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Alleged 'rights group' tries to have 4,000 anti-Scientology videos removed from YouTube

September 8, 2008 According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a rights group called the American Rights Counsel LLC has attempted to have at least 4,000 anti-Scientology videos removed from the video sharing website YouTube. Upon further investigation, Wikinews found that most videos and clips were added to YouTube by the copyright holders of the material; as DMCA requests are for the purposes of requesting removal where service providers host material that infringe on the copyright of the complainant, the merit of these requests remain questionable. It was also discovered that the alleged rights group does not exist as a physical entity. In an in-depth report, Wikinews investigated the incident and obtained exclusive information and comments from individuals, including XenuTV producer.

Within the past 24 hours, according to the EFF, the Counsel "sent out over 4000 DMCA takedown notices to YouTube, all making copyright infringement claims against videos with content critical of the Church of Scientology." A DMCA notice, or Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice means an attempt to limit the use of copyrighted material that is often infringing on the rights of an alleged copyright.

Wikinews made attempts to contact American Rights Counsel LLC for comment on the take-down notices, but was unable to obtain contact details for the alleged organisation. One post on a YouTube discussion page related to the organization states that they "do not appear to exist outside of these claims on YouTube." Wikinews contacted YouTube several times asking them if they have a process of verifying DMCA requests from individuals or entities claiming copyright infringement, but when they responded, they directed Wikinews to their terms of service saying, "item 8 addresses the DMCA and 8 B addresses counter-notice procedures."

YouTube's terms of use in regards to filing DMCA requests states that only "A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed" can make such claims. It also goes on to say, "Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site."

The EFF says the videos attempting to be removed had shown clips from Anonymous protests of the Church and news footage from Australia and Germany which were critical of Scientology. Some videos were also messages from Anonymous to Scientology, and vice versa. Others were also video clips from a City Commission meeting in, Florida. Accounts hosting the material were "suspended by YouTube in response to multiple allegations of copyright infringement."

YouTube does, however, have a process for users that wish to file a counter-notice against a take-down under the DMCA. After the DMCA notices were sent, YouTube users began to revolt, by sending "DMCA counter-notices" to YouTube. The EFF states that the counter attack resulted in many of the accounts being reinstated and their videos restored.

One user claimed that he had shot and uploaded one of the videos that was taken down. "How can someone else file a claim against a video I MADE?," said ShadowVsScientology, one of the YouTube users who had a video deleted. Since he owned the rights to the video, he alleges that the American Rights Counsel had no legal grounds to request its removal.

A video posted on YouTube by a user called 'Church0fScientology', who was responsible for the original 'Message to Scientology' in January of 2008 created after the Church had a video of a Tom Cruise interview removed from the site, states that the organization responsible for the DMCAs does not exist and is run by a man named Dr. Oliver Schaper. They state that he "fronts" the organization for Scientology. It also calls Schaper's actions "deceptive". Schaper also had an account on YouTube which has since been suspended. Wikinews obtained a cached version of his account page in which he states to the group Anonymous, "I respect your efforts as long your efforts remain within the limits of the law and remain fair. Although I don't censor any postings, I would appreciate if any conversation could remain civil and insult free." Schaper also states that he "will not censor because I strongly believe in the freedom of speech." They accuse him of running and owning media companies that distribute gay pornography, something Schaper later admits, but only that it's an "adult television network." Homosexuality is not accepted within the Church of Scientology and is not tolerated. Scientology believes that homosexuality is a disease and can be cured.

A user named "Oschaper" has written articles on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia about and. Oliver Schaper is the founder of Peephole TV, and is also involved with Volksmusik TV. In an e-mail to Wikinews, Wikipedia user Oschaper claims that his first name is Olaf, and that he is "not related" to Oliver Schaper. "Olaf" writes: "My name is Olaf Schaper and I use the handle oschaper on Wikipedia. I'm not related to Oliver Schaper and we share only the last name ... If you like to contact Oliver Schaper please see his companies website at www.acos.tv". When asked how he managed to get an e-mail address with that last name, Olaf replied, "I got the email because my best friend works for his networks hence the creation of my postings on Wikipedia." Wikinews contacted Schaper for exclusive comments. Schaper replied saying that he is a "very strong advocate for the Church of Scientology, the religion of Scientology and a free speech advocate" and "I don’t need to go into details but I felt that my family and myself have been direct targets and in an attempt to control the situation, I started to track down and remove online links between me and my religion. This included postings made by HouseSpiderAnon on his videos, who publicly connected the dots and made them available to a larger audience."

"I requested several times to have my information removed from his videos as I wanted no association with his work but he refused, even after I stated several times that he has the right to protest but that I would like to enforce my right of privacy. He refused and demanded documentation of the attacks, something I refused because it was not my attention to allow more documents to be available online in public hand," added Schaper who also said he has been a victim of identity theft and now has the FBI involved in investigating his claim.

"Tustin PD [police department] has been on the case and now the FBI is involved as well. Social Security has been notified and we have seen about 200 attempts to use the SSN [social security number] for fake credit cards applications," Schaper told Wikinews.

Schaper admits that he contacted YouTube to have videos which contained images of him that were being used without permission and videos "which violated [his] privacy removed." Those requests made by Schaper were eventually accepted by YouTube but "videos that contained just a text messages directed against me or my church remained," he added. He also admits to owning "several broadcasting companies, ACOS Broadcasting Corp. (eight mainstream television and two radio networks) & Media House Enterprises, Inc. (adult television network PEEPHOLE TV)."

"I had the power to go fully against copyrighted material because we own or licensed large amounts of content. But it was not my responsibility to enforce all copyright violations on YouTube. In addition with the attacks on our servers, websites and infrastructure, no time would have been available to take on a fight," added Schaper.

Schaper also denies any involvement with the alleged rights group and also states he was just notified that it doesn't even exist.

"As many other people, and even members of the Church of Scientology received information about a company that removed anti-Scientology content from YouTube, shit hit the fan and members of Anonymous went on a full attack on me. I still have to this date no information about the American Rights Counsel and I have no connection, knowledge or involvement in this company which I have been informed of does not even exists," Schaper told Wikinews.

One critic of Scientology, television producer Mark Bunker also had his accounts deleted by YouTube, but had them quickly restored. Bunker also believes that the American Rights Counsel does not exist. "American Rights Counsel LLC does not exist. When I got my take-down notices from YouTube I tried to file a DMCA counter-notice but in order to do that you need to get the name of the contact person to be served with the notice and the contact information of the company which the government lists on the web," said Bunker to Wikinews who also added that their name is not registered with the United States copyright office.

"I next did a google search for American Rights Counsel LLC which brought up absolutely no results so clearly this was fraud from the beginning. I contact[ed] YouTube and they quickly restored everything to my account and others," added Bunker.

Wikinews has also learned that a contributor on Wikipedia, claiming to be a member of Anonymous, has posted what is allegedly personal information of Schaper. The edit, made to the article Peephole TV states that he is a lawyer, employed with a firm on Ricklinger, Stadtweg in, Germany. It also stated that he is affiliated with the "Tustin Org" in California. In what seems to be a gathering of information on Schaper from other online sources, according to Enturbulation.org, the result of releasing the information has resulted in legal and physical threats from Schaper to someone, known as 'HouseSpiderV2' on Enturbulation, who has claimed to have released e-mail correspondence between him and Schaper.

"Don't think I will not be able to track you down and serve you with papers. I would make the case so expensive for you that you would not be able to even fight this on your own funding as I have the money at my disposal," allegedly states Schaper to 'HouseSpiderV2' in an e-mail. "You have 24 hours to remove the postings or I will start to make this a legal issue. That makes it simple," he added.

Despite the claims that the Wikipedia contributor is Oliver Schaper, he claims to have never registered an account with Wikipedia. He also says he has never made any threats of physical harm to members of Anonymous.

"I had not the need to register an account with Wikipedia and after all this trouble will not get involved at all. There has never been any threat of violence against Housespideranon or any other member of Anonymous made by me," Schaper told Wikinews.

Bunker, who recently spoke with Schaper, says he believes Schaper is not involved, but that he also doesn't know who or what was responsible for filing the DMCA requests.

"I had never heard of Schaper before he was accused of this. I don't know anything about him other than he contacted me and said he was not involved. I don't know who was responsible. 4000 deletions in a matter of hours is a pretty major feat.  It would be worth a subpoena to find out who committed this crime. I wouldn't blame Schaper without knowing he did it," Bunker added.


