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-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 18:47, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

authoring tool

https://gryllida.neocities.org/v2-1-1

helps to write in incremental steps, saves to browser localStorage -- do you find this useful? thanks, :-) Gryllida (talk) 22:06, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Gryllida, I was actually looking for a tool just like this. I'll try it out. Thanks for introducing me! — JJP_Master (she/they) 22:08, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

You are welcome. Side note, source code for the page is all in one file. After reading your user page on Wikipedia I added a GNU GPL v3 licence header into the file. :-) Gryllida (talk) 23:34, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Re: South Korea story

Added a note on talk. Can you edit or are you busy? Gryllida (talk) 10:22, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Also, asked a question about the headline of the Trump story at its talk page.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 10:43, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

did you leave? 😢 Gryllida (talk) 01:04, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

@Gryllida: No, I just had some real-life issues to attend to. I will look at your comments now. JJP_Master (she/they) 01:48, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi JJPMaster, Thank you for getting back to me. Welcome back.

• I had to edit the article and am now no longer eligible to review, as this can only be done by uninvolved reviewer.
  • This is something that we need to avoid, as there is not many reviewers here. Author being available and/or actively advertising their availability schedule may help as then the reviewer can wait for author to return, and does not feel compelled to become involved.
• I hope you can improve the article further as there was update about impeachment motion and then consequently may be update about whether or not it succeeded.

I am happy to help, please, let me know how I can assist.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 02:06, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

N.B. "Verify" templates are not an official policy and are not required.

If there is a part of news that is only reported by one source but not by others, then attributing within the text (e.g. "Abc News reported that the defendant claimed alibi") is the better choice as it works towards NPOV while being clearer and keeping the reader informed.

Regards, Gryllida (talk) 10:55, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

What is an "unannounced" speech? Gryllida (talk) 19:06, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

@Gryllida: It's a speech that was "not announced beforehand." JJP_Master (she/they) 19:08, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Ok thanks Gryllida (talk) 19:10, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Was published as President of South Korea declares and lifts martial law a few days ago, Thanks heaps!! Gryllida (talk) 01:22, 13 December 2024 (UTC)