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User talk:Rfc1394

In case you aren't sure who I am, my name is  Paul Robinson.

Welcome
Rfc1394, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Audio Wikinews News brief
Excellent pronunciation and tone! One minor thing I'd like to suggest, you may want to turn your mic's volume down. That's it! Great job! NGerda July 1, 2005 22:14 (UTC)
 * Congrats from me as well! Although I don't think it is that the microphone volume is too loud, but that your mouth is too close to the microphone. Great opening sound clip! --Munchkinguy 5 July 2005 02:33 (UTC)

Upload location
Hi there. Thanks for recording Audio Wikinews. Since your content is licensed with a free license, you should be uploading it to Wikimedia Commons, and not here. -- IlyaHaykinson 1 July 2005 22:26 (UTC)
 * Just to clarify, the links still stay the same. NGerda July 1, 2005 22:27 (UTC)

Audio Wikinews
You're doing great work on Audio Wikinews! Welcome and thank you! Would you consider joining us in the "real time chat" (link found at the top of your screen) for a few moments? It will be quicker than trying to conduct a conversation over talk pages... --Chiacomo (talk) 2 July 2005 04:14 (UTC)

Audio Wikinews Scripts
You may have seen this on the water cooler, but if not, please see: Wikinews talk:Audio Wikinews --Chiacomo (talk) 2 July 2005 05:29 (UTC)

Your recent Edits
If you have time could you please join us in the "real time chat" (IRC) for a few mins. --Cspurrier 2 July 2005 20:31 (UTC)

Some tips...
Please have a look at Writing an article and Reporter's tools for information on writing a story and especially how to properly format sources for an article using the template. Oh, and by the way, you needne't use the template on pages other than actual news articles -- they're used for sorting published articles and archiving. Transcripts don't require them.... --Chiacomo (talk) 2 July 2005 20:59 (UTC)
 * Just make sure you use and ==Sources== on news articles, and you're as cool as ice! You've made some great article additions to the site! -- NGerda July 4, 2005 01:45 (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)

Audio News, again
Remember to put in the license details and other things from the template. Template for Spoken Wikinews

Image:Union76.jpg - please source
please source Image:Union76.jpg. It may be deleted without a source. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:44, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
 * the problem is that it needs a link. I'm aware that its from the department of energy and stuff they make is pd, but it needs a link to where on their site the image was from. See Fair use for details (yes I know its not fair use, but policy still applies to the image). Bawolff ☺☻ 21:57, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Image:RFC1394 Color 1600x1200.jpg
Plz go to commons and specify a licence for this image.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:34, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Please review this discussion: Water_cooler/policy.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:50, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Audio Wikinews
Your latest brief was very nice! However, one of the stories about digital music, was a copyvio... Best to check the page history and the original author, and google part of the text to avoid this... We should remove it from the brief also, I'll do it for you if you don't get around to doing so shortly. Also, I've uploaded the jingles I used in my latest briefs, in case you wish to use them: [[Media:Wikinews briefs part of intro.ogg]] and [[Media:Wikinews briefs jingle.ogg]].--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:59, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Our editing style
Hi! Just a couple things.

I've noticed you're wikilinking dates in the source template; please don't do that.

I also noticed you're making inline external links in your articles. Please don't do that either. :)

Thanks! irid t i [mailto:ironiridis@gmail.com e] 16:08, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: North Korea Holds Second Ballistic Missile Firing in One Week
Do you have a second source for this please?

To reply please click here.

--Gryllida (talk) 00:55, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Question
Hi Gryllida,

I have at least 3 sources I'm editing the story and do periodic saves to prevent loss during editing even though the story is incomplete. The story will get a "review" tag when ready.

--Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) (talk) 01:02, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Yay this sounds awesome, thank you for the update. Gryllida (talk) 01:58, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * A few points so far:
 * - The headline is expected to be in the sentence case, ie 'second' is not a name or a place so it goes lowercase
 * - In sources the date format is 'July 31' not '31 July'
 * - The first paragraph is expected to briefly answer the 5Ws -- who what where when why how -- with more details unfolding in the next para and background at the end. inverted pyramid has an illustration to this. The current version of the first paragraph does not seem to fully answer these questions
 * Please do not take this too badly as I understand that this is still a draft. I hope these points may help you complete it correctly.
 * Again thanks and best regards, Gryllida (talk) 02:01, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, this seems mostly addressed. Please check style guide for wikilinks if you have the time, it is a minor edit but it may help readers understand what things mean.
 * On first mention also please spell them out in full such as 'UN'
 * Regards, Gryllida (talk) 04:55, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Again thanks and best regards, Gryllida (talk) 02:01, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, this seems mostly addressed. Please check style guide for wikilinks if you have the time, it is a minor edit but it may help readers understand what things mean.
 * On first mention also please spell them out in full such as 'UN'
 * Regards, Gryllida (talk) 04:55, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * On first mention also please spell them out in full such as 'UN'
 * Regards, Gryllida (talk) 04:55, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Regards, Gryllida (talk) 04:55, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

North Korea holds second ballistic missile firing in one week
Hi. See my review comments on this. You need to develop a method of writing synthesis that doesn't involve copying passages at all. (There were some other problems, of course, as the review comments note.) The first article for Wikinews is often the most difficult; there's a lot to learn right off, basic elements for an article to pass review; hopefully it all gets much easier once over that initial learning curve (though, also hopefully, none of us ever stop learning). --Pi zero (talk) 04:45, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks Pi zero. It looks like updating the story with recent developments is a good way to go. Gryllida (talk) 01:01, 3 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I have added sources and updated the first paragraph. Rfc1394 could you please resolve the copyright issue, and insert the exact time and kind of missile of the third test, and submit for review? Thanks! Gryllida (talk) 01:15, 3 August 2019 (UTC)

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Talk:Romania redenominates its currency

So, is the old "lei" and the new "leu" or is this some subtle plural thing?

