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MediaWiki message delivery 19:24, 30 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

hello! Glad to have you as a mentor :) I was looking at an article on Crawford Power Station which needed more references, and I found a good source for it. However, the entire article was literally just copied and pasted from that website. Not a single change - even the citations were the same. But did the wiki article or did the outside article come first? And if the other article came first, can I use that as a citation? https://everything.explained.today/Crawford_Station/ thats the outside reference. --Geminitoast (talk) 23:03, 2 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Geminitoast: It looks like the Wikipedia article Crawford Station came first. At the bottom of the other article, it says:

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Crawford Station".

(they're allowed to use our article as long as they use the proper license and give credit.) ~ rusty ^meow ~ 23:17, 2 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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MediaWiki message delivery 16:17, 6 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and good day! We added articles by Katie to this Wikipedia page. I would like to know why it says the reason it was declined is that it is not adequately supported by reliable sources. I have added the newspaper and magazine interviews. Thanks. --Katie Hilborn (talk) 18:46, 8 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Katie Hilborn: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia!

The reason that the article was declined is because it did not have enough of what we consider reliable sources; the notability guidelines, or standards of inclusion, for articles about people. Basically, a person is notable if they are have significant coverage in multiple independent, reliable sources.

As an example from your draft, I would say that the Anthem Awards source does not go in-depth enough about Hilborn.

The other references don't seem to mention Hilborn at all, with the exception of the Speakers Associates source, though that is not considered an independent source.

Some of your links in the "External Links" section do provide significant coverage; though they're local news (newspapers covering a wider area would demonstrate more notability), they may be able to contribute.

Finally, I want to let you know about Wikipedia's guideline on autobiographies and conflict-of-interest editing. Although the draft reviewer didn't mention this, I did notice that your username is the same as the name of the person you're writing about. It is strongly discouraged to write about yourself, or someone you know personally; if someone is truly notable, they usually will have an article written on them sooner or later. Note that Wikipedia shouldn't be used as a tool to promote yourself, or "put yourself out there." I hope you understand.

Thanks, ~ rusty ^meow ~ 00:39, 9 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Rusty Cat. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of User:CalebandJESUS/sandbox, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: Not U7 elegible as it is not more than 6 months old. Thank you. Whpq (talk) 00:33, 10 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Whpq: Thanks for letting me know! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 17:48, 10 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Rusty Cat I need some Help How do I make a title?? I can't figure it out If you could help would do? --Ilovemycatmouse (talk) 20:40, 10 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Ilovemycatmouse: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! I don't know what you mean by making a title. Do you mean creating a page? Or changing the title of an article? If you give me more details, I might know what you mean and be able to help you. ~ rusty ^meow ~ 21:33, 10 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to change the title of the article but I believe I have found the answer to my question thanks a lot anyway though! --Ilovemycatmouse (talk) 17:34, 11 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome and happy editing! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 23:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The page Draft:Roblox Plus has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seemed to be unambiguous advertising which only promoted a company, group, product, service, person, or point of view and would need to have been fundamentally rewritten in order to become encyclopedic. Please read the guidelines on spam and Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations for more information.

Please do not recreate the material without addressing these concerns, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If you think this page should not have been deleted for this reason, or you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 18:55, 11 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Rsjaffe: should post this on User talk:Wlfqa, article was created on their behalf ~ rusty ^meow ~ 21:43, 11 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, automated tools strike again. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 21:52, 11 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No worries! ~ rusty ^meow ~ 23:18, 11 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery 15:17, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rusty Cat,

Hope all is well. I want to add some recent news to the article Truly Adams. Is it simply adding a new references to the page? Also I need to add a profile pic. What is the best option for the different Common choices? It's a little confusing. Thanks! Karmel Humphrey (talk) 22:21, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Karmel Humphrey:

To add the news, you should just be able to add some content and a source and be good to go.

To upload to image to Commons, I'll first want to know where the image came from.

• If it's taken by you, you can go ahead and upload it. Choosing any of the three license options CC0, CC BY 4.0, or CC BY-SA 4.0 should be fine.
• If it's taken by someone else, they need to release it under a license that gives everyone the right to use the image freely (e.g. Public Domain, CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA).

Feel free to follow up if you have any questions. ~ rusty ^meow ~ 22:38, 13 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. Thank you Rusty! Karmel Humphrey (talk) 00:04, 14 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Note: MatrxCN's mentor Seawolf35 is away.

