Wikinews:Accreditation requests/Archive 3

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RockerballAustralia

 * Name: Patrick Gillett
 * Location: Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
 * Areas of interest: Rugby, Soccer, Australian Rules Football.
 * Reason: I enjoy working on articles about sporting events. I'd like to get accreditation to beable to get into press conferences, sporting events in general and other related events. Also, with a atate election coming up, I'm trying to arrange some interviews with some of the candidates. I think accreditation would go some way of helping me obtain such interviews.
 * Accomplishments: Palestinian president pleads with UN Security Council for help in Gaza, Australian Tax Office warns against tax return scam, Sunshine Coast Council ratifies McDonald's development rejection, Hawthorn wins 2008 AFL Grand Final
 * Contact information: pgillett@australianrockerball.com
 * User ID: 16,528


 * Applied on: 00:19, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Questions

 * I am still not comfortable with you given the history of hoaxes related to the so-called The Irishman Rockerball-film allegedly starring Emily Browning (sysops can see the deleted edits). Your contributions have improved greatly, but the question begs answering. Why should you be trusted with press credentials? --SVTCobra 02:15, 17 January 2009 (UTC)


 * As you have said, my have improved greatly. I think they have improved to the point that may warrent credentials. As for the "hoaxes", I've moved past the point of posting speculation and similar material. I've decided to leave the writing of all Rockerball related article to some one else. --RockerballAustralia (talk) 10:39, 17 January 2009 (UTC)


 * In your userspace, you have several Rockerball related articles in preparation. Am I correct in presuming you are no longer planning on getting these published? Anonymous101talk 12:15, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Correct --RockerballAustralia (talk) 22:00, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * &mdash; I'm willing to support this AC. It would be nice to have someone actually covering sporting events rather than scouring the internet for sources, even though it would only be in one country. Of course, this support is provisional on there not being any more negative edits from this user. I'm of the mind that any accredited editor should be held to the highest standards, since they are representing Wikinews out in The Real World. Gopher65talk 00:55, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * , this user seems to be contributing well on subjects we need to cover. However, if you return to writing hoaxes/articles clearly not appropriate for Wikinews, I will instantly support revocation of your credentials. Anonymous101talk 12:01, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Name: Tekin Özbek Location: Istanbul, Turkey Areas of interest: Political Stories (mainly Europe and Middle East), Technological Stories, Aviation Stories, Music/Concerts Stories Reason: I am very interested in politics within Europe and Middle East and I am in a location that can cover original stories best. I am also computer programmer, and I keep track of the latest technological news. I am a PPL-A Private pilot student, therefore I have access to local airports and therefore have the ability to prepare original aviation stories. I am a pianist and organist, and I go to concerts very often which allows me to interview musicians. I had to give a break to wikinews for a year due to computer issues, now with a new computer I am back at work. Accomplishments: Turkey secures Kurdish zone border with Iraq, Land mine explodes in Siirt, Turkey killing three soldiers, injuring six others, Iraq protests Turkish artillery attacks, Some Wikinews Shorts. Contact information: tekin@tekinozbek.net User ID: 14,716 Applied on: 20:33, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * Has about 20 recent edits and less than 100 total. passed review on article that failed WN:SG and NPOV. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Needs to become more familiar with Wikinews. Attempt to add photo from a competing news source is one example of this unfamiliarity. Stick around and you'll get it. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:00, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: I will sit out on the AR, if you don't mind since I don't know you well enough to make a judgement, but SVT, may I remind you that I tried to add a photo from a competing news source too. per this link, and I am accredited already :) Maybe you should withdraw mine if you consider this a reason to oppose. Iceflow (talk) 06:44, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Whoa? I didn't add a photo from a competing news source? That was one and a half years ago? Cheers, — Tekin (talk • contribs) 10:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, sorry, I missed that it was an edit from 2007. But it just underscores how few edits you have here. So if you want a new reason for my vote, I will say: per Brian McNeil. --SVTCobra 13:16, 15 January 2009 (UTC)


 * - Sorry, this user has only became active again recently, and has very few edits. I'll be much more willing to support if you edit actively for a month or two. Thanks, Anonymous101talk 12:17, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * &mdash; With exactly the same reasoning as Anonymous101. Gopher65talk 00:55, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Name: Bjorn Engelhardt

Location: Singapore

Areas of interest: Sports and associated photography, general interest news from Singapore and Asia.

