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Car bomb in Beirut kills 6, including top police investigator

January 25, 2008

Lebanese officials say a car bomb blast in a Christian suburb of the capital Beirut has killed at least six people, including a top security official. The bombing has been criticised by the US Embassy in Lebanon.

Red Cross ambulances evacuated at least a dozen casualties, after a powerful explosion tore through rows of parked cars, near a major highway overpass, targeting a top Lebanese police investigator.

Firefighters worked feverishly to douse the blazing wreckage of twisted automobiles, as thick plumes of acrid black smoke choked the air.

Lebanese security officials say top police investigator Wissam Eid, the apparent target of the blast, died immediately.

Eid had reportedly just finished meeting with members of the UN Tribunal investigating the explosion death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al Hariri in February 2005.

The head of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces, the country's national police force, Ashraf Rifi says that the perpetrator's of the explosion intended today's explosion to be a message to his forces. He says that Eid was a technological expert and engineer, and that he was involved in investigating all recent terrorist bombings.

Rifi also stressed that the explosion was the result of a car-bomb, repeating that it was intended as a "message to Lebanon's police and investigating community."

Charles Ayoub, the Editor of Lebanon's Ad Diyar newspaper told al Arabiya television that at least 30 to 40 kilos of a TNT were used in the bombing.

Lebanese investigators, using sniffer dogs, combed through the rubble of the explosion, looking for clues, but sources say that water used to douse the blaze was making the search extremely difficult.

Over 30 major explosions have hit Lebanon since 2005, killing at least ten top politicians, civil servants, army officers, and journalists. Most of the victims were, in some way, opponents of Syria.

Several members of parliament from the anti-Syrian March 14 government coalition quickly accused Syria of today's killing. Syria has denied any role in any of the deaths.


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Comments:President Bush, Congress agree on economic stimulus package

See!

THIS is the power of the people!

IF we want more money we should continue not to spend!

They're GIVING us money cause they need us!

Dont spend what they're giving SAVE it for God's sake...keep this going

 * I like the way you think!

 * Of course, this is money they took from us in the first place... or it would be, if they hadn't already blown all that money. This is money borrowed from China.

 * I'm just going to go ahead and throw in another plug for Ron Paul here. He's been trying to stop the government from taking our money and borrow money from China for, like, 20 years in Congress.

 * Vote Ron Paul in your local primary election. DO IT.

 * And in the meantime, yeah, stick it to the government by not stimulating the economy with money borrowed from China. (Chances are a lot of it will find its way back there anyway.) -161.88.255.240 22:54, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Economic Malady – Stimulus Insufficient
The underlying problem with the economy is an extreme maldistribution of income between the working class and the capital owners. When a CEO can make 300 million dollars while an average worker's wages haven't even kept pace with inflation what results is a dysfunctional market economy starved for consumption spending. The average American has had to fuel his/her spending with debt obtained by borrowing on the equity within their home - that phantom equity has now evaporated.

In order to correct this out of balance condition there needs to be laws in place (similar to the anti-Trust legislation) that caps the annual income of all capital owners and their surrogates (CEOs, CFOs, etc.) at a specific federal percentage above that of the highest paid worker within their respective firm. Also, we need to eliminate labor arbitrage by canceling all Temporary Worker Visa programs (L-1, H1-B, etc.), and establish tax penalties for firms that expand their workforce above some threshold through outsourcing, or replacement hiring in foreign locations.

Essentially, FDR was accurate when he characterized the Great Depression as an out-of-balance Economic malady. Rural income prior to the Great Depression was significantly lower than urban income, now (overvalued home equity) as then there was unlimited amounts of overvalued phantom equity flowing into the stock market, the income differential between labor and capital while nowhere near the current astronomical level was still much higher than sustainable. There in lies the root cause of the out-of-balance condition that precipitated the Great Depression. Any system including the market economy that gets to far out balance does not function properly. Certain constraints need to exist to keep the market economy from slipping into a dysfunctional state. Balance is the essence of stability nothing short of this will guarantee permanence.

John Maynard Keynes –  If fiscal policy is used as a deliberate instrument for the more equal distribution of incomes its effects in increasing the propensity to consume is, of course, all the greater. Aggregate consumption depends mainly on the amount of aggregate income. Consumption – to repeat the obvious is the sole end and object of all economic activity.  We cannot, as a community, provide for future consumption by financial expediants [stocks, bonds, 2nd mortgages on home loans, etc] but only by current output. Capital is not a self-subsistent entity existing apart from consumption. Consumption is directly tied to the level of employment.

My Proposed Program •	2 year 800 billion emergency Infrastructure Investment Jobs Creation Program (IIJCP) aimed at building new interstate highways, mass transit systems, schools, bridges, public hospitals, libraries, and assorted public buildings. •	Eliminate labor arbitrage by canceling all Temporary Worker Visa programs (L-1, H1-B, etc.), and establish tax penalties for firms that expand their workforce above some threshold through outsourcing, or replacement hiring in foreign locations. •	Taxation of corporate profits in the amount of 95% for firms that exceed a threshold level of jobs outsourced to a foreign country. •	Taxation at the rate of 80% on individual yearly income received from any corporation, not-for-profit organization, or any form of legal entity where the total income exceeds the U.S. average yearly median individual income by 200%. •	Fair trade agreements that ensure nations will offer decent wages, humane working conditions, and sound environmental policies. •	A nationalized health care system for all U.S. citizens. •	An effective federally funded tuition assistance program for U.S. citizens targeted at professions in demand. •	Repeal all legislation that inhibits the right’s of individuals to organize under labor unions regardless of position or any other currently disqualifying classification.

My Observations: •	An economy can only function when a large proportion of the populace is engaged in the economy thus able to purchase what is produced. •	If price is inelastic and labor remuneration static demand will fall due to reductions by industries in their capital base (the most important being labor). •	Firms forced to compete (those that are not oligopolies) in an economic environment where demand is declining will still compete on price but efficiency gains and operating cost reductions by nature have marginal declining utility whereby a point is reached when the firm's factors of production (land, labor, or capital) must be slashed. These cuts in factors of production will have a multiplicative effect throughout an economy resulting in an ever building 'wave' of economic decline. •	It is important to keep in mind that an economy cannot continue to grow when long-term consumption continues to decline. This in turn ties directly to reductions in the factors of production to accommodate continual long-term reductions in consumption. •	When geographical barriers, constraints to the free flow of labor resources, underemployed resource utilization, similar knowledge distribution across all nation state’s, and nation state governmental inconsistency exists no global free market can exist and thereby at the nation state level no significant corresponding opportunity cost for engaging in one form of economic endeavor over another. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.206.42.94 (talk) 14:15, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Stimulus Package Comment
I feel that the democrats in the senate and congress are both trying to buy votes by wanting to add unemployment benefits and other items to this bill. I believe that only those who work in the economy should benefit and those who don't should not be given free handouts. What is next give the stimulus package benefits to illegal aliens. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.193.1.100 (talk) 18:33, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

economic stimulus: where does the funding come from?
No one on this planet can give the US that much money. So, the US will be writing stimulus checks from a "bank" without backing. These checks will be accepted because the US is "good for the amount". At what point would the US no longer be "good for the amount"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.245.10.2 (talk) 17:49, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

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Thomas Cecil Gray, pioneer in anesthesiology, dead at 94

January 25, 2008

Pioneer modern Anaesthetic techniques Thomas Cecil Gray, born 11 March 1913 in Liverpool, died peacefully 5 January 2008 at home in Formby. A requiem mass was held at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral on 26 January 2008.

