User Talk: MediaKyle

Server-side rendered snapshot of this editor's Wikipedia talk page discussions.

{{User:MediaKyle/Header}}
{{User:MediaKyle/User talk top}}
{{tmbox
| image = 40px ↗
| style = text-align: center
| text =
Archives ↗: 1, 2}}
{{Canadian quick links}}

''The Signpost'': 21 April 2026

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2026-04-21}} </div> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''Read this Signpost in full ↗''' * Single-page ↗ * Unsubscribe ↗ * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:48, 21 April 2026 (UTC) </div></div>

Draft:Jeffrey Tannenbaum

Hi MediaKyle, I see you removed a duplicate comment from my Draft:Jeffrey_Tannenbaum ↗ submission. Thanks for that! Given your interest and expertise in biographies and AfC submissions, I'd welcome any feedback you have. Full disclosure: I submitted the draft on behalf of Mr. Tannenbaum via my work at Beutler Ink. Thanks, Danilo Two (talk) 13:17, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

:Hi there, thanks for reaching out. I just took another look at this draft and went over all your references, and to tell you the truth, my gut instinct is that this fellow isn't notable. With the exception of the very first citation to Bloomberg, the references seem to entirely consist of trivial coverage and press releases. Some of the sources are particularly sketchy, namely ''Daily Energy Insider'' and ''Value Investor Insight''... They seem like SEO factories to me. The fact that neither of the companies he founded have an article either isn't a good sign. Typically, for a businessperson to be Wikinotable, they would have some "claim to fame" other than just doing regular business things. There doesn't appear to be anything which sets Mr. Tannenbaum apart from the many other successful entrepreneurs in these fields. I'm not going to decline your draft myself but I would prepare for the possibility that this might be a dead end... All I can say is that I hope you take payment up front :-p -- MediaKyle (talk) 14:04, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
::Hi MediaKyle, thanks for reviewing and offering feedback! Let me see how I can improve the draft based on your insight. Much appreciated. Danilo Two (talk) 14:09, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Atlantic Spaceport Complex?

Hi there - can you indicate to the reader where in that picture the spaceport is? I honestly can't see it. Jjazz76 (talk) 21:09, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

:We should also have a written description for visually impaired users. Jjazz76 (talk) 21:10, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
:I have responded on the talk page for this article. Thanks, MediaKyle (talk) 21:24, 22 April 2026 (UTC)

''Good Article Gazette'', Issue 13

center|Logo: Good Article Gazette - the official GAN newsletter ↗
{{center|1={{big|1=Issue 13, 27 April 2026}}}}
{| style="margin:0 2em"
|-
!style="text-align:left"|Ongoing discussions!!style="text-align:left"|News!!style="text-align:left"|Current statistics
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |

Proposed topic split ↗

Election consequences criticized as WP:COATRACK ↗

41 likely LLM-generated GAs ↗

| style="vertical-align:top" |

The ''Good Article Gazette'' is back after a two month break!

| style="vertical-align:top" |

'''Number of GAs:''' 43,784 (+338)

'''Number of nominations:''' 951 (+110)

'''GAs for reassessment:''' 64 (+18)

|}

{{hlist|class=center|Subscribe to the newsletter ↗|Review an article! ↗|Participate in review circles ↗|Acquire a mentor ↗}}

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:00, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

New pages patrol May 2026 Backlog drive

{| style="border: 2px solid #36c; border-radius: 4px; background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffffff, #eaf3ff); padding: 10px; color: #000;"
| style="vertical-align: middle; font-size: 130%" | May 2026 Backlog Drive ↗ | <span style="font-size: 85%">'''New pages patrol ↗''' </span>
| rowspan=3 | right|100px ↗
|-
|

On 1 May 2026, a one-month backlog drive for New Page Patrol will begin.

Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles patrolled.

Barnstars will also be granted for re-reviewing articles previously reviewed by other patrollers during the drive.

Each review will earn 1 point.

Interested in taking part? '''Sign up here ↗'''.

|-
|colspan=2 style="font-size:85%; padding-top:15px;"|You're receiving this message because you are a new page patroller. To opt-out of future mailings, please remove yourself here. ↗
|}
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:24, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

West Mabou Beach wording

I made some recent edits to the West Mabou Beach section to better align the wording with the cited sources. In particular:

Changed “lobbying” to “community liaison,” which reflects how the role is described in the sources

Removed wording suggesting a purchase of protected land, as sources refer to a potential lease

Adjusted phrasing around opposition and impacts to avoid wording not directly supported by the sources

My goal was to ensure the section complies with Wikipedia’s BLP and NPOV standards by closely reflecting what the sources explicitly state.

I’m happy to discuss specific wording if there are concerns with these changes. MediaChex (talk) 11:43, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Seat of government

Hi MediaKyle,

I didn't know there was such an infobox. Thanks. Glad you liked it.

Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 02:31, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

:No problem, there's just about an infobox for everything :-P ... The main reason I switched it is because the basic infobox forces you to use full image syntax and it's annoying. Thanks for the interesting article, I learned some new things. MediaKyle (talk) 10:15, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Neutral point of view for "secret weapon"

Hello @MediaKyle ↗, some contributions you have made do not meet the neutrality required to comply with this Wikipedia's neutral point of view ↗ policy. For this reason, some content has been modified or removed. Please modify the paragraphs or sections that show a partial point of view, replacing them with a more neutral and objective text in line with what is expected in an encyclopedia. Likewisethat (talk) 15:48, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

I have removed the <code><nowiki>{{proposed deletion/dated}}</nowiki></code> tag from <nowiki>:{{{The Intern Group}}} ↗</nowiki>, which you proposed for deletion. I'm leaving this message here to notify you about it. If you still think this article should be deleted, please do not add <code><nowiki>{{proposed deletion}}</nowiki></code> back to the page. Instead, feel free to list it at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion ↗. Thanks! AnonQuill (talk) 13:50, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks

Just wanted to thank you, I know we have a disagreement on one article where I'm an inclusionist and you're a deletionist, but I sincerely appreciate your help getting names (somewhat) standardized and that with the islands, coordinates,etc- it's been such a burden digging through old maps because it doesn'tmatter if you're on GeoNB, GC, Google Maps or whatever...each one only names/shows 80% of islands...and it's a different 80% than any other lol so there's been a lot of effort going into figuring out which landmasses are which which, and where names overlap. New Yathrib - Fundy Historian (talk) 15:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
:Oh,and :File:Spruce Hospital White Tinkers Dinner.png ↗ NOAA Chart is one of the sources of names for things like that second "Hospital Island/s" in West Isles Parish, 30km east of the one near St Andrews. New Yathrib - Fundy Historian (talk) 15:20, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
:Thanks for the message, I appreciate it. I'm sorry I was so short with you before on the prison articles, I could've composed myself better there. I've been tidying up the Wikidata side of your island project and I figured I might as well do some work on the articles themselves while I'm at it. How familiar are you with Wikidata? Many of your articles are attached to a blank item created by Pi Bot when a good item already exists for it. I've been merging a bunch of them but some are a bit ambiguous, especially ones like Long Island (Grand Manan) ↗ with no CGNDB key or coordinates. If you want to help I can give you some tips on integrating Wikidata into your workflow. All the best, MediaKyle (talk) 15:26, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
:::I'm not great with copy/pasting things as a lot is done a phone or similarly horrible device - I have recently learned the "citations" button is now enabled and I try to run it over every article - it tends to format media articles well but not much else. New Yathrib - Fundy Historian (talk) 20:04, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

New Page Patrol Newsletter - May 2026

<div style="border:2px solid #90C0FF; background:#F0F0FF; width:99%; padding:4px">

Hello {{BASEPAGENAME}},

thumb|400px|New Page Review queue November 2025 - May 2026 ↗

'''Backlog update'''

At the time of this message, there are 15,282 articles and 32,951 redirects awaiting review.

After the January–February drive the article backlog was reduced to 15,179 articles and the redirect backlog to 19,053 respectively. Great job! However, both queues are growing rapidly and any additional reviews are highly appreciated.

'''2024 and 2025 NPP Awards'''

74px|left ↗{{no ping|JTtheOG}} was selected as the NPP reviewer of the year for both 2024 and 2025, for reviewing the most articles amongst all reviewers.
{{no ping|Hey man im josh}} and {{no ping|MPGuy2824}} won the Redirect Ninja Master Award for 2024 and 2025 respectively, for reviewing the most redirects.

Overall in 2024, one Platinum, two Gold, eight Silver, 12 Bronze and 45 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 66 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year. In 2025, one Platinum, ten Silver, 13 Bronze and 38 Iron Barnstars were awarded. Additionally, 38 reviewers got the NPP barnstar for doing more than 100 reviews through the year.

{{no ping|BoyTheKingCanDance}}, {{no ping|Rosiestep}}, {{no ping|SunDawn}}, and {{no ping|Vanderwaalforces}} were inducted into the NPP Hall of Fame ↗ for having two separate years of 2,000+ article reviews.

'''January–February backlog drive'''

The experimental two-month long backlog drive concluded with 183 reviewers patrolling over 27,761 articles and 35,309 redirects, earning over 36,836 points. Congratulations to {{no ping|JTtheOG}}, who achieved first place with 6,484.6 points in this drive.

'''May backlog drive'''

An article-only backlog drive is currently underway. We are hoping to make a big dent in the backlog. You can read more about it or join at Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Backlog drives/May 2026 ↗.

'''PageTriage'''

An attempt was made to get the New Pages Feed ↗ to sort by date marked as reviewed instead of date created. However we had to revert it due to bugs. We may try again in the future. You can subscribe to the Phabricator ticket ↗ if you're interested in following along.

{{refbegin}}
'''Reminders:'''

You can access live chat with patrollers on the New Page Patrol Discord ↗.

Consider adding the project discussion page ↗ to your watchlist.

To opt out of future mailings, please remove yourself here ↗.

