User talk:124.176.78.93

Welcome
Welcome!

124.176.78.93, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
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 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!

Recent articles
The recent articles you have created read like press releases, and the only source you have given appears to be a link to a press release search engine that dates some of them as being several months old. These are major issues - press releases being inherently against a neutral point of view as well as being copyright infringements, no reliable sources cites, and the lack of timeliness - that mean the articles will not be published as they are, and will most probably be deleted. You will probably want to read the content and style guides (linked above), as well as What Wikinews is not to get an idea of what does and doesn't belong on Wikinews. Thank you, Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 06:27, 19 June 2008 (UTC)