User talk:BigKrow/Archive 1

Tagging articles as abandoned

Hi. When tagging articles as abandoned, it should be done with a date parameter. This can most easily be achieved by using {{subst:aband}}. It will automatically resolve the current date and start the two day countdown. Cheers, SVTCobra 14:56, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Much appreciated, thank you! BigKrow (talk) 16:09, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

@SVTCobra {{abandoned|December 26, 2023}}

i guess working now, it was a red link so i didn't think it would work. Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 16:16, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Turkey attacks northern Iraq, and Syria after 12 people killed

Yes, tagging with author request is good enough unless other editors have worked on it. It was an interesting event which I had not seen at the top of my news headlines, so I was a bit disappointed you chose this route. SVTCobra 00:43, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

I have a bad habit of deleting I'm sorry.... BigKrow (talk) 00:57, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Tagging for speedy deletion

Hi BigKrow, a couple of comments. First, there is no need to tag abandoned articles for speedy, even if it's been a couple of days since the countdown has run out. They already appear in a tracking category for Sysops to see as needing deletion. Second, in other cases where {{speedy}} or {{delete}} (they are the same, by the way) is appropriate, please give a valid reason. The list of valid reasons can be seen here. Thanks, SVTCobra 22:07, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Related is NIETians shine at Smart India Hackthon 2023 which you sought to have speedied because the user was blocked. The user was blocked because the name suggested representing National Institute of Engineering & Technology at Greater Noida. It is not permitted for institutions to have an account which can be used by anybody there. If they want to contribute, the accounts need to represent a single individual. SVTCobra 03:17, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

I understand. BigKrow (talk) 15:07, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

@64.39.81.54: The above is what I mean. You claimed you understood. --SVTCobra 00:06, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Let's move on, ok? BigKrow (talk) 01:56, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Please state a reason when you use {{delete}} or {{speedy}}. Thank you. SVTCobra 13:19, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

Accounts

Hi BigKrow. You can also go to M:Steward requests/Username changes and request that they usurp and merge all of your accounts into BigKrow. This will prevent you from being accused of sock puppetry on other projects. I am only an administrator on Wikinews, nowhere else. SVTCobra 20:26, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks but no thanks.... BigKrow (talk) 01:42, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

And User:CactusJack8310 is also you, yes? SVTCobra 19:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

@SVTCobra, yes, also one more I can think of is @MissedJetliner, If I think of any more I will post them! Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 23:23, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

View source for Lazio soccer club defeats Roma, 1-0 to move on to Italian Cup semi-finals ← Lazio soccer club defeats Roma, 1-0 to move on to Italian Cup semi-finals You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

Your IP address has been automatically blocked because it was used by another user, who was blocked by ‪SVTCobra‬. The reason given is:

Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "MissedJetliner". The reason given for MissedJetliner's block is "Former account of User:BigKrow".

Start of block: 23:33, 10 January 2024 Expiration of block: 23:33, 11 January 2024 Intended blockee: 64.39.81.54 You can contact ‪SVTCobra‬ or another administrator to discuss the block.

You can use the "Email this user" feature if a valid email address is specified in your preferences and you have not been blocked from using it.

Your current IP address is 64.39.81.54. Block ID #59070. Please include all above details in any queries you make.

You can view and copy the source of this page.

Sorry, I have changed the block settings. The default for a block is to block the IP as well, and I simply forgot to uncheck the box. You should be all set now. --SVTCobra 23:47, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I'll try to create a new story! BigKrow (talk) 23:53, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Nammo has signed an agreement with Sweden to support Ukraine with ammunition

I reviewed this, but it did not pass. My review comments are firm in their wording, but I was not intending to insult you. I write here to make sure you don't take it the wrong way.
You start a lot of articles but very few are fully developed and very few get published. The topics of your articles are so varied (from global news to hyper-local news), it almost seems like you pick them at random. While the aim of Wikinews is to have broad coverage of news from all over the world, this may not be the best way to approach article creation. In my experience, the best articles are written when the author really cares about the subject and wants to tell that story. If you are not a soccer fan, you may not be the best person to write about Lazio v Roma.
So, I hope you can think on this. What really peaks your interest when you read the news? Is it politics? Science? Crime? Economics? Find something you care about and really get into it. Learn about it. Get sources; not just the latest but maybe something for background. Cheers, SVTCobra 02:39, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

I read your whole message, thank you for just letting me be here. BigKrow (talk) 03:25, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Again, I feel like you chose a topic at random when you wrote Birds fly to Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. Are you into birdwatching? SVTCobra 14:35, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

I like birds, yes I do. BigKrow (talk) 18:17, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

When reporting users to WN:AAA or anywhere else

Please remember that the reporter is expected to explain the issues by themselves. The same manner is expected at almost all Wikimedia projects. In future, please avoid reports like special:diff/4769886. Thank you for your responses to unhelpful edits. MathXplore (talk) 01:06, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, and I will be more careful next time. BigKrow (talk) 01:07, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Massachusetts article

This is looking fairly good... are you ready to submit for publication?--Bddpaux (talk) 21:44, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Hey thanks for letting me know, I think it's somewhat good but needs more information to meet the requirements??? I'll try to add more before it goes stale! Thanks again! BigKrow (talk) 00:40, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Let's give it a go! All I can do is learn from my mistakes. Submitted. Thanks again! BigKrow (talk) 00:53, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Allright.... I will give it a look over.--Bddpaux (talk) 14:23, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Published. Keep it up! Good work!!--Bddpaux (talk) 14:32, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Award....you're terribly past due for this!

		The Order of the Humble Pencil For completing 5 edits.
		Great work!--Bddpaux (talk) 14:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Well done! Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:41, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you all!!!! BigKrow (talk) 11:54, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Not to mention!

....you are horribly past due for this as well!

This award is presented to new reporters who have started 10 or fewer news articles.

Bddpaux (talk) 14:38, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you BigKrow (talk) 11:54, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

You might consider......

.....posting those awards on your User page.--Bddpaux (talk) 14:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you but I will have to pass, it's on my talk page so people can view it here. BigKrow (talk) 11:56, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Wikinewsie category

I created your wikinewsie category for you. I hope you don't mind. It's a hidden category, not visible in article space.

Category:BigKrow_(Wikinewsie)

Feel free to edit the verbiage on the category however you like. Check out what other users have on theirs for inspiration. Just be sure to preserve the __HIDDENCAT__ line.

You can link to it from your user page and/or signature so others can see a list of articles you've gotten published. You can also link to it from off-wiki, if you have a blog, or social media page, etc for your journalism work.

I typically add the category to articles once they're published, not before. I already added it to Islamic_State_Khorasan_Province_responsible_for_more_than_60_people_killed_including_children_and_hundreds_injured_at_Krasnogorsk,_Russia_concert_at_Crocus_City_Hall.

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:54, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

This April 1st Marks The 79th Anniversary of the Okinawa Landings

This is not a joke, please read w:Battle of Okinawa. MathXplore (talk) 07:41, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

I thought it was because it mentioned April fools day, I know the landings were real. Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 07:43, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Bob Ely.jpg

Hi! Someone added a source for this file File:Bob Ely.jpg. Why did you remove it? MGA73 (talk) 15:12, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

@MGA73 it had a negative caption sorry I thought it was a bad edit, apologies. BigKrow (talk) 15:37, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

@MGA73 |Description = See below.

|Source = https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/portsmouth-herald/2012/01/08/jerk-running-for-president/49775037007/ BigKrow (talk) 15:40, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

@MGA73 they used the word "jerk" I thought it was saying he was one? BigKrow (talk) 15:41, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Oh, I did not notice that word. But the article says that "Bob Ely calls himself “a jerk,” and he's running for president.". So yeah the word is used but I don't think it is used in a bad way. --MGA73 (talk) 07:30, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Arizona police article.....

Sorry: It went stale. Bddpaux (talk) 15:52, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

I know it's fine, thank you for trying! @Bddpaux BigKrow (talk) 16:46, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Asia is not a part of Russia

Still, part of Russia is in Asia, so maybe it makes sense, but if anything Russia (and frankly the majority of the population isn't) in Asia. Referring to edits on Russian President Vladimir Putin ready for ceasefire talks with Ukraine Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 23:31, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Fair enough, do what you think is best for the article, thanks not going to overly ping you by the way! BigKrow (talk) 00:12, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

I removed it since Moscow, Putin, the advisors, Ukraine, the war, and most of Russia isn't in Asia.@BigKrow Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 00:30, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Ok. BigKrow (talk) 00:31, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, using only Category:Europe and not Category:Asia seems appropriate here. But if it were, say, an article about the Russian presidential election, even if nothing in Asian Russia was specifically mentioned, it would make sense to put it in both; Category:Russia also goes in both. Heavy Water (talk) 21:01, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

United States gives Ukraine permission to strike inside Russian territory near Kharkiv

A couple of issues:

• The copyvio detector gives a 53% match. Mostly it is due to extensive quotes. I would suggest breaking up Macron's comment, which currently runs to six lines. It's simply too long to read in one breath.
• The second sentence in the second paragraph doesn't actually say anything. I suggest either removing it or expanding it.
• Some minor grammar such as the last sentence, which is missing the word "policy" before the quote marks?
• The article needs rrnaming. I suggest: "Ukraine allowed to strike Russian territory near Kharkiv with US weapons".

