"::::::::Indeed.  I assume that Mr Merkey is aware that by his neo-stalinist purging of what he considers to be ""wannabee"" or ""fake"" indian groups, and his near-instantaneous deletion of any comments not in complete agreement with his POV, he is removing valuable and, more to the point, interesting, content from Wikipedia.  I have no disagreement with his flagging of non-federally recognised groups and bands as such, but I take exception at the manner in which it is done, the tone of Template:NorthAmNativeUnverified is aggressive and unpleasant, and his proposed policy positively reeks of racism.  The instant deletion of articles covering tribes or bands that, according to this proposed policy (created and edited, one will note, by one user only, and rejected by the community) is wholly unacceptable.  Please, someone with some punch, revert the worst of his edits.  

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