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Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 22:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm currently blocked for Open proxy.

Sorry I didn't realize I had a vpn on.... You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis.

The block was made by ‪AmandaNP‬. The reason given is No open proxies .

Start of block: 07:08, 7 October 2023 Expiry of block: 07:08, 7 October 2025 Your current IP address is 54.38.78.132. The blocked range is 54.38.0.0/16.

Please include all above details in any queries you make. If you believe you were blocked by mistake, you can find additional information and instructions in the No open proxies global policy. Otherwise, to discuss the block please post a request for review on Meta-Wiki. You could also send an email to the stewards VRT queue at stewards@wikimedia.org including all above details.

BigKrow (talk) 16:15, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

If you've turned off the VPN, you shouldn't be blocked now. It isn't a block on your account. Heavy Water (talk) 18:50, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Well, clearly you turned it off. So there shouldn't be any further action needed. Heavy Water (talk) 19:11, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Ok thank you. If something comes up I will let you know. BigKrow (talk) 21:07, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping. I am procedurally declining the request, since there was technically no block to review, to remove it from the queue. On a related point, BigKrow, please do just be careful about the use of multiple accounts. Appears you've had a half dozen or so just in the past few months. If you are actively using/editing/switching between them, it is best practice to disclose as much on the respective user pages, to avoid confusion. Thanks much. Tyrol5 (talk) 22:15, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

For what it's worth, as far as I can tell they're not used simultaneously (although the IP is). Heavy Water (talk) 00:18, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

IP is used if I forgotten to log in, Apologies. BigKrow (talk) 01:31, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Im aware thank you. BigKrow (talk) 01:30, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Tagging articles as abandoned

Hi. When tagging articles as abandoned, it should be done with a date parameter. This can most easily be achieved by using {{subst:aband}}. It will automatically resolve the current date and start the two day countdown. Cheers, SVTCobra 14:56, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Much appreciated, thank you! BigKrow (talk) 16:09, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

@SVTCobra {{abandoned|December 26, 2023}}

i guess working now, it was a red link so i didn't think it would work. Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 16:16, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Turkey attacks northern Iraq, and Syria after 12 people killed

Yes, tagging with author request is good enough unless other editors have worked on it. It was an interesting event which I had not seen at the top of my news headlines, so I was a bit disappointed you chose this route. SVTCobra 00:43, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

I have a bad habit of deleting I'm sorry.... BigKrow (talk) 00:57, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Tagging for speedy deletion

Hi BigKrow, a couple of comments. First, there is no need to tag abandoned articles for speedy, even if it's been a couple of days since the countdown has run out. They already appear in a tracking category for Sysops to see as needing deletion. Second, in other cases where {{speedy}} or {{delete}} (they are the same, by the way) is appropriate, please give a valid reason. The list of valid reasons can be seen here. Thanks, SVTCobra 22:07, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Related is NIETians shine at Smart India Hackthon 2023 which you sought to have speedied because the user was blocked. The user was blocked because the name suggested representing National Institute of Engineering & Technology at Greater Noida. It is not permitted for institutions to have an account which can be used by anybody there. If they want to contribute, the accounts need to represent a single individual. SVTCobra 03:17, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

I understand. BigKrow (talk) 15:07, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

@64.39.81.54: The above is what I mean. You claimed you understood. --SVTCobra 00:06, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Let's move on, ok? BigKrow (talk) 01:56, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Please state a reason when you use {{delete}} or {{speedy}}. Thank you. SVTCobra 13:19, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Accounts

Hi BigKrow. You can also go to M:Steward requests/Username changes and request that they usurp and merge all of your accounts into BigKrow. This will prevent you from being accused of sock puppetry on other projects. I am only an administrator on Wikinews, nowhere else. SVTCobra 20:26, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks but no thanks.... BigKrow (talk) 01:42, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

And User:CactusJack8310 is also you, yes? SVTCobra 19:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

@SVTCobra, yes, also one more I can think of is @MissedJetliner, If I think of any more I will post them! Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 23:23, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

View source for Lazio soccer club defeats Roma, 1-0 to move on to Italian Cup semi-finals ← Lazio soccer club defeats Roma, 1-0 to move on to Italian Cup semi-finals You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

Your IP address has been automatically blocked because it was used by another user, who was blocked by ‪SVTCobra‬. The reason given is:

Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "MissedJetliner". The reason given for MissedJetliner's block is "Former account of User:BigKrow".