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I am going to e-mail YouTube. I should e-mail Scientology, but those efforst have ben useless in the past. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:35, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Also e-mailed the EFF. Also want to note this . Based on my research too, I cannot locate a website, an e-mail address, or a central base of operations for the American Rights Counsel LLC. It would seem that they really have not 'existed' until September 5. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:54, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
 * "Ricklinger Stadtweg" is actually a street in Hanover. --+Deprifry+ 22:59, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I fixed that. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 23:13, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Regarding Schaper's location and such, I have decided not to release a link to the differences on Wikipedia because of certain private information that could result in identity theft exists in the link. An e-mail has been sent to another accredited reporter to verify that information. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 23:25, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

I have the e-mail from the Wikipedia user that admins think is Dr. Schaper. The user claims not to be Dr. Schaper. Accredited reporters needing this material can contact me to view it. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:05, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

The quotes from Oliver are exclusive to Wikinews. I have the e-mail from him along with some documents of interest. Accredited reporters can contact me for this information. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:28, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

I also e-mailed Mark Bunker. He was affected by this as well. Since no one can tell me what this alleged rights group is, maybe he can. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 18:34, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * No word back from EFF? Cirt (talk) 21:37, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Nope. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:38, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Quotes are from an e-mail correspondent with Mark Bunker. Same with all other e-mails, contact me if you would like to see it. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 23:00, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Editing notes
Edits by made the article much better, thanks. Cirt (talk) 17:30, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Indeed...Thanks Nicolas. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:33, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey guys
Hey guys, this is ShadowVsScientology from YouTube, also The Shadow on Enturbulation.org. It was a nice surprise to see myself quoted in this article, made me smile. Also I was very surprised to see my video listed in your sources, given its tone and content. However I did note that you had linked to one of the 'mirror' accounts that was hosting the video, I have edited that so that it now links to my own account's version, which I'm sure you'll agree is only fair. But all in all this is a damn fine bit of journalism!

A few quick words on 'oschaper'. Your Wiki user 'oschaper' IS 'oschaper' from YouTube and in fact Dr Oliver Schaper, Esq. I was looking at his talk pages, I did notice his one brief attempt to disguise this fact the, bit where he says that his first name is Olaf and that it is Dr Oliver Schaper that is the Scientologist, not him. However that is undone in several places by his defence of Scientology, not to mention that he created the article on Peephole TV, and listed 'Dr Oliver Schaper' in its key personnel section. Not exactly the sharpest knife in the draw is old Ollie, also if you compare the text in your emails to Dr Schaper vs Wiki's Oschaper you will notice identical styles, as well as poor grammar and spelling (we had a good chuckle when he complained to Enturbulation that his mail room staff had to dispose of packages filled with "fickl matter"!) —Preceding unsigned comment added by ShadowVsScientology (talk • contribs) 02:38, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * You are correct about the YouTube link. It happened to be the first one I came across though. Apologies. On Oschaper, you and others will have to draw that conclusion, or another yourself. Unfortunately there is no available evidence I can retrieve to suggest what you say. Our goal is to not speculate on what could have been or what could be, but what is, with what we can present. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:43, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Agree with - the responses are laid out in the article from the various individuals' statements, the readers will have to make up their own minds. Cirt (talk) 03:05, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Nitpicking
"does not exist and is run by a man named Dr. Oliver Schaper" <- how can something that doesn't exist be run? I think what is meant by this is that it doesn't exist as a legitimate LLC. It clearly exists, however. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.35.224.73 (talk) 18:23, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

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Storms hit UK, five dead

september 6, 2008 Five people have now died from the storms that hit the United Kingdom today and yesterday.

One of the dead was a 27-year-old man from. He died while working in a construction site. A trench he was working in collapsed, with his death being caused by the five tonnes of soil that buried him. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

A motorcyclist was killed yesterday when crashing into a tree off the A66 due to the heavy gales.

A seventeen year old was killed after the vehicle she was traveling in was overturned. She was traveling with two others, who are currently still alive. Inspector Robert Price of Dyfed-Powys Police described the incident. "A 4x4 overturned and came to rest in a river. Three people have been airlifted to Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth, two of them suffering from . One casualty tragically died following arrival at the hospital."

Two other people were also killed for different reasons.

The United Kingdom's government weather agency, the, yesterday put much of the UK on flood alert with severe weather warnings for the majority of England and Wales and much of Northern Ireland.

The office said that a total of ten regions have a greater than eighty percent chance of "severe or extreme weather." These regions were Southwest Scotland, Lothian and Borders, Northern Ireland, Wales, Northwest England, Northeast England, Yorkshire and Humber, the West Midlands, the East Midlands, Southwest England and London and Southeast England.

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Comments:Alleged 'rights group' tries to have 4,000 anti-Scientology videos removed from YouTube

Scientologists and their brain-washed/idealist supporters are at it again. People are trying to bring forth the truth of this disruptive organization, and they hide (rather clumsily) behind the law. They should already learn that information and truth are not commodities to be sold, or even given away free, but necessities guaranteed by human rights!

Let me put it this way
Fuck the cult of Scientology and their anti freedom of expresses ways --KDP3 (talk) 22:03, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Its obvious
that this is some front run by the cult of scientology's internal security office —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.189.46.71 (talk) 01:15, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Spelling errors and discrepancy between the words "Counsel" and "Council"
Some words are not spelled correctly in this article -- and the discrepancy between the appearance of the words "Counsel" and "Council" is not explained.

I believe in the original complaints, the company complaining called itself "American Rights Counsel, LLC." However, others are referring to it as "Council."

"Counsel" infers a legal component -- as in "attorney."

The facts in this case absolutely warrant a subpoena. That this LLC is not legit (no one can find it listed anywhere) and the massive attack (over 4000 DMCA complaints) is more than enough to warrant a subpoena for information regarding the ISP and any other data regarding the complainant.

It's clear that these over 4000 complaints were blatantly frivolous; nearly all of the videos and accounts affected held the copyrights or had permission of the copyright holders or fell under the "fair use" category.

YouTube needs to revisit their policy on the DMCA issue. A complainant does not have to provide personal identifying information. A counter-complainant DOES, however.

What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty in the USA?

Another Surfer

—24.5.32.142 04:48, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Fixed the spelling things, thanks. Not sure what will come of all this, but it would be interesting to see if action were pursued related to what you say are frivolous complaints. Cirt (talk) 04:55, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Bunker
Wise beard man is wise. Fephisto (talk) 12:10, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the footer over the "Internet vs. Scientology" image that says "Used to describe the war which begun between the internet and the Church on January 19, 2008." 2008? Try 1994. http://www.xs4all.nl/~kspaink/cos/rnewman/home.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.157.33.36 (talk) 18:05, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

IANABCL but if I were youtube...
If I were youtube, I would be looking for the people that sent the bogus takedown notices because it had to have cost serious effort to remove all those videos and accounts, and to replace/reinstate them. As far as I can tell, youtube has been damaged enough to sue the perp. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.149.46.133 (talk) 04:51, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Schaper is a liar.
One of Schapers listed aliases is OLAF SCHAPER. In addition, he owns all of Peephole TV's networks INCLUDING Peephole Gay World. He is not only a liar, but a hypocrite too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.121.167.17 (talk) 18:20, 24 September 2008 (UTC)


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UN scientist: Eat less meat to tackle climate change

September 7, 2008

, the chair of the UN-run Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that eating less meat is a good way to reduce damage to the climate.

Pachuari said that "the (FAO) has estimated that direct emissions from meat production account for about 18% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions," when explaining the reasons behind his comment. "So I want to highlight the fact that among options for mitigating climate change, changing diets is something one should consider."

"In terms of immediacy of action and the feasibility of bringing about reductions in a short period of time, it [giving up meat] clearly is the most attractive opportunity," continued the climate scientist. "Give up meat for one day [a week] initially, and decrease it from there."

Joyce D'Silva, a spokesperson for agreed with Pachuari. "Surveys show people are anxious about their personal carbon footprints and cutting back on car journeys and so on; but they may not realize that changing what's on their plate could have an even bigger effect," she said in response to the comments made by the UN climate scientist.

The said that people should find ways of environmental farming instead of giving up meat. "The NFU is committed to ensuring farming is part of the solution to climate change, rather than being part of the problem," said a spokesperson for the organization. "We strongly support research aimed at reducing methane emissions from livestock farming by, for example, changing diets and using anaerobic digestion."


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 * I usually try to scan through them to make sure there's nothing outrageous. Fephisto (talk) 16:31, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Greedy google
Im still not going to use there web browser. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.82.9.75 (talk) 22:21, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

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ROFL what next? If we stop breathing it will save the planet from a "global warming" catastrophe!? Silly nutjobz, you don't have the science to back up your "science" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.189.46.71 (talk) 23:39, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Two things

1) The greatest minds at the United Nations best solution to take climate change/global warning is not eating meat? 2) PETA is going run an other BS ad on how not to eat meat and saved the hearth. --KDP3 (talk) 09:12, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Big surprise
Big surprise that a strict vegitarian would come to such a conclusion. How did he become in charge of the IPCC? He wasn't open to what the science might show, he already had in the back of his mind what was 'evil'. --SVTCobra 12:39, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * SVTCobra, It has been proven that meat farming has high greenhouse emissions and it is great to see someone as high up as Pachauri saying this. Sure he is a vegetarian, but as a meat eater (I presume you eat meat, based on your above comment) you had probably decided that meat eating is right. Anonymous101talk 19:58, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Wow...
Why are we still giving so much money to these clowns in the UN? Just stop giving them money and they just might go away. That's a stretch though, they might just turn their thermostat up or down a few more degrees so they can be in the news during an election year. 68.189.148.241 13:55, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

What?
For once a person from the UN makes a valid point and everyone starts criticising them. People need to accept the truth: eating meat harms the planet. Anonymous101talk 20:00, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Maybe burning less fuel, recycle more, use green energy like Wind instead Oil it a valid point. He has a agenda and UN scientist that has high pay grad, and he say don't eat meat? Come on Anonymous telling people to change their diet will never change climate change. Since most of the world survive on meat.--KDP3 (talk) 22:09, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Not eating meat does in fact burn less fuel, so by your own judgement, it's a "valid point" to try to get people to eat less meat. The "production" of meat (raising an animal, growing & transporting the food & water for the animal, the process of slaughtering & packing, transporting & preserving the animal) takes a very considerable amount of energy & fuel.

