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--Pi zero (talk) 03:47, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

For your prompt edits to the New Zealand story. Keep up the good work - I'm here for next few hours and would perform reviews in a timely fashion. Cheers, Gryllida 04:08, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Just wanted to leave a quick note that I renamed your page to New Zealand legalises gay marriage, pressure on Australia, just in case you might be unable to find it later. Thanks for your article! —Mikemoral♪♫ 04:43, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Renamed Gay marriage legalised in NZ, Australia under pressure now. Gryllida 06:23, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

Gay marriage legalised in New Zealand, Australia under pressure, even. --Pi zero (talk) 11:16, 18 April 2013 (UTC)

.. Same-sex marriage legalised in New Zealand, Australia under pressure. It does look that sometimes a good headline isn't obvious and it keeps tickling the reviewers until they're comfortable with it after all. Gryllida 01:45, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Now Same-sex marriage legalised in New Zealand; Australia under pressure.

I've assessed it not-ready on review. See review comments, and detailed history of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 04:55, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Kamchatka deep-focus underwater earthquake reaches Moscow

Congratulations — you started this story, and it is now published. Thank you for writing on this topic: deep-focus earthquakes were a new thing to me. I also found the news on Russian Wikinews and added a small translated quote which is in the published version. Again, thanks. Gryllida 11:40, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, forgot to link you to the history of the article. It might be useful to walk through it and see all changes of the article prior to publication, with useful edit summaries. Cheers. Gryllida 11:47, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

Edward Snowden in talks to return to United States

Published. See review comments and history of edits during/after review. --Pi zero (talk) 16:36, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

File:Custom-image-of-australian-teenager-jake-bilardi-data.jpg

There is no source information about this image. If it's derived from an image copyrighted by a news source, we can't host it on Wikinews, as our fair-use policy explicit forbids use of material from other news sites. --Pi zero (talk) 11:56, 13 March 2015 (UTC)

Australian jihadi teen reportedly carries out suicide attack in Iraq

It sometimes happens that our volunteer reviewers in the time they can donate to the project can't keep up with the review queue, and some articles go stale waiting for review. It's frustrating all around. We've all lost an article this way at one time or another. --Pi zero (talk) 02:00, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Pub shooting article

Please see review comments. --Bddpaux (talk) 22:34, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

Canadian government responds to UN Committee Report claims of 'grave violation' of Aboriginal womens human rights

Hi. Thanks for creating Canadian government responds to UN Committee Report claims of 'grave violation' of Aboriginal womens human rights. Unfortunately, it has been deleted as an abandoned article. Not every article succeeds; we look forward to your continued contribution to Wikinews. Wikinews' content guide and guide to writing an article are useful resources for writers. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me or at the assistance page. —Mikemoral♪♫ 08:47, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

Australian charged with murder of two after 24 years

Published. Edits during review included, I recall, distance from source, moving basic question when into the lede, and a tweak down at the bottom partly for neutrality (a matter of how "although he did have to surrender his passport" comes across). History of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 15:05, 14 April 2015 (UTC)