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Coldest month of March in Stockholm since 1942

 * This article is a translation from the corresponding Swedish Wikinews article, Kallaste marsmånaden i Stockholm sedan 1942.

March 14, 2006 With cold westerly winds from the North Atlantic expected this weekend (March 18-19), Stockholm is likely to record its coldest month of March since 1942, with an average temperature of -6,4°C, and the snowiest March since 1970.

Temperatures are expected to stay over 0°C this week, but past weeks have been very cold, making this month the coldest in many years.

Up to now, snow has covered Stockholm for 78 days in a row, limiting heat absorption from the sun by reflecting sun rays away.

Very low temperatures have been recorded in several areas around the capital, but the average for this winter is far above the winter average of -9,6°C recorded back in 1942.

If any records are to be set for this winter, it’s likely to be the lack of deviations from the long-term winter average. It’s likely to be the most nearly average winter since 1907, thus making it very unusual indeed.

This year will also be the snowiest since the winter of 1969-1970, when snow coverage in Stockholm lasted from November 23 to April 20.

The national meteorological institute SMHI expects the daily average temperature to rise above zero at the end of the month.


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User talk:Htchien

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Hi, can you let me know how to improve the article or how to rewrite it? This is my first news article on en WikiNews. Thanks for your help. --H.T. Chien / 眼鏡虎 (Discuss|Contributions) 12:40, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I recommend you read WN:NOT.

What Wikinews articles are not 1. Wikinews articles are not press releases. ...and attempt to present newsworthy articles...

 * You could try to rewrite the article so it wasn't like a press release. But I think it would still not be newsworthy. How is this release important? Reading the article, none of the new features sound particularly new or ground-breaking. I mean, look at the price - it's consumer software. Home users can use this software to edit their home videos and burn DVDs. And now they can do it in high definition. Doesn't Apple already ship software with their Mac's that does this? Nothing newsworthy that I can see. Sorry. Imroy 15:44, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

 * don't be too disappointed if an article u're interested in doesn't make it through. i hope there will be plenty more articles u'll take an interest in & contribute to. looking forward to working with u on them. cheers, Doldrums 18:54, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Same view here. Genjix 09:19, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Jeffrey O. Gustafson

Admin at the English Wikipedia, contact me there. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson 01:36, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Xeon25~enwikinews

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User talk:Flipbaywood

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Welcome
Wikinews desperately needs more gutsy reporters; please give the project as much time as you can spare. Neutralizer 02:40, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

PD
I noticed your putting all your edits in wikipedia PD, are you planning to do that here to? Bawolff ☺☻ 23:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC Nope, CC-BY here at wikinews. Each article I make is notable, while most of my edits at 'pedia weren't that notable. ReporterFromAfar3136 23:39, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Image:Wbcfinal.PNG
I can't see where the usage of this picture is permitted by the MLB. Can you identify why this is fair use? irid:t 17:16, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the nomination.
I really appreciate your nomination! Good timing, too, as I just got back from an undeclared wikibreak. Again, thank you! irid:t 03:11, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Re: Huh?
Well, that edit's primary purpose was to fix my name and de-capitalize the first "I". But then again, I wasn't around for April 1st. ;) irid:t 00:06, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Regarding my RfA
Hey, I wanted to thank you for the nomination and support for my RfA. Sharp eye with the day count; I wasn't even thinking about it at the time. You're too awesome. Thanks. :) irid:t 22:36, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Regarding a name change
Actually, I think you need to get a bureaucrat to do that. I'm looking at the wikitools and such and I'm not seeing anything for that, other than renaming your userpage which (although great fun) wouldn't garner the desired effect. Sorry man. irid:t 06:57, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the award
Thanks for the praise! The prank was worth the 24 hour block (which was shortly removed by another administrator)! — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 01:58, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Argentina/Serbia-Montenegro article
Yo flip, I love the article you wrote for today's game. I'd like to edit the passive voice out, and if that's fine with you then I will proceed with that.

Tom12384 17:21, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

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Is at WN:DR, please discuss. Bawolff ☺☻ 20:42, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Zadok6821~enwikinews

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Isaac Hayes quits South Park over Scientology episode

March 14, 2006

Isaac Hayes has quit his role in Comedy Central's animated series , where he has been the voice of Chef since 1997.

Hayes, an outspoken Scientologist, said "There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," in reference to the episode which mocked the Church of Scientology and several celebrity followers.

Matt Stone, a co-creator of South Park, told the Associated Press that "This is 100 percent having to do with his faith of Scientology... He has no problem — and he's cashed plenty of checks — with our show making fun of Christians."

Stone claimed that "[Hayes] wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin."

Trey Parker had earlier explained that Hayes was the only reason Scientology had not been the subject of a South Park episode sooner. He said, "To be honest, what kept us from doing it before was Isaac Hayes. We knew he was a Scientologist and he's an awesome guy. We were like, 'Let's just avoid that for now.'"

Stone & Parker decided to create the episode after hearing that comedian had been barred from poking fun at the controversial religion on his cable show .

In January of 2006, Comedy Central's United Kingdom affiliate removed the episode Trapped in the Closet from its broadcast schedule, reportedly to avoid legal action by actor Tom Cruise.

According to an article by Roger Friedman at Foxnews on March 20th, Hayes might not have quit South Park himself. Friedman questions the statement of Mr. Hayes, and points to the information that Mr. Hayes suffered from a minor stroke on January 17th, and may not have been alone in the decision.


