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Comments:Afghan president Karzai widens lead in early voting count

Its nice to see civilized fair voting. the middle east has come a long way. my vote goes to Karzai -Jessie Owenby

Kind of suspicious...


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Comments:Tropical Storm Danny to target the U.S. East Coast this weekend

Stay away from jacksonville danny. -Jessie Owenby


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Comments:Pakistan Taliban say Baitullah Mehsud is dead

one down. lets see if we can finish off the entire taliban militia. -Jessie Owenby


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Comments:Women in South Africa advancing in fields of science and technology

Its hard to believe a country that needs technological development is hindering itself simply because of gender. -Jessie Owenby

Is this truly an upwards 'trend' ?
As a young Molecular Biologist who passed through the South African tertiary education system, I wonder how profound these results actually are. The South African government has been ploughing millions of rands into educating woman in the field of science. Being a caucasian male I could not get any government scholarships to fund my studies, despite graduating in the top 10 percent of my BSc class and graduating at the top of my MSc class. My female colleagues, many of whom did not achieve equal academic merits, were awarded handsome scholarships to support further studies towards doctorate degrees. Despite applying to the National Research Foundation for numerous scholarships over a 4 year period I was unable to get any funding. Without funding it is virtually impossible for any individual to pursue their doctorate.

Today I am living in the United Kingdom, doing a PhD at the University of Cambridge with a full merit scholarship from the Wellcome Trust. If South Africa is not nurturing their young male scientists, irrespective of race or background, they will leave the country to find better opportunities elsewhere.

I therefore debate whether this result is due to more women entering the sciences, or simply because more men are deliberately being excluded?


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Comments:Tropical Storm Ignacio forms over the Pacific

what a waste of storm.

 * Indeed - hopefully Danny will be more interesting, at least from a meteorological standpoint. – Juliancolton  | Talk 00:43, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Calvin Harris knocks Michael Jackson off top spot in UK Album Chart

Calvin Harris wouldnt beat michael in the U.S. -Jessie Owenby

So
Michael Jackson is a international super star


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Comments:Cricket: England regain Ashes in the Oval sunshine

Are there really ashes in the urn? -Jessie Owenby
 * Good question. According to wikipedia:

"The series is named after a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, in 1882 after a match at The Oval in which Australia beat England on an English ground for the first time. The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia. The English media dubbed the next English tour to Australia (1882–83) as the quest to regain The Ashes.[1]

During that tour a small terracotta urn was presented to England captain Ivo Bligh by a group of Melbourne women. The contents of the urn are reputed to be the ashes of an item of cricket equipment, possibly a bail, ball or stump. Some Aborigines hold that The Ashes are those of King Cole, a cricketer who toured England in 1868.[2] The Dowager Countess of Darnley claimed in 1998 that her mother-in-law, Bligh's wife Florence Morphy, said that they were the remains of a lady's veil.[3]

The urn is commonly, but erroneously, believed to be the trophy of the Ashes series, but it has never been formally adopted as such and Bligh always considered it to be a personal gift.[4]"

'''Simply Unbelievable, fantastic acheivment - but can they keep hold of the ashes when they play on the aussie's own turf, and without flintoff in the side.

Not only is there talk that steve harmison is talking of retirement from 5 - day internationals but the next time the 2 sides compete against each other, most of the other players will take that view too..

If they can do this, and come back from aussie with the ashes, then you can class england as a good cricket side.

Chris...'''


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UK denies pressuring Scotland into Lockerbie release

September 2, 2009

Since the August 20 release of, who was convicted of planting a bomb on , there has been growing controversy surrounding the events which led to his release. Pan Am Flight 103 exploded in-flight in 1988 as the aircraft flew over, Scotland, killing all 259 people on board and eleven more on the ground. Al Megrahi is the only person to have been convicted of the bombing. In recent years, the British government has negotiated oil development deals with Libya. As part of the negotiations, at least three UK ministers traveled to Libya in the months leading up to Al Megrahi's release.

Leaked letters from UK  to his Scottish counterpart,, stated that it was in the "overwhelming national interests" of the UK to include Al Megrahi in prisoner transfer agreements which were part of the oil trade deals. These letters have lead to widespread speculation that the British government influenced the Scottish decision to release Al Megrahi.

Al Megrahi was released on compassionate grounds as he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. However, this diagnosis was called into question as  revealed that the health director of the, Dr. Andrew Fraser, relied on the advice of a instead of an , when issuing his recommendation for release.

When Al Megrahi returned to Libyan soil, Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi thanked Gordon Brown and for his release.

, the son of Muammar al-Gaddafi, has stated that during the prisoner transfer agreement (PTA) phase the trade negotiations, the Al Megrahi case was not specifically named, yet it was implied. "The fight to get the [prisoner transfer] agreement lasted a long time and was very political, but I want to make clear that we didn't mention Mr Megrahi. At all times we talked about the PTA. It was obvious we were talking about him. We all knew that was what we were talking about," he said.

In Scotland, the release of Al Megrahi has caused significant debate. A poll conducted for the BBC by found that 60% of Scots thought the  was wrong to allow the release. 68% believe the decision was made fore reasons that did not pertain to Al Megrahi's health. "No one I think seriously believes we made any other decision except for the right reasons," Alex Salmond said on Wednesday. "I think it was the right decision. I also absolutely know it was for the right reasons."

"We didn't think that the Lockerbie decision should be linked to trade or oil decisions by anyone who looked at the coincidence that the prisoner transfer agreement was being negotiated at the same time as commercial contracts," Salmon also stated.

The stated Monday that, "There was no deal over [the] release of al-Megrahi nor could there ever be, since all decisions were for the Scottish, not U.K. government."

"The central assertion in this story is completely untrue and deeply misleading," added.

Correspondence released on Tuesday by the UK government shows that Abdulati Alobidi, the Libyan minister to Europe warned of "catastrophic effects for the relationship between Libya and the UK," if Al Megrahi were to die in prison in Scotland.

When Salmond asked Straw what the national interests of the UK were, Jack Straw replied, "Having sponsored terrorist attacks in the past, it [Libya] is now an important partner in the fight against terrorism." Libya approved a large oil exploration contract to within days of the letter.

Libyan officials have said that since al-Megrahi's return to Libya, his health has deteriorated. He was not part of the 40th anniversary celebrations for Gaddafi's coup d'état held on Tuesday.


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transfer denied.
The article makes no mention of the fact that the Prisoner transfer agreement was rejected. It should also mention that Mr Megrahi was the only Libyan prisoner in Scottish jails, which makes "The fight to get the [prisoner transfer] agreement lasted a long time and was very political, but I want to make clear that we didn't mention Mr Megrahi" a pretty hilarious statement!


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Comments:Two-plane crash in Florida kills four

I was a very close friend of Jefferson and today I found out that he passed away. I was so upset and angry because all the good people are going one by one around me. I lost contact with him and I now wish I didn't. He told me it was his dream to get his aviation licence and I was proud of him. He would have made a good husband and a teriffic father. I love you Jeff and I will meet up with you one day baby. REST IN PEACE MY LOVE.


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User talk:Jcpalma~enwikinews

Welcome
Tempodivalse [talk]  13:38, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:American professional wrestler Karl Von Hess dies at the age of 90

I do his family well. His grand son and grand daughter live in Glenwood ia. He has family in Omaha ne. As wellhe continues to be one of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life. I can help you if your still looking to chat with his family his stories are legendary I never get tired of hearing them.

