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Following some recent discussion on irc, I've attempted an upgrade of template {{tasks}}. The problem is that newcomers apparently fail to realize the collaboration page is there at all. Experienced Wikinewsies don't, I think, even read the list of items on the tasks notice, they just go directly to the review template; but lately I've observed distinctly better results from leaving a note on the author's user talk page with a pointer to the review comments, and I don't think that's all because of the "personal touch" (though the personal touch is good too).
As I've got it atm, the template produces the usual message if there isn't a re-review flag amongst the parameters; if there is such a flag, it produces
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This article has been assessed not ready for publication. When these things have been done, and the article is ready to be reviewed and fact-checked, Submit for review by changing the |
| This article has been assessed not ready for publication. Please see the review comments on the collaboration page. {{tasks}} tag to {{review}}. |
If we really want it to produce a visible list based on the other flags, it could. --Pi zero (talk) 17:53, 12 October 2014 (UTC)