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Nigerian sentenced to death for admitting to gay relations

July 9, 2005 , an official with the United Nations is decrying a Nigerian court decision to sentence a 50-year-old man to death by after he admitted to having  with another man. Reports have not named the individual.

The incident in question happened after the 50-year-old man was acquitted of charges that he had sexual relations with a much younger man. During further questioning, the judge asked the accused if he ever had sex with any other men.

Upon answering yes, the judge convicted the man of and sentenced him to death by stoning.

Nigeria, the most populous African country, is one of many countries that has started to adopt Sharia, or traditional Islamic law as detailed in the. Since 2000, 12 of Nigeria's northernmost states have adopted Sharia codes for their courtrooms. Under Islamic law, homosexual conduct is a crime punishable by death.

"Sodomy cannot be considered one of the most serious crimes for which, under international law, the death penalty can be prescribed. The punishment is wholly disproportionate," Alston, on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, said in  a written statement Friday.

Nigeria's southern states are mostly Christian and do not follow Sharia law.


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San Francisco anti-G8 rally turns violent

A rally in San Francisco's Mission District to protest the current G8 summit in the United Kingdom turned violent Friday as protestors turned on police officers and empty storefronts. Both police and protestors charge the other side with violence.

At least one police officer was rushed to a nearby hospital with head wounds. Other injuries have yet to be reported. The California city, widely considered a progressive bastion in the U.S., has since 2003 allowed impromptu, unlicensed rallies and protests where police are trained not to interfere with protestors unless public safety is threatened.

The protesters began their rally at 7:47 p.m. at the corner of 16th and Mission streets in San Francisco near the Wells Fargo bank. Reportedly, in less than an hour 150 people had gathered at the corner.

By 8:51 p.m., more than 200 people began to move down the street towards 23rd and Mission streets through the heart of San Francisco's Latino enclave. Since the protestors failed to notify the city of their march and failed to get a permit, police told the marchers that the street march was illegal, asking the protesters to move to the sidewalk.

They began to move up 24th towards Valencia, where the first arrest was made of a protestor setting off illegal fireworks. Protesters who didn't know the specifics, heard of the arrest and started to step off of the sidewalk and run to avoid police. At 9:14 p.m. organizers called for a regroup at 16th and Mission.

Most people went to regroup, though some stayed behind. Windows were broken at Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and KFC restaurant as well as other corporate targets, labeled as symbols of global capitalism.

American flag burnings re-energized the group and trash cans were lit on fire. Protestors then moved newspaper stands into the street to create barricades against police cars.

Later, a police car was believed to have been set on fire due to a collision with a protester's sign. It turned out that it had only been a red smoke bomb. But the officer was beaten by protestors. The protest dispersed by 11:23 p.m. after an ambulance arrived to take the police officer to a nearby hospital.

Organizers of the protest reportedly claimed theirs was not just an anti-G8 protest, though they were the main target. A group calling itself "Anarchist Action" said that the protest was also march against capitalism and gentrification in San Francisco.


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Talk:Responsibility claim for London attacks questioned by experts

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Hey, i tried to find the source and the only source seems to be these two paragraphs on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8496293/:
 * But MSNBC TV translator Jacob Keryakes, who said that a copy of the message was later posted on a secular Web site, noted that the claim of responsibility contained an error in one of the Quranic verses it cited. That suggests that the claim may be phony, he said.
 * "This is not something al-Qaida would do," he said.

i think someone we need something more solid from people better knowing al-Qaida and the Koran before putting this in the centre column. BTW, the infowars site is not a wiki site nor an open publishing (via comments) site, so presumably a small group of authors is responsible for the whole site.

It seems they are a group that take numerology seriously: http://www.infowars.com/articles/occult/terror_attack_numerology_updatehtm.htm See the wikipedia article numerology.

This means that they pick on chance events and play with numbers.

IMHO, al-Qaida networks are both under pressure from police/military/secret services forces in terms of people being arrested or extrajudicially executed and also in getting many new recruits - so chances are that someone makes an error in quoting the Koran, maybe because they're new or desperate or whatever, are surely quite high.

