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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Removal/Thunderhead (admin re-confirmation 2)

Closed as successful, your bits have been retained. :-) Tempodivalse [talk]  04:47, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Thunderhead
Well, since it seems there's so much debate going on about WN:IP, and since I've been really inactive as of late, I'd like to put myself up for reconfirmation. One of the main reasons that I am doing this is that I intend to become more active in the Wikinews community in the very near future, and I'd rather not retain rights that the community feels I should not have. I'm more than willing to answer any questions. For those of you who've known me since my first edit, I've certainly matured (some) in the time frame that I've been away, so hopefully, you'll see fit to keep me onboard. Regardless, I'm looking forward to working with all of you again. I can't wait to hear from you. (By the way, does anyone get on #wikinews or #wikinews-en anymore?) --Thunderhead 06:52, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Questions / Comments

 * #wikinews is indeed full of Wikinewsies most of the time. The main issue for any newbies since you were last active is being up-to-date on policy changes and the flagged revisions implementation. Some comment on your part about that would probably satisfy most people; including things like enabling some of the new gadgets and re-checking the applicable policies when carrying out a review. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:36, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Perhaps we should mass message all admins/users who haven't edited since FlaggedRevs came in, with a quick explanation of the changes and links to more info. Then if they do come back, they'll be up to speed. the wub "?!"  14:00, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a good idea to me. Might be something to bring up at the water cooler? Tempodivalse [talk]  14:20, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm all for it - I'll drop in to IRC sometime and maybe someone can give me a crash course? --Thunderhead 20:44, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Just now in IRC. :) Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:04, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Votes

 * . Welcome back. People are still on IRC. I'm on it quite regularly, Amgine, Brianmc and ShakataGaNai are on almost constantly. Several other people are on quite regularly as well. (However #wikinews-en has more or less died. We all party in #wikinews now a days). Bawolff ☺☻ 07:30, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Assuming you still know what's what with the policies - bearing in mind we have new things like FlaggedRevs - I see no reason you shouldn't keep the tools. Yeah, there's people in #wikinews and I never went in #wikinews-en anyway. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:16, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * as I disagree with WN:IP. You're fully trusted as far as I'm concerned, no reason to remove privs. Tempodivalse [talk]  14:05, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * per Sandman – Juliancolton  | Talk 14:47, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * -No reasoning needed.    Tris   12:20, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
 * - No reason to believe you're not trustworthy. Benny the mascot (talk) 01:02, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * - All good for me, I'll get the kettle on. --James Pain (talk) 22:05, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
 * , no worries. Cirt (talk) 17:17, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * --Jcart1534 (talk) 14:19, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 19:22, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * -- the wub "?!"  00:46, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * --Patrick M (TUFKAAP) (talk) 01:52, 29 December 2009 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Removal/Tempodivalse (admin re-confirmation 2)

'More then a week has gone by and guess what? We still love you Tempo!' --Patrick M (TUFKAAP) (talk) 08:39, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm concerned that I'm not fully supported or trusted by the community any more. I've made a lot of unpopular decisions/suggestions recently (like the image warning thingy), and feel that I've done a lot of dumb things too. (For example: publishing an article with POV issues - or when I've been too involved, failing a story on POV when many other people disagreed with me.) I'd just like to see whether the community at large thinks I can still be trusted with the elevated privileges. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:52, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Questions and comments

 * What is your view of the distinction between support by the community and trust by the community? --Pi zero (talk) 16:50, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I see the two as being very similar. In my mind, "trust" is the feeling of the community that you will not abuse the advanced privs. "Support" is sort of the same thing, but it refers more to whether the community wants you to retain the extra rights. (does that makes sense?) Tempodivalse [talk]  16:58, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Makes sense to me. --Pi zero (talk) 17:23, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the support, guys. Kinda makes me feel like a fool for putting reconfirms up so frequently (last one was seven months ago). :-p I've had people tell me in RL that I lack enough self-confidence, so that's probably part of my problem here. Nonetheless, I'd prefer this goes the full seven days, constructive feedback is appreciated and I'd like to find areas where I can improve. Cheers, Tempodivalse [talk]  17:53, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

 * We can all do really - and I mean really - stupid things. The best thing you can do is just get on with things and realise that we trust you to always do what you think is the right thing. If it isn't, the worse that will happen is someone will say so and we all move along. The community is small and tight; it isn't like a bigger wiki where everyone is a stranger. We - I'm sure I speak for everyone - like you and trust you. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:35, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the encouraging comment, Sandman. I agree, we're all human and eventally make mistakes, so best to move on - but I was concerned that I'm more prone to errors than average. Still, nothing on a wiki is irreversible, so I probably shouldn't be too worried :-) Tempodivalse [talk]  02:27, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

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There's a difference between screwing up - as we all do - and losing the support of the community. The image thing, as I commented, was a discussion we needed to have. As for the others - well, it's not that long since I was stopped on IRC before reviewing something I'd worked on too much. Don't be so hard on yourself. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 01:01, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relax...you'll always make mistakes. Stop doubting yourself. Benny the mascot (talk) 04:42, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I miss all the good drama :P. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:13, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * If we no longer trust you we'll let you know. Just keep doing your thing and stop doubting yourself, as overall your work has been excellent. – Juliancolton  | Talk 17:04, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * --Pi zero (talk) 17:23, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * - you have nothing to worry about. Everyone screws up occasionally, and everyone makes the odd unpopular decision, but that doesn't stop people from trusting them. I trust your judgement, and you losing your rights would be a major loss to the project as a whole. Den dodge  T\C 17:36, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * There's a learning curve. Wikinews is part of the Fourth Estate. You need to look critically at the forms of censorship other press apply to appease some vocal minority, and their story selection to rabble-rouse. And, be critical of sources based on who their financial backers are. I'd make a distinction between the press as the Fourth Estate and the "mob"; good press inform the mob and give them an opportunity to examine the facts before being conned into voting for a fast-talking salesman. You didn't mention VoA explicitly, but I've said this before; they're a propaganda division of the United States government – technically only for distribution outside the United States. What they call a terrorist attack, or who they say is a terrorist, is official policy being expressed. Many public-service broadcasters and news services in other countries (like the BBC) are much less dependent on government whim. So, the Rupert Murdochs of this world lobby the government to cut their funding; not just to get more paying viewers, but to promote their own political agenda and get people to vote against their own interests. Glenn Beck is living proof of that and you should go out of your way to watch OutFoxed - Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:58, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Wikinews would fall apart without you as a sysop Cocoaguy talkcontribs‽ 18:33, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * because I don't see anything worth losing the bits over and where there have been minor hiccups you have taken criticism onboard. Heck we all screw up a bit occasionally. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 19:21, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Support -  Amgine | t 22:01, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * because any of the people who have signed above can tell you that I've made plenty of mistakes. ;-D --Thunderhead 11:20, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * . the wub "?!"  21:18, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Everyone above has pretty much summed up my thoughts but you have both my trust and support. Everyone makes mistakes and quite frankly, I don't think some of yours are even mistakes.  Keep up the excellent work Tempo!  (And you gave me my first(and only so far) barnstar which deserves a strong support really)!     Tris   23:02, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey, I have low self-confidence sometimes myself, but I don't let it get me down. --Patrick M (TUFKAAP) (talk) 04:05, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * -- Pmlineditor     ∞    15:29, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

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Talk:Researcher claims solution to P vs NP math problem

So this needs review, I also need input on whether I explained the technical aspects in an ok fashion (I've tried to tone those aspects down but I'm not completely sure I did a decent job of that). JoshuaZ (talk) 23:14, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks pretty good. Some comments:

Bawolff ☺☻ 23:42, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * First of all the article switches from it being a math problem to being a theoretical computer science problem. I think we should stick with one, preferably theoretical computer science since thats what I would consider it.
 * "The question of whether P equals NP essentially asks whether there are categories of problems where short proofs exist but finding those proofs is difficult" - I'd maybe reword that to be something like "The question of whether P equals NP essentially asks whether there exists problems which take a long time to solve but whose solution can be checked quickly." (of course the obvious question is what do you mean by "quick" and "long time" but it gets the basic idea across.
 * "but many now difficult problems would likely be easy to solve" - Might be interesting to talk about NPC here, but I don't know enough about the subject to confidently make any suggestions about that.
 * Might be good to include an example NP problem, explaining how it takes polynomial time to verify but more to solve.


