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Citizenship

She born in the Soviet Union and her first language is russian.She describe herself as russian in an interview in 2009. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1006:B034:2E60:8CDC:4469:19EC:696 (talk) 02:46, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Her citizenship is given as simply "American". What happened to her original Soviet/Ukrainian citizenship? The article should at least address this. — Smjg (talk) 22:56, 4 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

this has been explained before, but per Wikipedia guidelines, it is the nationality of the individual, specifically the country and nationality under which they became notable, that is included in the lead. Furthermore, according to WP:Ethnicity, place of birth, previous nationalities, and/or ethnicity are not included in the lead. For Mila, as an American citizen who gained notability in America, she would be appropriately described as "American" rather than "Ukranian-American" or "Ukranian". And the same applies for citizenship. Not only do we not know whether she still has Ukranian citizenship (which is highly unlikely if not impossible considering Ukraine does not permit dual citizenship), but even if so, she would still be described as "American" as it is the country and nationality under which she gained notability which is included in the lead Fsm83 (talk) 18:38, 10 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Fsm83: So what? I said the article should at least address this, not that the lead should address this. By "Her citizenship is given as" I was referring to the sum total of all references to nationality/citizenship throughout the article. My point is that the information is missing at the moment. — Smjg (talk) 17:35, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What appears in this article seems sufficient enough to me. There have been many comments on here that have been addressed several times by other wiki members as to why her citizenship has been properly addressed and identified in this article. It wasn't just me. To my knowledge (and what others have stated) there is no credible source to identify if she has a dual citizenship or if Ukraine even permits a dual citizenship. As far as your question of what happened to her original Ukrainian citizenship if you or anybody else are able to provide a credible source to prove and show that information they are welcome to do so.Fsm83 (talk) 16:37, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please see my December 16, 2024, entry at "Citizenship date & source?", below. Quaerens-veritatem (talk) 06:51, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change American to Russian 74.197.16.20 (talk) 02:16, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. AnnaMankad (talk) 02:25, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As previously explained, per Wikipedia guidelines, it is the nationality of the individual, specifically the country and nationality under which they became notable, that is included in the lead and article. Additionally, according to WP:Ethnicity, place of birth, previous nationalities, and/or ethnicity are not included in the lead. For Mila, as an American citizen who gained notability in America, she would be appropriately described as "American" rather than "Ukranian-American" or "Ukranian". As noted, per Wiki policy it would not add Soviet, Jewish, Russian, or Ukrainian to the lead. Her ethnicity/country of birth is covered in the article and does not belong in the opening sentence as per WP:OPENPARA or within the "Nationality" title as mentioned. Fsm83 (talk) 21:45, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unable to edit this article

I was going to add a wikilink to this article, but was unable to do so because it appears to be blocked from editing. Please fix this ridiculous situation! 173.88.246.138 (talk) 00:40, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not blocked; the page has been semi-protected due to many prior disruptive changes, see WP:Protection policy#Types of protection for details on what that involves. You can however still make edit requests here. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 02:01, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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ADD THIS: Mom started work in US at Thrifty in Culver City as a bagger

"My mom started working at Thrifty in Culver City as a box lady"

https://web.archive.org/web/20220308071123/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ukraine-los-angeles-mila-kunis-family-fled-soviet-union

She worked a second job at Rite Aid with her mother. "My mom would pick me up from '70s Show, and she'd take me to work with her. I'd have to work the ice cream counter or photo counter until closing all the time."

https://web.archive.org/web/20150112011124/http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/news/a19622/mila-kunis-first-post-baby-interview/

"ice cream every night, with her favorite flavors being Thrifty brand Chocolate Malted Crunch and Thrifty brand Rocky Road"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5A92I_LdU4

"while her mother worked in the back room of a Thrifty drugstore"

https://web.archive.org/web/20190323115709/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-16-et-mila16-story.html

Thrifty = Rite Aid

...69.181.17.113 (talk) 02:11, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: Please specify where in the article this should all be added and write it as it will appear in the article. Ultraodan (talk) 06:25, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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make wikilink: Thorn.org

Thorn (organization) = Thorn.org

also make: Thorn.org

69.181.17.113 (talk) 02:17, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done: created the redirect. Didn't add the wikilink as the same article is linked earlier. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 05:41, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Citizenship date & source?

Maybe I missed it in the archives, etc., and realize that many have written "She's an American citizen", but I have yet to see a date she became a citizen or a reliable source for her becoming a citizen. I understand that she came to the US under a hardship/religious persecution visa, and believe the lead correctly reads that she is American, but the infobox, under citizenship, has "US", and it appears many just assume she became a citizen. I think she could work under a continually renewed visa, but does anyone have a date and substantiating reliable source for the assumed citizenship? Quaerens-veritatem (talk) 07:31, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]