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21:23, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

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15:30, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

On Somali journalism

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/22/journalism-can-get-you-killed-in-somalia-but-we-are-not-just-poster-children-for-desperationJustin (koavf)TCM 05:56, 22 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

13:07, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

I'd thought about proposing if we could have the content translation extension enabled, though reading the tool's FAQ page, it seems to only be in development for Wikipedia, any maybe Wikivoyage. It's not clear if it would work out of the box on Wikinews. meta:Content translation group doesn't even consider translations between Wikinewses. Granted, this can be difficult to implement, just considering Wikinews publication policies. Though, I figure enabling something like this could bring life across Wikinewses. —mikemoral (talk · contribs) 03:20, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

From what I understand, that translation thing wouldn't be remotely suitable for Wikinews. There have been many efforts at general translation for Wikinews, all of which failed miserably. Translation between Wikinews projects can only be individual-article acts by individual Wikinewsies; which does happen, on various occasions. The incompatibilities between policies/philosophies of different Wikinews projects hugely complicate the problem of translation already made acute by the time frames and extreme quality-demands involved. --Pi zero (talk) 03:29, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Press pass!

Although I've reported on a number of events and have done loads of interviews, this weekend I will be covering the Texas Haunters Convention (in Dallas) as a BONAFIDE member of the press!! I've never used/had a genuine Press Pass before! Its going to be a cool event! --Bddpaux (talk) 15:59, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Great! Look forward to you reports. Have a good and productive time. Cheers, --SVTCobra 08:34, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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