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Speedy deletion nomination of MEETS (cable system)

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A tag has been placed on MEETS (cable system) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Bay of Bengal Gateway (cable system)

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A tag has been placed on Bay of Bengal Gateway (cable system) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about an organization or company, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Category:Terrestrial communications cables

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File:PeeringDB Login.png listed for deletion

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Nomination of MEETS (cable system) for deletion

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Segment Routing

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What the sneck does "leverages the source routing paradigm" mean. Use of the word paradigm is an almost sure indicator of being in the presence of complete bollocks.TheLongTone (talk) 14:14, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Segment Routing

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Orphaned non-free image File:MENA Submarine Cable System logo.png

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Mahtin (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

Caught by an open proxy block but this host or IP is not an open proxy. My IP address is 186.113.28.218. This is the Avianca Executive Lounge at Bogota Colombia El Dorado International Airport. It's not an open proxy.

Decline reason:

Procedural decline since your account is not directly blocked. If you want to not be bothered by blocks like this while you're waiting for your flight, I direct you to WP:IPECPROXY where you can follow the instructions to request IP block exemption. Because, honestly, while there may be the occasional person who might have a good reason for us to lift a block on an airport WiFi, I don't see us lifting this before it expires now that we know what it is. — Daniel Case (talk) 06:42, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I'm Jimfbleak. An edit that you recently made seemed to be generated using a large language model (an "AI chatbot" or other application using such technology). Text produced by these applications is usually unsuitable for an encyclopedia, and may contain factually inaccurate statements, fictitious citations, or other problems. You should instead read reliable sources and then summarize those in your own words. Your edit may have been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks.

Just to avoid misunderstanding, if you keep reposting LLM-generated articles, I will block you Jimfbleak - talk to me? 09:33, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for engaging. Your text showed 100% LLM on ZeroGPT, but I only ran that because it looked obviously LLM-generated on first read. Using LLM is fine for research is fine, but you have responsibility for what you post here. It's not the only problem with that article, I'll post more guidance here shortly. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:01, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Guidance

"Holocaust" should be capitalised in the title.
We don't allow LLMs because inter alia it has eccentric formatting and unreliable or invented sources. Your only sources here are closely associated with the exhibition, and should be supplemented or replaced with independent sources, like the BBC or Holocaust Memorial Trust.
You have, for example, The exhibition was widely praised for its emotional impact and educational value. The portraits were later featured in the BBC documentary Survivors: Portraits of the Holocaust, which explored the creation process and the stories of the sitters. Your source says none of that, and would be inappropriate for self-praise if it did. Your bot has made it up, basically, as it has other "facts" unsupported by the references.
You should write in sentences, not the lists AI prefers, and you should not have the random bolding an italicising that it likes. Only bolding should be the first mention of the topic, and your bot had the topic in both Roman and italic in the text. You shouldn't have a new heading for every sentence.

This is clearly a notable topic, but you simply can't trust a bot not to make stuff up, especially with references, or to write text that isn't obviously machine slop Jimfbleak - talk to me? 10:01, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

As a son of a Holocaust survivor, I take the subject very seriously. While I use LLMs (ChatGPT) for many things these days, I'm able to differentiate between crap and reality. But I can also tell you I write in a style that has got me in trouble before with wiki editors. It happens. I was a professional write back a few decades ago. What you saw today was written while flying overnight from the US to London. I'll clean it up once I rest. I'd prefer if you didn't delete stuff; but, mark it requiring editing. That would be a polite thing to do. Mahtin (talk) 10:13, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

As you can imagine, these days we are deluged with LLM-produced texts, which are a huge waste of time of the volunteer editors here, and that's why the G15 speedy deletion category was created. And the other problems I highlighted would still be problems, whether bot- or human-written. Normally, I would block someone who immediately reposted something I'd deleted minutes before, but your text wasn't obviously self-serving, so I thought it better to encourage you to engage. I look forward to seeing an improved version Jimfbleak - talk to me? 11:35, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Updated version at Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust now published. As I put in the history notes: Rewrite and review - updated since last try - much cleaner with additional references etc. Human powered typing. Mahtin (talk) 13:36, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ruzena Levy Seven Portraits Queens Gallery.jpg

Hi Mahtin. While I've no doubt that you took File:Ruzena Levy Seven Portraits Queens Gallery.jpg yourself, there is no freedom of panorama in the United Kingdom for 2D graphic works of art such as paintings. This means your photo is considered to be a WP:Derivative work (c:COM:DW) in which there are two copyrights that need to be considered: the one for the photo and the one for the photographed painting. So, even though it's perfectly OK for you to use the copyright license {{cc-by-sa-4.0}} for the photo you took, that license can't be used for the photographed painting unless you are also the copyright holder of the painting. My guess is that you aren't Ruzena Levy which means Wikipedia can't host this file as currently licensed without verifying Levy's WP:CONSENT. Moreover, there's no way to treat the painting as non-free content under Wikipedia's non-free content use policy because non-free content is not allowed to be used in userspace drafts per WP:NFCC#9 and WP:UP#Non-free files. If you'd like to try to obtain Levy's consent, there are some suggestions on how to do so given in WP:PERMISSION; otherwise, it looks like the file is going to need to be deleted.