Hello! Ok. --MatrxCN (talk) 13:16, 14 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The article I made, "Konankeri, Belagavi" was moved to draftspace. Then I realized an article "Konankeri" is about the same topic so I want to turn the page a redirect to the "Konankeri" page, but when I tried that, you declined the submission. So I'm asking how can I make the page a redirect and should I? 𝕷𝖆𝖛𝖆𝕾𝖆𝖑𝖙𝕬𝕺𝖅 - 𝖑 (talk) 18:14, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@LavaSalt402: According to my decline message you should use Wikipedia:Article_wizard/Redirects for redirects.

Thanks, ~ rusty ^meow ~ 19:06, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mentor, I’m new to Wikipedia and would like to contribute and post my personal article on here some day. How do you recommend I best start contributing to the community? and what are some guidelines you can provide for editing and posting articles.

Also I would like some guidance on editing using sandbox.

Thank you

Looking forward to hearing from you. --Billy bishop1 (talk) 21:59, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Billy bishop1: Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! You could check out your homepage and the Task Center for some beginner-friendly tasks to do.

If you're looking to create an article, check out Help:Your first article for some helpful resources on writing an article, including--most importantly--whether the subject is notable, or warrants an article in the first place.

The sandbox is a place to practice editing. There are two types of sandboxes--the community sandbox (at Wikipedia:Sandbox) and your personal sandbox (accessible via the user dropdown in the top right, then "Sandbox"). If you want to write an article, you could either start it in your personal sandbox, or create a draft article (through Articles for Creation)--but the review/publishing process will be the same either day.

Happy editing, ~ rusty ^meow ~ 20:53, 18 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

RC,Billy Bishop you are correct in that I wrote the article myself. Apologies for the delay in responding. I am preparing for the Sea Air and Space military conference next week. I was selected to speak there two years ago. One hundred applicants, six selected to present. Therein lies the issue. There is no easily accessible public reference other than email or texts. Even the Inventor of the Year awards from the San Diego Inventors Forum failed to publish those awards to the general public. The books - one published by Home Planet Books (HPB has since closed), the other is available on Apple Books. The South China Morning Post has all my articles online, but I believe you must register to view them. The San Diego Union-Tribune was caught selling my articles to other newspapers and, as a result of losing the lawsuit, removed all my columns from their website.

My patents are available in the public domain and they are a big deal but I am not seeking glory. Aside from the fact that no one else knows of all these events, I have people asking. I have a BLOG site (futureinsights.blob) it only briefly covers my accomplishments through my nonfiction postings.

Given that this is a time-consuming project and it is, at best, a frail wisp of my accomplishments, I am going to let it go for now. My late wife, Bonnie Horrigan, who published in numerous peer-reviewed, indexed medical journals, always had trouble with ill-informed Wikipedia editors, and I don’t really have time for the dozens of little battles that would follow here. I am working with an agent for my books, and they will provide all the celebrity I can tolerate.

Thank you for your time and insight.

David Horrigan (talk) 17:10, 18 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@David Horrigan: Sometimes, Wikipedia might not be the best place for something, and no amount of trying will get you there. I'm not trying to demotivate you, but as you said yourself, the problem lies in the lack of sources.

If you'd like to contribute information from your topics of expertise to Wikipedia, that'd be excellent, but you don't have to.

Finally, on ill-informed Wikipedia editors. Wikipedia revolves around its core policies and guidelines, which require sources (verifiability). If I accepted the draft, sooner or later it would get deleted by someone else (probably someone more experienced than me).

However, it's not an uncommon occurrence for someone's article to be declined for the same reasons as yours. Also, know that it's not personal.

Thanks, ~ rusty ^meow ~ 13:57, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I was looking for information on the Ford Model T transmission. I find that the paragraph is not clear, for example I suspect that the "lever mounted to the road side of the drivers seat" is the same as the "floor lever" but cannot be sure, and there are at least four more issues which I cannot fix because I do not have the information.

I would like to bring these questions to the attention of someone who does have detailed knowledge of the Model T. | did find a place to add comments before I had problems logging and now created a new account, but I seem to have lost it, and it miht not have been the best way to handle this, anyway.

Can you please give me advice?

Following this, I hope to create a page for "ordre des cols durs" which is a cycling organisation - I started to do that around 15 years ago!

Cheers, Rod --RDalitz (talk) 10:00, 20 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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