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Well, thanks. I'm a longterm Wikimedia contributor actually. It's just that I couldn't be bothered to create an account on Wikinews and log in to fix a minor typo. -- 68.147.167.72 19:26, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Press freedom watchdog 'outraged' by closure of Burundi radio station

Please note that the Reuters article contains a number of inaccuracies - please handle with care!

Rcameronw 20:54, 24 July 2005 (UTC) 20:53, 24 July 2005 (UTC)This page has been vandalised. After it was deleted the first time I reworked the CPJ press release content (which allafrica.com had merely syndicated) to put it in quotes, just to allay any concerns. But in any case there should be no issue of copyright issue here at all. The CPJ puts out this kind of press release precisely with the intention that it will be picked up and used for copy. I explained all this on the discussion page. But it got deleted again. Please think more carefully before you go deleting things!

 * It hasn't been deleted - click the history tab at the top to see previous revisions of the article. However, you have copied this page, which is © 2005 Committee to Protect Journalists. You need to re-write that in your own words. Dan100 (Talk) 21:02, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

How are the stories not the same? -- NGerda 21:15, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

Rcameronw 22:08, 24 July 2005 (UTC) 22:05, 24 July 2005 (UTC)It seems kind of ironic that an article about heavy-handed censorship is getting this kind of treatment! I have not copied the page, I have quoted from it. I appreciate that you're just trying to be vigilant but I think there's a bit of a misunderstanding here. The article now quotes from a press release, making it explicitly clear that we are quoting from a CPJ press release. This is what journalists do all the time. This is what wikinews does all the time. For example, and from the current headline article Tsunami_Warning_issued_for_Indian_Ocean_due_to_large_earthquake:

The U.S. National Earthquake Information Center said in a bulletin that "No tsunami threat exists to coastlines in the Pacific, however earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a few hundred kilometers of the earthquake epicenter. As the center does not have sea level gauges outside the Pacific, they will will not be able to detect or measure a tsunami if one occurs. It can be assumed the danger has passed if no tsunami waves are observed near the epicenter within an hour of the earthquake."

Did the National Earthquake Information Center give explicit permission for this quote to be used?

Unless they did, and unless you're now saying that every attributed quote on wikinews has to be explicitly authorised by the people being quoted, you're applying a double standard with your objections to this article. The issues raised by the person who originally consigned this piece to wiki-purgatory were OTT and wrongheaded in the first place, but they have now been dealt with.
 * The U.S. National Earthquake Information Center is a part of the US goverment, making any work they do and any satements they release public domain. --Cspurrier 22:09, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

And when you see other quotes on Wikinews, they should always say "So and so told Reuters", or "Speaking to the BBC, Joe Average said...". What you did, however, was just copy and paste a press release. Dan100 (Talk) 22:11, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Anyway, instead of arguing, you could've rewritten the article by now. Dan100 (Talk) 22:14, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Dan, the same thing holds true for yourself..why haven't you re-written it??? Paulrevere2005 19:07, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Rcameronw 08:19, 25 July 2005 (UTC) You may well be right. Perhaps I could have rewritten the thing in the time it took to explain why I think that the thing doesn't need rewriting. But this isn't just about the article itself, or the issue of press freedom in Burundi. It's also about sensible, proportionate and responsible editing by people like your good selves. So I think it's good and healthy to try and resolve this through discussion.

Cspurrier points out that the National Earthquake info center is part of the US government - therefore all their statements are public domain, and legitimately quotable. He's already indicated that he feels a press release from the international press freedom watchdog the Committee to Protect Journalists is not "public domain" and can not be quoted on Wikinews. Does this mean that Wikinews can now only quote from government organisations?! Does this mean that Wikinews can no longer quote from organisations like the CPJ, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International? This rather smacks of bias to me.

It seems self-evident that a press release from a press freedom organisation, whose raison d'etre is to get their voice heard as widely as possible, is public domain. But just to make sure, I have now emailed the CPJ to ask for permission to quote from their press release. It seems like an absurd thing to have to do, but I will let you know what they say.

Dan100 says "what you did... was just copy and paste a press release". That's simply not true. I do take exception to heavy-handed editing based on assertions which are not true. I wrote the main bulk of the story myself. I spent considerable time researching and drawing on other sources for the story, including details of a French-language report from www.abarundi.org which I translated into English. I even checked out and referenced the claim that the officer who led the raid on the radio station had previously been linked to the 1993 assassination which led to the civil war that RPA is now helping, in its own small way, to bring to an end. What I did do was copy and paste extracts from a CPJ press release. After Cspurrier's first objection, I edited the article to put all such extracts in quotes, making it clear that they were quotes from a press release.

