Sarabg
Welcome edit
Sarabg, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
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Re: Citizen journalism edit
Hi,
if you are the same writer who has written the original source on Huliq, we would normally be asking you to send us an e-mail confirming that you are in fact the same person. If you would have an e-mail address like sara@huliq, and send it to one of the administrators (see WN:A for a list of active admins, many of them can be reached via the "E-mail this user" button when you go to their user page, and many list their email address on their user page). You could also email scoop@wikinewsie.org, which alerts all accredited reporters on www.wikinewsie.org .
Alternatively, you could edit the article on Huliq to say that the article is available under a free license (because it will be once it is published here), like: "the author of this article releases it under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license", which is the license on Wikinews.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me.