Would any one know how I can contact Karls family. The Von Hess's were good friends of my parents from Hiram's trailer Park; Karl and Lenore were my baby sitters back then, I still have a picture of me as a baby on his sholders. I remember them as great people, unfortunatly I have not seen them since the 80's at their trailer park in South SerseyLink title
 * Wikinews does not maintain contact details or act as an information service to research them on your behalf. So, sorry, we don't have the details and - realistically - even if we did it would not be appropriate to share them with an anonymous contributor, particularly at this time. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:32, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Von Hess was actually 91 when he passed away. I know his family. His son John was really close friends with my uncle before my uncle passed away.


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User:Wasielgallery

Poland; Exhibition: "Zbigniew Wasiel - sculpture/ Marek Szczesny - drawing and painting"

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User talk:Wasielgallery

Welcome
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Extrasolar planet will most probably fall into its star

August 27, 2009

Astronomers have discovered an extrasolar planet that may eventually collide into its sun. The planet, called WASP-18b, orbits its star in under one day, and is 10 times larger than Jupiter. Its star is 1,000 light years from Earth. The discovery was made by British astronomers. The planet's name is derived from the group that discovered it, WASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets).

The planet is approximately one billion years old. Tidal interactions between the planet and its star are pulling them together, and it will likely crash into its star in under one million years. The planet is relatively much closer to its star than Earth is to the Sun. Earth is a distance of 93 million miles from the sun, whereas WASP-18b is only 1.4 million miles from its star.

Professor Andrew Collier Cameron of St. Andrew's University commented on the inherent problems with the planet: "The problem with this planet is that it's very massive and very close to its star. It should be creating tidal bulging that makes it spiral into its star."

Coel Hellier of Keele University led a group of researchers that discovered the planet. Their study of WASP-18b was published in the August 27 issue of the journal Nature. Scientists had a 1 in 2,000 chance of discovering the planet. There are 300 planets which are known to orbit stars other than the Sun.


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Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer, dies at 97

August 27, 2009

, a well-known Russian childrens poet and a writer, died on Thursday in Moscow after a heart attack in February.

He is lyricist for both the (with ) and the. Born in 1913 in the, he lived a long life and gained high popularity in the and respect in modern Russia.

In 1962 he founded, a Soviet satirical TV series about life in the USSR.

His poems about  became popular among children. He was also a scriptwriter for some animation films and films.

He is the father of and, notable Russian film directors and producers.

He was awarded three Stalin Prizes (1941, 1942, 1950), Order of Lenin, a 2nd class Order For Service to Fatherland (2003) and others. He is considered a.

His funeral is scheduled to take place tomorrow, at the Christ The Saviour Cathedral in Moscow.


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Dawn!
It is hard to believe, but it is happening,,,,It was cool! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.194.83.155 (talk • contribs)

I suddenly lost interest at this phrase
"and it will likely crash into its star in under one million years"

I hate astronomical time scales :(.


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Hurricane Jimena approaches Baja California
Here's one of me own. It's fairly short and there's no OR, but it's among my most in-depth articles and covers the event quite well I think. – Juliancolton  | Talk 15:05, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

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 * It's a solid, well-written article, but at five kilobytes, it's not very "in-depth" - hardly any longer than our average piece. Imho, it just doesn't "stand out" enough for FA status. Sorry. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:09, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * because it's not dramatically better than average weather-related news. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:30, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * —this article is on the upper boundary of our average work. It is not as exceptional as a FA ought to be, and does not have quite enough depth. Den dodge  T\C 17:52, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * per the three above - I like this, it's well written and above-average, but it doesn't have that wow factor we're looking for. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:16, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * ty, Tempo Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:18, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Result: Not promoted per strong consensus that this is not as in-depth as an FA should be Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:18, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Shooting rampage in Orlando, Florida leaves one dead, seven injured
This was worked on quite quickly and by several editors. Rayboy8 ( my talk ) 21:08, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

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Result: Cadidacy failed per strong consensus of the lack of depth Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:00, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
 * as nomiator. Rayboy8  ( my talk ) 21:08, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * While it's a fairly collaborative piece and written well, it's not very long - at .3.5 kilobytes in size, it's hardly any longer than our usual article. I'm of the opinion that featured articles should cover the event very comprehensively (i.e. "in depth"). I don't think it stands out enough from our average work enough to be an FA. Tempodivalse [talk]  21:17, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * —sorry, but it's far too short, and doesn't cover the topic in enough depth. I suggest waiting until the news is no longer breaking. Den dodge  T\C 21:46, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * , nothing special and still breaking. – Juliancolton  | Talk 21:47, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * - simply not stable enough. This could go down the tubes and be an embarrassment. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:09, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Not long happened, not a stable article. Also, not in depth enough. If you want an FA on this, my advice would be to give a day or two, then run with Details emerge on Orlando, Florida spree shooting or similar. There should be plenty to talk about. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 23:29, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Thirteen dead, several wounded in Fort Hood, Texas shooting
A lot of people worked on this and it developed very quickly - in just a few hours actually, if you look at the revision history. It has no original reporting in it, but has a large amount of collaboration. I think that this article should achieve Featured article status, based on how brilliantly and quickly this article was worked on. Rayboy8 ( my talk ) 23:53, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

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 * I am abstaining. I made some copyedits to this but never got beyond the fourth paragraph otherwise. It really needed those copyedits, and was initially published with a title that did not match WN:SG. I would tend to oppose because of persistent 'encyclopedisation' as this was developed. --Brian McNeil / talk 03:53, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * In what way do you think the article is "encyclopedic"? I tried to maintain as much of a "newsy" tone as i could when expanding the article. Tempodivalse [talk]  04:07, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Look at the points where I edited. I don't want to pick on anyone in particular over this article; a good job was done finding and monitoring sources for information. The presentation left a lot to be desired and I know you were one of the people trying to improve that. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:15, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

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 * —I was involved in the collaboration on this article, and it was—in my opinion—exemplary. The article is in-depth and covers all aspects of the event. The lack of OR isn't a major issue to me: While it would be a positive if it were there, it doesn't make me think any less of the article if it is lacking. Den dodge  T\C 00:02, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Disclaimer - I was quite involved in writing the article (having contributed around 10kb). However, I think it's "in-depth" enough to qualify as an FA,; also, it was a collaborative piece, having been worked upon significantly by at least three contributors, and edited by many more. There's no OR or exclusive images, but nonetheless I think this meets FA standard. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:10, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * as nominatior. Rayboy8  ( my talk ) 07:57, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * --Very detailed and Ilove the speed and collaboration on it. Good job"      Tris   20:12, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * although the coverage and collaboration is very good on this, I agree with Brian in that I can see where he's coming from. It is as in-depth as you would expect given the subject, but bits and pieces of style are a concern. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 23:18, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Result: Promoted, no opposition Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:57, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah withdraws from elections
One of my own articles, written quite recently. While it doesn't have much in the way of images, there's no OR, and only one person (me) worked on it, it's very in-depth and reasonably well-written, and i think it qualifies as FA-standard. Tempodivalse [talk]  01:54, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

