Talk:Indian

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Somebody is Vandalising the document - Indian means of India evewhere except for the Americans, Why these guys dont understand? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.231.206.5 (talk) 10:10, 16 May 2013‎
:The fourth link under the first section heading is "Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin". These people are of Indian (ie South Asian) origin and citizenship, but may be anywhere in the world - including the Americas. Similarly you may find "American" Indians living anywhere in the world. So I think the subheadings should just refer to "South Asia" and "The Americas" as simply and directly as possible.
:Incidentally, any good-faith attempt at improving the encyclopedia is not "vandalism", and for your use of the word 'retarded' please see Wikipedia:No personal attacks. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:36, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure what you think your "proof" proves. I see no reason in these links that justifies changing the headings used in the page. older ≠ wiser 13:56, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

text: I still don't understand what you think your supposed proof proves or how it justifies the changes you are trying to make to the page. In every one of the links you provided, the usage is for Indians as related to South Asia, so I don't understand why you are removing the heading that groups entries pertaining to South Asia. Are you suggesting that the term "Indian" does not apply to some indigenous peoples of the Americas? Perhaps you should look closely at the first link you provided:  http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Indian?q=Indian older ≠ wiser 14:53, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

text: It is not only in the Americas that it means native Americans. It depends on context. For example, the BBC (not an American source) uses the term when writing about the Americas ( ). Also consider the United Nations NGO International Indian Treaty Council. Point is that the term "Indian" is ambiguous. The dictionary definition clearly shows that and does not in any way suggest that usage is restricted by geography. The usage is governed by context. When talking about certain native Americans, the term "Indian" might be used regardless of location. Similarly, when talking about South Asia, the term "Indian" might be used regardless of location. Saying that usage is only one thing everywhere else in the world is misleading. You last edit to the page completely removed the entries pertaining to the Americas. That is unacceptable. older ≠ wiser 15:22, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: In Italy, to say "walking in single line" they write "fila indiana" and the explanation is  where your read (translation): "The term has been used by European settlers of America (then believed "the Indies") who had noticed how many warriors of the tribe of "red-skin" proceeded in this way, each following in the footsteps of the following in order to confuse the enemy ...". "red-skin" is not the translation in american, which is, guess it: "indian". I have translated "pellerossa" with red-skin for clarity. Today it seems politically correct (but in common language there is still no difference) to say "indiano" for "people of India", "pellerossa" for the "north american indians" and "amerindi" for "central and south american indians". But for the common people "indiano" still refers to american indians as for the people of India. And in the article about Columbus  you may see repeated usage of the word "indie" for the discovered lands. --Robertiki (talk) 03:55, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

text: There is no reply because it is not clear what the issue is. If you are asking why this page points to things other than Indian people, that is because it is a disambiguation page. It points to all of the things that might be called "Indian". That includes Indian people, things from India, a make of motorcycle, at least two movies, and also Indigenous American people, among other things. If you are asking for a reply of another kind, then you will need to be more explicit. Happy editing, Cnilep (talk) 06:40, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: May 2013 discussion

message: I'm not sure I get your point here. I reverted the addition of this entry because it doesn't belong in the body of the dab page. Indian English is never called either just "Indian" or anything like "Indian language". – Uanfala (talk) 12:18, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Uanfala (talk) - I didn't understand your deletion, and I don't understand your objection to my reinstatement either. I don't see that Anglo-Indians, East Indians, Indigenous languages of the Americas or many of the other entries on this DaB page are called "just" Indian? - It is difficult to imagine someone unfamiliar with the term "Indian", but someone visiting this page should see Indian English as one of our articles that may overcome their confusion, as it may be what they are looking for - Arjayay (talk) 19:43, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This dab page needs some serious trimming down. The Christian community of the so called East Indians doesn't belong here (although there should be a link to the much broader East Indies). Anglo-Indians is a valid entry as these people were historically sometimes referred to as "Indians". The entry for the Amerindian languages is a valid one too – these languages are sometimes called "Indian languages". The point of a disambiguation page is to resolve the ambiguity of the title, not to be a topical index and not to list all articles with the given term in the title (see WP:PTM). – Uanfala (talk) 20:33, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indian English 

message: Indian page,
American Indian page,
Aboriginals page.
FlyingNinja1 (talk) 06:25, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Divide the page into three pages 

message: An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect :Indians and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 September 29#Indians until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Privybst (talk) 11:28, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
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