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Welcoming

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{{Welcome}} Talk	Welcome to Wikinews Getting started as a contributor How to write an article Pick something current? Use two independent sources? Read your sources before writing the story in your own words?. Do choose a unique title? before you start. Follow Wikinews' structure? for articles, answering as many of who what when where why and how? as you can; summarised in a short, two- or three-sentence opening paragraph. Once complete, your article must be three or more paragraphs. If you need help, you can add {{helpme}} to your talkpage, along with a question, or alternatively, just ask? Use this tab to enter your title and get a basic article template. [RECOMMENDED. Starts your article through the semi-automated {{develop}}—>{{review}}—>{{publish}} collaboration process.]  Welcome! Thank you for joining Wikinews; we'd love for you to stick around and get more involved. To help you get started we have an essay that will guide you through the process of writing your first full article. There are many other things you can do on the project, but its lifeblood is new, current, stories written neutrally. As you get more involved, you will need to look into key project policies and other discussions you can participate in; so, keep this message on this page and refer to the other links in it when you want to learn more, or have any problems. Wikipedia's puzzle-globe logo, © Wikimedia Foundation   Used to contributing to Wikipedia? See here. All Wikimedia projects have rules. Here are ours. Listed here are the official policies of the project, you may be referred to some of them if your early attempts at writing articles don't follow them. Don't let this discourage you, we all had to start somewhere. The rules and guides laid out here are intended to keep content to high standards and meet certain rules the Wikimedia Foundation applies to all projects. It may seem like a lot to read, but you do not have to go through it all in one sitting, or know them all before you can start contributing. Remember, you should enjoy contributing to the project. If you're really stuck come chat with the regulars. There's usually someone in chat who will be happy to help, but they may not respond instantly. The core policies Neutral point of view Cite sources Writing an article Content guide Style guide Reviewing articles Places to go, people to meet Wiki projects work because a sense of community forms around the project. Although writing news is far more individualistic than contributing to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, people often need minor help with things like spelling and copyediting. If a story isn't too old you might be able to expand it, or if it is disputed you may be able to find some more sources and rescue it before it is listed for deletion. There are always discussions going on about how the site could be improved, and your input is of value. Check the links here to see where you can give input to the running of the Wikinews project. Find help and get involved The Water Cooler The Latest News The Newsroom Articles for deletion Audio Wikinews Recent Changes Write your first article for Wikinews! Use the following box to help you create your first article. Simply type in a title to your story and press "Create page". Then start typing text to your story into the new box that will come up. When you're done, press "save page". That's all there is to it! It is recommended you read the article guide before starting. Also make sure to check the list of recently created articles to see if your story hasn't already been reported upon.
{{Welcome-temporary}} Talk	Welcome to Wikinews! You may edit without creating an account. If you do, your edits will be attributed to a temporary username in the format of ~2026-12345-67. This account name will only be available for 90 days and will then be changed for you to a new name in the same format. Creating a registered account is free and provides additional editing privileges, such as uploading media. Wikinews relies on contributors developing a reputation based on their edits, and a stable username helps build that reputation over time. Create an account If you’d like to submit news, we’re glad to have your help. Please ensure your work follows Wikinews' policies on neutrality, sourcing, and originality. Before starting an article, also review what Wikinews is not — encyclopedic content, opinion pieces, and editorial content do not qualify as news. Learn more about contributing

Specific

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{{subst:Aussiehello}} Talk	Hi Template messages/User talk namespace, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! I see that you've been contributing to articles about Australia. If you're an Aussie, you may want to take a look at the Australian portal, and the Australian discussion page. If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account. 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!
{{subst:Canadianhello}} Talk	Welcome Hi Template messages/User talk namespace, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! I see that you've been contributing to articles about Canada. If you're Canadian, you may want to take a look at the Canada portal, and the Canadian Workspace. If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account. 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 anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!

