User talk:Magnolia677
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Maps of Native American ancestries (Kansas, Iowa, Missouri)
Hi Magnolia,
I started discussions on Talk Pages of articles about Kansas, Iowa and Missouri.
Please respond there and write why you think that maps are not relevant enough.
By the way, actually if you include mixed-race individuals with partially Native American ancestry, then the percentages are around 4% of the total population for Kansas, around 3% for Missouri, and 2% for Iowa.
Best regards,
Domen von Wielkopolska (talk) 10:58, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
Images on List of burials at Hollywood Cemetery
I see your changes to the images at the List of burials at Hollywood Cemetery page. I would argue that these pages should include images of the people buried in the cemetery rather than the graves themselves. It is not an article about the cemetery - that page already exists - but it is about the people buried there. Dwkaminski (talk) 19:10, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Dwkaminski: Thanks for writing. If you search "List of burials at", the top articles with photos are the following:
- I mean...they're dead? And some of their graves are quite beautiful. I can start a discussion on the article talk page if you like. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 20:27, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
Ujdial
There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Viva la horde, ~ GoatLordServant(Talk) 11:59, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
- @GoatLordServant: I knew something was fishy. Hey cheers! Magnolia677 (talk) 13:19, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
Etcheron Valley Junction Ranch Range
Hey Magnolia!
Sorry for the bad source. That was indeed weak. Though Darwin is the closest town to the radar test range (and connected by road), which I find an interesting piece of information to add to the article. It can be viewed directly via Google Maps satellite coverage.
Here is a better source: https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/junction-ranch.htm
I'd like to get the green light from you so re add this if ok. Thanks Greggorrr (talk) 19:33, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
- @Greggorrr: That source is also a personal website. Please take a moment to read WP:RS. Also, city articles are not tourist guides of nearby sites of interest. If it's located in the unincorporated county, it should be added to that articles. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 20:42, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
DYK for Mowbray, Manitoba
On 21 April 2026, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mowbray, Manitoba, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that some children from North Dakota crossed the Canadian border daily to attend school in Mowbray, Manitoba, in the early 1900s? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mowbray, Manitoba. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Mowbray, Manitoba), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to nominate it.
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Destubathon of the Americas
Hello there! You are invited to participate in the Destubathon of the Americas, a contest/editathon which will run from May 1 to May 31. The goal is to destub as many of our 475,000+ stubs for the Americas (from Alaska down to Chile) as possible. A good chance to have fun in expanding many of our old stale stubs and win up to £2000 ($2680) in Amazon vouchers for expanding stub articles. Sign up in the Contestants/participants section on the contest page if interested. Even if not interested in prizes you are still warmly welcome to participate in it as an editathon! Hopefully we can achieve something significant in the month of May together! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:57, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
Sophia Ali
Hi. Please see https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1496115/. Her name is Sophia Taylor Ali Ramseyer and IMDb is considered reliable for birth names and credits. I would like for you to revert your "Undo" on her page. The Career and Filmography has been updated accordingly to 2026. If you do not like anything from her Personal Life section then you are free to remove that section, removing 8K characters when they have been cited properly seems disrespectful. Especially when the Career and Filmography section are broken into needed sections. Xholdtheline (talk) 13:39, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Xholdtheline: Stop adding unsourced content. WP:IMDB-EL is not a reliable source. Magnolia677 (talk) 13:56, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
Northwest Rampage Newsworthy. It is newsworthy “Not News.”
