Lofi Gurl

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-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 00:40, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Court ruling upholds TikTok ban unless ByteDance sells stake

Hi,

@Michael.C.Wright published the story. Congratulations.

Please review the article history and talk page for feedback from the reviewer.

Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 00:58, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Suspect in shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO fled New York City by bus, police say

Hi,

I published the story. Congratulations. 🎉

Please review the article history and talk page for feedback.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 01:33, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

thanks!! Lofi Gurl (talk) 01:35, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Manslaughter charges against Daniel Perry dismissed following jury deadlock

Published. :-) Please read notes on the talk page.

Have a great day.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 10:51, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Re: cathedral re-opening

Hello,

Published. :-) Please check notes on the article talk page. A copy is included below for your reference:

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There are important, but not critically essential details missing, for example:

• time of day in local time and UTC
• that they planned to do speech outdoors but did it indoors because of a storm
• (is it needed to write '2024' in first paragraph as we already have publish date further up the page)

I could not verify one part:

• Sunday 'morning' mass (source 1 says Sunday, source 2 does not say, or something) -- replaced 'Sunday morning' with 'Sunday'

The above items can be addressed within 24 hours after publication.

The image credit was missing and I added it as a minor edit as a part of the review process. It is required due to the licence requirements.

I recommend the author to also become involved in editing others' submissions -- those of them that are newsworthy, at least -- in the Newsroom, if desired. This may help improve their quality and their chances of publication, and provide experience with proofreading and fact checking in addition to writing and authoring efforts.

Thank you and keep up the great work.

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Regards, Gryllida (talk) 10:59, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Pace

Hi Lofi Gurl, there are not many reviewers available, and I think the current queue may take a couple days to be processed. (I am mostly outdoors and away on weekend.) My apologies, and thank you for reading and writing entertaining and specific stories. :-) Gryllida (talk) 11:06, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

No problem, take your time and enjoy your weekend! Lofi Gurl (talk) 15:08, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Revisit articles in review queue

While waiting for articles I've authored to be reviewed, I often revisit them as long as they aren't under review and 'tighten' them up by making sure they conform to the style guide, that facts are correct, I've chosen good images with useful descriptions (and attributed every image), etc.

I see that there are style issues in some of your articles currently awaiting review. Please see what you can do to help make the review of these articles easier/quicker.

Consider using {{verify}} to point to exactly what source is used for all information so reviewers who verify information can find it easier. This helps tremendously.

Thanks. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:53, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Are you able to specify the style issues present in the article as a reviewer, or is it my job to figure that out as the reporter? Lofi Gurl (talk) 19:59, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

I haven't checked the article talk pages yet so sorry if this ends up being a pointless question Lofi Gurl (talk) 20:00, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

It is the author's responsibility to know our policies and guidelilnes, to include the style guide. Reviewers can and often do correct style issues before publishing but they are not required to. It takes more of a reviewers time to correct for style along with everything else they must check before publishing. See Wikinews:Reviewing articles to understand all the work that goes into reviewing an article. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:24, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Great job

You are doing a great job here thank you. BigKrow (talk) 20:25, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, friend!

Lofi Gurl (talk) 20:29, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

I have a question!

{{helpme}} Say an articles goes stale, or fails review for whatever reason. Am I allowed to splice old material and sources from "rejected" articles and use them in future articles, so long as the subject of the article stays fresh, and new developments keep coming in? Thanks. Lofi Gurl (talk) 20:36, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Yes, that's fine. They are released under the creative commons licence indicated in the footer, and you can reuse them at any news articles here or any other place where the licence of content is compatible. Gryllida (talk) 21:54, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Impeachment of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol fails

Hi Lofi Gurl :-)

Could you please attribute the "Political unrest and nationwide protests were expected in response to the axing of the impeachment." sentence? Who said this? This would help the sentence to not read as a speculation made on behalf of Wikinews.

Let me know if you have any questions, I am happy to help.

Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 21:53, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

From the Associated Press article:

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The vote’s defeat is likely to fuel nationwide protests and escalate political turmoil, and opposition parties could introduce a new impeachment motion when parliament reconvenes next Wednesday.

Lofi Gurl (talk) 21:56, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Wizard of oz slippers story

Hi Lofi Gurl

• Missing currency, both in first paragraph and in headline?
• Missing specified location where the auction took place.

Hope you can assist. Let me know if any questions. Thank you. :-)

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 04:09, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

I've found the location and left a note about it at the article talk page. I cannot add it and remain available to review. Could you please check and make the edit? Thank you!!! Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 05:13, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

I went to sleep before seeing all these. I'm so sorry! Lofi Gurl (talk) 13:20, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi Lofi Gurl :-)

What is your time zone?

Do you receive notifications in right top corner of the page while you are logged in?

Please note on talk page of the slippers story there is a new message "@Michael.C.Wright - You can add it and I can review? Please confirm within the next hour, or @Lofi Gurl please add it within next hour. Failing that, I'll add it myself and will require another reviewer to publish. Thanks."

Have a great day.

Thanks, Gryllida (talk) 23:25, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, and I need to get better at clearing my inbox, apparently. Lofi Gurl (talk) 23:44, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

I'm eastern standard time I think. Lofi Gurl (talk) 00:38, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Left you a new message Hope it helps :-) Gryllida (talk) 01:25, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Slippers worn by American actress Judy Garland in 1939 film The Wizard of Oz break sales record, sold for US$28 million at auction now published, congratulations. :-) Gryllida (talk) 02:14, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

thank you :) Lofi Gurl (talk) 02:21, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Coffee::Who

Hi Lofi Gurl, I've left you a new message here. Regards, Gryllida (talk) 22:31, 11 December 2024 (UTC)