Otherwise looks good to go. I thought I'd point these things out here rather than putting on a negative review, so you can quickly fix them. [₂₄Cr][talk] 09:04, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Staleness

I just thought I'd share my thoughts on this because you seem to be very attentive to this issue. Our normal route is to wait until four days have passed without edits (or talkpage discussion) and then tag with subst:aband. Then if there are no edits for another two days, it would be deleted. I have been thinking of a proposal to reduce this from 4+2 days to 3+1 days or even 2+1 days to encourage more publishing, especially given last year we increased the window of freshness from 2-3 days to 5-7 days and reduced the minimum length to 100 words. What would you think of a shrinking of the subst:aband route? [₂₄Cr][talk] 19:28, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

I'm for it, @Cromium BigKrow (talk) 19:29, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Shrinking? I would've thought, if anything, we'd lengthen it to 8+2 days, since the current window was designed for compatibility with the old freshness window. Heavy Water (talk) 20:58, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

@Heavy Water, @Cromium, ok sorry I jumped to conclusions feel free to make your own decisions, thanks. I'll go with the consensus.... BigKrow (talk) 21:15, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

I have started a section at Wikinews:Water_cooler/proposals#Staleness. I am open to suggestions for increasing the timeframe too. I just feel that changing these kinds of things may be a way of improving our workflow. BigKrow, your opinion is just as valid as ours, so feel free to chime in. [₂₄Cr][talk] 21:22, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I just did! Not much to say just want to get back on track! @Cromium BigKrow (talk) 21:28, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Don't Do That Again

BigKrow, whatever you did on that Texas article, don’t do it again. You kind of broke the article. Use the sandbox next time. Thanks to @Heavy Water: for cleaning it all up. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 21:09, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

@Me Da Wikipedian, please don't Badger i know I screwed up kay. BigKrow (talk) 21:58, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

me BigKrow (talk) 21:59, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Okay, I wasn't trying to badger you, just let you know in case you didn't Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:00, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't want to argue.... @Me Da Wikipedian BigKrow (talk) 22:00, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

But... Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:02, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

???? Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:02, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

The way you came across I didn't appreciate it. @Me Da Wikipedian BigKrow (talk) 22:03, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

I am sorry, I didn't meant to. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:04, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Remember I'm mentally disabled... Time my friend. @Me Da Wikipedian BigKrow (talk) 22:05, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Sorry but im miserable today i don't know why..... Apologies my friend @Me Da Wikipedian BigKrow (talk) 22:08, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

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Don't worry, I think I've fixed it. This is one situation in which you should ask for admin help. Only the power of deletion sorts out histories that get mixed up. [₂₄Cr][talk] 22:26, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Ah...good old blowing things up...@Cromium Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:30, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

@Cromium, @Me Da Wikipedian, we all need to stop the bickering things happen, moving on.... BigKrow (talk) 22:56, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

thanks Big krow Lelethu Gceba (talk) 21:04, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Foo

Is essentially shorthand for 'Wiki Foo' the weird little text/symbols/parameters we use in all wikis to make things happen (and I am always learning right vs. wrong in that department!) e.g. "I would fix it, but I can't remember the foo right now." It was just a prompt to 'Enter your signature', but... your way looks better!--Bddpaux (talk) 21:54, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks? BigKrow (talk) 22:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Please Explain

You put the pre-review template on an article that you made completetly blank. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 17:49, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

huh? BigKrow (talk) 19:48, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

What was the purpose of placing that pre-review template.

1.You wrote nothing in it, you conducted no pre-review

2.Since it isn't an official process (yet), you shouldn't put it on the article

3.You shouldn't pre-review your own article

I could go on. Why did you that?@BigKrow Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 19:51, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

becuz i did leave me alone... BigKrow (talk) 19:52, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Category:Bollywood

Good try but I'm going to delete it because it is very unlikely to be populated at the moment. The article which is tagged as being in the category - well, it isn't really about Bollywood. For it to be a viable category, it would need at least three relevant articles i.e. about Bollywood in general rather than actors or movies which happen to be part of Bollywood. The only example I can find is Bollywood cricket victory in Yorkshire charity match, which involves a sports team representing the industry. [₂₄Cr][talk] 19:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 21:11, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

JA story

"in a ? that will free him from his being in prison in Britain and will let him go home to Australia,"

Can you please replace question mark with something? I think it cannot be published with question mark mid text. Thanks Gryllida (talk) 11:14, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

also "fought off talks of sexual offenses in Sweden, while fighting ? to the U.S., where he had 18 criminal charges against him" has a question mark in it. Gryllida (talk) 11:20, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was bailed out of a UK prison on Monday" is there a way to write this in active voice? Gryllida (talk) 11:22, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

"He pleaded guilty to a US espionage crime." when did this happen? Gryllida (talk) 11:22, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Small thanks

Thanks for maintaining my talk page by reverting a weird edit. I may not be active, but it's nice to have my contributions preserved. --James Pain (talk) 20:30, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

No problem James. BigKrow (talk) 20:41, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

When tagging pages for deletion

I recommend you use TwinkleGlobal, and check the option to automatically notify the requests page on Meta-Wiki. That essentially pings the global sysops to delete the page. Leaderboard (talk) 16:38, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Following topics

Hi BigKrow

Hope you're doing well.

What is your preferred continent or country for reading and editing news? And what topic?

Africa • Asia • South / Central / North America • Europe • Middle East • Oceania • Antarctica

Crime and law • Culture and entertainment • Disasters and accidents • Economy and business • Education • Environment • Health • Obituaries • Politics and conflicts • Science and technology • Sports • Wackynews • Weather

If you are interested, I can send you notifications -- tell me how, by email, by wiki talk page, or on live chat -- when a new draft within your selected topics is available.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 09:21, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

SpaceX will return stranded astronauts in February 2025, NASA announces

Hi BigKrow, thank you for renaming the page early in the editing process. (It got renamed again.) Congratulations, it is now published. Gryllida (talk) 02:07, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Could you please advise what are your favourite news topics or a next recent event you found interesting? I'd like to write something together again, if you wouldn't mind and if you're available. Thank you in advance! Gryllida (talk) 01:32, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Police news usually. @Gryllida, thanks! BigKrow (talk) 13:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi @BigKrow is the school shooting news a "police news"?

4 killed in Apalachee High School shooting

Please let me know. -- Gryllida (talk) 02:18, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Tropical Storm Debby effects Florida, going up coast

Hi BigKrow, deleted the above story as stale, sorry, I wasn't around when it was written. It would be a pleasure for me to edit and review a similar story if the event recurs (I find weather events comprehensible to review). Regards, -- Gryllida (talk) 20:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Thousands of pagers explode in Lebanon killing twelve people and injuring thousands

Please fact check. Gryllida (talk) 23:28, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

How to follow newer drafts

Hi BigKrow

Some people read the "recent changes" page constantly. Some others refresh "Newsroom" a few times a day.

There is an easier alternative to follow latest drafts: visit Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance, either manually once a week, or click "Subscribe" button at right top. It will Notify or Email (depending on configuration) when a new topic is added to the page. Then you can see what to edit and what are main requests for help with it, without spending too much time on the site.

Editing other drafts -- and answering questions at the water cooler linked above, which is the less time consuming version -- may help reviewers spend less time on these other drafts, and review your articles faster.

Hope it helps. Please let me know if you have any questions. Gryllida (talk) 22:47, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@Gryllida, I'm sporadic sorry. BigKrow (talk) 23:19, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@Gryllida, I started a new article though. Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 23:20, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your help with the Canada PM story, appreciate you checking on it. :-) It got published now. Have a great weekend. Gryllida (talk) 19:02, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

subscription technical question

Hi @BigKrow :-)

I am asking for some technical information when you have a moment:

1. You wrote the page Improvised explosive device attack at the Santa Maria Courthouse in Santa Maria, California injures five people, one person arrested
2. When you open Talk:Improvised explosive device attack at the Santa Maria Courthouse in Santa Maria, California injures five people, one person arrested. At right top. Does it say 'Subscribe' or 'Ubsubscribe'? I.e., are you already automatically subscribed to receive notifications of new messages on the talk page or not?

There is no urgency in my new message on the talk page - just want to check how the wiki is configured on your account (I will ask several other contributors also) as this may affect communication with authors.

Thank you so much. Gryllida (talk) 23:45, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

It's usually up there I didn't see it last checked. Thanks @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 00:09, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Were you already subscribed automatically? Gryllida (talk) 00:55, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Courthouse article

Terribly sorry that went stale. A bunch of work stuff jumped up on me and I just couldn't make it happen. Please try to gatwick that article and re-submit. Bddpaux (talk) 16:19, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately I don't know how to Gatwick an article. @Bddpaux, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 16:20, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Well, the trick is: don't over complicate it. Think of it like this: Most big new stories have all kinds of stuff happening around them. So, we are a bit stale on the actual event itself. But: maybe there has been some courtroom stuff surrounding the guy, and you could use 70% of what is currently in this article, to build that article. See? That is the general spirit of gatwicking. This didn't make it, but there are (maybe) articles where his Mom said something or his priest said something, or the police searched his home or a storage unit. Then (considering 'inverted pyramid' style), you can put almost all of this near the bottom of THAT article. That is a 48-second intro to gatwicking.--Bddpaux (talk) 16:26, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Ok thank you but if an article goes stale won't it be eventually deleted? @Bddpaux BigKrow (talk) 16:28, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Well, yes. However: There is time for you to grab the text of this article, throw it into a sandbox -- then use that to build a fresh article. It takes a knack, but you can catch onto it -- I promise! And: if you gatwick this, I 100% promise that I will review that article in a timely manner.--Bddpaux (talk) 16:37, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

@Bddpaux, I think it's dead in the water just saying we tried though thanks. BigKrow (talk) 16:26, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi BigKrow

Sorry about the article being stale and now marked as abandoned. The main issue was a quote unverified.