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/InfantGorilla

Promoted. Tempodivalse [talk]  14:15, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

 * I have been back six weeks. Is my combined experience enough to show I can be trusted with the tools? I have a habit of littering the place with uncontroversial editprotected tags that I would like to deal with myself.  I will be glad to assist with admin backlogs when I can.  --InfantGorilla (talk) 08:34, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * A few statistics for the edit-counters: 1,768 edits, of which 108 are deleted; 528 different pages (averaging three edits a page), and 40% mainspace edits. Joined in November 2006; user has not opted into detailed statistics. Approximately 280 edits since the UK General Election. Before May 2010, the user was last active in February. — μ 10:49, June 24 2010 (UTC)
 * A quick perusal of InfantGorilla's last hundred Talk: contributions shows up 15 requests (based purely on edit summaries), spread evenly between today and the 17 May (but none in between). The current EP backlog is nine. One of them is a different user, and the other eight are InfantGorilla's, which are requests to add the same category to each. I'm not too sure if the categories are warranted. — μ 10:57, June 24 2010 (UTC)

--InfantGorilla (talk) 09:15, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I am of the opinion that, having flagged revisions, the backlog is less of an issue than as-laid out above. The project desperately needs more extremely proficient users of the English language. We do not need more janitors; we need people serving their 10,000-hour apprenticeships and becoming masters of the written word. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:33, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I suspect that at my age my English skills will not improve much. With regular practice writing and copy editing here and elsewhere, I hope I can maintain them where they are.
 * In any case, I would like to volunteer as a janitor, not because wikignoming is a big issue, but because I enjoy it.

Votes

 * I've not had a lot of interaction with InfantGorilla, but from what I've seen he seems quite level-headed and rational, and I trust him to use the tools appropriately. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:32, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * --Cspurrier (talk) 17:19, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * After some consideration. Gorilla seems to know xyr way around. Trustworthy Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:24, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Seems rational and user knows what he does. --Diego Grez return fire 02:25, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * because IG downplays his ability to learn. I was probably on the Internet before many project contributors were even in kindergarten. My English has, through application and constructive critique, improved considerably over the last five or so years. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:38, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * My English has improved through writing online for pleasure, but probably, it has merely been a restoration of the capability I had when I took GCE O Levels all those years back. I am glad to hear of the possibility that if I persist, I can improve beyond that level. --InfantGorilla (talk)

 * Clueful individual.  — fetch · comms  23:53, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * No problems that I can see; seems unlikely to screw anything up. C628 (talk) 00:25, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * No reason to oppose. — Mike moral  ♪♫  03:45, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I also have no reason to oppose --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 13:00, 5 July 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Diego Grez 4

Candidacy withdrawn by applicant. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 12:37, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi guys. How many times have I done this. I hope you don't consider this disruptive. Well, I'm afraid I failed last time because of ME fiasco. I have been admin-coached by Jtneill, who seems to be a very good person as well. I have always wanted to do archiving =) Probably you could think I get too heated sometimes, but I hope you consider I always try to do my best, and will try to help always as I could. I spend almost all the day online, and I feel I could do well, to help our project. Have written +60 articles, and I hope you consider this humble request, Diego Grez return fire 02:25, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

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 * Note: Prior requests, at 17 April 2010, 11 May 2010, 11 June 2010. Has not even been two weeks, since the last unsuccessful one. -- Cirt (talk) 03:41, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I am inclined to a weak oppose vote. Not over Diego's involvement in the ME fiasco (my own was far more spectacularly ill-judged), but for a desire to engage in archiving work with a less-than-stellar command of the nuances of English. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:40, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Brian. My English isn't certainly perfect, but I try to do my best when I write articles. I don't think why should it be a major problem. Thanks for your comment, by the way! Diego Grez return fire 23:42, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * It's been less than two weeks since you withdrew your last request. What's the big rush? :-) ATM, it's not as if there is an admin drought; we have plenty of people around to do everyday tasks. While I once again reitirate that I really appreciate your contributions to Wikinews, I know you have our best interests in mind, and I'd like to see you keep editing, my concerns from the previous requests haven't yet completely gone away and I'm not totally comfortable supporting this request. While trying not to sound condescending, my suggestion would be to buckle down for the next two or so months, help us improve Wikinews, try to be a little more level-headed, and don't worry so much about adminship. Seriously, it truly shouldn't be a big deal, especially on a small wiki like this. :-) Tempodivalse [talk]  03:57, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Tempodivalse, many thanks for your vote. I understand your point. I think my words have been misunderstood on my last requests, or maybe my behaviour doesn't let you think about a different position. I know there's no real rush, and I was afraid to ask once more for this, and you know, I try to be helpful whenever I can. I have been in mentoring for some time with Wikiversity's Jtneill, and the rest of the warm Wikiversity community, who has done a great work teaching me how to use the thingies properly. I'd like to point out that I have knowledge of Wikinews' policies, and I don't think I could break anything, and even in doubt, I could ask someone of the many admins that live on IRC. --Diego Grez return fire 17:49, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm decideing to disregard the last request as, IIRC, current admins were also involved in the incedent for which it was opposed. Diego has been more than helpfull and trustworthy IMHO. --RockerballAustralia c 10:21, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
 * - ZooFari (talk) 19:49, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * , but I think another two months will do you more good.  — fetch · comms  23:56, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Regretfully (I seem to remember telling you last time that another month and I'd give my support), but your actions during the Matthewedwards mess left me with a bad taste in my mouth. It's not that you're judgement was spectacularly bad (well, I guess it was bad, but it wasn't worse than anyone else's, and it's not like you've done obviously stupid things since), it's how you communicated during that.  Something about how you talked to people seemed like it fit the situation extremely badly, and showed lack of clue in general. I'm specifically thinking of this and this, which, IMO, displayed a lack of good judgement, but during the whole mess in general it didn't seem like you displayed the restraint/tact/diplomacy/whatever that's essential to smooth communication.  And so it doesn't seem I'm basing my entire judgement on one incident, I'd also cite this as another example of when it (at least to me) seems like you're jumping on people too fast and when it's unnecessary; in short, a lack of tact when dealing with others. My advice is roughly the same as Tempo's: just try to work in the mainspace for a while, keep up your article-writing (which is generally very good, by the way), and try to think more carefully about what you say.  C628 (talk) 00:25, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Meh. I think I was a bit overheated and the Spanish terms differ from English, and I must have been much 'offensive' than I thought. I deeply reproach that stupidity... but I think I have said (more than twice) that that won't happen more. I'm aware that sysop is such a very sensitive thing, and I don't think I could do bad with it or something, after all, I have been sysop-ing on MediaWiki.org for a while too. Diego Grez return fire 00:29, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * , more or less per C628. Considering the Matthewedwards incident, I cannot support your candidacy. Your behavior in the IRC channel and on-wiki are too concerning for me to support. Your judgments are occasionally made too quickly, and you quickly revert yourself. I don't feel that you have the right qualities to be a mature, level-headed sysop. Sincerely, Blurpeace  00:41, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I hadn't read Tempodivalse's note about withdrawing only two weeks ago. It only furthers my belief that you are not ready for the responsibility's of properly managing a Wikimedia project. Regretfully, Blurpeace  00:43, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Everyone commits errors, and everyone there were overheated. The 2-weeks ago rfa was just a 'try' and it failed so deeply because of these matters, the same ones you, tempo and c628 pointed out. I try to be as much helpful and possible and I don't think I could be a danger with the pow. --Diego Grez return fire 00:47, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * People do not rework their personalities in two weeks to a month. You illustrated that you were not ready for the tools then, and your quick reapplication illustrates it now. I think you need to take a step back and spend some time regaining the full trust of your fellow community members. It's clear that most editors here have less than strong support for your candidacy. Why don't you take a few months, and prove our concerns wrong? Sincerely, Blurpeace  00:53, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Good journalist. Seems to be doing fine as a janitor at MediaWiki.org.  However, although admins behaved badly, we should still take temper into account in a request for permissions, which discourages me from offering my full support at this moment.  --InfantGorilla (talk) 13:15, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
 * (like all my other votes for you requests for sysop) Sorry, but during the Matthew Edwards incident, you weren't very level-headed and you tend to jump rather quickly to positions then quickly change which concerns me, but otherwise you're a great journalist. — Mike moral  ♪♫  03:44, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
 * . I'll not support anyone for adminship who contests an unsuccessful RfA so soon, regardless of how they may have improved. Anyone with four RfAs in one year wants it too much -- and therefore does not understand what adminship means. It's not a tour-of-service medal. — μ 23:38, July 1 2010 (UTC)

