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User:Chiacomo/Sandbox

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User:Natterer is very active behind the scenes on Wikinews and follows most Wikimedia projects. Natterer is a reasonable and thoughtful wikimedian, and will surely interpret Wikinews policies fairly and accurately. Natterer will surely be no respecter of person or position as he natters to Administrators and Editors. I would like to nominate xem for the Arbitration Committee. Test

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Potential stories

 * Clarence Ray Allen - Deaf, blind, elderly guy to be executed January 17.

Articles to which I've been a major contributor or initiator
''Incomplete, perhaps, but I don't care and am not counting, really.
 * 1) Deer and other animals found dead at Ball State University
 * 2) Tennessee town mulls 'stop work order' as construction of controversial grain tanks begins
 * 3) Both sides of Kenya's constitution dispute are negotiating
 * 4) Scissors, screwdrivers accepted on US flights beginning December 22
 * 5) Muslim youth to guard Christian churches in Indonesia
 * 6) Major explosions at UK oil depot
 * 7) No reprieve for Stanley Williams, Crips street gang founder
 * 8) Israeli PM Sharon suffers 'mild stroke'
 * 9) Striking NYC transit workers will return to jobs
 * 10) Actor Vincent Schiavelli dies in Sicily at age 57
 * 11) France imposes emergency laws in response to riots
 * 12) Man charged in £26.5m robbery
 * 13) Farmers hunt for missing bull semen
 * 14) Rosa Parks dies at 92
 * 15) U.S. force-feeding Guantanamo hunger strikers
 * 16) Bush nominates Harriet Ellan Miers for U.S. Supreme Court
 * 17) NYPD shuts down anti-war speech due to absence of permit
 * 18) New Orleans DirectNIC Offices, 'Outpost Crystal' visited by 82nd Airborne
 * 19) Mandatory evacuation declared in New Orleans, US
 * 20) Draft constitution pushed into Iraqi parliament
 * 21) ABC News anchor Peter Jennings dies at 67
 * 22) Albanian girl murdered in tangle of crime
 * 23) Mysterious disease kills 31 in China's Sichuan province
 * 24) Deadly forest fire in Spain claims lives of firefighters
 * 25) Sir Edward Heath, former British PM, dies at 89
 * 26) Man charged in vehicle death of Michigan woman
 * 27) Three killed in Tennessee vehicle crash
 * 28) United States Supreme Court Justice O'Connor to retire
 * 29) Rwandan businessmen sentenced for War Crimes
 * 30) Shelby Foote, 88, noted historian and author, dies
 * 31) Wal-Mart heir John Walton killed in plane crash
 * 32) Paul Winchell, voice of Tigger, Gargamel, dead at 82
 * 33) Elections held in Bulgaria
 * 34) Mlambo-Ngcuka sworn in as South African deputy president
 * 35) Killen gets 60 years for civil rights killings
 * 36) Tennessee Governor signs budget bill
 * 37) Goodyear blimp crashes in Florida
 * 38) Missouri Circuit Court Judge Werner Moentmann rules that Planned Parenthood must repay money.

Article disputes I've attempted to resolve

 * Draft constitution pushed into Iraqi parliament
 * U.S. to transfer some Guantanamo detainees to Afghanistan

Test --Chiacomo [[User_talk:Chiacomo|(talk)]] 15:15, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

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WHEREAS members of our community are serving and have served in all branches of our military.
 * Is this statement really necessary? If it is not, as it is restated in the one directly below, remove it.

WHEREAS, Our friends and neighbors have answered the call to arms. For the sake of freedom in foreign lands they have fought with the honor and valor that makes our nation proud. Two new democracies have been created where voices once went unheard.

 * If spoken aloud, give a good sized pause after the word WHEREAS. Remove new democracies statement if it goes against the community's current view.

WHEREAS They deserve our praise and have been a source of great pride to our community. Their good acts must not go unnoticed.

