User talk:LloydTaylor1/Chief Red Bird

Notability
The list of references seems disingenuous. For instance, Emmet Starr's History of the Cherokee Indians is a legitimate secondary source; however, it does not mention this individual at all. Redbird Smith, Red Bird Sixkiller, and Red Bird Harris are mentioned, but no "Red Bird" and no Aaron Brock. -Uyvsdi (talk) 07:32, 2 October 2010 (UTC)Uyvsdi
 * Regarding the claim this person signed the Treaty of Holston, every signer of the treaty is listed here: "Treaty of Holston, 1791," and his name in its various forms is not present. "References" in this article are personal genealogy sites and personal pages on Ancestry.com. This article is someone's unfinished genealogy research, which is no doubt very interesting to them and could warrant a web presence, but not a wikipedia article. -Uyvsdi (talk) 17:34, 2 October 2010 (UTC)Uyvsdi

Self published sources
User:LloydTaylor1, many of your sources are cited to what we call "self published sources". Please read our policies on reliable secondary sources and find other sources for this information you are including. If you fail to do so, the information and your citations can and will be removed as unreliably sourced.  He  iro 01:54, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Judging by this edit obviously means you are not reading the policy pages I have linked above. I have reverted it. Are you reading these messages at all? With no response, I may be forced to take this to WP:ANI to seek help from admins.  He  iro  02:14, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * This edit where you insert into the citation "This cannot be confirmed", where I assume you mean it cannot be confirmed by that source, because that information isn't in that source, implies you are not getting what is meant by citing sources. Would you please talk to me? Bring me your information here first, then I can tell you if it works for our policies. Continuing to ignore these messages isn't the way to edit here. I am assuming good faith for now, but not much longer.  He  iro  04:28, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * This edit where you use 2 wikipedia articles as citations is prohibited here Identifying reliable sources.  He  iro 07:03, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

To help you determine what are actually acceptable sources for use here, please see this Reliable source examples, this may help.  He  iro 07:07, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

self published sources removed
I have removed the self published sources. References to Wikipedia removed. As to the primary source of the Tennessee Governor, I will add the text of his letters--not just reference to them. ````Lloyd Taylor —Preceding unsigned comment added by LloydTaylor1 (talk • contribs) 21:35, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee, as primary source
The only source as to the date of death is from the letters of John Sevier, Governor of Tennessee. I am unable to find any secondary sources which are not self published. ````LloydTaylor

Notability-you need to establish it
Now that the majority (but not all) of the self published material and original research is removed, the article now needs to meet the burden of notability. Did this person do anything, be a part of anything, or his death instigate anything that is notable? Can it be proven in reliable secondary sources? For the criteria you need to follow, go here General notability guideline. Oh, and put ~ after you post to a talk page, it will automatically sign and date your comment.  He  iro 22:43, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * If the only mentions of the individual are private letters from 200 years ago and a memorial plaque (which have not always had stringent requirements for being erected), this person will likely fail NOTABILITY requirements. Did his death instigate a war or battle? Was there a famous court case involved over it? Was new legislation introduced because of it? If his only mentions are that he died, even under foul circumstances, he probably will not pass notability.  He  iro 22:53, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * A few other pages that may apply here Run-of-the-mill and Existence ≠ Notability. These will also apply at the other article you are currently working on Talk:Pierre Morlaiux.  He  iro 00:19, 6 October 2010 (UTC)