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Hello! I unsubscribed everyone from 'welcome a bit', as I am not sure who is still interested. If you would like to continue receiving notifications, please visit Special:EmailUser/Gryllida and write "Re-subscribe for 'welcome a bit'" in the message body. Thanks!. -Gryllida (talk) 03:43, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

• @Gryllida: Hi I hope you've been well :) It's probably for the best I'm taken of this list, I felt at one point it'd encourage me to take a look at the review queue more often, but life keeps me busy and I doubt I'll ever has the same amount of time to contribute to any Wikimedia project as I once did. —mikemoral (talk · contribs) 04:29, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

  Hi, thank you for your reply! Are you at live chat? I could ping you there to test software sometimes. It is probably a smaller commitment than reviewing. Gryllida (talk) 04:56, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Just note, we are now on irc.libera.chat instead of irc.freenode.net.
•–• 05:00, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

After confusion about all the empty rooms, I found my way to Libera, Thanks! —mikemoral (talk · contribs) 05:01, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Re the spam/copyvio bots

Re SPShuttersDoorsandBlinds, Pi had suggested, for any vandal/spambot/copyviobot it is better to first block them and then revert the mess they made. Blocking before deelting means they have lesser time to vandalise things.
•–• 04:42, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

Noted, it almost seemed like they were trying actual contributions, but thinking back now that's a definite stretch. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 05:04, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

Wikify

Thanks for wikifying the archives -- it is a long overdue! Though I might suggest you use Underline in green categorizable {{w}} links gadget -- which will give a visual indication of which {{w}} links can be converted to hard links -- after wikification, hard linking is the next task, and if we can do it in one go, that would really be a time-saver!
•–• 04:56, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

It's just a shame there's no super easy way to convert the [[w:]] links automatically. I have the gadget enabled, though I'm just trying to work out a less painful way of changing over w: links to {{w}}. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 05:23, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

It requires sapient judgement, sometimes -- though, using Vim (editor) makes text navigation and changes quite easy -- though there is some steep learning curve to it.
•–• 05:29, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

I really really suggest you do NOT automate those changes, it is a hot mess, and a disaster and creates more work than it solves.
•–• 05:51, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

AWB mainly had the dialogue window useful for working out the regex to find the things to replace —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 05:54, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

I Want a Page

Hello, please i want a Article on wikinews i am an Artist and i need you to create for me _ _ _ _ —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 105.112.104.254 (talk • contribs)

Hello, if you want to write a news article about a current event you may want to start with Wikinews:Writing an article. If it's a news article about yourself please see Wikinews:Requested articles. Otherwise, Wikinews is not Wikipedia, and we don't write encyclopedic articles here. Wikinews is a citizen journalism website with news articles written by freelance volunteers from around the world. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 04:03, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

Australian COVID-19 articles

Hi, Chaetodipus. Would you be able to review these Australian COVID-19 articles? I already have three at my hand, and will greatly appreciate if someone could share some load.
•–• 14:03, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi, I should have some free time to take a look after 23:00 UTC today. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 15:05, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Working........

....on your L.A. article right now.--Bddpaux (talk) 15:41, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

All done! Good article!--Bddpaux (talk) 16:35, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

@Bddpaux: Thanks for taking a look at it! —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 03:23, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

One small thing, while I'm at it........

There are a number of bits and baubles over at 'Request for Permissions' that need some voting actions. Could you jump over there soon, please?--Bddpaux (talk) 16:09, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

I'd been putting that off, but it's done now —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 03:44, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks!!--Bddpaux (talk) 15:34, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

My word!!

How is it that you (or your former self) never got one of these??!

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

--Bddpaux (talk) 19:27, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Well, heck!

That was some bad math on my part....I think this might be closer to accurate!

This award is presented to Wikinews reporters upon their 11th published news article.

--Bddpaux (talk) 19:31, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you!! —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 22:40, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Y'know.....for what its worth...........

