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Scottish born, Canadian-American?

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He is Scottish, even if later he took American dual citizenship. He lived in Canada, but that does not make him Canadian. 108.48.121.130 (talk) 02:27, 21 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

I agree. Even the main Canadian-American article does not apply to his citizenship/nationality. He's a Scottish inventor who lived in Canada and gained American citizenship after he invented the telephone. ~2026-13425-89 (talk) 00:34, 4 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
I should recommend not to include multiple citizenship as per MOS:NATIONALITY. Absolutiva 00:06, 9 May 2026 (UTC)Reply
Agreed also, calling him canadian american is misrepresentation and the positioning of the information feels like an attempt to change how the facts are understood without outright lying ~2026-41631-52 (talk) 16:04, 25 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
Agree. He did not move to Canada until he was fully adult. He never became a Canadian Citizen. While living in Canada he was a British Citizen . Later in life he became a US Citizen. So why does this article call him Canadian? Amentet (talk) 17:16, 25 July 2026 (UTC)Reply
100% agreed. The "Canadian American" part of this article should be removed. Bell was a Scot who moved to Canada, but never held Canadian citizenship. This reference to Bell being a "Canadian American" is simply false and should be removed. ~2026-41482-63 (talk) 19:35, 25 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2026

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Change his heritage from being Canadian - American to Scottish, he was born in Scotland and left when he was 23... ~2026-41431-86 (talk) 16:01, 25 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. Please read the note at the beginning of the article ("N1"), and it's references. You can then challenge it with your own reliable sources. win8x (talk) 00:29, 26 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Change "was a Scottish-born-and-educated[N 1] Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone." to "was a Scottish inventor, scientist, and engineer who later emigrated to Canada and the United States, where he patented the first practical telephone."

The current description as Canadian-American is technically accurate but misleading and not the most natural description of Bell. We wouldn't say Albert Einstein was American would we? ~2026-41575-92 (talk) 17:02, 25 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. Please read the note at the beginning of the article ("N1"), and it's references. You can then challenge it with your own reliable sources. win8x (talk) 00:30, 26 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Change Canadian-American inventor to Scottish-Canadian inventor. He lived in Scotland and was unarguably Scottish. ~2026-41311-81 (talk) 20:21, 25 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want made. Please read the note at the beginning of the article ("N1"), and it's references. You can then challenge it with your own reliable sources. win8x (talk) 00:30, 26 July 2026 (UTC)Reply