User talk:Momodamonkey

Welcome[edit]

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hi Momodamonkey, welcome to wikinews. i thought u might be interested in this interview under preparation. — Doldrums(talk) 09:39, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great job on the Abramoff article. --amiableamy 14:32, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments on global warming[edit]

You have probably already seen in your watchlist that I unpublished and decimated this.

Nothing personal. Please take another look, it is definitely an interesting and newsworthy event, and I am glad you chose to write about it. I won't be on the wiki for several hours for work reasons, so perhaps you can debate or address the concerns I raised with other wikinewsies. --InfantGorilla 22:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ARBCOM voting[edit]

Hi,

I'm glad to see you intrested in the ARBCOM elections. Unfortunately, the election rules say that "In order to vote, you need to have been an active user on Wikinews for more than a month, and you must have at least 200 edits." Since you don't have 200 edits, I was forced to remove you vote. You could still revert me and change them to comments.

sincerely,
--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:39, 27 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Subtropical storm brews off eastern Florida, USA[edit]

You've been updating this article. Could you please also add the appropriate National Hurricane Center advisories (or whatever your source is) to the list of sources? Thank you. --SVTCobra 01:54, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bonds[edit]

Hey, fast work. Of course, I get lots of credit for the idea :) And you'll need version for #754 and 755, too! Blum 13:43, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

I appreciate the help dude. Yeah I like your way of thinking too it's about time. I absolutely hate how some people will criticize an article, put in it in development and not fix it and leave it to the original author to fix which is so hard to do. The 13th 4postle 02:23, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem man. I think that Wikinews needs some balls is all. And this is the perfect example Momodamonkey 02:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Check out the Friends, On Notice, and Dead to Me section on my user page. The 13th 4postle 13:19, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They're telling me I have to take it down now. lol The 13th 4postle 13:58, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Offensive comments and personal attacks are not allowed on Wikinews, nor are they tolerated. DragonFire1024 13:59, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wolfowitz article[edit]

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.

Thanks again! –Doldrums(talk) 22:04, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE Weather[edit]

Sure...thats what its there for :) I just have it in the user space because its not an official project yet. I would like most everything to be automated...a lot of the information can be grabbed from the NOAA its just a matter of finding the proper programs and scripts...so feel free to improve on it all you like :) DragonFire1024 23:24, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Russia[edit]

Please comment on the talk page about Russia threatens to point nuclear missiles at European cities. One you placed a tag and did not comment on why and have yet to do so. You did it on an article published for 2 days. Technically, the edit you made by adding the tag should be reverted. And your reasoning to tagging it is not an actioable objection and is nothing but you POV os an interview. DragonFire1024 05:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]