Amynewyork4248

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speedy

hi, i see from ur userpage that u have some training in journalism, so all the more reason to welcome you :)

this is just to let u know that i've removed the speedy delete tag on the older tsunami article - as one might expect, we don't delete articles just coz the events have superseded their content. What's happened is that the article with the updated info, the one you've created, has replaced the older one in the lead. the older one will remain as it was, documenting what was known at the time it was written.

btw, the way wikinews handles (well, supposed to) breaking news situations in which the news events are developing while being reported, is we publish the article with a "breaking news" tag ({{breaking}}), letting readers know that the article is likely to change as events unfold. all updates to that event will be compiled in one place - that article, rather than being scattered over several small articles. once the article has been published for sometime, say more than a day, or no further developments are expected, then the breaking tag is removed and the article is considered a historical document - it will not be updated to reflect newer information.  — Doldrums(talk) 18:12, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Can you stop putting speedy tags on articles before they are further developed? You only put speedy tags on articles that follow the Wikinews:Speedy deletion guidelines. Best to wait for an edit. Articles with no meaningful content or history, vandalism, advertising, spam, and/or abandoned for four days should be taged speedy. If an article does not meet those guidelines, it should be posted on Wikinews:Deletion requests. —FellowWikiNews (W) 20:02, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

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Coud you please head on back to [[Image:BeaKatbW.jpg]] and add some more information about the picture? Thanks! Thunderhead(talk)^{(Check out my RFA test}) 01:24, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! This'll help the Grim Reaper and CommonsTicker. Thunderhead(talk)^{(Check out my RFA test}) 01:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

sources, sources...

avoid spaces after the "author=", is all!. btw, u can use the javascript thingy to have the source template inserted for u, look for the link below the save button. clicking on the link inserts the source template at the current cursor location.  — Doldrums(talk) 16:06, 16 November 2006 (UTC)