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Help:Image description page

Each uploaded file has one or two associated image description page. This term is also applied in the case of other file types, notably sound files, e.g. File:V1sound.ogg.

If a family of projects has a Commons project, typically the file is uploaded on Commons. The image description page there gives copyright info. Other info is put on the image description page of the appropriate project. For example, if the projects are distinguished by language, info in German is put on the image description page in the German project.

The image is linked to the local image description page, which, due to the contents of MediaWiki:Sharedupload, is linked to the one on Commons, where the image was uploaded.

To make a link to the image description page of a sound file, or of an image without including the actual image, use a link like: File:a_sound.ogg or File:an_image.jpg. In the case of an image, the leading colon prevents the image being embedded in the article, and instead makes an ordinary link. In the case of a sound, automatically playing the sound is not possible anyway.

The description page consists of four parts:
 * in the case of an image: the image itself
 * description of the image/sound
 * "Image history", see Help:page history
 * "Image links", a list of pages that link to the image/sound; however:
 * for an image in a template it lists only the template, not the pages in which the template occurs (for that see the backlinks of the template)
 * if an image in a template depends on a parameter with the whole image code or the URL of the image, or depends on or , it does neither show the final page nor the template. If only the caption is a parameter, the template is listed. Thus for File:Tst.png the "Image links" section lists Template:Timgc, but neither Help:Template nor Template:T or Template:T1,
 * it does not include the rare case of an uploaded HTML file linking to the image

The description part has also an edit history; it is labelled, somewhat confusingly, Image:xxx Revision history. It should not be confused with the Image history.

What follows refers to the description part, and is in particular about images. For sound, see also Sound help.

Useful things to include on an image description page
In the description part of the page you can put text. Initially the description part automatically contains the upload summary supplied by the user when uploading the first version (this text also shows up in the Image history section at the first upload line).

Description of the image
Eg: "Image of a goldfish in a small tank". This should not be alternate text (see alternate text for images), but rather a description. This is useful for users who do not have direct access to the image, and is a temporary substitute for a proper  tag.

You could also include the proportions of the image, in pixels.

Other versions
If other versions (especially a larger version) of the same image exists, link to them.

 *  [[Media:Goldfish-in-tank2.jpg|different camera angle]] (info)
 *  [[Media:Goldfish-in-tank-textfree.jpg|textfree version]] (info)

Textfree versions are useful for using across language versions.

Relevant links (internal and external)

 * See also: Flag of the United Kingdom
 * From BBS News photos of Israel and Palestine

You can also include other images on image description pages.

Caption
Alternatively, the whole text is just a suitable caption, while other information is put on the Talk page. When using the image, the caption can be inserted using (i.e., used as a template).

Example:

which produces:

Nonexisting image
Nonexisting images show no image history section, see e.g. File:Stop sign us.JPG.

The image description section may have content anyway, e.g. a redirect, text regarding a deleted image, or an enlarged image in the form of a line of code such as in File:Tst.png (large).

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Help:Edit conflict

This page discusses edit conflicts, and how to deal with them. To understand what an edit conflict is, consider the following situation:

 * Alice clicks "Edit this page" on a page.
 * Bob clicks "Edit this page" on the same page.
 * Alice finishes her edits and clicks "Save page". The page is saved with Alice's version.
 * Bob finished his edits and clicks "Save page". Bob gets an "edit conflict" page.

Layout of the edit conflict page
At the top is Alice's version of the page.

At the bottom is the text Bob was going to submit. This will be Bob's version of the page, if he edited the entire page, or Bob's version of the section he edited, if he was editing just one section.

In the middle is a diff of the two pieces of text. This is much less useful if Bob used section editing.

Resolving an edit conflict
If Bob only made small changes, and Alice made large changes, he may choose to work from Alice's version, and re-merge his changes in. Bob might choose to add some text like "via edit conflict" to warn Alice and others that he had to do this - Alice can then peer review his merging for accuracy.

If Bob made large changes, and Alice made small changes, he may choose to work from his version. One option is for Bob to copy the bottom text into the top text (or just copy over the one section of the top text, if Bob was section editing), with an appropriate edit summary (eg "via edit conflict, will remerge"). Then Bob can view the page history, determine Alice's changes, and re-apply them to his version, in a separate edit.

If both Alice and Bob made large changes, matters become complicated, and Alice and Bob just have to do the best they can. For example, if both Alice and Bob simultaneously add a large section of text on the same subject, then it may be best for Bob to submit his changes, and then for Alice and Bob to both have a look at the two versions and decide between themselves which version is better.

Bob should not just post his changes over the top of Alice's. It is a good idea to double-check merges by using the diff feature.

Logical edit conflicts
Some people edit by copying the source text into a text editor, making lots of changes (reorganising, adding new content, etc...), and then, when they're done, pasting the whole thing back onto Wikinews as a single edit. If someone has made minor changes prior to their paste-back, sometimes these changes can get lost in the paste back. People who edit in this manner should check the diff on their edit to make sure they didn't inadvertently blast over the top of someone else's changes.

Reverting
When saving a previous version (i.e. when reverting) or a new version based on that (a modified reversion) the edit conflict warning and prevention system is not triggered and a possible new edit made in the meantime is unintentionally reverted also, see Reverting a page to an earlier version. To avoid this problem one can copy the text from the edit box of the old version into the edit box of the latest version. In some sense, this can cause hidden edit conflicts: you may overwrite someone else's changes without realising that you are doing so. It's always wise to check the diff after performing a revert, just as you would after posting via edit conflict. Preferably, one can simply try to avoid reversion wars.

Prevention
Because edit conflicts are irritating and time-consuming, you may choose to alter your editing habits to render them less frequent: aiming to make more edits to pages that have not been edited recently, such as those listed on ancient pages, for example.

Another means of avoiding edit conflicts is to make a single larger change, rather than frequent smaller changes: this makes it more likely that you will get an edit conflict, but less likely that you will cause others to get an edit conflict. Using the "Show preview" button helps here.

To reduce the chance of edit conflicts, Wikinews has an "In Use" notice in its MediaWiki namespace that people may use when editing a page over a long period of time. Simply put on an article before proceeding with a major edit, and remove the template when the editing is complete.

New since v.1.3 is CVS-style edit conflict merging, based on the diff3 utility. This feature will only trigger an edit conflict if users attempt to edit the same few lines. See also automatic merge.

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Help:Piped link

A piped link is a link within the project or to a sister project, that is labeled differently from the name of the page it links to. This allows linking a word or phrase within the text of a page, rather than using "see also", even if the wording does not exactly correspond with the name of the other page. With a suitable browser and depending on the preferences set, one can still see what page is linked to: when you point at the link the name shows up in a hover box and is also shown in the status bar.

For instance:

How to set up a coffee house will show: How to set up a coffee house

The term "piped" refers to the use of the pipe character "|" used to separate the good description from the actual link. The term is named after an alternative use of it, see Pipe (computing).

Another example would be station, showing up as station. This is useful where the word "station" is used in an article on trains; from the context it would be clear that a train station is meant. The piped link is more convenient to the user than a link station to the disambiguation page.

Using a redirect as an alternative
An alternative is simply using How to setup a coffee house, showing up as How to setup a coffee house (note the difference in what pops up when you point at it, if applicable for your browser), and making How to setup a coffee house a redirect page.