I withdraw this candidacy; and I do it happy with three supports I got. I'll give time to the time, and thanks to everyone who voted! Diego Grez return fire 23:56, 1 July 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Administrator/Diego Grez 3

Well. After all Matthew Edwards controversy, and that finally this has settled down, and we are going to get a bunch of nice oversighters, I'm nominating myself for adminship. I like to revert vandalism and with the admin mop it would be much easier (to delete them). I'm not really sure if the Wikinews community trusts me enough for this, after some failed attempts. I have done my best. I have +3000 edits, and I'm a sysop at MediaWiki.org. Also, I'm being mentored in Wikiversity on how to take appropiate decisions as admin. I did that voluntarily because I think I do rushed decisions and later I remorse. Anyway, vote! Thanks in advance for this (once again) opportunity :) --Diego Grez return fire 02:51, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

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 * *sigh* You seem to be quite hot-headed sometimes; maybe the language barrier is preventing you from showing off your nicer side??? :-/ Perhaps it shall suffice to say that I doubt you have the ability right now to be diplomatic. However, I shall wait for other Wikinewsies to opine before I make my final vote. Benny the mascot (talk) 03:11, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes. Maybe I can't find sometimes nicer words to tell things. After all, I want this to do vandalism cleanup, Y'know ;-) --Diego Grez return fire 03:14, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * But that's my main concern. Diplomacy is very important in vandalism cleanup, especially when we are dealing with potentially helpful contributors. Your wording here is quite discouraging. Benny the mascot (talk) 03:27, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think so. --Diego Grez return fire 03:29, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * . I appreciate your current work, Diego, and I know you mean well, but I'm not comfortable having you as an admin ATM. Specifically, I'm concerned you don't have the judgment necessary for a sysop. For instance, this wasn't exactly an insightful or helpful edit; additionally, your comments at AAA over the Matthew fiasco leave me somewhat disconcerted over your ability to act appropriately. It's not like we are in dire need of extra admins, and one can fight the little vandalism that we do have with other tools (like rollback, which you have). I'm also not comfortable with your comments to Mchris' talk page Benny linked to above; it's not against our policies to focus extensively on one specific topic, in fact that's usually a good thing. Sorry. No hard feelings Smile.png Tempodivalse [talk]  03:30, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm rather unsure at this point. — Mike moral  ♪♫  03:32, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Enough. I withdraw this. :) --Diego Grez return fire 03:34, 11 June 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Removal/Thunderhead (admin)

Thunderhead (remove)
Hey there, everyone. I'd like to temporarily resign my administrative privileges. It's been quite a while since I've been working on the articles - I've been working behind the scenes on administrative tasks. I'd like to have my privileges removed so that I can focus on the articles. If at all possible, I'd like to regain them again in the future without a week-long referendum, but if I need to, then I can. :-) --Thunderhead (t - e - c) 02:08, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * C628's reapplying for adminship kinda set a new precedent that says that former admins who want their privileges back must go through the week-long RFA process again. Are you ok with that? Benny the mascot (talk) 02:17, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * If resigned under non-controversial circumstances, and not "under a cloud", they can just ask for it back, without a new RFA. -- Cirt (talk) 02:19, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm fine with that, I just didn't want to be a bother with another vote. Right now, my main goal is to focus on writing - not admin tasks - so, that's not an issue with me. --Thunderhead (t - e - c) 02:21, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes — Cirt is correct! I took another look at the AAA discussion, and it seems that C628 had to undergo another vote because he resigned during a controversy. That is not the case here, so there should be no problem with giving your tools back whenever you need them. Best of luck! Benny the mascot (talk) 02:32, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:35, 11 June 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Removal/Inactive Bureaucrats (December 2009)

Inactive Bureaucrats (Removal)
Julian has produced a list of 'crats, detailing when last active. There are few 'crat actions here on enWN, so it is understandable some may have not used the powers recently. However, it should be noted that one is currently a member of the Wikimedia Foundation's staff.
 * Per Julian's list, could be a likely de-crat candidate. I do know he's still actively managing the wilinews-l mailing list. I've handed off several filtering issues that only the list owner can manage; in particular, blocking mosy of the Cyrillic spam --Brian McNeil / talk 01:29, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

He's edited once in January. This hasn't gone anywhere, so closed as stale. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 22:43, 20 June 2010 (UTC)


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User:CalendarBot (Removal)
It looks like this bot only used administrative privileges over a very short period of time, and only to fix a bug, unless I'm mistaken. Does it still need the sysop bit? --Thunderhead 23:39, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks like it was done on Meta. --Thunderhead (t - e - c) 00:33, 16 April 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Removal/Benny the mascot (admin re-confirmation)

Benny the mascot (Reconfirm)
I accept partial responsibility for everything that happened regarding Matthewedwards and his community ban. I therefore put myself up for reconfirmation so that the community may decide if it still wants me to serve as admin and reviewer. Oh, and this happened. :( Benny the mascot (talk) 17:00, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * how do you feel you have addressed the issues you raise above? Note I shall be asking this of anyone putting themself up for reconfirmation --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 18:01, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Good question. First of all, let me begin with my handling of the move war. My decision to protect the article was an unwise decision on my part, and I have promised to think more carefully the next time a similar incident occurs. As for the Matthewedwards fiasco, I have apologized personally to him on his talk page, and I am currently drafting a community resolution that will (hopefully) solve the mess we are in right now. --Benny the mascot (talk) 18:19, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

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 * without question. -- Sken   my talk 17:02, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * You have my full trust, and were one of the few people during the entire fiasco to not lose their heads and rush into the mob lynching. As for the edit war thingy, I don't consider that to be a big mistake, just a small slip-up, nothing to be overly concerned about. However, i don't think it would be a bad idea for all us admins involved with Matthew's block in some way to put themselves up for reconfirm. I'm considering doing so. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:06, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * . Like Tempo said, you were an exception in that you didn't lose your mind during recent events. C628 (talk) 17:12, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * You are so far one of the best admins around. --Diego Grez return fire 17:18, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, you called for the ban in the first place, but throughout the rest of it you didn't follow the crowd and seemed to be a lone voice often. Hey, you made a mistake with the edit war and that's no big deal provided you learnt from your mistake.  I congratulate you on your willingness to put yourself up for reconfirmation.      Tris   17:54, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 *  — fetch · comms  17:24, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * . Now, get back to work. ;-) --Brian McNeil / talk 12:22, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * OK --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 17:03, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
 * - Hey, you're more active than me, and you've made less screwups than me, and these people kept me around. :-) --Thunderhead (t - e - c) 01:41, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thought I already had. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:02, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Safe to say, we're not throwing you out (Yet). -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 19:08, 15 June 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Oversight/ShakataGaNai

