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--Brian McNeil / ^talk 13:37, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

• Helpful! Thanks very much! Redvers (talk) 13:38, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Just drop me a line if you need an article reviewed or copy edited. R.T. 22:57, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Exceptional Newcomer Award

I, PatrickFlaherty , award Redvers "The Exceptional Newcomer Award" for exceptional enthusiasm, skill, and boldness beyond their experience. I hope to see you around here for a long time. Cheers, --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 01:50, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm speechless! Thank you!!! :oD Redvers (talk) 12:34, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Editor

I have promoted you to the Wikinews:Editor class, as I feel you can be trusted to mark revisions of articles as sighted (review). Take a moment to read:

• Wikinews:Flagged revisions
• Wikinews:Reviewing articles
• {{Peer review}}
• {{Review}}
• Reviewed article version
• Flagged Revisions extension information, on MediaWiki

If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask for help on my talk page, and thank you for contributing to Wikinews ! --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 17:29, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks! I'll get reading... :o) Redvers (talk) 17:30, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Stock templates

Hi. I am not sure how I feel about the stock templates yet. But if you do add them to articles such as Automobile sales in the United States down sharply, please apply them to all the publicly traded companies in the article and not just a select few. (Honda and Toyota are both listed on NYSE) Cheers, --SVTCobra 13:29, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

• Yeah, I'm not sure how I feel either - lots of other news sites do it, so I suppose it's thought to be of use for readers. I'm adding them slowly in case anyone has a substantive objection (so removal is quicker). I didn't know Honda and Toyota were on the NYSE, but, yes, you're right, they should be added if the company in question is substantively mentioned in the story. Probably not for a passing mention. Redvers (talk) 13:38, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

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