it.

Secondly, If this dispute is about whether or not the sources are reliable, you may wish to discuss it at WP:RSN rather than here. Eomund (talk) 02:17, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

What 'Everyone knows' doesn't matter. > He is Slovak ice hockey player 1 and everyone knows that.

What matters is what is verifiable. > This is verifiable and neutral source without urban legends: Throughout his playing career, the Slovak native 2 I don´t see there any information about "Hungarian origin".

you willing probably be able to find reliable sources refuting it. > No, I will not search "reliable sources refuting it", but you must "to find reliable sources" who in his family is Hungarian. --Omen1229 (talk) 19:01, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

I do not know how much clearer I can get what everyone knows does not matter. However, no one is contesting that he is Slovakian. What is being contested is whether or not he is of Hungarian decent. I do, however, agree that the burden of proof is on the person wanting to add the information. So Thehoboclown, what reliable sources do you have that state that Palffy is of Hungarian decent? I know you may have mentioned them earlier but if you don't mind please list them here. Eomund (talk) 01:11, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Sure, no problem.

• The history of the Hungarian ice hockey by the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation, last but one paragraph
• The International Multicultural Hockey Championship, of which goal is exactly to promote the cultural diversity, and which lists Pálffy who represents the Hungarian heritage in the NHL.
• Hungary's leading sports paper, Nemzeti Sport's short news about the retirement of Pálffy: About the intention of the 33-years-old Slovak international who is of Hungarian descent were reported by the Slovak papers. ("A szlovák válogatottban szereplő 33 éves magyar származású játékos szándékáról a szlovák lapok tudósítottak.") [4]
• In an article of Hungarian news channel Inforadio, which talks about the 2010 Winter Olympics: Beside her, two flagbearer who are of Hungarian descent were also processing; the flag of Romania was held by Éva Tófalvi, and the flag of Slovakia by Zigmund Pálffy. ("Rajta kívül még két magyar származású zászlóvivő is felvonult; Románia lobogóját a biatlonos Tófalvi Éva, Szlovákia zászlaját pedig a jégkorongozó Zigmund Pálffy vitte.") [5] (Last paragraph.)
• Blikk (Hungarian daily, published by Ringier), which says "The Slovak hockey player who is of Hungarian descent, Zigmund Pálffy, the Czech Olympic gold medalist goaltender Roman Céchmánek, and the bronze medalist Martin Erat were his team mates on the gala match." ("A magyar származású szlovák világbajnok hokis, Zigmund Pálffy (37), a cseh olimpiai aranyérmes kapus, Roman Céchmánek (38) és a bronzérmes Martin Erat (27) volt a csapattársa a gálamérkőzésen.) [6].
• Hungarian weekly Hetek wrote the following: Currently employed by the Los Angeles King Zigmund Pálffy, who is Slovak international, but also have Hungarian ancestors. ("Jelenleg a Los Angeles Kings alkalmazottja Zigmund Pálffy, aki szlovák válogatott, de szintén magyar felmenőktől származik.)

Regards, Thehoboclown (talk) 11:43, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

I do not know Hungarian so I cannot evaluate those sources, but thank you for the list, Thehoboclown. Omen1229 what do you have to say about these sources? Do you hold to your claim that they are all part of the conspiracy? Eomund (talk) 19:03, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Conspiracy? This is parody. The sources: essay, poor site with names Jarmir Jagar, Manny Moholtra... and obscure Hungarian articles with urban legends. This is verifiable and neutral source without original research: Throughout his playing career, the Slovak native. The definition of native: Being such by birth or origin. I don´t see there any information about "Hungarian origin". Please write me who in his family is Hungarian. --Omen1229 (talk) 13:49, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

