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User:Newmanbe

In addition to small random edits, I mainly only make audio recordings of articles (see my archive) and changes in grammar that make articles easier to read out loud. I will record articles on request (if I have the time). I like ones where I know how to pronounce all the names.

There has been discussion recently on how public-domain articles from Voice of America should be used, if at all. Regardless of what the community decides, I will probably not record articles that come nearly verbatim from VOA. I do not believe that it is the most effective use of my time. Not only do VOA make audio recording of their articles themselves (on much better equipment than mine), I think it is rather silly (in a way that I can't explain rationally).

Bookmarks

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User talk:Newmanbe

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User:Anskas

My user page on Wikipedia.

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Democratic challenger for U.S. Senate seat calls Iraq war 'strategic blunder'

October 29, 2006

The weekly Democratic Party radio broadcast on Saturday featured Virginia's U.S. Senate seat challenger, who said "I told you so," referring to his prediction before the  that, "our troops would become terrorist targets, and that there was no exit strategy because the people who were doing this did not intend to leave."

Calling the war a "strategic blunder", Webb said the administration should "make it clear that we have no intention to build permanent bases in Iraq." The presence of U.S. forces in destabilize the region, where their withdrawal would take the moral high ground away from {[w|Muslim}} insurgents, Webb said. Webb also called on the Administration to open a diplomatic dialogue with and Iran, countries with a vested interest in the security of Iraq. "We could also encourage accountability among other nations in that region, who are now threatened by Iraq's instability and will benefit by a proper solution."

The too-close-to-call and hotly contested Senate race between Webb and incumbent Republican opponent is closely watched as Democrats try to gain majority control in both the Senate and House of Representatives in the November 7 mid-term election.


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India successfully tests cryogenic rocket engine

October 29, 2006

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that the first test of the indigenously built cryogenic rocket engine had been a success.

Currently, only the United States, Russia, the European Space Agency, China and Japan have successfully developed cryogenic engines, which use rocket fuel and oxidiser stored in a liquified form at very low temperatures.

The test was carried out at ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.

ISRO chairman Madhavan Nair said that the trial had lasted 50 seconds and had been "very successful". He termed it "a major milestone in the development of rocket systems in the country", adding that India has now "qualified" to a stage which only developed countries have managed to reach.

Nair, who is also the secretary of the Space Commission and the chairman of the Department of Space, said that a longer test would have to be carried out within a month, to ensure that the rocket is ready for flight. The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, where the trial was conducted, is working to develop liquid and cryogenic propulsion engines for rockets and auxiliary propulsion systems for both rockets and satellites.


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Talk:India successfully tests cryogenic rocket engine

Cryogenic rocket?
What is it? and what does it do? -Edbrown05 09:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * rocketship. with built-in freezer. — Doldrums(talk) 11:11, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

It's an engine which uses a combination of liquified H2 and O2 (oxidising agent) as fuel, which is why the temprature has to be maintained below -252 C, to keep the hydrogen from boiling. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) 11:46, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The source states that it is the "first test of the cryogenic stage of a rocket engine" - the title and article text is a bit misleading. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 09:29, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * See Cryogenic fuel and Cryogenics to get more about it. Shyam  ( T / C ) 17:15, 29 October 2006 (UTC)


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Mother of Californian firefighter calls on arsonist to surrender

October 29, 2006

The mother of a firefighter who died in his duties fighting the blaze in southern California, has pleaded to the arsonist responsible for the 40,450 acre inferno to give himself up, and that she will not judge him.

Bonnie McKay, mother to 27-year-old Jason McKay, said "I firmly believe you didn't believe that things were going to turn out the way they did, but they did. Don't let the remorse eat you alive. Come forward. I for one will try not to judge you. There is only one who can judge you."

The fire, which has claimed the lives of four firefighters and caused 95% burns to a fifth, is now 60% contained. There is a massive aerial attack on the fire in progress, making use of fire helicopters and planes to dump thousands of gallons of water onto the blaze over the canyons of Riverside County. The blaze has now destroyed as many as 27 homes, and has forced the evacuation of 500 more.


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is not proper - 'pleas' is not a verb form, shld be 'pleads', but i don't like the resulting title. one alternative is "calls on arsonist to surrender". — Doldrums(talk) 10:27, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I can agree there. Sounds fine to me - i'll move the page. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 10:53, 29 October 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:Nehuljagdish

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Talk:Physicists test 'forgotten' Brownian motion theory

lede
"finally finished a theory" might be overstating it a little, even given the line in the lead paragraph of the source. — Doldrums(talk) 12:05, 29 October 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:London Police Commissioner seeks new powers

When a source is a first hand account - as in this instance - can providing another sourse add anything to the crediility of the report? I suppose I should ask at the cooler. Fentonrobb 12:08, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * more sources would provide more views on the issue, and also make our article more than a summary or rewrite of a competitor's work. we shld look for more sources and incorporate their information into the article, i think. — Doldrums(talk) 12:15, 29 October 2006 (UTC)


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Israeli president advised to step down

October 29, 2006 Incumbent Israeli President has been advised by his attorney-general,, to step down from his presidential duties and to hand over control of the country whilst police investigate allegations that he raped and sexually molested several female employees. The President denies the allegations.

