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DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:39, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Your article

The article is an editorial, not a news article. It is an opinion piece. Wikinews doesn't do opinion pieces or editorials. As one of many examples of this type of thing in the article, look at the following:

We ask you, is it a crime to speak out for truth? is it a crime to demand what you payed for? is it a crime to stand up and let others know what is being done wrong in the college?

That isn't simply stating facts, that is forcing an opinion on the readers. That isn't allowed. Gopher65_talk 17:26, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

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I happened to come across the notes you left in various places, and while they weren't directed at me, I want to try and answer your concerns nonetheless. Basically, well Wikinews is a news site, that doesn't mean its for all types of news. We aim to be both objective and neutral. The article you wrote, in my mind best fits into the category of editorial. The article basically complains about the quality of a collage in the UAE, and suggests it should be changed. Well it might be true that the collage is of inferror quality, and it may also be true that attention should be drawn to the situation, Wikinews is not the place for doing that. Wikinews aims to be a website for objective and neutral news. Unfortunatly your article is neither. Please keep in mind I'm not making any judgements about the quality or notability of the contents of the article, All I am saying is it is outside of the scope of our project.

Wikinews articles should present the facts, and only the facts. They should not endorse any opinion on the facts. We want the reader to read the facts, and come to their own conclusion. For example in the last paragraph of your article you say "For this, we need the college authorities to take stuff seriously and to listen to all the students with dedication" This is essentially the opposite of what a wikinews article should be. Its telling the reader what to think .As I said previously, these types of articles are important to the world, but Wikinews is not the place for them. Remember as far as wikinews is concerned, there is no Truth to a situation, only stuff that happened. We report on what happened (A roof collapsed, so and so said this, etc), and let the reader determine any truth to a situation. Hopefully that helped answer your questions. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:04, 2 February 2009 (UTC)