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Archive1 Archive2 Archive3 Archive4

"Oh thank you love, thank you very much, look I'm sorry I forgot to mention you on my Academy award winning speech, but there were so many people to thank love all of whom were much frankly more important than you, so if your calling to complain please leave a message after the beep:"

Thanks.
Thanks for voting on my RfA. If I am granted Administratorship, you can be sure I will not misuse the faith you have in me. PVJ  (Talk) 12:38, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks very much for sorting my user page out for me, I really appreciate it. I cannot believe that some people will go to such lengths to get admins back for blocking them, ah well... See you around, Rje 23:07, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Cheers & Servus
Finally news from my very own country to read at wikinews-newsbriefs. I´d almost thought, I´m the only Kraut ;-) out here. Ta´n´Tara (Mehr! Mehr! MEHR!) Gumboyaya 21:11, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Survey about Wikinews
Hello Deprifry. A user at de.wikinews has made a survey for a scientific work about Wikinews and professional online journalism. She is still searching for users, who would like to answer the survey (it's in german language). You can find more information here. Thanks and I hope you don't mind that I've spammed your userpage ;) Regards --SonicR 14:14, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

To make things right
As a part of ArbCom you have selected and approved some users to do CheckUser permissions. This is done without any discussions, nominations or selection by Wikinews community. ArbComs part in this is not stated in any policy on Wikinews and this speedy and unauthoriced process can be seen as instructioncreeping. A fair posision in this case is to accept Wikimedia Foundation demand for allowing CheckUser permissions. It is that ArbCom approve them.

In ArbCom You now have selected these users. That is not a within ArbComs authotity. Whats done is a mistake and can easy be corrected by ArbCom. Declare this decision open and ask the community to select these users. The selection process is a buissnes for the whole Wikinews community and should be done by voting.

I must point to the importance of this. As I wrote in water cooler this can be a first step to make ArbCom to a kind of goverment body and this is not whats decided. I will go so far as to question the status of those of you, that dont work against a community based selection in this case, as elected representative in ArbCom or in worst case raise the question of ArbComs abolishing.

I hope that you solve this problem and make things right and dont put prestige in this in itself small thing. international 22:09, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Helmondfire.jpg
Hi, could you delete the picture? Thanks.
 * Done. --Deprifry|+T+ 10:26, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

how to fix vandalism
of ur user page? just move it back? Doldrums 15:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Eh, yeah. Can't believe I've missed my own page :). Anyhow, thanks for all your help. --Deprifry|+T+ 15:46, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * no sweat. looks like u r fighting a lone battle, glad to join in! Doldrums 15:47, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for reverting the vandilizim. FellowWikiNews 23:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

image copyright
hi, can u check whether we can use the pics here for the article "Living fossil" found in Laos. thanks, Doldrums 12:25, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, I don't think so. The photo is by the Associated Press, so it's a clear no-go. The drawing is by a scientist, but was published by the NY Times which may have bought the exclusive rights to it in which case we can't use it either. --Deprifry|+T+ 12:33, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I e-mailed some people on the FSU website. I don't know when or if they will gety back to me. I would love to assume that when Ohio State University said we could use their images on the asteroid impact in Antarctica article we uploaded them when they said as long as we cite it with: "Courtesy of OSU". I am unsure if we can do the same with FSU...but I e-mailed them. Jason Safoutin 12:41, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I have received an e-mail from FSU stating that the image on the news article on the FSU website is NOT copyright and in fact is made widely available due to the scientific nature as long as credit to the author is given. I have the e-mail still if anyone wants to see it for verification. Jason Safoutin 13:56, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Great job. --Deprifry|+T+ 15:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

name dropped...
I'm just a spokescritter. I'm talking to press several times a day, which unfortunately eats much of my time. (Sorry about not being active enough here... I have managed to do some cleanup occasionally) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 13:16, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Hay
Wanna hear a joke? Wazzawazzawaz 14:35, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

user:Liverpool John Moores University is Communism
What do you think are the cahances that this is the Communism vandal/is the name alone enough to justify blocking? Bawolff ☺☻ 19:53, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It does indeed seems likely. I had been browsing that same page a few minutes because of the same thought :). Also had the finger on the button, but now it seems odd that he hasn't started vandalising yet if he intends to do so. I'll say wait and see. --Deprifry|+T+ 19:57, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thats what I was thinking too. Ussually they waste no time. Maybe I'll put a note on WN:ALERT telling others to keep an eye on him as well. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:03, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

User: 207.46.50.74
fwiw, this user is known to me, and much of her antics is happening over a IM session. u needn't bother much about her edits on my user pages, her edits elsewhere, of course, are open to action. thanks for keeping an eye, and sorry for the bother. Doldrums 12:56, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * OK....If it's alright with you. But since the IP is registered to Microsoft you might want to tell her that vandalising a competitor's website probably reflects very bad on the company. --Deprifry|+T+ 13:10, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * will. thanks again. Doldrums 13:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

image
i've created an image as per Talk:30 dead in Spain metro crash, taking it out of a map publihed on the metro website, can u check it is ok (copyright) to use such an image? (haven't uploaded it yet). Doldrums 13:47, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * While I believe that we could make a pretty good fair use claim if we were to alter and use the map as you described, alteration of copyrighted images is currently forbidden by our fair use policy. So, converting the entire pdf map to a format usable by us, yes. Altering it to point out the location of the crash, probably not. --Deprifry|+T+ 14:16, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * hmmm ... will leave it, then. Doldrums 14:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Images
Sorry about that. Next time I will try www.whitehouse.gov. Fellow Wiki  News   (W)  23:16, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. No big deal. --Deprifry|+T+ 23:16, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

WN:ALERT
See. PVJ  (Talk)(Opinions) 17:47, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

MessedRobot bug
A-ha! That's why MessedRobot wouldn't do those articles. Anyways, it's just a pywikipediabot script, and I don't know Python. There's really nothing I can do about it. —     19:58, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA :(
Thanks for voting on my RfA. Unfortunately a consensus was not reached. Anyway, thanks for voting. MyName 01:19, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * BTW, this message is the same for everyone :)

Answer

 * since u've caught me on a day spent vandal-reverting, i'll answer yes. :) Doldrums 17:04, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * would also like ur thoughts on this possible replacement for newsroom, workspace & article collaboration, that i'm trying to create. thanks. Doldrums 17:12, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * i thought of merging since there is quite some overlap between all of them (mainly the lists of articles, etc). also, all seem to be somewhat inactive, and i thought merging might improve people's usage of it as well. Doldrums 17:29, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

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Israeli Air Force attacks militant bases in Lebanon

May 28, 2006 Lebanese officials have stated that jets from Israel have bombed the bases of a Palestinian militant group near Beirut. Reports say missiles were fired at camps run by the PFLP a few hours after an Israeli soldier was hurt when a rocket which was fired from Lebanon hit an army base near the Israeli town of Safed.