THEREEFORE BE IT RESOLVED by this body to proclaim 15th day of January, the year of our Lord 2005 to be proclaimed "Iraqi War Veteran's Day" throughout the provinces of our city.

THE PUBLIC WELFARE REQUIRING IT SO, this resolution is adopted this 9th day of January, 2005.

Edited for Chiacomo, --Sfullenwider 05:38, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

our soldiers, our friends, our family, have been the honorable leaders that have been the foundation of this nation since it's birth

They are the people their parents hoped they would be and we hope our children become.

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Talk:Rep. Waxman: Karl Rove violated non-disclosure agreement

It's "Valerie Plame".
 * What is? Please, if you see a mistake in an article, don't post about it here - just fix it yourself! Dan100 (Talk) 10:16, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Dan, the person did fix it themself. -Edbrown05 10:24, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Bush's nickname for Rove is "turd blossom" (a flower that grows in a pile of cowshit). Ya gotta admit, our christian leader has his moments. The one Hunter Thompson uncovered about Bush branding a classmate in the back while Bush's cronies held him face down on the ground is one of my personal favorites;

[] Paulrevere2005 12:31, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Can you guys try to make this a little less POV? I don't want to mark it as NPOV, but please try to fix it up a bit.  --Mrmiscellanious 16:32, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

disputed
much of the information in this article is false and/or misleading.

for instance, the nondisclosure agreement makes it a crime (a violation of a contract) to confirm a covert agent's identity regardless of whether or not you knew that the agent was covert. (that is, by "negligence") that's the whole point of this story. ht nondisclosure agreement also lists punitive actions that "must be taken" when a person violates the agreement.

also, an CIA agent's identity is classified until five years after their last covert operation. the question is not whether valerie was covert agent at the time of disclosure, but whether her identity was classified information - and therefore whether valerie had been a covert agent in the past five years.

i'm sure there's more. those are just a few. Kevin Baastalk 18:35, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

 * The story does appear too Karl Rove specific, which indeed it is because he is under direct attack over the Plame case and waging his own (what I considered) disinformation campaign. Oh those POV's. I'm sure it can be 'neutralized'! -Edbrown05 19:05, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I am disappointed that the Wikinewsies in hand did not observe the massive amounts of finger pointing in this article. I'm marking this as NPOV since no one has taken a jab at making it less POV.  --Mrmiscellanious 04:32, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

I did more work to NPOV. If now what is meant by "finger pointing" is the headline, note that it cannot be changed. The lead Waxman nondisclosure agreement is sorta outta know where to me and needs context. The rest of the article I believe is fairly neutral now. Let's try now to be specific about what needs changing. I think the AP reporting on the Wilson interview was good stuff. -Edbrown05 15:11, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince released

I propose a separate article covering all the spoilers to the novel.
 * Go ahead, start one. I'm serious, I agree!  -- NGerda 09:58, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I don't have enough time. Here are some links, if anyone else wants to: Possible title: "Half-Blood Prince spoilers on the Web"
 * http://www.stallman.org/ and http://www.stallman.org/harry1.html <- SPOILERS THERE
 * http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1691805,00.html
 * http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/07/11/Arts/HarryPotter_050711.html
 * http://www.raincoast.com/harrypotter/injunction-notice.html
 * http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=155566&cid=13039593
 * wikinews, wikipedia articles vandalized with spoilers
 * Many Harry Potter forums closed for the weekend, but others had spoilers posted:
 * http://www.hpana.com/forums/topic_view.cfm?tid=36798
 * http://www.hpana.com/forums/topic_view.cfm?tid=36801
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Suicide bombing in Kusadasi, Turkey

July 16, 2005

A detonated herself Saturday aboard a minibus heading to Ladies beach in, an  resort town, killing at least four people, private NTV television said. Three of the victims were foreign tourists, a doctor who treated the casualties said.

