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Not matching article look
* You're missing some key formatting issues with your article, including possibly things like a picture, crediting the photographer for a picture, an infobox, wikilinks, source formatting, missing categories, etc. You're strongly encouraged to read recently published articles to get a better idea on how your story should look. You may also want to read the style guide which gives more information on how to actually add those things.
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One or no sources
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Generic headline
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Lede
* The lede, which should briefly summarize the focal news event by succinctly answering as many as reasonably possible of the basic questions about it such as who, what, where, when and why this is news, needs to be expanded. It currently does not answer one or more of these questions.
Source formatting
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The fields should be filled out as completely as possible, with acronyms like ABC and AP spelled out for international audiences. The date should not include a time. Dates should be consistently formatted, using either DAY MONTH YEAR or MONTH DAY, YEAR. Authors should be included if known using FIRST NAME LAST NAME using Capital Case. For two authors, the names should be seperated using the word and.
Image credit
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Red-link categories
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Newsworthiness
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No wikilinks
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No picture
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Not attributed
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Officials
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Raw links
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Stale
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Opinions not attibuted
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General problems
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Copyright violation / plagiarism
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Freshness
A short explanation as to what news is in a Wikinews context. This may be helpful when trying to figure out how to keep your article from going stale.