Moreover, can we really take a microsoft network (MSN) translator that seriously? Anyone ever heard of microsoft bugs and viruses?

i think this story should have a developing tag, it's not serious enough for a full, independent article. Boud 9 July 2005 11:00 (UTC)

 * Agreed, Infowars delves into conspiracy theory territory far too often to be used a reliable source. --Wolfrider 9 July 2005 14:21 (UTC)

 * The story is little more than a blurb, so I have no strong opinion either way. Of course, "can we really take a microsoft network (MSN) translator seriously" is not really a valid objection; MSNBC is a TV channel that is independent from Microsoft software development, and even the software company has a skilled team of translators who localize its applications into many languages. However, it would nevertheless be interesting to get the opinion of an Arabic speaker on the statement of responsibility. If anyone wants to do some good original reporting -- try asking on the Arabic Wikipedia village pump for help.--Eloquence 02:39, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Of course, "can we really take a microsoft network (MSN) translator seriously" is not really a valid objection; MSNBC is a TV channel that is independent from Microsoft software development, and even the software company has a skilled team of translators who localize its applications into many languages.
 * True, this was a rather POV objection ;). i guess the blue screen message has been skillfully localised into many, many languages :P. Boud 00:02, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

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Moved here:

 * In the absence of additional evidence or arrests, at least one writer has suggested that the London attacks were not the work of Arab terrorists or Islamic Jihadists at all, but rather were orchestrated by western governments to rally public support for continued imperialism in the middle east. However, this view does not appear to be supported by solid evidence.

This is commentary with few additional facts. I'd like to see the Netanyahu story written as a separate article, though.--Eloquence 14:23, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't see any "facts" on the table yet. I think its just as likely the bombings were a frame-up as anything else..especially if some bombs/"evidence" was left lying around like in Madrid. Which side will these bombings help in this war ????? I say the war mongers, profiteers and others who want to see the conflict continue or escalate; because these bombings will have the result of the British people now being more in favour of the Iraq occupation...I predict. We'll see. Paulrevere2005 18:28, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Even worse for me, which I'm already seeing, is that the G8 is using this as an excuse to ignore Africa and Live 8. Just my opinion.  NGerda 18:29, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

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As reported by Andrew White at 12:45 UTC on July 9, 2005. This is Wikinews: News Briefs.

Nigerian sentenced to death for admitting to gay relations
An official with the United Nations is decrying a Nigerian court decision to sentence a 50-year-old man to death by stoning after he admitting to having sex with another man. Reports have not named the individual.

The incident in question happened after the 50-year-old man was acquitted of charges that he had sexual relations with a much younger man. During further questioning, the judge asked the accused if he ever had sex with any other men.

Upon answering yes, the judge convicted the man of sodomy and sentenced him to death by stoning.

Nigeria, the most populous African country, is one of many countries that has started to adopt Sharia, or traditional Islamic law as detailed in the Koran. Since 2000, 12 of Nigeria's northernmost states have adopted Sharia codes for their courtrooms. Under Islamic law, homosexual conduct is a crime punishable by death.

Hurricane Dennis heads for Gulf Coast, leaves trail of destruction in its wake
Residents of the Gulf Coast are bracing for the landfall of Hurricane Dennis, a storm that has left a path of destruction throughout the island nations of Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba. The hurricane's sustained winds have dropped to 115 mph after making landfall in Cuba. The hurricane is now rated Category 3.

The lower Florida Keys are under a hurricane warning while the remainder of the Keys should expect high winds and rain associated with tropical storms.

Responsibility claim for London explosions is a phony, says translator
MSBNC translator Jacob Keryakes has stated that the claim of responsibility for the London bombings of July 7th, made by a militant Islamist group, contains an error in one of the Quranic verses that it cites; suggesting that the claim may be phony. "This is not something al-Qaeda would do." he said.

Video game's secret sex scenes spark outrage
The National Institute on the Media and the Family (NIMF), a media watchdog group based in Minneapolis, Minnesota issued a "nationwide parental alert" today. This came after finding out about the hidden sex scenes in the popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

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Issues that need addressed: -- Davodd | Talk 9 July 2005 15:39 (UTC)
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'Violence' refers merely to property damage. Isn't that a bit overblown? Tribune 9 July 2005 16:11 (UTC)

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 * 1) Extreme force.
 * The violence of the storm, fortunately, was more awesome than destructive.
 * 1) Action intended to cause destruction, pain, or suffering.
 * We try to avoid violence in resolving conflicts.
 * 1) Widespread fighting.
 * Violence between the government and the rebels continues.