Article deleted

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{{subst:Articledeleted|Deleted article}} Talk	Hi, and thanks for creating the page Deleted article. Unfortunately, it had to be deleted, as it didn't meet our criteria for inclusion; specifically, it wasn't news and didn't discuss a current event. Please see Wikinews:Welcome to learn how to constructively contribute to Wikinews. Thanks for your understanding.
{{subst:Deleted-abandoned|Abandoned article}} Talk	Hi. Thanks for creating Abandoned article. 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.
{{subst:Deleted-copyvio|Deleted copyvio article}} Talk	Hi, an article you created, "Deleted copyvio article", has unfortunately been deleted as a copyright violation. 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. Policy on Wikinews is to delete copyright violations even though they might be excellent ideas. Wikinews' content guide and guide to writing an article are useful resources for writers learning to write on Wikinews. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or at the assistance page.
{{subst:test-bio}} Talk	Biographical articles are not allowed Hello there. Thank you for contributing to Wikinews. Unfortunately Wikinews does not accept biographical articles; we are only for news (current events). Therefore, the article will be deleted. Other projects exist that do accept biographies exist and could be a better place for it. Wikipedia is a fairly popular example accepting biographies for some people, but they have very stringent standards for whom they deem important enough for inclusion. If the person who the article is about meets them, I would suggest moving the article over there. If not, there are probably other places with more lenient standards for inclusion you could try. Thanks for your understanding, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Commenting

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{{subst:Comment warning}} (basic template) Talk	Hello Template messages/User talk namespace. Please do not insert personal opinions into articles. If you wish to comment on the content of an article, please use the "Opinions" tab that Wikinews automatically creates for each article.
{{subst:Comment warning|Article commented on}} (with article name) Talk	Hello Template messages/User talk namespace. Please do not insert personal opinions into articles as you did with this article. If you wish to comment on the content of an article, please use the "Opinions" tab that Wikinews automatically creates for each article. For the article you were commenting on, that can be found here.
{{subst:Flamebait|Page on which flamebait was added}} Talk	Your message at Page on which flamebait was added constituted flamebait. At their discretion, administrators or established contributors may remove obscene, racist, or deeply offensive remarks. Persistent insertion of such remarks may result in block warnings being issued and repetition of the behaviour could lead to a block.

Copyvio

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{{subst:Copyvio notice|Copyvio article}} Talk	Your article—"Copyvio article"—was a copy and paste from another website. Unfortunately, Wikinews can't accept that. Everything you submit to our site must be your own work. The copy-pasted content has been removed and your article may be deleted in one day. You may wish to consider working on the story and resubmitting it when it is your original work. Please don't let this put you off the site, and we hope you continue contributing! If you need help, you can contact me on my talk page, or you can ask over at the water cooler.
{{subst:Copyvio sas}} Talk	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. If you are part of the story that the article is about, you may also wish to consider requesting an interview rather than writing the article yourself. Thanks again!
{{subst:Deleted-copyvio|Deleted copyvio article}} Talk	Hi, an article you created, "Deleted copyvio article", has unfortunately been deleted as a copyright violation. 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. Policy on Wikinews is to delete copyright violations even though they might be excellent ideas. Wikinews' content guide and guide to writing an article are useful resources for writers learning to write on Wikinews. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or at the assistance page.

