User talk:Yusuf Alsheikh

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The World Bank: Palestinian access to Area C will aid the Palestinian economy

Hi!

I note, taking a quick look at this, that the two cited sources are from the 8th — three days ago. That's tending towards {{stale}}; are there any more-recent developments/reports that could supplement the article and avoid that problem? --Brian McNeil / ^talk 13:14, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

Tunnel story

A great read, but, admittedly, it did have a few style problems. In my opinion, you should back up, take a deep breath, and re-focus on something current. This seems big enough, that there should be another recent article about this tunnel. When an article fails, dont take it personal!! I mean that! Keep trying! --Bddpaux (talk) 15:40, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

• Hi. Thanks for creating Israeli military expose tunnel from Gaza Strip into Israel territory. Unfortunately, it has been deleted as an abandoned article. Not every article succeeds; we look forward to your continued contribution to Wikinews. Wikinews' content guide and guide to writing an article are useful resources for writers. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or at the assistance page. You can request the article be usefied to your userspace, that is an admin can restore it to a user subpage so you can keep a copy for reference. —Mikemoral♪♫ 02:02, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners within the negotiation for peace

This article was also deleted as abandoned, but please don't let this discourage you from writing on Wikinews! —Mikemoral♪♫ 02:10, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

French team of experts: Arafat not poisoned

Published. Congrats! Various stuff came up during review; please see my review comments, and detailed history of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 18:06, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Palestinian released from Israeli prison following eight-month hunger strike

Published. See detailed history of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 20:52, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners

Published. See review comments and history of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 16:26, 2 January 2014 (UTC)

Hamas returns rocket-prevention forces to action

Published. Please see detailed history of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 17:27, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Question

Here — a result of a quick read of the story. --Gryllida 20:55, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Pope invites Palestinian and Israeli presidents to mutual prayer at Vatican

...and the NYT paywall strikes again. Review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 18:24, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

Egypt article

I'm about to disappear for the next 48 hours, so I cant review that article; but, you might carefully re-consider the wording on the last two sentences. Words like "usually blames" are kind of contentious.....I foresee that not fitting in with our style guide very well here. --Bddpaux (talk) 21:27, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Egypt temporarily opens Rafah border crossing to pilgrimage from Gaza

Published. See my review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 15:26, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Israeli military kill group of militants, claimed by Hamas, on Zikim Beach

Hi. This needs a bit of work for neutrality/style. Review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 11:15, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for efforts to address the first review. Published. See review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 21:05, 10 July 2014 (UTC)

Egypt opens Rafah border crossing sporadically during Gaza crisis

Needs a compact lede (I've suggested a remedy for the headline, too), and I figured it needs improvements to its neutrality. If they keep opening and closing the border, it should be possible to add updates that keep it fresh. Review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 01:07, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Well, published. I'm not 100% satisfied with the headline, but, well, one tries one's best.

I note you haven't really got the hang of Wikinews-style neutrality yet. The idea is that we don't assert as fact, things that are controversial or subjective. Like why people do things, or what's going to happen next. We try to inform our readers so they are more able to judge those sorts of things for themselves, by reporting objective facts about what happened, who did what, and who said what.

Review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 20:57, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

Tenacity

Looks like you're hanging in there! Keep it up! --Bddpaux (talk) 16:39, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Israel initiates ground maneuver in Gaza Strip

Well, published. No big difficulty on neutrality (just a few words changed near the beginning), but some problems with verification. Review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 22:27, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Egypt outlines long term Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire

Hi. Unfortunately our review labor pool and the review queue struggled at just the wrong moment for your article; if we'd gotten to it just after it was submitted, I suspect it would have worked out, but as things are, it needs some sort of update for recent developments to refresh it. --Pi zero (talk) 10:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza continues after another ceasefire violation

Published. Review comments, history of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 15:02, 21 August 2014 (UTC)

Five hundred migrants alleged killed in deliberate sinking in Mediterranean

I've started taking a look at this, and — to be honest — the Ma'an source (which is pretty-much pulled from AFP in the first place) certainly helps confuse things. The major failing there, which got me confused about the days they state things happened on, is that the IOM are commenting on two sinkings; the more-recent, seems to have been Sunday and due to their boat capsizing. The deliberate sinking was last week, with only tales from a handful of survivors providing details on that.

