725:, thank you very much for your flexibility and willingness to incorporate the changes I suggested above. I certainly can see where you are coming from, and I agree that Knowledge's coverage of Native American history could use significant improvement. In light of your responses and modifications (indicated above), this nomination can now be approved. As I mentioned earlier, this article was moved to mainspace on November 23 (nomination was timely), the article is long enough, and the article satisfies policies relevant to the DYK review process (no problems with references or close paraphrasing). QPQ is satisfied and there are no issues with the images used in the article. The primary hook is under 200 characters, interesting, and substantiated by reliable offline sources (though other online sources
699:(how's that for a POV title - since changed), presumably because it fits the profile of brave cavalrymen making a last stand against savage Indians. Nothing on Hancock's campaign, or the reasons for starting the war, or the reactions of the Indians, or their point of view, or bios on the Indian participants. Hancock's war is only in this article in order to give background to Porcupine. If an article existed most of it could be replaced with a wikilink. Much of the language I have been criticised for is merely for brevity, not for POV pushing, to avoid the article going off at a tangent. The changes I have made in response to the comments above have made those sentences significantly longer in an already too long section.
695:. In writing that article it became clear to me that there was a gross imbalance of Knowledge's coverage of the Plains Indians of the period. If one looks at the "Friends of the Little Bighorn" website there are lists of every known participant (not just those killed with Custer). For the US soldiers for virtually every one it is known what happened to them afterwards (if they lived) and where they are buried. On the Indian side all that is listed for many of them is the name, even some of the leaders. For many others nothing is known at all, not even a name. I was shocked to find that we did not already have an article on Hancock's war. The only thing we have is one small incident in that war, the
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November 23, long enough, hook is under 200 characters, interesting, supported by reliable sources, and QPQ is satisfied), I am concerned that it does not conform to key WP policies. Specifically, this article is in need of a thorough copy edit to clean up unencyclopedic language. In some places, the article uses language that is too casual or colloquial (see, e.g., "the inevitable hail of bullets that would follow," "a fortuitous side benefit of the visit," and "the attempt was nipped in the bud"). In other places, you use language that
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540:: first and foremost, I want to apologize for any personal hardship that I may have caused through this review process. I know we all aspire to act with professionalism and decorum, and I am sorry if I have fallen short in that respect. Moving forward, I hope that we can work together to reach an amicable resolution. I think this article can still pass this review, but the following passages need to be addressed first:
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commisssion to investigate the Ghost Dance) but virtually nothing else. This article was my small part in attempting to redress this imbalance as I had the
Marquis source to hand. It will probably be my last, I'm going back to writing articles on microwave filters where one can't get caught up in all this POV shit.
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The bureacracy is that they can only be paid if they are on the Pine Ridge roll, but those temporarily at Tongue River were put on the Tongue River roll. This is explained in the following passage so I am unclear what needs changing. Some in exactly the same position (unable to stay safely at Pine
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would be used where disambiguation is needed, but the context is perfectly clear in this case. If you feel the need to replace the word with the latest fashion in political correctness (but next year will also be declared offensive and replaced again) then be my guest, but don't expect me to mangle
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Hancock attempted to "bully them into submission," and the claim that killings of white settlers were "atrocities"). There are also a number of other grammatical errors in the article. Finally, I think that this article should
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apostle who brought the religion to the
Cheyenne. He was not the only one preaching it, but he was the one who brought it. The only place where the word "fortuitous" is used is to report Porcupine's own description of events. WP:EDITORIAL does not therefore apply because it is not being used in
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Even though you may be following the language used by reliable sources, these passages carry connotations that advance a particular point of view. You can still communicate the same content by rephrasing these passages in a more neutral fashion (see my suggestions above). I still maintain that the
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Everything in the article comes from the sources and is fully cited. The only place in the review that explicitly requests a cite is the quotation from
Rowlands. Rowlands is attributed in-text and the cite at the end of that sentence is the place where the quotation came from, so I don't see how
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Cheyenne, then you should
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If Roman Nose had been allowed to kill, or attempt to kill
Hancock, you are living in cloud cuckoo land if you believe it is possible that that is not what would have happened. There is no doubt that the troops would have opened fire. It is unlikely they would have stopped at killing Roman Nose
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It is now way too late to start recording the oral history of the
Indians and it is only through the efforts of the likes of Marquis that we have anything at all to write about. If it were not for Marquis we would know of Porcupine's part in the Ghost Dance (because the US government sent out a
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that does not meet WP:V. There is an issue with getting the GA review completed, the reviewer has stated that he/she wants to hand over to another reviewer so it could be some time before it is completed. DYK reviews should not depend on the outcome of GA, it is a separate set of requirements.
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I've had a chance to think this over a little more, and ultimately, I think you are correct that I should not let the GA review influence my decision here. Nevertheless, I still have a few reservations about approving this nomination. Although this article satisfies most DYK criteria (moved to
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I have to agree that the article promotes a (sometime subtle) POV. For instance, the use of the weasel word "arduous" in the lead, and the terms "bully them into submission" and "depths of winter" further below. I'm also uncomfortable with the continued use of the term "Indian", which
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Porcupine and others were caught in a "bureaucratic trap" β do you mean that bureaucrats intentionally planned to delay administrative procedures to keep them at that location? If the answer is yes, you should say something along those
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That's half-baked incompetent nonsense. First of all, the hook does not say he was the only apostle. Secondly, the article describes in great detail his journey to go and fetch the Ghost Dance for the
Cheyenne. Thirdly, I have sources that say it
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or no, and the same is true for DYK. However, neutrality is a requirement of both places, and anywhere that crosses that line should be addressed. If grammatical issues are serious (if they obscure meaning), then those should be fixed as well.
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That's my last post here, it's too time consuming to keep rechecking the refs to verify I am right. I'm not going to change anything. Please now judge the article on what you already have.
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they were fortuitous. And by the way, the article then goes on to throw that claim into doubt. Editorializing is not about avoiding certain words, it is about the way those words are used.
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I would dearly love to use the attempt to stop a train by lassoing it as the hook, but I have no evidence the Porcupine was directly involved in that, so it's hard to write it.
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article uses a few too many colloquialisms, but they do not obscure meaning. In any event, please let me know if you have any questions. Best, --
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The phrase "killed in the inevitable hail of bullets that would follow" β why not just say "killed in a potential battle with Hancock's soldiers"?
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