Needs

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{{subst:needcleanup|Article needing cleanup}} Talk	Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for creating Article needing cleanup, we need more articles like this. There are a few issues that must be dealt with before it can be published. The most important is that it currently does not conform to our Style guide. Wikinews articles must meet certain standards. You may find the information at Writing an article to be useful. Discussion about your article will occur on the article talk page. Please go there to start or participate in the discussion with other Wikinews contributors. Please keep at it and try to get this article published. Getting news stories that interest you published at Wikinews can sometimes be difficult, but you will find that it is worth the effort.
{{subst:needexpand|Article needing expansion}} Talk	Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for creating Article needing expansion; we need more articles like this. There are a few issues that must be dealt with before it can be published. The most important is that it currently only contains a bare minimum of information. Wikinews articles should be comprehensive. Try to answer the questions of who, what, where, when, why and how. Remember that your article will be read by people who may not know anything about the topic. You may find the Style guide and Content guide to be helpful. Discussion about your article will occur on the article talk page. Please go there to start or participate in the discussion with other Wikinews contributors. Keep at it and try to get this article published. Getting news stories that interest you published at Wikinews can sometimes be difficult, but you will find that it is worth the effort.
{{subst:needsources|Article needing sources}} Talk	Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for creating Article needing sources, articles like this are appreciated. There are a few issues that must be dealt with before it can be published. The most important is that all Wikinews articles must cite sources for the information they contain. Articles should cite sources by using the {{source}} tag at the bottom of the story. There are instructions for using the {{source}} tag when you click the "source" link on this message. If your article contains original reporting, you should read the information at Wikinews:original reporting. If you are part of the story that the article is about, you may also wish to consider requesting an interview rather than writing the article yourself. Discussion about your article will occur on the article talk page. Please go there to start or participate in the discussion with other Wikinews contributors. Keep at it and try to get this article published, which can sometimes be difficult, but you will find that it is worth the effort.
{{subst:needexpandandsrc|Article needing expansion and sources}} Talk	Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for creating Article needing expansion and sources, we need more articles like this. There are a few issues that must be dealt with before it can be published. The most important is that it currently only contains a bare minimum of information. Wikinews articles should be comprehensive. Try to answer the questions of who, what, where, when, why and how. Remember that your article will be read by people who may not know anything about the topic. You may find the Style guide and Content guide to be helpful. All Wikinews articles must cite sources for the information they contain. Articles should cite sources by using the {{source}} tag at the bottom of the story after or before you write your story. If your article contains original reporting, you should read the information at Wikinews:original reporting. If you are part of the story that the article is about, you may also wish to consider requesting an interview rather than writing the article yourself. Discussion about your article will occur on the article talk page. Please go there to start or participate in the discussion with other Wikinews contributors. Keep at it and try to get this article published. Getting news stories that interest you published at Wikinews can sometimes be difficult, but you will find that it is worth the effort.
{{subst:needorsources|Original reporting needing sources}} Talk	Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for creating Original reporting needing sources, we appreciate articles like this. This article appears to be what Wikinews calls original reporting. Wikinews articles must cite sources for all assertions they make. In the case of original reporting, you are the source. The way we usually deal with this is for you to place a comment on the article talk page, stating who you are, what your relationship is to the story you are covering, and describing the nature of the reporting (i.e. interviewing, taking notes, observing events, etc). You should also read Wikinews:Original reporting. If you are intimately involved in the event being reported, it may be more appropriate for you to request an interview, rather than write an article. Discussion about your article will occur on the article talk page. Please go there to participate in the discussion with other Wikinews contributors. Keep at it and try to get this article published, which can sometimes be difficult, but you will find that it is worth the effort.

Old

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{{subst:old|Old article}} talk	I noticed you added new content to the article, Old article, which is more than 24 hours old. Thanks for taking an active role in improving the content on this site. People like you who take an active role make Wikinews better for all of us — readers and writers alike. One thing to note, though, is that Wikinews articles are not works in progress. Articles are considered historical documents reflecting the knowledge and understanding of the event at the time of publishing. Once published for more than a day or so, they should not be continually updated or modified, except to fix minor style issues (e.g. spelling mistakes). To report on new developments in an ongoing story, you can create a new article instead of just adding content to an already published, out of date article. That way your work will be seen by more people since readers tend not to revisit old news articles looking for updates. If a published article contains a factual error, please bring it to our attention at WN:ALERT, so that a {{Correction}} notice can be added to the article, which is otherwise left unchanged. Again, thanks for helping improve this site.
{{subst:Oldnews|Old news event}} Talk	I noticed you created the article, Old news event, which is now an old news event. Thanks for taking an active role in improving the content on this site. People like you who take an active role make Wikinews better for all of us — readers and writers alike. One thing to note, though, is that Wikinews articles report about current news events. Articles are considered historical documents reflecting the knowledge and understanding of the event at the time of publishing. Once there are no more developments and it is past seven days, it's too late for Wikinews to report on it. If there are new developments on the story, you can create a new article instead of just creating an old and out-of-date one. That way your work will be current (and if so, edited by more people) since readers tend not to read old news. Your article has been deleted or submitted at the deletion requests page according to the deletion requests guidelines. Don't be discouraged if your article has been deleted, you will find plenty of more current events to report about which help make Wikinews a better news source. Again, thanks for helping improve this site.

