Talk:List of Maltese people

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Under Maltese Law first generation offspring of Maltese born individuals are automatically Maltese citizens. Those individuals listed are either of Maltese birth or Maltese citizens. All have at some point through the media verbalised that they are Maltese or part of the Maltese diaspora.

Therefore recent deletion made by Rasmus Faber is completely unfounded.

The first line of the article is "Famous or notable people from Malta include:". In my opinion, that do not include children of Maltese born persons, with no other connections to Malta. But if you change the sentence to "Famous or notable people with Maltese citizenship include:", I would have no problem with you adding such persons. It would however be nice, if, in the future, when challenged to give sources: ie.
23:34, 21 Jan 2005 66.56.2.53 (imdb.com data shows no indication that jason bateman or justine bateman were born or ever lived in malta)
that you do so, instead of just reinserting. But thanks for answering and thanks for contributing! Rasmus (talk) 15:48, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
This is incorrect. Justine/Jason Bateman's mother is Maltese. Refer to the discussion page for Jason Bateman where corroborating links are provided. Kalindoscopy (talk) 16:52, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kelly Ryan

Is this spam? Maltesedog 20:10, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Not spam, but probably vanity. I have removed it until someone can provide evidence of notability. Rasmus (talk) 21:37, 13 December 2005 (UTC)