Mazuz has issued the advisory to the president after police recommended filing charges of rape, sexual assault and fraud against the President after finding evidence to support the charges.

The advisory asks the President to "consider suspending himself from duty by asking parliament to declare him temporarily incapacitated". Mazuz also commented that a trial would require Katsav to stand down pending a verdict. The justice ministry said "...it would be against procedure and propriety for the president to continue in office," after an indictment had been brought against him.

Katsav, however, has refused to give up his leadership and has said that he is innocent of any and all allegations against him.

"The president reiterates and emphasizes that he is a victim to a low plot spun against him and sooner or later it will be proven that the allegations against him are false stories and a lie, and the truth will be brought to light," said a statement released by Katsav's office.

"The president trusts his righteousness and innocence totally. The authorities must wait until the end of the investigation and for the attorney-general's final stand," added the statement.

The justice ministry is currently compiling the evidence against Katsav and deciding whether it warrants a prosecution. If the case is pursued, it would be the first prosecution of an incumbent Israeli president on felony charges. The president's office has declined to comment.

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Continuing controversy surrounds German mission to Middle East

October 31, 2006

Repeated incidents of controversial approaches of Israeli F-16 jets to German military vessels, as well as claims of the opposition parties that Angela Merkel's government had tricked them into approving Germany's Lebanon mission cause ongoing controversies surrounding the historical deployment of Bundeswehr troops to the Middle East.

The latest event to hit the headlines today was an encounter of a German helicopter with two Israeli jets off the Lebanese coast during the night of Thursday to Friday. While a speaker of the German Ministry of Defence described this incident as 'not threatening', it occurred only shortly after the German Minister of Defence, Franz Josef Jung, was assured by his Israeli counterpart, Amir Perez, that no such approaches would be carried out any more. Previous events include Israeli jets aiming at a helicopter carrying the German commander of the UNIFIL sea forces and six F-16 passing a German vessel in low altitude presumably firing two rounds above it.

Meanwhile, German State Secretary of Defence Peter Wichert is said to be under pressure over a growing row surrounding the German UNIFIL mandate: opposition politicians accuse the government of having misinformed them prior to the parliamentary approved for the Lebanon mission regarding the constraints of the German forces UN mandate. In particular, limited freedom to act within the 6-miles-zone of the Lebanese coast is seen as endangering the efficiency and feasibility of the Bundeswehr controlling arms smuggling. Peter Wichert apparently was responsible for an unclear statement which Angela Merkel supposedly sees as the cause of the current conflict.


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User talk:129.11.76.215

Dear All, some better English and--if available--some English sources would be nice for this one. Also would be interesting to have an Israeli input as to whether this is something that people are talking about in Israel. In German internet forums, people are quite upset. Basically ranges from 'if they don't want us to protect them, pull out of there' to 'if it aims at you, shoot it down--regardless of our historical burdens!'. Cheers- lb 129.11.76.215 14:15, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

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Report of air crash near Abuja - over 100 feared dead

October 29, 2006

Police are reporting that there has been a passenger jet crash near the Nigerian capital of Abuja. The ADC Airlines flight to Sokoto crashed shortly after take-off. More than 100 passengers were on board, many are feared dead.

An emergency spokesperson has stated that the plane burst into flames shortly afterwards, although eyewitnesses believe that there are some survivors from the crash. The task of recovering the dead is underway.

The BBC reports, that the crash was caused by a storm, contradict the area's METAR, a standard form of aviation weather report, which indicated no major storm or bad weather in the area at the time of take-off. Winds were not severe and cloud cover was broken at 1200 feet, which would not impose a problem for passenger aircraft under normal operating conditions. However, multiple news agencies are reporting that a local radio station commented on bad weather at the time of the crash.

According to the airline's web site, the flight that crashed was Flight 53, a Boeing 737, scheduled to take off from Abuja at 10:35 a.m. and land in Sokoto an hour later.

A local source said that the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammadu Maccido, may have been on board. Senior government officials, senators, politicians and the son of one of Nigeria's former presidents were on board.

A Sokoto State government spokesman Mustapha Sheu said that the northern state's deputy governor, education commissioner and another senator were killed, along with the sultan and his son.

Sultan Muhammadu Maccido, revered as a leader of the Muslims in Nigeria and Niger, will be widely mourned. He will be remembered as the peace maker between sporadically warring Muslims and Christians in Nigeria.

The local hospital reports that seven survivors have been admitted. One is in a critical condition.

After visiting the crash site, Federal Territory Minister Mallam Nasir el-Rufai told the BBC that the condition of the plane was "deplorable", with "bald tyres".


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Talk:Upto 100 people die in a plane crash in Abuja, Nigeria

What is the source of the claim it was a B737-200?


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Template talk:Breaking

The [edit] link at the bottom of this template is not needed in my opinion. I noticed that the link was involved in a small edit war not so long ago - so I would like to bring it up for discussion here before we make any changes.

