User talk:Robinhoodlives

Welcome Robinhoodlives!

You seem to have figured out the general lay of the land and have made some great contributions. People from all walks of life contribute to Wikipedia, and I think you will find much to interest you. Here are some links that you might find useful in your travels.

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Don't try to read it all, but the tips on editing are useful and you may find yourself wondering about some of those policies... You may not&mdash;but I find them useful when there are differing points of view.

Oh, and it is a good idea to sign comments on talk pages. The wiki automatically signs for you and adds the date/time if you type four tildes (the squiggly key in the upper right hand side of your keyboard) like this: ~. Three tildes adds just your name (no date). I hope you enjoy your time here. Sunray 16:43, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Editing the Kanesatake articles
Robinhoodlives, I note you haven't done any editing in the last few days. I hope it wasn't anything I said that caused you to cease editing. As I said above, I thought your contributions were great. Writing in an encyclopedia is somewhat different than other kinds of writing. As a newcomer, you are not expected to know all the ins and outs (nor is anyone, really). The worth of this project is in people workiing together to provide informative, interesting articles with a neutral point of view. While each of us has a particular point of view, working together, we are often able to do what no one individual could&mdash;at least, that is the hope. It often works like that in my experience. I think that the Kanesatake articles are worth some effort, and won't pretend that I know much about the politics of the Nation. However, I can help. I've done a lot of editing of Wikipedia and am interested in improving articles about First Nations issues, which, while they are getting better, have, in the past suffered from lack of attention. Sunray 17:14, 13 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I also wanted to ask you something about the name sha ko hen the tha. The article includes it with the John Harding name, thus: John sha ko hen the tha Harding.  However, someone (you, I believe) placed it in brackets in the Steven Bonspille article, thus: John (sha ko hen the tha) Harding.  It could also be added after the John Harding name.  We can change the name of the article if we want, or leave it as it is.  Any thoughts?  Also, it might be good to talk about the name and its origin in the article.  Can you give any info on this?  Sunray 17:24, 13 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I've changed the name, to John Harding (Sha ko hen the tha), as discussed. Do you have any info on the name other biographical details to add to the article? Sunray 15:11, 26 October 2005 (UTC)