User:Bddpaux

For the remainder of 2024, if you leave a message on my Talk page or contact me via email, it is highly probable that I will be very slow to respond. I have not retired or resigned but am notably busy IRL. I have given this project 16 years. I need some time to see what this project is becoming during it's next iteration. I think we are chest deep in a big pivot point around here. I hope good things result from that.--Bddpaux (talk) 14:44, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

'''News is the first draft of history.

Absolutely free advice for any new writers here:

[These are statements of opinion, wrought by many years of experience here and are NOT official policy.]
 * Always remember: We attempt to speak to an international audience. That doesn't mean that an event/story which occurred 4 blocks away from your house isn't valuable... it may be! But articles should appeal to a large scale of English speaking readers.


 * I live by this rule about articles/submissions here: Get it, write it, submit it, move on. You'll be helping yourself if you adopt that motto too. At times, an unpublished article might need to be refreshed with more up-to-date information (known as 'gatwicking'). No big deal. However, sometimes: it's just time to move on from a potential story. There is ALWAYS plenty of news to be published.


 * Lastly, are you trying to submit self-aggrandizing fluffery that gratifies you and exalts your name/interests/hobbies/business/accomplishments, or are you here to function as a journalist? We value the latter much more than the former.

Accreditation Details

Things I dearly love: For Wikipedians Contributing Reporter Awards

2010

 * Texas woman accused of shooting landlord dies in hospital (with OR)
 * Church van flips killing four, injuring fifteen in Georgia, US (minor assistance with clean-up − pre-publication)
 * Oil-eating microbe found in the Gulf of Mexico (minor assistance with sentence structure, post-publication)
 * Major fire results in significant damage to Texas apartment complex (with OR and a barely acceptable photo)
 * Texas Commissioner of Agriculture visits schools to kick off National School Lunch Week (with OR)

2011

 * Freshwater lakes in Texas show signs of extreme drought (with OR, photos and featured on Main Page)
 * Drought conditions and high winds lead to wildfires in Texas (with OR, videos and featured on Main Page - - this was a major scoop for me)
 * At least four dead and hundreds of homes destroyed after week of wildfires rage throughout Texas (with OR, photo and featured on Main Page)
 * Texas wildfires push public resources to the limit
 * Texas continues to suffer record-breaking drought
 * School Principal found dead in Tennessee classroom; teen held by police

2012

 * Report indicates Texas state parks still suffering following worst drought on recordv(with OR, and featured on Main page) --with significant help from User:KTo288
 * Texas teen enters guilty plea in shooting trial
 * Texas college student found dead on campus
 * Large Texas hospital dismisses 75 employees
 * Three students killed in Ohio school shooting, others injured
 * Wikinews interviews Americans Elect presidential candidate Mike Ballantine (essentially all OR)
 * Terry Teen, 1960s Rockabilly artist, injured in collision with loads of OR and I was acquainted with the subject
 * 1960s Rockabilly music artist Terry Teen dies aged 70
 * Louisiana State University loses spot in college world series
 * Wikinews interviews 17-year-old author of 'LEGO Heavy Weapons' (mostly OR)
 * Drought conditions hit much of US again in 2012
 * Small Texas town hosts large baseball tournament (mostly OR)
 * Cities across Texas increase efforts to combat mosquitos
 * Multiple planes perform aerial spraying over greater Dallas, Texas in effort to combat mosquitoes
 * Wikinews finds citizens' feelings, actions throughout Texas regarding West Nile virus threat vary greatly
 * Tropical Storm Isaac creates worries across US gulf states

2013

 * Needed rains blanket much of Texas, more expected, in early 2013
 * 13th Annual Beverly Hills film festival opens
 * Wikinews interviews President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians
 * Public officials, experts discuss lessons learned during West, Texas explosion
 * US 'Black Friday' shoppers gather hours, even days before some stores' openings
 * Public health officials advise on rising flu levels in Texas 2013/2014 season
 * Healthcare workers, public officials struggle to address influenza outbreak across much of U.S.
 * Man drowns in Texas lake after falling from boat
 * Woman shot, killed during standoff with police in Longview, Texas
 * Controversy brews surrounding small Texas church
 * Science museum hosts first-ever 'Maker Faire' for city of Tyler, Texas

2014

 * Early reports indicate massive blizzard to strike northeastern portions of US late Thursday
 * Forensic pathologist identifies remains of Texas woman missing since 2006
 * Texas police name 'person of interest' in DeBerry woman's disappearance
 * Community members host fundraiser to help family of slain Texas woman
 * Texas Governor Perry indicted on two felony counts
 * Wikinews interviews Kristian Hanson, producer-director of indie horror film 'Sledge'
 * Two-time plane crash survivor, Austin Hatch, scores first goal in college sports
 * Three found dead at Fort Hood US military base

2015

 * Perry out, Abbott in: Texas gets new governor
 * Torrential rains cause deaths, wreak havoc across much of Texas
 * 100th annual East Texas State Fair opens

2016

 * Prominent Texas attorney dead, just days following daughter's suicide
 * Multiple people wounded in Houston, Texas shooting

2017

 * Modern radio drama 'Paranoria, TX' releases 100th episode
 * Wikinews visits set of indie film 'Dead on Set'
 * Wikinews interviews producer of horror film '6:66PM'

2019

 * Wikinews attends Maker Faire in Tyler, Texas
 * Former Trump advisor, Paul Manafort, receives second sentence in U.S. Federal Court
 * Wikinews attends Texas Haunters Convention

2021

 * Winter storms hammer Texas, fatalities reported
 * Wikinews attends 2021 Texas Haunters Convention

2022

 * Texas identifies first death involving monkeypox

My various sandboxes and archives

 * User:Bddpaux/sandbox
 * User:Bddpaux/sandbox2
 * User:Bddpaux/sandbox3
 * User:Bddpaux/sandbox4
 * User:Bddpaux/sandbox5
 * User:bddpaux/sandbox10--Quick reference lists and whatnot to that effect
 * User:Bddpaux/sandbox6--general links, WN templates and other good stuff
 * User:Bddpaux/sandbox7--weather
 * User:Bddpaux/sandbox8--table
 * User:Bddpaux/sandbox9--Big article example with gallery stuff
 * User:Bddpaux/licenses
 * User:Bddpaux/sandbox54
 * User:Bddpaux/sandbox55
 * User:Bddpaux/Archive 1
 * User:Bddpaux/Archive 2