User talk:BrockF5

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Citizen journalism unconference
I'm curious about what was discussed there, if anything has been said about Wikinews... could you add about this? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:13, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Brock Lesner hey wrestling help me out man --Cigarlover 14:48, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

2007 World Deaf Swimming Championships
Hi,

I've changed your articles, please review them to see if I interpreted you correctly. Your English is sometimes difficult to understand, but it is nice to have news from non-English countries, and to have original reporting and such nice images. Keep up the good work.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:33, 13 August 2007 (UTC)


 * You use the words "kicked off" really too much... --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * "launched" is an alternative. Should join us in IRC sometime; people don't use good English there so you'll fit right in. ;) (Don't overlook the comment below on the scanner!) --Brian McNeil / talk 11:21, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Microsoft launches BizTalk Server 2006 R2 with RFID integration in Taiwan
BrockF5, don't forget to add your OR notes to the Talk page. Jcart1534 11:16, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiScanner
Hi

Would you be interested in Wikiscanner for the Chinese Wikipedia? We can ask Virgil to set that up and you could help translate the interface into Chinese. Then there's the opportunity to check out who has been misbehaving and do a Wikinews report. I'd also think we want to get Virgil to add "Tor End-Node" to the database so you can search for edits from that. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:19, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I got a great problem b/c Chinese WP didn't have the article about Wikiscanner, oops.... Brock contact... 15:07, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I was wondering what the Chinese government have been up to as well. Can you drop a note on my talk if you're interested in me passing your email on to Virgil as a contact for a Chinese translation? --Brian McNeil / talk 11:18, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Userpage Sharing Project
You've been added as a member of the Userpage Sharing Project. You were added by me because I needed people to test the template with. If you wish to be removed, please contact me here. If not, please add to the top of your userpage (or wherever you want to stick it. Thanks, Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 22:46, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Doritos Coolpedia
I'm wondering why you are taking a Taiwanese marketing campaign for Doritos and making it "news"? --David Shankbone 15:30, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

廣告
你寫的不是新聞，就是廣告，寫錯了，而跟英文的wikinews沒有意思. 還沒有台灣政府的新聞？文化？社會問題？跟中國政府？ 為甚麼不翻譯那個消息？ .:*:*:DAVUMAYA:*:*:. 00:34, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Publishing v.s. Ready
Hi BrockF5. I set your latest article for "cleanup" as I don't feel it is quite ready to publish as is. It just needs a solid edit to account for some of the translation quirks. It might be a good idea for future articles to tag them as "ready" rather than "publish". That way they can get a grammar/language edit before publishing. Cheers, Jcart1534 16:30, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * We went ahead and edited the article. It is marked as "ready". Could you please review the content to make sure that we understood everything correctly? If it is okay, go ahead and change the "ready" to "publish". Thanks, Jcart1534 21:25, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: The 37th World Cup Baseball Tournament
Sounds good, BrockF5. Look forward to the report. Cheers, Jcart1534 02:52, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Taipei Audio Video Fair
Hi BrockF5. I had a go at editing your latest article. So please have a look to make sure I understood everything correctly and change it back if I didn't. Did you enjoy the fair? How good was the audio in the soundproof rooms? Cheers, Jcart1534 13:34, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews interviews Claire Lin of Pepsico Foods Taiwan
Hi Brock. What do you want to do with this interview.? Is there more content to add (more questions and answers) or should it just be cleaned-up and edited as is? Jcart1534 14:23, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Don't quit!
Hi,

I hear a rumour in IRC you might stop putting your stories here because your, er... "embarrassed" about your English.
 * 1) It won't get better if you don't keep trying.
 * 2) Most times your stories get copyedited into shape.
 * 3) You cover an under-represented area of the world, and most people here appreciate that and give your language skills allowance to get the stories.

So, keep trying, and do some reading - perhaps Steven King's "On Writing". George Orwell also wrote a good piece for aspiring writers, something about "shooting an elephant in your pyjamas". Your major issue is you've not fully grasped the grammar/syntax perfectly, a common problem which does not hugely prevent you from basic communication but means you need to keep working at it. Main tip, keep your sentences short. If you have MS Word or another decent word processor, use the grammar checker. Look for a low readability score by keeping sentences short, avoid passive voice (word's grammar checker will warn you about this - sometimes it is unavoidable). Most of all, stick around. You are our key contact with zh.wikinews.org, and were others seeking accreditation from the wiki we'd need your input or opinion on them. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:12, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * i agree with Brian, dont be "embarrassed" about your English . My english is bad (hopefully, i do not write much) but some achieved an agreement : my french worst, and i am French... - (flush) Jacques Divol 17:31, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know if Brock is embarrassed but I think that he is just frustrated that the English speaking users sometimes have a hard time translating his articles. I tried too but since the English was not good I could not fix the English properly. However, this does not mean you should quit. We need more people to report about non-english speaking countries on Wikinews. Taiwan is a good example. Don't quit! We, and I, have nothing against you. If we dispute articles we are doing it because we want the articles to look the best as they can be, without problems, etc. (Hope I made sense.)  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:40, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Favour
Hey Brock, could you take a look at this post? Thanks.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 04:08, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Apology
Sorry Brock for my extremely insensitive comments on one of your articles talk pages. I was having a bad day, but that is no excuse. I shouldn't complain because you are donating your effort and time to write these articles. Although I would have to ask that you might want to wait until someone with stronger English revise your articles before publishing them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.153.125.142 (talk) 19:56, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Category talk:2007 Taipei IT Month
Please don't redirect talk pages to this category. Discussions should be on the talk pages of the appropriate articles.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:27, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, we already have that in the template:2007 Taipei IT Month. I'm going to remove the redirects. The event is over so there would be no reason to redirect to a separate category or a discussion page, imo.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 15:13, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The OR info should be on the talk pages of all the OR articles. And you can additionally add OR info (like you did on category talk:2007 Taipei IT Month) to the talk page of the category for the event.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 15:50, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

bot on English Wikipedia
Someone has written a bot for the en.WP which reads Portal sub-pages here on Wikinews that use a DPL (Dynamic page list) and hourly updates a section or template on the corresponding Wikipedia portal.