I've never entirely quite understood the whole 'protected' thing, but more importantly, historically: who do we allow to edit standing articles? Pretty much autoconfirmed users and up?--Bddpaux (talk) 14:54, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

@Bddpaux: protecting against move (admins only indef is a must) but due to the number of vandals we had, we protect published articles from editing -- granting only autoconfirmed and above, as you said.
•–• 14:56, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Yes, generally it's autoconfirmed after publishing. It sort of adds an extra protection against anon users from messing with things on the article, since we have already the flagged revisions to make sure all edits get checked by a reviewer as well. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 17:00, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

ArbCom 2021

Hi Chaetodipus. I was wondering if you'd be willing to stand for ArbCom this year? If you don't wish to nominate yourself, I would be happy to nominate you.
•–• 07:49, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

@Acagastya: Sure, I'd accept a nomination. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 03:46, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Tunisia article

Published!--Bddpaux (talk) 16:53, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

@Bddpaux: Thanks! And thanks for getting to the weightlifting article too! —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 03:41, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

page protection

Hi, post-publication, edit=autoconfirmed (indef) and move=admin (indef) please -- you are keeping move=autoconfirmed (indef).
•–• 16:59, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

At some point, this should probably be included in WN:Protection policy. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 06:45, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Bermuda triathlete

Unfortunately, that has gone badly stale. Any way to freshen it up a bit?--Bddpaux (talk) 15:09, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

I know you're away, but I need to take cleanup action anyway. Sorry if we lost this one.--Bddpaux (talk) 19:42, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Userspace drafts

Hello. I’ve come across a number of draft articles in userspace, including the following ones in your userspace.

• User:Chaetodipus/LADWP raids
• User:Chaetodipus/Nevada authorities attribute local man's death to California earthquake
• User:Chaetodipus/U.S. Justice Department sues California over 'sanctuary state' immigration laws

There’s no immediate hurry but please could you let me know if you still need them or if we can delete them. Many thanks. --Green Giant (talk) 22:06, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Trap article......

Has gone terribly stale. Sorry.--Bddpaux (talk) 16:25, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Ah, well, it's the perennial Wikinews problem I guess. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 06:45, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

User:MikemoralBot

Hello. Just wanted to check if this account is still in use as a bot because it seems the last edit was in 2010? --Cromium (talk) 22:13, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

@Cromium: Sorry for the late response, but it's no longer in use. I think it was very briefly used as a message delivery bot for a writing contest. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 22:17, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Thsnk you for getting back to me. I’ve removed the bot permission but feel free to request it again if needed. Cheers. [₂₄Cr][talk] 07:19, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

September 14, 2021

I want to know as sources does this news https://en.m.wikinews.org/wiki/First_biography_in_poetry_form. Will publish in Wikinews or not —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 2405:201:3000:4110:d1ca:7535:7b17:4227 (talk • contribs) 04:28, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Publishing your California gender-neutral department stores article

Slight issue with it. Not anything you've done, but EzPR doesn't seem to be working for me. I'm all ready to publish it, but I can't. I've tried using three different browsers and clearing my cache/checking my settings to make sure JavaScript works, and it's still not working - neither is WN:Make lead. Should I use the "Mark this page as reviewed (use EzPR where possible)" button to publish manually? --LivelyRatification (talk) 21:50, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Hmm, that's very strange. I tried using Make Lead and EzPR and neither worked for me as well. It should be possible to do a manual publish by just placing {{Publish}} on the article, and {{Peer reviewed}} on the talk page. Though, I'm not sure how to manually update the RSS feeds which (should) send articles to Google News. @Bawolff: had been maintaining the EzPR gadget, but I'm not sure why it wouldn't be working now. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 22:04, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

@LivelyRatification: I've also tried out using two more browsers just now, and none of them worked. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 22:09, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

@Chaetodipus: Yeah, I've basically tried everything and it hasn't worked. I reckon it might be a problem with the gadget. If it's not working on your end as well (which it should if this is just a me problem), then I'll publish manually (that being said, I'm also not sure how to update RSS feeds). --LivelyRatification (talk) 22:17, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

