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Hi, Mathglot. I think you might remember several conversations we've had in the past about me eventually writing up some of the insights from my newbie days—which go far beyond "pain points," as you often called them, because I found far more enjoyment than pain!—coupled with my instructional design background. Now that I’m out of newbiehood and you're involved in new mentor assistance endeavors, I was wondering if you might like to see if a few ideas I've had along those lines could be of help in your work. If so, would it ever be possible to carry on related messaging in a somewhat less public venue than a Talk page? Augnablik (talk) 06:50, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Augnablik. Yes of course I remember the conversations. I'd love to hear your ideas. You can always email me through the link on my User page and Talk page, or if you have an idea of another venue in mind I'm all ears. Mathglot (talk) 08:02, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

Done. Augnablik (talk) 17:10, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Augnablik. Something is screwy; I have a Wikimedia notification (under the Bell icon) that you sent me an email (I can even see the first ten words of your message right in the notification) but there is no email from you in my inbox. I sent myself a direct email and it arrives immediately. I tried sending myself an email through the sidebar link on my user page and it tells me the email was sent, but it does not arrive. I may have to inquire about this at the village pump to see what’s going on. But for the time being, unless you have another idea about how we can discuss, the whole thing is on hold until this is resolved. Sorry for the glitch. Mathglot (talk) 22:14, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

How about I try again the same way but sending from another e-account? That's possible because I just changed the account associated with Wikipedia, and then sent you a copy of my earlier message.

If it works, we'll have confirmation of the advice I picked up somewhere as a child and often turned to later in life: "If at first you don't fricassee, fry, fry again." Augnablik (talk) 04:19, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

As before; I see the notif under the bell icon, but no mail received. Mathglot (talk) 09:33, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

Okay, then I'll raise the issue at VPT. Really strange. Augnablik (talk) 11:28, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

(A few hours later) Just did that, describing what happened and sending a copy of your replies each time ... and ending the message by saying:

"Because I'm the one who wanted to initiate a discussion through e-mail, I'm the one making the request to VPT to help fix the gremlins involved here. Feel free to connect with Mathglot if you need to ask any questions or do something on his Talk page." I was confident you'd agree about that, and so you may hear something from them about this soon.

Augnablik (talk) 14:00, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

I received a message at the VPT, Mathglot; but it's really for you:

"It's probably User:Mathglot's email provider blocking the emails coming from Wikimedia's feature. A few months back Yahoo did so, for example (see T426105). It's not too likely anyone here can help, particularly without knowing which provider it is. A Phabricator task would be needed to have WMF check the logs on their end, or Mathglot could contact their email provider to have them investigate from theirs. Anomie⚔ 17:07, 19 August 2026 (UTC)"

Hopefully, you know how to proceed—I wouldn't. Augnablik (talk) 05:47, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

Template:Article at

{{Article at}} has no transclusions, documentation, or incoming links to explain why it exists. I would normally take it to TFD, but I am here to ask you about it first, since you're not a newbie. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:45, 17 August 2026 (UTC)

Jonesey95, much appreciated, totally forgot about this one. I've started in on the doc, first. Once that's done, there should be some places to transclude it; that'll be next. If not, I'll move to user subpage until there is. Thanks for the courtesy notice! Mathglot (talk) 01:12, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Still working on the doc, but it has seven transclusions, now. But the thing is, by the nature of the template, they are all in draft space, so either they will languish and get deleted, or they will get promoted or merged to a mainspace article, and the template will be removed. The point being, that the template is likely to disappear from any page containing it, so I will probably have to list it as {{transclusionless}}. Mathglot (talk) 09:33, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Jonesey95, this should be good to go now, and off the database reports. As of right now, there are seven transclusions, and a category. As the drafts age out and are deleted by the bot, the transclusions may go to zero, so I’ve marked it transclusionless, which I believe will keep it off the reports going forward. Thanks again for the heads-up. Mathglot (talk) 22:38, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

Looks good. Thanks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:43, 18 August 2026 (UTC)