No one is denying that he is a native of Slovakia native. What is being debated is whether or not he has Hungarian ancestors. We are not saying that he does not have Slovakia ancestors as it is possible that these are both true. As for name who the Hungarian is that is not necessary. But let me just clarify. You are saying that all six of his sources are unreliable? Do you have a reliable source saying he is not of Hungarian decent? A person does not have only one country of decent. I am Canadian, but I am of English, Scottish, German and Norwegian descent. Eomund (talk) 01:28, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Btw. according to Pálffy himself from the Blikk article linked above: "For Talma [Gábor Talmácsi] roots Zigmund Pálffy as well, who says he is half Hungarian by his father's side." ("Talmáért szorít Zigmund Pálffy is, aki édesapja révén félig magyarnak mondja magát.") – Thehoboclown (talk) 11:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Blikk? Tabloid journalism tends to emphasize topics such as sensational crime stories, astrology, gossip columns about the personal lives of celebrities and sports stars, and junk food news. Gossip is idle talk or rumour about the personal or private affairs of others. It is one of the oldest and most common means of sharing facts and views, but also has a reputation for the introduction of errors and variations into the information transmitted. A rumor is often viewed as "an unverified account or explanation of events circulating from person to person and pertaining to an object, event, or issue in public concern". Please provide high quality and neutral sources. --Omen1229 (talk) 14:31, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Well, whatever you call it, there is no rumour or gossip in that article just simply what Pálffy personally said. But for a last one time, as it was pointed out many time earlier, the ball is on your side: if you question the reliability of the sources then list them on the reliable sources noticeboard. Or, give sources which say he is not of Hungarian descent. Unless doing so, and making unsupported claims that it's an urban legend, a hoax or whatever, won't help to find a solution and this talk is stuck at this point. – Thehoboclown (talk) 15:20, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Omen1229, please review WP:Point. As Thehoboclown says the burden of proof is on you to prove the sources are unreliable. You had a dispute with Thehoboclown and asked for a third opinion. I am trying to assume good faith but you seem persistent in pushing your POV rather than having the article say what the sources say. Remember, in wikipedia what is true doesn't matter, verifiability does. The sources provide by Thehoboclown verify that he is of Hungarian decent. You have no sources that say otherwise. Eomund (talk) 03:31, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

I reviewed WP:Point, what examples do you mean exactly? I see only: If you feel that a particular source does not meet Wikipedia standards.. Do express your concerns on the talk pages of articles which cite it, or at the reliable sources noticeboard. Do not add even more references to the source, with hopes of provoking opposition to its use.

As Thehoboclown says the burden of proof is on you to prove the sources are unreliable. > This is a manipulation. I edited article, I didn´t delete information about "Hungarian origin", I added only multiple issues: This article's references may not meet Wikipedia's guidelines for reliable sources. Please help by checking whether the references meet the criteria for reliable sources. This is clear statement. Everyone can help by checking whether the references meet the criteria for reliable sources. Not only me. You deleted it and it does not look that you are trying to assume good faith. Your POV is dubious. You're still talking about verifiability, but not about reliable sources especially for living persons. You also ignore my opinions on resources of Thehoboclown.

The sources provide by Thehoboclown verify that he is of Hungarian decent. You have no sources that say otherwise. > I do not understand this statement. Is this your POV? I wrote neutral source already... --Omen1229 (talk) 08:06, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

As to WP:POINT, I was referring to your adding a excessive number of tags simply because there is a single fact that you do not believe is accurate even though it is supported by sources. It is becoming harder to assume good faith as you are consistently trying to push your viewpoint. You and Thehoboclown had a dispute and asked for a 3O. I have given and you are continuing to work against it. My POV is that the article is that the article should say what reliable sources say. If you do not think the sources are reliable, please take it up at WP:RSN and not here as that will just be edit warring. Perhaps you are right about some of the sources, but they are not all unreliable, especially when viewed collectively. As for your last statement, which of your sources denies that is of Hungarian decent. Eomund (talk) 18:08, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

As to WP:POINT, I was referring to your adding a excessive number of tags simply because there is a single fact that you do not believe is accurate even though it is supported by sources. > I reviewed WP:Point and I don´t see rule for "a excessive number of tags". "Single fact" may have multiple issues. For you, single fact = single issue?

