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User talk:Vlad788

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2006 record heat wave moves across U.S. eastern seaboard

August 1, 2006

The massive surge of hot air that has plagued the West and Midwest during last week has now moved over the eastern seaboard of the United States. Residents are bracing themselves for what could be record breaking temperatures.

Many cities are already struggling due to power outages from mid-July's Heat Wave, particularly some in the Queens and Staten Island in New York City. Consolidated Edison, the power supplier for the New York City area, has reported that many customers are still without power. They urge customers to lighten the load on power usage to help avoid further service interruption.

Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia are all expecting highs to reach above 100ºF (37.8ºC). The National Weather Service has posted Excessive Heat Warnings for many of the cities in the eastern seaboard that do not normally experience this type of dangerously hot weather.

On Tuesday August 1, 2006 according to The Weather Channel, New York City will have a high temperature of 98ºF in Central Park, however other areas in the New York City area are expected to rise above 100ºF. Philadelphia will reach 100ºF, Washington D.C. will have a high of 101ºF and Baltimore and Richmond may see temperatures rise above the 100 mark. To exacerbate the situation, heat indices are expected to reach well over the 110s for much of the east coast due to high humidity levels.

An Air Stagnation Advisory has also been issued for much of the urban areas on the eastern seaboard and "BosWash", as rain is expected to be very minimal through Thursday. Many residents say this heat is unheard of as temperatures are expected to be higher than that of Florida and some parts of Texas, where it is typically hotter. The oppressive and dangerously high temperatures will remain this way well into Thursday afternoon, according to meteorologists, when a cool front is expected to move in and provide much needed relief.


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Heat gets worse in Canada

August 1, 2006

Extreme heat alerts have been issued in Hamilton and in Toronto.

Temperatures are expected to go into the mid 30s C (80-90s F) with the humidex expected to reach into the high 40s C (117-120 F).

Smoggy air is expected to move into the Toronto-area on Tuesday from the Windsor to London corridor, where a smog alert was also in place on Monday.

The heat has been compounded by severe storms over the weekend in southwestern Ontario and the Peterborough area.

Almost 31,000 residences were without power for a couple of hours in Peterborough County after a storm was in the area, uprooting trees and knocking down hydro poles. It also tore a roof off a house.

The City of Toronto opens public cooling stations at the East York Civic Centre, Etobicoke Civic Centre, North York Civic Centre and Metro Hall.

Toronto set a new record for any date when the overnight temperature did not go lower than 27 C (aprox. 84 F) overnight, besting the record of 26.5 set in 1999. The daytime humidex hit 47 C (aprox. 117 F) by mid-day and was expected to go slightly higher in the afternoon.

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User talk:137.207.10.173

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User:The Authority

Any questions? You MUST ask me; I know ALL.

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User talk:203.54.9.185

You vandalise again, you WILL be blocked. The Authority 05:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Fidel Castro temporarily hands power to his brother Raul

I have removed sentences from the article that discuss Cuba becoming a democratic nation, because it is only speculation, not fact. All the Cuban government has stated is that Castro is temporarily given power to his brother, because he is getting surgery. Saying that a new democratic government well form is based off of opinion, not facts. terinjokes User Page / Talk 06:27, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * fair enough, now that the offending lines are removed, can the tag be removed as well? Doldrums 06:28, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Um, unless anyone else objects to it being removed terinjokes User Page / Talk 06:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

The news sources - they should be more balanced
Why is the Cuban News Agency not in the list of sources? Can we really trust the word of the American Establishment owned news agencies? In a world that has seen over 50 years of the punishing Brit-America led blockade, would it not be more reasonable to include a Cuban source as a reference point?

My point here is more one of warning than of nit picking correction. We must all remember to think, question and stay mentally alive. Above all we must not slip into the stagnant mire of spoon fed complacency that encourages the near total mind death. And, if we will trouble ourselves enough to list the sources in wiki-style articles, then would it also be not worth while to think about having some balance in which sources we choose?

 * the following cuban news sources do not appear to have covered this event:
 * Granma - official Communist Party newspaper]
 * Cuban News Agency
 * Prensa Latina - government agency
 * Cubavision

 * Radio Habana Cuba does cover it, but is in Spanish. Doldrums 07:55, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I did post a link to WFOR, the CBS station in Miami. I think they covered the story pretty well. terinjokes User Page / Talk 18:43, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

 * No offense, but are any of these Cuban sources useful as news sources? My take is that the more solid US and British news sources are far less biased and likely to contribute to "near total mind death" than Cuban government sanctioned news sources. I actually think that the BBC (who provided the transcript used in the version of the story I saw) is probably a good choice and much better than US sources which are IMHO often strongly influenced by the Cuban exile population.