Israeli officials stated that they were holding the government of Lebanon responsible for the attack that originated from within the latter country's borders. According to the Associated Press, Israel is going to make an official complaint to the United Nations Security Council. A spokeswoman for the Israeli Army said, "The state of Israel holds the Lebanese government responsible for any terror attack emanating from its territory."

No militant group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, although the Lebanese extremist group Hezbollah and Palestinian militants based in Lebanon have, in the past, claimed responsibility for such attacks. Israel has also responded to such incidents by conducting air-operations similar to the one it conducted today. There were reports that the Israeli planes fired up to eight missiles during the two runs they conducted, but there do not seem to be any casualties.

Hezbollah said Israel's air strikes were "part of Israel's targeting of security and stability in Lebanon".

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/


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User talk:203.6.250.253

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Queensland Liberal and National parties move towards becoming a single party

May 28, 2006

The Liberal and National parties in Queensland have moved towards unification following separate meetings today. In most states of Australia and at the federal level the two parties co-operate with each other to form a coalition.

The coalition is generally led by the more dominant party, which in other states and at the federal level is generally the Liberals. In Queensland this is reversed.

If the Queensland proposal is successful it will create a single conservative party in the state. Many see it as the only way to challenge Peter Beattie's Labor government, which holds a 31-seat majority in Queensland's lower house.

The idea was originally floated by Queensland Nationals leader Lawrence Springborg two years ago but was rejected by most Liberals who feared such a merger would disassociate them from the federal Liberals. The idea was also unpopular with National party members.

The new party would be led by Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg, currently of the Nationals, with Liberals leader Bob Quinn as his deputy. Liberal State Director Geoff Greene said that the party would follow a Liberal-style structure with branding to be "negotiated".

The news has made big shockwaves in Canberra with most of the fedreal National party with Mark Vaile strongly against the move and Queensland senaton Banabry Joyce saying he would sit as an indepent.

Mr Geoff Greene said that there would be discussions held in Canberra over the coming days. It is believed that Liberal Prime Minister, John Howard will be involved in the discussions. If the parties merge, both will need to make changes to their constitutions.


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Wikinews:Dispute resolution/DragonFire1024 and Amgine

Statement of dispute by DragonFire1024
My current diapue with Amgine is simple.

 * 1) Amgine has, for whatever reason, and still has not stated why, but has no trust in me, and never has since day one of my arrival.
 * 2) He seems to think that my Rfda's are disruption, I disagree.
 * 3) He picks and chooses who violates policy then blocks them. For example: Eloquence made, IMO, a personal attack on the WN:A talk page and therefore was never blocked for it. Calling users "trolls" is not constructve.
 * 4) Although IRC logs are not allowed to be used, Amgine has made more than several personal attacks on me in the #wikinews channel. He has also banned/kicked me numerous times in what I believe to be a way to get me to shut up.
 * 5) Amgine seems to delete pages (such as my mass Rfda) without concensus and while voting was in progress. Note: At the time of deletion, both times by Amgine, there was no concensus.

I beleive this resolution is absolutely necessary if collaboration is to continue between us. Jason Safoutin 12:35, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Response by Amgine
Thank you for this opportunity to discuss this dispute publicly on-wiki.

 * 1) Your early contributions established a confrontational, non-collaborative approach to news writing within this project. You have exhibited poor social interaction skills on the wiki, and with some regularity a marked lack of judgement. Your actions have on occasion suggested you react to stressful circumstances by losing your temper. These and other reasons have formed the basis of my lack of trust in you for the responsibilities of adminship. I also personally question your ability to represent the project as an accredited reporter, for the same reasons, but the community has given you that responsibility and I support the community in doing so.
 * 2) Any Request for de-Adminship is disruptive to the workings of the site; that is in fact their purpose. Doing so without a basis other than being personally disgruntled is particularly offensive. Failing to attempt to discuss this with the wider community (for example as a proposal on the Water Cooler) is simply arrogant grand-standing to make a point. Repeated recreation of the poll is vandalism (also grounds for speedy deletion.)
 * 3) Wiktionary defines troll in the following relevant definitions: "Etymology 2, Verb 3: by extension, to search (for), to draw out, to entice Etymology 2, Noun 2: (Internet) Someone who posts to a newsgroup, bulletin board, etc., in a way deliberately intended to anger other posters and draw arguments. Etymology 2, Noun 3: (Internet) Such a deliberately inflammatory post itself."Eloquence's reference to your repeated dismissal of and attacks on the ArbCom policy and the community decision-making process on the reconfirmation poll for MrMiscellaneous  accurately describes your behaviour there. It is akin to accusing Mr Bush of "politicking" or an academic journal's blind review process as "elitism": yes, that's what they are doing and so it is not a personal attack to say so.
 * 4) I have in IRC said you were acting like an idiot, that you were throwing a temper tantrum, and that you were attempting to be intimidating. I reiterate those statements here. See the above response, and I refer you to articles idiot (especially etymology), and tantrum on Wiktionary.
 * 5) Referring to the speedy deletions policy I find the following: "Content reposted without changes that was deleted according to established deletion policy." Your RfdAs were removed in accordance with existing policy, more than once. Their recreation as a separate article was without merit, and vandalous.

