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Gaza settlers protest planned pull-out

May 12, 2005

Israel's Independence Day was marked by protests around Gaza as nationalist Israelis rallied against the planned dismantling of 21 settlements in the region. The settlements house 8,500 Jews, surrounded by 1.3 million Palestinians.

The protests where peaceful as many marched or even held picnics in the settlements. Police estimated a turnout of about 35,000 but organizers estimated 80,000.

This comes after similar, larger protests against Ariel Sharon's plan to end conflict with the Palestinians over the area.

More
-Jewish settlers reinforce Gaza roots on Israel independence day

-Sharon delays pullout

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User:Andrewo

Hello. I'm Andrew and reside in the state of Texas. I just started using Wiki News and Wikipedia and I'm loving it.

Notes...
I've got fifty GMail invites if anyone wants them.

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User:Covar

Wow, my own wiki page.

First entry writer's block.

--Covar 19:43, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

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Welcome Covar!

Hope you enjoy it on Wikinews. - Amgine/talk 19:48, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

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See my Wikipedia page.

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User talk:Terinjokes

Re: Mailing List
No, you cannot nominate yourself for the position, you need someone else to nominate you. You're free to ask for a nomination on IRC. :) Thunderhead 17:32, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

WN:CV
Do you want to post a formal oversight request about the Credentials page? I haven't used those buttons yet. ;) --Brian McNeil / talk 19:30, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I don’t think we should oversight (or delete) CV, otherwise we could have to remove months of edits. Ie all edits since your details were added. Thus would cause losing the entire edit history for months. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 22:26, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Audio wikinews RSS feed
[not sure if you still read this]I noticed news brief rss feed wasn't being updated, so I followed the instructions for the email update system with some of the recent news briefs, and it didn't work. Any ideas? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bawolff (talk • contribs) 17:16, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I just got your message on my talk. Still need help? terinjokes | Talk 17:52, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * We discussed that over email a while back. Don't really remember what happened with it, but i don't need help with it anymore. Thanks for asking. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:01, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Category:Storm Bertha, 2008
Do we really need a cat for Bertha? It has already been downgraded to a Cat-1 storm and even though Bermuda is getting ready, it is expected to miss by over 300 miles. --SVTCobra 14:02, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, those categories, per Portal:Tropical cyclones should have been there to start, regardless of it's current status. terinjokes | Talk 14:19, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Welcome
You just welcomed ! Was that like a joke? --SVTCobra 14:45, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, you should join us on IRC sometime. Otherwise, it wouldn't seem all that funny. terinjokes | Talk 14:49, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Ferry story headline
I'm all for renaming the story, I dislike the headline as well, but it's hard to cover all that's in there adequatly. At the moment I'm thinking Major (legal?) developments over Philippines ferry disaster might work well, though. Thoughts? What do the others on IRC reckon? Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:01, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs
If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:56, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Template:Original storiesleet
This template is up for deletion. As you use it on your Main Page, I copied it to User:Terinjokes/Main Page/Original storiesleet and included this template on your Main Page instead. I hope you don't mind. Please reply here, if you feel like replying. Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 13:38, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Twas a bit pointless, that page itself should be deleted, as I'm sure some other junk that's in my userspace. Thanks for taking my pages into consideration, however. terinjokes | Talk 04:20, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

privs
'''Note! Your privileges on English Wikinews have been reduced.'''
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 * 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) 22:51, 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) 10:26, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Inactive Policy
Per the proposed inactive policy, yopur account has been nominated to have its privileges reduced. --

Being bothered by User:Pi zero
He is bothering me with rubbish each edit. He is never contributing. He deletes articles comments sites here, although the article is existing. Articles under development are clean up articles. I might not write about RB Leipzig. My started articles have interest and he says that other archived articles are which from amateur clubs, university clubs or something else. He wants to rename my name here and is not rename me. My articles are written after the style such as about other proven football match reports. He is psychic unable to name reasons. Please remove him from the board! He neither productive nor socially competent or educated, for a globally representative on public free sites. He gets 3 up to 8 Dollars for a block. That is one of the many reasons why they are wild to block others and counting them in info boxes. "Hä hä". --Nikebrand (talk) 21:57, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

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

 * Per this version of WN:RfP, you may review the public announcement of this change. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:00, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

 * Am I style accredited / have access to wikinewsie? terinjokes | Talk 16:03, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

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Talk:Former U.S. Homeland Security chief defends Canada border security

Well, take a look at this map:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=48.997951,-123.077817&spn=0.021286,0.031328&t=k&hl=en

that shows how someone could walk across the border several times in one day; possibly not even noticing it. Take a look at the map view also, to see where it is.

Point Roberts...
There is no way to "accidentally" walk across that border without knowing it at Point Roberts. If you expand that map one notch you can see the marina where my boat is moored... There used to be several streets crossing the border, linking the US community to the neighborhoods of Tsawassen, but they are now all closed by cement blockades, even the sidewalks. Still, there are trails through the grass which show people are choosing to circumvent the border crossing (which is very pedestrian/bicycle unfriendly, as I know from experience) - but every inch of that border is covered by multiple security cameras and I've been told that non-locals are almost immediately picked up if they try it.

