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Autosight

I gather you logged off to avoid autosight when editing a published article. The thought is appreciated, but —unless you're aware of a wiki software anomaly I hadn't heard about?— unnecessary: en.wn shut off autosight about two years ago. --Pi zero (talk) 13:50, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, check my history, haven't been active here for ages.--KTo288 (talk) 18:32, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Okay; thought I'd better check, as there was one brief incident this past summer (I think it was) where our configuration got mis-set, so that admins had autosight turned on. (We talked to Bawolff and that got fixed quickly.)

I should probably mention, since you haven't been around lately, two related policy changes:

• If you make any edit to a published article that is "substantive", i.e., something that wouldn't be allowed on an archived article, you don't sight it yourself; you leave it to be reviewed for publication by an independent reviewer (independent of the edit, that is).
• Substantive changes are allowed only during the first 24 hours after publication. (There used to be inconsistent statements about how long; I think one place said 48 hours and another said 36.)

--Pi zero (talk) 19:32, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, again.--14:55, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

U.S. presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina primary‎

I've submitted for review the changes I was going to make before publication; they're now pending (last I looked).

Alas that I'd failed to use {{under review}}. When I realized it had been published out from under me, I'd already spent about an hour and a half poring over the sources, and had a short list worked up of changes I'd reckoned were probably needed. I couldn't stand to let so much work go to waste, so I just kept going and finished the process, rechecking each item on my short list and submitting the edits as changes for review. --Pi zero (talk) 15:21, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Sorry looked okay to me. Sighted by someone else, but would have been happy to do so if not.--KTo288 (talk) 19:33, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Report indicates Texas state parks still suffering following worst drought on record

The review comment was, of course, addressed to you. (I think some of the edit-history during review may be relevant to you as well, though I'm uncertain off hand.) --Pi zero (talk) 17:04, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

You,ve hit the nail right on the head, the article as it is an eye opener of what can be done with an article I thought was on the way to deletion. Thanks.--KTo288 (talk) 18:30, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Buddpaux has a knack for adding a zesty splash of OR to xyr articles. You many note, all those Related news items I added are Buddpaux originals. :-)  --Pi zero (talk) 19:57, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Rather shows my lack of recent understanding of the community.--KTo288 (talk) 20:17, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Wikinews Shorts: January 28, 2012

Published. Review comments, edit history. --Pi zero (talk) 23:31, 28 January 2012 (UTC)