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Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal threatened by possible lawsuit

The property at 605 Forest in Buffalo was the center of attention at last night's public meeting held at the offices of Forever Elmwood on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. Eva Hassett, Vice President of Savarino Construction Services Corporation, confirmed last night that the company will be seeking a variance for the 605 Forest property. Originally, both the 605 and 607 Forest Avenue properties were going to have variances placed on them. As it stands, 607 Forest will not be directly affected by the proposal, should it go forward. Both 605 and 607 are currently occupied by residents.

During Monday night's meeting, Pano Georgiadis, owner of 605 Forest and owner of Pano's Resuraunt at 1081 Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo, threatened to "sue" Savarino Construction if they tried to obtain a variance on his property to build the Elmwood Village Hotel.

The Elmwood Village Hotel is a proposal by Savarino Construction that would be placed on the corner of Forest and Elmwood in Buffalo. In order for the project to move forward, at least five buildings (1119-1121 Elmwood) which include both residences and businesses will have to be demolished. The hotel was designed by architect Karl Frizlen of the Frizlen Group. Although the properties are "under contract," according to Hassett, it is unclear whether Savarino Construction owns the properties. Hans Mobius, a resident of Clarence, New York and former Buffalo Mayoral candidate, is still believed to own them.

Currently, none of the properties is zoned for a hotel.

A freelance journalist writing for Wikinews asked Hassett what kind of zoning permit they [Savarino] would be applying for and, if 605 Forest is included, what zone that would be.

"There is a 'special development plan' in front of the council, which changes only one thing about the zoning. It allows one permitted use for just a hotel. The rest of the zoning remains as it is under the current Elmwood Business District zoning. 605 and 607 Forest are not required for the project. They are not part of the footprint for the project. Let me answer this question again. This is on the record, in council: 605 needs to be rezoned in order to facilitate the project because of the sideyard requirement. Anything in C-2 is excluded besides the hotel. So we've taken the C-2 and included the hotel as a permitted use, and excluded everything else and everything else remains the same."

However, during the February 28 Common Council meeting, Hassett was quoted as saying that the two properties were "off the agenda." "Now Karl said, at the last meeting, that they will build this hotel right on the borderline [property line]. If a wall forty-five to fifty feet high goes next to this house, of course it's not right. You really have to go with whatever the city code says, so you have to get back as many feet as the city code says," said Georgiadis.

"If you try to get a variance to change the code, I will sue you. This is my home, number one," added Georgiadis. "First of all I think we are all wasting our time here, you [Savarino], have already made up your mind, but if you go against city code, and you try to do the most rooms with a minimal amount of parking, again, I will sue you. If you build a hotel, in my idea its going to fail. It's doomed, ok. [If] it's going to be a home for the disabled, for the homeless, for recovery people, but that's another story. Then how is it going to be when we say, well I told you so? You will be over and done with. Its very hard to take a four story building [hotel] down."

Georgiadis stated last night that he was against the proposal and signed a petition to stop it, jokingly saying, "this isn't a paper to sign to build the hotel, is it? Don't make me sign the wrong thing."

Joseph Golombeck, district councilman, was at Monday's public meeting and said, "we also did request this and the reason we are doing this as a special business district is so that it has to be this specific plan. They [Savarino] can't go halfway through it and in six months decide that [the hotel] it's going to be three floors. They can't decide it's going to be five floors. It has to be, per law, exactly what it is that they brought to us [the public] so far, and then ultimately to the City of Buffalo Common Council when it's approved. So if it gets approved, it has to be this specific, exact project. They couldn't make it fifty parking spots, they couldn't make it thirty. It has to be specifically what they have right here." A man who lives on Granger Street in Buffalo attended the meeting, speaking in favor of the hotel development. He claimed, "There are a lot of low property values. Hopefully if we embrace development, our property values, for those of us who have property, will go up. There are a lot of people unfortunately, who are working hard, that do not get a chance to come to these meetings. I myself was at work and wasn't able to go to the last two meetings. I express that we appreciate that you [Savarino] invest in the City of Buffalo and for what you hope, because I do not think Savarino is into losing money. These people are not in business to be losing money here. They are hoping for the success of this [the hotel] more than any one of us. They are hoping that the property values in this area will go up more than any one of us, because it will benefit them [the residents and business owners], more than any one of us. I want this city to develop. I don't think anybody else is here understanding that we're looking for development in this city, we are looking for the city to get better. The councilman here is not interested in Buffalo failing."

Area residents and business owners concerned about property damage
Evelyn Bencinich, resident of Granger Street, would have the hotel directly behind her home, if it were to be built.

"What about construction [time]? Is that just for the exterior, the nine months? Or does that include the interior? Is there going to be blasting through bedrock? Is there property protection for damage? Are you [Savarino and the Frizlen Group] responsible?", asked Bencinich.

According to Frizlen, there is a layer of solid bedrock at least 30 feet from the surface of the land saying, "we anticipate that the bedrock is at least thirty feet down." He also admitted that "we haven't done any soil sporrings," but did say "the bedrock is somewhere in between twenty-five and thirty feet [down], we don't need to go that deep. So blasting is most likely out of it [the question]."

"Personally, I can only speak from the city side, but a few years ago we rebuilt Vulcan Street, in the northwest corner of Buffalo, and there were a couple of properties that were damaged and they [the owners] were able to file a claim against the company that did the work and they won in each case. It was the same thing with a school that was built on Military Road. There were a couple of problems with foundations on a couple of properties, and they weren't sure if caused by the school or not, but the insurance company ended up paying them," answered Golombeck.