- Amgine/talk 17:52, 13 May 2005 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Print edition/May132005

Tom Ridge, former U.S. Homeland Security chief, defends Canadian Border

Gaza settlers protest planned pull-out

U.S. Senate accuses U.K. and French politicians of accepting oil vouchers from Saddam Hussein

U.S. Senator Voinovich allows Bolton nomination to pass to full Senate vote

Security flaws in Mozilla Firefox internet browser fixed

European MEPs abolish right to opt-out of Working Time Directive

Serbia and Montenegro: Red Star advances to cup finals

Millions worldwide still in slavery

Dog laws strengthened in Virginia county

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Talk:U.S. Senate: U.K. and French politicians were allocated Iraqi oil

Added "subcommittee" for accuracy. Paulrevere2005 23:39, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Why did this get moved from "accuses" to "accuse"? Standard usage, at least in the US, is to treat committees as a collective singular noun. --130.207.119.127 22:31, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Accuracy
I admit to not having read the entire Senate report, but I believe this headline is incorrect: the subcommittee accused Galloway of being granted vouchers, not accepting vouchers. This makes a very considerable difference to the severity of the alleged crime. Steinsky 02:59, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

OK, I've looked through all the news stories on this (though not the full report), and they all report things like "was granted vouchers", "rewarded with..." and so on. None of them say he accepted the vouchers or oil. Steinsky 16:46, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

After reading through the full report User:Amgine and myself have found that the report does not definitively state that Galloway accepted the oil. Steinsky 18:48, 16 May 2005 (UTC)


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New York City Henry Hudson highway retaining wall collapses

May 12, 2005

Part of a stone retaining wall supporting the Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City near 181st Street collapsed Thursday at 20:00 UTC. The parkway was closed in both directions.

The wall supported the outdoor backyard of the Castle Village co-op, and was nearly 100 years old.

According to New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, no-one was injured, and there was no vehicular or pedestrian traffic at the time of the collapse. Several parked cars were buried under rubble and debris, which spilled out across Riverside Drive where it merges with the northbound lanes of the parkway and onto the parkway itself.

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Wikinews:2005/May/13

 * Microsoft Internet Explorer market share drops below 90 percent in U.S.
 * New York City Henry Hudson highway retaining wall collapses
 * Pope Benedict XVI begins process for sainthood of Pope John Paul II
 * Protests spread in Afghanistan
 * Uzbekistan protesters under fire after prison break
 * Irish inflation back on the rise
 * Bundestag approves EU Constitution

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Category talk:Mozilla

Changed wording so other Mozila products besides sea-monkeys and fx can be included like thunderbird. Bawolff 00:51, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

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Bundestag approves EU Constitution

May 13, 2005

German parliament's lower house, the Bundestag, passed the European Union Constitution yesterday, with 569 yes votes, 23 against and 2 abstentions. Two-thirds majority was required to pass it.

The Constitution still needs to be passed through the Bundesrat, the upper house, before it is officially ratified by Germany.

The overwhelming support did not come as a surprise, since Germany, one of the founders of the pact, is one of the biggest EU supporters amongst all members. The German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, was quoted by Der Spiegel as saying: "Whoever wants more democracy in Europe must vote for the constitution." The Bundesrat is expected to pass the Constitution with similar ease on May 27.

All 25 Union members must ratify the European Constitution before it takes effect.

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Talk:Craigslist founder ponders open journalism

I believe the quote at the bottom of the article was collected by Diodesign, but I may be mistaken. I have added the OR flag in any case.--Eloquence


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User:Cmwhite

Hello
My name is Clare White and I am one of the participating professional journalists who believes that Wikinews will be a major news organisation in the future.

I'm not around much at the moment because my time is being taken up with other projects. And it's a bit heated round here at the moment, isn't it? But I pop back when I can.

Wikinews activities, of varying levels of triviality:
 * Quaker portal
 * A template for eyewitness reports
 * A flag template
 * A temporary Rwanda newshut
 * Portals and community building
 * Skills portfolio project (in development)

Stories I have been significantly involved in writing:
 * Protests over UK preparations to deport Kurd Iraqi asylum seekers
 * Clothes from China piling up on European borders
 * Young Quakers disappointed by UK visa denials
 * Former British Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam dies
 * Somalia food hijackers make new demands
 * Peace tax campaigners turned down by UK judge
 * Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
 * World Bank president addresses global youth forum on genocide
 * Government of Zimbabwe forces thousands out of their homes
 * British lecturers meet to vote on Israeli academic boycott

What is the point of Wikinews?
(Watercooler debate: my evangelicalism is too boring to be put there)

