User talk:405gal

February 2022
Hello, I'm Etnguyen03. I noticed that you recently removed content from Choctaw freedmen without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. See WP:REMOVAL, specifically the second paragraph; also, these are not minor edits. Etnguyen03 (talk) 03:30, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for reaching out. I feel as though this entire article will need to be re-written to a. relinquish bias of the previous author b. adequately explain the history of Choctaw Freedmen c. re-shift the focus BACK to the Choctaw Freedmen and their historical contributions

Not sure if you are familiar with the political strife regarding Freedmen and the Choctaw Nation, but the angle that the previous author took sounded as though it was meant to glorify the Choctaw Nation, not answer the question WHO WERE THE CHOCTAW FREEDMEN? I am not biased, I want to accurately portray the history of the Freedmen.

My goal initially was just to re-write the intro to take a way some of its bias, but I realized that all of it was riddled with inaccuracies which I hope to fix.

At this time, this article does not focus on the Choctaw Freedmen as much as it should. The parts that need a citation are missing citations, the subsections are irrelevant to the topic, and the body paragraphs deviate into tribal blood quantum politics, which is irrelevant. I stand by the idea of that the sub-sections should be removed and re-written.

405gal (talk) 04:07, 7 February 2022 (UTC)Court