Dan100 says: And when you see other quotes on Wikinews, they should always say "So and so told Reuters", or "Speaking to the BBC, Joe Average said...".

If you actually took the trouble to read the article, you would see that this is exactly how it now reads, eg:

"The National Communications Council—known by its French acronym CNC—ordered RPA indefinitely closed on Friday, July 15, alleging that its recent election coverage was biased and that it had insulted the council. RPA director Alexis Sinduhije, a 2004 recipient of the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Award, denied the council's allegation of bias and said the station would defy the ban", 'said the CPJ, in a press release.'

"No one is above the law. Sanctions must be taken against whoever breaks the law," the National Communications Council chairman Jean-Pierre Manda was quoted by Reuters as saying on Saturday.

I believe that this issue has now been resolved. If you feel that further edits are necessary, please do make them. I don't know how to remove the "copyvio" marker so I'd appreciate help from others on this. Other than the [error-ridden] note on the Reuters newswire, and the brief report on BBC monitoring, this latest development in the story has not yet been picked up by any other major English-language source, so it would be nice if Wikinews was still able to get the "scoop".

Moved from /temp
Having one more go at this. Wukuga Mungai, comms coordinator of the CPJ, has now replied to my email confirming permission to quote from their press release (?!?). See also: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler/policy#Dan100 Rcameronw 08:37, 26 July 2005 (UTC)


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 * BTW, the earlier deal was covered on Wikinews. Dan100 (Talk) 20:36, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Copyvio
You can't just copy and paste a copy-righted article and then surround parts of it in quotes. You also directly copied and pasted parts of the article without even doing that - you are attempting to palm off someone's elses work as your own. As it says in below the text editing field, "You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT COPYRIGHTED WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION!".

I have also deleted your copy and paste to the temp page. If you want to look at that version of the article, just use the page history.

You could've re-written this article to remove the copyvios by now, and it would have been published and on the front page. Why don't you do that? Dan100 (Talk) 11:12, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Belarus
Thanks for encouraging me. Sometimes it's much harder to write a good npov article just by oneself, therefore I appreciate the contributions. Also I think that wikinews has the uniqe potential to eventually have truely global coverage and let the reader select what he is really looking for. Ktoto 14:27, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

hello
Are you Richard who did the earlier press freedom stories? Another excellent story on Burundi, I'm glad you're sticking with it. I don't know if you saw that I turned the category Burundi into a portal, which gives the potential for more people interested in Burundi to collaborate. I've been working on the Quaker page which sort of shows the scope for the workspace you could have. But also just turning the page into a portal means that there is a proper page with leads and things. Anyway, just thought I'd let you know... :) ClareWhite 08:51, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * The story sounds great, hope it works out. If your friends are enthusiastic about Wikinews but find the language difficult, there's always the French language version. There's also a translation network, but equally people will always be happy to help tidy up language. I found in trying to encourage my Rwandan friends here that computer access was more of a problem and also collaborating sources, but you seem to be doing well on that side. Anyway, I've spent too long here this morning, see ya :) ClareWhite 09:33, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Removing tags
Hey there! First off, I just wanted to thank you for addressing the concerns I had with Rights groups hail Belgian indictment of former Chad dictator. Great job on the article! --Mrmiscellanious 19:41, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

You have been blocked from editing
For 24 hours. I blocked you when it became clear you had brought a spurious admin abuse request, without presenting any evidence of abuse, and when you admitted you were trolling in the article's talk page. Disruption of the wiki is grounds for temporary blocking.

Please feel free to [mailto:amgine@saewyc.net|e-mail] me, or I am currently in irc. - Amgine/talk 01:27, 10 October 2005 (UTC) POSTSCRIPT - ISSUE NOW RESOLVED
 * I looked up "site disruption" on the blocking page, and it said this: "disruption may include changing other users' signed comments or making deliberately misleading edits". As far as I'm aware, I wasn't engaging in (or accused of) either of those things.
 * It also says that: "Users should be warned that they are violating policy before they are blocked.", and further up the page that "Admins should only do this as a last resort - efforts to educate must be made first, followed by warnings.". As far as I'm aware, no such warning was ever given.

Wikinews blocking policy
Please see Blocking policy. --Chiacomo (talk) 13:59, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Excuse my tardiness, RE: Opinions questionnare
Forgive my tardiness, however I *just* discovered that you posted some questions on the talk page of my opinions in my userspace. It's been ages since I've checked there, but I suppose later is better than never, no? :). Anyways, here's my responses:

1. Are deliberate attacks on civilians (as distinct from military attacks which unintentionally kill or injure civilians) ever justified?
 * Deliberate attacks on civilians is mostly unacceptable. However, certain situations may deem it justifyable (Hiroshima attack, I believe, was acceptable).

