Talk:Tamil Americans

Requested move 24 September 2015

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The result of the move request was: Not Moved - The suggestion to take this question to a widely advertised RFC addressing all relevant articles is a wise one. Mike Cline (talk) 22:18, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

– All should be pluralized per WP:PLURAL. WP:NCET is inadequate, so let's rely more on the other rule. George Ho (talk) 01:24, 24 September 2015 (UTC) Relisted. Jenks24 (talk) 05:40, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Tamil American → Tamil Americans
 * Bengali American → Bengali Americans
 * Punjabi American → Punjabi Americans
 * Indo-Caribbean American → Indo-Caribbean American
 * Kannada American → Kannada Americans
 * Support as per WP:NOUN. Titles such as "Tamil American" present adjectival WP:DICT type entries and incomplete article titles. GregKaye 08:07, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose Sorry I'm not an active contributer to Tamil Americans but this move also affects other articles as well. Nearly all xyz American nationalities and ethnicities are not plural. There is no reason to work against this unofficial standard that is evident from English American to Australian American. We do need to maintain at least some sort of consistency here.Filpro (talk) 19:57, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Indian American was moved to Indian Americans yesterday with not too much support. It should be moved back too.Filpro (talk) 20:18, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:Naming conventions (Plurals) --Iztwoz (talk) 08:02, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose agree with Filpro. I see the difference as follows: "Tamil AmericanS" = a noun that refers especially to specific individuals. "Tamil American" = a noun or adjective That is much more broadly applicable, Ford includes both specific individuals and cultural factors such as language, food, politics, community activities, & other social characteristics that belong to the group as a whole rather than to specific individuals. Rjensen (talk) 09:40, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Rjensen, this article mentions only the ethnic group. Why not include details about their culture and other stuff? George Ho (talk) 17:26, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Info on Tamil American culture belongs here--where else? The Wiki rule that has been mentioned is about "peoples" not ethnic groups. The people = "Tamil" the ethnic groups are Tamils who live in USA, Canada, UK etc etc-- they are all part of the Tamil people. Rjensen (talk) 19:32, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * There are Tamil cuisine and other parts of Tamil culture. Unsure about Tamil American one, but the article has been about peoples. --George Ho (talk) 20:20, 3 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Oppose most article on American ethnic groups feature titles in the singular. Dimadick (talk) 10:21, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Now that "Tamil Americans" become the main subject, I withdrew proposals on other titles, leaving "Tamil Americans" as the only one. George Ho (talk) 17:28, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support per the WP:PLURAL guidelines on groups of people, and the precedent at other RMs like Chinese Americans and Korean Americans. As I've said elsewhere, this is the way the article text is always written on articles on these articles anyway. The other articles should be fixed too. It's a bit unproductive to have these various RMs; it's probably time for a central RfC discussion.--Cúchullain t/ c 20:56, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Chinese Americans and Korean Americans are vastly outnumbered by the other xyz American articles. They were also quite recently moved by George Ho and Jenks24. I wouldn't use them as examples. This is definitely part of a greater discussion here.Filpro (talk) 21:08, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Within the articles for American ethnic groups there are more in the singular, but that just means they should be fixed too, as they're out of step with WP:PLURAL. Though I agree we need a central discussion.--Cúchullain t/ c 21:28, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * @Filpro and Cuchullain: I tried that in WP:VPPR, but there weren't enough people aware of the discussion. George Ho (talk) 22:19, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * It probably needs an WP:RFC.Cúchullain t/ c 13:45, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I did that too, Cuchullain. However, the archive bot somehow put it to one of archive pages. George Ho (talk) 18:31, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * WP:PLURAL refers to peoples, such as the Tamil or Chinese people. This article is about a different topic, an ethnic group living in the United States comprised of people of Tamil heritage.  Rjensen (talk) 20:26, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * That still justifies pluralizing the title. How does it not? George Ho (talk) 22:37, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
 * The rule applies to the article on Tamils (they are a people), not to this article (which is not about a people). I suggest that "Tamil American" singular is broader and more useful as a title because it includes group characteristics (like religion). Rjensen (talk) 03:14, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Um... People create religion and language as part of cultural community. They create things. George Ho (talk) 03:43, 5 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Support per WP:PLURAL and precedent at Talk:Korean Americans. I still don't get the rationale for titles such as "Tamil American" – is it supposed to be an adjective or a noun? If it's adjective, then it fails WP:NOUN. If it's a noun, then it fails WP:PLURAL (Articles on people groups.). Disclaimer: I was notified of this discussion by User:George Ho, presumably as a participant in Korean American RM. FWIW, I support a RfC for moving all similar titles, so as to lose less energy debating each individual one. I don't see a reason for maintaining inconsistency. No such user (talk) 13:41, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * But where else other than WP:VPPR? George Ho (talk) 15:31, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
 * it is NOT an article about a people group (Those are Tamils, Chinese etc etc) but about what all the RS call an "ethnic group". The word is a noun & follows wp:Noun. Here's the difference: a people is a largely permanent group that is very hard/ or uncommon to enter or leave.  It's very rare for a person to move between peoples--from Tamil to Chinese, say.  However it's much easier to change between "Tamil American" and "Tamil Canadian." Rjensen (talk) 07:16, 7 October 2015 (UTC)


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Requested move 11 November 2015
– Per discussion at WP:VPP, people agree to pluralise " -Americans". Also, WP:PLURAL encourages this. WP:NCET may not be enough to deal with this, but damn let's pluralize anyway. George Ho (talk) 06:24, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Tamil American → Tamil Americans
 * Afghan American → Afghan Americans
 * Bengali American → Bengali Americans
 * Punjabi American → Punjabi Americans
 * Indo-Caribbean American → Indo-Caribbean Americans
 * Cambodian American → Cambodian Americans
 * Laotian American → Laotian Americans
 * Malaysian American → Malaysian Americans
 * Thai American → Thai Americans

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