If it is old lei new leu then there's a lot of copy editing .........

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Please replace File:RON-100ronav.jpg with File:100L av.jpg (better resolution) --79.0.89.167 13:08, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

 * I agree so I tagged this to attract the attention of a Wikinews administrator.
 * The first file mentioned is tagged for speedy deletion at Commons (as a duplicate.)
 * --InfantGorilla (talk) 15:19, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ — Gopher65talk 03:28, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Dannyman

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

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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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Minnesota state government shuts down

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User:Rfc1394

I am Paul Robinson, and this is what I look like.

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Talk:United States Supreme Court Justice O'Connor to retire

Original Reporting: only so far that I heard Bush's speech on the radio. -- IlyaHaykinson 1 July 2005 22:58 (UTC)

 * Good work, but I think the OR tag is not justified. If there were more details from the press conference, maybe.--Eloquence 2 July 2005 15:47 (UTC)


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User talk:Mononoke~enwikinews

Welcome
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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
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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 Mononoke. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Mononoke~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)

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 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) 06:34, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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Talk:French goat is found to have BSE

This article should be in Category:Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, but I cannot add it due to the article being locked apparently due to Archive conventions. So instead the talk page is categorized...

 * done --Cspurrier 9 July 2005 14:25 (UTC)

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Magic button link
See http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Javascript#.7B.7Bdevelop.7D.7D_.E2.86.92_.7B.7Breview.7D.7D for full details. Basically it automatically replaces develop with review. If you want to change the text of the button, feel free to, but keep the link and the span the same. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:55, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Punctuation
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The comma after "to bring it to the attention of reviewers" should be a semicolon; as it is, it's a comma splice. --Pi zero (talk) 15:44, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Tempodivalse [talk]  17:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Add a css id specifically for the submit button
editprotectedIt would make things easier to make tools if there is a class for dialog buttons, and a specific id for submit button. •–• 03:52, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
 * As a workaround, loop through elements of wikidialog-button class and check for their innerHTML matching with 'Submit for review'.
 * $('.wikidialog-button').each(function(i){var $el = $('.wikidialog-button')[i]; if($el.innerHTML=='Submit for review') {console.log('yes');}});
 * This for some reason finds two such buttons on one page. Dunno why.
 * --Gryllida (talk) 04:00, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

 * This would not be a change to develop, but primarily to Assistant:Submit, which is called from here and the call from here wouldn't change. Assistant:Submit would have to pass information to dialog/edit, which would pass it on to dialog/button, which sets up an html entity that is then processed by the dialog gadget.  Likely the gadget already passes information through as needed, ditto dialog/edit; a change would be wanted to Assistant:Submit, and likely also to dialog/button. --Pi zero (talk) 23:09, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

Stray DIV?
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At the end of the content supllied to xambox, There appears to be a stray DIV. As the Xambox closes itself, this DIV may be redundant? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 08:18, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Done as requested. --Green Giant (talk) 18:32, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Edit request
Editprotected Replace  with. --Minorax (talk) 10:39, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
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Parameter?
Perhaps we should have a parameter on the template to specify what anticipated event the article is being kept for. Some of the articles placed in the prepared articles section in recent times are meant for refocus, so that one can't tell just be reading their content whether they have outlived their usefulness (whereas the five-day-expiry was written on the expectation it would be obvious when the event has passed); the parameter would be to give us a way of judging ongoing viability. The template message would incorporate the parameter when non-blank; when the parameter is blank, and perhaps even if not, there might be some mention of the parameter as a possible alternative to the five-day-expiry.

(I'm also hoping eventually we'll have a somewhat more systematic procedure for a "pre-review" sort of check on the verifiability of material in a prepared article, likely with some sort of support on the template; but, don't yet have a clear vision of how that would work.) --Pi zero (talk) 12:23, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

 * Agreed. You’ve kind of beaten me to it but having tagged a draft article with this template earlier, I realised there wasn’t anything to show why it was in preparation mode. A parameter for the anticipated event would be very useful. With some of the prepared stories it is unclear what exactly we are waiting for. I was thinking that this template could be incorporated into the tasks template as a parameter but it might be easier to keep it separate.
 * In addition to the proposed parameter, I’d suggest having:
 * a parameter indicating whether it is still being worked on or if it is pretty much ready, waiting for the anticipated event?
 * a visible link to allow someone to search for a news source about the topic of the draft article?
 * a sentence inviting others to contribute to the preparation?
 * perhaps a date parameter similar to the abandoned template, so we can see when the draft article has expired?
 * --Green Giant (talk) 14:14, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

 * I've taken a stab at it, with parameters  and   (though I did consider calling them   and  ). --Pi zero (talk) 04:05, 17 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for doing that. I’ve previewed it on a page and it looks fine. --Green Giant (talk) 06:28, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Audio Wikinews/Transcripts/July 2, 2005

From the studios of Robinson Telephone Company in Arlington, Virginia, I'm Paul Robinson. Today is Saturday, July 2, 2005, and the time is 03:30 Universal Coordinated Time. This is Wikinews. ([[Media:Wikinewstop.ogg|Sound Effect]])

Here are the stories that are being covered:

 * Germany's Chancellor gets requested no confidence vote
 * Terrorist explosion in Russia kills 10
 * Ferry Crash in Vancouver
 * Canada's Health Minister to attempt to stop Americans from buying prescription drugs in bulk
 * Discovery Space Shuttle Launch scheduled for July 13
 * Federal Judge puts California's Prison Health Care system into receivership
 * New drawing by Leonardo DaVinci found
 * CNOOC submits Unocal Bid Details to Federal Regulators
 * Microsoft to pay IBM US$775 Million in antitrust settlement
 * Today in History from Wikipedia.

