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User talk:Sight~enwikinews

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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 Sight. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Sight~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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Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Voxhumana~enwikinews

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Voxhumana. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Voxhumana~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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Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:38, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Nsingare

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Talk:Representative Tom DeLay not seeking future Majority Leader position

Boy, would I like to vandalize this page.

Delay, by party policy, had to give up his post as majority speaker. But in essence "the Hammer" never gave up his leadership position, and his intention was to return (thinking he could cast off the Texas criminal charges easily((right, like that would happen))). I think "abandons" as a headline was appropriate, but more importantly, who was in charge? Nobody? That wasn't satisfactory. -Edbrown05 23:35, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
 * And then Abramhoff and Scanlon pitch in wild cards. -Edbrown05 23:37, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:66.25.138.235

Please don't vandalise and put spam on wikinews. Its not nice. If you wish to contribute in a meaning-full way, please don't hesitate, but other then that, please don't vandalize. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:11, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Truckies could foot the bill for NSW Pacific Highway upgrade

Gracious, they drive on the "wrong side of the road" in Australia, I never knew that. -Edbrown05 22:47, 8 January 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:Harej/Newmail

obverse
What a fascinating word. -Edbrown05 23:19, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Calls for aid to help feed millions, as East Africa plunges into drought

The tone of this article implies that this is a POV story. "Poor infrastructure" and other items are OK, as long as they are quotes and attributed to a person. However, this article needs a lot of cleanup as it skips what agencies said what, and ignores (if available) responses from the Kenyan government. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 23:30, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

NPOV: Lack of food or lack of equality in food distribution mechanisms?
It may sound obvious that when there's a lack of food, people are going to die.

But it's also obvious, that when there's a lack of food in one place and you're obliged to sell the little food you do have for export, or if the government is not allowed to give people food at low or zero cost, or if the governments of neighbouring countries are not allowed to give free food across the border, then these extra factors, together with the original lack of food, are what kill people.

Another way of putting it: i, and 95% or so of people living in rich countries, do not personally produce the food we eat. In a strict sense, we have zero food productivity. So why don't we starve? Because there's some sort of food distribution system.

Anyway, that's just my own summary. It's not original research. Amartya Sen, who got the Nobel memorial prize in economics for other work, is one of the people who did detailed empirical analysis, including the Great Bengal Famine of 1943, the Ethiopian famines of 1973 and 1974, the Bangladesh famine of 1974, and the famines in the countries of the African Sahel in the 1970s: http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/economicsfinance/0198284632/toc.html

i agree with MrMiscellanious (for once :), that what is missing here is info from people in Kenya etc. about what possibilities there are for food distribution, whether there are IMF or WTO bans making it illegal for the government to give out free food, how much food supplies are available in neighbouring countries and whether there is market pressure or legal constraints or whatever making it illegal to give food to the starving people.

Distribution of information is extremely important for the distribution of food - a quote from Amartya Sen is No substantial famine has ever occurred in any independent and democratic country with a relatively free press.

i seem to remember someone writing about the Kenyan constitution, so there should be Kenyan people around who can provide us with more local information - and for whom wikinews could (in principle) help in circulating information in the East African region and maybe make food distribution happen properly so that people don't die. i realise that, strictly speaking, this could be borderline on advocacy: in principle, wikinews has no intention to try to stop people from dying, except in the sense that we want to distribute NPOV information, and that we agree that in general, distributing NPOV information is likely, in the long term, to have good socio-political effects (such as stopping people from dying of hunger). Boud 00:49, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

 * No substantial famine has ever occurred in any independent and democratic country with a relatively free press. hmm. I wonder how many of those there are .. I think the sample size is too small to be statistically significant. -- Simeon 05:19, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Back to cleanup, development
There is no reasoning or backup for the claim of "war" (mentioned in opening) being a factor of the starvation (nor does it correctly attribute the claim to an organization, a must). This article is still too POV without attributions of sources who make such claims, and is very bare on specifics. This may be too broad of a subject for a news article; try dividing up into sections about specific regions and events and grouping them up into one large article. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 03:59, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree, now that I have started researching it, that the story is large and the scope makes it hard to identify simple factors as causes, I guess we should just try to get some quotes with attribution from people who may have good understanding. I think I improved it a little, and one of the source links I added talks about the war -- didn't have time to read it. I only dug up links from Kenya so far, there are four more countries full of media for us to scrounge through. ;)

 * This is a very important story, and one that I haven't heard mentioned on local media here, so someone please work on it!