 * Oh, And not many people "survive on meat" actually; it's just a component of most people's diets, without which, they would still "survive". Wikidsoup (talk) 01:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

 * people need to accept the truth You sound like you are preaching a religion. --SVTCobra 20:47, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

 * SVT, how does asking someone to accept a fact sound like preaching a religion? Wikidsoup (talk) 01:13, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Ridiculous
This is ridiculous. Where does this UN bureaucrat think he got the right to tell people what to eat. Its bad enough that the UN started the War on Iraq and its sister organization the WTO has been working to raise taxes and increase the recognition of imaginary property. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.254.212.46 (talk) 14:41, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Cue misrepresentations and people saying "this won't solve the problem" and people claiming that he said it would, which he didn't. PS: signing comment 85.19.203.74 10:09, 9 September 2008 (UTC)


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Paralympic highlights: September 7, 2008

September 7, 2008 September 7, 2008 is the 1st major day of the 2008 Paralympic games, the below article summarises all the world records and medals.

Swimming

 * In the S13 class, Dzmitry Salei from Belarus set a new world record in the final of the men's 100m butterfly with his time of 58.89 seconds.
 * In the S4 class, Patricia Valle from Mexico set a new world record in Heat 1 of the women's 100m freestyle event with her time of 2:03.82 minutes.
 * In the SM7 class, American swimmer Rudy Garcia Tolson set a new world record in heat two of the men's 200m individual medley with his time of 2:37.80 minutes.
 * In the S8 class, Peter Leek from Australia set a new world record in the first heat of the men's 100m butterfly with his time of 1 minute and 1.01 seconds.
 * In the S8 class, Amanda Everlove from the United States set a new world record in the second heat of the women's 100m butterfly with her time of 1 minute and 11.64 seconds.
 * In the S9 class, Tamas Sors from Hungary set a new world record in the first heat of the men's 100m butterfly with his time of 59.38 seconds.
 * With a time of 4:45.43, Russian Dmitry Kokarev set a new world record in the S2 class of the men's 200m freestyle.
 * With a time of 1:35.21, Chinese Du Jianping set a new world record in the S3 class of the men's 100m freestyle.
 * With a time of 1:11.05, Brazilian Daniel Dias set a new world record in the S5 class of the men's 100m freestyle.
 * With a time of 1:16.65, Spanish Maria Teresa Perales set a new world record in the S5 class of the women's 100m freestyle.
 * With a time of 3:13.05, American Miranda Uhl set a new world record in the SM6 class of the women's 200m individual medley.
 * With a time of 2:54.61, American Erin Popovich set a new world record in the SM7 class of the women's 200m individual medley.

Cycling

 * In the CP3 class, British cyclist Darren Kenny set a new world record in the qualifying stage of the men's individual pursuit with his time of 3:36.875 minutes.
 * With a time of 4:18.961, Australians Kieran Modra and Tyson Lawrence set a new world in the B&VI 1-3 class of the men's individual pursuit.
 * With a time of 1:14.936, British Simon Richardson set a new world in the LC 3-4 class of the men's 1km time trial.
 * With a time of 1:21.157, Britons Ellen Hunter and Aileen McGlynn set a new world in the B&VI 1-3 class of the women's 1km time trial.

Shooting

 * With a score of 578, Russian Valeriy Ponomarenko set a new world in the SH1 class of the men's P1-10m air pistol.

Track Cycling

 * Christopher Scott of Australia won the gold medal in the CP4 class of the men's individual pursuit.
 * Darren Kenny of Great Britain won the gold medal in the CP3 class of the men's individual pursuit.
 * Kieran Modra and Tyson Lawrence of Australia won the gold medal in the B&VI 1-3 class of the men's individual pursuit.
 * Simon Richardson of Great Britain won the gold medal in the LC 3-4 class of the men's 1km time trial.
 * Aileen McGlynn and Ellen Hunter of Great Britain won the gold medal in the B&VI 1-3 class of the women's 1km time trial.

Judo

 * Huaping Guo of China won the gold medal in the -48 kg class Judo.

Shooting

 * Valeriy Pomomarenko of Russia won the gold medal in the SH1 class of the men's P1-10m air pistol.
 * Veronika Vadovicova of Slovakia won the gold medal in the SH1 class of the women's R2-10m air rifle standing.

Swimming

 * Du Jianping of China won the gold medal in the S3 class of the men's 100m freestyle.
 * David Smetanine of France won the gold medal in the S4 class of the men's 100m freestyle.
 * Daniel Dias of Brazil won the gold medal in the S5 class of the men's 100m freestyle.
 * Dmitry Kokarev of Russia won the gold medal in the S2 class of the men's 200m freestyle.
 * Dzmitry Salei of Russia won the gold medal in the S13 class of the men's 100m butterfly.
 * Sascha Kindred of Great Britain won the gold medal in the S13 class of the men's 200m individual medley.
 * Nely Miranda of Mexico won the gold medal in the S4 class of the women's 100m freestyle.
 * Maria Teresa Perales of Spain won the gold medal in the S5 class of the women's 100m freestyle.
 * Valerie Grand Maison of Canada won the gold medal in the S13 class of the women's 100m butterfly.
 * Miranda Uhl of the United States won the gold medal in the SM6 class of the women's 200m individual medley.
 * Erin Popovixh of the United States won the gold medal in the SM7 class of the women's 200m individual medley.


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Poland wins the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest

September 7, 2008 The Polish team of Edyta Herbuś and Marcin Mroczek have won the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008. The pair performed a version of the Rumba, Cha-Cha and Jazz Dance.

The pair were given 20 points by the jury and 134 points from the voting public with a total of 154. They were given the maximum 12 points by Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Russia came second with 121 points and Ukraine with 119 points.

This years contest was held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in 	Glasgow, Scotland. This is only the second Eurovision Dance Contest. The first contest was held at the BBC Television Centre, London. Three countries withdrew from the competition Germany, Spain and Switzerland. Azerbaijan debuted and came in 5th.


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Good to see you again; though you might not recognize me. ;) irid:t 20:39, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I took a very long Wikibreak... now I am ready again to contribute! I can't wait to start writing again!  —FellowWiki Newsie 20:42, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Fellow! was almost starting to forget about you ;). Welcome Back, hope you enjoyed your wikibreak! Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 21:53, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Nice to see you again :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:21, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey Dragon. I'm looking forward to start editing with you again too :)  —FellowWiki Newsie 20:29, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Re!
MessedRocker (talk) 21:02, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Moving
Please check whatlinkshere for redirects to a moved page - redirects to another redirect do not work, and it can really stuff up navigation. TheFearow 22:41, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, I usually fix double redirects...I was going to but I forgot. Sorry.  —FellowWiki Newsie 22:43, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

RE: Nokia Image
Hey, the source is right here. Nokia publicly released these photos at their GoEvent. Eric Wester 19:05, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The photo shown on the blog is not the same photo in the article.  —FellowWiki Newsie 19:07, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops, sorry about that. Source - Eric Wester 19:09, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, then I will tag the image with as they are screenshots.  —FellowWiki Newsie 19:13, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, however, they were released from Nokia though, so they really are open to the public. Eric Wester 19:14, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, they look like screenshots to me...the pictures arn't good quality.  —FellowWiki Newsie 19:17, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I know they are not of the best quality, however, that is what Nokia released and nobody can change that. Do what you please with the licensing though. Have a good day, Eric Wester 19:19, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No, there is no problem with the image :) I just thought they look like screen shots. Also, I expanded your article for you...hope you like my additions :)  —FellowWiki Newsie 19:21, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Greatly appreciated - Thank you! Eric Wester 19:23, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, that's what wiki communities are about. Someone creates an article and another adds on to it :)  —FellowWiki Newsie 19:24, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Ontario happenings
Just thought I'd draw your attention to Happenings/Ontario in case you were interested in potential events happening in the upcoming week. It will be kept updated, so watchListing it and helping add to the list of events would be greatly appreciated. Sherurcij 02:39, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Noticing that you're a Canadian WN editor, I was wondering if I could ask specifically which city - so that I can smack people on their talk pages if there's an upcoming event I'd love to see covered as per Happenings/Ontario and similar. Sherurcij refusing to add Original Reporting until PD Articles are allowed'' 21:03, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

