User talk:James Pain/User Messages Test

Stop
This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikinews. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles will be reverted quickly. James Pain (talk) 18:04, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Stop 1
You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikinews. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may do so after the block expires. James Pain (talk) 18:06, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Stop 2
You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikinews. Please note that page blanking, addition of random text or spam, deliberate misinformation, privacy violations, and repeated and blatant violation of WN:NPOV are considered vandalism. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may come back after the block expires. James Pain (talk) 18:06, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Spam Warning
Hello,

Your recent contributions are considered to be spam and have been reverted or deleted. Should you believe that your contributions are not spam, please argue your case on your talk page, or in WN:ALERT.

Further spamming may result in your editing privileges being removed. Please contribute to Wikinews in a constructive fashion instead. James Pain (talk) 18:10, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Test
Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. , welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; ), which produces your name and the current date. 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! James Pain (talk) 18:11, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
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Articles Deleted
Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for creating User_Talk:James_Pain/User_Messages_Test. Unfortunately, it had to be deleted due to the fact that it met one of the criteria for speedy deletion. All articles on Wikinews have to be about news events, and I do not believe that your article reports on a news event.

I really hope that you choose to continue contributing to Wikinews, although I strongly suggest you read Wikinews' content guide and our guide to writing an article first.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me at my talk page, or ask other contributers to Wikinews on our assistance page.

Thanks, James Pain (talk) 18:12, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Only News
I'd like to let you know that here at the English Wikinews, we only accept English language news. You've recently made contributions that don't qualify as news. We appreciate your contributions, but we cannot accept the edits you've made, so they have been reverted or deleted.

In the future, if you'd like to submit news, we are more than happy to have your help! Just make sure to check out this article, which talks about what Wikinews is not.

Thank you for your contributions! James Pain (talk) 18:15, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Not Wikipedia
Hello, !

This is Wikinews, a free news source. Wikinews is an experiment in citizen journalism, not an encyclopedia. You may be confusing us with our sister project Wikipedia. Your encyclopedic addition to Wikinews was deleted. Please add it to Wikipedia if it is relevant there. We would be happy to welcome you as a contributor to Wikinews! James Pain (talk) 18:15, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

No Thanks
Your article - "User_talk:James_Pain/User_Messages_Test" - was a copy and paste from another website. Unfortunately, Wikinews can't accept that - everything you submit to our site has to be your own work, and therefore that article has been deleted. You may wish to consider working on the story and resubmitting it when it is your original work. Please don't let this put you off the site, and continue contributing! James Pain (talk) 18:16, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Old News
I noticed you created the article, User talk:James Pain/User Messages Test, which is now an old news event. Thanks for taking an active role in improving the content on this site. People like you who take an active role make Wikinews better for all of us &mdash; readers and writers alike.

One thing to note, though, is that Wikinews articles report about current news events. Articles are considered historical documents reflecting the knowledge and understanding of the event at the time of publishing. Once there are no more developments and it is past two days, it's too late for Wikinews to report on it.

If there are new developments on the story, you can create a new article instead of just creating an old and out-of-date one. That way your work will be current (and if so, edited by more people) since readers tend not to read old news.

Your article has been deleted or submitted at the deletion requests page according to the deletion requests guidelines.

Don't be discouraged if your article has been deleted, you will find plenty of more current events to report about which help make Wikinews a better news source.

Again, thanks for helping improve this site. James Pain (talk) 18:19, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Username Block
Hello. I am sorry to inform you that the username you have chosen violates Wikinews's username policy because User talk:James Pain/User Messages Test. I have indefinitely blocked your account from editing because of this. If you wish to contribute to Wikinews in a positive fashion, please do so by creating another account with a name that conforms with our username policy from Special:CreateAccount. If you believe this block was made in error or wish to contest it, please add to this page. Thank you.

James Pain (talk) 18:19, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Shared IP
 Attention:

This IP address, , is registered to The Ministry of Love and is shared by multiple users. Comments left on this page may be received by other users of this IP and appear to be irrelevant. Caution should be used when blocking this IP or reverting its contributions without checking.

If you are an unregistered user operating from this address, note that this need not necessarily be the IP address of your machine. In many cases, it turns out to be the IP address of a proxy server that communicates between your browser and the Wikimedia servers. Such proxies are shared among a huge number of users compared to the number of persons using your particular machine. If you are frustrated by irrelevant comments appearing here, you can avoid them by creating an account for yourself. James Pain (talk) 18:24, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Blocked


Indef Block
James Pain (talk) 18:25, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Replied
James Pain (talk) 18:28, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

So Fix it
Thank you for your suggestion! When you feel an article needs improvement, please feel free to make whatever changes you feel are needed. Wikinews is a wiki, so anyone can edit any article by simply following the  link at the top. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes&mdash;they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. James Pain (talk) 18:28, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

New Editor
I have promoted you to the Editor class, as I feel you can be trusted to mark revisions of articles as sighted (review). Please take a moment to read: If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask for help on my talk page, and thank you for contributing to Wikinews! James Pain (talk) 18:28, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Flagged revisions
 * Reviewing articles
 * Peer review
 * Review
 * Reviewed article version
 * Flagged Revisions extension information, on MediaWiki

Sign Your Posts
Hi, ! First of all, thank you for your contributions. I would like to ask you to sign your posts (even if you are an IP user) using. This will produce a signature, which can be changed in your preferences. Wikinews uses this to identify users without having to look in the page history, and add a template saying who really posted it. Thanks again, and remember to sign your posts! James Pain (talk) 18:29, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks anon
Thank you for your productive and helpful edits on Wikinews. We really appreciate what you've done. Wikinews needs more good editors like yourself; please consider getting an account! We'd be very happy to have you. James Pain (talk) 18:31, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Howdy anon


James Pain (talk) 18:35, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Welcome comment
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank You for posting your comments on articles. Did you know that you can also write articles for Wikinews? If you choose to help Wikinews by writing articles the links below might be helpful:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and Comment pages using four tildes ( &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; ), which produces your name and the current date. 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! James Pain (talk) 18:35, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!