Talk:Water main bursts in west Edinburgh; traffic, utilities disrupted

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Will go try get picks in about an hour... --Brian McNeil / talk 11:58, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Images and on-the-spot update filed via scoop. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:24, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Verified and added to the article. About to move to review. DEN  DODGE  13:59, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Alarmist, inaccurate, poorly researched
This is the first version of this article that was submitted for review.

I live in Edinburgh, this happened - literally - four bus stops along the road from me. What was originally submitted for review is, in my opinion, utterly unacceptable. A city with near half a million inhabitants was not evacuated; nor was a 30 square mile area flooded by a burst metre-or-so diameter pipe.

Such overstatement, hyperbole, and alarmist reporting is not acceptable. That is why I actually went to the scene, took photographs, and spoke to locals. I would hope people will learn from this - you're writing for Wikinews, not the Daily Fail, Sun, or some other gutter rag. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:21, 29 May 2011 (UTC)