Talk:Americans
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 | On 6 June 2026, it was proposed that this article be moved to US-Americans. The result of the discussion was not moved. |
Total count of people is wrong
[edit]It says 331.4 million but the census contains non citizens as per US law the census has to contain all non citizens so it should be changed to 320.5 million
Request to merge with Demographics of the United States
[edit]This article should be merged with Demographics of the United States? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States 208.73.92.94 (talk) 21:18, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Oppose Is there even an explanation for this suggestion? CAVincent (talk) 22:09, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Yes because Americans is a nationality as opposed to an ethnic group. For information about Americans please visit Demographics of the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States ~2026-14844-51 (talk) 14:38, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
Requested move 6 June 2026
[edit]- The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: not moved. WP:SNOW (non-admin closure) Jessintime (talk) 01:51, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
Americans → US-Americans – The word "American" by it's definition and symantics is inhabitant of Americas, part of the World. Most of USA citizens are Americans, but not all Americans are USA citizens. When the word "American" is being used by default as a definition of USA citizens, that is cultural and geographical appropriation. This article must be renamed to "US-Americans" or "Unitedstatesians" to reflect this difference more precisely. Nick shul (talk) 14:36, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose. WP:COMMONNAME. As Demonyms for the United States points out, "no alternative to 'American' is common in English." --jpgordon𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇 15:01, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose In English, "Americans" are people from the United States. This is a pointless request as there is zero chance of consensus agreement, and should be WP:SNOW closed. CAVincent (talk) 15:31, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose: this word is never used in English. probably SNOW close. ―Howard • 🌽33 15:43, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose. Although in Spanish we know the whole continent simply as America, I know in English it does not happen. The estadounidenses doesn't have a demonym in English. Mehmed Ulyanov (talk) 17:53, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
- Oppose move and snowclose. "American" is the only viable demonym for America. O.N.R. (talk) 23:23, 6 June 2026 (UTC)