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The Velvet Rope

Hello. Regarding your revert of my edit, I want to state that I believe since sources note both homosexual and bisexual themes, it would be better to group them under the broader umbrella term of queerness, instead of giving emphasis to one as if both weren't given equal weight in a decent number of them. Just my two cents. JeffSpaceman (talk) 18:51, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi, JeffSpaceman. I understand. (I also sympathize, and had it been my published source, I probably would have gone with your wording as well.) However, our positions as Wikipedia editors is not to regroup, reinterpret, or adjust what authors of reliable sources say (even when, or better: especially when, we disagree with their focus), but rather to faithfully summarize what the sources said. The way to change the wording in the article to queernesss is to find reliable sources that say that, and then cite them. Even then, we would have to comply on WP:DUEWEIGHT and avoid WP:CHERRYPICKING by scouring the sources until we landed one with our preference of words or approach. If you feel strongly about it, raise a discussion at Talk:The Velvet Rope and let's get additional feedback and see what others think. Thanks for your contributions to The Velvet Rope, and other related topics. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 19:51, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

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Biased Rfc. Mathglot (talk) 22:08, 27 August 2026 (UTC)

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Harmony (phonology)

I support the idea to make a standalone article for this topic. Sometimes I can get a bit merge-happy, but I think it is worth considering merging vowel–consonant harmony and vowel harmony § Other types of harmony into such a page, leaving the remaining sections of vowel harmony on their standalone page; I feel like consonant harmony could go either way. I imagine a structure along the lines of:

• Lead
• Types
  • Vowel harmony (with {{main}} link)
  • Consonant harmony (with {{main}} link if not also merged)
  • Vowel–consonant harmony
    • Nasal harmony
    • Palatal harmony
    • Rhotic harmony
    • Retroflex harmony
    • Emphatic harmony
    • Faucal harmony

In general, merged or not, I think all of the pages surrounding the topic would benefit from being organized by harmony typology rather than language families. ~ oklopfer (💬︎) 00:22, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Oklopfer. I am oversubscribed and don't have the bandwidth to take that on at the moment, but perhaps if someone else goes for it, I might be able to help around the edges. But I think your proposed organization makes sense: merging the two stubs (v-c 6.9/0.6kb; c 11.1/0.8) into the new article, and summarize v per WP:SUMMARYSTYLE with {{main}} link. (I've added {{section sizes}} to the TP of all three to make the comparative sizes transparent.) I'd vote for that in a requested merge. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 09:08, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

I will probably try my hand at it in a userspace draft! (+ the {{section sizes}} are quite helpful, thanks!) ~ oklopfer (💬︎) 12:07, 2 September 2026 (UTC)

I am also stretched thinner than I should really give myself room for, but I started it here and will work on it when I have time to really sit down with it. You are welcome to perform any edits if you so please, I may also recruit help from WP:LING at a later time. ~ oklopfer (💬︎) 20:38, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

AFC Review - mistake

Hey, I mistakenly accepted an article (Lyadh) as part of AFC Review that you had previously moved to Draft for further development. I forgot about WP:NOTDIC. Could you please undo the move? — Raihanur (talk) 11:55, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

 Done. Mathglot (talk) 22:36, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

Article Review Wait Time

How long does it usually take for an article to be reviewed? RoseStang (talk) 21:35, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Hello, RoseStang. It is not a queue, so there is no fixed time. All reviews are done by volunteer editors, who may pick which article they feel like reviewing (or not review any). In practice, some get reviewed very quickly when they are brand new, and others may take several weeks, depending on the backlog of reviews waiting. It is better than it used to be; the wait time used to be several months.

I assume you are talking about Draft:Drum (1991)? Imho, the draft is very likely to be declined for lack of WP:Notability. I would not wait for the review, just keep editing it and read about WP:Notability and add more citations of the right type, to avoid the almost certain decline. Mathglot (talk) 21:49, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Ok, thank you for the tips. RoseStang (talk) 13:28, 5 September 2026 (UTC)

Citation code Question

hello mento, now I'm aware with those wikipedia rules, but not sure with citation reference code What I want to add is https://results.asiangames2026.org/ag2026/reports/ENG.BKBMTEAM5-------------NOC-BRN-----.C33_1_0.pdf for Bahrain's 2026 Asian Games Basketball roster. Is this right code?

