User talk:Fredericknoronha

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First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases. Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources.

Thanks again!Doldrums 13:21, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Frederick, i marked the article u submitted as a copyright violation mistakenly and have now reverted it. but i've unpublished the article, as it does not appear to the meet Wikinews content guidelines. Wikinews articles report a news event, whereas the article is an analysis/editorial, and as such is not wikinews' cup of tea. i'll move the article to ur user space for the time being (ths is what we typically do to an "editorial" article, if it can be rewritten to report on a news event, with aome of the analysis as relevant, sourced and npov background, it can then be published as a news article. thanks, and apologies for the earlier tagging. Doldrums 13:38, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

hi, i've now moved the article to ur userspace. u can find it here: User:Fredericknoronha/Understanding language politics in Goa, India. Doldrums 13:41, 27 August 2006 (UTC)