User talk:Irate

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Do you by any chance listen to IRATE radio? Bawolff ☺☻ 01:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Portal:Australia/Operation Astute - Australian Deployment to East Timor

Hi Irate... I noticed that you added the {{npov}} tag to this article. That's quite alright, I just wanted to let you know that you should add a comment to the talk page explaining why the tag is there. This is so people know what they need to do to fix it up. - Borofkin 08:32, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Re:Liverpool Cabal blog

Hello. When you moved an article on the Liverpool cabal blog to "Blogger.com made website called Liverpool Evil Cabal," did you really mean that Blogger.com was involved in the creation of the website?

After reading the sources cited and some part of the blog, I found no ground to support the statement, so I assumed it was just a confusing title or you misunderstood the company's role in this.

The page is now moved to another title, and the "Blogger.com made..." page is now listed for Deletion. There is also a request for a review on the change in page title Wikinews:Water cooler/policy#request for review.

In case you find my judgment wrong, or have other comments or opinions, I thought I should let you know. Tomos 13:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I created it as Liverpool Evil Cabal.--Irate 15:16, 11 August 2006 (UTC) It was FellowWikiNews who renamed it.--Irate 15:18, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Hello. Thank you for pointing that out. I did not realize the earlier renaming. So am I correct in assuming that you just had the problem with "anti-Liverpool" in title, rather than having some reason to believe that Blogger.com created the web site? Tomos 17:04, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes it was just the Anti Liverpool.--Irate 17:06, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Blocked

You have been blocked for a period of 24 hours for your edit warring on Controversial blog Liverpool Evil Cabal closes. —this is messedrocker (talk) 10:31, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

If you wish to work out an agreement on the article, you're still welcome to edit this page (your talk page). —this is messedrocker (talk) 10:33, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Could you add http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17558249%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26headline=%2devil%2dcabal%2d%2dwebsite%2dcloses%2ddown%2dafter%2dinquiry%2dpledge-name_page.html please.--Irate 17:47, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

liverpool cabal article

i've listed ur reverts on this article for review at Wikinews:Admin action alerts#User:Irate. please don't revert the article until all concerns over it are addressed, be aware that reverting an article more than 3 times in a day breaks the 3 revert rule. the additional source that u have added does not appear to substantiate the unsourced content in the article. u can discuss this on the article talk page. i hope u've taken another look at Wikinews:Etiquette, since the last time we interacted. Doldrums 15:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

template categories

Thank you for categorizing template. However when you do that, please use [[Category:Wikinewqs templates|template name]], This way its fileed under the page name (template:Breaking would be B) as opposed to the first letter of the namespace (template:Breaking would be t). Thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:03, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Ok will do.--Irate 23:07, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Sports v Sport

Thanks for mentioning that, i didnt notice that when i make a match report (using the article generator) that the category is spelt wrong. I'm not actually putting it in incorrectly, but ill make sure I change it on future reports, thank you.Dark Squall 22:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Man found not guilty of abusing Liverpool City Council staff

1. Why didn't you add sources to back up the information in the article? 2. We had to oversight one of your edits, which contained a personal address. Please justify why you made that edit. —FellowWiki Newsie 19:20, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Which edit? I accidentaly inserted an eddress which was totally irrelavant into the talk page. I removed it not you. I'll have to getthe docs from my lawyers as I am not an acredited member of the press I cannot take notes even at my own trial.--Irate 19:32, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I had to oversight an edit which contained personal information - i.e. address. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 21:16, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

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What is this recording for? Bawolff ☺☻ 22:45, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Steve Sinnott article

First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases: Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources. If you are part of the story that the article is about, you may also wish to consider requesting an interview rather than writing the article yourself.

Thanks again!–Doldrums(talk) 15:24, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Snow Article

I've edited and added to your snow article, do you want to make any final changes to http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Heaviest_snowfalls_in_thirty_years_fall_upon_the_UK and then flag it for review by switching the {{Develop}} tag to {{Review}}? Thanks, --JulesMattsson (talk) 17:52, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

You have been blocked from Wikinews for Persistent disruption and failure to listen to reason. If you believe this block is unjustified or wish to contest it, you may add {{unblock|your reason}} to this page, go to Wikinews IRC to request to be unblocked, or send a message to wikinews-l wikimedia ● org.

Δενδοδγε _τ\^c 14:35, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Unblock

{{unblock|I have been blocked by someone I critisised legitimately and the edit has been removed. The reason given is farsical.}}

{{unblock|It is a perfectly reasonable request to unblock there has been no persistent disprution}}