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Ben Cousins attacked by Perth Bikie
editI have left feedback on Ben Cousins attacked by Perth Bikie at Talk:Ben Cousins attacked by Perth Bikie. Please address this feedback, then resubmit. I would not expect this to be resubmited without bluelink categories, an infobox, a picture and at least 3 interwiki links. --LauraHale (talk) 05:50, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I have left feedback for Cranial implants developed from 3D images at Talk:Cranial implants developed from 3D images. Please read this feedback, review the style guide and published articles, and fix everything mentioned plus other issues you identify after reading style guide and examples. With the huge amount of work because of the review queue length, unless everything is done and it looks published ready, getting a second review quickly will now likely happen and newsworthiness will come into play. --LauraHale (talk) 06:23, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
Looking at articles from a reviewer perspective...
editWhen I was doing reviews this morning, I screencast a number of them with the hope student contributors and other Wikinews reporters could see what reviewers are looking at and better understand some of what we are looking at. Hopefully you may find these helpful for understanding what we look for, bearing in mind that every reviewer does look at things slightly differently and no two reviews are the same.--LauraHale (talk) 12:17, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
UoW student?
editHi. Are you a UoW student? If so, please put a template on your user page, like this:
{{UoW student
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and you can fill in the missing field too, of course. :-) --Pi zero (talk) 01:02, 19 August 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I reviewed Seven Group announced they are cutting 630 positions at Talk:Seven Group announced they are cutting 630 positions. When writing articles, it is best practice to repeatedly read the sources until you understand what they are saying. After you understand the meaning, then write the article. Please do not copy-and-paste from sources (outside direct quotes) and then change a few words. On Wikinews, that still constitutes plagiarism and it should be avoided. If you feel the need to do that, consider going back and reading the source a few more times, writing what you think is accurate, checking that against the sources. If necessary, then consider copying-and-pasting no more than two or three words that are needed because there is absolutely no other way to word something. --LauraHale (talk) 10:58, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
Userspaced articles
editPages prefixed with User: are in the user namespace.
Thus, you'll find the first of the undeleted articles here: User:JoshuaDelPozo/Australian baseballer killed in American drive-by shooting. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:54, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
- Second here: User:JoshuaDelPozo/Columbian cranial implants eliminate need for costly foreign imports. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:59, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
- Final one here: User:JoshuaDelPozo/Ben Cousins attacked by Perth Bikie. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:12, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
- Another article that you worked on is at User:JustinWUOW/Large collection of artworks confiscated by the Nazis found in Munich. I moved it to the initial contributor's page. —Mikemoral♪♫ 02:15, 18 November 2013 (UTC)