@Michael.C.Wright in the interests of publishing while article is still fresh, you can remove material which is not verifiable, I believe? Please let me know if you're okay with this. :-)

@BigKrow

• Could you please write another story this week and leave me a message? I'm happy to help you with getting it published. Please try to find something that happened on the same day.
• Please consider joining live chat -- hang around there 24/7, don't close the chat window -- as then communication can happen more quickly and such questions can be answered way before the article becomes stale.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 04:33, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

If you are referring to the quote of Van de Camp, I did remove it.[1]

I was ready to publish the article based on my pre-review of it, which was technically a formal review[2] with the results reported using {{pre-review}}. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:44, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright that looked good thanks. It was five days after the event. I guess there can be some time limit, e.g. if 12 hours after a pre review nobody complained then you can publish. Gryllida (talk) 07:01, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

I assumed I would let it sit 24 hours. It went under review again less than an hour after I took it out from under my review. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 16:11, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Greetings

I am looking for help with news writing:

• Please write about something that happened today. Aim for tiny report with two sources and less than 150 words.
• I will share feedback and do my best to help you with it getting published.
• Repeat the same each three days for two weeks.

Then in two weeks we can come back and think what to do next.

It is a 20-30 minutes each 3 days commitment. Are you interested? If so, please ping me or leave me a message when a story is ready for me to look at.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 07:03, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Date

https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology_engineers_tap_access_to_battery-less_desalination_of_more_groundwater_than_ever_before&curid=3002133&diff=4801321&oldid=4801029

Why did you take the date out? If this is because a new week started, then please insert absolute date? It is part of WN:5W?

Thanks, 🙂 Gryllida (talk) 11:56, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 16:19, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

placement of infobox

[3] seems to have made article a lot longer and infobox starts at the end. Possibly typo? Thanks heaps for your help. :-) Gryllida (talk) 22:54, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Hmm I thought shorter huh.... but thanks @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 23:20, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

ok👍 Gryllida (talk) 09:11, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

headline

Man raped woman in Jersey seven times, found guilty -- many people do not know what country jersey is -- avoid passive voice -- suggest 'Jersey XYZ Court finds man guilty of seven counts of rape' -- replace xyz with name of the court. -- Happy to look at other options. Thanks. Gryllida (talk) 01:00, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Also, sorry for the edit conflicts on the Boston article yesterday

Title says all. Lofi Gurl (talk) 00:17, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

It's ok no problem thank you @Lofi Gurl: BigKrow (talk) 00:23, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Coffee article

Hey!! Hope you're having a good Sunday. I tried to work with the coffee article, freshen it up, but the specifics are just getting too fluid and I may have just dug the article's grave deeper honestly. I might be able to splice the info into some Wikipedia article down the line if all else fails. I'm just not experienced enough to write something this "timely" at this point unfortunately. Lofi Gurl (talk) 22:10, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Kinda drunk

I worked outside in the cold and rain today. I can't write the news tonight. I'm gonna wrap myself up in blankets and watch true crime stuff on YouTube. I implore you to try to find last-minute edits for the 11 articles in the review que (..if you want). Crappy Monday! Lofi Gurl (talk) 01:47, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

In the beginning

For starters: Please don't take this harshly -- as it isn't meant to be such. Historically, when I start articles, they are often pell-mell slap-dash bits of who-knows-what... but I often work fairly quickly to get them orderly (to some degree). I've noticed a few things (in recent weeks). You tend to start articles with a few sentences and then just move on. Are you working some type of plan there? Also (and this is just a personal chuckle --- you are not remotely the worst of them) -- it makes me laugh when people write 39 words in an article and I see 5 sources at the bottom of the page. What's up with that? We're all just volunteers here -- so: just asking.--Bddpaux (talk) 18:17, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

@Bddpaux:, Im sckitzophrenic among other mental illnesses. Sorry, apologies. BigKrow (talk) 18:20, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Understood. I'm a social worker, so: no worries. Heck: You show up around here -- which means a lot!--Bddpaux (talk) 18:59, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, I try my best! BigKrow (talk) 19:32, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Sorry for being so chatty

I smoked marijuana earlier and I was deep thinking about ethics in the press. There's maybe a better page on this project to discuss such things. Lofi Gurl (talk) 03:12, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

agreed. BigKrow (talk) 03:13, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Why do you keep interwikis?

Hello BigKrow hope you fine. Why do you keep these interwikis? --Mohanad (talk) 02:55, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

Top article in January!

Contributing author for the top article published in January, 2025. The article has at least 1,558 views!

Thank you for contributing to the article titled "US President Trump orders government recognize male, female as only sexes." The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in January of 2025.

Thank you for your continued contributions! —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 18:01, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

Re: revitalising Wikinews

Hi, I'm reaching out to you as you indicated support for revitalising Wikinews. Here are a few ways to help out, in no particular order:

1. write new articles by style guide and content guide
2. find news which happened today and share it on live chat or a news tip page
3. read drafts in Newsroom, especially those submitted for review, and edit them to make them more comprehensive or more current
4. read drafts in Newsroom, especially those that failed review recently, and address reviewer's comments quickly and re-submit for review
5. chat with new authors (of articles in Newsroom) and help them understand the key concepts
6. subscribe at Wikinews:Water cooler (there are 5 subforums, open each and click 'Subscribe' link at top - then keep a close eye on your Echo notifications) to help newcomers and help with editing articles when someone requests assistance
7. chat on live chat and help newcomers and reviewers with their review process
8. help with software development for authoring or reviewing articles, perhaps for the mobile platforms
9. chat with other contributors on audio or video chat
10. present notes about how Wikinews works at various conferences via audio and video communucations [as we don't have funds for travel at present] this can be linux, programming, journalistical, or wikimedia themed conferences
11. figure out how to get someone to do any of the above through a grant, sometimes google summer of code
12. find high school and university educators who would like to teach their class journalism by asking them to write articles for Wikinews (was done with in the past, and we have extension installed for marking students)
13. collaborate with Pharos on getting more news coverage of the New York City and adjacent areas
14. proofread, or read, Wikinews articles out loud for Audio Wikinews
15. make English Wikinews accounts on various social media like twitter, facebook, blue sky app (sp?), others [in consultation with someone on-wiki first] ensuring you're posting new news articles there with appropriate tags, moderate comments, and setup multiple moderators if possible and document which contributor is in charge of which social network account for Wikinews and how articles are being posted there

Please let me know which of these points you're most comfortable with, and/or would like to learn.

Which points would you like to contribute? Please name up to 3-5 points, if you like. Or suggest your own. :-)

I'm happy to connect with you and guide you in any of the above areas.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 22:54, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Top article in February!

Original author for the top article published in February, 2025. The article has at least 1,237 views!

Thank you for starting the article titled "Gunman enters Pennsylvania hospital ICU, kills officer before police fatally shoot him." The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in February of 2025.

Two months in a row for top article! Thank you for sticking with articles to make sure they get published!

As the original author, you can also use the following userbox on your user page:

	This user was the original author of the top article for February, 2025

—Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:16, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Working my rear off!!!

Putting effort in!!! All around....

Admins please take note.

@Leaderboard: @Michael.C.Wright: @Bddpaux: @Lofi Gurl:

Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 15:52, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Sorry for RC flooding by the way!!!!! BigKrow (talk) 15:53, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Connect

If you don't mind, I would like to connect with you to chat about news. Do you have any of the following: jami (software), linphone, tox, discord, viber, telegram? Thanks, Gryllida (talk) 01:12, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi, please see above? Gryllida (talk) 22:36, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

No sorry BigKrow (talk) 22:46, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

Edit conflicts

Hi, if you'd like to make an edit while I'm busy writing up an article, please consult the talk page. I just lost a bunch of work due to an edit conflict. Lofi Gurl (talk) 22:26, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Ok srry BigKrow (talk) 22:51, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

It's all good, don't worry about it Lofi Gurl (talk) 22:58, 1 April 2025 (UTC)

Mass shooting article.......

