User talk:Arctic.gnome
Welcome[edit]
Arctic.gnome, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
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canada election article[edit]
thanks for contributing to the article on the canadian liberals election. do note, though, that wikinews articles, once published, are considered to be historical documents which report on the information available at the time they are published. so published wikinews articles shouldn't be edited after more than, say a say or two after publication. to update the news on an ongoing story, it is usually better to start a new article to report on the further developments.
once again, welcome to wikinews, i look forward to more contributions from you, Doldrums 09:30, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Standardised category formats[edit]
I replied to your inquiry at the water cooler, explaining why that category name was chosen. - Amgine | t 05:16, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
Intersection categories[edit]
Hi. While I do believe the effort was entirely well-meant, for the most part we don't use intersection categories at en.wn, relying instead on DPLs. --Pi zero (talk) 12:55, 6 February 2016 (UTC)