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Welcome to Wikinews
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Getting started as a contributor
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Welcome! Thank you for joining Wikinews; we'd love for you to stick around and get more involved. To help you get started we have an essay that will guide you through the process of writing your first full article. There are many other things you can do on the project, but its lifeblood is new, current, stories written neutrally. |
All Wikimedia projects have rules. Here are ours.
Listed here are the official policies of the project, you may be referred to some of them if your early attempts at writing articles don't follow them. Don't let this discourage you, we all had to start somewhere. The rules and guides laid out here are intended to keep content to high standards and meet certain rules the Wikimedia Foundation applies to all projects. It may seem like a lot to read, but you do not have to go through it all in one sitting, or know them all before you can start contributing. Remember, you should enjoy contributing to the project. If you're really stuck come chat with the regulars. There's usually someone in chat who will be happy to help, but they may not respond instantly. |
The core policies
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Places to go, people to meet
Wiki projects work because a sense of community forms around the project. Although writing news is far more individualistic than contributing to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, people often need minor help with things like spelling and copyediting. If a story isn't too old you might be able to expand it, or if it is disputed you may be able to find some more sources and rescue it before it is listed for deletion. There are always discussions going on about how the site could be improved, and your input is of value. Check the links here to see where you can give input to the running of the Wikinews project. |
Find help and get involved
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Write your first article for Wikinews!
Use the following box to help you create your first article. Simply type in a title to your story and press "Create page". Then start typing text to your story into the new box that will come up. When you're done, press "save page". That's all there is to it!
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Self-publishing edit
Welcome to Wikinews. Please do not attempt to self-publish an article: it is completely against our core policies, and will not mean that your article is actually listed on GNews or on the homepage. There are a number of issues that you need to address before this article can be published; please see the talk page for details. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 07:27, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Task list edit
I restored the tasks list on your first article, Signal From Space Could Be From UFO, as there has been no material change since the first review.
There is plenty of work to do on this article if you want a reviewer to publish it, but I suggest the first thing to tackle is to figure out how it is news. See the content guide, and recent stories in Category:Space, for ideas.
--InfantGorilla (talk) 07:29, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
- I have again restored the list of tasks that need addressing. In its current form, this article is not a news article and as such, will not get published. If you wish to write an editorial, then I'm afraid that Wikinews is the wrong place. Please read the various links both above in the welcome menu, and on the article's talkpage. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 08:14, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Blocked edit
You have been blocked for disruptive editing from Wikinews for 72 hours. If you believe this block is unjustified or wish to contest it, you may add {{unblock|your reason}} to this page, go to Wikinews IRC to request to be unblocked, or send a message to wikinews-l wikimedia ● org.
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You have ignored all attempts to engage you on your talkpage. I have therefore blocked you for 72 hours and deleted your editorial. Should you repeat your disruptive editing once the block is lifted, I will block this account indefinitely. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 08:27, 2 August 2010 (UTC)