Extreme force or destruction caused by either the protestors or police would be "violence," which appears to be the case according to several reports listed on Google news -- Davodd | Talk 9 July 2005 16:38 (UTC)

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Weening takes stage to Gérardmer in photo finish

July 9, 2005

24-year-old Dutchman takes out the eighth stage of the Tour de France to  by millimetres over German.

Weening joined a breakaway just as the route crossed the border to return to France after starting the day in Germany. Weening was caught by Klöden just before he reached the summit of the Col de la Schlucht with 15 km to the finish.

Weening and Klöden worked together to hold off the 30 strong pack by 27 seconds. Weening sat in Klöden's slipstream as they approached the line, and pulled out at the last moment to pip the German on the line by millimetres.


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London Tube bombs went 'bang bang bang, very close together'

July 9, 2005

After a press conference in London from the Metropolitan Police and Transport for London, more details are emerging about the attacks in London on Thursday.

Data from the Underground system's power and control systems have revealed that all three bombs went off within 50 seconds of each other, at 8.50am, with the managing director of Transport for London, Tim O'Toole saying the bombs went "bang bang bang, very close together".

The first bomb to detonate was on the Liverpool Street train soon after it left for Aldgate on the Circle line, seconds before the others. The blast tripped out the power system, visible in the control room. The first call the police received that morning reported "a bang" at Aldgate East, coming within a minute of the blast.

The Edgware Road train, leaving for Paddington and also on the Circle, exploded opposite a train coming from the other direction, making people think at first that it was a derailment. The first call to the Police spoke not of an explosion, but of a person falling under the wheels of the train. The confirmation of a bomb did not come until 9.17am, but by that time the emergency services were already on scene.

Transport for London's new TrackerNet software is fully opertational on the Circle line, which allows for precise tracking of trains, but is not yet fully installed on the Piccadilly line. The first indication of the Piccadilly line bomb was when the tunnel telephone system wires were cut by the blast, an event logged by other software. The cutting of the lines then tripped out the track current. The tunnel itself suffered only slight damage and is safe, but the train - which was packed with commuters heading for Russell Square - is very badly damaged.

London Underground declared a 'code Amber' within minutes, moving trains to platforms and opening all doors. A 'code Red' - full evacuation - was set at around 9.15am. O'Toole described the decision to evacuate as being "very grave, not taken lightly". When questioned as to whether everything possible had been done on the day to save lives, the managing director of Transport for London was "very proud" of the choices made that morning.

As investigations continue, all bodies have been removed from the sub-surface Circle line trains, but the carriages themselves are still in situ while a painstaking forensic investigation takes place.

Currently, work is on-going to retrieve bodies and forensic evidence from the carriage of the train in the deep tunnel of the Piccadilly line near King's Cross. Teams of rescue workers looking for human remains are working alongside forensics experts in a "meticulous" search to find evidence.

Conditions are described as being very difficult, with high temperatures and lots of dust. Work was halted over Friday night when conditions became too bad, and resumed this morning. Efforts have been made to improve the ventilation.

Work will continue throughout tonight and possibly into Sunday. The exact number of bodies still in the wrecked carriage is unknown.

Access from King's Cross is impossible, so workers are taking the longer route from Russell Square station to get to the front of the train.

Police have revealed that the bombs were 'high explosives' - not homemade. However they are declining to be specific about their composition as the information could be useful when they interrogate suspects.

Police will not confirm or deny if any parts of a timer have been found, but have said that "any device will now be in a million pieces". Police believe the use of timers more likely than suicide bombings as the blasts were so closely timed, but are not ruling out anything.


