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Robapalooza, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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thank you for contributing to Wikinews. i noticed that this article is written in the form of an encyclopaedia article. it needs to be rewritten as a news report before publishing. –Doldrums(talk) 11:07, 2 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

hi, Wikinews articles do not normally use footnote citations. we simply list all the sources used at the bottom of the article, in a section titled Sources. you can see the usage in other published articles. Wikinews:Writing an article and Wikinews:Style guide offers some guidance. feel free to ask for any help needed at Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance. –Doldrums(talk) 21:09, 2 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
Hi. Please have a look at our published articles to familiarise yourself with our style. The article can't be published before it has been improved: do not simply publish the article, it will be reverted quickly by our team, and it is considered disruptive behaviour. Please take our advise and improve the article instead. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:58, 6 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
I'll do what I can in the time I have for the article. It's an ongoing story, so it may be changing as the days progress. The New Yorker may or may not be running a feature article soon. What's the Wikinews policy on "original research" and/or "original reporting"? I assume it's a bit different that Wikipedia? Thanks.--Robapalooza - (talk) 16:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
Wikinews:Original reporting. –Doldrums(talk) 07:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)Reply
Wikinews now has a published article on this, see Death of 4000th U.S. soldier in Iraq shines spotlight on gays in the military. --SVTCobra 00:01, 10 April 2008 (UTC)Reply