FWIW, it's OK if you didn't know about any of this; image copyright laws can be tricky to sort out even for the most experienced Wikipedia users. If you're not intending to seek Levy's consent, then my suggestion to you would be to tag the file for speedy deletion per WP:G7 by adding the syntax {{db-author}} to the top pf the file's page. It can always be restored by an administrator at a later date if you do obtain said consent or an acceptable non-free use for the file can be found. If you have any questions about this feel free to ask them below or at WP:MCQ. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:31, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. Well explained. I can adjust the copyright on the image. Plus, I'll ask my mum about it tomorrow. She's Ruzena "Rachel" Levy. The Holocaust survivor whose page I'm building up presently. This photo comes from this exhibit and I've possibly got a dozen pages to update related to these seven paintings. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Portraits:_Surviving_the_Holocaust

Thanks for your feedback. I'll come back with questions again as I need 'em. Mahtin (talk) 02:38, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for clarifying things. If you mother wants t send a WP:CONSENT email to [the Wikimedia Volunteer Response Team, then that should take care of everything. The sooner this is done the better, though. If she does decide to send such an email, please ask her to do so using an email address (e.g. an official email address if she has one) that will allow a VRT member to be sure the email is from her; free email address like Yahoo! mail can make such identification harder and she might be asked to provide some way of verifying who she is. Once she (or her representatives) send such an email, she should receive an automated reply containing a VRT ticket number; this number can be used for reference later on. Her email should follow the wording given on the WP:CONSENT page as closely as possible. She should also understand that once she gives her consent, she can't take it back at a later date. She wouldn't be transferring her copyright ownership of the painting to the Wikimedia Foundation or anyone else; she would just be making this particular image of her work available under a copyright license that makes it much easier for others to reuse with very minimal restrictions, including in commercial and derivative ways. So, she should be sure she wants to do this before actually doing it.She might want to talk to whoever advises her on such matters if she's not sure. Lastly, I will post something about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines about creating/editing content about a family member right below this. Please take the time to read through it because the more familiar you are with such things the less likely you're going to find yourself having problems later on. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:07, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I understand. It's 3am here in London so I'll get her to do that tomorrow. My mother teaches and talks about the Holocaust (even at 95), so one extra letter will be easy. Mahtin (talk) 03:14, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Everything I posted above after your first response is based on the assumption that your mother is the copyright holder of the painting (i.e., the artist who painted it) and not the subject of the painting. That was a mistake on my part, and I apologize for not seeking further clarification. The copyright holder of a portrait like this is the artist who paints it, not the subject. So, if, as stated in Seven Portraits: Surviving the Holocaust#The survivors, their artists, and their portraits, Stuart Pearson Wright is the artist who painted this portrait, then it's Wright's consent, not your mother's, which is needed. Without Wright's consent it's going to be really quite hard for Wikipedia to keep this file. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:43, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes - I realized the same as a did research into this. I will contact Stuart Pearson Wright and hopefully I will get a response. I can replace the picture with one that has the artist and the sitter standing next to the artwork. I will do some research. The last few days have been a whirlwind of learning. Thank you. Mahtin (talk) 11:19, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A photo your mother posing for Wright should work as long as it doesn't focus too much on the portrait itself; so, if you took such a photo, it should be OK to upload to Wikimedia Commons as your c:COM:Own work. If Wright is willing to give their consent, then they just have to email Wikimedia VRT. All they need to do is include the name of the file you uploaded in their email and then follow the rest of the instructions in WP:CONSENT. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:51, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Artist contacted and he's going to send in CONSENT email. He had zero issues. Please await his processing of that request. Mahtin (talk) 10:13, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

When you've confirmed the email has been sent, go to the file's page, click "Edit" at the top of the page, remove the syntax for the {{di-no permission}} template I added at the top of the editing window, and replace it with the syntax for the template {{Permission pending}} ({{subst:OP}}). This will give the file an extra 30 days for VRT to verify the copyright holder's consent. The copyright holder should receive an automated reply from VRT, and this reply should contain a VRT ticket number. Ask the copyright holder to make a note of that number because it will come in handy later on if VRT finds a problem with the email. You should also ask the copyright holder to use an official business email account (if they have one); something that helps VRT identify who sent the email would be a good idea. Otherwise, VRT might require some form of additional verification. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:28, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mahtin/Ruzena Levy

Hello, Mahtin. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on the page User:Mahtin/Ruzena Levy, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for article subjects for more information. We ask that you:

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In addition, you are required by the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use to disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution which forms all or part of work for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. See Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure.