Contact information: bjorn@bjornengelhardt.com

User ID: 60,288

Applied on: 01:10, 21 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Reason:


 * I am keen to expand the coverage of Asian events, in particular sporting events and during my travels (for work) I am able to attend many different activities and hence provide both original reporting as well as researched reports. Being able to gain access to press events and be included on media mailing lists requires accreditation.


 * In particular to provide original photographs credentials are required as camera's are banned from most events unless associated with media. There are a singificant number of major sporting events taking place in Singapore and Asean over the next few months that warrant both coverage, original reporting and original photographs.


 * I was actively involved with motor sports writing and photography previously and would like to continue this through wikinews. Examples of prior work can be found at http://www.bjornengelhardt.com/Media/Media.html


 * Accomplishments:


 * Mexican billionaire denies buying Honda Formula One team, South Africa defeats Australia in second cricket test, Australia makes changes to Boxing Day cricket test team, Singapore Slingers defeat Darwin All-Stars in eighth Singapore Challenge Series game . Examples of my photographs can also be seen at wikicommons and also flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjorn_engelhardt/

Questions

 * How much do you travel? Your latest article suggests you were in San Francisco, quite a bit outside of you self-described area of coverage. --SVTCobra 00:06, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * actually i travel most weeks for work and yes i was in San Francisco last week and Tokyo on the weekend before that when i posted the article on Sumo.....its part of the job but most of my travel is within the Asia Pacific region. Usually get to the US/Europe 5-6 times a year only.Bjornengelhardt (talk) 09:23, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * I am slightly hesitant as you are still rather new, but you have written quite a few articles, and have demonstrated you're not insane (a big part of this nomination procedure is to make sure we do not give credentials to crazy people). More photos of sports related stuff is always a good thing. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:36, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * thanks "Mr Bawolf" ....im trying hard to hide that defective mutated chromosome that drives me to do crazy things on full moons :)


 * Sumo: Asashoryu wins New Year Grand Tournament was quite good. I think you have demonstrated that you can put accreditation to good use. --SVTCobra 02:39, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Your articles are excellent and I believe you will do a great job with accreditation. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 19:30, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 12:25, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Cirt (talk) 19:24, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Name: Sage Ross
 * Location: West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
 * Areas of interest: Politics and higher education
 * Reason: Accreditation might make it easy to get access to newsworthy public events. I've found that simply having a camera and/or notepad is often all that's needed, but that's not always the case.
 * Accomplishments: Photo source for Barack Obama presidential campaign "HOPE" poster discovered, Ralph Nader calls out Democrats for financial bailout, Helen Thomas probes White House on torture; online community sends flowers, Half of life could go extinct by century's end, warn eminent biologists, Protesters demonstrate at US Coast Guard Academy. Also, I've done a fair bit of original reporting for the Wikipedia Signpost (and I'm current acting as editor-in-chief until Ral315 returns).
 * Contact information: ragesoss+wikinews@gmail.com
 * User ID: 14,426
 * Applied on: 21:31, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * - Ragesoss can be an invaluable photojournalist for Wikinews. --SVTCobra 00:00, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 12:26, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Cirt (talk) 19:25, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * (→ Zachary ) 06:44, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Name: Edmund R Schluessel
 * Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
 * Areas of interest: Politics & activism, popular culture, science & technology
 * Reason: My most important OR articles are interviews. Having accreditation would add some authority and help me get better interviews.
 * Accomplishments:
 * Lakota Freedom Delegation says spokesman Russell Means 'hijacked' organization (January 5, 2008)
 * Canupa Gluha Mani speaks about Lakota Oyate, Lakota freedom (January 9, 2008)
 * 'No treaty withdrawal', says Lakota elder (January 12, 2008)
 * General relativity effect confirmed: satellite experiment (February 17, 2009)
 * AIM activist, Leonard Peltier defender Robert Robideau dies (February 20, 2009)
 * Sheffield pub is CAMRA's Pub of the Year (February 20, 2009)
 * Adela Lupșe, outburst TV presenter, gives her side (February 22, 2009)
 * Also interviewed in Wikinews investigates claim McCain plagiarized speech from Wikipedia

Applied on: 15:37, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Contact information: eschluessel@gmail.com
 * User ID: 18761

