User talk:GourdKeeper

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this is my talk page if anyone has any questions in regards to my edits.

November 2019
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I have renamed your account from Nativeamericanchurchrestore. Are you saying you are just a member of the church, and not representing it as an organization? 331dot (talk) 10:55, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

That is correct - I am simply an NAC member representing myself singularly. I want to make this page better & not filled with error-prone statements that misrepresents to the public the true context of this church. What I edit & correct are not opinions, they are cited facts from legitimate sources. @331dot @Beeblebrox
 * Pings do not work unless you sign your post with four tildes( ~ ); I'm going to ping in case they have any additional comment.  I am concerned about your purpose here; do you understand that Wikipedia summarizes what independent reliable sources state about article subjects? See Verifiability, not Truth. Are there other subjects you are interested in editing about? 331dot (talk) 10:56, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

My sources are not only Verifiable but truthful - I'm referencing Omer Stewarts major work Peyote Religion - page by page - on what corrections I'm making. For example, The previous Music section made it seem that the Peyote Rattle & Water Drum were "part" of NAC music - not the ONLY 2 instruments used. Then no explanation was given on what those instruments were. Then, right after, there was obvious promotion to a native music group A Tribe Called Red - which other than the members being Native AND possibly being involved with the NAC, bares no context to the page & actually upsets Elders who view the page. The point of my edits is to keep Facts - only verified and cited - and not to add any "personal" opinions, which if you look at the current sections, theres QUITE a bit of. GourdKeeper (talk) 01:20, 6 December 2019 (UTC)GourdKeeper @331dot @Beeblebrox
 * Are you in contact with church elders regarding the article? 331dot (talk) 10:18, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Are you inferring that only NON NAC members are allowed to edit this page? I've seen elders in person almost CRY over the material on this page. This is our livlihood, and right now, this feels like an another non-native entity trying to tamp down on Factual information being presented in a good way. Keep me blocked if you want, but all you're doing is keeping people who WANT to help the content of this page FROM helping. GourdKeeper (talk) 00:49, 10 December 2019 (UTC)GourdKeeper @331dot
 * I'm sorry I haven't been back to this recently. I don't mean to infer anything.  If you are just a church member editing about the church, no problem.  If you have discussed edits to this article with church elders or representatives, it would be a conflict of interest.(you said that content "upsets" church elders) 331dot (talk) 15:47, 22 December 2019 (UTC)