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[edit] 2000 Census
Throughout the articles on US cities and US states reference data are provided from the US Census. This fact is usually indicated by a statement such as 2000 census.... Should this not be 2000 Census (a proper noun) and an article developed for this significant event? Marshman 19:22 27 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- If someone wants to make such an article, I can have the rambot do a mass replace to link to the article. For consideration there is already an article on the U.S. Census Bureau which might contain all the information needed (instead of a specific article for the 2000 census). This article is, however, already linked to from the city/state/county articles. -- Ram-Man 02:26 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)
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Which is not to say it has not happened. Census information was used to locate Japanese-Americans to be put in internment camps during World War II. Events like this and a general distrust of government by most Americans has hampered the Census Bureau's task in recent years.
Have you got a cite for this? I think you're confusing the Smith Act, and the FBI's CDI, and other forms of government information on citizens with the census. I don't doubt that the census is (or could be corrupt), however I don't see any references for this in my research.
~ender 2003-10-27 15:36:MST
I have a question: who are the people considered white? I heard and read that Portuguese and Spanish aren´t considered white, but Latinos. Is that true?14:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)a.
Portuguese and Spanish are not races. The Census Bureau's use of the term "Hispanic" refers to a person's ethnic origin. Persons of Hispanic origin can be of any race.
[edit] Name
Where can I find a citation that Bureau of the Census is still an official name. It seems that in the late 1990s and early 20th century "Census Bureau" is being used. gidonb 19:35, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
See 13 U.S.C. ch.1 Subsection 1. older ≠ wiser 20:03, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you for the fast response, Bkonrad! Please note that in publications since the mid 1990s the Library of Congress refers to the publisher as US Census Bureau instead of the the US Dept of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The author name was changed in all cases (that is also for publication long before the mid 1990s) to US Census Bureau. Perhaps it is better to say " something along the lines of "in US law code" instead of "officially"? The article name seems not be unofficial. Just a thought. gidonb 14:53, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Directorship
There were mentions of Charles Louis Kincannon as "soon to be replaced" and that Steven H. Murdock as the incoming director. For the first, the phrasing implies that his leaving is involuntary, which I think is unnecessarily biased unless there is some documentary evidence to the contrary. For the second, Murdock was nominated for the position. The nomination is currently still in a Senate committee. While there are no indications that his nomination will face any opposition, if we keep the factoid in the article, it should be phrased to indicate the actual status. older ≠ wiser 13:58, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
