For those concerned about how hard it may be to do a Wikinews article for Wikimedians to the Games, I haven't done a Paralympic one but I did one about the women's water polo at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Australian_women%27s_water_polo_team_takes_test_series_against_Great_Britain
The process wasn't that painful at all. There were a couple of things to remember: Read the style guide. (Wikipedia says put 21 February 2012. Wikinews says "Last Tuesday.") Write in active voice. Be factual and less opinionated. If you're doing original research, put all your notes on the talk page. Citations are not inline like Wikipedia but are at the end of the article. The lead is probably the most important and hardest bit to write as it needs to answer the five Ws. (Where, Who, Why, How, etc.) It needs to summarise the article and make people want to write about it. Pictures need to credit the photographer on the article page. Follow all the directions listed on the help pages. Comment on talk pages of the regulars if you have more questions. I honestly put less work into it in some ways than I do taking an article to DYK. It was a combination of using sources and original research. The need to put sources at the end, rather than following facts made things easier to write with out creating weird flow problems. If you haven't done one before, I highly encourage it for Wikimedians to the Games or just generally. :) -- twitter: purplepopple blog: ozziesport.com
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