User talk:Spad85~enwikinews

The beginning
I'll spare you the welcome message again, but do go to WN:SG for helpful tips.

About the external links:
 * Wikinews cannot control what is on external websites. Therefore there should not be links to external sites in the middle of the text of an article with no further explaination. If an external link is vital to the story (these were not in my opinion) an Exteral links section can be created below the Sources section where it should be explained what is on the page and who is providing the content, so the reader knows what to expect before they click on the link. I hope that is a satisfactory explaination. --SVTCobra 15:41, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, thanks. I added those links because I wanted to explain why, who and when Berlusconi was accued of controlling the media. But if you think it doesn't matter... all right. Spad85 15:50, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

About publishing on first edit:
 * It is always best to put instead of  on the first edit of an article. Invariably, even with lots of experience, there are lots of mistakes in the first edit. Look at your article Political scandal in Italy: reported interference on major media. You had to make two addition edits in two minutes to fix mistakes. I hope we can agree that the first version was not up to a publishable standard? Cheers, --SVTCobra 15:46, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're right. Thanks again! (PS I had already read the WN:SG... but there are a lot of... mmm... concepts :| ) Spad85 15:53, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Spad85. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Spad85~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:32, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:37, 21 April 2015 (UTC)