Unfortunately: This appears to've gone stale. Sorry about that. Keep at it!--Bddpaux (talk) 15:29, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

Please check article talk

...of the horse story. I added two small requests for your consideration. Thanks. Gryllida (talk) 22:26, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

thank you

Thank you so much for your lightning-fast and no-nonsense approach to vandalism/trolling. Sorry, I took a bite out of one of these cupcakes. Lofi Gurl (talk) 17:03, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you I try.... BigKrow (talk) 18:06, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

If I stop writing, it's probably because I died in a work-related accident to no fault of my own

I just got a new lawn care job but there are has been like zero regard for the safety of the crew, myself, and others on the road. I'm the only one who wears their seatbeats. I raised concern that wheelbarrows were not getting strapped down properly, and they might fly out of the trailer going 70mph on the interstate and kill someone, and I got ignored. The foreman texts and drives. I'm borderline about to blow my top. I was 7 minutes late this morning and the owner was like "dude wtf you're late" and I just wanted to be like "oh my fucking god dude." Sorry for the "shock image" over at the talk page for the horse article. I maybe perhaps take my dark sense of humor for granted, and forget that other people just don't see the world the way that I do. Rock on, BigKrow. Lofi Gurl (talk) 18:31, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

You're definitely an odd duck metaphorically speaking, you definitely have dark humor. Moving on!!!! @Lofi Gurl BigKrow (talk) 18:33, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Your not going to die don't talk like that focus on wikinews. @Lofi Gurl BigKrow (talk) 18:34, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Let's not make this into a forum, kk? @Lofi Gurl BigKrow (talk) 18:35, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

How can I get involved in IRC? Do you know how? Lofi Gurl (talk) 18:38, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Ask an admin. @Lofi Gurl BigKrow (talk) 18:40, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

It's not the end of the world if something goes stale

They said something like "don't get married to your article" when I first started here. I like having lots of little projects I can chip away at throughout the day. That's how I like to work. Also, if I bring the stories to the site, alot of the time other users pick them up and run with them. Pretty sure I had very little to do with the last few stories that were published. I just brought the links, I guess. I literally woke up this morning and was delighted to see that two more stories got published. Sometimes starting a stub article is what prompts someone to take a story and run with it. I'm just planting seeds here. This is what revitalizing Wikinews looks like to me. Like I said before, anything that goes stale or gets abandoned can probably get used for Wikipedia, Simple Wikipedia or Wikiquote. Lofi Gurl (talk) 00:33, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, but im done with this war between us.... @Lofi Gurl BigKrow (talk) 00:34, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Me too. I never knew things were bad between us? But oh well. Lofi Gurl (talk) 00:41, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Top article in March!

Contributing author for the top article published in March, 2025. The article has at least 1,450 views!

Thank you for contributing to the article titled "Wildfires wreak havoc across parts of Texas." The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in March of 2025.

This makes three months in a row you've either started or contributed to the top article of the month! Bam! 💥 —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:49, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

You were right.

I got ahead of myself last week. Nobody is around to review stuff. I thought that by creating a bunch of stub articles, I would incentivize collaboration and get a community going. I expanded the articles, but now stuff is gonna go stale. You were right. I am sorry for everything. Lofi Gurl (talk) 22:50, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

@Lofi Gurl, your fine remember move forward! BigKrow (talk) 23:47, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

I suppose everything here can either be watwicked into a mega article or converted into Wikipedia or Wikiquote content. I just wonder where is everybody?? Sometimes it feels as if Wikinews has broken up with me and doesn't want to be friends :( Lofi Gurl (talk) 00:41, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Lofi Gurl I think several contributors expanded the stubs, and some of them were successfully published. This looks like constructive approach, to me. Many thanks for doing it. Gryllida (talk) 06:52, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

Re: mental health issues

Is that something you'd like to be approached privately about to offer support? I'd email, as that's the only private messaging feature available on-wiki, but your account doesn't have an email set. Gryllida (talk) 06:53, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

I have a therapist, but thanks! @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 16:19, 22 April 2025 (UTC)

About noise from other users

Hello BigKrow,

When someone is being a fool, unlike Wikipedia, at Wikinews there is no response needed. There is no 'assume good faith' policy. Instead, there is 'never assume'. If someone did one stupid edit, it is seen as stupid, there is no 'maybe this was a good faith edit by a confused newcomer' and a polite conversation. This isn't necessary.

It is also not necessary to approach the user and ask 'hey why did you do this?'.

The motivation for this is that waste of time is not constructive to a journalistic site. Distractions are ignored as much as possible.

Think this may spare you some time and effort. Seeing that there are a few more new users recently and alas not all of them are constructive.

I will of course continue to actively clean up and try to reduce vandalism as much as possible. (This process is necessary at either wiki.)

Hope it helps. Gryllida (talk) 00:57, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Understood, @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 01:03, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

👍 Gryllida (talk) 03:07, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

Nothing useful

Hi, Bigkrow, just looking for friends in wikis you know, having friends you can chart with if you have a problem, any thing or something. Anyway nothing useful and just use {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}; {{CURRENTTIME}} UTC, don't worry bout the links just copy the trick. You know I'm crazy, telling someone with 1 year of experience Vs me with 23 days of experience. Anyway let's be friends. Oh I almost forgot, a three year old boy was found in a dam after despairing for four days, 3 police officers were found in a dam after they despaired in a gas station along with their car, I don't know why I'm telling you, but I'm telling you. Are you a female or male, I'm confusedミ●﹏☉ミ ⟨⟨Beastboy-𝕏-Talk!⟩⟩ 20:37, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

Nice to meet you, i'am a person lol @BeastBoy-X BigKrow (talk) 20:41, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

stale is over 7 days ago

that csiro story still had 1 day to stale. would you agree? Gryllida (talk) 01:04, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

ok. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 01:06, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

Re : Helicopter flights ArmyNear Washington airport pausing after close calls

Hi @BigKrow

Are you OK?

The headline and content missed my brain.

I do not understand even, what happened.

-- Gryllida (talk) 11:23, 7 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi, how do you read me

Hi, I included you at your request into the "pingrr" list recently. You'd've received a few dozens of "RR" echo notifications in the last two weeks. Did they arrive? Could you please tell me what is preventing you from responding to them?

Revision requests are an essential part of the collaboration process, and your participation is vitally important. Please provide me with the feedback, it would help me a lot with making this process more efficient and easier for you to use.

Thanks. Gryllida (talk) 05:25, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

@Gryllida, yes I received them, I think. BigKrow (talk) 08:10, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

ok thanks, and is there anything that would make it easier for you to participate? Gryllida (talk) 09:26, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

No I'm fine. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 11:04, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

Trainmen and engineers go on statewide strike in New Jersey, first time in 42 years

Published. Please check page history and talk page. Gryllida (talk) 12:21, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

@Gryllida, thank you so much! BigKrow (talk) 16:57, 18 May 2025 (UTC)

Paste

Hi BigKrow

In the article there was a published paste from source,

https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Emergency_landing_by_Alaska_Airlines_at_Portland_International_Airport&diff=prev&oldid=4858559

> Flight and maintenance crews determined it was safe to continue the approximately two-hour flight to Portland.

This is terrible as it is illegal, and other users who will edit the page will not even know.

May I suggest to

1. Paste in seoarate paragraph only, not add to existing paragraph

2. Mark pasted content:

• in visual editor: mark it in italic

• in source editor: add a ">" before, or enclose in single quotation marks twice to indicate it was pasted, or write "Pasted: " before it

like this

Importantly, I believe saving a pasted text which is not freely licensed is illegal (copyright violation), and may result in legal action being taken against you, by the original author. This includes copyrighted text in page history, as the prior revisions are also under the same licence as Wikinews itself. So I would suggest leaving the article open in edit mode until you have written it in your own words and deleted the quote.

So I would envision you coming up with a content like this:

---

Pasted: Flight and maintenance crews determined it was safe to continue the approximately two-hour flight to Portland.

The airline staff assessed the situation during takeoff, and considered it safe to proceed with the two-hour flight.

---

(Then the "pasted" paragraph can be deleted, and the edit can be saved.)

I wrote this page for news draft writing, which is saved to localStorage in your browser. Alas, it does not allow you to save on-wiki yet; you would need to transfer the content over manually.

https://gryllida.neocities.org/news/writer/v2/

The load and save buttons load from localStorage and save to localStorage, they do not save to wiki.

Please let me know if this is helpful.

Thanks, Gryllida (talk) 22:18, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

Sorry to inform you but I wrote the article in my own words. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 22:38, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

How come the diff included a copy paste, then? Gryllida (talk) 10:57, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

I don't know you can delete it if you think that's best. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 11:19, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

I am proposing that in the future you know better. When pasting, always put it in quotation marks or otherwise mark it. It is dangerous to publish pasted material as this may cause the external source to file a lawsuit against you (not against WMF). It shouldn't be only reviewer's job to clean up copyright violations. It's yours. Gryllida (talk) 20:30, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Top article in April!

Contributing author for the top article published in April, 2025. The article has at least 1,754 views!

Thank you for contributing to the article titled "Streaming platform Twitch bans rapper Kanye West seven minutes into first stream for performing "Nazi salute"." The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in April of 2025 and currently the most views of the year.

You are on a streak! You have either contributed to or started the top article every month so far! Thank you bigly for your hard work and collabortion!

—Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:03, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Congratulations, BigKrow. Gryllida (talk) 20:31, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright, @Gryllida thank you both. BigKrow (talk) 20:33, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Published: Baseball: Detroit Tigers sweep San Francisco Giants, making their fourth win in a row

Published. Thank you for sharing the story. Are you closely following baseball? Is this your favourite sport?

