User talk:Greatjonesguy

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Qcne was:

Your draft shows signs of having been generated by a large language model, such as ChatGPT. Their outputs usually have multiple issues that prevent them from meeting our guidelines on writing articles. These include:

• Promotional tone, editorializing and other words to watch
• Vague, generic, and speculative statements extrapolated from similar subjects
• Essay-like writing
• Hallucinations (plausible-sounding, but false information) and non-existent references
• Close paraphrasing
  

Please address these issues. The best way is usually to read reliable sources and summarize them, instead of using a large language model. See our help page on large language models.

 The comment the reviewer left was:

Contains references with "source=chatgpt.com" in the URL. I have made no judgement on the rest of the draft content, but since ChatGPT has been used in the creation of this draft you must read WP:LLM and carefully review all the content of the draft to check for hallucinations, unsubstantiated text, non-existent references. If you are sure that no ChatGPT artefacts remain, you can re-submit this draft for review.

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qcne (talk) 20:58, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello, qcne! Thank your for taking the time to review the draft. ChatGPT was used solely for gathering a few initial sources. The utm code "source=chatgpt" is attached to any webpage url initially visited via ChatGPT. I have reviewed the draft and the sources themselves for unsubstantiated material, and I believe everything to be accurate and verifiable. I reviewed WP:LLM as well and confirm that all writing in this article is entirely my own. ChatGPT was not used in any way beyond minor reference sourcing. If possible, I would welcome your review of the draft as a whole. Thanks again. Greatjonesguy (talk) 21:39, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I declined without prejudice, so feel free to re-submit for review. qcne (talk) 21:44, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! Greatjonesguy (talk) 00:16, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello, Greatjonesguy! Having an article draft declined at Articles for Creation can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! qcne (talk) 20:58, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

({{Ping|Pythoncoder}}) Hello! Thank you for taking the time to review my draft Draft: Bay Alarm. In response to your comment, I resubmitted the article with only slight URL adjustments following my conversation with user:Qcne. I explained that ChatGPT was used solely for gathering a few initial sources. The utm code "source=chatgpt" is attached to any webpage url initially visited via ChatGPT. I have reviewed the draft and the sources themselves for unsubstantiated material, and I believe everything to be accurate and verifiable. I reviewed WP:LLM as well and confirm that all writing in this article is entirely my own. ChatGPT was not used in any way beyond minor reference sourcing. Following our conversation, user:Qcne told me to resubmit the draft as he declined it initially without prejudice.

The article has since been declined by another editor. I intend to address any issues in a revised draft and would welcome your review. Thank you! Greatjonesguy (talk) 15:54, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

^{Courtesy ping @Pythoncoder and @Gheus.} qcne (talk) 15:57, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Please remove primary sources such as the official website, press releases (prnewswire, businesswire, etc.). Please also remove WP:ORGTRIV and WP:CORPDEPTH and give us two best in-depth sources about the company. Thank you. Gheus (talk) 01:54, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @Gheus! Thank you for your feedback. I have removed the primary sources you flagged and trivial content outlined in WP:ORGTRIV. I'm open to discussion if you believe additional cuts are necessary. Volume 73 of "Decisions of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California" (reference #2 in the draft) provides in-depth coverage of the organization's founding and family-ownership. Extensive information about the organization can be found in the Forbes Health "Tried and Tested" article (reference #5) and The Home Security Advisor overview (reference #1). Please let me know if more references are needed to properly support this article. Thanks! Greatjonesguy (talk) 21:13, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @S0091 @Moneytrees,

I’m reaching out regarding Draft: Bay Alarm and the block on my account. I understand why the article has been rejected, and wanted to address my past mistake in good faith. A few months ago, I attempted to create an article to learn the Wikipedia process and writing style. I had no malicious intent, but I lacked a complete understanding of COI guidelines and the AfC process. As a result of this error, my Wikipedia account was blocked. With Draft: Bay Alarm, I declared my COI, implemented editors’ feedback, and have done my best to engage honestly and transparently with the Wikipedia community. I know Wikipedia’s guidelines are enforced to preserve the integrity of the platform for all who use it. My only hope is to clarify my actions and ask that Draft: Bay Alarm be evaluated according to the credibility of its sources and notability of the organization itself. If I am unable to resubmit the article for review, would it be possible for someone else – a colleague of mine – to submit it with the necessary COI acknowledgements? Thank you for taking the time to read this and please message me if you wish to speak more. Greatjonesguy (talk) 15:41, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello Greatjonesguy, just noting I've seen this; I blocked you more for use of multiple accounts than anything. As long as you stick to one account and keep your paid edits in draft space, I'm willing to unblock you; I want to go over the private evidence with another admin first though, which shouldn't take too long. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 20:05, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

FYI - I'm watching this and will address the reject if unblocked. S0091 (talk) 20:31, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

I'm fine with unblocking. 331dot (talk) 21:04, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

I've now removed the block per this conversation. Moneytrees🏝️(Talk) 01:26, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @Aydoh8 and @Theroadislong,

Thank you both for taking the time to review Draft:Bay Alarm. The draft was rejected by @S0091 in connection with a block on my account that has since been removed. I recently reached out to @S0091 regarding resubmitting the article and was offered some helpful feedback that I tried to implement here. I hope this clarifies why I resubmitted the draft. Thanks again, and I'm available if you have any other notes.

Greatjonesguy (talk) 13:37, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi Greatjonesguy. Thank you for your work on Bay Alarm. Another editor, CostalCal, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

It's a local company where I live!

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with {{Re|CostalCal}}. (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

CostalCal (talk) 20:05, 23 February 2026 (UTC)