User talk:Hochungra

About Me

Request Assistance Rob Capriccioso marked for deletion

My aim here is to provide better coverage of Native Americans, including Native American journalism. It took hours of research to re-write Native American Journalists Association, which had been marked for deletion, and deleted. I am in the process of adding notable Native American journalists (See Category:Native American journalists; also Category:Native American writers). The page I created for one of Indian Country's most noted Native American journalists, Rob Capriccioso is now marked for deletion. I have requested expertise and editing assistance from the WikiProject Indigenous Peoples of North America. I am seeing that Native American journalism is being marginalized on Wikipedia, while other minority journalism groups do not suffer the same. Any assistance in these efforts is appreciated, as are all constructive comments. --Hochungra (talk) 18:53, 17 November 2010 (UTC)Signed: User:Hochungra --Hochungra (talk) 18:53, 17 November 2010 (UTC)== Welcome == Hello, Hochungra, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.[reply]

I notice that one of the first articles you have edited appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been reverted for this very reason.

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User Talk

Thank you for your warm welcome and words of advice. I will read those entries you suggest that I have not yet read. I do not believe there is a conflict of interest; I am writing about a subject I am very familiar with, news gathering, reporting and editing. Notable Native American reporters should be added to Wikipedia, as well as a new sub-category:Native American journalists under the existing category:Journalists by nationality. Note too, Wikipedia has a category for Native American writers. There are also some fine Native American journalists of note deserving of a listing. Their listings will be useful to students and the general public. In the very near future I plan to add a two more biographical entries. I'll watch the first, to see what the requirements are as it evolves. I added references, and support for notability. <hochungraHochungra (talk) 04:41, 26 December 2009 (UTC)>/hochungra>[reply]

Hi, I created Category:Native American journalists and it's ready to be populated (I added the cat to a couple articles). You don't have to request a category to be created, you can just create them yourself as needed – in the same manner that you would create an article. Happy wiki-ing! Cheers, -Uyvsdi (talk) 17:48, 27 December 2009 (UTC)Uyvsdi[reply]

Your recent edits

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As per request on my talk page

You happen to pm the right guy i think, as i have lots of links to books on just the things you seem to need- although not to specific. I cant help with any editing as i just have the links... I will list them bellow - with all the info you need to use them as refs ...you will have to add page numbers...(ps i have more links )....Moxy (talk) 21:48, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Native American journalists

- Native American issues By Paul C. Rosier - Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003 - isbn ISBN: 0313320020
- The American journalist in the 21st century: U.S. news people at the dawn of ...- By David Hugh Weaver - Routledge - isbn 0805853820
- Journalism across cultures - By Fritz Cropp, Cynthia M. Frisby, Dean Mills - Ames : Iowa State Press, 2003 - isbn 0813819997
- American journalists: getting the story - By Donald A. Ritchie - New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 - isbn 0195099079
- Radio cultures: the sound medium in American life - By Michael C. Keith - New York, NY Lang, Peter New York 2008 - isbn 9780820486482

Native American writers

- Great American Writers: Twentieth Century - By R. Baird Shuman - New York : Marshall Cavendish, 2002 - isbn 0761472401
- Native American perspectives on literature and history - By Alan R. Velie - Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1995 -isbn 0806127856
- Native American Writers - By Harold Bloom - New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, ©2010- isbn 9781604135916
- Native American Writers - By Steven Otfinoski - New York : Chelsea House, 2010 - isbn 9781604133141
- That the people might live: Native American literatures and Native American ...- By Jace Weaver - New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 - isbn 0195118529
- Native Americans Today: A Biographical Dictionary - By Bruce E. Johansen - Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, 2010 - isbn 9780313355547
- Native American women's writing c. 1800-1924: an anthology - By Karen L. Kilcup - Oxford : Blackwell Publishers, 2000 - isbn 0631205179

Sockpuppetry case

Your name has been mentioned in connection with a sockpuppetry case. Please refer to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Hochungra for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to cases before editing the evidence page. — HelloAnnyong ^{(say whaaat?!)} 13:15, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Using others to sway consensus, and conflict of interest

Hello. I understand your arguments regarding the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Capriccioso (2nd nomination), though I disagree with them. As someone else noted on that page, it's against Wikipedia guidelines to use other editors as proxies to sway discussions like this, which is called Meatpuppetry. Something similar, Wikipedia:Canvassing, which is notifying other editors to influence the decision in one way is also frowned upon. It's also important to note that those sorts of discussions aren't a vote, the majority doesn't always win, which is why in this case it was closed as no consensus. Not saying you are doing any of that, but if you are, please don't.

Also, I don't appreciate your and User:torrenceg's comments that I am somehow biased against Rob Capriccioso because I live in DC (and that you did some research to find out that I'm also a blogger). I've never met him and I don't think I've ever read anything by him. I found the page via Category:Writers from Washington, D.C. Please Wikipedia:Assume good faith. --AW (talk) 21:47, 1 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Rob Capriccioso

A tag has been placed on Rob Capriccioso, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia for multiple reasons. Please see the page to see the reasons. If the page has since been deleted, you can ask me the reasons by leaving a message on my user talk page.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Ten Thousand Bullets (talk) 03:41, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]