Regards, -- Gryllida (talk, live chat) 11:12, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

I love all sports! @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 14:56, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

I think sport articles are a more entertaining topic than most crime news. Could you please add more? 🙂 Gryllida (talk, live chat) 11:29, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

I'll surely try! Thanks. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 13:29, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

RE: Crime and law

Where do you get the news from? What is your RSS feed? I am wondering as this may help me devise a news reading strategy that works better. Gryllida 17:12, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

@Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 17:16, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Bing news and an ai app most usually. Hope it helps. Also major news outlets like Fox News cbs ABC NBC etc BBC. BigKrow (talk) 17:15, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Which AI app? Gryllida 17:21, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

I don't want to say because wikinews doesn't support it. I don't want to be blocked. Sorry @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 17:22, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Why do you say so? As far as I know, usage of AI is allowed, to get news as well as to write page content. I do not know of AI app being banned here. If I missed something, let me know! Gryllida 17:31, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

How do you check the major outlets? Do you open them in separate tabs or do you have a feed reader or an app? Gryllida 17:22, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Separate tags @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 17:23, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

👍 Gryllida 17:31, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Vandal IP changing your comment

I've manually reverted them because they changing your comment. Thank you for dealing with them! — Raayaan9911 (talk) 21:22, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

[c]

Please do not post plagiarism reports on talk pages of articles, if there is no issue that requires revision. If requires revision, please include a note about which part requires revision, such as "The third sentence in the second paragraph was plagiarised and requires revision". Gryllida 11:02, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Sorry hope your not too mad at me. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 12:24, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

No worries. Gryllida 11:47, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Top article in May!

Contributing author for the top article published in May, 2025. The article has at least 1,768 views!

Thank you for contributing to the article titled "Authorities arrest Belarusian Wikipedia sysop and only bureaucrat Maksim Lepushenka." The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in May of 2025.

Keep up the great work!

Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Reviewer) 21:15, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

@Michael.C.Wright thank you BigKrow (talk) 23:23, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

submitted

I submitted the Beyonce story for review. Lofi Gurl (talk) 21:36, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Ok BigKrow (talk) 22:19, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Help

Hi! 👋

This is Neeraj. I’ve submitted a biographical article on Indian football coach Ravi Kumar Punia for review on English Wikinews.

The article is fully sourced from reputable outlets (AIFF, Khel Now, Sportskeeda, I-League.org, Sportstar) and includes a Wikimedia Commons image. It’s neutral, factual, and follows Wikinews style guidelines.

You have put it on delete can you please help in correcting it it will be very helpful Here’s the link to the article: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Ravi_Kumar_Punia:_From_national_footballer_to_one_of_India%E2%80%99s_rising_coaches_in_women%E2%80%99s_football

Thanks in advance! Neeraj7sharma (talk) 17:15, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Why

Hello,

This article summarizes recent and ongoing coaching achievements of Ravi Kumar Punia, including: – Appointment as head coach of Uttar Pradesh in 2025 – 2024 Senior Women's NFC bronze medal (May) – February 2024 interviews in Khel Now and Sportskeeda

These events are within the past few months and reflect an ongoing public coaching career. The article includes timely sources and is part of documenting the evolution of women’s football in India.

Kindly reconsider deletion. Happy to revise formatting or update language to meet style guidelines.

Thank you, Neeraj Neeraj7sharma (talk) 17:18, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello from Gryllida

Hi @BigKrow

From time to time several weeks ago your submissions were not completed, have style and formatting and grammar issues; and yet were being submitted for review. This does not appear to happen recently. Was there a reason for this? How did you resolve this?

Regards, - Gryllida 21:07, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

@Gryllida what do you exactly mean by this? BigKrow (talk) 22:40, 8 July 2025 (UTC)

Top article for June!

Contributing author for the top article published in June, 2025. The article has at least 3,666 views!

Thank you for contributing to the article titled "Boeing 787 crashes into Indian medical school, killing hundreds." The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in June of 2025.

The article set a new, high bar for page views!

—Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:23, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

July 2025

I will not stop!--2601:243:D01:1F20:7C6E:5A78:9F63:6DC4 (talk) 22:15, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

I reported you BigKrow (talk) 22:18, 18 July 2025 (UTC) @

I will NEVER stop til YOU stop!--2601:243:D01:1F20:7C6E:5A78:9F63:6DC4 (talk) 22:41, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

I'm not supporting a vandal. @ BigKrow (talk) 22:42, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

There is NO way to stop me!--2601:243:D01:1F20:7C6E:5A78:9F63:6DC4 (talk) 22:48, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

Eventually BigKrow (talk) 22:49, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

I will forever be a vandal!--2601:243:D01:1F20:D4F4:83F4:3395:72BD (talk) 16:37, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

MERCI beaucoup.. 105.158.78.151 (talk) 12:18, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

I've done a 24-hour block on this user. We'll see if they can learn some manners -- this being their 2nd block.--Bddpaux (talk) 14:32, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you @Bddpaux BigKrow (talk) 16:00, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

wow

BBC is paywalled now, apparently. Lofi Gurl (talk) 03:15, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Live chat software trial (August-September 2025)

Live chat software trial (August-September 2025)

Hi, i am running a software to make live chat easier to use. It requires installation of QuasselDroid on Android, Quassel Client on Windows or Mac or Linux, and I don't know what on iOS (let me know if this is your main platform). The software would connect you to the official IRC channel for Wikinews and stay connected including all chat history, including when you closed the app. I am achieving this by hosting it on my Quassel Core on my server. If you are interested in trying this option, please install the Quassel Client software, and after this is done (not before), ensure you have a working email in your Special:Preferences so i can email you login credentials, and specify your desired IRC nickname. Thanks. Gryllida 21:59, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi, please install the Quassel Client, it is free/open source, low bandwidth, low RAM and CPU usage

and tell me your desired nickname

I would greatly appreciated if you could use it for a few weeks and then leave me some feedback. This chat platform has 3 reviewers on it, and could make collaboration much easier. Thanks Gryllida 20:01, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Are you OK?

Hi @BigKrow

No replies in

No replies in section above

Are you going ok? Is there some issue? I am happy to talk if you need. You are welcome to send me an email Gryllida 19:38, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

I am just full of kinks and gears meaning I'm all over the place sorry gry @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 19:43, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Is there a way i can help you with this? May i re-iterate that the above live chat software is in plain text only and does not give away your photo or mobile number nor it tracking you? This is like Echo, but better, because replying to messages is easier and more visible. Regards, -- Gryllida 19:58, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Re: Three car crash in New Hampshire on Frederick E. Everett Turnpike

Hello,

• would be good to add a map or a photo of the highway and to make paragraph structure more clear not one sentence per paragraph. these changes may be made within next 24 hours. thanks

Can you please address this feedback today? Please confirm. Gryllida 22:30, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the publish! @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 02:38, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello,

It was not answered, and is important, so I will ask again:

Are you able to revise please based on the feedback, immediately, and finish the revision within less than 12 hours after it was published?

Please confirm. Gryllida 03:57, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Re: US President Donald Trump says Putin possibly doesn't want 'to make deal'

Hello,

• date unspecified in first paragraph, please see WN:5W and IP

Can you please address this feedback today? Please confirm. Gryllida 22:31, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Please see above. If you are not available, please drop a "no, i will not be available" note so someone else can work on it. Thanks Gryllida 03:58, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello,

Requested further revision:

• 1. Date is not specified in first paragraph. This was noted by a reviewer previously.
• 2. Sources are listed without dates.

Please note that this diff does not resolve the issue with date request in first paragraph. :-(

Please fix these issues and re-submit.

Thank you. Gryllida 14:34, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Re: Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead

Hello,

• please specify date in first paragraph this is required, and optionally add an image if available

Can you please address this feedback today? Please confirm. Gryllida 22:35, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Please see above. If you are not available, please drop a "no, i will not be available" note so someone else can work on it. Thanks Gryllida 03:58, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello,

Published with request to revise:

• 1. "Pakistan-administered" Kashmir or "India-controlled" (depends on which source you read) Kashmir was affected, but is not mentioned in the report.
• 2. Last paragraph was probably AI generated and needs some revision to reduce bias and make it more factual.

Please revise within next 12 hours, to allow time for a reviewer to approve your edit.

Please advise if you're not planning to be available, then someone else can volunteer to do the edits.

Many thanks. Gryllida 14:31, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello there.

How are you doing? >^CreativeLibrary460 /^{access the library revision}\ 17:26, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

Good you? @CreativeLibrary460 BigKrow (talk) 20:11, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

I'm doing fine right now. >^CreativeLibrary460 /^{access the library revision}\ 20:14, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

Try to write a news article I will try to help. @CreativeLibrary460 BigKrow (talk) 20:15, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

What was the purpose?