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 * Article dated Sunday, and uses Sunday in preference to Today within the body. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:16, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Someone - is it you, Tempo? - keeps doing that to things I write. I'd advocate a note in the style guide noting news stories are immediate things. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:15, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's usually me. I wasn't aware what WN:SG had to say about it: If something happened or is happening on the day you are writing your article, state it is happening today. My reason for using days of the week was to avoid possible ambiguity - i.e. "today" could be Friday in one part of the world, but already "Saturday" in another - but then again, that should already be made clear from date. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:27, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Now I feel stupid for suggesting we change the style guide to say something it already did. That was why I never reverted; you liked it, there was (I thought) no guideline... so I kept leaving it. Good to clear that up, and by the way, you do a great job copyediting pretty much everything Tempo. :) Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:32, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

 * I haven't voted because I haven't yet settled down to read through this. However, I would like to note that this appears to be very well written and good coverage of an issue that is under-reported despite being what I would deem as one of the biggest stories out there. I also feel that the issue with the today/sunday thing, provided it is the only problem, should not be enough to single-handedly stop an FAC. I wonder if the hange is minor enough to get consensus to 'break' the archive, since meaning is unchanged? That way we could eradicate the issue entirely. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 23:26, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I would say so. It's not a content change and only involves changing a single word, it doesn't even change the meaning. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:27, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I was bold and changed the article text based on your suggestion. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:31, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

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 * as nominator. Tempodivalse [talk]  01:54, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Very in-depth. The lack of OR shouldn't stop this from being grant FA status--RockerballAustralia (talk) 02:07, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks good. Pmlineditor  Talk 11:46, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * This is very well written. I don't think it would matter in this case that there is no original reporting in this article. Rayboy8  ( my talk ) 07:57, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * —very good article. Den dodge  T\C 16:07, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * --   Tris   20:11, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Result: Promoted with unanimous support Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:48, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Anniversary of Tak Bai incident marked with lawsuits
This is one of the quite in-depth pieces I've worked on. It was a while back, and - regrettably - I didn't follow up on it. It lacks images, but I think it's a good, solid piece. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:19, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

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 * It's a good, solid piece, and well-written. However, i don't think it's quite "in depth" enough to qualify for WN:FA standards. While we do have some featured articles that are around this size, text-wise, they usually make up for it with extra images, video, or original reporting - none of which are present in this article. I think FA should consist of the "best of the best", and consist only of articles that stand out significantly from our average work. While this is a good piece, i don't think it meets those standards. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:31, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I think think this borderline FA standard. I would consider supporting if swayed --RockerballAustralia (talk) 23:39, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * - Yes, traditionally we expect images, quotes, and original research in our FAs; however, in my opinion, where Wikinews shines is its ability to produce good, neutral, and comprehensive articles by mixing and matching information from other external sources. It seems clear to me that this article demonstrates and showcases that. – Juliancolton  | Talk 03:32, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I would say yeah. It is quite good. Rayboy8  ( my talk ) 07:57, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * —Could be more in-depth, and there's a lack of images and OR, but overall it's good enough. Den dodge  T\C 16:01, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * although it is a tad short and a bit lacking in images etc. What is there is nice and solid. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 23:15, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Result: Successful, no opposition and a fair amount of support after a week. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:11, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

AFL provides insufficient support for European leagues: Germany
I think this is pretty in depth. Definitly my best non-technical article relatung to Aussie Rules (common complaint with my last 2 FACs)--RockerballAustralia (talk) 12:04, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

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 * Some good OR, seems fairly in-depth too. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:02, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
 * A lot of work went into this, steers away from the 'sport journo' jargon and puts together a good story. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:19, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * - Seems rather dry, but I suppose it technically meets all the standards – Juliancolton  | Talk 03:30, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Seems pretty good to me. Rayboy8  ( my talk ) 07:57, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

'''Result: Successful. Been over a week with no objections, unanimous support. Tempodivalse''' [talk]  14:12, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

US Nazi leader talks about Barack Obama, the economy and more
I'm still working on a major special report project, but until that's out then I feel that this is the best piece of work I've ever done. Achieving NPOV with a neo-Nazi interview was hard and the result predictably controversial - this was very much sticking my head out on the block for my journalistic beliefs, that we should always get all the facts from every source without judging, and leave that to the reader. I also made a serious effort to mix up Nazi-based questions as well as some general political questions - when was the last time you saw someone get the Nazi candidate for US pres to discuss electric cars? Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:52, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

 * but disappointed you didn't ask, "will you make the trains run on time?". --Brian McNeil / talk 20:55, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Tempodivalse [talk]  22:41, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * --Very interesting as well.    Tris   07:35, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * - Excellent work! – Juliancolton  | Talk 17:03, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * —even the effort it must hare required to keep this NPOV makes it worthy of FA status, and the fact thta the other criteria are met too is an added bonus. Den dodge  T\C 00:41, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Very nice interview. --Rayboy8 (talk) 18:30, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * , great interview! the wub "?!"  10:31, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Result:Promoted, per unanimous support. Tempodivalse [talk]  18:04, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
I'm nominating this, my own work, because I think it shows the potential Wikinews has to engage in real investigate journalism. It's possibly [ edit: a] weak [ edit: candidate] due to limited collaboration (although there were frequent complaints about the volume of mail I was sending to scoop). --Brian McNeil / talk 20:49, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

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My Google-foo tells me that despite our current screwup, and not being indexed in Google News, some people noticed this story. Nice! :-) --Brian McNeil / talk 17:47, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Adam Smith Institute

 * I would not describe the title as tabloidesque, as some have done below. That would be E-ewwwww is watching you! Eurasia implementing Big Brother. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:19, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

 * Two people have clearly challenged the title on POV grounds; While I did not propose it, I stand by it. From the 'lede', "Project INDECT aims to mine data from television, internet traffic, cellphone conversations, p2p file sharing and a range of other sources for crime prevention and threat prediction." This is in the documents, and I am not going to go through them with a fine-tooth comb to pick out direct quotes to back it up. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:46, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not disputing the lede, but there is a significant difference between technology to mine data from voice conversations, and the actual act of TAPPING phones to obtain such conversations in the first place which is what the title suggests. the wub "?!"  15:08, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * "plans" indicates it is not yet a fait-accomplit. Seriously, I will go to a 3RR block over renaming of this now. Partly per WN:ARCHIVE, but equally so because it is an accurate generalisation of how the public would view INDECT. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:08, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

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 * A seriously well-researched article. I hope to soon back up this with my own major original piece, should be a good double strike for WN. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:55, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * as nom. (My own little bit of vote-stacking.) --Brian McNeil / talk 21:03, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Tempodivalse [talk]  22:41, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * --I'm sorry, but I just don't agree that it is NPOV enough, as I've said on the talk page. It is an excellently researched and lengthy article however.     Tris   07:34, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm going to have to call you on that — as I did when you made a similarly vague comment on the article's talk page. Where does it fail WN:NPOV? How' does it fail WN:NPOV? Can you actually cite a passage that is clearly my POV, and not expressed through clearly attributed quotes? --Brian McNeil / talk 10:20, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Replied on the talk page so this page can be used for what it's meant to be used for.    Tris   11:19, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