The link breaks up the flow of text on any page the template is added to, leaving an ugly blank line directly below the template. I also do not fully understand its' purpose - many articles in Wikinews do not have seperated sections of news, so therefore the top edit link should be sufficient. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 14:50, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * What is that for? I'm going to zap it if no one complains by tommorow. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Nothing? No comments from anyone? --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 18:28, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

 * It's there so you can edit the main body of the story and sources at the same time with out creating an edit conflict. It was vital during very fast editing which was quite common in my day, don't know if that happens much now. Dan100 (Talk) 16:15, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

overuse

 * I've noticed recently that this template is somewhat overused (just an observation). Bawolff ☺☻ 23:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

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Deadly Typhoon Cimaron makes landfall in Luzon

November 1, 2006 Typhoon Cimaron, known to those in the Philippines as Typhoon Paeng, made landfall on October 29 in at around 1:00 UTC. Winds of 160 mph were sustained for one minute, were recorded shortly before landfall. Already, it has killed at least nineteen people, injured 58, and at least fifteen people may still be missing in the Philippines. Damage in the country is estimated to have reached $443 million pesos, or $8.8 million (USD).

Deaths and other affects on people
So far, six people have been reported to have been drowned or killed by falling trees in,. A further 15 people were injured there.

One of those deaths may have been when waves spawned by Cimaron swept away a 19 year old female student, identified as Clarissa Otrera, while swimming near the shore, drowning her. Her two companions, one 18 years old, the other 20, were also swept away, and are still missing. Another girl, Gretchen Bautista of 15 years of age, was also swept into the open ocean along with Clarissa.

Otera and Bautista were rescued right away and taken to Magsingal District Hospital, where Otera was declared dead.

A search and rescue is under way for the two missing students.

A farmer of 29 years of age drowned when his boat overturned in Isabella, police said.

In addition, a 28 year old woman was killed along with her 6 year old child in. Their hut was swept away by the powerful currents.

Three more people drowned in the town of,.

A four year old girl was killed by a landslide in Bugias,, as was a man of 53 years of age in.

In, a house with a mother and her two daughters was buried in landslide, injuring all of them, according to fire official Senior Superintendent Carlito Romero.

A woman died in a road accident that also injured seven other people in.

Another 13-15 people are currently missing, and at least 41 more people not mentioned above were injured to some degree.

In all, Cimaron affected more than 177,000 people.

Damage
Ninety percent of the houses in Dinapigue, Isabela province, were damaged in the town of 5,000 residents, says Mayor Renato Candido.

Over 1,872 houses were damaged, while at least 72 homes were destroyed, 300 of the houses in Baguio City were damaged by powerful winds.

The power in Aurora province was out since Sunday night, but whether or not the electricity has been restored is unknown.

The country's Department of Agriculture has said that up to 30% of rice and corn harvests may have been ruined.

Original total damage estimates were placed at $400 million pesos, or $8 million United States Dollars, but were revised to $139 million pesos, or $2.79 million USD in total damage. Of that total, $114.39 million pesos, or $2.3 million USD, was from and  damage, mostly from the. The remaining money was $22.8 million pesos, or $458,600+ USD in damage to roads and bridges and damage to school buildings was worth $2 million pesos, equivalent to $40,230 USD.

Since then, the damage has been reassessed at $443 million pesos, or $8.8 million USD

Other reports of damage include uprooted trees, fallen electrical posts, and numerous blackouts in Luzon.

Aftermath
In the Philippines, Nueva Vizcaya's provincial board passed a resolution that declared the province under a state of "calamity", allowing the release of $20 million pesos, or $402,290 USD from the province's calamity fund.

Power has been confirme to have been restored in most of Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya.

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) stated that the Army, the Coast Guard, and the Navy were told to give assistance to the victims of the typhoon.

The noted that many of the agency's different branches were assisting the storm victims since Monday morning.

Current storm information
At 2100 October 31, the  (JMA) reported the center of Typhoon Cimaron to be near. It had maximum 10-minute sustained winds of 80 (150, 90 ), with a minimum central pressure of 950 , and was moving almost stationary. At 1800 UTC, the (JTWC) reported the center of Typhoon 22W to be located about 270  (500, 310 ) south-southeast of , with maximum 1-minute sustained winds of 100 knots (175 km/h, 110 mph), gusting to 125 knots (230 km/h, 145 mph).

Vietnam is being very careful with this system, andplanned on evacuating 200,000 people from the country, even though it is expected that Cimaron will continue west-northwest and then curve northward. Due to the size of the system, the outer rainband of the cyclone may be felt in Vietnam.

On November 1, the evacuations were put on hold when the Vietnamese realized that Cimaron would have little impact on them.

 * See the latest JMA advisory in English on Typhoon Cimaron.
 * See the latest JTWC advisory on Typhoon 22W.