Trial last https://www.grandforksherald.com/newsmd/white-supremacist-pleads-guilty-in-pacific-northwest-killing-spree for 3 years, covered by NBC and CBC and multiple news outlets like Seattle times and Los Angeles Times and to New York News.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SIGCOV&redirect=no https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NRVE&redirect=nonotable for being a killing spree across three states. It doesn’t align with the things you gave me. It may only for the names which i can swiftly change. The act has multiple sources, significant coverage, and independent sources. And also fits this for the crime itself. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CRIME&redirect=no I hope you reconsider, ButteyFelicity (talk) 19:14, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
Nomination of Randalls Bluff, Mississippi for deletion
The article is being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randalls Bluff, Mississippi until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the AfD notice from the article until the discussion is closed.City infoboxes and their official_name parameters
Recent revert to Jonestown article for suspected AI use
Hi, Magnolia. I saw your revert of recent changes by HappyAppleDragon to the Jonestown article because you suspect the content was AI generated. I understand the goal of protecting policies. However, this user is a student editor in Oxford_College_of_Emory_University/Religion_100_Introduction_to_Religion_(Spring_2026) and developed the content as part of the course. The edits were prepared in the user's sandbox Jonestown. The course includes mandatory monitoring of content through Pangram. Wikipedia (Pangram) didn't flag the sandbox edits nor the changes on the live article as potentially AI generated. Also, the sources strike me as relevant and real, even though there are some citational issues (e.g., Jonathan Smith, not Jordan; some missing bibliographical info on other sources). In other words, I don't see a reason to suspect the sources as fictitious/implausible by WP:AIREVERT. Are there specific sources you take issue with or passages in the edits that seem "non-humna" in style so that the user could revise? Astra801 (talk) 17:21, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Astra801 and Brianda (Wiki Ed): Do you mean this sandbox where one of the citations says "source=chatgpt.com"? Your student gets a zero for using AI. Magnolia gets an A+ for protecting Wikipedia. Magnolia677 (talk) 17:33, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Magnolia677 and Brianda_(Wiki_Ed). Good catch. I understand the ChatGPT-generated link in the sandbox raises flags. Still, the source is not hallucinated (and neither are the other sources referenced). It’s a verified source, and we monitored the writing through Pangram on the Wiki Edu dashboard. Not sure this automatically meets the level of suspected AI-abuse for full reversion (“a completely AI-generated rewrite of an article, with tone issues, hallucinated references, or original research”). Astra801 (talk) 18:14, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Astra801 and Brianda (Wiki Ed): With this edit, this student added AI-generated content to Wikipedia (they forgot to remove the "source=chatgpt.com"). Astra801, the "The Undergraduate Academic Honor Code of Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Goizueta Business School, and Oxford College" states:
Using an artificial intelligence program to generate any content for any assignment (including, but not limited to examinations, papers, homework, and creative work) constitutes plagiarism and is a violation of the Honor Code unless students acknowledge in the assignment the extent to which an artificial intelligence program contributed to their work and outside resources are permitted for the assignment.
- Have you reported this, per university policy? Magnolia677 (talk) 18:34, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Magnolia677 and Brianda_(Wiki_Ed). Appreciate the concern for academic integrity. But I’d consider university honor codes outside the scope of Wikipedia’s Talk pages. Would have rather we’d focused on whether the sources are verifiable and other standards for content, but I believe we’ve hit an end to this thread. Astra801 (talk) 18:47, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Astra801: Are you an instructor at the university? Magnolia677 (talk) 18:54, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Magnolia677 and Brianda_(Wiki_Ed). Appreciate the concern for academic integrity. But I’d consider university honor codes outside the scope of Wikipedia’s Talk pages. Would have rather we’d focused on whether the sources are verifiable and other standards for content, but I believe we’ve hit an end to this thread. Astra801 (talk) 18:47, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Magnolia677 and Brianda_(Wiki_Ed). Good catch. I understand the ChatGPT-generated link in the sandbox raises flags. Still, the source is not hallucinated (and neither are the other sources referenced). It’s a verified source, and we monitored the writing through Pangram on the Wiki Edu dashboard. Not sure this automatically meets the level of suspected AI-abuse for full reversion (“a completely AI-generated rewrite of an article, with tone issues, hallucinated references, or original research”). Astra801 (talk) 18:14, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
High Point
is considered large enough to have a list-format of highways.
But if it is small like Kernersville; I respect your edit.
But it is very vague also. Beejayhelper (talk) 11:15, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Beejayhelper: I'm not sure what edit you're referring to. Could you give more detail? Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 11:45, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- the last edit I did; deeply summarized the highway system.
- I can kind of get, what you had done,
- Because High Point is still of the "Small City" format that differs from Winston-Salem and Greensboro.
- But it is growing and needs a detailed highway system description too.
- However, I'm not mad. Beejayhelper (talk) 14:56, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Beejayhelper: Ah yes. As I said in my edit summary, Wikipedia isn't a travel guide. Readers don't read US city articles for travel directions. You are welcome to start a discussion on the article talk page. Thanks. Magnolia677 (talk) 16:12, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Your edits to Marin County
Hey - I'd like to ask that you engage constructively with the edits to the article Marin County rather than do wholesale and sweeping reverts based on poor fact checking, like you did earlier. Several of the films I added are, if anything, more relevant to the subject of "Marin County in popular culture" than the previously existing list, particularly The Serial and Serial, and in fact, this glaring omission was already mentioned in the archived talk page. (I've put that back on the current version of the talk page.) I'll discuss this further on the Talk:Marin County, California. Again, willing to move/change some of this content, but let's discuss this. 14:40, 8 May 2026 (UTC) Peter G Werner (talk) 14:40, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
- @Peter G Werner: Please discuss on the article talk page. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:46, 8 May 2026 (UTC)