User talk:Ashanda

Welcome

Ashanda, 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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By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes (~~~~), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Anonymous101^talk 13:27, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem. If you have any questions feel free to ask me. Anonymous101^talk 13:31, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Also, when you've finished working on American tourist killed in Beijing. Tag the article with {{review}} to ask other users to check it (or tag it now if you've already finished). Anonymous101^talk 13:33, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

I've added the tag. Thanks for letting me know about it! Ashanda (talk) 13:43, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

I've reviewed the article and published it to the Main Page. Thanks again for your contributions. Anonymous101^talk 13:47, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome and thank you too! Things do move faster here than on Wikipedia, but I guess that would be the nature of the beast... Cheers! Ashanda (talk) 13:52, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

We need to move fast to stop all the news being old by the time it reaches the Main Page. Anonymous101^talk 14:09, 9 August 2008 (UTC)