"I would assume that Savarino is insured with someone. So if there is a problem with anything that happens to your properties, what I would recommend is that anybody that lives on Granger Place, if this does go through, that you get pictures taken of your basement and of your foundations, because God forbid if there is a problem, you want to have an[sic] before and after [picture]. You don't want to come afterwards and there's a crack in there [foundation] and you have no way of proving that it happened," added Golombeck.

Mobius in housing court
According to Golombeck, the properties that Mobius owns have been "in housing court on several occasions, but has a date of April 11, 2006 that he is going back [to court] for these properties. So it is in housing court and I wouldn't know Mr. Mobius if he walked in this room right now," stated Golombeck.

"I've gone after him on numerous occasions and everytime he gets out of housing court with a slap on the wrist. If I am a conspiracy theorist and say that there is a lot more going on than meets the eye. I can only get him into housing court. Once he's in housing court, the judge rules on it. Now I don't mean to take any shots at previous administrations, but I am hoping with the new administration, being in here, that the inspections department is going to be a much better department than it has been for the previous several years."

City Planning Board sends proposal back to Common Council
The city's Planning Board on March 14, 2006, agreed to send the Elmwood Village Hotel proposal back to the Common Council so that it may "be opened back up to discussion from the public." On March 2, 2006 the Common Council sent the proposal "to committee" for further discussion and also requesting that the public be "engaged further."

During that meeting, Justin Azzeralla, Executive Director for Forwever Elmwood, said that the organization "supports the hotel project."

Also on March 2, the planning board agreed to table, or postpone, any decision on the hotel proposal for at least thirty days, also citing the need for the public to be "more engaged."

The Common Council is expected to meet on March 21, 2006 at 2:00pm local time where they may approve or deny the proposal.

Majority of Common Council allegedly supports hotel proposal
According to The Buffalo News, at least six Common Council members support the hotel project and are pledging to vote to approve it at the meeting on Tuesday, March 21.

However, the city's Planning Board will get the final say on the project.


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A lot to go over here, mostly recordings and images. I just needed to get something started. Feel free to edit into a better "form." I will add the direct quote from Pano when I am not so tired, likely tonight. I am tired so sorry if it ooks a little off :) Jason Safoutin 17:59, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * As bad as one of his quotes sounds, he is Greek. And thats how it came out of his mouth :) I have it all on tape and I still have about 2 more houres to go through. Jason Safoutin 19:33, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Local Only Category
I will include this category as this type of article is what the category is made for,I think. Neutralizer 20:54, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * All stories belong on the front page. Jason Safoutin 20:12, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Does the category inclusion prevent front page exposure? I don't think so. Please verify. Neutralizer 22:48, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Credits
MessedRocker for helping with the petition image and Chiacomo, providing me with his own research of buffalo city codes. Thanks guys :) Jason Safoutin 01:35, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

This is local news, not of global interest
With a stretch this may be interesting for US national news, but not for the main English Wikinews site, which is read by many people worldwide. I believe this type of report would be better suited for a local audience only. I am writing this because articles about this Buffalo, N.Y. hotel keep appearing.

- JD
 * Is it so hard to sign your posts with ~ ? ironiridis 22:50, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I put a local news category on it again. The admins said that category would NOT cause the article to be removed from the front page. Neutralizer 23:15, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Typo
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The article says 'in in' in a quote. Either the quote is correct and [sic] should be added; or the quote is incorrect and one 'in' should be removed. Van der Hoorn (talk) 21:09, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Coldest month of March in Stockholm since 1942

Theres nothing to rice about.This isnt news

 * Maybe not, it was mostly meant as a postcard to the Canadian who wrote Warmest Canadian winter on record today. :)
 * / Mats Halldin 19:05, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

i think the canadian Winter isn't there for global warming,its the seals(poor things).

Copyright
"This article is a translation from the corresponding Swedish article." If this is correct, doesn't it imply a clear copyright violation? —67.21.48.122 23:08, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh! "corresponding Swedish article" means from Swedish Wikinews. In that case, it's OK. —67-21-48-122 15:44, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Answer to feedback on my Swedish talk page
 * Hi! And thank you for spending some time reading and editing this article. However, it's not "Original reporting" really (except that I live in Stockholm and is still experiencing the winter discribed in the article). Swedish paper have been writing about it for several weeks by now.
 * I hope to do some more translation of Swedish News and I hope they will be more hot than this one. Translating to the English Wikinews is not my top priority at this time, however. I'm almost the only Swedish Wikinews contributor and we still need a community.
 * Also, feel free to change the headline. "Active-voice, present-tense verb" in English is not my field, really. :)
 * / Mats Halldin 17:28, 23 March 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Isaac Hayes quits South Park over Scientology episode

We are so sued. They'll sue us in England. --Deprifry|+T+ 18:11, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Wikinews is not censored. Neutralizer 09:47, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Category

 * Please tighten the category from category:Religion, to category:Scientology. Wilhelm 05:59, 22 October 2007 (UTC).

NO. That should never be done. The problem with Scientology is precisely that it is a religion.

A quote in the page itself could apply to User Wilhelm:

"wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin."

The change of category would not be factual, but based on the common opinion that we should call it a cult rather than a religion.

But calling it a cult (a secretive religion) does nothing to distinguish it factually from any other religion currently practised. Rather than a factual statement it would be a tactic that everyone can clearly see. If you want to prevent churches from having tax exempt status then great; I'll agree with that. But if you want to prevent Scientology in particular, by refusing to call it a religion, then you have fundamentally misunderstood the problem.