Tete Pul (talk) 09:57, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

Tete Pul, yes, that looks all right. You could also add the date of the document, which is |date=9 September 2026. Well done! Mathglot (talk) 10:03, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

oh yea I forgot to add the year

btw some source points this was already confirmed (https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc6ELU1s0Wy/) by "Bahrain’s National Basketball Team for the #20th_Asian_Games_2026 in Aichi-Nagoya 🇯🇵🔥"

in this case just disregard or citate that too Tete Pul (talk) 11:57, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

References

A kitten for you!

For helping my mentee in my absence (back in May, but it still counts!).

I am bad at usernames (talk · contribs) 02:04, 11 September 2026 (UTC)

I am bad at usernames, no problem. And I love kittens, thank you! Mathglot (talk) 18:52, 11 September 2026 (UTC)

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Mobile navbox styles

I've had a go at the mobile navbox styles demo — the CSS was a bit of a mess, so I tried to rewrite a minimal version from scratch. I think Wikipedia:WikiProject Navigation templates/Permafrost looks reasonably nice now; what do you think? Tol (talk | contribs) @ 08:16, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

Tol, wow, *much* better! I looked at it in mobile, and the links look fine for those that don't have nested groups, until we get to 'Construction' and 'Thaw' under 'Impact', and then they get indented and the links don't display, or only partially. I'm thinking about how best to deal with those, but I think one option is to simply display:none all the nested labels, and just show the links directly under the main group. Or, what about making the main group label an H3, say, and when we hit a nested group, make it H4 on its own line, not indented, then H5, etc. (Or actually, {{fake heading}}, etc, not real headings, to avoid changing the Toc.) I'll think some more about this tomorrow. Can you think of a better way without indenting, so all links are flush left? Great job, thanks for looking into it! Mathglot (talk) 08:27, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

So, no more columns, the labels Overview, Types, Landforms... would just become bigger, like a fake H3 maybe, and the links under it are flush left? Mathglot (talk) 08:30, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

Hm, there might be a way to have it all display nicely in a vertical alignment. I'll play around & see if I can get it to cooperate. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 08:54, 17 September 2026 (UTC)

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Question from AlexisAvitia (21:40, 24 September 2026)

Hi, I'm working on a new draft for the Trumark Homes. Can you give me some feedback in terms of what I may need to improve or add for a successful resubmission? I can send a copy here if you can help. --AlexisAvitia (talk) 21:40, 24 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi, AlexisAvitia. The vast majority of organizations are not notable enough for an online encyclopedia. Your main obstacle is WP:Notability, in particular, Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Read through those carefully, and then try to provide *at least* three highly reliable, independent sources that meet the criteria, in particular, WP:ORGDEPTH. Good luck! Mathglot (talk) 21:55, 24 September 2026 (UTC)

Question from Cansy Official (23:16, 25 September 2026)

Hello mentor, is it ok for me to ask you to review my edits --Cansy Official (talk) 23:16, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Cansy Official, yes, of course! Which edit would you like reviewed? (edit conflict) Mathglot (talk) 23:21, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

because i want you to review my other edits Cansy Official (talk) 23:19, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Cansy Official, Which other edits? Mathglot (talk) 23:21, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

the one i just did in nova scotia & creative commons Cansy Official (talk) 23:23, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

and btw u can call me cansy Cansy Official (talk) 23:26, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

what pronouns do u have so i can refer to u correctly Cansy Official (talk) 23:28, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

also can you TEMPORARILY unprotect Jacknjellify so i can edit Cansy Official (talk) 23:39, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

im just uncomfortable that its a redirect and not about the company Cansy Official (talk) 23:41, 25 September 2026 (UTC)