2. Some people believe that the US was right to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima because it prevented the need for a seaborne invasion in which thousands of GIs would have died. Do you agree?
 * ''I do believe that the reason we won WWII was greatly because of the use of the Atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that effectively weakened Japan during the war. However, I do not believe we dropped the bomb just to "cut corners", instead did it with a plan to end the war as quickly as possible.

3. Is state-sanctioned torture ever justified?
 * Almost never. However, if something more valuable is sought for, torture may be acceptable in some situations.  If information could be ridden out of one person through even hours of grueling torture that will save even one life, I believe it is worth it.

4. If you could kill one innocent person to save ten, should you do it?
 * Of course you should, but always explore every option before doing anything.

5. If you could kill one innocent person to save ten million, should you do it?
 * Of course you should, but always explore every option before doing anything.

6. In 1946, a group of holocaust survivors, calling themselves "Dahm Y’Israel Nokeam", allegedly plotted to poison the water supply in Berlin and a number of other cities, as retribution for the atrocities of the Nazi regime [1],[2]. If they had succeeded, would the attack have been justified?
 * No. No matter what you do, "Eye-for-an-eye" is never a successful way to condone business.

7. If "Dahm Y'Israel Nokeam" had carried out such an attack against Germany in 1942, would it have been justified?
 * No.

8. If Al Qaeda set off a nuclear device on US territory, should the US nuke Mecca?
 * No. Mecca is a city full of innocent people who do not support Al-Qaeda, and even more is important to even more people who are not associated with the group.  Al-Qaeda is a few rotten eggs out of a basket of many good eggs in the Islamic faith.  It would hardly be justifyable to destroy a city of it's importance to many because a loose-knit group of terrorists attacked us.

9. Is it ever right to assassinate a tyrant?
 * It is always better to try someone for their crimes than to just kill them for their actions. Even if the result is going to be certain death (as in the case of Saddam Hussein), they should still be tried - that way, the public knows that the maximum sentence has been served by the person.

10. Is there such a thing as international law, in any meaningful sense?
 * No, and I highly doubt there will be.

Sorry again for the delay. --Mrmiscellanious 01:22, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Armed conflicts in the world down by 40% since early 1990s.
You previously were involved in a conversation on the talk page of the above linked article. Do you currently have any objections to the article being published? Please consider noting any objections on the talk page of the article. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:52, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Who guards the guardians?
"Fixed terms for admins" <-- I think that this is not the way to go. It is tempting to think along these lines, but it does not go to the root of the problem. When a particular administrator uses a block to win an argument over wiki content, that administrator should be removed from having the power to block users.

Beyond dealing with vandalism, administrators have no special control over the content of a wiki. Admins are granted the power to do vandalism rollbacks and block vandals. When admins start using their power to block users as a tool to control wiki content other than vandalism, they have crossed the line and forfeit the right to be an admin. The problem is, the people who established and dominate Wikinews are happy with the biases that have been institutionalized and they are willing to use any trick they have (including blocking users who do not share their biases) in order to make sure that Wikinews continues to have its current biases.

I think the solution is to carefully document the biases of Wikinews, support any policy changes that limit the ability of admins to abuse their powers, and take away admin powers from any admin who has abused their power. None of this will be easy because those who are happy with the current biases of Wikinews will not support a study of the existing biases, bogus policy changes will be proposed that will be "sold" as fixes to problems while they actually fix nothing, and admins who abuse their power will claim that they have only enforced policy, as was their duty. Of course, what they really mean is that they have presented an interpretation of their actions that tries to justify abuse of power as being enforcement of policy.

It takes a lot of work to expose and fix institutionalized bias. Finding people who will do this work is problematical because it is far easier for people to just go elsewhere rather than fight for an unbiased Wikinews. --JWSchmidt 16:42, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

 * "The 'fixed term' solution turns the tables" <-- I understand the argument for fixed terms. In my estimation, the negatives cancel out the positives of fixed terms. Negatives: Most editors do not abuse their powers and it would waste much community effort to have to routinely pass judgement on everyone in order to get rid of problems. Also, there could be a period of many months before corrective action might be taken after an admin abuses their power. In my view, the solution to abuse of power by admins should be a solution that does not have to wait until a term is up. I can understand how other people would count up the positives and negatives differently than I do. All I can do is report my count. --JWSchmidt 22:37, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Request for de-Adminship
Please consider bringing a request for de-adminship which shows abuse of admin privileges if you would like to do so. If there is no abuse which may be pointed to, the request cannot be acted on according to the policy on the admin page. - Amgine 03:24, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Chatchua Thai
Hi! Just curious about your interest in Thailand. Have you worked out there? Rcameronw 10:06, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

