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I think this as en excellent example of the type of deceiving journalism we should NOT have here. Title: "Romanian president calls Romania a mafia country", content: "Romanian president sais that Romanie IS PERCEIVED AS a mafia country". Two COMPLETELY different sentences, and an attitude to journalism that is nothing but completely despiccable. I will rename this article. --213.56.215.224 16:05, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC) (Sorry, forgot to log in, that above is me --Regebro 16:06, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC))

I'm sorry, but this headline is way to bleak. It does not accurately reflect the content. The president tells high-level prosecutors that they must "ensure that Romania does not become a mafia-like country"

I will rename this article. SamRiley 18:26, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I agree that the initial article was an example of deceptive journalism. Let me give a little bit of background here. User:213.66.141.159 wrote this article in response to my contribution of Romania-related content, as he claimed that I did not have balance in my reporting (I think he meant that I only wrote positive articles about Romania). Anyway, he decided to go ahead and contribute a more "balanced" piece of reporting - one that also highlights the negative aspects of Romania. That is of course OK! Anyone can write about whatever they want as long as its truthful.

User:213.66.141.159's contribution, however, was deceptive, as if he wanted right from the start to portray Romania in a negative light just so that it can offset the positive contributions. So, he titled the article to "Romanian president calls Romania a mafia country", which is of course deceptive. What it said in the reference article that "Romania is perceived as a mafia country" and should not actually become one ("ensure that Romania does not become a mafia-like country"). These are two different things, as Regebro said! Perception is different to reality. However, Regebro, what do you mean an attitude to journalism that is totally despicable? I don't understand you there.

So I just wanted to let you know the background. I think the article in its current shape is good, as well as the headline. It's a bit general, but it's good. Ronline 23:15, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)


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January 21, 2005

The following stories made international headlines Friday:

Polish WW2 Hero, 'Courier from Warsaw' Dies at 91
Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, a Polish writer, journalist, an envoy between the commanders of the Home Army and the Polish Government in Exile, the head of the Polish section of the Radio Free Europe and an advisor to the USA presidents dies in Warsaw, Poland.
 * ''Sources: BBC, Reuters, Radio Free Europa
 * Wikinews coverage: Jan Nowak-Jezioranski Dies

Deadly Attack on Baghdad Mosque
At least 14 people have died in a car bombing at a Shia religious building in Iraq's capital, amid threats of a long war from a key militant.
 * Sources: BBC

Palestinian Forces Deployed In Gaza
In Gaza, Palestinian forces have taken up a position in the north. This action was enacted on hopes that it would degrade the control militants have of that area to encourage peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians on their conflicts.
 * Sources: Reuters, ABC, VOA

Putin Sends His Congratulations to Yushchenko
Russian President Vladimir Putin today has sent seemingly warm congratulations to Viktor Yushchenko, the candidate who won the controversial and extended Ukrainian election. Recently, the Ukrainian High Court rejected the plea of Yushchenko's rival, Viktor Yanukovych for recounts and "fair elections."
 * Sources: New Kerala, Turkish Press, ABC News

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NASA's Swift detects possible birth of black hole

January 21, 2005 On Jan. 17, the NASA-led Swift satellite mission detected and imaged its first gamma-ray burst, one of the most powerful explosions to occur in the universe.

The burst was in the midst of exploding as Swift, designed to autonomously repoint itself, turned and focused in less than 200 seconds on the event. The satellite was fast enough to capture an image with its X-Ray Telescope (XRT), while gamma rays were still being detected with the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT).

"This is the first time an X-ray telescope has imaged a gamma-ray burst while it was bursting," said Dr. Neil Gehrels, Swift's principal investigator at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. "Most bursts are gone in about ten seconds, and few last upwards of a minute. Previous X-ray images have captured the burst afterglow, not the burst itself."

"This is the one that didn't get away," said Prof. John Nousek, Swift's mission operations director at Penn State University, in State College, PA. "And this is what Swift was built to do: to detect these fleeting gamma-ray bursts and focus its telescopes on them autonomously within about a minute. The most exciting thing is this mission is just revving up."

Swift has three main instruments. The BAT detects bursts and initiates the autonomous slewing to bring the XRT and the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) within focus of the burst. In December, the BAT started detecting bursts, including a remarkable triple detection on Dec. 19. Today's announcement marks the first BAT detection autonomously followed by XRT detection, demonstrating the satellite is swiftly slewing as planned. The UVOT is still being tested, and it was not collecting data when the burst was detected. Scientists expect Swift to be fully operational by Feb. 1.

"We are frantically analyzing the XRT data to understand the X-ray emission seen during the initial explosion and the very early afterglow," said Dr. David Burrows, the XRT lead at Penn State. "This is a whole new ballgame. No one has ever imaged X-rays during the transition of a gamma-ray burst from the brilliant flash to the fading embers."

The origin of gamma-ray bursts remains a mystery. At least some appear to originate in massive star explosions. Others might be the result of merging black holes or neutron stars. Any of these scenarios likely will result in the formation of a new black hole.

The Swift satellite's two-year mission will be to: Swift, still in its checkout phase, is an international collaboration launched on Nov. 20, 2004. It is a NASA mission in partnership with the Italian Space Agency and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, United Kingdom.
 * Determine the origin of gamma-ray bursts.
 * Classify gamma-ray bursts and search for new types.
 * Determine how the explosion develops.
 * Use gamma-ray bursts to study the early universe.
 * Perform the first sensitive hard X-ray survey of the sky.


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Jan Nowak-Jezioranski Dies

January 21, 2005

Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, a Polish writer, journalist, legendary resistance fighter and an envoy between the commanders of the Home Army and the Polish government in exile, nicknamed Courier from Warsaw, the head of the Polish section of Radio Free Europe for a quarter of a century and an advisor to the US presidents Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter died Thursday evening, January 20 in a hospital in his native Warsaw, Poland.

Jan Nowak-Jeziorański fought in the Polish Army during the Polish September Campaign in 1939 as an artillery NCO. He was taken prisoner of war by the Germans in Volhynia but managed to escape and returned to Warsaw. He quickly joined the Polish resistance and in 1940 became the main organiser of the Akcja N, a secret organisation preparing German-language newspapers and other propaganda material pretending to be official German publications, in order to wage psychological warfare against German troops.

He also served as an envoy between the commanders of the Home Army and the Polish government in exile and other allied governments. During one of such missions in July 1944, he arrived in Warsaw only a few days before the Warsaw Uprising broke out. During the Uprising he took an active part in the fights against the Germans and also organised the Polish radio that maintained contact with the Allied countries through daily broadcasts in Polish and English. Shortly before the capitulation of the Polish capital, he was ordered by the Polish commander-in-chief Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski to leave the city and find his way to London. He managed to evade being captured and reached Great Britain, bringing with him large quantities of documents and photos. For his bravery and his travels through the German-occupied Europe he was awarded with the Virtuti Militari, the highest Polish military medal. He also gained a nick-name Courier from Warsaw (Kurier z Warszawy), which he later used as a title of his memoirs.

After the war, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański stayed in the West, initially in London and then in Munich and Washington. Between 1948 and 1976 he was one of the most notable personalities of the Polish division of the BBC radio agency. In 1952 he also became the head of the Polish section of the Munich-based Radio Free Europe. Through his daily radio broadcasts he remained one of the most popular radio personalities, both in communist-held Poland and among the Polish diaspora in the West. After giving up his posts in 1976, he became one of the most prominent members of the Polish American Congress and headed the organisation between 1979 and 1996. He also worked as an advisor to the American National Security Agency. Through his contacts with many notable politicians in the USA, he was one of the proponents of Poland's membership in NATO (achieved in 1999).

In the 1990s, he started his cooperation with the Polish Radio and wrote a series of broadcasts titled "Polska z oddali" (Poland from Distance). Since 1990 he was also present in the Polish Television as an author of monthly programmes. In July 2002 he returned to Warsaw for good. He was an active supporter of Poland's entry into the European Union. Most of his books, published abroad as well as those published in Poland after 1989, were best-sellers and gained him even more popularity.

For his writings, he was awarded with some of the most prestigious Polish literary awards, including the Kisiel Award (1999), Ksawery Pruszyński Memorial Prize of the Polish Pen-Club (2001) and the Superwiktor award for tv personalities. In 2003 he was also awarded with the Człowiek Pojednania prize by the Polish Council of Christians and Jews for his part in the Polish-Jewish dialogue. Finally, he was made the doctor honoris causa of many Polish universities, including the Warsaw University, Jagiellonian University and his alma mater, the University in Poznań.

