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US House IPs

 * 143.231.249.141 (all IP traces from dnsstuff.com)
 * Reverse DNS: housegate10.house.gov.
 * Reverse DNS authenticity: [Verified]
 * ASN: 1999
 * ASN Name: HOUSE-AS-1

 * 143.231.249.138
 * Reverse DNS: b249-138.house.gov.
 * Reverse DNS authenticity: [Verified]
 * ASN: 1999
 * ASN Name: HOUSE-AS-1

 * 143.231.249.137
 * Reverse DNS: housegate12.house.gov.
 * Reverse DNS authenticity: [Verified]
 * ASN: 1999
 * ASN Name: HOUSE-AS-1 DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 16:27, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Possible suspect IP addresses of Steve Austria and Deborah Pryce

 * Austria: 65.189.244.162 (IP trace from dnsstuff.com)
 * Reverse DNS: cpe-65-189-244-162.woh.res.rr.com.
 * Reverse DNS authenticity: [Verified]
 * ASN: 10796
 * ASN Name: SCRR-10796
 * IP range connectivity: 0
 * Registrar (per ASN): ARIN
 * Country (per IP registrar): US [United States]
 * Country Currency: USD [United States Dollars]
 * Country IP Range: 65.184.0.0 to 65.191.255.255
 * Country fraud profile: Normal
 * City (per outside source): Fairborn, Ohio DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 16:32, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

 * Pryce: 75.187.63.132
 * Reverse DNS: cpe-75-187-63-132.columbus.res.rr.com.
 * Reverse DNS authenticity: [Verified]
 * ASN: 10796
 * ASN Name: SCRR-10796
 * IP range connectivity: 2
 * Registrar (per ASN): ARIN
 * Country (per IP registrar): US [United States]
 * Country Currency: USD [United States Dollars]
 * Country IP Range: 75.160.0.0 to 75.191.255.255
 * Country fraud profile: Normal
 * City (per outside source): Columbus, Ohio DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 23:58, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

IP contributions on Wikipedia

 * User contributions: 143.231.249.138
 * User Contributions: 143.231.249.137
 * User Contributions: 143.231.249.141 DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 16:29, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

POV
Title is very POV. Computerjoe (talk) 16:50, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Title
what does H1N1 and the recession have to do with this at all? --SVTCobra 16:52, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Can I just get a chance to start this thing frist? I mean I could have added a dozen more tags to this and tucked it away even further into WN an STILL get complaints. I am not worried about the title at the moment. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 16:55, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * RE SVT: given the vast amount of important things going on in the country, the impression would be to say why would any of them find time to edit Wikipedia, let alone from the official internet gateways of the United States government? And besides, I am just writing it atm. feel free to do what you feel is necessary after I at least get a start on it for crying out loud lol. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 16:56, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * When isn't there something more important? Besides, they have time to worry about college football. --SVTCobra 12:39, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * HA. Yeah I saw that...too funny. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 15:52, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

E-mailing Steve Austria
I do not live in Ohio, so i am unable to e-mail him. Can someone call his office in DC for me? http://austria.house.gov/?sectionid=4&sectiontree=4 DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 18:07, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Whilst I'm not volunteering, could you use Skype or something like that? Or fax him? Computerjoe (talk) 19:15, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Skype requires minutes, which i don't have. And I do not have access to a fax really. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:17, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * A few free online gateways exist. Computerjoe (talk) 19:20, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I find a fax to be impersonal and unprofessional. But that's just me. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:59, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I came across an e-mail address here: http://www.steveaustriaforcongress.com/contact.php and sent an e-mail to it, which I sent to scoop. If they cannot answer questions, maybe they can send it to his offices? DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 00:11, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

EFF
Brianmc contacted the EFF and got a statement from them RE the FOIA. I sent the correspondence through scoop. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:05, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Title (again)
I think it is obvious that the US Congress is not, as a legislative body, making "questionable and fraudulent edits to Wikipedia". Therefore, I suggest the title be changed to: "Questionable and fraudulent edits to Wikipedia continue to be made from US Congress IP adresses". The current title suggest that an entire branch of the US government is doing this. --SVTCobra 00:53, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree, sounds like a good title. tempo divalse  00:58, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

"w"ikipedia
I notice a few instances of "wikipedia". Should this be "Wikipedia", since it's a proper noun (Name of a specific thing)? 76.117.247.55 03:31, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * To be really nitpicky, it should be Wikipedia (italicised). --Brian McNeil / talk 06:20, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Contacting Austria for statement
Please see the part of the article that says, "Wikinews contacted Austria by e-mail for a statement, but so far there has been no response". This comes at the end of a paragraph about Deborah Pryce. Should the Austria sentence be moved to the relevant section, or were we really trying to contact him regarding Pryce? Thanks Wikidsoup (talk) 18:22, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Depression Quote
"which caused the depression", tacked on to the end of the Austria quote, should be changed to "and prolonged the depression". It's a misunderstanding of the meaning of the quote (which is too short).


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Iran executes woman despite stay of execution

May 3, 2009 Iranian authorities executed Delara Darabi on Friday for a murder she allegedly committed when she was 17.

Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the head of the Iranian judicial system, recently granted Darabi a two month stay of execution, but it appears this was ignored. Darabi initially confessed to this murder, but withdrew her confession, claiming she was just trying to protect her boyfriend.

According to Amnesty International, Iran has executed 42 juvenile offenders since 1990. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child forbids people being executed for crimes committed before they reached the age of 18.

Darabi had been on death row for 5 years.

The Czech Presidency of the European Union 'strongly condemns the execution', and 'calls on Iran to avoid any juvenile executions and to eliminate the death penalty for juveniles from its penal code'. They claim such executions 'erode the ground for understanding and mutual trust between Iran and the European Union'.

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I wonder if any of the conservatives will leave the court in the current presidential term? 76.117.247.55 21:32, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

I am a disabled caucasion female retired from the State of Mississippi Department of Education living in rural Rankin County Mississippi. I am being abused by law enforcement constantly in this county due to the way I look because I am of Greek descent. Now, they are trying to arrest me for a check that was insufficient funds from a grocery store that I wrote the day I was released from the hospital when I was confused from the mental abuse my my job and law enforcement officials. Kroger sent me a letter from Utah and I called and they refused to accept my payment for this returned check. Now, Rankin County District Attorney Michael Guest has threatened to put me in jail if I do not pay this in eight days. The constant humiliation and abuse from Rankin County Mississippi is becoming intolerable. I cannot imagine what it is like for an uneducated person in Mississippi. I am extremely educated and have traveled around the world many times and cannot understand why the governmental officials in Mississippi do not have respect for an individual that has sacrificed to travel for her state and risk her life for the children of this state serving for the Mississippi Department of Education and I am constantly a target for abuse. I thought the U. S. Supreme Court needed to know of the Klans like abuse from this county. I was born and raised in Jackson Mississippi, married and moved to Rankin County 14 years ago, speak more than 2 languages and always get abused by these governmental officials. Please tell Barrack Obama to investigate these officials thoroughly. Also, I am going through a divorce, have been summons to Rankin County courthouse and Judge Fairly is trying to put me in jail for being one mortgage payment behind when I am still legally married to my husband and he married his assistant therefore that makes him a bigomist, he had a child with her, and they are trying to prosecute me as the criminal. Please help this backwards organized union of Rankin County, Mississippi in Brandon and Flowood.

Sincerely,

 * Don't worry, I'm sure they have special accomodations for disabled people in jail. When you get out, tell us how it went! 206.74.5.136 19:40, 2 May 2009 (UTC)


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I have requested a comment from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Computerjoe (talk) 16:29, 3 May 2009 (UTC)


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I seriously  condemn  the  action of  Iran.
 * That will show them!.--66.229.26.39 12:58, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

'erode the ground for understanding and mutual trust between Iran and the European Union'
'erode the ground for understanding and mutual trust between Iran and the European Union'

I assume this is "diplomatically speaking" how you say, 'executing children is fucking barbaric and proves you're thugs'. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:03, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

I hate Iranian government and authorities!

Funny Iran said it will stop executing children.--KDP3 (talk) 22:20, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Iran said they would stop stoning to death as a method of execution as well (like, 7 years ago), but they keep doing it in practice. Surprise surprise. 131.107.0.71 17:30, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Rule of Law
I'm disturbed by the lack of regard for rule of law shown here. Despite the various problems in Iran, I thought they were at least obliged to follow their own laws. On the other hand, I think it's good policy to execute all murderers, but that doesn't countenance a disregard for legal procedure. 209.30.165.25 09:35, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I have no problems executing murders and rapist but Iran has a dirty history of just killing kids and gays for no reason.--KDP3 (talk) 11:17, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Who gives a flying fuck? AN eye for an eye.