Comments/Questions

 * We're going to have to deal with the email/presspass stuff - as your nom looks likely to go through. The email will be good through part of this year (Q: What do you want @wikinewsie.org), but there's going to be some wrinkles about that. The press pass? I really don't know, I got mine off MessedRocker, but I haven't seen him in a long time. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * What's typical for people to have @wikinewsie, their name or something a bit more anonymous? --Killing Vector (talk) 16:36, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * firstname.lastname@wikinewsie.org - but you're not required to make it widely public. The issue is that something like killing.vector@wikinewsie.org is not going to help you get responses to mails you send out. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:17, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, fair enough. Firstname.lastname is fine, just so long as people get the spelling right. --Killing Vector (talk) 19:56, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * Has already shown dedication and good work. Mike Halterman (talk) 08:22, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * &mdash; This contributor has written some good articles in the past. Gopher65talk 22:22, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Not the most prolific of contributors, but perhaps less likely to suffer burnout because of that. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:55, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * As per Mike, Gopher and Brian --RockerballAustralia (talk) 23:18, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * no objections ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 23:26, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Didn't know he was up for this. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 15:43, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Rklawton
Name: Robert Lawton
 * Location: O'Fallon, Illinois
 * Areas of interest: event, disaster, location photography
 * Reason: I am occasionally stopped by police/safety workers and asked for my press credentials. Photographers need credentials, too.
 * Accomplishments: I'm an Admin on Wikipedia Rklawton, I have contributed several hundred photos which are used in about 200 articles in Wikipedia.
 * Contact information: Robert Lawton, Lawton Photos, and rklawton_at_lawtonphotos_dot_com.
 * User ID: 14896
 * Applied on: 04:01, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Comments/Questions
Basically, I'd like accreditation as a photojournalist. We could also start a new user category for that as well. Rklawton (talk) 04:46, 9 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Do you plan to use your accreditation mainly for Wikipedia or for Wikinews? Van der Hoorn (talk) 13:16, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I plan to (and have been) uploading my photos to Commons for use across all projects. Given that I would only need credentials to cover an event, I would imagine these event-oriented images would be primarily useful to Wikinews.
 * Credentials not needed for: File:Boy meets barber.JPG
 * Credentials needed for: File:Tornado Damage, Illinois 1.JPG (I had to bluff a cop for this one)
 * Rklawton (talk) 14:11, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * By the way, you may want to remove your email address from the contact info. We can find it in history if necessary and it may save you from spam. Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 14:37, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I believe that you are supposed to keep the contact information email address up for everybody to see, from archived requests I see that seems to be the norm. This is not a high-traffic page, so there is little chance of spamming, methinks. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 18:12, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Would it be easier for me to e-mail my contact information to the appropriate person/group in the event my request succeeds? I have no objection to providing my phone number, but I'd rather not do it on a web page. Rklawton (talk) 20:14, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Let me clarify my previous comment: I meant "email address" instead of "contact information". I don't think you need to provide your telephone number for accreditation, the email address should be sufficient. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 20:22, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note if you do put the email address up there use either __at__ and __dot__ instead of @ and .  or At sign.svg to trick the spam bots. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:42, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

✅ seems like a good precaution against spambots. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪  21:07, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * How will Wikinews be informed when you have gotten news-worthy images for Commons? Will you pop by to let us know? Or will you start some articles? Cheers, --SVTCobra 02:11, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * That's an excellent question. I've got a note about that here.  Basically, I'm looking for a good mechanism to connect photographers with reporters.  Rklawton (talk) 03:41, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey all, this process is really dragging. I appreciate the support, but I need credentials. I could be on scene here now, but without credentials, I'm hosed at the first road block. Rklawton (talk) 16:18, 6 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I've been trying to get someone with the proper permissions to close this and give you the credentials, but nobody's taken action yet. I'll try to get a hold of Brianmc, I think he gives out the press passes. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪  16:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I appreciate that. Gun standoffs and shootings seem to be all the rage these days, and I live near St. Louis, so opportunities abound.  I'm hoping to capture images of the men and women responding to these events as they unfold.  Credentials tell them "don't worry, I'm just another professional" - without them, I only look like a crowd control problem.  Rklawton (talk) 17:09, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * Seems fine. Van der Hoorn (talk) 14:37, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
 * photos are good. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * No concerns. red  - <font face="Times New Roman" size="2.1" color="black">thunder  .  20:13, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * An invaluable photographer. No objections. <font color="#CC7722" face="Papyrus">♪Tempo <font color="#00008B" face="Papyrus">di <font color="green" face="papyrus">Valse ♪  20:25, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * --Killing Vector (talk) 14:15, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd love it if, when you do 'big' events (like that tornado), you could drop us note somewhere, or just shove it in the right article if you can find it. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:52, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I've got a note about that here. Basically, I'm looking for a good mechanism to connect photographers with reporters.  Rklawton (talk) 22:39, 1 April 2009 (UTC)