There has been little collaboration between us previously, for the simple reason that you do not tend to collaborate. You have shown zero effort prior to this point to attempt to resolve any differences that I am aware of. I am very hopeful that discussing this will bring about a change in behaviour, and that we may move toward a community-supported article creation process which is not confrontational. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 17:41, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Statement of dispute by Amgine
I am happy to accept this request for dispute resolution.

DragonFire1024's first edit was in January 2006, and on the same day uploaded copyvio images. When it was pointed out these images might be copyright violations by other admins, he responded defensively and aggressively, or not at all, setting the pattern for this user's community interactions on Wikinews since. User appeared from his earliest communications to be self-involved rather than collaborative (e.g. first talk page entry, second talk page edit )

Despite this behaviour, my first interaction with this user was complimentary and, I hope, welcoming.

This is not an unknown behaviour pattern on Wikinews, and is not by itself a major flaw in a contributor. It is, however, unacceptable for an admin. Especially when coupled with a tendency to engage in edit/revert wars over ideological content (Talk:U.S. airstrike targeting Ayman al-Zawahiri leaves 18 dead in Pakistani village history [6th day active on WN], Talk:Pakistani Official claims 'foreign terrorists' among civilians killed in U.S. airstrike history, etc. More recently Talk:Amnesty Report 2006: disadvantaged pay price of war on terror history )

The user has a history of inappropriate community interactions. A recurrent theme in these interactions is an assumption of article/site ownership or entitlement ("I will not allow..." "My article..."), use of the imperative voice ("Do not..." "Do this...") Another recurrent theme is denial of responsibility for his actions. Finally, the user attempts to intimidate contributors in a manner reminiscent of a school yard bully; shouting and berating without considering or accepting response or feedback, taunts and accusations.

The above communications and collaborative issues make DragonFire1024 a challenging user to work with, but again the user is not unique in this regard.

The current issue with which DragonFire1024 is upset is his desire to de-admin all existing admins for failing to be responsive to the community - apparently in this case meaning failing to be responsive to him personally. This action is clearly disruptive to the community, and harmful, and is being made to make a point: that in his opinion the community's previous decisions (prior to his arrival on Wikinews) must be approved by himself or they are not community decisions.

This Dispute Resolution request is also a continuation of many hours worth of berating and harrassment he has engaged in off-wiki, and is itself an example of the user's efforts to attempt intimidation.

I will be happy to work with a mediator and DragonFire1024 regarding personal differences between us, but I am unsure what the intent of such mediation would be. Perhaps we should determine what the goal of such mediation would be, so as to be able to work collaboratively toward that goal. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 16:52, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Response by DragonFire1024
In response to the Airstrike article. I was working with it to make it factual, as reports were, at the time. Not what they might have been or what they could have been. The article was changed to speculate what might be reason behind the strike.

Please note the article went from, which were the very first reports: Al-Qaeda member Ayman al-Zawahiri possibly dead to 18 killed in U.S. air strike on village in Pakistan which was NOT the news at the time. The news, at the time of reporting, was Zawahiri. The title was being changed, and still is, to show a dislike/hatred towards the U.S. As Amgine says, see the talk page.

As for the foreign terrorists, again. Same situation.

For the amnesty article, well for one the entire article is POV without ANY defense to the so called "arrogant" governments which violates WN:NPOV. Reporting is supposed to be balanced and neutral, this article is neither. I was IMO ignored and was also told that me concerns were "without merit" and were "not actionable" and "philosofical" (that word was copied and pasted from the articles talk page). Ignoring users is NOT collaborating.

I may say My (maybe in IRC when discussing)...but its not mine. I am refering to the fact that I did write...however; I do not own any articles on this Wiki. I also never state any of them as being "mine". Is my name on a byline anywhere?

I am far from a shouter. Open minded and very blunt? Yes. I can however name a few users who are much worse in that respect. Back to the amnesty article: Who was the one being ignored again? How would i be able to accept "feedback" if i am told my concerns are useless?

Apparently I was not clear. So let me be very clear: I see on a daily basis that admins (most) are around to block users protect pages...I only mostly see Amgine block users, regularly, and comment on talk pages, but rarely even write an article or edit one for that matter. It is clear that most of the admins (including Eloquence and IlyaHaykinson) usually, in my experience only come about when a dispute or blocking occurs. With that said, Admins (most) do NOT pay the least bit attention to the community and do not pay enough attention to their concerns. They get the Admin postition and then do nothing. The mass Rfda was for that reason. If you are not willing to accept that the community has concerns, then i don't want you as an admin (you being any admin). You represent the community. Remember that. You have no right to block someone because they do not like the job you are doing.

Other than Brianmc, Amgine is the only Admin to ever block me. Also note that Amgine has blocked me while in dispute with me nearly every time. MrM removed a block to block again once. Jason Safoutin 17:33, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Amgine, I consider you deleteing the Rfda page, before ANY concensus and without any tag of deletion, a violation of policy. It is my belief that you deleted the page because you did not like the page. You also did this with the userboxes. You cannot simply delete pages because you dislike them. That is abuse of administrator privilages. In addition, BrianNewZealand was well within his powers to undelete a page to which was illegaly deleted.

 * Any Request for de-Adminship is disruptive to the workings of the site; that is in fact their purpose. Doing so without a basis other than being personally disgruntled is particularly offensive. Failing to attempt to discuss this with the wider community (for example as a proposal on the Water Cooler) is simply arrogant grand-standing to make a point. Repeated recreation of the poll is vandalism (also grounds for speedy deletion.)
 * Yup...I say the same for MrM. Hes Rfda is NOTHING but a disturbance and ILLEGAL. I believe you and the rest of "ArbCom" is also disgruntled and has a "personal" issue with MrM, issues which IMO have NOTHING to do with the project. By taking that to ArbCom you failed to allow the community to decide proper action. I beleive that this case against MrM is a "grandstand" and nothing more than revenge. As far as I see it the case against MrM, and EdBrown NOT recusing himself, makes the case NULL and VOID. What I did was not vandalism or disruption especially after I added ONLY you and Eloquence to the Rfda, which was also removed IMO because they did not like it. This is a community and Admins are elected through the community and and Rfda should only be listed as such. If you want Arbcom to Rfda then make them also add a Rfa. Jason Safoutin 19:05, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Mediator

