User talk:GoingBatty

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Question from EditorialProject (15:07, 5 January 2025)

Hello! I noticed that you have been assigned as my mentor. It would be good to get feedback on my edits so far and any heads up. Thanks! --EditorialProject (talk) 15:07, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@EditorialProject: Hello there, and welcome to Wikipedia!

It's wonderful to see you using edit summaries and engaging in constructive conversation on article talk pages and user talk pages. However, there may not be enough watchers of talk pages of promotional articles to notice some of your posts. In those cases, you can WP:BOLD and make the appropriate changes.

I see that you've learned from your mistake with the Youth justice in England and Wales graciously.

I like that you're adding references when you add content to articles. However, the punctuation should appear BEFORE the footnote. (See Help:Footnotes)

Country names such as United States don't usually need to be wikilinked. (See MOS:OVERLINK)

I see that ClueBot automatically reverted your edit to the Greg Stainer article, and wonder if the bot did it because you added the {{Death date and age}} template for someone who's not dead yet. It's interesting that adding the template without actual dates does not display the template to the user.

Another bot mentioned on your talk page that you accidentally introduced referencing errors in the Victims' rights article. I've fixed them for you (and made small edits to the other pages you've edited).

Keep up the good work, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 19:17, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@GoingBatty Happy new year! Thank you ever so much for the excellent and constructive feedback. All noted. If you do not mind, if I am in doubt in the future I would like to leave my edits in draft format and consult with you before publishing. EditorialProject (talk) 21:44, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

@EditorialProject: I'm here whenever you want to bounce something off me. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 22:44, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

@EditorialProject ,hi there! Wfae (talk) 12:50, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Wfae EditorialProject (talk) 13:17, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@EditorialProject ,how can I help you? Wfae (talk) 13:23, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

I did some corrections to various articles and @GoingBatty kindly offered in the past to review them as my new mentor. EditorialProject (talk) 13:27, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@EditorialProject ,see yourUser page and know that you are in Wikipedia. Wfae (talk) 13:33, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@EditorialProject Wfae (talk) 14:26, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

@Wfae: If you wish to talk with EditorialProject, please do so on their talk page. Thank you! GoingBatty (talk) 17:54, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Quick Question

Hey GoingBatty, I requested the Pending Changes Reviewer on the page request form. Given my edits history, as a typically new wikipedian, do you think i will be given?? And is it a matter of age? given that im 18 years?

I have been trying my best to see how i can contribute to this environment. I know its not your expertise, im just asking for suggestions. I appreciate the response. Cameremote (talk) I came from a remote place 20:50, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

@Cameremote: Hi there! I'm not an administrator, so I haven't been involved in reviewing Pending Changes requests. I don't know whether administrators will consider three months and 800+ edits as a "measurable track record of editing".

No one would know your age if you didn't bring it up. However, I'm a bit confused by your user page. How can you be 18 years old if you were born in 2002? Why did your user page say you were 19 years old back in November but 18 years old now? How could you have joined Wikipedia in 2007 if you were born in 2002?

Next time you're editing the {{Infobox user}} on your user page, you may want to correct the wikilinks in the |languages= parameter and the duplicate |userboxes= parameters.

Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 03:16, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

I appreciate your solid feedback. Concerning my infobox, I prefer to keep it ambiguous, hence, the conflict of interest.

However that does not challenge my ability to edit. And again, I might have to just stick to article creation, I noticed you keep reverting my edits, which is not good to my history. I appreciate you immensely. BTW, I thought you was a woman given your name😂Cameremote (talk) I came from a remote place 09:20, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Cameremote: I think I only reverted a couple edits where you changed {{short description}} from "None" to something that I didn't think was beneficial. Someone else was reverting your big changes to EV Group today. I'll make a couple tweaks to it for you. GoingBatty (talk) 20:21, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

I appreciate you immensely, you just don't know that your actions inspires me. I will be graduating from university next year, and I'm trying to clutch on Wikipedia. At least I have something to point at. Keep inspiring, my deliverables will be on fire> Cameremote (talk) I came from a remote place 20:45, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Each one is currently being able to get donate money.Open Wikimedia Foundationfor more information. Wfae (talk) 12:58, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit for review" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Valereee (talk) 12:21, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

@Valereee ,hi there. Wfae (talk) 13:04, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Saffyral (18:32, 10 January 2025)

Yo, how do I put a link to an article for proof or something? --Saffyral (talk) 18:32, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

@Saffyral: Hi there! There are official instructions at Help:Footnotes. You might also enjoy the video and essay at WP:EASYREFBEGIN. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 20:45, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

@Saffyral ,hi there Wfae (talk) 13:07, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Request to Weigh-in

Hey buddy :),

Hope you're doing good?