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Talk:Report of air crash near Abuja - over 100 feared dead

Severe Weather?
METARs from the time around 10:35am GMT (Zulu, Aviation Time) read the following:

DNAA 290800Z 00000KT CAVOK 27/24 Q1012 NOSIG DNAA 291000Z 27006KT 9999 BKN012 30/24 Q1011 NOSIG DNAA 291300Z 00000KT 9999 FEW010 FEW020CB BKN100 25/22 Q1009 NOSIG DNAA 291400Z 00000KT 9999 FEW010 FEW020CB BKN100 26/23 Q1008 TEMPO 06022G35KT

For those of you not able to read METARs - these indicate no severe weather, with a few clouds at 1000ft/2000ft and broken clouds at 10,000ft. The METAR would therefore lead me to believe that severe weather was not the cause of the crash - the only source that seems to mention a "storm" is the BBC, hence I am reluctant to remove it. The METARs do not portray a storm, although 6 knot winds were reported at 1000Z and the one issued at 1400Z indicates temporary gusts of up to 35 Knots. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 15:56, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * This is actually an article that merits the breaking tag (most that get it don't). Based on followup reports to use as sources this article could change significantly between now and midnight, but once it is yesterday's news I'd start collecting stuff for a followup, perhaps 2-3 days later with initial black box analysis and so on.  The weather reports are an interesting thing, and you'd be free to actually incorporate that into the article if you do a quick how-to on reading the data here on the talk page.  And yes, that would qualify as original reporting (primary source) which you'd boldly introduce into the article along the lines of "The BBC's report of poor weather contradicts the METAR reports for around the time of the crash.  Their report indicates limited cloud cover and winds were not severe."  Probably expand METAR or substitute a good 2-3 word synopsis of the function they serve. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:08, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

METAR
A METAR is a standard method of identifying weather, primarily used in the field of aviation. Take the following METAR as an example:

DNAA 291000Z 27006KT 9999 BKN012 30/24 Q1011 NOSIG

DNAA is the Airport ICAO Code. What follows is the date and time of the issued METAR, in Zulu time (or GMT). Then the winds, which are indicated here as a direction of 270 degrees (west) at 06 knots. Visibility is unlimited, with broken clouds at 1200 feet. Temperature is 30 degrees, with a dew point at 24 degrees. The next is the local QNH (reading here as 1011 millibars) with NOSIG meaning No Significant Change in the weather.

This is the active METAR at the time of the crash, thus the expected weather at the time of takeoff for the plane (1030Z). This does indeed contradict the BBCs report of bad weather and storms, as nothing is indicated in the METAR report. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 17:58, 29 October 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Deadly Typhoon Cimaron makes landfall in Luzon

Is this "kills many" on the redneck counting method? i.e. One, Two, ... er ... Many? Or are further casualties expected and this isn't going to be published for a while?

I ask as it is currently misleading, the headline doesn't match with the story which only talks about one confirmed casualty and two missing. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:11, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * By the time I finish this article, there were be many more deaths reported. Icelandic Hurricane 17:22, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I suspected that, beware of someone else publishing it for you in that case. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * If it doesn't kill more people by the end of the day, how do I move this page, cuz I guess I will have to do that if no more news come out about it. Icelandic Hurricane 22:15, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Nvm. I figured out how. Icelandic Hurricane 02:07, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Am I allowed to update this? Appartently, 16 people died, and 6 died from flooding, not 5. If I do update this, should I move the date to the 31st? And when it causes damage in Vietnam (unfortunately, it will), I should create a separate article, right? Icelandic Hurricane 12:20, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * more damage info. Icelandic Hurricane 21:15, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * and more. Icelandic Hurricane 21:16, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

 * typically, updates to an article published for a day or more is not a good idea - better alternative is to create a new article for reporting later developments. if the new info is too little to merit an article, updates can be made, and a date-bump should be considered. remember to update dates of sources (eg. weather data from USGS) if updated info from them is used in the article. another alternative sometimes used has been placing updates under an section explicitly labelled as an update at such-and-such time. one more thing to remember is to make appropriate changes to introduction and main page lead synopsis to reflect new info in article. — Doldrums(talk) 05:13, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia has an article
I added the tag with the link to the Typhoon Cimaron. However, over at Wikipedia they have consolidated the articles on individual storms into an article on the season. Thus, my link is to a section. The tag does handle it, but it shows up with the ugly # in the middle. Is there something I can do to make that look better, or is that just the way it is? --SVTCobra 01:43, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Maybe a featured article?
Icelandic Hurricane 15:02, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

TY Cimaron 200610291230Z.jpg
Please replace "Tropical Cyclone Cimaron (2006-10-29T12-30-00Z).jpg" with "TY Cimaron 200610291230Z.jpg". Thanks. Siebrand (talk) 23:30, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅. Cirt (talk)


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Top U.S. military officer recommends removing all troops from Baghdad

October 29, 2006

Columnist Mark Shields has revealed that one of the "highest ranking men" in the military has recommended removing 'all' U.S. troops from Baghdad.

He explained that the unnamed officer wanted to withdraw from Baghdad itself, but secure the road to the airport and the oil fields, leaving policing Baghdad to the Iraqis.

The comments come as the U.S. is taking heat for its alleged Salvador Option targeting the Sunni insurgency with death squads, which opponents believe contributed to the sectarian war.


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'''The contest is now closed... MessedRocker congratulates Nzgabriel for winning!.'''

