User talk:Uowajp

-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 05:17, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

UoW?
Are you a University of Wollongong student? If so, please put a UoW student template on your user page, like this:

--Pi zero (talk) 23:39, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Nowra, New South Wales CCTV cameras reactivated‎
Excited to see OR here. Distressed (tbh) to see other difficulties interfering with it. See Review comments and . --Pi zero (talk) 18:33, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Most interesting than there's been a new development. There would be a need, at this point, for an actual refocus, and I have concerns about the lack of mutual independence of the synthesis sources versus the shrinking status of the OR.  See Review comments.  --Pi zero (talk) 02:32, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Mother pleads to the justice system to stop treating offenders as victims
Hi. Thanks for creating Mother pleads to the justice system to stop treating offenders as victims. Unfortunately, it has been deleted as an abandoned article. Not every article succeeds; we look forward to your continued contribution to Wikinews. Wikinews' content guide and guide to writing an article are useful resources for writers. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or at the assistance page. — Mike moral  ♪♫  22:16, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Death of Lou Reed
Two articles were attempted, covering Lou's death as a news event. The first, Rock legend Lou Reed dies aged 71, was started about 20 hours after a citation from Rolling Stone was used to update Wikipedia with the fact he was dead. The second, Rock and roll royalty Lou Reed dies at age 71, nearly three days after his death.

Wikinews can't compete with that speed of update, nor do we believe we should actively attempt to. But, coming back to how I've characterised the two submissions, they're now stale. The first has a better selection of soundbite quotes from people who knew Lou, but lacks the depth an obituary would usually have.

Because Wikinews has everything pretty-much 'out in the open', there's an natural aversion to holding obits under the, rarely used, prepared stories page. And, you're tilting at windmills &mdash; trying to beat from-scratch &mdash; the depth of the Rolling Stone piece used as a citation for his death on Wikipedia.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news on this. The window of opportunity for a piece like this is extremely tight, and I think UoW students were 'geographically disadvantaged' when it came to trying to cover it. Yes, some fans will read everything; but, what they want, is everything with original reporting &mdash; you'd need to be in the music press to do this properly, and prepared to make a lot of phone calls for quotes.

As you'll see from the story prep page, we're pretty bad at picking up past prep-work. I'd have no qualms about actually reviewing a prepared obituary, provided it didn't turn into a hagiography. Whether or not you can 'bet' on someone who is going to pop their clogs this semester is another matter entirely. ;) --Brian McNeil / talk 10:25, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Mayor Bloomberg says no more murals
Hi. Thanks for creating Mayor Bloomberg says no more murals. Unfortunately, it has been deleted as an abandoned article. Not every article succeeds; we look forward to your continued contribution to Wikinews. Wikinews' content guide and guide to writing an article are useful resources for writers. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or at the assistance page. — Mike moral  ♪♫  01:57, 18 November 2013 (UTC)