... to be continued
 * Wikinews gives us the chance to build up an alternative to the mainstream media, who have become increasingly irrelevant, are prone to push their own interests and, in the case of Britain, sometimes incite racial hatred in order to sell more copies
 * News is not a commodity, nobody should own it, so why should it be hawked? We have the ability now to report what is going on around us, cherrypicking those parts that are good from the mainstream media and ignoring the advertising and agendas. Parasitical? Maybe, but so is a newspaper producing a special edition on bomb victims.
 * Wikinews gives all of us the chance to be involved in the news and to suggest solutions. It is a sysnthesis of views and truths and, empowered to investigate and retell for ourselves, we are better placed to bring about world peace.
 * Wikinews can achieve 24 hour rolling coverage, with bureaus in an unlimited number of countries.
 * What better fix for news junkies than to write their own?
 * Wikinews has a completely different agenda than the Western mainstream. It provides news that people care about.
 * Wikinews gives people skills in writing, editing and news gathering as well as all sorts of other skills. It's far better than a work experience placement (unless that work experience placement gets you working on Wikinews)
 * Wikinews could provide the sum of current affairs, the whys, whens, whats and hows - with real answers provided by real people.
 * Wikinews contains no more plagiarism than the rest of the media - it is well worth the public knowing that. Its source and neutrality rules are more tightly policed and rigorous than the vast majority of news outlets

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cloned dog!
Hi there, feel free to leave me a message if you want to discuss any of my changes. Please could you also clarify the final paragraph about human safe pharmaceuticals (I'm not involved in science so I wouldn't try) and it would be nice if you could go into a few more of the issues that are raised in the report. ClareWhite 10:01, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

 * No problem! It's a good start :) ClareWhite 10:09, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Hello
Since no one gave you the generic hello :)

Welcome
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publishing
Hello again :) The dog story turned out well, I thought! Can I suggest that you don't rush to publish your stories straight away? The one you've just added needs more of a newsy intro and a bit more work before it's published, I think. By keeping the Develop tag you encourage the community to help chip in and ensure the story fits all the style requirements. Thanks! ClareWhite 09:21, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I know what that's like, but people will come in the end! I would have a go, but I'm going to be sacked if I don't get off here right now :) have fun! ClareWhite 09:35, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
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Hello
Hello, nice to know you're still alive :-). Didn't think it was that heated! I think things have calmed down a lot compare to last year. Site seems to be in good shape on the whole :-) Dan100 (Talk) 18:31, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikimedia UK
Hi,

At some point you expressed an interest in supporting Wikimedia UK. We're now ready to begin receiving applications from prospective members. If you would like to join, application forms and further information can be found at: http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/join. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions, either via my user page at the English Wikipedia or by email (andrew.walker@wikimedia.org.uk). Thanks, Andrew (andreww on en), 15 July 2007 (UTC)

share your ideas
I was going to text you so i ve been on your wikinews page but i see "you got a new msg" then i click first on it and i see a msg from you..

Ok, if you're still active contact me on my wiki page : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Vev it s about share your ideas

cordialement, --Vev (talk) 16:22, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Oups and ty for the link(with 9 years late :p)

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Pope Benedict XVI begins process for sainthood of Pope John Paul II

May 13, 2005

Today Pope Benedict XVI announced, in a meeting with the Roman clergy at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, that the process for beatification of Pope John Paul II can be started soon. The process of beatification is the first step in the Catholic Church towards the proclamation of santification (canonization) of a person.

Usually there is a five year waiting period after the death of a candidate for beatification before the procedures may begin. Pope Benedict XVI waived this period on May 9. The only other case where the waiting period has been waived was Mother Teresa, whose beatification was begun in 1998, a year after her death, and completed in 2003.

John Paul II can not be styled a saint until he has been both formally beatified and canonized, processes that have no timetables and may take several years.

Since the process of beatification should be started in the diocese where the person died, the process should be started by the Cardinal Vicar, Camillo Ruini, who should instruct the process under the competent Court.


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Uzbekistan protesters under fire after prison break

May 13, 2005

Protesters in the city of Andijan, Uzbekistan have been fired on by government troops after taking over the Mayor's office and releasing some 2,000 prisoners overnight. Voice of America news is reporting nine dead, and 34 injured, while ten police officers are being held as hostages.

Uzbekistan president Islam Karimov arrived in Andijan this morning to oversee operations, and is expected to make an announcement on national television. Security forces are being deployed, and sporadic automatic gunfire was reported in the city.

President Islam Karimov claimed Saturday that authorities tried to negotiate a peaceful end to protests, but that troops were forced to open fire when insurgents seized the government building and attempted to break through an advancing line of Uzbek police and soldiers.

Thousands are said to have taken to the streets of the city to protest the unfair trial of Muslim activists and draw attention to human rights abuses. A trial of 23 local businessmen on charges of religious extremism triggered the protests. Amnesty International reports that the government uses the law to crack down on activists.

The Ferghana Valley region of the Andijon province is viewed as restive under the rule of Islam Karimov. Russian officials have stated concern that the protests and unrest may spread in the country. Neighbouring states Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have closed their borders with Uzbekistan.


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Irish inflation back on the rise

May 13, 2005 According to new figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the annual rate of inflation in Ireland has begun to rise again after a period of decline. Annualised inflation is now running at 2.2%, up from 2.1% in March.

The figures are derived from the Consumer Price Index which is monitored by the CSO. Despite the increase, inflation remains significantly below the figure for recent years. Annualised inflation peaked at 5.1% in February 2003.

