Redmondian

Welcome

Redmondian, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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xp/balmer article tagged

hi, i've added several tags to the story u just posted as much of the article does not meet the wikinews guidelines and polices (which u can find links to, above). particularly egregious is the "balmer dead?" in the headline. once the article is fixed and is in conformity with wikinews standards, the tags can be removed and the article published. if u need any assistance/clarification, u can contact me or any other wikinewsie by leaving a message on thier talk page. cheers, Doldrums 07:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

PS. appreciate ur efforts to contribute to wikinews. Doldrums 08:16, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello! Instead of deleting your article, I've decided to move it to your user space instead — see User:Redmondian/Vista Delayed, Ballmer Dead?. Editorials are fine if they're subpages of your user page, but Wikinews prefers the main articles to be unbiased news reports and not editorials. Thank you for your interest in Wikinews! —THIS IS MESSEDOCKER (TALK) 16:16, 1 July 2006 (UTC)