Would that be of interest for getting links to stories on zh.WP from zh.WN? --Brian McNeil / talk 14:32, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition: A good traffic condition corrupted by a short-term rain
I would copyedit it, but I don't understand the subject enough. Somebody will do it sooner or later, I am sure. --GW_SimulationsUser Page 11:51, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I have not got access to the IRC channel. I keep getting errors. --GW_SimulationsUser Page 16:29, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I use IE6 on XP. --GW_SimulationsUser Page 21:39, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for pointing out the archives.

Also wanted to you to know I am a big fan of yours. I think you are doing the kind of original work that everyone on Wikinews should be doing. I also learned how to do all the tags for photos and stuff by editing your work.

Sometimes when I am editing I have questions for you. What is the best way to get you a message, leave it on this page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leila Monaghan (talk • contribs) 19:49, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Hehe, you're famous!
Glad to see the Wiki Bulletin noticed all your stories!

Have you ever thought of doing an article on climate change in Taiwan? I'd be happy to work with you on it if you wanted help.

all best,

Leila

Leila Monaghan - (talk) 20:52, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Taiwan Election
Brock, do you have any good pictures to go with this story? Anything to add to it?

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Ma_Ying-jeou_wins_2008_Taiwan_presidential_election —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leila Monaghan (talk • contribs) 14:01, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:Former Featured Pic Template and category removal....
Category:Featured pictures 特写照片]应尽快删除，如果其他用户的同意. --Anonymous101 (talk &middot; contribs) (Note I have no link with the organization anonymous) 14:49, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Welcome and hello templates
Due to the way some of the welcoming templates work it is generally a good idea to use for these. I'm not too sure about Welcome, but hello can be really confusing as people can end up trying to edit a protected page if they click in the wrong place. --Brian McNeil / talk 06:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Computex
Seeing as how it's the second biggest IT show around... I'd say the earlier the better. I tried translating from Google... but it's acting up on your Google blog causing something to cover the text, but is there some sort conflict going on between convention organizers? --TUFKAAP - (talk) 05:35, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree with, you really do some great work here and firsthand reporting that we do value. However I also think that sometimes we need to wait a bit before publishing to make sure that readers will be able to understand the articles.  Cirt - (talk) 15:17, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, IRC is certainly a good step. I am not sure if the editors' blog is the right place, but it probably couldn't hurt. Cirt - (talk) 03:54, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for blurring the screen on the copyrighted interfaces on commons - the images will now probably be saved. --A101 - (talk) 07:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

WN:TO-DO
I have started WN:TO-DO as a place to list what should be daily or weekly points to check for regular contributors. Some parts are admin-only (e.g. Archiving) but others are things that anyone can get involved with. Feel free to add additional points and spread the word about this shortcut to get people helping do Wikignome tasks. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:50, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Your recent blog post at Wikinewsie Editors' Blog
BrockF5,

I saw your blog post at the Wikinewsie Editors' Blog, Computex 2008, are you READY?. I respectfully request that you remove mention of me specifically from your blog post, and revise your statements. I have stated in the past, actually repeatedly, that I do value your contributions to Wikinews. This is an issue that has been raised by multiple contributors and Wikinews administrators. If you wish, you could revise to say: "senior administrators", plural - I see no need to single anyone out.

Thank you,

Cirt - (talk) 19:15, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Change phrases per request, but I hope everyone should pay more attention on COMPUTEX 2008. Brock contact... 03:15, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. It does sound like a very interesting event. What would help me and others to help you - would be if you could gather some secondary sources to go along with your original reporting. That might give us some good context about the events you report on - enough to help you better with copy-editing.  Cirt - (talk) 05:22, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Your contributions are valued here
I really don't think you should quit, but I'll leave that up to you. Many people here value your contributions to this project. It's just difficult for us to always get to copyediting your articles, and sometimes some of them really do need a copyedit and shouldn't be "pushed to publish". Whatever you decide, just know that you have made some great contributions here on topics that are varied and unique from other contributors. Cirt (talk) 12:07, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Computex
I do value Computex. My original comments were that I couldn't understand the article, and so I couldn't record it for Audio Wikinews. I went on to IRC to ask people to edit it for sentence structure so that I would sound like I knew what I was talking about when I recorded the article. Original reporting is part of what makes Wikinews great, and I think that writing articles is a great way to improve language skills. Don't feel neglected, but please ask someone to proofread your articles before you put the tag on. --Munchkinguy (talk) 04:00, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree with here - please get someone to copyedit, preferably before adding the publish tag to the article, instead of "push to publish".  Cirt (talk) 12:26, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I still think it is best for you to seek out some copyeditors. Cirt (talk) 12:51, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

2 Original Reporting articles
2 articles that were written by you (here and here) are not ready for wikinews. Both of these articles need to explain to the reader, "What, When, Where, Who, How, Why" events happened. What event happened? When did it happen? Where did it happen? Who did it happen to? How did it happen? Why did it happen? These questions all need to be answered in every article in order to make sure that the reader is aware of what is going on. Gopher65talk 18:49, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Return?
It would be great to see you return, even if it is only a short period of time. I would happily copyedit any articles you write. Thanks, Anonymous101talk 14:43, 4 September 2008 (UTC)