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Talk:London Tube bombs went 'bang bang bang, very close together'

These are the notes I took while watching the latest Met police and TfL press conference. Usefully, the BBC are looping the whole thing on a digital channel, so I had the chance to check my notes. There's a lot more here than I've used in this article - I intend to write at least one or two more. You can read a bit from the conference here. Dan100 (Talk) 9 July 2005 16:48 (UTC)
 * I've found another source, with more info than was given at the press conference - will add to article. Dan100 (Talk) 08:14, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

'Sandy': forensic at Edgware road and Ald east, roof of bus removed, bus in due course, for forensic exam, area closed off while finger tip search for some time to come

search halted overnight after increasingly difficult conditions, resumed this am, hot dusty, great challenge. slow, methodical meticulous forensic teams alongside preserving evidence

DAC Brian Paddick: 120,000 calls to cas bureau family liason stratergy in place, FLOs from across country working together in London and across country 24hr reception centre for peeps tracing missing opening this pm. Address to be confirmed in central London, fully equipped all comms staffed by police FLOs, Red Cross sally army WRVS Victim Support vol working with statatory agencies, for loved ones outstanding.

If miss pers found, call cas bearu back to confirm case closed

0851 calls about trapped person 1st sent to Edgeware Rd, 0917 first call about explosions, series of calls over time to all services, now clarifying techical info confirm bombs going off very close together

Tim O'Toole MD of TfL Control software and power systems corroborrate - high confidence

Aldgate train on circle line exploded seconds ahead of others train 204, all track circuits indicate power system tripped out (probably blast)

Edgware road, train 216, leaving Baker Street to Edgeware Road, leaves ED, opposite '000' number not picked up from track, but was affected by blast - other train affected by blast, made it look like derailment,

No pics from Piccadilly but exact same moment tunnel telephone wires cut by blast, this cut out traction current system.

Questions:

two possibilites - synched watches, simul dets at same time, or timing devices co-ordinated, doesn't take us much forwards, blasts within 50s of each other, more likely timer but not ruling out either.

how many bodies in carriages? don't know how many left, force of blast big makes it very difficult

how many missing? rescue workers extremely hot dusty dangerous into tonight

mis per: thousands of calls, sifting with known dead

50s within each other at 0850am stopped trains code amber moved trains to platform at 0915 evac few mins code red after bus heard about in control room power out, edgware road derailment, bang at aldgate, 22Kv - something up? calls coming in from all over - RS, ER, other trains involved - code Amber - later code red. very very grave decision to stop system - not taken lightly - more trains than platforms. Proud of decisions that day. Aldgate incident call 0851, edgware road person under train, 0917 first confirm of bomb at ER, em servs on site by then.

bus exploded at 0947, every possibilty being considered about late timing

anti-terror police knew about simulatinouseness

patient at Royal London - bomber? "complete speculation", will make sure of evidential value before moving on to next line of enquiry

1min gap between first event and first call to police - about someone under train at ER, aldagate possible explosions

could lives have been saved if better comms? No.

BBC interviewee saw agitated man with bag - possibility of bomb man died on bus, but possibility of left bomb, nothing ruled in our out. Device in a bag, not strapped to person

formal ID of dead taking place, no names released today, will be in due course, coroner has call over release of names

Circle line investigation - carriages in situ at all locations, meticulous examine, RS scene is about body recovery too.

Any trace of timing devices? Long painstaking process, remote control manual timing device will be in millions of pieces. Can't tell what it was yet, may be possible

bus cctv - working? bus being examined, can't comment. Underground has camaera. Traffic cams will have seen bus

tunnel damage? RS not significant damage - tunnel is fine

exact order - Aldgate, Edware, Piccadilly - 'bang bang bang very close together'

CCTV round city - close contact with all cctv operators public+commercial pictures retrieved well rehearsed well planned seizing everything useful done

focus of team from madrid - not sure what they're engaged with, but not turn down any offer of assistance from anyone

type of explosives? high explosives all we're saying not homemade whether mil, commerical, plastic, don't want to say at this stage. Crucial info might be useful for investigations - won't give out

how many bodies ID'd? don't have info, coroner allowing will find out

abu hash al-maryter - no arrests yet, all claims will be looked at

madrid - second attack soon after - any assupmtion of anouther attack? remain prepared for any eventuality, all necessary precautions for safety, high vis and under covers, will LU passengers be suspicious - people are calling in. Impatient to end, intolerable to leave packages lying around

timer in debris of bus - won't confirm or deny

Irish guardia - don't know of any offer

all bodies recovered by sunday evening - througout today may well go into 2mw, extrememly difficult, keep stoping for safety reasons, high temps, ventilating

detail of conditions below KC how many men - tunnel extrememly tight much nearer KC but access from RS only, extrememly hot, hostile, blast damage considerable, difficult to work in there, rescuers overcame this, but later regrouped after living retrieved, all sorts of techniques lots of experienced people working there

any intel on more attacks - other than 2 existing no more claims, no specific intel on future attacks

what eqpt in pica tunnel - cutting eqpt, tools to prise fabric of train open

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Walt Disney Co. reconciles with Disney heir

July 9, 2005

Today The Walt Disney Company issued a joint statement with business partners Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold to the media, as a show of reunion between the two camps after nearly three years of hostility.