Oversight requests - take two

 * The below two requests were archived by SGN as failed. However, I'm going to be bold and return them here since there is AFAIK no time limit for these things to remain open, and really, it's rather unrealistic to think that we're going to be able to muster 25+ votes in only a few days. No need to rush into things, IMHO ... Tempodivalse [talk]  19:26, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't mind that much either way, but I would point out that new votes have stopped coming in (not counting C628 since that happened after the intial archive, the last vote to come in for either of these two candidates was a week ago) its been 2 weeks since both were intially open (well skenmys was 2 weeks minus 1 day, but almost) which is the recommended time. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:16, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * My bad on Skenmy's, I forgot his was open later. Here's what I said about this on my talk page "If you guys want to, leave them open for another 2 weeks... honestly I don't think that'll make any difference. I canvas'd the mailing list (twice), tweeted about it, set site notices (twice) and generally harassed people."  If we get 10 more votes for Skenmy (heck, leave it open for 2 more weeks)... I'll eat my hat.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 21:22, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

(Oversight)
We have no oversighters and seem to have a need for them. Our recent .... scuffle... has gotten into the areas of private info. People requests stewards come in to do the oversighting, which is fine, but we should be able to do this in house. On top of that, when stewards come in, no one actually knows whats going on (Obviously it is private and that is why it was oversighted... but it is very strange to see oversights in places like WN:RFP out of the blue). So I run for said oversight. Yes I'm over 18, no I dont mind being ID'd to the foundation. I'm not sure if oversight requires 2 people on wiki like CU does (or maybe it's the other way arround). Anyways, someone say something if we do. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 21:43, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Comment

 * I don't think we need oversighters. Right now it's not like we're inundated with oversightable material (like en.wikipedia) and the stewards could handle it easily and in a timely manner. Whereas, if we had local OS, then the stewards would be reluctant to do it, and we'd have to wait for local OS to show up, which would take longer as there are fewer of them and not always online. So i'd probably not support getting local oversighters. (Does that make sense?) Tempodivalse [talk]  21:48, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It would be ideal to have more than one oversighter, in different time zones. --Diego Grez return fire 21:50, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * But we still wouldn't have as many oversighters as there are stewards, and they wouldn't be nearly as active per capita. Tempodivalse [talk]  21:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Makes sense to me. I think the stewards would still be likely to do it, especially if you say "hey, look, our 2 are offline right this moment". It is time sensitive after all.  I figure more accessible OS means faster OS.  At least with local OS's, we'd be able to know what was OS'd (not to share, but at least to answer the "Why was this completely random edit OS'd?  Well because someone forgot to login.") -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 21:52, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

 * We do need 2 oversights locally -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 21:52, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * , I respectfully abstain from voting. No offence, but I'm of the opinion that we have users who are better suited to this position. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:29, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Tempo. You know how we talked about the different ways of seeing the world, and how many times, even if you "mean well", you're insulting?  This is one of those times.  "No offense, but fuck you asshole" is still offensive, even if you prepend "No offense".  By saying "we have users who are better suited to this position" basically you're saying "Ok, this idea has merit, but I'm specifically not going to vote for you".  That is insulting.  You and I don't see eye to eye, we never have... I don't expect you to vote for me, I'm not going to vote for you.  That does not mean I'm going to show up at every vote you have saying "abstain No offense, This use simply isn't what Wikinews wants".  I don't want to cause any more drama than the wiki already has... but in the future, consider simply shutting up and going somewhere else.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 06:15, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * -shrug- Perhaps I should have, but this sort of vote doesn't allow for neutrals/abstentions and I don't want to oppose, so this seemed like the next best venue to explain my not voting. I know we're not exactly on the best terms with each other, and given our differing viewpoints on how things should be run, probably rarely will; bluntly, I think it's better we had someone for this position that could keep calmer in heated situations than yourself, since OS is so very difficult to undo. I get upset easily myself, so it's hardly for me to judge, but nonetheless I'm not 100% comfortable supporting. Sorry. Tempodivalse [talk]  12:53, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you consider your language and tone appropriate, SGN? I certainly do not. -- Sken   my talk 12:58, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * You can oppose tempo. The vote for CU and OS is 25 support, 70% pass rate.  So you can vote against it just like any other vote.  Please, if you think I suck, feel free to vote against me (you'll note Skenmy has).  I'm not upset at you, but we had many a fights between you and I, mostly started from the fact that your "trying to be nice" was anything but.  I'm not the only one that is insulted by these things.  I'm hoping that if I illustrate these situations... you'll understand them better and we won't have as much trouble in the future.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 16:57, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Skenmy, I'm sorry you felt slighted by my use of demonstration language. I was trying to make a point in the most clear terms possible.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 16:57, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

 * what personal qualities do you believe you have which make you suitable for the role of oversighter? --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 18:05, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I know how the tools work (have them elsewhere). I've been around for long enough to know what should and shouldn't be orbital striked. I'm easy to get a hold of (Always in IRC).  Most importantly, while I approach problems head on and have not made friends (See above), I am capable highly capable of discretion in terms of keeping peoples private info and requests safe.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 18:13, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Identified -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 07:19, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Support

 * 1)  I trust this guy, he won't abuse the tools, I'm sure (not really sure, but well). --Diego Grez return fire 21:44, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * , trustworthy editor and a project the size of Wikinews requires at least two local oversighters. Tempodivalse's concerns are unconvincing. Blurpeace  21:51, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) . -- Cirt (talk) 22:56, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2)  — Mike  moral  ♪♫  23:03, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3)  — fetch · comms   23:25, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Bawolff ☺☻ 23:27, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Wikinews had oversighters in the past; I was one of them. That had to be handed back over a technicality, such being the change to voting requirements over on meta. Shaka is one of the few people I really would trust with such a tool. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:56, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) — Gopher65talk 01:25, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) --Pi zero (talk) 02:49, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) --KTo288 (talk) 09:58, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) to get the numbers up. — μ 13:01, June 7 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 15:31, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 11) I do see where the opposes have come from. However, particularly recently but from time to time throughout my years here, SGN has actually proven himself to be highly trustworthy and know what he's doing.  Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:26, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 12) I can trust him not to abuse the tools --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 22:07, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * , trusted. Tjc 6  02:44, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Loves huge tools Killing Vector (talk) 18:14, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2)  I trust ShakataGaNai with this job. Cary Bass (talk) 18:51, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3)  --Jacques Divol (talk) 19:05, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4)  --Calebrw (talk) 20:22, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) --Cspurrier (talk) 00:36, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 6)  Turtlestack (talk) 06:14, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 7)  well known from commons: good user ABF (talk) 09:30, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 8)  What could possibly go wrong? Shoone (talk) 00:34, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 9)  Hells yes  Irunongames  •  play  22:10, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 10)  (Changed from abstain)  Was unsure, now decided.  Enjoy!     Tris   10:24, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) without wanting to be dramatic, I don't trust SGN with the tools he already has, let alone Oversight. --  Sken   my talk 14:39, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) per Skenmy Benny the mascot (talk) 13:42, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Abstain

 * 1) Abstain in the strongest possible measure. -  Amgine | t 21:50, 6 June 2010 (UTC) (ps: <poke SGN>)
 * LOL. You love to not vote, and you just love to be a PITA. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 21:54, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1)   Unsure.      Tris   18:05, 7 June 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Oversight/Cspurrier

(Oversight)
We may as well have two oversighters. I had it before as a steward and I know how to use it. I am already identified to the foundation from then as well. We have used oversight a handful of times in the past. I believe we can respond faster when its needed with local OS--Cspurrier (talk) 21:50, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * Correction from my above, we do need 2. OS's, like CU. Check's and balances and all that. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 21:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you accept, Craig? Tempodivalse [talk]  23:26, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note he nommed himself. --Diego Grez return fire 23:27, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Pfft, this drama must really be getting to me. Sorry. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:37, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I see from your contributions that you haven't been consistently active. Is this going to continue over the next year or so? Do you intend to be available to perform your oversight duties? Benny the mascot (talk) 14:39, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The big reason for my inactivity (working on my MA) is gone (I graduated), I expect to be able to maintain a reasonable activity level for the foreseeable future. --Cspurrier (talk) 15:36, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * what personal qualities do you believe you have which make you suitable for the role of oversighter? --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 18:06, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I have experience using the tools, having used them both here and on other Wiki's as a steward. I believe (like all of the other candidates) that I have a good grasp of what would be an appropriate use of the tools.--Cspurrier (talk) 00:34, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Support