Three foreign tourists were among the dead and five foreign tourists were critically injured in the explosion, a doctor at Kuşadasi State Hospital said. He spoke on condition of anonymity. The five injured tourists were transferred to Izmir for treatment, the doctor added. According to some sources, there are five injured British tourists.

NTV television said a female suicide bomber carried out the attack on the bus, which was heading to a nearby beach. Kurdish rebels in the past have used female suicide bombers.

The explosion ripped off the roof of the white minibus.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but rebels have recently carried out bomb attacks in Aegean resort towns.

Earlier this month, a bomb hidden in a soda can wounded 21 people, including three foreign tourists, in the Aegean coastal town of Çeşme. On April 30, a bomb in a killed a police officer and left four others wounded in Kuşadasi.

A Kurdish group that called itself the  Organization or TAK claimed credit for both attacks and vowed to maintain attacks against tourist areas.

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Talk:Concerns over China Oil subsidiary of Unocal buying into US Energy infrastructure

oil sucks. Paulrevere2005 12:10, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Correct title
editprotected Please correct the spelling of the word subsidiary in the title. PleaseStand (talk) 00:00, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Done --InfantGorilla (talk) 20:12, 21 July 2010 (UTC)


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Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called DavidJMark. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name DavidJMark~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:30, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:64.178.97.124

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User talk:130.13.154.100

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Three British Army soldiers killed in Iraq

July 16, 2005

The British MoD has confirmed in a statement that three British Army soldiers have been killed in a suspected roadside bomb in southern Iraq. Two others were wounded, though not life-threateningly.

The three soldiers were from the Warrior-equipped 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment. The regiment is stationed in Tidworth, Wiltshire. It arrived in Iraq in April as part of 12 Mechanised Brigade.

On 16 July, an MoD statement said that no further information would be disclosed until families had been informed. The following day, the MoD released the names of the three killed. They were: Second Lieutenant Richard Shearer, Private Leon Spicer, and Private Phillip Hewett.

Roadside attack
The roadside attack took place in the early hours of 16 July when three armoured Land Rovers were patrolling through the Risala neighbourhood of Al Amarah, capital of Maysan province. The attack brings the British forces death toll in Iraq to 92.

The Staffordshire Regiment is the lead component of Task Force Maysan, based in Camp Abu Naji, just outside Amarah. The Task Force has responsibility for the entire province, which is north of Al Basrah province.

Task Force Maysan has experienced previous attacks in the past few months. According to the MoD website, on 6 June Private Adam Mills of the Staffordshire Regiment discovered a roadside bomb which was subsequently made safe.

Previous violence in Amarah
Amarah has a population of about 340,000 and has been the scene of previous violence against British forces. In May, two British soldiers were killed in the city. In 2004, it was the scene of fierce fighting between British forces and Iraqi insurgents, which led to the awarding of the Victoria Cross to Private Johnson Beharry of the 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

In Majar Al-Kabir, near Al Amarah, a patrol of six Royal Military Police were surrounded and killed by an Iraqi mob on 24 June 2003.

The 16 July attack is the largest loss of life in a single day for the British Army since 4 November 2004, when 3 soldiers of the Black Watch were killed in northern Iraq in a suicide car attack. The largest loss of life sustained by British forces as a whole took place on 30 January 2005, when a C-130K transport crashed north of Baghdad, killing nine RAF and one Army personnel.


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Utah bill requiring divine design education withdrawn by Senator Chris Buttars

July 18, 2005

Utah Senator Chris Buttars has decided not to introduce a bill requiring the teaching of "divine design" in Utah schools, at least for this year. Buttars withdrew after State Board of Education director Patti Harrington assured him that Utah public school curriculum does not teach that man descended from apes.

Buttars had hoped his divine design proposal would escape the controversy of creationism or intelligent design. "The only people who will be upset about this are atheists," he stated on June 6 when he announced his intention to run the bill.

Utah is home to the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints also known as the Mormon Church. On the surface it would seem Utah would be a likely scene of intense religious pressure in public schools over the teaching of evolution. But unlike states with a strong Christian conservative presence, Utah's LDS leaders have avoided some of the more contentious separation state and church battles.