--Brian McNeil / talk 13:22, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. And besides, I feel sorry for you death-penalty freaks, but the capital penalty has been long proven ineffective as a crime deterrent. It just makes you feel better. How barbaric. -Aless.mac (talk) 12:13, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah the slap on the hands that liberals think is "justice" is working to.--66.229.26.39 01:22, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 66.229.26.39 from Miami, you should try and go to Iran if you like the Rule of the Law so much. Maybe send there your daughter if you are too busy. -Aless.mac (talk) 04:54, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Unfortunate?
I'd say this was an unfortunate turn of events, however its neither "unfortunate" (quite the contrary, it is to be expected), nor a "turn" of events in the bizarre reality of Iran.

I dont know that why west is asking
i don't know that why west is asking for not executing teenagers who commits murder or something worst then that if you kill someone even if your 14 you should be sentenced to death because you have killed the person and its not joke to kill someone and just go on and say that i am not mature or i am just a teenager anyways to me its funny to not execute teenagers because they are not mature it cant be excuse for not executing anyways i support what the Iranian government did.
 * Ha! Most of the Western world has abolished capital punishment. America is the unsightly exception. Iran, well... They would not hesitate to execute someone by stoning them to death. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:51, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * You mean, the U.S. of America in North America. Canada doesn't have DP, but a couple of countries in South America still do practise it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation). -Aless.mac (talk) 12:19, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Because the West, for the most part (with notable exception of USA) does not execute people in general - it's barbaric. 131.107.0.71 17:32, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah but giving 3 meals a day a nice bed and the worlds best medicine is punishment while thousands staved in the streets.--66.229.26.39 01:21, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Where did you see "thousands starving in the streets" (again, with notable exception of U.S.)? Most (all?) other Western countries have a decent welfare safety net, so you really have to try hard to get yourself in a position where you're actually starving. 131.107.0.70 03:22, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, go to Chicago some time, welfare net my ass. I think we should take an island, wall it off, empty all the world's prisons in it and let them duke it out until their time is up. Prisons don't rehabilitate, it's pretty much been proven that some criminals will never be functioning members of society. If you're in a non-segregated area with the worst of the worst, I doubt you'll rob another 7/11 if you know you'll go back to that hellhole. It's cheaper, more efficient and much less humane than spending billions sustaining a concrete country club (well, at least US prisons!) for rapists, murderers and pedophiles.
 * As it sits, if I could get away with a crime, I'd do it. The thought of prison isn't a deterrence, it's the time I'd be spending there that is. That, to me, is a problem that could be corrected by having a much more brutal prison system. It will never be because people will cry out that it's barbaric and wrong. Tough, life is filled with barbaric and wrong things so get a fucking helmet. If you commit a crime serious enough to warrant prison (not jail) then you've voided your human rights in my book.--64.90.84.103 23:10, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Prisons in Brazil are brutal enough but they still have a very high rate of violent crime. England used to hang people - even teenagers - for minor crimes in the 17th century. Finland, on the other hand, is one of the safest countries in the world but their prisons aren't as brutal. The conclusion? The only way to undermine criminality is strenghtening welfare and improving education so that people will not have to resort to crime in order to survive. As to the remaining crime freaks (including white-collar criminals), the certainty of being caught and punished is more important than having excessively harsh penalties. -Alemaco (talk) 03:28, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Eh, "The thought of prison isn't a deterrence, it's the time I'd be spending there that is." ... that sounds like it is deterring you from committing crimes. --SVTCobra 23:19, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

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Indo-Canadian teens kidnapped, found dead in car

May 4, 2009 Eighteen-year-old Joseph Randay and Dilsher Singh Gill, seventeen, were kidnapped Thursday evening and found dead Friday morning on Lower Sumas Mountain Road near Abbotsford, British Columbia.

"All we know is that they were kidnapped at gunpoint and now they have found their bodies. The police said they are both dead...police have no leads," said Amarjit Randay, father of the one of the slain teenagers.

"We're going through all our steps to try and get to the bottom of it," Cpl. Dale Carr of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Unit said, "I can tell you it is certainly perplexing how two young men — just weeks away from graduation — ended up in this fate. It's a very tragic case. Police believe the teens were kidnapped at gun point from the Bateman Park in Abbotsford following an altercation.

The Vancouver Sun reported that Randay had communicated via Facebook networking with Mike Ahuja. Sunny Ahuja is associated with the Bacon brothers, alleged gang members. In March, there had been a drive-by shooting associated with the Ahuja home.

The two teens were grade twelve students who attended W. J. Mouat Secondary School in Abbotsford, B.C.

"We're adding more police officers to investigate, arrest and get violent criminals off the street, and we're dedicating more prosecutors to put criminals behind bars," said Premier Gordon Campbell. Over the next ten years, BC will deploy 168 more officers and ten prosecutors to combat gun crime, gangs and related violence. In April of 2009, over 150 arrests were conducted of alleged Hells Angels members and associates.

Abbotsford, population 123,864, is reported as being the "theft capital of Canada." Its close proximity to the Canada – United States border facilitates the trading of marijuana with cocaine according to the Central Chronicle. Gang shootings have cost the lives of 110 Canadian youth of Indian origin over the past fourteen years, many of whom have been involved in drug gangs.


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Comment/opinion tab
You forget to remove an opening comment thingy when you removed the comment tab, which caused a couple problems. Don't forget to check after you edit Mediawiki:monobook.js. (Althouugh I'm not one to talk, as I did a similiar thing about a week ago). Bawolff ☺☻ 06:49, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Some words of the wise...
Hello Brian New Zealand! Congratulations in your AbCom election! Just some word from the wise (You don't know how much it hurts me to repeat these words...): ""Upane! Ka Upane! A Upane! Ka Upane! Whiti te ra!""

For our non-kiwi friends (including myself), here is more or less a translation: ""We are all working in harmony, side by side, moving in unison like the hairs on our chief's legs to prolong these sunny days of peace.""

Yeah (err... Hi?) that's probably a horrible translation. Nevertheless, sounds like a great chant, only if I wasn't on the opposing side. terinjokes | Talk | Come visit the WikiBistro 17:42, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Appointment to Wikinews Arbitration Committee
To whom it may concern.

Following the elections of January 2007, the Wikinews Arbitration Committee Appointment Committee (WNARBCOMAPCO) hereby appoints you, Ma'am or Sir, to a seat on the Arbitration Committee (ARBCOM) for a term ending on January 31, 2008. The WNARBCOMAPCO congratulates you on your election to this esteemed committee and wishes you the best of luck for your tenure.

Yours sincerely,

--+Deprifry+ 03:27, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Head of the Wikinews Arbitration Committee Appointment Committee Board of Managing Directors (HOTWNARBCOMAPCOBOMD)

Oooh... pretty buttons...

 * Aghhh! I'm melting! Melting.... melting... melting... --Thunderhead - (talk) 00:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

hi, a suggestion for a correction's been made for Aussies ignore flag ban at Big Day Out festival. cld u take a look pls. thnx, — Doldrums(talk) 08:21, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Policy
As your obviously active tonight can i ask you to look at this and give your views. Cheers --Markie Talk 22:35, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

I See You're Online...
Mind taking a look at Template:Imagedelete and telling me what you think?  Thunderhead  ►  03:00, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Hello Brian. Could you change a headline for me?
You changed the title recently of "Canadian Green Party leader set to challenge Mackay for seat". Could you please change it again and replace "Mackay" with "MacKay". I forgot to capitalize the "K" and I don't know how to change a headline. Cheers, Jcart1534 10:49, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

pov is your thing?
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/International/story?id=2979056&page=1

international 01:19, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Clark-Bush.jpg
Can you please include a source, or explain futhuir where you obtained it from? Bawolff ☺☻ 23:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

thanks
hoping it helps move the disc. to someplace useful. –Doldrums(talk) 16:23, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews:Image use policy/Poll
Would you take a moment to vote on our image policy poll here. Thanks. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  21:43, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

3RR
You broke the 3RR and i advise you to block youself and ask for 'pardon' on international 07:06, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * He actually didn't. He was at exactly 3. DragonFire1024 07:25, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * As my edit summary carely said, I was on 3. I did not break 3. I still am unhappy with that pov. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 08:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Two admin that dont understand 3RR alt cant count. The first of Brians removal of quotationsmark is a revert to. But as Brian now taged article pov its serious. I take it to admin alert. international 08:56, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, i was wrong. Brian introdused the "". Not reverted Doldrum. only 3 reverts befor the povtaging. Thats on the otherhand is a consiously breake of 3RR so we are back on 3RR violation. international 09:22, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Adding the tag is a separate edit from the previous 3edit. DragonFire1024 09:24, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * As I see you worked out, I wasn't calling you hotheaded. As you'll see on the article comments page I felt the pardon was that, a "pardon".  However using the quotation marks as such makes it an editorial comment that expresses an opinion that the pardon was unneeded.  --Brian McNeil / talk 13:30, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Fuck you!
No, sorry. Its better if the, by you so lovely called, "ragheads" fuck you.

