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"I would love your feedback"

I've edited your draft and left some meaningful edit summaries to fulfil the feedback request. By the way, it's generally recommended to create articles in draft space rather than user space. The reason is that if something is in draft space, if another editor starts a draft on the same topic, they get shown that there's something already there. Given that your topic is somewhat obscure, you are probably safe, though. Furthermore, I reckon your draft is good enough for you to submit it for review. I hope this is helpful. Schwede 66 00:10, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kia ora, thank you @Schwede66 that's much appreciated! I believe I have successfully converted it to a proper draft article now: Draft:Platypus (submarine). I have a few more bits of information and sources to add, plus a photo, and then I'll submit it for review – looking forward to it. Thanks again! Hillmenco (talk) 06:34, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You’ve successfully moved your writing to draft space. Well done. Followed exactly the right process. Schwede 66 07:20, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Platypus (submarine) has been accepted

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RangersRus (talk) 12:43, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on the publication of this new article. Great work._Marshelec (talk) 05:51, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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MangoMan11 (talk) 04:40, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Copying licensed material requires attribution

Hi. I see in a recent addition to Water pollution in the Canterbury Region you included material from a webpage that is available under a compatible Creative Commons Licence. That's okay, but you have to give attribution so that our readers are made aware that you copied the prose rather than wrote it yourself. It's also required under the terms of the license. I've added the attribution for this particular instance. Please make sure that you follow this licensing requirement when copying from compatibly-licensed material in the future. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 13:00, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, are there any guidelines about when exactly to add an attribution like this? Be good to know for the future, as I can see how the wording I've put in the article is quite similar to what's written in the paper's abstract, but it hasn't been copied word-for-word. Thanks! Hillmenco (talk) 20:20, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If there's any overlapping material or if it's quite similar, you should add the attribution template. This particular edit was picked up by a bot that detects copying, so there was definitely enough overlap in this particular instance. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 22:24, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Kia ora Axel, thanks for this. I have read through the information and it all makes sense, would be great to have your oversight as I get the first one out. Will email you to arrange a time. Hillmenco (talk) 22:03, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you Panamitsu, happy new year! Hillmenco (talk) 00:34, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Moa Point wastewater facility breakdown

Hi Hillmenco, you will be pleased to know that User:Marshelec has written a section about the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant at Moa Point#Wastewater treatment plant. Feel free to get in touch with him to see if it can be spun off into a separate article. Or whether it is best as a section within an article. Hope to see you on Friday. Andykatib (talk) 05:30, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Andykatib@Hillmenco There is more extensive coverage of wastewater in Wellington, including the current major failure, in the "specialist topic" article: Water supply and sanitation in the Wellington Region#Wastewater. I did add a short mention of the current wastewater disaster into the Wellington article, but it got reverted for reasons that I don't agree with. I will give it a few days and then put something back into the Wellington article. At this stage, I don't think a separate article about the Moa Point treatment plant failure is needed, but we can make another call on this as the resolution unfolds over the next few months._Marshelec (talk) 05:44, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Marshelec: for covering the topic. Keep up the good work. Andykatib (talk) 05:48, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Andykatib Thanks. You will see that over the years, I have put a lot of work into the specialist article, but it has attracted relatively few pageviews until recently :)_Marshelec (talk) 06:16, 9 February 2026 (UTC).[reply]

Good to see it's being covered, thanks @Marshelec! And thanks for sharing @Andykatib, see you on Friday. Hillmenco (talk) 01:29, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. See you on Friday. Cheers. Andykatib (talk) 01:53, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]