 * - Interview, original reporting, image and multimedia, interesting sources, good stuff. Cirt (talk) 17:58, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * —well written, and the OR is a bonus. Plus, I love the title: really tabloid-y. Den dodge  T\C 21:28, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I love this article - it's well written, with a tabloid-style title, quite in-depth but doesn't ramble and is the first special report that Wikinews has done for some time. Well done. --Rayboy8 (talk) 18:25, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * with current title, it may be clever but "Listening to you at last" is certainly not NPOV. More worryingly I can't even find the source for tapping of cell phones, the leaked report seems to only refer to mining public data. Perhaps I've missed something, could you point me in the right direction Brian? (I have some other minor concerns, but I'll put them on the talk page tomorrow, need to sleep now). the wub "?!"  22:32, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
 * One of the important functions of journalism is to point to the problems in society. It should be sourced, it should be NPOV as more as it is possible, but by its nature it is not possible to be NPOV in the strict sense. Choosing news is not NPOV; saying that something is a problem is not NPOV. Such articles should be marked properly, but we need such articles if we want Wikinews as relevant source of information. --millosh (talk) 03:36, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * , I honestly don't see any real issues with NPOV here. – Juliancolton  | Talk 19:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * , I honestly don't see any real issues with NPOV here. – Juliancolton  | Talk 19:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

'''Result: Successful. It's been over a week since this opened and consensus is 80% in support of promotion - seems clear enough. Tempodivalse''' [talk]  21:52, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
One of our "best" stories in my opinion. Incredible amount of depth, neutral coverage, and some good OR. – Juliancolton  | Talk 19:59, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Good article, deserving of FA. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:23, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
 * - Fully agree, good article, comprehensive, FA quality. Cirt (talk) 23:28, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
 * definitely up there amongst our best coverage. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:45, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * a great example of what Wikinewsies are capable of. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:46, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * —great article that certainly showcases the best Wikinews has to offer. Den dodge  T\C 16:17, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Very good article. I'll support. --Rayboy8 (talk) 18:25, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Result: Closed as successful, per unanimous support. Tempodivalse [talk]  18:02, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Minor tears found in Gordon Brown's retina
The article contains six paragraphs, a picture, was worked on by a maximum of 7 Wikinews members and, in my opinion, is really well sourced. --Rayboy8 (talk) 12:19, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

 * nice article, but not as in-depth as FAs should be. Also, there's little or no OR, which is somewhat of a requirement. – Juliancolton  | Talk 13:29, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * FA articles should be very in-depth, at least a dozen paragraphs imo. This article is good quality, but I think it's just not long enough. Original reporting, although not required, can also be seen as a plus. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:30, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * This is a good 'staple' article, of a standard that most Wikinews publishes should reach. I would not push to the same extent for original reporting to be a prerequisite, but there would have to be something quite remarkable about a story purely drawn from other mainstream news sites for me to think it eligible for FA status. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:20, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * —sorry, but there's not enough detail, and no OR (not a requirement, but it helps). Den dodge  T\C 16:14, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * for the lack of detail as above, although it is a good article. I would take the view that a lack of OR shouldn't count against an article, although having OR would be in favour of one. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:42, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Result:Failed, no support to promote article. Tempodivalse [talk]  02:34, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Geelong win 2009 Australian Football League Grand Final
Alot of in depth pre event coverage and alot of in depth game coverage. It is atleast 90% OR and was worked on by two contributors - one being myself --RockerballAustralia (talk) 09:57, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

 * as nom --RockerballAustralia (talk) 09:57, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * - Style is odd, with text pushed about due to overabundance of images and things, which looks a bit tacky. There could be more context given to the body text - instead it appears to be written specifically for local fans who already have an inside knowledge of the topic. The wording of the body text proceeds as such: "this happened, then this, then this ..." - could have had a more professional tone. Cirt (talk) 17:39, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Cirt brings up good points. While the article is fairly in-depth and contains some OR, the style could have been more professional. Also, the the article's topic seems to be aimed at a very specific audience that, as Cirt says, already have inside knowledge of. Sorry. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:44, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * due to style and limited interest, as noted above. Den dodge  T\C 18:54, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Result: failed, not enough support to promote. Tempodivalse [talk]  19:43, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League Grand Final
Alot of work went into this to get it to FA standard prior to the event. I's got some quotes, plenty of pictures and a score box placed appropriately --RockerballAustralia (talk) 03:51, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

 * - Seems fairly short, but more importantly is very specific and doesn't have a lot of broad, general information. The content seems too encyclopedic. – Juliancolton  | Talk 04:22, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm undecided over this and may yet change my vote either way. I dunno what Julian is getting at, I think this is a decent match report (do you call it that if its not football/soccer?). I'm just wavering on if its FA standard. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 06:43, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Images and video are high quality and it's got OR, but I'm of the opinion that FAs should be very in-depth and detailed, and have lots of prose in addition to media. As far as text goes, this article is hardly any longer than our average article. It's a good article, i just don't consider it up to featured article standard. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:12, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * - sorry, but it's just not quite up to standard, for the reasons above. Den dodge T\C(en.wp) 15:30, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * as nom. News articles lways have background - this one has more that the usual. It's covered comprehesive;y --RockerballAustralia (talk) 22:17, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * If you nominate an article, you support of its promotion is presumed. – Juliancolton  | Talk 23:01, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Result: Unsuccessful, not enough support for promotion. Tempodivalse [talk]  03:28, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world's largest radio telescope
Not sure why it's not. I know it's my own work, but I still think it's worthy. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 07:57, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Good quality, in-depth story with lots of images and original reporting. Certainly deserves being an FA. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:36, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * —a great article. Definitely deserves it. Den dodge T\C(en.wp) 15:14, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
 * , certainly meets WN:WIAFA. Cirt (talk) 01:09, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Result: Promoted. Tempodivalse [talk]  01:11, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi released on compassionate grounds August 20, 2009
This article deals very well with a very controversial issue IMHO. There is new, original content, and we even had some previous original material to refer back to, as well as a chance to correct a mistake made by a major mainstream UK newspaper (for which credit goes really to SVTCobra, who thought to question that 'fact' earlier). It was collaborative; Adambro, Brian McNeil and myself worked on the article as well as that earlier comment by Cobra that became OR. Although it is towards the shorter end of featured articles, I still feel it covers the news very well, noting that the controversy about the homecoming came after this article; it ends "are ongoing in Tripoli." Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:37, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

 * It's rather short by FA standards, but I think it still qualifies as "in-depth" enough to be a featured article. A very nice piece of OR. Tempodivalse [talk]  22:04, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * - Looks great to me. – Juliancolton  | Talk 22:26, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * - Great work by all involved. Cirt (talk) 20:55, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * - significantly more researched than many MSM reports. Minor niggle is there seems to have been a cut and paste or edit error in one of the later paragraphs. A sentence fragment is duplicated and it isn't quite clear what's been meant to go in. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:11, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ here. Thanks. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:32, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Result: Successful, unanimous support. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:48, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Over 100 people protest exclusion of gender identity protection in ENDA outside HRC dinner July 29, 2008
This article is a work of first-hand journalism, and includes free-use pictures as well as video from the event, as well as audio interviews, located at Left OUT Party. I believe it is a high quality piece. Cirt (talk) 23:15, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

 * as nom. Cirt (talk) 23:15, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It's a good, well-written article, no doubt about it, but I'm not sure it is sufficiently long or "in-depth" to qualify for FA standards. Images and video are high-quality, but I don't feel there's enough text or detail here. The story is only about half the size of our average featured article. Tempodivalse [talk]  02:19, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Valid points, I just think it satisfies many of our standard featured criteria: free-use pictures, other free-use media, original reporting, actual reporting from the event itself, etc. etc. Cirt (talk) 02:24, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

 * I agree that the article meets the criteria and OR is always a plus, but for me it is the title, not the length, that puts me off. Americans may well know what the ENDA is and who HRC are, but most of the rest of the world doesn't. Nowadays I doubt it would be published with that title. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:37, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
 * , tending towards oppose for similar reasons to BRS - that title is god-awful-gibberish to someone unfamiliar with the acronyms. I could never see this getting through now without someone getting a rap on the knuckles for that, it simply isn't informative and considerate of the project's supposed audience. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:04, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


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This seems subjective without an attribution: "he lived a long life and gained high popularity in the USSR and respect in modern Russia." A bit out of line with NPOV. --SVTCobra 01:25, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Yeah, but slightly. 96+ is a "long life" indeed and he certainly gained popularity (a Wikipedia article about him is for reference). --Yuriybrisk (talk) 12:16, 28 August 2009 (UTC)


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Cast of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing announced

August 27, 2009

The cast for BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing has been announced from the BBC.