The major contributor to the rise was the cost of heating and housing with the Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels group rising 10.6% in the past 12 months - with 2% of that rise in the last month alone. When broken down more the section marked Energy Products showed a massive 5.3% rise in the past month alone.

This sharp rise in energy costs was offset somewhat by decreases (over the past 12 months) in the following groups:
 * Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (-0.5%)
 * Clothing and Footwear (-2.8%)
 * Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Household Maintenance (-1.4%)
 * Communications (-0.2%)
 * Miscellaneous Goods & Services (-1.3%).

According to the CSO the Consumer Price Index is made up of over 55,000 prices consisting of 613 headings which cover over 1,000 different items.

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Talk:Irish inflation back on the rise

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I read the CSO report and drew relevent (unbiased) conclusions from it. I also included content from the report not mentioned in other news articles (such as those listed as sources) and quoted the the report on its formation (55,000...). → CGorman (Talk)  18:55, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Tparlin

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I've answered your question at Talk:Main Page. → CGorman (Talk)  19:28, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much! Tparlin 19:42, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem, im a member of the Welcome Committee and its my job to help you out in whatever way I can, any questions, just ask me. → CGorman (Talk)  19:48, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Journalism Ethics
I am interested in your input at [] Undercover journalism topic; e.g. David McSwane story (Army recruitment tactics). Paulrevere2005 22:07, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

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Protests spread in Afghanistan

May 13, 2005

Seven people were killed and over 76 injured in the first three days of anti-U.S. protests in Afghanistan. The protests are a response to a published report that states U.S. guards in Guantanamo Bay defiled the.

Four policemen and soldiers were killed in the attack in the province of, southwest of the nation's capital, Kabul. Police chief in Badakhshan, Shah Jahan Noori, reported three dead civilians, and the BBC reported nine more deaths in the fourth day of protests.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday that "respect for religious freedom for all individuals is one of the founding principles of the United States" and that if allegations are proven, the U.S. government will take "appropriate actions".

Demonstrations have been reported in at least 12 Afghan cities, but have also spread to neighbouring Pakistan.

 reported on May 9 that US guards in Guantanamo Bay placed Korans above toilets, to scare the prisoners, and even flushed one down a commode in a demonstration.

in Kabul expressed their support for demonstrators, but vowed for non-violence.

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User:Stancel~enwikinews

hi

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User talk:Stancel~enwikinews

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

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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 Stancel. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Stancel~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 23:32, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk)  20:12, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Pope Benedict XVI begins process for sainthood of Pope John Paul II

The process for sainthood has not started yet. What was announced is the exemption of the waiting at least of the period of five years after the death before a process for the beatification may be started.

I will edit this article as soon as I have finished the Italian one. You can see the new on Ansa but else there the title and the first lines are misleading. The Italian Ansa news is more clear. AnyFile 20:13, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Cool. But we need to move it off the Main page until you fix it! Dan100 (Talk) 20:28, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I have done. Please check my version. Decide if the title can stay as it is now of if it should be changed. (Even if not perfect the one now present is simplier than a complicate explanation, all the news agencies I have seen did the same mislinding title) AnyFile 20:47, 13 May 2005 (UTC)


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User:DirkvdM

I'm Dirk van der Made from the Netherlands (Amsterdam). I've been active at Wikipedia for about a month now, sought info on a recent topic, couldn't find it, and thought of Wikinews. So here I am. Now I still need to find out what happens to an article here when its news-value has gone. It would make sense if that were moved to Wikipedia (well, parts anyway).

DirkvdM 20:32, 2005 May 13 (UTC)

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User talk:CGorman/April 2005

Morning
hard vacuum ==

sux. The Apr1 article does too. The Schiavo article? single source, possible prank? etc. But I just had my boat hauled out of the water so I can't deal with any of this... (and I'm not on my machine) - Amgine 19:06, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey, the Schiavo article was not a prank! I'd never do such distasteful thing. I simply felt that it was an interesting and relevant story that deserved to be told. PS Sorry CGorman for hijacking your talk page! Dan100 (Talk) 23:20, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Also, the voting in Zimbabwe is completed... we should probably not leave that in template:Second lead. - Amgine 19:08, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * And, in case I haven't mentioned it recently... THANK YOU! you've been doing great work, and I at least appreciate it. (even if I'm not particularly sunny today). - Amgine 19:10, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Pope = great idea, CGorman! will look at your article when I have a chance... - Amgine 22:40, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Re: Pope dies story
I had a similar one, but I hadn't put it up yet...I wasn't sure if it was cool to actually save the file before the fact and just not link to it from anywhere but my page. I decided to make a sandbox like you did: teeks99Sandbox, check it out.

Wikinews Wikistats
Just a quick note that Erik Zachte's Wikistats are now available for 6 Wikinews editions (dated March 9, 2005). Perhaps you find some useful information in there, and could add links to the relevant pages.--Eloquence 10:15, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Your user page
I shamelessly stole the format of your user page for the first couple of sections of my user page.

I appreciate that you chose to share a little bit about what motivated you to start contributing to Wikinews, your plans for the site, and most importantly, your personal opinions and biases. I don't run across that kind of honesty very often on the net. In a world filled with hidden political agendas, your user page is a breath of fresh air.