Just scrolling around wiki when I came across an article that's recently created about a Nigerian executive and was Af'ed. The article is Bala Wunti. when I made a quick Google search on the subject, he seems decently notable, given that he is an executive and the highest in his tier, reason that he manages Nigeria's crude assets.

Can you check and confirm? if you're not convenient, no need to participate. I just need you to clear my doubts. Cameremote (talk) I came from a remote place 19:44, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

@Cameremote: Hi there! I'm not good at evaluating international sources. In the deletion discussion, I suggest you specifically mention which specific sources are independent of the subject, provide substantial coverage and are reliable. If those sources are not in the article, feel free to add them. I did tweak the citation templates and make other copyediting. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 20:40, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Presence (film)

Hi there - I watched the early premiere of Presence (2024 film) today and prepared a plot summary, but blanked it since I wasn't sure whether WP:Film instructs users to hold off until the "true" premiere, which is next week. What do you think? You appear to be active on WP:FUTFILM so I thought I'd ask you. Namelessposter (talk) 04:16, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

@Namelessposter: Hi there! MOS:FILMPLOT says "Provided the film is publicly available, citing it explicitly in the plot summary section is not necessary, since the film is the primary source and the infobox provides its details. Secondary sources must be used for all other cases, such as upcoming films (including those that had sneak previews and only played at film festivals)..., as these would not be considered generally available or verifiable." So I agree with your desire to wait until after the general release. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 05:16, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Namelessposter (talk) 05:51, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

@Namelessposter ,hi there. Wfae (talk) 13:10, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

CS1 error on Naval War College

Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Naval War College, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows:

• A bare URL error. References show this error when one of the URL-containing parameters cannot be paired with an associated title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. (Fix | Ask for help)

Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can report it to my operator. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 05:26, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@Qwerfjkl (bot) ,hi there Wfae (talk) 13:35, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@Qwerfjkl (bot): The issue has already been resolved by User:Citation bot. GoingBatty (talk) 20:26, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Storage space required

Storage space is required.Amendment in the US. Wfae (talk) 12:47, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@Wfae: I don't understand this post, and how it would relate to Wikipedia. I also don't understand why you are using my talk page to try to start conversations with other editors (including a bot that cannot respond to you). GoingBatty (talk) 15:27, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

I can respond. Hi! Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 20:16, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@Qwerfjkl (bot): My apologies. You're the first bot I've seen to respond to a user talk page post. GoingBatty (talk) 20:23, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

I guess the bot is malfunctioning, as it has recently dropped messages on my talkpage which does not relate to the entire discussion. Cameremote (talk) I came from a remote place 16:31, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Cameremote: I don't see any recent posts from @Qwerfjkl (bot) on your talk page. Feel free to post on the bot owner's talk page if you think the bot is malfunctioning, with links to the bot's edits. GoingBatty (talk) 16:57, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you!!!

I just wanted to leave a brief note to say THANK YOU! Your edit suggestions and guidance were invaluable, as I am still learning quite a bit here. I also left the following note below when I clicked published to resubmit. But I wanted to make sure you saw it as well. Once again, thank you for your help. I am now really starting to understand this process. Thanks! Here's what I left --

Did my homework and have really enjoyed this deep dive process! I added a new section showing the extensive preliminary work with primates, leading up to making the surgery available for humans.

All citations are in, and I also hyperlinked medical terms (for example, photorefractive keratectomy) and others to their respective wikipedia links.

Thank you for the help and suggestions! Editora89119 (talk) 12:59, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@Editora89119 ,hi there. Wfae (talk) 13:34, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@Editora89119: Nice job with improving Draft:Jonathan Frantz! I made some more tweaks for you today. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 16:02, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

HI. I see the "1 notice," asking to "Find sources" but I don't see a specific issue you've identified. I apologize! Could you share what I may have missed? And again, thank you for your help with this! Editora89119 (talk) 13:50, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

@Editora89119: On January 16, I added various maintenance templates to identify specific issues. On January 19, you responded by adding several citations. Therefore, I removed those maintenance templates and struck through my comment at the top of the draft. Feel free to resubmit your draft when you're ready. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 15:20, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Submitted and once again, cannot thank you enough! You really helped me better understand what was needed! Editora89119 (talk) 18:50, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you

@GoingBatty: Thank you for fixing my edit 😉W hall lower e (talk) 20:29, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@W hall lower e: You're welcome! (I presume you're referring to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer article.) Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 20:42, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Disambiguation

Oh dear!

