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I would like to make a list of notable events of abuse and abusers in the therapeutic community e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Pazder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Feeling_Therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provo_Canyon_School etc. I have no clue on how to start --SmallestPaulist (talk) 02:08, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@SmallestPaulist: Start by carefully reading the guidelines for list articles: Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists, especially the section of that article on appropriate topics for lists: Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists#Appropriate_topics_for_lists. Then, to create a draft list 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.

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Please 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?} 03:38, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Okay my understanding is that I draft the list article and then wait for it to be approved .

I was a wikipedian back in the wild west days but haven't edited for more than a decade — Preceding unsigned comment added by SmallestPaulist (talk • contribs) 20:02, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Would die of shame if I used an LLM for anything other than goofing on LLMs so check.

I luckily have never had a bad therapist so check.

I can I show sensitivity to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons

by leaving out the living or just by making sure the articles on the list document the abuse? SmallestPaulist (talk) 20:01, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@SmallestPaulist: Don't forget to sign your Talk page comments using the four tildes (~~~~, without the parens) at the end of the comment. That applied even in the days of old when we dug up the gold. Making sure that each article listed both mentions the abuse and has reliable sources within the article to support the facts is always a good idea. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 20:52, 9 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, As recommended, we've proposed the suggested changes on the talk page of Karlheinz Brandenburg in January and are waiting for feedback. So far, no Wikipedia volunteer has responded. Do you have any advice on what we can do? Many thanks in advance. Best Fribbel at Brandenburg Labs (talk) 08:39, 11 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Fribbel at Brandenburg Labs: The reality of Wikipedia is that it is edited and created almost entirely by volunteers. Do keep in mind that there are over 7 million articles on the English Wikipedia alone and, as of today, less than 300,000 active editors, defined as logged on volunteers who have made at least one edit in the past 30 days. Further, as you can see from clicking on the Page information link in the left column (or under "Tools" in the default Vector 2022 view), the article's Talk page had has had just 6 views in the past 30 days. The only advice we can give is: "patience". Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 12:21, 11 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello—it’s a pleasure to meet you. I am using a translation tool, so I apologize in advance if any of my English phrasing sounds unnatural. Would it be possible for someone to review the current draft of my article, "800 Cherries"? This is my first time creating a Wikipedia page, and I reached out in the hope of receiving some feedback—specifically regarding whether the formatting of the references and citations is set up correctly. I struggled quite a bit with handling the references, so creating this page ended up taking me a considerable amount of time! (Laughs.) Thank you for taking the time to read this! --Oreoiscool99 (talk) 23:20, 11 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Oreoiscool99: Your draft, Draft:800_Cherries, was just submitted for review today. As the review notice at the top indicates, it may take 3 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 4,582 pending submissions waiting for review. You'll be notified when the review is complete. I don't review drafts articles on request, as that is the function of the volunteers on the new pages patrol and new articles review teams. Patience. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 23:32, 11 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh okay. Got it! Oreoiscool99 (talk) 01:11, 12 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:37, 14 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Glane23! Thank you for taking the time out to help me. I'm mostly new to wikipedia and would love to ask you a few questions about editing articles. How can I learn more about wikipedia as a whole, is there a few online courses you would recommend or maybe a student portal here? Excited to hear from you. --MotorsportArchivePK (talk) 02:57, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@MotorsportArchivePK: There are two general guide articles I'd suggest to start. See our introduction: Wikipedia:Introduction. We also have an editing tutorial that every new editor should read: Wikipedia:Tutorial. I added a welcome note with some other links to your user Talk page. Also, be aware that Wikipedia prohibits the use of LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) to create or edit articles: Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 04:10, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You mentor, me mentee smth. Anyway, what would you recommend in the case of proving a negative? Providing a reliable source for "x has never happened" is pretty much impossible. --Uncreativenaming (talk) 08:08, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Uncreativenaming: Dive that rabbit hole: Burden_of_proof_(philosophy)#Proving_a_negative. But seriously, see Wikipedia:Verifiability. If there is no reliable source for a fact, that fact does not belong in a Wikipedia article. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 13:31, 15 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

^ thanks

How would you recommend I describe (in my edit notes) removing stuff that repeats itself to make a point.