And now, these stories

German Chancellor asks parliament to dissolve his government
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany asked parliament to dissolve the government and order new elections to be held next year, one year earlier than otherwise would be required. Schroder decided to take the move to demand a vote of no confidence in view of his inability to solve his country's current economic problems. It is predicted that if the request is approved by the German Supreme Court and German President Horst Koehler, that Schroeder's government would not return to power, and the most likely person to become Chancellor will be Angela Merkel, who would become the first female chancelor in the country's history.

Terrorist explosion in Russia kills 10
The Itar-Tass news agency reports that a terrorist blast in the southern Russia town of Makhachkala, Dagestan, killed 10 soldiers and wounded some 20 others on Friday. Two bombs were set off in a bath house at 2:15 pm local time as the soldiers were passing outside, according to an official of the Russian Interior Ministry. Dagestan is near Chechnya, which has for some time now been under rebel fighting against the Russian government.

Ferry crash in Vancouver
The Queen of Oak Bay, a 7000 ton, 139 meter ferry, destroyed over a dozen boats near West Vancouver, British Columbia, after it lost power around 10 AM local time Friday. The ferry missed the terminal berth just past Horseshoe Bay and plowed into Sewell's marina. Witnesses report as many as 15 to 20 boats were destroyed when the ferry went out of control. The ferry was carrying hundreds of passengers at the time, but no injuries were reported.

Canada's Health Minister will attempt to stop Americans from buying prescription drugs in bulk
Ujjal Dosanjh, Canada's Minister of Health, has set out a plan to stop U.S. cities and states from purchasing drugs in bulk from Canadian suppliers. The plan is being criticized as potentially destroying a number of mail order and internet-based pharmacies operating in Canada that ship prescription drugs to the United States. It is said the result may simply cause orders to shift to suppliers in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, as well as possibly Mexico.

Discovery Space Shuttle Launch scheduled for July 13
After two days of reviews, NASA managers have scheduled shuttle Discovery for a launch attempt at 1951 UTC or 3:51 p.m. local time in Florida, on July 13. Additional paperwork must be settled, as well as issues regarding the shuttle's body flap, a device that assists in descent at re-entry. If all goes well and the launch takes place on schedule, this will be the 114th launch of the Space shuttle.

Federal Judge puts California's Prison Health Care system into receivership
U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco has ordered the state's health care system for prisoners be put under the control of a reciever to stop deaths of inmates due to medical malfesance. The system provides medical care to 164,000 inmates at a cost of US$1.1 billion annually. Reportedly the judge described conditions in the state's medical system as barbaric. The appointment of a receiver was the last resort available after repeated failures of Governor Schwartenegger's administration to improve medical conditions at state prisons.

New drawing by Leonardo DaVinci found
Britain's National Gallery revealed on Friday that by X-raying one of Leonardo DaVinci's paintings, "Virgin of the Rocks", they have found a drawing beneath the surface of the painting. The drawing is of a woman who is raising her arm and looking dowcast. The drawing had been previously dismissed as a mere copy of a similar drawing that is hanging in Paris' Louvre museum.

CNOOC submits Unocal Bid Details to Federal Regulators
The China National Offshore Oil Company, known as CNOOC, has submitted to U.S. Government regulators the details of its proposed US$18.5 billion purchase of California-based Unocal. The bid comes against a US$16.5 billion offer of cash and stock from Chevron Corporation. CNOOC, which is 70% owned by the Chinese Government, has placed a request for review with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS. Both Chevron and CNOOC have been readying their lobbyists to try and get favorable consideration for their side in Washington. If there is determined to be no threat to national security as a result of the merger, the review of CNOOC's offer could be completed in as little as 30 days. While typically such reviews are not undertaken until after a takeover bid is formally accepted by the target companty, there is precedent for such review to be done before that happens.

Microsoft to pay IBM US $775 million in Antitrust settlement
According to a report in the New York Times, Microsoft will pay IBM Corporation US $775 million to settle antitrust claims which resulted from the U.S. government's antitrust lawsuit against the software manufacturer. The issues dealt with Microsoft's actions in reducing the value of IBM's OS/2 operating system, which competed with Microsoft's Windows Operating System. This settlement with IBM follows several other settlements of hundreds of millions of dollars each with Sun Microsystems, America On Line, Gateway and Novell. Microsoft also has a lawsuit pending against it that was filed by Real Networks, as well as an appeal of a US $600 million fine imposed by European antitrust regulators.

Today in History from Wikipedia
Today is Saturday, July 2, 2005. Today is the 183rd day of the year. Today is the middle day of the year. There were 182 days before today, and there are 182 days remaining in this year. Here are some of the events that happened today in history:
 * In 1776, The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with Great Britain, although a formal Declaration of Independence is not adopted until July 4th.
 * In 1777, Vermont becomes the first U.S. State to abolish slavery.
 * In 1839, Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad.
 * In 1937, Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.
 * In 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law.
 * In 1976, North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
 * And in 2000, Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party.

