User talk:Glane23

Geoff Lane

How to publish on main page --Gurpartap Singh Gill (talk) 23:21, 5 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Gurpartap Sigh Gill: You cannot publish directly on the Main Page. Do you mean, "how is it that an article is published on Wikipedia"? Are you trying to write about yourself, as with your sandbox draft at User:Gurpartap Singh Gill/sandbox? Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 23:38, 5 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Yes ~2026-38416-39 (talk) 00:47, 6 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Gurpartap Sigh Gill: Always be sure to log on with your user account before editing. As to your article about yourself, you should be aware that autobiographies are strongly discouraged for the reasons explained here: Wikipedia:Autobiographies. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 03:37, 6 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hey how do i join a wikiproject? I wanted to join the outer space one --NivanJshi (talk) 20:46, 6 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@NivanJshi: There are 5 projects related to outer space: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Directory/Science,_technology,_and_engineering_WikiProjects#Outer_space_WikiProjects. Just go to a project main page, such as Wikipedia:WikiProject_Astronomical_objects, to learn how to participate. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 21:26, 6 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello Glane23, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:Hygordamedee, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The reason given is not a valid speedy deletion criterion. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 02:00, 9 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Whpq: Thanks for the feedback. I'll take it to MfD, as perhaps I should have done in the first place. (Perhaps this one would have warranted speedy if I had tagged it as WP:G11?) Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 03:23, 9 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi, Glane23. You are cordially invited to the brand new Wikipedia:Mentorship noticeboard. I get the impression sometimes that we mentors are each toiling in our own cubbyhole, quietly answering mentee questions with little to no interaction with other mentors. I think we have a lot to share and learn from each other, and I know it will make me feel better just having the opportunity to interact with you and other mentors there, and I hope it will for you, too. Looking forward to hearing your feedback. Please take the §Survey when you get there! Mathglot (talk) 03:16, 11 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hey Glane, I'm new on wikipedia and I made this account to hopefully make a page about a band I listen to. Is it possible to create pages or it's only possible for older accounts to maintain wikipedia's professionalism? Thanks in advance. --Bencenope (talk) 19:21, 11 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Bencenope:: To begin writing your first article, start here: Help:Your_first_article, which will help you decide whether the topic you want to write about is suitable for a Wikipedia article. If your subject is suitable for Wikipedia, you can choose the option to create a draft and submit it for review by other editors as a part of the "Articles for Creation" project (WP:AFC). The members of this project are experienced editors, though there is much greater demand for their services than there is supply, so you may need to wait a while before your draft is reviewed.

Note that using an LLM, such as ChatGPT, etc., to create or edit an article is prohibited: Wikipedia:Writing_articles_with_large_language_models.

Once you submit your draft, it will be placed into a category where it will be open for review by anyone who reviews submissions. If your submission is approved (which may take more than 3 months because of the current backlog) then an editor will accept it, and you will be notified of the article's creation. If your submission is not accepted, a note will be left on the page describing what can be improved, and you will be notified of this via a message on your "Talk" page.

Note that if you are interested in the publication of an article to which you are very close (e.g., an article about a member of your family, your business, your club/organization/school, or yourself) you probably have a conflict of interest: if so, it will be absolutely critical that you disclose this when you create the article. Please see Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest for information about doing so properly. If you do not do this, your user account may become permanently blocked and the article may be deleted.

Let me know if you have further questions. Thank you for your interest in Wikipedia, and welcome to the community! Good luck! Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 20:34, 11 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Thanks for the help! ~2026-39331-54 (talk) 02:13, 12 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

How I can I get my name on search engines --PromotaAfric (talk) 23:42, 11 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@PromtaAfric: You created a draft article on your account user page. As this is not a permitted use of that page, I have moved the draft for you to Draft:Ayiik_Benjamin_Kuch, where you can continue to work on it and, when ready, submit for review for possible inclusion on Wikipedia. I can see several issues with the draft. Even though I am not going to review your draft article as one of the new page patrol volunteers, I will give you my thoughts for consideration.