Seriously, screw Scientology AND whatever religion motivated this moronic request. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 78.147.19.93 (talk • contribs) 22:32, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

 * Articles in category Scientology are also filed in category Religion, and this was done a few minutes after the above request. --Pi zero (talk) 23:52, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Minor change
"Stone & Parker" should be "Stone and Parker" according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS:AMP. And why is this page locked so hard? --NoToleranceForIntolerance (talk) 20:30, 15 June 2017 (UTC)


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I've blocked you for 30 minutes for vandalism. Nyarlathotep 20:43, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Deletion requests/Archives/Deleted Archive 11

'''This archive is closed. If you wish to add a closed deletion request, go to Deletion requests/Archives and find the latest archive.'''

Islamic Army in Iraq claims responsibility for bombings targeting American forces
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:29, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Possible copyvio (hat tip to International). Aloha, KeithH (talk) 17:01, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Transcripts
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:34, 5 May 2006 (UTC) Since this is a non-article, this deletion request shouldn't be closed until May 5.
 * Transcripts themselves are not news. Transcripts could be welcomed at Wikisource so long as the text is not copyrighted. --Chiacomo (talk) 02:19, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - I agree with the above, and the project doesn't seem to have gotten off the ground yet. Transcripts are most useful when picking quotes to insert into an article - this process can be done via a Talk page instead. Frankie Roberto 11:09, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - We're a news service, not a primary source house. That's what Wikisource does. — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 01:25, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Geeking out ThinkGeek.com
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 17:30, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Advertisement. But I feel like listing it here instead of speedy. Nyarlathotep 14:22, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Not really an ad, but not news. Certainly intreasting that someone cares so much. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:36, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * me geuses peral based on server header:

Server: Apache/1.3.31 (Unix) mod_perl/1.29 mod_ssl/2.8.19 OpenSSL/0.9.6m

Bawolff ☺☻ 22:38, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, and should be speedy. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:08, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Osama Bin Laden was murdered
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 17:30, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

No citations added. Also, the authenticity of this article is questionable. If someone as high-profile as Osama Bin Laden had been murdered it would have made headlines world over-no such media reports have surfaced so far.PVJ 07:32, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * We shouldn't always look to other news outlets for verification - it's possible that the very person who murdered Osama has decided to give Wikinews an exclusive interview, and therefore it will be Wikinews that breaks the news to the world (once our intrepid team of reporters confirm the claim by viewing the body, of course). However, this does not appear to be the case with this article, and therefore I vote delete. - Borofkin 08:10, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I sincerely doubt any of the possibilities of Borofkin's statement above, so therefore delete, and should have been speedy. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:09, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Explosion Hits Outside Sinai Peninsula Base in Egypt
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 14:29, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

dupe of Egypt:Twin suicide bombings hit Sinai, minimal. Doldrums 15:25, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Elsevier IP Addresses Linked to Wikipedia Vandalism
Tagged not news; abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:08, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Team X get off to a Great Start
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:05, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. No edits since April 16. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:08, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Record flood levels in Balkans as Danube bursts banks
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:05, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. No edits since April 17. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:08, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Australian Big Brother Season 6 premieres on April 23
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:05, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Tagged not news. --Goldiemicky (talk) 12:54pm, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Jason Safoutin 18:14, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete/Terminate with extreme prejudice Oh, that they would put the television show and all its derivatives up for such a vote. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:25, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Down with Big Brother! - Borofkin 08:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete I'm happy with news articles about Big Brother and other TV programmes - they become news events and we sholdn't be snobby about this kind of thing, but the new series simply being about to start isn't enough of a story. An article about who the new housemates are, when their names are released, would be okay though. Frankie Roberto 11:56, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State speculates about Iran's abilities
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 22:34, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. Tagged requesting comments, no comments. The neutrality of this article is disputed. It continues to fester, and should be put out of our misery. Karen 06:17, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Nyarlathotep 13:18, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Take a look at creation the edits and take a look at the talk page...I would say keep, but now it has been edited beyond what the original report was about. Jason Safoutin 14:35, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I would have liked to have seen this story's original coverage published since is was a timely topic. After the proposed and bold edits were made, the story became too broad to cover the event that triggered its reporting. The story was taken off focus; its original focus is no longer a topical story. This is why the story was abandonded, and why I nominated it for deletion. Karen 23:13, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Apprentice star slams Asian press
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 22:34, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Abandoned, was tagged for lack of sources. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:40, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

User:84.121.3.154/Make Poverty History
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 12:03, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

 * DeleteYes,seems like a duplicate of a Wikipedia article.PVJ[[Image:Flag of India.svg|25px]] 17:17, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete; duplicate of Make Poverty History. Ral315 (talk) 01:20, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Ulead releases new VideoStudio version
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 12:03, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Reads like a press release. If it is new-worthy, it's not clear to me how it could be. Just another commercial software release. Imroy 10:41, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Can you give me any direction to improve it? This is my first article on en WikiNews, thanks. --H.T. Chien / 眼鏡虎 (Discuss|Contributions) 12:29, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry if I did not write the article right. After I read the opinions in the talk page, I think if any of you think it's not an article that match the policy then admin may delete it as well. I think I will read more here to know the writing style before posting another news. Thanks for your opinions. --H.T. Chien / 眼鏡虎 (Discuss|Contributions) 18:32, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Former German Minister of Research and Technology: "9/11 run by Bush Administration"
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 12:03, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