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Nzgabriel

 * Name: Nzgabriel
 * Country: New Zealand
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 * 99 points accounted for. ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  16:07, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 94 points accounted for. ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  01:06, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Added substantially to Polonium 210 traces found on three British Airways aircraft which is out of New Zealand (4 points)
 * Wrote Don Brash, ex-leader of New Zealand National Party, leaves politics (3 points)
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 * Copyediting, NPOVed, found additional sources: Family sues CNN's Nancy Grace after 'heated debate' 3 points
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Brian New Zealand

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 * Language: English
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 * 60 points accounted for. ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  16:08, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
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 * Wrote Riots in Tonga points = 3 for writing, 1 for region not from and 2 for low coverage of Tonga.
 * Wrote New Zealand MP's to receive payrise(3 points)
 * Wrote Fiji Military Coup possibly underway 6 points = 3 to get published + 2 for original Reporting + 1 for non-regional article.

DragonFire1024

 * Name: Jason Safoutin
 * Country: United States
 * Languages: english
 * Current number of points: 65

 * 65 points accounted for. ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  12:11, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

kinnerc

 * Name: Richard "Doc" Kinne
 * Country: United States
 * Language: English, Esperanto
 * Current number of points: 42

 * 42 points accounted for. ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  01:06, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Jaranda

 * Name: Jaranda
 * Country: Miami Beach, Florida
 * Language: English
 * Total points so far, 10
 * November 23, 2006: Created Former pitcher Pat Dobson dead at 64 (5 points = 3 to get published + 2 for low coverage area, Baseball)
 * November 24, 2006: Created University of Miami football coach Coker fired (5 points = 3 to get published + 2 for low coverage area, American Football)

Krzysiu Jarzyna

 * Name: Krzysztof Szymański
 * Country: Poland
 * Language: en-2, pl, ru-1
 * Current number of points: 2

 * October 31, 2006: translate en -> pl

Laleena

 * Name: Laleena
 * Country: Grayslake, Illinois, USA
 * Languages: English, German, Spanish

towsonu2003

 * Name: towsonu2003
 * Country: Istanbul, Turkey
 * Languages: English, French, Turkish

Skenmy
User has withdrawn from the contest at 20:50, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Name: Skenmy
 * Country: United Kingdom
 * Language: en, eo-1
 * Current number of points: 21

 * October 30, 2006: Created article Sokoto mourns after plane crash that killed Sultan (6 points = 3 (published) + 1 (Not from Africa) + 2 (about Africa, Nigeria))
 * October 31, 2006: Created article North Korea returns to nuclear talks with UN (7 points = 3 (published) + 1 (Not from North Korea) + 2 (about North Korea) + 1 (new image here))
 * November 2nd, 2006: Created article Massive operation results in arrests of 10,733 fugitives in Eastern U.S. (5 Points = 3 (published) + 1 (Not from America) + 1 (new image here)
 * November 2nd, 2006: Claiming points for referral of User:Lhall (User Contributions) (3 points)

Thunderhead
Withdrawn from Contest

 * Name: Thunderhead
 * Country: United States
 * Languages: en, sp-1
 * Current number of points: 5

 * Wrote Wikimedia chair Jimmy Wales steps down (3 pts.) + Original Reporting (interviewed other Wikimedians (2 pts.)
 * Uploaded [[Image:Anthere.jpg]] (Public Domain) to WM Commons (1 pt.)
 * This image has existed well before the article. —     20:23, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Disputes
If there are any disputes or needed clarifications related to the contest, please post them below.

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User talk:The New User

Welcome
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Trolling
Actually all I see is you harassing MessedRocker. If you continue to harass users then you could be blocked. Jason Safoutin 23:23, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * How do you put this? --The New User 23:25, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * We can't solve problems on Wikiquote. Only on news. MR is on a wikibreak until November. Please, stop harrasing Messed. Thunderhead (talk) 23:26, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I highly doubt he would do that. He is an admin here and a ver valued contributer. I also see many vandal on Wikiquote right now...and you were one of them it seems, from what I can see. Jason Safoutin 23:27, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know, I'll just make a new account so he dosent kow who I am. The New User 23:28, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * So, this was an account to annoy the administrators? Or do you mean a new account on WQ? Thunderhead (talk) 23:37, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * This user has been blocked indefinately on Wikiquote for vandalism on Wikiquote. Jason Safoutin 23:38, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Blocked
This account was blocked indefinitely because it is an inappropriate username. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:32, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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User:InvisibleSun~enwikinews

This is an imposter -- see. —     01:15, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:P1runner

Welcome
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User:Jeffq/Shortcuts

Cleanup

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User talk:Jeffq

Impersonation issue
Verify on your Wikiquote page that this is the real you, now. InvisibleSun 23:50, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

