User talk:Crossmr

--Pi zero (talk) 11:41, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Totally NOT...........
....wanting to wade off into any of the previous dialogue, may I share with you some bulleted advice for reporters I have on my user page?

Absolutely free advice for any new writers here:


 * Within the first 3 sentences of any article you're writing, ask yourself, "Would a school teacher in Manila care about this?" The answer should be a quick yes, or you're wasting your time.

I read, at length, the discussion you et al had about the Asia article (the article had a good feel to it content-wise, but it needed a spot of tweaking here-and-there). If you want to be a reporter, get the news then come here and report it. I assure you, the "old salts" here love good news and they love good reporting.....I PROMISE YOU THAT! While there's a bit of a learning curve, if you stick with it, you'll get it. There are many ways in which Wikipedia and Wikinews are very different, but one thing that makes them highly similar is that one of the easiest ways to get a feel for things, is to start out doing VERY BASIC copy editing....a comma here, fix a typo there. Spend a few weeks doing that, and you'll start to pick up on the choreography that gets used 'round these parts, I promise. --Bddpaux (talk)
 * I live by this about articles/submissions here: Get it, write it, submit it, move on. You'll be helping yourself if you adopt that motto too.

On the topic of reasons not to walk away

 * We need reporters here. As mentioned, get the story then come here and report it. You'll see your name (well, pretty much your name) in lights!!
 * Personally, my writing OVERALL in all facets of my professional life has radically improved during my tenure here. Through perseverance, I can nearly guarantee you'll achieve the same result.
 * The admins, reviewers etc. here really are some nice people. Being a good reporter and doing good reporting is ALWAYS valued here. We take ourselves and what we're doing here seriously [but not too much so ;) ]!!
 * I assure you, you'll get the groove if you'll stick with it. Oddly, some of the best learning I've done re: news reporting has been via my rejected articles here.

Y'know, the wiki world is kinda weird.....it's almost TOO egalitarian sometimes! I hope you stick with it. --Bddpaux (talk)