The article promotes a conspiracy theory, which is pretty old. That's why this is not news. --SonicR 13:02, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree, delete it. --Sean Heron 14:13, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete Jason Safoutin 14:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree,9/11 conspiracy theories aren't really news and they only sow seeds of discord within the community.PVJ[[Image:Flag of India.svg|25px]] 15:25, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Karen 08:19, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Net Neutrality Defeated
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned dupe that is barely a stub. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:46, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

SBI Strike angers people
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:43, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * DeleteThe strike itself was called off a while ago so I think this article is somewhat redundant now.PVJ59 08:35, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Rendered redundant by article State Bank of India employee strike settled.  KeithH 05:00, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Flame retardent mobile
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Entries will almost definitely violate WN:E and often WN:NOT (theater of war). This page encourages fights to escalate, and just creates nonproductive discussion/flames. Also is violates NPOV(while the NPOV rule does not apply to project pages, this page has the same problems NPOV articles create).--Cspurrier 23:54, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 *  Temporarily abstain Its not meant to violate wn:e as its supposed to be constructive critisim to try and fix a problem. The first step in figuring out any sort of problem is what is it. It is not meant to be a theater of war, as it isn't you do this, no i don't, style but people keep saying you do this, lets figure out why people have that imppression. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:11, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The main reason I started this was that the other systems quite frankly wern't working. I thought that maybe openly talking about it would help. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:25, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Opposed to any and all projects that further divide the community.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 00:24, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Violates WN:NOT (Wikinews is not a battlefield/theatre of war). Furthermore, The mere development of this page and its contents has concerned me to the point of pondering a Wikibreak. I love Wikinews for the attempt at NPOV, this goes against that goal. I am wondering if I can work with users who support this page, as they seem IMO to put their POV ahead of Wikinews. Jason Safoutin 00:39, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I had the impression it was a you do this, no i don't style page at first glance. -Edbrown05 01:10, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. I agree with Bawolff a little, but this probably is not going to work too well. Flipbaywood 01:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Weak Keep. A curious new page with a purpose stated to act dampening conflicts is to be deleted for the sake of fears over a possible future problem in a use of it? What makes this a certainty? It is only as justifiable as a claim that it should not be deleted for the sake of its future potential use in dampening conflict. The future is the future. Fear over one possible outcome is equal in merit to respect for a possible future role in reducing conflict when neither have been demonstrated in any event yet. If in use it descends, put it to the delete then with my full support. Until that happens, how can it be said that the page should be deleted for fear more than kept for respect for future potential? Is there any certain policy that it can be said to be violating in its present state? If not, I will set as advocate of it as forum for the casual discussion type that seems needed for a reason congruent with that for which the page was created by Bawolf-conflict dampening for resolution by casual status. Octavian 03:19, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes Octavian. See comments above. Violates: WN:NOT WN:E. Its purpose IMO is to encite war and was created in anticipation of war. If you have personalissues with someone, then take it out on them and don't use Wikinews for a battleground. Jason Safoutin 19:46, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I have not any personal issues as you base your post on response against. My concern is organizational. Your comment has not application at all in that respect DF. You have also not responded to my question of why it should be that one possible future occurrence involving the page-that it might violate those policies somehow-is considered adequate justification to delete the page, when that view has only the same merit as a consideration that it might in the future not violate those policies, and further might instead be used along with them to prevent organizational problems within wikinews. Perhaps I was not clear, but that is the extent of it to me. The comment made by Cspurrier had those references to policy "Entries will almost definitely violate WN:E and often WN:NOT (theater of war)" but speaks of an interpretation of a potential future occurrence-one that has not occurred in the present. Are you stating that the page in its current state somehow also violates those policies? If not, why is it the one possible future is thought so significant as to justify deletion and the other so devalued and relatively ignored as to allow it before either can be? Octavian 20:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Zarqawi; the Pentagon’s ongoing war of deception
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

 * CopyVio. Direct copy and paste. Jason Safoutin 13:53, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Seal hunt showdown turns ugly
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Copyvio. Even the title. irid:t 15:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Sports briefs for the week of April 2, 2006
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 23:04, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Home Office report: UK bird flu outbreak could claim 320,000 lives
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Dupe, abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 22:50, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

RAF doctor jailed over Iraq refusal
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. KeithH 17:41, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

USMC Capt: "I believed Bush. I was wrong."
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. KeithH 17:39, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete — Karen 21:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Arjun Singh announces 27% reservations for OBCs in top educational institutions
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 06:14, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Prisoners forced to be porters for military in Burma
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed -  Amgine | talk en.WN 06:08, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Muslim students are running a large peaceful online protest
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:58, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Car Crash in Calgary, Canada
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 22:41, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete — Abandoned just before it was finished, too. Karen 21:31, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Arson and Vandalism at Sikh Places of Worship/Temp
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 22:38, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Annual report details aggressive pursuit of human rights, democracy goals
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:24, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Giant cracker explodes open the case of UK homeworkers
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:20, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete — Needs attention from original author, can't finish - otherwise. Karen 21:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Russia bans moldovan and georgian wines
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Copyvio This article is Copyvio. Jason Safoutin 10:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete It's been on here since April 13 and no one's taken any action. --TUFKAAP 20:03, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * done, copyvios may be given 3 days to live, but not a week. Nyarlathotep 21:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

portal:Ayyavazhi Undeletion Request
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:04, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