Hi! What was the purpose for these two edits? [4] [5] Affe2011 (talk) 17:12, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

I was lazy but edited for copyviolation BigKrow (talk) 17:12, 2 September 2025 (UTC) @Affe2011

Oh, ok. Affe2011 (talk) 17:17, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Archive

Could one of you please archive my talk page? I still am using it but just wanted archive due to clutter. Thanks @Gryllida, @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 17:15, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

You can use the following code at the top of your talk page and it will automatically archive conversations after they have been inactive for 30 days:

{{User:MiszaBot/config
|archive = User talk:BigKrow/Archive %(counter)d
|algo = old(30d)
|counter = 1
|maxarchivesize = 192K
|minthreadstoarchive = 1
|minthreadsleft = 0
|archiveheader = {{talkarchivenav}}
}}

You'll have to manually create links to the archive pages if you want to provide those. The first archive it creates will be [[User talk:BigKrow/Archive_1]].Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 18:57, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

It won't work @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 19:12, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

The bot only runs once every 24h I believe. So leave the config in place and let's see what happens by this time tomorrow. 👍Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 23:13, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Worked, thanks @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 00:33, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Just a question...

Do you monitor my contributions? You've been thanking a lot of my edits recently, even those to obscure places such as my common.js subpage. To be clear, I'm not bothered by the thanks, and I even enjoy them occasionally. Rgrds, Dsuke1998AEOS (talk) 01:08, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

I do this for most good users, I'll tone it down thanks! @Dsuke1998AEOS BigKrow (talk) 01:32, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

@BigKrow: No need to tone it down (at least in my case). I have received more thanks from you than I received from others in my entire life, lol. Dsuke1998AEOS (talk) 10:26, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

BigKrow is filled with graditude. Lofi Gurl (talk) 18:41, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

fwiw

Sometimes I am able to take the content/sources from articles on here that go stale or otherwise don't get published, and use them to expand Wikipedia articles. Sometimes it takes some converting regarding style but it's not too hard. I expanded the Taco Bell artical yesterday actually with the stale drive-thru story. Lofi Gurl (talk) 18:43, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Request for revision

Hi,

"WOMA. SHOT IN FACE" article requires revision. Please check talk page.

Regards, Gryllida 21:08, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Top article for August

Contributing author for the top article published in August, 2025. The article has at least 2,685 views!

Thank you for contributing to the article titled "Several people hospitalized after thousands of hotdogs spill following collision on interstate in Pennsylvania." The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in August of 2025.

That article was relished by all. Truly top dog work! 🤣

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:34, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

thank you for copyediting

I was writing "on the go". Lofi Gurl (talk) 18:50, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, thanks for your message on my talk page. Do you know if these types of original research (e.g.https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250919-the-truth-about-caffeine-and-scary-dreams) is allowed? Thanks, RailwayEnthusiast2025 —RailwayEnthusiast2025 ^{talk with me!} 07:52, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Read this to start a new story. Thanks https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Newsroom

@RailwayEnthusiast2025 BigKrow (talk) 11:12, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Is this type of original research allowed? as independent study and explanation to people? Thanks. —RailwayEnthusiast2025 ^{talk with me!} 14:32, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Original reporting and regular news article are both fine here! @RailwayEnthusiast2025 BigKrow (talk) 15:33, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Please hold off

Please hold off on marking "Dancer Yoshiko Chuma performs at the Children’s Magical Garden in New York City" as stale. It is OR and the author is actively working on it. OR typically gets some leeway on WN:Freshness. Thanks.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 02:08, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

User talk:KrinkleSock

You should not be reverting people adding categories to their userpage. It is clearly a legitimate account and your behaviour is going to have you end up blocked. --Ferien (talk) 23:37, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the warning srry @Ferien BigKrow (talk) 23:38, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Why you have to be so strict? @Ferien BigKrow (talk) 23:39, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Because Krinkle communicated the issue clearly and politely to you and you didn't get it the first time. If you took one look at the userpage you would have known it is for testing. It took a message from him, two reverts and a stricter message from me to get you to stop. If anyone else had vandalised userpages they would usually be blocked straight away. If you had even looked at the user page, this wouldn't have been any issue at all. As a long-term community member you should know that once multiple warnings are given that's when you start to move onto blocks. --Ferien (talk) 23:44, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Ok I give up sorry @Ferien BigKrow (talk) 23:45, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

I should have never messed with it anyway.

I see the word "sock" it goes ding ding in my head for vandalism @Ferien BigKrow (talk) 23:47, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

I understand, but please take greater care! Best, Ferien (talk) 16:42, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

Will do, appreciate you! @Ferien BigKrow (talk) 16:44, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

Anyone alive out there?

Your are only hope, @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 20:48, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi BigKrow

I am trying to understand why so many articles are deleted as stale. I made the page Wikinews:ReviewLog and looked at one. The issue was you revised article and I didn't see the notification about that. (I was busy moving house. Logging in to wiki was not suitable, but I would still check my messages on phone.) Apparently, one way to possibly solve this is to help you chase me if I went away. Can you please provide me your Telegram or Discord or Linphone or Matrix username, either here on wiki or via Special:EmailUser, I would like to connect. Then you can ping me at one of these platforms to attract my attension and avoid delays. I hope this is OK with you. Thanks Gryllida 20:15, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

@Gryllida, you can email me at noobie008@outlook.com BigKrow (talk) 20:17, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Ok, I sent you an email, thanks! Gryllida 01:32, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

No problem! @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 01:33, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

I responded back to you over email, I hope you got it, thanks @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 01:43, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

i did, thank you :) Gryllida 01:48, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

FYI - Hurricane story

https://g.co/gemini/share/6d125aee8c58

I asked ChatGPT to fix the grammar and it did a reasonable job. Please view the prompt content (what i asked chatgpt to do)

Please check the article content and submit for review when you think it is ready

Thanks Gryllida 02:00, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for doing this, for now I'm ok though. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 02:04, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

i edited and submitted for review

sorry i couldn't verify 'into a powerful Category 1 hurricane, with sustained winds of 90 mph and gusts reaching up to 115 mph as', couldn't see it in sources -if it's there please let me know Gryllida 02:10, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Top article for September!

Original author for the top article published in September, 2025. The article has at least 4,803 views.

Thank you for starting the article titled "Shark attack kills Australian surfer off Long Reef Beach, Sydney." As of today, the article has the highest number of page-views of all articles published in September of 2025.

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This is the highest number of page-views of all top articles in 2025! Whapow!Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:22, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much! @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 16:37, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello

saw your story about Detroit.

Unfortunately I am away and cannot review until around mid November.

Please check Newsroom and live chat to help with editing other reports as this may help publish yours sooner.

Thanks Gryllida 07:10, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

aww shucks! Get back soon? @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 00:20, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Break needed to recharge, will try as scheduled. Thanks Gryllida 09:32, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Archive

Could one of you possibly be able to archive my talk page? I did it once but now I forgot. Thanks. @Michael.C.Wright, @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 00:23, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

It is working fine, reduce 30 days to 14 days at the top of this page if you wish. Gryllida 06:50, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

I'm currently blocked for Open proxy.

Sorry I didn't realize I had a vpn on.... You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:

Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis.

The block was made by ‪AmandaNP‬. The reason given is No open proxies .

Start of block: 07:08, 7 October 2023 Expiry of block: 07:08, 7 October 2025 Your current IP address is 54.38.78.132. The blocked range is 54.38.0.0/16.

Please include all above details in any queries you make. If you believe you were blocked by mistake, you can find additional information and instructions in the No open proxies global policy. Otherwise, to discuss the block please post a request for review on Meta-Wiki. You could also send an email to the stewards VRT queue at stewards@wikimedia.org including all above details.

BigKrow (talk) 16:15, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

If you've turned off the VPN, you shouldn't be blocked now. It isn't a block on your account. Heavy Water (talk) 18:50, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Well, clearly you turned it off. So there shouldn't be any further action needed. Heavy Water (talk) 19:11, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Ok thank you. If something comes up I will let you know. BigKrow (talk) 21:07, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping. I am procedurally declining the request, since there was technically no block to review, to remove it from the queue. On a related point, BigKrow, please do just be careful about the use of multiple accounts. Appears you've had a half dozen or so just in the past few months. If you are actively using/editing/switching between them, it is best practice to disclose as much on the respective user pages, to avoid confusion. Thanks much. Tyrol5 (talk) 22:15, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

For what it's worth, as far as I can tell they're not used simultaneously (although the IP is). Heavy Water (talk) 00:18, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

IP is used if I forgotten to log in, Apologies. BigKrow (talk) 01:31, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Im aware thank you. BigKrow (talk) 01:30, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

About Travler Interview

Hi, Dear BigKrow, could you give me an explaination on why is "incomplete" article? From the consensus we made in discussion page, this article is just waiting for publish. ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 00:40, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, please revert my edits. Thank you for the message.

@Sheminghui.WU BigKrow (talk) 14:09, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Alright, and thank you for your attention to my work. ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 01:02, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

"BigKrow, you’ve really been doing a lot of work for Wikinews recently, and I feel like you’re almost always online. Please make sure to rest and remember to have some tea or coffee. By the way, you might consider sharing your thoughts on w:m:Requests for comment/Sister Projects next steps as an active contributor.":) ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 04:14, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Advice

How about helping with rewriting articles and helping them be published, not marking them as stale? The article was edited recently, how come you mark it as abandoned? Before that you marked article about a recent event, that was written the next day after it occured, as stale. Why? Are you sure you are right? BilboBeggins (talk) 21:51, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

I have been on wikinews long enough it is stale been. @BilboBeggins BigKrow (talk) 21:56, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

"I have been on wikinews long enough it is stale been." I am not sure whether you are trying to say that article was long enough or you have been on Wikinews long enough.