 * No worries here! --<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"> Sken   my talk 10:12, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Van der Hoorn

 * Name: Roel van der Hoorn
 * Location: Enschede, The Netherlands
 * Areas of interest: Politics, International disputes, Business & economics, Science & Technology (mainly Space & IT).
 * Reason: I want to do a series of interviews for the next European Parliament elections.
 * Accomplishments: See my articles. Most of my edits are c/e related. I have also some 3k edits on both the English & Dutch Wikipedia.
 * Contact information: vanderhoorn_at_the-email-service-Google-provides_dot_com
 * User ID: 11752
 * Applied on: 23:21, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * No objections. <font color="#CC7722" face="Papyrus">♪Tempo <font color="#00008B" face="Papyrus">di <font color="green" face="papyrus">Valse ♪  03:16, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * --Killing Vector (talk) 14:15, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Very industrious contributor, go for it! Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:54, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Earnest contributor and European Parliament elections is a worthy endeavor. --SVTCobra 02:11, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * prolific contributor who seems to have got the hang of things. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:29, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * &mdash; per others. Gopher65talk 04:23, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * looks like a very good editor. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 04:29, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Name: Joseph Anderson
 * Location: North East England, UK
 * Areas of interest: Technology (especially Web 2.0), politics, UK news.
 * Reason: Well why not? I am curious to see how the community perceives me, but I am also interested in trying to chase up tech-related stories. I am trying to become much more active here.
 * Accomplishments: English magistrate resigns over Twitter posts, Icelandic centre-left coalition secures majority in parliamentary elections, European Court of Human Rights orders UK to compensate Islamist and Sex toy 'armed' robber jailed are some from the past couple of years. I have over 11,000 edits on the English Wikipedia.
 * Contact information: computerjoe_at_gmail_dot_com (GPG key 0x76CC3562); Twitter @computerjoe
 * User ID: 8098
 * Applied on': 20:04, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Comments