On the topic of divine design, official LDS church spokesmen have been largely silent at least in public. But with more than 90% of the legislature made up of members of the LDS faith, few in Utah would deny the influence of the church on public policy.

Groups on both sides of the issue are gearing up for what many consider an inevitable fight. The ACLU of Utah has posted a paper on divine design on its web site (http://www.acluutah.org). The Eagle Forum which wields significant policital power in Utah has expressed its support for Buttars proposed legislation.


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Australian wins 2005 World Series of Poker

July 16, 2005

Australian poker player Joseph Hachem outlasted nearly 6,000 other players and a final table that lasted until nearly 7:00 AM local time to win the 36th World Series of Poker main event title. Hachem won a top prize of US$7.5 million.

On the sixth hand of heads-up play against American Steve Dannenman, Hachem made a seven-high straight on the flop, which held up until the river to give him the win. Dannenman took home US$4.25 million for the second place finish.

Hachem became the first non-American player to win the main event since Spaniard Carlos Mortensen won the title in 2001. He is also the first since Mortensen to win without qualifying through an Internet poker portal.

Notable finishers include Irish professional Andrew Black in fifth place, American professional Mike Matusow in ninth, American professional Phil Ivey in 20th, and 2004 champion Greg Raymer in 25th.


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User talk:166.70.226.69

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User talk:134.214.192.156

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User talk:85.250.9.18

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Super Typhoon Haitang to make landfall in Taiwan

July 16, 2005

Super Typhoon Haitang is now making landfall in Taiwan. Yesterday, Haitang was a Category 5 typhoon, with winds at 160 mph (257 km/h) and gusts up to 195 mph (317 km/h), and is currently moving west-northwest at 14 knots (16 mph, 26 km/h). As of 12:00 GMT on July 16, Haitang was located at 20.7° N, 127.7° E.

Current Wind speeds are 140 mph, with gusts up to 165 mph, the typhoon is moving northwest at 13 mph.

The Taiwan central weather bureau is expected to issue a sea warning later today and possibly a land warning tomorrow.


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Shell quits Irish fuel retail market

July 16, 2005

Oil giant Shell has sold all its retail and distribution operations in Ireland to a distribution and logistics firm called Topaz. The businesses, which are believed to have an annual turnover of over €1bn, include 35 local distribution depots, 6 oil importation facilities, 55 retail service stations and the supply of fuel to 105 independent service stations throughout Ireland.

Shell is retaining its interest in the Corrib Gas field in County Mayo which it is currently developing. Shell has been known for some time to be anxious to exit the increasingly competitive Irish market. Since the arrivial of Tesco to the petrol retail market last year, a price war has raged in parts of the country. Althought Tesco only operates a limited number of stations in the republic, it has expressed a desire to expand throughout the country.

Ion Equity are the consortium behind the takeover which according to the Irish Independent is valued at over €100m. The business will be headed by former Emo Oil managing director Danny Murray.

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User talk:69.76.174.22

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54 killed by suicide bomber at Musayyib gas station

July 16, 2005 At least 54 people died today when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a gas station near a mosque in, about 60 south of the Iraqi capital. Some 80 people are reported to have been injured.

Witnesses said a fuel tanker was slowly approaching the pumps at the station when the attacker ran towards it and detonated explosives strapped to his body. Police said the resulting huge blast destroyed a nearby apartment complex and damaged the mosque and some small businesses.

The gas station was located near the city-center. Iraqi gas stations normally include a number of small businesses selling tea, soft drinks and snacks where crowds of people often gather.

Mussayib, a religiously mixed town, lies in an area named the "triangle of death", due to the large number of kidnappings and killings of Shiite Muslims traveling between Baghdad and the Shiite holy cities of and.