 * Especially when you consider the value BBC adds in analysis and speculation. I think most people here understand that there are biases that make up the news we read. The question here is why pick extremely biased news sources when you can pick ones that have built a decent reputation as a low bias new source? -- 68.126.140.180 19:12, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

You have a point... however...as I mentioned above, my point was more of a general one...
We should remember to ask the questions; who is telling me this and can I find out if there is an alternative opinion? If we rely upon Reuters, CNN and the BBC we are really just giving up interest and this is a kind of mind death. The big corporations control the world, they already own or control most of the media and the part that they do not directly control is encouraged by what ever means available to tow the line. So we don't need to start doing their job for them.

The point is that we are used to the predictable rhythms of the media. We have grown up in a world that subjugates the mind to a carefully controlled viewpoint. This is a viewpoint that above all will nearly always support the establishment, the corporations, the government and the rich.

 * agree with you that we shld rely on diverse sources, and indeed, wikinews guidelines asks us to do so. btw, u can sign ur comments by appending four tildes ( ~ ) at the end of ur comment. this helps others follow the discussion better. Doldrums 08:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * (OFF TOPIC) Doldrums, was adding a comment about that on your talk page, but i see you fixed your tildes before i even finished adding the comment! terinjokes User Page / Talk 18:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

 * :) thanks anyway. guess i shld start reading bfor i write and reading what i do write. what a bore! Doldrums 18:55, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

POV title
It has a certain "he's such a dictator" ring to it by emphasizing the brother relationship right in the title rather than the VP relationship and also the phrase "hands" seems dictatorial; I don't know what the Cuban constitution says, but I imagine the vice president is supposed to take the lead when the president is sick--now, the fact that the vice president is the president's brother is a little sketchy and worthy of comment in the body of the story. I would suggest something like "Cuban Vice President, Raul Castro, assumes executive powers during president's illness." SethDelisle 18:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


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New Zealand suicide rate decreases

August 1, 2006

A new report released by the titled "Suicide Trends" shows that the suicide rate in New Zealand has decreased 15% since its peak in the late 1990's, but the attempted suicide rate is increasing.

There were 12 deaths per 100,000 people between 1983-'85. 16.7 deaths per 100,000 people between 1996-'98. And 14.2 deaths per 100,000 people between 2001-'03. But there were 73.1 attempted suicides per 100,000 people between 1995-'97 compared to 82.5 in 2002-'04.

, Associate Health Minister, said "It provides some comfort to see the long-term trend still appears to be heading in the right direction, with a continued decline or levelling off of self-inflicted deaths but there is no room for complacency."

The suicide report also shows that:
 * The 25- to 34-year-old age group has the highest suicide rate
 * Between 2000-'03 Maori has the highest suicide rate
 * Men were less likely than woman to go to hospital for attempted suicide because more men died from suicide.

The has put 10.3 million  towards direct suicide prevention. New Zealand News agencies are banned by law from reporting suicide deaths.

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Talk:2006 record heat wave moves across U.S. eastern seaboard

"BoshWash Megalopolis"? That sounds so contrived!

 * Evidently it's a legit phrase: BosWash! 68.39.174.238 16:21, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

100F is a heat wave? Its not even warm until it reaches 90! Those crazy Americans... :D Metao 03:28, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Lesbians lose High Court marriage bid

The references are all dated AUGUST 31, 2006! I do not think wikinews has access to times machine yet...
 * good catch. feel free to fix such errors yourself, this is a Wiki. Doldrums 13:28, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


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North and South Korean border guards exchange fire

August 1, 2006

North Korean and South Korean border guards exchanged fire yesterday across the border, the first such incident in about a year.

The exchange occurred on July 31, 2006 at sundown, when, according to a claim from Major Kim-Tae-hoon of South Korea, North Korean soldiers fired two shots at a South Korean guard post in the eastern Korean de-militarised zone.

Major Kim Tae-hoon also said that South Koreans returned six rounds of fire.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the North) and the Republic of Korea (the South) have been at war since 1950, the beginning of the, which had no peace treaty which was signed by the two parties. The United Nations, which supervises the armistice that stopped major hostilities during the Korean War, will investigate the event and ask the North Koreans for an explanation.


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date category
hi, just wanted to let u know that there's no need to add a date category ( like ) to an article. the category is automatically added if the template is present. Doldrums 15:20, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

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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! Doldrums 17:55, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Briefs/August 1, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on August 1st, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Fidel Castro temporarily hands power to his brother Raul
Cuba

President Fidel Castro of Cuba has temporarily handed power, including command of the military forces, to his brother, Raúl Castro. Fidel Castro is undergoing intestinal surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding, and is temporarily unable to govern. 75-year-old Raul Castro has been the Vice-President of Cuba and number two in the Communist Party of Cuba. Fidel Castro is 79 years old and has ruled since the 1959 revolution.

