User talk:PerryWhite

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Gopher65_talk 03:24, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Dates on articles

Hello,

I presume you too are from the North East of England! I'm down in Teesside, so hello!

When you write a story, be sure to put the sources in reverse chronological order (the newest, second newest, third newest, older...) and to stlye the dates in the format 'October 29, 2009'.

Good luck! I published one of your Newcastle Utd articles. Computerjoe's talk 22:50, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks. Noted. PerryWhite (talk) 06:52, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Duplicate

Hi, unfortunately i had to tag your article as a duplicate of this one, written some time earlier. Could you perhaps help me merge all the information into that article? I'd like to develop this into an in-depth piece. Thanks. Tempodivalse [talk] 15:38, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Do what you like. I really can't be bothered anymore. I hate this crappy site with a passion. I swear to God I haven't been working on this for more than two hours, yet your article was nowhere to be seen when I began, I never would have begun it if I had known. Infact I know when I began it because I only started it about half an hour after Cameron stoppped speaking, around 3pm. Your article is completely different to mine in structure, I can't even begin to think how to merge it, so what the hell, I think this has been a wasted afternoon for me...bloody Wikinews. Use what you want from it, if anything. I'm done. PerryWhite (talk) 15:50, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry you've become so disenchanted - please, don't let this discourage you from writing. All Wikinews writers, sooner or later, will be unfortunate enough to spend time on an article that turns out to be a duplicate - myself included, I can very much sympathise with this. I don't see that the structures are that different - in fact, I've already been able to merge about half of your article into the other one, and will add even more. Please don't think you've wasted your time - to the contrary, your contribution was much appreciated. Tempodivalse [talk] 15:57, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Cheers. It's my own fault realy, I have this bad habit of trying to write the whole article in one go. I do the same on Wikipedia, but it has obvious dangers here. I think what probably happened was I checked the main page but not the newsroom before starting. I don't use the place often enough to not make such n00b howlers. PerryWhite (talk) 16:04, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I think that was the problem. I had actually started my article about an hour and a half before you started yours, by looking at the history. Neither were published on the main page, so you wouldn't have seen it if you didn't check the newswroom. Anyways, I really like your writing style, and am looking for more ways to incorporate your prose into the other piece. Tempodivalse [talk] 16:08, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, the merge is more or less complete; I've included most of the information in your article into this. Your afternoon wasn't wasted at all, it contributed to an excellent, in-depth piece. :) Thanks for your efforts. Tempodivalse [talk] 22:36, 7 May 2010 (UTC)