(Closing Comments)
Thank you for joining us for today's segment. Join us again tomorrow for more headlines, news, facts, and anniversaries.  I'm Paul Robinson. This report is in the public domain.  If you wish to contact the staff of this broadcast, please send an email to audiowikinews@gmail.com. If you wish to contribute to Wikinews, please visit www.wikinews.org, or call United States telephone number, area code 206, 339-WIKI, that's 206-339-9454. Wikinews is a nonprofit independent news site run by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation.


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Judge orders Baltimore City prison to produce plan for improvement

July 2, 2005

A city Circuit Court judge in Baltimore, Maryland, John M. Glynn, ordered state corrections officials on Friday to produce in 30 days a written report that will outline plans to reduce over crowding and slow processing times at the city's Central Booking and Intake Center. The state-run facility is a centralized jail designed to process arrests made by all city police precincts and is the gateway into the criminal justice system of suspects taken into custody in the city of 640,000 people.

In the last 3 months, over 80 arrestees were released from the Central Booking facility without being formally charged. In April this year, a temporary restaining order was issued by Judge Glynn against the facility to enforce the release of those held more than 24 hours after their intake who did not receive a hearing by a court commissioner. The commissioner sets bail, if granted, and formalizes the charges filed by the arresting officer. The charges are then entered into the state's computer system where the case is tracked. The hearing also marks the date for the suspect’s right to a speedy trial.

The Friday hearing was called after the city mayor’s office of Martin O'Malley filed a motion to join a lawsuit that was brought by public defenders on behalf of those criminally detained at the facility. In Maryland, a hearing with a court commissioner within 24 hours of being arrested is state law. Judge Glynn presided over that lawsuit which led to the temporary restraining order. The order is to remain in effect until November.

Aides to O’Malley are seeking help from his court to implement and then monitor procedural changes at Central Booking, and made sharp criticisms of state public safety officials. One mayor’s aide said, ”We continue to offer management solutions, and they are accepted. But you know what? I don’t have time to run [Central Booking], nor does the police department.”

Judge Glynn expressed concern during the hearing that a purely judicial remedy may not be the answer, and said, “If I find that it is a hopeless disaster… what can I do about that?” He peppered parties to the suit with questions and suggested there is the possibility that political action, not court intervention, may be needed to solve what city and police officials call inefficient management practices by the state.

Glynn also requested parties to the suit to report back on what happened to the 80+ arrestees who were released so far as a result of the restraining order. The suspect could be re-arrested if officers knew the circumstances of the release, but police say that would take time and money to work out. An arrestee released without seeing a court commissioner has as the only record of the offense the hand written charging document by the officer.

The Maryland attorney general’s office representing the corrections officers said at the hearing that city police are part of the problem by not filing charging documents at Central Booking when the arrestee is delivered and processing begins. The state must accept the prisoners, but cannot move forward without the necessary documents. They also say city police sometimes flood the facility, which can create temporary backlogs.

Central Booking was designed to process 60,000 suspects a year, but currently handles nearly 100,000. It was built to accommodate 900 people at any one time, but normally crowds in 1,200. Arrestees describe conditions in holding cells with no room to sit on the floor, and being crammed in with people who suffer with health problems or drug addicts who vomit from withdrawal.


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Kevin Baas's suggestions

 * right side:
 * switch order of "orginal reporting" and "sports reporting"
 * can the weather go above developing stories?
 * and latest wikinews media above the bot news?
 * in sum: current top, wikinews media, original reporting, sports, weather, possibly marketdata, (bot news), developing stories
 * can the right side be thinner?
 * i think "stories in development" should link to a workspace of sorts.
 * leads
 * more & bigger leads on the top. i think the main page should look more like a front page to a newspaper.
 * there is an advantage to "mosiac" organization rather than "blog" organization: it's organized in a way more fitting to what the info is: a mosiac of world events; an aggregation of disparate happenings. And it also draws the eye better.  Also, we dont' want to look like a blog, or be assoicated w/ "bloginess", as blogs are opinonated, and we aren't.  that is, it would damage wikinews' credibility.
 * fonts are a little squished. maybe 97% or 98%?
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MTV debuts 'Logo' cable channel targeting gay market

July 2, 2005 MTV Networks launched a new cable channel to 10 million homes Thursday featuring movies, documentaries and original programming targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender audience becoming the first 24-hour digital cable network offered in the United States on several cable providers and satellite systems.

Logo will present original series, documentaries and specials as well as a library of over 200 lesbian and gay films. The cable channel is also teaming up with CBS News to cover lesbian and gay stories and headlines.

While the channel debuted Thursday, Viacom, the parent comany of Logo, had still not signed licensing agreements with several of the largest cable providers including Comcast and Cox. DirecTV signed a deal Wednesday making Logo available to 13 million households, and Time Warner and Atlantic Broadband have committed to carry the network.

Advertisers will include Orbitz, Tylenol, Motorola, Miller Lite, Lions Gate Films and Subaru wishing to market to the coveted 25-to-49 age range providing an opportunity to reach out to the lesbian and gay market.

Opposition to the new channel was expected with MSNBC quoting Janice Crouse, senior fellow at Concerned Women for America, a conservative public-policy women's organization based in Washington, D.C., calling Logo "another example of an assault on children's innocence, a means of legitimizing a homosexual lifestyle, mainstreaming homosexuality in a positive and appealing way."

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) hails the launch of Logo.

"Logo has the potential to reach millions of American television viewers with images and stories that can play a vital role in broadening understanding of our lives, our families and our relationships," says GLAAD Entertainment Media Director Damon Romine. "MTV Networks has a long history of groundbreaking gay and lesbian programming, and devoting an entire network to telling our stories gives us cause to celebrate."