objection was that there is no Ayyavazhi articles. I think this Portal is now justified as there appears to be one. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:14, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * portal:Ayyavazhi (also recreated as Ayyavazhi) → Admins: special:undelete/portal:Ayyavazhi
 * delete, it's still religious promotion for me, not real news. And just because there's ONE article is not a reason to create a portal. The article's goal in fact. Or we could automate this creating one portal for each category ! I do not think that portal are Press Release place. Jacques Divol 09:27, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I understand where you're coming from, but if the news is neutral, In the spirit of neutrality, We should accept news from all topics. We have a whole load of Christian news. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:50, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Undelete agree with Bawolff & Divol :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 09:38, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. One article does not constitute its own portal/category, as it would show conflict of interest for us not including them for the one-time articles on other religions, or groups claiming they are religions, or etc.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:37, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose undeletion, for now. I support the idea of such a specific portal, but not for a single mis-dated article in development. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Keep. I presented the reason there in the talk pages of the article as well as Category. - Vaikunda Raja
 * Keep/Undelete/Make it exist again - Portals are works in progress, so it's okay if there's only one article. Also, merge and redirect Ayyavazhi into the Portal: one, since all portals must be in the portalspace. (It took me hours to enforce that rule!) — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 13:15, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * There are a couple of portals with no articles. I don't see why it matters too much. If a user sees a pathetic portal for a subject dear and near to their heart, they're more likely to write. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 03:20, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Poll results indicate Americans want change.
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:36, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned article (no edits 4 days), that honestly doesn't look like its going to go anywhere. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:52, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Artistic director cancels "My Name is Rachel Corrie" production
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:36, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:54, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Google overtakes MSN to become second most visited site in the world
Tagged as notnews, actual event was in January, no source indicating newsworthy. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:03, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete — Karen 22:21, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Extreme Delete irid:t 22:38, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yahoo is beating google, I'll believe that when I see it. Delete Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:37, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Story preparation/Bird Flu reachs UK

 * Delete. Article was already written and this one was never used. Jason Safoutin 12:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

ANZ National Bank agrees to $10 million refund, pays record fine
Abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 22:29, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Third Country Resettlement Sparks Hot Talk
Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 18:34, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete — Karen 23:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Quitting school is more common and get worse ( News)
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 20:30, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Unsourced editorial piece. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:26, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete — Karen 23:28, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Arsenal Beats Juventus 2-0
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 20:30, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. KeithH 05:07, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Tim from Big Brother deems industrial relations reforms protests "great success"
Abandoned -  Amgine | talk en.WN 06:27, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
 * delete - Borofkin 18:16, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Poll results indicate Americans want change.
Abandoned. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 06:13, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's a good idea, but it's a just list of percentages without rhyme or reason. And as I mentioned in the talk page, the fact that all the links point to a single source makes it look suspect.  Scrap it and start fresh, IMHO.  KeithH 10:09, 8 April 2006 (UTC).
 * Abstain. It still needs work, but definitely is better than what it was before, and it's no longer abandoned. KeithH 01:09, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Senate Judiciary Committee approves immigration bill
Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 07:13, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 22:13, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

United Nations restricts its Chinese writing to Simplified Chinese beginning 2008
Abandoned. A shame nobody took an interest in translating it - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 06:16, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete unless someone can complete the translation -  Amgine | talk en.WN 07:03, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Big Brother
Information is unverifiable and comes from an unknown source. -- Frankie Roberto 22:01, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Delete 1-0 -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:41, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

First Father's Day Service in America
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 14:07, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 20:34, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Vladimir Putin's Dissertation
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 14:07, 4 April 2006 (UTC) One, it's in the wrong language for English Wikinews; it should go in the Russian version or be translated. Two, even if I can't read it, just quoting something doesn't make it a news story. So what? KeithH 03:46, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

U.S. Nuclear Weapon in Europe
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 02:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned stub. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:06, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Arson and Vandalism at Sikh Places of Worship
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 02:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

 * large part s of the text are copy/paste of another article http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060327/NEWS01/603270308/1001 and this article too http://www.cbc.ca/bc/story/bc_temple-fire20060327.html Jacques Divol 16:11, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Unless we've relaxed the rules, copyvios are to be deleted on-sight - we can't afford be caught carrying copy-righted material and threatened with legal action by some news corp, which is the sort of thing they are prone to doing! It's tough on the original poster, but they should not have ignored the plentiful and clear warnings against posting copyvios. Dan100 (Talk) 20:28, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Category:Tennessee Lady Vols Basketball
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 02:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Last of the mistake categories that have been fixed. Lyellin 05:45, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Category:NCAA Women's Basketball
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 02:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Whoops - one more Lyellin 05:48, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Futurama returning with 26 new episodes
inaccurate, no longer news, poorly sourced - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 22:45, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

All of the above. Karen 03:49, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Hawaiian fifth grade gets hole-in-one
Abandoned. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:58, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

BBC announce TV highlights for Christmas 2005
Abandoned. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:46, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Publish. Looks done to me, whats wrong with pub? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 04:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Please review the edit history, this was done in march with a December date. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete See edit history/talk page. Karen 02:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Philadelphia Quaker meetinghouse turned into art studio
Long-abandoned. Good story idea though. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:43, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

U.S. Hiring Hong Kong Co. to Scan Nukes
Copyvio. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 03:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Sfullenwider 05:05, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Instant Replay Era Officially Begins
Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Sfullenwider 05:06, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * De-lete. --Karen 03:59, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Monk's body pristine, fifteen years postmortem
Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:32, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Sfullenwider 05:07, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Feingold finds little support from fellow Democrats who sponsored Clinton censure
Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:29, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Sfullenwider 05:04, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Farnkerl 13:19, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

