User talk:Ogahpah

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Victor Griffin (Quapaw) (March 10)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Robert McClenon was:

This submission's references do not adequately show the subject's notability. Wikipedia requires significant coverage about the subject in reliable sources that are independent of the subject—see the guidelines on the notability of people and the golden rule. Please improve the submission's referencing (see Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners), so that the information is verifiable, and there is clear evidence of why the subject is notable and worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. If additional reliable sources cannot be found for the subject, then it may not be suitable for Wikipedia at this time.

The comment they left was:

Findagrave is not considered a reliable source to establish notability. Please add multiple independent reliable sources not associated with the tribe. Please find a reliable source stating that he met with multiple US Presidents.

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Robert McClenon (talk) 00:15, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Ogahpah, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Robert McClenon (talk) 00:15, 10 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Response

Hi Ogahpah, yes, leaving comments on people's talk page is the way to communicate, although you should always sign your comment with four tildes (~), which will leave your signature. I see that you are developing an article for Victor Griffin. It would be hard to establish notability, but I see some published references about him. Tall Chief might be easier. Let me know what you need help with. You can respond under my comment on this page. Using a ":" before your text will create an indent. Good luck! Yuchitown (talk) 04:26, 10 March 2016 (UTC)Yuchitown[reply]

Thank you! I am going to work on getting more source documents. I think I have enough stuff to flesh out Victor's article. If you see anything that you think should be re-organized or re-worded please let me know or feel free to edit it. Thank you for your help! Ogahpah (talk) 17:32, 11 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Worked on the Victor Griffin (Quapaw) article and added citations. I resubmitted it for review, so we'll see how that goes. It's far better sourced than similar articles for Native American religious or political leaders. I would not recommend using the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process in the future. You can create a draft article on your own use pages, for instance User:Ogahpah/Tall Chief. Then once it's ready to go with sufficient sources, you can move it to the main article space Tall Chief. I'd recommend joining Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America. You can use the talk page there to ask questions or request assistance. Have a good one! Yuchitown (talk) 21:21, 12 March 2016 (UTC)Yuchitown[reply]

Your article Victor Griffin (Quapaw) was approved and is now live! Virtual high five! Yuchitown (talk) 22:22, 12 March 2016 (UTC)Yuchitown[reply]

Woohoo! thank you for your help! Ogahpah (talk) 18:55, 14 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Tall Chief has been accepted

Tall Chief, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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SwisterTwister talk 03:54, 19 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Invite

If interested, you may wish to join Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America/Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America. Montanabw ^(talk) 23:17, 23 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I do wish to join. How do I do so?

Ogahpah (talk) 19:02, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can read about the WikiProject here and add your name to the bottom of the list on the Participants tab, then discussion is here. If you have any specific challenges or want help on a project, you can post to the talk page. Cheers, Yuchitown (talk) 04:23, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September 2024

Hello, I'm Magnolia677. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Jefferson County, Arkansas, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 18:22, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello.. I seem to have done something wrong. I could have sworn I did include citations. There are multiple references to my edit though. I was noting that Bonne was of French and Quapaw ancestry. It certainly seems unfair to minimize Indigenous contributions to the history of Arkansas. Perhaps you can help me.

You can find citations here: https://www.cityofpinebluff-ar.gov/discover-pine-bluff https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/sep/25/joseph-bonne-known-as-founding-pb-settler/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arkansas-democrat-bonne-joseph-quapaw/16142726/ https://treaties.okstate.edu/treaties/treaty-with-the-quapaw-1824-0210

November 2024

Please stop. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced content, as you did at Quapaw, you may be blocked from editing. Magnolia677 (talk) 18:52, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please be more specific? I have added numerous citations. I am also not quite sure what you are talking about. It seems like contribution from tribal sources would be good to foster. Thank you.

Barbara Kyser-Collier

You're knowledgeable about Quapaw topics. Would you be able to improve the stub for Barbara Kyser-Collier at all? Yuchitown (talk) 03:58, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I added a couple citations; and will think on this some more.

Ogahpah (talk) 18:50, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

check it out now. It probably still needs quite a bit of improvement, but I think it at least has a little more information, organization, and citations now.

Ogahpah (talk) 19:01, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New Year's Greetings

	*Have a happy New Year!*
	Greetings, Ogahpah, may 2025 bring you joy! Best wishes for the upcoming year, and thank you for all you do for Wikipedia and for Native communities! New Year Bell postcard –Yuchitown (talk) 16:36, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]