No, wrong again. You had the cute ide of sinking iranian ships and start war and bomb iran. Some iranian should in the war kill your family and friends and pets and all you hold dearly.

Then they can fuck you. contemptfully.

international 14:27, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

SHUT UP YOU FOOL. Sonicthehedgehog9000 (talk) 00:30, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Lese Majeste
heh. –Doldrums(talk) 08:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Iraq article
absolutely :) –Doldrums(talk) 13:53, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey brian (are you on wikipedia by any chance)

If there are any landmarks, or anyything interesting on the commons of NZ, I would love to include it (yes, it is the sky news soundtrack) NZ and antarctica are the only missing places from the opener!

thanks for the link

--Symode09 08:13, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Theme Song
I'm not a big fan of the theme song, I don't know what others think but it doesn't sound "newsy" That cannot be compared to the NBC or Sky news theme song which is used for many networks (sky news uk, Au, NZ, channel 7 (australia) etc)

--Symode09 08:16, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm a student so, I can go and see if womeone at school can put something together - we have quite a few compluting labs with acid installed so, heaps o people I know could compose something. I can't be bothered doing it myself - mabye if we play the current theme song backwards? :P

--Symode09 08:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

The world through 4:3 or 16:9 eyes?
should it be in widescreen? I far prefer widescreen. Are there any objections?

--Symode09 08:47, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Video Wikinews
Hey Brian,

I see you are interested in the video wikinews. You might want to "enlist" with us.

thanx :P

—Symode09 14:11, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

RE:WM AU
I have no idea what is happening with Wikimedia Australia, sort of disappointing really. How is WMNZ going? - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 03:04, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It makes more sense now! I would of liked to of had WMAU off the ground 12 months ago, but alas these things dont always go to plan - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 00:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Glad to of been of use LOL - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 11:44, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Debatepedia.org launch press release - "the Wikipedia of debate"
Thought you might be interested in this as a reporter for Wikinews.

For Immediate Release The International Debate Education Association Launches Debatepedia.org Debatepedia calls on citizens to take a stand as                                   editors on the “Wikipedia of debate”

Main Page: http://wiki.idebate.org/index.php/Welcome_to_Debatepedia%21

NEW YORK, NY (October 12, 2007) – The International Debate Education Association (IDEA) announced today its launch of Debatepedia.org, a wiki with the ambitious mission of becoming the world’s "Wikipedia of debate and reason". On Debatepedia, at www.idebate.org, people can help edit and co-create an encyclopedia of debates by adding pro and con arguments and compiling bodies of supporting evidence within a unique pro/con “logic tree” structure. Debatepedia is also a place for documenting the positions of leaders and organizations. The potential range of debates on Debatepedia is limitless and includes topics that are international, national, and local in scope. It also intends to offer different language versions. Its ambitious mission will have a major impact on the way citizens engage in pressing debates, draw personal conclusions, and even influence their representatives and leaders.

Debatepedia is the product of over a year-and-a-half of work by a dedicated team of individuals. It was founded by Georgetown students and alumni in the Winter of 2006, who then outsourced a software project to India in the Spring and Summer of 2007, creating software that enables users to easily use and manipulate the original and essential “logic-tree” pro/con structure of debates. Debatepedia merged with IDEA in the summer of 2007, joining a talented international team, and benefiting from the migration of roughly 500 refined debate articles from IDEA’s existing Debatabase (the product of over 8 years of work). The merger of these teams under the umbrella of IDEA and its network has made the new Debatepedia into a powerful force of effort, vision, and potential.

With Debatepedia’s launch, the focus moves to building a vibrant wiki community of volunteer editors. Like Wikipedia, such a community is fundamental to its mission. Debatepedia’s launch is a call to debaters, students, experts, and citizens to register on Debatepedia and become active editors and members of its community. It encourages editors to engage for personal reasons in the issues they care most about, using Debatepedia as a tool to gather and weigh pros and cons, and back up the positions they take. For debaters, its the ultimate forum for gathering and depositing evidence.

Debatepedia founder and chief editor Brooks Lindsay says, “I am incredibly lucky to be the chief editor of Debatepedia because the process and structure pushes me to read widely on the most important issues of the day, inquire in areas of uncertainty, gather and organize arguments, deliberate on them, and determine where I stand. It’s the ultimate personal philosophical tool, and a great tool for debaters.”

In the coming year, Debatepedia’s focus is squarely on the hottest debates in the world today. For those living in or interested in the United States, it will be featuring roughly 50 essential debates that surround the 2008 US presidential and congressional elections.

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big bold change to main stylesheet
It didn't work (I'm assuming it didn't, it shouldn't have) because @import rules have to be the first rule in the css file (well almost. Some things (like @charset) precede it, but you're probably never going to use them, so for our purposes @import has to be first). Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:23, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

one box javascript is now active on site
See User_talk:Brianmc. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:01, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

3RR
I assume that you don't have to be told that you are approaching the WN:3RR on the main page...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:34, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

NZ article needs background
Care to add it? New Zealand newspaper poll projects majority for National Party. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:37, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

tips
I am new to Wikinews and I wish to know what is right and what is not right—Hedgehog 02:34, 29 May 2007 (UTC)Hedgehog

Blog discussion
Water_cooler/miscellaneous: please join in on the discussion.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 08:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Series of earthquakes hit Taiwan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Indonesia
*can we get the [[:Category:Indonesia]] added back into the article if possible? (:O) -Nima Baghaei talk · cont · email 23:33, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * never mind, my mistake, it is already (:O) -Nima Baghaei talk · cont · email 23:34, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Archiving and late edits
You missed this, the article was dated 22nd but at the end it said when the strike finished on the 25th. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:57, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Block of User:CommonsDelinker
Could I ask that you consider unblocking CommonsDelinker? I'm afraid I don't understand the justification for blocking it. Whilst it has not received local permission, its actions are, forgetting any mistakes Commons admins make, entirely helpful to this project and received a great deal of support on a cross-wiki basis at Requests for permissions/CommonsDelinker.

I understand there is an ongoing discussion at Bots but as no major concerns have been raised I would suggest it is appropriate to allow the bot to run until such time as the community decides otherwise.

Perhaps if you feel it inappropriate to unblock this bot, could you clarify your reasons for blocking it. Thanks. Adambro 16:26, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

ArchiveBot
Please see Bots. I have changed the proposal for ArchiveBot, detailed under the Important Note section. Please revote under that section if you still approve of this bot. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 11:53, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Project news
--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:08, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Writing contest
Hi Brian, it's Brian here. ;-)

Would you be interested in being a judge on the contest I'm trying to set up? Or are you secretly planning to set up Team NZ and deny any upstarts the prizes? --Brian McNeil / talk 21:34, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

NewsTin for WikiNews Journalists
Hi Brian, I am a Product Manager at NewsTin. We are developing a multilingual news aggregation service and would be happy to offer it to WikiNews authors. It has some useful topic categorization features that could be used for news writing, in particular the information gathering stage. I was thinking of placing a link for NewsTin on the Global Networking page. What do you think? David Canek 13:35, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin Delivery

Delivered by your friendly neighboorood Thunderhead 08:50, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Election Regulations - Nomination Stage

 * Self-nominations are not allowed. Any self-nominations should be immediatly removed, and the user contacted on thier talk page.
 * Nominators must have 250 edits in the Main namespace by July 1, 2007 and nominator's account must have made it's first edit (in any namespace) by June 1, 2007. Please use this tool when checking edit counts.
 * Nominees do not have to meet a criteria to be nominated.