{{refend}}
</div>

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

Follow up on Talk:Zain Verjee edit request

Hello MediaKyle. I wanted to follow up on my edit request at Talk:Zain Verjee ↗. I have now confirmed that my shorter May 3rd request replaces the earlier longer one. Each of the four requests includes a direct link to an independent source. The article currently reflects my career only up to 2014 and I would be very grateful if you or another editor could review it when time allows. Thank you so much for your help. MediaEditorJNL (talk) 13:11, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

Template talk:Weather box

See Template talk:Weather box#Collapsible template ↗. CambridgeBayWeather (#1 deranged), Uqaqatigijaa (talk), Huliva ↗ 06:43, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

:Please don't. The giant weatherbox is so unsightly. MediaKyle (talk) 10:15, 17 May 2026 (UTC)
::You do know that you are reverting against consensus? The weather box full sized is used in multiple articles and does not make the article unsightly. You could have all the information in the article as prose and then remove or collapse the weather box. But acting against consensus isn't a good idea. CambridgeBayWeather (#1 deranged), Uqaqatigijaa (talk), Huliva ↗ 10:48, 17 May 2026 (UTC)
:::I don't think there is consensus against collapsing at this particular template. To me it's really just common sense -- it takes up such a huge portion of the article, for something very few readers are actually looking for, so it's practical to collapse it. I don't come after your weatherboxes anywhere else, can't we just leave this one collapsed? MediaKyle (talk) 10:56, 17 May 2026 (UTC)
::::Concensus is tight there in the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style]. As to who want's to see it is something we shouldn't decide on. My understanding is that it interferes with screen readers. So collapsing it causes undue hardship on people who have vision problems. CambridgeBayWeather (#1 deranged), Uqaqatigijaa (talk), Huliva ↗ 02:33, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

''Good Article Gazette'', Issue 14

center|Logo: Good Article Gazette - the official GAN newsletter ↗
{{center|1={{big|1=Issue 14, 18 May 2026}}}}
{| style="margin:0 2em"
|-
!style="text-align:left"|Ongoing discussions!!style="text-align:left"|News!!style="text-align:left"|Current statistics
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |

LLM-generated GAs at GAR ↗

Old reviews that need a second opinion ↗

| style="vertical-align:top" |

The next GAN backlog drive will be held in June and will be co-ordinated by four editors. It will be mainly targeted towards those who are new to reviewing.

| style="vertical-align:top" |

'''Number of GAs:''' 43,883 (+99)

'''Number of nominations:''' 980 (+29)

'''GAs for reassessment:''' 74 (+10)

|}

{{hlist|class=center|Subscribe to the newsletter ↗|Review an article! ↗|Participate in review circles ↗|Acquire a mentor ↗}}

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:56, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

''The Bugle'': Issue 241, May 2026

{| style="width: 100%;"
| valign="top" style="border: 1px gray solid; padding: 1em;" |
{|
| 250px|link=Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News|alt=Full front page of The Bugle ↗
| width="100%" valign="top" | <div style="text-align: center; color: darkslategray;">'''Your Military History Newsletter'''</div>
<div style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2;">

Project news: ''From the editors; awards and honours; contest results ↗''

Articles: ''Last month's new featured and A-class content ↗''

Book review: ''Hawkeye7, Hog Farm and Nick-D look at four recent works ↗''

Timeline: ''This month in military history ↗''

</div>
|-
|}
|}
<div style="font-size: 85%; margin:0 auto; text-align:center;">
''The Bugle'' is published by the Military history WikiProject ↗. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project ↗ or sign up here.<br/>If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 02:57, 20 May 2026 (UTC)
</div>

Your draft article, Draft:Geronimonation ↗

48px|left|alt=|link= ↗

Hello, MediaKyle. This message concerns the Articles for Creation ↗ submission or draft ↗ page you started, "Geronimonation ↗".

Drafts that go unedited for six months are eligible for deletion, in accordance with our draftspace policy ↗, and this one has been nominated for deletion. If you plan on working on it further, or editing it to address the issues raised if it was declined, simply {{edit|Draft:Geronimonation|edit the submission}}, and remove the {{tlc|db-afc}}, {{tlc|db-draft}}, or {{tlc|db-g13}} code.

If your submission has already been deleted by the time you read this, you can '''request its undeletion''' ↗. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the draft so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia!  DreamRimmer bot II (talk) 17:25, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

''The Signpost'': 22 May 2026

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2026-05-22}} </div> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''Read this Signpost in full ↗''' * Single-page ↗ * Unsubscribe ↗ * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 05:16, 22 May 2026 (UTC) </div></div>

June 2026 GAN Backlog Drive

{| style="border: 5px solid #ABCDEF ; background-color: #FFF; padding:10px 15px 0; color: black"
|style="padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em; font-size:130%" |'''Good article nominations ↗ |''' <span style="font-size:85%">June 2026 Backlog Drive</span>
|rowspan=3|right|75px ↗
|-
|'''June 2026 Backlog Drive:'''
Do you want to become more experienced in the GA process?

On 1 June, a one-month backlog drive for good article nominations will begin.

Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles reviewed.

Mentors are available, and new reviewers (<6 reviews) get bonus points!

