User talk:208.63.246.118

Welcome!

208.63.246.118, 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
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * 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! --Brian McNeil / talk 17:08, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Copying
Like most web sites on the net Wikinews has to abide by copyright law. That means you can't copy text from just any website and post it here. You need to check the licensing and see if it is compatible with ours. If no license is shown you should assume that the material cannot be copied.

Also take a look through the links above, I'm not sure how you'd actually go about doing an article mentioning someone's new album release. You would have to source opinions to reviewers to keep wikinews from expressing an opinion on the album per our neutral point of view policy. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:08, 31 December 2006 (UTC)