This is convenient if the redirect is already there, or will also be of use elsewhere, but has a few drawbacks:

 * the popup does not show the page one will arrive at
 * "Related changes" does not give the changes in that page, but in the redirect page
 * the redirect message on the new page slightly clutters it

On the other hand, one may prefer the link title to provide some information that is not in the name of the page one links to, such as the value of a unit in terms of other units. In that case one can make a page whose pagename is the info one wants in the link title, and which redirects to a page with a more appropriate name. See e.g. w:Template:Ft, containing ft, with the page 30.48 cm redirecting to Foot (unit of length).

Automatic conversion of the wikitext (pipe trick)
If in a piped link the part after the "|" is left empty, it is converted to an abbreviated form of the page name on the left, as follows:

 * if there is a colon in it, the leftmost colon and anything to the left of that is removed (but this does not work for "MediaWiki User's Guide:", apparently due to the apostrophe)
 * if there is a text in parentheses at the end it will be removed

For example, the wikitext Pipe (computing) is converted to Pipe, which is rendered as Pipe, and Help:Template is converted to Template , rendered as Template.

Just like for the three or four tildes when signing on Talk pages, and the use of subst, in a preview, the result already shows up in the preview itself, but the conversion in the edit box is not yet shown. Save and press Edit again to see the result of the conversion.

For links between language versions of Wikipedia and between language versions of Wiktionary, either the pipe trick is not applicable (if the link comes at the edge) or is limited in use because of the starting colon.

In some projects and some cases the pipe trick does not work and the piped link wikitext is not even rendered as a link.

Examples
give
 * project:a (b)
 * w:project:a (b)
 * de:project:a (b)
 * wiktionary:project:a (b)
 * wiktionary:de:project:a (b)
 * wikibooks:project:a (b)
 * wikiquote:project:a (b)
 * wikisource:project:a (b)

 * a
 * project:a
 * project:a
 * project:a
 * de:project:a
 * project:a
 * project:a
 * project:a

Syntax for external links
For external links a space is used instead of a pipe character, see Help:Editing. A general term used for both is also clean link.

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Help:Section

A page can be divided into sections, using the section header syntax.

Creation of sections
Sections are created by creating their headers, see en:Wikipedia:Section

Table of contents (TOC)
For each page with more than three headings, a table of contents (TOC) is automatically generated from the section headings, unless:
 * (for a user) preferences are set to turn it off
 * (for an article) in the edit box the code is added

With or  in the wikitext a TOC is added even if the page has less than four headings.

The TOC is put before the first section header, or in the case of, at the position of this code. Thus there may be some introductory text before it, known as the "lead". Although usually a header after the TOC is preferable, can be used to avoid being forced to insert a meaningless header just to position the TOC correctly, i.e., not too low.

Preferences can be set to number the sections automatically.

In a page calling a template with sections, the sections in the template are numbered according to their position in the rendered page, e.g. if the template tag is in the third section, then the first section of the template is numbered four. Any text in the template before its first section shows up as part of the section with the template tag, and any text after the tag before a new header shows up as part of the last section of the template. This may be done deliberately, but can usually better be avoided (see also below).

Compact TOC
Where you have a large number of very short headings (such as letters of the alphabet) you can get a very long table of contents. An alternative is a compact TOC, which you can achieve by inserting the following text:

which looks like this:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

You can do similar things with years or decades e.g.

1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

Both of the above make use of section linking, see below.

Section linking
The top of each section has in the HTML code a HTML element "a" with both a "name" and an "id" attribute with the section name. This enables linking directly to sections. Section links are used by MediaWiki in a page's automatically generated Table of Contents.

The html code generated at the beginning of this section, for example, is:  Section linking

A link to this section (Section Linking) looks like this: Section Linking

From within the same page you can use link_label, and from another page link_label.

An underscore and number are appended to duplicate section names. E.g. for three sections named "Example", the names (for section linking) will be "Example", "Example_2" and "Example_3".

Note that using the date formatting feature in section headers complicates section linking.

An internal link in a section header does not give complications: An external link in a section header does not seem to allow linking to that section from within Mediawiki, except from the TOC:
 *
 * Help:Section
 * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Section#Test_http:.2F.2Fa

Section linking and redirects
A link that specifies a section of a redirect page corresponds to a link to that section of the target of the redirect.

A redirect to a section of a page goes to the top of the page. One can use it anyway as a clarification, and at least it works when clicking on the link from the redirect page.

A complication is that, unlike renaming a page, renaming a section does not create some kind of redirect. Also there is no separate what links here feature for sections, pages linking to the section are included in the list of pages linking to the page. Possible workarounds:
 * put an anchor and link to that
 * put a comment in the wikitext at the start of a section listing pages that link to the section
 * more drastically, make the section a separate page.

Section editing
Sections can be separately edited ("section editing feature") by right clicking on the section header and/or special edit links, depending on the preferences set, and by a url like

http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Help:Section&action=edit&section=2

This is convenient if the edit does not involve other sections and one needs not have the text of other sections at hand during the edit (or if one needs it, open the section edit link in a new window, or during section editing, open "Cancel" in a window). Section editing alleviates some problems of large pages.

Inserting a section can be done by editing either the section before or after it, merging with the previous section by deleting the header.

" " anywhere on the page will remove the edit links. It will not disable section editing itself, right clicking on the section header and the url still work.

Currently there is no link for editing the part before the first heading (156), except in the classic skin by right clicking on the page header, but the URL works, e.g. for this page:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Help:Section&action=edit&section=0

It can be obtained less cumbersome by using an edit link and changing the number of the section to zero.

See also Help:Edit summary, Help:Section editing demo.

Editing sections of included templates
The editing facilities can also be applied to a section of an included template. For the purpose of section editing the extent of a section is governed by the headers in the calling page itself. It may consist of a part before the template tag, the template tag, and a part after the template tag, even if the template has sections.

It tends to be confusing if the extent of sections according to the system is different from what the rendered page suggests. To avoid this:
 * if a template has headers, do not put any text before the first header
 * in the calling page, start a new section after a template that itself has sections

It may be convenient, where suitable, to start a template with a section header, even if normally the contents of the template would not need a division into sections, and thus the template is only one section. The edit facilities for editing sections can then be used for editing the template from a page that includes it, without specially putting an edit link.

The tag in any template affects both that template, the pages it's included on, and any other templates included on the same page.

Preview
Preview during section editing does not work properly with regard to multiple inclusion of the same template in a page: the limit of five is applied to the section only, not to the whole page.

Opening a link in a header in a new window
When right click editing is enabled, you cannot right click a link in a header to open it in a new window, etc. However most browsers have an alternative way of doing that (Mozilla: middle click, ctrl+left click, type ahead find, TAB navigation; IE: shift+left click).

Horizontal dividing line
A horizontal dividing line as a division demarcation is not taken into account in the section numbering and TOC. Therefore it should not be used for dividing a page in sets of sections.

"See also" line or section
If a page consists of sections and a "see also" refers to the whole page, then make it a separate section. This is to avoid it becoming part of the prior section, to make it visible in the TOC, and to make it easily accessible through the TOC.

Alternatively, a "see also" line is sometimes put at the beginning.

A "see also" belonging to just one section can be put in that section: within a paragraph, as a separate paragraph, or as a subsection.

Text in a large font that should not begin a section
When using text in a large font that should not begin a section, e.g. to show a font, use something like

 Example text

giving

 Example text

Blank space as header
If a (sub)section has a blank space as header, it results in a link in the TOC that does not work.