 * My girlfriend of the past ten years is Thai and I've visited the country on several occasions. Current plans are to move there permananently once our son is old enough to stand on his own two feet. Brian McNeil / talk 10:20, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Cool - I worked there during 2003 - fascinating place and good to see you helping get it coverage on W/N --Rcameronw 10:58, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

You are blocked for 24 hours.
I have blocked you for 24 hours on the basis of site disruption by reverting the admin page to restore an RfdA which does not have basis in policy. As I explained earlier on this talk page to you, an RfdA must have a policy basis or it will be removed. You have previously been blocked for this behaviour, so you are clearly aware of the consequences of it.

Your block expires 01:13, 27 November 2005, and I look forward to hearing from you then. If you would like to contact me in the beforehand, please leave me a message on my Wikinews user talk page, or you may e-mail me or try to contact me in irc. -  Amgine | talk 01:28, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Sorry Dude, only just saw this. Been busy... Suffice to say that I think you're in danger of running Wikinews into the ground with all this petty infighting. Rcameronw 09:44, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Amgine Administratorship
Hello. You can vote for or against Amgine becoming an administrator of Wiktionary here:. See ya', 68.82.205.118 17:50, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Policy proposal Re; Time limit for Administrators
hi,; hope you can support this I just put this on the watercooler policy section

This is an urgent issue that must be addressed now,imo, because an integral condition for exercising administrative authority here on wikinews is stipulated to be "You are trusted by the community"[1].

I have designed a very simple policy proposal. Our past attempts at dealing with this sensitive issue(e.g.ArbCom proposals) have been unsuccessful,imo, because of their complicatedness. I would simply ask, if possible, that this proposal be given an "up or down" vote (with associated comments of course). Any attempt to complicate OR DELAY IT (especially by existing administrators) could be seen as suspicious behavior, I think. Administrators who have the community's trust have nothing to fear with this proposal.

Proposal;

1. As of Feb.1,2006, adminships will be for a 1 year term. 2. All existing non-Bureaucrat adminships will terminate Feb. 1st. 2006.

3.Nominations for renewal of existing adminships will begin on January 24th.

SUPPORT;

OPPOSE;

COMMENTS;

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User talk:84.217.9.50

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User:Ryan524/Opinions

The following are my opinions and beliefs on some hot-topic issues in the news today. Keep in mind that these are in no way associated with the views held by Wikinews or the Wikimedia Foundation, and I take full credit and responsibility for what is posted here.

I stole this idea from MrMiscellanious, however I like the idea of posting these, its a way to vent your opinions so they don't make it into articles, and wikinews can stay NPOV.

Religion

 * I am a strong believer in non-demomination Christian worship. The only religious book I follow is Bible.

Abortion

 * Well i feel the same as i feel about murder, afterall its the same thing.

Flag Burning

 * Need I say is disrespecful to that county, and its citizens?

Firearms

 * The scond Ammendment states that we have the right to bare arms. But it needs to be contolled.

Stem-cell research

 * Well the way they do it noew i disagree with, if they fund a humane way to do this, it would be a gread advancement to medicine.

Homosexual relationships

 * "God created woman to be as a companion for man" and i belive that but i still respect those who don't feel that way, i may disagree, but am not homophobic..

Homosexuality and marriage

 * Marragie is not legal, it has some legal rights attached to it, but i think its more of a institution by god, however they should still be able to get the legal rights married couples do, afterall they deseveve such s us citizens.

Separation of Church and state

 * Simply put, it dosen't exist, its not in the bible or constitution, the idea was submitted in a letter to jefferson but he didn't like the idea so its not in the constitution.

Terrorism

 * Need I say that i disagree with mass killing for any reason, especially just to prove a point!

War on Iraq

 * I supporrted the war on iraq since it started and still do, getting Saddamm out of power did alot for not hjust Iraq but also the world, and we need to stay their untill their government is up and the Iraqi police can handle themselves.

Extraterrestrial activity

 * I do agree that "Area 51" exists but i belive it to puly be a site for testing millitary aircrafts in development.

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User talk:217.155.192.11

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Talk:Lance Armstrong wins Tour de France for seventh time

I watched live and wrote the second paragraph accordingly. Dan100 (Talk) 22:37, 24 July 2005 (UTC)


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World Health Organisation: China engaging in bird flu cover up

July 24, 2005

The World Health Organization's Beijing spokesman has said that the People's Republic of China has withheld vital information regarding H5N1 outbreaks, a type of bird flu that is infecting animals throughout Asia. The animals most affected by the disease are those among waterfowl and poultry, however in recents months it has infected humans and has also been discovered in tigers as well as swine. The Nation magazine quotes WHO officials as saying that the strain has the potential of causing a human pandemic (global epidemic) resulting in tens of millions of deaths.