 * I've changed your email address to replace the @ and the dot with text and underscores to fool any potential spambots. <font color="darkred" face="Georgia">tempo <font color="darkblue" face="Georgia">divalse  20:40, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * What do you expect to get from en.wikinews with "Accreditation"? Do you think you will get an ID card, embossed with "Wikinews" and/or "Wikimedia Foundation", that will gain you access to any public event that you may wish to attend? --SVTCobra 02:22, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * My main aim is so that I can contact people's offices for comments etc. and actually call myself a 'Wikinews reporter'. In addition, with accreditation, people may be more willing to provide me with technology stories online. Computerjoe (talk) 23:32, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Are you involved with WMF work to such an extent that you have identified to the Foundation? (Eg checkuser, oversight, or OTRS) --Brian McNeil / talk 17:01, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No. The highest user right I have on any project is rollbacker! However, I feel that I can be trusted with this status and I wouldn't abuse it. I focused for several years on enWiki but couldn't get adminship due to various reasons (mainly my support, at the time, of organisations inside enWiki deemed overly bureaucratic) and as such, couldn't proceed to OTRS or such. Is identification to WMF required for accreditation? Computerjoe (talk) 23:32, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No, as far as I know you don't need to be identified to the foundation to receive accreditation. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  23:49, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * At this time it is not required for accreditation, but if we start doing more professional IDs per skenmy's proposal then it might make sense. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:16, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I didn't believe I would be being accredited by WMF, so surely it'd be silly to have to identify myself to the Foundation. I see no need to identify myself, especially if I only plan to use accreditation in an online capacity. As I wouldn't be a representative of the Foundation per se, I'm sure they wouldn't require (or want) us to provide identification to them.
 * I'm asking because I believe we may need proof of ID in future and identifying to the Foundation is an already existing process we could piggyback on. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:45, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I doubt the Foundation would want us to ID ourselves to them, as it places them somewhat in the accreditation process. This issue should be raised with them. Computerjoe (talk) 15:15, 19 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I forgot to mention I am an experienced blogger. Gawker Media's Lifehacker allowed me to do some guest posts and I am currently a paid writer at gHacks, a fairly large technology weblog (top 2000 weblogs, according to Technorati). Computerjoe (talk) 23:32, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I've just requested my first interview and was successful. However, with accreditation I would feel much more comfortable doing this. Computerjoe (talk) 19:32, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * <font color="darkred" face="Georgia">tempo <font color="darkblue" face="Georgia">divalse  20:37, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Accreditation is not a community test. Ask Accreditation if you have a real likeness for field journalism, otherwise you do not need accreditation. :) Jacques Divol (talk) 14:44, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I am very interested in pursuing tech stories and I plan to email them. Also, I plan to file freedom of information requests with various UK bodies to do original reporting. Whilst this won't require accrediation, I do have an interested in original reporting. Computerjoe (talk) 21:28, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * This user has shown that he is a capable and dedicated writer who would benefit from being accredited. A look here shows that he created quite a few great articles and helped on others. If accreditation allows for better original articles from him, then I think the benefits would be great to have. Calebrw (talk) 05:43, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * After looking over the users contributons I'm willing to support :-) --Meekel (TalkToMe) 21:44, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * --Brian McNeil / talk 22:08, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * but we need to get more community opinion on this. --Killing Vector (talk) 20:20, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Decap
I have also contributed with some pictures, as I primarily work as a freelance photojournalist of different situations, the lattes being the state visit of the Palestinian prime minister witch I also made an article around. The access was acquired thru contacts and accreditation from other freelance work. It will make it substantially easier to make and contribute OR articles surrounding political situation if I had access to an accreditation that is connected with the page I contribute to.
 * Name: Alejandro Decap
 * Location: Oslo, Norway
 * Areas of interest: Politics, social questions, science, photojournalism
 * Reason: As I primarily work with original research articles I regularly find myself in need of an accreditation. Especially in cases that involve contact with local and state government.
 * Accomplishments: http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/04/11/nyheter/innenriks/demonstrasjon/jens_stoltenberg/sri_lanka/5709171/ (published photo); http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Ad-hoc_Liaison_Committee_meets_in_Oslo,_Norway (Text and photo)
 * Contact information: alejandro(at)decap.dk
 * User ID: 110747
 * Applied on:22:35, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Comments

 * Decap also performed all the original research for Tamil protests underway in Oslo --Killing Vector (talk) 22:39, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * Good contributions, good photos. Goes on the scene and produces significant and useful original research. --Killing Vector (talk) 22:39, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * &mdash; per Killing Vector. Gopher65talk 21:48, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * - dedicated to the project! :) Also per aboves. --Mark Talk to me 21:52, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * fantastic. Computerjoe 's talk 22:02, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * . En stor bruger og han er en god arbejdstager. (He is a great user and a good worker.) Mike Halterman (talk) 22:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Already has Norwegian military security ... and Ad-hoc Liaison Committee meets ... to his credit. Both include WN:OR and original images. --SVTCobra 22:40, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Per SVT and others. Great job so far. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 23:55, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Tristan Thomas

 * Name: Tristan Thomas
 * Location: Wiltshire, UK
 * Areas of interest: All
 * Reason: Hoping to do some OR & photography over the summer and will come in useful. I think the email address will also be useful when contacting people for possible interviews.
 * Contact information: Ideally, I would prefer not to list my email here, but will disclose it to admins/crats if it's really needed/if neccesary, will post it.
 * User ID: 104485
 * Applied on: 22:23, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * No problems here. Computerjoe 's talk 18:03, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * per above. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 18:16, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * --Jcart1534 (talk) 00:40, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * you may want to consider putting your email in special:preferences, than people could contact you via special:emailuser and it avoids the spam, but its up to you. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:57, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, I do have it there. <i style="position:absolute;z-index:-1;bottom:0;width:2.8em;height:8px;background:#eee;"> </i>  Tris   06:30, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * per other supporters. Durova (talk) 01:36, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Result: Unsuccessful, only 43% support. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  18:50, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Name: Laslo Varga
 * Location: Waterdown, Canada,
 * Areas of interest: Sport, Headline News, Photos...
 * Reason: I recently start my contribution to Vikivesti on Serbian language and I have intention to send some news from Canada which are of interest in Serbia. For e. i. About Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic from Rogers Tournament here in Toronto, (Last year I made some pictures with Novak Djokovic..) and so on.
 * Accomplishments:About indoor soccer (First one) About Djokovic Serb tenis player (Most recent... so far), also several hundreds of photos on Commons, my user page and my Gallery
 * Contact information: lalelaleca@yahoo.com
 * User ID: 72889 - On Wikinews and 452 - on Vikivesti
 * Applied on:-- 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Comments/Questions

