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Welcome to Wikinews
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Getting started as a contributor
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Welcome! Thank you for joining Wikinews; we'd love for you to stick around and get more involved. To help you get started we have an essay that will guide you through the process of writing your first full article. There are many other things you can do on the project, but its lifeblood is new, current, stories written neutrally. |
All Wikimedia projects have rules. Here are ours.
Listed here are the official policies of the project, you may be referred to some of them if your early attempts at writing articles don't follow them. Don't let this discourage you, we all had to start somewhere. The rules and guides laid out here are intended to keep content to high standards and meet certain rules the Wikimedia Foundation applies to all projects. It may seem like a lot to read, but you do not have to go through it all in one sitting, or know them all before you can start contributing. Remember, you should enjoy contributing to the project. If you're really stuck come chat with the regulars. There's usually someone in chat who will be happy to help, but they may not respond instantly. |
The core policies
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Places to go, people to meet
Wiki projects work because a sense of community forms around the project. Although writing news is far more individualistic than contributing to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, people often need minor help with things like spelling and copyediting. If a story isn't too old you might be able to expand it, or if it is disputed you may be able to find some more sources and rescue it before it is listed for deletion. There are always discussions going on about how the site could be improved, and your input is of value. Check the links here to see where you can give input to the running of the Wikinews project. |
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Write your first article for Wikinews!
Use the following box to help you create your first article. Simply type in a title to your story and press "Create page". Then start typing text to your story into the new box that will come up. When you're done, press "save page". That's all there is to it!
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Tempodivalse [talk] 03:05, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Welcome
[edit]Either way, welcome to Wikinews! Thank You for posting your comments on articles. Did you know that you can also write articles for Wikinews? If you choose to help Wikinews by writing articles the links below might be helpful:
Our key policies - if you read anything, read these!
- Wikinews:Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
- Wikinews:Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews:
- Wikinews:Introduction - overview of the site
- Wikinews:Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
- Wikinews:Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
- Wikinews:Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
- 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!
By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and Comment 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! Diego Grez return fire 19:57, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for cleanup
[edit]But I must state that the word 'travelling' is British English. In American English it's spelt 'traveling', but as I used British English throughout the passage, it would be inconsistent to use the latter. Besides, the single/double quotation marks shouldn't make a difference, though I don't know about the MoS of Wikinews. Kayau (talk · contribs) 02:44, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
Active voice
[edit]Thanks for fixing that lead sentence. I was so keen to make Italy the subject, that I hadn't noticed that I used passive voice. --InfantGorilla (talk) 14:58, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Hello
[edit]Hi Either way, glad to see you around Wikinews. I see you have not created an userpage yet, could you perhaps create it (with a softredirect, a short description), to let know editors who you are in other projects, such as the Simple Wiki. Thanks and cheers, Diego Grez return fire 01:56, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
- Nah, I'm good. Either way (talk) 02:01, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
- Ok, ok. :) --Diego Grez return fire 02:02, 8 July 2010 (UTC)