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Hello,it is immunize (talk · contribs).I am also active on Wikipedia,where I edit medical articles.

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Mikemoral♪♫ 20:32, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Mumps

Hey. Wikinews is not Wikipedia, your article is not news and is going to be deleted. --Diego Grez ^{let's talk} 18:44, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

But is it not needed to have at least some non-news articles on wikinews to put the news articles into context. Immunize (talk) 18:48, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

No, we don't do that. We link to Wikipedia. --Diego Grez ^{let's talk} 18:49, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

So what will happen to the article (PS, I am very active on wikipedia, much more than on Wikinews). Immunize (talk) 18:52, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

It will simply be deleted because Wikinews is for news, Wikipedia is for encyclopedic articles. --Diego Grez ^{let's talk} 18:55, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

I think from now on I will mainly stick to editing wikipedia 'only though I might make the occasional comment on a discussion page. Immunize (talk) 18:58, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Long wikibreak, possibly permanent

Becuase of this experience I am taking a long wikibreak, possibly permanent. Please contact me at my English wikipedia user talk page if you wish to speak with me. Best wishes. Immunize (talk) 17:24, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

So you are retiring because someone told you your article was not news and therefore not suitable for Wikinews? Mikemoral♪♫ 19:32, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

We probably don't care, but it's really ... disappointing that you are retiring because I told you your article was not news. Probably you can help us writing articles on medical news, etc. Just a suggestion, take it or leave it. --Diego Grez ^{return fire} 19:36, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

By the way, I just don't understand why do you retire when people doesn't agrees with you: [1] [2] --Diego Grez ^{return fire} 19:38, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, I went into Wikinews thinking that this was a place where encyclopedic content was acceptable or even needed in order to put the news articles into context. As I found out, I was completely wrong. I currently am most active on Wikipedia, where I mainly revert vandalism, and ctaying here would reduce the amount of time that I could spend reverting vandalism. All in all, I do not think it is worth it for me to stay involved on Wikinews. However, I may return to simple Wikipedia. Best wishes. Immunize (talk) 14:58, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Immunize, you aren't aware that we can link directly to Wikipedia through interwikis? If there was some sort of term in our articles that was confusing, we wouldn't have to link mumps, we'd do mumps, which goes to the corresponding Wikipedia article and saving the need for us to duplicate efforts here. Tempodivalse [talk] 16:47, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I am now aware of the existence of the interwiki links but I do not believe I was at the time of writing the mumps article. Immunize (talk) 20:45, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I am retiring here

I have decided, after some thought, to permanently retire from editing on Wikinews. If you desire to contact me, do it on a wikimedia project where I am active, such as English Wikipedia, where my amin account is, or on Simple English wikipedia or Meta-wiki. Note I am currently inactive on Wikimedia commons and Wiktionary. Immunize (talk) 19:25, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Give Wikinews another chance

Admittedly you started editing wikinews on a bad note. But why let that make you quit? If you want I can mentor you to become a wiki news editer :) Irunongames•play 20:51, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

I've decided to take a wikibreak-a long one regardless of what the template says, and then eventually think about possibly writing some news articles. Immunize (talk) 22:12, 11 May 2010 (UTC)