 * Why not. --Diego Grez return fire 21:51, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

 * 1) -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 21:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) *Abstain in the most favourable (and strongest) fashion. -  Amgine | t
 * , although I don't know him personally, he seems trustworthy enough for the flag. Sincerely, Blurpeace  22:26, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) . -- Cirt (talk) 22:56, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2)  — Mike  moral  ♪♫  23:03, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3)  — fetch · comms   23:25, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Trusted. Tempodivalse  [talk]  23:25, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Very level headed, and sane. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:28, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) — Gopher65talk 01:25, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) --Pi zero (talk) 02:47, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) --  Sken   my talk 07:57, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) --KTo288 (talk) 09:59, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 15:29, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 11)  --    Tris   18:08, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 12) After careful thought - I know less of you than the other candidates - I trust you with the tool as well.  Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:30, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 13) Trusted to use the tool well. Pmlineditor discuss 15:52, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 14) Loves huge tools Killing Vector (talk) 18:14, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 15) --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 18:42, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 16)  I trust Craig with this job. Cary Bass (talk) 18:51, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 17)  --Jacques Divol (talk) 19:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1)  Craig vanishes for prolonged stints, and has given no indication this will not happen again. I do trust Craig to do the job, I just don't trust him to be there when needed, nor to have been suitably active in any on-wiki role to be less-useful than a steward. The whole principle is about having, on-tap, our own oversighters. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:24, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2)  I have to agree with Brian on this one. Congrats on graduating, but who knows if you'll be gone again. --Calebrw (talk) 20:17, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Abstain

 * 1) - I've not been on wikinews too long so I can only vote for members whom I've had experience with and since I have not yet met this candidate, I can neither vote yea or nay - but I did feel I should explain why, hence the abstain. Turtlestack (talk) 06:18, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2)  per above. --Diego Grez return fire 15:57, 12 June 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Oversight/Bawolff

(Oversight)
We need at least 2 OS's, preferably more (should one not pass the election, or need to step down). Bawolff is possibly one of the most chilled, laid back, and least drama involved people on Wikinews I know. As such, I think he'd make an excellent Oversight. Plus, as an added bonus, we'd have more people for Tempo to haras should something need Orbital Striking. He, like everyone else up for vote, is a crat, and was also a previous ArbCom. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 23:22, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * Sure why not. :). Bawolff ☺☻ 23:23, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * what personal qualities do you believe you have which make you suitable for the role of oversighter? --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 18:06, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I like to think I am level headed and all that. (Of course when evaluating myself I have a conflict of interest). Bawolff ☺☻ 02:41, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

 * identified. Bawolff ☺☻ 16:06, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Support

 * 1)  as om nom nom -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 23:22, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2)  because I love the ñam ñam ñam. I trust Bawolff. --Diego Grez return fire 23:23, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3)  — fetch · comms   23:23, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Sure. I trust bawolff, if he's willing to identify to the foundation, why not. Tempodivalse  [talk]  23:24, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 5)  — Mike  moral  ♪♫  23:28, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) — Gopher65talk 01:25, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) --Pi zero (talk) 02:46, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * , trustworthy. Blurpeace  04:30, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) --  Sken   my talk 07:57, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) --KTo288 (talk) 10:00, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) . -- Cirt (talk) 11:17, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) — μ 13:04, June 7 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 15:24, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * .... Bawolff ☺☻ 02:41, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note that if this RFP passes, a steward might look at this vote in a state of massive confusion... Benny the mascot (talk) 03:03, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Vote stricken as ambiguous. Please clarify. Benny the mascot (talk) 01:29, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I was being naughty. It's a support. I wondered whether anybody would notice. Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 10:08, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Of course  Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:27, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Pmlineditor discuss 12:31, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Blurpeace 02:16, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * This user voted twice. :-/ Benny the mascot (talk) 02:56, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Clearly this is because I'm double trustworthy. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:17, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * lolself-esteem ;) --Diego Grez return fire 03:20, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) . As two people are required to man the Memory Hole Management Team, I have to pick Bawolff as the second, because I know I can get hold of him within a reasonable timeframe. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:50, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Loves huge tools Killing Vector (talk) 18:14, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 18:42, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4)  I trust bawolff with this job. Cary Bass (talk) 18:52, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 5)  --Jacques Divol (talk) 19:03, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 6)  --Calebrw (talk) 20:23, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) Unconditionally . --Thunderhead (t - e - c) 20:42, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) --Cspurrier (talk) 00:36, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 9)  Turtlestack (talk) 06:14, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 10)  ABF (talk) 09:29, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 11)  --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 07:22, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Oversight/Skenmy

(Oversight)
As one of your Bureaucrats, Checkusers, and long-term sysop, I feel that I would be suitable to hold the position of Oversight. Some people may call in to question the amount of inactivity I have had over the past few months, and I am not going to try and make excuses - my life has been getting in the way. However, I have stayed abreast of the community, I feel I am up to date with policy and current issues. Even during my apparent inactivity - I am pretty much always pingable on IRC for sysop, bureaucrat, and checkuser tasks.

Having more than 2 users with a priv is always a good idea to prevent corruption and misuse. I would not be particularly comfortable if our number of checkusers dropped below what we currently have, and I would not be comfortable with 2 (and slightly uneasy with 3) Oversighters. Therefore I believe it is in the best interests of the community that I offer my assistance and stand for the position of Oversighter.

I believe I am level headed enough to deal with the tool appropriately, I am not one prone to see red or get involved in slanging matches - I am honest, open, and I hope that I still have enough trust in this community to continue to hold tools bestowed upon me, as well as serve in new ways with new tools. As a CU, I am already identified to the Foundation. -- Sken   my talk 17:27, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * IIRC, you are actually part of your local constabulary. I am very wary of someone in such a position being given such a responsibility. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:26, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Without making comment on the accuracy of the statement, why would you be wary? -- Sken   my talk 15:52, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The risk of outside pressure to inappropriately use the tool. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:01, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not even going to dignify that outrageous comment with a response. -- Sken   my talk 09:54, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * So, on the assumption that you're a special constable - or otherwise involved with the police (which you have neither confirmed nor denied), you would resign from that position if a similar situation to the Virgin Killer one came up and you were ordered to remove content from the project by superiors. Really, I do not consider this an unreasonable comment or query. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:04, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Such a situation could not arise - paranoia aside, that sort of "ordering" simply doesn't exist outside of a court. -- Sken   my talk 12:25, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * This is not paranoia, and you are quite correct such should happen through a court. My concern is based on many years experience with authorities such as the police. The previous Virgin Killer 'incident' was hideously mismanaged, and the mass blocking of people's editing access to Wikimedia projects went ahead without any reference to a court. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:06, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * That didn't have anything to do with the police though. That happened because the government in the UK handed off the job of watching the internet to a privately run special interest group manned by religious fanatics. You can't blame the police for that. Gopher65talk 22:06, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) --    Tris   18:03, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Definitely. Level-headed, perfect oversighter material. Tempodivalse  [talk]  19:28, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) --Pi zero (talk) 20:14, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) — Gopher65talk 03:46, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 5)  Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:28, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) Sure. Pmlineditor discuss 12:31, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 16:54, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 8)  — fetch · comms   17:23, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) --KTo288 (talk) 18:22, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * , Blurpeace  02:42, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * --Diego Grez return fire 14:29, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Loves huge tools Killing Vector (talk) 18:14, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 18:42, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3)  I trust  with this job. Cary Bass (talk) 18:53, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) You can't argue with that last name. Calebrw (talk) 20:21, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) --Cspurrier (talk) 00:35, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Abstain

 * 1) - I've not been on wikinews too long so I can only vote for members whom I've had experience with and since I have not yet met this candidate, I can neither vote yea or nay - but I did feel I should explain why, hence the abstain. Turtlestack (talk) 06:18, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) per above. --Diego Grez return fire 16:17, 12 June 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Oversight/Comments on oversight requests (Brian New Zealand)

