SoLando

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UK remembers

Fantastic article, thanks for that Dan100 (Talk) 16:50, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Lol, thanks in two days. The troop reductions article was a very interesting read Dan100 (Talk) 20:48, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Fourth bomber

Actually, you were right to start a new article :-). The Wikinews:Content guide says one event=one article. In this instance, the news of the arrest of the fourth bomber is kinda lost as the headline of the raids article doesn't mention it (we could change it, but it's long enough already!). If you don't mind, I'm going to undelete your article and lazily expand it :-) Dan100 (Talk) 17:08, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the Help

Hey SoLando, thanks for the assistance with the Anthony Walker story. I've never created a story on Wikinews before, but there was a VfD for the Anthony Walker article on Wikipedia and several people suggested creating a Wikinews story. It's great to have someone who knows what they're doing (more than me, which isn't saying much), and especially a Liverpudlian to whom the story is relatively local. If you haven't voted in the VfD, you might want to. Cheers! DavidConrad 06:45, 1 August 2005 (UTC)