He died in Warsaw at the age of 91 on the evening of Thursday, 20 January 2005. He subscribed all of his archives to the Ossolineum Institute. In the reports of his death all major Polish daily newspapers referred to him as the Polish hero and one of the last moral authorities.

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As this is my first Wikinews article, I'd appreciate any comments on what I did wrong and how should I improve my next one. Please leave a note on my Wikipedia Talk Page since I check it much more often then Wikinews. Tnx. --Piotrus 20:32, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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UK freedom of information acts come into effect

January 21, 2007

At the beginning of the calendar year 2005, the United Kingdom Freedom of Information Act went into effect. The act of parliament should allow all citizens of the United Kingdom the freedom to investigate their own records or any data gathered by the government which might affect their lives. However, many within the government have stated that the act will not allow data of importance to national security to be accessed.

The act follows well-received acts in other countries. See Freedom of Information Act on Wikipedia for more background on the history.


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User talk:JRM

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Gotta love the welcoming committee...
I replied to your comment on the water cooler... -Amgine 03:07, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hi JRM
Good to see you here. After reading your user page, I like your style. Hope you stick around :) Dan100 (Talk) 19:32, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Welcome
McCart42, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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OK to summarize existing news?
This is a bit more of a question about the overarching mission of wikinews than about simple etiquette. My goal so far when putting up requested articles has been to read, internalize the information, and summarize what I've learned, with a particular eye for facts that make the story extraordinary. This is mostly what every reporter does; however, since all of my sources (to this point, and for the foreseeable future) are secondary, I generally refrain from adding some of the more human-interest elements of a typical story, such as quotes and pictures. This, of course, is due to copyright - am I correct in assuming that these would be copyright violations?

And also, should I be looking to do more than just summarize? - McCart42 01:19, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * It it imposible to copyright facts or incidents. This means if you paraphrase and cite sources, you are not violating copyright. For instance, let's say the Wall Street Journal' quoted Pres. Geroge W. Bush saying "America will destory all evil doers."
 * You may write:
 * "America will destroy all evil doers," Pres. Bush said in a Dec. 14 Wall Street Journal interview. (Or somethign similar if it was an exclusive interview with a WSJ reporter)
 * Pres. Bush told reporters that America will destroy all "evil doers." (Or something similar if you see the quote in more than one source and it came from a press conference)
 * "America will destroy all evil doers," Pres. Bush said. (If you see the quote in any official U.S. "dot gov" [i.e. www.whitehouse.gov] press release or other report - because it is public domain, you do not need to cite the source of the original quote in the text.)
 * Of course these are just three examples. Remember, copyrights only apply to the WAY information is written -- not the facts presented. If you re-arrange the facts in an original presentation so that your work does not look like a duplicate of the original and cite your sources, then copyright should never be a problem. -- Davodd | Talk 13:06, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

DPL on developing
Hey McCart, could I ask you to share your thoughts on this here? Thanks Dan100 (Talk) 28 June 2005 23:49 (UTC)

Sorting
The category sort, using the alternative text, should work. For example, if you add another with, it should appear in the list above the article with  and below the article with. It only lists the "2" just like it only lists the "A" for articles beginning with that letter.

- Amgine/talk 03:36, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Wikinews link in current events template
I'm disappointed you decided to undermine my proposal. If you'd checked to see where the current template was being used, you'd actually have seen that Wikinews is already covering all the stories.

The little "Wikinews stories" boxes are useless - they're invariably buried at the bottom of pages. Even if anyone ever finds them, by that point they probably won't be bothered to click the link.

As I pointed out on the water cooler - the only reason why the London bombings article gained so much traffic from WP was because the link was (briefly) at the top of the article. Dan100 (Talk) 21:34, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

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Wikinews link in current events template

I didn't mean to undermine your proposal, I just wanted to state my opinion. Of today's events in Current events, as of right now, only 5 of 10 of them have stories at Wikinews. In the Current events category, it's the same, from what I can tell. I do think that using the extra Wikinews link will draw people to contribute the article if it doesn't exist already, but the important thing is that it must add value to WP, not to WN; we're the ones changing their template, after all. And if only half of the WP articles marked with the Current template actually have information at WN, we will be forcing their readers to sift through our site for information that might not even be here. Eventually, I think the time will come that we will have a better ratio of current events covered, but let's wait until then to impose upon them to add WN links to the Current template. At that point I don't think they will be able to argue with us that nearly every current event they have is covered on WN, and the link will be useful to BOTH parties. - McCart42 (talk) 22:26, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the amendment. : )
Kevin Baastalk 17:36, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Article naming
Originally brought up at Future talk, though I wasn't at the discussion itself. I was wondering if there is any thought to changing the way articles are linked in case we find ourselves rehashing similar headlines. A good example is with sports stories. It's not inconceivable that Team A might win a match over Team B by the same score on some different date. Right now, I guess we'd just look up our thesaurus and find a synonym for "defeat" - which admittedly isn't that difficult. But it seems as though maybe articles should be linked to by a combination of their date and their title. That would eliminate any reasonable possibility of having two articles with the same name. Maybe I'm being naive about this and it isn't a big deal though. Has anyone thought about this (non)issue? - McCart42 (talk) 22:09, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually this was brought up un November, 2004.. And the consensus was - no one could agree, so we left it alone. -- Davodd | Talk 03:44, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Link? Or was this on IRC? - McCart42 (talk) 15:03, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Link:Dateline Poll -- Davodd | Talk 00:14, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Clarify - brought up in Nov - vote in Dec. -- Davodd | Talk 00:15, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Future talk 2
Hello, I would like to invite you to attend our second future talk, it will be held on Monday, August 1 at 21:00 UTC. It will be held on the Wikinews IRC channel #wikinews For more information please see the page on meta The main topics will be audio Wikinews, WNN and portals/neighborhoods It would be great if you will be able to attend. --Cspurrier 15:42, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

User: Rcameronw has been blocked for requesting de-admin vote and alleged "trolling"
Just wanted to let people know that, following yesterday's discussion, user rcameronw has been blocked for 24 hours. It was decided that rcameronw's request for a de-admin vote constituted "site disruption". (see article talk page for more info:) - 80.43.47.169 forgot to sign at 2005-10-10 07:07:15 (EDT)

Request to Neutralizer
McCart42, I noticed your message to Neutralizer which invited him to submit work under your account during his time of ban. Please do not interfere with the blocking policy on Wikinews. --Mrmiscellanious 20:41, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

your sig
noticed your sig was messed up. you probaly already know about this, but anyway, here's how to fix it Wikipedia:Wikipedia:How to fix your signature. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:53, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Cats for Basketball Article
Hi McCart42, I appreciated that you added cats to the "Stanford women's basketball knocks three-time champion Connecticut out of NCAA tournament" story. That's the only way I found it. It would be easier to find this news if the cats "Women's basketball" or "Women's NCAA basketball" were added. It's protected and I can't do so myself. Deeb 23:06, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikimedia Pennsylvania
Hello there!

I'm writing to inform you that we are now forming the first local Wikimedia Chapter in the United States: Wikimedia Pennsylvania. Our goals are to perform outreach and fundraising activities on behalf of the various Wikimedia projects. If you're interested in being a part of the chapter, or just want to know more, you can: Thanks and I hope you sign up!  Cbrown1023  talk  16:42, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Contact us on IRC at #wikimedia-pa
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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called McCart42. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name McCart42~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.

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

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called BesigedB. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name BesigedB~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.

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Wikinews:2005

2005
The year in news: 2005

January - February - March - April - May - June

July - August - September - October - November - December

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Wikinews:2005/January/1

 * Tsunami deaths mount to more than 120,000 Indonesia stops counting, confirmed counts continue to rise.
 * Republicans seek to reduce ethics rules
 * DirecTV tunes out Trio, network in limbo Loss of its largest carrier may spell doom for struggling cable channel.
 * Australian National Archives release Loans Affair documents Scathing attack by Australian Treasury over loans in 1974.
 * Aid pledges rise; Japan promises 500,000,000 USD Nearly 2 billion USD promised, U.N. warns of logistic bottlenecks.

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Wikinews:2005/January/2

 * Idi Amin offered to act as peacemaker in NI Release of British Government documents reveals surprising peace initiative.

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Wikinews:2005/January/3

 * UN 'optimistic' on tsunami aid effort
 * Indian Sensex reaches a New All-time High

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Wikinews:2005/January/04

 * Billionaire Mark Cuban asks President Bush to cancel inauguration parties Entrepreneur critical of U.S. aid to Tsunami victims.