Contestants will include a huge number of actors and actresses, such as Laila Rouass and Zoe Lucker from ITV1 drama Footballers' Wives, Ricky Whittle from Channel 4 drama Hollyoaks, former Eastenders co-stars Natalie Cassidy and Ricky Groves, Craig Kelly from ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street, and Ali Bastian from crime drama The Bill from the same channel.

Other television personalities that will be appearing on the show include BBC Breakfast presenter Chris Hollins and former Crimewatch police officer Rav Wilding.

Also included in the cast, which will total 16, will be jockey Richard Dunwoody, boxer Joe Calzaghe, ex-cricketer Phil Tufnell, Jo Wood, who split from Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, and former tennis star Martina Hingis.

Fern Britton will not be appearing on the show, despite previous talks with producers. Brendan Cole is going to be teamed up with Jo Wood.


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Air France passenger jet intercepted by Indian Air Force

August 27, 2009 The Indian Air Force (IAF) has said that an Air France passenger jet was intercepted by a fighter jet on Thursday, after failing to identify itself correctly.

A MiG-29 jet was scrambled to intercept the flight, an Airbus A340-300, which was bound for Bangkok after departing from Paris. The Air France plane had just entered Indian airspace from Pakistan. The pilot had apparently used the wrong Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) code, used to help radar determine whether or not an aircraft is "friendly".

The fighter was ordered to return to the ground after the jet's pilot gave the proper code.

"IAF radars picked up an aircraft today [Thursday] morning southeast of in the northern sector. The aircraft, at a flight level of 37,000 feet, had entered Indian airspace on an established border entry point. However, the aircraft was not in communication and also its secondary radar response code (IFF) was not correct and the aircraft identified as 'Unknown'," IAF officials said.

The Indian government has increased security along the country's border with Pakistan, following the attacks in Mumbai last year which killed over 170 people.


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Can you help me out here, and tell me which of the cited sources the quote you added is from?

This is why I hate seeing articles overloaded with sources. I simply haven't the time to read them all and work out which it is. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:13, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Horizon Air article
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Comments:Police remove valuables from unlocked cars

So, basically, in an effort to curb smash-and-grab crime they're removing the one thing that actually would reduce the damage by eliminating the smash part and just having the grab. Instead of, you know, doing their jobs. Well done.—216.143.221.194 (talk) 00:59, 28 August 2009 (UTC)Gene Marcum
 * Eh, no. This will do nothing about 'smash-and-grab' crimes, because they're only taking items from unlocked cars which would not get smashed. --Brian McNeil / talk 01:57, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, it could if the criminals are stupid. I suffered a break-in once (my home, not car) and the burglars smashed and pried open an unlocked file cabinet to get at some worthless papers. They also stole one of my grandfather's pipes and a model car, but left behind computers and other electronic equipment. --SVTCobra 02:08, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

I don't think I will ever be living in England if it is legal for police to sift through your car for "your own good." This smacks of tyranny. Rekov (talk) 03:34, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, just think of it this way; there would be a chance that it would have been taken /anyway/. 69.118.145.80 (talk) 10:37, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Really? That's your excuse for letting the police /steal/ stuff?  Imagine the police going down the street to beat people up who walk alone late at night, there would be a chance that it would have happened /anyway/.
 * Right, let's see what you think when you need that laptop for work or school, or if gods forbid you left some weed in your handbag.

Holy crap, I'm glad the U.S. has a constitutional amendment against this sort of cr-OH WAIT, WE DITCHED THAT DOWN THE TOILET A LONG TIME AGO.
 * As long as you sell your house and car to hire a good lawyer you'll be fine.

First they take away fire extinguishers"for your own good" and now this? --CnrFallon (talk) 17:04, 31 August 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Air France passenger jet intercepted by Indian Air Force

I am surprised IAF cant't figure out between a commercial liner and others!

Nobody can, IFF codes are what identify the plane ... go look at Iran Air Flight 655 page.83.132.64.247 (talk) 18:06, 29 August 2009 (UTC)


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Sheep sells for £231,000 at auction

August 28, 2009

A sheep has been sold for £231,000 (US$377,223) at an auction in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Farmer Jimmy Douglas bought the sheep for 220,000 guineas — the equivalent of roughly £231,000. The name of the sheep is 'Deveronvale Perfection' and it was bred in Banffshire by Graham Morrison, who eventually sold it. The sheep has a Texel ribbon attached to it and is a tup. In farming terms, a tup is an uncastrated male.

Graham Morrison stated that "He's [the sheep] the best lamb I've ever bred and the price surpassed my wildest dreams." Morrison mentioned that the sheep lives up to its name and that it was "perfection" when he was breeding it.

This is reported to be a new world record for the most amount of money paid for a sheep. It beats the previous record of the equivalent of £205,000 ($334,765) set in Australia in 1989. Eventually, its semen could be sold as well.

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Isn't there an exact translation between the old, predecimal currency and the current GBP (I seem to recall `1 guinea = 21 shillings = 1.05 GBP)? Couldn't the exact price be calculated and stated instead of "approximately 231 000 GPB" ? 76.117.247.55 (talk) 00:27, 30 August 2009 (UTC)


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'''300 grand for a sheep? what an idiot'''

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 * I thought it was a baaaaahd joke. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:12, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

guess the person who bought the sheep got nothing to do with his 300 grand.. Ê

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Australian rules football: West Gippsland Latrobe Football League Finals week one results

August 31, 2009

The West Gippsland Latrobe Football League Qualifying and Elimination Finals were played over the weekend in Australia. On Saturday Maffra played Moe in the Qualifying Final at Traralgon. On Sunday Drouin played Leongatha in the Elimination Final at Leongatha.

Qualifying Final
Moe defeated Maffra by 38 points 14-9 (93) to 8-8 (56). Seven goals from Matt Forys and two each from Luke Thompson and Daniel Risol were enough to see off a determined Maffra side. Moe will now play Traralgon, who finished on top of the ladder, in the second semi final.

Elimination Final
Leongatha controled the WGLFL Elimination final against Drouin form start to finish. The final score, Leongatha 13-9 87 defeated Drouin 7-16 58. Leongatha will now play Morwell, who lost the Qualifying Final, in the first semi final.


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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Agon. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Agon~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 23:12, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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Space Shuttle Discovery successfully lifts off on mission STS-128

August 29, 2009 Space Shuttle Discovery has successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on mission STS-128. Discovery took off at 11:59 p.m. (EDT) for a 13-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

The shuttle's payload consists of a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module or 'Leonardo' and a Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier. The treadmill named for comedian Stephen Colbert also is aboard Discovery. Colbert had previously won a contest to have one of the modules named after him, but officials at NASA decided on the name Tranquility.