Born in Liverpool in 1913, educated at Ampleforth College, he qualified in medicine at The University of Liverpool in 1937. He began his career as a General Practitioner before joining the Royal Army Medical Corps.

He later returned to the University to become Head of the Department of Anaesthesia and was made Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in 1970, retiring in 1976. As Senior Lecturer he established the Department of Anaesthesia at Liverpool University, the ‘Liverpool technique’, based on the triad of unconsciousness, analgesia and muscle relaxation, was developed as a result.

Professor Gray was the editor of the British Journal of Anaesthesia from 1948 to 1964. Until recently Professor Gray continued to give occasional lectures at the university.

Professor Gray was presented with a CBE by Queen Elizabeth and in 1982 was honoured by Pope John Paul II who made him a Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. In 2007 the Liverpool Echo included him in its list of the 800 greatest Liverpudlians, as part of Liverpools 800th anniversary.

Married twice. He married his first wife Marjorie Kathleen Hely in 1937 they had 2 children, she died in 1978; He married Pamela Mary Corning in 1979, they had 1 son. He had four grandchildren.


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Iraqi PM al-Maliki announces "decisive" offensive against al-Qaeda

January 26, 2008

After successive suicide attacks in Mosul in recent days, killing over 40 people including the city's police chief, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced on Friday that Iraqi security forces and American troops were gathering for what he described as a "decisive" offensive against al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and its allies.

"We have set up an operations room in Nineveh to complete the final battle with al Qaeda along with guerrillas and members of the previous regime," al-Maliki stated during a ceremony honoring the victims of the recent acts of terrorism. "Today our forces started moving to Mosul. What we are planning in Nineveh will be decisive."

"Today, the troops have moved to Mosul ... and the fight there will be decisive," al-Maliki said Friday at the ceremony in Karbala.

AQI moved its headquarters to Ninawa province after losing the Second Battle of Fallujah back in 2004. U.S. military commanders state that the organization is regrouping in the province after having been driven out of Anbar province by their former Sunni allies.

Troop numbers have not been released for the offensive, which is in the planning stages. Major-General Abdul-Kareem Khalaf, spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry, stated that 3,000 extra police officers will be included.

Since the United States sent 30,000 extra troops to Iraq in early 2007, the security situation in the nation has improved. Attacks were down 60% in the second half of 2007, and AQI has largely been driven out of most of its former strongholds, including the western portion of Anbar province and Baghdad.

The concentration of militants has led to an increase in violence in Mosul. In one incident on Wednesday, a bomb leveled a three-story apartment complex. 34 people were killed and over 200 were injured. Then on Thursday, at the same site, a second explosion killed the police director of Ninawa, Brig. Gen. Salah Mohammed al-Jubouri, and two other police officers.

Al-Maliki expressed confidence in Iraqi security forces. "Now we have a real army. The days when the militants could do anything in front of our armed forces are gone."


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Monte Carlo hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada catches fire

January 25, 2008 A fire has been confirmed at The Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States.

Reports say the fire, which was reported at about 11:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) began in the top center of the hotel and quickly spread to the top five floors, burning a large section of the roof and facade. Flames were seen shooting out of the top of the hotel. Also visible was a plume of black smoke which according to witnesses, was visible for many miles.

At least three fire companies responded to the scene and quickly began to extinguish the fire. As of 12:00 p.m., the fire was nearly contained. The Strip has been closed off in front of the hotel while firefighters continue to fight the blaze.

All guests have been evacuated from the hotel with no injuries reported. The hotel has 3,002 guest rooms, 211 suites and is 32 stories high.

The cause of the fire is not known and is being investigated.


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You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikinews. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may do so after the block expires in 24 hours. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:48, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Picture of the Year 2007/Gallery

This gallery shows the candidate images (currently 55). Do not add images yourself, you can suggest new candidates on the talk page. Another user will review your suggestion to see if it meets the above criteria and add it as a candidate. New images should be added at the top of the gallery and voting list (don't do it if you're not too familiar with MediaWiki).


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Comments:Dennis Kucinich quits U.S. Presidential race

We will miss you, Kucinich. You were the candidate with the best resume.

Maybe in another 4 years.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. poor kucinich. if only you were a little bit taller. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.191.106.210 (talk) 00:25, 27 January 2008 (UTC)


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Image:RCAF Canadair Sabre 6.jpg

 * 1) --Jcart1534 04:02, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:David buckingham.JPG

 * 1) --Jcart1534 04:03, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) 80.176.249.239 17:58, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Anonymous User can't vote, only qualified and registered users can vote. Brock contact... 14:24, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Fontana di Trevi 19 ottobre 2007.jpg

 * 1)  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) --Jcart1534 04:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Wildfire California Santa Clarita.jpg

 * 1) McMonster 20:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Army.mil-2007-02-22-083216.jpg

 * 1) I like the graffiti in the background. ~Planoneck~ 03:40, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Kasparov arrested.jpg

 * 1) Gets my reader and viewer pic. -Edbrown05 11:37, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) --Jcart1534 04:06, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Quality of this photo is weak, but documentary value is great Przykuta 07:26, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) --99.241.153.34 00:31, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) McMonster 20:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia 1 by David Shankbone.jpg

 * 1) Great quality, and one of the year's more notable events. ~Planoneck~ 02:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) Excellent composition. --Jcart1534 04:07, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) -Zaui 16:44, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) This ruffled some feathers here. --TUFKAAP 22:16, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) Michael A. White 23:10, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 6) Simply fantastic. --Skenmy(t•c•w) 18:23, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 7) McMonster 20:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:2007 Myanmar protests 11.jpg
. A brilliant image.

Image:Hugo-Chavéz Vota.jpg

 * 1) This amuses me somehow. ~Planoneck~ 03:40, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) . Good, newsworthy image.    It's possible to pretty much understand what's going on without even needing a caption. Spikebrennan 19:42, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Virginia Tech massacre Damiano photo from Holden Hall.jpg

 * 1) In the old days it was impossible for the average person to get photo or video of a major event happening to document, but today has changed that. --TUFKAAP 22:15, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Nicolas Sarkozy - Sarkozy meeting in Toulouse for the 2007 French presidential election 0299 2007-04-12 cropped.jpg

 * 1) Support  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 03:44, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Dinkfuneral3.jpg

 * 1) Support  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 20:37, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) -Zaui 17:09, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) - the wub  "?!"  18:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:33rdG8Leaders.jpg

 * 1) This photo just really stuck out for me. --Nzgabriel | Talk 12:32, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) Michael A. White 23:11, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:2008TaipeiCityNewYearCountdownParty ParadeFestival Protesters.jpg

 * 1) One of the more political of Rico's photos --Jcart1534 04:11, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Robin Wong TIFF Schmooze Duff 1.jpg