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Wikinews:2005/January/05

 * Nias Yet to Receive Aid 10 Days After Quake
 * IMF Offers Special Loan for Tsunami-Hit Countries

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Wikinews:2005/January/6

 * Pinochet arrested after Supreme Court ruling Former Chilean dictator faces murder, kidnapping charges.

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Wikinews:2005/January/7

 * Heavy Lift Delta IV Rocket Launches
 * 'Noise' takes on 'Fockers' in weekend box office race New Michael Keaton horror film is panned by critics.
 * Discovery of the most powerful explosion in the Universe

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Wikinews:2005/January/8

 * Heavy lift Delta IV rocket launch problems
 * US Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine runs aground near Guam
 * Tsunami aid donations in 2005 deductible for 2004 in the U.S.
 * First unvaccinated survivor of rabies discharged from hospital

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Wikinews:2005/January/11

 * Mamdouh Habib to be released from Guantanamo Bay without charge AU government will not prosecute Habib upon his return. New Australian anti-terrorism laws not retroactive.
 * Third case of BSE reported in Canada
 * Bush nominates Chertoff for new Secretary of Homeland Security Federal judge seen as safe cabinet pick.
 * Jobs unveils new products after cloud of secrecy and lawsuits "Mac mini", small form-factor version of a Macintosh; "iPod shuffle", flash-based music player.
 * News Briefs: January 11, 2005: Italy smoking ban; Ukraine troops; Pope concerned; News Corp

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Wikinews:2005/January/12

 * UK mounts rescue operation for Spanish trawler in distress in North Atlantic storm
 * Spanish trawler missing, three die in UK as storms hit northern Europe
 * Brazilian President son's photoblog causes polemic
 * Iraqi violence may restrict elections
 * United States trade deficit reaches all time high
 * Nine die in bush-fires in South Australia Soaring temperatures keep fire burning out of control
 * Amrish Puri no more
 * News Briefs: January 12, 2005: Nortel, Joseph Estrada, Iraqi elections

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Wikinews:2005/January/13

 * Thatcher Pleads Guilty in Coup Plot
 * Brazilian deputies meet Ramallah Abbas
 * Honduras deploys 8,000 troops to ensure peaceful elections
 * Huygens moon probe to land on Titan. Scientists ready for landing on Saturn's largest moon
 * Suicide attack at Karni crossing between Gaza Strip, Israel
 * Third in line to British throne dresses as Nazi
 * US government stops looking for weapons of mass destruction
 * Mexican candidate confident of winning OAS leadership race
 * Bush pressured Israel to seize Chinese aircraft
 * Jefferson Airplane drummer dies at 66
 * News Briefs: January 13, 2005: Mad cow fallout, UK Nazi flap, WMD hunt ends, odd rock on Mars
 * Beijing plans $242B freeway link to Taiwan

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Wikinews:2005/January/9

 * Extraordinary feature found on Saturn's moon Iapetus
 * Key HIV gene discovered
 * Palestinian election ends, exit polls give Abbas lead
 * Peace agreement signed in Sudan
 * One dies in submarine accident
 * Voting underway for successor to Yasser Arafat
 * Severe storm hits United Kingdom in the early morning Northern England and parts of Wales affected.
 * NASA schedules launch date for comet-chasing probe Spacecraft to impact comet on July 4.
 * Torture and mass arrests of Christians in Vietnam
 * News Briefs: January 9, 2005: US Military; Sudan; Newsweek.

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Wikinews:2005/January/10

January 1 - 10 Digest
 * Wells Fargo and Barclay's rumoured to be in merger talks
 * Radiobras Brazilian news agency moved to Free Software
 * CBS fires four in fake Bush story fallout
 * Abbas wins election, offers Israel 'hand of peace'
 * Guatemala nominates Rigoberta Menchú for OAS Secretary General
 * UK New Year's Day murder suspect jumps from seventh floor window
 * Life discovered in extreme environment
 * News Briefs: January 10, 2005: Palestinian election result, Tsunami relief, ringing planet, Israeli government.

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Wikinews:2005/January/14

 * Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan, returns pictures
 * Beijing plans $242B freeway link to Taiwan
 * Prado Dam area evacuated Southern California recovers from mudslides.
 * Long Island-sized iceberg to ram Antarctic coast Penguin breeding grounds, glacier threatened.
 * El Salvador presents Flores as OAS candidate
 * 'Electra'-fying competition faces 'Fockers' Three North American film debuts may break Fockers' box office hold.
 * Australia to deport asylum seekers to Tsunami Zone
 * Bush pressured Israel to seize Chinese aircraft
 * Viacom delays launch of gay cable channel New channel now plans to debut in U.S. June 30.
 * News Briefs: January 14, 2005. Radio signal from Titan, $242B bridge to taiwan.

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Wikinews:2005/January/15

 * Capture of FARC member creates crisis between Venezuela and Colombia The imprisonment of the Marxist Rodrigo Granda, member of the FARC, by Colombian authorities raised a severe crisis between Venezuela and Colombia.
 * Graner found guilty of mistreatment at Abu Ghraib Jury sentences him to ten years in prison.
 * Finland, Canada named among world's most-fit nations Countries make strides in shedding "couch potato" image.
 * IBM Releases 500 patents to open source community Cheers and jeers
 * Man is waiting for 139 days in front of theater for "Star Wars" movie
 * News Briefs: January 15, 2005. Preaching ban, rising sea levels, wikibirthday.

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Wikinews:2005/January/16

 * U.S. reported to mount covert operations in Iran
 * Japan plans defense against Chinese invasion
 * Ariel Sharon gives 'free hand' to military for crack-down

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Wikinews:2005/January/17

 * Mars lander website opens
 * Hong Kong Makes First File-Sharing Arrest A Hong Kong man has been arrested for sharing 3 MPAA movies by BitTorrent
 * Colombia releases official notice in response to Venezuela "Colombia does not accept that representatives of terrorist organizations be admitted in a political event sponsored by official Venezuelan institutions" says the document.
 * Purged Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang dies at 85 Placed under house arrest in 1989 for supporting Tiananmen protesters
 * Woman aged 66 gives birth Considered oldest woman to give birth
 * News Briefs: January 17, 2005 Catholic archbishop kidnapped, Chinese bank swindle, Bosnian genocide conviction

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Wikinews:2005/January/18

Digest January 12-18
 * News Briefs: January 18, 2005: Chinese abducted in Iraq, Oldest mom, Rice in Congress, Muslim hajj.
 * Swedish doctor prosecuted for refusal to hand over patient data
 * Airbus launches world's largest passenger plane The new aircraft king beats the Boeing 747
 * Archbishop kidnapped in Iraq released unharmed
 * New tsunami could hit soon British government minister gives dark warning
 * Deadliest year ever for journalists? 129 media workers killed during 2004
 * White rhinos fly to safety Last hope for threatened animals.
 * First ever corruption conviction of public official in Honduras
 * Chile's candidate convinced of enough votes to become OAS chief
 * Romanians raise 395,000 euro for tsunami victims The Romanian public has raised € 395,000 for tsunami victims
 * Romania plans to send more troops to Iraq Romania has pledged 100 more troops to Iraq in time for its elections
 * Romanian president to visit United Kingdom
 * Actress Virginia Mayo dies
 * Latham quits as Australian Labor leader

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Wikinews:2005/January/19

 * 500 policemen seek drug dealers in Rio
 * UK soldiers go on trial for abusing Iraqi prisoners
 * Research demonstrates GM crops can benefit wildlife
 * Yahoo triples its quarterly profit on strong advertising revenue. Company exceeds analyst expectations
 * Marxist intellectuals support arrested FARC leader
 * Annual Islamic pilgrimage takes place
 * Bucharest to host its first ever CowParade. The world's largest public art event is coming to the Romanian capital
 * Romanian economy booms in 2004. Romania achieves a record-high GDP growth of 8.3% in 2004
 * Pacific Northwest soaked with "Tropical Punch": Severe weather on the northwestern coast of North America.
 * Heart attack kills brother of Brazilian president
 * Washington state lawmaker looks to outlaw handheld cell phones while driving