"Space Shuttle Discovery completed a flawless ascent into orbit Friday night to begin a two-day chase of the International Space Station," said NASA in a statement on their website.

After flying up on Discovery, astronaut Nicole Stott will trade places with station resident Tim Kopra, who went into space last month aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour.


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 * damn you cirt! Beat me by a milisecond! -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 05:43, 29 August 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:Ikcerog~enwikinews

Welcome
Cirt (talk) 09:18, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

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 Ikcerog. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Ikcerog~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 23:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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Noel Gallagher quits Oasis

August 29, 2009 Guitarist and songwriter Noel Gallagher of the English rock band Oasis announced last night that he had quit the group, saying that he could no longer work with his brother Liam, in the middle of a world tour. He wrote on the band's official website, "It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you I quit Oasis tonight. [sic] I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer." This has been interpreted by many as an announcement that the band is to split up.

This news comes after a backstage fistfight between the brothers, which singer Amy Macdonald described on her Twitter profile with the text, "Liam smashed Noel’s guitar, huuuge [sic] fight!"

Oasis cancelled the night's performance, as announced by support act Bloc Party, and screens displayed the message, "As a result of an altercation within the band, the Oasis gig has been cancelled." This announcement was met with booing from the crowd.

Alan McGee, who signed Oasis to his Creation Records label, said, "It's obviously the worst fall-out that they've ever had, and they've had some pretty bad ones. This is a pretty serious one. But they love each other, they'll come back together." He predicted that the group would go on to make solo albums, before coming together for "a reunion tour in about five years time."

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Wikinews:Obituary from Wikipedia

=Welcome to Wikinews!=

This is the landing page for links from Wikipedia articles on persons who are recently deceased. Listed below are the 5 most recent Wikinews obituary articles.

As an encyclopedia, Wikipedia is an inappropriate Wikimedia Foundation project to host an obituary on. Such articles are within the project scope of Wikinews, and visitors from Wikipedia are welcome to edit them. You may wish to review the Wikinews introduction prior to contributing, but please bear in mind some critical points listed below the recent obituaries.

Recent deaths

 * Note: More listed in Category:Obituaries

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Critical points before editing a Wikinews obituary

 * Articles are not a work in progress, they are a snapshot of what is known at a specific point in time
 * No substantial edits (content addition or removal) should be made 48 hours after an article's publication
 * No sources dated after the publication date of the article should be used
 * Articles are fully protected seven days after publication. Edits beyond this cut-off should be requested with editprotected

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Promotion on Wikipedia
To understand what this project page is supposed to be for, see here. This uses a template I've copied from w:Template:Recent death and has been edited to add a 'wikinews_obituary' parameter.

I have raised the idea on the template's talk page on Wikipedia, but no response so far. I'd like to get sorted to a point where we have something to take to Wikipedia and ask for as an editprotected request. To that end, this project page and the template could do with some work.

I think my effort on the template isn't particularly polished looking, I'm open to brainstorming suggestions on how best to put it together, but the points I think would make it better are as follows:

 * Tweak use of the Wikinews logo and give it a tooltip, 'Wikinews, the Free news source you can write'
 * Somehow better present the link to the Wikinews obituary
 * Better integration of the 'What's this?' link to this project page

I don't know how to do the first, I've currently no ideas for the second, and for the third a question mark image with a 'What's this?' tooltip is the only idea I have - back to the how to do a tooltip question. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:20, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Tooltips are easy to make: shown text creates this . Tempodivalse  [talk]  12:58, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Here's a test of the latest version (ignore the header stuff from the sandbox page)...

Welcome to the Wikinews Sandbox. Feel free to experiment with wikimarkup and other coding here. Take a look at our help documentation for help with editing. Also consider using the special template sandbox. If you want real-time help, you can join us in our IRC Channel, or you can ask a member of the Wikinews Welcommittee.

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This article is about a person who has recently died. Some information, such as that pertaining to the circumstances of the person's death and surrounding events, may change rapidly as more facts become known.

--Brian McNeil / talk 14:23, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Comments, feedback, and suggestions
Obviously, this would have appeared on Ted Kennedy. Note, if I've got this right, the WN logo should link to a search for the title of the page the template is put on, so as this would be used it would search wikinews for articles on Ted Kennedy. For many prominent figures we have a main namespace redirect which will be a perfect match. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:23, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The question mark is broken. It should link to this Wikinews: page. If someone can tell me how to fix that I'll do the same change on the copy I have in my WP userspace and ask the current template be updated with editprotected. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:46, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I really like this idea. Would be a nice feature. But would WP allow it? If so i say go for it. I like the style tempo proposed, I think the logo we have is just fine, and I am not even sure how we would make a new one (as in style and such, but overall we could use a new logo anyway). If we can have it like to the article in question that is or will be on Wikinews that would be cool as well (we can use the idea that is already used in things like clean up, where you are redirected to the talk page in a link etc.). So far I like it. I am not a techie, so beyond cheers and horrays, I am not too much of a use :-P DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:41, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

 * There's a clearer example on Wikipedia - w:User:Brian McNeil/Ted Kennedy shows this and has a version of the template in my userspace. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:47, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

 * I like this idea too - since it doesn't look like the ITN thingy on the Wikipedia main page is going to work, this looks like the next best thing. The main problem will be to convince the en.wp regulars to accept the change - we'll need to come up with a strong argument that it will benefit them as well, not just us. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:51, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia has several templates to put on articles saying that they're not meant to be an obituary. With this they can point people at Wikinews instead for the obituary. Since I managed to work out the conditional code for this, they'll see no change unless there is a Wikinews article. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:54, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ . Cirt (talk) 21:54, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

The '?' as ShakataGaNai pointed out in IRC, should be a subscript like what Wikipedia has for [citation needed]. A small text in or [] saying something like: 'see more death notices on Wikinews.' Also it should link to the Obituary category, or at least somewhere where all obituaries could eventually be viewed and or written. Should also include a way for them to write an article about a death etc. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:11, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I say many things in IRC! -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 01:16, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Other Wikipedia templates
w:Template:Recent death is only one of several templates Wikipedia has to put on their articles when they're in the news. Can those more active on/knowledgeable of Wikipedia list them?

There's specific points I've tried to address with the template prototype I've put together:
 * Link to appropriate Wikinews article
 * Link to somewhere on Wikinews that gives the bullet points of common misconceptions for incoming Wikipedians
 * Search Wikinews for other articles on the subject

Anything else to consider? --Brian McNeil / talk 21:18, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I think there are only two others that could be modified in this manner: w:Template:Current, and w:Template:Current section. Cirt (talk) 21:55, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * There's also w:Template:Current related. – Juliancolton  | Talk 22:12, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I've done w:User:Brian McNeil/Current and w:User:Brian McNeil/Oasis (band). --Brian McNeil / talk 23:31, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Update: All the above mentioned templates now have the new Wikinews optional parameter, as well as w:Template:Current spaceflight. Cirt (talk) 00:24, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Proposed method to remove false material
We need a method to remove or correct false material or add glaring omissions from obituaries after 48 hours.

I recommend:
 * Do the edit as you would if it were a new obituary
 * For the first such edit, slap the obit with a hatnote-template that says "This version reflects corrections made on or after date/time. For other versions click link to obit version history."