Interested in taking part? You can '''sign up here ↗'''.
|-
|colspan=2|'''Other ways to participate:'''

Join the conversations on our talk page ↗.

|-
|colspan=2 style="font-size:85%; padding-top:15px;"|You're receiving this message because you have participated in a good article review this year or participated in the previous backlog drive.
|}

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:59, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Article review and draft

Hello MediaKyle. I recently created the article on Polletts Cove-Aspy Fault Wilderness Area ↗, which is a large wilderness area in Cape Breton. I also made the draft Boggy Lake Wilderness Area ↗. If you have time, can you review the article or draft? <span style="color:#0388fc !important">Versions</span><span style="color:#ff6b6b !important">111</span> <span style="color:gray;">(<span style="color:gray !important">talk</span> • <span style="color:gray !important">contribs</span> ↗)</span> 08:01, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

:All done, looks good. You've almost run out of wilderness areas in N.S. to write about! Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 10:13, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks, and yes, I am starting to run out of wilderness areas in NS. <span style="color:#0388fc !important">Versions</span><span style="color:#ff6b6b !important">111</span> <span style="color:gray;">(<span style="color:gray !important">talk</span> • <span style="color:gray !important">contribs</span> ↗)</span> 11:00, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

''Good Article Gazette'', Issue 15

center|Logo: Good Article Gazette - the official GAN newsletter ↗
{{center|1={{big|1=Issue 15, 1 June 2026}}}}
{| style="margin:0 2em"
|-
!style="text-align:left"|Ongoing discussions!!style="text-align:left"|News!!style="text-align:left"|Current statistics
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |

Numerous source-to-text issues = QF? ↗

Resuming my project of organising the good article lists ↗

Lengthy articles ↗

| style="vertical-align:top" |

The GAN backlog drive ↗ is live! New and experienced reviewers are welcome.

| style="vertical-align:top" |

'''Number of GAs:''' 43,915 (+32)

'''Number of nominations:''' 1033 (+53)

'''GAs for reassessment:''' 42 (–32)

|}

{{hlist|class=center|Subscribe to the newsletter ↗|Review an article! ↗|Participate in review circles ↗|Acquire a mentor ↗}}

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:03, 1 June 2026 (UTC)

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

Dear Editor,

Could you please look this article over? I ask you because you are the only editor I am in contact with in Canada. Thank you! Joan Murray

Joan arden murray (talk) 16:31, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

:Hi there. I saw this article awhile ago, to tell you the truth I'm not 100% confident in the subject's notability so that's why I didn't review it then. Are there any more sources you could add that are more biographical in nature? I checked around but couldn't find much. MediaKyle (talk) 09:17, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

CSD - TransCrypts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransCrypts)

Hi!

I saw your CSD notice on my post and I wanted to reach out and learn some more on why I received a CSD on my article. I see that the specific reason stated was promotional. The material that might appear promotional(which is this org's philanthropic efforts) I followed the WP:NEWS & WP:NOTABILITY rules for that criteria. What makes this particular organization notable is its philanthropic efforts, and rather than make any biased claims I simply stated what multiple independent leading news organizations have said. This follows Wikipedia guidelines on stating News. I kept my coverage of the subject matter to numbers and statistics stated across this publications. If an organization has done verified good in this world that should be included in their Wikipedia page and this is something whose precedent has been set in other pages. Examples of other organizations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paani_Project ↗ (an org that builds wells in Pakistan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia,_Inc ↗. (please see social action section) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohere ↗ (for recognition)

Multiple for profit and non profit organization that have done verifiable good in the world(see WP:VERIFIABLITY) have stuff talking about their philanthropic efforts especially when that note worthy deed is covered by numerous independent publishers. In this orgs case, its philanthropic efforts were recognized by BetaKit(Canada's TechCrunch) multiple times, Forbes, Bloomberg(they brought the founder on a live section on national TV), The Globe and Mail(Canada's WSJ), University of Toronto, San Jose State University, etc.

I would just like to finish off by stating, I spent dozens of hours combing through Wikipedia's various pages on learning how to write my first article. I spent time on Teahouse, I talked to my mentor, I reached out to editors across the community and got multiple opinions on the my work. I got a ton of feedback and I reflected that feedback in the article. I would love to rewrite sections of the article based on your feedback as well.

Please let me know what changes should be reflect. Thank you from one Canadian to another. Greencheckconure (talk) 22:12, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

:The only advice I can offer you is to stop submitting spam to Wikipedia. This is an encyclopedia and not a vessel for promotion. This is the second attempt now at an article for TransCrypts, the last one was speedy deleted and the author blocked. MediaKyle (talk) 22:47, 4 June 2026 (UTC)
::Glad and appreciate you had an unbiased view when reviewing my article. I can't control what other editors do on this site but this was my first attempt at writing an article for TransCrypts. Actions of other editors should are not reason for an article to be constituted Spam. Greencheckconure (talk) 22:57, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Could you help with BCG requests?

