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Welcome to Wikinews

Getting started as a contributor How to write an article Pick something current? Use two independent sources? Read your sources before writing the story in your own words?. Do choose a unique title? before you start. Follow Wikinews' structure? for articles, answering as many of who what when where why and how? as you can; summarised in a short, two- or three-sentence opening paragraph. Once complete, your article must be three or more paragraphs. If you need help, you can add {{helpme}} to your talkpage, along with a question, or alternatively, just ask? Use this tab to enter your title and get a basic article template. [RECOMMENDED. Starts your article through the semi-automated {{develop}}—>{{review}}—>{{publish}} collaboration process.]

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. As you get more involved, you will need to look into key project policies and other discussions you can participate in; so, keep this message on this page and refer to the other links in it when you want to learn more, or have any problems. Wikipedia's puzzle-globe logo, © Wikimedia Foundation   Used to contributing to Wikipedia? See here.

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 Neutral point of view Cite sources Writing an article Content guide Style guide Reviewing articles

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 The Water Cooler The Latest News The Newsroom Articles for deletion Audio Wikinews Recent Changes

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! It is recommended you read the article guide before starting. Also make sure to check the list of recently created articles to see if your story hasn't already been reported upon.

-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 18:50, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Wikinews

Hi, Elijahandskip. I point out that Wikinews is a separate and very different project from Wikipedia (one of the veterans here used to tell Wikipedians arriving at Wikinews, "you're not in Kansas anymore"). It'd be appreciated if you didn't advertise "in the news" or Wikipedia-based barnstars on your Wikinews user page (but especially, please don't advertise ITN).

For a good compact overview of what Wikinews is about, I recommend reading page Wikinews:Pillars of writing. Then, if you're interested to try your hand here, there's a good tutorial on writing a first Wikinews article at Wikinews:Writing an article.

Cheers. --Pi zero (talk) 18:49, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Bruh. I came to Wikinews to learn how it works. First few minutes here, I get told not to 'Advertise' barnstars or ITN (In The News) awards I got on Wikipedia. The editor who said that has barnstars listen on his page. Legit wow. Well my response to all that is this is MY userpage and I will put what I want on it. I put the barnstars to make people not prejudice me as a 'newbie'. Apparently they make me an evil guy. Just WOW!!! Elijahandskip (talk) 18:56, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Pi zero was awarded the barnstars on enwn, not enwp which are showcased on their userpage. It is best to keep the barnstars on the project you had received them, as the local reputation accumulated on a said project does not transfer to another project. (And in all fairness, pi had said "it would be appreciated".) There is no reason to think you were portrayed as the evil guy. It was a humble request.
•–• 19:04, 21 October 2020 (UTC)