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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
The standard disambiguator for all Americans is "American", as you will see if you look at any category. We do not use "U.S." as a disambiguator for people. It's his nationality that's important for disambiguation purposes and his nationality was American. It's irrelevant for this purpose whether he was a member of the United States Congress, a state legislature or a city council. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:21, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not necessarily against the current proposal, but I think the other disambiguation fits in with other titles. To provide some evidence, (American politician) is currently used 127 times, (U.S. politician) 84, and (US politician) 6. I don't see what your argument has to do with the current proposal, but I'm just saying that American is the common term for people from the United States. (Also, your ping didn't work). kennethaw88 • talk03:30, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Per kennethaw88's usage stats "American" is a poor choice since it makes the title longer for not added benefit, failing WP:CONCISE when "U.S." works fine, and is frequently used anyways in the real world. -- 70.51.202.183 (talk) 04:30, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
WP:CONCISE really doesn't refer to the length of words! What it means is that we should use "American politician" rather than "Member of the United States House of Representatives"! -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:12, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Just because some editors have done it doesn't mean it is normal practice or should be perpetuated. There are lots of mistaken article titles on Wikipedia. That's why we move them. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:10, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.