Hi MediaKyle. You helped me with an edit request for BCG back in April. I've posted two additional requests on the Talk page ↗ since then that I'm hoping you could take a look at as well, as neither post seems to have attracted editor attention. Any feedback you can offer would be much appreciated. RSP at BCG (talk) 18:14, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

:Thanks for reaching out, I saw your posts before and meant to answer them but it slipped my mind. I will take a look soon and see what I can do for you. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 18:59, 5 June 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks! Please let me know if there's anything else you need to review. I once again used quotes in the citations so reviewing editors could confirm the accuracy of the information I'm putting forward. I very much appreciated your thoughtful assessment of the last request. RSP at BCG (talk) 19:05, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Article accepted

Kyle — Wow. Double wow. Just a quick note that the article on ''The Bible: A History'' was accepted. Thanks again for the help getting it there. StephenMM3 (talk) 00:27, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

:My pleasure! That was me who accepted it :-) ... I was just waiting to see what you came up with using the additional reviews. While you're here, which cover image do you think we should use in the infobox? I see several variants. I'll upload it and add it to the article. Thanks, MediaKyle (talk) 00:40, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
::The illustrated version with a black background is the one I've seen most often. It's the paperback edition. The blue cover without much engaging art is the hardback original edition. Thanks again, MediaKyle. StephenMM3 (talk) 02:47, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Draft Review: Roxana Amed

Kyle - I wanted to know the reasons behind the rejection of Draft:Roxana Amed ↗. You pointed out the draft has content that seems generated with a Large Language Model. I wanted to make clear that I didn't use any such tool to write the content for the article. The starting point for this article was the spanish version (Roxana is a renowed artist from my country, but is living in the US for many years now). I used some tools to help with translating particular phrases (as is permitted in the guidelines, as far as I know), but not to generate content. I also rewrote several places and added many citations after the first review of the draft.

If you could provide some feedback on the sections that need revision or sound too "mechanic" I would glady keep working on them.

Thank you for your time! Swantibes (talk) 16:01, 6 June 2026 (UTC)
==Jail Island==
While creating it was I was "I bet MediaKyle will find this article and add his silly CGGNDB whatever to it", then I paused and actually went and dug it out myself lol - I won't say you '''owe''' me, but I did giggle that you still found it. Would it be possible to template it so it's as easy as just {{tl:CCGNDB|DUAKA}} or whatever? Might increase use if the template could be used at its simplest form. (No way to make template automatically pull GPS I assume, that has to be manually copy/pasted and reformatted? New Yathrib - Fundy Historian (talk) 22:49, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

:Hi there, I did notice that you used the template this time, thanks. It's a good habit to get into, not only to keep the citations consistent but also just in case they change their URL structure someday, we're able to fix every citation across many articles with one edit to the template. I just checked and it turns out you can use unnamed parameters, so your {{xt|<nowiki>{{cite cgndb|id=DAKUA|name=Jail Island|accessdate=8 June 2026}}</nowiki>}} can just be {{xt|<nowiki>{{cite cgndb|DAKUA|Jail Island|8 June 2026}}</nowiki>}} ... I'm not aware of a way to automatically pull the coordinates, I just copy and paste the template from notepad and then fill in the numbers provided by the CGNDB. I'm always lurking anyways, I don't mind helping out. Let me know if you have any other questions, here to help. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 23:09, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

::The issue isn't whether WP will still be here next week, he's literally '''only''' ever deleted information from the articles he attacks, never adds, never modifies, always just deletes - and it's always sourced information to boot. Go look at his "Contribs" some time. New Yathrib - Fundy Historian (talk) 15:56, 10 June 2026 (UTC)
:::I understand your frustration, I really do. I wouldn't refer to their edits as "attacks", though. In the case of the category, I do think there were a few better ways to go about that, but at the end of the day stuff like this is part of the editorial process. I like to believe that the "right answer" will prevail in the end, in most cases. Please do remember that being right isn't enough ↗... Name-calling turns what was a content dispute into a conduct dispute, and I really don't want to see you dragged to some noticeboard. You've referred to them as an "asshat", "some clown", and a "troll", and even if they were entirely in the wrong with the Fundy Isles thing this would still look bad on you. Such comments in edit summaries are particularly ill-advised, as you can't go back and edit or strike them. I rather like having you around, not many other folks on Wikipedia care about Atlantic Canadian geography this much, please don't go and get yourself blocked. Sometimes it's best to just take a step back for a bit. MediaKyle (talk) 16:06, 10 June 2026 (UTC)
:::::Tell that to Backyard History ↗ etc; again none of these articles are related to me in any way, I'm not a descendent of Hathaway, I don't do the Backyard History thing, I'm just a guy trying to collect the sum of human knowledge on Wikipedia and being hit by a bunch of "Nice 50 sources on an article you found there, be a shame if someone just....deleted it" nonsense. Technically I'm impressed you're an inclusionist on the islands themselves though - with the Naming Database stuff; I'm avoiding anything like ledges and trying to keep the Pumpkins together right now as none of them have a single other fact (did you know they're not even geographically adjacent?!) but ugh - maybe ever Tusket Islands ↗ doesn't need its own article, but if I clearly go through and do the work to create Murder Island ↗ I don't want to see someone "who is not an asshat, clown or troll" be like "Hey guys, let's delete this! It can go elsewhere, why have it here?". I'll take your point on edit summaries to heart, makes sense. New Yathrib - Fundy Historian (talk) 16:45, 10 June 2026 (UTC)
::::::Over time, you'll get a better idea of how many of what kind of sources are enough to satisfy notability. In the case of Backyard History, I did feel bad about that, but ultimately the sources just weren't there. Different topics are held to different standards -- articles about web content will be scrutinized much more than articles about islands, and articles about companies and organizations receive the most scrutiny of all.
::::::I've been meaning to tell you, in theory, Wikipedia can actually cover ''every single island'' in New Brunswick, it's just a matter of how you go about it. If I were you, I'd take a stab at doing something with List of islands of New Brunswick ↗ and maybe divide it up by county or otherwise so you can have redirect targets. Then, you can categorize the redirects, like I've been doing at :Category:Localities in Nova Scotia ↗.
::::::Articles about geographical features are rarely deleted outright unless they don't actually exist. The only time an article about an island should be redirected is when there's literally nothing else to say about it but "This is the name of this island, and this is where it is located" -- see WP:GEONATURAL ↗. When it comes to people, there's a few criteria that make someone "automatically notable", see for example WP:NPOL ↗ and WP:ANYBIO ↗, but everyone else including Hathaway has to satisfy WP:GNG ↗. The application of all of these guidelines will vary wildly depending on the editor and the subject matter. For a good contrast, check out the difference between Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buck Ramsay ↗ and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bethan's Rock ↗, two semi-recent AfDs I participated in. The one about the rock nearly killed me.
::::::Sorry for the rant, but the main thing I want to get across to you is don't self-censor yourself, sometimes our work will get merged/redirected/deleted and that's okay, as long as it was given a fair shot. I'm happy to give you my thoughts on whether a topic is notable before you write about it, if you're ever unsure. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 17:12, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

