User talk:2001 Alves

Why are you changing American to US in lead?
Why are you changing "American" to "US" in many biographies? (For ref a few:, , .) I believe, using both MOS:CONTEXTBIO and examples such as Abraham Lincoln and Leonard Bernstein that "American" is the Wikipedia style for most people who were largely known for being a citizen of the United States and/or lived there for much/most of their life? I'd suggest pausing for now. Skynxnex (talk) 22:39, 30 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Because the name of the country is "The United States/US". Other nations of American continent indentify themselves as "Americans" as well. Therefore, "American" is not the only term to describe US citizens. Wikipedia is an inclusive place for all the peoples and ehtnic groups who live in the Americas. Not only US citizens or White/Anglo US citizens are Americans. But Black Caribbean and Native Americans, for example, are called "Americans" as well. "US" is a more specific term and it is unambiguous. Its use is shown by English authors and dictionaries. 2001 Alves (talk) 21:00, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * That doesn't address the WP:consensus on the English Wikipedia that people from the US are called and generally self identify as. If you want to change that, start a discussion on Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Biography I believe would be the correct place but if you search the talk page archives ( or a more direct one but there's many, many discussions where "American" is the assumed default), there are multiple older discussions that settled on keeping it at "American" since that is the demonym for people from the United States of America.
 * As a heads up, I think it'd be preferable for you to self-revert your changes and start the discussion at a centralized location but I believe I will revert the changes when I have time if you have not. Happy editing and am open to discussing this more in general. Skynxnex (talk) 16:24, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I've done so. I retained some of the other improvements you made in your edits and hope you keep editing on Wikipedia! I'm going to drop one of the normal welcome messages in case you want anything to read about it. Thanks. Skynxnex (talk) 14:42, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

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