 * I tried to publish it because I think we should publish a short version ASAP to get more interest so that we can in fact publish more detail. So please look over the current state and see what minimum can be done if it still needs work, to make a short item? I think what is there now can very quickly be made NPOV even if it means leaving out some bits, then people can research the detail and publish in subsequent articles. -- Simeon 04:25, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

 * To fix structure, I propose we arrange the paragraphs like so:
 * -- How many affected, how severely and where (attributed to those calling for aid, who include Pres of Kenya, FOA, UN, probably heads of other govts as well).
 * -- Possibly reasons why - immediate resource problems, where and when etc
 * -- Possible reasons why, political, ie why did the resource probs come about, who blames who, etc.
 * -- Simeon 04:43, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * -- Simeon 04:43, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

why remove amartya sen's and yves engler's comments?
i don't understand why simeon has removed the references to Amartya Sen and Yves Engler. Their work is not my original research - these are externally referenced sources.

If the IMF has allegedly had a role in killing millions of people, why is it the role of wikinews to hide this claim? NPOV is to say the claim is there, not to hide it. Boud 01:08, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Since i see no response in 24 hours, neither POV nor NPOV, i will put back the NPOV relevant information in the article. Boud 00:14, 11 January 2006 (UTC)


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See here: Wikipedia:User:Jareha.

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Wikinews:Print edition/December 2005

 * December 31, 2005: [[Media:31December2005.pdf|PDF]] [[Media:31December2005.sxw|SXW]]
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Brazilian general dies in Haiti

January 16, 2006

The Brazilian General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar, military chief of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) died in the morning of January 7, in his Port-au-Prince hotel room.

Early speculations that the commander had committed suicide were supported both by a recently published UN report, and by a separate Brazilian police investigation. Bacellar had been placed in charge of the mission in August 2005, replacing General Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira.

Since Bacellar's death, the post was run by a Chilean general. Carlos dos Santos, the director of the UN Information Center in Brazil, told Agência Brasil that a new commander is presumed to be named no later than next week.

The UN Department of Peace Operations, along with Kofi Annan and advisors, are evaluating which of the two nominees are best suited to the position.

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Talk:Brazilian general dies in Haiti

Problems on translation:

 * The title - I had problems making a good one, so I copied from the portuguese article. There, it made sense saying he was brazilian. Here, it may not.
 * General spelling of everything
 * "tenente coronel" don't know how to translate
 * "He got in charge of the mission" not acurate to the original text in portuguese
 * "investigating the circunstances of the subject" very inacurate to the initial text
 * there was a more text in the original version.
 * Can we use Wikinews here as a source?

Suicide
Article should be updated to include that his death was a suicide:  --LoganCale 22:34, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

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User:Sfullenwider/Interview/Frank Warren/Followup

Thank you for allowing me to interview you. The article has been published at:

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Interview_with_Frank_Warren%2C_founder_of_PostSecret

Wikinews is a Wikimedia Foundation project. You may be more aware of its larger sister project called Wikipedia.

Wikinews is free-content news source headed by the Wikimedia Foundation, where articles can be edited freely. If you feel that there is a factual error in the article, you may edit it yourself, or feel free to contact me and I will make the changes.

If you have any questions about the interview, the article, Wikinews, or the Wikimedia Foundation feel free to ask.

