Pharos

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Additionally, welcome New Yorker Wikipedian! -- NGerda 01:46, August 14, 2005 (UTC)

Wikinews:Editorslab

What's this? --Pi zero (talk) 18:52, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

It's an experimental platform we're playing with for a hackathon this weekend, to generate articles about protests and other types of events. Obviously, it's not ready for public use yet, but we'd be glad to have wider participation as it develops further.--Pharos (talk) 19:01, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

I wanted to look at it but the domain is not found. Gryllida (talk) 07:10, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

Re User:Pharos/Timeline

Can you experiment with this to create articles? This may lead to further improvements in your system.

If it works well for you, it may work well for a friend or two. --Gryllida (talk) 20:26, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

World AIDS Day 2024 is marked around the world

Published. Please read carefully as there is only 24-hour window for making changes after publication. Thank you for your quick responses and for delightful story. Have a good day! Gryllida (talk) 20:24, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Re: revitalising Wikinews

Hi, I'm reaching out to you as you indicated support for revitalising Wikinews. Here are a few ways to help out, in no particular order:

1. write new articles by style guide and content guide
2. find news which happened today and share it on live chat or a news tip page
3. read drafts in Newsroom, especially those submitted for review, and edit them to make them more comprehensive or more current
4. read drafts in Newsroom, especially those that failed review recently, and address reviewer's comments quickly and re-submit for review
5. chat with new authors (of articles in Newsroom) and help them understand the key concepts
6. subscribe at Wikinews:Water cooler (there are 5 subforums, open each and click 'Subscribe' link at top - then keep a close eye on your Echo notifications) to help newcomers and help with editing articles when someone requests assistance
7. chat on live chat and help newcomers and reviewers with their review process
8. help with software development for authoring or reviewing articles, perhaps for the mobile platforms
9. chat with other contributors on audio or video chat
10. present notes about how Wikinews works at various conferences via audio and video communucations [as we don't have funds for travel at present] this can be linux, programming, journalistical, or wikimedia themed conferences
11. figure out how to get someone to do any of the above through a grant, sometimes google summer of code
12. find high school and university educators who would like to teach their class journalism by asking them to write articles for Wikinews (was done with in the past, and we have extension installed for marking students)
13. collaborate with Pharos on getting more news coverage of the New York City and adjacent areas
14. proofread, or read, Wikinews articles out loud for Audio Wikinews
15. make English Wikinews accounts on various social media like twitter, facebook, blue sky app (sp?), others [in consultation with someone on-wiki first] ensuring you're posting new news articles there with appropriate tags, moderate comments, and setup multiple moderators if possible and document which contributor is in charge of which social network account for Wikinews and how articles are being posted there

Please let me know which of these points you're most comfortable with, and/or would like to learn.

Which points would you like to contribute? Please name up to 3-5 points, if you like. Or suggest your own. :-)

I'm happy to connect with you and guide you in any of the above areas.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 22:54, 16 March 2025 (UTC)