 * No. I have been accused of being users that I am not. You have had no proof, offered any proof or evidence to suggest that I am an imposter. And I am not going to let this fly unless someone can give me PROOF of these events. Since you blocked me,. I would like to see what proof you have. Jason Safoutin 00:27, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Yet I see you do not want to help in this matter...nor Invisible sun. So whatever. Thanks for nothing. I have half a mind to think you are an imposter as well. Thanks for blocking people with no evidence or proof. I would say thats abuse of Admin powers. Jason Safoutin 00:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Jason, I am surprised and disappointed that you are spending so much time and energy worrying about a temporary block on Wikiquote during a massive, cross-project vandalism attack by a person known for creating impersonations of sysops. I am trying to compose a comprehensive request for the Counter-Vandalism Unit to get assistance on this, while helping InvisibleSun to stop a vandal who clearly has a sophisticated, automated system for simultaneously causing multiple projects problems. I don't have time to deal with hurt egos. Block my Wikinews account if it would make you feel better. My only goals at the moment are to (A) stop the current attack, and (B) request assistance in preventing further similar attacks from eating up what little sysop bandwith we have. ~ Jeffq 01:08, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Neither of you had any right whatsoever to block me or make accusations especially with NO proof, evidence and or merit. My issue is you two came here and did nothing but accuse me of being a user that I am not. I blocked Invisibles account for a personal attack and for threatening me. I am sorry I bothered to help any of you and now regret it. But since non of you guys have any balls to check user me i do not want to hear anymore. BTW your so-called friend Invisiblesun is an imposter on Wikinews. Are you? Jason Safoutin 01:13, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I created my account here long ago, but that proves nothing, as this vandal has been known to plant usernames months in advance. You are letting your anger interfere with your ability to deal with an emergency. You don't need to edit on Wikiquote right now, just as I don't need to edit here now. I am asking you to take a few steps back and let us focus on our respective projects, not grind each other down in side arguments. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to my project's problems and that CVU request. ~ Jeffq 01:16, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * How Am I to know that you are not an imposter now? Jason Safoutin 01:17, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

And ou cannot prove that I am a vandal or an imposter. Jason Safoutin 01:18, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I trust that any active editor whose edit is pegged by the page history to the username linked from a project's Administrators page is almost certainly who they say they are, and only because I trust sysops to watch their key maintenance pages and each others' talk pages around the clock, and to choose very safe passwords. Beyond that, I am skeptical, as there are many ways, large and small, obvious and subtle, for one wiki-savvy editor to pose as another. ~ Jeffq 05:24, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:I'm just the new guy here

This account has been blocked for vandalism Jason Safoutin 23:54, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Wikiquoteverify

This account has been blocked because its an improper username. Please choose a new name. Jason Safoutin 23:56, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Emergency Account

This username is inappropriate. You have been listed on WN:ALERT. Thunderhead (talk) 00:01, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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Concerns arise about the new, synthetic NBA ball

October 30, 2006

Studies conducted by a team of physicists at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) conclude that new synthetic NBA basketballs are less lively, more slippery when damp, and bounce more erratically than the traditional leather balls.

James Horwitz, Chairman of the UTA Department of Physics was contacted by the Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to study the new ball. Horwitz asked UTA physics professor Kaushik De to lead the project. De's team found that the new balls are tackier when dry, but become much more slippery than leather balls when they get damp. Traditional leather basketballs provide more grip when they are slightly wet.

The synthetic balls bounce 30% more sporadically, possibly due to deep embossing, and are less lively than leather basketballs.

Some of these issues could be fixed with a variety of methods, including modification of the embossing, increasing the air pressure in the balls beyond the regulation 8.5 psi, and constantly drying the balls with towels during the game or frequently replacing them with fresh basketballs, say De and Horwitz.


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UK Foreign Secretary Beckett breaks ranks over Trident

October 30, 2006 Despite commitments already made by the British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown to replace the Trident missile system and the Royal Navy's Vanguard class submarines, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett is calling for a public debate on the decision.

The Prime Minister has committed to holding a debate in Parliament over the issue.

Beckett told the Sunday Times that it was the Cold War that prompted the Trident programme but that the security situation now is very different.

Though Trident is not due for replacement for 20 years, Tony Blair has promised that there will be decision on Trident this year, due to the long lead time for design and construction. The costs involved may be between 10 and 25 billion pounds.

Beckett said that the public should be informed and should think about the issue themselves.

Her opinion will be welcomed by back bench Labour MPs who are concerned that any opposition to replacing Trident will be suppressed.

Beckett has also taken an independent line before, on Iraq, by expressing 'regrets' over the war and saying she did not disagree with General Sir Richard Dannatt, who said that British troops in Iraq were provoking trouble.


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User talk:Vacantb

Welcome
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Additionally, thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles will be reverted quickly. Jason Safoutin 02:22, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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User:Open Proxy Detector

Reserving account name for a potential future open proxy detector/blocker. —     03:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

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Winner of New Zealand Idol announced

October 30, 2006

The winner of the third series of New Zealand Idol was announced by host, Dominic Bowden during a live two hour special at a packed Saint James thearte and the winner was Matt Saunoa from Levin, 21-years-old, who cried when the announcement was made.

Matt beat other finalist, Indira Moala from North Shore, Auckland, who is also 21-years-old.

Matt Saunoa receives more prizes than the other two idols before him, including NZ$50,000 cash, a Daihatsu Terios car and a recording contract which includes a guaranteed single release.

Matt said: "I just want to thank everyone so much. I didn't think I would make it past the first round and I won the competition." Matt was lucky to make it past the first round one of the judges, Frankie Stevens, only allowed Matt to progress on in the competition after Matt assured Stevens that he would win the competition. He also didn't make it past the first round in the first season of NZ Idol.