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Talk:Earthquake shakes Athens

The witness in question came on IRC from a CGI:IRC client into the #wikinews newsroom. Amgine, MrMiscellanious, myself, and others were present.

 * I was in Crete(Heraklion) waiting for a plane(sitting) and I felt the quake slightly. I believe I wouldn't feel it if I was walking. The quake was too deep underground to do serious damage but that fact made it more possible to travel and be felt from italy to greece to turkey(the main reason some geologists believe the richter scale is not suited at all for popular media). The mood was indeed calm even though tv -classically - tried to exagurate.--161.76.99.106 22:53, 9 January 2006 (UTC) (some greek guy bored to sign up)

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First Tropical Cyclone of 2006 forms off West Australia

January 9, 2006

The first tropical cyclone of the 2006 Southern Hemisphere cyclone season is off the coast of Western Australia and is predicted to cross land around 9:00PM West Australian Time (1:00PM UTC).

Cyclone Clare has been upgraded to a category three storm by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Earlier today it was feared that Claire could be become a category four storm as it gets closer to land. The Bureau of Meteorology warned that if it became category four it could bring winds up to 240 km/h.

Current warnings are for "very destructive winds with gusts to 195 kilometres per hour are expected in the Dampier, Karratha and Mardie areas this evening", according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

Warnings for 150 km/h winds are current inland to Pannawonica.

A number of communties along the coastline are already being battered by strong winds. Neil Bennet, senior forecaster for the Bureau of Meteorology said "We've been looking at gusts around the 80-knot mark, which is roughly 150 to 160 kilometres an hour, being reported from the Dampier area".

At 6:00PM West Australian Time (10:00AM UTC), the cyclone was 65 km North of Karratha and moving South-East at 18 km/h.

Forecasters predict that Clare will hit the Pilbara region between Dampier and Mardie.

Around 1,500 people in low lying areas of Karratha, Dampier, Roebourne, Wickham and Point Samson have been evacuated by State Emergency Service personnel.

"We are asking people ... to basically put an emergency kit of essential items together with them, things like food and water to last 48 hours, medicines, clothes and then just important personal documents, such as passports, wills and any other really essential items" said SES spokesperson Nita Gill.

"Most people who are on higher ground, so long as their home's prepared and sturdy and they're ready, they often will just wait out the cyclone in their home" Ms Gill said.

Australia's two largest ports - Dampier and Port Hedland have been closed. The ports export more than 200 million tonnes of iron ore and liquefied natural gas each year.

Major industries in the area have also closed.

The Bureau of Meteorology warns residents of Karratha and Dampier that a dangerous storm surge may occur causing damaging waves and flooding as the cyclone crosses land. Widespread heavy rain and flooding is likely in the Pilbara and Gascoyne over the next few days.


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Honda wins car, truck of the year, unveils Fit

January 9, 2006 's and Ridgeline truck won the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards at the  in. This is the first time a company has won both awards in the same year. The finalists were the, the  and the. The awards are intended to recognize vehicles for their innovation, design, safety, handling, driver satisfaction, and value.

Honda also unveiled its latest model the, a US version of the Honda Jazz sold in nonUS markets. The Fit comes with a 109 horsepower engine, antilock brakes, six air bags, fold flat seats, full connectivity, 90.1 cubic feet of passenger and cargo space, and 33 mpg for the city 38 mpg for the highway. A sport package will also include Honda's first steering wheel mounted paddle shifters. The car will go against another two new Japanese subcompacts, the, Nissan  and will have to wrestle away sales from the category's current top seller 's.

The car will start selling in April for around $13,000 to $14,000 as a 2007 model. The company plans to sell 33,000 units of the hatchback in 2006.

Many automakers expect industry wide sales in the US to be between 16 and 17 million units. Honda, which is Japan's third largest automaker, hopes to gain US market share with the redesigned Civic and the Fit. Honda hopes that the company's auto sales will rise 4% this year. The fuel-efficient Civic helped increase US market share to 8.6 percent last year, some of those sales were taken from Ford as gas prices rocketed to $3 a gallon. The US market is extremely important for Honda as it receives 64% of its operating profit from the US.


