User talk:195.188.173.231

Welcome

195.188.173.231, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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• Wikinews:Introduction - overview of the site
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• Wikinews:Contents - the contents page.

There are always things to do on Wikinews:

• Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
• The front page lead articles often need updating
• Developing stories need finishing and publishing
• Discussions need your input
• Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
• And of course, stories need writing!

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Additionally, thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Wikinews:Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles will be reverted quickly. --Deprifry|+T+ 10:18, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Welcome to Wikinews. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to news reports. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits are considered vandalism, and if you continue in this manner you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the hard work of others. Thank you. --Skenmy^{(talk)|(ideas)} 11:28, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Stop

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikinews. Please use Wikinews:Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles will be reverted quickly. — Doldrums(talk) 15:08, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Blocked

Congrats 195, you have been blocked indef.

This IP address has been blocked because it is believed to be an open proxy or zombie computer. To prevent abuse, editing from these proxies is currently prohibited. Please visit the Wikinews chat room with questions.

—FellowWikiNews (W) 20:54, 13 November 2006 (UTC)