The first appearance of this type of flu was in Hong Kong during 1997. As of July 21, 2005, one hundred and nine cases of human infection have been confirmed resulting in fifty five deaths outside of China reports the Centers for Disease Control. China has reported no deaths in the recent outbreaks, leading to speculation of a cover up. The Economist says eleven countries across Asia have been affected, and more than one hundred and twenty million birds have died from infection or been culled. Although this week a case was found in Russia making it the first European country with an infection and twelfth in the world. Usually these flu viruses are carried worldwide by wild bird populations in their intestines and are non-lethal. However this variant has mutated into the most lethal strain of influenza ever recorded says Mike Davis, author of The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu. Such occurrences are natural and have happened in the past as in the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic.

The current virus is morphing into a type that is spread among humans with the first human-to-human cases found in Vietnam during 2005. When avian influenza subtypes adapt for this mode of transmission the effect is deadly for humans as the immune system has no natural immunities for it and the production of appropriate antibodies to fight the infection takes some time.

Further complicating the effort to combat H5N1, it was reported in the Washington Post that the People's Republic of China has been administering the medication Amantadine to poultry in violation of international livestock regulations that state it is for human use only since the late-1990s (all the time officially denying any cases of bird flu among its poultry); the result has been that the virus is now largely immune to the medication and is significantly deadlier. World Health Organization officials had been preparing to use the drug to fight a future pandemic and now it has been rendered useless.

Chinese government officials have said more than 1,000 migratory birds have been found dead during 2005 and there have been unofficial Internet reports of one hundred and twenty related human fatalities that are strongly denied by Beijing.

China has previously irked international agencies for its handling of public and agricultural health crises, notably the SARS epidemic that began in 2002. China's health minister was fired after the government acknowledged it had covered up the extent of the SARS outbreak by preventing reports about the illness for months and by minimizing its seriousness says the Washgington Post.

Margaret Chan, WHO director of pandemic influenza preparedness is pressing China to allow laboratories to examine specimens from birds in Qinghai, where the H5N1 virus has killed more than 5,000 birds from five species. Recombinomics has found Chinese message boards indicating part of Qinghai province may be under martial law and quarantine.

Three outbreaks of H5N1 have affected China in recent months but the World Health Organization has not received the information or the virus samples from infected birds that they requested. "It is a matter of urgency," said Roy Wadia, the WHO's speaker in China. "We stress that this virus is highly unpredictable and versatile and can change any time. It is highly dangerous."


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The first statement is a little strong. Reminder of the NPOV policy that we are not to advocate a side, we are to report the facts. --Mrmiscellanious 22:51, 24 July 2005 (UTC) "The People's Republic of China has withheld vital information regarding H5N1 outbreaks."
 * User was not informed of our policies before hand, I have since left a on talk page.  --Mrmiscellanious 22:55, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

This sentence? It is true, the WHO has requested samples and China has not complied just like the SARS outbreak. 70.57.82.114 22:55, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * But it violates our NPOV policy (link on your talk page). If the sentence were reworded to say (example): "The World Health Organization has made claims that the PRC has withheld vital information regarding...", it would be more suitable for use.  --Mrmiscellanious 22:56, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Is the new sentence better? 70.57.82.114 22:57, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

And I get your point, I will ensure I record who said what in the future. 70.57.82.114 22:58, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Sorry, I was going to you but MrM got there first :-). The NPOV and cite sources are well worth a read, btw. Dan100 (Talk) 23:01, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

anti-china tone
I think an 'anti-china' bias is evident in a number of places in this artical. The use of 'illegal', for example, should be qualified. A number of 'facts' are presented, but with no references to back them up - which makes it sound like the personal opinion of the author. This means the whole article will be discredited by readers unless their opinion happens coincide with the the author's. Also, there is an overtone (eg the SARS reference) that China somehow needs to obey the WHO or other entities. Whether or not this is true is irrelevant; the result will be that the readers in China (and elsewhere) will discount the article as biased and, therefore, also the publication (ie Wikinews). Furthermore, the opinion that using the drug now (for example, to stop it before it affects humans beings) is somehow not better than using it later (after it has affected human beings) should be qualified. Apparently-biases articles such as this risk the whole publication being made unavailable to the people who most need to read it. Please consider adjusting the tone of this article.

