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Welcome lnpayne
[edit]Thank you for your contribution to the article about National Human Trafficking Awareness Day! Crtew (talk) 03:10, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Under review
[edit]I was in the process of reviewing a shorts article, and had given public notice of this by placing an {{under review}} template at the top of the article. That template explicitly says, don't edit the article directly because it's being reviewed. Partway in to this task, I tried to make an edit only to discover you had not only removed my {{under review}} tag, but had also removed all of the content I had been reviewing, replacing it with other material. Erasing another author's article is unacceptable. Please contribute to Wikinews in a manner respectful of other authors, as well as of reviewers.
Note that reviewers on Wikinews are volunteers, and review labor is in short supply. That's part of why reviewers are apt use template {{under review}}, to avoid wasting any of the labor we are able to donate. --Pi zero (talk) 18:49, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Hard work
[edit]The Order of the Modest Pencil | ||
I see you've been hard at work lately....keep it up!! Bddpaux (talk) 20:57, 26 April 2012 (UTC) |
Stoner article
[edit]I don't want you to run away mad. Take a deep breath, and re-focus on a new story! Hang in there!! Bddpaux (talk) 02:51, 3 May 2012 (UTC)