Talk:List of Italian American actors

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[edit] Crappy organization

People should be listed by era in which they acted, not when they were born. If not then at least find a better way to organize them as by birth date is confusing and somewhat irrelevent. If you're going to stick with this particular categorial method then at least headline it like, "born in the 1980's" rather then "1980s" which confused me right off.

[edit] Italian????

I think there should be rules to who is actually "Italian". Just because someone has some Italian heritage, does that make them eligible to be categorized as "Italian"? If someone is of German, Irish and Italian heritage, I'd say they're just as much German, or Irish as they are Italian. Therefore is it meaningful to categorize them as one or the other? I guess... but only if the German, and Irish people are doing it as well. ^_^ hehe which apparently they are. So be it.


[edit] People who need sources

The following people need sources that actually say they are Italian Americans or Italian. Not sources that say they had an Italian grandmother, descent, etc. Per Wikipedia:No original research and this page's title (some of these may be Sicilian-Americans and therefore should be on the Sic-American page):

Mad Jack 19:11, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stallone

He's Italian. WHERE DID HE GO?!

He's listed... Mad Jack 19:11, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Overlisting

Is this list a notable intersection? It may be nice trivia to know these people are Italian-Americans but why create an intersection when List of Italian-Americans pretty much makes the exact same statement? I'll ask here just in case I'm missing something, otherwise I think AFD should be considered. Bulldog123 14:28, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Half-Italian ancestry?

If persons of half-Italian ancestry are included (i.e., Jan Leno, John Travolta) why do examples with Italian surnames dominate? Aren't actors with Italian mothers just as "half-Italian?" Why the strong nod to paternal descent? --Giacomo57 09:22, 11 November 2007 (UTC)