Sorry for the confusion. We're not accusing you of spamming in general, we're pointing out that anything that is posted to Wikinews must be *news*. As in, a factual representation of events that have happened in the past 3 days. Nothing older than 3 days is accepted (it's not news if it isn't new), and editorials are not considered news.
Anything that doesn't qualify as news is considered spam and deleted, even if it isn't posted with ill intent. If a significant event happens in (or to) the dyslexia community then you could write a news article about that event on Wikinews... as long as the significant event was less than 3 days old. A significant event would be something like a new medical discovery about dyslexia, or (potentially) even a large conference about dyslexia. But editorials or personal anecdotes will never be accepted on Wikinews. That simply isn't what the site is for. That's what blogs are for. Thank you for your interest in Wikinews. I hope that this encounter hasn't soured your opinion of us or our site. gopher65 -------------------------------------------------- From: "Luqman Michel" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 7:36 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Wikinews-l] Dyslexia - A new perspective > michael west <michawest <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> >> On 18/03/2010, luqman michel <luqmanm2002 <at> yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> > Dear Sir, >> > I would be grateful if you could kindly let me know why my article >> > "Dyslexia - A new perspective" was not published (deleted). >> > >> > Just want to know why? >> > Thank you and kind regards, >> > Luqman Michel >> > >> > >> > Visit my blog at: http://www.parentingdyslexia.com >> > >> > >> > >> >> I don't think it was published because Wikinews is not a spammed >> article board. A quick google search lists the article on countless >> sites. >> > Thank you for your response. I want my article to be made known to as many > people, who may be interested in dyslexia, as possible. To - date no one > has > disputed on what I have written.If writing to get my findings to as many > people as possible is considered spamming that I am guilty.However, no one > to > date has accused me of spamming.Wish you well. > Luqman Michel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikinews-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l > _______________________________________________ Wikinews-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l
