Mark1987
Welcome edit
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PRO-test in Oxford edit
Hiya, you're article has a few problems which can be easily cleared up. You did try to represent both sides of the story by providing links to each side but much of the content is written from the point of view of the PRO-test group, including the title of the article. One way that we try to keep our articles unbiased is to roughly divy up the content to each side. Two ways of doing this are adding more of the SPEAK side to the article or to condensing some of the PRO-test side.
Wikinews, along with most other wikimedia foundation projects, is big on clear and explicit identification of sources. You could create an external headline with the links to those sources such as:
External Resources edit
The wikicode for the above:
=== External Resources ===
[http://link PRO-test]
[http://link SPEAK]
If you have any questions, please ask. You can post on the article's talk page or my userpage. --Sfullenwider 03:55, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
PRO-test image edit
You have marked this 'no derivatives', but would you consent to the protesters being made brighter compared to the buildings and sky. It's a good image but would definitiely benefit from such a change. Would you also consider or consent to uploading the image to the commons (I'm not sure if the CC licence prohibits this)? Thanks Spaully 15:06, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I consent to you editing the photo, Spaully. You can also upload the image to the commons, though I would prefer it was put kept under a no-derivatives license. Please let me know if this isn't possible under Commons and I'll reconsider. Cheers, Mark 21:39, 6 March 2006 (UTC)