Sections vs. separate pages vs transclusion
Advantages of separate pages:
 * what links here feature
 * automatic redirect on renaming
 * redirect to a section is not possible
 * loading a small page is faster than loading a large page
 * the same template can not be included more than five times in the same page.

Advantages of one large page with sections:
 * loading one large page is faster and more convenient than loading several small ones
 * searching within one large page (the page itself or the wikitext) with a local search function is faster and in some respects better than searching several pages (for which one has to search the whole project); also the TOC provides for convenient navigation.

Another alternative, (similar to transclusion), is composing a page of other pages using the template feature. This allows easy searching within the combined rendered page, but not in the combined wikitext. Titles have to be provided, and links to the composing pages for easy access. A disadvantage is that the TOC does not show sections of composing pages. However, it is possible to have the header outside of the template, and use the template:ed to be able to edit the template. Help:Contents is built in this way.

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Help:MediaWiki namespace

Note: "MediaWiki namespace" is the name of one of the 16 namespaces in the database structure of the MediaWiki software, see Help:Namespace for an overview.

Overview
The MediaWiki namespace is a mechanism allowing non-developers, in particular administrators, to customise or translate the MediaWiki web interface. It is enabled by default in recent mediawiki versions, $wgUseDatabaseMessages = true enables them.

The contents of the MediaWiki namespace pages override any corresponding settings in the language files listed in Locales for the Wikimedia projects, i.e., the static version of messages. Using the MediaWiki namespace is a bit slower.

Each message in the $wgAllMessagesEn array in Language.php now corresponds to a page in the MediaWiki namespace. For example, there is a line in the php file:

"fromwikipedia"	=> "From $wgSitename, the free encyclopedia."

To this corresponds the page en:MediaWiki:Fromwikipedia whose whole content is "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.". It is the message which is displayed at the top of each page of the English Wikipedia. When this page en:MediaWiki:Fromwikipedia is edited the new message appears automatically at the top of every page of the English Wikipedia. Similarly fr:MediaWiki:Fromwikipedia has the content "Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre." (note that the page name itself is not translated).

All messages defined can be viewed at Special:Allmessages - fast and live, with direct links to each editable message. Messages that have been changed are highlighted, and the default and current texts are shown side by side.

Just like in templates, interlanguage links have to be dispensed with, even though multilingual project families have for each message a corresponding page in each project. Instead, one can use in-page interlanguage links in the talk pages.

Protection
By default, all messages are protected. This is necessary for a number of reasons:

 * Many messages are in plain HTML, hence users could insert malicious scripts
 * Vandalism of some messages would be extremely disruptive, for example changes to the text of the links in the sidebar would immediately be visible to all users
 * A few messages can cause the software to stop working if they are changed, for example MediaWiki:Linktrail.

However, some messages do not suffer from any of these disadvantages, and it is expected that these messages will be identified and unprotected at some stage.

Strings exclusive to language file
Some text strings cannot be customised using this feature, and so can only be changed by editing the language file. These include:

 * The namespace titles "User", "Wikipedia", "Image", etc.
 * The names of the special pages
 * Month and days-of-the-week names
 * A number of items in Special:Preferences

To view these text strings, see Locales for the Wikipedia Software.

'For MediaWiki version 1.3, see further Help:Template. What follows below is for earlier versions.'

MediaWiki version 1.2.6
For versions before 1.3, another important function of the MediaWiki namespace is to provide customised, often used messages to use in articles (see Access section below and the use of MSG and SUBST).

Access
Besides use by the PHP script, messages can be accessed from inside articles. There are three special tags for this purpose, listed below. This makes it possible to create messages for boilerplate text, such as VFD notices and stub warnings. Instead of pasting in the stub warning from en:Wikipedia:Boilerplate text, you could just type.

A new custom message can be created by making a link in the MediaWiki namespace, such as MediaWiki:Example and editing the page with the text you wish it to contain. You may want to consider protecting the messages you create. Also list any new pages in the MediaWiki namespace in the appropriate page that tracks them.

MSG

 * Displays a message as the page is rendered, similar to

 * Example: →

MSGNW

 * Same as MSG, except the message is enclosed in  tags.

 * Example: →

See also Help:Template.

SUBST

 * Same as MSG, except that the message is substituted as the page is saved, not as it is viewed. So if someone edits the page later on, they will not see the tag in the wikitext, they will just see the message itself. This is similar to the "pipe trick" and signing on Talk pages, see How to edit a page.

 * Example:

If you want to use a modified version of the standard message, you have to save the standard version first, then edit it, because when applying preview the subst code is not yet replaced by the standard message in the edit box. In the edit summary of the temporary edit you can put "tmp" to indicate that you have not made an error but are still working on the page.

See also Help:Template.

Backlinks
It is very important to realise that if contains a wikilink then "What links here" on wikilink page will not show the article containing the msg, but MediaWiki:something instead. This behaviour was requested by editor consensus.

To see the backlinks to pages using you have to use "What links here" of MediaWiki:something.

(This problem doesn't exist when using subst.)

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Help:Talk page

Talk page
Every page that is not itself a talk page, has (potentially) an associated talk page in the corresponding talk namespace (see below).

Talk pages are used to discuss changes to the corresponding page. User talk pages are used to leave messages for a particular user. "You have new messages" is automatically displayed on all pages that the user views, until he or she views his/her user page.

When discussing the name of the page or discussing merging it with another page, always mention the current page name: after renaming (moving) a page with its talk page, references to "this page name" would not make sense.

The "Post a comment" feature allows convenient appending of a section with the section header the same as the edit summary, and typed only once.

This also works on other than talk pages, there is only no link for that, one has to use the url, e.g. http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Sandbox&action=edit&section=new

Talk namespaces
Except for special pages, each namespace has an associated talk namespace. The talk namespaces are designated by adding talk: to the normal prefix. For example, the talk namespace associated with the main article namespace has the prefix Talk:, while the talk namespace associated with the user namespace has the prefix User talk:.

See also w:Wikipedia:talk page.

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Help:Minor edit

When editing a page, logged-in users have the option of marking a change to a page as a minor edit. A minor edit to a wiki page is generally one that makes only trivial changes such as typo corrections, formatting and presentational changes, and rearranging of text (without changing any of the text's content). When to mark a change as a minor edit is often a matter of personal preference and judgment.

By contrast, a major edit is one that basically makes the article worth reviewing for someone who wants to watch the article closely; therefore, any change that affects the meaning of an article is not minor, even if it is only a single word.

The distinction between major and minor edits is significant because logged-in users have the option of ignoring minor edits when they view the recent changes list, to try to weed out some of the less-important changes. No one wants to be fooled into ignoring a significant change to an article because it was marked "minor". Therefore, remember to consider the opinions of other editors when choosing this option.

Users who are not logged in to are not permitted to mark changes as minor because of the potential for misuse of the feature during vandalism. The ability to mark changes as minor is an extra reason for the community to appreciate users to register an account with, provided that they use this feature properly, of course.