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U.S. retailers sue world’s largest credit card issuer

July 16, 2005

U.S. retail chain stores Kroger’s, Walgreens and five other food and drugstore chains have filed a lawsuit against the world’s largest credit card company, Visa International Inc. The federal lawsuit claims the company practices fee fixing on transactions, and with restricting competition among member banks.

The retail merchants claim that Visa acts in collusion with its member banks to fix transaction fees taken as a percentage of each retail sale. The suit was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, and seeks unspecified damages.

Member banks, those banks that issue and process merchants’ Visa transactions, are unable to negotiate transaction fees directly with the merchant, and merchants are forced to accept Visa purchases regardless of the issuing bank. The complaint says, “The merchant restraints have resulted in exorbitant interchange fees that bear no relationship to the cost of the services being provided."

Merchants see the rising use of card transactions and the effect it has on their bottom line. The interchange fees are currently 1.75% from most banks, but on some cards it rose this year to 2.9%. The National Retail Federation said for 2004 that between Visa and MasterCard, they pulled in $17.4 billion, a surcharge borne by the consumer regardless of whether they pay by cash or plastic.

Retailers do not oppose transaction fees, but believe they should be based on market forces. They claim that technology has lowered the cost of processing the transactions, but the savings is not being passed along to them. There are currently four major credit card providers in the U.S.

Webpronews writer John Smith cites this merchant quote: "The collective setting of interchange fees by Visa and its member banks constitutes horizontal price-fixing that leads to higher retail prices for our customers," said Paul Heldman, Kroger senior vice president and general counsel. "This hidden cost must be borne by all Kroger customers, whether they pay for their groceries with cash, by check or by debit or credit card. At a time when technology has made card authorization and processing faster, cheaper, safer and more efficient than ever, we believe that our customers should be receiving the benefit of declining interchange fees. Instead, Visa is using its extraordinary market power to profit at our customers' expense."

A small group of Connecticut retailers filed a similar lawsuit last month naming along with Visa, MasterCard and several other large banks. The suit was filed in Connecticut’s federal court. That suit also calls the fees “exorbitant”.

The Vice-President of Visa, Paul Cohen, said "It appears this is another in a series of attempts by some merchants to receive all the value of electronic payments, while shifting their normal costs of doing business onto consumers."


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User talk:67.165.9.101

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Chinese General threatens U.S. with nuclear weapons over possible Taiwan Strait conflict, Beijing downplays comment

July 16, 2005

A General in the Chinese (PLA) and dean at the National Defense University in China commented to visiting Hong Kong reporters on Friday that the PLA might use nuclear weapons against the U.S., in a conflict over the. "If the Americans draw their missiles and position-guided ammunition onto the target zone on China's territory, I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons," Maj. Gen. said to the reporters of the and the. "We Chinese will prepare ourselves for the destruction of all of the cities east of [in central China]. Of course the Americans will have to be prepared that hundreds ... of cities will be destroyed by the Chinese."

U.S. State Department spokesman called the remarks "highly irresponsible" and "unfortunate", and expressed the hope that they did not reflect the views of the Chinese government.

Echoing the official Xinhua News Agency, the People's Republic of China's Foreign Ministry officials said that Zhu was expressing personal views, and had warned the reporters accordingly, but stated that China would never tolerate "Taiwan independence". Reportedly, Maj. Gen. Zhu is not directly involved in the formulation of Chinese military strategy.

The U.S. may defend Taiwan under the and is currently.


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Thanks for the pic
Thanks for uploading the Edward Heath pic -- I was just too lazy. --Chiacomo (talk) 21:50, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Hey, no worries. Actually I didn't notice the image tag in the article until after I'd edited it -- hence two pics of Heath for a while and some confusion! --Juxtaposed (talk) 22:12, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Grand Theft Auto under fire

I am the original writer of the story, so it's okay to use it (regarding the copyright deal). Any additional questions can be sent to my email, Stein@GTACentral.com. Thanks for your concern though.
 * Verified via e-mail --Cspurrier 23:54, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