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Trustpower plans to build new windfarm in New Zealand

January 9, 2006

New Zealand electricity generator and retailer TrustPower said today that it is considering a wind farm development at Lake Mahinerangi, south of Dunedin, in the lower South Island of New Zealand. In a development which could be worth up to NZ$500 million (US$347 million), to the Otago region according to TrustPower chief executive, Keith Tempest.

TrustPower said in a statement that the 300 megawatts wind farm, built in three 100 megawatts installments, could eventually provide enough electricity to power 150,000 homes and that it will be a world class installation that will guarantee security of electricity for the region.

According to Tempest "A windfarm development at Mahinerangi would enable us to better utilise the hydro storage available behind our Waipori scheme," Lake Mahinerangi is also the site of TrustPower's largest hydro lake.

TrustPower expects to apply for environmental consents under Resource Management Act later in the year if engineering reports prove the site satisfactory. After the announcement TrustPower’s shares remained unchanged at NZ$6.16. (US$4.26)

Currently the largest windfarm in New Zealand is operating at Te Apiti in the Manawatu; producing 90 megawatts of electricity. NZ Power companies are seeking to have resource consent procedures simplified for smaller-scale windfarms.


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This is now the Feature on the Aussie portal... --elliot_k 08:56, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) - Cartman02au 10:36, 9 January 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:Brian McNeil/Archive 01

 This is an archive of old talk page discussions! Do not add new comments to this page, please do so on my main talk page

Archives

Archive 01 — January 9, 2006 | Archive 02 — April 6, 2006 | Archive 03 — June 4, 2006 | Archive 04 — September 29, 2006 | Archive 05 — December 9, 2006 | Archive 06 — March 24, 2007 | Archive07 — May 30, 2007 | Archive 08 — November 4, 2007 | Archive 09 — March 25, 2008

Graner Article
Thanks for fixing my little mistakes on the Graner article :). The joy of wiki; even if I mess it up someone else will fix it! I hope you stick around and get writing new articles! BTW we're voting for a new logo on meta - Wikinews logo contest voting. Dan100 (Talk) 23:57, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Special Forces in Iran
The only problem with your special forces in Iran article was that someone had already written it ;). However, I note yours had a better title and was considerably more NPOV. Dan100 (Talk) 19:14, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Since someone already have written your article (U.S. reported to mount covert operations in Iran) I will submit the article US Special forces operating inside Iran to deletion. Ok? -- Carlosar 09:18, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Lead Article
Thanks for putting up my story as the Lead Article. A first for me. :) Brianmc 13:33, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem, it is an important story, very good article on the story, and the front page hadn't been updated since the 11th. Any other time you have something you'd like on the front, just go here, and go here. --  user:zanimum

Re: Audio
Have you tried looking at Audio Wikinews/Spoken Wikinews and clicking the "edit" link that is in the middle of the article? Messedrocker 23:31, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
 * At the time I asked about this, the link in the middle was broken. I figured out how to fix it, but I'm relatively new to wikicode so it took me some time. Brianmc 21:54, 31 October 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:)