"What these networks provide is something new: an unprecedented opportunity for gays and lesbians to see ourselves depicted as we are, rather than as others see us," Romine says. "At its best, television holds up a mirror to our lives, and the advent of these three networks means that LGBT viewers can now see themselves more accurately and fully reflected in that mirror."

Many have wondered why it took as long as it did to introduce a national LGBT cable channel considering the success of mainstream network shows like "Will & Grace" and "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy."


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Serbia and Montenegro military announces mandatory service shortening

July 2, 2005 Dragan Paskaš, the president of the Generalštab, the main governing body of the Military of Serbia and Montenegro, announced that mandatory military service may get shorthened to six months.

So far, every capable male citizen had to serve for nine months in military, or thirteen months in civil service. "I think that mandatory service should last for six months, which would eliminate barriers caused by its length, and we could start new military programs," Paskaš said.

Military of Serbia and Montenegro has been under a lot of pressure lately, as the government froze Defense Ministry's fundings, and the military has been unable to sell buildings in downtown Belgrade attractive location, which were heavily damaged during NATO bombing in 1999.


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Ahmadinejad pictures: Iran Gov't denies hostage-taker allegations

July 4, 2005

Speaking to a group of lawmakers from provinces of Azerbaijan on Monday, Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called "baseless" and "questionable" the controversial spread of photo comparisons of himself to the image of a hostage-taker.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi, said during a interview with Alison Caldwell on The World Today on Sunday that, "Mr. Ahmadinejad's involvement in the US Embassy takeover was a lie, which was even confirmed by the Americans. That was evidently propaganda. We should be aware and not let such propaganda lead us to misunderstanding and pessimism."

Former secret agent Saeed Hajjarian, a one-time top adviser to outgoing President Mohammad Khatami, identified the man in a 1979 photo as Taqi Mohammadi, who was jailed in 1981 for his involvement in bombing that killed the president and prime minister in Tehran. According to a story in the Jordan Times, "Mohammadi committed suicide in Evin prison. I myself was a witness to take his body out of jail for burial," Hajjarian said.

Many top news sources reported that Ahmadinejad was believed by 5 former hostages of the 1981 hostage crisis in Teheran to be one of the hostage-takers or interrogators of that incident. Two images have been used commonly across the media on this topic. The first, a known picture of Ahmadinejad during his student days and the second an image of one of the hostagetakers, both in black and white. One or both of these images have been placed side-by-side on a number of current images of the president in most news media. Fox News chose to enlarge features of the known student photo of Ahmadinejad alongside current photos of himself, i.e. comparing his nose and eyes with the same features on himself. To no great surprise, the similarity is striking.

Currently, U.S. officials find "serious discrepancies" between images of the Ahmadinejad and the mentioned images of the terrorist.


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Karl Rove named as a source of Plame leak

July 3, 2005 A reporter's notes subpoenaed by the U.S. District Court in Washington may show United States President George W. Bush's chief political advisor Karl Rove as one of the two sources behind the leaking of the identity of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame, according to one or more anonymous sources cited by MSNBC.

However, Rove's lawyer, Donald Luskin, acknowledged that although Rove had communicated with Cooper shortly before Plame's identity was leaked, denied any wrongdoing on the part of his client, saying that "Rove absolutely did not identify Valerie Plame."

The notes are those of White House correspondent. They were released by Norman Pearlstine, editor-in-chief of TIME Inc., by order of the court, in ruling that, in the case of leaking the identity of CIA agents, reporters must reveal the identity of their sources.

The court's ruling was based on the clause in Constitutional law summarized popularly with the phrase "Crying fire in a crowded theater": that when the degree to which the speech puts the safety of others at risk outweighs the degree to which it benefits others, so does their right to safety and security outweigh one's right to free expression.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the reporters' appeal of the case.

Background
TIME magazine announced Thursday they would identify the leak from reporter Matthew Cooper's notes. The decision by TIME came after a federal judge in gave the magazine and The New York Times 48 hours to comply with a months long order to provide information on the sources of press leaks. of The New York Times, along with Cooper at TIME, face jail time for their refusal to name anonymous sources. The steadfast refusal by Cooper and Miller to personally identify their sources may lead to an 18 month jail sentence.

The case against Cooper stemmed from a July 6, 2003 Op-Ed piece published by the Times, where disputed the assertion made by President Bush in his  that Saddam Hussein tried to buy uranium from Niger.

A week later Valerie Plame, Wilson's wife, was identified as a CIA operative in a news story written by, a conservative pundit. The news blew Plame's cover, and the information was obtained by two anonymous White House sources. The leak to the press was thought by some to be retaliation for her husband's Op-Ed story. Wilson blamed Rove for the leak, saying in an Aug. 21, 2003 public panel, "At the end of the day, it's of keen interest to me to see whether or not we can get Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs. And trust me, when I use that name, I measure my words."

Cooper wrote and had published stories about the issue at TIME. Miller did research, but did not write a story. The reporter Novak who broke the story, remained silent on the case until Wednesday, and said on CNN's Inside Politics that, "They're not going to jail because of me."

Journalists usually protect their sources' wishes of anonymity, in order to retain a vital channel of information from and others with controversial information. The tension between the press and the U.S. Federal judiciary highlights what Rick Rodriquez, executive director of the American Association of Newspaper Editors, calls "the need to have a discussion around the federal shield law." A "shield" could grant confidentiality between reporters and anonymous sources similarly to the right granted in.

The decision by his employer TIME to reveal a source may spare veteran reporter Cooper time behind bars. His employer is in possession of his notes and therefore has knowledge of the source. In the case of Miller, The New York Times claims it has no such reporting notes.