Roy E. Disney, son of company co-founder Roy O. Disney and nephew of the company namesake Walt Disney, had resigned from his job as chairman of Feature Animation at the company after experiencing difficulty with the company's board of directors, many of whom were biased towards company CEO Michael Eisner's view of what direction the company should take.

Eisner is due to retire from the company this September, and the talks with Disney and Gold are believed to have been led by Eisner's successor, Bob Iger, who is currently President and COO of the company. Iger has shown great interest in building relationships back up with many companies who have refused to work with Disney until Eisner leaves, such as Pixar Animation and George Lucas.

Large scores of Disney fans had hoped Roy would read the Disneyland Dedication Speech on the theme park's fiftieth birthday next week, which was originally read by Walt on the park's opening day, but Roy had already entered an annual sailing race from Los Angeles to Honolulu.


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Good catch! -- Davodd | Talk 9 July 2005 17:11 (UTC)

POV title?
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London bus bomb 'an hour late'

July 9, 2005

Police have revealed that the Tavistock Square bus bomb did not explode until nearly an hour after the bombs on the Underground system detonated.

The bomb exploded at 9.47am, while all three Tube bombs exploded within 50 seconds of each other at 8.50am.

Police are looking into "every possibility" as to why the bomb exploded such a long time after the others, and are not ruling anything in or out.

However they have stated that the bomb, consisting of 5kg of high explosives, was in a bag on the floor or on a seat at the rear of the upper deck - and not strapped to a person.

At the scene of the blast itself a meticulous finger tip search is taking place to find evidence. The roof of the bus has been taken away for a thorough forensic examination.

The bus itself will be removed in due course.

The bus was fitted with an internal CCTV system, but it has not yet been stated if it was working. However the bus was seen by numerous traffic cameras as it made its journey that morning, and police are reviewing hours of footage.

Thirteen people died in the blast outside the British Medical Association building.

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Written from the same London press conference - see Talk:London Tube bombs went 'bang bang bang, very close together' Dan100 (Talk) 9 July 2005 17:38 (UTC)

"too late" - what about "timed as required"
Not sure if there should be such emphasis on the bus bomb being "too late". What if the bombers wanted the bus bomb to go off later, perhaps to target people who had been on the tubes - or to go off at a time when camera crews might have been in the area to record the event?

 * I wondered if perhaps someone messed up Daylight Savings Time (dunno how it works in England). Ral315 19:05, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

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Dozens left dead in Caribbean as Hurricane Dennis moves toward U.S.

July 9, 2005

After scouring the Caribbean islands, moved on toward the U.S. Gulf coast but not before its deadly fury was unleashed upon the region's many island nations.

The fury of Dennis overnight wracked the area with torrential flood, causing rains, dangerous, tidal swells, and winds up to 175 miles per hour. According to reports from humanitarian aid organizations, at least 10 died in Cuba and 22 in Haiti. As of 9 July 2005 18:06 (UTC), reports of dead and injured from other Caribbean countries had not been reported.

Cuba, which has a national emergency response program in the event of Hurricanes, evacuated 660,000 people from the eastern part of the island, which was considered to be the most vulnerable part of the country. But Saturday morning, president Fidel Castro confirms in a national broadcast that at least 10 Cubans died as a result of the storm. Dennis slammed into Cuba's southern coastal province of Friday afternoon with Category 4 force winds. It emerged on the north side of Cuba considerably weakened to Category 1. In nearby Jamaica, although the island was spared the full force of Dennis, rains and tidal swells caused widespread flooding in 28 communities. Hundreds of families faced a weekend camped out in emergency shelters as health officials inspected flood areas for safety.