In case the editor forgets, hatnote placement can be made with a bot that scans recent changes and examines obits that are more than 48 hours old. If a non-minor edit is made, queue it up for slapping a hatnote on it. If a few hours later the edit hasn't been reverted and a hatnote hasn't been added, slap a hatnote on it.

Davidwr (talk) 01:44, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

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iDangerMouse moved this back to develop citing copyvio concerns, but I honestly can't find any major issues with the article. – Juliancolton  | Talk 12:34, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * The copyvio issue has been resolved via Skype. It seems iDM was being over-cautious with copyright, and was concerned about the length of one of the quotes. After discussions and a few minor edits, all parties agreed that the article should be re-marked as ready for review. Den dodge T\C(en.wp) 13:20, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm generally less concerned about quotes, (as long as they are quoted and attributed properly) and obviously more so about more blatant copyvio issues like copying prose from some other journalist verbatim into an article. Cirt (talk) 19:46, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

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Welcome
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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. Thank you, Tempodivalse [talk]  13:40, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

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British Army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt stands down

August 29, 2009 General Sir Richard Dannatt retired from his post as of the British  yesterday, announcing General Sir  as his successor.

Dannatt was regarded by many soldiers as a person to be admired, having campaigned for better pay and conditions for soldiers. It has been reported, however, that prime minister Gordon Brown does not agree with this view—politicians are thought to have disliked him drawing attention to the 's failings.

He is expected to continue his campaign for the improvement of soldiers' pay and conditions in his new role as 159th.

Dannatt has opposed the invasion of Iraq since he started his job as Chief of the General Staff, and criticised the government's post-war planning.

Richards, Dannatt's successor, said, "I wish to thank General Sir Richard Dannatt for his leadership, dedication and courage as Chief of the General Staff and more broadly for his long and distinguished 40 year career." Richards served in Afghanistan, where he was appointed overall commander of international forces, making him the first British soldier to command American troops since the Second World War.


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Edit request
I honestly don't know if it's worth fixing after it's been like this for nearly two years, but David Richards was not, as stated in the last paragraph, the first British officer to command American troops since WWII. He was the first British Army officer to do so (I think), but Sir James Dutton, a Royal Marine, was the first Brit to command American personnel since WWII during the invasion of Iraq (in 2003, Richards not taking command of ISAF until 2006). See the ref on Dutton's article. Like I say, not sure if it's worth the effort. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   19:13, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * But it doesn't say he was the first British officer, it says British soldier. A soldier (I've got no business knowing this) is a member of an army, not a member of a navy or air force.  (See soldier)  Nor —I think— a marine.  --Pi zero (talk) 19:52, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I really have no idea, but as the perpetrator of the boo-boo, I suppose I should comment. I'm not entirely sure, but I was under the impression that the marines were part of the navy, and thus not soldiers. DEN  DODGE  20:28, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Mind you, the source doesn't say soldier, it says senior officer. According to Wikipedia's definition of senior officer, that's false because Dutton was a senior officer when he commanded American troops; but I think there may be another definition of senior officer floating around, in which only generals and admirals qualify, under which Dutton was not a senior officer at the time (he became one later), making the source correct.  I'm not for a correction notice that says we incorrectly said something true, instead of saying something else that may or may not be true depending on how you define "senior officer".  --Pi zero (talk) 20:47, 8 June 2011 (UTC)


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lol

Both of those brothers are such drama whores. —70.31.56.79 (talk) 23:10, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Why is Liam even in this band? Noel writes and can actually sing. It's like when you're a kid and go out somewhere and your mom yells "Take your brother with you!" No surprise they broke up but I imagine they'll get back together when Noel discovers that people don't just GIVE you cocaine.

If anybody should leave Oasis it should be Liam. The guy is a fucking drama queen. I can remember when he refused to do MTV Unplugged.

too bad, i love their songs... Ê.

This is so sad.

How could he!?! noooooo...

Come back Noel!
I hope he'll come back. I'm sure he will. This ain't over! FotoPhest (talk) 00:01, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

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American disc jockey "DJ AM" dies at 36 of suspected drug overdose

August 29, 2009 The American celebrity disc jockey Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein has been found dead in his apartment in Manhattan, New York. The cause of death is suspected to be a drug overdose. Goldstein was found dead by paramedics at 5:20 pm. Drug paraphernalia was found at his apartment, but the star had claimed to be clean for years after an addiction to crack cocaine.

Goldstein was a disc jockey at some of Hollywood's most exclusive clubs and parties. He became a celebrity in his own right after relationships with actress Mandy Moore and the daughter of Lionel Richie, Nicole.

The disc jockey escaped death in September 2008 after he was involved in a plane crash that killed four people. Former drummer for rock band Blink-182, Travis Barker was also injured in the plane crash.

Several members of the Hollywood community released statements about Goldstein's death. Television host Maria Menounos said "So horrible. In shock" and blogger Perez Hilton wrote on his Twitter page saying "He survived a deadly plane crash and now THIS, I can't stop crying".


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Wikinews:Recent events from Wikipedia

= Welcome to Wikinews! =

This is a landing page for people from Wikipedia articles related to current events. You are strongly recommended to read the project introduction for significant differences between the projects.

Recent Wikinews articles are listed on the main page, you are invited to contribute to these, or to visit the newsroom to see articles in development.

Key points Wikipedians should note are:
 * Wikinews articles are a snapshot of what is known at a specific point in time
 * Do not make substantial changes to articles published more than 48 hours ago
 * Do not add any sources dated after the article's publication date
 * Do not add sources that are not used in writing the article
 * If there are significant new developments since a Wikinews article's publication, start a new article
 * A form to start a new article can be found on the newsroom
 * Please update the current template on the appropriate Wikipedia article when it is published

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Based on your username, you might be interested in Weather. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:41, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

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Wikimania 2009 held in Buenos Aires

September 2, 2009

After three days of presentations, discussion and general community interactions, the fifth annual Wikimedia conference, Wikimania, has completed, and attendeess are returning home. Wikimania 2009 — held in Buenos Aires, Argentina — was the first Wikimania held in the southern hemisphere as well as the first in a Spanish-speaking country.

Over 80 presentations, panels and workshops were held over the three day conference. Among the many topics presented were presentations on the Wikimedia Communities, how Wikimedia and related projects operate within Latin America, and the technology which relates to Wikimedia and free content. There were also panels on Wikipedia's Growing Pains, Wikimedia chapters, and Semantic MediaWiki. Many presentation offered simultaneous live audio translation into English and Spanish.

Richard Stallman presented the opening keynote titled "Before, after, and around Wikipedia". In his keynote, he discussed what he calls the four freedoms. He also addressed what he perceives to be the issues with Wikipedia, and particularly with the Spanish Wikipedia.

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikimedia, also presented his annual report on the The State of the Wiki.

In her keynote, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, Sue Gardner addressed a number of the concerns within the Wikimedia Foundation. Among these concerns, she noted that Wikimedia sites currently underperform in Asia. According to a comScore report, approximately 16% of Internet users in Asia use Wikipedia compared with the approximately 1/3 world average.

Gardner also said to help address that issue, the Foundation has been working with the Chinese government to help open lines of communication. To assist the development of Wikimedia sites in India, representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation visited India this year to conduct media interviews assist in holding a Wikipedia academy. They also discussed was to help the development of an Indian chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation.