POV
This article appears to have a very strong stance in favor of the game; it uses disparaging words towards those with criticism of the game. I don't believe it's ready to be published. -- IlyaHaykinson 01:55, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

I went ahead and made an NPOV pass at the article, remove the POV tag if you feel this was adequate --24.129.198.129 02:52, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

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My son was all eyes when I showed him your story. He's 22. -Edbrown05 02:34, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Title
The title doesn't quite encompass the entire grasp of the story. Once it is finished with development I would recomend renaming it to something such as "Bill Proposed to Give a Bite to ESRB Ratings" and then reordering/editing the content of the article. --24.129.198.129 02:58, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Noted. I hope this story doesn't get sapped undr legalism. I wonder where the most interest in this kind of story comes from... the game players (my vote), or concerned parents?
 * I think the title is fine. -Edbrown05 03:27, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

other games
What I don't understand is that nowhere can I find mention of something like God of War (rated M), which has sex scenes in the game that don't even require modding. --CGW 12:40, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Hilary Clinton
The Hilary Clinton photo has been changed to Image:Hillary Rodham Clinton.jpg.

Needs a crosslink
This article doesn't link to Stores drop game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" after given 'Adults Only' rating, even though it links here. I'd add it myself but the page is protected(?!?) so, um, yeah. Garrett 11:44, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

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Video game's secret sex scenes spark outrage

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Yankees win 3 in 4 game series with Red Sox

July 18, 2005 The win Sunday by the Yankees at Fenway Park gives them 3 in a row in the 4 game series, and inches them closer to the top in baseball's American League East. Behind the pitching of newly-acquired Al Leiter, the 5-3 win over the Red Sox puts them a 1/2 game out of the top spot. A sweep by taking final game of the series will make them the leader in the tight American League East race.

The injury-laden Yankee pitching staff got a lift from Leiter's performance who went 6 1/3 innings, and allowed one run on three hits. The 39-year-old lefty came by way of trade with the Marlins to return to the pitching staff. Yankee manager Joe Torre said, "The one thing we knew about the start was that he wasn't going to come in here and be rattled or be nervous."

In Saturday's game, Randy Johnson struck out 10 and Alex Rodriguez homered in a 6-run 3rd as the Yankees beat the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 7 - 4. Matt Clement was roughed up early, allowing six runs, five hits, and five walks over 2 and two-thirds innings. Johnny Damon extended his league-leading hitting streak to 28. The Red Sox had a chance to creep closer to the Yankees but a would-be 2 run shot off David Ortiz was caught.

American League East standings:
 * 1)  Boston  -
 * 2)   New York  0.5
 * 3)  Baltimore   1.0
 * 4)  Toronto   5.5
 * 5)   Tampa Bay  20.0


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Talk:Chinese General threatens U.S. with nuclear weapons over possible Taiwan Strait conflict, Beijing downplays comment

Added State Department response and Chinese Foreign ministry comments; the title should be changed somehow to reflect that. Oneiros 23:50, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * You are welcome to change the title. All you have to do is click rename. --Cspurrier 23:55, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * This item is difficult to title; "possible" sounds too imminent, the general was probably referring to a conflict that might erupt in the future. Oneiros

"threatens"?
I think use of the word 'threatens' in the title to be provokative/inflammatory and is clearly biased. He wasn't threatening anyone, so much as explaining possible retalitory action to attack by the US. The suggested action should not be a surprise to anyone.
 * As I said before, it's a difficult item to title. I too was looking for a way to convey the meaning of the general's words, without giving in to sensationalism (you should see the initial version of the title!). Most of the international post used the word "threatens" as well (the rest use "comment", which I also use in the title). You're welcome to change the title, if you can find a more accurate and at least as terse alternative. --Oneiros 14:49, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Taiwan Relations act
From this article: The U.S. is bound to defend Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act and is currently Taiwan's largest arms supplier.

From the Taiwan Relations article on wikipedia: "However, it does not necessarily require the United States to take any military action against the PRC in the event of an attack."

