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Can it be changed to Indian Kenyans, rather than Indians in Kenya? As it is, it implies that the Kenya's Asians are not Kenyan, more like aliens in the country. Asian Kenyans are fully African, fully Kenyan, not Indian outsiders. Well, I'm going to change it; if you don't like it, revert me. Skirtsy ^{My talkEdits} 21:20, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New article[edit]

This was created from Indians in Kenya by me—see the talk page for why I chose to do so. If you don't like it, revert me. Skirtsy ^{My talkEdits} 21:27, 15 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

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The result of the move request was: moved by Skirtsy (talk · contribs). Jenks24 (talk) 12:38, 4 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Kenyan → Indians in Kenya – or alternative new title Kenyan Indians. Revert undiscussed move and follow WP:NC(CN). Both proposed titles have dozens or hundreds of times more Google Books hits than the present one. See below for comparison of the merits of the two proposed forms. 61.18.190.15 (talk) 01:48, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Indians in Kenya has the largest number of Google Books hits by far: about 47,000, or one thousand times as many as "Indian Kenyans", which has just 47. The rationale for the earlier unilateral move (that describing people by their ethnic origin is equivalent to calling them "aliens") reflects a distinctly North American political sensibility and does not convince me.61.18.190.15 (talk) 01:50, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Now Google Books is showing me 2,500 hits for Indians in Kenya. Still greatly outnumbers the other terms, though not by three orders of magnitude. Tomorrow I suppose they will show 17. Or maybe 8 million. 61.18.190.15 (talk) 15:56, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Another alternative would be "Kenyan Indians", which has about 600 Google Books hits. This would also match the common ordering found in the U.K. itself and all its other former "Old World" colonies: British Nigerian (i.e. people of Nigerian origin living in Britain, not Britons living in Nigeria), Burmese Indians, Malaysian Siamese, etc. I'm not a big fan of these "double barrelled" forms in either "American" or "British" order, because they are inevitably confusing to people who are expecting the other ordering. 61.18.190.15 (talk) 01:50, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Go with Kenyan Indians? or just undo the whole thing. Was only a suggestion, feel free to undo it. Skirtsy ^{My talkEdits} 16:22, 16 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Since the issue came up I figure we might as well have a wider discussion and resolve it for once at for all. Not to mention I'm an IP and can't move articles myself :) 61.18.190.15 (talk) 00:07, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I can't do it either yet, as I am a new editor. I think I have to wait another day, then I can move it. Skirtsy ^{My talkEdits} 13:19, 17 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I tried to follow through on the citations and footnote 28 is incorrect. The correct reference is Shiva Naipaul “North of south”, not V.S. Naipaul's book. Different authors! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.234.217.125 (talk) 08:01, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]