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NEWS STREAK idea proposal

Latest comment: 1 month ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Hi CptViraj

NEWS STREAK idea proposal

would you like to sign up? It hasn't started yet, but I am collecting interest, and you can add your nick to the page. If you're not doing content edits frequently you could choose another streak period for your news content participation - for example, once each two months rather than once each two weeks.

It is being proposed to setup w:streak goals over a 12 week period: for example,

"write one story each two weeks, and babysit it until it is published"

This could be either authoring a completely new article or this could be taking over someone else's article and doing focused editing on it with active collaboration with others until it is published. It is like a day shift as you are expected to remain available 'on call' to address concerns from another user or reviewer.

The aim of this is to build a habit of participation with outbursts of eyeballing the page to collaborate with others -- but not every day, to have breaks and reduce burnout. Could you please check out at this section and let me know what you think? Parameters are subject to discussion e.g.

'once every two weeks' or 'once a week' or 'once a month'
should this be same for all or each person decides for themselves
how long total comp running for, 12 weeks or 24 weeks or some other time
some other ideas how to modify this

i would appreciate if you could reply by end of this week, it would be helpful

please note if you are interested you may signup in Wikinews:2026 streak competition at page bottom and you will be notified at your talk page if there are any updates or progress of this idea

thanks a lot

Regards, -- Gryllida 01:24, 23 February 2026 (UTC)Reply