Talk:American people

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Brendel, I've reverted your edits, at least those you didn't revert yourself. There is no need to bold United States. I think including the see reference to Demographics of the United States is better in the line with the information about that possible use than indented below it, both for meaning and appearance. Finally, "the American people" is used outside of the United States to mean the people of the United States. We might as well include it. -Acjelen 21:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem- you're right "The American people" refers to the residents of the US in many parts outside the US. When a German says "the American people" he or she is talking about Americans- so we seem to look eye on eye on the issue. As for bolding the US, you're right it is kind of inconsistent with other disambig pages where only the term discussed is bold-faced. Regards,  Signature brendel  09:03, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * All the time that I have lived in the United States, I have always heard "American people" used to refer to American citizens, not residents. So an American expat in Britain is one of the "American people".  And a foreign expat in the U.S. is not considered one of the "American people".  Where have anyone seen "American people" used to describe residents rather than citizens?Readin 03:50, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

What does "in English, especially in the United States, "the American people" refers to the population of the U.S." means? As opposed to? The American people IS English, no need to point it out. --Fertuno 19:30, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

European Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans, Mexican Americans, German Americans but no Americans?
If the word American does not mean citizen of the United States when it stands alone, than how can it magically re-gain a definition when you place it behind African, European or Latino? If just "American" is too ambiguous and overbroad to mean a citizen of the United States then shouldn't the same rule be applied to the terms African Americans, European Americans, and Latino Americans? This rule is not being applied consistently and is unfair. Americans needs to be linked, or redirected to People of the United States.Skeeter08865 (talk) 22:26, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I tend to agree. "American people," especially in English, is used more frequently to refer to the United States than the people of the Americas, but non-U.S. Wikipedians tend to regard this as "U.S. bias." For whatever reason, I do not know -- even most Canadians use "American" to refer to people of the U.S., and they're the only other major English-speaking nation on the continent. But I don't think consensus can be reached to redirect this. --SchutteGod (talk) 00:19, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

American people worthy of an article
Many other nationalities, such as French people, British people and Irish people, have their own page in Wikipedia. Americans do not, which is strange considering the importance of the nation. Alpheus (talk) 01:20, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

I too also find it strange that the American people do not have their own wikipedia page. --DavidD4scnrt (talk) 08:21, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree. Let's make a motion. Or do whatever it is we need to do to get the ball rolling on this. Skeeter08865 (talk) 22:01, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * There is an article about the American people. It is entitled People of the United States. --SchutteGod (talk) 00:19, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Then rename it "American people" instead of people of the united states. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.78.246.112 (talk) 18:05, 4 November 2010 (UTC)