Comments on oversight requests
I am likely going to oppose all these oversight request. I am one of the people here who use to have oversight - before wmf decided to strip wn of all its checkusers and oversighters a couple of years back. However, the reason I oppose this request is as follows. I believe that this vote should have been held after the arbcom election. Indeed, that has how we have ran these things in the past. Furthermore, I believe that while all of these users can be trusted, I think we should have had a WC talk first, before all theses noms came in. Therefore, I oppose. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 04:30, 9 June 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Requests for permissions/Oversight/Cspurrier 2

(Oversight)
Closed as successful. Request on meta filed by Tempodivalse. Benny the mascot (talk) 17:55, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

We may as well have two oversighters. I had it before as a steward and I know how to use it. I am already identified to the foundation from then as well. We have used oversight a handful of times in the past. I believe we can respond faster when its needed with local OS--Cspurrier (talk) 21:50, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * Correction from my above, we do need 2. OS's, like CU. Check's and balances and all that. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 21:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you accept, Craig? Tempodivalse [talk]  23:26, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note he nommed himself. --Diego Grez return fire 23:27, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Pfft, this drama must really be getting to me. Sorry. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:37, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I see from your contributions that you haven't been consistently active. Is this going to continue over the next year or so? Do you intend to be available to perform your oversight duties? Benny the mascot (talk) 14:39, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The big reason for my inactivity (working on my MA) is gone (I graduated), I expect to be able to maintain a reasonable activity level for the foreseeable future. --Cspurrier (talk) 15:36, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * what personal qualities do you believe you have which make you suitable for the role of oversighter? --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 18:06, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I have experience using the tools, having used them both here and on other Wiki's as a steward. I believe (like all of the other candidates) that I have a good grasp of what would be an appropriate use of the tools.--Cspurrier (talk) 00:34, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Support

 * 1)  Why not. --Diego Grez return fire 21:51, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 21:53, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) *Abstain in the most favourable (and strongest) fashion. -  Amgine | t
 * , although I don't know him personally, he seems trustworthy enough for the flag. Sincerely, Blurpeace  22:26, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) . -- Cirt (talk) 22:56, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2)  — Mike  moral  ♪♫  23:03, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3)  — fetch · comms   23:25, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) Trusted. Tempodivalse  [talk]  23:25, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) Very level headed, and sane. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:28, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) — Gopher65talk 01:25, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) --Pi zero (talk) 02:47, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 8) --  Sken   my talk 07:57, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) --KTo288 (talk) 09:59, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 10) Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 15:29, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 11)  --    Tris   18:08, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 12) After careful thought - I know less of you than the other candidates - I trust you with the tool as well.  Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:30, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 13) Trusted to use the tool well. Pmlineditor discuss 15:52, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 14) Loves huge tools Killing Vector (talk) 18:14, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 15) --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 18:42, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 16)  I trust Craig with this job. Cary Bass (talk) 18:51, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 17)  --Jacques Divol (talk) 19:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 18)  From what I've seen, he seems rational, calm, and possesses common sense. C628 (talk) 20:08, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 19) Support -  Amgine | t 21:39, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 20)  Benny the mascot (talk) 23:19, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 21)  getting nearer to 25 ;) ABF (talk) 12:50, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 22)    — Jeff G. ツ 03:33, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1)  Craig vanishes for prolonged stints, and has given no indication this will not happen again. I do trust Craig to do the job, I just don't trust him to be there when needed, nor to have been suitably active in any on-wiki role to be less-useful than a steward. The whole principle is about having, on-tap, our own oversighters. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:24, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2)  I have to agree with Brian on this one. Congrats on graduating, but who knows if you'll be gone again. --Calebrw (talk) 20:17, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Abstain

 * 1) - I've not been on wikinews too long so I can only vote for members whom I've had experience with and since I have not yet met this candidate, I can neither vote yea or nay - but I did feel I should explain why, hence the abstain. Turtlestack (talk) 06:18, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * per above. --Diego Grez return fire 15:57, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Changed my mind. --Diego Grez return fire 17:26, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) — μ 18:24, June 24 2010 (UTC)


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As one of your Bureaucrats, Checkusers, and long-term sysop, I feel that I would be suitable to hold the position of Oversight. Some people may call in to question the amount of inactivity I have had over the past few months, and I am not going to try and make excuses - my life has been getting in the way. However, I have stayed abreast of the community, I feel I am up to date with policy and current issues. Even during my apparent inactivity - I am pretty much always pingable on IRC for sysop, bureaucrat, and checkuser tasks.

Having more than 2 users with a priv is always a good idea to prevent corruption and misuse. I would not be particularly comfortable if our number of checkusers dropped below what we currently have, and I would not be comfortable with 2 (and slightly uneasy with 3) Oversighters. Therefore I believe it is in the best interests of the community that I offer my assistance and stand for the position of Oversighter.

I believe I am level headed enough to deal with the tool appropriately, I am not one prone to see red or get involved in slanging matches - I am honest, open, and I hope that I still have enough trust in this community to continue to hold tools bestowed upon me, as well as serve in new ways with new tools. As a CU, I am already identified to the Foundation. -- Sken   my talk 17:27, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

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 * IIRC, you are actually part of your local constabulary. I am very wary of someone in such a position being given such a responsibility. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:26, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Without making comment on the accuracy of the statement, why would you be wary? -- Sken   my talk 15:52, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The risk of outside pressure to inappropriately use the tool. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:01, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not even going to dignify that outrageous comment with a response. -- Sken   my talk 09:54, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * So, on the assumption that you're a special constable - or otherwise involved with the police (which you have neither confirmed nor denied), you would resign from that position if a similar situation to the Virgin Killer one came up and you were ordered to remove content from the project by superiors. Really, I do not consider this an unreasonable comment or query. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:04, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Such a situation could not arise - paranoia aside, that sort of "ordering" simply doesn't exist outside of a court. -- Sken   my talk 12:25, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * This is not paranoia, and you are quite correct such should happen through a court. My concern is based on many years experience with authorities such as the police. The previous Virgin Killer 'incident' was hideously mismanaged, and the mass blocking of people's editing access to Wikimedia projects went ahead without any reference to a court. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:06, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * That didn't have anything to do with the police though. That happened because the government in the UK handed off the job of watching the internet to a privately run special interest group manned by religious fanatics. You can't blame the police for that. Gopher65talk 22:06, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Not quite exactly why I was raising the concern; Skenmy's almost-always done really good stuff for the project, But, could possibly face a difficult situation if something really bad about law enforcement was published here – especially if it featured OR, and, say, unnamed sources. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:16, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think this is a big issue TBH. While I don't know what policy for this sort of thing is on the other side of the pond, seems like it would have to go through a court before any action could be forced, and even if it were, the WMF, not us, would probably be obliged to do it, as an office action. In any case, I trust Skenmy not to succumb to any external influence to use his tools inappropriately. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:05, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see this as being any different than anyone else here who is employed by a large organization. Are we going to ban Google employees on the off-chance that we might some day publish something damaging to Google? Are we going to ban all government employees? Are we going to ban employees of the various Red Cross organizations, just in case we ever (re)publish a corruption story about them? If we're going to do that, then we're going to *really* limit our userbase. At that point the only people who can be admins are the self-employed, the chronically unemployed, and people who work for family owned businesses. Everyone else has potential conflicts of interest... if you're paranoid enough. I'm not saying that such conflicts couldn't happen, I'm saying we can't punish people based on long-shot hypothetical situations. What are we, the goons in Minority Report? Gopher65talk 14:41, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Without meaning to address at all the merits of the particular case, I do think there is very good reason to consider this case in a different light than, say, employment by Google. The more powerful the organization involved, the greater the difficulty of stabilizing society against fluctuations in the organization's smoothly beneficial behavior.  When some part of a corporation (or the whole thing) goes off the deep end, we hope to get government to help rein them in.  When some part of a government (...) goes off the deep end, it's the whole of society that one hopes to see deal with it, and an important component in the machinery for that is a free press.  There's no stable state of this system; it takes perpetual rebalancing to keep it going.  The system is especially vulnerable to instabilities in the smoothly beneficial functioning of government, and therefore the free press (that's us), being part of the backup system for that, needs to keep a careful eye on its contingency plans for those sorts of situations.  --Pi zero (talk) 17:50, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