 * 1) --Jcart1534 04:12, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Big Jump Leuven 2007 Wikinews.jpg

 * 1) --Jcart1534 04:12, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Peta White Plains 20070711-1.jpg

 * 1) I'd stop wearing fur if these two asked me! --Jcart1534 04:17, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Betoging krakers Leuven Indymedia 01.jpg

 * I liked this one. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:38, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Przykuta 13:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Mary McAleese cutting the ribbon at Ireland Park, 2007.jpg

 * 1) --Jcart1534 04:17, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Police protester G8 Rostock train.jpg

 * 1) Punks and police, gotta love it. --TUFKAAP 22:13, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Bun festival Flying colors parade Cheung Chau.jpg

 * Przykuta 13:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:ProtestosRCTV.jpg

 * 1) McMonster 20:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:DRM protest Boston DefectiveByDesign.jpg

 * 1) --HockeyInJune 22:35, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) McMonster 20:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Buffalo Implode2 cropped levelled.jpg

 * DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Voting for your own work is not allowed. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 02:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Excellent timing. --David Shankbone 05:28, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * --Jcart1534 17:59, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * good work Przykuta 13:22, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:Tattered Israeli flag in Jerusalem by David Shankbone.jpg

 * 1) Reminds me of seeing old paintings of the American flag when the anthem was written. great photo. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 07:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 2)  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:39, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Great photo which really provides a good symbol of a region torn apart by conflict. Adambro 18:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) Would make a great TIME cover, IMO. --TUFKAAP 22:12, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:S&M Dungeon 4 by David Shankbone.jpg

 * 1) Nice, i want youre job mister fotographer! 84.30.220.120 20:44, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

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Comments:Monte Carlo hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada catches fire

This hotel is ready to be burnt down. To bad it didnt.

welders
they said there were welders working on the roof —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.186.5.81 (talk) 02:20, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


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'The Regime' hacks 711chan.org in response to 'Anonymous' attack on Scientology; takes web site off line

January 27, 2008 Wikinews has learned that a new entity calling itself The Regime used keylogging to gain an administrator password to 711chan.org, a site popular with the open vigilante group "Anonymous" that has recently been attacking Scientology online.

At 9:57 p.m. (eastern time) the site 711chan.org, was replaced, allegedly by The Regime by the title Church of Scientology along with a statement on the home page stating "This website has been deleted due to copyright claims from the Church of Scientology." A search performed using Google, on 711chan has returned the number one result of the apparent hack. All that remains of 711chan.org is an apparent message to the members of the site to "run" and "hide."

"711chan is full of fucking fail for siding with Gaia. I'm out of here, faggots. Enjoy your Gaia," said the message, which currently is only available in a cached version.

At 1:45 a.m. on January 27, the site was replaced with "And now a message from our sponsors. YOU SUCK 711chan will be back online shortly. I love you guys for helping me out. <3 plasma," acknowledging the possibility 711chan was back in control of their site. The site's name has been changed to "Church of 711."

The Regime's first attack went along with a message posted to 711chan's website (quoted below) saying that "This site has not been blessed by The Regime and is deemed lame", believing Anonymous to be self-proclaimed hackers (although this title was primarily used by the media). It also refers to Anonymous' attempt to bring down the Church of Scientology (named 'Operation Chanology'), saying that "chanology is lame, scientology is lame". It thereafter declared that the message board where Anonymous had been discussing Operation Chanology had been removed. Minutes later, 711chan stopped responding to queries.

The legitimate administrators of 711chan regained control after only three minutes, but it took nearly six hours to restore the site with recent additions missing. However, The Regime took the site down again twelve hours later, claiming to have removed the backups and stating, "all your db are belong to us" (an allusion to the phrase "all your base are belong to us").

A new video posted to YouTube by someone who claimed to be The Regime shows a logo and uses a computer animated voice to threaten 711chan.org and their affiliates. The Regime, however, denies making the video saying "we are in no way responsible for making, nor are we tied to that video in any way."

The video declares, "Dear 'Anonymous'. We are The Regime. Your attacks on Scientology have not gone unnoticed." The video's text description states that "Your attacks on Scientology have not gone unnoticed, we have the money, resources and tools to put an end to your SP behaviour and so called hacking activities. You have soiled the good name of LRH and now it is you that have *our* attention."

The acronyms in the text description are Scientology jargon "suppressive person" (a person who criticizes Scientology) and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Both terms were also used recently in a leaked internal Church of Scientology video featuring Tom Cruise promoting his beliefs. The video goes on to state that "Anonymous" has been declared "Fair Game" (another Scientology term).

The title of The Regime video, "Re: Message to Scientology", is a reference to the video "Message to Scientology", which was posted by "Anonymous" to YouTube on Monday. The original "Message to Scientology" video has been viewed over 1,000,000 times since it was posted.

"We have your IP addresses, your documents and secret plans. We own your 711chan, your IRC, and we are taking care of your raid forums. Call off your attacks on our religion immediately, or 4chan YTMND, something awful and your other bases will be brought to ruin. Do not underestimate us. You are out of your league. You have been warned," added the video.

In an exclusive interview with Wikinews, the group is only called The Regime. When asked what their mission was, they stated "we have none."

Wikinews also asked who or what was in charge of their group and they replied, "At one point, this would have been a complicated question as there were many tiers and positions of authority, however now leadership is confined to a single council." They are also not affiliated with any other group and act alone with "no contacts with groups or individuals outside of itself." They also refused to describe their group as a whole. They also stated to "define affiliated" when Wikinews asked if they were part of the Church of Scientology.

Their motivations are still not clear. When asked what motivates their group to do what they do, they replied, "What motivates any human to do anything? Money, Power, Respect? Choose one," but also state that they will continue their attacks "if necessary."

Wikinews also asked if The Regime was in any way affiliated with the Church of Scientology, including working for or against their beliefs or being a 'branch of The Church' The Regime simply replied, "We are not Scientologists, this is all we have to say on the subject."

Sources within the "Anonymous" group have played down the actions of The Regime who - when announced on the IRC channel the group utilizes for communications - were said to be "... a bunch of gloryhunters ridin [sic] on our tails". Another user of the IRC channel, calling himself "Anonz", was quoted as telling other members of the group "... It's funny how they call us scriptbunnies yet use scripts themselves." The general consensus was that "Anonymous is not impressed."


