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Welcome!

202.177.186.178, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these!

• Wikinews:Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
• Wikinews:Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced

Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews:

• Wikinews:Introduction - overview of the site
• Wikinews:Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
• Wikinews:Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
• Wikinews:Contents - the contents page.

There are always things to do on Wikinews:

• Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
• The front page lead articles often need updating
• Developing stories need finishing and publishing
• Discussions need your input
• And of course, stories need writing!

By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes (~~~~), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! —THIS IS MESSEDOCKER (TALK) 20:37, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

And a warning

Please don't blank talk pages and replace them with advertisements, like you did here. Continuing this will result in the removal of your editing privileges from Wikinews. —THIS IS MESSEDOCKER (TALK) 20:37, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Once again, please do not replace the contents of discussion pages with your own content. It is considered disruptive, and is not permitted on Wikinews. If this happens again, you will have your editing privileges removed. —THIS IS MESSEDOCKER (TALK) 20:57, 6 June 2006 (UTC)