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Requested move 4 June 2020

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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: Moved as non-controversial. (non-admin closure) --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 18:38, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]


– By WP:DEFINITE and WP:CONCISE, the use of "the" should be dropped from these article titles because it simply is not necessary to convey the topic of the article; if anything, the use of the definite article in this case is clunky. For now, we can disregard the "political correctness" argument that using the definite article to refer to ethnic groups in certain cases is "othering" and a social wrong. While I personally think this argument is compelling, the true test of whether referring to "African Americans" with "the" is acceptable can simply be determined by looking at the wider media: In 2019, news articles mentioning "the African Americans" were a very small fraction (1.1%) of articles mentioning "African Americans". By WP:COMMONNAME, the title of the articles should be changed to reflect this usage by the media. Mysterymanblue (talk) 18:56, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I understand it may be frustrating that these RMs are split into so many different pieces, but it is my feeling that this must be decided on an ethnicity-by-ethnicity basis, as the English language tends to have minute differences in how it treats the name of each group. Mysterymanblue (talk) 16:36, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Removal of Baltimore Portal

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As two IP editors have recently removed the portal for Baltimore from this article, I thought it would be a good idea to invite a discussion here. I have reverted both of these changes, so my own perspective is clear. I think the article History of African Americans in Baltimore would find relevance from the Baltimore portal. I am curious what the views of other editors here are. --Sauzer (talk) 13:28, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RfC participation

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The title of this article is potentially impacted by the outcome of this Request for comment re: entries about ethnic groups in the United States. Page watchers are invited to participate in the ongoing discussion. Thanks! --Another Believer (Talk) 20:25, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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