 * This nomination has run it's course. Now that we have 3 OSes I'm happier to step down from my nomination rather than let it sit here - it's clear that I will not muster enough votes, what with the group of abstentions. -- Sken   my talk 09:15, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) --    Tris   18:03, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Definitely. Level-headed, perfect oversighter material. Tempodivalse  [talk]  19:28, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * --Pi zero (talk) 20:14, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) — Gopher65talk 03:46, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:28, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Sure. Pmlineditor discuss 12:31, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 16:54, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3)  — fetch · comms   17:23, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4) --KTo288 (talk) 18:22, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * , Blurpeace  02:42, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) --Diego Grez return fire 14:29, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Loves huge tools Killing Vector (talk) 18:14, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 18:42, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 4)  I trust  with this job. Cary Bass (talk) 18:53, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 5) You can't argue with that last name. Calebrw (talk) 20:21, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) --Cspurrier (talk) 00:35, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) Essentially per Tempo. C628 (talk)
 * 8) Support -  Amgine | t 21:36, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 9) Benny the mascot (talk) 14:17, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 10)   — Jeff G. ツ 03:37, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Oppose

 * Per the discussion about Skenmy's police involvement. I trust Skenmy to know better; I don't trust his superiors. I have witnessed police incomeptence, read about police incompetence and been brought up with a man who dealt with police incompetence for seveal years on a professional basis. My concern is not so much that this is a problem; it is that Skenmy refuses to even acknowledge any merit in the question. Had Skenmy said the obvious rebuttal ("Most police aren't like that, I'm certainly not, I would resist such action and point out its illegality") then I would be quite satisfied. Unfortunately, Skenmy has chosen to sweep this aside without directly addressing the question. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:59, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I have not addressed the question directly as I am a) not permitted to comment in any official capacity b) because it is offensive to myself. I am now being accused of possible corruption and of law-breaking, which is simply not on. I simply fail to see where the problem lies. -- Sken   my talk 06:57, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * You have been accused of nothing. You are being asked to distance yourself from it. I left my vote there quite some time, but not once did you recognise why someone might pop such a question. I did not change easily, or happily. How hard is it to have said "I'm better than that"? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:08, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I would have hoped my years of service here would have proven my loyalty and trustworthyness, not the fact that I did not comment on a matter that I am not permitted to comment on. Clearly not. -- Sken   my talk 07:17, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * You didn't even say you weren't allowed to comment. Why is this question any different from the general 'why do you think you are trustworthy?' questions that everyone gets asked, other than that it is tailored to circumstances? Your stance is most unsettling. It is not what I expected from you. Do you honestly expect us to treat you differently than any other CU candidate? We all know who you are, but we still throw these questions past the candidates. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:29, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Having calmed down somewhat since originally reading your opposal, BRS, I see where you are coming from. I simply cannot and do not see a way of me being pressured by my superiors to do anything to the detriment of this site. It is a personal account, with a private password, not a job account. It is not something that I consider tamperable or usable by my employers, whether that be a police force or otherwise. You must realise that I am extremely limited in what I can say - however I hope that now my response settles you somewhat. It has taken some time to craft correctly. I considered the question different to the 'why do you think you are trustworthy?' set and my defence mechanism triggered as I read your comments as an accusation - for which I apologise. --<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif"> Sken   my talk 20:53, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Apology accepted. After some thought, I will strike my oppose. I hope you won't be offended if I abstain from this election now. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:11, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
 * As per BRS --RockerballAustralia c 06:40, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I hesitated a long time over this. I trust the candidate, which was the basis of my original support.
 * Institutions do not have fixed membership, and individuals in them have varying strengths and weaknesses. Trusting an individual is possible; trusting an institution is a type error: "trust" isn't an operation supported on objects of type "institution".  The question that clarified my position on this was not what would happen to Wikinews if the candidate were inappropriately pressured, but what would happen to the candidate.
 * There are peripheral worries surrounding the discussions above, but they're murky. Most currently, if the candidate is not permitted to comment on an issue relevant to the nomination —which is unclear, to me anyway, from the above— then the nomination is inappropriate.  --Pi zero (talk) 20:38, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sufficiently reassured that I'm striking my oppose vote. --Pi zero (talk) 17:50, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Abstain

 * 1) - I've not been on wikinews too long so I can only vote for members whom I've had experience with and since I have not yet met this candidate, I can neither vote yea or nay - but I did feel I should explain why, hence the abstain. Turtlestack (talk) 06:18, 12 June 2010 (UTC)
 * per above. --Diego Grez return fire 16:17, 12 June 2010 (UTC) I suppose he isn't going to do anything bad. Striking my vote. --Diego Grez return fire 17:29, 24 June 2010 (UTC)


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Chilean miners trapped after mine collapse; miscalculated drilling delays rescue

August 11, 2010 A gold mine collapse in Copiapó, Atacama Region, Chile has trapped 33 miners since last Thursday. Another collapse occurred on Saturday, that provoked temporary suspension of the rescue works.

Rescue efforts were first focused on a ventilation shaft, but attempts to reach the miners failed. Rescuers have been drilling into the mine since Sunday. "The situation is very complex, the mine continues to have collapses because there is a geological fault-line," said Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile, who "pledged to do everything possible to get to the trapped miners," but acknowledged he was pessimistic.

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Early puberty for US girls raises health risk

August 12, 2010 According to a new study, US girls are reaching puberty earlier than ever, a trend that raises some health concerns. The study, which was conducted in New York's, the metropolitan area, and the  area, showed that by age eight, 27% of girls had begun puberty and showed breast development. By age seven, 15% of girls were developing breasts.

There were differences among races. By age 7, 10.4% of white girls had reached puberty, up from 5% in a 1997 study. In contrast, 23.4% of African-Americans and 14.9% of Hispanics had reached puberty. Also, at age 8, 18.3% of whites, 42.9% of blacks and 30.9% of Hispanics had reached puberty.

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Though the study did not address why US girls were reaching breast development earlier, it found that heavier girls reached puberty earlier. Marcia Herman-Giddens of the has said that the earlier puberty could be related to the rising obesity rate among US citizens. Currently, a third of US children are overweight or obese. Scientists and researchers are also worried about chemicals like (BPA) and  that could disrupt growth hormones. The chemical industry says that these chemicals are safe and are harmless to humans.

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 * 1) Get mad on plane
 * 2) ???
 * 3) News!

This is 100% newsworthiness - A guy get's mad at work - admit-fully he did it in a humerus way, but is that what wikinews is? this is FLUFF. I see NO reason why we should continue feeding the flames of a wildfire. Let's do this article a favor and put it out of it's misery. Irunongames •  play  02:20, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
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One killed and nine injured in militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir

August 11, 2010

Militants attacked three Indian vehicles this morning in the  of Jammu and Kashmir. A passenger bus was fired in this attack and a woman was killed and nine others were injured.

R. K. Jalla, (SSP),, said that militants marched to the hilltops and attacked three Army trucks in which the  (CO) of the  was travelling. Soldiers of the Indian Army rushed to the spot when the report of the attack arrived.

The soldiers fired at the militants to defend the vehicle. The militants, who hid in the nearby maize field, mistook the passengers to be the soldiers and fired at them. One woman, identified as Kiran Balla from, was killed and nine others, of whom two were soldiers, were injured in this gunfire.

Reinforcements have been sent by the Army to the place where the firing is still going on. The bus has been evacuated and the injured have been taken to a local hospital in Rajouri. A senior officer in said, "The maize, standing at more than six feet tall, is hampering search operations."


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I think this is the answer to this problem.

