User talk:Andrew pmk/Archive 1

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Conventions[edit]

While I would like to agree with you, the official tally/results at Wikinews:Polls does not. So I have to revert that edit. - Amgine 03:05, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

That looks great, Andrew! I might even make it a bit stronger - along the lines of "downstyle is the preferred method, although upstyle is also accepted" - but go with what you feel is better. Clean up the formatting if you can, so the examples are on separate lines. - Amgine 03:23, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Perfect! - Amgine 04:00, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Iraq page[edit]

No, not abandoned in favour of the categories. But no one had been maintaining it, either. Great work! - Amgine 20:12, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Canadian copyright[edit]

Thanks! I was pretty confused by the government disclaimer. - Amgine 01:22, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)


Dateline/bylines[edit]

Hi, I just want to caution against adding datelines/bylines to articles unless you were actually at the event being covered. To quote from Encarta: "dateline - line giving date and location: a line at the head of a newspaper article or similar item giving the date and place of writing" - we don't want to mislead readers by suggesting we were there, when we weren't! Can I suggest using the {{date|month dd,yyyy}} template instead? PS Thanks for your work on Wikinews! Dan100 (Talk) 19:09, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Feel free to disregard Dan100's advice if you choose - datelines can be valuable tools in letting the reader know where things happened, even if you weren't physically present on the scene. -- Davodd | Talk 05:25, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image of Brian Nichols[edit]

The image of Brian Nichols that you added to the lead story looks like a copy of a Reuters file photo. I removed it, but if it's actually not a copyvio, I'd be glad to put it back. Pingswept 23:04, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Let's scrap deletion requests[edit]

I'm proposing that we scrap deletion requests, and I'd appreciate your input! Dan100 (Talk) 11:31, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Andrew[edit]

I tried to hit a home run on the first ball and leave you with nothing to do. But I'm starting to sort out what the newsroom wants in final product. Thanks again. --Alan J. Franklin 20:52, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the help with the Tyco story :) I really appreciate it. --RossKoepke 16:51, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Great work, and bad news...[edit]

First, that was great work on the FireFox story. Now the bad news, the commons people have found that the logo is not actually GFDL, but instead is both trademarked and copyrighted, with rules and restrictions on it. So, it will be deleted there. I can't remove it here just yet (running as fast as I can!) but be aware that it will disappear soon; it's not a reflection on you or your work! just the policies of commons.wikimedia.

Thanks again! - Amgine/talk 20:01, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, Wikinews does not host any images. Because our images are hosted at commons, we must follow their rules. And their rules do not allow fair use images. - Amgine/talk 20:22, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Speaker breaks tie by voting for Canadian budget[edit]

Andrew, do you have a source for this line: "During the vote, the website (http://www.cbc.ca/) of CBC, a major Canadian television network, was unavailable"? Cheers, DoubleBlue (Talk) 05:13, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, Original reporting is a good thing but it should include your notes on sources. DoubleBlue (Talk) 14:47, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Great work[edit]

I think your work on the Canadian gay marriage story generated an exceptionally interesting and well done story. Paulrevere2005 29 June 2005 20:00 (UTC)

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