User talk:Ferngirl

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-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 06:27, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Contributing

Hi. You tagged your article with {{db-author}}, which is the template on Wikipedia for "author requests that this article be speedily deleted". I was surprised to see that. Is that what you intended? --Pi zero (talk) 11:55, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

Publication

Hi. A reminder: don't put the {{publish}} tag on an article you create on Wikinews. I recommend the article creation form at WN:WRITE. Our publication process is described as the first pillar at WN:PILLARS, and also at the start of WN:Article wizard (I rather like that one because it has a neat picture of the workflow). --Pi zero (talk) 12:38, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

U.S state moves to ban child marriages

Interesting story, but it is really short. Can you please add some more information?
acagastya 08:33, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

11:58, 21 March 2017 (UTC) Thank you for your feedback. I will add more when I am available tomorrow.

Child bride concerns spark state inquiry in Australia

To verify the news, we need two independent news sources. But for this article, there is only one news source listed. This would result in a failed review because it is not verifiable. Please find another news source and also note that wikinews is for the global audience. Not many people outside Australia know that NSW is actually New South Wales.
acagastya 10:37, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I realise it isn't exactly global but an issue that is worth being written about. I've made sure to chance it to New South Wales andI have found another news source. Ferngirl (talk) 20:41, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

I am not saying that local news is not allowed on wikinews, I am saying NSW is not known by many people, so avoid abbreviations, which are not so commonly used (like USA, UAE, UK, FIFA and NASA). Write "New South Wales (NSW)". Once you have mentioned it in the article, then you can use the abbreviation in the article.
acagastya 21:22, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll make sure to change it and remember that in the future.

Ferngirl (talk) 22:56, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

UoW student?

Are you a UoW student? --Pi zero (talk) 19:01, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Yeah I am! Why do you ask? 49.181.162.128 (talk) 22:11, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Well, as a matter of project bookkeeping, we try (though not always successfully) to put a template on the user talk page of each UoW student. I meant to start doing that when student accounts started appearing for this semester, but didn't get to it. So I'm belatedly trying to deal with it now. --Pi zero (talk) 22:22, 7 April 2017 (UTC)