Long time no ping, been at school. However, I returned and noticed that most of the pages I created about the House Committees of the National Assembly (Nigeria) have been moved individually with the action removing the "(Nigeria)" at the end of the title. What do you think about this operation? before creating each page, I made sure there's no ambiguity as most nations have house committees, like the US for example and to avoid confusion, for already existing house committees and incoming ones. Readers would prefer knowing exactly which nation owns the particular legislative committee they are reading about. This is just my opinion, what do you think?

Best.

Cameremote (talk) I came from a remote place 16:29, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Cameremote: I believe you're referring to articles in Category:House committees of the National Assembly (Nigeria).

Wikipedia:Disambiguation states "Disambiguation in Wikipedia is the process of resolving conflicts that arise when a potential article title is ambiguous, most often because it refers to more than one subject covered by Wikipedia..."

Since House Committee on Banking and Currency is already a redirect to United States House Committee on Financial Services, then House Committee on Banking and Currency (Nigeria) needs the "(Nigeria)" disambiguator. However, since there aren't other Wikipedia articles about the House Committee on Health for other countries, then the House Committee on Health article about Nigeria does NOT need the "(Nigeria)" disambiguator.

Having said that, if there is consensus that readers might go to the House Committee on Finance article wanting to find out information about the United States House Committee on Financial Services, then we could add something like this to the top of the House Committee on Finance article.

{{for|the United States committee|United States House Committee on Financial Services}}

Hope this helps, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 17:21, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Very much appreciated buddy, explains a lot. Thanks! Cameremote (talk) I came from a remote place 17:27, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Template for adding further information from the Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (Giovinazzo) page

Hi GoingBatty, thank you first of all for your contributions to the Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (Giovinazzo) page, I need to ask you if we can remove the ''further information'' template from the page, since it now has a lot of data added to its internal, with the appropriate citations. GiovAngri (talk) 11:32, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

@GiovAngri: Hi there! I replaced the {{more citations needed}} template with {{more footnotes needed}}. There are plenty of sources listed in the Bibliography, Notes, and External links sections. However, there are still several paragraphs that have no footnotes. Keep up the good work, and happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 17:45, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, I will improve the article, then we will contact you for the update. Best regards. GiovAngri (talk) 17:59, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Hey, GoingBatty. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 00:11, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

@patroclo2001 thanks

thank you for editing my sandbox Page . Do you think the Page is ready to publish? Thanks In advance Patroclo2001 (talk) 06:37, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

@Patroclo2001: Hi there! I made some additional tweaks to User:Patroclo2001/sandbox. I'm not going to evaluate your references, as I do not read Spanish. I sugggest you follow the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process by moving your sandbox to Draft:José Luis Blanco Vega and adding the code {{subst:submit}} to the top of your draft. A reviewer will eventually check your work and either publish it as an article or give you feedback. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 16:13, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Many many thanks @GoingBatty!!!! You are the best Patroclo2001 (talk) 16:15, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Draft:Jose Luis Blanco Vega - Wikipedia is the correct draft version;

it is incorrect Draft:José Luis Blanco Vega

pay attention to the "é" and "e" at the end of Jose... Many thanks for your cooperation @GoingBatty Patroclo2001 (talk) 13:27, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

@Patroclo2001: Hi there. I just copied "José" from this old version of the draft. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 16:20, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

sorry. It was my fault. Many thanks Patroclo2001 (talk) 18:01, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Question from Joshua87123 (09:58, 29 January 2025)

I'd like my articlce 'The Void Journal' to be returned. It was cancelled without adequate reason. First, there was the reason that it wasn't relevant enough (which isn't the case) and then, someone explained that it must be neutral to be approved (check my talk page). The article WAS neutrally written, with facts only. --Joshua87123 (talk) 09:58, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

