User talk:VikOlliver

Welcome
VikOlliver, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Great article!
But there is an issue about Ted Turner and CNN - he is no longer associated with CNN. You will want to change the article's title, and you can do that with the "move" tab. - Amgine 22:39, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Images from Wikipedia
Wikinews cannot directly add an image hosted on Wikipedia. First, double check the image is not on Commons - you can check by using the image just by itself:. If that doesn't work, you'll need to copy the file over to http://commons.wikimedia.org. Save it to your hard drive, then upload it there (you'll need to create an account and log in there. Once it is on commons you can use it on Wikinews.


 * Yes, it's a real pain... but that's why Commons was created; to take the load off of Wikipedia, and make the images available generally to all the wikimedia projects. The plan, as I understand it, is to shift exclusively to the commons for images and media files, and to automate uploads from other projects into commons. (This is connected to the "one login" plan, so you won't need an account on each project.) - Amgine 07:16, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Drones article
Thank you! I have gotten distracted by another issue... - Amgine