:It's not okay, because if you spend a week building up an article and finding sources for it, I'd be an asshole to be like "I'm gonna ask four other people to vote on if we just delete this effort". Anyways, separate note - I actually shifted from completing {{tl|NBFundyIslands}} to creating {{tl|NSFundyIslands}} (islands here referencing everything coastal in the bay of fundy, not the "Fundy Isles" which are only in the southwest, sigh) - but that is to say, I don't think I'll do riverine islands or up off Shediac or anything...just gonna keep focus on the Bay of Fundy outside the major cities - primarily islands. But for context ''I left Wikisource after thousands of improvements ↗'' last September for the same reason..."why don't we just delete this letter by Napoleon with a public domain translation", "we don't NEED this guy's work on New Brunswick news articles from the 19th century", "why would we bother hosting Dostoyevsky if it's already elsewhere, just delete this" deletionists. New Yathrib - Fundy Historian (talk) 20:07, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Headingley (disambiguation) ↗

Hallo, I notice that you created this talk page, but the template documentation at {{tl|WikiProject Disambiguation}} explicitly says: "Please do not use this template solely to create talk pages that otherwise have no content."

The Disambiguation Wikiproject is aware of all disambiguation pages, so there is no need for a project banner on the talk page. It just means that any careful editor thinking of editing the dab page will notice that there is a talk page and waste time clicking on the link to check whether there has been any discussion relevant to the change they plan to make. If the talk page is not created, the "talk" link is red, and the editor needn't waste their time.

It's an unusual quirk, because for almost every article it's constructive to create a talk page - but not for dab pages. There's always something new to learn about editing Wikipedia. Thanks, and Happy Editing! <span style="color: green">'''''Pam'''''</span><span style="color: brown">'''''D'''''</span> 14:45, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

:Thanks for the message, I never would've thought of that. I'll keep this in mind going forward. Cheers, MediaKyle (talk) 15:22, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Howard Aster ↗

25px|alt=Information icon ↗ Hello, MediaKyle. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Howard Aster ↗, a page you created, has not been edited in at least five months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted ↗, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it ↗ again or request ↗ that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted ↗ so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 13:07, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

Robert J. Carney ↗

Hello {{u|MediaKyle}}, the enforcement of WP:ONUS ↗ is not part of the exemptions from the edit warring policy ↗. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:51, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

:(also, WP:BRD ↗ is obviously not a policy, so I'd recommend not linking to it as if it was mandatory.) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:51, 16 June 2026 (UTC)
:Thanks for the message, I understand. Thankfully this isn't a situation I find myself in very often. I reckon there shouldn't be any more trouble. MediaKyle (talk) 10:48, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

''The Bugle'': Issue 242, June 2026

Project news: ''From the editors; awards and honours; contest results ↗''

Articles: ''Last month's new featured and A-class content ↗''

Book review: ''Hawkeye7 and Nick-D look at three recent works ↗''

Timeline: ''This month in military history ↗''

</div>
|-
|}
|}
<div style="font-size: 85%; margin:0 auto; text-align:center;">
''The Bugle'' is published by the Military history WikiProject ↗. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project ↗ or sign up here.<br/>If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 13:17, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
</div>

''The Signpost'': 21 June 2026

<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><div style="column-count:2;"> {{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2026-06-21}} </div> <div class="hlist" style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> * '''Read this Signpost in full ↗''' * Single-page ↗ * Unsubscribe ↗ * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:18, 21 June 2026 (UTC) </div></div>

George Elliott Clarke Wikipedia Edits - update?

Hi MediaKyle,

Hope you're well. I've been suggesting my edits to the GEC page using the COI function these last few weeks. I made sure to include my sources and my conflict of interest. Could you have a look at them and let me know if they're good or if I need to add more information? How long before they can be reviewed and added? GEC wants to know the status of certain inaccuracies on his page (e.g. that he has "self-published most of his work") and when they will be cleaned up.

