Talk:Michelle O'Bonsawin

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A fact from Michelle O'Bonsawin appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Michelle O'Bonsawin is the first Indigenous person appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Michelle O’Bonsawin.

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Age[edit]

What is her age? When was she born? This is a judicial appointment. How long will Canadians have her on the Supreme Court? 24.231.69.146 (talk) 05:20, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I will also note that Supreme Court Justice's mandatory retirement age is 75. 24.231.69.146 (talk) 05:23, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it that her age has not been widely reported? 76.71.136.15 (talk) 18:35, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly due to the first press release. But I also noticed this. Seems to be a major gap in her information/application process to the Court or its documents. 24.231.69.146 (talk) 19:00, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

She has been reported to be age 48, according to the Globe and Mail as of August 24, 2022. I have cited this fact in the article infobox. TheFeds 23:10, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 07:36, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Michelle O'Bonsawin is the first Indigenous person appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada? Source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-michelle-obonsawin-supreme-court/
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Eli N. Evans

Created by Patar knight (talk). Self-nominated at 23:54, 26 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new, long enough and neutral. It cites sources inline. "Earwig's Copyvio Detector" reports moderate rate of text similarities with "unlikely copyvio" result. The hook is well-formatted and interesting. Its length is within limit. Its fact is accurate with inline citation. QPQ was done. Good to go. CeeGee 09:02, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Slightly edited the hook to avoid the double "Canada". -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 23:32, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rendering of name: apostrophe[edit]

Should the name of this article's subject be rendered as O’Bonsawin (curly apostrophe, as presently), O'Bonsawin (straight apostrophe), Obonsawin or something similar using another character resembling an apostrophe? Wikipedia's usual style is to render apostrophes and quotation marks using the straight typographical characters. Our disambiguation page O' explicitly notes variations on the Anglicization of the Irish/Gaelic Ó#Irish. However, as best I can tell, O'Bonsawin is Abenaki and her name is unrelated to any historical Irish form. Is there a convention in Abenaki or related languages that would favour one particular spelling, and does an apostrophe or similar character have linguistic significance? (My impression is no.) Does O'Bonsawin personally distinguish between any of these forms? (Her judicial decisions listed on CanLII mostly use the O’ (curly) form, and occasionally the O' (straight) form—however it is unclear if that is because of her preference, her indifference, or technical aspects of the courts' record-keeping systems.) If her name reflected Irish heritage, it seems like Wikipedia editors would generally move the page to one with the O' (straight) form or the Ó form, but not the O’ (curly) form, depending on what the person called themself. Other Abenaki people sometimes use the form Obonsawin (example), but that does not appear to be the case for this person.

At present, absent evidence of the article's subject having a specific preference or evidence of significance to the distinction between curly and straight forms, I would propose moving to Michelle O'Bonsawin (straight apostrophe form), which is currently a redirect. TheFeds 23:44, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Appointed by: Mary Simon (should be King of Canada)[edit]

Mary Simon, as the Governor General of Canada, serves in a viceroy position, but technically, it is King Charles III

who officially appoints the Justices of the Supreme Court. So it should read "Appointed by: Mary Simon, on behalf of King CharlII" ii 199.116.241.58 (talk) 03:17, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]