Hi.

Anyone can write Wikinews. (we're a wiki :). http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Writing_an_article is the official guide on how to write an article. It would also probably be beneficial to look at how other articles are written to kind of get the idea. We do not cite our sources quite in the academic way, but we still cite our sources. (in short, we have a bibliography, but we do not have any inline citations). There are slight differences between print and online (and for that matter Wikinews and other online news sites). The most significant difference is that online news is less pressed for space, where print newspapers are sometimes very crammed.

Hopefully that answers your questions , if you have any more, please don't hesitate to ask. There is also an irc (chatroom) that you can try as well to get in contact with wikinewsies, if your interested: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/WN:IRC -- Cheers, - Bawolff Caution: The mass of this product contains the energy equivalent of 85 million tons of TNT per net ounce of weight.

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 10:38 AM, S S totme26@yahoo.com wrote:

Do we have to qualify for writing and contributing to the wiki-news? Can someone explain me in brief the guidelines to post an article? I also have a question. The print newspapers do not cite references and sources of information  the way they are sited academically or online news. Are there different standards for online publishing of news versus the print newspaper editions. Please clarify. Thanks! Totme

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