User talk:Samekh

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Welcome
Steve, I suggest looking at other articles on wikinews too :) Make sure if an article needs to be reviewd must be done by Peer Review. Good Luck, -- IDangerMouse (talk) 11:56, 5 November 2008 (UTC) PS. Thats such a cute/adorable pic

I will, but I've got an Excel document, and I wanna finish this up. Heh, thanks re the pic :)   סּ    Talk 11:58, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Editor
I have granted you Editor status on a provisional basis. Assuming you don't do anything to un-earn the status, it'll likely become permanent. Cheers, --SVTCobra 16:25, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much, this will help :).   סּ    Talk 16:26, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

US voters go to the polls
You need to wrap up you edits to this article or perhaps even stop now. Wikinews is not Wikipedia. We publish stories for what is known at the time. We do not keep editing for the latest information. If something material changes, then a new article should be written. Cheers, --SVTCobra 04:25, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay, sorry about that. I'll add the info I've got for the rest of the states, then stop.   סּ    Talk 09:10, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


 * sorry, ive removed the edits as they fall way after the 24hr cutioff for the article and is therefore making it a "work in progress". maybe it would be worth a followup, "US voting results in full" or similar? keep up the good work :)--Mark Talk to me 11:01, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Ah. Great idea. I'll do that :)   סּ    Talk 11:42, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Peer Review
To extend your nomination for Wikinews Editor Class.. I suggest Editing and Reviewing some articles, using peer review for sure. Cheers. -- Danger^Mouse (talk) 04:18, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That'd be peer review. The process is, go to the article history, take the top revision and copy the version number out the url (this becomes the revid= parameter). Read the article carefully, then check it matches the facts in the sources and does not copy text from them. If it has original reporting do your best to verify the notes on the talk page are detailed enough.
 * You may copyedit an article if there are things like spelling errors or poor grammar. Also, adding wikilinks is another thing that can bring an article up to scratch without getting so involved you're no longer an independent reviewer.
 * When you've checked this and the other items in the template fill it in on the talk page with a review heading, change the review template on the article to publish or develop depending on if it is a pass or fail; if it is a pass, sight this latest version so it appears on the front page.
 * You may want to read WN:ARTICLE for an example of what the wikicode should look like.
 * Oh, and if the article fails on a point the parameter should be the reason why it fails, eg "|npov=this is horribly biased in Party X's favour". --Brian McNeil / talk 09:20, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

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--Pi zero (talk) 05:13, 19 November 2012 (UTC)