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-- 03:39, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Journalism students!?!?!
[edit]Hi!
I notice quite a few of you registering accounts all at the same time. Good luck with Wikinews! Has one of your lecturers suggested use of this site for any particular reason? If so, you might want to suggest they get in touch with myself, or some of the other administrators on the project.
--Brian McNeil / talk 13:55, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
I have created this category so you can all track each others' work on-wiki. Please add it to all articles you create; if any articles you have already created are now protected, and require this added, please put an {{editprotected}} request on the talk page of the relevant article. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:41, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
- Additionally, Wikinews:UoW 2011 student contributions is where I've asked the rest of Wikinews to track all UoW contribtions; please refer to the diff links provided there to see what work other editors see as required prior to publication, or to see where articles have failed or had other issues highlighted. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:23, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
One of your articles wasn't worked upon for a few days after being tagged, and as such doesn't stay in main namespace. I moved it to User:Cropje/Journalist's arrest sparks alarm over the legality of social networking activity, so that you can continue it if you like. Thanks for your time and effort! --Gryllida (% talk) 08:04, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Hi. Reviewed as not ready; see my review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 14:31, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
- I feel bad about this. But, there was a problem that does actually make it impossible for me to review the article in its current state. If you can find another reviewer who can access that source and is willing to review the article, I wouldn't quibble. My review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 11:41, 16 October 2011 (UTC)