User talk:InfantGorilla

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[edit] Welcome

InfantGorilla, 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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[edit] Thanks

For your picts and additional edits to the Blair and Dafur stories.Fentonrobb 00:00, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] lead article

have updated the lead article as u suggested. anyone can edit or suggest changes to the lead. it's protected because, as a high visibility page, it is an excellent target for vandalism, that's all.  — Doldrums(talk) 05:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] way to go!

Exceptional newcomer.jpg Exceptional Newcomer Award
I, Doldrums, hereby award InfantGorilla the Exceptional Newcomer Award for contributions made to Wikinews.  — Doldrums(talk) 12:48, 22 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Kurdish Linux Article

Hi, I answered your question in my talk page. Thanks for your interest and help with that item :) Towsonu2003 19:30, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] berlusconi

no problem, happy editing :) --MarkTalk to me 13:43, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Editor Status

I have promoted you to the Wikinews:Editor class, as I feel you can be trusted to mark revisions of articles as sighted (review). Take a moment to read:

If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask for help on my talk page, and thank you for contributing to Wikinews ! --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 19:50, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks: I hope that when I call by here, I can use my new privileges to keep the news cycle moving. However, I read the linked articles and I am still puzzled. My first question is:
Why are my own edits automatically marked as 'sighted'? Shouldn't I need an independent editor to sight my edits?
--InfantGorilla (talk) 20:25, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
You will still need to have an independent review on articles that you create. Please don't sight the article until it has been published. So in effect, most of your edits will be reviewed during the review phase. Editor status is only given to users who we feel will use it wisely and I feel that you will do just that. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 20:39, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
That helps. So it seems only my edits to published articles are automatically sighted.
2nd question:
What is the difference between an editor and a reviewer?
--InfantGorilla (talk) 20:48, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
We are not implemented reviewers and I'm not a hundred percent sure what the major difference between them. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 21:07, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks really. I will keep posting. Parmar uday (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 17:02, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

The current default welcome template is {{Welcome}}. Please only give it to people who make contributions, and use subst to put the text of the template on their talk as opposed to a link.

A new alternative which is under discussion is {{Howdy}}. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:56, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] About review

Thanks for your comment and support on this article. I'll say go ahead with the review. I don't know exactly how Wikinews works, so I guess it will be fun. I'll try to stay on hold and see how things unfold, but I need to go back to work. EJVargas (talk) 19:07, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

It may be legal, but Wikinews convention really goes against doing anything like that, and, in the past, articles have been deleted for being copied from Wikipedia. The unless otherwise stated clause is really for obscure templates that could not be rewritten without dozens of days of work by loads of Wikinewsies. Anonymous101talk 20:42, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

It was an exact copy of a Wikipedia article (with the same title) in a non-existant namespace. If it had stuff that isn't in the WP article I would have kept that. Anonymous101talk 20:59, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Review

So, the harm is political, then? Jade Knight (talk) 01:41, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Sure. Mostly to your own reputation, as far as I can see. I assume that was the purpose of Brianmc's note: to warn you that when in a hole, to stop digging. Sorry about the awful cliche. --InfantGorilla (talk) 01:51, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks.

Nice to know you liked the news article written by me. It encouraged me to write a new one India wins Gavaskar Border trophy defeating Australia 2-0. I definitely like this place. --Gppande (talk) 19:08, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] For getting with the program

A barnstar of being a good Wikinewsie, awarded to InfantGorrilla 11:11, 12 November 2008 (UTC) by Brian McNeil

Good to see someone enthusiastic about the site and doing a great job rescuing stories and making people feel more welcome.

As you may have noticed I updated the {{welcome}} template - there's a discussion on the water cooler and I've generally had good feedback in IRC - but I do like additional input. The whole thing is focused around directing people to WN:ARTICLE and there have been some items raised as little tips and tricks that might need added to it. I'm interested in seeing someone add a ==See also== section to WN:ARTICLE with additional essays.

Over the past couple of days you rescued a couple of dead stories by moving them into shorts and - as expanded - back out into separate articles. How's about contributing a WN:SHORTS redirect to Wikinews:Shorts - a roundup of a grab-bag of stories? Something laying out how to start a shorts; how to 'rescue' minimal stories to fill out the shorts; returning a fleshed-out segment to a separate article, and anything else that you think might encourage people to contribute for short periods several times a day. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:11, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Good idea, Brian. I found the existing guidance on 'shorts' or 'briefs' kind of confusing. I have seen that French Wikinews allows a brief to go to publication on its own, and I think it would be more welcoming to newcomers if we did the same. (You probably noticed, but it wasn't me that broke out the stories into separate articles, it was ShakataGaNai.) --InfantGorilla (talk) 11:21, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
I wasn't exactly paying enough attention to see who did the final steps, but I did wonder if the shorts item had been published how to break things out - possibly by retaining the heading in the shorts and using the {{wikinews}} template to link to the broke out article. This presupposes the shorts get published promptly and then heavily worked on, something not impossible. I don't really like trying to work on the shorts, as my recent articles will show I prefer telling a more in-depth story. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:09, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rearranging leads

I certainly agree it is sometimes the best move to demote or promote items - especially from lead 1 - but you can't just cut and paste the entire template; certain sections are dependent on which lead position the story is in.

