User talk:Erichb1

Taíno people
Hello, Erichb1.

Thanks for your interest in that article.

Here's some advice about dead links. We don't automatically remove them. Instead, we check at http:\\web.archive.org to see see if they have copies of those documents. If they do, we add. Here's the diff for how I did that:

See you around. SamEV (talk) 22:36, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi SamEV. I appreciate the advice :)

I do however feel that the links you provided show that at least for the reference: ^ Documenting the Myth of the Taino Extinction, by Lynne Guitar. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine. That this reference is a self-serving non-peer reviewed website. If you look tat the following link sowing the editorial board, you will see that Lynne Guitar is the editor:

http://replay.web.archive.org/20030204061221/http://www.kacike.org/Editors.html

Clearly this is a self serving article. It is not peer reviewed, nor is there any supporting documentation to prove the statement. There is clear conflicts of interest here as the website has been set up exclusively to promote the idea that Taíno people still exist today so as to try and establish some basis for taking back land in these areas. As a result this reference should hardly be allowed to be used for something as fundamental as establishing whether or not the Taíno people exist in modern day culture. As a result I don't feel that this reference should be allowed to be used to support this contention. We need unbiased, peer reviewed references in this article if it is ever going to get the respect it deserves. As a result I am restoring my changes.

-Erichb1