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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! Doldrums 17:16, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[[Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy found guilty]
Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for creating Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy found guilty, we need more articles like this. There are a few issues that must be dealt with before it can be published. The most important is that it currently only contains a bare minimum of information. Wikinews articles should be comprehensive. Try to answer the questions of who, what, where, when, why and how. Remember that your article will be read by people who may not know anything about the topic. You may find the Style guide and Content guide to be helpful.

Discussion about your article will occur on the article talk page. Please go there to start or participate in the discussion with other Wikinews contributors. Keep at it and try to get this article published. Getting news stories that interest you published at Wikinews can sometimes be difficult, but you will find that it is worth the effort. - Borofkin 01:11, 5 July 2006 (UTC)