For instance: The dictionary is now a standard reference resource in the profession, used globally by social work professionals

Vs: The dictionary is now a standard reference resource in the profession. Uncreativenaming (talk) 02:38, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Uncreativenaming: Try either and see what response, if any, then handle per: Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 03:30, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

^ thanks again

Any idea how to format this mess? (It's a quote with a quote inside it with a quote inside it with a quote inside it.)

"Umm Darda was a regular guest of Abd al-Malik, and he would ask her questions about the Prophet, peace be upon him. He said, "He arose one night and called his maid. However, she wasn't fast enough for him, so he cursed her. In response, she said, "Do not curse, for Abud-Darda relayed to me that he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, say, "Those who curse will not be witnesses or interceders on the Day of Judgement."""" Uncreativenaming (talk) 12:40, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Uncreativenaming: See the Manual of Style article: Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Quotation marks. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 13:18, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your thorough and diligent attention to my inquiry! Ajk1962f (talk) 00:33, 19 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

How do i speedy delete something? --Oreoiscool99 (talk) 18:16, 19 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Oreoiscool99: Start by reading about the process: Wikipedia:Deletion_process. Be sure that the article meets the criteria for speedy deletion, as outlined in the article Wikipedia:Speedy_deletion. The section within that article, Wikipedia:Speedy_deletion#Requesting_speedy_deletion, explains how to tag an article with one (or more) of the criteria for speedy deletion. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 19:06, 19 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for helping me out in the past! Your an amazing mentor to Wikipedia.

(Zakk😎) 13:58, 20 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Cheese!!! Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 15:26, 20 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Keegan (WMF) (talk) 16:35, 20 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I noticed that the Wikipedia article "Old Lee High School (Massachusetts)" is wrong and that a new one should be created for the Lee Middle and High School since they merged with the middle school the old article should also have all the current info moved from that article to the new one since the old building is no longer the school it moved across town how would I do this. Thank you, Jay --Jaypet12 (talk) 14:11, 26 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaypet12: Well, you’ve managed to muddle things up by moving the article twice, as shown in its history. If you wanted to create a new article about the current school, you could 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.

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Once the draft is accepted, you could reconstitute the existing article into an article about the historical school with a link to the new article. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 14:27, 26 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, i've recently taken interest in editing wikipeda; as i have been relying on wikipedia for years and would like to contribute to my favourite website. I would like to know how to link arctiles; as i have just publish some edits and would like to reference them to other articles. Thanks, buzzy --Buzzybeegamer22 (talk) 18:35, 26 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Buzzybeegamer22: My first suggestion is that you slow down, as most of your edits so far have been adding wiki links, some of them questionable. For example, this edit to R. Austin Freeman created a wiki link to the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, but what you linked in the article was a chapter title of the work, The Singing Bone (1912), by the author. It may be a story title taken from the title of the Grimm tale, but Freeman's story is something other than a German fairy tale. The context is inappropriate, if you get my meaning. I fear that many of your other links have the same issue and I suggest going back over your contributions to re-think and perhaps undo your link creations. See this article section in the Manual of Style on overlinking: Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking#What_generally_should_not_be_linked. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 19:38, 26 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

so sorry genuinely thought that it liked to the right thing ill recheck all my edits too eager for my own good :) Buzzybeegamer22 (talk) 20:38, 26 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Geoff, I have been going through the suggested edits feature and been adding some citations that I could find after research. I have been suggested Woooo! as a page that needs a source for its Plot section. I have looked at a couple of other pages for other HIMYM individual episodes and they don't have sources for their plot section. Would I be okay removing the maintenance template that says it has no sources? --Arhenry93 (talk) 18:36, 28 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Arhenry93: I assume you read the general guide: Help:Maintenance_template_removal. The best thing to do is to find reliable sources for the plot section of the article and adding them before removing the maintenance tag. That other articles (a) have no references and (b) have no maintenance tags is not a good reason to remove the tag. Ideally, facts in Wikipedia's articles are supported by references so that the readers can verify the facts for themselves by reading the sources cited. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 18:43, 28 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I read that guide, and was going off of point 9 under "When to Remove" as the only other plot summaries I could find that I could reference were to the HIMYM fandom wiki, or IMDB, which either points back to wikipedia itself, or doesn't have as much detail. I assume that the plot summary came from someone actually watching the episode, and as far as I can tell, I can't cite a TV episode itself? Arhenry93 (talk) 18:52, 28 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Arhenry93: Well, see the Manual of Style (MOS) section on plot summaries. Given that Wikipedia is not for something you made up, having reliable sources prevents fiction and opinion presented as fact. The MOS section includes the statement: "Plot summaries, and other aspects of a program's content, such as its credits, may be sourced from the works themselves, as long as only basic descriptions are given". If the episode can still be viewed, then it could be a source for a plot summary, is what this means to me. But see the case of lost or unavailable episodes which cannot be viewed. Those need secondary sources. This is all about verifiability. Wikipedia has no paid staff of fact-checkers and editors who verify facts in the articles. Just volunteers like you and me. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 19:32, 28 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Okay thanks, I think I will circle back to this after I get a bit more experience with other editing work. And in the meantime see if I can find anything better as a source.