Thanks for helping to build a community. Thank you for leading by example.

Regards,

— DV 22:45, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Padding around the third lead
I noticed that you removed the padding values from the third lead article. Do you think it looks better without it?

I added the extra space back in once before, because it's distracting to the eye for the text to sit flush against the edge of the shaded background.

I don't want to change the formatting back a second time if you really think the leads look better flush against the edge, so please let me know if that was intentional or not.

Either way, I'm hoping the second and third leads can use consistent padding. — DV 12:51, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Trophy

Although I kinda regard the whole sub-pages/index thing as being a bit broken, I can't let your sterling work in holding them together go unnoticed. But you might want to have a look at the work Amgine has been doing on the back-end of South America. I've just been having a quick go with it and it seems to be working quite well! Dan100 (Talk) 22:42, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

chuckling
It really made my day... because I almost did it too, the first time I saw it edit. As for South America... I started it, but didn't finish. Should get back to it, but I'm distracted at least until Saturday. - Amgine 20:27, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

P.S. I was going to do the trophy too... you're doing fabulous stuff here!

 * Script: Fabulous! That was great fun! Let's do this... I think twice a year though; maybe on Summer and Winter Solstice? We need to come up with a great award title though... I think we should open the script up for additions, say June 1, and then we all work on it together, and officially publish it (with, of course, sub-articles about the awards ceremony) on the Solstice. - Amgine 21:02, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Secrecy: I could see it done secretly, or very openly so everyone can have a hand in it. It would not be good to do it on another project's space, however. Maybe on Meta, or either Ilya or my public wiki installations would be fine I'm sure. I guess if I had to state a preference, I'd lean slightly toward public, with the "surprise" being the various articles people add to it (for example, my exclusive after-awards interview with [award-winner] about [something provocative], or the bi-annual worst-dressed-for-the-awards article.) - Amgine 21:12, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

DPL on the Region pages
I put in on Africa and Asia I think (I just copied and pasted the code from South America, then quickly went through it changing the category names appropriately). I didn't put it in on Europe and Oceania as I believe there's other editors keeping them updated manually at the moment and didn't want to tread on their toes. (I didn't get as far as checking North America but I bet it's the same story.) DPL is great for pages that aren't getting much love right now. Dan100 (Talk) 20:41, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * OK I went through the rest and now the only pages which don't use DPLs is Oceania and Europe. I'll leave it up to you with what to do about Europe, but we should probably ask the people looking after Oceania what to do before making any changes. It seems to be Borofikin (sp?) and an IP who've recently worked on it. Dan100 (Talk) 21:08, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I've templated and DPL'ed most of the Topic pages now too. They all have consistent look and feel and auto-update (providing this right cats are put on stories). The only ones I didn't do are Obituraries (seems to be best maintained by hand, which is being done), Wackynes (seems to be looked after) and Economy and business, which is mainly looked after by you. Same deal as with Europe - if you want, we can install DPLs on it too. Dan100 (Talk) 12:02, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!
I will grab that code that DV is using...PS...is it possible someone was playing with the Hello template and changed it to repeatedly call me to my talk page? I have no new messages there, but I am being told I do continually. Thank you for taking a look at this minor glitch, CGorman... --HiFlyer 20:59, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please reconsider your decision
Hi CGorman,

I noticed you removed the Las Vegas police raid story from the Second Lead article template with a comment that "DV's getting carried away".

Over a thousand news outlets covered this story today, and it is one of the top stories on CNN.com (one of the top 100 largest sites on the net) as I write this (it's in the top "More Stories" section of their site).

Increasing Wikinews' traffic isn't our only goal, but I think it was a mistake to quickly remove the story from the Second Lead. It would have brought us a lot of traffic today.

The story was covered by the international press today (as far away as India), and the story is a well-researched, well-written piece with over half a dozen supporting sources that presents a comprehensive overview of today's developments in the case.

To explain my motivation, I'm trying to get away from writing quick, three graf news summaries and focusing on writing one in-depth piece every day, so I was surprised that you wrote off this story so easily.

It's no big deal, I won't restore the story if you feel strongly about not featuring the story, but this is hardly a local story. I believed the story met the recommended criteria for Second Lead as suggested in the template comments, or I wouldn't have posted it.

Regards,

— DV 02:41, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your consideration. It's no big deal. Yesterday's story is kind of old so it's not worth featuring it again.

 * There are new developments in the story that I am researching for today. Associated Press researchers found court records showing that Anna Ayala has a history of filing lawsuits against other businesses, including one against a car dealership and another one against a popular chain of chicken restaurants, so this story definitely has legs (please excuse the bad pun). — DV 19:08, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

DPL for Romania
The DPL feature is great, especially when it automatically adds new articles to categories within country pages! It's good to see Wikinews adding more and more features that distinguish it from Wikipedia and therefore make its interface more in context with a news site. By the way, it's great to see Ryanair being the featured article on Wikipedia today! Cheers, Ronline 12:18, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC) (PS: Do you like the new style sheet? I think it's a tad too white - at first I thought my browser had a problem because it didn't load the book background!)