This friendly reminder brought to you by Thunderhead 23:06, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: ArbCom nominations
Yes, sorry for being such a glutton on the nominations page... feel free to co-nominate: I haven't read that there's a rule against that :-). --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:58, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe that would be endorsing a nomination, nothing in the rules against that. Apparently the recent board elections are the only ones where Jimbo hasn't nominated/expressed a preference for candidate(s). --Brian McNeil / talk 12:13, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Blog style
Hi Brian,

on IRC they said you have access to the wikinews.blogspot.com blog, could you email me the template so the wikinewsreports-blog looks the same?

thanks, --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:48, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Co-Nomination of Nzgabriel
I removed your co-nomination of Nzgabriel, as this creates a conflict of interest. Thanks :) Thunderhead - (talk) 08:15, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin Delivery

Thunderhead - (talk) 21:58, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

OTRS templates for wikinews
Hi. Thank you for creating these templates. I have added them. I made some minor changes. guillom 15:11, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Congrats!
Congratulations on becoming a boldified bureaucrat! Thunderhead - (talk) 01:38, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Ditto. :)  Daniel  06:13, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank You. :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 06:37, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Change to numbers
Hi Brian NZ, on WN:ACE 07 you changed the bullets to numbers. I guess it was for quick way to count the votes, but it didn't really work since the numbering restarts at each of the striken votes. --SVTCobra 23:40, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Usurp request
Hello, there. I've placed a username change request (more accurately, a request to usurp an existing, unused username) at Changing_username, and it is requested on that page that I also mention this on the talk page for each bureaucrat. Thank you, in advance, for your assistance. user:justen   talk   07:40, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I hadn't even finished posting the request to all the bureaucrat's pages yet! Shamefully slow over here at Wikinews.  ;)  Thank you, very much.  Doppelgänger created, as well.    user:j    talk   07:48, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and oversight requests
There are two requests in relation to CheckUser and oversight which require the approval of the Arbitration Committee before they are presented to Wikimedia stewards for action to be taken. I would ask you to review these two requests:
 * 1) User:Brianmc has recently been elected to the committee and requests CheckUser and oversight
 * 2) User:Chiacomo hasn't been re-elected and has been inactive on the project since March, User:Adambro has suggested his privileges are revoked.

I would appreciate your input, as a member of ARBCOM which I understand has the final say on whether a user has these rights, on these two requests. Adambro 14:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!
MessedRocker (talk) 07:20, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Football
I registered today because I saw that Portal:Football was very out of date. I have written a few articles so far today and will do every day to keep this updated. I was thinking of an idea though but I wanted to ask a sysop first.

Could we 'employ' users to be football writers for their team. So if this goes ahead there would be a group of users per team who will write up the latest news and match reports for Wikinews. The team links would be Portal:Football/LeagueName/ClubName. So for Celtic it'd be Portal:Football/SPL/Celtic. If you go to Portal:Football you will see that the fixture list has been updated, the featured results has been updated and that I am going to start a major revamp of Portal:Football. I am going to ask Dark Squall to help me as most of his contributions are football related topics.

Thanks. Please send your comments to me ASAP. Celticfan383 01:05, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

First steps
Hi Brian,

I wrote my first news article here : Iran unveils part of its nuclear program. And I'd like you to have a look at it. My journalistic english might not be so good, so the article may require a little cleanup. Thanks for your help. Fabienkhan 09:55, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Rename for StandingsBot
Would like a rename to User:SportsBot please! Thanks in advance, —Zachary talk 08:52, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin: September 1, 2007
--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:04, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Unusual request
Just FYI, I'm cross-posting this to Brianmc's talk page as well. Hope you two don't mind.

I need help convincing User:Edbrown05 that he can trust me. He's convinced that I'm a liar, and that I want to use his sockpuppet accounts myself. Ignoring the latter, I'd like your help doing a CheckUser on me. I've already posted the request to WN:CU. To re-iterate what I wrote there, I'm not concerned about my privacy. If I were afraid of people being able to identify my IP addresses, I'd edit through Tor. :)

Thanks for any help you can provide. irid:t 05:15, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * If it's not too much of a hassle, could you also include all of the IPs I've edited from? Or is that information not available? Effectively, I'm trying to prove that I have not edited in any misleading way. Thanks for the checkuser in either case. :) irid:t 05:56, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

User:Gwyndon
"Been bold and approving it. I feel that many of the the !oppose votes are non-votes. And should not count."

I'm afraid I'm not happy that the result of this should be approve Admittedly, I was one of the people who votes oppose so could be seen to have a conflict of interest. I count two support votes and two oppose votes and I don't understand on what basis you have decided not to take the oppose votes into consideration. I would appreciate you taking the time to explain the reasoning for your decision. Thanks. Adambro 15:47, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I too object to this, for the same reasons. For me, it is too early to give this user accreditation. Please reconsider your action. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:44, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Personally, I'm glad that you have been bold and approved it. I'll try to do my best so that you'll not regret this decision. I'll contact you separately about the pass question. --Gwyndon 21:13, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

 * There's bold and then there is too bold. Any decision to approve an accreditation request should reflect consensus, I'm not convinced this is the case here. Whilst I am sure Gwyndon will do his best not to disappoint, I don't however feel the accrediation request should have been granted just yet due to the lack of contributions for the community to study to aid them make their decision. Adambro 11:44, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Userpage Sharing Project
You've been added as a member of the Userpage Sharing Project. You were added by me because I needed people to test the template with. If you wish to be removed, please contact me here. If not, please add to the top of your userpage (or wherever you want to stick it. Thanks, Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 22:44, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

New to Wikinews
Hi, I'm new here. I have this Idea for a story to cover but I'm dunno if I can. Richardkselby 03:08, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help!
Best regards and greatings from Munich, Germany

·לערי ריינהארט·T·m:Th·T·email me· 04:03, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Deletion request
Hi Brian, you closed this DR but did not delete the items up for deletion. Personally, I did not feel enough people had weighed in on this, but either the items should be deleted or the request reopened. Cheers, --SVTCobra 12:00, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Category:New religious movements
I was unaware of the deletion discussion about this category, and no one notified me of it. Is there a way this can be restored? The category is used on Wikipedia and other projects, and has been used on Wikipedia for quite some time now and is stable over there. Wilhelm 17:57, 24 December 2007 (UTC).
 * Why is a category that has existed at Wikipedia since June 2004 not deemed appropriate here? Can we please have another deletion discussion so I can raise these points, since I was not notified about the last one, even though I was the creator of that category?  Wilhelm 21:42, 1 January 2008 (UTC).
 * Category created in June 2004 on Wikipedia and Category stable in December 2007 and to this day, on Wikipedia. I should note that the category also exists in Wikipedias in fifteen other languages, and on Simple English Wikipedia.  Wilhelm 21:44, 1 January 2008 (UTC).

My RfA
Many thanks for that. I'm fairly used to the boring nature of admin tasks from Wikipedia, so I daresay I'll cope ok. ;) See you around on-wiki! Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:44, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:Brian/Archive 9

slapped the wrong editor
Sorry, you slapped the wrong editor here. See: diff. "We" Wikinews editors tend to dislike injustice, that's why "we" are here in the first place. Or me at least. Misou 21:09, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * "We" was referring to "Wikinews" not any individual person.. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 21:21, 2 January 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brian (talk • contribs)
 * Yeah, got that. But "Wikinews" does not bleed, does it. "We", that is you, me and some others, right? If you are referring to your own opinion, just say "I", or let me know the Wikinews policy you are referring to. Misou 21:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

O-ooh
Arbitration_Committee/Elections_January_2008. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Request
I have requested a user name change, at Changing username. Wilhelm 22:27, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

B'crat vote
Someone has archived my vote for 'crat before I got the priv bit. Can you help out with this? --Brian McNeil / talk 10:56, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
 Anonymous101 (Talk) 21:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
Here is the latest Wikinews bulletin. Enjoy!

Anonymous101  12:19, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Image:New Zealand R. Driver Licence.JPG
I've nominated this image you uploaded for deletion. Please see where I'd welcome your input. Adambro (talk) 14:45, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

New points in Contest
Have you thought about rewarding people who do Audio Wikinews stuff, cos were short on that too :-p Thanks --Mark Talk to me 16:24, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

CommonsDelinker
Wouldn't it be better now to leave the RfA open for a little while longer yet. Discussions about this issue are still very much ongoing and so it seems slightly odd to pick now to close it as no consensus. If left a little longer a clearer consensus might develop or at least we might be able to discuss the points raised further such that these can either be addressed or this issue finally put to rest. This is of course not the first time that giving admin rights to this bot has been proposed and leaving this in the air as closing this now has done makes me suspect that this won't be the last time. There doesn't appear to be any strict rules about when RfAs have to be closed. Adambro (talk) 10:45, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Contest
I emailed you, but just beware that my emails have a habit of entering people's spam folders. Thanks, Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:36, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