@LivelyRatification, I'm not sure about the RSS thing, but I want to say it's automatic based what it says at Special:NewsFeed which just pulls articles from categories (at least it looks like that, I'm not definitely not very technically skilled) —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 22:28, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

you need to also mark the page as reviewed in flagged revs for it to show up in the rss feed. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:37, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

I think i fixed the JS issues, but I don't super remember how it worked and I didn't test it very thoroughly, so let me know if its still broken. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:25, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

@Bawolff: Thank you!! I'm confused about the RSS feed now. Does a reviewer need to go to Special:Stabilization to mark it checked from there? I just did that and it added it to the feed. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 07:29, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Actually, nevermind, I don't think that did anything —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 07:30, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

im not sure, but looks like its there now https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:NewsFeed?feed=atom Bawolff ☺☻ 19:43, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Maybe there's a lag for the feed to pick it up, I really don't know —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 22:28, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Revert

Hi, why this change? This user is banned from WMF (see) and cannot modify any projects. Indeed, it should be blocked instantly... thanks --Mtarch11 (talk) 04:52, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

@Mtarch11: Sorry, I may have misclicked there when I was clearing up that vandalism. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 05:48, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

No problem :) Thanks --Mtarch11 (talk) 05:55, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

obits

so you fixed my attemp to edit what is the correct SYNTAX CoachZeeeee (talk) 15:59, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

@CoachZeeeee: Hi, I removed the section you added to Wikinews talk:To-Do List because it didn't seem to be constructive, at least asking for where your own obituary is. Generally speaking, you probably can't ask for one once you're a candidate to have an obit written about yourself. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 23:41, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

Georgia

In case if you are cleaning up some archives, could you please fix Georgia-related links? Special:WhatLinksHere/Georgia -- it should be either the state xor the country, and should not link to Georgia itself.
•–• 22:14, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Nvm, managed it.
•–• 22:41, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

At least it wasn't that many that needed diambiguation —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 00:56, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

archiving retracted stories?

Hi. If North Korea launches "early-stage" hypersonic missile was not retracted, it would have been archived by now. During my time here, I don't recall articles being retracted. Any idea how those are handled? Any do's and don'ts to mind?
•–• 15:57, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

@Acagastya: Hi, I checked through Category:Retracted articles to be sure, but the general practice has been to archive them after a while. Two of those nine in the cat haven't been archived, but I guess we probably should tag them with {{archived}}, and probably removed {{published}} to hide the social links. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 00:35, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

How we will see unregistered users

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Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Temporary change to article length

Hello. As a reviewer, this note is just to let you know we are implementing a trial from February 1 to April 30 to encourage more articles to be published per the outcome of a current proposal. The minimum requirements for article length will be one paragraph of at least a hundred words. At the end of the trial the requirements will return to normal (3 paragraphs etc) and there will be an evaluation discussion about the trial. Happy reviewing! [₂₄Cr][talk] 23:16, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Temporary change to freshness

Hello. As a reviewer, this note is just to let you know we are implementing a trial from July 4 to October 4 to enable more articles to be reviewed per the outcome of a current proposal. The freshness window is being extended to about five to seven days. At the end of the trial the window will continue to be at 5-7 days while we discuss whether to adopt the change permanently or not. Happy reviewing! [₂₄Cr][talk] 17:37, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Re: Pakistan reverses block on Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia

Thanks for editing, appreciated. This is an interesting story. Gryllida (talk) 01:18, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Revdel

Please delete this revision. Thanks, Heavy Water (talk) 06:09, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Done —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 17:52, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Scoop

Are you on scoop, by any chance? You don't seem to have a wn-reporters email address. I ask because if you aren't, that confirms we only have two users on scoop who have been active in the past year: Bddpaux and RockerballAustralia. Heavy Water (talk) 22:02, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

I do not have scoop access, and I haven't had access for a very long time at this point —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 19:36, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

