User:Yarvin~enwikinews

My name is James Jensen (my friends call me "Jamie") and I'm a Computer Science Major/Math+English Minor at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL.

I'm interested in revising existing stories and maintaining NPOV.

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Wikinews Print Challenge
First off, this is not an official Wikinews challenge or contest. Don't be fooled otherwise, and don't blame Wikinews if this backfires.

Moving on, here's the challenge. I'm going to be printing one or more copies of Wikinews Print edition every day and leaving it in the student lounge at one of the buildings I have classes in, and I challenge you to do the same if you appreciate Wikinews, especially if you got here because of one of the papers I dropped off. As a rule of thumb, drop them off in the building your major's department is in, or the one you have the most classes in that semester.

Why?
I believe that Wikinews is currently best opportunity for true balance, integrity, and neutrality in news. In a world where liberals accuse Fox News of being too conservative and conservatives accuse just about every other news source of being too liberal, it's hard for those not especially committed to either side to know who to trust. Wikinews allows anyone to write, improve, and de-bias news articles.

While this seems counter-intuitive, it seems to be working. Wikinews has attracted a dedicated team of contributors who help ensure the integrity of the site, even when spurious changes are made by trouble-makers. And there seems to be fewer trouble-makers than you might think.

Also, article text on Wikinews is in the public domain. No one owns them, so everyone is free to use the material without restriction.

I hope you'll come to see Wikinews as a valuable source of honest information and an awesome display of teamwork and want to help share it with others.

Back to the Challenge
Don't worry if others are also dropping off copies in your chosen building. Part of the point of this challenge is to distribute the workload of printing copies among as many people as possible, thereby increasing readership while reducing the cost to each person printing the pages. Similarly, don't feel restricted to one copy or one building if you want to print more.

On the other hand, if many people are also dropping off copies in one building already, and there's another building not getting copies or not getting nearly enough, considering dropping off the copy there.

Also, try to drop the copies off in student lounges or similar areas. This should both increase public availability and I'm thinking it should mitigate problems should your school have a policy against this sort of thing that you didn't know about. Use your best judgement at all times, however.

This probably goes without saying, but unless there's a good reason to print and distribute back-issues (maybe weekend issues on Monday?), it is probably best to print just a copy of Wikinews Print edition for that day. Others can get old news on the website.

Color copies are preferred, but black and white copies are fine by me (though you may want to get rid of the images/use draft quality grayscale/do something to preserve ink instead of just printing black blocks where images should be). Likewise, copies printed on both sides of the pages are preferred, but not necessary. Also, please staple the copies together -- loose pages can be a headache.

To encourage others to take the copies and to start helping distribute them, please consider either editing the OpenOffice.org copy of the Print edition (the file ending with .sxw) or simply writing with a pencil or pen a message saying something to the extent of "Please take one" and "Help us spread Wikinews" and referring them to this page or something. Be sure to include the full URL -- links don't work with printed documents (even the best of people can forget little details like this from time to time).

Also, if in doubt, be sure to ask about your school's policies for this sort of thing. There's no sense in getting in trouble over this.

Oh, and why not add you name to the circulation list?

Finally, please help us write more, better, and less-biased articles (which will then be added to the print edition)! Check out the Introduction to Wikinews for information about getting started. -->