User talk:SpecificallyJo
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[edit] Welcome
Hello SpecificallyJo, welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to join the community. Drop us a note at Wikipedia:New user log so we can meet you and help you get started. If you need editing help, visit Wikipedia:How to edit a page. For format questions, visit our manual of style. If you have any other questions about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or add a question to the Village pump. And of course, feel free to talk with me or ask questions on my talk page. Enjoy! Vizjim 21:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
Well, I have to confess that the above is a fairly standard greeting - it's more to let you know that I can help if you have a problem with uploading an image or some (by no means all!) of the funny ways of coding you can use making articles for this place.
If I might be so bold as to ask, would you be willing to take a look at the article List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas? All the red links there are people whose biographies need writing, and that needa a lot more expertise than I can bring to the table. Also, it's become a pretty extensive list but I estimate there must be at least 200 names missing from it - if you have any additions that'd be great! All best, James. Vizjim 14:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Yeah, it¨s a pain when that sort of thing happens. The problem is as always that Wikipedia doesn't recognise that indigenous authors may be notable within a specific community even if they don't have huge sales figures etc. There was a huge fuss a while ago over Diane Bensons entry, which you can see at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diane Benson and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diane E. Benson (second nomination), which came down to the same sort of issues.
I've cleaned up and wikified the article as best I can and think that there should be no questions about her notability now, so have removed the tag. Nice article, by the way. Vizjim 14:22, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
