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Citizenship[edit]
This has been broached occasionally in the past, but never really dealt with head-on: it doesn't make much sense for Thiel to be identified as German-American. The article doesn't even really mention Germany other than as his place of birth, and there are sources (e.g. [1]) stating that he's not a German citizen. Tserton (talk) 15:28, 23 March 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 27 March 2024[edit]
Please add the following to the "Support for political candidates" section.
Thiel contributed $250,000 to Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.[1] Mollydooker (talk) 20:33, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Partly done: Found a better source which indicated the donation was towards the Trump Victory Committee, split between RNC for midterm elections and Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. Pegnawl (talk) 00:45, 28 March 2024 (UTC)
References
- ^ "Here Are The Billionaires Who Donated To Donald Trump's 2020 Presidential Campaign". Forbes. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 15 May 2024[edit]
change returnied to returned 192.55.54.48 (talk) 01:16, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 24 May 2024[edit]
The last sentence of paragraph 1 at Peter Thiel#Early life and education is grammatically incorrect. Please amend the sentence to say Thiel eventually became a U.S. citizen, losing his German citizenship in the process.
50.78.239.189 (talk) 15:39, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
Done Squeakachu (talk) 16:04, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 June 2024[edit]
Peter Thiell is a German citizen - no idea why this isn't mentioned. You can verify this on the other translations of this page, or googling it online. As a result of this, and his personal connection to the country, I think German-American entrepreneur would be most suitable. Maxmibsb (talk) 00:59, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 03:18, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- He is also a New Zealand citizen. Given he has three citizenships, it's best to mirror the consensus taken on Elon Musk, which has an FAQ on the talk page which clarifies:
Musk is a US citizen (since 2002) born and raised in South Africa, and also acquired Canadian citizenship via his mother. Including these nationalities in the opening sentence in a balanced way would be complex, and the consensus is that they should instead be explained later in the lead
. - So, German can certainly be incorporated into the page (e.g. in the info-box re: citizenship and page body) but it doesn't need to be referred to in the lead sentence.
- Zenomonoz (talk) 10:43, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Zenomonoz The article says he was born in Germany but later lost his citizenship, sourced to a 2018 interview. WeyerStudentOfAgrippa (talk) 15:30, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, I could’ve checked that. But certainly speaks against calling him German-American. Zenomonoz (talk) 23:28, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Reviewing the translated archive of the interview, I fail to find an explicit statement that Thiel lost German citizenship. He says that he could not keep his German passport when he got an American one. Is this a translation issue? WeyerStudentOfAgrippa (talk) 12:07, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Zenomonoz The article says he was born in Germany but later lost his citizenship, sourced to a 2018 interview. WeyerStudentOfAgrippa (talk) 15:30, 12 June 2024 (UTC)