 * How can your work benefit wiki projects other than your home one - specifically, English Wikinews. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:04, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
 * My work, beside Vikivesti, can be used on Wikinews as a source of photos, also a news-article from source (Which I have intentions to write): Tennis - Rogers ATP tournament, incoming Winter Olympics in Canada... also I am traveling a lot - You can see thru my Gallery of pictures and also Commons is going to have even more quality pictures from me, which are already in use: Examples are Rogers tournament from last year, photos from New York and Montreal, some aerial photos and so on...Given that I would only need credentials to cover an events, I would imagine these event-oriented images would be primarily useful to Wikinews immediately, but later on when I upload my photos to Commons, for use across all projects.--Laslovarga (talk) 00:42, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I guess I'd like to see some articles written for English Wikinews to demonstrate that you are capable of wring well in news style/format. Doesn't have to be anything fancy or in-depth, just a few simple stories. Also, it would be nice to see examples of original reporting done in the past. Unfortunately, I can't speak Serbian, but I trust your work on Vikivesti is good. —Calebrw (talk) 04:53, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks to all of you for giving me an opportunity to introduce myself. I started with Wikipedia on English language in 2005, my first contribution was Skorenovac, and also later on, SC Plavi Dunav article. After that I was shortly on Hungarian Wikipedia, but immediately after in 2006 I start to work on Serbian Wiki. My biggest fascination was to do contribution with Cyrillic letters. From that time Wikipedia on Serbian language become my home Wikipedia. I started approximately 850 articles and in total I have more than 20.000 contributions on several different language on Wikipedia. In a mean time I become administrator on Serbian Wiki and ,also recently, I become  administrator, reporter and one of couple of us who start with new developments on Vikivesti (Wikinews on Serbian language). This new assignment is taking me so much time, beside my regular private job (supporting family) that in this time I have no much time for original reporting, of source we have to translate and implement (myself and user Milens) all the rules from, for us main, Wikinews pages such as for example Wikinews:Original reporting, Wikinews:Policies and guidelines and so on. This, I think you agree, is very much full time job, but I promise that what ever I will publish on Serbian language as original reporting I will did same article also in English. If you go on my user page on English and Serbian language you can find all this and more. My strength is photography and I am most proud on two of, this and  this, first one was even used in Indiana University project in November 2007 for the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center. I'll be happy to answer on more questions on yours, and as I tell you previously I have intention to use my original reporting mostly from sport events, Toronto Raptors, Blue Jays, Maple Leaf, Toronto FC, Rogers Cup are my opportunities, and those are main reasons why I apply for Accreditation. I hope that I make myself more familiar and from these couple sentence you can see my style. But beside, I promise that I will shortly write some articles/news on English too. Thanks --Laslovarga (talk) 23:21, 24 April 2009 (UTC)