 * Amgine requested that I mediate this dispute. Pending the approval of DragonFire1024, I'll take this case.  I'll be e-mailing both of you in the next 12-24 hours.  Ral315 (talk) 18:30, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Approve Jason Safoutin 18:53, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Accept -  Amgine | talk en.WN 19:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments
"'Your RfdAs were removed in accordance with existing policy, more than once. Their recreation as a separate article was without merit, and vandalous.' --Amgine" I would personally like to point out that they were not recreated as another page by DragonFire1024. They were recreated on the WN:A (by DF) as RfdA's (they were originally re-confirmation requests), and I relocated them to another page since they were taking up too much space. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 18:44, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * (Feel free to ignore this if you don't care) — The arbcom is not Amgine. If you have a problem with it, you should proably open a dispute resolution with them - Dispute resolution/DragonFire1024 and the arbcommies (Bawolff Chiacomo Craig Spurrier Deprifry Edbrown05 Ilya Haykinson). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:33, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


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Activists in Tunisia thrashed by police

May 28, 2006 Activists from Tunisia's only independent human-rights body have been assaulted by the police in that country, according to reports. Witnesses say the roads leading to the Tunisia Human Rights League were blocked by plainclothes policemen who insulted and kicked activists who attempted to breach the cordon. U.S diplomats and French lawyers, who had been invited to the meeting, were also present at the scene. No arrests have so far been reported in this incident, which according to human-rights activists, is the latest in a chain of government atrocities that include beating lawyers, jailing opponents and stifling the press.

Mokhtar Trifi, the president of the group, said: "It is shameful that those invited to support human rights in Tunisia cannot gain access to the headquarters of the human rights league." Some pro-government members of the Human Rights League, however, accuse their leadership of cronyism, physical and verbal violence against militants and of sidelining members who disagree with them.

Meanwhile, members of the Tunisian National Organisation for Lawyers have begun a hunger strike in protest against the law of the Supreme Bar Institute that was endorsed by the Tunisian parliament. The lawyers accuse the Ministry of Justice of seeking to control the lawyers' syndicate. The government says it is committed to democracy and respects human rights, adding it has no political prisoners and that it has not  jailed anyone for expressing their opinions.

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Two boys dead after their father throws them off hotel balcony

May 28, 2006

A father and his two sons are dead after he threw them off the Loews Hotel balcony 15 floors above the ground in Miami, Florida. Dr. Edward van Dyk, 43, threw both of his sons, 4 and 8, off the hotel balcony and then jumped off the balcony himself.

Police say that van Dyk and his wife Qinuo were having problems in their marriage but were getting ready to celebrate their ten year wedding anniversary and did not have a fight before the tragedy. Police also say that van Dyk was attempting to get back at his wife for the problems.

According to Qinuo, she heard one of the boys yelling. When she got to the room to see what was wrong, all she saw was her husband jumping off the balcony. She then looked off the balcony to find her two sons and her husband lying motionless on the roof of the hotel, two floors above the ground.

"It's unfortunate that this gentleman was so selfish and in an effort to get back at his wife he took the two most loved people in the world away from her. It's a terrible tragedy," said Bobby Hernandez a spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department.

Van Dyk was working out of Alton Memorial Hospital and was a doctor of radiation oncology and was employed at the hospital for just over one year. He was also in charge of the hospital's cancer unit.

"We are shocked and saddened by this tragedy and we offer our deepest sympathy to Mrs. Van Dyk and her family," said Rob Shelton spokesman for the hospital.

Van Dyk left no note or clues as to the reasons why he killed his sons and himself. Guests in rooms near the incident did not hear any noise. The family was on vacation from Alton, Illinois.


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Interview with LibriVox founder Hugh McGuire

May 28, 2006

Old books never die. They don't even fade away. Instead, their copyright expires and they are released into the public domain, where hordes of volunteers breathe new life into them. Groups like Project Gutenberg, Distributed Proofreaders and Wikisource digitize, preserve and categorize classic works of literature, old encyclopedias, and even periodicals.

Hugh McGuire, a writer from Montreal, decided that he did not only want to read these voices from the past — he wanted to hear them. "On a practical level," he says, "I wanted to download a free audiobook." Disappointed with the somewhat meager outcome of his search, he decided to create an open community website dedicated to creating spoken word versions of public domain texts. In August 2005, LibriVox was born. The call to action is simple enough:

 * "Would you like to record chapters of books in the public domain? It's easy to volunteer. All you need is a computer, some free recording software, and your own voice."

Less than a year later, the website features a hundred or so completed books, and 300 people have contributed chapters or poetry. "Probably another 400 have done or are expected to do chapters for books not yet completed or cataloged," McGuire explains. The finished audio files, like the texts they come from, are released into the public domain and offered in the MP3 and Ogg Vorbis file formats. Volunteers use the active forums and a wiki to collaborate. We asked Hugh McGuire about the state of the project, internationalization, and the place of LibriVox in the larger free content community.

'''Why did you decide to take the acoustic fate of public domain works into your own hands, and how did you go about it? '''

I think that a vibrant public domain is very important to a healthy world, and so I thought: here's a way to help the cause. I launched LibriVox, emailed some friends and some podcasters who where doing literary stuff, and invited them to record a chapter of Joseph Conrad's Secret Agent. Things have grown steadily since. By the way, AKMA was the first guy I know of to do something like this, with [Lawrence] Lessig's Free Culture. That, I think, started my thinking about this, but it took a while for the idea to crystallize.

Do you personally record audiobooks, and did you already do so before LibriVox?

LibriVox was my first experience recording audiobooks. I still do the odd chapter, but i am a bit delinquent in finishing some of them these days!

Is there a particular LibriVox book which you think stands out because of the quality, the overall effort involved, its popularity, or for some other reason?