ArbCom elections
In case you didn't notice, there are some questions for you at Arbitration Committee/Elections July 2008/Brian Questions. Thanks, Anonymous101talk 18:48, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs
If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:56, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Please rename me
Hi, I have changed my username at my homewiki and want to to it here to. Please rename me to Calandrella. Here is confirmation. Thanks, Leo Johannes (talk) 19:17, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Skenmy's RfB
It has been over 7 days since this RfB discussion started, and it has a majority of support consensus. I think it can be closed as successful and the candidate promoted. Cirt (talk) 04:48, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, took care of it, thanks. Cirt (talk) 06:25, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

rename account
I would like to rename my account to a new name; "Niduzzi", as my current name ("Izzudin") is already in use in id: and ar: by others. So I can't unify my account. Thanks! Izzudin (talk) 06:27, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Reviewing articles
Hi Brian, I noticed you published some articles. Please note that we are trying to implement Reviewing articles as policy. Cheers, --SVTCobra 10:01, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * You may have missed a lot of the discussion on the water cooler, but to stay in Google News we pretty much need to go through peer review prior to publishing and sighting an article. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:20, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * These edits are a subject of discussion at Admin action alerts
 * --InfantGorilla (talk) 13:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Talk about the using a technique to completely loose article count. Personally I disagree with such a system, but will follow consesces. In any case, I pled ignorance :) I read that policy before I reviewed and in my pinion correctly interpreted it as proposed policy, where I am not required to review. If this is different, may tag please be changed, to reflect the correct way of doing things here now? Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 17:55, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It may technically not be policy, but every editor uses it so it seems it has basically became a policy . Anonymous101talk 17:56, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

RfB ready to be closed ?
Hello, you are one of the bureaucrats that did not vote in the RfB for (see WN:RFP). I made a comment that I think it is ready to be closed as promote - could you take a look? Thank you, Cirt (talk) 18:09, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries. :) Cirt (talk) 07:51, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

User rename
Hello. I have noticed that you are listed among the bureaucrat's of Wikinews. I am looking to rename my account, so I can merge my accounts into a unified login. (The account usernames differ between projects). I would like to rename DanielBC to Ellipsis (see wikipedia:User:Ellipsis/SUL). Hope you can help me here, cheers! DanielBC (talk) 23:48, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Notice: inactive admin
Hi. I've moved you to the inactive admin list at WN:A because you don't appear to have logged any edits for over a month. When you start editing here again, don't forget to move your name back to the active list at WN:A. Best regards, ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 20:10, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * cool, thanks Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 20:29, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

RfA needs closing
Hello, you are one of the 'crats that did not comment in the RfA for. It has been well over 7 days since the RfA started, please see WN:RFP. Thank you for your time, Cirt (talk) 22:37, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Mumbai Blasts
Hey there, can you add the categories 'Transport in India' and 'Mumbai' to the article Several blasts rock Mumbai commuter trains? Regards, --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 17:33, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ tempo divalse  17:35, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

A penny for your thoughts
Okay, not really, but I am requesting your participation in the following Water Cooler Discussion: OR and Broadcast report. The discussion involves the need for specific policy concerning how Original Reporting relates to information recieved from a broadcast report of an event. This can include both news-style reports and non-news reports, such as a sporting event. Thanks and again, please share your thoughts on this so we can get as many people involved as possible, especially since this relates to an important topic such as OR. —Calebrw (talk) 05:10, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

global rename request
Hi Brian, could you rename my account please. Thank you, John Vandenberg (talk) 08:06, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Brian McNeil / talk 08:52, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Just a reminder.
Brian,

Please put the publish tag at the very bottom of the article (but above category tags, etc.). The social bookmarks template is transcluded from the publish template, so it can't be anywhere but the bottom. Thanks, Calebrw (talk) 23:39, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Talk to about that. Calebrw (talk) 23:42, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh
So you mean I can't just block anyone who disagrees with me? I'm starting to wonder why I bothered... >:-)

Seriously though, thanks for the mop. It's just typical that I haven't been around all day today, and because of the nice and tidy Vector skin, if it wasn't for your message on my talk page I probably wouldn't have noticed for a bit!

Also I know we haven't overlapped in activity that much, but I've seen your name about the site a lot while I've been here, so it's nice to see you editing again. :-) the wub "?!"  23:43, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Climate contrarians in Copenhagen
Please join the discussion, if you can do it attentively, if you have some free 30 minutes?

I'm just afraid that this novice user Wikiwide, the author of the article, being probably a scientist (you just look at the first version of this article), has a very little understanding of what Wikinews is. And probably has lots of other work to do, is not interested, etc. Even the topic of climate contrarians near UNCCC sounds scientific, doesn't it? I think that if you revive this article, it will be very good Please be informed that only an experienced Wikinews user can manage with such significant and responsible task. Q/0/k 04:14, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
 * for Wikinews,
 * for this user, and
 * for the environment
 * (as some of the "skeptics" or
 * just common diesel car drivers can find this article realistic)

Easy peer review
Hi Brian! Nice to see you around again after a long hiatus. :-) Would you consider perhaps enabling the "Easy Peer Review" in your gadgets/prefs? It allows you to publish an article with the click of one button, without having to manually add the publish tag and corresponding peer review (also, it creates the special redirect page needed to get us in the listed in the GNews index). Just a suggestion. Cheers, Tempodivalse [talk]  01:30, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, long time no see. By the way, i'd be interested to know if easy pper review totally does not work in chrome, or does it give some sort of error message, etc? Bawolff ☺☻ 04:04, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey BA. Likewise :). It seems to be a every now and then thing. No error message per see. It just wont save the edits. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 09:46, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikinews writing contest reminder
—Message delivered by MikemoralBot on 23:13, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

—Message delivered by MikemoralBot on 04:50, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Writing contest newsletter: week 2
—Message delivered by MikemoralBot on 03:33, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Contest newsletter: weeks 3-4
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Contest newsletter
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wow
Well, it's reasonably rare, I know. 2010 hasn't been great for me, but I have hopes it will be less expensive. How're ya doin'? School? -  Amgine | t 00:20, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Strike ballot to go ahead despite British Telecom's belated new pay offer
Can I ask you to read through this - carefully. Then, review the comments on the talk page. I'm none-too-happy at the accusation of NPOV failure, I don't think I could have given BT more of a chance to provide information; so, I'm left feeling that Turtle's criticism is asking to delay the article until such time as it would no longer be relevant news.

If it makes any difference, Tempo's comment when I said I'd like to submit for FA is that he'd abstain, solely because of the length of the article (grudgingly, admitted is best coverage when compared to MSM). --Brian McNeil / talk 09:47, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Wikinews:Requests for permissions comment
The formatting of this comment looks odd, as it appears due to the subsection level formatting due be another subsection of instructions or placement on the page for other candidacies or something like that. As this is a general-wide comment, might be best to move it to the talk page, and then for you to instead vote, individually, on each of the current standing candidates. I am not averse to the comment itself, just formatting issues. :) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 06:19, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Requests for permissions
 * Agree with the minor reformatting edit you did so far. But like I said, I do not think your "oppose" vote will be counted in the rights elections for the 4 independent candidates, unless you vote independently on each one. Otherwise, it just looks like a blanket commentary. -- Cirt (talk) 15:30, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * As I said in the post. I will likely oppose the vote. However, I have not yet opposed. :) I just wanted my thoughts out-there. Thanks Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 22:49, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Ohhhh. Okay. -- Cirt (talk) 00:41, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

new arbitration case filed
Hello! I've filed a new arbitration case. Benny the mascot (talk) 16:53, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

ArbCom
I have nominated you as a candidate in the current ArbCom elections. Please see the sitenotice, and be sure to clearly accept or decline the nomination. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:02, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

election certificate
Benny the mascot (talk) 20:37, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Checkuser
Per here, please respond. This, I believe, should be treated as a serious matter. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:34, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Poke
Poke. Poke. Poke Poke Poke Poke. Poke Poke. Are you still Poke Poke Poke alive? *prod with stick* *check pulse* Poke Poke. Poke Poke Poke Poke Poke. Gopher65talk 23:07, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * It depends on how one defines alive... :P Have a 10,000 word research paper which due date seems to be getting ever so closer... But otherwise, yep, I am still around :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 00:16, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Hey
I've been gone from wikinews for a while and have came back under a new name. Any reason you dropped the "New Zealand"? IGNORANCE=STENGTH (talk) 02:35, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh I dropped that several years back (I think around 2007). I can't really remember why, I think it was as SUL was coming about, and several other users were going to single names as well. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 02:42, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

What is LQT?
Liquid Threads is a method of holding threaded conversations within the Mediawiki software, primarily designed for talk pages. Unfortunately, its theory of application violates many of the design precepts of Mediawiki software so the net result is two antithetical softwares sharing a set of database tables very uneasily. -  Amgine | t 23:05, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You can see examples of LQT (and its (current) poor implementation) on Wikinews comments pages. Strategic Planning also uses it, except they use it everywhere. Here's an example: Village_pump/en. I find it annoying, personally. Especially annoying is the fact that it doesn't properly integrate into recent changes, or into flagged revs, or into the hide revision functionality. Gopher65talk 02:10, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I am officially useless. I never knew that was called LQT :P Thanks guys Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 04:42, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Err, how does it not integrate into RC? I see a lot of lqt related stuff here. For flagged revisions, given its on a talk page, how should it integrate into flagged revs. (/me just doesn't like it because i don't like the idea of it in general ;) Bawolff ☺☻ 19:37, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikinews:Requests for permissions
Something appears to be fouled up at Requests for permissions, archive placed in wrong place, maybe. -- Cirt (talk) 04:58, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Prof Blackall
You're closer to the right timezone than myself for the UoW. Prof. David Blackall is looking to conference in one (possibly more) Wikinewsies to clue in the students he's assigned writing on Wikinews as a final year task. Skype has been proposed; do you use it, are you interested? --Brian McNeil / talk 17:10, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I could, but I am not sure I am a complete expert on writing for WN at the moment. Its being a while... Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:23, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Gong
Thanks for the gong, Brian.