Now, I've downstyled the title; but, it's still incorrect. None of the reports say which flag/nation either ship was registered under (knowing it was a Maltese registration is the only way the headline could use 'Maltese ship'). The sinking last week was near Malta, whereas the capsized ship was nearer Libya.

I've seen Pi zero working to give you pointers, the first one I'd suggest here is to bring the IOM allegations this may be a case of mass-murder — stated in Monday's statement (i.e. yesterday) — to the fore, and make it the key opening focus of the article.

Second, I'd suggest Mediterranean people traffickers' sinking may be 'mass murder', says IOM for the title; that gives you all the details the first paragraph (lede) would need to have, and then forms the opening focus for the report. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 18:42, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Now called "Ship carrying 500 immigrants to Malta sinks in Mediterranean Sea". I pretty much agree with Brian McNeil's comments.

After struggling with issues of freshness and choice of focus, I concluded the article needs adjustments I couldn't provide as independent reviewer, so I've not-ready'd it; please see my review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 23:26, 16 September 2014 (UTC)

Latest rename to Five hundred migrants alleged killed in deliberate sinking in Mediterranean. Was revised and resubmitted by another contributor. --Pi zero (talk) 18:44, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Published. See detailed history of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 21:33, 17 September 2014 (UTC)

Hundreds of Gaza residents pray in Al Aqsa in Eid al-Adha

I'm sorry to see this article didn't get reviewed in time; It seemed interesting and I'd really hoped to review it myself, but real-world responsibilities prevented me. --Pi zero (talk) 11:54, 9 October 2014 (UTC)

Arafat memorial ceremony in Gaza cancelled following attacks on Fatah leaders

Published. Careful with direct quotes reported by the sources; they have to be either direct-quoted here, or paraphrased. History of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 22:40, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

You're terribly overdue for this...

but here it is anyway!!

		Exceptional Newcomer Award
		I, Bddpaux, hereby award Yusuf Alsheikh the Exceptional Newcomer Award for contributions made to Wikinews.--Bddpaux (talk) 19:35, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

And here's one of my personal favorites

Which you should've received long ago!

		The Order of the Modest Pencil For completing 5 edits.
		Great work! Keep it up!--Bddpaux (talk) 19:39, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

And let's make sure we don't forget this one!

This award is presented to Wikinews reporters upon their 11th published news article.

--Bddpaux (talk) 00:55, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

Palestinian Authority accepted as observer state in ICC

Published. I couldn't access Al Arabiya, though, and took alternative measures to cope. I seem to recall having the same problem with Al Arabiya the last time I tried to access it for a review, too. I recommend not using it as a source until-and-unless you can determine that the problem is fixed. --Pi zero (talk) 18:59, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

I'll check the "Al-Arabiya" site, and will not use it until I come up with a solution.

Thanks for editing and publishing another one of my articles.

-- Yusuf Alsheikh

Hamas supports Yemeni President

Hi. Good to see you submitting again. Unfortunately, the article had a couple of significant problems (other than showing evidence you were a little rusty on some fine points): it was already well past fresh when submitted, and the material in the last two paragraphs needed to be presented differently, as it came out as analysis and thus non-neutral. Review comments. History of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 11:57, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Crossings between Israel and Gaza Strip reopened

Awfully sorry about this. I can't access Al Arabiya. I could have at least taken a quick look at the article sooner to check that... but, well, didn't. :-(  --Pi zero (talk) 17:32, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan on hunger strike for over 50 days

I feel bad I wasn't able to get to this sooner; there's not enough time now to maneuver before some new development would be needed. At any rate, review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 22:08, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Salim Zanoun announces postponement of Palestinian National Council session

Hi. Copyright problems with this. Review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 19:44, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

John Kerry announces agreements to maintain status quo in Alaqsa

Hi. Unfortunately, WSJ is one of those news sites that puts its stuff behind a paywall. I can't access the source. Review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 20:46, 25 October 2015 (UTC)