Well, I just checked Economy and business and saw that it's implemented there as well! Love to see the Romanian articles about Economy and business appearing in latest news. This is great stuff :)

Banning anon
Anon has already been banned for 6 days for multiple page vandalism. - Amgine 20:33, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, Eloquence banned the anon... I can't do so as I've given up my adminship temporarily (I have a vacation coming up, and won't be around to help out, so it isn't fair to have the adminship and not be active.) - Amgine 20:43, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Greetings
Hi CGorman, thanks for your message :). -- Mathias 20:09, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Romania and the EU
Thanks! I hope EU accession will indeed benefit Romania as much as possible. Already, the country has changed significantly... there are new buildings coming up all over the place, new technologies, new investments, etc. The difference between Romania and the other countries in Southeastern Europe is also becoming greater... only being an EU candidate country already helps a lot in terms of getting an edge for investment and development. Most of all, I'm glad that you want to visit Romania. Have you been to other places in Central and Eastern Europe? There are indeed many great, and diverse, places to see. By the way, I'm going to visit the UK in about a month, I'll probably come into Ireland for a while as well. I'd especially like to visit the ghaeltacht areas. Cheers, Ronline 11:16, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Sebino
Thank you ! Sebino 12:18, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

pl
They worked very hard... and today they are working on some infrastructure stuff. Personally, I was amazed. - Amgine 20:42, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Realtime chat is fixed. Try again. - Amgine 21:04, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The Irish and the gaeltachts
I've indeed noticed while I was in Dublin a few years ago the Irish reaction to the gaeltachts, which wasn't all that great. I've talked to several Irish people about the Irish language and did receive several mixed opinions. It's interesting what you said about people disliking the Irish language subject in school. It reminds me of the experience I had in Finland, where everyone must learn Swedish as a compulsory language, being an official language of Finland. The dislike for the language is very widespread and very strong in some parts. But the Irish situation is different... I mean, most people in Ireland have Irish background, hence Irish is their language! It's strange that they dislike learning it, and would prefer to speak English instead, considering the historical background of England's involvement in Ireland. Actually, I've always wanted to ask you - when I was in Dublin, I always heard English around me, but everyone seemed to interlace Irish words into the language. Do most people in Ireland speak Irish fluently, since they learn in for 13 years at school? And in the Gaeltacht, do people speak good English?

It's great that Romanian EU membership made it as headline news on RTÉ, and even better to see that Ireland is such a good member state of the EU. The EU is treated very importantly there, just how it's treated in Romania. Over here, the EU is in the news everyday, for a significant amount of time. With Ireland, in no other country in the EU-15 have I seen so much talk of the EU and in general so much enthusiasm towards European integration. In countries like Sweden and Finland, no-one cares about the EU, and if anything, they're constantly criticising it. It's also interesting to see that public opinion about the EU in some of the new member states, like Estonia and Czechia, is also taking a downturn recently, which is really bad thing to see! Ronline 01:49, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Could you change a MediaWiki namespace thing for me?
Twice now I've heard is suggested that we should append the current From Wikinews, the free news source (BETA) text with that you can write!, once in the mailing list archive and once again on IRC from someone who was looking at Wikinews for the first time. I have to say I think it's a great idea. Could you make the change so it reads "From Wikinews, the free news source (BETA) that you can write!"? Dan100 (Talk) 22:59, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The item which needs to be modified is MediaWiki:Tagline, which is not editable by other than admin... I was wrong. - Amgine 23:11, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Lol, I just spent ten minutes looking for that page - CGorman should be able to edit it, he's got admin status Dan100 (Talk) 23:20, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I edited the page. It's not possible to have wiki or HTML markup in the tagline, thus I put the "that you can write!" in as just text. -- IlyaHaykinson 00:11, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * :( oh well, thanks for trying. Could we perhaps replace Random page (which is of minimal use in my opinion) in the left-hand menu with, say, 'Write a story'? I know we have the Workspace link but if you don't know what the Workspace is, that's not of much use Dan100 (Talk) 07:30, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Or just change the text of the Article workspace link to something more descriptive like 'Write/edit stories' Dan100 (Talk) 07:32, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * If you do fancy having a go at changing that, the page is MediaWiki:Portal Dan100 (Talk) 20:34, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * That might be a bit drastic... i don't like being bold with such significant things, i'll wait till someone else weights in on this. → CGorman (Talk)  20:36, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Catagories
That list should be added to the WN:SG in some manner. -- Davodd | Talk 04:49, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Coverage map
Thanks for the map! It's great to see Romania featuring there so strongly, with Ireland and the UK. It is perhaps more disappointing to see that Romania is an island of green in a sea of red and orange! I will try to write today articles about some neighbouring countries, especially Hungary and Latvia, which are beautiful places but have no articles about them.

