Talk:Americans in the Philippines

Largest American population outside the US

The Philippines doesn't have the largest American population outside the United States; Mexico does. I'm removing the sentence that states that it does.Hihellowhatsup 00:10, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

8000 U.S. Forces

The article said there are currently 8,000 U.S. forces in the P.I. Where are they?

Don't forget to sign your comments on Discussion pages. There are not 8,000 members of the US Military stationed in the Philippines, though there are times when there are that many and more, specifically when US Navy ships are visiting. There are a fluctuating number of American military members in Mindanao. There is no permanent base there nor any individuals that are permanently there but there is a perpetual if not technically permanent American presence.--Bruce Hall (talk) 13:25, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Americans?

Are we talking about U.S. Nationals or Americans? Should ambiguous or inaccurate titled pages like this even be on Wikipedia? Deepstratagem 05:46, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

• Deep, please stop pushing POV - the title has zero ambiguity and you know perfectly well it refers to Americans, not people from the Americas. It's titling is in line with Wikipedia's naming conventions, specifically that articles should be at the location they most commonly know as in english. If you're interested in how it works out, read the old (and possibly still smouldering) discussion on where to locate the article on Kiev or for a briefer read, try Turin WilyD 13:39, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

The title is out of line with NPOV Policy. Deepstratagem 09:10, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

If you'll read WP:NPOV you'll find that it's not, especially in light of Wikipedia's article naming convention, which forbids the kind of change you're requesting.. WilyD 01:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Which part...? I just showed it is inconsistent with Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/FAQ#Anglo-American_focus Deepstratagem 01:37, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

An article about Americans being focused on Americans is not what that policy is talking about. England has an anglocentric focus, and it's appropriate, as is this article. It is named as it would most commonly be called in english, as the naming convention requires. FWIW, naming doesn't really follow WP:NPOV anyhow, i.e. Armenian Genocide. Names are too short too allow for long explanations. WilyD 02:26, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

So you are going to evade the issue? This article is immune because it is immune circular logic, right? This article is not about England. Deepstratagem 09:29, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

It is difficult to evade an issue that does not exist. The article is about Americans in the Philippines - what name could be more appropriate than Americans in the Philippines. Of course it focuses on Americans because that's what the article is about. I included the england example because you were unclear on when an Anglo-American focus is called for (i.e. articles about Americans and the English). WilyD 12:05, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Try United States Americans in the Phillipines. As you well know American already means two different things so don't evade the issue. Deepstratagem 15:15, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

United States Americans already has a word in english Americans. American actually means many different things (see American) but it has one primary meaning (of or relating to the United States) so I again refer you back to the naming convention. WilyD 16:15, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Right, if there is a conflict there must be a disambiguation page. Deepstratagem 17:00, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

See Americans. Also see America. These are disambiguation pages for those terms. -- Boracay Bill 06:43, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, but not for this page. Deepstratagem 09:03, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

But there's not a conflict, because no other article is jockying for the same name as this one. As well, it's not unusual to keep something at Article, and have a seperate Article (disambiguation) for unlikely confusion. If you're looking for an example, see Squid amd Squid (disambiguation) WilyD 19:29, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to jump in here, de-indent the discussion back to a reasonable level, and contribute my two Pesos worth. The word American can refer specifically to someone from the USofA or can refer more generally to someone from the Americas (North, Central, and/or South). This particular article presently uses the word in the first sense and the content of the article fits with that. If there were info which needed presenting regarding, say, Canadians, Peruvians, or Mexicans in the Philippines, this article could be sectionalized by country and such info might be placed into appropriate sections. Until there is more than one country to discuss here, however, IMHO the use of the word Americans here to refer specifically to persons from the USofA is not out of line and anyone who is confused by that can look at the pages on American or Americans to resolve their confusion. (Considering [1], [2], etc., there might well be some such information regarding Mexicans. I run into many more Canadians here than persons from the USofA. AFAIK, I haven't yet met a Peruvian here, though I do know at least one Brazilian.) If and when there is more than one country to discuss, it would probably be appropriate to sectionalize this page, to revise the present content somewhat regarding the use of the term American, and to retitle the page Non-Filipinos in the Philippines or Foreigners in the Philippines or somesuch. If and when that is ever done, Americans in the Philippines could be turned into a redirect to the appropriate section of that new page. -- Boracay Bill 04:10, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Dubious assertion