I ask you to refrain from editing the articles that I created if you don't know what you are doing, please.

You marked article about propagandist Markov as stale, though it wasn't. Now you are marking article that I am saying is not abandoned as abandoned. BilboBeggins (talk) 22:15, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

@BilboBeggins, dont tell me what to do. BigKrow (talk) 00:12, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Sorry but I'm just in a bad mood, it's not just you. Sorry about your article but @Wikiwide tagged it. @BilboBeggins BigKrow (talk) 00:17, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Hey, friends -- we all have our moments! To be fair, "Stale" is often used as a tool for "Nothing is happening here. We need to get rid of this." -- it isn't meant to be offensive. In the near term: I will try to (at leas) prompt the contributor with a quick message first -- to (potentially) prompt gatwicking (or whatever). I hope this adds some clarity. And: We're all just trying to flow along here!😁--Bddpaux (talk) 16:35, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

I already gatwicked it several times, so I know about the option. BilboBeggins (talk) 20:38, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Loevre article

There has been a MOUNTAIN OF ARTICLES on this topic in the past 10 days. In the mood to gatwick? 85% of a good article is already on the page -- with just a slight pivot on a newer focal event.--Bddpaux (talk) 19:54, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

I am in the mood. BilboBeggins (talk) 20:26, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

I love that tune!--Bddpaux (talk) 20:44, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Mountains article

Please check my question on the Talk page.--Bddpaux (talk) 17:57, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

See Talk page -- we may need a micro tweak on the math. Sorry, my operating system is slowing down at this late hour. Can't quite get the total of people figured out.--Bddpaux (talk) 20:57, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

The article on Family Reunification regulations.

Thank you for your guidance and support. ¨¨¨¨ New mayo (talk) 22:22, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

No problem you're very welcome! Enjoy your time here! @New mayo BigKrow (talk) 22:25, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Top article for October

Original author for the top article published in December, 2025. The article has at least 3,032 views.

Thank you for starting the article titled "Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla." As of today, the article has the highest number of page-views of all articles published in December of 2025.

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That's two months in a row as original author of the top article! 💥Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 01:19, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you again! @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 01:26, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

👍 Thank you for sticking with it even when it frustrates you!Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 01:28, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

@BigKrow Nice collaboration! ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 03:18, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello BigKrow, It's truly an honor to see my article at the top of the homepage. Thank you for your support and guidance. Turkish military transport plane crashes near Georgia border, 20 dead New mayo (talk) 11:16, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Your very welcome glad it got there @New mayo BigKrow (talk) 12:29, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Your userpage

I saw your userpage and it appeared to have revealed your IP address. Please remove it now because it can lead to doxxing. Thank you. Trash Taco (talk) 19:57, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

who is gonna do that? @Trash Taco BigKrow (talk) 20:26, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi BigKrow

The Chicago L train, woman set on fire by man page is an example why it would be good if story was published on the day it was written (in the utopic when reviewers are all here every second of the day). Now it was rejected as by the time the reviewer started looking, there were significant new developments. Sorry.

Can you revise this within next 6 hours to inclued the new update

• outcome of complete investigation
• charges that were laid

If not, please let me know, i will ask someone else to do it. Please confirm immediately about your availability.

Many thanks. Gryllida 01:38, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

These weird edits. Can we let them sit for a few days? I wonder if this is a WMF person doing some testing?—-Bddpaux (talk) 01:52, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

If this is shenanigans —- I will block this user. Lets give it a bit of time. —-Bddpaux (talk) 01:54, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

@BigKrow, there is nothing you can do. 74.195.77.161 (talk) 01:55, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

I used {{Test3}} for BigKrow because this user is making weird edits. 74.195.77.161 (talk) 01:57, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

wdym bro Sheminghui.WU (talk) 05:43, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

What is the justification here? I suspect this user is using ‘vandalism warnings’ as vandalism!!!—Bddpaux (talk) 02:19, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Correct. Would you think it is ok to just delete these vandalism edits, or leave that to BigKrow. I had vandalism edits to my talk page reverted in the past, by someone else. Gryllida 02:31, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

What I mean is: I think this person is using ‘Vandalism warnings’ as vandalism. 😳😳 Let’s give it about 12 hours please.—Bddpaux (talk) 02:51, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

I agree. I asked this person to stop. Maybe after 12 hours we can delete these warnings from here. Gryllida 02:55, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

We should just delete it ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 05:44, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

@Gryllida, @Bddpaux: I think this IP user should be blocked due to repeated vandalism, spamming other users' talk pages with unnecessary messages, and engaging in edit wars.

And @BigKrow, you may want to consider removing those three topics from your talk page, as they are essentially just spam. Thanks. -- Asked42 (talk) 07:11, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Please show me, @Asked42 BigKrow (talk) 13:19, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

If you mean the spam messages by the IP user: this one, this one, and this one. -- Asked42 (talk) 13:23, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, @Asked42 BigKrow (talk) 13:25, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

By the way, 92.238.193.33 talk is creating bad non news pages, thank you. @Asked42 BigKrow (talk) 13:26, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

invitation to edit stories 24/11

Hi BigKrow

Based on Taglet report the following 3 stories would benefit from editing

• Midtown Manhattan Nightclub Shooting: One Killed, Shooter at Large expand submit for review, event nov-23
• 3.2 earthquake hits near San Ramon, California submit it for review now mate Nov-20
• Dina Titus presses Nevada governor over dropped probe, fine against Musk’s Boring Co. minor editing for structure. check copyright of 3 large quotes. get info or comment from FD -- Nov-20
• UN Security Council approves Trump peace plan for Gaza major news, too short. see WN:IP. only work on it if it can be refreshed. Nov-18

There are 5-10 others that can be refreshed with some effort, also, in the report.

Regards, -- Gryllida 23:38, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

wdym

what do you mean "slammed the cost"

https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=New_CEO_of_Bureau_of_Meteorology,_Australia,_announces_AU$96.5M_website_upgrade_bill&diff=prev&oldid=4932366

please elaborate

thanks Gryllida 21:32, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Denounce @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 21:45, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

need specifics, otherwise it is bias Gryllida 03:23, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Help merge?

Hi :-) Could you possibly merge A New Horizon for Uzbekistan's Science: TSUL's First Step in the Global Interdisciplinary Ranking into Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings recognize Tashkent State University of Law as 'Reporter' for the first time ... zzZZZZ here (mid night). Thanks Gryllida 13:19, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Sorry but I don't know how to merge. @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 13:21, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

I tried... @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 13:22, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

The first step is a copy paste, yes! Thanks! The next step is read what you added and make it better. The source is so bad. Gryllida 19:18, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

FYI

Hi BigKrow, for that edit. Could you please add URLs for those

• "Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026" — Times Higher Education, 2025
• "Tashkent State University of Law Recognized in THE Rankings" — Official TSUL announcement, November 2025
• "Uzbekistan Higher Education Development Strategy to 2030" — Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of Uzbekistan
• "About THE Rankings Methodology" — Times Higher Education website Wikinews

Related essay: User:Gryllida/Sense of urgency

Regards, -- Gryllida 19:05, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

I would rather not, @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 21:20, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Ok, so what you need to do is, 1. copy paste the content 2. leave a note on article talk like 'i copy pasted content, links still need to be added, i will not do it myself. please work on it yourselves'. the step 2 is important. please consider it for future reference. i will work on this later today Gryllida 22:57, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Dear BigKrow

You are so active, Please go and say something in the Wikinews relevant discussion on metawiki ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 23:39, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

Link me please @Sheminghui.WU BigKrow (talk) 23:40, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

OK

[6] Sheminghui.WU (talk) 23:41, 26 November 2025 (UTC)

You are encouraged to share more opinions and vote according to your own views, even if it may not make much difference. ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 00:45, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello, it seems your comment on metawiki was posted in the discussion section of Wikispore, which may have been a mistake. Sheminghui.WU (talk) 22:36, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Woman in critical condition after being set on fire in Dublin, Ireland

why not in review queue yet ?? Gryllida 08:38, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Does it qualify yet, length etc? @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 12:27, 28 November 2025 (UTC)

Don't you have a browser addon to count words? That would be very helpful. like this for Firefox, for example. Gryllida 07:09, 29 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello

${\color {Blue}{\mathfrak {Wikinews}}}:{\color {Sepia}The\;Free\;News\;Source}$

Notice of Appreciation

Thank you for your incredible level of activity and ever-flow enthusiasm over a long period of time. Best wishes!

~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 10:25, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you I really try hard. BigKrow (talk) 12:34, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

You are one of the best wiki contributors I've ever seen ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 22:26, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

Appreciate it @Sheminghui.WU BigKrow (talk) 06:17, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

Concur with the comment above. You have been the most productive editor in this project this year (and probably the year before and so on). Redireditor (talk) 01:56, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

Appreciate it very much, I just love news and trying to help make it a better place thanks again. @Redireditor BigKrow (talk) 06:16, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

Your article submission for review (December 4)

Hi BigKrow! Thank you for your submission!
Your article Israeli military says five soldiers were injured in the Rafah area has been reviewed by Michael.C.Wright (talk · contribs). Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons for the decision are explained in detail on the article's talk page.