 * What do you expect to get from en.wikinews with "Accreditation"? Do you think you will get an ID card, embossed with "Wikinews" and/or "Wikimedia Foundation", that will gain you access to any public event that you may wish to attend? --SVTCobra 02:22, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * News is something what is happening, most of the time unexpectedly without prediction and than that is exited and than that is real news. Shortly, accreditation is just tool which I can use when I can predict some events and easier be on the source. I think that this my comment can give you an answer and picture about my intention and idea about ID card usage. --Laslovarga (talk) 01:29, 15 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Are you involved with WMF work to such an extent that you have identified to the Foundation? (Eg checkuser, oversight, or OTRS) --Brian McNeil / talk 17:01, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I am not involved with WMF work to such an extent that I have identified myself to the Foundation, so far.--Laslovarga (talk) 17:37, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * I'll repeat what did I say earlier :) As Wikinews doesn't have a multilingual hub and Brian did a lot on making Wikinews as a relevant media, I think that en.wn accreditations should be valid for contributors of all WNs. In this case, Laslo may be very productive for sr and hu WNs. Besides that, even if someone is contributing periodically some news to en.wn, while being an active contributor of some other WNs, I think that it is worthy enough for giving accreditations. Getting an exclusive photo from a random part of the world is something from which en.wn may benefit. --millosh (talk) 14:44, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with millosh. Mike Halterman (talk) 16:40, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Whilst recognising this user is active on other English language projects, it isn't realistic to expect the English Wikinews project to be able to form an adequate judgement of a user who has made very limited contributions to this project. For the accreditation process to have any credibility requires those who are asked to comment on an accreditation request to be actually in a position to properly make an assessment of that request. Wikinews projects in other languages should develop their own accreditation processes if it is considered useful for their contributors but I remain unconvinced of the value of accreditation in its current form. Adambro (talk) 16:45, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * per . Furthermore his answer to my question was thoughtful and well thought out . Even a small contribution, especially when OR is concerned valuable and if accreditation helps this user, so much the better for Wikinews, and all WMF projects, English or not. Calebrw (talk) 05:47, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * - If this user is to be writing articles for the English Wikinews, some work is required in the areas of grammar, sentence structure and word usage. See Laslo's response to SvtCobra's question about WN's accreditation / ID above from May 14th. Sorry, Laslo. Iceflow (talk) 19:54, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Accreditation is nothing to do with working on English Wikinews (according to your comment only English Wikinews required accreditation?); anyway that is your opinion and there is no problem with me --Laslovarga (talk) 23:52, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You are being accredited by the English Wikinews community, so it has got things to do with working on here because this is the only community accreditating you! Computerjoe (talk) 20:52, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Now, I am confused? Only place where you can get accreditation is here, and if you going to work on Wikinews on other language than English you can not have accreditation?--Laslovarga (talk) 23:27, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You are running to be accredited with ENGLISH Wikinews ONLY. To my knowledge only one or two other languages have something similar, but most dont.  Basically being accredited with English Wikinews means we trust you to produce original reporting.  It looks like you only came here on a mistaken thought that you needed accreditation from us for your own language Wikinews work - this is not the case. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 05:51, 12 July 2009 (UTC)


 * -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 05:51, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * per Adambro, sorry. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 20:52, 15 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Name: Ave Maria Mõistlik
 * Location: Tallinn, Estonia / Saaremaa, Estonia
 * Areas of interest: Cultural events
 * Reason: Photos for Commons / Wikipedia Estonian language version
 * Accomplishments: "Valjalas toimus teist korda Galavisioon" (published text); "Police search Parnu Mayor’s office" (published photo); "Wissenwertes, Tipps und Infos über Tallinn" (photo)
 * Contact information: avjoska_at_yahoo_dot_com
 * User ID: 1538
 * Applied on: 06:40, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Comments

 * How will this help Wikinews? Computerjoe (talk) 09:53, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for asking. As my english is not good enough, I can't make a promise to write news articles about Estonia. My photos about events and persons etc could be used for news about Estonia, though. Avjoska (talk) 07:31, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * What do you expect to get from en.wikinews with "Accreditation"? Do you think you will get an ID card, embossed with "Wikinews" and/or "Wikimedia Foundation", that will gain you access to any public event that you may wish to attend? --SVTCobra 02:22, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Are you involved with WMF work to such an extent that you have identified to the Foundation? (Eg checkuser, oversight, or OTRS) --Brian McNeil / talk 17:01, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for asking, but I'm not sure I understood this question correctly. I'm involved to WMF projects since July 2006 and I'm an administrator of Estonian language version of Wikipedia since 2007. I should be identified to the Foundation as I participated Wikimania 2008 in Alexandria. Avjoska (talk) 11:27, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Have you seen this on Commons? I have proposed they have their own accreditation process as the regulars there are best suited to judging the appropriateness of granting the privilege to someone. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:01, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I haven't seen this on Commons yet. Thanks. Avjoska (talk) 12:26, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Deleted? Avjoska (talk) 12:27, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No, just a defective link - now fixed. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:43, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * - We always need photographers and I think this user has proven that they do good work in their everyday lives. The language barrier is not a huge issue as we have users from Finland and Finnish and Estonian are mutually intelligible. Mike Halterman (talk) 08:41, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It isn't realistic to expect the English Wikinews project to be able to form an adequate judgement of a user who has only made very limited contributions to this project. Of which the majority have been minor spelling corrections, some of which have been plain incorrect and some of which have been replacements of British English spellings with American English which is questionable in some cases. For the accreditation process to have any credibility requires those who are asked to comment on an accreditation request to be actually in a position to properly make an assessment of that request. Wikinews projects in other languages should develop their own accreditation processes if it is considered useful for their contributors but I remain unconvinced of the value of accreditation in its current form. Adambro (talk) 16:34, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * All WNs, including en.wn, may benefit from exclusive photos from Estonia. Besides that, Avjoska is a known Wikimedian. --millosh (talk) 20:47, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * per . Calebrw (talk) 05:48, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
 * looks to be coming here under mistaken belief that they need en.wn accred. States goals are for other projects (Which I'm not against, but if it doesn't help us at all...) -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 05:53, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Adambro and ShakataGaNai both make good points here, and make me reluctant to support. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  20:15, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Milens