Apology accepted
It's always a good idea to check things out first before making nasty comments. However, that is a good thing for me to remember as well...none of us is perfect. I'd urge you not to throw around the term "conspiracy theory" so inappropriately as I have never suggested anyone is involved in any kind of conspiracy. A conspiracy is something like the plots leading up to the Boston Tea Party or to the 9/11 attacks; that is a conspiracy; and I see nothing like that going on here at wikinews. Again, welcome to wikinews and your apolgy is accepted; thanks. Neutralizer 20:23, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Editing lead article template
on main page click on "write/edit articles" on the left side under navigation. Then click on "update lead article" and then you can change the summary. Good article; if you feel the 2nd. para doesn't fit, please edit it or move it. Neutralizer 22:21, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I responded on the user's talk page, this was a misunderstanding. I am aware how to change Lead Article, I was not prepared to use the relevant article's text on it. Brianmc 07:02, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Tak Bai Anniversary
wow..what a story; very upsetting. I did what I could with it but it is definitely a story a person like you must write,imo. Neutralizer 22:49, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The article, Anniversary of Tak Bai incident marked with lawsuits went up and stayed as featured article for about a day. BBC referenced the anniversary on October 27, 2 days after with this story. Brianmc 22:00, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Adminship?
Would you be opposed if I nominated you for adminship? - Amgine / talk 06:39, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * At this time, yes. I don't know enough about wikicode and I want to be more settled in seeing how to deal with things like somewhat misguided contributions.  If I'm still around and contributing regularly in six months ask me again. Brianmc 07:51, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Map
Guess what, earlier I told you to have some more patience, now I did the map already. I already tried how it would look like in your template, and it seems the font is a little bit too small, or maybe I should crop a little bit more. But it's a good start I hope. BTW: I also have a blank map of course, but that one I haven't uploaded, if you need that one just leave me a note. Ahoerstemeier 21:21, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * As anyone who has seen the infobox on any of the articles will know, the map is in place and looks good. My wish-list for it is an inset of the area highligted on a map of Thailand or Asia, the latter would probably be illegible unfortunately. Brianmc 22:04, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
For the suggestion and advise. I have said I will take a short wiki-break, but perhaps that work is something I can do; I will try to start tomorrow. Neutralizer 19:33, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Please advise
how I can actually see(to copy) the insides of the info box. Never done this before. Neutralizer 01:50, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Wow:) I feel like I'm doing something worthwhile.
I know it's likely not complete, but have a look and tell me what to do next, please. Neutralizer 14:37, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Please explain in more detail "You'll then need to create the new page for the category, just edit it and copy the template from a minimal one elsewhere"..Thanks, Neutralizer 14:15, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

 * It's quite gratifying to see it being used; to me it's like majic. Neutralizer 21:41, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Incorrect copyright infringement
Hi Brian. Just wanted to let you know that the article you put under suspicion, Channel_Frederator_Launches_the_First_Cartoon_Podcast, was a press release written by my associates and is not under copyright violation. My apologies if this isn't Wikinews-worth. Thank you. -- Aquinas

 * This article ended up being deleted, press releases and Wikinews don't work well together. :) Brian McNeil / talk 23:00, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Editing others' signed comments
Hi there! I noticed over on Water cooler/policy that you modified two signed comments - one from Wolfrider and one from me. No matter the case, you should never modify others signed comments. Just to let you know, as it is a violation of policy. --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 20:01, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Shown here not to have been an edit made by myself. Brianmc 21:32, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Quite sorry about that. I really need to learn not to use multiple diffs on the history page. Apologies. --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 22:28, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

A380
Thanks! A story I've been following for a while. I probably won't write much, but when I find something to write about and is suitable for WikiNews, i'll put it up. --Skyring 23:21, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Avian flu research

 * That is a cool idea because the avian flu story in particular looks like its not going away for a long,long time. Neutralizer 20:18, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Birds and asylum
Thanks for source-quote tip. I just got a call from a friend with an uncredible news tip. This story has not been noticed by the wires yet but I think it could be huge. It is only being reported by 1 newspaper in the world; but the paper is very relaiable/credible...the Prague Post. I will start it up and if you're interested, maybe you might want to edit. Neutralizer 22:10, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

 * This was posted moments before I went to bed, sill don't see the article... Brian McNeil / talk 22:58, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Hey
Hey Brian, thanks for movin that, i'm out of practice... suffered burn out a few months ago... but i'm back to try and hit the 150 article mark. → CGorman (Talk) 22:52, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks & Bird Flu

 * Thanks for comments on admin page. I too want to concentrate on writing stories..the one I was talking about before was published Nov.10th.

