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--Pi zero (talk) 14:09, 25 February 2012 (UTC) (updating welcome by Dan100 (Talk) 29 June 2005 09:19 (UTC))

Articles with non-English sources

German hotels initiate boycott against online travel agency HRS;  German court declares best price guarantee of German online travel agency void.

Hi. We have to be able to review an article if we're to publish it, and non-English sources present a serious problem (unless a qualified reviewer happens to be available who reads the source language). As a practical matter, we've been able —with much effort— to manage sometimes if the only things drawn from the non-English sources are direct quotes, for which fluent English translations are provided by the (reputable) author and we can cross-check their plausibility using the (frankly, otherwise useless) poor automated translation facilities available.

I rated both articles not ready when reviewed. See the review comments for both articles, here and here. --Pi zero (talk) 14:09, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

German court declares best price guarantee of German online travel agency void

I wrote quite extensive review comments, because I really want to learn as much as possible from this. Review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 00:06, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

China asks Syrian regime and opposition to cease fire

Published. Congratulations! See the history of edits during review, and review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 22:59, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, but you have removed the whole point why Libya and the NATO are mentioned. The reason was that China may be reluctant to prevent a similar situation where they have authorized an UN resolution and then NATO forces use it as an excuse for bombing targets in the country. If you see that as opinion it was a sourced, not an unsourced opinion, because it was attributed to the Chicago Tribune/Reuters. I would also use "had" instead of "has" in several places in the article: "China had opposed two attempts ...". Turning the facts about the Red Cross into a sentence looks a bit to short, and detaches it from the statement of the Turkish minister, which it explains. You cannot possibly see this as opinion. The Red Cross was denied entry to Homs, the Turkish minister complains about this happening. The Deutsche Welle article stated that. By the way, the Deutsche Welle article has changed to "ICRC teams deliver Syria aid, but Homs access denied", which is a different article under the same URL. --Bernhard Fastenrath 10:33, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Apparently Deutsche Welle article are not very good as reliable links. In the German Wikinews some lasted for longer than a year, others did not. --Bernhard Fastenrath 10:42, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Many news sites change their articles, making the old versions inaccessible. This can cause us problems for review if it happens between when the article is written and when it is reviewed. However, the Sources section is a permanent record of where the information came from, and once the article has been reviewed, it is known to have been rigorously checked against the documented sources. After that, it doesn't matter that those sources may cease to be available anymore. Indeed, the sources of older articles in our archives often aren't available anymore, at least not without going through a paywall — but our articles continue to be freely available.

Perhaps some sort of language and/or culture barrier is causing your attitude toward en.wn to appear differently to me than it does to you, but if so, I don't grok it. --Pi zero (talk) 17:00, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Novartis article

I see you steadfast efforts on this one....hang in there! Keep working! Bddpaux (talk) 04:50, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Maybe you can give me a hint. I have sent interview requests to some people mentioned in Amensty International's Urgent Actions, but they didn't reply to my interview requests. I did use a footer that identified the request as coming from Wikinews. --Bernhard Fastenrath 13:35, 24 March 2012 (UTC)