 * Name: Mile Kiš (Serbian Cyrillic: Миле Киш)
 * Location: Novi Sad; Vojvodina; Serbia
 * Areas of interest: Sport, Politics, Economics, Photos...
 * Reason: My contributions to wikinews encompass over 600 news within the past year. With the approved acreditation I will be able to obtain exclusive pictures and interviews, which i will try to translate into english and implement on Wikinews. If I get the acreditation before the start of Universiada, which is taking place in Belgrade, wikinews will obtain all the news and pictures from the event.
 * Accomplishments: Djokovic Clinches Hometown Title; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recognizes the Republic of Kosovo
 * Contact information: mile.ns@hotmail.com;
 * User ID: 232 (on sr.wikinews.org) 23885 (on en.wikinews.org)
 * Applied on: 19:25, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Comments

 * What do you expect to get from en.wikinews with "Accreditation"? Do you think you will get an ID card, embossed with "Wikinews" and/or "Wikimedia Foundation", that will gain you access to any public event that you may wish to attend? --SVTCobra 02:22, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I think that interviewees would be able to identify me thanks to the accreditation. You can't stand before famous persons and say "Hi, I would like to interview you!". There are specific procedures how to get an interview and how to appoint meetings. Accreditation would allow me to get materials and information at easier way. I'll be at Universiade as a volunteer. With accreditation I would be able to get a place in the press room and make interesting photos.--Milens (talk) 16:49, 16 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Are you involved with WMF work to such an extent that you have identified to the Foundation? (Eg checkuser, oversight, or OTRS) --Brian McNeil / talk 17:02, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I am not identified to Foundation nor I am an active participant of WMF work, but I have plans to be involved in Wikimedia Serbia work.--Milens (talk) 07:39, 19 May 2009 (UTC)


 * do you intend to deal with your userpage being a redlink? --Brian McNeil / talk 17:02, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry... :) It is blue, now. --Milens (talk) 07:44, 19 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I realized now that you are a native speaker of Romanian, too. Do you intend to work at least periodically on Wikinews in Romanian, too? --millosh (talk) 11:02, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * For now, I prepared a scratch for interviews with Romanian participants on Universiade and I plan to publish it in Romanian, too. Also, I plan to interview Spanish-speaking sportspersons in Spanish. My priority, for now, is the project in Serbian language, with constant cooperation with other language editions of Wikinews. One of the examples of the cooperation is my special interview with Marko Kon, which is translated to English and sent to Mike Halterman.--Milens (talk) 07:37, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * It isn't realistic to expect the English Wikinews project to be able to form an adequate judgement of a user who has made no contributions on this project. For the accreditation process to have any credibility requires those who are asked to comment on an accreditation request to be actually in a position to properly make an assessment of that request. Wikinews projects in other languages should develop their own accreditation processes if it is considered useful for their contributors but I remain unconvinced of the value of accreditation in its current form. Adambro (talk) 16:21, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Mile was talking to me a couple of days ago (because of that I saw Laslo's request). He wants to be an accredited journalist for the Universiade in Belgrade (and time for the accreditation requests is very limited). He is willing to make interviews with public persons from Serbia, too. However, he wasn't able to do that because he doesn't have any accreditation. Besides, that, he is the most active editor of sr.wn last months. I would even change my accreditation for his, if it is possible. --millosh (talk) 19:08, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm sure you're an excellent contributor to your project, and accreditation will help you well. However, I'm not sure I can support you, as I am unable to judge your work at other projects because I can't speak in your language, and thus can't tell whether you would make a good AR. Maybe it would be better if the Serbian Wikinews and other WN projects consider installing their own accreditation process, instead of coming here to request it. <font face="Georgia">Tempodivalse <font face="Georgia">[talk]  14:30, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Shows willingness to participate in several languages, which would make for great additions to a variety of projects. Calebrw (talk) 05:53, 25 May 2009 (UTC)