It is becoming harder to assume good faith as you are consistently trying to push your viewpoint. > Please don´t edit article if it is becoming harder to assume good faith for you. You deleted again issues and it does not look that you are trying to assume good faith. Please read when to remove this tag.

If you do not think the sources are reliable, please take it up at WP:RSN and not here as that will just be edit warring. > Everyone can help by checking whether the references meet the criteria for reliable sources. Not only me. --Omen1229 (talk) 15:23, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

I don't know what else to say Thehoboclown and you had a dispute and asked for a third opinion. You refuse to listen to that opinion and continue to push your POV. Please do not continue to add an excesive number of tags because there is one fact you disagree with that is supported by multiple sources.

You said, Everyone can help by checking whether the references meet the criteria for reliable sources. Not only me. I agree. Thehoboclown and I checked the sources and found they to be reliable. Especially considering that you have yet to produce a single source to contradict them. Eomund (talk) 03:08, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Your third opinion is dubious, because on talk page are: user 78.141.102.191, Pedroeu, now Samofi and also me. If no agreement can be reached on the talk page and only two editors are involved, follow the directions below to list the dispute. If more than two editors are involved, 3O is not appropriate. See Third opinion: How to list a dispute.

You refuse to listen to that opinion and continue to push your POV > My POV? I didn´t delete info about Hungarian origin, but you deleted two times neutral source. So who continue to push any POV?

Please do not continue to add an excesive number of tags because there is one fact you disagree with that is supported by multiple sources. > Multiple issues for one fact are not unlawful in wiki. Please read when to remove this tag.

Thehoboclown and I checked the sources and found they to be reliable. > Remember that Wikipedia works by consensus, not a vote. Did you use WP:RSN?

Especially considering that you have yet to produce a single source to contradict them. > And what is your source? Unreliable and not neutral sources only from Hungary. --Omen1229 (talk) 19:09, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

I am not going to say too much because arguing about this kind of thing is unproductive. But looking at most of those references I wouldn't call them all that reliable. They all come from Hungry and are all likely cannibalizing each other. At least one is a blog. Can you not find any sources from say outside Hungry that support your position? As it is, its in the Hungarian federations best interest to say he was Hungarian as it makes them look better. As it stands I would not include the information in the article as it is dubious at best. -DJSasso (talk) 23:45, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Consensus seems to be that it should be removed. ThereforeI shall remove it. Eomund (talk) 02:57, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Ziggy

Guys, no offence, but you must be kidding by saying Ziggy is of hungarian origin. What that means? What is this information good for? He is a slovak, speaks slovak, his parents are slovaks as well as his grandparents were. What about asking him directly about that? Would that be an reliable source? Ill do my best to put some video on youtube where he do some clear statement on this. But honesly hungarian nationalist media would be a more reliable source then Ziggy himself anyway. Do you know what research did those hungarian journalist etc. that they claim he is of hungarian origin? Or they just based this on a common "true" mistakenly believed in hungary? Ziggy would be really laughing on this. This is really ridiculous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pedroeu (talk • contribs) 20:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi, welcome to wikipedia. If you ask him directly and then report it here, it would not be a reliable source. However, if he was asked and his response was published in a reliable source then it would be okay to add. Eomund (talk) 01:34, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Living persons may publish material about themselves, such as through press releases or personal websites. Such material may be used as a source only if:

it is not unduly self-serving;

it does not involve claims about third parties;

it does not involve claims about events not directly related to the subject;

there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity;

the article is not based primarily on such sources.