My personal favourite is Notes from the Underground (Dostoyevsky). Other random good ones:
 * 1) Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice
 * 2) Christie, Agatha. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
 * 3) London, Jack. White Fang
 * 4) Macaulay, Thomas Babington. History of England (Volume 1, Chapter 1)
 * 5) Marx, Karl and Engels, Friedrich. The Communist Manifesto (solo)
 * 6) Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (solo)

[Ed.: See the LibriVox catalog for a full index.]

'''Browsing the catalog, I find that the quality of the spoken audio varies greatly from text to text or even from chapter to chapter. If someone wanted to re-record a chapter because they didn't like the speaker, would you then offer two versions?'''

Yes. We take the Wikipedia approach: if you think it should be better, please help it be so. You'll note we offer a couple of versions of some books. Indeed our weekly poetry project celebrates this diversity of voice: each week a new short poem is chosen and as many readers as wish to record a version, so you get 20+ versions of the same poem, a very interesting audio experience.

'''Besides works whose copyright has expired, there is an increasing number of modern books available under Creative Commons and similar licenses. You mentioned Larry Lessig's Free Culture, but it also includes some out of print titles by publishers who are open to the concept, such as O'Reilly. Do you want to limit the scope of LibriVox strictly to old public domain works, or do you have plans to include recent works under reasonably permissive licenses as well?'''

We are only doing public domain works, for a number of reasons, partly to keep simplicity in our copyright situation -- public domain means its as simple as can be. CC makes things more complex. Also, there are other sites, notably podiobooks.com, which are better suited to CC works than LibriVox. we find it makes things clear and easy to say: published works, public domain, and leave it at that.

'''As far as I can tell, podiobooks.com features "free as in beer" content — material which you can download, but which isn't under a free content license. Instead of "public domain", wouldn't "free content" work just as well, using something like the Free Content Definition to limit the scope?'''

This needs more discussion obviously: we chose public domain because the texts we use are public domain and we didn't want to add new restrictions, especially not non-commercial, since already our recordings are being used for a number of commercialish projects (I can't recall any specific project names, but some pay-education sites use LV stuff). That's good and well and fine with us. We don't want to have to give anyone permission to use our recordings, we want anyone to use them for whatever they want.

Also, for the thing to work you need to have many dedicated volunteers willing to do the management (onerous) and many willing to do the reading. While Pride and Prejudice will attract many readers, I don't know about O'Reilly's latest tome on XML... though I might be wrong.

Are there plans to fully internationalize the website?

LV is a totally open project, so where the volunteers go, we go. We have books in German, Italian, French, Spanish, Hebrew, Finnish, Japanese, Old English... and possibly a few more. We also have a wiki, and our response to such questions is to encourage any non-anglos to make translations there, and we can incorporate into the site as needed. We have a language policy, which basically says that in general the forum language is English (so that admin know what's going on) but that if a non-English book project is started, the language in that thread can be whatever volunteers wish to use.

'''I was thinking specifically about things like the user interface of the website and the forums. Are there plans to internationalize these? Many people speak no English at all, so an English website might not work for them.'''

In order for this to happen we need volunteers willing to do it. We have no budget (literally zero) and our structure is totally loose and open, so if a volunteer or group of volunteers offer to do this, we will find a way to help make it happen. There is the constraint that we'd be most comfortable with active volunteers doing it, who understand the project and its particularities.

Since everything is volunteer, the current admin would have to find the time to manage this, too, but I expect if there were a serious desire on the part of some volunteers, we'd have no problem adding the text. We have a wiki, where anyone is welcome to write the text in whatever language, and then we could easily post pages up to the site.

Has podcasting helped you in gaining more awareness?

Sure! Podcasting was the inspiration for LV ... easy, cheap, do-it-yourself audio! Superb. Podcasting is an important part of our distribution, but torrents and regular downloads are probably bigger.

So, do you have an idea how many people listen to your podcast?

Last estimation was in the 5000 range.

'''Besides human readers, there's also the fully automated approach of turning text into sound. Text-to-speech software is getting better every year, with an increasing focus on "natural" voices.'''

I don't find text-to-speech very interesting. LV is about people reading to you, which is very different than having a computer - no matter the naturalness - read to you. Our recordings have mistakes, fumbles, coughs, and beautiful human voices being human, reading wonderful works of literature. It's not just transmission of audio information, it's something much more, and something no computer, robot etc. could ever replicate.

Do you not sometimes get worried that your work might eventually be made obsolete by technology?

See above, but we don't really feel like we are in competition with other projects. Many of us are working for similar goals, and there's room for many of us. Personally, I am very much interested in what the readers get out of the process, as much as the listeners. If there are computer-generated public domain audiobooks, so much the better. There are also many other audiolit projects, and we all seem to be doing parallel stuff. I think that's great. The beauty of LV, podcasting etc. is that it's all so cheap to do - you can have your choice. I will choose a real human reading over a computer reading any day, but others might not agree. That's fine. LVers read out of love of literature, and nothing more.

'''Wikisource is the Wikimedia project which digitizes and archives free content texts. There's also an existing Wikimedia effort to create spoken versions of Wikipedia articles. Are you guys aware of each other, and possibly already working together?'''

We're aware of some of these projects, and have corresponded with some of these and others. There's so much to do! It's great that so many are doing this stuff, and that people can choose the things that interest them. this is the thing about LV (as with Wikipedia etc) ... we can't control our volunteers, nor do we want to. We just give a framework, and hope for the best.

What is the last audiobook you've listened to?

To be honest, I haven't listened to a full book in a long while! Last chapter I listened to was from Whitman's Leaves of Grass.

Links

 * LibriVox - official homepage
 * Article "LibriVox" on Wikipedia


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Talk:Interview with LibriVox founder Hugh McGuire

I did this interview with Hugh McGuire via e-mail on May 21, with the first response on May 26 and a follow-up on May 27. I edited it to match the flow of a more natural interview; I preserved the first version of the answers exactly as received so you can see exactly what was changed. Besides copyediting and changing the flow slightly, I also moved some of the info into the introduction.--Eloquence 13:38, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

This correction was made on the interviewee's request.