 * Please expand on the set up for the bird flu source info. By treating them as sources instead of just links will that protect our access to them? Also, I am running into about 10 alerts per day with lots of duplicates or partial duplicates with different titles so I am trying to thin them down. Also, I am wondering if we might consider writing a weekly feature story capturing all the developments in that week??? maybe publishing it on the Sunday or Monday???? Neutralizer 02:15, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Chatchua Thai
Hi! Just curious about your interest in Thailand. Have you worked out there? Rcameronw 10:06, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Article Deletion
Hi, Brian: Thanks for the welcome info. I'm new to wikis, and Wikinews. I submitted an article just a little while ago, and it was immediately deleted by Amgine. I have attempted to resolve the issue, and pleaded with Amgine to let the article be published. I have also attempted to enter a comment on the Culture and Entertainment section page, to seek help in resolving the conflict. That doesn't seem to have been published. So, maybe you could help me.

The article is entitled, http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Recording_Studios_On_Your_Kitchen_Table&action=edit

As you know, it's difficult for news to be distinguished from press releases, especially concerning nonprofit organizations and the work they do. For example, announcing the Red Cross is in need of money. So often, those articles are written as press releases, and reporters for mainstream media report them. In our case, we want to announce our work, and don't have the money or clout to pay for exposure by mainstream media, in order to then convince one of you folks to take the time to report the press release gathered from some mainstream source. So, what do we do? I want to be given the deference of being associated with a nonprofit organization that upholds the highest ethical standards possible. I want to be given the deference of being associated with a nonprofit organization that doesn't have the budget available (never will) for a marketing department staff to work within mainstream media distribution channels. I want to be given the deference of being able to distribute news articles about our work, and trusted by those who hold editorial power at Wikinews, that I won't abuse my submission responsibilities. Can you help me get the deletion of my first article overridden, and publish it for me? Tompoe

Hi, Brian: Looks like I'll need to digress to the larger issue at hand, i.e., when is a press release from a nonprofit organization not a news item? Or, the converse, when is a news item from a nonprofit not a press release? Where do I go, in your opinion, to address this matter? By the way, here's the article: Recording Studios Now Sit On Your Kitchen Table From Wikinews, the free news source you can write! Jump to: navigation, search

November 15, 2005

Up until just a few years ago, recording studios, whether for music or broadcasting or film making, required huge investments in equipment and facilities. Today, with the advent of the Digital Age, all one needs is a low-end PC, appropriate software, a microphone and digital camera. Open Studios has organized an approach to building and operating community based recording studios, that require no money out-of-pocket. This extremely low-cost approach makes it possible for low-income neighborhoods and villages to compete with international corporations by allowing users to create CDs, DVDs, tv and radio shows, public service announcements, even full-featured films.

Tom Poe, who is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Open Studios, says, "We use low-end PCs and Free or Open Source Software (FOSS) from Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, for a couple of reasons. First, it's free. There are no license fees. Second, the software will always be state-of-the-art, and allows users to progress from beginner to expert, without having to move away from the applications they learned." This approach has taken advantage of the Open Source movement, in that the users that become experts in the applications they use, tend to become contributors to improving those applications.

So often, even today, "we expect entertainment centers to be providing entertainment for us to watch or listen to, when, in reality, they can be used to create entertainment.", Poe said. He cited examples of people who like to take movies while they travel to new places. Those movies can now be edited on a computer, and graphics can be added, such as a title, credits, insertion of photos, text, all combining to create a tv show or film. A child can sit in front of one of these computers, and play a tune on her Kazoo. She then can bring up Rosegarden4, click and hear her tune played back to her. She can click and bring up her music displayed as a score sheet, edit the notes and change her tune. She can click, select an instrument, and her tune sounds like a piano, or trumpet. She can add tracks, and soon, an entire orchestra is playing her tune. "The best part, is the computer being able to let anyone participate, and not have to be restricted to an expensive recording studio facility. Just use your kitchen table.", said Poe.

