User talk:Auroranorth

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Quiz

Thanks for starting a quiz, I see you've 7 questions. Having set a full quiz in the past I know how difficult it can be to get the last 3 to make 10. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 12:24, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

• You changed |type="()"} to |type-"()"} which enabled the quiz to make it multiple choice. I changed it back. —FellowWiki Newsie 16:03, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Accreditation

Contributions on other projects is certainly worth mentioning, it can help prove that you know the underlying principles/policies that operate across all sites. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 12:35, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

sorry your accreditation request did not pass this time, you may like to follow the hints given by brian and try again sometime in the future. thanks --MarkTalk to me 23:25, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Recent articles

Your recent articles have been based on a single source. It is strongly encouraged that you use two or more independent sources. --SVTCobra 11:55, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

I know, I despair over that. Our news sources in Australia are very broken-off. What's headlines in one newspaper might not even get a spot in another. When it's possible I do try to find more than one source in everything I do (even research papers). Auroranorth 12:02, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you should improve your skills in searching for news online. Google News can be helpful. It was really not hard to find additional sources for each of these stories: Reserve Bank of Australia considers interest rate rise, Teachers union says Melbourne Cup may be educational opportunity, and Australia Votes 2007: Howard and Rudd take 'me-tooism' to new heights. Australia is not a third-world country. More than one paper covers things such as the Melbourne Cup, the RBA and the Election. --SVTCobra 14:10, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Two sources that rely on the same news wire agency don't count as independent sources, see Australian soldier dies in East Timor barracks. news.com.au and herald sun were reporting the exact same story from aap. --SVTCobra 14:01, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Don't take this one too hard, you need to learn how to spot what appear to be independent reports done off the same wire service like AAP, Reuters, or AFP. Most people don't click on that immediately. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 14:03, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that's OK, I already knew they were exactly the same report. I thought it might be better to link to the different sources as only Newscorp websites have the story up. My state's paper (The West Australian) hasn't written a report on it yet - well, as of last night, anyway. I will update it shortly. Auroranorth 03:40, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I am not trying to be a pain or overly strict, but adding a source from the next day is not appropriate either. The logic behind is that you can't have a story from Nov 6 that relies on sources from Nov 7, for example. While you were off-line, I did add an independent source to this particular story. Your articles are good and deserve to published, but if you cannot find more than one indpendent source, please do not publish, leave the article in 'development' and we will most likely get what's needed done a bit later. Oh, and if there is significant news/updates the next day, please start a new article. --SVTCobra 03:56, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I do not find that you are being overly strict. I want to improve my work on Wikinews and I'm accepting all the (constructive) criticism I can get! Thank you, Auroranorth 12:26, 8 November 2007 (UTC)