North and South Korean border guards exchange fire
Korea

North Korean and South Korean border guards exchanged fire yesterday across the border, the first such incident in about a year. The exchange occurred on July 31, 2006 at sundown, when North Korean soldiers fired two shots at a South Korean guard post in the eastern Korean de-militarised zone, according to Major Kim Tae-hoon of the Joint Chiefs of Staff office.

Record heat wave moves across U.S. eastern seaboard
United States

The massive surge of hot air that has plagued the West and Midwest during last week has now moved over the eastern seaboard of the United States. Residents are bracing themselves for what could be record breaking temperatures.

Heat gets worse in Canada
Canada

Extreme heat alerts have been issued in Hamilton and in Toronto. Temperatures are expected to go into the mid 30s Celcius (80s-90s Fahrenheit).

New Zealand suicide rate decreases
New Zealand

A new report released by the New Zealand Ministry of Health titled "Suicide Trends" shows that the suicide rate in New Zealand has decreased 15% since its peak in the late 1990's, but the attempted suicide rate is increasing.

Closing statements
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User talk:Ajay ijn~enwikinews

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Scientists crack age-old egg problem

August 1, 2006

Scientists in the UK have developed a new way to ensure boiled eggs are perfectly cooked thanks to a brand new hi-tech logo being printed on shells.

After cooking starts, people will be able to see if their egg is soft, medium or hard-boiled with the help of a thermochromic print which appears in black ink on the egg’s shell.

The eggs will be sold to consumers in the UK within the next few months. A spokeswoman for Lion Quality, the assurance scheme which came up with the idea, said: “We had a lot of inquiries from people which sparked an interest in the industry. We said OK, this is a big issue - people can’t even boil an egg.”

Gilly Beaumont, from B&H Colour Change, the company which created the logos, said: "We are still perfecting the technology, but we are very excited at the prospect of sorting a problem that has wound people up at breakfast time for decades."

The most successful way to cook an egg has baffled some of the greatest chefs in the past. In 1998, Delia Smith dedicated a whole episode of her How To Cook programme on the best way to boil an egg. And last year, a survey carried out by the magazine Waitrose Food Limited showed five top chefs all had different techniques.

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Talk:Gay teens assaulted and fined by police in Romania

this article needs another source, or posdibly has to be recast as original reporting. Doldrums 19:31, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Is censoring the obscenity, f***, really not necessary? SethDelisle 19:51, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


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Israeli soldiers landing in Baalbek

August 2, 2006 Israeli commandos landed Wednesday at Baalbek in northeast Lebanon, an area considered to be a Hezbollah stronghold.

The soldiers were airlifted in by helicopter, supported by Israeli warplanes which targeted at least five suspected Hezbollah positions near Baalbek. The helicopters came under heavy Hezbollah fire and had to retreat while the Israeli raid was ongoing.

Israeli aircrafts hit several locations near Baalbek and there was a large amount of helicopter activity east and west of Baalbek, according to the Lebanese army sources.

Hezbollah said Israeli commandos were pinned down inside the Dar al-Hikma Hospital near Baalbek when Hezbollah fighters surrounded the building. The Israeli soldiers inside were said to be checking the identification papers of patients and staff. The skirmishes between the Israeli commandos and Hezbollah fighters lasted several hours. Five Lebanese men were captured by the commandos and subsequently airlifted from the area.

Israeli forces claimed it had killed up to ten Hezbollah fighters and seized five more in Jemmaliyeh, near the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek. Between 16 to 19 civilians, including 4 to 7 children, were reportedly killed. Hospital sources said that 20 people were wounded in the Israeli raids. Police reported that five Lebanese men were captured and taken into Israel by the commando team.

Dan Halutz, Israeli chief of staff, said: "We have carried out this operation to prove that we can hit everywhere in Lebanon". He added: "during the Baalbek operation special forces captured five members of Hezbollah while more than 10 others were hit."

A Hezbollah statement said "the Islamic Resistance announces that it has foiled an Israeli landing operation in Baalbek and denies that the enemy had captured any of its members". Hezbollah claimed those abducted were civilians.

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Talk:Heat gets worse in Canada

This needs a better title, one that uniquely identified the event if possible. Per the US heatwave article you could incorporate the year in some way. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:47, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The title is okay for now. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  02:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Israeli soldiers landing in Baalbek

If you're going to stick a tag on an article that suggests joining IRC, you might want to do so yourself. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:50, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


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User:Hello86792

See Wikipedia account: w:User:Hello32020

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Israeli bombardment spills 35,000 tons of heavy fuel oil

August 1, 2006

Resulting from the Israeli bombings on July 13 and 15, 2006 of the Jiyeh power station, located on the coast 30 kilometers south of Beirut, Lebanon, approximately 35,000 tons of heavy fuel oil have spilled into the Mediterranean Sea. The Lebanese Ministry of Environment expects additional tonnage to flow into the sea as a result of the damage. For comparison, the released nearly 40,000 tons.

