| This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Kristin Scott Thomas article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
| Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
Archives: 1Auto-archiving period: 3 months  |
| This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page. |
 | This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornish
editAs she was born in Cornwall, it is incorrect to describe her as English. The UK Government recognises the Cornish people as a nation within the UK: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/cornish-people-formally-declared-a-national-minority-along-with-scots-welsh-and-irish-9278725.html
This description as 'English' needs correcting. Varnebank (talk) 19:09, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
- It's been corrected to British, which is as it should be. You've got to be incredibly careful with that kind of thing - just because someone was born in a particular bit of the UK does not mean that they identify with that area. Being British is a black-and-white matter of fact - are they a citizen, do they have the passport? - but below that it's a matter of opinion rather than fact. And in such cases you have to rely on evidence that they identify with a component of the UK, rather than just assuming it because they were born there. For instance, it would be easy to find evidence of Nicola Sturgeon identifying as Scottish, whereas AFAIAA Tony Blair does not, despite being born and educated in Edinburgh. If you have evidence of KST identifying as Cornish over British then go for it, but not otherwise. FlagSteward (talk) 19:05, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- Not seeing any evidence that she self-IDs as Cornish or has any Cornish ancestry. On top of that, she was not raised in Cornwall. 2A00:23C4:3E44:2C01:1D26:F3D4:D259:5F33 (talk) 22:39, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
- The reference used here has Kristin referring to herself as 'English' twice, England once and the public perception of her as, 'broad-brush perception of her as an English upper-class girl.'Halbared (talk) 19:50, 7 November 2024 (UTC)