As to the Irish issues, I understand that Ireland is not of particular use economically - you're right in saying that what gave Ireland a competitive advantage in the Celtic Tiger era is its English-language skills (something, which today is giving countries like Romania an advantage over say, Russia, which doesn't have people with as good English skills). If they know Irish though, they can still know English! I think that having the language as a compulsory subject is important for the Irish culture to be maintained... the same goes for Scottish Gaelic and Welsh. More important than all is probably the need to make the learning more efficient, because if they learn it in high school even at standard level, they should still be able to speak it later on, at least conversationally. I learnt German when I was in high school and while I wouldn't say I speak it fluently, I'm still able to speak it quite well conversationally. But teaching a language based only on a textbook reminds me of learning Latin! Dialogue, listening comprehension, reading out loud, all of these are really important. I do concede though that it's really hard to learn Irish for an English speaker. Even the phrasebooks are impossible to understand, though in my opinion the language is great to listen to. When I was in Ireland, I loved listening to TG4, though I didn't understand a word!

I have heard about the crackdown in the Gaeltacht - they apparently want to make all public signs in Irish only, I think. It's good that they speak English though... it should be easy for me to get around :) Concerning immigrants into Ireland, there weren't as many as I would have thought there to be... especially in comparison to the UK! I hear, though, that more and more people are coming every year, especially from the new member states. It's interesting to see that there's many people from the Baltic states... the Baltic states are in many ways similar to Ireland's economic experience through the 1990s... they're going through that now, experiencing their own "Baltic Tiger" era. I actually spent last summer on the Baltic coast, in Estonia, and it was really really great! So that's about it... back to some article writing ;) Ronline 09:26, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * in absolute terms Ireland had an amount equal to 1/3 of the number of immigrants into the UK last year from Eastern Europe - despite our population being just 1/15 of the UK's. That indicates a far higher rate of immigration per capita in Ireland. - yes, I suppose that's true due to all of Europe's attention being on Ireland - it was especially a big thing for you to host the EU presidency right when the accession countries were joining. But, anyway, I still noticed far more immigrants per capita in the UK (well, London, so it's probably not true in the other parts) that in Dublin. This will probably change in the next ten or even five years.

 * You seem to be very very well traveled - and I must mention, your English is brilliant! - Thanks! I work as an interpreter here in Romania, so I have learnt English quite extensively. I also went on exchange to London during university and keep in touch with English literature, etc. I also do a bit of graphic design, advertising and art, so English helps with that too. Concerning travel, I travelled a lot right after university - spent a year in Europe, that's went I went to Ireland for the first time, I also went nearly everywhere else in Europe as well :) I love travelling, so I'm still doing it now! I actually worked in Estonia for a few months and made of lots of friends there so that's why I keep on going there so often. That place is really addictive... I came by ferry from Helsinki and the first one or two hours you're there, you really hate it, but then it all just turns around and you never want to leave! For summer the Baltic coast is great because you can have as much fun as in Ibiza but without as many crowds... and much cheaper too! I really loved it there. This summer I'm going down to Varna on the Bulgarian coast... as close as it is to Romania, I've never been there before. I also go travelling to look into European languages, so that's why the gaeltacht should be a great place for me, as are the Baltic states with their unique languages. Ronline 06:14, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Welcome to User:Pella Kenshett
(Block log); 08:06. . Eloquence (Talk | block) (blocked "User:Pella Kenshett" with an expiry time of infinite: severe vandalism) Oh well, at least we are welcoming to all ppl, even if they are the scum of the earth. ~The bellman | Smile 11:44, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh well, far better to be trigger happy and welcome everyone including vandals, than to not welcome newbies. :) ~The bellman | Smile  12:04, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Re: "welcome"
Hi. I haven't yet created an account on Wikinews, since I've no intention to contribute much here (bit of an ostrich really, head in the sand most of the time), and I pointed to my user page over on Wikipedia. The IP is a proxy at my ISP, and I have tagged that page as such. Thanks for the warm word of welcome, though. I appreciate the effort that some users put into making sure new people get a good impression, and are helped through their first steps. Chris 22:29, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Re: welcome, too
Hello! I was very surprised to see a new post on my talk page only because I just searched for an image on the german wikipedia that would fit into a news article about the new memorial in Berlin and put it in. No great effort, just 2 clicks and trying to help. I have to associat myself with my previous speaker: I won't be that active here in the english wikinews, though it is my Start page but I do make myself to much stress with other forums which I also like very much, so I don't have too much time for nice projects as wikipedia or wikinews, but I hope I can here and there help a bit if i can!

Greets, Nasenatmer 21:43, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Pope story
Thanks for the pre-write on Story preparation; very useful today! We beat both BBC and Reuters to the story today Dan100 (Talk) 16:32, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Ecuador story
I spent consederable time on thisEcuador story. I believe the originating contributor is reliable. You will note interest in this in the discussion page and attempted vandalism probably by contributor when the story didn't get instantly moved along. Can you visit this to see if dispute tag can be removed... -Edbrown05 20:54, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your timely assist! Yup, the FT headline is the flatest thing I read for awhile!! Leaving now, so glad you got to that story quickly. -Edbrown05 21:30, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

COTW
G'day,

COTW looks awesome with the map. Really shows which part of the world is forgotten about by most ppl.

