Talk:Suicide among Native Americans in the United States

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Marycneal. Peer reviewers: Mhvla, Yilin7456.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 03:54, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Proposed deletion
Hi, could you take a look at this article now and see what you think? It's now larger than it was originally. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 12:55, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, there's certainly far more content than there was when I made the deletion proposal. However, I remain unconvinced that giving this topic such substantial coverage isn't giving it undue weight. One of the many problems with these so-called "education" projects is that they tend to encourage a student to find a subject to create an article on because they need a subject to create an article on, rather than because they know of a subject which could do with an article. Sometimes this results in articles with various problems, such as having subjects which are not at all notable; on this occasion it has resulted in an article on a subject which is certainly notable enough for mention, but which I am not convinced warrants such extensive coverage. However, if you disagree and wish to contest the deletion proposal then I shall not complain. There are far bigger problems for me to spend my time on. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:11, 23 October 2017 (UTC)


 * I can definitely see your argument, however I do think that there's enough information to justify a more in-depth look at the topic at the very least. Whether it's enough to warrant its own article or it should be summarized for the section in the main article is something that can be debated, but I think that this is something that would more belong at AfD. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:25, 23 October 2017 (UTC)


 * and thank you both for the advice. I had originally planned on contributing to the main Contemporary issues article as you suggested, but decided to make a separate article considering the quantity of information which may not match the balance of the Contemporary issues article. I will continue to evaluate the best course of action with further input from my professor, you, and other advisors. --Marycneal (talk) 15:00, 23 October 2017 (UTC)


 * This is an important topic and Marycneal has listed over ten scholarly references that she plans to use in creating this article on her userpage. DStrassmann (talk) 21:08, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Peer review
This article uses links well, is very readable, and is organized in a coherent way. I wouldn't recommend any major changes, but when skimming the article, multiple source authors' names dotted throughout are confusing without explicitly stating "in a study" or similar language for clarity. To improve the article, I would suggest you go through and double check for typos and grammatical errors, as there are a few dotted throughout. Also, adding one or two illustrations would be nice. Overall, good work! Mhvla (talk) 17:22, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

You did a great job introducing us to a topic that is of great significance but rarely discussed! I personally found it very mind-blowing how suicidal behavior could relate to cultural aspects of an ethnic group. I especially like the “protective factors and prevention” section, talking about how taking protective measures are more effective than eradicating risky factors. I think the most important thing to work on is probably revising the language of the second section to make it a bit more colloquial (more direct information, and less researches), and adding more protective factors if possible (I recognize this may be a topic with limited published papers). All in all, thanks for an interesting exposure! Yilin7456 (talk) 00:46, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Cultural theories of suicide by tribe
According to Lester, the Mohave have a defined theory explaining the causation of suicide, in which declining connection and commitment to the whole society and increasing dependence on a romantic relationship endanger an individual to suicide in the case of relationship distress.

If anyone has found or knows where to find similar information for other specific Native American tribes, I think it would be valuable to this article. Native American communities' own historical and current perspectives on suicides is largely missing from this article, and ought to be improved if possible. --Marycneal (talk) 18:06, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Final suggestions for your article
Hi! It looks like the article has come together nicely. At this point, I think it's pretty clear that the stand-alone article was the right way to go. My biggest suggestion for final improvements would be to take another pass at the lead section. This part — "However, more and better data collection, research, and funding is needed to improve the response to both suicide and the problems underlying it." — needs to be explicitly attributed rather than stated as fact, and probably doesn't belong in the lead. There's also a lot in the body that *doesn't* get covered in summary form in the lead. Expanding it to about two paragraphs and focusing on making it a summary of the rest of the article would improve it a lot, I think.--Sage (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:54, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

Editing Wikipedia Assignment
Hi! I am a college student looking to edit a Wikipedia article of my choice. I am very interested in the factors driving suicidal ideations in the Native American community and I would like to improve this piece. For more information, please visit my User Page, as I have posted more details about my plans and also sources I have chosen to edit this article. (Evelyn4712 (talk) 01:43, 15 September 2023 (UTC))