The article says, "The Philippines currently has [...] Asia's third largest number of military personnel of the United States Army", supporting this assertion with a cite of a source which, as far as I can tell, does not support the assertion. I have palced {{Dubious}} and {{Failed verification}} tags. -- Boracay Bill 01:05, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Fil-ams (Filipino-Americans)

I haven't looked for supporting sources with info or stats on this, but my guess is that Fil-Ams either retiring in the RP or establishing a second residence in the RP probably swelled the numbers of Americans settling in the Philippines, especially in the wake of RA9225. If someone has visibility of some sources on this, it would probably make a useful addition to the article. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:30, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Agreed, but I am not sure how to find such information. My experience in anecdotal. For instance, most of the Americans in the American association where I live were born in the Philippines. In my view there are basically four groups of Americans in the Philippines - citizens born in the Philippines who have lived their whole life here and are basically Filipino, Filipinos born in the Philippines who moved to the US and then retired back "home", non-Filipino-Americans who are in the Philippines temporarily often for work, and non-Fil-Ams who have retired to the Philippines often married to Filipinos or Fil-Ams. I have never seen any numbers however that broke out these subgroups. --Bruce Hall (talk) 13:41, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

I've added a section breaking listing these four groups. I have no references or any sources for this breakdown except my own experience. We need some better sources. --Bruce Hall (talk) 13:45, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Josephine Bracken

As this article is about about Americans in the Philippines, as I understand its scope, should Josephine Bracken be included or mentioned in it, if she already is not?--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 07:50, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

{{subst:Americans in the Philippines}}. WP:PRECISE. Alexander Iskandar (talk) 16:44, 18 April 2017 (UTC)

Requested move 18 April 2017

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The result of the move request was: page moved. (non-admin closure) TonyBallioni (talk) 22:47, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

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American settlement in the Philippines → Americans in the Philippines – WP:PRECISE. This articles includes past and present Americans in the Philippines. Alexander Iskandar (talk) 16:45, 18 April 2017 (UTC)--Relisting. Winged Blades ^Godric 11:05, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

• Support per nom. The current title is unnecessarily convoluted. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 22:00, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

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colonialization vs. colinization

I'm reverting this edit -- there's lots of other instances of colonialization in the article and no other instances of colonization. This relates to this wider 2020 edit by me. I didn't explain that well at the time, so I'll do so here.

I'm no academic, but I've always distinguished "colonialize" from "colonize" by thinking of the latter as implying significant occupation, probably of a previously unpopulated or sparsely populated area, and the former as implying subjugation of a previously populated area without significant occupation. That's probably not 100.00 percent correct.

Merriam-Webster defines the two terms

• colonialization: the act of colonializing or being colonialized
  • colonialize: of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony
    • colony: an area over which a foreign nation or state extends or maintains control
  • colonize:

a transitive + intransitive : to take control of a people or area especially as an extension of state power

b transitive : to migrate to and settle in (an inhabited or uninhabited area)

• colonization: act or instance of colonizing

Etymonline says

• colonialize: colonialization (n.) 1965, noun of action from colonialize "render colonial in character" (1864); see colonial + -ize. Or else a back-formation from decolonialize.
• colonize: colonize (v.) 1620s, "to settle with colonists, plant or establish a colony in," from stem of Latin colonus "tiller of the soil, farmer" (see colony). From 1630s as "to migrate to and settle in." It is attested by 1790s in the sense of "to make another place into a national dependency" without regard for settlement there (such as in reference to French activity in Egypt or the British in India), and in this sense it is probably directly from colony.

I had a lot of internet problems while putting that together -- I hope I haven't jumbled the links and definitions. Follow those links for more complete definitions.

After looking at that stuff, I'm not sure. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 21:42, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

History

Pilipino and american erah 222.127.48.142 (talk) 17:28, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Some terminnology and POV issues

I've reverted this edit as unsupported and not WP:NPOV. I'm guessing that there might be reliable sources expressing various viewpoints about this, though, and that some info about that might have due weight for inclusion here. Please discuss below to extablish an editorial consensus instead of edit warring about this. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 12:14, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Brown Skin, White Minds

I've reverted this edit, assuming good faith. Though I have not seen a full copy of the cited source, I note that the content that the reverted edit would have added says that American colonization has been a contributor to colonial mentality but, seemingly contrarily, I see on page vi here that chapter 11 of that book is headed, Filipino-American Decolonization Experience (FADE) FADE-ing Away Our Colonial Mentality. Perhaps more detail from the source and page-numbered cites would resolve this. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:34, 30 November 2023 (UTC)