Cansy, I am not an admin, so I cannot unprotect it. I responded at your Talk page. Mathglot (talk) 00:10, 26 September 2026 (UTC)

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Question from Tawanda or not Tawanda on Alyson Sullivan-Almeida (02:17, 27 September 2026)

Hello, I’d like to know if there is anyone monitoring the town’s officials? I know for hard evidence fact of town charter violations, egregious acts of code violations resulting in a catastrophic outcome to a historic home and it’s residents. Bldg code violations approved by Jason Harris, Scott Lambiase & BOS members. This has been brought to the attention of AGO, OIG, ETHICS COMMITTEE & even STEPHEN LYNCH. None of which have given the solid air tight evidence have batted an eyelash at investigating a nano spec of it. This involves an accelerated death of an ILD elderly resident, current health crisis of occupants in the HERSEY HOUSE 1806. Is anyone going to Be held accountable for the FRAUDULENT INSPECTION REPORTS FILED TO THE STATE?! PERJURY COMMITTING BLDG COMMISIONER WITH KNOWLEDGE OF ACTS BY TOWN manager &!Select board members. Is this what my taxes pay for? To die ? --Tawanda or not Tawanda (talk) 02:17, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Tawanda or not Tawanda. This is Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. We can help you with editing questions about how to edit Wikipedia. Generally speaking, we are unable to help with questions about local politics unrelated to the production of a Wikipedia article. However, you can sometimes get a response to a question like that at the Wikipedia:Reference desk. No guarantees, as it is manned by volunteers who answer questions they are interested in, but perhaps worth a try. Good luck! Mathglot (talk) 03:35, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

Question from The Unquiet Pen (07:01, 27 September 2026)

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hello mentor, I am eager to begin contributing to wikipedia. For a start how do i begin editing, does wikipedia suggest pages for me to edit or do i find what am interetsed and edit. thank you --The Unquiet Pen (talk) 07:01, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

The Unquiet Pen, hello and welcome to Wikipedia! Both of those are possibilities. You can go to your Homepage and look for the Suggested edits module, and follow their suggestions, or you can pick pretty much any article you' like to work on. What kinds of things are you interested in? Mathglot (talk) 07:42, 27 September 2026 (UTC)

Question from Leuly50 (08:11, 29 September 2026)

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Hi --Leuly50 (talk) 08:11, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Leuly50, hello. Mathglot (talk) 08:31, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Reverts on Treaty of Troyes

Hi @Mathglot, you just reverted my edits from tonight on Treaty of Troyes - not sure why you felt these were LLM-generated? I work quite a bit in this area, but always from reliable sources, in this case Allmand, Curry, etc. The article is what I was spending my afternoon on. You even reverted my addition of a suitable Commons picture?

Since I don't just want to revert your revert, can you give me a bit more of an explanation please? — Arcaist ^{(contr—talk)} 18:44, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Arcaist, I should have been more careful with individual edits; I've restored the image, although it's a bit hard to find a good spot for it given the previous article structure. The reason I felt it was LLM-generated is that it came up as AI-generated with 100% confidence by Chat GPT Zero. The reason I even bothered checking in the first place, was this edit, adding a new § Ratification section with eleven references to the article in six minutes. Mathglot (talk) 19:05, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

I know you have to use 'AI detectors' to spot things, but I'm sure you also know that these produce false positives. Plug my edits into any other detector and I'm fairly sure the results will change. If my stuff sounds like AI it's probably because I'm an academic and that's just how I write.

Regarding the new section - I mean, I write these things outside the editor and then insert them, that's my working style. I've spend something like 4 hours with the sources and the article today (as you can see from the editing history) and inserting every sentence and citation with a separate edit would be upwards of 100 individual edits, which is silly. There's only a handful of good academic sources on the Treaty anyway, it's not like it's magic to say "Allmand" and "Curry" about five times per paragraph.

