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Hi! Thank you for the correction. I'll make those adjustments. ForTheCulture1863 (talk) 14:21, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

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Thank you. I definitely understand. I shouldn't have published yet, so that was an error in judgement on my part. I was slowly working my way through all the information I've gathered and making adjustments as I went along. I'll be more careful in the future. ForTheCulture1863 (talk) 15:33, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

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Hi ForTheCulture1863! I noticed that you recently marked an edit as minor that may not have been. "Minor edit" has a very specific definition on Wikipedia – it refers only to superficial edits that could never be the subject of a dispute, such as typo corrections or reverting obvious vandalism. Any edit that changes the meaning of an article is not a minor edit, even if it only concerns a single word. Please see Help:Minor edit for more information. Thank you. Austronesier (talk) 08:45, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for the info! I'll keep that in mind moving forward. ForTheCulture1863 (talk) 18:46, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

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Thanks for the info! I was unaware and stopped when it was brought to my attention. I will be removing the content until I gather all of the scholarly sources that back up the claim of Sudanese origin as credible. GuinanTheListener (talk) 14:58, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Well, thanks, but no, you didn't, since you reverted after this, and after you were notified of the ANI thread. Please let it stop here. Drmies (talk) 15:02, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

I stopped reverting after you all responding to my comment and the discussion began. My initial comment, where I state that I was adding back the content, was the first time I actually saw the comment notifications. I wasn't refusing to reply. I wasn't aware there was actually a talk page nor a ANI thread until that moment. I'm new to wikipedia and didn't know user conversations and discussions were even possible. But I'm learning. All's good. GuinanTheListener (talk) 15:20, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

• * after you all responded to my comment and the discussion began

GuinanTheListener (talk) 15:21, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Skllagyook (talk) 00:35, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

• Skllagyook, I don't see why one of the US's major news outlets can't be trusted to accurately report a scientist's words. Drmies (talk) 00:38, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

@Drmies: Perhaps I am misunderstanding you. The NBC source I removed does not, as far as I can tell, quote a scientist as stating that the Bamileke or Tikar people originated in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, or Ancient Egypt. It concerns the dna evidence that an African American descends from the Tikar, and then repeats beliefs regarding their origins in those places without citing and contemporary scholarship to support the claims.Skllagyook (talk) 00:43, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

All of the additional contemporary scholarship by historians and anthropologists I've cited all say the say thing, which is that they are uncertain. I cite in the debate section. I will be re-adding what you removed due to that fact. ForTheCulture1863 (talk) 01:22, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Which contemporary historians and anthropologists say that, where, and what are they uncertain about? If you want to add statements they need to be reliably sourced (to WP:RS that explicitly support them. And if it is true that historians are uncertain about the origins of the Tikar, that does not constitute support for the theory that they are from Arabia or Egypt, unless those scholars explicitly argue for that. It would only support the statement that their specific origins are unknown (if that is what the sources say). Also, please do not add back disputed material until a WP:CONSENSUS has been reached, here, at ANI, or in the article's Talk page. Adding back disputed material without consensus would be edit warring. Skllagyook (talk) 01:37, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

I mean this in the most respectful way, I believe you are overlooking a very critical aspect of researching African ethnic groups: Oral Tradition. Every ethnic group does not write their history. This is why I am very intentional and careful with my word choice in the Debate section as well as the article as whole. The 5 leading researchers of the Tikar people and the people of Adamawa Region, who are cited throughout the article, all come to a common consensus: they don't know. They literally can't even agree amongst themselves because the Tikar people are one of the very few people in the world whose history lies completely on the stories of the Elders. I understand looking that this from a scholastic point-of-view. I do. However, you must look at it culturally as well. Even David Zeitlyn, the of those 5 researcher, says this constantly in his research. I quoted him in the Debate section for that very reason. ForTheCulture1863 (talk) 01:46, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

• looking at this from a purely scholastic point-of-view ForTheCulture1863 (talk) 01:47, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Your reinstatement of a disputed edit during a discussion is edit warring. I request that you undo it until consensus is reached. The scholars you cited do not seem to state that the theory of an Arabian origin for the Tikar is credible, and you seem to have stated that even within the oral tradition there is disagreement. As I understand the rules of Wikipedia, we edit based on scholarly/scholastic sources. Presenting an unsupported claim as more credible and mainstream than it is would be WP:UNDUE. Skllagyook (talk) 02:03, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

My apologies. It wasn't my intention to start an edit war. However, the scholars I cite say that don't the origin according to oral tradition is not credible. All they say on the matter is that they can't disregard the claim. If I state that fact by scholars and the theory, along with a credible source, how is that a violation of the rules of Wikipedia? From what I've read, theories can be cited as long as the uncertainty is listed (which I do multiple times on the page) with a credible source. It's also worth noting that this is actually a very mainstream claim in the field, as well as amongst historians in Cameroon. I respect everyone's opinions on this discussion. I really do. But removing the oral tradition of an African people, when the specific oral tradition is cited, seems disingenuous. It appears like an attempt to hide information. If scholars are saying they can't discount the theory, why can't that be mentioned along with the theory? The 5 leading researchers of the Tikar people admit that they don't know where the Tikar originated in their research, but that the Arabian origin and Mbum origins can't be discounted. That uncertainty is still apart of scholastic research, correct? Why can't it be included? ForTheCulture1863 (talk) 02:37, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

As I asked on the ANI page (it might be better to continue the discussion there), I think it would be helpful to name the scholars that say what you have described above and where they say it (sources, page numbers, etc.). Also, in the "History" section, you did not (that I could see) mention uncertainty. In your edit, the claims seemed to be presented as though they were mainstream and uncontested. Skllagyook (talk) 02:49, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

I responded on the ANI page. ForTheCulture1863 (talk) 03:06, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I noticed you removed the updated information with the new source. The NBC article was not the only cited source. I linked that for additional information about Tikar origins. A official website of the Tikar people, which quotes their oral tradition of the Arabian peninsula as a possible origin place was cited. In the update, I also reinforce that the Nile, specifically the Sudan, is the more widely accepted origin. Is there a reason you removed that information? GuinanTheListener (talk) 17:12, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

If you are referring to this site (https://onetikaronepeople.org/tikar-%26-bamileke-history), I removed it because it is not a scholarly source and is not sourced to one. Therefore it does not seem to be a reliable source (WP:RS) on such an academic/historical/anthropological topic. If you can find reliable scholarly sources (preferably contemporary/relatively recent - since older sources on African history were often influenced by the now fringe and highly problematic Hamitic hypothesis) by relevant experts giving credence to the view, then they should be admissible. Skllagyook (talk) 21:32, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

That's the issue. In many West African cultures, there's no issue finding sources because they were more in contact with Europeans. That's not the case with most Central African peoples. They often shun outsiders due to their private nature, so their oral traditions are the main references to their history. Solely believing a scholar who writes about a people rather than the actual people who've created a site with their oral traditions seems slightly problematic. The new edit was very intentionally stated that the Arabian Peninsula origin story was solely rooted in oral tradition and mentioned that it was a debated belief, so I believe we also have to look at the cultural ramifications of omitting their oral traditions simply because a Western scholar hasn't focused more indepth on their culture. Is there a compromise you are willing to accept? GuinanTheListener (talk) 02:09, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

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Re recent additions to Bamileke people

Regarding your recent Additions to the Bamileke people page, I have begun a topic on the Talk page. Hopefully we can discuss the issue. Here is the link. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bamileke_people#The_claim_of_Egyptian_origin Skllagyook (talk) 18:22, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

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