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)

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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)

[edit] 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)