Start of block: 23:33, 10 January 2024 Expiration of block: 23:33, 11 January 2024 Intended blockee: 64.39.81.54 You can contact ‪SVTCobra‬ or another administrator to discuss the block.

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You can view and copy the source of this page.

Sorry, I have changed the block settings. The default for a block is to block the IP as well, and I simply forgot to uncheck the box. You should be all set now. --SVTCobra 23:47, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I'll try to create a new story! BigKrow (talk) 23:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Nammo has signed an agreement with Sweden to support Ukraine with ammunition

I reviewed this, but it did not pass. My review comments are firm in their wording, but I was not intending to insult you. I write here to make sure you don't take it the wrong way.
You start a lot of articles but very few are fully developed and very few get published. The topics of your articles are so varied (from global news to hyper-local news), it almost seems like you pick them at random. While the aim of Wikinews is to have broad coverage of news from all over the world, this may not be the best way to approach article creation. In my experience, the best articles are written when the author really cares about the subject and wants to tell that story. If you are not a soccer fan, you may not be the best person to write about Lazio v Roma.
So, I hope you can think on this. What really peaks your interest when you read the news? Is it politics? Science? Crime? Economics? Find something you care about and really get into it. Learn about it. Get sources; not just the latest but maybe something for background. Cheers, SVTCobra 02:39, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

I read your whole message, thank you for just letting me be here. BigKrow (talk) 03:25, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Again, I feel like you chose a topic at random when you wrote Birds fly to Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. Are you into birdwatching? SVTCobra 14:35, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

I like birds, yes I do. BigKrow (talk) 18:17, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

When reporting users to WN:AAA or anywhere else

Please remember that the reporter is expected to explain the issues by themselves. The same manner is expected at almost all Wikimedia projects. In future, please avoid reports like special:diff/4769886. Thank you for your responses to unhelpful edits. MathXplore (talk) 01:06, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, and I will be more careful next time. BigKrow (talk) 01:07, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Massachusetts article

This is looking fairly good... are you ready to submit for publication?--Bddpaux (talk) 21:44, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Hey thanks for letting me know, I think it's somewhat good but needs more information to meet the requirements??? I'll try to add more before it goes stale! Thanks again! BigKrow (talk) 00:40, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Let's give it a go! All I can do is learn from my mistakes. Submitted. Thanks again! BigKrow (talk) 00:53, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Allright.... I will give it a look over.--Bddpaux (talk) 14:23, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Published. Keep it up! Good work!!--Bddpaux (talk) 14:32, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Award....you're terribly past due for this!

		The Order of the Humble Pencil For completing 5 edits.
		Great work!--Bddpaux (talk) 14:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Well done! Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:41, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you all!!!! BigKrow (talk) 11:54, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Not to mention!

....you are horribly past due for this as well!

This award is presented to new reporters who have started 10 or fewer news articles.

Bddpaux (talk) 14:38, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you BigKrow (talk) 11:54, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

You might consider......

.....posting those awards on your User page.--Bddpaux (talk) 14:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you but I will have to pass, it's on my talk page so people can view it here. BigKrow (talk) 11:56, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Wikinewsie category

I created your wikinewsie category for you. I hope you don't mind. It's a hidden category, not visible in article space.

Category:BigKrow_(Wikinewsie)

Feel free to edit the verbiage on the category however you like. Check out what other users have on theirs for inspiration. Just be sure to preserve the __HIDDENCAT__ line.

You can link to it from your user page and/or signature so others can see a list of articles you've gotten published. You can also link to it from off-wiki, if you have a blog, or social media page, etc for your journalism work.

I typically add the category to articles once they're published, not before. I already added it to Islamic_State_Khorasan_Province_responsible_for_more_than_60_people_killed_including_children_and_hundreds_injured_at_Krasnogorsk,_Russia_concert_at_Crocus_City_Hall.