LTA

Hi, I created a new filter, but I got the code from another user who is not a sysop here (I don't know the syntax for coding filters). Can you check it and see if you think it should work? Cheers, SVTCobra 19:21, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

I'm definitely not the most well-versed in filter editing (the one I made earlier took an amount of time I'd rather not admit spending), but afaict the new one looks like it should work for the recent LTA. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 19:30, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

I ran a test after unhiding and I think it will work. SVTCobra 19:34, 11 March 2023 (UTC)

please temporarily restore my user page

I was told that my private userpage somehow violated this wikis rules because the content it had was designed for wikipedia instead. I do oppose having my userpage, that I worked for hours on, to be deleted without warning. However, if it's absolutely mandatory for it to be moved to wikipedia instead, then please help me by restoring the page long enough for me to move my content to wikipedia. Pikazilla (talk) 13:12, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Request

Can you block and delete the pages of User:SVTCobra 2.0? It is not an alt account of mine. I don't know why, but I think it would be unseemly if I did it myself. It's an impersonation account. Cheers, SVTCobra 07:29, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Done That's a bit weird someone would bother to do that. Hmm, fwiw, I should get around to adding a note that I have w:User:Chaetodipus2 registered though, and I'll have to get around to making a global account. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 08:04, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Open request for unblock

Hey, could you look at this? Suryanshvdg has requested unblocked after tripping a spam filter. Heavy Water (talk) 04:22, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Done The edit did seems somewhat promotional, but not strictly speaking advertising, but I've unblocked the affected user. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 07:40, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Former US President Donald Trump pleads not guilty over alleged attempts to 'subvert' 2020 presidential election results

Any chance you might have time to review this at some point between now and when it becomes stale on Thursday evening? I'd really appreciate it. I can try to trim the background to ease review. Then, of course, you might, reasonably, judge it to have lost freshness with the developments with the protective order request. Heavy Water (talk) 05:46, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

I should have time later today after midnight UTC to take a look. Looks like any hearing for a protective order is to be held Friday fwiw so not quite stale, though perhaps the article can reflect that development. I haven't yet read it admittedly. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 13:39, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

That'd be great. I've been updating it to reflect this week's developments in that area as they occur. Heavy Water (talk) 14:19, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Sanity check

I'm starting to second-guess my choice of headline when reviewing US government sues SpaceX, claims hiring discrimination against asylees: since a comma is supposed to substitute for "and" and this headline refers to claims in the lawsuit, perhaps "US government sues SpaceX, claiming hiring discrimination against asylees" would be more accurate. Could you please let me know what you think? Heavy Water (talk) 03:52, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Overall I think it's fine, though perhaps I'd have tried to avoid using "asylees" as an uncommon, somewhat legal-sounding word in a headline. The comma there is good, since it's indicating two separate actions by the govt in headlinese. I might have gone with something like "U.S. govt sues SpaceX claiming/alleging hiring discrimination against those granted asylum" which hopefully sounds less like legal jargon (which the SG discourages via Orwell's tips). —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 04:33, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

OK. I chose "asylees" because the sources appeared to be referring to both asylum seekers and grantees as allegedly discriminated against, and "asylees" can encompass both, to my knowledge; I guess "refugees" also would've worked. Heavy Water (talk) 15:46, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Gauff

I put up for another review, since you formatted the story better. Also the title needs a change. I lost my password, so im using IP for now... Apologies to you and Heavy Water. HushPuppie280 64.39.81.54 (talk) 01:58, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Don't worry about it, even I'm on my second account from a lost password. Perhaps it would be helpful as you learn to write news-style prose, to compare the before and after, and I hope this helps you with what's meant by refocusing. News events can happen quickly (especially with Wikinews' glacial pace of publication) so it's pretty common to have to change up what you've written, possibly even scratching the whole dang thing. But the old material already written can be pretty useful for background for the most recent news event. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 03:09, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

social media (cross-posted to all members of reviewer group)

Hi, Wikinews:Water_cooler/miscellaneous#social_media_for_reviewers_and_authors_and_developers may be of interest to you as a reviewer, thanks and regards, Gryllida (talk) 05:53, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Requesting a review

Hi @Chaetodipus, I know it's probably been a long time, but I wanted to humbly ask you to review my first Wikinews article here: World Athletics Indoor Championships concludes in Glasgow with new world records and significant wins.

