Halopedia talk:News

Volunteers Needed
Hey guys,

Just letting everyone know that the Halopedia News Service (HNS) is now accepting applications for volunteers to assist in providing news for Halopedians and the community alike.

Being a HNS Volunteer entails:
 * Finding news articles, writing them, and make sure it is formatted correctly for easy-to-read access.
 * Conducting interviews with Halopedians, other community members, and Halo developers.
 * Maintaining the Halopedia News mainpage and excellent categorization.

As the service grows, the needs will change, and more volunteers will be needed.

To apply for Volunteer status, please submit this application below:

===Username=== Username: USERNAME Your best contribution to an article: Your best contribution to Halopedia: Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: Thanks for reading this, and have a fantastic day!

Rawr,

For reference when looking at your application
 * = Approved
 * = On Hold
 * = Denied

Jaws Redfield (Approved)
Username: Jaws Redfield

Your best contribution to an article: Not Exactly a Infomation Editor, but I suppose Sierra 117 (Level)

Your best contribution to Halopedia: Updating The Halo 3 levels, changing The Arbiter's name to Thel.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: I'd think I would be a good new editor because I get to the truth of things before saying stuff, so I can get the truth, and not look like a Idiot for doing something that was completly false. Also, I have spare time to check my grammar, Spelling and use more complex spelling.This also means I can interview people, or find out when the Halo Machinima videos have been released.


 * - Accepted, congratulations!

Spartan 148 Sera (On Hold)
Username: Spartan 148 Sera

Your best contribution to an article: Red vs Blue

Your best contribution to Halopedia: Adding in more lines under 'Quotes', making sure any articles I see have no grammar, spelling mistakes.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: I am doing well in my English Language and I thought being a news editor will help me and Halopedia a lot. I am on Halopedia everyday, making sure I can do whatever I can to help. I love to make sentences interesting to read as well. I have a wide range of knowledge on Halo 1 and 2.


 * - As per the message I sent you.

ODST Joshie (Approved)
Username: ODST Joshie

Your best contribution to an article: Probably Miranda Keyes, there are others, I just can't remember.

Your best contribution to Halopedia: Improving Grammar on Several articles.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: I think I would be a good news editior, as I have had some experience at school, as I frequently write for the School Magizine. I am also, performing well in English, being one of the best in the year. I also pride myself on good grammar and spelling.


 * - Accepted, congratulations!

Andrew 187 (On Hold)
Username:Andrew 187

Your best contribution to an article: Chips Dubbo, The Storm and Warthog.

Your best contribution to Halopedia:  Adding additional info on articles that were missing and improving grammar and spelling.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: As a Halo fan I would be able to bring updated news of the Halo universe, have an interview with other fellow Halopedians and Bungie staff and I can improve articles that need improvement. I also think twice before editing.


 * - As per the message I sent you.

ShadowBroker44 (Approved)
Username: ShadowBroker44

Your best contribution to an article: I do not try to specifically contribute to one article, but to fix a broader range of mistakes in all articles.

Your best contribution to Halopedia: After Halo Wars came out, I created and improved many articles pertaining to Halo Wars.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: I am a dedicated Halo fan and I have always had an interest in journalism. I also check halo news sources regularly and I believe I can make the time commitment to be a good editor.


 * - As per the message I sent you.


 * ✅ - Approved, Congratulations! Commander Silver Leaf.PNG Kougermasters   ( Talk )   ( Contribs )   ( Edits )  19:57, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Sgt.Banks (On Hold)
Username: Sgt.Banks

Your best contribution to an article: My best contribution to an article was probably on the Neill Blomkamp and Peter Jackson articles. Your best contribution to Halopedia: My best contributions to Halopedia would be the two articles above, O also check some pages to see if they have any spelling or grammar mistakes which I then would fix and I work a lot on the trivia of pages and I create a lot of polls and quizz questions which everyone likes (not just mine in general but all of them.)