See WP:SELFPUB --Omen1229 (talk) 13:22, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Its precedent to mention the origin in the top of article

We have here evidently not neutral and unscholar source about his origin. Article is not based on primary sources and it looks like a propaganda of Hungarian ice-hockey. Same case like in the article about Martina Hingis. Its was used source about her hungarian origin from hungarian nationalistic organization: http://www.americanhungarianfederation.org/FamousHungarians//sports.htm Wiki community told that source is reliable, but I was searching and there is written: The American Hungarian Federation® does not necessarily endorse the content or opinions expressed by its individual members and member organizations. So its completely POV by nationalistic author of this article. "She was born in Kassa in Northern Hungary", its clear nationalistic revisionism and all article is propaganda for sheeps. She was born in Czechoslovakia, in Kosice. I cannot imagine that in the top of article about Wayne Gretzky it would be written: Canadian ice hockey player of Ukrainian, Belorussian and Polish origin. It has nothing to do with his playing career. A both sources are free to edit, so for example Thehoboclown could push there a fake information and now he push it to Wikipedia. I have origin in Skalica and I know, that his family is Slovak. Maybe his grand-grand-grand father was Hungarian and surname survived. But surname Palffy can be magyarized version of south slavic surname Palović.. Surname endings "fy", "czi" were often endings of magyarized slavic names with endings "ski", "ský", "ič".. Iam asking, which ancestor of Palffy was Hungarian and is it important to mention it in the top of article? So now we can add origin to 5th generation of all US and Canadian sportsmen? For example Brian Smolinski or Joe Pawelski and milion next with polish surname? This hungarian nationalistic propagandistic activities over the Wikipedia are sick and they are groveing to the monstrous dimensions.. After few years it will all Slovaks of Hungarian origin because before 1918 its was Slovakia part of Hungarian kingdom.. Please is it any neutral inteligent admin who has an interest to solve this disputes? --Samofi (talk) 08:24, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Maybe his grand-grand-grand father was Hungarian and surname survived. But surname Palffy can be magyarized version of south slavic surname Palović > It also can be version of Slovak surname Pálfi and magyarized in 19. century. --Omen1229 (talk) 19:10, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

His Hungarian origin is mentioned only in Hungary

I did not find any info about his "Hungarian origin" on Slovak pages, also none English reliable site. So please provide high quality and neutral sources especially with references about his "Hungarian origin", who are "Hungarian ancestors" in his family or provide oficial statement of Žigmund Pálffy. --Omen1229 (talk) 19:24, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

My 2 cents, and I'm not going to get drawn into a long debate after this: I've been working on hockey articles for a long time, and we mostly focus on 2 biographical pieces of data: where a player was born (country at time of birth, ie Soviet Union vs Russia) and his nationality which is most easily defined as the country he respresents in IIHF tournaments. The first is usually straightforward, the second is debatable at times but we have a guideline somewhere with criteria set in place by concensus. Whats happening here is someone is trying to set in the 3 piece of data that usually doesn't end well: ethnicity. We get it with Irish-American hockey players, Italian-Canadians, First Nation-Canadians, etc, etc. A lot of times its just by assumption based on surname, sometimes its by some one line reference in some obscure article. Its stirs up a lot of needless debate over a something that in most cases did't do much to define the player (in the cases that it did, the sources to back it up are plentiful). Its just not worth it. TerminalPreppie (talk) 21:13, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Pálffy origin has no ancient basis to be Slovak, it is Hungarian

It is unfortunate that arguments are being made without respecting language, grammar and history. With due respect, Pálfi is not a Slovak name "magyarized" as phonetically it already contains grammar and indicators of Hungarian origin. The "i" in a typical Hungarian gentry name is an indicator to show "of" such as "of the town" or "of the place". Slovak language does not possess this agglutinative value in language composition. Also, Pálffy does have ancient roots in ancient Hungarian history as it is the surname of a noble/aristocratic family. Hungarian tradition, when a surname ends in an "i" vowels and a family is promoted to a noble status, then the vowel "i" is changed to "y" to indicate the families' nobility. (Linguistic knowledge) 21:01, 13 January 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:6E2A:9999:5118:67F6:C672:211 (talk)