WTF
Note that I didnt come up with the idea, Template:WTF was designed by Ironiridis, I just renamed the cat and fixed wording. Also note Wikipedia doesnt like categories like that either. TheFearow 21:38, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok. No problem :) Just add the category to user-space stuff, not policy, etc stuff.  —FellowWiki Newsie 21:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I add it to things I design that are overly complex. It was made for Dynamic quiz (which would confuse most people). Also, can you leave a note on my talk page? I want to test something. TheFearow 21:42, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Would you object to me (or you) adding id="faketalk" to your fake new messages warnings? Then people like me who cannot stand them can turn them off in our monobook.css, and it doesnt affect anyone else. TheFearow 21:48, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok. Sounds like a good idea.  —FellowWiki Newsie 22:12, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, the test was checking to see if there is any way to tell the difference between a real box and your box, in CSS not JavaScript. TheFearow 21:53, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Great! I'll implement now.
 * Implemented - see User:TheFearow/monobook.css! Now that wont trick me every time. TheFearow 22:28, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

New section

 * Hi, I ask wpedzich from pl wiki to correct my text on this page. Przykuta 16:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok.  —FellowWiki Newsie 17:01, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Double Redirects
Just a reminder, please check for double redirects, especially if the story is popular or near the top of the new stories list. TheFearow | userpage|contribs 21:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm gonna fix them right now.  —FellowWiki Newsie 21:19, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Stop trying to remind me! LOL.  —FellowWiki Newsie 21:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Only reminded once :) I fixed it anyway, at least the one I noticed. Were there more? TheFearow | userpage|contribs 21:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I fixed the comments page and the talk page. This is the last time you are gonna remind me! LOL.  —FellowWiki Newsie 21:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * If only I could watch users rather than pages... I'll be patrolling the move log :) TheFearow | userpage|contribs 21:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Lead image
Hey, FWN. The newest lead image is way too big (tall). Jcart1534 23:52, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I know. But the image looked way better then the first one. To bad it was changed.. I, personally, had no problem with it.  —FellowWiki Newsie 23:54, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * We're going to crop it. TheFearow | userpage|contribs 23:57, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * You're right. It was a better image, but just seemed odd being so tall. Cheers, Jcart1534 23:58, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

[[Image:Smile.png|20px]]
—Zachary talk 01:16, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * LOL.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:01, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Main lead
Well you can do if you want but this version isn't centered, doesnt stay within its white background and doesnt have a description. I would prefer it if you adapted the colours or what ever you felt was wrong instead or reverting back to that version but hey ho, its a wiki - we all have diff views. --Mark Talk to me 21:29, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * It looks much better with the new image, and with the text on the bottom. Thanks for fixing it :)  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 22:13, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * no worries. i got annoyed with the old pic so i just changed it. --Mark Talk to me 16:48, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

The Green Party of Canada to elect new leader
The article is wrong. It says David is a real estate agent from St Catherines, that would be Jim Fannon, not David. 76.10.146.123 03:16, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi. I fixed it. By the way, how did you know to contact me about this error? Just wondering.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 03:39, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Iranian President Ahmadinejad speaks at Columbia University
Thanks for the compliment - that felt good! I need to take a break from writing the article and I think it would benefit from other eyes an hands. Plus, I have my interview with Tom Tancredo tomorrow at 1:15 and I need to bone up for that. Have at it guys. --David Shankbone 02:49, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Transport for London (TfL) wins first Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo) against graffiti vandal
Thanks for adding the categories to this, and for your guidance - what's the policy for acronyms in headlines?

I started off with a short snappy title for this article but someone decided to replace my acronyms with words resulting in a long title - I added the acronyms back in as I feel that this is what people will search for. The next redirect, by someone else, was to Graffiti vandal banned from top deck of London buses under Anti-Social Behaviour legislation which is just plain misleading & sensationalist (as the Order applies to all of England and Wales, and not only to upstairs on buses but any public place).

The number of pages requested for speedy deletion mountsAdmin action alerts....Zir 09:10, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * According to our style guide, it says: "Avoid jargon and meaningless acronyms — Avoid uncommon technical terms, and when referring to a country or organization, use its full name rather than acronym, unless the acronym is more common than the full name (ex: NASA, CIA, AIDS) or length is prohibitive."

I see User:Zachary has moved the title back to "Transport for London wins first Anti-Social Behaviour Order against graffiti vandal", and removed the acronyms. I suggest to keep the title like this because it's been reverted almost over three times, and the style guide policy recommends not to use acronyms. If you still disagree, you can ask about changing this policy on Wikinews talk:Style guide.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 15:48, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

hey
FWN just wanted to say hey and compliment you on your very very awesome user page. And, thanks for your help on IRC and in publishing my articles. Herb 23:49, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you, and you're welcome!  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 00:13, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Dynamic quiz/quiz/2007/41
Hope you don't mind me removing Britney Spears and all, I doubted when I read your score... --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:15, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I was wondering after I seen you removed mine and Brianmc's questions. I liked our version but Brianmc says he expects his questions to be edited and improved so it can be more balanced. I agree with him. I don't feel like I contributed to this week's quiz much. Well, at least two of my questions are still there...  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 20:22, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Nice work
Good work assembling this page, it really makes things easier to sort through. -- Zanimum 17:35, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I will be organizing interviews and such regularly for portal Canada. I like keeping track of our special coverage of events.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:38, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Good to know someone's actually keeping track of the portals. So many of them aren't updated for months at a time. What do you think of possibly merging the provincial portals into clusters? Something like "Maritimes", "Ontario", "Quebec", "Prairies", "Pacific and Northern"? As they are now, they're not updated enough to really justify keeping. --  Zanimum 18:07, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. That's a good idea.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 18:09, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Comments pages
Hi. I had been creating an empty comments page along with each of my articles because I thought the "This page is for commentary on the news..." text that appears after someone leaves a comment is a lot nicer than the "This is for rants about the article" message that shows up initially (I think "rants" has a negative connotation for most people). I don't suppose there is some way to change the default text? Matt Streeter 02:53, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I can change "rants" to "discussion on the subject of the article". And I can also change the wording of the whole thing. Does that sound good?  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 02:58, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

It sounds good to me, and I'd be surprised if anyone else objects. I think the text in the two boxes should be the same, and like I said I prefer the "commentary" text. Thanks for your help. Matt Streeter 12:24, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I edited the template. I agree with you, it did need some editing and it sounded quite negative.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:59, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Great, thanks. Matt Streeter 17:17, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Image
I already uploaded it (same name). Just needed deleting... - Jurock (reply here) 22:25, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It's deleted now.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 22:27, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Nortel Award
Thanks for helping - This is my first news item. Do you have any other suggestions, on how to make this report better? HammondJr 20:42, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Also, what is the appropriate path to get this page off the deleted list and get it published? HammondJr 20:44, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

 * I voted delete on WN:DR because your article is from Oct 3. We cannot publish old news items, it needs to go on the main page first so people can read it. It also wouldn't make sense publishing it today, because the news is from Oct. 3. I suggest you find a recent news item on Nortel and write about it, I will help to publish it if you want me to. This report is far too old to publish.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 20:47, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

All the reports just talk about the current award, I was trying to write about the fact that they have been awarded this award two years in a row citing both the current award and last years records. Is that also considered old news? HammondJr 20:55, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * But we thought that the award was awarded on Oct 3. If this article is reporting on how they were awarded twice then it will be considered encyclopedic or advertising. If you cannot answer the question "How is this a current news event?" then it's old news.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 20:58, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

 * You need to find something that happened after they were awarded, then it will be news, like brianmc said on Talk:Nortel Government Solutions named Outstanding Organization of the Year.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:03, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * You should move the page to your user-space from Nortel Government Solutions named Outstanding Organization of the Year to User:HammondJr/Nortel Government Solutions named Outstanding Organization of the Year. This will help you to edit as much as you want without getting templates put on your article.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:06, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * To add to that, the point is can you find something like a $100 million government contract being awarded? Then you can have "Outstanding Organisation winner lands $10 million contract" and have the award wins as the 3rd/4th paragraph on. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:12, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to explain.HammondJr 21:17, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Dell joins Microsoft-Nortel VoIP Team
I just loaded this page - if you get some time could you look it over and help me get it into a valid format to get it published? Thanks in advance. HammondJr 05:12, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Can you look at the article and change the tag to publish if appropiate, or have another user check it? I have been watching it all day waiting for someone to look at it and I have seen no updates, but I don't know how long this process normally takes, but I did not want it to become called old news if this stays unchecked for another day or so... HammondJr 21:15, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Right now the article is lacking a mention of other companies doing the same thing, which will make the article more neutral and not one-sided. Without this the article can't be published because it is an advertisement showing only one-sides view.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:38, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I added a statement at the bottom and added a ref to the IBM news release.... I don't know who that was - My IP is - 68.34.46.2 HammondJr 22:27, 22 October 2007 (UTC) Proof

Halloween events banned at Moscow schools
Why did you add the section about Catholics? Russians are predominantly Orthodox. Also, it is not in the sources. --SVTCobra 20:56, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm a Catholic. I celebrate the All Saints Day so I know about it.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:17, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * But it is irrelevant to the article. --SVTCobra 23:56, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Singer Meat Loaf falls ill during concert
I have commented on the talk page per OR. The JPS 00:14, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