 * Mr anon, thank you for raising these concerns here, but it's always better if you get stuck in and edit the article yourself :-). Dan100 (Talk) 13:14, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, I also raised my eyebrows when reading the word 'illegally'. Illegal is against the law, but the question is which law. Usually that is obvious, namely the law of the country at hand. So this suggests that China is breaking its own laws. If so, or if it's anyone else's law (if that qualifies as a law), that should be stated. I'll remove the word, but if anyone has more info please put it back and include that info. DirkvdM 13:08:42, 2005-07-25 (UTC)

 * Done. Brought over the Washington Post article about it. 70.57.82.114 17:25, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

More recent news
I would be good to get an article about these two items:

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/07250505/H5N1_Indonesia_Tangerang_6_H2H.html

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/07240505/H5N1_Sichuan_Ebola.html

Would it be kosher to just link recombinomics to http://www.recombinomics.com/whats_new.html ?


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Talk:Egyptians conduct roundup of bombing suspects

This story is part of World War III; the link below shows, perhaps, how WWIII was engineered ?
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George Bush Sr. has 12 prime military aged grand children(7 men and 5 women). None of them are fighting for freedom; they are all lounging in Maine and Palm Beach. The link above shows how Bush Team #1 engineered WW III by giving Saddam the "green light" for attacking Kuwait; If you do not feel like reading the entire transcript, you can scroll to the section in red where the U.S. Ambassador,upon instructions from President Bush Sr., assures Saddam that the U.S. will not intervene in the Iraq/Kuwait conflict.

"We have no opinion on the Arab-Arab conflicts, like your border disagreement with Kuwait. we express no opinion on this issue and the issue is not associated with America."

Then, like a good papa hyena, Bush Sr. left some of his catch for his cub to finish eating. As Paul Harvey always said.."now, that's the rest of the story." Paulrevere2005 00:00, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * So the implicit contention here is that Bush Sr. through an envoy issued no objection to Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, but then used the Iraqi war there as a pretext to U.S. involvement that destabilized the region and drove up oil prices, thus fattening his oil interests pockets. Then Bush Jr. makes another go at it and we have oil prices in the $60 barrel range.
 * Complicated problems do not have simple solutions. there should be serious reservations on the authenticity of the document cited on the link above, and it is noted that it posted on discussion page(s) of other(s) story(s). More authenticity of the document would be needed for this to be a serious discussion, and even then, communication between nations is an imperfect art.
 * April Glaspie, the US. ambassador mentioned in the NYT September 23, 1990 Special interview with Hussein.
 * If you read this;[]and then his book;[]you will see how "serious"this discussion right here on this event in Egypt can be, with or without this transcript. Paulrevere2005 13:09, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Wrong, World War III will be the implosion of all current biased news sources and in turn will give Wikinews the position of superior above them all. :D --Mrmiscellanious 03:05, 25 July 2005 (UTC)


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Fresh ideas are new styles of Wikinews reporting.

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First Chinese tourists arrive in the UK

July 25, 2005

On Sunday, a group of 80 people from Beijing and Shanghai landed at Heathrow to become the first Chinese to arrive in the United Kingdom on tourist visas.

After protracted negotiations last year, the UK was granted "Approved Destination Status" (ADS) by the People's Republic of China in January 2005. The agreement will also allow travel companies to establish offices in China to promote tourism to the UK.

Before the signing of the agreement, China allowed only students and people on business trips to visit the country. It is estimated that 135,000 people visited the UK last year — just 0.6% of China's external tourism market.

The 80 tourists are expected to visit London, Oxfordshire, Stratford-upon-Avon and Scotland, where they will meet the First Minister, Jack McConnell, in Edinburgh Castle. The Duke of York is expected to greet the tourists at the Tower of London later today. Other destinations will include Liverpool (twinned with Shanghai) and Manchester's Old Trafford stadium, where the football team Manchester United play. They have a large following in China and are currently on a Far East tour. They are to play Beijing Hyundai in a friendly match tomorrow.

The visit comes after the London attacks earlier this month provoked fears by the British tourist industry of a reduction in tourism to the UK.

The UK tourist industry hopes that by 2020, Chinese tourism to the UK will bring £500 million pounds (about $878 million US dollars) annually to the UK economy.

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Fifth bomb discovered in London after July 21 attacks

July 25, 2005

A suspect package discovered in Little Wormwood Scrubs, west London is apparently a fifth bomb made to the same design as those used in the 21 July attacks. The device was subjected to controlled explosion by the police over the weekend and its discovery has led to speculation that a fifth bombing attempt may have been intended that day. The device was apparently a nail bomb.