Also, editing for the purpose of advertising, publicizing, or promoting anyone or anything is not permitted. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:08, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again Mahtin. Wikipedia considers you to have a conflict-of-interest when it comes to creating or editing content about you mother on Wikipedia. This doesn't mean you can do such thing, but it does mean you'll be expected to adhere to relevant Wikipedia policies and guidelines regarding such editing. My suggestion to you would be to move the userspace draft you're currently working on to the draft namespace and then submit it to WP:AFD for review when you think its ready. There are instructions on how to create a draft at the top of the AFC page. If you do this, you'll be pretty much left alone to work on the draft at your own pace as long as you don't violate any Wikipedia policies or guidelines while doing so; however, if the draft is approved, you will have no final editorial control over its content and you'll be expected to avoid directly editing it as much as possible. If you're OK with these types of restrictions, feel free to continue working on the draft. If not, you might want to reconsider trying to create an article about your mother or adding content about her to any Wikipedia page. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:14, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have been discussing the CIO and, like other issues, I'm deep into researching this. I read your comment: " if the draft is approved, you will have no final editorial control over its content and you'll be expected to avoid directly editing it as much as possible" and I agree 100% to that point. So far, everything I have done is in draft form and I know I have a long process to move it out of draft. I don't intent to hide the COI issue at this point. Thank you again for your input on the matter. Mahtin (talk) 11:24, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ruzena Levy Return to Solotnva 2013.jpg

Hi Mahtin. File:Ruzena Levy Return to Solotnva 2013.jpg has similar derivative work issues to those described above in that both the design of the memorial and the written text itself might each be eligible for copyright protection separate from the photo you took. It's not clear where where the memorial is located since it's not clear where Solotnva is. If it's located within either the Czech Republic or Slovakia, then fix is relatively simple since the copyright laws of both countries (c:COM:FOP Czech Republic and c:COM:FOP Slovakia) allow freedom of panorama for this kind of photo; however, if the memorial is located in a country that doesn't allow freedom of panorama for such photos (e.g., the US), then that would be a problem and things become more complicated to sort out. So, if you can clarify where the memorial is located, it will be easier to assess what to do next. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:28, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The memorial plaque was created and is located within Ukraine. So I believe COM:FOP Ukraine is the correct one to use. Mahtin (talk) 11:32, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for clarifying things. The Ukraine only allows a limited type of freedom of panorama that places restrictions on commercial reuse, which is something too restrictive for the types of Creative Commons licenses considered free enough for Wikipedia's purposes. Even though you most certainly have no intention to use your photo commercially, others might which is why Wikipedia doesn't accept any type of Creative Commons license that limits reuse to "non-commercial" or "non-derivative" types of uses. So, Wikipedia would need to treat this as non-free content for the plaque even with your acceptably licensed photo. Wikipedia's non-free content use policy, however, is very restrictive by design. A non-free image of the memorial could probably be justified if used in a stand-alone article about the memorial itself, but it would be very hard to justify such a use in the draft you're working on about your mother. For one thing, non-free content can only be used in the article namespace, which means no drafts or userspace drafts, but it would also be hard to justify such a non-free use in an article about your mother even if that's approved someday. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:44, 16 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ruzena Levy Return to Solotnva 2013.jpg listed for discussion

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Ruzena Levy Return to Solotnva 2013.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. Please see the discussion to see why it has been listed (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry). Feel free to add your opinion on the matter below the nomination. Thank you. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:11, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I just read the discussion. As pointed out by on of the responders, "it's just a wall with words on it". I'd add that its purpose in life is to make sure more people read and understand those words! The general UA copyright added seems to be all that's needed to cover the photo taken in Ukraine. Mahtin (talk) 07:07, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Individual words and phrases tend to be not be eligible for copyright protection, at least under US copyright law, but a page in a book is also, in a sense, "just a piece of paper with words on it". Things aren't always as simple as these seem, and the template you're trying to use doesn't seem to cover monuments per se. I've asked about this on Wikimedia Commons and perhaps that will lead to clarification on the copyright status of the monument. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:24, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

File permission problem with File:Ruzena Levy Seven Portraits Queens Gallery.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Ruzena Levy Seven Portraits Queens Gallery.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Hello. I'm traveling presently; but, I'm reaching out to the artist to see what I can get. I do have an alternative picture with the artist standing with the portrait and the sitter. I'm asking about that alternative image also.

In parallel, I'm pursuing public-domain photos from the event taken by the Crown Estate (read: Royals Family). I do see light at the end of the tunnel. Mahtin (talk) 07:02, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

For reference, a file that ends up being deleted isn't gone forever but rather is only hidden from pubic view. It's still there on the Wikipedia servers and can easily be restored by a Wikipedia administrator if the reasons that lead to its deletion are subsequently resolved. So, even though the above notification states the file can be be deleted after seven days have past since the file was tagged, this is partially just a precautionary move to ensure Wikipedia isn't "displaying" files with licensing issues for an extended period of time. Not only does this help maintain Wikipedia's reputation as a provider of freely licensed content, but it also helps copyright holders because it can reduce the chances of some Wikipedia reader downloading the file and using it somewhere outside of Wikipedia under an incorrect license. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:18, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Artist contacted and he's going to send in CONSENT email. He had zero issues. Please await his processing of that request. Mahtin (talk) 10:14, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]