User talk:Mikeb423

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Spacewalking Astronauts Try Repairs‎
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! Fellow Wiki  News   (W)  18:10, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but the article Spacewalking Astronauts Try Repairs is a copyvio. If you rewrite it, then it will be okay. If you don't it will be deleted. Fellow  Wiki  News   (W)  18:25, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

copyright violation
reg the article Red Sox Avoid Trouble In Chicago; please do not submit copyrighted material to wikinews by copying articles from other sources. see the links and explanation above. all copyrighted material will be removed on signt. Doldrums 10:12, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I didn't copy the article. I used some info from the artic;e. Is that copy vio? (Mikeb423)
 * See wikinews:Content guide and Copyright violations and links therein for more info. a good ruile of thumb is that the only thing that u can copy from another source is an explicit quote, everything else must be written afresh, which was not the case with the red sox article, which used chunks of material from the boston globe article. Doldrums 10:47, 9 July 2006 (UTC)