Captainjohann

Welcome

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formatting comments and signing

hi, just wanted to let you know that on the Mediawiki software that Wikinews runs on, it's not a good idea to begin a line of text with one or more blank spaces. beginning a long line with blank spaces will lead to run-on text that needs horizontal scrolling to follow, like so -

"beginning a long line with blank spaces will lead to run-on text that needs horizontal scrolling to follow."

the same line without the space is perfectly fine:

"beginning a long line with blank spaces will lead to run-on text that needs horizontal scrolling to follow."

also, u can "sign" ur comments in talk pages by rtyping 4 tildes (~~~~) which the software will automatically convert to the kind of signature u see at the end of this line. — Doldrums(talk) 11:01, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Qwerty computer keyboard

the 'tilde' key is the one to the left of the '1' key and above the 'Tab' key in the picture of a w:QWERTY keyboard. (u'll have to hold down the shift key and press the tilde key to enter it). 4 such tildes with no spaces between them will do the job. meantime, i'll add the the link u've given to the article. best — Doldrums(talk) 06:47, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

looks like u've got the hang of it. :)  — Doldrums(talk) 16:22, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Edit

This is considered vandalism. Please do not make edits like this. See: NPOV. DragonFire1024 09:12, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

writing articles

hi, thank you for your continuing interest in Wikinews. we appreciate your eforts to report on news from India. but the content in Condemned in Perpetuatity for marrying a christian! and the comment you added to it [1] are not really in line with Wikinews content guidelines at all. please note that articles should be written as a factual news report with no editorial commentary. Wikinews:Writing an article is a good place to start for learning how a Wikinews article can be developed. if you need any assistance with writing, pls don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page or on the Water cooler. best, –Doldrums(talk) 04:46, 22 May 2007 (UTC)