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Wikinews:2005/January/20

 * JP Morgan apologizes for slavery
 * China Plans Next Manned Space Mission. Shenzhou VI spaceship will bring two Chinese astronauts to space in Autumn
 * UN proposes world-wide natural disaster warning system. A global initiative to fight with Mother Nature
 * Bush inaugurated for second term As Bush vows to expand freedom "in all the world"
 * Rover finds meteorite on Mars
 * Swedish pastor appeals hate-crime conviction for antigay sermon. Hate crime legislation vs freedom of religion
 * Condoleezza Rice confirmed as next U.S. Secretary of State, pending full Senate vote. Democrats want more time to consider nomination
 * Romanian artists auction off their works for tsunami victims. Romanian artists and celebrities auction off artworks and personal belongings
 * Bucharest Metro operator to purchase more modern trainsets. Bucharest Metro to acquire a second series of state-of-the-art trains from Bombardier
 * Russian diplomats operated string of brothels in Finland
 * Video details tortures by Saddam’s soldiers
 * Brazilian President meets President of Colombia. Lula da Silva travelled to the Colombian city of Leticia, where he met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. They discussed the crisis between Colombia and Venezuela.
 * Music Video with More Than 100 Children's TV Characters Attacked by Anti-Gay Activists

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Wikinews:2005/January/21

 * UK freedom of information acts come into effect
 * Civil Unrest in Belize
 * Conference discusses the credibility of blogs Jimmy Wales speaks at a conference on the credibility of journalism, blogs, and wikis. May contain original research.
 * Jan Nowak-Jezioranski Dies. Famous Polish WW II hero dies in Warsaw, aged 91.
 * NASA's Swift detects possible birth of black hole
 * Bob Jones III to retire. Chairman of eponymous Christian university to be succeeded by son
 * Romanian president warns of high-level corruption
 * Romanian band to hold concert for tsunami victims. Sarmelele Reci will hold a concert in Bucharest to raise funds for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
 * Romanians to pay power bills via SMS. Romanians will soon have the opportunity to pay for electricity bills via SMS.
 * Beazley may face challengers for leadership. Others vie for Australia Labor Party's top job.
 * Methane Rain in Titan's Rivers
 * News Briefs: January 21, 2005: Deadly attack in Baghdad, Palestinian forces in Gaza, Putin's congratulations.

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User:Wikinewsbot

This is an account for a new experimental bot. The bot is operated by User:IlyaHaykinson — please leave a message on his talk page if you have any questions.

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Talk:Unrest in Belize

While less spectacular, unrest is more accurate than crisis. Toby.

Belizian's Contribution
Belizian has provided most of the content for this article (along side superb photographs), the rest being added by me today based on what I heard on the radio  last night during the governmental debate. --BesigedB 02:11, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Scoop
Erik Möller wrote on the mailing list:

"What the reporter did: observe the protests, describe his observations, and take photos. (This was a scoop on the western mainstream media.)"

I take it this was the first scoop by Wikinews. It might be nice to create Scoop and list this and future scoops there. It would serve as a feature and a way of boosting morale on Wikinews even further. Also, we could create a modified version of for scoops, like , and possibly a category, though I may be getting ahead of myself here. -- Redge (Talk) 13:16, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I believe this was the first really big scoop of major news media on a major subject. I suspect we're getting a little ahead of ourselves here, perhaps, with creating a scoop category/template... One other question to consider: What is a scoop? if a subject is not covered by main steam media (because it's too localized a subject, to small a topic, etc.) does it count? I would love to see all the little league games of  covered, but I'm not sure each story would count as a scoop. - Amgine 15:54, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

What about April unrest?
What about April unrest?--206.27.244.160 20:56, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

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Brazilian kidnapped in Iraq

According to the New York Times, in an ambush occurring Jan. 19 in northern Iraq, outside of Baiji, a British man and an Iraqi security guard were killed and a Brazilian contractor was kidnapped. Both of the men who died in the attack were working for Janusian Security Risk Management of London. The Brazilian man, an engineer, was working for Norberto Odebrecht, South America's largest construction company. His identity was not revealed by the company.

The Army of Ansar al Sunna has taken credit for the ambush, posting this statement online: "The lions of the faith of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) were able to ambush and kidnap two agents - a Briton and a Swede - working for the intelligence agency of the infidel forces in Beiji and God's law was enforced by killing them."

The Army of Ansar al Sunna plans to release further details about the attack.

The Norberto Odebrecht S.A. removed its employees from Iraq.

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Palestinians fighting terrorism

January 21, 2005

On Friday, the newly elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas ordered thousands of armed Palestinian security officials into positions in the northern Gaza strip to prevent terrorist strikes on Israel.

It is part of a plan that will include bolstering the security presence along the Gaza-Israel border, over the next few weeks. The plan ultimately will post three thousand troops in northern Gaza. It is the first time Palestinian forces have been used to protect the border from terrorist attacks since the resurgence of the Intifada in 2000.

Israel immediately responded to the move, with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon restoring dialogue with Abbas and continuing Israeli-Palestinian co-operation on intelligence and security.

Leaders of the militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad are also in talks with Abbas, although are publicly denying any agreement.

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User talk:Tobyliman2

I'm the Toby that can't remember passwords...

Palestinians Fighting Terrorism - sources
By the way, one of the things which really gives an article impact is citing sources. Sources are generally other news articles on the web, which let people read the same things you used to write your article. If you're using an online resource, they are usually added in a section below the article in the following format:

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Wikinews:Calendaric archives

The Calendaric archives are under construction to provide a browseable archive of Wikinews, and hopefully to develop a model which will be easily integrated into newspage layouts.

Theory
Mediawiki allows the use of subpages. This is particularly useful for building an easily-navigated set of archives, so users may readily browse through past articles on a variety of criteria.

The example of how this is implemented in the calendaric archives is the use of Year, Month, and Day hierarchies. For articles which were released on January first, 2005, there is an archive at 2005/January/01. At the top of this article are links to 2005 and 2005/January which are automatically generated. Clicking on 2005/January brings you to a page which includes all the articles published during the month of January, and includes links down to each page as well as the top-of-the-page link automatically generated to the year's archive. The link to 2005 will eventually have monthly summaries, as well as links down to each month's complete archive.

Method
Using separate pages for each day's new article provides the flexibility to use these pages in other templates, and to develop an integrated article archives system. Articles may be integrated from the workspace or from a special page; there will be several methods, with the article poster determining which would be best.

Each day's page is a simple unordered list containing the link to the article, plus a single-sentence synopsis or teaser. Because these pages might be included in many other layout schemes, simple and brief is the best course of action.

The pages are transcluded (by adding the page's content using a tag) into the month's archive, allowing researchers to search through the whole month's accumulation. Summaries should written each month to cover the highlights of each month's news in the year page.

Implementing the archives site-wide
The primary places the archive pages are likely to be useful are on the Latest news template and similar, and as calendaric archives.

To implement the archives as a no-maintenance archiving system, it is necessary that they become a part of listing pages on the main page. This will entail making additions to the Latest news more easily, and from logical locations, so most if not all additions are made through the dated archive page.

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User:Silsor~enwikinews

My central user page is located here on Meta.

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Wikinews:2005/January/22

 * Chinese Hostages Freed in Iraq
 * Mars Rover’s Basketball-Shaped Discovery Stirs Controversy
 * Spanish government to hold ISPs responsible for web content
 * Brazilian kidnapped in Iraq
 * TeliaSonera Sweden introduces major improvements. Swedish telecommunications company launches EDGE technology and increases land coverage to 90% of Sweden.
 * Palestinians Fighting Terrorism
 * Security Measures Increasing In Iraq
 * FBI Probes Into Boston Terror Suspect Case

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TeliaSonera Sweden introduces major improvements

January 22, 2005

TeliaSonera Sweden has announced today that it is increasing the speed of data traffic through its GSM mobile network due to the introduction of EDGE technology. This will require an investment of approximately €110 million, over a four-year period. The new technology will enable transmission speeds of up to 210/105 kpbs.

The company also intends to increase the coverage of its GSM network from 70% to 90% of Sweden's land area. While Sweden has a high mobile penetration rate and a high rate of coverage in terms of population, land area coverage was previously only 70% due to the country's relatively low population density as well as its northern highland areas.

TeliaSonera is the largest communications company in Northern Europe, formed as a result of a merger between Sweden's Telia and Finland's Sonera. It is owned 45.3% by the Swedish state.


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Talk:Latham quits as Australian Labor leader

As far as I'm aware everything in that is correct, but I don't know of sources.


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Spanish government to hold ISPs responsible for web content

January 22, 2005

The Spanish government, in collaboration with the Spanish General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE), has developed a new Internet law that will hold Internet Service Providers responsible for the web content provided through their services. This law is intended to prevent the piracy of copyrighted material, but it may force ISPs to censor web content in order to deflect possible legal issues.

The Spanish Internet User Association has claimed that such law will break the Spanish Constitution and several European directives that discharge an ISP's responsibility.


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User talk:Rdsmith4

See my talk page at en.wikipedia.

