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List of ethnic slurs of Jews was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 16 October 2011 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2023[edit]

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Romani Gypsy (gypped), gipsies, ^[1]tzigane, zigeuner, cigan, ^[2] sometimes gitano 71.63.218.237 (talk) 16:22, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

So added. Thanks. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 01:51, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Semi-protected edit request on 31 August 2023[edit]

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Land thief warrants removal from the list, as there is nothing ethnic nor offensive about the phrase. It is an accurate description of the oppressor class of the South African Apartheid State. It is no more offensive than calling the sky blue. Choosing to be offended by this simple historical descriptor denies the stark history of colonialism in Africa. Zeyami (talk) 16:26, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Lightoil (talk) 01:19, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 12 November 2023[edit]

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To the definition "Sand Nigger", the synonym "Dune Coon" should be added.

To the Eastern Asian section, please add-

Zipper Head- Refers to war crimes committed during the Korean and Vietnam wars. Theories on the origin of the term include: refers to how East Asian soldiers would appear with tank tracks over their bodies after having been run over by military vehicles or tanks. Or refers to if an East Asian person were shot in the forehead with a machine gun, the head would split as if being unzipped.

Wikipedia article on Zipper Head- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zipperhead Phi11ihp (talk) 21:01, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Wiktionary is WP:USERGEN and not considered a WP:RS Cannolis (talk) 21:56, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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You need to include the slur "zipperhead" for Japanese during WW2 It was later used to refer to all Orientals 70.35.123.98 (talk) 16:21, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Nthep (talk) 16:28, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gypsy

[2] ttp://www.errc.org/news/cigan-and-roma-are-not-synonyms

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