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Hello Everyone! --Lone.guner 01:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:'The Regime' hacks 711chan.org in response to 'Anonymous' attack on Scientology; takes web site off line

E-mail
I e-mailed the so called group based on thee-mail on the blogs screen shot. Don't know what will be made of it. Also these are the only sources (currently listed as of this post) that I can find. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:11, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

OR
I left a message on the talk page of the user who started the article. This is obviously a personal experience, but without their notes, will this article be published? DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:18, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey guys. Sorry for the unorthodox reporting, I was following the hack in real time as I wrote the article. This was my first article, and of course it was a personal experience. I can't verify what I've written through anything but screenshots. Will they be required? - purplepong
 * it always help :-). if you want to email them to me (newsmarkie@gmail.com) then i can verify this. thanks --Mark Talk to me 12:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * thanks these have been received and i can verify them to be true. if admins want please contact me --Mark Talk to me 16:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Dev'd
I'd like to see us not report on every little gory detail of this and perhaps sum up with other issues. As a result I've moved this back to develop - it, for starters, needs a new title. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Changed the title, but the news is what it is. I am in contact with this new group who have replied to me, and I requested an interview. They are willing to provide. But this was already published and has since been posted to the blog. So I really don't know what else can be done to improve the article. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:52, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I am also iffy on reporting every little detail, but if/when there are developments that have already been reported in other media sources, I don't see why not. But in this case, it looks like the only sources are a Blog, Digg.com, and original reporting...  Wilhelm 19:55, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

OR re site status
www.711chan.org is still down. Wilhelm 19:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup already noted in article. :-) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:08, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Interview
I have been granted some Q and A to ask to The Regime. Thgey will only do an e-mail Q and A...so if anyone has questions for them, I need some ASAP...Will be sending off the e-mail shortly. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:08, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok I sent it off. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:39, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * How did you gain that access?
 * It was simple actually...the e-mail address to The Regime was posted on the screen shot of the first time they took out 711chan. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:15, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

'The Regime' are Scientologists ?
See this video on YouTube, this should be added to this article - Re: Message to Scientology, TheRegime01, added one hour ago. Wilhelm 20:08, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * If parts of the audio on this video are inaudible, then the text posted by "TheRegime01" next to the video can be quoted instead. Wilhelm 20:35, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The voice on the video almost sounds like a professional male voice actor, which was then masked. Wilhelm 20:37, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Either that or its computer animated...until we can verify that mask I am safe with saying animated. I sent off the e-mail...awaiting reply. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:39, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Have another listen to that video, there are some rough edits in it. Anyone know software to capture off Youtube? --Brian McNeil / talk 20:44, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * What would you be able to do if you captured it, analyze it? Wilhelm 20:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Can we confirm/write that The Regime are Scientologists, or can we only say that they are using Scientology jargon? Wilhelm 20:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * We cannot confirm either or. We will have to await the e-mail reply. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:47, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, we can confirm that the video uses Scientology jargon. What did you ask in the email?  Wilhelm 20:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * As soon as they reply I will post it, but i did ask if they were affiliated with the CofS. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:51, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, we shall see. Sent you an email.  Wilhelm 20:52, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I think we have to be careful here. Even if they claim they are Scientologists, we shouldn't say they are Scientologists. All we can really say is they claim to be Scientologists. Anyone can say they're anything, it doesn't mean it's true. For all we know perhaps the Regime are actually the same people as anonymous trying to get attention or cast Scientology in a bad light. Nil Einne 07:19, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Publish tag
I took publish off this and am not too happy with "The Regime" video, it seems choppy with some of the CoS terms in it as if they've been inserted into a copy of something.

If nothing develops I'd say publish tomorrow (per UTC) with a date bump. I do think this should be cut back on, there's getting to be a bit too much of this in small lumps when it should be larger pieces where a lot of the terminology is explained. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree...but it seems that everytime a new event happens, one happens right after. I would say an indepth coverage is due, when the war quiets or what not. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:01, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

It was subsequently discovered that 711chan wasn't hacked, as originally believed
What is the source for this? Wilhelm 21:02, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Wondering the same thing...there is not one. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:03, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Who originally added this info, we should ask them, or modify. Agree w/ Brianmc that it's a good idea to wait to publish this.  Wilhelm 21:06, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅, looks like fixed this part.  Wilhelm 21:11, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Quotes/interview
I had an interview with someone from The Regime. I sent their reply to scoop so any accredited reporter who has an e-mail there can post the e-mail, but I am already late and don't have time to post it here. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:07, 26 January 2008 (UTC) Wow this part is really weird: Wikinews also asked if The Regime was in any way affiliated with the Church of Scientology, including working for or against their beliefs or being a 'branch of The Church' The Regime simply replied, "We are not Scientologists, this is all we have to say on the subject." Does anyone think this sounds like if The Regime members themselves are not Scientologists, that perhaps they have some sort of affiliation, whether it be financial or otherwise, with some sort of Scientology-related connection? If not, why use all the Scientology jargon in their video and in the accompanying text to the right of their video on YouTube??? I wonder if there is any way to work this into the article - perhaps we could get a known Scientology commentator (someone who frequently comments/interviewed by media, etc.) to comment on their take on the results of this interview? Wilhelm 02:50, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Lame answer to your question if they are affiliated with Church of Scientology. Pure obfuscation.  Wilhelm 22:09, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * "The Regime", did NOT make the YouTube video. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:52, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * "The Regime" said that to you in the interview? Wilhelm 03:24, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The phrases are fairly well known. It's easily possible someone not associated with Scientology could have used them purposely to try and bring more attention to their actions by making it seem like this is organised by Scientology. Either way, we have to be careful about not assuming because people say something means it's true Nil Einne 07:21, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * We can only report what they say, and then explain what that means from other sources. The current treatment in the article is appropriate.  Wilhelm 07:34, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Anonymous Response
I've posted into the article some of the quotes I have seen on the IRC channels I have been looking into since this whole thing started. They (Anonymous) seem pretty dismissive of the whole event as just an attempt by a hacker group to get some publicity off the back of Anonymous' - some even went as far as to say that "The Regime" was just jealous of their hacking not getting any recognition when a bunch of "/b/tards with UDP flooders made it onto Fox."

I thought it was relevent, so I tagged it onto the end in much the same way responses from citics were tagged onto the other "Anonymous" articles. Fallen-Griever 03:16, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * From what it seems, 711chan ordered an 'abandon ship' that was the final message posted to their site before it went down. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:17, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Was that for 711chan or for one of the many forums that Anonymous has had cancelled since starting this "raid"?Fallen-Griever 03:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * So that top 711chan thing is the sources for this? Wilhelm 03:30, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Some where in there, but realize its only a cached front page. To see the message, what remains of it, Google: 711cham. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No, that's fine, I take you guys on good faith that the sources are accurate - I just wanted to make sure that no one had added an "anonymous" source, as it were, without citing where they got it from below. I think it's perfectly fine to have quotes from "Anonymous", as long as we cite where they came from.  Wilhelm 03:38, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The IRC channels are publicised on the Chanology Wiki page, so I've been lurking in there whilst doing other things.Fallen-Griever 03:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

711chan abandoned
Before I start a frenzy ;-) Here is the Google cache of the "abandon ship" for 711chan users:

"/i/ - Invasions 08/01/25(Fri)22:53 No. 15547 hide watch quickreply [Reply]. 711chan is full of fucking fail for siding with Gaia. I'm out of here, faggots. Enjoy your Gaia ... 711chan.org/i/ - 55k"