Specific cases

 * Any change to the source wiki text, even if it does not affect the presentation of the page in HTML (if it involves adding a space or a line break, for example) will still be treated as a change according to the database.
 * Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette, especially if the change involves the deletion of some text.
 * Reversions of pages are not likely to be considered minor edits under most circumstances. When the status of a page is disputed, and particularly if an edit war is brewing, then it's better not to mark any edit as minor.
 * A user's watchlist will only list the most recent change made to a page, even if that edit was minor. Therefore, a minor change will supersede a major one in the watchlist.  This is because a user who keeps a watchlist is generally interested in all changes made to a page.  If you are uncertain about the changes made to a page, check the page history to double-check.
 * If you accidentally mark an edit as minor when it was in fact a major edit, you should make a second, "dummy" edit, but note that "the previous edit was major" in the edit summary. As a trivial edit to be made for this purpose, just opening the edit box and saving (changing nothing) does not work, neither does adding a blank space at the end of a line or a blank line at the end of the page; in these cases the edit is cancelled and the edit summary discarded. However, one can, for example, add an extra space between two words, or a line break (changing the number of line breaks at that point from 0 to 1 or from 2 to 3, not from 1 to 2); these changes are preserved in the wikitext and recorded as a change, although they do not change the rendered page.

Exceptions
An administrator can semi-automatically revert the edits of the last editor of a page; all such "rollback" reversions are marked as minor by the wiki software. This is because the cumulative effect of the edits and the rollback is nothing. The most frequent use of the rollback feature is in cases of vandalism, where the act of reverting any vandalism should be considered minor (and can be ignored in the recent changes list). This has the undesirable effect that if preferences have been set to hide minor edits, and an undesirable edit has not been marked minor, one sees that, but not a possible semi-automatic reversion, in Recent Changes and Enhanced Recent Changes.

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Chinese submarine enters Japanese waters

November 18, 2004

Tenuous relations between Japan and the People's Republic of China were strained last week when a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine entered Japanese territorial waters southwest of Okinawa.

The intrusion occurred on 10 November, Japanese time (UTC+9). The submarine was quickly spotted by Japan's Self-Defence Forces and was tracked by helicopter as it wandered in Japanese waters for two hours before moving north-west. International law requires a tracked submarine to surface and identify its nationality in times of peace; the submarine did not do so.

Many Japanese officials in the Defence Agency considered the intrusion an act of provocation and "showing off," as the submarine in question was a particularly noisy model. It continued traveling very slowly after being spotted, and remained in shallow waters. The intrustion caused Japanese Self-Defense Forces to go on alert for the second time since the Second World War.

The submarine in question is believed to be a Type 09-1 Han Class attack submarine. It is a nuclear-powered submarine designed in the 1950s and first built in the 1974. This class of submarine is thought to suffer numerous defects, including radiation leakage, noise, and an inability to fire missiles while submerged. Only two of five submarines are thought to be operational. China has recently begun an active modernization of its navy.

On 17 November, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Daiwei met with the Japanese ambassador to China Anami Koreshige in Beijing and offered an apology for the incident, stating that the submarine was on a training mission and the intrusion was due to a "technical error" and was "regrettable." Japan's Defence Agency is studying whether "technical errors" is a feasible explanation for the incident.

Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro has publicly stated he wishes to speak with Chinese President Hu Jintao about this and other matters of Sino-Japanese contention at the upcoming annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Chile later this month.

Despite the increasingly close economic ties between the two nations, distrust has long exisited between Japan and China. Many Chinese people still resent the Japanese invasion and occupation of China during World War II and Japan's refusal to formally apologise. Japan, on the other hand, sees China as a potential competitor and an increasing threat to its national security.

Japan's Constitution forbids the nation from exercising military strength in matters other than that of self-defence, but Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party or LDP, has recently proposed constitutional amendments to give the military more offensive capabilities, among other things.


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Speculation arises as North Korean media drops Kim Jong Il's title

November 18, 2004

On Wednesday North Korea's official media dropped Kim Jong Il's honourific title "Dear leader", reported Japan's Radiopress. It was only days after the Russian news agency reported that portraits of Kim Jong Il have recently been removed from public display in North Korea.

According to Radiopress, a Japanese news agency that monitors North Korea's radio broadcasts, the North's Korean Central Broadcasting Station, as well as the Korean Central News Agency and other North Korean media, have stopped using the term "Dear leader" when referring to Kim Jong Il, the country's supreme leader. Now the media in North Korea only use the official titles "General Secretary of the ", " the Chairman of the DPRK National Defense Commission" and/or "Supreme Commander of the " when referring to Kim.

Earlier Itar-Tass also reported that according to an unnamed foreign diplomat in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Il's portraits have recently been taken down from public display secretly and without explanation. However, the portraits of Kim's father,, still remain, according to the same report. This report has been confirmed by some expatriates living in the country.

This recent development in North Korea has given rise to speculation among analysts, some of whom suspected that these may be a sign that Kim is losing power, or that a power struggle is going on among the top leaders of the totalitarian state. But most observers believe that the portraits were taken down by the order of Kim Jong Il himself, who might be trying to downsize his own personality cult. "We believe the change was made at his will to soften his image as a leader of a, although it is hard to determine what his real intentions are," said Shinya Kato, the editor of Radiopress.

South Korean officials are not yet speculating on the matter, saying the portrait removals "may be for various reasons."

North Korea is one of the few states that still exist today, and the political control in the country remains tight. In recent years North Korea underwent several minor reforms that did not appear to significantly improve quality of life. It has also remained largely mysterious and secretive to the outside world, as few foreign correspondents are allowed to visit and stay in the country.


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Needs the location in the intro, per the style guide. Also needs a slight copyedit, as there's some awkward wording. It's almost there, however. Ambi 13:04, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I have reviewed Japanese media coverages on this issue (not the Radiopress, though, since it seems to maintain no web site). Two things I noticed regarding facts: One thing about neutrality:
 * Some reports say that the removal of the portraits is not a new thing, but ordered in August.
 * Tass reported lately that the honorific title reappeared in the paper.
 * Explaining North Korea as one of stalinist states as a part of a news report sounds like this news story is from a bit opinionated source. Not that it is factually wrong. Am I alone here?

Tomos 05:36, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Not at all..."Stalinist" merely means "in the manner of Stalin". Any emotional connotation is purely a construction of the reader; it's not inherent to the word. Kurt Weber 06:06, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)


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Is there a specific motive attributed to this action? I read something on it before, but have forgotten. Also, the order of family and personal name for the PM and FM do not match that in Koizumi's (Junichiro Koizumi) Wikipedia entry.--119 07:20, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * From what I understand, there's certainly speculation on motives, but I highly doubt the Chinese, if they truly had a motive beyond human error, are about to come out and say it. As for name order... Yeah, that's something we need to hammer out, I think. I just went with the method that I personally prefer because, from what I understand, that's what this demo state is all about; stating ideals and working out functional compromises. :) Garrett Albright 08:04, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Superb - let's get this published. Needs the location in the intro, however, per the style guide. Ambi 12:48, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I have just scanned about a dozen articles on this issue in Japanese. Where I could verify, there was no factual errors. But since the article writes about many facts, I could check only a part - background/contextual facts were not checked at all.

One thing that I am concerned is that the "alert" that is said to be the second time since the end of WWII. It is reported in a few sources that there was indeed the second "海上警備行動" since the World War II. The term suggests that it is an alert specifically related to sea surface. Are there other types of alerts, such as the ones related to sky or land? I assume so. Was there any other alert before? I don't know. So this is a potential error, I felt.