If you are not able to review it, I was wondering if you could approve Asheiou's RfP here to increase the reviewer pool.

Please let me know if you'll be able to assist, because I would really appreciate a review before my first article goes stale and gets deleted. I'd be happy to review one of your articles in exchange if I ever become a reviewer myself in the future.

Thank you so much, --Habst (talk) 16:21, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Review???

I have an article that needs reviewing. Think you could jump on it, please??--Bddpaux (talk) 16:46, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

@Bddpaux: I have a few hours free tonight to take a look. It looks like all the necessary notes are already there, so hopefully I can power through tonight —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 02:59, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Changes made to this article.--Bddpaux (talk) 14:00, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi

(I am messaging all reviewers)

Hope you are doing well.

Here are submitted for peer review:

• Photo exhibition “Ethnic features of the world people” took place in the Crimean capital
• On the campaign trail in the USA, June 2024
• "Machu Picchu, and not only...", a new photo exhibition by Viktor Pinchuk was held in Crimea

Could you please review? Even a little edit or just one review would help a lot. (I don't require a commitment to review every day from now on.)

Would you like to get notified of new drafts submitted for review? If so, please tell me which topics (or any topic) and where (email, wiki messages, push notification on smart phone, notification in wiki Notifications, or somewhere else).

Would you find a WN:RNA page for reviewers useful, it would be similar to WN:AAA but intended for reviewers to discuss reviewing and related software.

Would you be interested other communications off-wiki to create audio or video contact with other reviewers? I think this online gathering could be an essential part to deduce how to make article authoring and review easier. It could be just 30 minutes a month, and you don't have to participate every time. I would write a meeting minutes note after each session and publish it on-wiki if desired.

Thanks!

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 11:26, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Please review

I'm posting requests with assistance of Reviewing to Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance now and for the next few days, please check? Could you please add this page to watchlist and/or click 'Subscribe' and/or setup email notifications, and check your notifications or emails? Thank you in advance! Gryllida (talk) 00:58, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi Gryllida, hope you've been well. Just a sort of general reply here. I've been busy IRL as I'm sure many if not all Wikinewsies are. I'll see what I can do about working in an hour or two to work on reviews. Reviewing has always been a time sink for this project. I've seen there's a discussion on the review process and changes that could be made, and hopefully I can catch up on the discussions there. I'm not sure I'd have much to contribute towards them, but I like to remain optimistic about keeping the project alive and functioning. I do see the above about having meetings via video/voice could help facilitate the project's goal of publishing news. I remember in the times long ago, IRC chat really did help a lot in getting collaboration among the newsies. Even having a communication channel like that could help. IRC may be a bit old-fashioned now, but another platform could help out and not scare away potential contributors with its antiquatedness. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 03:24, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi chaetodipus 🙂

I agree with you, being busy can be a problem. Housing is being a bit more of a challenge now: more dense, life more busy, and my place requires constant maintenance.

I am "gry" on IRC. Acagastya is there.

Matrix group could be another option, https://app.element.io/ is a web client, no install required. I am Svetlana:matrix.org send me a message to join the group chat I just created for Wikinews. Someone needs to figure out how to post a link to it on wiki. I could not copy paste it.

One Wikinewsie is also in telegram.

I think there was nobody editing others' articles mostly. Mostly writing their own. After submitting for review a automated message could be left to the user listing other current drafts and inviting to assist, and asking to confirm which draft they would like to start working on while awaiting review. English Wikipedia have some software for similar tasks. Your guidance of what, where and how to implement would be most appreciated. I can try my best to make it happen.

Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 11:17, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Review please?

Queue: *3* in total: Monday (1), Tuesday (2). It is currently *Wednesday*. One breaking story (hurricane). 🥺🥺🥺 Gryllida (talk) 09:22, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Review Help Needed - Update 1 (April 15, 2025)

Hello!

This is Gryllida. I am one of the reviewers at Wikinews. I'm contacting you to request assistance with the review queue. Here is my understanding of the articles which are in the review queue now:

Event Date	Link	Did I edit substantially?
April 6 Sunday	Deadly attack on gold miners in Papua leaves multiple casualties and sparks security response
April 9 Wednesday	Prison confession and police interrogation video of Delphi bridge murderer made public for first time
April 9 Wednesday	Helicopter crash in South Africa blamed on 'unsecured' penguin
April 10 Thursday	Authorities identify Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Sydney CBD, Australia	YES
April 10 Thursday	US Health Secretary vows to determine cause of autism by September	YES
April 12 Saturday	Nuclear negotiations between US and Iran commence in Muscat, Oman
April 13 Sunday	Nobel laureate writer from Peru, Vargas Llosa dies
April 14 Monday	President Bukele says he will not return wrongly deported U.S. man, confounding U.S. Supreme Court order
April 14 Monday	Pop singer Katy Perry safely returns to Earth from outer space

Suggested action:

• Start to review from the top of the list.
• As the list may be out of date, please check the WN:Newsroom at your earliest convenience.

I'm planning to send this reminder twice a week. To unsubscribe, please visit User:Gryllida/Notifications/New/Review and inquire at the talk page. If you wish, I can narrow it down to only notify you of new stories in your preferred region or topic. Please let me know if you are interested in this option.

Please let me know if you require assistance or would like to connect with me to do a few reviews together before you proceed to do them fully on your own.

Many thanks for your time.

Regards, -- User:Gryllida 11:44, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Review Help Needed - Update 2 (April 21, 2025) - 17 articles awaiting review

Hello! :-)

This is Gryllida. I am one of the reviewers at Wikinews. I'm contacting you to request your assistance with the review queue. Here is my understanding of the articles which are in the review queue now:

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Event Date	Link	Did I edit substantially?
April 9 Wednesday	Prison confession and police interrogation video of Delphi bridge murderer made public for first time
April 10 Thursday	US Health Secretary vows to determine cause of autism by September	YES
	Suspect taken into custody and charged after Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro is forced to evacuate gubernatorial mansion with family following suspected arson attack
April 12 Saturday	Nuclear negotiations between US and Iran commence in Muscat, Oman
	Weezer performs at Coachella music festival with bassist Scott Shriner four days after his wife was shot by Los Angeles police, charged with attempted murder
April 13 Sunday	Sumy, Ukraine hit with two missiles by Russia
April 14 Monday	President Bukele says he will not return wrongly deported U.S. man, confounding U.S. Supreme Court order
April 14 Monday	Pop singer Katy Perry safely returns to Earth from outer space
	Thousands hospitalised in Iraq due to sandstorm
	Teen's murder of both parents was part of larger plot to assassinate Donald Trump and overthrow US government, newly-released FBI affidavit says (Date TBC)
April 15 Tuesday	New rape and sexual assault charges trial for Harvey Weinstein in Manhattan
	Protester tasered and arrested at town hall hosted by US Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene
	Several suspects dead in South Africa after shootout results in the rescue of abducted US pastor
	16 year old Torquay boy arrested after stealing Lexus in Exeter
April 16 Wednesday	Rwandan government releases Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey
	German prosecutors charge doctor with murder of over a dozen patients via anaesthetic drugs, arson Date TBC
April 17 Thursday	Four dead in cable car crash in area south of Naples
April 18 Friday	Ryan Gosling cast in upcoming Star Wars film
	Cincinnati Reds win against Baltimore Orioles

Suggested action:

• Start to review, perhaps from the top of the list.
• Please, aim to review at least one article a fortnight, if able. We currently have less than 50% activity among reviewers, with many not having made an edit within last two years. If there is something that can help you with coming back, please let me know. I'm happy to chat with you at IRC, wiki, audio, or any preferred platform and do several reviews together. If there is some other motivator, I'm eager to know what it is and get it done as soon as possible.
• As the list may be out of date, please check the WN:Newsroom at your earliest convenience.