Background sources

 * Valerie Plame at our sister project, Wikipedia


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POV
The notes are not public record. Wikinews is claiming that it is now established fact the Rove is named in the notes as the source of the leak. This is disputed by his attorney and really only speculated by O'Donnell and Isikof. The introductory paragraph should reflect this 'news' as only comments made by two pundits. The article ignores the comments made by Rove's attorney because that would make a balanced article and the authours don't want that. They want to make Rove look bad instead of providing us an escape from traditional agenda driven media.

Rove very well may be the source, but don't let your own desires for that to get in the way here. (69.23.220.138 forgot to sign at 15:58, July 3, 2005) - Please remember to sign your discussion contributions with " ~ ".

 * "Reporter's notes subpoenaed by the Supreme Court reveal United States President George W. Bush's chief political advisor Karl Rove as one of the two sources behind the leaking of the identity of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame." Where has this been reported? (69.23.220.138 forgot to sign at 16:43, July 3, 2005)

 * Presumably in the Newsweek article "The Rove Factor?" which states "The e-mails surrendered by Time Inc., which are largely between Cooper and his editors, show that one of Cooper's sources was White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, according to two lawyers who asked not to be identified because they are representing witnesses sympathetic to the White House. Cooper and a Time spokeswoman declined to comment."

 * I agree though that the intro paragraph needs to be changed to reflect the source of this info (two anonymous sources and Lawrence O'Donnell). Feel free to make the change. - TalkHard 3 July 2005 20:56 (UTC)

The title as well as the article simply say that Rove has been "named".This is true.Even his lawyer's assertions which are surely self serving for his client(or should be) are included in the article. This article is NPOV in my opinion. 64.229.184.66 4 July 2005 01:11 (UTC)

 * No this is wrong. What was recently publicised is that Rove spoke to Cooper in the weeks before the leak. Rove's lawyer confirms this. That is all that is being claimed. It's O'Donnell (who is still reeling from the election) who is speculating regarding to what Rove and time spoke about. Be accurate or don't do it at all.

Restoring Honor to White House
This guy is part of the administration that said they would "Restore Honor to the White House"

No comment... (Apollo2011 forgot to sign at 23:45, July 3, 2005) - Please remember to sign your discussion contributions with " ~ ".

First sentence
The first sentence (actually first few words) seems jumbled and odd - "Reporter's notes did not subpoenaed" - as well as spelled incorrectly. I'm not sure what should be here but just wanted to point it out. - Tdempsey 4 July 2005 03:57 (UTC)
 * Thx Tdempsey. If you check under the history tab, you can compare versions and see what the latest changes are. I reverted 'did not' addition by an anonymous contributor. -Edbrown05 4 July 2005 04:41 (UTC)

It's not just O'Donnell
"'The e-mails surrendered by Time Inc., which are largely between Cooper and his editors, show that one of Cooper's sources was White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, according to two lawyers who asked not to be identified because they are representing witnesses sympathetic to the White House,' Isikoff writes on the Newsweek web site."

Title has been f___ed up; Rove has been named as a source so I will make the title coherent. Paulrevere2005 4 July 2005 12:13 (UTC)

 * You still don't understand. It is agreed that Rove was interviewed by Cooper. O'Donnell is the one making news by stating specifically, that he believes those notes will show Rove leaked that Plame was a CIA agent. Maybe we need to dumb it down: "Rove, notes, yes. Rove, leak, dunno".

 * Wrong again.Isikoff's quote says that Rove is a source for the leak..period. Paulrevere2005 4 July 2005 21:23 (UTC)

 * To quote isikoff: "It is unclear, however, what passed between Cooper and Rove." You're obviously not interested anyway.

 * 69.23.220.138 is correct. Isikoff does a tap dance in the Newsweek article; maybe they can pull a "didn't have sex with that woman" play. I think his lawyer, Luskin's, link to drug cartels and gold bars is much more interesting(see below)

 * You're right. Facts aren't important/

Revere, you need to read the article more carefully. The two lawyers confirm that Rove was a source for the article, NOT that Rove was a source for Plame's identity.

Rove's lawyer accused of Cosa Nostra links
Just noticed this..not a story but interesting [] [] Paulrevere2005 4 July 2005 12:29 (UTC)

Search for Rove and Plame on FOX News
A search for Rove and Plame on foxnews.com turned up this segment by John Gibson on Thursday, April 14, 2005. In that segment, Gibson downplays Rove's possible guilt as brought up by Plame's husband, Joe Wilson. He does this by mentioning that "Senator John Kerry exposed a CIA officer, by name" in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting with John Bolton. A Media Matters release sheds light on this accusation, the same day, by revealing that "it was Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) who first mentioned the CIA officer by name during the hearing." The two Fox news articles cited in the Media Matters article seem to be verifiable distortions of the truth. And now it has been revealed that Karl Rove indeed did leak the identity of Valerie Plame. - McCart42 (talk) July 4, 2005 17:55 (UTC)
 * Another Media Matters piece on the charge that Kerry exposed an undercover CIA agent. - McCart42 (talk) July 4, 2005 18:04 (UTC)

Legal notes
The "Constitutional law" referred to in this story is not part of the Constitution of the United States, nor any statutory law. It's part of Constitutional case law, so it's more appropriate to refer to specific precedents, rather than "clauses". I assume this statement is referring to the imminent lawless action precedent set by Brandenburg v. Ohio. I'm not sure the summary given in the article is accurate. It would have been nice to have a link to the ruling that was being summarized, and possibly a direct quote, as well. -- Beland 01:14, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Category and link
edit protected Please add this article to Category:Time (magazine) and localize a link of the same name. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 13:02, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Added cat, w-ized. --Pi zero (talk) 04:10, 20 January 2016 (UTC)


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Live 8 concerts around the world to "End Poverty Now"

July 2, 2005 Massive music concerts took place around the planet under the Live 8 banner in an effort to put pressure on the leaders of the eight richest countries in the world to end global poverty.