Please let me know! Bertinul (talk) 11:42, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

:Good morning. I noticed your edit requests, but to be honest with you, they're a bit overwhelming. I think you may be misunderstanding the purpose of Wikipedia to a certain degree -- an encyclopedia article should be a neutral summary of what reliable, secondary sources have to say about a subject. Sources must be ''published'' and ''accessible'', and you cannot add your own original research. You have chosen perhaps the most difficult task on Wikipedia, because what is suitable for Wikipedia does not often align with what an article subject would like to see. I am also concerned that you are being a bit opaque about your relationship with Mr. Clarke -- you previously said you're his assistant, in your edit requests you said you were his student two years ago, and now you're saying that he's asking for updates on your progress. It would serve you much better to be totally honest. I have removed the "self-published most of his work" part, what else is most important to you at this point? MediaKyle (talk) 12:01, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Concern regarding Draft:Morse's Teas ↗

25px|alt=Information icon ↗ Hello, MediaKyle. This is a bot-delivered message letting you know that Draft:Morse's Teas ↗, a page you created, has not been edited in at least five months. Drafts that have not been edited for six months may be deleted ↗, so if you wish to retain the page, please edit it ↗ again or request ↗ that it be moved to your userspace.

If the page has already been deleted, you can request it be undeleted ↗ so you can continue working on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 00:08, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Yup

Yup, that was BS. New Yathrib - Fundy Historian (talk) 11:55, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

:I hear you, that sucked. I thought about going to deletion review but I don't think it would have worked out -- we never stood a chance against that amount of social capital. Let me fill you in on a secret: an article being deleted at AfD doesn't mean you can't repost it later. Reposts that are mostly the same can be speedy deleted, but a new article about Hathaway that's substantially different would stand on its own merits. If you don't want to drop this, I'd give it six months and try again. Take a look at the edit history of Anaida Poilievre ↗ in August 2025 -- I wasn't very happy with the decision to redirect that article, so I waited a couple months and brought it back.
:I hope this experience hasn't scared you off. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help get you back into the Wiki-spirit -- maybe we can bring an article up to GA together or something. MediaKyle (talk) 12:27, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
::Well I'd say find someone with a bizarre history in the islands and I might get interested enough to dig in - but part of the issue is that I love going down rabbit-holes, so spending weeks pulling up sources to create "the' best resource on say, Nathan Frink, Jeremiah Pote, Warren Hatheway (or search Plato Denny on Campobello Island ↗ I just found) etc is interesting to me - bonus if it includes some arcane pirate/smuggler/adventures rumors, etc...but ultimately people don't like that, they go "well no other website ever cobbled these twenty sources into a detailed biography before so it's not worth doing, if it was worth doing he'd already be in Who's Who and Britannica." even though that just duplicates effort/sources, whereas I like the original digging to create a new resource. It's just easier in the professional and academic world than here - here it's just a popularity contest. New Yathrib - Fundy Historian (talk) 20:31, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Hy24

Hi MediaKyle,

I don't really agree with the banner, but on the other hand, I removed the following mentions: '''In December 2021, Hy24 raised 1.5 billion euros.[7][8] In October 2022, Hy24 raised 2 billion euros[9][10] to finance the development of the hydrogen industry.[11][12]''<nowiki/>' because indeed, it wasn't great from an encyclopedic standpoint. Wikicapitaineben (talk) 14:42, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

''Good Article Gazette'', Issue 16

center|Logo: Good Article Gazette - the official GAN newsletter ↗
{{center|1={{big|1=Issue 16, 7 July 2026}}}}
{| style="margin:0 2em"
|-
!style="text-align:left"|Ongoing discussions!!style="text-align:left"|News!!style="text-align:left"|Current statistics
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |

One year of review pledges ↗

GAN (user) talk page clutter ↗

Questions for new reviewers ↗

| style="vertical-align:top" |

The 100th GA Review Circle begins ↗

The June Backlog Drive ↗ concludes.

Kiddush levana ↗ hits the 1.5 year mark in the queue.

| style="vertical-align:top" |

'''Number of GAs:''' 44,338 (+423)

'''Number of nominations:''' 906 (-127)

'''GAs for reassessment:''' 34 (-8)

|}

{{hlist|class=center|Subscribe to the newsletter ↗|Review an article! ↗|Participate in review circles ↗|Acquire a mentor ↗}}

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:23, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 12

<section begin="content" />
<div class="plainlinks">
150px|right|class=skin-invert|link= ↗
<div style="margin-top:10px; padding-left:5px; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">''Here is a quick overview of highlights from the Wikimedia Foundation since our last issue on June 19. Please help translate ↗.''

This edition uses the new annual plan goals ↗ for this fiscal year (July 2026–June 2027).</div>
<div style="clear:both"></div>
----

'''Highlights'''

'''Wikipedia 25''': Wikipedia's 25th birthday was celebrated with various projects designed to grow awareness and support for Wikipedia and the people who make it possible. This includes the virtual birthday event on January 15, which garnered 10,000 live viewers and 15,000 reactions. Find more details on all related projects and results in the program report ↗.

