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Closed as promoted, per unanimous support, congratulations. Tempodivalse [talk] 01:04, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Benny the mascot (talk · contribs)

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Hello. I've been here since November, and I think my contributions to my 25 articles (mostly dealing with my home state of Illinois) make me a trustworthy editor here at Wikinews. If the community agrees that I deserve adminship, then I plan to focus on maintaining categories and dealing with the occasional vandal. Thanks in advance for your commentary. Benny the mascot (talk) 00:40, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Comment While my very narrow focus on Illinois news may seem a bit selfish at times, I've always thought that a steady flow of closely-related articles is better than a slowly-growing, broad range of articles. Let's say, for example, that from now on I decided to cover news over a rotation of all 50 US states. For many states, that basically means one article for every 50 days, and readers wouldn't be impressed by Wikinews's inactivity, would they? But if I at least dedicate all of my efforts to Illinois news, as I have done, then at least Illinois readers might be more inclined to come back in the future. Therefore, I feel that my coverage of Illinois news isn't necessarily hurting the project. Feel free to comment. Benny the mascot (talk) 01:34, 18 April 2010 (UTC)\[reply]
We've already been over that; nothing really came of it, but I'm not particularly excited about the prospect of doing it all over again. Anyway, I don't think it's particularly relevant here; what you write about shouldn't affect your actions as an admin. Cheers, C628 (talk) 01:41, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with C628, the scope of your articles shouldn't effect the vote here. There are varying opinions on if local news should be on the main page, but i don't think anyone feels it is hurting the project. Anyways, not really relevant. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:44, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you can look at it several ways, I suppose. That's one view on it. My personal opinion is that, because our userbase is quite lacking, we should focus on only the most important topics both at the country and global level. That way, we'll have coverage that is relevant to more people overall, and will garner us more casual readers and perhaps contributors. To try and draw a parallel: if I were a random reader browsing through Google News' listings, and saw a story about a relatively small city on the other side of the world I'd never heard about, I wouldn't likely be inclined to click and read it. On the other hand, if the story was of national or international-importance, chances are it might affect/be relevant to me, so I'd want to read on and see what it's about.
Let's face it: if we take mostly micro-local stuff from a few small areas, that's basically an exercise in randomness. We'd be writing things that almost nobody would care about. Of course, if we were like Wikipedia, and had hoards of editors from all over the world, local news would make much more sense, because we could cover it *comprehensively*, and not just with a (somewhat undue) focus on two or three small, specific areas. Anyways, just my two pence. Cheers. Tempodivalse [talk] 01:53, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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