Talk:List of British Chinese people

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[edit] Naming

The standard for naming such articles is for the country of origin to be first and the country of destination to be second.

As such, 'British Chinese' should be used for people from Britain who becoame Chinese citizens. Then 'Chinese British' should be used for poeple from China who became British citizens. This would match nearly all other articles, lists, categories for such people. If this is not not done, what can people from Britain, now Chinese citizens be called? Thanks Hmains 16:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Every single British person (whether of chinese origin or not) uses the term "British Chinese" to denote British citizens of Chinese origin. The "standard" you talk about is only an American one.Shapiro-israel 08:40, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nationality: British-Chinese

I noticed that the articles of some of the people listed here have "British-Chinese" as their nationality. I think it would be better to state their actual nationalities (in the sense of being a citizen of a certain country), eg British, Chinese etc. LDHan 13:45, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Please note in UK it is acceptable for people to have dual nationality, I am 100% British and 100% Chinese and 100% British Chinese. Chineseartlover 09:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
I think you are using "Chinese" in its ethnic and cultural sense, not "Chinese" as in being a citizen of China, unless of course I'm mistaken and you do actually hold both Chinese citizenship and UK citizenship, although I'm not sure if that is legally possible. LDHan 19:04, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
I was born in HK so I hold a HK passport which give me Chinese citizenship. I became a British Citizen after 1997 when i immigrated to the UK. UK allows me to have dual citizeship. So I can keep my HK passport. China although does not normally allow dual citizenship, made special provision to people of Hong Kong. Hong Kong citizen can use the british passport as a travel document if they choose to keep the Chinese nationality. Chineseartlover 03:34, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is this article a good idea?

As I mentioned in a previous AFD, with about 200 countries in the world, lists like this are effectively impossible to maintain without getting very deep into systemic bias territory. - Richfife 02:34, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't see the problem, the Chinese are the third largest visible minority in the UK. But there are notability problems with some of the names in the article, particularly the last lot of additions [1]. LDHan 16:54, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

I think it is a very good idea. While it is always important maintain houskeeping, it is equally important to generate contribution and submission of new and relevant data from a wide range of people from a wide range of source. Wiki's success rely on people submissions as well as a effective management of data. I did a quick scan of Wiki and see there are lot of LIST some base on race, some base on other common factors. Most are created because people feel a need to group them together. Regarding the notability of the names on the list, I think once they appear, it will then encourage other people to fill in the details of the new names and we will have a richer encyclopedia for reference. Chineseartlover 10:00, 19 August 2007 (UTC)