Talk:List of Italian Americans
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[edit] Proposal for list inclusion
I have made the following proposal regarding the criteria for inclusion for these lists. If this is something that you have comments or ideas about, please provide feedback. Thanks. Wikibofh 9 July 2005 19:15 (UTC)
[edit] Todd Bertuzzi?
Just wondering if Todd Bertuzzi should not be in this list, since he's Italian-Canadian, not Italian-American. discospinster 20:37, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
Jack Scott is also Italian-Canadian. And Robert Evans is of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish ancestry, not Italian ancestry. Prairie Dog
I have removed Phil Esposito and Todd Bertuzzi since they are not American. They are, in fact, Italian-Canadian.
I also removed Roberto Luongo for the same reason. Like Bertuzzi and Esposito, Luongo is also Canadian and not American. --drumwolf
[edit] Bobby Bonilla
Isn't Bobby Bonilla in the Baseball section under Sports of Puerto Rican descent from the Bronx? Barney Hill 22:18, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Politicians by State
I notice that there is a separate (linked) List of Italian-American politicians by state. I think a page like that is a great idea, and I wonder why it has not been used for other major U.S. ethnic groups. Obviously I think parallel pages ought to be created. Any insight into why that hasn't happened? Any past controversy about this? Kestenbaum 02:42, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
- Many people have done multiple things in their careers. Michael 02:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ethnicity lists discussion
Please see discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) for current discussion of a potential policy to apply to all ethnicity lists on Wikipedia, including this one. JackO'Lantern 20:30, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sources
The page needs to be sourced in accordance with Wikipedia's No Original Research and Verifiability policies. Basically, anyone described by a reliable source as "Italian" or "Italian-American" (i.e. as opposed to "of Italian descent", "Italian mother", etc.) is on the list. Here are the people I couldn't find anything for. If you have a reliable source that fits that please restore the names:
- Raven Riley
- Michael Viscardi, a senior from San Diego, won a $100,000 college scholarship, the top individual prize in the 2005–2006 Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology.
Mad Jack O'Lantern 19:17, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Zappa heritage
Under Frank Zappa's piece it says, "was of half Italian, 1/4 Sicilian and 1/4 French descent." I was unaware that Sicily had become a sovereign state. This should either be "3/4 Italian and 1/4 French" or "Italian and French ancestory." Otherwise we need to find labels for each person that says "1/8 marchese, 1/16 tuscan..." 24.20.226.193 01:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pablo Mastroeni?
Mastroeni is an Argentinian-born US football player, he has no ties whatsoever with Italy, AFAIK, and should therefore not appear in this list. Klod
[edit] Yes he is!!!
Yes, Pablo Mastroeni is an Argentinian of Italian origin. Bill Dec 26 2006
[edit] A red-linked name is by definition non-notable, correct?
Is there any reason to have entries in this list for persons who do not have a Wikipedia article? I am inclined to clean these out. Comments? --CliffC 22:50, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
- One of the benefits of having lists is that they can have red links, just like any other article. Red links indicate a potential for an article exists and the names then appear on potential article lists generated at WP. If each red link were made into a non-linked word, then it would no longer be listed as a potential article. There is nothing in WP that says every word or person that is contained in an article or a list article must be 'notable', but often it is an list improvement to have every name cited in a reference for why the person belongs in the list. It is disruptive to go around removing all non-referenced, non-red linked names from lists, but sometimes people get so worked up over the non cited red links that they get moved to the article's talk page for further evaluation and work later. Hmains 02:54, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
