Template talk:Asian Americans

message: I see that you have more than two editors involved in this debate. With that, its relative complexity and the need for sensitivity toward national identification, I recommend RFC as a more suitable avenue. 3O is only for two-editor disputes. I'd be willing to offer my assessment for what it's worth, but I think you need more of a consensual assessment, which RFC can provide. Adrian M. H. 16:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It was two editors at the time when I posted the request. But as far as I am concerned, the more the merrier! --Latebird 16:55, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Your request at [[WP:3O|3O]]

message: Should the template include only nationalities (i.e., groups linked to specific, sovereign nation-states), or also include ethnic groups such as Mien and Hmong, which do not have specific countries, and which may be associated with more than one country?  --Ishu 18:57, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If they consider themselves as a separate identity, I think they should be included since a country-based definition might be biased against stateless ethnic groups. --23prootie 18:57, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationalities, ethnicities, both? 

message: They very much exist, Dark T. Why didn't you just Google it? Anyway, here's what I found: "Since the 1960s, thousands of Nepalis from the Himalayan kingdom have made central Ohio their home. The Nepali community has grown dramatically within the last decade, further adding to the multicultural nature of Columbus. Whether as civil servants, educators, small business owners, doctors or musicians, Nepali-Americans continue to actively participate in civic activities in Columbus." I removed the Newah link b/c they're just one of Nepal's ethnic groups, the 6th largest, actually. SamEV 08:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: 23prootie:  Let's have a discussion about this before deleting, please.  --Ishu 18:25, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think a good solution is creating a Nepali-American article, with sources of course. --23prootie 18:57, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nepali Americans 

message: Greyanomaly, the Ancestry heading in the sources only indicates that Afghanistan is in the South Asian region, as the ancestry codes are grouped geographically; it has nothing to do with race. If you scroll down in the first document you cited (the info in the second document you cited is contained in the first) you'll see a heading of "Race", wherein you'll find the entry "Afghanistani" under "White".  SamEV (talk) 18:54, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed an edit which added Afghan Americans and Pashtun Americans to this template as neither are considered by the Census Bureau as Asian American. Also see this reliable source (NPR) for the 2020 census stating they will still use old 2010 race classifications.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 07:18, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Afghans 

message: Why doesn't this template include people who are Middle East, Southwest Asian, Central Asian descents? 71.105.242.242 (talk) 05:34, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing

message: I have changed the image away from the Flag of the United States to a map created by user MissMJ for use by the WikiProject. Discussion regarding the creation of the map can be found here. It maybe placed in the archive, which can be found here. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 07:40, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image change 

message: I see the Middle East has been discussed here but what about Central Asia, Northern Asia and what is now called Southwest Asia? It seems like this definition only includes East Asia. It's an enormous continent and there is a valid argument that it should contain other Asian ethnicities. Liz Read! Talk! 22:11, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Totally agree. Lysimachi (talk) 11:49, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other "Asias" 

message: Any idea why Afghan Americans, Armenian Americans, Azerbaijani Americans, Iranian Americans, Iraqi Americans, Israeli Americans, Kazakh Americans, Palestinian Americans, Russian Americans and Turkish Americans are missing from the template? I won't be adding them because I've no idea which geographical section each should be in. And there's also List of Lebanese Americans, I couldn't find anything but the list about them. 85.76.80.171 (talk) 09:58, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Some have been added now. Lysimachi (talk) 11:51, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

text: Those persons are not considered Asian American, as they do not fall within the scope of what nationalities are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as being part of the Asian race.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:24, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  missing nationalities 

message: @Iryna Harpy, LouisAragon
:Category:Asian American templates
The current template has many issues. Apart from the disputed inclusion of Central Asias and  Caucasusians there are also micro-errors and micro-ommissions. Several Chinese ethnicities and the Tamil people are excluded in the sections for Malaysian American and Singaporean Americans despite the existence of Malaysian Chinese and Malaysian Indians and Singaporean Chinese and Singaporean Indians and the Tamil language being official in Singapore and also Mandarin Chinese. Punjabi Mexican Americans should be group together with Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans and while the several miltiracial ethnicities should also be together. Taiwanese Americans should also include other Chinese ethnicities. Shhhhwwww!! (talk) 21:15, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Also Sindhi Americans are also Indian Americans not just Pakistani Americans and Pashtun Americans are also Afghan Americans. The only stuff that were being discussed were about Armenian Americans and Iranian Americans, who are presumed to be European Americans but the other stuff don't seem to be disputed. The person disputing this did not comment on Malysians just gave a vague "bogus" comment so it is unknown what their opinion is. Shhhhwwww!! (talk) 21:28, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, . Thanks for the hard work you've been putting into templates. Diasporic groups by country are inherently problematic due to WP:NOR. Because we follow classifications according to the nation-state in question, there are huge disparities in nomenclature from one to the next dependent on the government interpretations. I'll take a look at this and discuss it further with you when I have a little more time on my hands than I do today. Cheers! --Iryna Harpy (talk) 21:32, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: This is a lot so please bear with it

message: due to the United States Census Bureau definition of Asian Americans, which is already noted using Template:smallsup, there are many nationalities and ethnicities that come from the continent of Asia but who are not categorized or defined as Asian American. Please stop introducing factual errors to this template, as you have on February 19th, February 22nd, and on 29 January.--RightCowLeftCoast (Moo) 01:38, 23 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Those groups are Central Asian because  they live in Central Asia. West Asians are not classified as "Asian" in the US Census. They are considered "White" by the US government. Why? Don't know. But I figure it may be politically motivated. Bomb those West Asian nations. Take their resources. Get their human transplants over to America, brain-draining the natal countries. Yrotarobal (talk) 02:43, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not-Asian Americans but from Asia