IRC cloak
Hi FWN. You commented earlier that I could go to irc.freenode.net and ask a staffer to reset my cloak (seems to have disappeared). Sorry I am a bit technically challenged, but how will I know who is a "staffer"? And is it that easy if I find the right person? Thanks, Jcart1534 00:47, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * That is where all the freenode staffers are located. When you go there, just say that you need help with resetting a cloak and a staffer will respond. Yes, it is that easy. But you joined IRC tonight with a cloak. How did it just disappear?  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 00:56, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I had to leave for a while! Okay, maybe I don't understand what I am looking at in IRC. I'll log-in later and check it out. But for instance when I hover my mouse over a line that you typed, your ID looks cloaked, but when I look at my own I see my IP. Cheers, Jcart1534 02:01, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Your cloak is not expired, because I could see it when you were in IRC. There must be something wrong in your chatzilla preferences. Go to irc://irc.freenode.net and tell them about this problem.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 02:11, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

recent deletion
You deleted Template:Article released pd as "per consensus on WN:DR" but isn't Template:PD-article the one up for DR? We now have a redirect to a dead page. Either way, shouldn't you delete them both and close the DR in conjunction with the deletion, for good form if for no other reason. --SVTCobra 02:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yup, I forgot to delete it. Thanks for letting me know. I will close the DR now.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 02:23, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
for the welcome notice, though I'll confine myself for the time being to interwiki's from and to the hebrew wikinews. יחסיות האמת 20:44, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Wiki ads
I made wikinews ads with inspiration from your. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:47, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I've already seen it. Where would we put it?  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:05, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I see it on the WN:ADS page. Looks good.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:25, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I have no idea where ew'd put it :). Maybe on user pages or something. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:21, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
 * This image contains a typo. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:07, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

illegal edits
Hi. you just reverted perfectly legal edits in the article "National Church of Scientology recognized in Spain". Why is that? Misou 17:50, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Because the Archive conventions says to protect articles after seven days and we are not allowed to edit articles over 24 hours old. Sorry, but I have to leave the computer now.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Add note Scientology
FellowWikiNews, if you revert edits because one can't do "edits to articles over 24 hours old" then please let me in why you reverted only my edits and not the other ones done after the article was created on 5 November 2007? Misou 17:56, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The edits were one day after and not past the 24 hour limit.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:58, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * This smells a bit fishy. Coming along after more than a week and pulling some bureaucratic number which - "by the way" - prevents correct and balanced data to be published on wikinews. Something must have changed your mind between 5:30pm and 5:48pm wikitime which made you edit the article. Misou 19:37, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Tasks template
Hi FellowWikiNews, I noticed you recently used   notation, I just wanted to say you can achieve largely the same result using this:    see Template:Tasks for more shortcuts. Cheers, --SVTCobra 19:50, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a much easier way to do it. I will use that next time.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 23:57, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

A request
Hi again, I saw that you are editing right now. Could I ask you to look at this article and see if I contaminated it with my American propaganda. Particularly, look at the way the article was in this version 22:12 and see if that was more or less POV than the current US denies plans for attack on Iran amid report of hunt for evidence against Iran. The title at 22:12 was "US interrogators complain of "sickening" pressure for evidence on Iran." I thought I was doing this contributor a favor by expanding an article that was hardly publishable, but they thought differently. Cheers, I look forward to your input. --SVTCobra 01:04, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Why I switched back to the Unger story
Hi, I switched back to the Unger story and I wanted to tell you why. Wikinews was originally started as a site for "Citizen Journalism." In the few months I have been on here, it mostly has appeared to me to be a blog. Looking at the stories that were written about the site, it was originally designed for us to go out and write stories ourselves. What the site appears to have become is a place where news junkies take MSM stories, whittle them down, and post them as original stories. That's more what blogs are designed to do.

The Craig Unger piece is ours. Nobody else's. We own it, and if people want a fairly in depth synopsis of what his new book about (he's no small potatoes, but a NYT best seller) we are offering them something they can't get anywhere else. The Black Sea oil spill? I can guarantee you nobody is coming to Wikinews to see how we took some MSM media stories, cherry picked some info out of them, and then posted it as citizen journalism.

I don't mind the blog stories because they make good filler. But they are nowhere near on par with original stories that we ourselves research and write, and they should never be seen that way. Otherwise, Wikinews becomes a blog, and a not very compelling one. So, I switched back to the Unger story as the featured story because it's about a very timely topic, about a best-selling author and major contributing editor, NYU Law fellow, who is currently on book tour.

The blog stories are uninspiring to contributors. We should be taking more risks at citizen journalism on this site and showing other people what they can accomplish. I feel I have been doing that. The blog stories say, "You can read the news and whittle it down for us." Why would somebody want to do that when that on Wikinews when they can do that on Wikipedia and have more readers?

At times I feel this project should do some soul-searching, because taking MSM media stories and turning them into shorter versions isn't "citizen journalism." I'm one of the few on this site where most of my work is, indeed, the work Wikinews was originally envisioned to do. --David Shankbone 06:45, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Blog
I'd like to discuss the blog layout, so I set up a page: Blog, please reply on the talk page. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:18, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Girls sweep Siemens science competition for US high schools - Human rights category.
There is some uncertainty as to why you added Category:Human rights to that article. If you could look at the talk page and comment it would be appreciated. JoshuaZ 03:08, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Belarus win Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 by a point
Is it fair to say that I watched the show and therefore write it from my own point of view? Please reply on my page Celticfan383 16:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The notes are acceptable. But you cannot write the article against our NPOV policy.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:50, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Reggie Bibbs transcript
Whew, I so glad to see you were working far later in the interview than me. I got scared we had duplicated work. --SVTCobra 23:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem! It is a very hard task but this interview needs to be published and no one seems to be wanting to be doing the full transcript, so I am stepping up and devoting my time to get this published for our readers.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 23:10, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Should I leave you to do the rest? I got up to the 6:50 mark in the video, working straight from the very beginning (started last night). --SVTCobra 23:12, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes. I am past the 6:50 mark. After I transcribe you can look over it and make any corrections, or just publish.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 23:28, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, could you transcribe from 8:15 to 13:25? Thanks for helping!  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 23:35, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I did some work (for now it's just in my sandbox). I got to about to the question "Do you have any vision in that eye?" and saw it covered way earlier in the transcript. I fear that our efforts are creating a jumbled transcript.--SVTCobra 01:55, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree, but we can fix that. At least we are actually creating the full transcript. I was doing a lot so I guess I got mixed up and put it in the wrong place.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 01:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I am done for tonight. You can see all of my transcribing at User:SVTCobra/MySandbox. Some of it has not yet been transferred to the article. Feel free to do so if you can find the right spot. Cheers, --SVTCobra 02:07, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Interview with Reggie Bibbs on his life with neurofibromatosis
Thanks for your great help on this! I guess you've read how I feel kinda silly now I've moved and don't have IT facilities to finish this myself, I'm completely reliant on others now... Anyway thanks for all the help already done! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:04, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem! Also, does the whole interview need to be transcribed? Or just the important parts, etc?  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 23:19, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, I just read SVT's comment. I agree with him, most people will want to watch the video instead. Plus, others can transcribe too when the interview is published, as I just saw you comment on SVT's talk page.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 23:21, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks mate !
Sorry, I pretty much missed that he hadn't done so (not that Im complaining). So thanks for doing so :D. I´ll be writing another tomorrow or Sunday I reckon, so if you don't mind, I´ll give you a heads up then. Regards Sean Heron 07:12, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Redirect problem
Or.... Rather to say "For more, please see ***."? Is this usage proper than redirection? Brock contact... 08:58, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, we already have that in the template:2007 Taipei IT Month. I'm going to remove the redirects. The event is over so there would be no reason to redirect to a separate category or a discussion page, imo.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 15:14, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Then, should I rewrite all the OR info? Because I've mentioned more information at that category talk page. If those articles were used in the same condition to write, should every article have a unique OR info? If so, then in the future, shouldn't all news with its category have its "Series OR info"? Brock contact... 15:46, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The OR info should be on the talk pages of all the OR articles. And you can additionally add OR info (like you did on category talk:2007 Taipei IT Month) to the talk page of the category for the event.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 15:49, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Second Blog post
Hey, as you did me the favor and posted my last "entry", I thought I'd notify you and ask if you might do so again for me (see my userpage) ? Thanks, and regards Sean Heron 13:26, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Blogged. BTW, it was not boring at all! It was very interesting to hear that you met with some journalists. :)  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 15:10, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

May I ask a favor one last time ? Hope you're looking here over Christmas now and then (not that you should be :D), but otherwise no worries either, right :). Oh yea the favor: third and last wikinewsblogpost from Bali, see my userpage. Kind regards and christmas greetings Sean Heron 01:39, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Interview
I'm new. I want to do this story where I have a small interview with the militaries of all the peacekeeping foorces in Afghanistan, and an intervew with a soldier from that nation's mlitary there. I am unsure if they will let me do this, so can you halp me out? Richardkselby 03:13, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

