I realize that anecdotal evidence doesn't really mean much for an encyclopedia, but I'd still like to share. I asked my friend who lives in Canada whether he ever calls himself an American as a resident of North America, and whether he would refer to people in Mexico or South America as Americans. He replied no, and said that he refers to himself as a Canadian, United States citizens as Americans, Mexico citizens as Mexicans, etc. He doesn't know anyone else who does. It seems to me that an overwhelming majority of people I've come into contact with, as well as the media I've been exposed to refer to U.S. citizens as Americans, preferring to identify people by their nation rather than continent. While you could refer to people from Europe as Europeans, it would just promote confusion if you identified people from the Americas and Americans. While I personally think that one nation, (even if it is my own) should not hog the name of two entire continents, I see it as the same situation as Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania German?)
We should name our articles as the majority of the world expects to find them, not as whatever is academically or linguistically correct.
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