So where do we go from here? — Arcaist ^{(contr—talk)} 19:21, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

By the way, it took me about half an hour to write the ratification section, as you can see from the history. The six minutes is just the time after a 5-byte formatting edit which had nothing to do with the content. I mean, I know we're all hunting for LLM content, but that doesn't mean every series of substantive edits is suspicious. — Arcaist ^{(contr—talk)} 19:25, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

What you say seems plausible, so I've restored your material. I guess I'll have to use multiple detectors next time. There is a plague of AI on Wikipedia, the evidence isn't always clear, and I (and everybody else, I guess) am still learning how to deal with it. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 19:29, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

No worries, I appreciate your work and especially the quick replies. Believe me I know how much of a headache AI is, both here and in academia. Good luck! — Arcaist ^{(contr—talk)} 19:32, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:French historiography

Hello, Mathglot. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "French historiography".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 17:45, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

Requested at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion#Draft:French historiography. Mathglot (talk) 19:55, 5 October 2026 (UTC)

@Liz @Dev-DLM Dev-DLM (talk) 10:03, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

LOCATION : https://***REDACTED***.com/join/g-XXL6vMMPKNkskdr. Dev-DLM (talk) 10:15, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Terribly sorry, User:Dev-DLM, but I had to corrupt your spammy url above so it no longer goes to your website. Have fun at Wikipedia, until you are permanently blocked. Left you a message in the next section. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 10:22, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

proxy/port 8080 Dev-DLM (talk) 10:30, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Okay, fun's over. Stay off my Talk page.

Downtime in my TZ now; please keep half an eye open while I'm unable to. Thx, Mathglot (talk) 10:35, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Setting to answered, user blocked. Feel free to re-flag in the event something else pops up. Bobby Cohn 🍁 (talk) 13:58, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Much appreciated! Mathglot (talk) 17:50, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Editing tests

Hi @Mathglot, I am delighted that Wikipedia has caught your attention and that you have been interested in learning how to edit on it. The editing test you did worked; However, you should keep in mind that the goal of this project is to develop a reliable and complete encyclopedia that everyone can consult. Your edit affected the content, so it has been removed. If you want to learn how to edit Wikipedia, the sandbox is at your disposal. If your comments were specific to an article, the correct place is that article's talk page. Dev-DLM (talk) 09:58, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Gee, thanks, Dev-DLM! I'll be sure to use my sandbox until I understand how to edit Wikipedia. I guess I just haven't been able to figure it out in my last one hundred thousand or so editing tests over the last twenty years, but pretty soon I'm gonna get it, I promise! I'm awestruck how far you have come in your two-edit Wiki career, keep up the good work! Thanks again! Mathglot (talk) 10:18, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Question from Kaygeepeebee62 (17:27, 6 October 2026)

Hello, i am having a problem in finding or entering an archive URL for a citation in an article I added to. The help function does not resolve it for me.

Thank you

Kevin Bergin --Kaygeepeebee62 (talk) 17:27, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Kevin. I presume you are talking about this notice on your Talk page by Qwerfjkl (bot). That notice gives a clue about what went wrong, in particular, the red message Check |archive-url= value. Checking the copy of the citation in the bot notice, it looks like you wrote this citation:

...|archive-url="https://www.historyireland.com/geographical-loyalty-counties-palatinates-boroughs-and-ridings"...

and that is, in fact, the problem. (Or rather, one of three problems.) The |archive-url= parameter requires a valid url as a value, and quotation marks are not valid. Just take them out, and your citation should work.

However, there is another problem: you are using the wrong url parameter. Param |archive-url= is used solely for urls from the Internet archive; they always start with https://web.archive.org/web/.... So, you should use param |url= for the ireland website url. Additionally, the url is live, not dead, so that can just be removed, along with the archive-date. Fixing all three problems, gives you this: which you can code this way:

<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maxwell |first=Nick |date=6 March 2013 |title=‘Geographical loyalty’? Counties, palatinates, boroughs and ridings' |url=https://www.historyireland.com/geographical-loyalty-counties-palatinates-boroughs-and-ridings |access-date=6 October 2026 |website=History Ireland}}</ref>

Hope this helps! Mathglot (talk) 18:57, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

References

Your translation skill is requested

I was browsing some articles about 15th century humanism and the Rennaissance, and I came across an article that is very limited in English, but seems to be rather excellent in French. Could you perhaps look into a bit of some information exchange?