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Talk:Two boys dead after their father throws them off hotel balcony

"Two boys dead after being thrown off hotel balcony" ...I know this sounds silly but this headline at first made me think the father had somehow survived.
 * Agreed and fixed :) Jason Safoutin 14:03, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


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User:RetiredUser138857941938

My interests are UK politics and the Internet. I plan to write on these. Computerjoe (talk) 21:28, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Links

 * My blog
 * My Twitter account

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User talk:RetiredUser138857941938

You have been promoted to Editor class
I have promoted you to the Editor class, as I feel you can be trusted to mark revisions of articles as sighted (review). Take a moment to read: If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask for help on my talk page, and thank you for contributing to Wikinews! tempo divalse  19:53, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Flagged revisions
 * Reviewing articles
 * Peer review
 * Review
 * Reviewed article version
 * Flagged Revisions extension information, on MediaWiki

English magistrate resigns over Twitter
Please see my comments on the talk page of English magistrate resigns over Twitter. Good article overall. Calebrw (talk) 19:13, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Egyptian archaeologists announce discovery of marble statue and 132 new sites
Found some more citations from more than ANI and the archaeologist Hawass' blog. (Woo hoo!). (Sorry about that BTW - I try to find more but got sidetracked by the NF notation which was printed where the source usually is, but it turns out it was ANI also, so not enough sources, but now I fixed it.) SriMesh | talk  18:57, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, goodo. Good luck with review. I'd review it but I am pre-occupied with exams for a while. Computerjoe (talk) 17:48, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your note. Good luck BTW, my kids are there too in their exam week, so I now how it goes.SriMesh |  talk  19:42, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

British House of Commons' Speaker addresses Parliament ahead of vote of no confidence
Please see Talk:British_House_of_Commons'_Speaker_addresses_Parliament_ahead_of_vote_of_no_confidence. Left a few comments there ahead of a formal PR. It's a good article and just has a few holes and problems, albeit minor ones. Calebrw (talk) 18:54, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Wikinewsie account created
I've created the account at Wikinewsie for you, check your email for the password - I've sent it to you. I've granted you the sysop buttons too, enjoy. Cheers. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:36, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Accreditation
Hi, Now, I am confused? Only place where you can get accreditation is here (I thought this is a official place for something like that), and, let say, if somebody is going to work on Wikinews on other language than English, can not have it?--Laslovarga (talk) 23:34, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It's my understanding that accreditation isn't official but it is rather just the English community stating that they trust that user. It isn't from the Foundation etc. Computerjoe 's talk 23:44, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks!--Laslovarga (talk) 16:51, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

"Condi" effigy burned at Lewes Bonfire night
All fixed. See my user talk page at User_talk:Calebrw for the full scoop. Calebrw (talk) 23:42, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Norweigian article going to top of dpl's
This is due to how DPL's work. DPL orders things by the date that publish was added to the article (it ignores the date in date in all but a few specialized pages. Things like template:Latest news being the exception). The vandal removed the publish template, in essence depublishing it. When i reverted the vandal this re-added publish. The dpl treats this as me republishing the article, and uses the date that i reverted the vandal as the date the article was published instead of the original publish date. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:02, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * This is sub-optimal. Any way the DPL can look at sighted revisions only? --SVTCobra 23:15, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Who would deal with this? Computerjoe 's talk 17:13, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikinews interviews former Republican U.S. Senator Bob Smith on his latest run for office
Why was no peer review done? I have to move this back to review in the mean time. Calebrw (talk) 14:38, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I got dragged afk. I hoped I'd be able to get back to my computer to add it, but unfortunately it took longer than I thought. Computerjoe 's talk 16:29, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikinews interviews Mike Lebowitz, chairman of the U.S. Modern Whig Party
Thanks for the review. --WNewsReporter (talk) 14:17, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

press release
Thanks for identifying that article as a copy. We have a specific template for those, though. Cheers, --SVTCobra 22:31, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I didn't think it really mattered in a community of this size as it'd be quickly picked up. Computerjoe 's talk 22:35, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

ArbCom elections
Hi Joe, Thought I'd mention I'm willing to help organisation of the elections, however I'm going away for a week. I don't know when you're planning to try & hold them, but if next Monday stuff needs to be done-drop me a note on my talk page. Although I voted to close ArbCom, if we're going to keep it going, I'm more than happy to help. Let me know-if poss. before tomorrow morning(GMT). Ta.   Tris   17:42, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Leaving tomorrow morning early, back to keyboard next Tuesday evening. So, if you could get all nominations etc. by Friday & then people can vote on candidates.  Then, I can do counting etc. & do winner when you're away.  How does that sound?  I'll check here once more before 6am(GMT) tomorrow morning.      Tris   21:41, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * OK cool. PS. make sure it's clear that it's you & me doing it so people don't get confused when I join in half way through! Let me know the timings this week & I'll get them the week after.  Cheers!     Tris   22:38, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, looks like you have everything very well under control! Let me know if anything needs doing.   Tris   18:53, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

WN:RFA
Hi, I've nominated you to be an administrator. If you accept the nomination, please say so at WN:RFA. Good luck! Tempodivalse [talk]  20:02, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congratulations, your RFA has passed and you are now a sysop. Someone will drop the adminmobile round shortly - i've lost track of who has it. -- Sken   my talk 20:59, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! Smile.png Tempodivalse [talk]  21:00, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Congrats! :) – Juliancolton  | Talk 05:31, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: ARBCOM members and Checkuser
Hi! You noted on Tempodivalse's talk (and possible others) that in order for them to have checkuser they need to file a request at Meta. This is wrong. We must first hold a vote here - which must be supported by 25-30 members of the community. -- Sken   my talk 20:32, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Also, we have had local Oversight access denied to us previously at Wikinews. I don't see how having a new ArbCom will alleviate this :) -- Sken   my talk 20:39, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I thought ArbCom members were eligible for CheckUser (possibly not Oversight, then) to facilitate their work? Computerjoe 's talk 20:41, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * IIRC the rules state that if the arbcom was elected/supported by 25 or more users, then they automatically qualify for CU/OS privs, but since that's not the case here, we have to get at least 25 votes with 80% support at WN:RFP. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:42, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The rules state that if an arbcom is elected by 25 or more votes then they have the ability to nominate people for checkuser/oversight. They themselves are not automatically elegible. -- Sken   my talk 20:43, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You are correct, I did not read the CheckUser policy but was instead reading Arbitration Committee/CheckUsers which states the ArbCom reserved the right to give these permissions I (wrongly) assumed that as such they themselves would be eligible. The 2008 elections too claimed Arbitrators received these permissions. Computerjoe 's talk 20:47, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Three of us were granted CheckUser, but not Oversight. We probably should have a few oversighters - potentially libellous news / personal information could be posted here, especially in high profile cases -- Sken   my talk 20:49, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It appears the rules changed regarding CU access around the same time as the Wikinews ArbCom elections in 2008. OverSight is granted through the same criteria as CU, but it now appears it is written so that it is nearly impossible for this community to grant either power. Computerjoe 's talk 20:53, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed, that requirement was why I pulled out of the 2008 election. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:56, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