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Template talk:Developing stories

January 2005
I don't like this template/page. Once a story is written it's always developing because that's how a wiki works, making this section rather redundant. Dan100 (Talk) 16:13, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I fully agree with Dan100, any story will keep on being developed, so really there IS no point of having this page unless you put the developing stories on it, which would make the Devoloping Stories section pointless Cafzal 25 Jan 2005
 * The developing stories template is used as a central page to indicate articles which are not currently considered "front-page ready". It is included in other templates, to make it available in more than one place, to attract editors who are not interested in creating new articles but would like to collaborate on existing ones. - Amgine 17:51, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Hmm, I see a problem, there are stories that are put on the main part of the front page that are even more messed up than the developing ones. In addition, by the time the 'developing' stories get put into the main section, they are outdated. Lastly, ALL stories are developing and are being fixed, or, otherwise, maybe there should not be a "fix it" link in the discription of the main article section. It just makes no sence to have some flawed articles in the mainstream, and some equally or even less flawed articles in the developing section. Cafzal 25 Jan 2005

Manual list
The purpose of the manual list is to accommodate users who do not wish to use the automated system, do not know how to use the automated system, or who use the space to figure out the name of their article. Which is why after an article is automatically listed, it should be removed from the manual list. First of all, if an article is automatically listed, that demonstrates that the article uses the automatic system, and therefore does not need to be listed manually at that point. Second, once an article is listed automatically, it becomes redundant to update the link under the manual section every time someone changes the name of the article, or if the article is moved to Published stories. This is the purpose of the automatic list, to make it so we don't have to keep editing the list whenever a change is made. NGerda June 29, 2005 20:21 (UTC)

 * Excuse me, did you just say that if someone [does] not wish to use the automated system their article should be forced into using it if it shows up in the automated system?
 * No, I said the exact opposite of that. I said if they don't wish to use it, that's what the manual list is for.  NGerda June 29, 2005 20:41 (UTC)
 * No, you said "after an article is automatically listed, it should be removed from the manual list." Even when the user does not wish to use the automated system. - Amgine/talk 29 June 2005 20:49 (UTC)
 * My exact words were The purpose of the manual list is to accommodate users who do not wish to use the automated system. When an article uses the automated system, then it should be removed from the manual list.  That is not imposing a system on anyone.  NGerda June 29, 2005 21:00 (UTC)
 * It most certainly is. I do not wish the article I began, which is in development, to be removed from the manual list. - Amgine/talk 29 June 2005 21:12 (UTC)

 * Using the Wikinews categories does not imply any participation in this system. It just means an article is using categories, one of the items in the Style guide which should be in all articles.
 * Let's stop calling it "participation" then OK? People use Wikinews categories, as you say all articles should use them, and this uses that data to compile a list.  That's the beauty of this system.  It uses existing data.  NGerda June 29, 2005 20:41 (UTC)
 * It also requires people to use your system in order for their articles to be listed on the main page, if it is implemented as you say you would like it implemented. - Amgine/talk 29 June 2005 20:49 (UTC)
 * Why d you call it "my system"? You yourself said that Wikinews categories should be in all articles.  That's an already implemented system.  NGerda June 29, 2005 21:00 (UTC)
 * Categories are a Mediawiki system. Your system of using DPL on the developing stories template is exactly that - your system. There is not community agreement to implement it yet. Period. - Amgine/talk 29 June 2005 21:12 (UTC)
 * The automated list at the development level requires the same number edits as without it. - Amgine/talk 29 June 2005 20:36 (UTC)
 * No it does not. Only a very minor edit once per day. NGerda June 29, 2005 20:41 (UTC)
 * Exactly the same number of edits to create an article link, and then to delete it later. Plus the additional "create a day" task for someone who could otherwise be working on the site. - Amgine/talk 29 June 2005 20:49 (UTC)
 * Where did you get that? The old system would require an edit to the list every time someone changed the name of an article, and to remove it from the list and add it to another list when they wanted it to be published.  With the new system, All that a user has to do is change a tag from  to  on the article.  That's right, no more running around Wikinews to edit lists to publish your article.  It's just a word-change away. The only edit that needs to be made is to change the dates the DPL displays, once per day. NGerda June 29, 2005 21:00 (UTC)
 * An initial article link must be created. That article link must be removed. Quid pro quo. Article name changes are very rarely actually reflected on the DS, as you are aware. - Amgine/talk 29 June 2005 21:12 (UTC)

Amgine, when the story links on W:SU are removed, they can be done all at once. So instead of having to remove each story, one by one as it's published, you can take a whole bunch out at once (it doesn't matter how much time passes before then). That is fewer edits. Dan100 (Talk) 30 June 2005 07:30 (UTC)

Thanks very much NGerda for your work on this. I can't tell you how many times the first thing I did upon arriving on site was to clean 'Developing stories' list of dones. A maintenance hassle has just been solved by your outstanding contribution. -Edbrown05 5 July 2005 18:22 (UTC)

Proposing a solution to the article link problem
Amgine mentions often that we must have an article link to write a story. That might be true from the perspective of how we've always done it, but it makes little sense from a point of view of a news site. I propose instead a small extension that renders into a text input field and a button called "Create article". We can stick this extension wherever we want to have a new article place. Clicking the button will try to create an article with the title specified in the text box. This extension is trivial and is something we can put together in much less time than if we continue bickering. Thoughts? -- IlyaHaykinson 30 June 2005 07:48 (UTC)
 * Very good idea, will you write it? Dan100 (Talk) 2 July 2005 12:14 (UTC)

 * I've just done it myself :-). Thanks for the idea, Ilya. The inputbox extension I put together supports both a search box and a "create an article" box. Before putting it live, I'd like to review it a bit further and perhaps add support for preloading a template into the edit box, which could help newbies.--Eloquence 2 July 2005 12:18 (UTC)

 * The extension now has the above feature, and is documented at Inputbox extension. I'll ask Brion to review it and hopefully we'll be able to put it in use within the next few days. This might also deprecate Submit a story.--Eloquence 2 July 2005 15:19 (UTC)

Ah, so you wrote it! Thanks Elo. Dan100 (Talk) 5 July 2005 17:41 (UTC)

Best to wikify tables
I wikified the table for the input - non-wiki markup tends to look freaky on some screens. -- Davodd | Talk 7 July 2005 09:53 (UTC)

Input box
Dan100 has removed the article input box, claiming it's "unpopular". This inputbox make it very easy for newcomers to create articles and see the format we follow at Wikinews. Many of our articles have been created with this inputbox, and I firmly believe it should stay on this template. -- NGerda 08:33, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree. Dan, please explain this change on the discussion page or point to where this discussion is happening.--Eloquence 09:54, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

I liked the input box too, bring it back! although, while we're on the subject I think it's worth emphasising to users that it will be the story's headline/page name as I don't think newbies always realised and they didn't think the title through, leading to redirects having to be made. ClareWhite

Lovely, you *can* be reverted. Sure. -- Amgine 14:55, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

What is the argument against including the input box on the main page? --Chiacomo (talk) 23:18, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Inputbox simplified
It's very frustrating to see reverts after weeks of successful use without any discussion. If the argument here is that the new page leads to an overly complex template, I think we should instead work on simplifying said template. For example, we could use the version at Template:Simple new page for the Main Page inputbox.--Eloquence 23:08, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Speedy deletion
Since there are (apparently) a limited number of 'nocats' we can have, i'd like to propose changing Deletion requests to Speedy deletion. I think it's more important that these get straight off the page as often an admin can't get to them straight away, while deletion requests should often be discussed by the community. However, there's quite a lot of cleaning up to be done with this change so I didn't have the energy to do it before checking ClareWhite 14:47, 24 August 2005 (UTC) PS trying out my flag template here too :)
 * I'd suggest dropping "Local only" instead (I must have missed the explanation for that one...) it would help if I read my talk page more often... Dan100 (Talk) 14:51, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * It uses the "Deletion requests" because it will include stories marked for speedy deletion also. We can also add more nocats if needed, it just requires a developer to change an option in one file. --Cspurrier 16:07, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Who do we ask? It does seem to trip us up quite a lot and it looks silly to have random articles in the DS list on the mainpage, though I accept they shoudl be listed somewhere to keep things tidy ClareWhite 09:12, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

local only: please reinstate
Please could an admin put back Local only as a nocategory on the developing story. This is being used by choice in some local-only published articles (on the Quaker and Brampton pages) and are not developed, nor is there any interest at all in quite so many Quaker stories on the main page, I say this as the person who initiated many of them. This should be discussed somewhere properly before a protected template is changed and loads of stories spill onto the main page (I will now go and see if it has been discussed...) ClareWhite 15:01, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Prepared Stories
Perhaps this isn't the best place to make this request, but as a suggestion, I think that Prepared Stories (Category:Prepared stories) should not be in this list. When a prepared story becomes a developing story, then it should show up. For example, SpaceX launches Falcon I rocket has been on this list for about a month, and may be there another month simply because the event hasn't happened yet and I am truly developing this story. It will show up on Workspace as a prepared story anyway, so it won't get missed by diligent contributors/admins or as a "stealth" story cluttering up the database.