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:54, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

This April 1st Marks The 79th Anniversary of the Okinawa Landings

This is not a joke, please read w:Battle of Okinawa. MathXplore (talk) 07:41, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

I thought it was because it mentioned April fools day, I know the landings were real. Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 07:43, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Bob Ely.jpg

Hi! Someone added a source for this file File:Bob Ely.jpg. Why did you remove it? MGA73 (talk) 15:12, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

@MGA73 it had a negative caption sorry I thought it was a bad edit, apologies. BigKrow (talk) 15:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

@MGA73 |Description = See below.

|Source = https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/portsmouth-herald/2012/01/08/jerk-running-for-president/49775037007/ BigKrow (talk) 15:40, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

@MGA73 they used the word "jerk" I thought it was saying he was one? BigKrow (talk) 15:41, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Oh, I did not notice that word. But the article says that "Bob Ely calls himself “a jerk,” and he's running for president.". So yeah the word is used but I don't think it is used in a bad way. --MGA73 (talk) 07:30, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Arizona police article.....

Sorry: It went stale. Bddpaux (talk) 15:52, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

I know it's fine, thank you for trying! @Bddpaux BigKrow (talk) 16:46, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Asia is not a part of Russia

Still, part of Russia is in Asia, so maybe it makes sense, but if anything Russia (and frankly the majority of the population isn't) in Asia. Referring to edits on Russian President Vladimir Putin ready for ceasefire talks with Ukraine Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 23:31, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Fair enough, do what you think is best for the article, thanks not going to overly ping you by the way! BigKrow (talk) 00:12, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

I removed it since Moscow, Putin, the advisors, Ukraine, the war, and most of Russia isn't in Asia.@BigKrow Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 00:30, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Ok. BigKrow (talk) 00:31, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, using only Category:Europe and not Category:Asia seems appropriate here. But if it were, say, an article about the Russian presidential election, even if nothing in Asian Russia was specifically mentioned, it would make sense to put it in both; Category:Russia also goes in both. Heavy Water (talk) 21:01, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

United States gives Ukraine permission to strike inside Russian territory near Kharkiv

A couple of issues:

• The copyvio detector gives a 53% match. Mostly it is due to extensive quotes. I would suggest breaking up Macron's comment, which currently runs to six lines. It's simply too long to read in one breath.
• The second sentence in the second paragraph doesn't actually say anything. I suggest either removing it or expanding it.
• Some minor grammar such as the last sentence, which is missing the word "policy" before the quote marks?
• The article needs rrnaming. I suggest: "Ukraine allowed to strike Russian territory near Kharkiv with US weapons".

Otherwise looks good to go. I thought I'd point these things out here rather than putting on a negative review, so you can quickly fix them. [₂₄Cr][talk] 09:04, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Staleness

I just thought I'd share my thoughts on this because you seem to be very attentive to this issue. Our normal route is to wait until four days have passed without edits (or talkpage discussion) and then tag with subst:aband. Then if there are no edits for another two days, it would be deleted. I have been thinking of a proposal to reduce this from 4+2 days to 3+1 days or even 2+1 days to encourage more publishing, especially given last year we increased the window of freshness from 2-3 days to 5-7 days and reduced the minimum length to 100 words. What would you think of a shrinking of the subst:aband route? [₂₄Cr][talk] 19:28, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

I'm for it, @Cromium BigKrow (talk) 19:29, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Shrinking? I would've thought, if anything, we'd lengthen it to 8+2 days, since the current window was designed for compatibility with the old freshness window. Heavy Water (talk) 20:58, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

@Heavy Water, @Cromium, ok sorry I jumped to conclusions feel free to make your own decisions, thanks. I'll go with the consensus.... BigKrow (talk) 21:15, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

I have started a section at Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Staleness. I am open to suggestions for increasing the timeframe too. I just feel that changing these kinds of things may be a way of improving our workflow. BigKrow, your opinion is just as valid as ours, so feel free to chime in. [₂₄Cr][talk] 21:22, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I just did! Not much to say just want to get back on track! @Cromium BigKrow (talk) 21:28, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Don't Do That Again