~The bellman | Smile 06:06, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Adminship
Vandalism is indeed growing to be a big problem and it is more persuasive than any other vandalism I have found. On ro.wiki, we've never actually had vandalism on the main templates that show on the main page - mainly we experience people creating new pages with swear words and all that, but most of all it's problems with NPOV... their actually more of a pain to deal with than vandalism. I've actually been through two weeks of having to talk through lengthy discussions with people about POV in two important articles. So, anyway, I've applied for adminship, it's true that I'm generally alone when I contribute, and vandalism solving should be a top priority if we're to become a reputable news source. Cheers, Ronline 08:21, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Simeon's changes
As you have probably noticed, Simeon is intent on competely re-writing almost all the Wikinews namespace articles. I object to this on a number of fronts: there's no consensus for such changes, the pages have existed as they were for a long time which I believe is a sign the community accepts them as they are; the existing pages have all been carefully written and constructed by several editors to be the best they can be; and Simeon's changes are to make them grossly longer and harder to read. And I must be honest - a couple of the pages were written by me. I obviously don't mind people altering them, but I do object to them being destroyed. Dan100 (Talk) 08:26, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Winding down the Wikinews writing contest
Hello CG,

I'd like to ask you to comment before Monday on Wikinews talk:Writing contest. Thanks!--Eloquence 02:40, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the medal
Thanks for the Wikinews Medal of Persistance and also for your vote towards my adminship!! Ronline 10:03, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

'Till the end of April

 * Greetings CGorman, from sunny Houston, home of the Lap-Dance Law! Pingswept and Simeon have both agreed to split the prizes. How 'bout they split 1/2 and I take the other half!
 * But really, there are three winners here and I am honored to be among them. If someone can do the math and divvy it all up (I will yield my share of G-mail invites since I have amassed a few of them already on my own) then I think we should continue thru the end of the month, one article a day as we have been doing. If one of us bows out before then, so be it. If we all survive, we split. --HiFlyer 15:23, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Pingswept's offer

 * I accept Pingswept's division of goodies, and would write one a day through the end of the month. Competition has been fun, but it's time to congratulate each other for a good job and wind down, IMO. --HiFlyer 14:27, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
You handle things well,imo. Paulrevere2005 20:53, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I have to! I really would like wikinews to succeed and don't want anyone to hold grudges - we are a team, not rivals, enemies or whatever, we must work together to achieve our goals (I know it sounds sappy!) I beleive strongly in stopping disputes before they get out of control. I genuinely look forward to working with you in the future. → CGorman (Talk)  20:56, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
A very belated thanks for your welcome message (I don't come here often.) You might want to use "subst" for your welcomes instead of just a transclusion though. That way the recipient isn't as likely to notice that it's a generic message. Isomorphic 03:44, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

couple of quick queries
the pope article has been taken down with a "not news" flag which says it would be up for deletion but i can't find it in the deletion group. Also, yesterday I wanted to reinsert background info into the abdullah/bush meeting story. amgine kept taking it out (twice) saying that 3 editors had removed it (consensus)..my question..Dan100,DV, and me wanted it in,so why would the other 3 be the "consensus" ..What makes a consensus??? Paulrevere2005 11:06, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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U.S. Senator calls for nationwide investigation into Army recruitment tactics

May 14, 2005

U.S. Senator Wayne Allard (R-Colorado), in a letter to Army Secretary Francis Harvey, said that the secretary of the Army should launch a nationwide investigation into reports that some Army recruiters engaged in questionable recruiting tactics. In the letter Allard wrote that "according to these reports, the rules weren't just bent, they were broken and tossed away."

One of the reports the Senator is referring to is the attempted recruitment of David McSwane, a 17 year old editor of a high school newspaper in Golden, Colorado. McSwane posed as a high school dropout, with a drug problem that he was "unable to kick". Then he recorded, on audio tape, conversations allegedly showing that the recruiters told him how to obtain a phony diploma on the Internet and what medication to buy to cover up the drug problem. A friend of McSwane's also video-taped a recruiter taking McSwain to a store to buy a "detox" medication to help him pass the army physical. David said he was told by the recruiter to buy the product.

A voice on the audio tape is heard saying, "You just have to follow instructions to a tee. It has got like a 150 percent guarantee that you will pass. You know, I've seen it work before."

"If I were a soldier out on the front line, I wouldn't want someone next to me who my life could be depending on going through withdrawal or having a drug addiction or just being someone I can't trust. I just don't think that's something we need on our front lines," David McSwane said on CNN.

His mother, concerned that people may think he was being unpatriotic by setting up the "sting" operation said: "He's probably one of the most patriotic kids I know. He was in the Young Marines for almost a year and earned a couple (of) awards."

Major General Michael Rochelle, the general in charge of recruiting for the U.S. Army responded to the allegations and tapes. "I was disappointed by it," Rochelle said. "I was very disappointed by it." He is shutting down recruiting offices for 1 day to review their procedures.

Jim Massey, a former Marine recruiter, expanded the accusations by saying the same fraudulent recruitment practices existed in the United States Marines Corps.

"This isn't just an isolated incident," Massey said. "This is a widespread epidemic. I would say 98 percent [of the recruits Massey enlisted] were frauded into the military."

The Army has suspended two recruiters in Golden, Colorado.