 * What was grounds for the only other alert seems relevant, but what's with the land/air/etc.? I don't see how it relates. --119 07:54, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Other facts I find relevant:
 * Japanese FM asked Chinese FM in the Santiago meeting to confirm the statement made by Chinese VFM about the incident. It was confirmed.
 * The Japanese PM recognized and accepted the apology. (on the 16th, in front of press).

Tomos 06:39, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * Great. I hope you will edit the article with those facts, especially as those sources aren't even listed. A lot of people are commenting on things they're just as capable of fixing as the next user... --119 07:54, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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I think we have a potencial Not Neutral Point of View problem here. I don't like the title neither. I suggest some changes in the title and in the article --carlosar Nov 18 13:55 UTC 2004

 * Could you be more specific? Remember, objections should be actionable, so someone else can go in and address them.--Eloquence 14:02, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * There is also an issue about whether it is appropriate to merely use the term "China" and "Chinese" when there is still a rival government in Taipei which claims to be the ony legitimate government in China. I know some people might think that this is nit-picking but this kind of thing might become more of an issue in future, so this is something we should work out now. --Ce garcon 15:18, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * Please read the first two paragraphs of Republic of China. Taipei no longer pretends to govern mainland China. Garrett Albright 03:43, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * I have read the article again. I think it is acceptable. Unless someone else protest, I think you should publish it. -- carlosar Nov 18 17:59:32 UTC 2004

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South American 2004 World Cup Qualifiers (11th)

November 17, 2004 The South American 2004 World Cup Qualifiers were decided today in the Eleveth Round of play.

Results

 * Argentina 3 x Venezuela 2 - place: Buenos Aires (Argentina)
 * Colombia 1 x Bolivia 0 - place: Barranquilla (Colombia)
 * Ecuador 1 x Brasil 0 - place: Quito (Ecuador)
 * Uruguay 1 x Paraguay 0 - place: Montevideo (Uruguay)
 * Peru 2 x Chile 1 - place: Lima (Peru)

Standings
Rank Points Country
 * 1) 22 	Argentina
 * 2) 20 	Brasil
 * 3) 16 	Paraguay
 * 4) 16 	Ecuador
 * 5) 14 	Uruguay
 * 6) 13 	Colombia
 * 7) 13 	Chile
 * 8) 13 	Venezuela
 * 9) 13 	Peru
 * 10) 10 	Bolivia


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Israeli army kills three Egyptians in border incident

November 18, 2004 GAZA - The Israeli Army is believed to have killed three Egyptian soldiers in a border incident. The shootings occurred near the Philadelphi Route on the Gaza-Egypt border. Both nations patrol the area intensively for arms smuggling into Gaza.

An Israeli tank apparently mistook Egyptian troops for smugglers.

Foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev has apologized for the incident, saying: "If Egyptians were hit then we regret it. This was not our intention. We want good co-operative relations with Egypt ... and if Egyptians were hurt then our thoughts go out to them and their families and the Egyptian people."

Israel has said it is investigating the shootings "at the most senior level." Egypt has said little so far.


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Looks okay for publishing - TalkHard 10:23, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The content looks OK, but the headline needs to change. Who or what is Israel? Israeli army, Israli tank etc.--Eloquence 10:37, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Headline needs to change, and preferably the first line also. Ambi 12:39, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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The title (Israeli army kills three Egyptians in border incident) is better now, but I think it is not good yet (potencial Not Neutral Point of View problem). It seems it was an accident (however I am not saying we must change incident to accident in title):
 * An Israeli tank apparently mistook Egyptian troops for Palestinian fighters.
 * Foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev has apologized for the inicident

We are not sure whether Israel wanted have killed them of intention or not.

Second: Do Egyptian soldiers reacted? Or it was an execution?

 * I think 'border incident' is neutral language which attributes blame to no one. On Egyptian soldiers reacting, there is nothing in there about Egyption actions, and the idea that Israelis killed them is being reported by Israeli officials, so I think that is far more supportable than Israel claiming Egypt attacked them or Egypt claiming Israel attacked them. Seems like an OK balance between timeliness and comprehensiveness to me, as the information just wasn't out there when I wrote it. --119 14:47, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

We can't say ourselves it was an accident, but we can't say ourselves Israel had executed them. We must be neutral, the more we can.

 * Well based on what I've seen I think it's very supportable to say it appears to be unintentional, but not verified, so "apparently" is in there. --119 14:47, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

If you find a better title at least I will approve the article.

--carlosar Nov 18 14:13:08 UTC 2004

The article is good. I don't like the title very much, but I think it is acceptable.--carlosar Nov 18 17:41:58 UTC 2004


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Talk:Sharon considered temporary Israeli coup in 1967

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Is it correct to call it a coup? It sounds like what they were considering was whether or not to go to war without authorization, but would fall short of overthrowing the government. I added a link to another article from Ha'aretz which doesn't call it a coup. - TalkHard 09:30, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Well, the military would have been exceeding its authority and usurping the PM and Cabinet's decision. Here's Wikipedia's first sentence on coup (3 paragraph intro): A coup d'état (IPA: /ˌkuː deiˈtɑː/), often simply called a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures.

I think their proposed actions are consistent with the accepted usage of the term. But, that's just my argument. --119 17:36, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * Actually I think you are right in the temporary nature of it. "Sharon considered temporary Israeli coup in 1967" more accurate?

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 * I don't think describing it as a coup is neutral. It would've been exceeding its authority, but there's a big difference between this and taking over the government. Ambi 09:45, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * A small group of military men would have locked the civilian leaders up, broadcast on the radio that they were in control and were making decisions FOR the civilian leaders, and then gone to war. That is definitely taking over the government. Temporary, yes, but they were to be in charge. I think coup is accurate. --119 19:06, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * I didn't see any info that they would have locked the civilian leaders up, broadcast they were in control, or make any decisions other than going to war. Where did you get that from? - TalkHard 23:38, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * First source. "Mr Sharon admitted that he suggested to Mr Rabin that they could hold the cabinet in a room until "the chief of staff goes to Israel Radio and makes an announcement"." I have not argued nor does the article sugges tthat they would have made other decisions. It explicity states the takeover would be for the decision to go to war. --119 23:43, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Can we publish the article?
This article has been in reviewing past 8 hours already. Is this article ok? It can be published? carlosar Nov 20 10:44:21 UTC 2004

Broken link
The link to the Ha'Aretz article does not work. It should be replaced by. I will post this to WN.ALERT RolandR 15:06, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * This has been corrected. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:15, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


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It seems ok, but you should have put this article in the Article Workspace first. At least in the Articles in urgent review first.--carlosar Nov 18 13:20 UTC 2004


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Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi in custody

Thursday, November 18 2004, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Kanchi Mutt seer Sri Jayendra Saraswathi has been remanded to 5 day's police custody in the South Indian town of Vellore.

Jayendra Saraswathi is the senior pontiff of the 2500 year old Kanchi Mutt, situated in Kancheepuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He is also a prominent religious leader both because of the stature of the Mutt and the Mutt's large number of devotees but also for his active but unsuccessful role in resolving the Ayodhya dispute.

The seer was arrested on 11 November, 2004 at Mahboobnagar, about 150 km from Hyderabad of directing the murder of A.Sankararaman, a former Manager of the Mutt. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said on Wednesday, November 17 2004 that the arrest was made since they had solid evidence. The evidence was in the form of a statement by two of the prime accused in the case confirming his invovlement, huge sum of money drawn to pay for the murder and telephone conversations with the killers.