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: I would make a good editor for a couple reasons. 1.) A lot of people know me here on Halopedia and know I have a good personality. 2.) I write movie scripts which would pretty much blow you away. 3.) I'm a Halo expert especially when it comes to Halo Wars. 4.) I'm just an all around good guy to hang out with and I'm a good person to talk to. 5.) I'm doing well in English at school and would of had a position for the school paper but I ended up going to a different school. 6.) I would be able to get interviews from fellow Halopedians (it's part of my career to interview people.) 7.) I welcome all the new users that I can so that they will have a warm welcome and will hopefully return.


 * - As per the message I sent you. — Silken Floss ( Valentine Ж Redfield )  The Platypus  00:25, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Psycho60 (Approved)
Username: Psycho60

Your best contribution to an article: Probably the work I did on the Alpha Base article a while back, just because there was barely anything to that article and I more than quadrupled its size with just shear amount of facts.

Your best contribution to Halopedia: All the work I did finding the little things that Bungie and the book authors snuck in, such as several undiscovered references to 7.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: I think that I would be a good editor because I have a unique style of writing that makes even dry facts interesting to read, i am able to focus not only on the big picture but the little everyday things that makes halo great, and i have a great eye for detail, which will make for more interesting reads. I don't really care about if anyone knows what i write, just so long as someone gets to read quality work.


 * - Accepted, congratulations!

Spartan 816 (On Hold)
Spartan 816: Spartan 816

Your best contribution to an article: Forge, Covenant, and a lot of other articles.

Your best contribution to Halopedia: Talking to people on Xbox live and encouraging them to join Halopedia.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor:I always try to stay on top of things when it comes to Halo. I also try to keep my facts true. I'm an excellent speller and have great grammar.


 * - As per the message I sent you.

Mcloganator (Approved)
Username:Mcloganator

Your best contribution to an article: I believe I have done some great work on the article Cortana(A.I.). Adding good new information to an article of that age, popularity, and scope is no easy thing. I have also contributed significantly to many others.

Your best contribution to Halopedia: I have have created several new mainspace articles, including the one I am most fond of, Dante Alighieri I am also constantly improving the spelling and grammar of numerous articles, as well as bringing a number of new users to Halopedia including one straight from the ranks of Halo Custom Edition Multiplayer.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: I have a massive knowledge of all things relating to Halo. I own ALL of the games, ALL of the novels, ALL the guides, as well as the Halo Graphic Novel. I often read Halo news on sites like Bungie, and have a deep passion for learning and reporting new things about Halo. I am confidant that I can bring good stories to Halopedia, with accuracy, poise, detail and maybe even a little levity.


 * - Accepted, congratulations!

KillerCRS (Approved)
Username: KillerCRS

Your best contribution to an article: The Gruntipedia article, and the Unggoy article.

Your best contribution to Halopedia: Rollbacking with an Iron Fist.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor:I know what I'm doing. I can speak English.


 * - Accepted, congratulations!

I94 (On Hold)
Username: I94

Your best contribution to an article: I don't really contribute to articles massively, but I go through every page I look up searching for mistakes in spelling, grammar and punctuation. It irritates me when people write things wrong.

Your best contribution to Halopedia: Again, no notable contributions, but I do like fixing up Covenant pages in particular.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: I like fixing peoples' mistakes, and ordering things into place. If this is the editors position of the correction and presentation type, then I think I would do well.


 * - As per the message I sent you.

JEA13 (Approved)
Username: JEA13

Your best contribution to an article: To mention the best, I have rewrote the Deployable Lookout Tower page from the beginning. I have created the Halo Wars Skulls page, I have created half the Halo 3 Skulls page and the List of Greek Mythology References in Halo page. See here for more info.

Your best contribution to Halopedia: I have used the Blacklist, I have reported vandals numerous times, when I find a crap page I place the template on it, something that nobody has done before. As above, I have also created many new pages and templates.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: I am everyday on Bungie.net and know what's going on around in the Halo Nation. I am quick to report every strange thing I see to an elder in Halopedia, and, if I was able to write them on my own for everyone to know at once it would be great. I have great knowledge of the Halo storyline, I have great knowledge of English grammar and orthography, and i dont talk liek dis and i hav never dan so b4


 * - Accepted, congratulations!

