User talk:The Galactic force

Hi The Galactic force, could you address the concerns at Talk:Diane Joseph-McCarthy § Text-to-source issues? --Gurkubondinn (talk) 13:54, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello there. Have you been using an LLM for your edits here on Wikipedia recently? If so, could you WP:LLMDISCLOSE:

• What tool(s) you are using, and which versions.
• What prompts, features, etc that you are using.
• What review, if any, you are doing of the LLM generated output text.

Thank you, --Gurkubondinn (talk) 13:55, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for your contributions to Diane Joseph-McCarthy. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing as a live article at this time because it consists of machine-generated text. I have converted it 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 the draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Theroadislong (talk) 14:22, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Gurkubondinn. An edit that you recently made to Tim Brighouse 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. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 16:10, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

One of these ISBNs is hallucinated: Diff/1330919483. That ISBN is assigned to a different book of his. And the books themselves can't be used as sources for the books in his biography, you are using the books as sources to support anything other than their own existence, you need WP:SECONDARY sources. Can you please stop pasting LLM output into Wikipedia? --Gurkubondinn (talk) 16:12, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Diane Joseph-McCarthy requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia, as it exhibits signs of having been generated by an AI model with no clear human review. Text produced by these applications can be unsuitable for an encyclopedia and output must be carefully checked. For further information, see the section G15 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think these signs were incorrectly identified and you assert that you did carefully check the content, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Additionally – if you would like to create an article but find it difficult, please ask for help at the Teahouse. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 11:45, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Instead of helping me, you are just wasting my efforts. I have already addressed those issues and corrected the entire draft. Why are you still putting it up for speedy deletion? I removed the LLM-generated content to ensure the page complies with Wikipedia guidelines. I carefully followed the guidelines, fixed the page, and still you had it deleted? The Galactic force (talk) 11:51, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Because this was not your efforts. This was a string of words generated by a program. And you did not "fix the page", you just removed two instances of unsupported claims that I pointed out to you, the page was still written by a program. You decided to WP:DRAFTOBJECT, so the page would need to stand up to scrutiny. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 12:01, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

@Gurkubondinn, I am really sorry. I wasn’t aware of all these things, but I will make sure to be careful about them in the future. The Galactic force (talk) 12:02, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

And yet moved the page back to article space after being made aware of this. I suggest that you take the warning that you were given below very seriously. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 12:05, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

@Gurkubondinn When I saw the tag on the page, it said that if I resolved the issue, I could either submit it or move the article back to main space. I resolved the issue, so I moved the draft to main space. There was nothing rude in what I did. If I made any mistakes, I am open to guidance. Why would there be a need to be rude? Isn’t it part of Wikipedia’s policies to be humble with new editors? Aren’t new editors supposed to be helped in learning these things? The Galactic force (talk) 12:20, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

You were not rude, there are no issues with your communication or civility as far as I am concerned. The issue is that you did not "fix" anything by removing the source-to-text issues that were pointed out to you. The problem is that this was not your own work, but it was the output of a program. You removed a symptom, but the "disease" (as far as the analogy goes) was still there because the text is still machine-generated. Actually fixing the the problem would involve deleting the machine generated text, researching the subject yourself, and writing a fully sourced draft yourself. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 12:28, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

@Gurkubondinn This makes sense now. Just one last question: if I rewrite and submit the same page again myself, without using any LLM this time, would it be eligible to go live? Since it was recently deleted, I just want to confirm whether that would cause any issues. The Galactic force (talk) 11:29, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Probably The Galactic force, or at least there wouldn't be any objections on any technical grounds. The only question would be if she meets WP:NBIO and WP:NACADEMIC, which mostly depends on secondary sources. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 12:26, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

This is your only warning. If you continue to unconstructively edit Wikipedia using a large language model (an "AI chatbot" or other application using such technology) without human review, as you did at Diane Joseph-McCarthy, you will be blocked from editing. In particular, you used an LLM to create an article that had fake citations and information. This undermines Wikipedia's attempt to be a reliable informational source. If this happens again, you will be blocked.----SouthernNights (talk) 11:56, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello, The Galactic force. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, 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:

• avoid editing or creating articles about yourself, your family, friends, colleagues, company, organization, clients, or competitors;
• propose changes on the talk pages of affected articles (you can use the Edit Request Wizard), including links or details of reliable sources that support your suggestions;
• disclose your conflict of interest when discussing affected articles (see Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § How to disclose a COI);
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• do your best to comply with Wikipedia's content policies.

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. ChrysGalley (talk) 11:45, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

@ChrysGalley Thanks for the detailed review. I don’t have any connection to the subject. You’re right, I did make it sound a bit promotional, so I’ll work on rewriting it in a more neutral and encyclopedic way. I really appreciate the feedback. It definitely helped me understand where I went wrong. The Galactic force (talk) 11:54, 4 March 2026 (UTC)