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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Skyweez. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Skyweez~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:31, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:37, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:70.71.17.223

Welcome
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User talk:66.188.31.111

Welcome
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User talk:81.196.254.45

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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User talk:67.149.77.77

Welcome
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User talk:Tribune~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Tribune. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Tribune~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:36, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:38, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:202.74.215.151

Welcome
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User talk:217.252.203.140

Welcome
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User talk:81.79.34.4

Welcome
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User talk:Malfidus

Welcome
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Your News Cast
Your first news breif was fantastic! Wonderful! Great articulation, pacing, and tone. Keep up the good work. --Munchkinguy 02:53, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree it sounded great! --Cspurrier 03:04, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Another congrats from me as well! Where is that music that you have?  It sounds better than the WN jingle we have now. --Mrmiscellanious 16:13, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback - I thought the project needed a British representative :)

For the music, I used Winamp with crossfade and manual playlist advance (so I could loop the background music). I uploaded the music files I made to Commons in case anyone else wants to use them. They may be a bit confusing to use though :\ Sorry I didn't use the official WN jingle - I didn't know there was one. Bye --Malfidus 20:11, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I started the broadcast with [[Media:Malfidus_news_start.ogg]] - it's quite short and leads into the next audio file...
 * which is [[Media:Malfidus_news_loop.ogg]] - it can be talked over, and can be looped if you need to talk longer than 20 seconds or so.
 * The main theme is [[Media:Malfidus_news_theme.ogg]].
 * There isn't really an official Wikinews anything :) Anyway, I think your jingle is much, much better.  I suggest we all use it.  The original one sounds a bit cheesy and not really news-like.

Hello!
Hello!! and thanks for getting involved with WikiNews audio. Did you create those sound samples yourself? --RossKoepke 20:28, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi! Yeah, I used Sibelius to create the sound samples. They were originally intended to be used for a project similar to this, but that project went defunct before they were ever used. And thanks for the warm welcome everyone :) --Malfidus 20:41, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Future talk 2
Hello, I would like to invite you to attend our second future talk, it will be held on Monday, August 1 at 21:00 UTC. It will be held on the Wikinews IRC channel #wikinews For more information please see the page on meta The main topics will be audio Wikinews, WNN and portals/neighborhoods It would be great if you will be able to attend. --Cspurrier 15:42, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

WN remix jingle
Hello! I saw that you used a remix of the original Wikinews jingle in one of your AW Full Reports. Did you create this yourself, and could you put up a link to it like you did with the other jingle? I'd be interested in having it for my own recordings. Cheers, --Cllewr 17:46, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:82.33.69.219

Welcome
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User talk:195.93.21.100

Welcome
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User talk:194.144.82.55

Welcome
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User talk:81.133.208.151

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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User talk:84.166.177.31

Welcome
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User talk:81.133.160.105

Welcome
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User talk:24.0.98.29

Welcome
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User talk:71.36.84.246

Welcome
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User talk:24.8.173.207

Welcome
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User talk:65.175.147.98

Welcome
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User talk:68.55.90.192

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User talk:Shuxlo~enwikinews

Welcome
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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Shuxlo. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Shuxlo~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:37, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:24.166.7.23

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User talk:Nicknich3

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User talk:70.85.75.42

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User talk:81.214.171.177

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User talk:64.142.78.52

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User talk:142.177.141.226

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Wikinews:Changing username

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The user name Wikinewsies choose for themselves is no longer set in stone. Until September 2014, Bureaucrats were able to change user account settings and article histories such that all previous edits of a given user are attributed to the new name, and this page contained requests to do so. However, after September 2014, this ability was removed in favour of Stewards globally renaming users to ensure that the same user had the same name across every Wikimedia Foundation project.

To rename your account, contact a Steward on Meta, the coordination site for Wikimedia projects, at Steward requests/Username changes. Local bureaucrats are no longer able to rename users.

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Talk:Thirteen people died in London bus bombing

5kg is > 10lbs. 1lb = 0.454kg


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Talk:Dozens left dead in Caribbean as Hurricane Dennis moves toward U.S.

