User talk:Moornelas

March 2023
Hello! I'm Donald Albury. Your recent edit(s) to the page Taíno appear to have added incorrect information, so they have been reverted for now. If you believe the information you added was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. 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. Thank you. Donald Albury 20:54, 18 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello! I understand your concern and I believe that I had cited the official position of the United States Virgin Islands, which is displayed as a reference within the article. If the United States Virgin Islands officially declared that the Taíno people still exist today, then is it still declared as extinct? Moornelas (talk) 21:19, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The government of the Virgin Islands has recognized an organization whose members identify as Taino. That does not prove anything about the continued existence of the Taino people and culture. There is no dispute that many people in the Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora have Taino ancestors, and that bits and pieces of Taino culture have survived, primarily in rural locations, but there is no evidence that the Taino culture and people survived intact (or even in significant part) anywhere. The present peoples and cultures of the Caribbean Islands have derived in varying degrees in different locations from a mixture of indigenous (Taino and others), African and European peoples.
 * May I also direct your attention to the policy at Wikipedia:Edit warring, and the advice at Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. I will not be reverting you, although I suspect someone else will within a day or so. Donald Albury 21:57, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I am well-aware of Wikipedia's policies, as I had been an early contributor via another account since 2005, but have taken a very long hiatus. Moornelas (talk) 22:01, 18 March 2023 (UTC)