'''Sustainable use of Wikimedia infrastructure''': A valid user-agent string will now be required for automated dumps downloads from the dumps.wikimedia.org website. Automated requests that provide a generic or empty user-agent will be blocked. This extends enforcement ↗ of the long standing user-agent policy ↗. Access to dumps through Wikimedia Cloud Services will not change.

'''Increasing account creation''': The experiment ↗ providing direct access to “Create account” and “Log in” actions on mobile increased account creation by about 20% without negatively affecting edit quality. The feature will now be rolled out to all wikis ↗ on mobile web.

'''Annual Goals Progress on Engage ↗'''<br/><small>''See also: Growth ↗ · Product Safety and Integrity ↗ · Tech News ↗ · Language and Internationalization ↗ · The Wikipedia Library ↗ · list of movement events ↗ · Wikifunctions & Abstract Wikipedia ↗''</small>
thumb|250px|With Sub-referencing editors can reuse and add details to a main reference. ↗

'''Add A Link''': The Foundation deployed Add A Link ↗ as a default-on suggestion within Suggestion Mode ↗. It is now launched on all wikis to all editors who have opted in to the Suggestion Beta Feature.

'''Reusing references''': Sub-referencing ↗, the new MediaWiki feature that allows editors to reuse references with different details, was deployed to most small and medium-sized Wikipedia language versions.

'''Wikifunctions''': Check out the 71 new functions ↗ with implementations to get a taste of what functions have been created.

'''Range calculator''': The special page Special:RangeCalculator ↗ has been created. It allows users to find an IP range without needing to rely on external tools. Until now, this tool was only available to CheckUsers.

'''Captcha verification''': Abuse filters that are set to “require CAPTCHA verification” now also affect users ↗ with the <code>skipcaptcha</code> right, which includes most autoconfirmed users. Bots are exempted. This change only affects edits that trigger an abuse filter.

'''Latest experiments''': An upcoming experiment ↗ is testing two variations of a "thank you" badge shown to donors after a recent donation to deepen the relationship between donors and the Wikimedia movement. See all live, upcoming, and completed experiments in Product & Technology ↗.

'''Account security on private wikis''': Two-factor authentication ↗ will become mandatory for user accounts on private wikis. This will protect private information from being exposed by an account with a compromised password.

'''Tech News''': The latest highlights from Tech News week 26 ↗ and 27 ↗ include users will now get a notification when they are blocked or unblocked from editing, or if this block changes. See also the 65 community submitted tasks that were resolved over the last two weeks.

'''Team Challenges''': The core organizing team for Wikimania is introducing Team Challenges ↗, a different approach to Wikimania Hackathon. This year, Wikimedians and professionals from other fields will join forces to undertake one of the 2026 technical challenges.

'''Annual Goals Progress on Enable ↗'''<br/><small>''See also: Research newsletter ↗ · WikiLearn News ↗ · other newsletters on MediaWiki.org ↗''</small>

'''Wikimedia Hackathon''': A look at the 2026 edition of Wikimedia Hackathon ↗ which brought together 216 participants from 29 countries building, collaborating, and shaping the future together.

'''Wikimedia Hubs''': The Hub Fund ↗ will pause funding for new pilots ↗ in fiscal year 2026–2027 to align with the work on the Ecosystem of Movement Organizations and the Global Resource Distribution Committee. Existing pilots in transition will be offered an additional year of funding.

'''Annual Goals Progress on Protect ↗'''<br/><small>''See also: Global Advocacy blog ↗ · Global Advocacy Newsletter ↗ · Policy blog ↗''</small>

'''Open Knowledge And Digital Rights''': Wikimedians shared their reflections ↗ on how Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum reinforced the role of our movement within broader digital rights conversations.

'''Annual Goals Progress on Reach ↗'''<br/><small>''See also: Wikimedia Apps ↗ · Readers ↗''</small>

'''Journalism Award''': Wikimedia Foundation announced ↗ three journalists from Africa as recipients of the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards, ↗ run in partnership with the International Center for Journalists ↗ (ICFJ). The awards celebrate the essential role journalists play in creating well-researched articles that volunteer editors can use as source materials to develop content on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. In total, 320 submissions were received from 40 African countries.

'''Other Movement-curated newsletters & news'''<br/><small>''Diff blog ↗ · Goings-on ↗ · Planet Wikimedia ↗ · Signpost (en) ↗ · Kurier (de) ↗ · Actualités du Wiktionnaire (fr) ↗ · Regards sur l'actualité de la Wikimedia (fr) ↗ · Wikimag (fr) ↗ · Education ↗ · GLAM ↗ · Milestones ↗ · Wikidata ↗ · Central and Eastern Europe ↗ · other newsletters ↗''</small>

<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:90%; font-family:Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">
'''Subscribe or unsubscribe ↗ · Receive the bulletin by email ↗ · Help translate ↗'''

For information about the Bulletin and to read previous editions, see the project page on Meta-Wiki ↗. If you have feedback or suggestions about the bulletin, let us know at foundationbulletin@wikimedia.org. For questions about the Wikimedia Foundation's work, contact us ↗!
</div>
</div>
<section end="content" />

<bdi lang="en" dir="ltr">MediaWiki message delivery</bdi> 23:54, 7 July 2026 (UTC)