World News Quiz
Thanks for correctong the errors on the most recent World News Quiz. It is my first try at writing a quiz on Wikinews so it is useful if my mistakes are corrected --User:Anonymous101 15:06, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Print Edition Features
No, it was displaying as a news article so I turned it into a news article. The Print edition changed very quickly after you read it as most of those features got removed. The redirect is now removed. Sorry for any confusion caused --User:Anonymous101 19:07, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * You can create it again as Print edition/new features, then it will not be in the main space.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 19:11, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I never finished the post, here is the full version - No, it was displaying as a news article so I turned it into a news article. The Print edition changed very quickly as I decided to get feedback on some of yesterday's new features before implementing another one. The redirect is now removed . Sorry for any confusion caused. Also be aware that the page now displayes a message expaining the new features.--User:Anonymous101 19:07, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Disney cats
Are you sure "Walt Disney Company" wouldn't have been the better one to keep? It covers all of their subsidiaries and including movies studios, tv networks etc, and can be used for business news as well. "Walt Disney World" only covers the the resort complex in Florida. Both cats were created today by Zanimum. --SVTCobra 19:11, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Good question. I think Walt Disney World is better, not as encyclopedic sounding.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 19:13, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Well, both have a use. Walt Disney World is needed for articles at their Florida park, whereas WDC could work for their other ventures.
 * We can't use both categories, (we aren't Wikipedia). But we can use one or the other.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 19:57, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

 * We have two stories in all the time that Wikinews has existed. Both seems like overkill. --SVTCobra 19:56, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Template:Featured picture
I had to revert your edit to Template:Featured picture because the picture was taking up the whole main page. I tried to make it 200px but the picture was still huge. There must be something wrong with the picture.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 19:44, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Woops, I reverted after you fixed it. I reverted myself. Now the picture looks better. Not sure why this problem was happening.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 19:46, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

 * I was copying all of the info from the article's picture, but I forgot to remove the ending }} of the "image credit" template. The templates didn't like that I had left the }} in, and that's why it didn't render. --  Zanimum 19:52, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

2007, a year overview
Hi,

I presume you moved this into the Wikinews namespace because of NPOV concerns. If you have concerns, please address them yourself instead of banning this article from the mainspace. I don't see why we couldn't publish an NPOV year overview on the main page. I invite you to discuss this on the article talk page please.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:27, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Regardless of any NPOV concerns, I don't understand why it is appropriate for this article to be in the Wikinews namespace. Adambro 22:29, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I moved it to the Wikinews: space not because I wanted to remove it off the main page. I just thought it would look nicer with the "Wikinews:" in front. Sure, we can publish this on the main page, there is not a problem with that. My only problem with this page is that we should keep the summaries of the articles NPOV, not POV as we are not meant to be a POV website.
 * I understand David's editorials aren't totally NPOV, but that does not mean we can make exceptions to have POV in other articles like this one, as that is stepping out of our purpose (To present up-to-date, relevant, newsworthy and entertaining content without bias). (It seems to me that this is where we are heading :(.)  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 22:40, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Titleblacklist
I've made it so only regestired (after a couple of days) users can create pages with /w/index.php in them. Hopefully this will cut back on the random User talk:FellowWikiNews/w/index.php?title=User:FellowWikiNews/w/index.php like pages. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:19, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it was getting quite annoying. I have no idea why those pages were being created by bots.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:09, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Category:New religious movements
This category has been stable for quite some time at Wikipedia. I was unaware and no one notified me about the deletion discussion here. I had left a note at the deleting Admin but got no response. Why is a category that has existed at Wikipedia since June 2004 not deemed appropriate here? Can we please have another deletion discussion so I can raise these points, since I was not notified about the last one, even though I was the creator of that category? Wilhelm 21:42, 1 January 2008 (UTC).
 * Category created in June 2004 on Wikipedia and Category stable in December 2007 and to this day, on Wikipedia. I should note that the category also exists in Wikipedias in fifteen other languages, and on Simple English Wikipedia.  Wilhelm 21:44, 1 January 2008 (UTC).
 * That category is considered encyclopedic. It is not a News type category. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:46, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That may or may not be so, but no one notified me of the deletion discussion, and I wish to address these points, and the fact that the category exists on fifteen other Wikipedias. Wilhelm 21:47, 1 January 2008 (UTC).
 * It was voted delete. And this is Wikinews. Not Wikipedia. We don't use encyclopedic categories. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:49, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Is it not customary here to notify the creator of a category or other piece about its deletion discussion? Wilhelm 21:56, 1 January 2008 (UTC).

My RfA
I dunno if you do RfA thanks here, or if it's just a Wikipedia thing. If not, I reckon the trend needs broken. Many thanks for participating in my RfA, which, as you've already congratulated me for, was successful. Unfortunatly, I can't use the excuse of testing my shiny new buttons to see what they do as I have them on Wikipedia ;). So, I guess that rules out any rogue-adminish behaivour ;-). Seriously, though, cheers, and see you around on-wiki! Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:20, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

edit
http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=One_killed_by_TGV_crash_with_lorry&diff=544847&oldid=538719 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amgine (talk • contribs) 16:38, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

http://wikinewsreports.blogspot.com/
Hi, I know you are fairly involved with the blog. The current poll asking for a winner of the New Hampshire primary ignores the fact that there are two parties, each of which will have a winner. I think this needs to be fixed on wikinewsreports.blogspot asap, or we look silly. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:05, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * When I try to edit it it says "You cannot edit this poll because someone has already voted.". There is also an option to (I think) delete the poll but I'm unsure (never done a poll before). There is already three votes on the poll.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 01:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:Third lead
''The third lead should be the one that has the most human interest, the best written story that day perhaps or a quirky story - whatever people feel is most likely to get readers reading, besides the day's top breaking news. ''
 * Thank you for your selection of article - flattered that you feel the article meets the above criteria. Wilhelm 22:39, 20 January 2008 (UTC).
 * Thanks again. With the coverage by people from USA Today and Wired, this is really getting interesting.  Wilhelm 02:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup! Huge/very well researched articles like these deserve to get the attention. This is what Wikinews needs. Even our readership has increased.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:09, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I noticed. Hackers attack Church of Scientology website is currently ranked 1st, with 24,150 hits. Still, even though you say above "Huge/very well researched articles like these deserve to get the attention. This is what Wikinews needs." -- It seems that a certain individual disagrees with you, and doesn't feel my work on Wikinews constitutes "Huge/very well researched articles" ... Wilhelm 17:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for brushing up my article. I've been out of WikiNews for a while and forgot a few of the basics. Herb 17:02, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. Glad to see you back. One note though, about the writing in US presidential candidates gearing up for Super Tuesday, it had the following wording: "dishing out some big bucks", "...the votes they need to put them over the top", and "delegate-rich", which are obviously not NPOV. Please do try to stay away from this type of wording while writing.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 19:42, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: NPOV
Alright thanks...yes, I sometimes have problems with the NPOV issue. I don't mean to sound rude but I'm just questioning: how would "delegate-rich" be an issue when California DOES in fact have the most delegates of any state in the US? .... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Herb (talk • contribs) 15:35, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Changing "delegate-rich" to "...the state with the most delegates", etc, would sound better.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 16:35, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews interviews U.S. presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root
Did you get the e-mail confirmation required for this interview? If you did, it might be good to publish. I think it has been cleaned up sufficiently. --SVTCobra 22:19, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I posted the transcript on the article's talk page. Can it be published now? Thanks for your help. --WNewsReporter 23:08, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * No it cannot. We are currently contacting the email to verify that this interview took place. Please do not publish it until I post back here saying that we got verification. Thanks.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 23:12, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, sure. I'll leave it alone until the interview is verified. Thanks for the info. --WNewsReporter 23:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, I would like to know where you found the email as the email is not on his campaign website. It would be good to know that for more verification. Thanks.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 00:10, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

I emailed him from this page here: http://www.rootforamerica.com/home/contact.php He emailed me back with the address posted on the interview's talk page. --WNewsReporter 00:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Any news? --WNewsReporter 02:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * A confirmation email has been received but (just read comment on interviews talk page) we will wait till Root's campaign email's SVT back saying yes or no.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 03:48, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Do we need the double confirmation? I am unsure. I just sent my mail minutes ago. Of course, if they deny it, then I would add a dispute tag to the interview, but all-in-all the interview seems to be responses that fit within the Root campaign. --SVTCobra 04:03, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * All we need is a response from his campaign, that's all. We will have to wait for their response until we are sure this interview took place.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 04:08, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Can you edit Labatt USA to move headquarters to Buffalo, New York?
Hi FellowWikiNews. I wanted to edit this article, but it's protected. Can you edit it for me?

Here is what I need done:

Try-It Distributing, a local distributer of the beer sells an estimated 43 million bottles of the assorted Labatt beer products and those are just the sales in Erie and Niagara counties in New York alone.

(Corrects earlier misspelling of 'Niagra' county)

Thanks. 63.116.201.2 19:24, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

 * ✅  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 19:52, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

kidney doctor
43.3 km – about 35 mins (according to Google maps), is that not close enough to be a suburb? Either way, it is minor. But if you don't mind, can you wait a bit with further edits, so I can avoid edit conflicts? I will put up in 'ready' for a while before I publish. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * According to WP its a city in the GTA, not a suburb of Toronto. Will wait till you tag ready.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 00:21, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I can tell you already saw I moved it to 'ready'. Besides the 'suburb' issue, I suspect I must have a few typos left over. Cheers, --SVTCobra 02:38, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Prank Message
I noticed your prank message and wasn't fooled because I used to have one on my Wikipedia page, but they removed it per Simulated MediaWiki interfaces. Just thought I'd tell you. Diligent Terrier 19:38, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * There is a special javascript code that prevents users from seeing it again after they see it once, so people don't get annoyed. Thanks for giving me the heads up though. Happy editing.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:32, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

your deletion of 22 year old college student "beat up" by employee at SAFEWAY in Carson City, NV
You deleted this page: 22 year old college student "beat up" by employee at SAFEWAY in Carson City, NV, citing COI, conflict of interest.

