User talk:Totnesmartin
Welcome
[edit]Totnesmartin, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
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Accidental extra articles
[edit]I wouldn't worry about accidentally having created a dupe, many, many Wikinewsies do it when they first start on the project. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:49, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- Oh I'm not worried, I've done it before on WP - I just think a link to articles in development would save peoples' time. But thanks for your consideration :) Totnesmartin (talk) 16:51, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- The links are here and there, but not overly prominent so people don't readily find Giant asshole swallows Los Angeles commuter train. ;-) --Brian McNeil / talk 17:56, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- Oh I'm not worried, I've done it before on WP - I just think a link to articles in development would save peoples' time. But thanks for your consideration :) Totnesmartin (talk) 16:51, 13 September 2008 (UTC)