It was quite an undertaking writing that; but, looking at the result, seems worthwhile. I assume you'll be popping in once it's archived to cast an FAC vote? --Brian McNeil / talk 05:30, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I was thinking I'll do the FAC nomination! Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:34, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * :DD --Brian McNeil / talk 12:34, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * 'tis now archived... --Brian McNeil / talk 05:39, 5 August 2011 (UTC)
 * After consulting with Her Majesty's Most Honourable Cabal, this article now FAC'ed :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 10:14, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks
Hello! I want to thank you for renaming my account, finally after weeks you did it! thanks again. --FaramarzTalk 10:23, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Please see my heads up at ArbCom talk page
Please see Wikinews_talk:Arbitration_Committee. Just wanted to keep you in the loop, -- Cirt (talk) 19:33, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Cheers Cirt Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 22:01, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom nomination?
Would you accept nomination for another year on ArbCom? The deadline for nominations is 2000UTC on the 17th. --Pi zero (talk) 01:04, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I would. Thank you :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:26, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Hello. I request renaming my following accounts: Thanks in advance.--M.Gedawy 07:41, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hiya and hello
Hiya Brian, any chance you could review this article? Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 05:47, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sandra Fluke featured speaker at Democratic National Convention
 * I am looking at it currently :D Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:47, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! -- Cirt (talk) 05:56, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikinews interviews Greg Smith, Australian Paralympic flag bearer
Um. Hi. As you will have observed from the audio file on jws, the questioner actually said "a couple of Paralympic gold medals". Of course we can and do employ various techniques to avoid misleading our readers, such as an informational footnote, or use of square brackets in the transcript. But Hawkeye7 falsified the record by claiming that "three Paralympic gold medals" was what was said, and that's revisionism, violating journalistic ethics. I see you sighted his edit, which shouldn't have happened without some change to make clear it was not exactly what was said (such as the one I've implemented); please be more careful about stuff like that.

Hoping you were more careful in checking the transcript of the other interview you published. --Pi zero (talk) 13:44, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * yes. I stuffed up. I did not think to listen to the recording. Rest assured I did on the other articles. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 13:59, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Any chance
Any chance you care to have a look at this one? Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 20:23, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ABC News yanks 20/20 investigation of Tom Cruise and Scientology

Request for reviewing and other assistance
Hi. Next week is the start of the and two Wikinewies will be attending to cover the para-alpine skiing ahead of the 2014 Winter Paralympics. This is part of an effort outlined at IPC Alpine Ski World Championships. Immediately following this event, there will be a Meetup in Barcelona where Wikinews, the Paralympics and efforts to similar sport coverage will be discussed. At the moment, there are only two active reviewers on a daily basis. Demonstrating an ability to get reviews for these types of events done quickly is important for Wikinews credibility and gaining access to these types of events. I would really appreciate it if you could sign up on the IPC World Championship page to review, promote articles published during this period, assist in translating these articles into another language or attend the meetup in Barcelona. Thanks. --LauraHale (talk) 09:27, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Wikinews Writing contest 2013 is here. :) Please sign up to participate?
We've created the Writing contest 2013, which will start on April 1 and end on June 1. It is modeled on the successful 2010 contest. It would be a really great time for you, as a Wikinews accredited reporter, to do some original reporting and conduct interviews. People should be around to interview to prevent a backlog, and several reviewers have access to scoop to make it easier to review any original reporting you do. If you are interested in signing up, please do so on Writing contest 2013/entrants. There is at least one prize on offer for the winner along with the opportunity to earn some barn stars as a way of thanking you for your participation. :D --LauraHale (talk) 10:18, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

too late :-( ArbCom
Hi. Too late, I feel sheepish that with everything else going on (on Wikinews and irl), I didn't ask you to stand for ArbCom this year. Honestly I'd have asked your permission to nominate you. --Pi zero (talk) 15:17, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks :-) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 20:24, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

ArbCom 2014
Looking ahead to next month, would you accept nomination for ArbCom this year? (I'm early this year because I'm still kicking myself for slipping up on asking you last year.) --Pi zero (talk) 15:33, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Elected!
This is coming later than it should've (sorry!) You've officially been elected to the ArbCom for 2014! 3 cheers for you! --Bddpaux (talk) 15:08, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

An important message about renaming users
Dear Brian,

I am cross-posting this message to many places to make sure everyone who is a Wikimedia Foundation project bureaucrat receives a copy. If you are a bureaucrat on more than one wiki, you will receive this message on each wiki where you are a bureaucrat.

As you may have seen, work to perform the Wikimedia cluster-wide single-user login finalisation (SUL finalisation) is taking place. This may potentially effect your work as a local bureaucrat, so please read this message carefully.

Why is this happening? As currently stated at the global rename policy, a global account is a name linked to a single user across all Wikimedia wikis, with local accounts unified into a global collection. Previously, the only way to rename a unified user was to individually rename every local account. This was an extremely difficult and time-consuming task, both for stewards and for the users who had to initiate discussions with local bureaucrats (who perform local renames to date) on every wiki with available bureaucrats. The process took a very long time, since it's difficult to coordinate crosswiki renames among the projects and bureaucrats involved in individual projects.

The SUL finalisation will be taking place in stages, and one of the first stages will be to turn off Special:RenameUser locally. This needs to be done as soon as possible, on advice and input from Stewards and engineers for the project, so that no more accounts that are unified globally are broken by a local rename to usurp the global account name. Once this is done, the process of global name unification can begin. The date that has been chosen to turn off local renaming and shift over to entirely global renaming is 15 September 2014, or three weeks time from now. In place of local renames is a new tool, hosted on Meta, that allows for global renames on all wikis where the name is not registered will be deployed.

Your help is greatly needed during this process and going forward in the future if, as a bureaucrat, renaming users is something that you do or have an interest in participating in. The Wikimedia Stewards have set up, and are in charge of, a new community usergroup on Meta in order to share knowledge and work together on renaming accounts globally, called Global renamers. Stewards are in the process of creating documentation to help global renamers to get used to and learn more about global accounts and tools and Meta in general as well as the application format. As transparency is a valuable thing in our movement, the Stewards would like to have at least a brief public application period. If you are an experienced renamer as a local bureaucrat, the process of becoming a part of this group could take as little as 24 hours to complete. You, as a bureaucrat, should be able to apply for the global renamer right on Meta by the requests for global permissions page on 1 September, a week from now.

In the meantime please update your local page where users request renames to reflect this move to global renaming, and if there is a rename request and the user has edited more than one wiki with the name, please send them to the request page for a global rename.

Stewards greatly appreciate the trust local communities have in you and want to make this transition as easy as possible so that the two groups can start working together to ensure everyone has a unique login identity across Wikimedia projects. Completing this project will allow for long-desired universal tools like a global watchlist, global notifications and many, many more features to make work easier.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the SUL finalisation, read over the Help:Unified login page on Meta and leave a note on the talk page there, or on the talk page for global renamers. You can also contact me on my talk page on meta if you would like. I'm working as a bridge between Wikimedia Foundation Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Stewards, and you to assure that SUL finalisation goes as smoothly as possible; this is a community-driven process and I encourage you to work with the Stewards for our communities.

Thank you for your time. -- Keegan (WMF) talk 18:24, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

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Being bothered by User:Pi zero
He is bothering me with rubbish each edit. He is never contributing. He deletes articles comments sites here, although the article is existing. Articles under development are clean up articles. I might not write about RB Leipzig. My started articles have interest and he says that other archived articles are which from amateur clubs, university clubs or something else. He wants to rename my name here and is not rename me. My articles are written after the style such as about other proven football match reports. He is psychic unable to name reasons. Please remove him from the board! He neither productive nor socially competent or educated, for a globally representative on public free sites. --Nikebrand (talk) 21:42, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom election 2015
Hi. As a current Arb, are you willing to stand again this year? I'd be happy to nominate you, or of course you could nominate yourself. --Pi zero (talk) 17:32, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Congratulations on your election. Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:55, 2 August 2015 (UTC)

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An important part of that transition is helping volunteers like you sign the required confidentiality agreement. All Wikimedia volunteers with access to nonpublic information are required to sign this new agreement, and we have prepared some documentation to help you do so.

