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-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 13:11, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As I remarked on the article talk, the article was apparently being edited while I was writing my review comments, so that the version I reviewed was actually an earlier version than the one the review tag was added to. Sorry for any resulting confusion; some of my comments may still be applicable, others may have already been addressed. Resubmit when you figure all the comments have been addressed. --Pi zero (talk) 01:42, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I did a history merge between the old and new versions of the article; it's desirable to keep everything together. Once your account has been around for four days or so the software will allow you to rename pages; at the top of each page is a control bar at the top, and on the right side of that should be a dropdown menu; rename/move is provided on that dropdown menu. Meanwhile, feel free to ask us and we'll do a rename for you. --Pi zero (talk) 11:42, 3 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I re-reviewed it; comments. --Pi zero (talk) 02:17, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. There were difficulties on review. You were the first reporter, I see; someone else did a refresh on it (which helped with review delays; I've left a note for them too), but there are other problems and the new freshness window has about expired. See review comments, and history of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 13:51, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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