You are encouraged to address the issues noted and resubmit the article once the necessary improvements have been made. Please keep in mind that news loses freshness quickly, so making updates in a timely manner will increase the chances of successful publication.

If you need help, feel free to ask at the Water Cooler assistance, or on the reviewer's talk page.

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-- Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:36, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

The project is dying

I shouldnt have called the project a joke. I was frusterated. That was like my eighth or ninth article in a row that went stale because nobody wanted to review it, or wasnt able to. I'm not writing anymore. I get that the process isn't perfect, but this is fucking ridiculous. The fact that the project has barely gotten anything published in light of that WMF discussion just shows me that this is a lost cause. Lofi Gurl (talk) 14:17, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

I can understand you, submitting an article on current enwn can be really frustrating… Many times I’ve also felt similarly impulsive thoughts. and Compared with other sister projects, the English version of Wikinews is relatively weak. Especially under such external pressures, it’s normal for ordinary volunteers to feel frustrated. But truly appreciate you and everyone’s contributions; we need to stay united. ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 10:11, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Writing more is not an effective solution, Lofi Gurl. There were 10 drafts needing attention and now there are 16, for example. Need two users in IRC simultaneously one flagging issues and one fixing them. How the hell to make that happen, I have no idea, I am open to ideas. I am mentally ready to pay a fortune to the first person to organise this irc session with a reviewer successfully ensuring both the person and the reviewer stayed glued to keyboard for its entire duration. Gryllida 12:34, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Having a wiki page with availabilities advertised including count downs could help.

Like this

{{Countdown|Australia/Sydney|Tuesday|6pm...}}

Or something. Gryllida 12:36, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

I'm going to focus on revising other people's drafts I guess when I get on here. Lofi Gurl (talk) 14:15, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

This is a reply to no one in particular, just to the topic in general.

The WMF has announced no decision and taken no action yet. The state of en.WN is the result of what contributors here have chosen to do or not to do. We all have the choice to continue volunteering our time as we see fit, or to walk away. The project is impacted either way.

For the first time since June we had three reviewers who published articles in November. We also published more articles than our monthly average in 2024 and had fewer days with 0 articles published than our monthly average in 2024. This reverses a five month down-trend, by just adding one more publishing reviewer.

I believe if we could show to the WMF that with more active reviewers performing full and complete reviews, we can generate more interest in the project and begin the slow process of improving our policies and guidelines (which I believe are demonstrably counter-productive).Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:17, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Your article submission for review (December 9)

Hi BigKrow! Thank you for your submission!
Your article "Breaking Bad on steroids": Thousands of pounds of drugs seized in historic Florida raid, suspect apprehended has been reviewed by Michael.C.Wright (talk · contribs). Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reasons for the decision are explained in detail on the article's talk page.

You are encouraged to address the issues noted and resubmit the article once the necessary improvements have been made. Please keep in mind that news loses freshness quickly, so making updates in a timely manner will increase the chances of successful publication.

If you need help, feel free to ask at the Water Cooler assistance, or on the reviewer's talk page.

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Hello

Hi, could you please install User:Asked42/Taglet now to help triage new pages by marking them with event dates? this would greatly speed up page review, thanks! Gryllida 00:39, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Your article submission for review (December 11)

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seasonal depression is awful

That is all Lofi Gurl (talk) 21:09, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

I agree. @Lofi Gurl BigKrow (talk) 22:21, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

Your article submission for review (December 14)

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Your article Football: Nottingham Forest beat FC Utrecht 2-1 has been reviewed by Michael.C.Wright (talk · contribs), and it has been accepted and published. Congratulations!

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Thank you @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 18:53, 14 December 2025 (UTC)

Your article submission for review (December 14)

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Your article Battery explosion triggers fatal office fire in Jakarta’s Kemayoran district has been reviewed by Michael.C.Wright (talk · contribs), and it has been accepted and published. Congratulations!

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Great work as always @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 00:47, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Your article submission for review (December 15)

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Thank you and great job @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 19:02, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Top article for November!

Contributing author for the top article published in December, 2025. The article has at least 2,218 views!

Thank you for contributing to the article titled "India wins 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup, defeating South Africa by 52 runs." The article has the most number of page-views of all articles published in December of 2025.

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Re: Top commander in Gaza killed

Add a name and add active voice, into the headline? Gryllida 22:08, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

ill try when I get a chance or you could possibly help out? @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 22:13, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

please go ahead if you have an idea. not a good topic to view on a desktop in an open office space Gryllida 22:15, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Ohh oops sorry @Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 23:10, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

edit to user page

hi, your edit to User:Bruce Marshall Matters was reverted with comment that 'Matters is not Mathers' and 'this is not the real Eminem Bruce Marshall Mathers III Matters not Mathers' are "I get it. But it isn't a reason to delete the user account or the content." (by Michael.C.Wright)

please refer to pages about deletion reasons, generally, users are welcome to do whatever they want to their user pages unless they are spamming or doing copyright violation, and a few other things. Gryllida 04:12, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Your article submission for review (December 16)

Stale story. Sorry. Event: Dec09. Submitted for review: Dec13. :'-( Please submit article for review earlier. -- Gryllida 10:28, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Football (American)

I didn't understand this edit. I am well aware of the difference between the NCAA (college) and NFL (professional). Why would an article about a U.S. college football coach not qualify for Category:Football (American)? --Metropolitan90 (talk) 15:53, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

You can retract my edit, sorry. @Metropolitan90 BigKrow (talk) 16:11, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

Your article submission for review (December 17)

RE: MI6 story

The last paragraph is too long. Did you write it yourself? Please see inverted pyramid and rewrite.

Please add date when MI6 head started work.

Then resubmit for review. Please -- Gryllida 05:07, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

Your article submission for review (December 17)

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Your article submission for review (December 17)

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Revision requested: House explosion in Salisbury (December 18)

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Stop engaging in the unnecessary edit wars (also stop stalking me)

Your engaging in unnecessary edit wars by undoing edits, also you are a Paper Mario, and a vandalism account ~2025-41780-18 (talk) 00:42, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

I am just doing my job @~2025-41780-18 BigKrow (talk) 00:43, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

will you stop reverting my edits? ~2025-41780-18 (talk) 00:44, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

Revision requested: Brown University, MIT suspect found dead by police (December 19)

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Nick Reiner charged with murder of parents' deaths

Regarding the article now titled Nick Reiner charged with murder of parents' deaths, I believe this title is ungrammatical again. One could say "Nick Reiner charged with murder in parents' deaths", or "Nick Reiner charged with murder for parents' deaths", or "Nick Reiner charged with murder of parents", but not the current version, which implies that he is accused of killing his parents' deaths. I already changed this title once previously (because "debited" is only a synonym of "charged" when talking about money or accounting, not when talking about crime), so I'm not going to change it again right now, but the current title is unsatisfactory. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 09:44, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

hi

...you feeling better today? Lofi Gurl (talk) 14:06, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

I am trying to cope with life. Thanks for asking. @Lofi Gurl BigKrow (talk) 18:51, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Don't be too hasty with {{stale}}

This is particularly regarding Two shooters target Hannukah gathering at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia. The template {{stale}} says that for a synthesis article, the underlying event must have happened within 10 days, and there must have been new details within the last 5 to 7 days. As I write this, it has not even been 7 days since the shooting occurred. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 22:09, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Hello

hi @BigKrow I'm wondering if you or anyone else reading at this comment could look at my article article and see if it is ready for review to get published, Thank You for reading Atl28 (talk) 18:46, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Vandalism warning

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~2025-42360-72 (talk) 23:33, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Revision requested: Kennedy Center gets renamed to Trump-Kennedy Center (December 24)

Hello,

Re: Kennedy Center gets renamed to Trump-Kennedy Center

1. Date and 'who renamed it' are missing in first paragraph. WN:IP

2. Text includes some analysis words such as "lots of", "many", "extremely likely", "most people". This should be replaced with something more precise, or attributed. WN:Attribution

3. External links should be moved from article body to the sources section.

4. {{image source}} should be specified in the image caption.

Please fix these issues and re-submit. Thanks. -- Gryllida 20:06, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Published: House fire triggers explosion in Salisbury, North Carolina (December 24)

Hello,

This message is being sent to you as you contributed to the article at some point.

For your reference, as a part of my review, the article required several minor edits. Some of these changes may be related to your edits, while others may be related to edits made by other users. The list of minor edits is provided below.

1) The more recent/current information about health and return to work of firefighters was brought upwards to second paragraph inverted pyramid

2) That sentence was edited for past tense.

3) Fresh source was listed at top of the list.

4) Request was made off-wiki to add a verb to the headline. This worked amazingly well.

5) A paragraph was reworded as it was too close to plagiarising a source.

6) Acronyms were removed as they were not used throughout the rest of the page.

Please keep these in mind when writing or revising articles in future. And, thank you for creating and revising this article, it is interesting that there was additional explosion; I hope there will be an update when the cause will be identified.

Have a great day. -- Gryllida 20:27, 23 December 2025 (UTC)