BBC and EastEnders win Christmas Day TV war
--Sfullenwider 01:20, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Extremely old news started today. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:07, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. irid:t 22:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Trump trumping his way to Israel
No meaningful content, disputed, old news and abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 01:06, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, please. irid:t 22:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as per listing. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:24, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --Brian McNeil / talk 09:34, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

U.S. House Appropriations Committee votes to block Dubai ports deal
Abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 01:01, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. irid:t 22:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as per listing. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 03:19, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

French Students Continue to Riot
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned -  Amgine | talk en.WN 08:59, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. irid:t 17:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

1976: U.S. endorsed Iranian plans to build massive nuclear energy industry
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 08:39, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. irid:t 17:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Police stun men on trail
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned minimal article (has source, otherwise a speedy candidate) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 08:34, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. irid:t 17:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Simply the greatest game of one-day cricket ever played
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 08:20, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. irid:t 17:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Michelle bachelet assume the presidential charge
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed -  Amgine | talk en.WN 08:19, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. A 56% to 49% margin ?! irid:t 17:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Key evidence overlooked by Senators, media in NSA wiretapping controversy
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned -  Amgine | talk en.WN 07:43, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not a current event, seemingly POV. irid:t 17:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I've got no problem with it per se, but I don't think anyone is going to work with it now.  All info & quotes should be merged to the related wikipedia articles.  Nyarlathotep 16:32, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Robbery in Gothenburg airport, terminal evacuated
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

I didn't have the time to write a full article back then (I created the brief) and it's old news now. No longer relevant, and don't think that anyone's going to finish the article anyway.--85.49.227.213 03:20, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. In my opinion, anything that will only show up in the archives probably won't be worth it. ReporterFromAfar3136 06:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Category:Football (Canadian)
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:02, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

To similiar to Category:Football (American) IMHO. perhaps rename American to North American. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:08, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete but I'm totally ignorant about Canadian football, so ignore my vote if anyone who knows anything objects. Nyarlathotep 04:07, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Redirect. Agree with Bawolff. Merge both to Category:American football ReporterFromAfar3136 06:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You can't redirect categories. Well you can kinda, but it doesn't really work. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:16, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Closing statements: It seems as if there's favor going towards a merge. Merging both to American football would be US-centrist, so I'm merging them to Category:North American football. —M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:02, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Bush protesters tear gassed
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 19:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Disputed, abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 21:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. In my opinion, anything that will only show up in the archives probably won't be worth it. ReporterFromAfar3136 06:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete reasons given -  Amgine | talk en.WN 08:04, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Michael Jackson is building a mosque in Bahrain
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 19:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Disputed, abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 21:10, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. In my opinion, anything that will only show up in the archives probably won't be worth it. ReporterFromAfar3136 06:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Category:Need Help
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 23:48, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Seriously abandoned with only one edit. -- ironiridis 16:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Zapped per speedy deletion guidelines --Brian McNeil / talk 17:05, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm a bit slow today, just noticed that was a category. If anyone wants it restored for a proper vote, let me know on my talk page. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:08, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Bush makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 23:48, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 20:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Bush told before war 'Saddam unlikely to attack US'
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 23:48, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 18:03, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep; could be an important article; As Ed says it needs a re-write but that will only fly if the re-write is done by someone not involved in the preceding arguments,I imagine. Neutralizer 18:19, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. This and many others never get rewritten, at least not to the point where NPOV would allow.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Abandoned. Contributors have 7 days to make it un-abandoned if they want. - Borofkin 00:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep; if its going to be fixed. I ain't going to do it.  Nyarlathotep 02:54, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Bahá'í Faith and Portal:Ayyavazhi

 * More religiuous propaganda. Jacques Divol 12:43, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Would you include Portal:Quakers and others as well with that? To my knowladge, as long as the articles are neutral, the portals okay. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:37, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * maybe you are right, but where are the neutral articles here : Portal:Ayyavazhi ????, just some dates. ... ok ok . i do not like to see religious (and political) people coming into wikinews (yes, i am french ;)) . Jacques Divol 16:51, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You have a point with Ayyavazhi. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:29, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete Portal:Ayyavazhi, Keep Portal:Bahá'í Faith. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:59, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Portal:Ayyavazhi. - Vaikunda Raja 23:14, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Amgine deleted it. I'm temporarily restoring it as an anon deleted the deletion notice thus it was not properly listed for three days. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:15, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

- Deleted Ayyavazhi: 3-1  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

- Keep Portal:Bahá'í Faith: 1-1  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

New Chief Minister unsure of Bengaluru name change
Abandoned. Jason Safoutin 02:47, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete as per listing. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 06:01, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

- Deleted: vote 2-0  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Agreed on process to implement N-deal: PM
Abandoned. Jason Safoutin 02:46, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete as per listing, though this is current enough to be fixed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 06:03, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

- Deleted: vote 2-0  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Avalanche occurs at Artesina ski resort in northern Italy
Abandoned. Minimal also. Jason Safoutin 02:38, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

- Deleted: Vote 1-0

International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) Joins Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP),
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 02:28, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. Jason Safoutin 02:34, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

- Deleted: vote 2-0  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Tajikistan: Last synagogue destroyed
Abandoned. Jason Safoutin 02:32, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

- Deleted: vote 1-0  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Australian parliament debates Millennium Development Goals
Abandoned. - Borofkin 00:51, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

- Delete: vote 1-0  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)


text:
Talk:Israelis storm Palestinian jail

This article is not updated as things happend fast. Big rewrite or off the first lead with new article as followup? International 22:00, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * New article. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 22:03, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

WHY?
Huh? Why take it off the first lead? What is the reasoning behind the action? Wiki folks should explain their actions when shifting stuff around. Why does this need a "big rewrite"? Please explain? --elliot_k 02:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Responding to myself! No takers I guess. I'm putting it back as the lead. The current story is days old... --elliot_k 14:38, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Another source to consider
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8F1D3402-082D-41DA-B3A3-863947BB2DA7.htm -  Amgine | talk en.WN 23:11, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

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PFLP leader Ahmed Saadat captured by Israeli forces

March 14, 2006

Ahmed Saadat, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and five other Palestinians surrendered after Israeli troops stormed the jail in the West Bank town of Jericho. Israeli general Yair Naveh announced that the operation was successful.

