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Am I right in thinking you're a name I know from enwp? (I'm almost certain it was a Wizardman who proposed me for adminship there :P) If you are, Wikinews:For Wikipedians should be very useful. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 18:33, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Also (sorry for butting in here), would you be interested in joining the ongoing writing contest? It's partially intended to encourage en.wp regulars from making the move over here. The contest's already started, but entrants are still being accepted. Just a suggestion. Cheers, Tempodivalse [talk] 18:35, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

BRS - Yup, I'm the same. Tempo - looks interesting, read a bit of it before writing, so i may join. Wizardman (talk) 18:37, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Good to see you round here :). Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 20:16, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

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The competition bot was supposed to give all contest entrants this template, but it appears it didn't send it to you because you signed up after the launch. So i figured I'd drop it in here manually. Don't forget to add your article to the log after it's been published, and please create any future articles through the "Enter an article" tab on this template, as it contains pre-prepared page formatting and categories essential for the competition. Welcome and cheers, Tempodivalse [talk] 19:24, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Nice jobEdit

Excellent work on the article Historian Howard Zinn dies at age 87. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 19:43, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Feel free to let me know if you need help in the future. :P Cirt (talk) 20:14, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

undervaluing your articlesEdit

Just a heads up, Historian Howard Zinn dies at age 87 is worth even more then you thought it was! When calculating its point value, we count the number of characters, with multiple spaces collapsed together, templates removed, but with their parameters exposed (except for url on source which is deleted) So {{foo|bar}} → bar. Anyways, in order to ease figuring out how many points you get, their is a gadet in special:preferences that counts points. Cheers Bawolff ☺☻ 23:27, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

The Wikinews Writing Contest 2010 NewsletterEdit

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super bowl articleEdit

Hi Wizardman, I wanted to create the super bowl article but you beat me to it :-b I notice you've entered the article in the competition, but is it okay if i help expand the article? Perhaps we can work out a way to split the points later. I watched the entire game on telly, and should be able to add some {{broadcast report}} to it. Cheers, Tempodivalse [talk] 02:52, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Eh, you've already covered everything, there's no need for my broadcast report notes now since they don't have anything to add. I won't be contributing to the article, i don't think. But, great work writing up a fine article so quickly. Tempodivalse [talk] 03:22, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Writing contest newsletter: week 2Edit

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Contest newsletter: weeks 3-4Edit

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