FT2

Hi FT2, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! I see that you've been contributing to articles about Australia. If you're an Aussie, you may want to take a look at the Australian portal, and the Australian discussion page. If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

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Please leave any messages for my attention on my user talk page at English Wikipedia - thanks! FT2 (talk) 13:33, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

NPG article

Jay Walsh just moments ago sent me the official WMF statement - it's on the talk, but I'm too tired to see how to put it in the article. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 23:30, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

• I have sighted my last edit for today - I don't know who else is about to check things.

Point to note: inline links that appear to go offsite are discouraged. Wikinews is not Wikipedia, our articles are not a starting point for further research. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 01:38, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. What is the appropriate way to show a cite or verification for a statements in a new item? FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 01:49, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

• I think the NPG one is pretty much done. It'd have been better if you were involved earlier rather than a load of edits post-publication but, perhaps next time. Nobody has complained as such, but I've had a few comments that this is one of the longest Wikinews articles they've ever seen. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 12:15, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

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--Brian McNeil / ^talk 00:01, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

I am? I suppose thats better than these guys:

with one of these:

Thank you :) FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 00:05, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Expect to be told to work faster, all the time. :-P --Brian McNeil / ^talk 00:06, 15 July 2009 (UTC)