Israel accuses Saadat of involvement in the October 17, 2001, assassination of Rehavam Zeevi, then Minister of Tourism. The Palestinian Authority jailed Saadat in 2002, under the terms of an international agreement and under the supervision of monitors from the United Kingdom and the United States.

Israel launched the raid soon after the monitors left the jail complaining that the Palestinian Authority had given them insufficient security. Israel quickly arrested and searched many of the prisoners, but a few prisoners, among them Saadat, fortified themselves in the jail, even as Israel proceeded to bulldoze it.

Saadat is now in Israeli custody for the first time. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas complained that the UK and US monitors were responsible for the prisoners' security and that their withdrawal violated the international agreement.


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Im have no time to follow this story... Anywiki is free to expand. International 22:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

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Saying they "captured" the person is a little silly. I guess one could argue that Israel first "freed" the guy when they broke the jail, which enabled Israel to "capture" him shortly after, but this is plainly silly. --vonbergm 00:21, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


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New Zealand Commonwealth Games flag-bearer announced

March 15, 2006 It was announced last night at the New Zealand Commonwealth Games team function, that Olympic triathlon champion Hamish Carter will carry the New Zealand flag into the Opening Ceremony of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Hamish Carter was a gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medallist at the last Commonwealth Games held in Manchester.

The XVIII Commonwealth Games will be held from March 15th through the 26th. The Opening Ceremony will be held tonight. The Games will be opened officially by Queen Elizabeth II.


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Hawaiian dam bursts

March 15, 2006 On March 14, 2006, the Ka Loko Reservoir on the Hawaiian island of Kauai gave way around 5 a.m. after several days of torrential rains and thunder. The resulting wave destroyed coastal highways, killed one person, and left seven others missing. The missing and dead count is expected to increase as searchers investigate the waters that flowed into the Pacific. Even though Kauai had received 5-6 inches of rain in the past day, most residents admitted that the island was not prepared for this situation. Although oil was spilled into the water, there has been no sighting of significant damage.

This dam break has many concerned about the possibility of another reservoir break, especially since most of Hawaii's reservoirs are at least a century old and privately owned. Engineers have begun to drain both the Morita and Waita Reservoirs, also on Kauai, to prevent any possible breaks. Although the governor stated that most of the responsibility for privately owned reservoirs belongs to the owners, she did admit that the state was also failing in its monitoring responsibilities, noting that the department in charge of monitoring reservoirs only has two employees. Although the primary owner, the Mary N. Lucas Trust, has made no comment, a partial owner, Mr. Jimmy Pflueger, has admitted he was devastated by the damage done by the reservoir.

The dam, 40 feet high and 80 feet long, released 300-400 million gallons of water, about 1400 acre-ft. Many tourists, as well as native residents, have been stranded without transportation, as the destruction of the main Lihue highway, the Kuhio Highway, has closed down the airport. The Coast Guard has taken over the main part of the search, although Hawaii National Guards has also been activated. Kauai County's mayor has declared Kauai to be in a state of emergency.

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Australian troops to provide front-line combat support in Iraq

March 15, 2006 Australian troops in southern Iraq will shift to an "overwatch" role, says Defence Minister Brendan Nelson. Australia has around 460 troops in southern Iraq engaged in training the Iraq military and guarding Japanese military engineers. Dr Nelson says the soldiers currently on rotation in Iraq as part of Operation Catalyst will soon provide "front-line combat support" for coalition troops.

"We will move some time over the next three to four months pending the movement of the Japanese to supporting the overwatch program," he told ABC radio. "So what we will be doing is we will be supporting the Iraqi security forces, Iraqi police and Iraqi local government in administering and managing their own affairs. And we will respond to requests from the Iraqi government."

Overwatch was "a support program" that involved "providing covering fire to coalition allies in Iraq." The Australian deployment was expected to end around July this year, but Dr Nelson has said the mission would now continue into next year. His statement followed the British announcement that it would withdraw 800 troops from Iraq in the next few months.

"The British and the Americans are looking at significant draw downs in two to three years. We haven't set any such timeline... I think we will be there into 2007... We haven't committed to another two to three years unlike the Americans. We take it on a day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month basis," said the Minister.

Dr Nelson ruled out Australian troops being deployed to more dangerous areas, such as Basra, where the British troops have been based. But he declined to say whether the new mission will be more risky. He says "everything the troops do in Iraq is associated with danger."

On March 7th, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown slammed the Howard government's determination to keep troops in Iraq, as American and British troops are withdrawn. "Australian troops are being subject to thoughtless bravado by John Howard and Brendan Nelson and they need to be brought home immediately," Senator Brown said.

Operation Catalyst is the Australian Defence Force (ADF) contribution to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq. Operation Catalyst currently comprises approximately 1320 Australian Defence Force personnel.


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