Add the following line to the page:

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Thanks. --Robert Horning 22:20, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Junjan

Hi Junjan. How easy did you find the instructions for writing a new article to follow? Dan100 (Talk) 16:20, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Not bad. I had some doubts with internal-external linking but I got it at the end. Junjan

I see you you've got an edit the latest news link on your user page - the trouble is the system used on the template:Latest news was changed today, so that link no longer works. I think it can be fixed though. Dan100 (Talk) 17:11, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Yeah here we go, you need to remove the 'edit the Latest news template' and replace it with Today's articles template . It won't take you straigh to the editing page though, so you'll still have click the 'edit' tab at the top. Dan100 (Talk) 17:19, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Relativity turns 100

2005 also marks the 50th year of Einstein's death.

Google News search results: vlsimpson 16:56, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Death
 * Relativity
 * 1905 Historical events of 1905

Deleted photo
You may want to change the deleted photo. --Kjetil r 02:21, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

After reading Archive conventions, Protection policy, and commons:Image_talk:Albert_Einstein.jpg, I would suggest that the photo be simply deleted and a short notice be placed at the end of the article that goes something like this: "The image originally displayed in this article was removed due to unclear copyright status in multiple jurisdictions (date)."

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 * Or we remove the image and move on with our lives. —     00:56, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

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Wikinews:2005/January/23

 * 15,000 attended memorial for Zhao Ziyang
 * Romanian nuclear plant reports record-high production
 * Online purchases boom in Romania. Internet commerce through the Visa network has increased substantially in Romania in 2004.
 * Labrador's Inuit sign land claims agreement
 * Militants of Palestine Deny Recent Ceasefire Claim
 * Yushchenko Sworn In

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 * Report: The Pentagon's new powers
 * China Hands Stiff Sentences to 27 Farmers Over Land Seizure Protest
 * Google plans free Internet phone service. The search king is planning its next big move into the VoIP market.
 * Taiwan's cabinet resigns
 * Venezuela-Colombia crisis continues
 * Lithuania plans to adopt euro in 2007
 * Romanian Social Democrats criticise flat tax. Romania's opposition party has criticised the government's new liberal fiscal policy of a 16% flat tax rate.
 * Woman appointed as Bucharest prefect
 * Romanian PM visits Brussels. Romanian PM Călin Popescu Tăriceanu visits Brussels to discuss the Government's strategies for EU accession.
 * Relativity turns 100
 * Northeast US blizzards create havoc
 * Top Zarqawi ally captured
 * Militant group declares war on Iraq poll

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 * FBI places limitation on public viewing of files
 * Don Brash at Orewa: 'Whatever happened to personal responsibility?'
 * Frank Hsieh named new Taiwanese premier
 * City of São Paulo celebrates 451 years of existence
 * Rumsfeld Skips Munich Security Conference
 * Academy Award Nominees Announced
 * Google launches Video Search. Finding your favorite TV show will just be a few clicks away.
 * Mars Rover tracks viewed from orbit
 * Lab creates petrified wood

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 * Zhao Ziyang's funeral scheduled for Saturday
 * China commutes Tibetan monk's death sentence
 * Condoleezza Rice confirmed as U.S. Secretary of State by Senate vote
 * ESA's Smart-1 takes its first close-up images of the Moon
 * Distributed computing climate change model gives bleak results
 * Iraq: Marines killed in helicopter crash
 * People killed as three trains crash in Los Angeles
 * White House cuts Hubble from budget
 * Expedition 10 completes first spacewalk
 * Bush requests $80bn to pay for on-going military operations
 * Sharon to open discussion with Abbas
 * The British referendum question is published today
 * MST creates Marxist school in Brazil
 * News Briefs: January 26, 2005
 * Rice new Secretary of State
 * Sun donates Solaris operating system, 1,600 patents to community

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 * China detains and beats mourners for Zhao Ziyang
 * 28 alleged Putin insulters freed from police custody
 * The first day of the World Social Forum wraps up
 * Palestinian Authority bans citizens from carrying weapons
 * New York radio station apologises after 'humorous' tsunami song
 * Row intensifies between Sinn Féin & the Irish Government
 * Saskatchewan town asks for return of "accidental" tsunami donation
 * One hundred dead after air raid in Darfur, Sudan
 * Report: British serial killer murdered 250
 * Driver who caused Los Angeles train crash charged with murder
 * The World Social Forum kicks off in Porto Alegre
 * News Briefs: January 27, 2005

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Talk:Spanish government to hold ISPs responsible for web content

The title of the article does not use the word "enforce" properly. The word that is intended, I guess, is "force." I do not know how to change this or else I would.

Thanks! Junjan

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 * Hamas takes victory in Gaza elections
 * Man convicted of murdering wife 28 years ago
 * Honduras' Head of Congress illegally standing for President
 * Telekom Austria could take-over Romanian mobile telephony giant. The Austrian communications company could take over Romania's Mobifon, which operates under the Connex brand.
 * CNN founder Ted Turner calls Fox News Bush's propaganda machine
 * P&G to acquire Gillette for US$57 billion
 * News Briefs: January 28, 2005

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 * Chinese airlines agree purchase of Boeing 787 Dreamliners worth US$7.2bn
 * Official figures didn't show 60% of dead Iraqi civilians were killed by coalition forces, says BBC
 * Iraqi elections kept low-key, but secure, in Paris
 * US Navy chooses US-Europe US101 helicopter to be next Marine One
 * Taiwan-China flights begin
 * Annan invites Iraqis to exercise democratic rights
 * 2005 World Social Forum-Brazil coverage

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 * 2005 World Social Forum-Brazil coverage
 * Zapatero builds left axis in South America
 * Habib back in Australia, thankful to supporters
 * French goat is found to have BSE
 * First free Iraqi election begins; insurgents strike
 * Ex UK Minister Chris Smith was HIV Positive for 17 years
 * Ephraim Kishon dies at 80

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Talk:Palestinians fighting terrorism

Forking/expanding
I believe this article is like the one I wrote a few days ago, Palestinian Forces Deployed in Gaza.

 * Looks like your news brief was interesting enough, and important enough news, that others expanded it into another article. It's fairly common both in the news industry, and the wiki communities.

References vs attribution
Although the story is well backed up with references, none of the statements are attributed, eg we don't know who announced the plan, nor who agreed with the plan. In part this is because the source stories do not provide this information clearly. It would be nice if someone who knows more about these events could clarify who said what, out of the facts given here. Simeon 19:20, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Security Measures Increasing In Iraq

January 22, 2005 Security measures are being increased in Iraq to protect voters in the upcoming election. Iraq's Interim government has pledged to protect voters in the upcoming election on January 30. The Interior Security Minister, Falah al-Naqib, announced some security measures that will be taken, including:

 * A curfew will be instituted in many cities from 8:00pm to 6:00am local time.

 * The Airport will be closed for three days starting on the day before the vote.

 * The country will be sealed off from the outside world by closing all borders.

 * Private vehicles will not be allowed near polling stations.

 * January 29, 30, and 31 would be declared a public holiday, and Iraqis would be barred from carrying weapons during that time.

The Iraqi government has also told hospitals and emergency centers to staff extra people, indicating they expect an increase in civilian casualties. The interior minister also indicated that there was no garuntee that these measures would be 100% effective.

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Wikinews:2005/January/31

 * MetLife to acquire Travelers Life and Annuity from Citigroup
 * Kofi Annan notes high turnout in 2005 Iraq elections
 * RAF Hercules crashes north of Baghdad killing ten
 * Virgin of Suyapa visits Honduran suburb devastated by massacre
 * Vandals deface Australia's Myall Creek memorial
 * Slovak escapes from avalanche using urine
 * Report into 2003/2004 New South Wales (Australia) hospital safety released
 * Protests at New York's Hamilton College over controversial professor
 * 2005 World Social Forum-Brazil coverage
 * Survey reveals US student apathy for freedom of speech

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FBI Probes Into Boston Terror Suspect Case

January 22, 2005

Since the terror threat tipping mayhem in Massachusetts, the governer and other officials have seemed to take it half seriously, and half not. Now the case is still being explored. A few days after the threats, terror suspects were identified in photos last night. The United States Attorney Michael Sullivan spoke during a news conference at the Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston on the 20th concerning these terror suspects.