BigKrow, whatever you did on that Texas article, don’t do it again. You kind of broke the article. Use the sandbox next time. Thanks to @Heavy Water: for cleaning it all up. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 21:09, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

@Me Da Wikipedian, please don't Badger i know I screwed up kay. BigKrow (talk) 21:58, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

me BigKrow (talk) 21:59, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Okay, I wasn't trying to badger you, just let you know in case you didn't Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:00, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't want to argue.... @Me Da Wikipedian BigKrow (talk) 22:00, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

But... Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:02, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

???? Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:02, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

The way you came across I didn't appreciate it. @Me Da Wikipedian BigKrow (talk) 22:03, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

I am sorry, I didn't meant to. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:04, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Remember I'm mentally disabled... Time my friend. @Me Da Wikipedian BigKrow (talk) 22:05, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Sorry but im miserable today i don't know why..... Apologies my friend @Me Da Wikipedian BigKrow (talk) 22:08, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

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Don't worry, I think I've fixed it. This is one situation in which you should ask for admin help. Only the power of deletion sorts out histories that get mixed up. [₂₄Cr][talk] 22:26, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Ah...good old blowing things up...@Cromium Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:30, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

@Cromium, @Me Da Wikipedian, we all need to stop the bickering things happen, moving on.... BigKrow (talk) 22:56, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Foo

Is essentially shorthand for 'Wiki Foo' the weird little text/symbols/parameters we use in all wikis to make things happen (and I am always learning right vs. wrong in that department!) e.g. "I would fix it, but I can't remember the foo right now." It was just a prompt to 'Enter your signature', but... your way looks better!--Bddpaux (talk) 21:54, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks? BigKrow (talk) 22:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Please Explain

You put the pre-review template on an article that you made completetly blank. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 17:49, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

huh? BigKrow (talk) 19:48, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

What was the purpose of placing that pre-review template.

1.You wrote nothing in it, you conducted no pre-review

2.Since it isn't an official process (yet), you shouldn't put it on the article

3.You shouldn't pre-review your own article

I could go on. Why did you that?@BigKrow Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 19:51, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

becuz i did leave me alone... BigKrow (talk) 19:52, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:Bollywood

Good try but I'm going to delete it because it is very unlikely to be populated at the moment. The article which is tagged as being in the category - well, it isn't really about Bollywood. For it to be a viable category, it would need at least three relevant articles i.e. about Bollywood in general rather than actors or movies which happen to be part of Bollywood. The only example I can find is Bollywood cricket victory in Yorkshire charity match, which involves a sports team representing the industry. [₂₄Cr][talk] 19:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 21:11, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

JA story

"in a ? that will free him from his being in prison in Britain and will let him go home to Australia,"

Can you please replace question mark with something? I think it cannot be published with question mark mid text. Thanks Gryllida (talk) 11:14, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

also "fought off talks of sexual offenses in Sweden, while fighting ? to the U.S., where he had 18 criminal charges against him" has a question mark in it. Gryllida (talk) 11:20, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was bailed out of a UK prison on Monday" is there a way to write this in active voice? Gryllida (talk) 11:22, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

"He pleaded guilty to a US espionage crime." when did this happen? Gryllida (talk) 11:22, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Small thanks

Thanks for maintaining my talk page by reverting a weird edit. I may not be active, but it's nice to have my contributions preserved. --James Pain (talk) 20:30, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

No problem James. BigKrow (talk) 20:41, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

When tagging pages for deletion

I recommend you use TwinkleGlobal, and check the option to automatically notify the requests page on Meta-Wiki. That essentially pings the global sysops to delete the page. Leaderboard (talk) 16:38, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Following topics

Hi BigKrow

Hope you're doing well.

What is your preferred continent or country for reading and editing news? And what topic?

