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--Pi zero (talk) 19:19, 7 March 2012 (UTC) {{helpme}}

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Hi! This article wasn't ready for publication. I wrote review comments on the article collaboration page. I've also added a {{Howdy}} template at the top of this page, which has lots of stuff, starting with instructions on writing one's first article. --Pi zero (talk) 19:27, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

i may never ever try to do another story on here again becse i that people would help you complet the artical if they have more info to add or if they can help fix it up once you have submitted it not just get yelled at with boxes at top of story telling me what to do to get if fixed i get that that you what you do to tell them what wrong but some of the stuff you ask people to fix you guys could could fix then it the story be good to go

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Take a deep breath, brutha.....I've been where you are right now! I know, you worked hard on it......it was your baby.....and then somebody said, "Nope!" (and they said it twice!!!!!). Listen.....great first effort....I'm serious! Great effort, I mean that! A'lot better than my first effort......really! It's just an article.....it's not your child, it's not your spouse....it's just an article. You'll find a great community here.....but you have to, shall we say, 'Put the project ahead of yourself."...OK? You just changed it to "review" a little too quickly....you weren't quite there just yet! Why not jump over to the Newsroom and just clean-up a few articles being worked on? Drop in a comma here........take out a semicolon there.......that kind of stuff. Learn the "spirit of things" here first.....OK? Give me a shout if I can help! Bddpaux (talk) 22:10, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

• I've disabled the helpme template because it is apparent you have 'given up'. Sorry you felt that templates highlighting areas where your article needed significant improvement were shouting; unlike Wikipedia, Wikinews does not have the luxury of an infinite time-span within which to improve articles and educate on the finer points of grammar, spelling, capitalisation and punctuation. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 07:05, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Welcome!

Oh, and by the way: welcome!! Bddpaux (talk) 22:11, 7 March 2012 (UTC)