According to Berj Hatjian from the Lebanon Ministry of Environment, "What we have here is equivalent to a tanker sinking, and 20,000 to 30,000 tonnes reaching the shoreline." Furthermore, several storage tanks caught fire due to the blast of the bombardment and continued to burn uncontrollably for 10 days after. Wind and water currents have spread the oil slick across 70-80 kilometers of Lebanon coastline.


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User talk:Wikidjeff

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Thanks for funny article
The French fries story made me happy. international 23:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

MySpace music, and cyber prosthetics...
pass me a drumstick and sing it to me... gads ... i'm not gay! That MySpace story of yours was hot, thx, thought wikinews might miss it. My Mom is looking for a gadget for her foot, but she's not military, though fully armed! -Edbrown05 07:21, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:SVTCobra

Working on files
Hello! I noticed, that you are also working on files. That is great. I wonder if you could have a look at Category:Media files on Wikimedia Commons and see if any of the files could be deleted? I think it would make it easier to clean up files on Wikinews if those that are on Commons are deleted. --MGA73 (talk) 21:49, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

 * Hi. I am almost done resolving the Category you listed above. I have also handled some of your speedy deletion requests. I am bothered by some of those, however. I don't fully understand why you call images "unfree" or ineligible for Wikinews just because they have been uploaded with a non-commercial or no-derivatives clause. Sure, they are ineligible for Commons as it goes against that project's mission statement, but that is exactly why they have been uploaded locally. Cheers, SVTCobra 01:03, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

 * Thank you! According to wmf:Resolution:Licensing_policy free files are those with a "Free Content License". According to the definition at https://freedomdefined.org/Definition/1.0 it means it can be "copied and/or modified, by anyone, for any purpose". So non-commercial and no-derivates are not defined as a free work. Same is written at Fair_use "Free content includes images in the public domain, under Creative Commons licenses (except for the "non-commercial" or "no derivatives" variants), ...".
 * All non-free works are forbidden on Wikimedia projects including Wikinews unless there is an Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) that allows it. Wikinews have an EDP and according to Fair use "Wikinews is more restrictive about fair use than Wikipedia." and "The use of non-free media outside the main article namespace does not constitute fair use, and is not permitted." and "Any use not covered by this whitelist is not allowed.". So non-free files is only allowed under very strict rules and if they are not in use they should be deleted. --MGA73 (talk) 11:29, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * OK. Give me some time to unpack and research the information you have given me. Happy New Year! SVTCobra 11:37, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Happy New Year to you too! MGA73 (talk) 14:37, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Another think now we talk about fair use. I think Photo Essay: Cherry Blossoms Bloom in DC should be deleted because the photos violate fair use. Also see Water_cooler/assistance (at the bottom of the discussion). --MGA73 (talk) 14:42, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I haven't gotten further, but with the Cherry Blossoms, I am going to say that is not a fair use doctrine case. The creator (photographer) is the same person who uploaded the images. He also wrote the article in which they were used. Fair use is about using someone else's creative works. Clearly, that is not the case here. User:Aselman simply did not want derivatives made of his work. I can see this will be quite some debate. Cheers, SVTCobra 15:02, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Glædeligt nytår, forresten. Jeg har lige opdaget at du er dansk. Vær forsigtig med fyrværkeriet. Sidste gang jeg var i Danmark gik det næsten galt for mig. SVTCobra 15:36, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Tak i lige måde! Ja, jeg er dansk. Min hund kan ikke lide fyrværkeri, så de var et stille nytår. Det vildeste var at dronningen går af. Jeg så først din besked lige nu. Håber du kom godt ind i 2024. Eftersom du lige har skrevet til mig, så ved jeg at du er i live. Men håber at du ikke bare har 10 fingre, men at du også havde en festlig aften. --MGA73 (talk) 20:03, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Jo, tak, jeg kom ind i 2024 med alle fingerne. Men jeg bor ikke i Danmark og fyrværkeri er ulovligt og ikke en del af traditionen. Alstå, byen har et stort fyrværkeri show ved midnat, men folk skyder dem ikke selv. Det gør de d. 4. juli tilgengæld, på trods af forbudet. Ja det var et shok med Margrethe. Min søster (som stadig bor i Danmark) sendte SMS ligeså snart HKM sagde det i nytårstalen. SVTCobra 20:59, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Doing better.
I'm trying to write better, thank you! BigKrow (talk) 17:33, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