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Scientology Hackers Ask Pirates To Join Their War
Looks like someone else got an exclusive too... -- Scientology Hackers Ask Pirates To Join Their War, TorrentFreak. Wilhelm 04:02, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Saw that, but obviously they published before the site went down. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:13, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Could be something to use later. Now that you have published this article, I think I'll wati a bit more on another one - if there are more developments, might try to cover various parts of the new aspects in one new piece...  Wilhelm 04:19, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Notice on the website
Please see this DIFF - can someone verify this, and/or the research/sourcing behind this? Wilhelm 06:24, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thats what it was at the time, and now it changed. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 06:43, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * So can you please check out the edit made by the anon-ip? Perhaps it makes sense, but I didn't want to keep it cuz I trusted the previous work on the article more.  But if you check it out, I'd feel better w/ that.  Wilhelm 06:44, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Restoration
Hi. I'm one of the head admins at 711chan, and just to keep you guys informed.. We would've been back online hours ago but we're having issues with some of our backups. No remote access has occurred by anyone but me for the last 18 hours. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.215.158.146 (talk) 06:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * If this is true, then you should email someone and confirm your identity with them so that they can then verify it, I'd suggest you email . Wilhelm 06:40, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Update: see link, site appears to be back online. Can one other user verify they can access it, and what they see on the site?  Wilhelm 08:36, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Preferably a confirmation from a non-ip, non-new user. Wilhelm 09:01, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Tigor: Confirmed, /temp/ board and the portal song (preceding unsigned comment by 74.70.213.123)

711chan updated their message
http://711chan.org

DO NOT WORRY, CAPTAIN PLANET IS HERE. or some shit. brb, (not) compromised Greetings: g00ns, 711chan, partyvan

theregime is a load of faggotry

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These ZendURL Ads Are Not Forced. Click Here To Disable Them Permanently! That is what the above linked website says, as of this timestamp. Cirt 16:17, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

The Regime/711chan
The Regime has a website now. Also 711 han has been compromised, according to an admin I am in contact with. They are shut down until further notice. The particular admin does NOT support the attack on CoS. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:20, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I wish we could get more clarification (if not from The Regime or from Scientology, from somewhere else somehow) on these obtuse statements of both groups not exactly saying that they are not affiliated with each other... Cirt 17:25, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry...I meant that a 711chan admin has e-mailed me and told me that 711chan is off line until further notice. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:31, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Actually that link above is their old site...allegedly this is the current one:. Note the names.... DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:54, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Very odd. Their videos are getting very low viewage on YouTube - numbering below 1,000, compared to "Message to Scientology" of over 1,000,000.  They are very strange and obtuse in their answers.  Only one other blog has really reported on this at all.  No other reliable news stories have picked this up.  I am beginning to doubt that this is that newsworthy for any more followups, just a small mention in a larger article maybe, but this group is amorphous and not really doing anything, I'd much rather see if we could get some more weighty secondary sources relating to this if possible for any additional info.  Cirt 20:01, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Possibly...but this is a war brewing and is probably just hitting the boiling point, if not almost there. We really cannot speculate on what is what. If this group is real, then I would expect them to remain low key. Their answers are unrealistic, but they are "hackers" allegedly. So would you have expected them to give realistic answers? I imagine if they have anything planned, then they will do it, and then release some kind of statement. That's following previous MAJOR hacker protocal...someone always has to claim responsibility. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:04, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't want to speculate too much, even on this talk page. But it is also likely that one could surmise, from their jargon, and their obtuse obfuscation with their interview and the presentation of the odd video - that they are in fact not hackers, or perhaps an intentionally well-funded group of hackers or perhaps even an IT team - supported through some sort of financial-conflict of interest third party, if you follow.  Cirt 20:08, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The original link is the home page. The second link is the old one which has now been claimed by the group g00ns. They counter-attacked The Regime in defense of 711chan and plastered all of the group's personal info on the url of the page that The Regime had apparently lost previously, thus adding insult to injury. By posting the names and personal info of The Regime, it leaves them open to harassment by people who do not like them and let's The Regime know that there are people who can get to them. As far as The Regime itself goes, they seem rather outmatched by g00ns, and I don't see them doing much else in the future unless they have better backers than they seem to at this point. As far as the video is concerned, the fact that the group blatantly disrespected Scientology in the messages it left during the attacks "Scientology is lame" and the fact that the person who made the video seemed to be more versed in Scientological jargon than that of hackers seriously throws into doubt any actual direct link between the group and its apparent Youtube message. Psychic Cupcake 20:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Again, all very nice convo for a talk page, but let's next time be careful w/ sourcing as far as bringing up anything from this above discussion, especially on an issue like this one... Cirt 20:33, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

The truth about "The Regime"
The regime as they want to be called were script kiddies that gained access by using a keylogger. They were easily taken down themselves if you see the site linked above. It WAS there homepage but was taken over by members of Anonymous using an SSH backdoor. All of the people OF "The regime" have their personal info listed on the site they used to control and have yet to gain control back of.

Someone please update the article to include the truth.72.193.218.183 05:51, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Here is the Info: Paging John Dawson on aisle 1337. How you doing sir? Operation Security speaking seems you are having a bit of trouble with backdooring ssh/sshd. If your problem is with g00ns attack us... oh that's right all you can do is keylog people :(. Yes it is unfortunate about plasma however he has redeemed himself and well you sir are far from that. You see the issue with your group is you consider yourself hackers when in fact you are nothing more then skiddies. You feel mighty comfortable releasing information but you seemed a bit skiddish(pardon the pun) when we were on the phone.

To give everyone a bit of rundown on this, Immortal is the leader of regimesyndicate formerly regimeorder however they lost the domain and we now have control of it. So what better way to let them all know we love them then by putting their shit up on their old home? =]   Website: http://www.regimesyndicate.org

Simply put, don't attack us or our network affiliates. 711chan your welcome if you need more help you know who to contact. /i/ keep doing what you do   #xenu please kill scientology with love #g00ns —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.193.218.183 (talk) 05:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Now past the 28th
It is now well past January 28, 2008 in UTC time. This article is a reflection of what was known in the sources, interviews, etc. at that time. New developments could be gathered here on the talk page, but I think this article should be left as is, as representative of January 27, 2008. Cirt 07:02, 28 January 2008 (UTC)


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16-year-old arrested over alleged plot to hijack US airliner

January 26, 2008 A 16-year-old male from Novato, California has been arrested in Tennessee over allegations he intended to hijack a commercial passenger airliner in the United States.

The boy, who was unnamed due to his age, was a passenger on board Southwest Airlines Flight 284 from Los Angeles to Nashville on Tuesday, with his parents reporting him missing at 11:30 am the same day. Although he remained calm throughout the flight and made no hijacking attempt, authorities report he had handcuffs, duct tape and yarn inside the aircraft cabin with him. Although his arrest was only made public on Friday, it is reported that he was detained immediately on reaching Nashville International Airport.

George Bolds, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said that the items were "suspicious" and that the boy had informed the FBI he had indeed intended to hijack the aircraft. An FBI agent told reporters that he felt the plot was ill-conceived, saying "His plan had a low probability of success."

The FBI also conducted a search of his home on Thursday, finding in his room "a photograph of the inside of a small aircraft, something you'd find in a bookstore."

Subsequent to his arrest he pled guilty on Friday to a "delinquent act," according to local officials. A juvenile court judge ordered him to be returned to California for continued perusal of that charge as well as others set to be made. He is currently in Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center in Nashville.

Authorities believe that the teen was suicidal, but the FBI dismissed earlier reports alleging that he intended to crash the airliner into a Hannah Montana concert in Lafayette, Louisiana.


