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Snow roach Mayo Monkey White bread 74.133.48.165 (talk) 09:06, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

We need sources to include these on the list. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 21:01, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 June 2023

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In short:

Change …Jan Kees (‘John Cheese’). into …Jan Kees, two very common Dutch first names.

Explanation:

Under the following headers:

Individual nationalities and/or ethnicities // North and South American nationalities // Americans // Yankee, Yank

it states at the end that Yankee is possibly from Dutch Jan Kees (‘John Cheese’). This translation in brackets is incorrect. Both Jan and Kees are very common Dutch first names. The Dutch word for cheese is ‘kaas’ not ‘kees’.

However Dutch are known for cheese and often called a cheese head (‘kaaskop’) so maybe you are onto a new theory here with this, if yankee would be a contraction of ‘Jan’ and ‘kaas’. But such a theory is completely unfounded i presume. 2001:1C03:1084:DC00:9DDC:6106:921:3EF (talk) 18:56, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Not done. The citation explains/claims that "Jan Kees" is a variation of "Jan Kaas" rendered in English as "John Cheese". It is one of many suggested origins of "Yankee". Richard-of-Earth (talk) 05:26, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

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Add "Savages" under Native Americans for racial slurs 2604:2D80:E410:5A00:69D3:A0EC:E8E2:C1A3 (talk) 22:41, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. MadGuy7023 (talk) 22:47, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

"Yid" is unambiguously (hugely) pejorative

This page describes the term "yid" for a Jewish person as offensive or neutral. The footnoted source correctly describes the term as highly pejorative. This term in English is unambiguously racist. It is as offensive as the "N-word". It is never used in any other sense or with any other nuance than a purely hostile, derogatory and pre-violent meaning. 81.99.219.30 (talk) 23:06, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

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Romani Gypsy (gypped), gipsies, tzigane, zigeuner, cigan, sometimes gitano 71.63.218.237 (talk) 16:22, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

  1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gypsy
  2. http://www.errc.org/news/cigan-and-roma-are-not-synonyms
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