When you moved the Russian sub. story from Lead 1 to 4 you left the "edit" link on lead 4 going to edit lead 1. A look in the history will show what was wrong. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:28, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry - thank you. The edit links are not properly documented. Maybe I will try to address that one day. Thanks for fixing my error and drawing it to my attention. --InfantGorilla (talk) 17:20, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Moon Impact Probe to land tonight

I would welcome and will try to do so Azamishaque (talk) 08:06, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bush welcomes Obama at White House

Help required to improve this article Bush welcomes Obama at White House . Thanks Azamishaque (talk) 14:51, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Preserving the talk page of an abandoned article?

I suggest you raise this request at WN:AAA for community input there. Cirt (talk) 17:29, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fortune Cup

Help in improving Pakistan wins Fortune Cup defeating West Indies by 3-0, Thanks also Bush welcomes Obama at White House Thanks. Azamishaque (talk) 08:07, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

It is too late for the White House story - I have read that Wikinews only publishes news about events that happened in the last 2 to 3 days. --InfantGorilla (talk) 09:31, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Medal of Freedom

Help in Deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Confered Medal of Freedom from Harvard Thanks Azamishaque (talk) 15:04, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Protest article

Yes, I'll review it later tonight. Don't worry. --TUFKAAP (talk) 18:43, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Speedy deletion of redundant image?

Hi, I've left you a response to your message at w:user talk:east718#Speedy deletion of redundant image?. east718 (talk) 19:23, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks and Best of Luck this 2009

I, User:Florentino Floro, share and bestow upon InfantGorilla this Wiki Dwarf red buckeye "Good Luck" for consistently writing excellent articles on Wikinews

User:Florentino Florotalk has given you a Wiki Dwarf red buckeye "good luck"! "Good Luck" promotes WikiLuck and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLuck by giving someone else a Good Luck, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy Lunar New Year, January 26!
Spread the goodness of New Year Lucks by adding this Dwarf Luck to their talk page with a friendly message. Thanks for the nomination, it a great honor for me.[1] Cheers.--Florentino Floro (talk) 06:18, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Lance Armstrong's 'Tour Down Under' press conference

You requested and got this article restored. I just want to remind you to do something with it soon, as it is about to get deleted again as abandoned. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:46, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Probaganda

Propaganda war: trusting what we see Kasaalan (talk) 12:27, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinews

Allan Davis

One of your pictures appears in an (as yet unpublished) Wikinews article: Wikinews Shorts: January 26. Sprinter Allan Davis wins the Tour Down Under --InfantGorilla (talk) 13:52, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for that. You might have noticed the stack of photos that I took that are listed right on my Wikipedia talk page and on commons that I took at the start of the TDU with a fun opinion poll I hope. They might be of some use to you. I don't know if you write WNews articles but South Africa beat Australia in their ODI series yesterday and that was on Australia Day. I went to the training session on Jan 25 and took some photos to upload. YellowMonkey (click here to vote for world cycling's #1 model!) 00:53, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Are you interested in writing something about the cricket? YellowMonkey (talk) 01:07, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

I (re)wrote one cricket article originally contributed by an Urdu-speaking wikinewsie: Pakistan wins Fortune Cup defeating West Indies by 3-0. Because I don't know much about cricket, I hope that helped make it readable for an international audience. I probably won't be writing an article today, (even a brief) so yesterday's ODI will have to be one for the Wikipedians. However, see the newsroom (and the welcome message on your talk page) to see how easy it is to chip in yourself. --InfantGorilla (talk) 10:53, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

URGENT - Please upload something from Sunday's cricket practice: we need something current to illustrate: Australia celebrates Australia Day 2009#South Africa win Limited Overs International, Series. --InfantGorilla (talk) 12:26, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
Yes, all on my commons, the latest lot. Johan Botha is the south African captain. YellowMonkey (talk) 03:27, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] In depth: Guantanamo military commissions

No edits in five days ... I had to tag In depth: Guantanamo military commissions as abandoned. If need be, you can move to user space ... it just can't sit there in the Newsroom. Cheers, --SVTCobra 03:33, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem - I hoped to have it done by now. I left a link in Wikinews:Newsroom/Collaboration - is that ok? --InfantGorilla (talk) 07:33, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
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