The article is Greek scholars in the Renaissance, which is 22 kB in English and three times larger in French. I was particularly looking up references to an article I was editing, Collatio Novi Testamenti, which led me to Lorenzo Valla research. He is mentioned in the French version of Greek scholars in the Renaissance, and in fact several other men are. It opened up a whole new can of worms, and I realized that I prefer the French historical synopses better, far better than the list of scholars in the English one.

I would like the English article to follow the logical layout of the French one. And, it mentions Collatio Novi Testamenti in passing. Thanks for your consideration. I like to saw logs! (talk) 07:15, 8 October 2026 (UTC)

Question from Kaygeepeebee62 (16:57, 8 October 2026)

Hello, I introduced a new sub heading to an already established article and described an event that I felt was relevant to the main article. Main article (County Roscommon), sub heading (Notable events - Last fatal duel in Ireland). However, a Wiki editor removed large sections of the text of the event I was describing, many details that I felt were crucial to the event being described such as the actual date of event, the location of event and a brief background description of the 2 people concerned. Removing these details interfered with the integrity, flow and informative value of the event I was describing and I felt that it took away significantly from what other users could learn about a topic of considerable historical significance in Ireland and the editors actions also I felt undermined the research I had done on the topic. I just feel that the author should be able to retain the crucial details of the topic as they are fully knowledgable on the subject concerned and especially so when they started the topic themselves. --Kaygeepeebee62 (talk) 16:57, 8 October 2026 (UTC)

Responded at your Talk page. 03:33, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

question

 Courtesy link: mentee question @Ozzie talk

Hi Mathglot, I got this question https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ozzie10aaaa&curid=37531964&diff=1379187447&oldid=1379186935 I'm not sure how to answer(apparent student), could you help with advice, thanks Ozzie--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 19:42, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Ozzie10aaaa. In brief, this student is not in a course connected to Wiki Ed, which covers North America only, and since they asked an editing-related question about Wikipedia standards, feel free to respond as you would to any mentee not involved with Wiki Ed.

That said, here's some background that might help, though I am fuzzy on many of the details. The student is apparently in a course that involves the WikiMedia Education (not Pedia) program and its related EduWiki Hub, that afaik manages Wikipedia-related classes worldwide that are *not* in North America. I'm not very clear about where the most current info about this program is, as a page on the outreach wiki like outreach:Education/Community/Countries looks like a really useful list-of-links page to every country the program covers (e.g., outreach:Education/Countries/Ireland). But otoh, the country links page is years old—not sure if that's because the project has moved over to meta à la EduWiki Hub, or simply because all the links on the page are still valid, and nothing needed to be updated. Your student did mention the outreach wiki, so maybe it is still valid; I'm a bit fuzzy about all that.

Your student gave a clue with the dashboard link; following that to the Browse campaigns page shows many active course in several languages and countries, so I'm guessing that is the best place to start if you want to track down course info. Here's a link to All campaigns, and if you search 'Ireland' in the search box you get two rows, and clicking the bottom one for the 'Wikimedia Community Ireland' campaign gets you this overview page full of stats, but with five contacts bottom right for Wikimedia Community Ireland who might be able to help further as far as determining the specific course and instructor, if that helps any.

