Rishav Roychowdhury
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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.  | |
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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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Hello,
1) In the first paragraph please add 5Ws.
2) In the sources section please add two URLs to sources.
Gryllida (talk) 02:09, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
- Hello again,
- Please see the expanded version. A couple really simple questions are asked in the article body. Please edit it and add the missing detail. Doing this would greatly improve the chances of publication while the news is still fresh. Thank you in advance. Gryllida (talk) 03:10, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
- The 'expanded version with questions' is here. Gryllida (talk) 10:57, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
- Hi. In the normal course of events, the article has been deleted as abandoned after two days' notification. The important thing with Wikinews is to try, learn from it (we always learn, no matter the outcome), and move on. I'd recommend reading Wikinews:Pillars of writing, which is quite compact and covers a lot of the basics, then Wikinews:Writing an article. --Pi zero (talk) 11:04, 12 August 2018 (UTC)