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JP Morgan apologizes for slavery

January 20, 2005

JP Morgan Chase issued an apology on Thursday for the actions of two of its predecessor banks that accepted slaves as collateral on loans.

Citizens Bank and Canal Bank in Louisiana, which were ultimately acquired by JP Morgan, accepted approximately 13,000 slaves as collateral and took ownership of approximately 1250 between 1831 and 1865, according to a memo to employees from CEO and Chairman William Harrison and President James Dimon.

The memo was in response to a Chicago ordinance, which requires disclosure of slave ownership.

"We apologize to the American public, and particularly to African-Americans, for the role that Citizens Bank and Canal Bank played during that period," said the company on its website. "Although we cannot change the past, we are committed to learning from and emerging stronger because of it."

JP Morgan was involved in a class action suit in 2002 which sought reparations for slavery from it and 17 other companies. The case was dismissed last year.

The bank will establish a $5 million, need-based scholarship for African-American students in Louisiana.

JP Morgan stock fell 1.6 percent on Thursday to $37.25.

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see me on en.wikipedia

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Hello! Please see my main user page on Wikipedia. -- Scott Burley

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Wikinews:Digests

Current
Current digest (July)

2008

 * December digest
 * November digest
 * October digest
 * September digest
 * August digest
 * July digest
 * June digest
 * May digest
 * April digest
 * March digest
 * February digest
 * January digest

Past Years

 * 2007 digests
 * 2006 digests
 * 2005 digests
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Digests/Archives
Just wondering if you were aware of 2005, and that a new archiving system is being built? - Amgine 21:12, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, now I see what you're doing. - Amgine 21:14, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

One minor issue
I just noticed... this is in the main article namespace. Shouldn't this be moved to Digests? - Amgine/talk 30 June 2005 17:47 (UTC)

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Venezuela-Colombia crisis continues

Colombia and Venezuela continue to clash over the circumstances of the announced arrest of Rodrigo Granda, alleged leader of the FARC. Colombia released a list of terrorists harbored by Venezuela and a recording of a conversation between alleged members of the FARC. Venezuela said it will request the extradition of terrorists in Colombia. In Caracas a march was scheduled by thousands of activists supporting the President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez and protesting against the USA. President Chavez appeared on television to accuse the USA of being behind the Colombian accusations. The head of the Colombian Police was traveling in a helicopter when it came under attack by forces of the FARC.

Colombia is supported by the USA in opposing the FARC who are believed to be involved in international drug trade. Venezuela is allegedly supported by the Foro de São Paulo as member states, along with Brazil, Cuba and the FARC.

Colombia released proofs of the FARC activities in Venezuela
According to the Colombian Radio Caracol, La Fiscalía General de la Nación (Attorney General) of Colombia revealed proofs of FARC activities in Venezuela (January 21). The evidence includes the recording of a telephone conversation between two presumed guerrillas, and a list with the names of seven members from FARC and one individual from Ejército de Liberación Nacional (the National Liberation Army, or ELN) who Colombia claims are continuously in Venezuelan territory.

The names of the alleged terrorists, and the crimes Colombia accuses them of, are:
 * From FARC
 * Aldo Manuel Moscote Fragoso, alias Lucas Iguarán. 4 pending processes by the crimes of rebelín and terrorism.
 * Emilio del Carmen Ropero Suárez, alias Rubén Zamora. He has 10 pending processes by the crimes of kidnapping extorsivo and terrorism.
 * Germán Briceño Suárez, alias Gran Noble. 11 pending processes, required by the crimes of homicide, terrorism, extorsivo drug trafficking, kidnapping and empowering of airship.
 * Jesús Elimio Carvajalino, alias Andrés Paris. 9 pending processes by the crimes of rebellion, terrorism, kidnapping, homicide and traffic of arms.
 * Luciano Marín Arango, alias Iván Márquez. 133 pending processes. Crimes:kidnapping and extorsion, terrorism, homicide, illicit recruitment.
 * Luis Edgar Debia Silva, alias Raul Kings. 178 pending processes: violation and violent sexual act, terrorism, rebellion, destruction of protected goods, kidnapping, illicit recruitment, described theft, empowering of airship and drug trafficking.
 * Seusis Hernández, alias Juan Santrich. It has a pending process by the crimes of concert to break the law, rebellion and illicit recruitment.

 * From ELN
 * Nicolás Rodríguez Bautistas, alias Gabino. 17 pending processes by the crimes of kidnapping and extorsion, forced disappearance, rebellion, theft, homicide and tortures.

This list was sent to the government of Venezuela.

The Colombian Caracol Radio also obtained the recording of the telephone call in which, according to the Colombian authorities, alias Juan Santrich, presumed member of the General Staff of the FARC, talks with alias Jorge Tivieras. Both men speak in key on the preparation of a political forum that was carried out in the Venezuelan capital in the first days of December. About a hundred guerrillas were at this event, according to the interpretation of the Colombian authorities. This information would be sent to Ivan Marquez, of the secretaryship of the FARC. In the same conversation it is spoken of the attendance of an indigenous delegation. During the event apparently propaganda would have been distributed and a declaration against president of Colombia Álvaro Uribe was prepared, although the interlocutors do not mention him by name.

The recording can be heard.

The Colombian newspaper El Pais reported in a January 23 news release the helicopters in which the head of the Colombian Police general Jorge Castro and other government officials traveled were attacked by ground forces loyal to the FARC when it flew over a zone of illegal farms in the center-west of the country. No injuries or damage were reported.

Venezuela responds to Colombia
After officially receiving from Colombia the list of guerrillas from the FARC and the ELN the Government of Venezuela announced by the Venezuelan minister of the Interior, Jesse Chacón that will request to Colombia the capture and extradition of several ex-military and political leaders in Colombia. They are accused of terrorism by Venezuela. Also Chacón announced that his government will study the documentation presented by Colombia.

The Venezuelan Minister advanced some names in the list he will send: Felipe Rodríguez (retired general of the National Guard) alias "El Cuervo" accused of the attack against the consulate of Colombia in Caracas and  the industralist Pedro Carmona, who self-proclaimed president of Venezuela after the coup of April of 2002 in Venezuela. The Venezuelan Vice-President José Vicente Rangel said the list of terrorists sent by Colombia to Venezuela was frustrating. According to him the list should be completed with the names of Colombian drug-dealers and paramilitary forces who usually enters Venezuelan territory.

The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly Mature Nicholas denounced a multimillionaire campaign against Hugo Chávez. He explained the campaign would be being supported by a sector of the Government of the United States from the halting of the guerrilla Rodrigo Granda: "This campaign has a planning component and execution on the part of the CIA".

"They are going to use it in an international show to indicate it like a species of witness who will contribute testimony in against of Venezuela, our democracy to justify and to give veracity to the denunciations that the government (of Alvaro) Uribe has removed from last hour".

Mature added that they had information on a new scandal that will be promoted as of the next week from the testimonies that a person of name "Sonia" (protected by USA laws and tied to drug trafficking crimes) will give.

A march of thousands of supporters to President Hugo Chávez was schedulled to January 23 in Caracas, Venezuela. The activivists demand respect to the sovereignty of Venezuela, support the Venezuelan governor in the crisis with Colombia and protest against the USA.

According to Venezuelan newspaper El Universal in national chain of radio and television Chávez said that the case of the kidnapping of Rodrigo Granda "is a new attack of North American imperialism". He accused the "imperialistic government of the USA " "in a hurry run to defend this upsetting and this vulgarity, in addition to the government of Colombia". He described the Secretary of State of the USA, Condoleezza Rice, as "illiterate" to not know what it is happening in Venezuela. He said that the United States is "the force more negative than can have for this world".

Chronology
There is some uncertainty about the date of some events. 2004 - December
 * 13: FARC-EP member Rodrigo Granda is arrested by Colombian authorities.
 * 15: The Colombian National Police director Jorge Daniel Castro says Granda was arrested in Cúcuta, Colombia.
 * 16: Sources of the Cúcuta police say Granda was arrested in a city hotel.
 * 17: Another source of the Cúcuta police says Granda was arrested in a street of the Norte de Santander capital, Colombia.
 * 30: The FARC say Granda was kidnapped.

