Talk:Voting causes woman to face deportation from US

Audio

If you want an audio version of the report it should be hosted here, see WN:AUDIO. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 15:08, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Single source

This is still based on a single source, note that both reports are written by AP, so the assumption you have to make is they are both sourced from the same AP wire report. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 15:29, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Reply: okay. I'll put the tag back as I look for more sources. I'll also put the develop tag back. P.S.: this is my first Wikinews article. Still gotta learn the tricks.

If you're working on it you can leave off the single source tag, you've put a lot of effort into this and nobody is likely to delete it if they see you still working on it. If you find another source (that doesn't say written by AP :)) stick it on, work some details from that into the story and publish. The article is fairly well written so far. Good luck finding a source. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 15:41, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I found a source that comes from a newspaper called the Victorville Daily Press. I have the tag on ready. Check it, and once you're done, set it on publish. I also removed the audio narration, because I put additional facts from the Daily Press source into the article. I'll see if I update the narration with a new one soon. Meanwhile, check the article and publish it once you're done.

NPOV

This article takes the POV of a single person, namely Zoila Meyer. It reads like an essay by her, only in the third-person. --216.75.93.110 17:31, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Title

This article really needs a new title. DUH you're going to get deported due to lack of citizenship. A better title would mention the fact that she got "caught" because she voted, something like: Voting causes woman to face deportation. Imasleepviking 17:44, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Right. I'll change it then. Kyalami 17:50, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

• The Title should not be changed! If you had read the article, it says that she is being deported because she voted fraudulently, not because she is not a citizen. It even says that she is a "legal resident" meaning that she is here legally. She is being deported because she voted, as the title states.Andrew.in.snow 14:15, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Audio recording does not work for me

The OGG file offered for download does not work for me. My browser Opera reports it as being only 5.8 KB small, and when I play the downloaded file in Winamp, all I hear is a very, very short noise. Does anyone else have that problem, or is it just me? --Florian Prischl 21:08, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

• REPLY: yeah, i just opened it up in "Audacity" and the same error happened. I'll try to fix it.

POV Issues

I dunno, this article seems very POV to me. According to US Law, you can break a law without even knowing that the law exists, or you were in violation of it. (It is refered to as an "Voluntary Law") See w:Cheek v. United States for an small overview. This entire article is baised as the U.S. is portrayed as an evil villian when w:United States Citizen sand Immigration Services is only doing it's job. Besides, voting is the most sacred right an American citizen can have. She wasn't a citizen. Case closed. Zidel333 22:59, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

• The point of view could show a little more of the U.S. Imigration's side, or maybe some input from her community. Overall though, it is her story and it would be difficult to show much of any other point of view. Andrew.in.snow 14:15, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Ignorance of the law is never a defense. (and the article never mentions this) Ignorance of your own citizenship can't be much different.--SVTCobra 23:46, 26 June 2007 (UTC)