It is news, and I think that you might be the one who is biased for deleting it. I would be interested to know why you deleted it. why did you delete it?

You are supposed to bring up any debate, especially about deleting an article on the talk page first, or inform the author first - before you delete something.

The article that you deleted did not fit the requirements for a speedy deletion. That guidline can be found here: WN:SD

The policy you cited as the reason for deleting the article (although it would still be unjustified even if it had broken the policy) contains no applicable statements to the article you deleted.

It did not fit the requirements for even posting a deletion tag. And there was no deletion tag when you deleted it.

WN:DR states "Original reports have to be listed for seven days...The period of time starts at the submission of the deletion request on this page." Like I said before there was no deletion tag up when you deleted it. Brian Best 05:16, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Also, as I was reading "COI" I found the following quote: "Closeness to a subject does not mean you're incapable of being neutral"

I also have realized that I could have written it better - more "neutrally" one might say. For example, rather than saying "the man lied to the police officers, saying the customer had 'shoplifted' and that the customer had swung on him first." it would have been better if I had said "According to the employee, the soup was not a free sample, and the customer had tried to swing on him first." I think that would resolve any conflict there would be over the story. I cannot, as of now, produce the police report, because it has not been released, but as soon as it is released, I will for sure type it up and post it on the collaboration page, so that other editors can see it. Brian Best 03:17, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Wayne Allyn Root wins Missouri Libertarain Primary
I recently did an article on Wayne Allyn Root winning the Missouri Libertarian primary, which I was told needed some cleaning up. I did this and put the 'Publish' tag on it yesterday, but it still has yet to appear on the main page. If it is not ready for publishing, that's fine, but please put it back under 'Development'. If you think it is, please try to get it on the main page. Thanks for your help.--WNewsReporter 15:40, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

 * This has been fixed. It was a broken date template. --SVTCobra 03:23, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Question
Why did you erase what I wrote to you? Your incivility is disturbing.--Uga Man - (talk) 22:11, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

IRC
On IRC a discussion on this page with a live-report from Milosh... Theo Assen - (talk) 20:10, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I meant Serbia's U.S. embassy set on fire <-- this page :D Theo Assen - (talk) 20:11, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
 Anonymous101 (Talk) 21:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Community allegedly deletes main page
This page is in the Wikinews namespace but it actually was intended as a normal article last April Fools day. I don't think it should be changed after such a long time, although it is not a published article it was only intended for that day so I don't see why it should be changed later. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:46, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

userpage
Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my userpage. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:47, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Gone?
I hope that you don't stay away from us for too long. Would be sad to lose a long time contributer. We already are losing too many. :( DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:28, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No, I am not gone. I am now back from my Wikibreak.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 18:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Can you edit COPY AND PASTE ARTICLE NAME HERE?
Hi FellowWikiNews. I wanted to edit this article, but it's protected. Can you edit it for me?

Here is what I need done:

half the page is dedicated to an anti-manar view. that needs to be removed, or a longer more thorough rebutle needs to be posted.

Thanks. 69.212.240.137 02:16, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
Here is the latest Wikinews bulletin. Enjoy!

Anonymous101  12:28, 17 May 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 14:55, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Can you edit Study: Arctic ice could be gone by 2020?
Hi. I wanted to edit this article, but it's protected. Can you edit it for me?

Here is what I need done: Add

I am trying to make an Arctic news portal to complement and support the wikipedia Arctic portal. If I make a list can you plunk the in, or should I tag the talk pages of each of the news articles individually?

Thanks. [[User:SriMesh|SriMesh]] | [[User talk:SriMesh|<small>talk</small>]] (talk) 05:33, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back
Anonymous101talk 17:22, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I needed a break. I'm now ready to edit again.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:25, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Early Canadian federal election set for October 14

Category
editprotected The 'Category:Canadian federal election, 2008' may be removed as another with similar title ('Canadian federal elections 2008') is present and articles on the same subject have that category. Van der Hoorn (talk) 11:32, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 20:58, 14 March 2009 (UTC)


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Portal talk:Canada

Election
Should the election call be added to the front page of the Canada portal? How is such a move proposed? --Arctic.gnome (talk) 17:34, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Did you mean updating the lead article? If so, the link is here.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 17:48, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I updated it anyways.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 20:52, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Current Events and Canada Portal
On wikipedia there is a robotic news feed which summarizes the latest stories from wikinews to the wikipedia portal. The current events page will feature the lead stories from wikinews. See the current discussion. SriMesh | talk  03:28, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you guys for keeping this update...just fyi portal now seen on following wikipedia portals... [Moxy]

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'Invitational Games for the Deaf, Taipei 2008' Day 2 features martial art events

September 7, 2008

The 'Invitational Games for the Deaf, Taipei 2008' started yesterday in Taipei, Taiwan. After table tennis and soccer, events from martial arts including karate, judo, and taekwondo were featured mainly in the 2nd matchday. Unlike the taekwondo event which applied a single elimination rule, events from karate and judo applied round robin rules in their competitions.

Taekwondo
Athletes from 7 nations including Argentina, Chinese Taipei (the host), Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, and the United States were among the main participants this event. As of the most recent lead check, European and American athletes threatened athletes from East Asians with what appeared to be a greater strength.

Guler Muhammed from Turkey accomplished a new record to win his gold medal in Men's 58kg class. But European and American spectators were witnesses to the performance from the host after Bo-cong Lin and Szu-jou Lu won gold medals from "Men's 58kg to 68kg" and "Women's 49kg to 57kg" classes.

Karate
The karate event distinguishes classes with different weights, men's are under 65kg, under 75kg, and over 75kg; women's just differed with classes at 60kg.

Juan Matias Diaz from Argentina shone in the battlefield with a 3rd-straight-win, to win his gold medal in Men's under 65kg class; but in Men's under 65kg class, Russian athlete Evgeniy Pavlyuchenko had to give up, and Takahiro Kojima won his gold medal by defeating his teammate Akinobe Miyashita.

Judo
In judo, it was the first time ever that two athletes both won bronze medals in the same class since this invitation games began yesterday. In the men's under 60kg (class), Akio Kira made a 4th-straight-win to win the gold medal, his teammate, Tomohiro Higashi won bronze medal with local athlete Wei-lun Hsu having the same scores in this class. Jinsub Byeon from South Korea, Sergey Belyaev from Russia, and Susana Monteggia from Argentina, won their gold medals in men's 60.1kg to 66kg, men's 66.1kg to 73kg, and women's 57.1kg to 70kg classes.

Medal Statistics after 2nd Matchday

 * Only listed nations who won at least one bronze medal.


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50,000 people refuse evacuation after flooding in India caused by river changing course

September 9, 2008

The Kosi River changed course one week ago to a path which it has not taken for over 100 years. While 900,000 people were evacuated by rescue workers, new data has revealed that 50,000 people, from the town of Saharsa, have refused to leave their homes.

Advertisements in local newspapers have been used to encourage the people who are still remaining in the area to leave soon. People are encouraged to go to one of many camps, which are funded by the government, to seek refuge from the continued flooding.

People have also started to return to their homes, due to the fact that they have seen the water level drop by over half of a metre in some areas. This is despite statements by officials emphasizing that people may need to stay in the camps for up to six months.

Approximately 1.2 million people are estimated to have had their homes flooded by the disaster. 42 people have been confirmed dead, although The Australian has reported that the actual death toll is likely to be much higher.

The incident started when gushing waters quickly overflowed the channel boundaries on both sides at a rate of about 200 meters per day, flooding vast tracts in Supaul,  Araria,  Saharsa,  Madhepura,  Purnia,  Katihar, parts of  Khagaria and northern parts of  Bhagalpur, as well as adjoining regions of Nepal. About 2.7 million people are affected by this flood disaster of massive dimensions, with about 900,000 people in the affected areas having moved to 285 relief camps and 249 health centers. An estimated 100,000 are still trapped in various villages without food or drinking water since several days ago when the crisis began.

During the last 250 years, the Kosi has moved its path up to 150km westward on multiple occasions, leaving behind a series of paleochannels. The river is a tributary of the Ganges, with catchment areas in the Nepal Himalayas, one of the fastest rising mountain chains, flowing through a 150-kilometer wide and 180-kilometer long alluvial fan. Fast silting of the channels by the tons of annuvium brought down by the river makes it drift off so often that it is often cited as one of the text book examples of a dynamic river system to geologists.


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My camera is still out of order, so that no photos available although I visited main three arenas today. (in fact, so rush because a tidy schedule for me, damn!)

It's based on Chinese version, but I still couldn't understand why bronze medal co-exist in men's judo event although the host team didn't perform their best today, orz.

this is the 2nd day brief report, the 3rd day will mainly focused on soccer because the final 4 teams will be confirmed tomorrow after group fixtures.