All concerts were timed to take place between noon and 10pm local time, with over a million people expected to attend concerts in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US, Canada, South Africa and Russia. The events were broadcast to a potential audience of five and a half billion people world-wide.

The largest concert was in the US in Philadelphia where, over the course of 7 hours, hundreds of thousands of people gathered to watch Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, Destiny's Child, Dave Matthews Band, and Black Eyed Peas among others. Philadelphia native Will Smith both performed and was the opening presenter. Peak attendance, the maximum amount of people believed to be watching Live 8 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at a given time, is estimated to have been between 600,000 and 800,000.

In Hyde Park in London, 205,000 people watched acts including Elton John, Madonna, Coldplay, Robbie Williams and Pink Floyd. The concert was opened by Sir Paul McCartney and U2 playing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - the first time the song has ever been performed live by a Beatle. It ended at 11.58pm with all of the acts coming on stage to sing one last time. Bill Gates - founder of Microsoft and the richest man in the world (owning $46.5 billion) - appeared on the London stage to discuss the challenges facing the world, before introducing Dido. Later, Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of the UN addressed the audience, thanking them for their support.

However, the first concert to open - in Japan - only drew 10,000 spectators, disappointing many.

The concerts follow on 20 years after the Live Aid concert organised by Bob Geldof, which was created to raise money for famine victims in Ethopia.

By contrast, the aim of Live 8 - also organised by Geldof - is not fund-raising but instead to apply pressure to the leaders of the G8 to end world poverty, which claims the lives of 50,000 every day.

The Live 8 organisers are urging the G8 to:

 * 1) Double the aid sent to the world's poorest countries,
 * 2) Fully cancel their debts,
 * 3) Change the trade laws so that they can build their own future.

The Finance Ministers of the G8 agreed a plan last month to cancel the debt of 18 of the poorest countries to the IMF, the World Bank and the African Development Fund, but are requiring other countries to end political and financial corruption before they become elegible for debt relief.

On Thursday the President of the United States, George W. Bush, announced that the US will double US aid to Africa by 2010 - increasing to $8.6 billion a year. Bob Geldof welcomed the news, saying "This is the first time we have heard this sort of language.

"This is very, very positive indeed."

London, United Kingdom
Crowd: 205,000
 * U2
 * Pink Floyd
 * Paul McCartney
 * Coldplay
 * Madonna
 * Sting
 * Robbie Williams
 * Dido
 * Elton John
 * Keane
 * Annie Lennox
 * Mariah Carey
 * Scissor Sisters
 * Joss Stone
 * Stereophonics
 * REM
 * Velvet Revolver
 * Bob Geldof
 * The Killers
 * The Cure
 * Snow Patrol

Berlin, Germany
Crowd: 100,000
 * Crosby, Stills and Nash
 * Lauryn Hill
 * Brian Wilson
 * A-ha
 * Bap
 * Die Toten Hosen
 * Peter Maffay
 * Green Day

Philadelphia, United States
Crowd: 800,000 - 1,000,000
 * Will Smith (Host)
 * Bon Jovi
 * Dave Matthews Band
 * Stevie Wonder
 * P. Diddy
 * Maroon 5
 * Toby Keith
 * Jay-Z
 * Linkin Park
 * Sarah McLachlan
 * Rob Thomas
 * Keith Urban
 * 50 Cent
 * Kaiser Chiefs

Paris, France
Crowd: 200,000
 * Jamiroquai
 * Youssou N'Dour
 * Yannick Noah
 * Placebo
 * Craig David
 * Andrea Bocelli
 * Calogero
 * Kyo
 * Axelle Red
 * David Halliday
 * Manu Chao
 * Renaud

Rome, Italy
Crowd: 100,000 Several Italian bands really got the crowd going, but foreign bands such as Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were poorly received by the crowd.
 * Duran Duran
 * Faith Hill
 * Tim McGraw
 * Irene Grandi
 * Jovanotti
 * Nek
 * Laura Pausini
 * Vasco Rossi
 * Zucchero

Moscow, Russia
Crowd: 200,000
 * Pet Shop Boys
 * Spleen
 * Moral Code X

Barrie, Canada
Crowd: 35,000
 * Neil Young
 * Bryan Adams
 * Celine Dion
 * Motley Crue
 * Simple Plan

Johannesburg, South Africa
Crowd: 40,000
 * Oumou Sangare
 * Zola

Tokyo, Japan
Crowd: 10,000
 * Björk
 * Good Charlotte

In Cornwall
Crowd: 5,000
 * Daara J
 * Siyaya

This was all Afrcan musicians plus Dido, guesting with Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour.

The Eden centre turned out to be an excellent site for TV or rather a web stream.

WOMAD was involved so there may be a record.

There was a weblink to South Africa and a live message from Nelson Mandela.
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Kidjo.jpg
 * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Crowd.jpg

Archived video
 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/broadband/mediawrapper/consoles/live8?redirect=console.shtml&nbram=1&bbram=1


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Watching on TV :-). Hopefully someone will stick some pictures on Commons later Dan100 (Talk) 2 July 2005 12:58 (UTC)

Pink Floyd
They don't seem to be in the 'Line Up' on the page. They are playing, right?
 * I think they are going to perform this night, European time (at least I heard so on TV). Väsk 2 July 2005 15:16 (UTC)
 * Their omission was an error, now fixed Dan100 (Talk) 2 July 2005 15:54 (UTC)

a bit biased
change the trade laws so they can build their own future -anything more specific?

also, can someone add info on corruption in Africa and how aid is sometimes wasted.
 * Thought I mentioned that a bit at the bottom of the article Dan100 (Talk) 3 July 2005 13:56 (UTC)

Yeah, the 'three points' came direct from the Live8live site - I see no need to re-write their aims, and we need to explain the point of the concerts.

