Talk:English

message: I'm somewhat bemused by some of these distinctions: 'British English'? I can understand Irish English, Scottish English etc. Likewise 'American English' - beneath it is 'Canadian English', there was me thinking Canada was IN America. 
:Eh?  Canada is in North America, or The Americas - no Canadian would ever agree that Canada is in America, and I suspect most could easily be pushed to violence on the issue WilyD 15:07, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: distinctions of people?

message: Should this page be protected since anonymous IPs mainly deteriorate it? 16@r 11:50, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Cheers. --MZMcBride 19:52, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Protected?

message: Please could people avoid placing upon the page unproven assertions without any evidence to support them - such as "English is the most flexible and easiest language in the world".
Thank you
Human@home 22:16, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polite notice 

message: When I hear the word "English", the first thing that comes to my mind after the language is English Horn, a double-reed woodwind musical instrument.  Can this be added to the list of disambiguations?  Harmonyseven 00:55, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. (long ago, and not by me). --Mike Schwartz (talk) 22:05, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "English" may additionally refer to... 

message: The word "English" refers to the English language as much as, if not more than, the English people. As English people is not a primary topic for the word, I have reverted RexImperium's move of the disambiguation to English (disambiguation) and redirection of 'English' to English people. -- Cyrius|✎ 11:53, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have done so again, for the same reasons.  Acroterion (talk) 12:18, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It appears that Reximperium is re-working the various English/English people, etc. relationships, which is not necessarily a bad thing.  I would suggest that if a redirect is used for English, it go to English (disambiguation)  rather than English people, since the latter does not reflect a broad usage (and there's nothing wrong with a little disambiguation). Acroterion (talk) 12:24, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: it is a bad thing if he's doing it against consensus. Fwiiw, the historically primary meaning is "English people", but "English" in isolation more often refers to the language, or to England, and is rarely used in an ethnic sense. To make clear you mean the people, the definite article is necessary. --dab (𒁳) 17:32, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  No primary topic 

message: A revision just made by User:Ordosingularis wikilinked England in the first item on the page. This raises two issues:
* Do we need to include England both as an item in the disambiguations and in the See also section?
* Which link should we keep in that first item? (Per WP:MOSDAB#Individual entries, except in very special circumstances each disambiguation item should have exactly one bluelink.)
My own preference would be to remove England from the See also section and to delink United Kingdom in the first item on the page, leaving England wikilinked there. Opinions? --Tkynerd (talk) 17:03, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As no opinions have been forthcoming, I'm going to follow my own suggestion above. --Tkynerd (talk) 13:40, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  England as target or in ''See also''? 

message: Someone has just removed the link to British English from this page. I did the same for English English and wanted to explain why I thought these removals were appropriate.
British English and English English are both essentially subsets of the English language, which, appropriately, is included on this page. To the extent that the term English can refer to either British English or English English, it can also refer to U.S. English, Canadian English, South African English, Australian English, New Zealand English, Indian English...and the list goes on. There is no particular reason to represent British English and English English on this page as meanings of the word English any more than there is a particular reason to represent, say, New Zealand English in that manner. Either we need to list all the varieties of the English language, which would be such a long list that it would make the page difficult to use for no real benefit, or we don't need to list any of them. --Tkynerd (talk) 00:50, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[British English]] and [[English English]] removed 

message: "English Language" should link to "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" 170.12.232.233 (talk) 19:39, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Done JTP (talk • contribs) 21:21, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur. The purpose of a disambiguation page ought to be to get readers to the correct article, not to make them search or type again. It seems incredible not to link one of the two clear primary topics. - BilCat (talk) 23:35, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 27 December 2017 

message: I wanted to improve this article about the english language, pretty please with a cherry on top ;) Blazetheonly1 (talk) 14:29, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. @Blazetheonly1: Unless you make a specific suggestion, we can't update the article. —C.Fred (talk) 14:31, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 26 January 2018 

message: The English people are a nation and an ethnic group native to England who speak the English language. The English identity is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Angelcynn (‘family of the Angles’). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD.[8] England is the largest and most populous country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the majority of people living there are British citizens. 71.169.165.216 (talk) 21:36, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. It looks like you're interested in the article English people, not this one. —KuyaBriBriTalk 23:33, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 30 January 2020 

message: Names of settlement 41.113.210.248 (talk) 07:50, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you looking for England?  Ghmyrtle (talk) 10:37, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geography 

message: The redirect Anglais has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.   Jay 💬 07:51, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:Anglais]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: Shashtipriya2023 (talk) 12:30, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: You haven't said what change you think should be made. JBW (talk) 12:37, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 18 February 2024 

message: Looking for a brighter feature  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 102.220.249.252 (talk) 23:30, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  English  

message: My dream and aim 103.106.119.74 (talk) 12:57, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  English