Africa • Asia • South / Central / North America • Europe • Middle East • Oceania • Antarctica

Crime and law • Culture and entertainment • Disasters and accidents • Economy and business • Education • Environment • Health • Obituaries • Politics and conflicts • Science and technology • Sports • Wackynews • Weather

If you are interested, I can send you notifications -- tell me how, by email, by wiki talk page, or on live chat -- when a new draft within your selected topics is available.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 09:21, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

SpaceX will return stranded astronauts in February 2025, NASA announces

Hi BigKrow, thank you for renaming the page early in the editing process. (It got renamed again.) Congratulations, it is now published. Gryllida (talk) 02:07, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Could you please advise what are your favourite news topics or a next recent event you found interesting? I'd like to write something together again, if you wouldn't mind and if you're available. Thank you in advance! Gryllida (talk) 01:32, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Police news usually. @Gryllida, thanks! BigKrow (talk) 13:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi @BigKrow is the school shooting news a "police news"?

4 killed in Apalachee High School shooting

Please let me know. -- Gryllida (talk) 02:18, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Debby effects Florida, going up coast

Hi BigKrow, deleted the above story as stale, sorry, I wasn't around when it was written. It would be a pleasure for me to edit and review a similar story if the event recurs (I find weather events comprehensible to review). Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 20:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Thousands of pagers explode in Lebanon killing twelve people and injuring thousands

Please fact check. Gryllida (talk) 23:28, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

How to follow newer drafts

Hi BigKrow

Some people read the "recent changes" page constantly. Some others refresh "Newsroom" a few times a day.

There is an easier alternative to follow latest drafts: visit Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance, either manually once a week, or click "Subscribe" button at right top. It will Notify or Email (depending on configuration) when a new topic is added to the page. Then you can see what to edit and what are main requests for help with it, without spending too much time on the site.

Editing other drafts -- and answering questions at the water cooler linked above, which is the less time consuming version -- may help reviewers spend less time on these other drafts, and review your articles faster.

Hope it helps. Please let me know if you have any questions. Gryllida (talk) 22:47, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@Gryllida, I'm sporadic sorry. BigKrow (talk) 23:19, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@Gryllida, I started a new article though. Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 23:20, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your help with the Canada PM story, appreciate you checking on it. :-) It got published now. Have a great weekend. Gryllida (talk) 19:02, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

subscription technical question

Hi @BigKrow :-)

I am asking for some technical information when you have a moment:

1. You wrote the page Improvised explosive device attack at the Santa Maria Courthouse in Santa Maria, California injures five people, one person arrested
2. When you open Talk:Improvised explosive device attack at the Santa Maria Courthouse in Santa Maria, California injures five people, one person arrested. At right top. Does it say 'Subscribe' or 'Ubsubscribe'? I.e., are you already automatically subscribed to receive notifications of new messages on the talk page or not?

There is no urgency in my new message on the talk page - just want to check how the wiki is configured on your account (I will ask several other contributors also) as this may affect communication with authors.

Thank you so much. Gryllida (talk) 23:45, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

It's usually up there I didn't see it last checked. Thanks @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 00:09, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Were you already subscribed automatically? Gryllida (talk) 00:55, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Courthouse article

Terribly sorry that went stale. A bunch of work stuff jumped up on me and I just couldn't make it happen. Please try to gatwick that article and re-submit. Bddpaux (talk) 16:19, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately I don't know how to Gatwick an article. @Bddpaux, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 16:20, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Well, the trick is: don't over complicate it. Think of it like this: Most big new stories have all kinds of stuff happening around them. So, we are a bit stale on the actual event itself. But: maybe there has been some courtroom stuff surrounding the guy, and you could use 70% of what is currently in this article, to build that article. See? That is the general spirit of gatwicking. This didn't make it, but there are (maybe) articles where his Mom said something or his priest said something, or the police searched his home or a storage unit. Then (considering 'inverted pyramid' style), you can put almost all of this near the bottom of THAT article. That is a 48-second intro to gatwicking.--Bddpaux (talk) 16:26, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Ok thank you but if an article goes stale won't it be eventually deleted? @Bddpaux BigKrow (talk) 16:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Well, yes. However: There is time for you to grab the text of this article, throw it into a sandbox -- then use that to build a fresh article. It takes a knack, but you can catch onto it -- I promise! And: if you gatwick this, I 100% promise that I will review that article in a timely manner.--Bddpaux (talk) 16:37, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

@Bddpaux, I think it's dead in the water just saying we tried though thanks. BigKrow (talk) 16:26, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi BigKrow

Sorry about the article being stale and now marked as abandoned. The main issue was a quote unverified.

