19:5719:57, 3 July 2007diffhist−11,980
User talk:Mikehoffman
←Replaced page with '==Barack Hussain Obama or Senator B. Hussein al-Obama== English is not the official language of the US. There is no official language though English is the langua...'
00:1100:11, 31 March 2007diffhist+70
Barack Obama
Names are linguistic, not political. I point that out for two reasons -- first, because the "Kenyan" argument doesn't apply to his Arabic name, and second, because we must provide info without bias.
21:1521:15, 30 March 2007diffhist−1
Barack Obama
Readers might be interested in the spelling. It's been well-established that it's an Arabic name. There's no reason to be afraid of including it.
19:5719:57, 3 July 2007diffhist−11,980
User talk:Mikehoffman
←Replaced page with '==Barack Hussain Obama or Senator B. Hussein al-Obama== English is not the official language of the US. There is no official language though English is the langua...'
00:1100:11, 31 March 2007diffhist+70
Barack Obama
Names are linguistic, not political. I point that out for two reasons -- first, because the "Kenyan" argument doesn't apply to his Arabic name, and second, because we must provide info without bias.
21:1521:15, 30 March 2007diffhist−1
Barack Obama
Readers might be interested in the spelling. It's been well-established that it's an Arabic name. There's no reason to be afraid of including it.