First, it is clear that you used an LLM to create the article, which is a violation of Wikipedia policy: Wikipedia:Writing_articles_with_large_language_models. You should start by rewriting the article yourself, without the use of the LLM.

Second, there are no references. Every Wikipedia article needs to have each of its facts verifiable by citing reliable sources as references: Wikipedia:Citing_sources.

Third, Wikipedia is not a venue for promotion of yourself or anything or anyone else: Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. It is also not a blog or web hosting service: Wikipedia is not a web host.

If your purpose is to "get my name on search engines", I suggest you try elsewhere. No doubt an SEO and a web hosting company can advise you in that regard. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 00:29, 12 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello mentor, I wanted to restore an article on the school Seven Eleven Scholastic school; which i saw some years ago but was taken down. I am globally blocked for no reason till 2028!!? why is my ip address so cursed? i submtted an appeal --KrishivSukul (talk) 10:03, 13 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Maybe they fixed it. At least i wont grow busy KrishivSukul (talk) 10:04, 13 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@KrishivSukul: I gather this is resolved, as your account is not blocked? You may have seen the block notice because you tried editing while using a VPN, proxy or iCloud relay. Usually, it is necessary to disable those before editing, as even logged on users may be blocked while trying to edit with a VPN, etc. activated. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 12:59, 13 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Thanks KrishivSukul (talk) 12:13, 14 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@KrishivSukul: I edited your user page for you. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 13:04, 13 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello Geoff,

I hope you are well. You were assigned to help guide me on Wikipedia, so I wanted to ask for your advice regarding the article about Dina Patel.

The article has now been nominated for deletion. The nominator’s main concerns are that the subject may be borderline under WP:GNG, that the article is written in an overly promotional style, and that parts of it appear AI-generated.

There have also been earlier problems with the article’s accuracy. Anonymous IP editors repeatedly changed important biographical details, including the date and place of birth, without reliable sourcing. I understand that this is separate from the deletion discussion, but it has made the article unstable.

There are several published sources about the subject, including substantial coverage in Dawn/Eos, BOL News, RFE/RL and the Daily Times. The article itself may need a major neutral rewrite, removal of promotional material, stronger citations and possibly the removal of unsupported or disputed claims.

Could you please advise me on the correct steps to take?

In particular:

• Should I participate in the deletion discussion, and how should I frame the response?
• Would it be better to request a neutral rewrite, draftification or assistance from an uninvolved editor?
• Should the repeated unsourced IP changes be raised separately as a protection issue?
• As someone connected to the subject, what edits should I avoid making directly?
• Are the existing independent sources likely to be sufficient, or should more sourcing be found before arguing for retention?

I do not want to interfere improperly with the deletion process. I just want to follow Wikipedia’s policies and make sure the article is assessed using accurate information, reliable sources and neutral wording.

Your guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you. P.S Voltaire said it right :) MotorsportArchivePK (talk) 19:06, 13 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@MotorsportArchivePK: I can't interfere with the AfD process which has just begun. You made your comment in that discussion and you'll need to let that play out as others consider the nomination. AfD is not the place to debate the merits of an article by repeated back-and-forth postings. You posted your statement there, now wait to see what happens. As far as protecting the article from temporary and new use account edits, it was semi-protected on 25 June. The protection was set to persist until 26 July. You did mention one thing, that you are "someone connected to the subject". In what way? Editors with a conflict of interest need to disclose that conflict, as per WP:COI. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 20:50, 13 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Thank you for your guidance Geoff, I understand that the AfD discussion should now be allowed to proceed without repeated back-and-forth comments. My connection to the subject is limited to my activity on Wikipedia.

I have been researching and editing content relating to Pakistani motorsport, particularly rally racing, including the Cholistan Desert Rally, the Jhal Magsi Desert Challenge and the Dina Patel article. I have monitored the latter more closely over the past few weeks because some of my edits led to discussion on the article’s talk page.

Please let me know if any further clarification or disclosure is required.

Thank you.