Bottom line, though, I would just handle it as a straight up mentee question, irrespective of any course connection with meta:Education. Please lmk what else you find out; I'm curious about this, too. Cheers, Mathglot (talk) 20:34, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

It occurred to me afterward, that you may simply have been wondering about their page at User:ToDunMas/Kilquane Cemetery. The topic seems non-notable to me. Notability is not inherited, so even if Kilquane Church is notable, or St Patrick's (civil parish, Clare and Limerick) is, the cemetery isn't necessarily, and would have to meet WP:GNG on its own. Mathglot (talk) 20:53, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

The student also mentioned the course facilitator, Amy Uí Ríordáin. From their user page, they identify as "Community Manager at Wikimedia Community Ireland", so maybe that's an analogous role to a Wikipedia expert at Wiki Ed. Otoh, with 49 edits, she is still brand new herself, wikiwise, but maybe most of her work is off-wiki. Mathglot (talk) 21:27, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

Mathglot , thank you ... I was a "little" confused by the Edu thing myself, Ozzie--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 12:12, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Question from Nodyra (00:33, 10 October 2026)

Hello, after watching the series Mononoke, I became curious about it's 2 manga adaptations. After searching it on barns & Noble, I found "Skazaniya o mononoke: Kniga 1," and it doesn't look like there's a Wikipedia page for it. Because of that, I feel almost entitled to make it myself, what should I do? --Nodyra (talk) 00:33, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Nodyra, there's the 1998 film Princess Mononoke, there's a documentary, and I guess there was a series after the film which you saw, and then there is the 2025 fantasy detective novel Skazaniya o mononoke (Сказания о мононоке) by Russian author Anastasia Gor. These are all different things. When you say, "it doesn't look like there's a Wikipedia page for it", which one are you talking about? There is already an article about the film. Mathglot (talk) 01:01, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

There isn't a page on specifically the book Skazaniya o mononoke. And the Series that I had watched is Mononoke

Sorry, I didn't realize I could embed links to the text. :p Nodyra (talk) 02:21, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

I had initially looked it up on Wikipedia because the lead detective guy in Skazaniya o mononoke, looks similar to the medicine seller from Mononoke Nodyra (talk) 02:32, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Nodyra, for any topic to be eligible to have its own article at Wikipedia, the topic must satisfy the criteria of WP:Notability, which is a Wikipedia guideline with very specific requirements involving the kind of coverage and amount of coverage the topic has received in reliable sources. For books, the criteria are explained at Wikipedia:Notability (books). Few books meet these stringent requirements. If you want to see if Skazaniya o mononoke is one of them, have a look at Wikipedia:Notability (books). Please also have a look at Help:Your first article. (edit conflict) Mathglot (talk) 02:39, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much for answering my question, I had no idea there was so many rules for books on Wikipedia. I'll be sure to look through everything to see if it meets the requirements

Thank you again, have a grate rest of your day! Nodyra (talk) 03:25, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Question from Caesaral (00:13, 11 October 2026)

Hello, if I may what are the fundamentals one needs to know about editing Wikipedia pages --Caesaral (talk) 00:13, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Caesaral, and welcome! You could try Wikipedia:Introduction, or Wikipedia:Ten simple rules for editing Wikipedia. In addition, I've left you a welcome message on your Talk page, with more links for you to look at. Good luck! Mathglot (talk) 04:27, 11 October 2026 (UTC)

Question from Placido Rafael Basurto (11:04, 12 October 2026)

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User menu Mobile phone jammer Article Talk Language Save Edit Download PDF A mobile phone jammer or blocker is a device which deliberately transmits signals on the same radio frequencies as mobile phones, disrupting the communication between the phone and the cell-phone base station, effectively disabling mobile phones within the range of the jammer, preventing them from receiving signals and from transmitting them. Jammers can be used in practically any location, but are found primarily in places where a phone call would be particularly disruptive because silence is expected, such as entertainment venues.

Example of a mobile phone jammer, produced by Jammerspro Because they disrupt the operations of legitimate mobile phone services, the use of such blocking devices is illegal in many jurisdictions, especially without a licence. When operational, such devices also block access to emergency services.

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Placido Rafael Basurto, other than your phrase about a manufacturer which I've highlighted above, everything else in your comment is a copy of the article Mobile phone jammer. Do you have a question about editing Wikipedia? Mathglot (talk) 15:38, 12 October 2026 (UTC)