Before the announcement Indira said: "I had no idea I'd make it this far. You have no idea how excited I am. Whatever happens tonight I'm going to rock it out." And then Matt said: "If you make me New Zealand Idol I will work my ass off to make sure there are singles and albums out there that do it justice," referring to past winners, Ben Lummis and Rosita Vai who both had no commercial success.

Centrebet, online betting service, said that their odds on Matt were $1.90 while Indira's were at $1.80, the first time Matt hadn't been favoured since September 18.

The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, made an appearance and applauded the success of the two for getting this far in the competition. And the rest of the final ten also made a brief appearance.

TVNZ, the broadcasters of NZ Idol, are yet to confirm a fourth NZ Idol even though the ratings were excellent. TVNZ will be speaking to South Pacific Pictures of the future of NZ Idol.

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User talk:72.68.6.81

Welcome
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Wikinews:Knight Foundation proposal

This page exists to coordinate the development of a proposal for the Knight Foundation 21st Century News Challenge.

Members & Roles

 * IlyaHaykinson
 * Proposal development coordinator
 * Edbrown05
 * Draft helper
 * Divol
 * Old Europe helper
 * add yourself if you plan to contribute

Work So Far
After unfortunately delaying until the very last minute, I wrote and submitted the letter of inquiry (applicatin), with the approval of the Wikimedia Foundation. The submitted proposal is below. -- IlyaHaykinson 19:33, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Letter of Intent
The letter was a structured application. It was supposed to present the idea by answering specific questions. Each answer had a character limit.

Title
 * Wikinews “WikiBureau” expansion; development of technology, literature and starter kits for local citizen journalists to start using established Wikinews local bureau framework to create local news sites and newspapers.

Total estimated cost of the project:
 * $150,000

Project duration (whole years):
 * 2

What makes this idea unique?
 * This project will deliver technological tools and physical resources to let local community leaders create virtual news bureaus to report on news within their communities.  The project will build upon the success of Wikinews to allow these communities to collect and publish news with the oversight of experienced collaborators from around the world, and be integrated into a global network of similar diverse communities.  The project will incorporate the unique qualities of Wikinews, one of the first citizen journalism efforts and a project committed to delivering local and global content unencumbered by copyright restrictions.

 * Over the two years of the site, many of the thousands of members have formed local virtual "bureaus" of a few individuals. Most are specific to geographical areas, ranging from townships in Toronto to all of Buffalo, NY, to all of New Zealand.  Some are non-geographic, such as a Quaker religious bureau.  These bureaus take a local approach to local stories which may or may not have more global importance.

 * This project aims to create tools to empower larger and more permanent local bureaus, and to attract at least three dozen productive bureaus to the online community. The project will develop additional technology to allow local citizen journalists to organize local communication, file and track stories in editing, upload audio and visual media and work with the established online community on publishing the news.  The technology will also allow local communities to print paper versions of their online newspapers.  In order to help such local news bureaus get started, Wikinews will develop community starter kits: published material to train bureau leaders on using the technological tools, or provide access to cheap equipment to help get them started in media acquisition.  The project would seek out model charter communities and their leaders, and jumpstart their participation with Wikinews.

Who else would want to use it, and why?
 * Currently small geographical communities are served by large metropolitan area news organizations or local newsletters, bulletins, radio or newspapers. News produced by large organizations is rarely local enough; the news produced by local efforts has trouble being seen outside that community.

 * With tools offered by Wikinews, communities could develop their own online news organization. Local efforts could also be rolled up in to more and more global presentations of news, allowing local journalism to reach the international level seamlessly.

 * Local journalism leaders would embrace the project due to the ease of startup and presence of experienced members to guide the online publishing effort. Finally, those interested in commercializing the publishing would have unfettered access to the freely-licensed content.

Why are you the best person or organization to develop this project?
 * Wikinews is an established project run by a popular and savvy non-profit that is a trailblazer of freely-licensed content unencumbered by copyright restrictions. The project community has built up experience with online journalism, both local and international, and has leaders willing to spearhead the efforts.

 * Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind the largest collaborative Internet effort, Wikipedia. Since 2004, Wikinews has allowed contributors from around the world to write news articles about current events. Members of take roles of copy writing, editing, photography, field research, fact-checking, producing spoken-word broadcasts of some articles or a printable daily version of the site's new stories. Any member may take any role, and the community self-polices itself to ensure adherence to commonly-accepted rules.

 * Unlike most other online news projects, Wikinews requires that all content be free from copyright restrictions or plagiarism. All news content must be originally produced by the contributor or indirectly derived from published stories. Once the content is published by members, it is licensed for unlimited distribution without restriction other than attribution to Wikinews. This allows any other party – commercial or non-commercial – to freely reproduce content without fear of violating copyright or paying fees. Wikinews is one of the main sources of open-source licensed original news content on the Internet.

 * Finally, Wikinews is highly egalitarian. With the exception of legal questions, all decisions are taken by community consensus. Leaders are promoted from the general membership by democratic means, and editorial disputes are handled by established policies and elected arbitrators. Most site decisions are determined by applying standards of meritocracy. The site subscribes to Wikimedia’s overarching policy of developing content written from a neutral point of view – fairly representing contentious sides of issues – and has a history of successfully defending these principles.

