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-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 06:31, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
After post message below, notify the existence of the message on my talk (can be written in English).
If you believe your article is complete and ready for publication, you should submit it for review; I've added a {{develop}} tag, so there should be a button for submitting it. Regarding our review process (and other aspects of how the project works), see WN:PILLARS. --Pi zero (talk) 20:57, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
- The "review comments" explain what the problem is. Here is the key line:
- We require two mutually independent sources. (We also recommend reading all of them before starting to write.)
- For a "synthesis" article on English Wikinews, you must use two or more sources that are independent of each other. Your article lists two sources, but they are both from Agência Brasil, and they are both by Graça Adjuto and Augusto Queiroz. So, they are not independent of each other. --Pi zero (talk) 22:47, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
- The "review comments" explain what the problem is. Here is the key line:
Synthesis articles edit
We're interested in news from Brazil. In order to publish through en.wn, though, you need to understand how we operate.
We don't publish news articles from some other news agency. We do publish "synthesis" articles. A synthesis article draws on information from two or more sources, and is written in your own words (not copying phrases from the sources).
Choose a current event to write about: something specific that has happened within the past day or two. This current event is called the focus.
Then, choose two or more sources, independent of each other, that are about the focal event.
Read your sources before you start to write. When you do start to write, your first paragraph (lede) should give very short answers to basic questions about the focus, and then your later paragraphs should provide details and background. This is called inverted pyramid style.
WN:PILLARS may be helpful. --Pi zero (talk) 16:55, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
The article you submitted for review is no longer fresh. Plus, there is only one news source. Until there is not any other independent source to verify this thing, I am afraid, I will never publish.
14.139.242.195 (talk) 02:36, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
- I am sorry for your experience. But please don't be disheartened. You have a welcome message at the top of your talk page. You should read it first.
They have the links to the guidelines page. Wikinews is very different from Wikipedia since the time factor is important. Plus we have very less editors here. Let me try:
- Wikinews:Writing an article: This will give you idea how to write articles here.
- Wikinews:Article layout in a nutshell: This will give you the idea of the layout.
- Style guide It is similar to the Manual of Style that is on Wikipedia.
I am sorry that I am not explaining properly. It is my college lecture time. I will do it once I have time.
Till then, you can read from the welcome message.
Sorry again.
14.139.242.195 (talk) 03:04, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Saskeh. Please note that article is no longer fresh. And submitting the article without addressing former review concerns is considered disruptive.
acagastya PING ME! 09:50, 28 July 2017 (UTC)
- I see the Kirkuk article came from Spanish Wikinews which came from the Dutch version. Just to let you know, the fuente template on Spanish Wikinews is compatible with English Wikinews, and just like the {{w}} template there, we use it here to link to Wikipedia articles.
acagastya PING ME! 16:47, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
Just wondering, why are you removing the inter wikilinks? Any good reason to do so?
•–• 03:28, 31 March 2020 (UTC)