2005 - January
 * 3: The FARC demand Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to begin a investigation.
 * 5: Venezuelan Minister Jesse Chacón says that Venezuela didn't take part in the capture of Granda.
 * 5: The Colombian Minister of Defense Jorge Alberto Uribe says that Colombian forces captured Granda inside Colombian territory.
 * 6: The Colombian President Álvaro Uribe also says that Colombian forces captured Granda inside Colombian territory.
 * 9: The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says that the Colombian police lies about the Granda capture.
 * 12: The Colombian Minister of Defense Jorge Alberto Uribe says that a reward was paid for Granda. He reiterates that Colombian forces captured Granda inside Colombian territory.
 * 13: The National Police director Jorge Daniel Castro says that Colombian authorities didn't take part of the arrestment of Granda in Caracas, Venezuela.
 * 13: Chavez says that Venezuelan ambassador should leave Bogotá in Colombia.

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I changed the title as the security situation in Iraq has not "increased", but rather the "security measures" have. I also expanded the article with more information on what measures are being instituted.--Herda05 23:19, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)


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User:JRM

This just in: User:JRM hops over from Wikipedia after showing an editor how to edit main pages of Wikimedia projects. Not being a reporter, he is unlikely to become a valuable contributor, but he will always be ready for gruntwork.

I think Wikinews has great potential. We scooped the crisis in Belize: we had facts and pictures hours before the major news agencies did, courtesy of one dedicated Belizean Wikipedian (User:Belizian). As we get more and more contributors from around the world, we can expect our wiki nature to give us more and more scoops.

We need to be more aggressive at wrestling breaking news away from Wikipedia. People have been contributing to "Current events" for so long that this habit will be hard to break, but we must, or both Wikinews and Wikipedia will suffer as a result. The Belizean unrest had a far better Wikipedia article (2005 Belize unrest) before it had a Wikinews article, and even incorporated live facts reported on the scene. Wikinews has started off at a disadvantage, obviously, but there's no reason why we shouldn't simply copy and even remove things from Wikipedia where appropriate.

Wikipedia's "in the news" should be for putting into encyclopedic context well-established news facts from reputable sources. Ideally, Wikinews should be the reputable source developing the news. Wikinews should ideally have all the news first. Then the Wikipedia article (if the event deserves a new one) should follow. Because of the actuality, this requires a large number of dedicated people, and some restraint on behalf of the Wikipedia contributors, but I think this is ultimately where we're headed.

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Chinese Hostages Freed in Iraq

January 22, 2005

The Chinese Embassy has confirmed a report by the Al-Arabiya television station that the eight hostages held hostages in Iraq four days ago had been released unharmed.

Al-Numan Battalion, the militant group holding the men had threatened to kill them if China failed to clarify its position on Iraq. It reportedly said in a videotape that the hostages were being freed after China said it had advised its citizens not to travel to Iraq.

"The Islamic Resistance Movement, al-Numan Battalion, has decided to release the eight citizens as a goodwill gesture for the friendship between the two countries of Iraq and China," the militant said on the tape. "They were not harmed during the period they were held and also they weren't exchanged for any amount of money," the rebel added.

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Quotation
It appears that the spokesperson actually said "The Islamic Resistance Movement, al-Numan Battalion, has decided..." — the Batallion appears to be a part of the Movement, not the equivalent thereof. -- IlyaHaykinson 01:36, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Conference discusses the credibility of blogs/Notes

IRC conversation 2005/01/23

 * _sj_	the conf was about credibility in journalism and blogs,
 * _sj_	the differences and similarities b/t blogging and journalism
 * Amgine	 seemed a bit else to me in the audience, but I think that's covered in the article?
 * _sj_	and how the journalism extablishment and the blogging establishment can learn from one another in the realm of acquiring [authority, authenticity, credibility, reliability, verifiability]
 * _sj_	with most of the focus on the first three.
 * _sj_	oh, I was just looking at your last q...
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Labrador's Inuit sign land claims agreement

January 23, 2005

 means "Our Beautiful Land" in the Inuktitut language of the people of, and the name of their new land as part of a land claims agreement signed on Saturday by the Labrador Inuit Association and representatives of both the Canadian federal and Labrador provincial governments.

The land agreement, thirty years in the negotiating, covers 72,520 square kilometers of northern Labrador, as well as special rights over 48,690 sqare kilometers of coastal waters. The Inuit will become owners of 15,800 sqare kilometers of the land, and will co-manage the balance. Under the agreement the Government of Canada will transfer $140 million to the Labrador Inuit, as well as $156 million for implementation.

The agreement also came with an apology for a forced relocation program half a century ago. The apology was delivered by the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Despite being delayed a day due to heavy snowstorms, the signing ceremony in was attended by federal Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott Williams and other dignitaries.

The land claims agreement must still be approved by the, but has already passed through the of Newfoundland and Labrador.


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15,000 attended memorial for Zhao Ziyang

January 23, 2005

An estimated 15,000 people attended a memorial service in Hong Kong for Zhao Ziyang, the former Chinese leader.

Zhao, who died at 85, was a reformer who was removed from office, and imprisoned, in 1989 after denouncing the use of force against student protesters in Tiananmen Square.

Though acknowledged for his economic reforms in the 1980s, controversy surrounds Zhao's funeral. Zhao was removed from his position as secretary general of the Communist Party of China and placed under house arrest in 1989 after denouncing the use of force against student protesters in Tiananmen Square. Analysts suggest the CPC, fearful that Zhao's death would rekindle unrest, reluctantly allowed Zhao to be memorialized in public after party elders criticized Beijing for not honoring Zhao's contributions.

Szeto Wah, chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Democratic Patriotic Movements in China, gave the eulogy at a makeshift funeral altar in Victoria Park, Hong Kong. Szeto said the turnout was a testimony to the public's respect for Zhao.

Zhao died Monday, January 17 at the age of 85. Zhao had been recovering from pneumonia in a Beijing hospital before suffering a series of strokes and lapsing into a coma January 15.


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Talk:Methane Rain in Titan's Rivers

Ambiguous reference to "water" in the article. References to water should be "quoted" to show a symbolic reference rather than an actual reference to H2O.

Thanks

Good eye! Next time, go ahead and edit yourself. You can you know! - Amgine 08:22, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:15,000 attended memorial for Zhao Ziyang

Simeon has done a good job moving more info into the lead paragraph, but now there's some redundancy/repetition that needs to go. Needs more work. Jack Johnson 08:47, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

BIASED?
This article had been REMOVED from the category "Ongoing disputes". King Ho Cheung 18:08, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Previously, it contained unbalanced, subjective ideas suggesting that

 * Zhao is a well-respected reformer
 * China is feared

If really to include Fearful that Zhao's death will rekindle unrest.., should add something like Analyst suggests that.. — to make it clearly distinguishable from FACTS, which is what we called NEWS'''

It is groundless to say The citations support the statement Zhao was a reformer, then we follow what the writer(s) of the cited sources thinks by itself. News itself is a presentation of facts, generalisation of activities happened around the world. It's okay to add comments to an article guiding readers in understanding the news, but must make it clearly identifiable from FACTS. King Ho Cheung 17:36, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * The definition of "reformer" is subjective, not factual.
 * I agree with your suggested alteration for the sentence, and will implement it.
 * - Amgine 17:40, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * The citations support the statement Zhao was a reformer. I do not see a specific statement that China is "feared" in the article. Your argument is not supported.
 * I would like to see the phrases "Fearful that Zhao's death will rekindle unrest, the CPC reluctantly allowed..." because they seem biased against China (though the reluctance, again, is supported by the sources, as is the possible worries about unrest.)
 * A more traditional obituary, focusing on the life and accomplishments of the person and not the conflicts, would be welcome as well. That would be a different article, and not this one. - Amgine 17:16, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)


text:
Online purchases boom in Romania

January 23, 2005

In 2004, the amount of online purchases and transactions in and from Romania through the VISA card system grew substantially, indicating Romanians are increasingly confident in online shopping.

Based on statistics published by VISA International, the total amount of electronic sales in Romania for 2004 exceeded US$5.7 million. VISA Card holders in Romania also made more than 41,000 transactions throughout the year via the Internet.

The most significant growth of the year was in December, when most purchases are made on account of the Christmas season. 28% of all online sales in 2004 occurred in December.

Cătălin Creţu, from VISA Romania, claims that, "It is a tradition to offer gifts to friends and family in the holiday season. We are pleased that Romanians are deciding to honour this tradition with the aid of a modern and innovative means of payment." He also stated that Romanians now have access to over 30,000 sellers throughout the world who are part of the Verified by Visa program, which guarantees the reliability of purchases through its network. The Verified by Visa program is used by more than 15 million people worldwide.

title: Online purchases boom in Romania