 * I am glad to hear it. SVTCobra 22:38, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Quick question about reviewer flag
Hello, you seem to be the most experienced user here, so I figured you might be able to answer this. I’m interested in working on the article review backlog, as articles are often borderline non-news by the time they’re published. Of course, I doubt that I’d pass a formal request right now since I have written only two articles and neither has been published. I understand that there are no set-in-stone rules, but what would you say is a ballpark level of experience (time-wise and articles-wise) to be given the reviewer flag? Thanks in advance! Thriftycat (talk) 19:29, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Obviously I can't speak for him, but generally there isn't even a ballpark estimate of experience even just one Wikinewsie could give where they would support you. As in, it can vary immensely from one prospective reviewer (or admin or whatever) to another. Individual reputation is taken seriously in the absence of "AGF". But everyone who has become a reviewer since about 2014 has had at least about a year's experience (actively writing and absorbing institutional knowledge) with, I think, two exceptions — one had about three months' experience, but was very cautious about reviewing, and the other was me, which was in February when I had only about six months' experience. And, well, I screwed up a lot of stuff. For now, perhaps concentrate on writing and copyediting articles. Heavy Water (talk) 06:24, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks! Thriftycat (talk) 11:47, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Personally, I am in favor of more rapid advancement of permissions, given the extreme lack of active editors. Such editors, should still show a keen understanding of policies and a high level of competence. What you can do, if it peaks your interest, is to do as much as possible to bring submissions up to standard, prior to a formal review. This, as well as submitting your own articles, is a good way to demonstrate a firm grasp of our writing policies and could lower the burden on Reviewers. Cheers, SVTCobra 13:06, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yep, the lack of activity was my main concern. I think that I'll stay active doing the things you suggested and request the flag in a couple months. Thanks again to both of you, and thanks a lot for helping keep the project alive! Thriftycat (talk) 13:39, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Cruffa.
im back but with a koller usszername.... Cruffa (talk) 00:44, 8 January 2024 (UTC) bye @BigKrow @SVTCobra

One more....
I thought of this one also, @BiggieNutNorris, or does this come up not found? It was saved on my accounts with passwords??? BigKrow (talk) 18:35, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @BiggyNutNorris? Is this one valid? Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 18:38, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I am not finding that as a registered account. I tried a few variations on the name. Nothing found. SVTCobra 20:51, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * The account exists, but it hasn’t been used locally. Thriftycat (talk) 21:18, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Aha! Makes sense then. SVTCobra 21:28, 11 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you both. BigKrow (talk) 01:04, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

No response?
You busy or something? I asked you questions about the story, no reply. Thanks. @SVTCobra BigKrow (talk) 21:58, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Heavy Water
Still around? BigKrow (talk) 00:22, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

 * Yes, as recently as yesterday. SVTCobra 00:26, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
 * K just checking thnx BigKrow (talk) 00:33, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Offline
Hi, just a heads up I am going to sleep for the night, EST. Have a good one and thank you for the help on the story! I'll try to make some more edits tomorrow, take care. BigKrow (talk) 04:02, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Wikinews tours London Paralympic Village wheelchair repair workshop
Hi! You moved File:Ottobock workshop 2012-08-31 12.35.58.jpg to Commons and I think the remaining files in the article can be moved too. However the article says Ottobrock but I think the correct name is Ottoboc (without the "r"). Perhaps you can check and fix? --MGA73 (talk) 22:25, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

 * The typo(s) in the article has been fixed. Thanks. SVTCobra 12:05, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Pakistan Digital Blackout: Hacktivist Vanguard Takes Down .Gov.Pk Domain
IP editors are repeating tag removal here, you may need to consider further action. Thank you for your attention. MathXplore (talk) 06:41, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Not much can be done when the IP numbers are constantly changing. But thanks for the info. SVTCobra 13:38, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

Reviewing an article on Friday
Hi @SVTCobra, I'm new to Wikinews and was hoping to have my story 2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Day 1 (title pending) reviewed quickly after the day of competition ends this Friday, around 10:30-11pm ET. @BigKrow recommended I ask you about this on my talk page. Do you know if you would be available to do that, or if there is another way I should be requesting this ahead of time? Thanks, --Habst (talk) 15:54, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

