User talk:OjibweNichi

Hello. This really isn't the place to post an obituary. Please don't repost it. Thank you. - Lucky 6.9 19:58, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Michael James Boyd
Some of the people, places or things you have written about may not be sufficiently well-known to merit articles of their own. The Wikipedia community welcomes newcomers, and encourages them to become Wikipedians. On Wikipedia, all users are entitled to a user page in which they can describe themselves, and this article's content may be incorporated into that page. However, to merit inclusion in the encyclopedia proper, a subject must be notable. We encourage you to write or improve articles on notable subjects. Please don't take offense. I am sympmathetic to your loss but Wikipedia just isn't the place. -WarthogDemon 19:59, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Please do not repost the content. Wikipedia is not a memorial. Thank you. - Lucky 6.9 20:00, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to do this to you, but: This is your last warning. The next time you create an inappropriate page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. - Lucky 6.9 20:02, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I'd suggest that you look at WP:BIO for our standards for inclusion. Unless a person meets those rather high standards, they shouldn't have an article on wikipedia. Sorry for your loss. bikeable (talk) 20:26, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Two possible criteria which you may wish to consider researching are:
 * 1) Is it in any way notable (in Wikipedia, not personal, terms) that he was made an honorary chief at the age of 4? Is this the youngest ever Ojibwe chief, for example?
 * 2) You mention his paintings as being "well-known" in certain areas. Any exhibitions verifiably recorded by WP:RS reliable sources? Any of these painitings, or his career in general, mentioned in reliable sources?

As bikeable mentions above, the criteria for biographies are rather high; please don't take it as a personal slight that the article on your brother doesn't appear to meet them. Tonywalton | Talk 20:39, 30 November 2006 (UTC)