User talk:Sugarpine~enwikinews

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Welcome[edit]

Sugarpine~enwikinews, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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single sourced articles[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) 16:17, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Hi[edit]

Oh hi. I was just about to leave a message on your page. Um, I was gonna ask if you considered the article I wrote about Fidel Castro's health breaking news? Thanks. Icelandic Hurricane 01:12, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

K, thanks. Icelandic Hurricane 01:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

copyvios[edit]

it doesn't require an entire copyrighted article to be copied without permission to constitute a copyright infringement. copying a chunk is enough. the best way to avoid this whole mess is to not copy even a single sentence verbatim, (pretty much the only exception is a direct quote). it's not all that difficult to garner information from other articles, and write on one's own. and doing it saves wikinews a tonne of trouble.  — Doldrums(talk) 16:11, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

here's the AP's copyright notice -
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© 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy.
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note the "rewritten", which, as the article history show, was exactly what was done.  — Doldrums(talk) 16:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your account will be renamed[edit]

23:33, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed[edit]

06:37, 21 April 2015 (UTC)