UnknownMan

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Page titles

Please take time to familiarise yourself with WN:SG as to the standards used for page titles as some of your recent page moves haven't met this. For example, titles should use downstyle capitalisation. Regards. Adambro 22:51, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Mr. Adambro. UnknownMan 22:53, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Kevin DuBrow, lead singer of "Quiet Riot", found dead

Hi, I saw you added the cause of death. You will have to write a new article if you want to report that on Wikinews. Unlike Wikipedia, articles are not works-in-progress. Cheers, --SVTCobra 19:59, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. UnknownMan 20:02, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

French writer Julien Gracq dies at 97

Hi. I wonder if you could comment on some copyright-related questions regarding the article. Would you see the collaboration page for the article and comment? Thanks. I also noticed that you wrote some other obituaries. Did you produce them in a similar way that I imagined? Tomos 08:04, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Archiving - Admin Action Alert

Hello UnknownMan. Thank you for your listing of some articles that require archiving on the Admin Action Alert page. It is actually not necessary (even thought there is a spot for it). We have hundreds of such articles that require archiving and it is unnecessary, therefore, to list them one at a time. We are aware of the situation and are working towards getting caught up. Also, please don't add the "archived" tag to an article. An admin will do that in due course. If it is added but not protected, it may not show up on our "to do" list. Cheers, --Jcart1534 02:45, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Jcart. UnknownMan 02:46, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

re:Sportswriter Milt Dunnell dies at 102‎

Hi. I am sorry to come here again with virtually the same issue. But it seems this article, too, is mostly made up of texts taken from Wikipedia article. Is this the case? If so, would you say this is a fair use (or would you rather have it deleted for potential copyright infringement)?

Please see the article's talk page and perhaps you could respond to some of the concerns I have. Talk:French writer Julien Gracq dies at 97 has others opinions that might be informative, in case you haven't read it.

And I wonder how many other articles are written in a similar manner.

Thanks, Tomos 13:41, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

:Wikinews:Story preparation/Former Archbishop Baron Carey of Clifton dies

Thanks - Possibly useful to include something on his theological positions as Carey wasn't IIRC as liberal as the current incumbent . 62.56.91.54 12:41, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

No problem. UnknownMan 19:51, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Boy killed by shark in Australia

This story is not an obituary. An obituary attempts to gives an account of the texture and significance of the life of someone who has recently died. - Wikipedia. --SVTCobra 01:01, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh. It was just an animal attack. Very sad that the boy died in the shark attack. Cheers. UnknownMan - (talk) 19:04, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Recent Obits..

Thanks for keeping up on the obits.ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 20:12, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

No Problemo. UnknownMan (talk) 20:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Story prep obit...

Georgian President and Prime Minister? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 01:38, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Done. UnknownMan (talk) 22:38, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Obits Page

Any thoughts on where to source possible ones from?

I.E The list needs updating (particualrly prominent politicans and heads of states) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:47, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Kim Jong Il

Should be a reasonable amount of information on him to start an obit. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:56, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Done. UnknownMan (talk) 20:53, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Ray Moore

I note from the (London) times, that Ray Moores's died, any chance of doing a Obit?

Wikinews:Story preparation/FBI agent Ray Moore Dies. Ray Moore was an FBI

agent involved in investigating the murders of civil rights activists in the 1960's. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:15, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Renaming articles

Please avoid renaming articles post-publication unless absolutely necessary. Due to limitations in how Wikinews pushes content to Google News and various social networks, renaming post-publish causes duplicate postings. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 18:02, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

US singer Etta James dies aged 73

Found not ready when reviewed. See review comments, and detailed history of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 04:17, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Bit removal

This is bookkeeping, certainly nothing personal, and I'm not entirely sure you were even aware of the bit (which alarms me, because someone who doesn't understand site policies could seriously damage the project by using the bit — not unlike someone who accidentally received the admin bit). I'm putting it through a formal process, here. --Pi zero (talk) 16:33, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Per consensus, your right has been removed. As Pi zero has said, this is nothing personal; you can review our policies and ask back for the bit after you get a hang of our style guide and how to review pages. Regards, Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 15:53, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Renaming articles

Hi. So you know, we don't like to rename articles after publication unless there's a really pressing reason to do so. Besides simple stability, renaming published articles can create duplicate entries in some feeds. --Pi zero (talk) 20:11, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Wikinews:Story preparation/US actress Valerie Harper dies at age XX

Hi. A prepared article must cite the trust-worthy sources from which it gets its information; otherwise, it's worse than having no prepared article at all. This is because when the anticipated event actually happens, our article has to be fully sourced in order to be published, and if it's based on an unsourced prepared article, that pretty much guarantees the submitted article won't pass review. A prepared article is supposed to make things easier when the event occurs, but I've seen an unsourced prepared article prevent us from ever getting a publication about an event, by delaying things until the event is no longer news. --Pi zero (talk) 10:01, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Vandalism confusion

Thanks for undoing that page-move vandalism. I've had a lot of trouble reconstructing what happened; during the confusion I was afraid for a moment your account might have been compromised and blocked it while I investigated further — oops. Sorry about that. --Pi zero (talk) 23:15, 3 June 2015 (UTC)