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Please let me know if you require assistance or would like to connect with me to do a few reviews together before you proceed to do them fully on your own.

Many thanks for your time.

Regards, -- Gryllida 06:23, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Review Help Requested - Update 3 (April 26, 2025) - 2 articles awaiting review

Hello :-) This is Gryllida. I am one of the reviewers at Wikinews. I'm contacting you to request your assistance with the review queue. Here is my understanding of the articles which are in the review queue now:

• Tesla reports 71% profit loss in 25Q1 vs 24Q1, Elon Musk to reduce government work commitment TUESDAY April 22 (Gryllida did a major edit, and cannot review) - 4 days ago
• Lion mauls, kills teenage girl in Kenya SATURDAY April 19 - 7 days ago LAST DAY TO REVIEW IS TODAY

Please review urgently.

As the list may be out of date, please check the WN:Newsroom at your earliest convenience.

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(I'm planning to send this reminder approximately twice a week. To unsubscribe, please visit User:Gryllida/Notifications/New/Review and inquire at the talk page. If you wish, I can narrow it down to only notify you of new stories in your preferred region or topic. Please let me know if you are interested in this option.)

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Many thanks for your time.

Regards, Gryllida 23:29, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

Review Help Requested - Update 4 (May 24, 2025) - 18 articles awaiting review

Hello, legendary Wikinews Reviewer :-)

Please review any of the below now. This is a sortable table. Please check Wikinews:Newsroom for the latest revision.

Rock musician, Tommy Lee and wife split after 6 years of marriage	16??
Orleans Parish facility maintenance worker charged with allegedly helping inmates escape prison	20
Wikipedia administrators are being arrested in Belarus	17	original reporting!
Australian Nationals leave Coalition with Liberal Party	20
Ukrainian ex-top official shot dead outside Madrid school	21
Trump claims there is a 'genocide' in South Africa, but white Afrikaner farmers dispute that assertion	21
Suicide bomber attacks Mogadishu military base	18	7 days ago!
Explosion near reproductive health facility in Palm Springs, California	17	8 days ago!
Interpol facilitates arrest of Peruvian organised crime suspect in Medellin, Colombia	15	10 days ago!
Shooting at CIA headquarters in Virginia	22
End confirmed for the American penny	22
Inaugural Khelo India Beach Games concludes early	23
GeoGuessr cancels participation in Esports World Cup in response to controversy over Saudi Arabia hosting the event	22nd May	short article easy?
Sound Talent Group employees among casualties in private plane crash at San Diego, California	22
Nepal Supreme Court upholds custody of Rabi Lamichhane in cooperative fraud case	23
Police activity on Interstate 80 in Berkeley near University Avenue	23
High-Speed RV Chase Ends in Fatal Crash – Albuquerque	18
Donald Trump wants Golden Dome missile defense system	20

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Regards, --Gryllida (talk) 12:23, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

Wikinews closure formally recommended

The Task Force has released a report that formally recommends closing Wikinews. The public consultation is here: m:Public consultation about Wikinews.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:58, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

A community response to the Task Force is underway and I believe it's critical that we show clear support from contributors, reviewers, and administrators if we want Wikinews to remain open.

If you believe Wikinews still has potential for revitalization and should remain active, I ask that you:

• Review and help improve the draft community response, and/or
• Add your endorsement once you're comfortable with the language

The goal is to finalize the draft before the July 16 Task Force call, so our response is ready for consideration.

You can find the draft here:
👉 Wikinews:Response to Proposal for Closing Wikinews

Thanks for considering.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:33, 11 July 2025 (UTC)