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If only...
He had made it to the Hannah Montana concert... Haha, sorry, but High School Musical really sucks. (→ Zachary ) 11:40, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Funny, that was exactly what I thought when I read that... Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Thirded. - Ian Lee 17:30, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Motion passed--77.99.171.94 20:27, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

too late
if he had planned on doing anything wasnt it abit late to arrest him after the flight!

How stupid is this kid? Honestly, he must have had a sister that was obsessed with Hannah Montana! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.34.18.197 (talk) 03:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Wonderful
That boy how can only him hijack a whole plane is it possible?


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January 26, 2008 Australia will press on with plans to withdraw its troops from Iraq in June this year, although promises were made by the nation's foreign minister that relations with the United States will not be affected by the move.

Foreign minister Stephen Smith said that the withdrawal will be conducted in an orderly fashion to minimise inconvenience to other nations in Iraq. Speaking in New York as part of his first US visit since the election he said "We want to do that in a way which sees minimal disruption, which causes the least inconvenience to our allies there, both the United States and the United Kingdom."

Australia currently has 550 troops in the country.

On Monday Smith will meet with Condoleezza Rice and others to discuss Afghanistan, where Australia also has troops stationed. It is currently the intention for this to remain the case.

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The confirmation is important as Australia saw a new government elected in November. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (Labour) defeated Conservative head and former PM John Howard. Howard is a supporter of US President George W. Bush and his government.


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British Airways Flight 38 investigation focuses on fuel system

January 26, 2008 Investigators examining the wreck of British Airways Flight 38, a Boeing 777 that crash landed short of the runway at London's Heathrow Airport in the first hull loss of a 777, are examining the aircraft's fuel system as a possible factor in the crash. No-one was killed as the scheduled flight from Beijing, China lost power during final approach on January 17.

136 passengers and 16 crew were on board when power was lost to the two Rolls-Royce engines about two miles from the runway, at a height of 600 feet. Autopilot and autothrottle were engaged at the time, the latter having just commanded an increase of thrust to the engines when power was lost. Co-pilot John Coward, in control at the time, was subsequently praised for being able to glide the disabled plane to within 1,000 feet of the runway, clearing a number of houses along the way.

Subsequent investigation has revealed that not only did the engines not fail simultaneously, but neither failed completely, contradicting initial belief. A preliminary report by the United Kingdom's Aircraft Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) stated that after the autothrottle commanded more thrust "The engines both initially responded but after about 3 seconds the thrust of the right engine reduced. Some eight seconds later the thrust reduced on the left engine to a similar level... Both engines continued to produce thrust at an engine speed above flight idle, but less than the commanded thrust." This situation prevailed until impact.

On Wednesday the AAIB stated that they were examining "All possible scenarios that could explain the thrust reduction and continued lack of response of the engines." However, it also went on to specifically mention attention to the jet's fuel system, saying "This work includes a detailed analysis and examination of the complete fuel-flow path from the aircraft tanks to the engine-fuel nozzles." The AAIB also ruled out the plane having completely run out of fuel, stating that there was "adequate fuel" in the tanks when the plane crashed. In addition to the fuel required to get to the target destination or emergency alternative airport - whichever is further - aircraft typically carry between thirty and forty-five minutes worth of extra fuel as a safety margin.

Possible scenarios being examined include fuel contamination, coming either from fuel taken on at Beijing or leakage from an unknown source. In particular, a heavy contaminant at the bottom of the tanks would explain a lack of earlier problems on the flight, as the fuel levels would only have become low in the final stages of the trip. Another possibility is that a central part of the fuel system developed a leak, reducing the amount of fuel available to the engines.

It is known that, according to the AAIB, "the autothrottle and engine-control commands were performing as expected prior to, and after, the reduction in thrust," suggesting that all software in the aircraft was functioning correctly and rendering a software failure unlikely, although this possibility also remains under investigation.


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Talk:British Airways Flight 38 investigation focuses on fuel system

I added the sentance "In addition to the fuel required to get to the target destination or emergency alternative airport - whichever is further - aircraft typicaly carry between thirty and forty-five minutes worth of extra fuel as a safety margin." This is not sourced, but is common knowledge amongst those familiar with the aviation industry, and gives some idea of what constitutes "adequate fuel". Although this is technicaly OR I have not added the template as I feel that would look slightly pretentious for such a small level of additional knowledge - but I welcome comments on whether I should in fact have added it. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:31, 26 January 2008 (UTC)


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George Bush announces trip to Africa

January 26, 2008

The White House announced that the  American president  George W. Bush and his wife,  First Lady  Laura Bush will travel to Africa, next month.

The tour, which is scheduled to take place from 15 to 21 February, will include visits to Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, and Liberia.

The White House said the president will meet with leaders of these countries to discuss how the United States can support the continuation of democratic reforms, respect for human rights, and economic opportunities throughout the continent.

The last time Bush visited Africa was in 2003.

The White House said that during this visit, George Bush will review progress made in efforts in which Washington offers assistance to enhance economic development and the fight against HIV AIDS, malaria and other treatable diseases.

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User:Melancholie

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See wikt:de:User:Melancholie!

THEwikiStics : Page Hits toplist (compare traffic | searches)

I am considering to create advertising banners containing the latest news (done by bot). Spread your headlines all over the web ;-)

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User talk:Melancholie

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Stable versions
You might want to bring the topic up on our Water Cooler. It'd get more notice there and some of our more techie Wikinewsies can break out the 500 watt bulbs and other interrogation devices. :P --Brian McNeil / talk 19:00, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

RE: Revert
If I'd realised you were preparing the bot to do it I may have left it, but I was concerned at the lack of attention, hence the revert. Very well done on sorting out something to get it working again, by the way! Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:36, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Comments
Might what to filter out Comments pages, if you aren't already. Gopher65talk 17:51, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

pop articles
I think the template might be even more useful if it could be called with parameters. to that end, I modified my bots code so that that would happen. I'm not sure if your bot is based on my bot or not, but if you could modify yours as well to add the extra information to the template (see the source on user:Bawolff bot or this revision of the template to see what i'm talking about). Cheers, Bawolff ☺☻ 04:01, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * p.s. you should get your bot approved at WN:BOT. it is technically against policy to run any non-approved automated accounts. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:01, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Bots
Please get approved at Bots and provide a description of what the bot does at User:MelancholieBot. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 04:21, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Another quick note, it would be nice if you filtered out non-existing pages from the list, which would fix the problem of the entries like User, Category, and Wikinews. TheFearow (userpage) 05:36, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, see Template talk:Popular articles. I just was in hurry, yesterday. Will do those things today :-) --- Greetings, Melancholie (talk) 14:19, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * -cough- - please get this listed :) I would like to grant Editor access to the bot so we don't have to sight every edit :) -- Sken   my talk 23:10, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * See Bots ;-) --- Greetings, Melancholie (talk) 23:16, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Popular articles box
I like that new box on your userpage, mind if I use it as well? Cirt (talk) 21:08, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Of course, see Template:Popular_articles. --- Greetings, Melancholie (talk) 21:27, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * hmm, how about an arrow on the more link (diff). Bawolff ☺☻ 21:49, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

keeping tabs
could you do a favor and maybe keep tabs on the total hits on the top 15 articles every hour for one day? I want to get an idea of our readership. Thanks :-) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:10, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * What do you mean with "idea of our readership"? Top 15 sum is available, by the way :-) --- Greetings, Melancholie (talk) 21:15, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Like record the total hits every hour, add them up over a 24 hour period to get a grand total for 24 hours. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:23, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * For one day only? If yes, I would do it "manually" ;-) --- Greetings, Melancholie (talk) 22:43, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * On a related note, seems to have stopped updating. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:13, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * No, I am just trying to run everything in batch mode to catch up (it's already August, again). But thank you very much for this note :-) --- Nice greetings, Melancholie (talk) 23:32, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

