User talk:Ecpiandy

-- 23:16, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Your recent article
I just reviewed your recent article about TV show cancellations. I'm really glad that you've picked that topic to write about, because no one else on Wikinews seems to care about it (except me!;)). However, there are some issues with your article:

1) First and foremost, this article cannot be published due to the fact that it's old news. News, by its very nature, must be new. Different publications and websites have different rules regarding just how new something must be for them to consider it news, but here on Wikinews our news can't be more than 3 days old. Realistically, due to the time it takes to write an article and then get reviewed, if the news in question is more than 24 hours old it probably won't get through the writing, reviewing, and publication process in time to be published. Your article is about an event that's several months old, so it can't be published.

2) Articles must adhere to the following restrictions:
 * They must answer the 5 Ws and 1H as well as they can (Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How)
 * Who, What, Where should be answered in the title,
 * Who, What, Where, When should be answered in the opening sentence whenever possible. If not, definiately in the first paragraph,
 * How and Why should make up most of the rest of the article,
 * Articles must be at least 3 short paragraphs long.

3) If an article isn't original reporting (you investigating and interviewing people yourself, etc), it needs to have to least two independent sources.

That is an example of the most basic article type accepted. As you grow more proficent in writing, you'll probably want to add in images, quotes from people, and maybe even your own investigative reporting! But for now, that's the minimum that is expected. (Note that sometimes the "why" of an article isn't applicable. Often if is, but sometimes an article just doesn't have a "why". Use your own judgement, or ask for help if you can't figure it out.)

Thanks for writing for Wikinews! And don't worry about your first article failing review. That happens to almost everyone. &mdash; Gopher65talk 17:16, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Television show article
I was impressed by what appears to be some of your first efforts at writing here. Excellent try!! That article wasn't ready for publication, but you appeared to've put some concerted effort into writing it. Stick with it!! I don't like to see novice contributors here get their feelings hurt and then run away forever......I've been there myself, but I just kept coming back. There's a certain style of writing here, which you'll have to learn. If you're persistent, you'll get it. Let me know if I can help in any way. Bddpaux (talk) 21:16, 8 July 2012 (UTC)