A bit down from that it say: The Finance Ministers of the G8 agreed a plan last month to cancel the debt of 18 of the poorest countries to the IMF, the World Bank and the African Development Fund, but are requiring other countries to end political and financial corruption before they become elegible for debt relief. Dan100 (Talk) 3 July 2005 13:57 (UTC)

Original Reporting?
Who did the original reporting and where are the notes? --RossKoepke 5 July 2005 08:40 (UTC)
 * See up. The article is the notes - I wrote as I viewed. Dan100 (Talk) 5 July 2005 11:53 (UTC)

Lap of Luxury?? Why do people performers at this show dine in luxury, while claiming they are trying to make leaders aware of poverty? Weren't they all given expensive gift bags (worth $12000) for performing? Don't you think the money used to support their egos could have been used in a more constructive manner for under-developed nations?

Thanks Wikipedia, for keeping censorship alive and well!!

German Link
The link tu de.wikinews is wrong. The correct title ist „Live-8“ - „Keine Wohltätigkeit, sondern Gerechtigkeit!”.--cyper 10:37, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Edit request
editprotected Please add to this article. Many thanks --Joowwww (talk) 22:30, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ — Gopher65talk 06:40, 28 January 2009 (UTC)


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Paul — I don't have very much experience with video production. I suggest that if you want to gain experience, try filming something very short and unrelated to the story you ultimately want to cover, in order to gain experience in doing it. For example, film a short story about something simple, like litter in the subway; interview a couple of people with different opinions, and write up an article to go with the video segment. Upload the video to the Commons, and post the article here, and in the process gain experience that will set you up for the transit strike story. You might also be able to get some pointers from ex-Wikinewsie David Vasquez. He's unfortunately no longer regularly contributing, so use the "Email this user" link on his user page to contact him. Good luck! -- IlyaHaykinson 07:14, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * You might also be intreasted in Broadcast which isn't active curently (unfortunatly the person heading up the project left(David Vasquez) but he left on fairly good terms so he'll proably help you if you ask.) but there might be something there useful. Good luck. happy editing, and filming. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 07:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

New Wikinewsie
Hello. Thank you :) I am currently covering a somewhat breaking story: Hotel development proposal could displace Buffalo, NY business owners. I am covering a meetig on the 21 of this month that is going to be a big event. This is causing quite an uproar. I would not be suprised if this made national headlines :) But you should always take notes, record quotes if you can and take your own pictures as well as your own work can be used on Wikinews. I am still new at Original reporting and this is my first major actual full fledged reporting. Good luck and let me know how everything goes. Keep in touch! Jason Safoutin 07:03, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

video
Since you've been intreasted in vedo, you may be intreasted to know that MrM is thinking of starting up video again under WNN:Proposal. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:13, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

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 PaulHanson. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name PaulHanson~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 23:20, 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) 06:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:68.84.115.94

Welcome
68.84.115.94, 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! → CGorman (Talk) July 2, 2005 14:31 (UTC)
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User talk:4.228.189.71

Welcome
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User talk:68.39.174.91

Welcome
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User talk:Leif

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

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Story corrections
Post up a story and don't worry about it. People is people.

Your notion of making story corrections is valid...

...but simply correcting the misinformation is more expedient and saves debate, that's how fluid this site is. But if the whole story is false, then let's get rid of it and save everybody time and debate.

I note your thinking that content of articles appearing the 'Developing stories' section represents a form of being published. I don't know what to think about that other than to say this is public domain. Nobody's report is necessarily more accurate than another. That's why we strive to cite sources. And when the story did get looked into, it was found false. That points to a vigilant need at Wikinews, where in this case it was performed by Ilya.

ur comments
on Talk:Web.com_announces_second_quarter_results could be worded better, keeping in mind Etiquette and "Don't bite the newbies". Doldrums 11:51, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:209.233.199.57

Welcome
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User talk:82.78.100.92

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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User talk:63.76.208.9

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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User talk:65.54.154.146

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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User talk:211.28.166.157

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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User talk:70.108.4.50

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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User talk:168.103.120.99

Welcome
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User talk:169.229.55.10

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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User talk:208.42.242.89

Welcome
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User talk:Michael Groeneman~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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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 Michael Groeneman. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Michael Groeneman~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 23:18, 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) 06:34, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Pacific Coast Highway

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

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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
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Pacific Coast Highway


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User talk:64.81.74.130

Welcome
64.81.74.130, 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! → CGorman (Talk) July 2, 2005 14:32 (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
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User talk:69.115.115.236

Welcome
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 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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User talk:129.67.126.172

Welcome
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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! → CGorman (Talk) July 2, 2005 14:33 (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
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:130.132.143.49

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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User talk:151.200.243.151

Welcome
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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
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User talk:205.232.133.15

Welcome
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User talk:62.21.196.26

Welcome
62.21.196.26, 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! → CGorman (Talk) July 2, 2005 14:33 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * 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
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:62.21.196.26


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User talk:205.228.12.194

Welcome
205.228.12.194, 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! → CGorman (Talk) July 2, 2005 14:33 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * 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
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:205.228.12.194