User talk:MrJohnnyFive

Greetings!
Welcome and thank you for contributing to Wikinews! Unfortunately, I've failed your article. Don't worry though, as you can still fix it and resubmit it for publishing. See the article's collaboration page for suggestions to improve the article. If you have any questions, I or another user would be happy to answer them and help you get your first article published. Tyrol5 (talk) 20:41, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello! I've unfortunately had to fail your article again for point of view concerns. This means that you should reword the article so that it does not appear to promote the subjects involved. I'd suggest you check out the style guide to help you format your article before submitting it for review again. Tyrol5 (talk) 23:35, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Help

 * Regarding Copyright: It’s copied and pasted as requested by Shaarey Torah of Manhattan Beach as they would like to see it posted in various places.


 * Regarding Newsworthiness: It’s stale because you guys keep failing it. Truth is that the event will not happen until December, so it should still be considered newsworthy.


 * Regarding Verifiability: Failed: A PR department verified with Shaarey Torah of Manhattan Beach that this event will be taking place. How else would you like to verify this?


 * Regarding NPOV: The press release was written with the approval of Shaarey Torah of Manhattan Beach. I did not say it was “strongly bias” – I said it was “a bit” – it’s a press release describing an event that’s happening in December 2010.

MrJohnnyFive (talk) 18:02, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It would probably have saved everyone involved a good deal of time if someone had explained that Wikinews does not accept press releases. Press releases are merely another form of advertising, and advertising is forbidden on projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, including Wikinews. As such, I'm afraid that your submission here doesn't meet our guidelines for publication. Hopefully you'll have better luck on other sites that are more friendly to advertising:). Gopher65talk 18:09, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Gopher65, this was the missing piece of information I needed! MrJohnnyFive (talk) 18:13, 18 October 2010 (UTC)