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1. How did the article get the way it is?
2. Why is the article's name "United States" and not "United States of America"? Isn't United States of America the official name of the U.S.? I would think thatUnited States should redirect toUnited States of America, not vice versa as is the current case.
3. The United States is the oldest constitutional republic in the world! Why isn't this the case in the article? Many American students are told the United States was the first constitutional republic in history. This is not true, however.San Marino adopted basic law on October 8, 1600, andSwitzerland adopted its constitution through theFederal Charter of 1291. Within Wikipedia articles it may be appropriate to add a modifier such as "oldest continuous, federal ..."'; however, it is more useful to explain the strength and influence of the U.S. Constitution and political system both domestically and globally. One must also be careful using the word "democratic" due to the limited franchise in early U.S. history and better explain the pioneering expansion of the democratic system and subsequent influence. The component states of the Swiss confederation were mostly oligarchies during the 18th century, however, being much more oligarchical than most of the United States, with the exceptions of Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Connecticut. 4. Why are the Speaker of the House and Chief Justice listed as leaders in the infobox? Shouldn't it just be the President and Vice President? The President, Vice President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court are stated within the U.S. Constitution as leaders of the executive branch, two houses of Congress, and Supreme Court respectively. As the three branches of government are equal, all four leaders get mentioned under the "Government" heading in the infobox. 5. What is the motto of the United States? There was node jure motto of the United States until 1956, when "In God We Trust" was made such. Various other unofficial mottos existed before that, most notably "E Pluribus Unum". The debate continues on the current status of "E Pluribus Unum" (de facto motto, traditional motto, etc.), but it has been determined that it never was an official motto of the United States. 6. Is the U.S. really the world's largest economy? The United States was the world's largest national economy fromabout 1880 and largest by nominal GDP from about 2014, when it surpassed theEuropean Union. China has beenlarger by purchasing power parity,since about 2016. 7. Isn't it incorrect to refer to it as "America" or its people as "American"? In English,America (when not preceded by "North", "Central", or "South") almost always refers to the United States, andAmericans usually always refers to U.S. citizens. The large supercontinent is called theAmericas. 8. Why isn't the treatment ofNative Americans given more weight? The article is written insummary style, and thesections "Indigenous peoples" and "European colonization" summarize the situation. 9. Aren't U.S. territories part of the United States? The territories under U.S. sovereignty are sometimes described by reliable sources[1] as part of the United States, and territories are treated as domestic for certain purposes like export controls. For other purposes, some territories are considered to be possessions of the United States under U.S. sovereignty, but not part of the country. AsTerritories of the United States explains, under theInsular Cases, some territories (e.g.,Territory of Hawaii, 1900–1959) have beenincorporated and made fully part of the United States. All five currently inhabited territories are legallyunincorporated, so provisions of the U.S. Constitution likebirthright citizenship do not necessarily apply there. However, all exceptAmerican Samoa do confer birthright citizenship. Unincorporated U.S. territories field their own teams at theOlympics. Puerto Rico is within the maincustoms territory of the United States, but all other territories are outside of it. Wikipedia remains neutral on whether U.S. territories arepart of the United States, as the claim is disputed. Wikipedia generally avoids the issue by stating that the U.S.asserts sovereignty over the unincorporated territories and explaining the details of the relationship where appropriate. (The U.S. territories are also different from theFreely Associated States, which undisputedly retain their own sovereignty and are not part of the United States, even though they make use of U.S. federal services for mail delivery, disaster relief, telecom and aviation regulations, and defense.) 10. The United States has become adictatorship/fascist state! Why doesn't the article call it so in the infobox or elsewhere? Wikipedia isnot a politicaladvocacy site or a place to "set the record straight"; its content relies on independent,reliable sources and must correlatein proportion to those sources with aneutral point of view. Though the U.S. government has been accused ofdemocratic backsliding by some, the article will not label the country as a dictatorship or autocratic state until the majority of political scholars agree. Otherwise, calling it so would beoriginal research. References | ||||||
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The United States of America officially became a dictatorship on September 19th, 2025. Trump administration announced that news media was not allowed to present any information to the public that was not pre-approved by the state. This move completed the list of requirements to meet a dictatorship officially thrusting the United States out of democracy and into dictator ruling.206.45.55.73 (talk)00:31, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not done for now: please establish aconsensus for this alterationbefore using the
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{{Edit semi-protected}} template.(CC) Tbhotch™00:40, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]Seriously, just stop it. You people are only asking for it to be put in just because of confirmation bias. Yes, what Trump is doing is authoritarian, but it’s not like this country hasn’t had authoritarian presidents before.
just give it up ffs148.74.78.185 (talk)03:54, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest updating the "Government" field. It currently says Federal presidential republic, but recent sources classify the U.S. differently: Polity Project (2025) rates it as an anocracy, V-Dem (2025) calls it an electoral democracy undergoing autocratization, and Freedom House (2025) still lists it as "Free" with noted backsliding. A possible update could be: Anocracy (federal presidential republic)Bryanr9511 (talk)08:35, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In this article uses the word " America" as one of the names used to refer to the United States of America, the ponit is that "America" is a whole continent.
Isn't proper to refer that "Europe" is only France or Spain, same wise United States of America isn't only America.2601:601:1100:78D0:E27F:976B:862D:B03E (talk)06:16, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Add link to "manifest destiny" ideology when talking about westward expansion.77.3.132.10 (talk)21:49, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not done: please providereliable sources that support the change you want to be made.Untamed1910 (talk)21:57, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Change the official language from English to None, because there is no legal official language, as enacted by Congress.VivatRex17 (talk)04:10, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not done for now: please establish aconsensus for this alterationbefore using the{{Edit extended-protected}} template. The current consensus is to list English as the official language, per the outcome of a recentrequest for comment.Day Creature (talk)05:51, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]Should this article be lockedWikiGrower1 (talk)02:09, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Why does America under the articles of Confederation not have it's own page, like how each of the French Republics or other countries when they change constitutions do? The current American government system only started with the constitution2604:3D09:1F7F:8B00:B93C:4BC9:9F2F:F973 (talk)23:47, 14 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]