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Native American studies

I'd like to add the very good European Journal of Native American Studies (Christian Feest editor) to the article-list, but perhaps only if it is known and available in Northamerica.--Radh (talk) 06:48, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

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I've copied my reply that I wrote on the talk page of the article below in case it gets deleted before you see it.

":I'm afraid that this does appear to be a copyright violation and so will need to be deleted. The source given is the tagging is [1] and this would appear to be much older than the wiki (as it shows a copyright of 1997) and in the absence of any information to the contrary I'd have to assume the above wiki is a copyright violation of that page. However even if the article has been released under the "GNU Free Documentation License 1.2" as the wiki page states we still could no accept it as that is no longer a compatible licence for wikipedia - see WP:CFAQ. Also you should note that it is against policy for a page creator to remove a speedy tag - they should add a hangon tag instead."

Dpmuk (talk) 18:39, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

I am afraid I agree with Dpmuk, but it looks like there is a good chance we should have an article. The basic list part should be too simple to be copyrighted, and I would be happy to restore that to your userspace for you to work on, if you would like. Good luck, - 2/0 (cont.) 19:08, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

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Tiffany Midge (copy)

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I included reference to Norma Wilson's discussion of Midge in her book. This is an independent source. I have now included reference from the Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature. Please let me know if this does not meet the criteria. Vizjim (talk) 06:02, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

For now, I think it is good enough to be de-prodded. But it still needs some improvement. The more sources, the better. I found that there are 247 items listed when entering her name into Google Books. I would recommend doing your own work do place as many relevant sources there as possible to prevent the article from being challenged. I also recommend adding the article to one or more categories where it may belong.
I am not a deletionist, and I do not plan to propose it for deletion. I only came across this article when doing New Page Patrol, which I do occasionally. Being the creator, I recommend you try to improve the article as best as you can. Sebwite (talk) 22:00, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

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List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas

Looks like you've been taking a WikiBreak, but would you care to comment on a possible rewrite on the criteria for inclusion in List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas and share your thoughts on some authors with questionable notability that I've moved over to Talk:List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas. Thanks so much! Cheers, -Uyvsdi (talk) 20:17, 7 July 2012 (UTC)Uyvsdi

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William S. Yellow Robe: Thank you!!

Dear Vizjim, I really really really appreciate the push to create the Bill Yellow Robe page. I *think* I have done it now, and will be thrilled to have you do any editing you see fit. I'll also surely try to work on the other articles you recommended. In fact, I have my class this spring (mostly college seniors/juniors) working on Wikipedia articles about Native American authors, though our focus is specifically New England writers. So I'm very gratified to find other Wikipedians looking out for us new contributors, and for this topic!Ssenier (talk) 19:27, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

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Woops. Okay I'll make sure I change that around then. Still trying to add any information that may be vital for this page's survival in the wiki world! I did want to ask though, can a foreword be used as a reference? I mean, it's a very brief biography of the author but I have the impression that it's not considered a great source. Compared to others at least. Thank you very much though for the suggestion. I e-mailed your university e-mail to ask for a title for the assignment. I do realise how silly that was because you were abroad, but Annetta also told me that we do not have to do it after all. Is that true?

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Hi, thanks for contacting me on this and I'd like to help. Hope to get to it this afternoon. I do understand the importance of the nations and their members, and the issue of peoples outside the federally recognized tribes. Parkwells (talk) 14:58, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

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Vizjim, rather than delete, I've blanked this and sent it to WP:CP for investigation; while much of the apparent overlap with the sources is caused by proper names, book titles and so on, there's some that is not. This may need some rewriting. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 14:32, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

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I regret to say that the way this issue developed is embarrassing. I would therefore inquire that the entire article is permanently removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.116.202.23 (talk) 10:37, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

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Pinging here so you get an email, Vizjim – just a couple final questions on the review page before this can become a GA! ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 23:33, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

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