Little Wormwood Scrubs is just north of Shepherd's Bush (scene of one of Thursday's bombing attempts) and White City (the location of the BBC's TV centre). It also borders on North Pole sidings, which are used by the Eurostar cross-channel train which travels through the Channel Tunnel.


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Australia wins first test of The Ashes series

July 24, 2005

Australia has won the first test of The Ashes series against England by 239 runs at Lords in London.

Rain threatened to halt the Australia's charge towards victory on Day Four but it held off long enough for Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne to together pick up the five required wickets for victory.

Earlier, Australia's 9th and 10th wicket partnerships put on 95 runs between them, leaving England with the unlikely chase of 420 runs.

McGrath bowled superbly in the test and finished with match figures of 9-82. The 35 year-old claimed his 500th test wicket in the first innings, placing him fourth on the all-time list. For the home team, debutant Kevin Pieterson scored 57 and 64 not out to ensure England were not thrashed.

Scores: Australia 190 and 384, England 155 and 180


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Peace tax campaigners turned down by UK judge

July 22, 2005

The Peace Tax Seven, who are campaigning to have the 10 per cent of their taxes which go to Britain's defence budget diverted to non-military uses, have had their case rejected by a High Court judge.

The judicial review was called for under article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights which guarantees freedom 'to manifest one's religion or beliefs' and which was made a part of British law in 1998. The Convention includes the right to conscientious objection and the campaigners claim that this gives them the right not to pay other people to go to war on their behalf.

Their statement to the court said: "We want to make a positive contribution to society by paying our tax in full. We object in conscience to paying others to kill on our behalf, but current tax policy forces us to do just that."

The courtroom had to be enlarged to make room for supporters and the judge listened to the case for three hours. Roy Prockter, an accountant and campaign member as well as a Quaker, said that the judge told them that "our case has no possibility of being resolved in the British courts". According to the Guardian, the judge suggested they take the case to Strasbourg. Roy said that the members were going to take time for reflection as they awaited the written judgment from the judge.


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Wikinews talk:Admin action alerts

Administrator noticeboard
Is this a proper page linked from ja:ウィキニュース:管理者連絡帳 Admin noticeboard? --Aphaia 16:24, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * If you mean "is this the equivalent of admin's noticeboard", yes, it is :-) Dan100 (Talk) 16:27, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Requirements for bringing matters to this page
I find the ones listed thus far quite arbitrary and specious? Especially without discussion here. Neutralizer 23:36, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * WN:ALERT exists for notifying administrators -- basically, they can set their own rules about what goes here and what doesn't. You could, rather than post here, post to the Water Cooler (which some admins don't read regularly) or to individual admin talk pages. The purpose and format of this page is somewhat fluid -- when I first arrived, it was much less active. I think its use has increased since you became an active editor. --Chiacomo (talk) 23:41, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry... Re-read my edit above... I didn't mean to imply above that the page has become more active because of your arrival -- just that the use of the page seems to be steadily increasing. --Chiacomo (talk) 23:43, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I only see the same admin names jumping onto this page rapidly again and again. Why not let the other 15 admins have a chance and a look? Neutralizer 23:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * In my opinion the increase in activity on WN:ALERT is the result of a loss of faith in the dispute resolution process caused by the disastrous attempt at dispute resolution which is still currently listed there. - Borofkin 23:54, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I would tend to agree, though the users did move on in the dispute resolution process and hopefully are content if not satisfied with the result. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:20, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The dispute resolution process did move on, but the arbcom process was intensley negative, and we still have what will no doubt be a divisive admin confirmation to get through. It would have been much better to have collaboration at the dispute resolution phase, which perhaps would have prevented the whole thing. I suppose all I'm saying is that it doesn't suprise me that people use WN:ALERT for mediation, when the other alternatives have been unsuccessful or even served to make things worse. I also feel a tad silly asking users to move their dispute from WN:ALERT to WN:DISPUTE, when the previous (failed) attempt is still there there. - Borofkin 01:35, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup
Admin action alerts page needs a little cleanup... I will do a bit. I added 'On Watch' section... useful to see which articles (maybe), members are causing conflicts within wikinews Zer T 22:21, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Archive?
Do we have an archives for alerts that have been taken care of? I've looked and only seen them from 2005. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 22:35, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * They usually just get removed with no archives. Cirt (talk) 22:44, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll do just that. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 23:19, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I usually remove those that have been resolved after seven days. Cheers, --SVTCobra 23:22, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