This article was started in hope that this important news story would not be marginalized as Dennis becomes increasingly a U.S.-centered story. -- Davodd | Talk 9 July 2005 19:16 (UTC)


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User talk:Tryggr

CSpurrier: Dont bother welcoming me.
 * Can I welcome you then?! → CGorman (Talk) 20:15, 9 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No. [[Image:Tongue.png]] I'm waiting for a username change to this name. See Changing_username. --Tryggr 20:19, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

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Print Edition
Hello, I would be glad to have any help you are interested in giving. Let me know what you would like to help with. Thanks--Cspurrier 02:38, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

WikiNews Network
I will be on IRC until 0400 UTC. NGerda 02:39, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Regarding your interest in WikiNews Network, we are currently testing out an easy-to-use system to submit a show and get broadcasting. We expect this system to be ready within the next couple of weeks. I greatly appreciate your interest in WikiNews Network, and hopefully you will still be interested in doing broadcasts when are system is ready. NGerda 01:12, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Country of the week
Glad to see you have added your name to COTW. Feel free to vote once a week, or to nominate new countries from the list. → CGorman (Talk)  19:01, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Original reporting
Hi, thanks for the note. I will have to have a look through the final stories and see what of my reporting is still there, I think most of it was overwritten by more sourced material. ClareWhite 8 July 2005 12:38 (UTC)

User renaming
Hi. I can't rename your account, because the new username already exists. The new username must not exist on the site, yet, for the rename proces to work. -- IlyaHaykinson 21:00, 9 July 2005 (UTC)

Tasks
Hi,

thanks for your ideas. Please do edit Development tasks freely. It would also be nice if you could make it to the research meeting today at 16:00 UTC on irc.freenode.net.

Some comments:

Basic scripting in templates (if/else logic is all that is needed)

See 1689 and 364 for some existing code and discussions, as well as Extended template syntax. This includes if/else logic. Brion believes that templates should be kept as simple as possible, and has not been very enthusiastic about enhancements. Any new proposal will really have to be newbie-friendly and minimal.

Infobox auto-creator (working on this in PHP so even idiots can quickly create customized infoboxes)

Sounds interesting. See w:Wikipedia:Proposal for Table: namespace and intuitive table editor for some ideas on this.

'Source' button on edit page to insert generic source

Yes, I think having custom extensions to the edit toolbar for purposes like this makes sense. This shouldn't be too hard, someone just needs to come up with a nice button. I've added customizability to the simple tasklist.

Search results need to have a "sort by date" option because date is more relevant in news than MediaWiki's "relevancy" calculations - which are rather irrelevant to our news.

Sorting by last-edited might be possible, but probably tricky (we're using Lucene instead of MediaWiki's internal search engine). Probably best to talk to Brion about it.

--Eloquence 05:37, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Finland: Country of the Week
Hi, if you need some help in finding Finnish news in English here it is; 159753 12:25, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Helsingin Sanomat currnetly offline until 1st August, weekdays ready to air by 1300 EET
 * YLE News in English twice daily on weekdays and daily on weekends
 * Newsroom Finland News from STT; the national news agency

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UK Police evacuate Birmingham city centre

July 9, 2005 Police are in the process of evacuating Birmingham City Centre and part of the Ladywood residential district after having received intelligence regarding a possible threat. An estimated 20,000 people are being moved. Nightlife sites are being closed and people are being told to go home. The evacuation was begun at about 8.15 p.m. (1915 UTC) after the police issued a "Public Warning". Cars are being prohibited from entry inside the Inner Ring Road, and New Street railway station, the hub of the British passenger railway system has been closed.

A police spokeswoman said that the investigation was 'proportional' to the threat, but refused to comment on details of the threat. "West Midlands police are now closing down the Broad Street entertainment zone and asking people to leave Birmingham town centre and go home," said the spokesman.

BBC Radio Five Live and Sky News have unconfirmed reports of controlled explosions in the city's Chinatown district.

A BBC News 24 correspondent reports that the Police have prevented motorists from returning to their cars and hundreds of city revellers are filing their way on foot along Bristol Road to converge on the Edgbaston Cricket Ground.

In a press conference, West Midlands Police Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Hyde said that the intelligence they received is not believed to be connected to Thursday's terrorist bombings in London.

Earlier in the evening a controlled explosion on "a suspect package" had been carried out on a bus in Corporation Street, but they "no longer believe it was suspicious device".

It appears that this was a hoax, unconfirmed reports on Australian Teleivision have reported. The evacuation order was lifted at about 6 a.m.

Broad Street is the City's best-known entertainment area and is home to hundreds of bars and clubs.