User talk:CO

I usually contribute to the English Wikipedia, although I am becoming more active here.

Welcome

CO, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these!

• Wikinews:Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
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Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews:

• Wikinews:Introduction - overview of the site
• Wikinews:Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
• Wikinews:Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
• Wikinews:Contents - the contents page.

There are always things to do on Wikinews:

• Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
• The front page lead articles often need updating
• Developing stories need finishing and publishing
• Discussions need your input
• Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
• And of course, stories need writing!

By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes (~~~~), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Wikihermit 19:56, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

RE: Commons

Ohh man! I wish I would have known that earlier! But, actually some of the images are only partial bits of their logos. Also, some of them are not part of the Wikimedia project. Thanks for the heads up though! Eric Wester 21:25, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

interwinki

Thanks for doing that on my user page. I was not aware that we could do that! Eric Wester 22:39, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Yup, not a problem. The secure.wikimedia.org or whatever it is breaks if you use an external link, so interwiki links are preferred :). Wikihermit 01:27, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost

The Wikipedia Signpost

Volume 3, Issue 35	27 August 2007	About the Signpost

WikiWorld comic: "Helicopter parent"	News and notes: Court case, BJAODN, milestones
Wikipedia in the news	Features and admins
Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News	The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Delivered by HermesBot 02:41, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost

The Wikipedia Signpost

Volume 3, Issue 36	September 3 w:2007	About the Signpost

From the editor: Interview with Jimbo Wales
WikiScanner tool expands, poses public relations problems for Dutch royal family	WikiWorld comic: "George P. Burdell"
News and notes: Fundraiser, Wikimania 2008, milestones	Wikipedia in the news
Features and admins	Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News
The Report on Lengthy Litigation

Delivered by HermesBot 03:29, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed

Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called HermesBot. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name HermesBot~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours,
Keegan Peterzell
Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation

23:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)