What is a solution: 1.	It should be possible to write it as an algebraic expression 2.	It should can answer different questions The answer to that question= Verified a solution It means that answer of a question is proportional to solution (that has those conditions) When there isn’t any answer for 2⅓ it means math is not complete and need a new topic. So for P and NP problem math may need a new topic. Parym (symbol:b (not the main symbol) ): everything you do on a number to number equals to it. When we say that Parym is a member of a set it means that numbers have to be a member of that set. Some examples for Parym: 1.	b2 b∈N( it means that you can’t use negative or minus numbers) b{ 16 } If you write 16÷2 is wrong because we have to know where does 2 come from. Solution: 16+16=32, 32-16=2 2.	 b2       b∈N b{3 } '''this is the answer '''

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Curfew imposed in Jammu and Kashmir, three injured and four killed

August 11, 2010

A curfew has been imposed in, Jammu and Kashmir, India and other nearby towns today to stop the march to by the Separatists. The march was organized to observe the death anniversary of leader.

The separatists asked people to close their businesses for the day and march to Pampore, where Aziz was buried. Aziz was killed during the '' by the soldiers on August 11, 2008.

A senior police officer said, "Curfew is in place in old city areas of Srinagar, including uptown Maisuma and Batmaloo localities. Curfew has also been imposed in south Kashmir's Pampore,, Kakpora and towns to prevent separatist-incited violence." {{w|Syed Ali Shah Geelani]], a separatist leader, was also placed under house arrest.

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Tensions began in Kashmir after recovering the corpse of a teenager named Bukhari who went missing after his arrest this morning. "A missing report had been registered in the case and a special investigating team set up to establish the facts. Whosoever is found involved in the death of the teenager will be punished," a senior police officer said.

The security men are at their level best to prevent any kind of violence. Three people were injured when the forces tried to disperse a march from Palhalan who had come attend Bukhari's funneral. Also, forces killed four others elsewhere.

The militants have ambushed three army vehicles in {{w|Rajouri}} and killed three policemen at a local politician's house in {{w|Sopore}}.

So far, 51 people have been killed in the riots and curfews since June 11, 2010 in Kashmir.

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Ramadan begins today in India

August 12, 2010 Ramadan, the holy month of Islam, is scheduled to begin today in India. The new moon, which marks the beginning of Ramadan, was observed across the nation.

Maulana Mufti Mukkaram Ahmed, Shahi of Delhi's, announced that Ramadan would begin from today. The new moon was observed in states including Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh.

The new moon could not be observed in Delhi and Mumbai as the sky was covered by clouds but it was seen nearby.

Ramadan is observed by fasting from sunrise to sunset, and is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. It lasts till Eid ul-Fitr or the next new moon.

Some other countries, such as Saudi Arabia, started Ramadan yesterday.

title: Ramadan begins today in India


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Apple Japan to replace overheating iPod Nanos

Friday August 13, 2010

In an online statement, the Japanese unit of Apple Inc. said that it will replace overheating first-generation. Apple had originally only offered to replace the defective batteries, not the whole device. The change came after Apple received criticism from the Japanese government over the defective batteries in the portable music players.

The affected iPod model is the first-generation iPod Nano, about 1.8 million of which were sold in Japan from September 2005–December 2006. Apple stated that the "very rare cases of overheating" were caused by faulty batteries traced back to a single supplier, whose name was not given. According to Apple, other iPod Nanos did not have the issue, which occurs during the recharging process..

Around 60 cases of malfunctioning iPods overheating have been reported, causing a total of six fires and leaving four people with minor burns. Japan's (METI) said that it had been aware of 27 accidents related to the devices. Last week, METI announced that Apple had informed it of 34 additional overheating incidents, which the company called "non-serious." The ministry responded by calling Apple's postponement of the report "truly regrettable."

Earlier, Apple Japan had posted information about the faulty devices on their website, but was criticized for not displaying the warnings in a place where they could be easily found. Apple was told to put an "easy to understand" notice on their website detailing how consumers could get replacement batteries for their iPods. METI later reported that Apple appeared to have complied with the order.


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Comments:Economist reports Saudi oil production can continue unabated

Comments from feedback form - "amazin"
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Thread:Comments:JetBlue flight attendant accused of cursing at passenger granted bail/What did you think wage slavery was going to come to?

This actually marks a clear breaking point for employers. Just because jobs are a little harder to come by doesn't give an employer free reign to abuse their workers (and yes, telling your employees that your customers have the right to abuse them is abuse).

Do any of you remember a few years back, before it was common knowledge that the economy was in the toilet, a bunch of employers were touting their "fire the customer" policy? If a customer was acting negatively, the employee they were dealing with was allowed to stop dealing with them without incurring the wrath involved with missing a sale. I think that's probably what's going to be the end-all of this one. JetBlue is most likely not going to fire this person, because how bad would that look... "Come fly JetBlue, where we let you beat up flight attendants!" I don't think so.

I'd like to hear the other side of the story. Does anyone plan to hunt down this hysterical woman who decided to take the fact that her vacation was going badly out on the least threatening male she could locate? (And it's not me saying he's nonthreatening because he's a flight attendant, but you can imagine that someone dull enough to throw a temper tantrum because of her luggage most likely holds all the 'conventional' ideas about masculinity and would find any male flight attendant nonthreatening.)

In the end, what this whole occurance tells us is that each and every one of us has to consider a whole new facet of our behavior all the time. Before, it was just "How do I feel about how I'm behaving?" and "How do the people I interact with react to my behavior?" Now, we all are starting to realize that there's a third dimension to our personal behavior - "What will the internet think?" Our abiity to transmit verifiable information about just about any occurance to everyone else on the planet within a few minutes has created a mass consciousness that utterly surpasses the ability of any one individual in its capacity for imposing moral value on any given incident.

Apparently, the moral value being imposed here is that if we're gonna go, we should all grab a few beers and pull the emergency slide on our way out. Fatalistic? Maybe, but at least it sounds like it was fun.

AKP-zEropoint, Ann Arbor MI 8/11/201098.250.49.66 (talk) 18:32, 11 August 2010 (UTC)


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Former US Representative Dan Rostenkowski dies aged 82

August 14, 2010

Former US Representative died of  Wednesday at his vacation home in, Wisconsin. Rostenkowski, whose political career ended in the early 1990s after he was convicted on fraud charges, was 82.

Rostenkowski's death was confirmed by his spokesperson, Jim Jaffe, who said that the former congressman had been receiving treatment for lung cancer for a while. Rostenkowski had previously been treated for in the 1990s.

Rostenkowski was born on January 2, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. He was an athlete and declined an invitation to try out for the (now the Oakland Athletics) in order to pursue a career in politics. Rostenkowski attended in Wisconsin, served with the  in, and graduated from  in 1951.

Rostenkowski's political career was supported by the, and he became a member of the Illinois state legislature in 1952, one year after graduating from college. In 1958, when he was 30, Rostenkowski was elected to the US House of Representatives. In 1961, he began serving on the, the chief committee of the House for writing taxes. From 1981–1994, he served as the committee's chairman. Rostenkowski was involved in the creation of in 1966 and he helped make amendments to the  system in 1983.

In 1992, a federal jury began an inquiry into the House post office, and Rostenkowski was accused of buying 22,000 in stamps with government funds and then turning them into cash. The investigation, which lasted two years, led to Republican allegations of corruption within the Democratic party. In 1994, Rostenkowski was charged with 17 felony counts, including the use of federal money to purchase furniture, and obstruction of justice. In order to avoid a trial, Rostenkowski made a deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to two counts of mail fraud in exchange for fifteen months in prison, two months in a, and a US$100,000 fine.

Rostenkowski, who was not reelected for a nineteenth term in Congress in 1994, continued to maintain his innocence, and was pardoned by US President Bill Clinton in 2000.


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User talk:Lovefool~enwikinews

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

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User:Nothingofwater

This is my page. Sort of. I dont check it or anything. If you have comments, etc. - please use my page (under the same name) in the main en.wikipeida.org space. Thanks! Nothingofwater (talk) 19:27, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

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Thread:Comments:P=NP math problem reported solved/Comments from feedback form - "Cool article, nice job!"

Cool article, nice job!


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