OTOH it couldn't hurt to have some working manageable archives at some point soon... Cirt (talk) 23:35, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Nope, it wouldn't hurt. Just more work perhaps. Cheers, --SVTCobra 23:45, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Interwiki link
Thanks.--Bertrand GRONDIN (talk) 17:48, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Add interwiki links : fr:Incident naval entre la Corée du Nord et la Corée du Sud
 * Which article? --Brian McNeil / talk 18:05, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

 * ❌. This page is an internal Wikinews page and that link goes to an article. As Brian says, if you know of a corresponding article then you should say so at that article. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:08, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I did it (it was for Korean navies exchange fire) In future, please specify which page you want the link to (or better yet, make a comment on the talk page of the article in question, and use editprotected ) Bawolff ☺☻ 18:23, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

 * BRS, from the link and username it's pretty obviously not a native or near-native English speaker. I thought it might be the one Bawolff found, but couldn't remember the title. I'm currently trying to make a dent in what seems a substantial backlog of editprotected requests. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:51, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

 * For all my language in response was quite 'advanced' English, I picked words I was reasonably confident would go through a decent autotranslation service and still be meaningful on the other side. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:58, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Stephen Linnell, ex police media director, perjury conviction quashed
needs reviewing urgently to stop article going stale H.R.H Sovereign King Bradley The Great, Autocrat of All Australia talk  11:53, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Stephen Linnell, ex police media director, perjury conviction quashed <--NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED BEFORE IT GOES STALE H.R.H Sovereign King Bradley The Great, Autocrat of All Australia talk  07:10, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Interviews
Is there a policy in terms of "conflict of interest" with doing interviews with another person? For example, If I belong to an organisation and I wish to interview another member of that organisation is that allowed? H.R.H Sovereign King Bradley The Great, Autocrat of All Australia talk  08:00, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

 * A starting point might be Conflict of interest. --Pi zero (talk) 18:20, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Its probably a good idea to discuss any potential interviews with the community before doing them. As a side note, these types of questions should go on Water cooler/assistance. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:34, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Backlog
Not to try to rush anyone, but there seems to be a large backlog of requested edits and speedy delete pages. I know that there aren't many sysops, and its very time consuming, but there are requested edits dating back to 2015. Again, I'm not trying to come off ill-mannered, and I don't want to rush anyone, but I just thought that I should point it out. --Queen Laura (talk) 22:46, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
 * There was a big influx of requests late last year, which was going to be time-consuming because the requests were controversial; I've been taking a few whacks at it from time to time. I think some of them may have been recently modified to make them less controversial, so they'd be easier to process.  Just at this moment, the big problem is that William Saturn's monthly article for July needs to be reviewed (a roughly one-person-day task, well worth it but not so easy to schedule).  Once past that, I may be able to make a final push and get the editprotected requests processed.  --Pi zero (talk) 23:33, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

IP vandal.
Please be aware there is one around on RC, thank you. OhhLord (talk) 20:26, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

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Rules may be bent to launch Discovery

July 25, 2005

With the problem with the fuel gauge still unexplained NASA has announced that in may bend some of its long-standing safety rules to launch the Space Shuttle Discovery on time. NASA managers have decided to launch with just three of the four fuel gauges working if the problem reappears Tuesday, however this would mean disregarding the rule created in 1986 after the Challenger explosion. In a press conference on July 13, NASA officials commented that they have never in the past flown a shuttle with less than four sensors working.

"There's very little in life that is 100 percent guaranteed, and there's probably less in rocket science that's 100 percent guaranteed," deputy shuttle program manager Wayne Hale said over the weekend. "That is part of the risk we take."

Discovery and the crew of 7 are set to blast-off for the International Space Station at 10:39 a.m. Tuesday morning. This will be the first launch since the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster two and a half years ago.

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I think it would look a lot better if we dropped the line break (  ) and just made the shortcut box one line, to me it would look a little nicer. --Mrmiscellanious 20:44, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

you mean like this. --Ryan524 20:53, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Exactly like that, yes. --Mrmiscellanious 20:57, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * fwiw, i like it on two lines... IlyaHaykinson 04:41, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

remeber to add any shortcuts to WN:WN
Plese rember to add any shortcut you create to WN:WN Bawolff 03:07, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

edit?
"Shortcut:" should probably link to WN:. 68.39.174.238 18:42, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

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 * 1) Lets you add up to 5 shortcuts
 * 2) If there are 2 or more shortcuts it changes to "Shortcuts:". PokestarFan (talk) 14:19, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

 * Haven't closely studied the code. I'm thinking, tentatively, being forced to chose a single shortcut to list promotes brevity. --Pi zero (talk) 13:58, 2 August 2019 (UTC)

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Welcome
Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. 85.98.60.131, welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

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User talk:66.20.190.239

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- NGerda 22:10, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 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
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:66.20.190.239