MotorsportArchivePK (talk) 21:32, 13 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Teach me your ways, senpai. --Kahune (talk) 00:42, 14 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Kahune: "Wax on, wax off. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 02:52, 14 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello, am i new to editing. --Jjsvoid2 (talk) 13:18, 14 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Jjsvoid2: Welcome! I assume you signed up because you were interested in creating a new article. Some advice, whether or not that was your first impulse:

Creating a new article from scratch is extremely challenging, and new editors are strongly recommended to spend a few months learning how Wikipedia works, by making improvements to some of our existing seven million articles before trying it. When you do decide to have a go at a new article, you are highly encouraged to read Help:Your first article. If you haven't already also check out the tutorial; it's a lot of fun! Happy editing! Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 13:32, 14 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Thanks senior for your words.I will put my hardwork on learning editing and typos. ~2026-39544-68 (talk) 13:41, 14 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Jjsvoid2: Always logon on with your account before editing. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 13:43, 14 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

i think this pictograph has some or may alot of details about a girl and some other demi-human but the title is kinda unmatchable by the way the end. ~2026-39544-68 (talk) 13:38, 14 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Jjsvoid2: Which article are you writing about? Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 13:44, 14 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Mujhe samaj nahi aa raha he please help call ya msg --Yo bro 1817 (talk) 07:00, 15 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Yo bro 1817: Sorry, this is the English Wikipedia. And there is no telephone help facility anywhere on Wikipedia. If what you wish is to help edit, you may find more success at the Hindi Wikipedia. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 12:23, 15 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:02, 20 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello, I was wondering if an entire category seems to be pulled from a single source and the category does not have any sources already cited, how should I go about citing it? Should I just cite the source at the end of the category, or after every section within the category? For example the history section of this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart_of_Jesus_Catholic_School Thank you! --Ryqza (talk) 21:44, 20 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Ryqza: For that article you mentioned, add a citation for each of the sections, which are, by and large, just one sentence stating a fact for a year. Each fact cited in an article should have a reference so that the readers can verify the fact for themselves by reading the reference cited for the fact. It will help you understand the use of references if you start by reading this article, Wikipedia:Citing_sources, and then for help on how to create inline citations, this article Help:Referencing_for_beginners. If you'd like more information about contributing to Wikipedia, you may want to see our introduction: Wikipedia:Introduction. We also have an editing tutorial that every new editor should read: Wikipedia:Tutorial. Beyond citing references, the entire article could be rewritten as paragraphs summarising the history, rather than as sections year-by-year. Further, the one citation you added is from the article subject's own website, and is thus a primary source, rather than a third party, independent publication. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 22:57, 20 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello.. how can I create a page regarding a historical site in my town of Littlerock CA --Littlerock665 (talk) 23:38, 20 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Littlerock665: There is already an article: Littlerock,_California. Perhaps you could edit the article to add to it? Before plunging in, may I suggest reading the introduction, Wikipedia:Introduction, and also taking the tutorial that every new editor should read: Wikipedia:Tutorial. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 23:54, 20 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

ok.. let me gather my information regarding the Alpine Grange that is located in Littlerock..

Thank you for your prompt response Littlerock665 (talk) 23:57, 20 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Good morning. I have a bunch of semi-started articles in my sandbox that do not have enough notability to move forward on, sadly. can you please advise on how do i remove them? Thank you. --Marcellepedia (talk) 17:47, 21 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Marcellepedia: Add a speedy deletion tag to each as noted in this section of the article: Wikipedia:Speedy deletion. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 13:17, 22 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello Glane23! I would like to add some information to an existing article -- I do have a COI so I would like to disclose that-- what is the best way to go about doing that? I have read that the edits should be made as suggestions on the talk page of the article. It would be great to have your help if you are available! --GatorLator (talk) 18:19, 22 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@GatorLator: Just disclose your COI, whether as a paid editor or with a general COI, when posting to the Talk page per: Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest#How_to_disclose_a_COI. There is an edit tool you can use to do both:

You can request edits be made to the article by going to Wikipedia:Edit_Request_Wizard and following its instructions. For the first step, you'd be clicking the button appropriate to your relationship to the article subject, or the last button, if the article is protected. Fill in your proposals for the article in the blanks presented, and be sure to press the Publish changes button when done. This will post a request on the article's Talk page, which can be reached by clicking the Talk tab at the top of an article, and flag it for the attention of any interested volunteer. (On the mobile app, the link to the Talk page is found at the end of the article.) Your comment will be signed with your username.

