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Emir of Qatar hands over the reins of power to the Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
editHi. When I reviewed the article there was only one sentence, so in my review comments when I talk about 'six times the current length', that's six times what I was looking at when I wrote the comment.
Don't submit an article for review before it's actually ready to review, please.
Also, note that you should select multiple independent sources and read them all before beginning to write. That's partly because it'll be much easier to avoid plagiarism that way. --Pi zero (talk) 15:51, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
- Hi. Now under headline Emir of Qatar abdicates throne (I did a history merge for you).
- A reviewer reviewed the article, did some work on it, and assessed it not-ready for publication. See the review comments, and history of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 19:38, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
- Latest review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 17:06, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Published. Congrats! Please see my review comments.
The article almost got away from us; there's been a lot of competition on the review queue (competition for our limited supply of reviewer attention, I mean). I really, really wanted to catch this one, though, because besides finding the story interesting, I wanted to give you as much feedback as possible.
With some translation help from the reporter — and some more experience on your part with our article style (hence, feedback!) — we might be able to really take advantage of the information that, as you mention, isn't in English news sources and is in non-English sources. --Pi zero (talk) 14:31, 28 June 2013 (UTC)