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-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 00:02, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

The thanks button

Please stop spamming people with thanks notifications, (edit conflict) i.e., "Consider selecting one edit only to thank [an] editor for their entire contribution." Heavy Water (talk) 22:25, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Umm, im just a gentle man... Sorry didn't know it notified so frequently, Apologies. HushPuppie280 (talk) 22:27, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Understandable thank you, Heavy Water. HushPuppie280 (talk) 22:29, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

I see how the "thanks" button works, now.

Thank you for the help I know your busy so thanks again! Talk to you. HushPuppie280 (talk) 22:32, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Hello!

Glad you've created an i.d. here. Please be patient and persistent. It takes a bit to understand the flow of things here.--Bddpaux (talk) 23:13, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Firstly, Much Appreciated. Second I will try my very best! Thank you 😊 HushPuppie280 (talk) 23:22, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Israeli article

I need some help finding this in a source article (or something pretty close to it): "Some Paletinins were supossedly "terror orientation" according to Israeli forces, but Jihad and others have denied."--Bddpaux (talk) 21:42, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Cited in this source towards middle of story. Let me know if you need more help! HushPuppie280 (talk) 21:45, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

I think the user IronMaiden added that in, sorry. HushPuppie280 (talk) 21:48, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Breaking

Just because something isn't 'Breaking news' doesn't mean it doesn't have merit here. At times, events are only breaking for 4-6 hours. This is a matter of personal preference (to a degree), but nearly all newsworthy events will have articles popping off for several days. You can use those. Just keep your focus on the discrete new event itself.--Bddpaux (talk) 16:50, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Okay. HushPuppie280 (talk) 18:56, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

{{Under review}}

As the template says, please don't edit an article when it's present. Heavy Water (talk) 23:39, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

You should really change that rule, but ok. HushPuppie280 (talk) 23:46, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

The goal is to prevent edit conflicts during editing. It can be pretty frustrating for a reviewer or any editor in general to have their edits conflict during this. It aids in collaboration, so adding comments to the talk/collab page instead during the review helps the reviewer expedite an already slow process. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 22:06, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Ok. HushPuppie280 (talk) 18:21, 3 September 2023 (UTC)