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Hi Laterthanyouthink, it seems we are already working towards a solution, but perhaps I might remind you of WP:ONUS. Since this article is about the obsolete concept of a Caucasian race and not about the term Caucasian, I don't think we should give to too much prominence to the latter. That one study used the term is surely not relevant unless discussed in secondary sources. Rsk6400 (talk) 07:44, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not too fussed about whether the study is mentioned or not (and haven't gone looking for others), but I do think it is necessary to distinguish the use of the term in Australia, which appears to be different from usage in the US, so I don't think that the lead is quite correct as it stands, and nor do the citations support what it says there. In Australia, Caucasian is not used as a definition of race in any census, nor by anyone to denote a concept of race, only by the police forces as a descriptor of appearance. I am making this point in the article to demonstrate that the term is not obsolete nor criticised in Australia. In my opinion the whole article needs to be restructured per WP:LEADFOLLOWSBODY, but I don't have the time nor will to do that now. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 02:06, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The section regarding Australia is horribly referenced. The links are out of date and make no reference whatsoever to "Caucasian". I'd edit it myself but it's locked. The entire reference to Australia should be removed in the interest of integrity. ~2026-28564-54 (talk) 07:57, 12 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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I request for where it says "and the Horn of Africa" to be changed to "and sometimes the Horn of Africa" since Horn Africans were sometimes classified as Negroid. ~2025-38703-64 (talk) 16:11, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Aston305 (complain/compliment) 17:14, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]