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User:Isomorphic

I am isomorphic to User:Isomorphic.

I was involved in the earliest discussions on meta that led to the formation of the Wikinews project, and in fact wrote the first Wikinews proposal, although Eloquence rewrote most of it before it attracted significant community attention. However, I haven't been more than minimally active here since the Wikinews project began. I strongly support its goals, but for various reasons my own work remains primarily on Wikipedia.

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Wikinews talk:Digital Divide

Maybe it's a good idea to first try an example project of 2, 3 places, instead of 1000. Even better is probably to directly contact the Indymedia people who set up projects like Ambazonia, and try to find out if they're interested in a kind of cooperation. They already have some experience with setting up projects, without any substantial amound of cash. Guaka 17:34, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Hi.

I would suggest this page to be brought to meta wikimedia. There seems little reason to think that digital divide has to do only with English-language wikinews. For example, there is a meta:proposals for new projects.

Some more substantive comments I have: Tomos 02:29, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * The proposal does not make use of our strength - the community-based content production. Isn't this something that we expect others to do through telecentre developments? Wikimedia Foundation and its members do not have expertise in how to plan, build, and manage an internet cafe. Nor is it in the central part of the Wikimedia Foundation's bylaws (See article II here).
 * True, digital divide is a big issue. Even the English Wikipedia does not offer truly global range of perspectives, and the information offered is mostly that of U.S., and some other countries with substantial English-speaking population. It would make Wikipedia more comprehensive if people from all over the world could really participate in it. Wikinews, having shorter cycle of content production, have bigger stake overcoming the digital divide.
 * But for that, Internet connection is only one of problems, others being (English) literacy and computing skills. The example project does not sound cost-efficient.
 * As a more feasible alternative, I would propose to make contacts with telecentres worldwide and see if we can promote our projects to potential participants, readers, and content-uers (such as press).

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Kyoto Treaty becomes legally binding on February 16

November 18 2004, Nairobi. The United Nations has announced that the Kyoto Treaty, which its signatories claim will counter the greenhouse effect and global climate changes, will take effect on February 16, 2005.

The treaty could not be made legally binding to those countries who signed it earlier, the BBC reports, because they did not make up for the required 55% of the world's emission of greenhouse gases. Last month, Russia announced they would sign the treaty, pushing that percentage to 55%. Andrei Denisov, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, handed Kofi Annan the official papers today.

Several industrialized nations around the world have refused to ratify the Kyoto Treaty, in particular the United States of America and Australia. The governments of both countries argue that signing the protocol would cause an estimated 3% decline in GDP, and thus stagnation of their economies, while resulting in only small total greenhouse gas reductions worldwide. The also point out that other major nations, notably China, are extempt from the treaty provisions.


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World's most-spammed man

November 18, USA - William Henry Gates III or just Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, receives up to four million emails a year, and most of it is "junk" or "spam," according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. An entire department filters the unsolicited emails.

Older sources
The following sources were published prior to the clarification about the quantity of e-mail provided by Steve Ballmer, of Microsoft Corporation:

 * ABC News, Gates: Even Microsoft Master Is Plagued By 'Spam'
 * BBC News, Bill Gates 'most spammed person'
 * CBS News, Spammers Love Bill Gates
 * China Daily, Bill Gates 'most spammed person'
 * CNN, Gates world's most spammed person
 * Forbes, Gates: Even Microsoft Master Is Plagued By 'Spam'
 * India Economic Times, Gates world's most spammed person
 * MSNBC, Bill Gates gets millions of spam daily
 * Reuters, "Gates may be world's most spammed person"
 * Slashdot, "Gates: World's Most-Spammed Man"

Related sources

 * Washington Post, A Spam-Free Future

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New Band Aid music video is launched

November 18, 2004

In the United Kingdom, the music video for this Christmas' remake of the charity single Do They Know It's Christmas? was launched simultaneously today (Thursday) on several UK and Irish television channels including BBC One, BBC Two, RTE 1, ITV1, Channel 4, and Sky One. The debut was made at 17:55 GMT.

The song was originally recorded in 1984 by several of the biggest artists of the time including Bono, Bob Geldof, Paul McCartney and George Michael. This year, in celebration of 20 years since the first single, the song has been remade by over 50 of today's best selling artists, including Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, Robbie Williams, Bono, Justin Hawkins of The Darkness and Dido.

The song, which is in aid of charity, is already tipped to be the Christmas No. 1 in the UK and Ireland. The song will also be launched as a charity mobile phone ringtone to raise funds for Sudan's troubled Darfur region. Mycokemusic.com said it was going to put the track on its website from Thursday with all profits to be donated to charity. The single will be available to buy in shops from the 29 November.

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New Beta Version of MSN Search Service from Microsoft released

Microsoft has released the new MSN Search service. According to Microsoft press release, the new MSN Search offers the largest, up to date selection of information and a new class of search tools, reducing time and effort required by users to find information.

Some major characteristics of the new MSN Search service include: up to date information, direct answers, direct actions, content specific searching, Search Near Me feature (results tailored geographically), Search Builder (the user can customize search results by defining search criteria).

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Longhorn for 2006, according to Gates

At Microsoft IT Forum 2004 Copenhagen technological conference Bill Gates, founder and current Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft, has said the future operating system of Microsoft called Longhorn will be released in 2006. There had been fears that Longhorn would not ship until 2007 or later. Microsoft has responded by cutting features from Longhorn, notably WinFS. Features planned for Longhorn include a new 3D graphic user interface, a more sophisticated replacement for MS-DOS, and execute for processor NX, or No Execute, security features that prevents some malicious code from being run.

This is expected to be the first Microsoft release since Windows XP in October of 2001. There has, however, been some speculation of a "Windows XP Reloaded" in the interim. Longhorn is currently in Alpha as a preview-release to Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers.

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Can't see any problems here. Ambi 09:43, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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US reporter convicted for not revealing source

Television reporter Jim Taricani was convicted of criminal contempt Thursday for not revealing to authorities the source of a video that he had received and reported on. The video had been sealed to prevent the public from seeing it.

US District Court Judge Ernest Torres convicted Taricani, a reporter for WJAR-TV News in Providence, Rhode Island. The video in question showed the city's mayor, Vincent Cianci, taking a $1000 bribe. The official was subsequently convicted for corruption. During Cianci's trial, the court had ordered the video to be sealed. It was subsequently released to reporter Jim Taricani. Torres opined that the leak had been designed to prevent a fair trial and, as the video was sealed, the person who leaked it had broken the law.

Taricani's refusal to identify the leaker had been the basis for his conviction of civil contempt on March 16. A USD $1000 fine was to be issued every day until Taricani revealed his source. He has paid all fines, and was reimbursed by WJAR-TV News for all expenses. Torres suspended the fine, calling it ineffective.

Taricani defended his action, saying: "I made a promise to my source, which I intend to keep."

Prosecutions for not revealing sources are becoming an increasingly common occurrence. Eight journalists have been convicted in recent months. Speaking in an interview Wednesday, he said, "I'm proud to be a part of this effort with other reporters who are facing this same thing."

Sentencing is to take place December 9th. Torres has said Taricani will receive no more than six months due to ill health.