DinoBenn (Approved)
Username: DinoBenn

Your best contribution to an article: I did some pretty major work on the articles surrounding the places within High Charity and undid some major vandalism on The Covenant once. Maybe I did something more important, but just can't remember it. Moving on...

Your best contribution to Halopedia: Well I fix spelling and grammar mistakes most of the time, but I also hunt down and erase spam, mark up articles for deletion when they aren't useful, welcome users to Halopedia and give my opinion on current events.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: I'm on Halopedia and X-Box Live nearly every day, making me very Halo-aware. My nitpickingness for proper grammar and spelling is what I am known for, though I am also good at rewording what others say and create theories based on what has been said and shown. Also, I stay up-to-date on current events by paying careful attention to the least biased news source in history, BBC News, so I know what a news story is to look like. Finally, I tend to check recent edit history and the like, as well as read up on my messages, and have the Main Page on my watch list, so I know when something important is going on. I guess that's a little long, but it serves its purpose.


 * - Accepted, congratulations!

Blade bane (On hold)
Username: Blade bane

Your best contribution to an article: I recently went through the entire 7 article. I cleaned up, reorganized, and removed unnecessary content from the entire article. I have also undone some fairly large vandalism over time, but I cannot think of anything specific.

Your best contribution to Halopedia: I have stopped many vandals on this site, as well as undoing bad edits and other miscellaneous Clean up. I also try to fix biased or presented facts on halopedia, correcting them to a proper format.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: I do massive editing all over the internet, correcting grammar and fixing up sentences. I can detect nearly ever grammatical error in a text as I read it, and correct it as soon as I can. I am also fairly halo-aware, I am on most days and I am usually up to date with most occurrences and updates on the halo universe. On top of that, I will have the recent edits open on my computer nearly every day so I can know what is happening with halopedia as soon as possible.


 * - As per the message I sent you.

ImperatorExercitus (On Hold)
Username: ImperatorExercitus

Your best contribution to an article: Well, my single best edit (that I bothered to find from my thousands of contributions) was this edit to the Wraith article. Otherwise, it would have to be my extensive work on the Halo 2-related articles

Your best contribution to Halopedia:Article expansion/cleanup

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor:'Cause I do a shit-load of article-cleanup work. Overall, I'm pretty damn strict when it comes to grammer grammar prose and structure. :P Yes, I am aware that I've been gone for quite a while, but, hey, what can I say? I'm back!
 * - As per the message I sent you.

giant hoola hoop
Username: giant hoola hoop

Best contribution to an article I don't make extensive contributions to many articles, but I did update the Kojo Agu article with information from a screen capture.

Best contribution to Halopedia I am a grammar and spelling man. I make many edits a day. I normally try to get at least five edits per day. Since I joined only a couple of months ago, I have made over four hundred edits. Most of these have been corrections to grammar. If there is an error in grammar, you can bet I will get to it.

Why I should be a news editor I am a Halo addict. As such, I constantly check for new information about Halo. I check Bungie.net, Halo.bungie.org, Halo Waypoint and Xbox.com at least ten times a day each. If I am constantly looking for news, I would love to share the information I find.

Specops306 (Pending)
Username: Specops306. Occasionally known as Qur'a 'Morhek.

Best contribution to an article: Too extensive to list. Creation of articles as they appear in Halo Canon, additions to and rwriting of already extant articles.

Why I should be a news editor: It occurs to me that I've alreadybeen adding news submissions, and that without being an accepted news contributor this is not a good thing. I ensure that my knowledge of recent happenings within the Halo community is up-to-date, including the release of information on material and events.

Stickman363
Username: Stickman363

Your best contribution to an article: Arby 'n' the Chief

Your best contribution to Halopedia:Grammer errors, adding staments, adding new and updated info.

Why you think that you'd be a good news editor: I have lots of frequent time after school and during weekends. I’m also doing pretty well in grammar right now. I’m a huge fan of Halo and I’m frequently on IGN.com or Google searching the latest Halo news. I also love to watch lots of Halo 3 machinima and can do research and other things too. I also have read some of the Halo related books making me a good resource.