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-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 00:13, 28 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

UoW?

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Are you a University of Wollongong student? If so, please put a {{UoW student}} template on your user page, like this:

{{UoW student
|year=2013
|semester=Autumn
|course=
}}

--Pi zero (talk) 00:47, 28 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

I have reviewed New South Wales takes series lead as violence returns to rugby league and left feedback at Talk:New South Wales takes series lead as violence returns to rugby league. Before resubmitting, please work on adding interwiki links and improving the article neutrality. Please either rename the article to reflect the first paragraph, or rewrite the first paragraph to reflect the title. If you have additional questions, please leave them on the article talk page so myself or other reviewers can assist you, or so other reporters can see if there is somewhere they can help you with. --LauraHale (talk) 08:02, 6 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

New South Wales takes series lead as violence returns to rugby league

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I have reviewed New South Wales takes series lead as violence returns to rugby league and left feedback on Talk:New South Wales takes series lead as violence returns to rugby league. As external links were re-introduced, please also consult the style guide, specifically the citing your references section. You may also want to see Wikinews:Writing_an_article#Add_links_to_Wikimedia_Projects. --LauraHale (talk) 22:33, 7 June 2013 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for your contribution

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Hello. Your article "New South Wales takes series lead as violence returns to rugby league" has been deemed abandoned, but is still viewable at User:Jack Clarke UOW/New South Wales takes series lead as violence returns to rugby league. Thank you for your contribution. Remember that most articles from new contributors are not published and so there is no need to be discouraged. Just read Wikinews:Writing an article and follow the guidelines there and your next article will likely be published. Thanks again for your interest.--William S. Saturn (talk) 01:36, 16 June 2013 (UTC)Reply