 * I can't make any promises as I am on the road with a non-fixed schedule, but I will try and see if there is time this weekend. Cheers, SVTCobra 22:53, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @SVTCobra, thanks. I've decided to simply combine the two days of coverage into one article, so I plan on submitting it for review Saturday around 6:30pm ET. --Habst (talk) 00:31, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The article is ready for review now here, thanks! --Habst (talk) 23:56, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @SVTCobra, I was wondering if you think you would be able to review the article before it goes stale and gets deleted, or approve Asheiou's RfP so that they can review it? I'm very grateful for your work, and in the long term I hope to recruit more reviewers and maybe become one myself one day to help take the burden off you and @Heavy Water being the only active reviewers. Thank you, --Habst (talk) 22:46, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @SVTCobra, I was wondering if you had a chance to look at this? I would still really appreciate a review of my first article submitted Saturday; I want to get it reviewed and hopefully published before it's marked as stale and deleted. --Habst (talk) 23:01, 22 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi. I am sorry, I have not had a contiguous period of time to sit down and give it a full review. I do see, Heavy Water gave it a review and left some suggestions for improvements. Cheers, SVTCobra 16:45, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @SVTCobra, thank you. I wanted to say I greatly appreciate your work here, and obviously neither you nor anyone is obligated to use your free time to review my article. Quickly after Heavy Water reviewed the article, before your comment was posted I addressed his comments here, updated the article, and submitted it for re-review. Do you think that you could handle the re-review?
 * If you do not have time for a full review, maybe you could just handle the "copyright" and "verifiability" aspects, as Heavy Water has already reviewed the Newsworthiness, NPOV, and Style criteria — for those criteria, maybe you could just assess whether or not my improvements addressed their concerns?
 * If the initial review was done last Saturday or earlier in the week, I think there would be less urgency to complete the process before it goes stale. But unfortunately despite contacting at least four other reviewers since last Wednesday, I was unable to secure a review until this morning, so I am trying to address the concerns and get it quickly re-reviewed. Thank you, --Habst (talk) 17:02, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Question about deleted redirect
Hi, I see you deleted the redirect at this title per Special:Log/SVTCobra just now, under WN:SD. That point reads that an article has to be published to delete an incoming redirect to it, but the target article is currently awaiting re-review after being reviewed for the first time this morning, and hasn't been published yet.

Does this mean that the article will be published? Thanks, --Habst (talk) 13:43, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

 * No, not necessarily. We try to get rid of all redirects that may occur prior to publishing. It's just easier to do it during the development stages as there are often multiple renames which can generate a bunch of double redirects. Cheers, SVTCobra 16:47, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. In that case, I have updated the policy at WN:SD here (Special:Diff/4769624), to better reflect current practice, because the old policy said that the article would have to already be published to delete a redirect. --Habst (talk) 17:08, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Please take a look at Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/Asheiou
Hello, Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions says that "If a request has been open for over a week, please leave a note at the talk page of an administrator". There are no objections here. Can you take a look at this request? MathXplore (talk) 05:47, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * In practice, requests at FR/RFP have usually remained open for months in the last decade, and the burden of proof lies with supporters to demonstrate there is a consensus in favor. There has been only one vote in total. Heavy Water (talk) 16:07, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Heavy Water, if that is the policy in practice, then I think an administrator should put that on the page. I greatly respect the current admins for their work, but the bigger problem than this specific RfP is I don't think the wiki is active enough on administrative tasks necessary for the wiki to function. --Habst (talk) 00:25, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I didn't notice that FR/RFPs usually remained open for months. Thank you for your information. You may want to consider to add them at the RFP documentations. MathXplore (talk) 03:18, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
 * MathX and Heavy Water: Yes, the RFP has been open for a while. Yes, the policy aims for a turnaround in about a week. I am not, however, going to give the permission based on a single vote of support from a new user. That doesn't quite add up to community consensus. If I deem there is no consensus, then it is a fail, which I don't think is fair, either. I have been impressed by this user's contributions and will quite likely vote in support. I am, unfortunately, not at home and my ability to contribute to Wikinews is sporadic at best. Deleting and blocking spammers/vandals is eating my time. I thank you for the reminder. Cheers, SVTCobra 04:31, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
 * . At a second glance, I see the questions/comments section is very extensive and I will attempt to get into it when I can put a few hours of uninterrupted time together. --SVTCobra 05:01, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Scoop?
Do you have any idea who has access to Scoop?--Bddpaux (talk) 20:37, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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Man arrested for photographing unrelated arrest

August 2, 2006

On July 19th, 2006, Philadelphia police took a 21-year old student, Neftaly Cruz into custody for photographing the arrest of an alleged drug dealer in his neighborhood.

Roused by commotion in his neighborhood, Cruz saw the street outside his house lined with police vehicles and proceeded to photograph the event with his camera phone. Soon after, one of the police officers walked onto his property, grabbed his hand, placed him in handcuffs and drove off with him. Gerrell Martin, a neighborhood woman, witnessed and confirmed these events. She recalls the officer said to Cruz while restraining him, "You should have just went in the house and minded your own business instead of trying to take pictures off your picture phone."

According to Cruz, "They threatened to charge me with conspiracy, impeding an investigation, obstruction of an investigation. They said, 'You were impeding this investigation.' (I asked,) 'By doing what?' (The officer said,) 'By taking a picture of the police officers with a camera phone.'"