Thanks for your help! Arhenry93 (talk) 20:55, 28 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I would like to add an article on a historical figure who left a substantial number of unpublished watercolours of Haitian flora and fauna. The 18th- century French engineer is mentioned in one published book on architecture in Haiti, and his natural history work is the subject of a major research project (with a website). The watercolours are available on Internet Archive. I would like some advice on establishing notability. --Ageratina (talk) 20:08, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Ageratina: The best way is to 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.

It might also help if you read the general notability guideline: Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. This essay on source criteria, Wikipedia:GNG source criteria, might also prove helpful.

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.

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Please 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?} 21:08, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Geoff. I have completed an article in the Sandbox. The article is based on current research. I have only added one image as a test. The images are available for free use on the web - Permissions grant world-wide rights for nonexclusive use of the images, including e-book publications, in all languages, editions and formats or productions. Authorization is required for any subsequent use of the reproductions. I am not sure about how to best add captions etc, so that would appreciate some suggestions. I would, however, like to review the uploading to Wikimedia with the librarians. I am assuming I can add additional images later? Ageratina (talk) 23:12, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Ageratina: About this sandbox draft: User:Ageratina/sandbox. You can add any image from Commons, as all image files on Commons are free to use. Since the descriptions on Commons contain all information about the images and copyrights, you need only add the simple descriptive caption and need not repeat all the origin information. In other words, your image could simply be captioned something like: "Peut-on-voir (Hispaniolan Nightjar) by René Gabriel de Rabié". Right-clicking on the image in the draft article links to the Commons file page, which includes the description and origins, so no need to repeat all that for each image in an article. Once you are ready to submit your draft for review, it can be moved to draftspace from your own sandbox and then submitted (you'll need move permission to do this, which will automatically attach to your user account when you have made 6 more edits over another 4 days on Wikipedia itself). Moving a page is explained here: Wikipedia:Moving_a_page. To submit a draft once moved, follow the instructions under "Submitting for review" in this article: Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation. All articles, including drafts, can be edited by any volunteer at any time and most are gradually edited and improved over time. So, yes, you could add images later. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 04:11, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Let me start by saying that my native language is not English. That's why I don't fully understand what you're writing.

I need to explain.

When I first opened the Air Foyle page, I found a text that completely ignored its origins and the important role it flew for TNT in the UK and Europe. No mention of the passenger charter subsidiary. Instead, there was information about its contacts with Antonov and the ill-fated joint venture with Heavylift, which accounted for about a third of Air Foyle's business.

I thought Air Foyle deserved a longer and more comprehensive text. Isn't that right?

If you can write a better text than mine, go ahead. I'll be happy to read it. Settignano (talk) 12:54, 4 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Settignano: If only you had included in your note to Drmies that you were writing about a new draft you had created, Draft:Air Foyle Ltd., which Drmies had edited recently, rather than the existing article, Air Foyle HeavyLift, I would not have created the note at all. And by the way, the Alice I wrote about over on Drmies' Talk page is the Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, who followed a white rabbit down a rabbit hole and ended up in a land of wonder. Keep calm and carry on. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 13:11, 4 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

How can I change the name of my article in sandbox and submit it for review? --SkyGra (talk) 18:56, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@SkyGra: I moved it for you to draftspace, with the title "Zinc finger protein 329": Draft:Zinc_finger_protein_329. This title corresponds to other articles about Zinc finger proteins, such as Zinc_finger_protein_226, etc. Follow the directions in this article, Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation, under "Submitting for review", to place your draft in the new articles review queue. (Note that it can be 3 months, or more, before anew draft is reviewed, as there is a very large backlog.) Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 19:15, 6 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]