sad to see you go, hope to see you around in IRC soon for another few mad
moments.
good luck
mark
On 10/21/07, bawolff <bawolff+wn(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I will also miss you. You've always seemed to be one of those people
who, while not a 200 edits a day person, would always be at wikinews.
I hope you Come back soon.
-bawolff
On 10/19/07, Jason Safoutin <jason.safoutin(a)wikinewsie.org> wrote:
We will miss you :( Please stop in and say hi
every so often. Hope to
see you again soon.
Jason
Terin Stock wrote:
> I've been a contributor for a few years now, joining in May 2005.
> Despite having an account for over two years, I have less then 1000
> edits. I wasn't the most active user "onwiki". I actually still
remember
> my first time on Wikinews.
>
> Two years ago, I had an assignment where I was supposed to journalize
> the a news report every day, I never did, and would do it as a whole
> batch in one day. To make my life easy, I would use AP's Online
Database
> and search for news by date. This worked
most of the time.
>
> One day, however, AP's website was down, and the assignment due the
next
> day... Remembering that Wikipedia had a
current event's section, I
> checked it out... somehow navigating a link to Wikinews in the
process.
>
> So I digested a news article from every day, breaking the license of
the
> time (not attributing), and fixing a few
spelling mistakes. I found a
> link to CGI:IRC and said "hi" to the channel, with Amgine responding
> with a cool "Nice edits". The warmth lasted until dinner was finished
> cooking (a few minutes time, if I remember)
>
> I got an "A" on the assignment.
>
> The next August I returned with editing on Wikinews, creating the now
> infamous, Wikinews Leet edition (which hasn't been edited since August
> 2005, so don't get your hopes up). A few days later, Katrina formed. I
> was active almost 24/7 until it landed, Amgine later saying that I
> "covered the storm, until the storm covered me", and the infamous
> Hurricane 2005 Season went through, including Florida's infamous
> "Wilma". (I had kept journal notes for both Katrina and Wilma, during
> the times I could report, however both didn't survive).
>
> I saw the raise of Wikinews, from a sideproject of Wikipedia, to a
> project that could really be something good (we still, at this time,
> IMHO, need Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation). I saw the end of
the
> first generation of "Wikinewsies"
(although I don't think the term was
> used at the time). I was around as the new crown came up. I might not
> have edited altogether much, but the community saw me (and still sees
> me, as I note with the salutes in the IRC channel) as a great
contributor.
>
> I've been putting off this for the last couple of months, but I think
> it's been very similar to MrM's last days. I have a couple problems in
> real life that I need to deal with. Some of them I've put on myself,
> others are reactions of actions of others. In either case, I'm
> re-prioritizing them in my life, so that I can fix them. My leaving
> isn't because of the community, I'm not angry at Wikinews or any
> Wikinewsies. I hope to be able to return to the project, hopefully
> sooner rather than later. It might be 6 months, a year, maybe 2. Maybe
> longer than that.
>
> The current community on Wikinews (and without a doubt, the first
> generation as well), is an awesome community. Everyone knows each
other,
> we aren't too small to be boring, but
not too large to be confusing.
> I've developed relationship onwiki that will survive offwiki.
>
> I've already posted my last edit on Wikinews, this is my last posting
on
> Wikinews-l, I'll be unsubscribing in a
few days. Again, it's been a
> great time editing with this community, I will never forget the good
> times I've enjoyed with you guys. Most of you guys have my contact
> information, for others, Brianmc has stated that he'll be keeping my
>
wikinewsie.org address (this one) active. I'll be keeping an eye
onwiki.
> Don't be afraid to contact me. And keep
an eye out for my Request for
> Reconfirmation, when it shows up, you'll know I'm back.
>
> Many newscasters through the years have signed off of their broadcast
> with it, and it seems fitting that I do the same here, as I sign off
of
Wikinews.
"Goodnight, and good luck."
--
[[User:Terinjokes|Terinjokes]]
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