MelancholieBot
Can the Bot be modified so that it only shows published articles in Template:Popular articles? That is they should be in Category:Published. Cheers, --SVTCobra 21:19, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Done :-) --- Greetings, Melancholie (talk) 14:30, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --SVTCobra 00:30, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Somehow after this update all the popular articles were from July 20. Is that a problem with the Bot or the source of the stats? --SVTCobra 18:12, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll have a look on it... --Melancholie (talk) 18:21, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It's a problem with the source of the stats, see template. My bot eventually ran with several instances, causing those older results (did things in parallel, cut input list); fixed my bot towards this contingency, notified developers. I think there is no free disk space anymore; let's hope Domas is awake right now ;-) --- Best regards, Melancholie (talk) 19:34, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. --SVTCobra 22:58, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

We may have a new problem. Starting with this edit, the Bot began making updates every half hour or so, which would be fine. However, the Template:Popular articles/unpublished is now including pages that are not only published, but archived. Did you change something in the filter? If so, perhaps it should go back to the way it was pre 21:00 UTC. Cheers, and again thanks for your work on this. --SVTCobra 22:58, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I am changing the script towards summing up redirects! For Template:Popular articles/unpublished I tried something out, I will revert this (just implemented ;-) --- Best regards, Melancholie (talk) 23:23, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
 * This latest version has three entries, two of which are old, published, and archived. Cheers--SVTCobra 00:41, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

 * I did see that ;-) Was an incomplete revert, now it is as it had been! --- Best regards, Melancholie (talk) 00:45, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The current revision has Shooting at school leaves one dead in Tennessee, United States listed twice, am i missing something? The Mind's Eye (talk) 00:47, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

 * I am working on summing up redirects, that doubled listing seems to had been a minor bug (the second one actually was the redirect). --- Best regards, Melancholie (talk) 02:03, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

not updating
It seems that the bot has stopped updating popular articles. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 18:13, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * http://dammit.lt/wikistats/ (data source) is having problems, stopped working once more. Domas is on vacation, see w:User_talk:Midom. --- Sorry for that, Melancholie (talk) 19:23, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Running again :-) --- Greetings, Melancholie (talk) 16:52, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

MelancholieBot Botblock Template
I am about ready to grant MelancholieBot the bot flag, but per policy it requires the botblock template on it's user page. Could you please add this? -- Sken   my talk 11:43, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Done :-) --- Greetings, Melancholie (talk) 12:43, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

mmA
Most missed articles: I don't think that this will apply like on a dictionary or an encyclopedia. People don't go typing in an entire news-headline and expect to get an exact hit, if you know what I mean. --SVTCobra 08:06, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I only intend to publish lists automatically on Wiktionary, Wikipedia and maybe Wikiquote wikis. But I will process lists for all wikis, like I always do. This means that every wiki can copy & paste their list from the source, if desired. But for that there has to be a backend template system available on all wikis. I hope that does not trouble ;-) --- Best regards, Melancholie (talk) 16:36, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. Just didn't want you to do extra work if it didn't make sense. --SVTCobra 16:43, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Notifier
the wikimedia notifier is real nice. Could a time stamp be added to each notice? You know, so when one is catching up after a few days away, one can see how old the notices are without consulting the history. Cheers, --SVTCobra 08:06, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * See Global notifications :-) -- I will synchronize that soon. --- Greetings, Melancholie (talk) 16:37, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --SVTCobra 16:43, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Not Updating?
I think the bot stopped updating. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:34, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, the bot is updating again. I think it was some problem with the data source server (or another Wikimedia background server), because my server doesn't seem to have failed (at least I hope so ;-) I know that also bugzilla was unavailable/misconfigured this morning for example, so maybe this could have been related to that. --- Best regards, Melancholie (talk) 21:56, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems it stopped updating again? Or am I just missing it in recent changes... DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, yes. See https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15177#c8. --- Best regards, Melancholie (talk) 20:06, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Not updating again I see. Just thought I would let you know. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:26, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Informed User:Midom again, see also tracking bug. --- Best regards, Melancholie (talk) 02:07, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Spelling
Hi Melancholie! There's a spelling error on the bot's Template:Popular articles/unpublished page. The word "non-exsistent" should be "non-existent". I tried to correct it but, of course, the bot changed it back after the next update. Sorry - very minor thing to complain about! :o) Redvers (talk) 23:21, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing out this (silly ;-) 'typo'! I corrected this. --- Best regards, Melancholie (talk) 02:32, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

bot not listing some articles (possibly semi-colon related)
Hi. Just thought I'd let you know that Gorgell noticed that the bot wasn't listed Canadian light aircraft stolen; Wisconsin State Capitol evacuated in its output. Based on my calculations, I believe the correct output for 21:00 April 7 should be (approx, This is from the really old script I had lying around, so it is without redirects being combined): The bot seems to have missed Dungeons_&_Dragons_co-creator_Gary_Gygax_dies and Canadian_light_aircraft_stolen;_Wisconsin_State_Capitol_evacuated. Thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:29, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Dungeons_%26_Dragons_co-creator_Gary_Gygax_dies (200 hits this hour)
 * Scientist_says_he_predicted_Italy_earthquake,_was_ignored (150 hits this hour)
 * Obama_makes_unannounced_visit_to_Iraq (136 hits this hour)
 * Vermont_legalizes_same-sex_marriage (128 hits this hour)
 * Canadian_light_aircraft_stolen;_Wisconsin_State_Capitol_evacuated (109 hits this hour)
 * Quiznos_restaurant_chain_airs_controversial_commercial (95 hits this hour)
 * Italian_police_find_24_children_living_in_Rome%27s_sewers (89 hits this hour)
 * Six-year-old_Egyptian_boy_contracts_bird_flu (78 hits this hour)
 * Massive_ice_shelf_expected_to_break_away_from_Antarctica (56 hits this hour)
 * Asian_countries_call_for_global_currency (56 hits this hour)
 * Major_magnitude_6.3_earthquake_strikes_central_Italy (48 hits this hour)
 * Jenson_Button_wins_half_of_the_2009_Malaysian_Grand_Prix_points (37 hits this hour)
 * Five_children_found_dead_in_Graham,_Washington (37 hits this hour)
 * Interview_with_US_political_activist_and_philosopher_Noam_Chomsky (34 hits this hour)
 * North_Korea_launches_rocket (32 hits this hour)