(outdent) We probably could muster 25 votes for CU/OS requests if we wanted to - it's been done in the past, when our user base was smaller, so we could likely do it again. I think that it would be a good idea to have some oversighters here, so we wouldn't have to pester the stewards on the odd occasions the OS tools are needed. Maybe we should consider nominating someone. Tempodivalse [talk]  21:00, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I too share that notion. Shall I nominate the entirety of the ArbCom for these permissions? Computerjoe 's talk 21:01, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * We managed the 25 votes for our Checkusers by rallying the existing project Checkusers. We may have to do that again, but I can see it being doable. Without tooting my own horn, perhaps it would be sane to have the three checkusers nominated for oversight? We stand more chance with a smaller number of people who are well known throughout Wikimedia. -- Sken   my talk 21:03, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know. Tempo? Computerjoe 's talk 21:05, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * What I do know is that I have no desire at present to touch these tools. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:07, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

So two ArbCom members have CU, one doesn't want it and I don't know about the other two. Should we seek OS for the two who have it first, or put all 4 up to the community? Computerjoe 's talk 21:09, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

 * (Triple edit conflict! Let me say something!) I agree, I think we should nominate the three current CUs for OS. I'd suggest nominating Cirt for both CU and OS as well, as he is identified to the WMF. As for myself, I don't really want the extra bits. Tempodivalse [talk]  21:11, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * On a side note, I can't count. I meant 3 arbitrators have CU, should we put those up or the whole committee? I suggest we proceed with getting those 3 OS. Computerjoe 's talk 21:15, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

 * I suggest we nominate, , , and for Oversight status, as they are already identified to the Foundation, and nominate  for Checkuser status as he's the only identified Arbcom member who isn't already a CU. As the other two Arbcom members don't want to have the additional privileges, we won't nominate them. Thoughts? Tempodivalse  [talk]  21:41, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I, at around that time, got both checkuser and oversight. They were withdrawn when the new rule came into effect. This was followed with a process to get some local people checkuser access - the votes were advertised among the existing checkuser community on other wikis as well as locally. Considering that data governed by the privacy policy is shared on the checkuser mailing list, these non-Wikinewsies were trusted to vote in an informed manner. No similar process was suggested for oversight. It was suggested at the time that it was so rarely likely to be required that the stewards could handle it - there's been over 100 oversight actions this year (I asked the Stewards). All of them to hide usernames. Hiding usernames is something that generally has to be done cross-wiki (i.e. by stewards). There are a grand total of 12 entry-deleting oversight actions, all before mid-2008.

I'd say we don't need local oversight, and it may impede stewards if they have to try and get hold of local oversighters before actually taking action themselves. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:54, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

My RfA
Just wanted to say thanks for participating in my RfA. I'll be sure to put the tools to good use. :) – Juliancolton  | Talk 18:56, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Story_preparation/Wikinews_interviews_videoblogger_Amanda_Congdon
Hi Joe,

I was just looking through articles requesting collaboration & was wondering whether anything is happening with this or whether it can be deleted now? Regards.   Tris   17:15, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete it. Computerjoe 's talk 17:39, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Okey dokey, poof. (soon-ish!)    Tris   07:16, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Brittany Murphy
Ah! We appear to have both written exactly the same article at exactly the same time. What do you suggest that we do? -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 22:18, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Another article was made before mine (by a matter of minutes, I was drafting as he was). That article was redirected into mine. I suggest you merge the two together (copy anything I missed out into it) and redirect it to mine. Best to avoid double redirects! Computerjoe 's talk 22:40, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Sunscreen article
Thanks for the quick review! I'm glad that you found no issues.

Best, Ragettho (talk) 17:51, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

privs
'''Note! Your privileges on English Wikinews have been reduced.'''
 * 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.

 * Point 4 of the Privilege expiry policy provides for fast-tracking reacquisition of privileges. 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.

--Pi zero (talk) 20:42, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikinews Writing contest 2013 is here. :) Please sign up to participate?
We've created the Writing contest 2013, which will start on April 1 and end on June 1. It is modeled on the successful 2010 contest. It would be a really great time for you, as an inactive Wikinews accredited reporter, to renew your credentials by doing some original reporting or conducting interviews. People should be around to interview to prevent a backlog, and several reviewers have access to scoop to make it easier to review any original reporting you do. If you are interested in signing up, please do so on Writing contest 2013/entrants. There is at least one prize on offer for the winner along with the opportunity to earn some barn stars as a way of thanking you for your participation. :D --LauraHale (talk) 10:25, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

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User talk:Amitkumars

Welcome
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User talk:Jerobins

Welcome
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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Jerobins. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Jerobins~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.

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FellowWikiNews 15:01, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * So you are a bot. Sounds like a good bot for moving pages. FellowWikiNews 15:01, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

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Fernando Alonso wins 2006 Monaco Grand Prix

May 28, 2006

Fernando Alonso won the FIA Formula-1 Monaco Grand Prix for the first time in his career today.

