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Re: 49 dead in Christchurch, New Zealand after a terrorist attack

Latest comment: 5 years ago4 comments1 person in discussion

1) Here is the filled sources template. Please add it into the article:

*{{source|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/15/shooting-at-mosque-in-christchurch-new-zealand.html
|title=At least 49 people killed in shootings at New Zealand mosques
|author=Everett Rosenfeld, Nadine El-Bawab
|pub=CNBC
|date=March 14, 2018}}

2) Do you have a second source? [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] have a bit more information. Please pick any source that you like and add it in, and expand the article - the minimum required article length is three paragraphs.

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--Gryllida (talk) 07:18, 16 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

Added Suspect of murder appears in court at Christchurch, New Zealand

There are more news about this, how mass media is struggling to censor the footage ... may be material for a separate story Gryllida (talk) 11:17, 16 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

Re 49 dead in Christchurch, New Zealand after a terrorist attack thanks for the expansion.

Could you please split it into three different paragraphs. Here are tips about the layout: inverted pyramid ( first paragraph 5Ws; then important details; then background )
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Thanks, Gryllida (talk) 02:51, 17 March 2019 (UTC)Reply

Hi MetricSupporter89

This story has been published as New Zealand mosque murder suspect appears in court at Christchurch, by Pi zero. Thank you for starting the story and for finding the BBC source which had a more detailed account of the event! I am in Australia, this is why I found the topic interesting to work on.

I hope in this process you have learned a couple things about sources template, and article layout, which may help you in the future.

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To reply please click here. Gryllida (talk) 00:16, 18 March 2019 (UTC)Reply