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= Deletion requests =

825 sxw-files
As a result of the discussion on Water_cooler/assistance I suggest to delete 825 sxw-files. For all of the files there is a similar pdf-file.

401 of the files can be seen in Category:Print Edition (SXW). The rest of the files can be found on User:MGA73/Sandbox. If concensus is that files can be deleted a better list can be provided.

I have an open bot request on Bots/Requests/MGA73bot and if approved I can make sure all the files end in Category:Print Edition (SXW). I have not marked the files with a dr but I can do that if required and bot flag is granted. --MGA73 (talk) 14:50, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

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4 files have been deleted because they were duplicates (misspelled). --MGA73 (talk) 19:00, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Original discussion is now in Water_cooler/assistance/archives/2023/August. --MGA73 (talk) 14:23, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

 * To me, there seems to be no point in keeping these around as LibreOffice supports PDF (even for editing). However, Cspurrier, who is now inactive but was the user most responsible for the Print Edition in the 2000s, may be able to shed light on this. Heavy Water (talk) 21:53, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * The print edition was created each day in LibreOffice. At the time these were created, the open-source tools available for editing PDFs were few and had major limitations. Providing the SXW file was a way to provide an editable source file for it. --Cspurrier (talk) 15:20, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Are we sure all of the SXW files exist in PDF? If yes, I'll vote for delete. --SVTCobra 23:47, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
 * User:SVTCobra You can see it in this old version of my sandbox. There are no red "pdf-link". Meaning for each sxw there is a pdf but not the other way around. --MGA73 (talk) 14:01, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * We only have two votes for now, but if it succeeds, I feel it is a huge task to delete 825 files. Are there any tools to assist with such a task? SVTCobra 08:33, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * We have Special:Nuke but I do not think it will work here. I know that User:Rillke once had a gadget (ping in hope for a tip) :-) --MGA73 (talk) 10:26, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi. One can use the pywikibot delete script to automate it or AWB/JWB to semi-automate it (will have to click delete 825 times). Not aware of any other ways that can be used here. -- CptViraj (talk) 19:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Votes

 * In light of Cspurrier's comment, I don't see a need for keeping these around. I don't think it's urgent to delete them, either. Heavy Water (talk) 17:22, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I guess it safe to delete them. --SVTCobra 22:16, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
 * There are now some files that have been deleted since the list was generated (both SXW and PDF are red links). Not sure if that will force an error in any automated tool, but might be worth considering. Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 23:11, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I think those are all from the set of duplicates that got speedy-deleted. Heavy Water (talk) 00:00, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, there were a few duplicates that were deleted. The sxw-files are now in Category:Print Edition (SXW) but if they need to be in a list it is possible to make a new list without red links. --MGA73 (talk) 05:37, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Category:Women
Overly broad. There was near-unanimous agreement in 2018 on the talk page this cat is not suitable as-is.

There, Pi stated something, in fact, I've long thought of this cat: "Few articles get added to this category for much the same reason few get added to Category:World: if interpreted in a simplistic way they would be so absurdly inclusive that they would be useless, so the only way there's any point to populating them at all is they're given some narrower interpretation — but the name of the category gives no obvious support to any narrower interpretation, leaving it up to individuals to occasionally put things here as it's not clear what else to do with them."

I see this as an unsuitable sort of union of a few cats: Women's rights, e.g. Arizona bans abortion for genetic abnormalities, the Wikimedia gender gap, e.g. Wikimedian Cindy Ashley-Nelson dies at conference in Berlin, and, as discussed on the talk, some as-yet nonexistent third cat for articles like Qatar appoints four women to its law-drafting Shura Council which don't exactly relate to women's rights but are more "women breaking glass ceilings". I'm unsure what we should call the hypothetical third cat — perhaps "Gender politics" (in the spirit of Category:Gun politics) — but I think it should replace this one. Heavy Water (talk) 04:25, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Votes

 * I vaguely recall the 2018 vote, but keeping this will inevitably invite more gendered categories. --SVTCobra 23:43, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
 * as outlined above. Alextejthompson (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 19:02, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * and replace with "Gender politics" as suggested by Heavy Water Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 23:15, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

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Talk:US reporter convicted for not revealing source

Writing the start for this article I was mirroring the sources a little in their presentation of this issue. It strikes me as biased, though. Mentioning the fact that the video was of a bribe the not mentioning till later that there was a possible legitimate reason etc., is coaching the reader. Don't have the time to edit it now though, hope someone else gets on it. --119 23:20, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Silencing
I do not live in the USA, I never did. So I might be wrong. But does it not seem, that lately the USA have lost much of theyr freedom of speach? When was the last time you saw anybody complaint about a security control? To chanlange an officer at an airport control or any other security post? My last visit to the US. The security officer asked me to open my bag, as I did not do it, with the speed HE thought I should, he started to aprehend and treat me like a terrorist. Not to mention that he treatened me just because I talked back to him. Where is free speach when you can not even have respect from the autorities. Do you feel secure enought to question an security officer?

I live in the USA. There is not even a presumption of freedom of speech anymore. You can not say what you want and you must be very careful how much volume or anger is in your voice. Even security guards in a mall can apprehend you for "disorderly conduct." Local police forces are feared and have no independence from the judiciary. This is the case in New Jersey. I expect it is worse in less educated parts of the country. It has long been the case, but it used to be that if you "knew your rights," you could prevail. Now you prevail if you support the political regime, is what I have found in the communities of Monmouth County that are rated the best places to live in the country. And I am a native. The immigrants that were more than tolerated for the labor they provide until the recent wave of outcry by "quality-of-lifers," who tend to also be right-to-lifers, are the real victims. They are in jail or deported for going about their daily peaceful business. I have gotten away with a few thousand dollars in fines and community service that I would appreciate feedback of ideas for. What does anyone suggest, for 32 days that will change this situation? Not just the police, but half the constituency, believe you hate your country if you disagree with the direction it has taken. I think it is too late for education. The connection of religion and government has gone from annoying to insidious. The architects of 9/11 have succeeded...reporting from Ground Zero, Dec 22, 2004

Hi it's me again. I just had to add this:

Lawyers And Judges Set To Argue About Arguing {Associated Press, Dec. 6, 2004} TRENTON, N.J. -- Lawyers and federal judges in New Jersey are preparing to argue over new rules that would largely outlaw ... arguing...

thought that was to the point. I got it at http://peace.wikicities.com/index.php/Feast_Room


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Brazilian Landless Workers Movement invades city hall

According to local State Road Police, about 250 members of the Brazilian Landless Workers' Movement called MST (Movimento dos Sem Terra, in Portuguese) blocked the PA-391 highway for about three hours and later invaded the City hall of Santa Bárbara do Pará, located at from Belém, Pará.

MST said they wanted to be received by the mayor Marise Andréa Barbosa Colares (PSDB). She was not available and the MST was received by the mayor-elect Ismael Rasp Rock (PMDB). There was not an agreement, and the MST has camped in front of the city hall. A new meeting is expected in coming days with the participation of the Incra (National Institute of Colonization and the Agrarian Reformation), a government institute.

MST demands the city hall issue a Certificate of Agreement regarding the dispossession of an area in Santa Bárbara do Pará which belongs to the Dendê do Pará S.A, a company of Pará, that according to Incra passes for dispossession process. In accordance with information passed for the cabinet of the superintendent, the document was required in September, but the city hall had not issued it.

