User talk:Pippyclarke

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Metgasco board recommend yes vote for $25 million buy back-plan

Hi. I looked this over, and wrote up review comments. This article was already on its third day since the focal event; I noticed the other article you submitted was even older; you may find our discussion at WN:Freshness helpful. Also watch out for copying — "scuffing up" isn't enough; fwiw, I've found it useful to assemble on my laptop sets of passages from my chosen sources, sorted by aspect of the story, then write my own original text on each aspect with any eye toward explaining the key ideas of each aspect in a way completely different from the way it was put by any of the sources.

Btw, are you a UoW student? If so, we should set up a {{UoW student}} template on your user page. --Pi zero (talk) 18:36, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

Glencore announces Newcastle mine closure amid coal price downturn

Hi. This looks promising. See my review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 14:37, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

UoW?

Are you a UoW student? (Asking to know whether to place a template; repeating from above, so it stands out more.) --Pi zero (talk) 14:39, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

I'm guessing the answer, from the info you put on an article. --Pi zero (talk) 12:33, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Pippyclarke (talk) 14:13, 3 June 2016 (UTC)Hello yes I am a UoW student, apologies I don't know how to communicate very well on wikinews. I tried to include the info box template and UoW template as suggested, I don't think I did it currently. Thanks for your reviews. Could you please advise me if the story has proceed to the next stage? I'm worried about article freshness as the focal point is getting old.Pippyclarke (talk) 14:13, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Pippyclarke. The student template goes on your user page; I've put it there, hope I got the fields right. I've been doing some preliminary, relatively superficial editing on the article — I find an article can look amazingly better for these simple things — and I'm hoping I can review it soon. When I'm reviewing an article in-depth I put an {{under review}} tag at the top. --Pi zero (talk) 14:27, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

The focal event took place on Thursday (yesterday, as I write this). --Pi zero (talk) 16:14, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Pippyclarke (talk) 04:43, 5 June 2016 (UTC)Hi Pi Zero, yes all those feilds are correct. Thank you for your help!! Much appreciated! Pippyclarke (talk) 04:43, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Environmental concerns article

....has been marked as abandoned. At this point, you might want to spin it off into a new related topic. Thanks for your effort anyway!1 --Bddpaux (talk) 16:55, 19 June 2016 (UTC)