Next Steps
The Knight Foundation today declined to pursue investigation of the project. A future round of applications may be possible. -- IlyaHaykinson 21:01, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

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Ideas for the proposal
I plan to come up with the first idea in the next day or so. Please feel free to add yours — don't forget to indicate which category you feel it fits into. -- IlyaHaykinson 06:50, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

May be first action to take : what category to choose ?
Jacques Divol
 * Leadership seems ok to me ?

 * "Leadership" can work. Either that, or "Pilot Project/Field Test". I am thinking of formulating a proposal about WikiBureaus: getting funded to develop software, marketing materials, and an outreach process to get folks in very local circles to use Wikinews as a place for local news.  We are already getting a lot of this with country-specific news hubs (New Zealand, India, etc); we've gotten some great city-level work done (Santa Ana, California; Buffalo, New York, etc).
 * With Leadership, I'm afraid that we are not centralized enough to drive that kind of a project. That category calls for the creation of a movement: it's hard to plan to pull that off well. The upside is that this category is also for scaling up a successful pilot.
 * With Field Test, I'm afraid that we would be aiming too low. We already have some processes in place, and some experience.  It would be sad to get funded only to develop a prototype but not to create a sustainable system.  On the other hand, we don't have enough experience now to see that WikiBureaus will definitely work could definitely use some structured funding to test this idea. -- IlyaHaykinson 09:32, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Little question
Do we talk as english-wikinews or as international-wikinews (i prefere this second case personnaly) ? Jacques Divol
 * Well, I suggest that we prepare to speak on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, and naturally get their approval before actually speaking on the Foundation's behalf. I would speak with the English Wikinews as the project in question for this proposal — simply because a) we've got no control over other language communities, and b) if this project succeeds, other language communities could build something similar. -- IlyaHaykinson 09:34, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


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Voting ends in landmark Congo election

October 30, 2006

The final round of voting has ended in the first free elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in over forty years.

The runoff is between incumbent President Joseph Kabila and Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba, who led a field of 33 candidates in the first round of polling held on July 30, but failed to achieve the required majority vote. The voting has been largely peaceful, though isolated incidents of violence and voting fraud have been reported.

Polling day
Voting was largely peaceful, with isolated incidents of violence in the north-east. Two people were reported killed amidst protests over alleged irregularities in polling. Turnout is expected to be lower than in the last round.

Thunderstorms and a five-hour spell of rain dampened early morning voting in the western Bas Congo province and the capital Kinshasa.

Bemba supporters protested against alleged ballot-stuffing in Lisala, and looted polling stations and burnt ballot boxes in Bumba. Two people were reported killed and four others injured when "naval forces" and police fired on the protesters.

A Human Rights Watch observer estimated that between 15 to 25 thousand people were prevented from voting by Congolese army troops, who blockaded roads and demanded money from voters going to the polls, in the north-eastern Ituri district.

Polling was open between 6:00 a.m. local time and 5:00 p.m. (0500 GMT to 1600 GMT) in the west, and one hour earlier in the east. Polling was extended beyond the closing time in some areas.

80,000 police personnel and 17,000 U.N. peace-keepers backed by 2,000 E.U. troops were deployed to secure the polling. The peace-keepers staged "flag-marches" in Kinshasa and other cities.

Over 1,000 international and 40,000 Congolese observers monitored the elections in the 50,045 polling stations. Counting is to begin immediately, but provisional results are not expected before November 19.

Kinshasa was reported as "tense", with over 5,000 armed supporters of Kabila and 600 fighters loyal to Bemba reportedly present in the capital. Both Kabila and Bemba voted in Kinshasa, but did not speak to reporters. A joint statement issued by their parties called for people to vote "in a calm, orderly and peaceful manner".

Transition from war
Mineral rich Congo has remained largely undeveloped, despite possessing rich reserves of gold, diamonds, coltan and Uranium.

Following independence from Belgium, Congo underwent a turbulent political history, enduring a 32-year dictatorship under Mobutu Sese Seko. The 1994 Rwandan genocide sparked strife in neighbouring Congo, and Sese Seko was overthrown by Laurent Kabila in the First Congo War.

Kabila was challenged by Rwanda and Uganda backed rebels, but drew on support from troops from Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Chad, and Sudan. The resulting Second Congo War, the deadliest conflict since the Second World War, killed an estimated four million people and displaced another five million.

A peace accord was signed in 2002 and a transitional government set up, with Joseph Kabila as President and two of the rebel leaders, including Bemba as Vice Presidents. A new constitution was approved by referendum held in February this year and the first multi-party elections began on July 30, 2006.

A UN peace-keeping force, MUNOC has been deployed in Congo since 2000 and was charged with keeping security during the elections. The elections, funded by $460 million of international aid, are conducted by the Independent Electoral Commission.

Kabila has won the support of third and fourth placed candidates, Antoine Gizenga and Nzanga Mobutu - the son of Mobutu Sese Seko, following the first round of elections. Clashes between Kabila and Bemba supporters have left at least 23 people dead, following the announcement of the results of the last round of elections.

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