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Inactive checkuser
Hello, in accordance with the global policy, your CheckUser rights will be removed soon due to inactivity. If you make edits or log actions, or use the tool, then this will prevent removal for inactivity. Thanks, Ajraddatz (talk) 20:29, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. I am still around and contactable on this project. Brian |(Talk)  04:33, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for replying. No need to worry then :) Ajraddatz (talk) 23:23, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom election 2016
Hi. As a current Arb, are you willing to stand again this year? I'd be happy to nominate you, or of course you could nominate yourself. --Pi zero (talk) 01:25, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Happy to run again, thanks! :) Brian |(Talk) 11:21, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Election 2017
Hi. As a current Arb, are you willing to stand again this year? I'd be happy to nominate you, or of course you could nominate yourself. --Pi zero (talk) 18:14, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

 * Happy to serve again, if needed. Cheers, Brian |(Talk) 23:53, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

Notice of removal of CheckUser rights for inactivity
Dear Brian,

I am sorry to say that, but just wanted to let you know that I have removed the CheckUser right from your account based on this request, as per CheckUser policy, considering that you have been inactive on this wiki for over one year. Therefore, in accordance with that policy, your CU permissions have been removed. Thanks for your service.

Warm regards, R adi X  ∞  18:19, 8 July 2017 (UTC)

ArbCom election, 2018
Hi. Are you willing to stand again this year? I'd be pleased to nominate you, or of course you could nominate yourself. --Pi zero (talk) 19:29, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Growing Wikinews to counter the Balkanization of the body politic
Hello:

I'm asking all the Wikinews administrators for their thoughts on how Wikinews and the Wikimedia Foundation more generally might respond more effectively to the challenges to democracy and world peace that many people perceive in the rise of the xenophobic right in the US, Europe, India, the Philippines, and elsewhere. I've proposed a workshop on this subject for WikiConference North America, October 18-21, and I've engaged User:Pi zero and User:Gryllida in discussing this at Water cooler/proposals. Pi zero and Gryllida think the numbers I scraped from Wikinews are wrong. That may be, but I don't think it changes the fundamental question.

I hope you will contribute your thoughts to this discussion -- both online and hopefully also at WikiConference North America.

Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 01:22, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

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Tropical storm hits Philippines, 45,000 people displaced

May 3, 2009

Dante, a tropical storm in Southeast Asia, has killed at least eleven people and displaced tens of thousands in the Philippines.

Government authorities reported that nine persons were missing after a mudslide resulting from the storm in the coastal village of Maganelles.

Regional disaster official Bernardo Alejandro said that the army and police were using shovels to search for the missing people, who are feared to have been buried in the mudslide. Nine persons, among them two children, have been found. According to Alejandro, the other casualties were a fisherman who drowned off the coast of the Camarines Norte province and a man who attempted to ford a swollen creek and drowned.

Meanwhile, 45,000 people were evacuated into school shelters from their residences near the Mayon volcano, following concerns that mudslides may begin in the area.

According to a government weather meteorologist, Manny Mendoza, the typhoon was estimated to have sustained maximum winds of 95 kilometres per hour, with gusts of up to 120 kph. At last report, it is predicted to be about 110 kilometres off the northeastern coast of the islands.

Typhoons are not rare in the Philippines; an average of 20 storms strike the area every year. This storm, however, was unusual because it hit in the middle of the Philippine summer, while most typhoons appear only after June. Alejandro said that global warming, which may have caused weather patterns to change, could have been the reason for the unusual occurrence.


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Could an admin add Category:Hurricane season, 2009 to this page? Thanks, – Juliancolton  | Talk 17:46, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
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Please replace Hurricane with Hurricane 2009 Infobox. Thanks! – Juliancolton  | Talk 21:40, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
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Comments:Swine flu worldwide: update

Australia update
Australia - 30 May 2009

Some experts are calling for shift from 'contain' strategy to 'sustain' strategy response to likely pandemic of H1N1 as number of confirmed cases in Australia exceeds 200, representing a 50% increase since yesterday, prompting concern new confirmed infections have started up an exponential curve. Over 3000 people in Victoria alone are in home-bound quarantine. Symptoms are generally mild, with no reported deaths.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/29/2584998.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/29/2585109.htm

The Australian Government has promised 7 million for additional research in disease spread and control and has placed an order of 10 million doses of vaccine when it becomes available from Australian company CSL. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/29/2584998.htm

Wrong information purhaps?
Where do they get there information from? I live in Canada, and hear the news! There is only one confirmed case in Canada. This case was found in a girl who lives in Brandon, Manitoba. Sheesh, this is so wrong!

Canada.....

just dont eat pork or sausage for

now

 * Just wash your hands. It's that easy.

20+ people death: seriously more people die run over by cars in any major city.

I is hungry for piggy...

Uh Oh, Retard Alert Retard Alert!
Well in times like this, in all darkness... WHen the world is in "crisis", one thing can bring peace...

PORN-AGINATION!

 * D

When do people figure out that the regular flu kills 35,000 people yearly?--Unionhawk (talk) 18:27, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, a lot of these cases will be where the 'regular' flu has made frail people end up with complications, things like pneumonia. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:04, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

GREECE

There are no reports of infected people yet in Greece.

If it was really as bad as they say it is, they would be measuring it by the amount of survivors, not the amount of dead.

This flu is a danger because even though it has infected relativity few people, it has killed about 2.45% of them, where normal flu kills 0.07% of victims.

Swine Flu
Very Overated!! Why is everybody so worried? If I had a destiny to have swine flue I would want it now (the first wave).

As with any virus, the first wave is survivable because the virus cannot cope with the human immune system. The second wave is deadly, and only people who have already been infected will survive.

Sorry but this seems in keeping
Reading other comments I think this might be of interest: Worried about swine flu, there's a cure!

My mother works at a hospital and if the pandemic level reaches 6 she cant leave work.

Swine flu is definitely not transmitted by eating pork. Just cook the meat thoroughly as usual. Wash your hands before and after working with food (also as usual). The death rate percentages are of significant concern, and the fact that this new virus spreads as easily as other influenzas, means we must counteract its rapid spread sooner rather than later.

World map graph exagerates spread of H1N1
A more useful tool would be to show the number of cases by state or even county to better reflect the actual number of cases. To assign the black color to Mexico Canada and the US gives the impression that al three countries are completely infected! This is extreme over exageration. Break it down to smaller districts. __

India

Airport authorities should make the swine flu tests mandatory for all the passengers. That is the only way we can prevent spreading swine flu across the globe. The MBA boy who 'caught' at Coimbatore had symptoms in USA itself, but refrained from the tests. --!!

What do you think of the responses to the outbreak? Is enough being done to prevent it? Or is it an overreaction?
Nigeria seems not to have grasped the severity of the situation. Ordering "cleaning of ships is not a response to a pandemic that has killed more than 5,000 country wide. How come we do not have a response plan yet? Even if issued with pandemic today, logistics are not in place to ensure efficient dissemination to all citizens. Level of awareness of the pandemic is deplorable and this can result in graver consequences than if people were aware and are educated. More efforts needs to be put in place, not just by the Federal Health Ministry but also organisations, NGOs etc, need to educate their staff, who will drill down the knowlegde to their families.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.248.0.94 (talk) 16:42, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

i think that much more aggressive measures to curb the spread of swine (h1n1) influenza should be taken.
the government is under reacting to the H1N1 outbreak.here we have a virus that resembles the strain of flu that triggered the 1918 pandemic,and yet we (most of us) are continuing to venture into the community without any protection.the measures that should be taken are:1  prophylaxis with tamiflu or relenza to anyone who even POSSIBLY had exposure to an ill person,closure of all schools in states with confirmed cases,closure of cinemas,restaurants,grocers,and librarys,closure of the border to mexico (blocking all air travel as well),screening of all passengers on any form of public transportation for influenza like illness (especially air travel),the testing of all people with influenza like illness for H1N1,and the hospitalization of all pateints with confirmed H1N1.—63.247.60.254 (talk) 17:15, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

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My userpage. More to come (probably).

