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* I have created a template for use on Signpsot articles when they are undergoing a major edit. Please note the parameters: <code>{{[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Inuse]]|user=<nowiki>[[User:Example|Example]]</nowiki>}}</code>. Regards, '''[[User:Rock drum|Rock]] [[User talk:Rock drum|drum]]''' <sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rock drum|Ba-dum]]</sub>''<sup>[[User:Rock drum/Guestbook|Crash]]</sup>'' <sub>'''''[[Wikipedia:Editor review/Rock drum|(Driving well?)]]'''''</sub> 13:28, 24 August 2010 (UTC) |
* I have created a template for use on Signpsot articles when they are undergoing a major edit. Please note the parameters: <code>{{[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Inuse]]|user=<nowiki>[[User:Example|Example]]</nowiki>}}</code>. Regards, '''[[User:Rock drum|Rock]] [[User talk:Rock drum|drum]]''' <sub>[[Special:Contributions/Rock drum|Ba-dum]]</sub>''<sup>[[User:Rock drum/Guestbook|Crash]]</sup>'' <sub>'''''[[Wikipedia:Editor review/Rock drum|(Driving well?)]]'''''</sub> 13:28, 24 August 2010 (UTC) |
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*Thanks to everyone who contributed to this week's issue! Two remarks: |
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**[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Issue&action=history Publication time]: After managing to keep it within Monday during the first half of this month, we have unfortunately slipped back deep into Tuesday with the last two issues. The main reason was, as on earlier occasions, the lack of designated writers for "In the news" and (especially) "News and notes" sections. In the end, we managed to put together some pretty good coverage of all the important news (only some smaller items, e.g. from the tip line, slipped through the cracks), thanks to Forty Two, Resident Mario and the others who stepped into the breach on Tuesday. But we do need good writers who each week try to cover the essential news by Sunday evening. |
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**Arbitration Report: Following [[Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost#Ncmvocalist_needs_to_step_down_or_be_replaced|this discussion]], I'd like to remind everyone that while we have bylines and writers who thankfully sign up under "Regular responsibilities" to cover a certain beat in a timely way, Signpost articles are not [[WP:OWN|owned]]. If someone sees specific possibilities for improvement of an upcoming story, they are welcome to point it out here in the Newsroom discussion (as it is already being done) or to improve the story themselves. |
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:Regards, [[User:HaeB|HaeB]] ([[User talk:HaeB|talk]]) 00:16, 25 August 2010 (UTC) |
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Notices
- Everyone interested in Signpost matters is invited to join the IRC channel #wikisignpost.(webchat)
- I'm working on a "Quotation workshop" tutorial-like page for content writers generally. I will use some examples from The Signpost, which needs to manage quotations intensively. At this stage, could I quote here something I'll use on that page; it's a fragment from the "Ten rules for writing" by Elmore Leonard, American crime fiction writer, on which he was interviewed last year on ABC Radio National:
"Never use a verb other than 'said' to carry dialogue'. Not 'stated', not 'declared', not 'exclaimed' ".
PS, on exclamation points, you might be amused to hear his view: "I say you're allowed three per 100,000 words". :-) Tony (talk) 05:18, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
- I have created a template for use on Signpsot articles when they are undergoing a major edit. Please note the parameters:
{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Inuse|user=[[User:Example|Example]]}}. Regards, Rock drum Ba-dumCrash (Driving well?) 13:28, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks to everyone who contributed to this week's issue! Two remarks:
- Publication time: After managing to keep it within Monday during the first half of this month, we have unfortunately slipped back deep into Tuesday with the last two issues. The main reason was, as on earlier occasions, the lack of designated writers for "In the news" and (especially) "News and notes" sections. In the end, we managed to put together some pretty good coverage of all the important news (only some smaller items, e.g. from the tip line, slipped through the cracks), thanks to Forty Two, Resident Mario and the others who stepped into the breach on Tuesday. But we do need good writers who each week try to cover the essential news by Sunday evening.
- Arbitration Report: Following this discussion, I'd like to remind everyone that while we have bylines and writers who thankfully sign up under "Regular responsibilities" to cover a certain beat in a timely way, Signpost articles are not owned. If someone sees specific possibilities for improvement of an upcoming story, they are welcome to point it out here in the Newsroom discussion (as it is already being done) or to improve the story themselves.
Next issueDue for publication: Error: first parameter cannot be parsed as a date or time.! Deadline this week is 3:00 UTC, Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Issue/Next.Once all tasks are complete, the editor-in-chief (or nominated deputy) should complete the publication process. |
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Hopefully we can work out all these issues before we get to the next publication? ResMar 21:39, 24 August 2010 (UTC) |
Regular responsibilities
Signpost journalists can claim responsibility for regular features, and continue writing their beat for as long as they wish. If you would like to be a regular writer for The Signpost, add your name to the appropriate task. If you'd be willing to cover a story that is usually covered by another editor, or are willing to cover it sporadically when the normal writer can't, add your name to the Backup list so you can be contacted when the need arises – the more the merrier. If a beat is not assigned to anyone and no draft for the next issue is listed above, anyone should feel free to write it that week.