Wikinews:Accreditation requests/Raystorm

Raystorm (talk)

 * Name: María Sefidari
 * Location: Spain
 * Areas of interest: Current events, Sports
 * Reason: I'm covering the IPC Skiing World Championships for Spanish and English Wikinews at the end of February
 * Accomplishments: I've provided transcriptions and translations for two articles (Teresa Perales, which has been nominated for Featured Article, and Jorge Migueles), assisted LauraHale in covering two Real Madrid games, and I've also written an article on the Pope resigning on Wikinoticias.
 * Contact information: raystorm82 at gmail dot com
 * User ID: 956
 * Applied on: 13:16, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Comments

 * Have you read through WN:NPOV and WN:OR? --Pi zero (talk) 14:10, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, I did. Will there be a test later? :) Raystorm (talk) 15:05, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, the scariest kind of test: putting it into practice in real situations. :-)   --Pi zero (talk) 15:17, 13 February 2013 (UTC)


 * wikinewsie.org email etc to follow - assuming user has email enabled on account. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:09, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Votes

 * Biased: She is assisting me in covering the IPC event. It would be a useful credential for her to have.  She contributed to articles behind the scenes in ways that edits do not show. (See the Chilean one where she did the transcription but did not post and the Teresa Perales article.  She also translated things for me on the fly in person at the Real Madrid games and watching television for the Pope story. --LauraHale (talk) 13:23, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * When I was in the US, I was stuck on the Jorge Migueles interview due the my poor ability to translate a Spanish accent and she was a huge help in getting it done. She would be a great asset for the project with any events that happens within Spain or any other event where translation from Spanish to English is needed. Bidgee (talk) 13:24, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Accreditation is the Wikinews community vouching for the reporter. I think Raystorm takes the project seriously and will do fine in the role.  --Pi zero (talk) 15:17, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Don't see any reason to oppose. I'm sure Raystorm will make a good contribution to the project. -- CalF (talk) 23:41, 17 February 2013 (UTC)