Starting August 25 and continuing throughout Wikimania, the MediaWiki developers were hard at work in the basement of the Centro Cultural General San Martín at the Wikimania Codeathon. Wikimedia developer Brion Vibber presented the highlights of the Codeathon in a presentation on the third day. Among the new features and changes are support for jQuery, allowing improved AJAX support, an overhaul of the maintenance scripts, new upload features including upload via url, several image editing functions, LiquidTreads and new AJAX editing helpers. Other features now under development are new maps support, an eventual migration to a database based configuration system, as well as a new system that allows for much quicker updates for translated MediaWiki messages.

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Bodies found in trailer park in Brunswick, Georgia, US

August 30, 2009

Seven bodies have been discovered in a mobile home in New Hope Plantation trailer park in Brunswick, in the US state of Georgia.

Glynn County Police are now holding a murder investigation as to how the bodies got there. They were found shortly after 0800 local time by a family member of one of the victims who alerted the police.

The police mentioned that when they got to the scene there were two critically injured people there. They were immediately taken to hospital. Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering said that in 25 years, this was the worst incident of its kind he had ever handled.

He commented: "We have never had an incident with so many victims. It is not a scene that I would want anybody to see." He said that some of the victims had been tentatively identified, but declined to give out names or ages. He also declined to say how the victims had died when asked.

Jimmy Durben of Glynn County's coroner office said: "It was the worst scene I have ever witnessed in my 17 year history at the coroner's office."


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This is not ready for review. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:32, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * "It is a chilling fact that the plantation's website boasts: "You'll be proud to call this home."" is editorialising and thus a violation of WN:NPOV
 * The article makes no consideration of the international audience. The incident is in the United States and this is not made particularly clear (FYI there is a Georgia in Russia)
 * I removed the whole "chilling fact" sentence - I can't see a purpose for it, although it wouldn't be out of place in a tabloid. I also added "in the US state of" before the first mention of Georgia. The "United States" sidebar should also be a good indicator. Is it ready for review now, or does it still need more work? Den dodge T\C(en.wp) 12:59, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it is ready for review
Thanks for changing the problems. I do think that it is now necessary for this article to be reviewed. Rayboy8 (talk) 16:10, 30 August 2009 (UTC)


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Customize this infobox .

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Welcome
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problem sentence
This sentence runs afoul of WN:WEASEL and WN:NPOV: "It has been predicted that the hope instilled in the Japanese people by the election result will stimulate the economy, causing stock prices to rise."  At the very least it needs specific attribution. --SVTCobra 17:05, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ - it was Koichi Haji, as quoted by Sky News. Den dodge T\C(en.wp) 18:52, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

In Japanese language
I'm still wondering why Japanese Wikinews doesn't have article related to this. Saqib Qayyum   talk 05:50, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * A machine translation might work, if you want to post it there, but I'm not sure how reliable machine translations are into non-Latin languages. Den dodge T\C(en.wp) 15:10, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


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Girl found dead in truck in Northamptonshire, England

August 30, 2009 On Saturday 1400 BST, Northamptonshire Police were alerted by an HGV company that a Spar delivery vehicle had gone missing because it had not come back to base. A search discovered the truck on the A605 near Warmington, England. The truck was found in a lorry park near a Jet filling station. The cab was unlocked and the curtains were drawn at the time.

When the police looked inside, they discovered a nine-year-old girl who had been strangled to death. A search by police officers then discovered a forty-year-old man's body hanging from a tree close to the lorry park.

Detective Chief Inspector Tricia Kirk said: "I cannot begin to imagine what the family are going through, and we have family liaison officers with them trying to answer any questions that they may have. At the moment, we are treating it as a murder-suicide. We believe the little girl was murdered and the man then committed suicide." She also said, "While we have not yet ruled out the involvement of a third party, the evidence strongly suggests that it is unlikely that anyone else was involved in the two deaths. This is a tragic incident for two families and we are working closely with them as part of our investigation."

A police spokesman said, "Both bodies were taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary last night so that forensic post mortems could be carried out."

The man and the girl cannot be named at this stage but the police have said that the man is the girl's stepfather and that both came from the West Midlands. It is thought that the girl had regarded the trip as a "treat".


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Dalai Lama begins trip to Taiwan

August 30, 2009

The spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, has begun his visit to Taiwan. He has travelled to southern Taiwan to offer condolences to victims of the recent typhoon, Morokot, which was the worst in 50 years.

The visit has sparked condemnation from China, which regards the Dalai Lama as a rebel seeking independence for Tibet. Taiwan, in the form of the Republic of China, also assert their independence from Mainland China, against the country's wishes.

Upon the Dalai Lama's arrival at a Taipei train station, scuffles broke out between supporters and police, according to the Associated Press. This morning he cancelled a planned international news conference after there was concern over the politicising of his visit. The Dalai Lama's representative in Taiwan was quoted as saying "Don't politicize it, that will be no good for anybody."

As he boarded his flight yesterday, the Dalai Lama emphasised his visit was not of a political nature and instead he was invited by the Taiwanese people. He is due to lead a mass prayer for the Buddhist followers on the island.

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British TV and radio presenter Simon Dee dies at age 74

August 30, 2009

Former British television and radio presenter Simon Dee (real name Cyril Henty-Dodd) died of bone marrow cancer today. Dee's diagnosis of cancer came only weeks ago, but was already in an untreatable stage. He was 74 years old.

Dee was a well known British star of the 1960s, until he was fired from London Weekend Television in 1970. He has been cited as the first example of a television superstar, and the term "Simon Dee Syndrome" has come to be used to describe those who are better known for their fall from fame, than for their rise to it.

Dee's career began on the pirate radio station Radio Caroline in 1964, before he was given a job on the BBC Light Programme in 1964. He later moved to the newly-launched Radio 1, and migrated to television to present occasional episodes of Top of the Pops on television.

Dee was then given his own television talk show, Dee Time. He also appeared occasionally on Radio Luxembourg and in cameo roles in films during this period. He moved to ITV's London Weekend Television after a salary dispute with the BBC, in 1970, but was fired after only a few months. His career never recovered. He was later sent to prison for failure to pay his rates and drifted into relative obscurity.

Dee left is survived by his three ex-wives, four children, and four grandchildren.


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Kimi Räikkönen wins 2009 Belgian Grand Prix

September 1, 2009

Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen won the FIA Formula One 2009 ING Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium.

Kimi qualified 6th, but jumped to second after a multiple crash in the first corner involving Jenson Button (Brawn) and Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) collided with the rookies Romain Grosjean and Jaime Alguersuari and all four drivers were out of the race. When the pace car turned off the lights and the race restarted Kimi overtook the pole-sitter Giancarlo Fisichella in Eau Rouge, who drove his Force India to the second place.

Sebastian Vettel finished third for Red Bull, while his teammate Mark Webber was ninth after a drive-through penalty for unsafe release from pit-stop. BMW Sauber Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld placed 4th and 5th respectively.

Rubens Barrichello finished after Hamilton's teammate Heikki Kovalainen. Nico Rosberg closed the top eight for Williams.

Jenson Button did not score any points but still leads the championships with 72. Rubens Barrichello earned 2 points and is within 16 of Button. Sebastian Vettel is now only 3 points behind Barrichello and Mark Webber still has 51.5 points. Brawn GP tops Constructors' standings with 128 points. Red Bull Racing is 23.5 points behind with other far behind.


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