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Although he is well known, calling someone by their last name without having given their first is bad form. "Columbus" should be "Christopher Columbus", and there's no possible reason I can think of why someone would change that.
The second "today" is redundant, since that is the title of the section. Also, unless we're counting the dead bodies of Norwegians in the U.S., the fact that the 4.5 million people discussed in the article are alive in America today is obvious to the reader.
As far as over-linking goes, this article was sorely lacking in that area. Each of the links are useful to readers and go along with our standard practices, such as linking the first instance of dates (for example, 1000). Beginning 21:14, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
In the future, please utilize the Talk page if you are confused as to why edits are being made. Unless you can explain why you think your changes should remain, I will revert the article again at some point in the near future. Beginning 21:14, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
I removed the information that you have now reinserted into the article on the Scandinavian population in the U.S. because it doesn't belong in an article about Norwegian-Americans in particular. If you would like to state that Norwegian-Americans are the most populous group of Scandinavians in the U.S., that is one thing, but to give census data on Scandinavians as a whole is unnecessary and overkill. Everything beyond that first comma has no place in this article. Beginning 21:14, Dec 16, 2004 (UTC)
I am unaware that the treaty of Kiel and union with Sweden contributedt to, and much less caused, emigration from Norway. As far as I know, religious intolerance was unchanged to improved in the course of the union, and everything I've read indicates that economic necessity was the main driver in the latter part of the 19th century. I'm not going to revert that introduction, but I also think it needs to be changed. Also, we don't typically refer to modern-day Norwegians as "Norse" or "Norsemen." -- Leifern 14:17, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
This doesn't sit well with me. I'm not going to rush to revert, but I'd like to get a bit more of an explanation about it. -- Leifern 23:48, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
If anyone know anything about it, it would be very interesting to see where the Norwegian language exists as a primary language in USA today (not including people born in Norway, and people to work there/recently moved). Perhaps also some names of towns where the use of the Norwegian language is more used than the average town. I read somewhere on Wikipedia that 81,000 (or something like it) uses Norwegian as a primary language in USA toda, but can't seem to find any place where these 81,000 people live.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.187.190.50 ( talk) 09:46, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
Just a suggestion but perhaps it would be prudent to add a few other people to the two pictures on the template? As it is now it appears as if all Norwegian Americans are stunning Hollywood actresses. I think someone like John Ashcroft (though not so popular), Elliot Ness, or one of the Nobel prize winners would nicely complement the set. JRWalko 02:43, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
The picture box area is completely out of control. Erik the Red ( Talk) 12:52, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_August_31#List_of_Norwegian_Americans. Badagnani 01:10, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
Please see the deletion review discussion here. Badagnani 18:37, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
I believe we should remove the picture of Marilyn Monroe from the infobox, as it's very disputed whether or not Martin Edward Mortensen was in fact her father. If he was not, which is quite likely, Monroe is probably not a Norwegian-American. We should replace her picture with one of Karl Rove, who is a self-identified Norwegian-American, or/and John Ashcroft, both quite famous politicians. -- Aqwis 16:33, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
What about Renée Zellweger? Is she part Sami American, part Norwegian American or part both? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bgagaga ( talk • contribs) 04:49, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
James Cagney, Celeste Holm - even Mary-Kate_and_Ashley_Olsen have far far greater connections to Norway than half the pictures in that box. Someone needs to edit this by putting less pictures but those with closer connections. The pictures are pretty poor in choice. I have altered the Monroe box to include that her Norwegian parentage is unspecified. I have also added some names of actors with immediate Norwegian family ties like Lance Henriksen and Kristanna Loken. Torcello ( talk) 14:58, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
The picture box needs to be changed. Why are there over 30 pictures? I think other ethnicities have around 10~15, which is what we should aim for. And why are there pictures of buildings? This article is about people, not flags in random buildings throughout the US. Right now these are the *people* listed, and I've put some of my thoughts on if I think they should be included in the next pictures.
A lot of these people I don't know, but it seems like we have a lot of politicians, especially from the 19th century. The pictures should focus on whose made an impact on the world from a variety of fields. Avikakol ( talk) 22:00, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
See [1]. Badagnani ( talk) 23:15, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
I would say that at least half of the current pictures in the box should be removed. They are unnecessary and do not improve the article in the slightest. Erik the Red ( Talk) 12:53, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
== Can you get a nicer (or less disliked) person than Karl Rove to represent us?!?== —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.114.58.46 ( talk) 00:01, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
I condensed the two tables on Population and Percentage of Norwegian Americans by state into one. I couldn't figure out how to align all the numbered cells to the right, however. I think this will give the table a cleaner look and make the data easier to read. Many thanks. Reade ( talk) 07:38, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
I think the list of 500 counties are a bit long to say the least.
I vote for removal or reference to outside source.
-- Mordekai wiki ( talk) 15:15, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
No mention of this in article, but another article implies that there was significant support/assistance to Norway from Nowergian Americans during/after World War II. See Øystein Ore:
'During World War II, he was active in the movements "American Relief for Norway" and "Free Norway"'
Maybe someone with knowledge in this area could include?
Cje ( talk) 11:01, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi, I have been on this page a few times before, and came back to it today to find it with some new problems. It has almost doubled in length, as well as in pictures, both in the "Famous Norwegian Americans" section, some of which aren't people, to random shots of people on vacation. Before I do anything, I wanted to know if the community had any ideas on how to fix this problem. Feel free to comment Zobango ( talk) 20:33, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Ethnic_groups#Infobox_Images_for_Ethnic_Groups. Bulldog123 09:35, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
There is a dispute on the opening sentence: is this about an ethnic group or not. Is it about cultural heritage or is it only about biological descent. The article itself covers both --both people of Norwegian descent and their cultural heritage. Look at the reliable sources such as Ethnicity on Parade: Inventing the Norwegian American Through Celebration By April R. Schultz (1994) or Norwegian American Women: Migration, Communities, and Identities (2011). The Norwegian language in America: A study in bilingual behavior (1969) by EI Haugen - 1969; Neighboring: Discovering support systems among Norwegian-American women (1981) by AM Aamodt, DA Messerschmidt; ] In America the Men Milk the Cows: Factors of Gender, Ethnicity and Religion in the Americanization of Norwegian-American Women (1991) by LDA Lagerquist. The scholars talk about celebration, communities, identities and behavior. They obviously go far beyond the question of biological descent. Our job here is to follow the reliable sources, To cover the whole story as the scholars see it and not to narrow the article to a list of people. Anyway in and out on ethnicity, should take a look at the standard scholarly source: Stephan Themstrom, ed. Harvard encyclopedia of American ethnic groups (Harvard UP 1980). Rjensen ( talk) 16:22, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
As the caption stands now:
I'm guessing something has been lost in translation here, but I don't want to make uninformed changes. Does anybody have any insight into this flag and what it means?
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