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Welcome
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Creation
This page was created in the Main namespace on 4 May, then renamed to the Portal namespace on 5 May. -- Miropolitan (talk) 00:30, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

DPLs
DPLs should be used here. --SVTCobra 11:04, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

DPLs using what category? South Australia? No articles are listed there. (Wait, I just added one!) Miropolitan (talk), 4 May 2009
 * No, DPLs should not be used. This page should be a redirect to either a portal or the category. There are a number of regional category templates to maintain a portal, and the actual category itself should probably have a DPL of the last 5-10 stories and links to WP as appropriate. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:13, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * D'oh! I thought I was in a category.  Yes, as Brian says ... redirect to cat. --SVTCobra 22:05, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
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Your account will be renamed
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 Seanm028. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Seanm028~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.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:21, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 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) 06:36, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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Categories
Many thanks. C628 (talk) 23:24, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Three articles for a category
We make a point, generally, of not creating an article category until we already have at least three published articles to go in it. That's to protect us against runaway category creation. --Pi zero (talk) 20:21, 16 March 2013 (UTC)

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You mean ? That username doesn't seem to be obscene or inappropriate, like the other ones are. Usually, we only block users that have blatantly offensive usernames, but the one you mentioned isn't so. It's entirely possible this was a legitimate user who happened to create his account in the midst of this vandalism spree. Better to give the benifit of the doubt, I'd say. If suspicious behaviour starts to occur, I'll think about a ban, but not now. Cheers, tempo divalse  18:57, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

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Swine flu cases worldwide top 1,000

May 4, 2009 The United Nations' World Health Organization reported on Monday that the total number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus worldwide has surpassed one thousand. The chief of the WHO, Margaret Chan, told the UN General Assembly in New York that 1,003 confirmed infections have been reported throughout the world since the outbreak began.

Chan said that there was "no indication that we are facing a situation similar to that in 1918," when an outbreak of the flu killed fifty million people. She did, however, warn that if the virus were to start in a second wave, it "would be the biggest of all outbreaks the world has faced in the 21st century."

"I'm not predicting the pandemic will blow up, but if I miss it and we don't prepare, I fail. I'd rather over-prepare than not prepare," Chan told the Financial Times.

On Monday, Portugal reported its first confirmed case of the disease, in a woman who had recently visited Mexico. Other European countries, such as Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Spain, have also announced new cases of the flu. Currently, there have been 27 casualties resulting from the disease, with 26 in Mexico and the other in the United States.

The WHO has recently increased its pandemic alert level to the fifth level, on a scale of one to six, although it has said an increase to the highest level is not probable. Keiji Fukuda, the WHO Assistant Director, said that "We do not have any evidence to suggest that we should move to phase six today, or any such move is imminent right now." A transition to the sixth level would only take place if the disease were to start spreading significantly on at least two continents.

Androulla Vassiliou, the European Union Health Commissioner, stressed that there was no need to panic about the outbreak. She said that a pandemic would not necessarily result in mass deaths from the virus.

"We are worried, but we are on top of things," Vassiliou said. "The fact that we have been preparing ourselves in the EU for an event such as this for some years now, and the experience gained so far, puts us in a much stronger position."

Brazil
The Brazilian government has reported that there are fifteen suspected infections of the H1N1 virus, up from four earlier in the week. 44 patients displaying symptoms of the flu are being monitored.

In a televised interview on the weekend, Brazilian health minister Jose Gomes Temporao stated Brazil is well prepared to fight a possible epidemic. "The virus is not circulating in the country, and if it does, we are prepared for it," he said, adding that the government had enough raw materials on hand to give prescriptions to up to nine million cases.

China
Tens of Mexican citizens visiting China were placed under quarantine this week, despite not showing any symptoms of the swine flu, prompting allegations of discrimination from Mexican diplomats. The action was taken after a Mexican woman who had arrived in China from Mexico was found to be infected with the disease.

Chinese foreign spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu said that the move was not discrimination against Mexicans, but correct procedure. The incident has soured the two countries' relations, as Mexico is China's largest trade partner in Central America.

Mexico
Government officials in Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak, have said that there are signs that the outbreak has been successfully curbed. Mexican health minister Jose Angel Cordova said "the trend is slowing". He warned against complacency, though, adding that "there could be a resurgence, and that could occur in the next few days or even much later."

The current number of confirmed deaths from the flu have reached twelve, and 260 confirmed cases.

The Mexican economy has suffered from the epidemic. The government ordered tourist sites and businesses to shut down until Wednesday, after a five-day close down nationwide. The closures are estimated to be threatening 450,000 and costing the economy $100 million per diem.

The United States has pledged to purchase 13 million packages of antiviral treatment, and export 400,000 of them to Mexico.

Portugal
A Portuguese woman who had recently traveled to Mexico has been confirmed to have the H1N1 virus, the government reported, making her the first confirmed case in the country.

"She was not seriously ill and it is several days now since she displayed any more symptoms. Her relatives and a group of people who traveled with her [to Mexico] have been tested and none of them have been infected," said the Portuguese health minister, Ana Jorge.

Spain
Spain's health minister Trinidad Jimenez said that the country now has 57 confirmed cases of the swine flu, making Spain the country with the most confirmed incidents in Europe. The number was up from 44 cases reported as of Sunday.

Jimenez said that out of the confirmed cases, only eleven persons remained hospitalized, while the rest have been released. An additional 63 people are under observation for the flu.

United States
The swine flu has been reported in more than 25 of the fifty US states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that thirty states have now reported incidents of the virus, with a total of 226 confirmed cases. The only fatality from the disease in the country was in a Mexican child who died in Texas.

"Virtually all of the United States probably has this virus circulating now," said the CDC's interim public health deputy director, Anne Schuchat. "We expect a number of additional states to confirm the virus in the days ahead. I don't think we're out of the woods yet."

In his weekly broadcast, President Barack Obama said that he "would sooner take action now than hesitate and face graver consequences later," saying there was "the potential for a pandemic". The president has also requested a US$1.5 million fund from Congress in order to buy additional emergency equipment and antiviral drugs.

Janet Napolitano, US Homeland Security secretary, denied claims that the government was scaring the public, saying that "once you get behind flu, you can't catch up. You have to get ahead of it."

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Five arrested in Canada after C$2 million armoured car robbery

May 7, 2009

Officers from the York Regional Police and Sûreté du Québec arrested five family members in Toronto, Ontario and Quebec regarding the February 5 armoured car robbery of C$2.3 million which occurred in Richmond Hill, Ontario. According to officers, a Garda security guard released information such as digital codes and security procedures to family members, who then proceeded to use the information the evening of February 5 outside a Royal Bank of Canada on Yonge Street.

About half of the heist money has been recovered. It is alleged that the suspects had taken vacations to Spain, the Domincan Republic, and the Bahamas. Twin brothers, their two sons, and the cousin who disclosed company information were those arrested. York Chief Armand La Barge said that police made the arrest as the five planned another robbery for Quebec.

Normand Grignon, and his twin Marcel Grignon, 59 along with their sons, Anthony Grignon, 24, Lawrence Stark-Grignon, 26, were arrested at their homes on the Island of Montreal, Quebec. They will be transferred to Newmarket, Ontario to appear in court. Christopher Reinards, 26, was the Garda supervisor from Toronto who will also face charges.


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Dozens killed after gunmen storm Turkish wedding reception

May 5, 2009 As many as 45 people have been killed and six others were injured after at least four gunmen with grenades stormed a wedding reception in the village of Bilge located in Turkey. Many of those killed were women and children. The attack is not believed to be related to terrorism.

"According to our investigations so far nothing indicates that this is a terror attack but a larger investigation is being run by the regional prosecutor," said the interior minister of Turkey, Besir Atalay. The attack is believed to be part of an ongoing blood feud between two families. Al Jazeera says the attack may also be related to rival gangs of village guards.

According to one unnamed witness as quoted by Reuters, "a few people" wearing masks entered the house where the reception was being held, "spraying the place with bullets" and began to shoot people, with the attack lasting at nearly 15 minutes. At least 200 people were believed to have been attending the reception.


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 * That's very odd, I could read the whole WSJ article earlier today. I'll go try and find another source, then. tempo divalse  23:27, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I know you must have read the WSJ article to write the WN article, maybe they only put the articles online temporarily, anyways fixed now.SriMesh | talk  23:47, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, I think I've addressed the listed concerns, putting the review back up again. tempo divalse  23:29, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

How was someone able to edit the published version of the article? Kushal one (talk) 13:29, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Another death in Texas
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/news/updates.shtm H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) — May 5, 2009

DSHS is reporting the first death of a Texas resident with H1N1 flu. A woman from Cameron County who had chronic underlying health conditions died earlier this week.

 * A new article should be started to report this event. --SVTCobra 23:23, 5 May 2009 (UTC)


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Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. Thanks, tempo divalse  00:29, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

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