Copyedit carefully, records should be referred from official site. Brock contact... 17:48, 7 September 2008 (UTC)


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Felipe Massa wins 2008 Belgian Grand Prix, Hamilton first to cross the finish line

September 10, 2008

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa won the FIA Formula One 2008 ING Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps Circuit, Spa, Belgium.

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton lead the race from pole for a few laps before he spun backwards and allowed Kimi Räikkönen's Ferrari to pass him. Kimi maintain the lead throughout the race until the rain fell onto the track on the final laps. The series of errors was finalized by Räikkönen, who spun off the track. This led Hamilton to a chequered flag, but then, after the race, he was penalized by 25 seconds for the incident with Räikkönen. Hamilton moved to third in the final standings.

McLaren filed a formal complaint with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Court of Appeal on Tuesday.

"We hereby confirm we have lodged notice of appeal," McLaren's CEO Martin Whitmarsh, told the BBC.

Nick Heidfeld thus took second place for BMW Sauber ahead of Hamilton.

Fernando Alonso came in fourth for Renault while his teammate Nelson Piquet Jr. spun off into the wall on the fourteenth lap, ending his race.

Both Sebastians, Vettel and Bourdais, did well for Toro Rosso finishing fifth and seventh from the tenth and ninth places on the starting grid respectfully. They were split by Robert Kubica (BMW), who finished sixth.

Mark Webber closed out the top eight for Red Bull-Renault.

Ferrari now leads the Championship with 12 points ahead of McLaren. Still, Lewis Hamilton retains the lead for McLaren in the drivers standings with 76 points, 2 points ahead of Felipe Massa.


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Talk:Asif Ali Zardari elected as President of Pakistan

 * Missed on grammatical element. I've fixed it.  Jade Knight (talk) 08:21, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Before publishing articles ...
Please try to use local links and add categories and other things to comply with WN:SG. Thanks. --SVTCobra 07:31, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Edit Protected
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Category:Asif Ali Zardari (Category created for articles relevant to current Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari). Ali Rana (talk) 06:48, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

 * ❌ No such category exists. Tempodivalse [talk]  22:52, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

editprotected

Category:Asif Ali Zardari (created).

 * ✅ Tempodivalse [talk]  02:51, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

editprotected Sorry - also Category:Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Ali Rana (talk) 14:39, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ – Juliancolton  | Talk 16:40, 2 October 2009 (UTC)


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Oscar Diös tells Wikinews about his hostel within a Boeing 747

October 15, 2008

Oscar Diös is a Swedish businessman looking to invest in a new project within the aviation community. He's already bought the venture's first airliner, a Boeing 747-200.

However, his intention is not to start an airline, and the jet is not intended for flight. Instead, he plans to convert the airliner into a unique business which he calls the 'Jumbo Hostel'. The 450-seat widebodied jetliner will have 25 rooms sleeping a total of 85 people, including some in a luxury suite in the cockpit, and will sit at the entrance to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.

Built in 1976, the aircraft was an "old wreck" when acquired, according to Oscar. The aircraft was being offered for sale at Stolkholm-Arlanda after previous owner Transjet became bankrupt. The airframe has then been completely gutted and is being fitted with a new, modernised interior. Each room contains three bunk beds. A cafe and a walkway across the left wing are also featured.

The airliner will sit on a concrete platform at the airport's entrance, with its landing gear secured in steel cradles. It is intended to offer a good view of the day-to-day operation of the airport.

The hostel, which is to open in December, is aimed at families with children, aviation enthusiasts, low-budget travelers and people catching early morning flights who wish to leave it as late as possible before rising to get to check-in - unlike its competitors, the Jumbo Hostel is ten minutes walk from the check-in desks.

Wikinews conducted an email interview with Oscar Diös to talk about the hostel. The full exclusive interview is available below.

Interview
''':Thank you for talking to us. How's the project coming on?'''

 * The project is progressing as planned.

 * Almost. A few weeks delay.

 * I do have a pilot-license for a Paramotor (Paraglider with engine). The drive though was the ability to get a hostel into the terminal-area of the international airport. Houses are far too expensive for a hostel.

''': This is a unique undertaking, yet you say you had the idea simply when you heard the airliner was for sale. Why do you think no-one has done this before you?'''

 * Probably because there are many coincidence that have fallen our way in terms of bankrupcty and poor maintainace and so forth. Good ideas not seldom seem to be very simple once they are out in the air!!

''':I heard you had plans for other similar hostels if this one was successful. Might we then be seeing Jumbo Hostels in, say, London Heathrow or New York's JFK International?'''

 * Very likely, yes!

 * That is probably one of the business models we are looking for. We always need local operators for the hostels. We know how to establish and build the sites and the operator knows his or her metropol/city.

 * That is not offical. But it is a few kronor I can assure ;-)

''':Aviation is currently experiencing a slowdown, with both high fuel costs and the credit crunch hitting the industry badly. Are you concerned that reduced travelling may mean the hostel comes at a bad time, or do you think that cheaper accommodation near airports will be in higher demand as fares increase?'''

 * Difficult to say. We are planning the Jumbo Hostels onto airports that lack the hostel service in general. Arlanda in Stockholm did not have a hostel before. This means we will fill up a gap that is demanded. The hostels are quite small and should not be to difficult to fill up with guests.

''':With any large project there are various legal and bureaucratic hurdles to clear. Is it difficult trying to do so with an idea as unusual as this?'''

 * Well, of course there are various hurdles. Luckily they do not come all at once which leaves us with some space for reflection and investigations.

 * Not really. The Boeing 747 aircraft is probably the most common transcontinental aircraft. Many parts of the world recognize the "Queen of the Skies" and therefore everyone that learnt about our hostel can start to imagine and relate to what it could be like staying over night at Jumbo Hostel.

 * Keep an eye onto our website www.jumbohostel.com for the starting-date for our booking. You are of course more than welcome to Stockholm Arlanda and Jumbo Hostel.


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I emailed mr Diös tonight to request the interview, and he has agreed to it. All information comes from the buisiness website. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:10, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like an interesting offbeat of coverage to have. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:52, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

I received the answers tonight; the email has been forwarded to Scoop for verification. JumboHostel.com supplied background info. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:31, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Images
I sighted the addition of the images, but no more material changes to this article should occur. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:23, 17 October 2008 (UTC)


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User talk:75.168.177.110

Welcome
Welcome!

75.168.177.110, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions 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:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
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Silent film actress Anita Page dies at age 98

September 8, 2008

Anita Page, an MGM actress who appeared in films with Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford and Buster Keaton during the transition from silent movies to talkies, has died at the age of 98. Page died in her sleep early Saturday morning at her home in Los Angeles, said actor Randal Malone, her longtime friend.

Page was born Anita Pomeres on August 4, 1910 in Flushing, New York. She was the leading lady to Lon Chaney, Buster Keaton, Robert Montgomery, and Clark Gable (among others), and during the early 1930s was one of Hollywood's busiest actresses, as well as being romantically involved with Gable. At the height of her popularity, she was receiving more fan mail than any other female star, with the exception of Greta Garbo, and received multiple marriage proposals from Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini in the mail.

Page entered film first with A Kiss For Cinderella in 1925. She and her family were very close to Betty Bronson's family, and she was offered the part through Betty. After a few small but well received parts, she was offered a contract with MGM Studios. MGM molded her into one of their biggest female stars of the silent era, pairing her with such popular actors as Ramon Novarro and William Haines. Her performances in Our Dancing Daughters (1928) opposite Joan Crawford (with whom she appeared in three films), and The Broadway Melody (1929) opposite Bessie Love were her greatest successes of the period, and her popularity allowed her to make a smooth transition into talking pictures.

Page stopped acting when she fell in love with US Navy aviator Herschel House. The couple married in 1936, six weeks after they met, and she settled down to life as an officer's wife, hosting many parties at their home in San Diego Bay.

After House died in 1991, Page returned to acting, starring in suspense thriller Sunset After Dark in 1994.

Her last film appearance came in Frankenstein Rising, a horror due for release later this year.


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Hurricane Ike makes landfall on Cuba

September 8, 2008 According to the, has made landfall on Cuba, with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour and above, making it a category three hurricane on the. At 8:00 p.m. Ike was centered approximately 60 miles North of  and made landfall around 11:00 p.m. in the town of Cabo Lucrecia. Millions of Cubans have evacuated cities along the shoreline and moved to higher grounds as meteorologists say Eastern Cuba has never seen a storm this big.

"These people have never seen a Category 4 - or a category 3," said Jose Rubiera a meteorologist on Cubavision. The NHC states that a storm surge of 9 to 12 feet is expected along the Eastern shores.

Ike is currently moving West at around 13 miles an hour, but the states that they expect Ike to turn to a more West-Northwest direction within the coming days.

So far, Ike has killed 58 people in Haiti, 13 of the victims were children.

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Please add Category:Hurricane season, 2008 to this article. Thanks – Juliancolton  | Talk 00:34, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
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Hope my family is ok down their.--KDP3 (talk) 03:05, 8 September 2008 (UTC)