Note that using an LLM, such as ChatGPT, etc., to create or edit an article is generally prohibited: Wikipedia:Writing_articles_with_large_language_models.

It will be essential that, along with your suggested changes, you provide links to reliable sources as references. Reliable sources are described here: Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources..

Also, your proposed changes should be in the form of "x should be Y," "add w to z," "remove b," and so forth. In other words, as specific as possible. Avoid long passages of text which the volunteers may find hard to follow. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 18:56, 22 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Amazing—thank you for the insightful information! How does this request look to your eyes? Talk:Tom Wiscombe GatorLator (talk) 20:26, 22 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@GatorLator: Looks fine. Note that one of the volunteers posted a reminder just below your addition to both read the COI guide and to also add a note about your conflict of interest on your user own page. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 21:23, 22 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Yes, thank you, I updated my user page with my COI.

What did they mean by "nowiki tags? The template was designed to be shown on your page"? GatorLator (talk) 17:39, 23 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@GatorLator: "Nowiki" tags are HTML code which prevent an expression from executing. They look like <nowiki>some HTML, link, whatever</nowiki>. They are used to display the HTML code, rather than to allow it to execute. Remove them if you wish the code to execute and leave them in-place if what you want to display is the code itself. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 17:51, 23 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

I see--are they referring to my user page? Should I format this differently?

This user has publicly declared that they have a conflict of interest regarding the Wikipedia article Tom Wiscombe .

GatorLator (talk) 17:58, 23 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@GatorLator: In the edit view of your user page, remove all the <nowiki></nowiki> statements to have the COI template appear as it does on this Talk page. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 18:02, 23 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

is it better now? GatorLator (talk) 18:10, 23 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@GatorLator: Nope. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 21:01, 23 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Are you saying you have a COI template on your talk page? I don't see one... GatorLator (talk) 21:27, 23 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@GatorLator: Look at User:GatorLator now. I added the COI template you tried to add for you: {{UserboxCOI|1=Tom Wiscombe}}. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 22:52, 23 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Thank you so much! GatorLator (talk) 22:55, 23 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi, I uploaded an image to wikimedia and it was removed but It was my image i gave up all rights and all. What do you think happened? -S --RacingFan (talk) 12:40, 25 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@RacingSavva: I cannot find a record of your uploading an image to Wikipedia, either in your Contributions here, [Special:Contributions/RacingSavva]], or in your Contributions to Commons, Commons Special:Contributions/RacingSavva. What was the image filename and where was it uploaded? Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 16:09, 25 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

On 09:55, 7 April 2026 I added an image to Ginetta junior championship which I uploaded then I believe it was reverted for some reason. RacingFan (talk) 10:17, 26 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@RacingSavva and @Glane23: The image was deleted on Commons for not having permission. In solidarity, Aydo h8 ^{[what have I done now?]} 10:20, 26 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Do you know what premission I was lacking because I got all the right stuff from the photogrpaher. RacingFan (talk) 10:22, 26 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@RacingSavva You can get more info from c:Commons:Licensing. In solidarity, Aydo h8 ^{[what have I done now?]} 10:41, 26 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello! There is my first time to do something here XD. May I ask? How can I publish an article on Wiki? --Michaelmatyushov (talk) 13:25, 26 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Michaelmatyushov: I suggest you first see our introduction: Wikipedia:Introduction. We also have an editing tutorial that every new editor should read: Wikipedia:Tutorial.

Then, to begin writing your first article, start here: Help:Your_first_article, which will help you decide whether the topic you want to write about is suitable for a Wikipedia article. If your subject is suitable for Wikipedia, you can choose the option to create a draft and submit it for review by other editors as a part of the "Articles for Creation" project (WP:AFC). The members of this project are experienced editors, though there is much greater demand for their services than there is supply, so you may need to wait a while before your draft is reviewed.

Note that using an LLM, such as ChatGPT, etc., to create or edit an article is prohibited: Wikipedia:Writing_articles_with_large_language_models.