This certificate requires the city hall to assume a series of responsibilities after installing housing in the area of the city, as well as providing education and medical assistance to those settled.

The MST is a Marxist-Maoist inspired movement of agricultural workers in Brazil. According to MST, in 2003 there were about 632 MST camps in Brazil. MST say they fight for the Agrarian Reformation in Brazil. Some Brazilians have already protested against MST tactics, saying they are against the law and they are violent. Currently, MST receives help from the Brazilian government and donations from international organizations.


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Talk:Longhorn for 2006, according to Gates

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What technical conference? --119 00:22, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * I have fixed it. carlosar Nov 19 01:27:49 UTC 2004
 * I have added a transcription of Bill Gates discurse at the conference. Source: Microsoft. It seems good now, it can be published. carlosar Nov 19 01:37:49 UTC 2004

editing...
The news here is that "Longhorn will be released in 2006", not that there is a conference, or that Bill Gates leads Microsoft.

Try this: Microsoft's next operating system will be released in 2006, according to Bill Gates. Microsoft' founder and current Chairman and Chief Software Architect announced the release date for "Longhorn" at the Microsoft IT Forum 2004 Copenhagen conference on $date [or "this week"].

As it stands, the lede is long and buries the news: At [the?] Microsoft IT Forum 2004 Copenhagen technological conference Bill Gates, founder and current Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft, [delete "has"] said the future operating system of Microsoft ["Microsoft's newest operating system"] called Longhorn will be released in 2006.

This sentence is confusing: Features planned for Longhorn include a new 3D graphic user interface, a more sophisticated replacement for MS-DOS [are they replacing MS-DOS with something else? relative to what is the replacement "more sophisticated"?], and execute for processor NX, or No Execute, security features that prevents some malicious code from being run [do you mean to say "and support for the No Execute feature which prevents supported CPUs from running some forms of malicious code"? Also, you've included the new GUI and MS-DOS replacement as security features].

[Replace "This" with "Longhorn" since our last noun was something to do with the NX bit or malicious code] is expected to be the first Microsoft release ["first new operating system from Microsoft"? which is still wrong since we have Windows 2003... "first new desktop operating system from Microsoft"?] since Windows XP in October of 2001.

comprehensiveness
The point about longhorn is, and always has been, support for Trusted Computing, as I understand it. This is a major concern for the free software community anyhow; completely missing this out while talking about dropping winfs is really missing the point. Unless THAT has been dropped.

 * In general, it is better to include what people say about Gates' view on Longhorn. Tomos 22:05, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)


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User:Notafish

notafish  : inv. n. from English "not a fish" .

From Delphine, pronounced Delfin [de], or delfín [es] = dolphin, which, as everybody knows, is not a fish but a mammal NB : notafish does not take a capital "n". '''Never. Ever.'''

Who

 * Delphine Ménard, French, born in 1971 in [[Image:Carcassonne-vignes.jpg|100px|Carcassonne]].
 * I studied two years in the US, one year in Austria and hold a degree in Political sciences and a post graduate degree in international communication and marketing. I worked three years in the wine business, starting in the vineyard and the cellar for wine-making up to selling the wine world-wide. I then changed jobs and started to work as an event manager in 1999, and have been organising conferences, trade-shows, roadshows, concerts, street animations...both BtoB and BtoC ever since. I am a freelancer.
 * I speak French of course, English, German, Italian and Spanish, and I live in Germany.

How

 * I joined the projects in October 2004, through the Firefox crew picks, which provided a link to Wikipedia. I started editing the French Wikipedia and joined Commons at its beginnings, attracted by its multilingualism and its diverse community.
 * I became an admin on fr in January 2005, an admin on Commons sometimes later that same month. I became an admin on the French Wikinews much later.

Why

 * The real reason why I joined was because there was no article about Greta Garbo in the French Wikipedia. Now, there is one.
 * The reason why I stayed is because I met people, who became friends and who amazed me by their dedication (or was it addiction?). I got involved in Foundation affairs, helped organize Wikimania, got caught up in the whole thing...
 * I am interested in working to help the Foundation develop into a structured and strong organisation, able to sustain the projects and what they stand for, ie. free knowledge for all.

What

 * I am member of the board of Wikimédia France, and chapter co-ordinator for the Foundation.
 * I don't edit much on the projects any more, but spend a lot of time "backstage", answering queries in OTRS, helping with budget stuff and diverse communication matters.

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Good to see your no longer just a number! Welcome to wikinews Notafish (great name!) → CGorman (Talk) 13:47, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Datrio+MrM
I noticed you removed it from your monobook.css, any comments/suggestions on it? Bawolff ☺☻ 04:27, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

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Knight to leave Nike top job

November 18, 2004

Reuters has reported that, co-founder of shoe giant Nike, Inc. will step down as the company's CEO and President on December 28. He will be replaced by, current CEO of

While industry experts consider this to be a good move as the company looks to expand beyond its core market, analyst Jamelah Reddy expressed surprise that an individual from outside the company was brought in rather than tapping one of Nike's co-presidents. Reddy said Knight was "leaving big shoes to fill."

The move is a blow to activist organizations which have targeted the company for its use of sweatshop labor and other practices. For example, the progressive anti-consumerism magazine  recently introduced their "Black-Spot Sneaker" which they promote as being "for just one thing: kicking Phil Knight's ass".

Nike spokesman Kirk Stewart said Perez was chosen for his experience in dealing with international markets and brand-building, an important skill as Nike continues expansion internationally. Nike's international sales now surpass domestic sales, reports Bloomberg.

According to ESPN, Knight was responsible for Nike's endorsement contract with, signed in 1984 when he was still a rookie with the. Jordan said of Knight, "To me, Phil Knight will always be recognized as a sports marketing visionary — he will always be a part of Nike. I learned so much about the industry from him and will always admire his drive and creativity."

Knight, who according to  gave no reason for his departure, intends to retain his position as the chairman of Nike's board of directors. He will also hold on to his 28% voting share in the corporation, as well as his 92% share of the non-voting stock.

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User:Mxn

Hi! I'm Minh Nguyễn, a software developer and Stanford alumnus in California, United States. I'm a bureaucrat at the Vietnamese Wikipedia and Vietnamese Wiktionary, as well as an administrator at the Vietnamese Wikibooks, Vietnamese Wikisource, Meta, and Wikipedia 10. I maintain a personal weblog. You can find out more about me at my weblog, and on my userpages at Wikipedia and at Meta.

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Aside from my daily feast of blog feeds, I also subscribe to the following news sources:

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Talk:World's most-spammed man

Don't publish. Pure speculation; nothing of substance. Kurt Weber 03:47, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Someone else agree? --carlosar Nov 21 20:23:50 UTC 2004
 * Agreed, it's also too brief to really qualify as being of interest. Lankiveil 02:26, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete it? I think the article is not offensive to anyone and the information is supported by good sources like Reuters. It is just a curious, maybe unimportant fact. ~Carlosar 12:51, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * ? --Astronouth7303 02:30, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Disproved
This was purely Steve Ballmer misspeaking. He clarifies himself at http://www.freep.com/money/tech/mwendland2e_20041202.htm. How do you take down the article? — Anonymous

 * The article has been corrected. This isn't Slashdot. Rather than mindlessly hating Microsoft and hiding our mistake by conveniently deleting the article, the corrected article now points out the mistake and provides a link to the source for the correction. — DV 15:34, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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