@Michael.C.Wright in the interests of publishing while article is still fresh, you can remove material which is not verifiable, I believe? Please let me know if you're okay with this. :-)

@BigKrow

• Could you please write another story this week and leave me a message? I'm happy to help you with getting it published. Please try to find something that happened on the same day.
• Please consider joining live chat -- hang around there 24/7, don't close the chat window -- as then communication can happen more quickly and such questions can be answered way before the article becomes stale.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 04:33, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

If you are referring to the quote of Van de Camp, I did remove it.[1]

I was ready to publish the article based on my pre-review of it, which was technically a formal review[2] with the results reported using {{pre-review}}. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:44, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright that looked good thanks. It was five days after the event. I guess there can be some time limit, e.g. if 12 hours after a pre review nobody complained then you can publish. Gryllida (talk) 07:01, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

I assumed I would let it sit 24 hours. It went under review again less than an hour after I took it out from under my review. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 16:11, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Greetings

I am looking for help with news writing:

• Please write about something that happened today. Aim for tiny report with two sources and less than 150 words.
• I will share feedback and do my best to help you with it getting published.
• Repeat the same each three days for two weeks.

Then in two weeks we can come back and think what to do next.

It is a 20-30 minutes each 3 days commitment. Are you interested? If so, please ping me or leave me a message when a story is ready for me to look at.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 07:03, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Date

https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology_engineers_tap_access_to_battery-less_desalination_of_more_groundwater_than_ever_before&curid=3002133&diff=4801321&oldid=4801029

Why did you take the date out? If this is because a new week started, then please insert absolute date? It is part of WN:5W?

Thanks, 🙂 Gryllida (talk) 11:56, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 16:19, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

placement of infobox

[3] seems to have made article a lot longer and infobox starts at the end. Possibly typo? Thanks heaps for your help. :-) Gryllida (talk) 22:54, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Hmm I thought shorter huh.... but thanks @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 23:20, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

ok👍 Gryllida (talk) 09:11, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

headline

Man raped woman in Jersey seven times, found guilty -- many people do not know what country jersey is -- avoid passive voice -- suggest 'Jersey XYZ Court finds man guilty of seven counts of rape' -- replace xyz with name of the court. -- Happy to look at other options. Thanks. Gryllida (talk) 01:00, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Also, sorry for the edit conflicts on the Boston article yesterday

Title says all. Lofi Gurl (talk) 00:17, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

It's ok no problem thank you @Lofi Gurl: BigKrow (talk) 00:23, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Coffee article

Hey!! Hope you're having a good Sunday. I tried to work with the coffee article, freshen it up, but the specifics are just getting too fluid and I may have just dug the article's grave deeper honestly. I might be able to splice the info into some Wikipedia article down the line if all else fails. I'm just not experienced enough to write something this "timely" at this point unfortunately. Lofi Gurl (talk) 22:10, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Kinda drunk

I worked outside in the cold and rain today. I can't write the news tonight. I'm gonna wrap myself up in blankets and watch true crime stuff on YouTube. I implore you to try to find last-minute edits for the 11 articles in the review que (..if you want). Crappy Monday! Lofi Gurl (talk) 01:47, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

In the beginning

For starters: Please don't take this harshly -- as it isn't meant to be such. Historically, when I start articles, they are often pell-mell slap-dash bits of who-knows-what... but I often work fairly quickly to get them orderly (to some degree). I've noticed a few things (in recent weeks). You tend to start articles with a few sentences and then just move on. Are you working some type of plan there? Also (and this is just a personal chuckle --- you are not remotely the worst of them) -- it makes me laugh when people write 39 words in an article and I see 5 sources at the bottom of the page. What's up with that? We're all just volunteers here -- so: just asking.--Bddpaux (talk) 18:17, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

@Bddpaux:, Im sckitzophrenic among other mental illnesses. Sorry, apologies. BigKrow (talk) 18:20, 27 December 2024 (UTC)