@Joshua87123: Hi there. I reviewed the messages on your talk page. User talk:Joshua87123#Speedy deletion nomination of The Void Journal states "If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator." I am not an administrator, so I cannot see the deleted article and cannot return it to you. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 16:20, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

How do I delete my account?This website is a complete joke. I want to delete my profile but can't see the option anywhere in the menu. Thanks! Joshua87123 (talk) 18:33, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

@Joshua87123: Per Wikipedia:Username policy#Deleting and merging accounts: "It is not possible to delete user accounts, as all contributions must be assigned to some identifier". If you like, you may remove all the messages from your user talk page per WP:BLANKING. GoingBatty (talk) 21:53, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Ah, nice. Have you ever heard of the GDPR reguierements in European Uninion, which are active where I am living? Joshua87123 (talk) 09:56, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

@Joshua87123: I have heard of GDPR, but that's not my area of expertise. You may be interested in contacting Wikimedia's GDPR representative - see the Wikimedia Foundation Privacy Policy for details. GoingBatty (talk) 15:47, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

I am not, actually. But thanks. I will take this matter to the right place - the court. Wish you a happy editing! Joshua87123 (talk) 16:58, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

Resolution of Promotional Article Issues

Hello… I’m contacting you because you did in the past a similar job as part of the WP:Reward board. I just placed a similar job at the reward board and if you are happy to do it, you are welcome to sign up. Thanks. Contributor892z (talk) 17:18, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

@Contributor892z: Hi there! I don't see promotional language in the Fabio Dias article, but that's not my strength. I did make some formatting tweaks for you, and noted where you could add (or reuse) some citations. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 18:29, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks @GoingBatty! Contributor892z (talk) 18:42, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

Re: Arlington Central School District

Hello GoingBatty, This is to let you know that one of your recent edit at Arlington Central School District caused a citation error.

Do not add invalid url and use preview before saving your edit. Happy editing.––kemel49^{(connect)(contri)} 13:45, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

@KEmel49: Hi there! Thank you for letting me know about the issue. You're right that my bot's recent edit introduced a citation error. However, the citation was broken back in July in this edit by Number1biggestbiggesttzuyustan. My bot fixed only one issue and did not completely fix the reference. Thank you for manually fixing the references manually.

While you were fixing kindly references #2 & #3, I'm surprised you didn't also fix reference #1, which has been broken since these edits four years ago by MarnetteD. I attempted to fix it but couldn't find a valid archive, so I just marked it as a dead link. If you have a better recommendation, please let me know.

I guess you didn't notice that references #11-18 have had "Archived copy" as the title since this March 2024 edit by OverlordQ, which put the article in Category:CS1 maint: archived copy as title. I updated those references as well.

I see you used User:KEmel49/sandbox 5 to leave this message for me. I suggest you read Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars when you have a moment. You know my bot did not "add invalid url" in this edit. AWB bots cannot "use preview". If you choose to use the template in the future, I suggest you tweak the grammar:

• Change "one of your recent edit" [sic] to "one of your recent edits" or "your recent edit"
• Change "Do not add invalid url" [sic] to something like "Do not add invalid URLs".

Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 16:16, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Hello GoingBatty, Thanks for having yourself on that page on time.

• I was editing that page sectionwise and left that #11-18 unintentionally, thanks for taking effort into that.
• Often There are pages where recent edits contain CS1 error (URL), just created that template to remind editor about that (Messaging everytime is also time taking).
• Will look after grammar as you suggested, and thanks for that kind help.

Happy editing!––kemel49^{(connect)(contri)} 17:24, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

Question from Realfortes on User talk:Realfortes (22:16, 1 February 2025)

How do I create my wikipedia page as a musician? --Realfortes (talk) 22:16, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

@Realfortes: Hi there! WP:AUTO explains that Wikipedia strongly discourages autobiographies. Creating a new Wikipedia article can be quite challenging, especially when you have a conflict of interest (COI). If you wish to pursue this, you should first gather multiple published independent reliable sources that have provided significant coverage of you, and determine whether they demonstrate that you meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, called "notability". If so, you must declare your COI on your user page. Then follow the instructions at Help:Your first article and summarize what the sources have published, and be prepared for a process that may include months of waiting for review, declines, and rewrites, before an article is accepted. If you are successful, then you could never edit the article directly due to your COI, but you could submit edit requests on the article talk page. Hope this helps! GoingBatty (talk) 22:50, 1 February 2025 (UTC)