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Evo Morales has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Krisgabwoosh (talk)
The North American Indigenous WikiProject guidelines endorse capitalizing the word "Indigenous" when referring to Indigenous peoples, in line with guidelines from the AP, the APA, the Chicago Manual of Style, the Native American Journalists Association, etc. Does this WikiProject have a similar guideline? Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 20:59, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Oncamera So that's the guideline for all Indigenous peoples worldwide? My reason for asking is that I have previously been scolded for capitalizing Indigenous when referring to Indigenous peoples of Siberia/Russia and Europe (such as the Sámi). Bohemian Baltimore (talk) 23:20, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I'm not going to vote on this, but I do want to make two points:
1. I feel that culturally and historically, the Indigenous Caribbean belongs with South America. The aboriginal inhabitants of Cuba and Hispaniola, the Guanahatabey, the Macorix, and the Ciguayos are not well known, and their antecedents are unclear, but one theory of their origin is that their ancestors rafted across the Caribbean from South America (although the east coast of Yucatan or Belize is more likely). In any case, they had long been separated from any mainland groups. In the last 2,000 years, the Caribbean islands were colonized by the Taino and later groups, all definitely known to have originated on the continent of South America.
2. I don't think that the proposed change of name or any other change is going to make a damn bit of difference on coverage of topics related to the Indigenous Caribbean or South America. For one thing, this is the English Wikipedia, and topics related to the Indigenous peoples of what is now the United States and Canada will always get more attention. (And the great civilizations of MesoAmerica are sexy enough to get plenty of attention.) I have some interest in working on topics about the Indigenous Caribbean, but I have a lot of topics related to the Indigenous peoples of Florida that I want to work on, I don't read Spanish worth a crap, and I have access to far too few English-language sources about the Indigenous Caribbean and South America. What is needed is recruiting more editors who are interested in that area and can access and read both Spanish and English sources.
Would people be interested in joining a wikiproject on improving and creating articles about oral tradition? Wikipedia's coverage on this appears to be very poor Kowal2701 (talk) 19:03, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