Once you submit your draft, it will be placed into a category where it will be open for review by anyone who reviews submissions. If your submission is approved (which may take more than 3 months because of the current backlog) then an editor will accept it, and you will be notified of the article's creation. If your submission is not accepted, a note will be left on the page describing what can be improved, and you will be notified of this via a message on your "Talk" page.

Note that if you are interested in the publication of an article to which you are very close (e.g., an article about a member of your family, your business, your club/organization/school, or yourself) you probably have a conflict of interest: if so, it will be absolutely critical that you disclose this when you create the article. Please see Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest for information about doing so properly. If you do not do this, your user account may become permanently blocked and the article may be deleted.

Let me know if you have further questions. Thank you for your interest in Wikipedia, and welcome to the community! Good luck! Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 13:59, 26 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi, I have tried to move my article to the draft space but have received this message:

• 13:20, 3 July 2026 Ageratina talk contribs moved page User:Ageratina/sandbox to Saint-Domingue Albums: Natural history of Haiti in the 18th century (Move to draftspace (WP:DRAFTIFY)) (revert) Tag: new user moving page out of userspace

Could you please advise how to move my article into the draft space? thanks! Ageratina (talk) 15:24, 27 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Ageratina: Done: Draft:Saint-Domingue_Albums. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 15:53, 27 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Note: Sufa.Talequo's mentor CatholicChristian is away.

Hi. Thank you for your help in the past. I'm following your advice and editing Wikipedia suggested edits. The one I am working on now is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittier_Regional_Vocational_Technical_High_School

I'm trying to update a table

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity (2018-2019)[5]

When I try to edit that table I don't see all the information. I'd like to add another reference to the table. Do you know how I can access and add another reference? Thank you! --Sufa.Talequo (talk) 17:15, 27 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Sufa.Talequo: When I view the section in the source editor view, I can see that section reference is: <ref>{{cite web |title=Enrollment Data (2018-19) - Whittier Regional Vocational (08850605) |url=http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=08850605&orgtypecode=6 |website=profiles.doe.mass.edu |access-date=17 October 2019}}</ref>. The tables are from a template: Template:Massachusetts_High_School_Student_Demographics_(9-12). The template has the references built in - they are simply renumbered in the article about the school. Editing a template is fraught with peril, so I do not recommend it. The template was last edited in 2022 by User:Babegriev, who last edited Wikipedia a month ago. If you want to propose changes in the content of the template, I suggest posting proposed changed on the template's Talk page, Template_talk:Massachusetts_High_School_Student_Demographics_(9-12), and pinging User:Babegriev. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 17:30, 27 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Wow - thank you for your quick reply.

I will take your advice and not try to change this table.

Thank you very much Sufa.Talequo (talk) 17:33, 27 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hello, My name is Jojo40777, I recently purchased a sterling silver tray. It has 4 hallmarks on upper back of the tray. 1. A lion with raised paw.

 2. Panther with crown.
 3. I low case
 4. King George III

On front is a family Crest. I have yet to decipher it. The markings read stealing silver, that tax was paid, 1786. Could this be right? --Jojo40777 (talk) 20:36, 28 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Jojo40777: Your question does not seem to be about the Wikipedia article, but about your own purchase. Unfortunately, we cannot help you with this request—as an organization that relies entirely on volunteer work, Wikipedia doesn't have the resources to research questions not directly connected to the Wikimedia projects. However, there is a page here on Wikipedia where various volunteers try to answer questions such as yours, called the Reference Desk. Although there is no guarantee that they can provide an answer, they can often do so. Please be specific in your question so that others can better assist you.

Anything you post to the Reference Desk will become public. Therefore, we do not recommend that you post personal information such as email addresses or phone numbers. Generally, once you post your question, you can check back on the webpage in a day or so to see if volunteers have been able to answer you. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 21:35, 28 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Any help fully --Abhishekyadav1994 (talk) 11:15, 3 August 2026 (UTC) Reply

@Abhishekyadav1994: What exactly did you wish to know? Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 12:22, 3 August 2026 (UTC) Reply