Talk:Somali Americans

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Someone should mention Somaliwood in Columbus, Ohio —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.5.253.214 (talk) 16:50, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Incorrect number of Somali's living in Minnesota
Can we get an updated source for the number of Somali's living in Minnesota. I read that the number was 50,000, and this is not consistent with 25,000. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.221.149.129 (talk) 21:23, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

I am sure it is somewhere between 200-300k now. 50k is like the Somali population in Western Washington.

The problem is that the american-born and non-Somali born population dwarf that of Somali-born Somali persons, especially since he avg. Somali family has around 4 children or so, alongside a large refugee-born population of 20-somethings who grew up stateside.

Can anyone find any verifiably correct data for this?

Thanks,

66.25.215.184 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:11, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Problems
Hello, Kohelet. The paragraphs you have posted do not meet NPOV. They are unreliable and give undue weight as well. Is there a COI on your part? 26oo (talk) 01:24, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Undue weight and pov indeed. There also would appear to be a conflict of interest on this username's part. Note his/her various contributions to far right-related pages, and his/her attempts to use a partisan website (c.f., ). Middayexpress (talk) 12:05, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Also, why is this even an entry? There are 196 countries in the world, and if we allowed an entry for each from-to migration pair, we'd have 2n(n-1) or 2*196(196-1)=76,440 entries. The preceding 2 accounts for the fact that, say, Tibetan-Taiwanese aren't the same as Taiwan-Tibetans. You have two legitimate entities, here: Somalia, where you can discuss Somalis who have immigrated to other countries and why, as well as Immigration to the United States, where you can differentiate notable groups of immigrants to the United States. Otherwise, you should prepare yourself to deal with Togon-Latvians, Burundian-Wallis and Futunans, and Nauruan-Comorosans. Seriously, Wikipedia, I think you're heading down the wrong 76,440 road, here. It's much easier and far more encyclopedic to have 392 entries than 76,440.Clepsydrae (talk) 23:02, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

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The "discrimination" paragraph is undue. It alludes to isolated incidents, some dating back 13 years. Several of the links are also dead. Middayexpress (talk) 12:05, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

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User Soupforone deleted the following, sourced from the StarTrbune in 2014, the main newspaper in Minnesota, and from the Associated Press in 2016, with the excuse that WP:Notnewspaper. Of course not a newspaper!; however, why the blanking out of what is an important issue for the Somali American community?

Furthermore, this issue dovetails/contrasts with the next sentence: "according to intelligence officials, fewer expatriates were joining the group's ranks by late 2013" - how can it not be encyclopaedic to have a diverse point of views? In April 2016, the Associated Press reported about 10 Minnesota men who "held secret meetings and plotted to join the Islamic State." XavierItzm (talk) 19:14, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

As per WP:NOTNEWSPAPER, a handful of men reportedly meeting to join some political militant group(s) is news fodder. It hardly encapsulates the community at large - "Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events. While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion." Wikinews is there for that. The macro here is that some individuals attempted to join Al-Shabaab and fewer still ISIS. This is already noted. Soupforone (talk) 02:24, 8 May 2016 (UTC)

"Notable People"
Some of them appear to be Somalians, not Somali-Americans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.83.36.216 (talk) 18:42, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

RELIGION
According to the Federal Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs, more than 99 percent of the population is Sunni Muslim. 2600:100A:B016:8272:0:57:2064:2E01 (talk) 20:06, 16 June 2024 (UTC)


 * More than 99 per cent of the population of Somalia, or of Somali Americans? Cordless Larry (talk) 20:18, 16 June 2024 (UTC)