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Your article

Latest comment: 14 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

I restored your article as you are not the only one who has put work into this. Since the article was marked as requiring review there is nothing to gain by deletion. If the article was not ready for review and you were giving up on it you could tag it with {{abandoned}}; that way it would be available for others to work on for a time if they wanted to cover the story themselves. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 16:49, 4 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Why did you request this deleted? I put a lot of work into copyediting that. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 19:03, 4 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Sorry Brian, I request for it to be deleted without looking at your copyediting as I was becoming frustrated that nobody had reviewed it, good or bad, for over 16 hrs or so. I felt that it was becoming out of date and my effert on trying to write had been wasted. However, I apoligise for tring to delete it, I should have been aware of your work on it, this won't happen again. Again thanks for your copyediting and I see that it has been published now, so thanks again. Mrchris (talk) 19:52, 4 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Copenhagen climate conference opens

Latest comment: 14 years ago8 comments3 people in discussion

If you do not want the article Copenhagen climate conference opens be published without the CO2, financing, and migitation sections, please remove the "breaking review" template from its top! Q/0/k 03:29, 8 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

In the summary of one of your edits, you have written "version to publish". What will you do with the CO2, financing, and mitigation sections you have removed from the article? Q/0/k 03:43, 8 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

All right, you have removed the "breaking review" template. You have read my writing. This was all I needed: to warn you. Thank you for your attention! Q/0/k 03:44, 8 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Wikinews does not have "versions to publish". It states, quite clearly in the edit warning, "If you do not want your work to be edited mercilessly by others...". --Brian McNeil / ^talk 03:45, 8 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

This conversation should have been on the talk page Mrchris (talk) 03:46, 8 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

To keep discussions un-fragmented, please continue the discussion where it started, and use the Template:Talkback. Thank you for the answer. Q/0/k 03:49, 8 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

However, this news is time-sensitive - please finalize it soon. Q/0/k 03:55, 8 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

It is ready to publish if someone whats to review it, it isn't perfect. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mrchris (talk • contribs) 03:56, 8 December 2009

Just see, your work is considered nothing by Brian McNeil, he says let's publish: discussion. Could you answer him at his talk page? Q/0/k 04:25, 8 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

Climate contrarians in Copenhagen

Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Please join the discussion, if you can do it attentively, if you have some free 30 minutes? Q/0/k 11:51, 15 December 2009 (UTC)Reply

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