After detaining him for over an hour, Philadelphia Police finally released him with a warning that, according to Cruz, "if the supervisor was there I wouldn't be a free man and that he is letting me go because he felt that I was a good person."


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Tropical storm Chris strengthens

August 1, 2006

Tropical Storm Chris has formed in the. Located at 18.3N, 61.6 W, or about 75 kilometers (45 miles) North-Northeast of Barbuda, and moving West-northwest at 20 km/h (13mph). Chris has wind speeds of 95 km/h (60mph), with tropical storm force winds extending 35 km (25 m) from the center of circulation. Chris' most recent minimum barmetric pressure, measured by aircraft, was 1003mb (29.62 in). Chris is expected to produce total rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches over the northern Leeward Islands, the US Virgin Islands, and eastern portions of Puerto Rico, with possible maximum amounts of 8 inches through Wednesday.

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the islands of Antigua, Barbuda,, St. Kitts, Nevis, , , , , , Puerto Rico, and the US and British Virgin Islands. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 12 to 24 hours.

0500 AM AST SAT AUG 05 2006 ...CHRIS FORECAST TO DISSIPATE OVER CUBA TODAY...THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY...

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Hrm, here we go again. Hurricanes, Hurricanes, and Tropical Cyclones...here we go again...terinjokes User Page / Talk 01:37, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

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User:International/The Israeli trap

The Israeli trap? editorial The analysts quickly lost themselves in conjectures about the catastrophic extent of the sudden Israeli attack in Lebanon, in reprisals so that the Prime Minister Ehud Olmert qualified "acte of war", the removal of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah. Some saw there a plot of néocons (William Kristoll it immediately did not exclaim besides: "It is our war" in an article of Weekly Standard). The plan of "a three week old war" would have been revealed one year ago by an Israeli senior officer in front of several Think Tanks in Washington and the Israeli attack would have been planned at the time of a secret meeting, June the 17 and 18 during the Conference of American Enterprise Institute de Beaver Creek in Colorado, between the American Vice-president Dick Cheney and the Israeli leader of Likoud, Benjamin Netanyahou. At the time of this meeting the American would have given to the Israeli his green light to destroy on the first occasion Hamas and Hezbollah and Netanyahou would have reflected the American agreement with the Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and with the Israeli army. The fact that neither Ehud Olmert, nor its Minister for Defense are former military veterans would have reinforced the political weight of the Israeli army to force an immediate decision after the removal of the Israeli soldiers. The plan of attack would also have been studied in conjunction with Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon to allow immediate restockings of the Israeli army out of weapons and bombs of high precision guided by laser. That the Israeli army follows a plan carefully predetermined appears obvious. This is not, moreover, the permanent work of the soldiers to prepare plans of war answering all the possible scenarios. The plan carried out by the Israeli air forces, with the methodical and systematic destruction of the Lebanese infrastructures and the terrestrial, maritime and air blockade to the country, testifies however to a systemic choice to targets and objectives to war without inevitably direct relationship with Hezbollah. The plan aims initially the destruction of the Lebanese State as such and besides Ehud Olmert confirmed it itself at the first hours of the Israeli attack: "I want that it is clear that the events of this morning are not an act of terror but the act of a sovereign state which attacked Israel without reason". Is it necessary to see in this plan a consent of impotence to fight Hezbollah directly that Israel did not succeed in disarming in 18 years of occupation of South-Lebanon and an indirect strategy, inevitably registered in medium term, of rupture of the capacities of Hezbollah by destruction of its logistics and peripheral communication? Is necessary it to see in this plan a "pentagonesque" drift of the Israeli army whose doctrines would be, it also, invaded by the influence of the American concept of "schock & awe": large-scale use of aviation and the weapons and bombs of high precision to carry the decision as much by destroying power that by psychological terror? The consequences of such a plan are in any case terrible for Lebanon, and indirectly for Israel, as well it is obvious as its effectiveness can only very quickly be degraded by the insupportable consequences of the collateral damage, misidentifyings of targets... assembled multiplication of the civil victims... criticisms international... And less than two weeks after the beginning of the offensive, the Israeli army seems already undecided, dubious besides, in front of what it would already be necessary to call its failure, the insufficiency of the air operation to only reduce the forces and capacities of Hezbollah and the fast rise of the calls to the cease-fire of the international diplomacy whereas rockets and missiles of Hezbollah rain each day on the Israeli city of Haïfa. The timid mobilization of a few thousands of reservists and the hesitant accumulation of terrestrial forces at the border of South-Lebanon badly hide the will to avoid the stagnation and the risks of a terrestrial invasion having already failed in the past. Besides Tsahal seems more to seek to force the population of South-Lebanon to give up her grounds to take refuge more in North that to precipitate from the point of view of a war of long-term resistance to the image for the fact that it occurs each day to Iraq (what was probably the trap tended by Hezbollah). South-Lebanon would then leave place with vast No-man' s-Land where could spread an international force putting Israel out of carried of an Hezbollah enraciné within the Lebanese civil population. Is it then necessary to see in the Israeli plan of attack, a trap, a will deliberated to force the international community D-to intervene in completely destroyed Lebanon and to militarily occupy South-Lebanon for, finally, fighting and forcing with the disarmament of Hezbollah and to prevent the terrorist risk that Israel could not have avoided in the event of montéedes tensions with Iran? Only George W. Bush, then, would not have included/understood! Trapped by a camera and a microphone of television at the time of the top of G8 with Saint Petersbourg, it went back from there completely in Condoleeza Rice, "It will go there, I believe that Condi will go there rather quickly", and gave to the crisis an explanation for him limpid, "what they must do, it is to lead Syria to make so that Hezbollah ceases sowing the shit, and it will be finished". Condoleeza Rice, it, included/understood perfectly and went there. It already declared that the United States was opened with the new Israeli proposal (this is a coincidence) of Ehud Olmert and its Minister for Defense affirming now that Israel wishes that an international force occupy South-Lebanon and disarms Hezbollah. The United States and Israel even already let hear that this force, 10.000 to 20.000 men, could be made up French soldiers and Turkish, the United States not being able to intervene bus too being in addition engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan. And John Bolton, ambassador of the United States with UNO, even declared that the Bush administration would support the idea of an international force "perhaps authorized by the Security Council but not carrying the helmet of UNO", adding to the evocation of a possible supervision of NATO "it is a new idea to be taken very in serious" the Condoleeza Rice comes as for it to describe the torments of Lebanon like "the pains of birth of the new Middle East", adding "it is the Average different East. It is the new Middle East. It is hard, we pass by times violent one very ". "the new" Middle East however supposes a prior political agreement and no international force will be able to succeed without prior political agreement.