This makes the statement in this article at the very least ambiguous, and more likely just plain wrong.


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User talk:Nintendo~enwikinews

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Peer-to-peer file-sharing user numbers still growing

July 17, 2005

Statistics released by online media measurement company BigChampagne indicate that the average number of simultaneous, individual connections to file sharing networks has increased to around 9 million by June, 2005. This contrasts dramatically with an August, 2003 figure of just under 4 million users.

The eDonkey network is a good example of file-sharing platform that has seen strong growth. Today eMule, which connects and transfer files via eDonkey, had user numbers of more than 9 million at one time. One year ago the total number of eMule users barely reached 3 million.

Online file sharing reportedly includes the widespread distribution of unauthorized copyrighted content and continues despite civil prosecution of both users and developers of file-sharing software in the United States as well as criminal prosecutions in Europe and Hong Kong. Grokster and StreamCast Networks are two recent examples of companies targeted by legal prosecution in the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Court ruled last month that companies who provide file-sharing software with the specific intent that it be used to violate copyright laws are liable for the actions of those who use the service to download copyrighted files.

The Court's decision was widely misreported by the news media to have found file-sharing software illegal. However, the Court's finding was much narrower, introducing a new and murky "intent" test for determining the culpability of the software provider. Specifically, the Court held that "one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative steps taken to  foster infringement, is liable for the resulting acts of infringement by third parties."

Few noncommercial programmers on open-source projects appear ready to quit over the Court's ruling, but they do discourage piracy talk on open forums. File sharing networks that work under a loosely formed open-source programming project, such as Shareaza, could defy the definition of what is called a company.


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Texas man arrested after rescuing drowning swimmer

July 16, 2005

San Marcos resident, Dave Newman, was swimming in the San Marcos river on the July 4th holiday weekend when he noticed that another man who had jumped into the river had failed to surface. Police arrived on the scene as Mr Newman attempted to rescue the man, Abed Duamni, a 35 year old from Houston. The officers instructed Mr Newman to swim to the nearest shore and get out of the water but he instead swam to the far shore with Mr Duamni. Upon his emergence from the river, Texas State University police arrested Mr Newman for interfering with public duties. Now free on $2000 bail Mr. Newman is set to appear in court next month.

UPDATE:

Texas State University Police have dropped charges against Dave Newman after his arrest July 3 for interference with public duties at an emergency water rescue scene at Spring Lake Dam on the San Marcos River.

University President Denise Trauth and San Marcos Mayor Susan Narvaiz released the following joint statement:

"Mr. Newman was arrested because of his refusal to comply first with pleas, then requests, and then orders to leave the river after his rescue of Mr. Duamni. However, Mr. Newman did perform a heroic act, and we believe the proper course of action is to drop the charges. We want to emphasize to the public that the area around the Spring Lake Dam can be dangerous. It claimed the life of a young man as recently as last April and it has been the site of six emergency water rescues since that time. We cannot overstate the importance of heeding the many warning signs posted in the area and using extreme caution when swimming there. We also want to re-emphasize to the public the importance of following the directives of police and fire and rescue personnel when they are on the scene of an emergency. We are forming a university-community committee immediately to explore steps we can take to make this swimming area safer for the public."


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User talk:154.20.33.183

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Mailing list
If we are going to commonly use this template, would it not make sense to add that users can also email a sysop or perhaps send a message to wikinews-l@wikimedia.org in addition to IRC? --Chiacomo (talk) 06:09, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Other idea
We can also use this:

Your account or IP has been blocked for 30 days as of date. It is possible you were blocked in error, or you are currently using an IP which was used by another person who was blocked with reason. If this is the case, or for any other reason, please contact me via e-mail (if you've registered an e-mail account), or after the block has expired contact me via my talk page. Other administrators are also available, or you can check if anyone is in the IRC channel if you have access to IRC.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 01:54, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Also available in nice syntax at template:ip long block. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:56, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

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