User talk:Pulitikal

Welcome

Pulitikal, 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
• Wikinews:Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced

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
• If you're interested in audio recordings, Audio Wikinews could always use more contributers
• 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! — Doldrums(talk) 05:40, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

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(talk) 06:48, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

testing

Please consider using the Wikinews:Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles is usually discouraged. — Doldrums(talk) 08:56, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

thanks Pulitikal 23:45, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

ARBCOM vote for Doldrums

Hi,

I'm glad to see you participating in the community and showing your respect for other contributors. Unfortunately, the election rules say that "In order to vote, you need to have been an active user on Wikinews for more than a month, and you must have at least 200 edits." Since you meet neither qualification, I was forced to remove you vote, which I changed to a comment.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:40, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

writing articles

appreciate the coverage of Philippines news u're working on. one thing to note though, is that it's a bad idea to copy and paste fragments of sentences from other news reports. while the information in those reports are not copyrighted, the expression and organisation of the information is. the best way is to write the article in your own words. only quotes may be copied from other reports.  — Doldrums(talk) 07:52, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I'm doing my best, but practice makes perfect. I am a newbie in news writing. Thanks again. --Pulitikal 07:59, 31 January 2007 (UTC)