Testing

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{{subst:test}} Talk	Welcome Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Wikinews:Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site and will be reverted quickly.

Warning

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{{subst:Dontdothat}} Talk	Hi, welcome to Wikinews. Please do not do that.
{{subst:Hellovandal}} Hellovandal	Hello and a piece of advice Hello Template messages/User talk namespace. Thank you for visiting Wikinews. However, we don't appreciate the kind of edits you've made so far. Continued perpetration of vandalism from your part will result in a block without further warning. We hope that you will decide to contribute for the benefit of the project in which case the following pages will give you an overview of how Wikinews operates. 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. Wikinews:Newsroom - The community portal 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 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.
{{subst:warn}} Talk	Hello there. Please don't create test articles or other articles that are not news, as we are Wikinews. If you wish to test, please use the Sandbox. For more information about how to write a news article, see Wikinews:Writing an article. Thank you.
{{subst:spam warning}} Talk	Hello. Your recent contributions are considered to be spam and have been reverted or deleted. Should you believe that your contributions are not spam, please argue your case in Wikinews:Admin action alerts. Further spamming may result in your editing privileges being removed. Please contribute to Wikinews in a constructive fashion instead.
{{subst:vandal warning}} Talk	Hello. Your recent contribution(s) constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. Further vandalism may result in your account or IP address being blocked from editing without further notice. Please contribute to Wikinews in a constructive fashion instead. Thank you.
{{subst:stop}} Talk	This is your last/only warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikinews. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing elsewhere will be reverted quickly.

Blocks

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{{subst:block|reason}} Talk	You have been blocked from Wikinews for reason. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified or if you believe that there are good reasons for being unblocked, you may add {{unblock|your reason}} to this page.
{{subst:stop1}} Talk	You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikinews. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may do so after the block expires.
{{subst:stop2}} Talk	You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikinews. Please note that page blanking, addition of random text or spam, deliberate misinformation, privacy violations, and repeated and blatant violation of WN:NPOV are considered vandalism. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may come back after the block expires.
{{subst:Blocked-pp}} Talk	This user has been blocked, and an administrator has revoked your ability to edit your user account's talk page due to talk-page abuse. This protection will likely expire at the end of the user's block.
{{subst:indefblocked|reason}} Talk	This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikinews. If you believe this block is unjustified or wish to contest it, you may add {{unblock|your reason}} to this page, go to Wikinews IRC to request to be unblocked, or send a message to wikinews-l wikimedia ● org. (info: block log • contributions • deleted contributions • page moves)

IP

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{{subst:Template:ip long block|user=yourName|day=time blocked|date=time of block}} Talk	Your account or IP has been blocked for 30 days as of {{{date}}}. It is possible you were blocked in error, or you are currently using an IP which was used by another person who was blocked with reason. If this is the case, or for any other reason, please contact me via [[Special:Emailuser/{{{user}}}|e-mail]] (if you've registered an e-mail account), or after the block has expired [[user:{{{user}}}]] [[user talk:{{{user}}}]]. Other administrators are also available, or you can check if anyone is in the IRC channel if you have access to IRC.
{{Proxyblock}} Talk	This IP address has been blocked because it is believed to be an open proxy or zombie computer. To prevent abuse, editing from these proxies is currently prohibited. Please visit the Wikinews chat room with questions. If you feel this is untrue, consider putting {{unblock|No longer proxy}} on this page. Note, if you create an account you may (or may not depending on circumstances) be allowed to edit.
{{subst:Template:Schoolblock}} Talk	This IP address has been blocked due to vandalism from your school or school district. If you are a school administrator or district official and would like to create accounts for your students, you can contact us by sending mail to wikinews-l (AT) wikimedia (DOT) org, and a local administrator will set up student accounts for you.