diff --git a/core/views/caves.py b/core/views/caves.py
index 1eeeaedd..993519c4 100644
--- a/core/views/caves.py
+++ b/core/views/caves.py
@@ -598,7 +598,8 @@ def cavepage(request, karea=None, subpath=None):
 
 @login_required_if_public
 def edit_cave(request, path="", slug=None):
-    """This is the form that edits all the cave data and writes out an XML file in the :expoweb: repo folder
+    """This is the form that edits all the cave data and writes out 
+    an XML (html) file in the :expoweb: repo folder
     The format for the file being saved is in templates/dataformat/cave.xml
 
     It saves the data into into the database and into the html file, which it then commits to git.
diff --git a/core/views/new_hole.py b/core/views/new_hole.py
index 385b8ff1..67d82ac9 100644
--- a/core/views/new_hole.py
+++ b/core/views/new_hole.py
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ class NewHoleForm(forms.Form):
     # Media: Entrance Photo (Replaced dropdown with checkboxes)
     photo_ent_no = forms.BooleanField(label="Entrance photos ?", required=False)
     photo_ent_who = forms.CharField(label="Who has photos of entrance, tag and GPS?", required=False)
-    
+
+    identified_login = forms.BooleanField(required=False,widget=forms.CheckboxInput(attrs={"onclick":"return false"})) # makes it readonly
+        
     who_are_you = forms.CharField(strip=True, 
         label="Who are you ? (You do not need to have been on this trip)",
         required=True,
@@ -311,10 +313,12 @@ class NewHoleForm(forms.Form):
 from textwrap import dedent        
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from django.contrib import messages
+from .auth import login_required_if_public
 
+@login_required_if_public
 def new_hole(request):
     identified_login  = is_identified_user(request.user)
-    editor_id = get_editor(request)
+    editor = get_editor(request)
     
     areatext = None
     if request.method == 'POST':
@@ -328,13 +332,16 @@ def new_hole(request):
             areatext = "Not in 1623 or 1626"
 
         if form.is_valid():
+            editor = form.cleaned_data["who_are_you"]
+            editor = git_string(editor)
             process_new_hole(form, area)
             messages.success(request, "New prospect save data successfully saved.")
             
             success_url = "/walletedit/" + form.cleaned_data.get('survey_wallet').replace("#",":")
             return redirect(success_url)
+    # GET
     else:
-        form = NewHoleForm()
+        form = NewHoleForm(initial={"identified_login": identified_login, "who_are_you":editor})
 
     return render(request, 'new_hole.html', {'form': form, 
         "identified_login": identified_login,
@@ -363,6 +370,8 @@ def get_auto_file():
     
 def process_new_hole(form, area):
     """
+    🚧 under construction.
+    
     ⚡Detect if logged-in & set who_am_i using the cookie system, make read-only if logged in
     
     ✅ Create a fixed point *fix record by inserting into :loser:/fixedpts/gps/auto.svx
@@ -372,8 +381,16 @@ def process_new_hole(form, area):
     ⚡Update the database with this new Cave
     ⚡Update the database with this new Entrance
     ⚡Do a git commit (expoweb) of the new Cave and Entrance description files   
+    ⚡+ Link page to go to 
+        Entrance (upload approach & photos, already done Other Station location), 
+        Wallet (auto-set related Cave & People)
+        GPSlog upload
+        Logbook entry for the trip (date, people)
+        Cave (if cave description, but probably not)
+        Survex new (needs new creation page) (date, people, cave id)
+        + list of "happened this day" at the bottom, as for other pages.
    
-    ⚡Update the database "locations" with the new *fix (is this even possible without reset?)
+    ⚡Update the database "locations" with the new *fix (is this even possible 🧩 without reset?)
     
     writes:
     *fix 1623.g2025-bz-06 47.6964481 13.816103 0