During Saturday's qualifying session, Michael Schumacher made a strange mistake in the La Rascasse corner, when he driver locked his car's wheels, bringing the vehicle to a halt and finished the race causing the drivers behind him to lose time on their fast laps. After a long investigation the FIA's stewards decided to cancel all his fast laps as a penalty for the unsporting behaviour displayed by him. Article 112 of the regulations, applied by FIA, prevents the F1 team Ferrari to appeal this decision. Thus, Schumacher and Felipe Massa, who crashed his car earlier in the qualification, were last on the starting grid. The Ferrari team decided to change the engine in both cars, because there was no more stringent penalty that could have been imposed on them. Michael started the race from the pit-lane.

Alonso was in the lead for the most of the race. Kimi Raikkonen and Mark Webber, who were the only serious competitors to Alonso for the first part of the race, lost their cars (due to engine failure) almost simultaneously, one by one. After that Alonso drove to victory with little opposition from the other drivers.

With a huge gap from the Spaniard, McLaren driver Juan-Pablo Montoya took second place.

The circuit was a great success for Red Bull team as David Coulthard came in at third place.

There was no traditional champaign douse after the race in memory of Édouard Michelin, one of the owner of Michelin company died a couple of days before the race.


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Welcome
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Talk:Fernando Alonso wins 2006 Monaco Grand Prix

Original reporting notes
TV channel - Ren TV, Russia

Date - 28.05.2006

Time - 15:00-15:45 MSK - «Formula 1»: «Countdown»

Time - 15:45-17:45 MSK - «Formula 1»: «Race: Live from Monaco»

Time - 17:45-18:30 MSK - «Formula 1»: «Hot review. Best moments of GP»

Commentators - Alexey Popov (live event), Andrew Leontiev & Maria Rumyantseva (TV-show before and after the race)

--Yuriybrisk 15:19, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:80.85.49.171

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More earthquakes shake the South Pacific

May 28, 2006

Two more major earthquakes about 30-minutes apart, have struck in the countries of Papua New Guinea and Tonga, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Experts do not believe that the two quakes are related.

The first quake struck in Papua New Guinea on the small island of New Britain at 0312 UTC and had a magnitude of 6.2. The second quake, on the island nation of Tonga struck at 0336 UTC with a magnitude of 6.7. No injuries or damage have been reported from either of the quakes.

"They're probably unrelated, they just happened at the same time," said geophysicist with Hawaii's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Barry Hirshorn. He also said that neither quake posed a tsunami threat.

"No destructive Pacific-wide tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data," said a statement n the warning center's website.

However; the statement also said that large earthquakes like these could sometimes "generate tsunamis that can be destructive" within 100 km of the epicenters and added that cities in that range should be warned of the possibility and take "appropriate actions."

Just yesterday, a magnitude 6.3 quake struck the island of Java in Indonesia that killed over 3,000 people.


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Oilers make it to Cup final

May 28, 2006

Raffi Torres and Ethan Moreau each scored as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 2-1 at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Saturday night. With the win, the Oilers are Western Conference Champions and advance to the Stanley Cup Final to meet either Buffalo or Carolina.

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Authorities detonate bomb left on doorstep in Florida

May 28, 2006

According to St. Johns County Sheriff's Office in Julington Creek, Florida ten homes had to be temporarily evacuated after a suspicious package was left on a doorstep of a home on West Pleasant Place in the city and featured a photo of the skyline of New York City and the former World Trade Center towers.

"We have a Sept. 11 scene - a scene of New York City prior to Sept. 11. After that fact, we're not going to too many specifics about the device itself, certainly we'll let ATF and our investigators look at that," said Chuck Mulligan, St. Johns County officer.

The tenants were not expecting a package and called police to report it as being suspicious. The bomb squad responded and used a special robot to look at the package and open it. When the robot opened the package, authorities saw what appeared to be a bomb. They then detonated the package two times, both of which exploded. After recovering the material, they determined that two pipe bombs had been inside the package.

"Normally, even if someone has designed a package to look as though it's an explosive device, we find nothing explosive inside. Certainly different today," added Mulligan.

It is still unknown who placed the bombs on the doorstep and why they did it. So far no arrests have been made and no suspects have been announced. Authorities have set up a tip line for anyone who has information on the case.


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Wikinews:Briefs/May 28, 2006

The time is 19:00 (UTC) on May 28th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

More earthquakes shake the South Pacific
South Pacific

Two more major earthquakes about 30-minutes apart, have struck in the countries of Papua New Guinea and Tonga, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The two quakes are not believed to be related.

Activists in Tunisia thrashed by police
Tunisia

Activists from Tunisia's only independent human-rights body have been assaulted by the police in that country, according to reports. Witnesses say the roads leading to the Tunisia Human Rights League were blocked by plainclothes policemen who insulted and kicked activists who attempted to breach the cordon.

Israeli Air Force attacks militant bases in Lebanon
Lebanon

Lebanese officials have stated that jets from Israel have bombed the bases of a Palestinian militant group near Beirut. Reports say missiles were fired at camps run by the PFLP a few hours after an Israeli soldier was hurt when a rocket which was fired from Lebanon hit an army base near the Israeli town of Safed.

Queensland Liberal and National parties move towards becoming a single party
Australia

The Liberal and National parties in Queensland have moved towards unification following separate meetings today. In most states of Australia and at the federal level the two parties co-operate with each other to form a coalition.

Keep your eyes peeled for cosmic debris
United States

Stardust is a NASA space capsule that collected samples from comet Wild 2 in deep space and landed back on Earth on January 15, 2006. It was decided that distributed computing would be used to "discover" the samples the capsule collected. The project is called Stardust@home.

Two boys dead after their father throws them off hotel balcony
United States

A father and his two sons are dead after he threw them off the Loews Hotel balcony 15 floors above the ground in Miami, Florida, and then jumped off the balcony himself.

Fernando Alonso wins Monaco Grand Prix
Sports – Formula 1

Fernando Alonso won the FIA Formula-1 Monaco Grand Prix for the first time in his career today.

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Talk:German Parliament votes yes on EU constitution; French referendum may vote no

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Could one of the admins please set the link to the image of the flag to the correct one. (The new name is given on the commons site: ) Thanks! --Angela H. 19:51, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


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