Jean-Philippe Miginiac "Le piège israélien ?". La nouvelle république, July 31, 2006

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Great article! thats crazy!

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Study at the University of Toronto says text messaging helps with grammar

August 2, 2006

A study by researchers at the University of Toronto found that teenagers demonstrate a strong command of in their.

The study found that while informal forms such as acronyms like "" (laughing out loud) are used in text messaging, more formal language constructs that are not usually used in spoken language were also used in messaging. For instance, the word "said" was used in messaging instead of "was like", a common informal spoken phrase.

The study found that instant messaging language does mirror patterns in speech, but also uses constructs from a wide range of diction.

Prof. Sali Tagliamonte, a professor of  at the University of Toronto, said parents and teachers shouldn't be concerned that this new medium is corrupting young people's grammar. "I don't think parents have to worry, because they're really showing that they are creative and that they have a mastery of the language. They are not using ruinous language," he said. "What these kids are doing is showing us that they have a really good command of the English language, so much so that I was really blown away by how fluidly they operate," he added.

The research was presented today at the annual meeting of the Linguistics Association of Canada and the United States.


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Talk:Study at the University of Toronto says text messaging helps with grammar

Based on the terrible English in the second paragraph of this article, I'm assuming this is intended to be a joke:

Researchers at the University of Toronto say text messaging gives people a strong command of grammar. Such as "lol" (laughing out loud), they also combine formal language in their messaging. People who use this are more likely to use the word "said" in an instant message rather than "be like."

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Allow me briefly introduce myself. I come from Taiwan, and join the Wikimedia in 2005. My writings were mainly at Chinese Wikipedia, although some were at the English version. I also wrote two articles in Chinese Wikinews, of which I think one might be of value to be translated. :)

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Rotorua, New Zealand bans criminals from CBD

August 2, 2006

Rotorua has banned criminals with five or more dishonesty convictions from entering the Central Business District (CBD). The criminals will be issued with trespass notices banning them from the main streets of Rotorua.

Eleven out of twelve councillors, including the Rotorua mayor, supported the by-law along with support from the police.

Kevin Winters, Mayor of Rotorua, said "The ban also had the support of local businesses, who wanted an end to the thefts, assaults, shoplifting and other street crime on Rotorua streets. Crime was an issue in the area. Five strikes and you're out."

The trespass notice would ban the offenders from the CBD for three months, but would allow them to enter if they had appointments or emergencies.

They would have CCTV cameras operated by volunteers to catch offenders breaking the trespass notice.

However Bill Hodge, constitutional law expert, said "It's the king's highway and you've got a right to go down the king's highway...so I don't think they can treat you as a trespasser for going down the street."

The councillors would review the impact of the legislation in three years time.

Rotorua already has legislation similar to this one acting at the Kuirau Park, and the Lakefront.


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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Jarri K. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Jarri K~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 23:16, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:32, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Jarri K~enwikinews