At 07:24 PM 8/9/03 -0700, RickK wrote:
User Wik is intent on trying to claim that people from the United States are "U.S.", not "American". I have backed off on almost every argument that I've been involved in since I came to Wikipedia, but I can't see backing off on this. It is offensive to me to have my nationality minimized like this, as if I don't have the right to call myself what I feel I am. "U.S." is not the correct term to use to describe people and institutions of the United States.
Depending on context, either or both is correct. I am an American, but an American or a US citizen; the U.S. government is often referred to that way; and while the ambassador to France is the American ambassador, our representative in Lima is the "Ambassador of the United States of America" on all official paperwork.
How about you both put this aside until Monday?