User talk:E walgrove

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

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First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases. Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources.

Thanks again! &mdash; Doldrums(talk) 07:33, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Titles
Can you be a bit more "unique" in your choice of titles. Wikinews can never have two articles with the same title so you should bear this in mind when picking a title. Another issue to remember is that you are writing for an international audience and locations can influence whether or not someone is going to read something.

I'd also appreciate if you could look at the changes that have been made to the prodigious contributions you have made today. Sources for a story should be preceded by a == Sources == heading, dates are Monthname DD, YYYY, and categories such as countries and main topics should be put on articles. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:26, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Copyvio
Most of the stories you've copied from other sources were proposed for deletion and can be rewritten on temporary pages. Apparently you misunderstood what Doldrums was trying to tell you: please stop copy-pasting content to Wikinews, it will be reverted and it causes others to waist there time on articles that will get deleted.

I know it can be frustrating to see so many missing stories here, but please obide the rules and allow yourself the time to understand how this site works. We'll hapilly reply to your inquiries.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 01:05, 2 January 2007 (UTC)