Gopher, I've been ultra-busy, but - assuming you explicityly CC'd the correspondent, thanks for such a professional and polite response.
B. On Tue, 2010-04-06 at 22:14 -0600, gopher65 wrote: > 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 > -- Brian McNeil <[email protected]> Wikinewsie.org
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