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-- 20:01, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Libyan rebel forces article........

Just a friendly word here.....without 3 sources, the article you submitted is DOA. You also might want to add a bit more "meat" to the article, as 2 sentences really won't cut it here either. Could make a good "Brief" or "Short", though!--Bddpaux (talk) 01:49, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Nah, two sources will do, provided they independently verify the news event. But for a standalone article, at least three paragraphs. --Pi zero (talk) 01:58, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Oh. I see. 'Cause there are already two sources, but one of them doesn't verify the news event. (My bad.) Yeah, at least one more source is needed — which makes (count 'em) three. --Pi zero (talk) 02:13, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Welcome1

Oh...and by the way: Welcome!! --Bddpaux (talk) 01:50, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

US hikers freed after 2 years in custody in Iran

Hi. A problem came up when reviewing your article (there could still be time for repairs). See my review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 00:59, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Take a look at my review comments, and the edits I made during both reviews. (The edits to the body during the first review have to be taken one at a time to see how limited they actually are.) --Pi zero (talk) 13:58, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

California Governor Jerry Brown signs Dream Act

Reviewed as "Not ready". See review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 22:34, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

{{aband}}

A tip: when tagging an article as abandoned, use "{{subst:aband}}". That automatically fills in the date of tagging, so the article will be automatically flagged for deletion after the appropriate interval. --Pi zero (talk) 19:12, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Hallows, nice speaking to you yesterday. :) Just thought if you were interested about OpenGlobe, I transferred all three articles from here to there and they were all published within an hour. See here. Regards, --Onewhohelps (talk) 08:34, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Image licensing

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• File:Wikinews Print Edition11.pdf

Thanks, Microchip08 (talk) 10:16, 4 May 2014 (UTC)