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Abandoned articles

Hi there. One or more articles that you were instrumental in writing haven't been edited for a few days. Because they weren't ready to be published when they were reviewed, the reviewing editor added some tasks for you, explaining some of the problems with the article. Unfortunately, because we can only write about things that are newsworthy (i.e. happened recently), your articles are in danger of being deleted if you cannot salvage them in the next couple of days. I recommend that you take a look at your articles and see if you can fix them up :-). Thanks, Microchip08 (talk) 19:07, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Australian Rockers AC/DC's Future Up In The Air

Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for creating Australian Rockers AC/DC's Future Up In The Air, we need more articles like this. There are a few issues that must be dealt with before it can be published. The most important is that it currently does not conform to our Style guide. Wikinews articles must meet certain standards. You may find the information at Writing an article to be useful.

Discussion about your article will occur on the article talk page. Please go there to start or participate in the discussion with other Wikinews contributors. Please keep at it and try to get this article published. Getting news stories that interest you published at Wikinews can sometimes be difficult, but you will find that it is worth the effort. Microchip08 (talk) 09:26, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Abandoned article

Hi there. Your recent article, New study links video game aggression to feelings of incompetence has not been edited for a substantial amount of time. In accordance with Wikinews' criteria for deletion, the article has been deleted, for Wikinews is only concerned with current events.

Please do not be discouraged by this deletion. I really hope you will continue contributing to Wikinews. As always, the guide to writing an article might be handy. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me on my talk page, or you can ask other contributors on our assistance page.

Thanks again, Microchip08 (talk) 10:08, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

English actor Christopher Lee dies aged 93

Hi. Although review went mostly very smoothly, there was an unexpected glitch because when I finished processing the cited sources there was a bunch of unverified material left over. I didn't quite feel comfortable cutting it all as reviewer because there was so much of it. So those materials need to be either removed or sources provided for them; see my review comments, in which I identify exactly which materials were unverified. As usual, of course, see also the detailed history of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 22:33, 12 June 2015 (UTC)