 * I will answer there... --- Best regards, Melancholie (talk) 13:25, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Fixed :-) --- Thank you for notifying me, Melancholie (talk) 05:19, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

broken
Hi, just wanted to let you know that your bot is broken. It hasn't updated the most popular articles list for two days:. Any way you could fix this? Thanks, Tempodivalse [talk]  14:20, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed - thank you very much for your notification! --- Sorry for that, Melancholie (talk) 23:19, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Smile.png Tempodivalse [talk]  23:25, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Template_talk:Popular_articles
Please take a look at Template_talk:Popular_articles. Thanks, Calebrw (talk) 23:34, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Bot discussion
As someone listed as having an active bot I would like to draw your attention to the following issue. This may not affect you unless your bot edits sighted pages - eg in the Template namespace - but as a bot operator your input is likely to be better informed. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:35, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Your bot
Hi, Your bot is extremely useful-I've just found this page-Template:Linked_on_Google_News, but for some reason it's only updating sporadically. Any chance you could fix it please? Thanks!   Tris   17:44, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
 * My bot currently runs once per hour. If it finds any Wikinews article linked on one of the portals on Google News (topics), the template will be updated. Unfortunately, Wikinews seems to be rarely linked prominently on entrance pages like http://news.google.com/. Wikipedia is linked much more often. Any links deep inside Google News (not sure where, if at all) are not really of interest, as almost hidden then (one out of many), I think. --- Kind regards, Melancholie (talk) 11:15, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh OK, so if there's no links, could it maybe update it saying that rather than leaving an old one on there?    Tris   12:11, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I will do that :-) (but not today, regrettably) --- Kind regards, Melancholie (talk) 17:43, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * OK perfect, thanks!    Tris   17:49, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Template:Popular articles
Thanks for all your work on Template:Popular articles. However, I just noticed an issue with the sorting. An article with 82 hits was listed above one with 84 hits. I thought you might want to know. See Image. --SVTCobra 01:27, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, I see. Seems that the redirects have pushed it upwards (the x+redirect-hits=84 one), but not far enough (entries are not endlessly moved upwards for efficiency reasons, maybe will move the whole thing to an other server or so one day); will have to check this. Thank you very much for this tip. --- Kind regards, Melancholie (talk) 02:03, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Bot not updating
The bot has stopped updating the popular articles. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:09, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi Melancholie, the bot hasn't been functioning for months now. Are you still around? If not, perhaps someone else should set up a popular-articles bot in your place? Tempodivalse [talk]  03:19, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

privs
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 * Under the Privilege expiry policy (enacted October 13, 2012) the rights held by your user account have been reduced due to inactivity, or lack of privilege use.

 * We all understand that real-life commitments can severely curtail the level of commitment you can give to Wikinews; the privilege reduction is in no way intended as a reflection on your past work, or to imply you are unwelcome. The aim in curtailing privileges is to address security risks, and concern that a long period of inactivity means you may not be up-to-date with current policy and practices.

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User talk:70.180.43.8

Welcome
Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. , welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

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User talk:75.58.180.33

Welcome
Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. , welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --Skenmy(t•c•w) 19:44, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
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User talk:CS46

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:13, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
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 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
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User talk:EbilPhish

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!Wilhelm 21:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
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 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
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 * And of course, stories need writing!

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Guyana shooting is country's worst in 30 years

January 26, 2008 Gunmen have killed 11 people in the village of Lusignan on the coast of Guyana, in what is said to be the country's worst mass shooting in 30 years.

The unidentified gunmen reportedly kicked down the doors of five houses and fired shots inside. The dead include five children, four men, and two women. Three people were wounded by the gunshots and taken to a hospital for treatment.

Following the shooting were angry demonstrations in the nearby town of Monrepos. Around 300 people in the village blocked two major highways and burned tires, oil drums, and refrigerators in their display of outrage.

"Government can't protect us!" they shouted. "We want more police!"

President Bharrat Jagdeo denounced the attacks, saying, "[This] could not have been done by human beings but rather by animals."

Police suspect that a criminal gang led by Rondell Rawlins may have been behind the attacks. He accused the government of kidnapping his pregnant 18-year-old girlfriend and has threatened to carry out attacks until she is recovered.

Rawlins, a former soldier, is blamed for the 2006 murder of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh.

Hours earlier, armed men attacked Guyana's police headquarters, injuring two policemen.


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Underdogs beaten by Liverpool in FA Cup

January 26, 2008

Havant and Waterlooville F.C. were today beaten 5 -2 by Liverpool F.C. in their FA Cup 4th round game at Anfield.

Havant, who are 122 places and 5 leagues below Liverpool, scored the first goal in 8 minutes, a header by Richard Pacquette. Liverpool's Leiva Lucas then brought the teams back to one goal each, with a 25 yard attempt going in the top right corner beating goal keeper Kevin Scriven.

Havant then replied 6 minutes later, with a attempt by Alfie Potter being deflected into the goal. However the lead was again only held for a short time, until Yossi Benayoun once again brought the teams level again. Liverpool then closed out their opposition scoring three more goals to bring the end result to 5 - 2.

6,000 Havant and Waterlooville fans travelled the 250 miles to Liverpool and remained in the stadium after the game to applaud their team, most of whom have other jobs. The team were also applauded by Liverpool fans and players, after the game.

It is thought that the game has made Havant and Waterlooville around £400,000 in sales and advertising. However the £350 million deal between Liverpool's American owners highlights the difference between the two clubs.

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Chamber of Commerce defeats Buderim XI in Australia Day Match

The Maroochy Chamber of Commerce has defeated the Buderim Cricket Club by 48 runs in their Australia Day Twenty20 cricket match.

Batting first, after losing the toss, the Chamber of Commerce scored slowly in the first few overs but scored around 10 an over for the rest of the match. They were bowled out for 162 off 18.3 overs.

In reply, Buderim batted with some enthusiasm and were on target to win the game within the 20 overs but were bowled out for 114 in 15.2 overs.

Maroochy Mayor Joe Natoli provided some commentary for part of the match. He noted, with a hint of sarcasm that the Mayors XI "failed to qualify" for the match. The lack of sledging was noted by other commentators.

The match was included in an overall Australia Day celebration at Buderim Mountain State School which included Sunshine Coast Idol, kids' rides, barbecues and food stalls.


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Obama wins South Carolina primary

January 27, 2008

Barack Obama has won the South Carolina Democratic primary, with 55 percent of the vote.

Hillary Clinton came in second with 27 percent of the vote, while John Edwards was third with 18 percent.

"Tonight, the cynics who believed that what began in the snows of Iowa was just an illusion were told a different story by the good people of South Carolina," Obama told his supporters.

"In nine short days, nearly half the nation will have the chance to join us in saying that we are tired of business-as-usual in Washington, we are hungry for change, and we are ready to believe again," he said, referring to Super Tuesday, which will be on February 5. 24 states will be holding primaries or caucuses on that day.

Clinton reportedly called Obama to congratulate him on his victory.

"I have called Senator Obama to congratulate him and wish him well," she stated.

A CNN exit poll showed Obama with 81 percent of the black vote, in a primary where 55 percent of voters were black. The exit poll also showed Obama with 24 percent of the white vote, while Edwards and Clinton received 39 percent and 36 percent of this demographic, respectively.

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