It's nice to know that the day is coming, when every community will have such computers available for the residents. Culture is a community proposition, and certainly, with recording studios, our world community will benefit. Open Studios invites everyone to stop by and learn more about how your community can participate. [edit]

Sources

* "Open Studios". w:, November 15, 2005

* "[ ]". w:, Mmmmm DD, YYYY

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Categories: November 15, 2005 | Published

neutrality and nonprofits
Please read the submission to the discussion on neutrality and nonprofits. You folks have run me up to the gills with your wannabe news journalist crap! Please, though, should you all come to a consensus that you're living in a less than objective environment, email me with a sincere apology, and request that I reconsider my interest in participating with your site. tompoe@studioforrecording.org

 * This is the sort of hostility I can do without. Where's the Wikinews killfile? Brian McNeil / talk 23:23, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

pd bots
Thank you for advising re; that emergency situation. I really think we need some kind of alert system so the average users can see when this kind of stuff is going on..maybe some kind of "alert" topic on the water cooler? Just an idea.?

Change of subject; You know Brian, my son in law works for Merck; and after talking to him...this bird flu thing is starting to scare the shit out of me; not to mention the daily articles pouring in from all over the globe now. Neutralizer 18:28, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

npov tag
Brian, can you see how hard it is to concentrate and work on the stories? and hard it is for me to understand why, if someone has no time becuase they are fighting pd bots, do they find so much time to fight against a story which already has lots of other capable editors involved in it...do you see my point at all? Neutralizer 18:49, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

 * ok: thanks so much for taking the time. I will take some time later to absorb what you said and I will certainly incorporate your opinion and perspective into my own appraisal...maybe I am really off base; it would not be the first time. Neutralizer 19:48, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Brian, I read and thought about what you said and I must agree with much of it.In addition, I feel that when people in authority act with hypocrisy by breaking the very rules they expect others to follow; that pollutes the establishment and keeps it from blossoming; which is why our readership chart looks like this . Perhaps the best thing I can do is concentrate on the bird flu story..that is something that you and I both can agree on. Neutralizer 23:38, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Trek?
Yes :-) and let me to predict your next ask: is the remailer/nym donw? Yes sorry, it will be restarted the next week. c-ya! --Trek00 22:57, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you, the next time i'll register my nickname. :-) I've translated your articles Sony to suspend use of controversial CD software and EU's human rights court endorses Turkish headscarf ban in the italian wiki. c-ya! --Trek00 12:13, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Image you uploaded image:Greenspan.jpg
Is a PD image and not allowed on wikinews (and's about to get deleted). Do you remember where you got it from so I could put it on commons? Bawolff ☺☻ 01:24, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I have deleted image:Minke Whale.jpg because it has been superceeded by Commons:Image:Minke.jpg. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 02:20, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you for the information relating to image:greenspan.jpg. off to hunt through wikipedia now. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 21:50, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Adminship
You wouldn't be opposed to me nominating you for becoming an admin, would you? :) --Mrmiscellanious 03:21, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Alright. I'll be watching your editcount for a while, then :)  --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 15:22, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

The press release template
Looks like there's good support for your template. Have you moved it into the template namespace yet? It should also be added somewhere in Template messages so people can find it. - Amgine 06:25, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

pre-war intelligence infobox
How do I get a hold of the (deleted?) pre-war intelligence infobox? I would like to polish it up and use it. --vonbergm 19:21, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I saw it is scheduled for undeletion. I will take a look at the infobox as soon as it appears. Reading through the arguments from the deletion request right now to get a feel for the situation. This will be a tough one... --vonbergm 20:25, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link. I did some cleaning, looks a lot better now (I think). As to the category, rather than removing the category I suggest cutting down on its excessive (and sometimes unjustified) use. Is there a way to remove the category from articles that are already archived? --vonbergm 21:33, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Children's charities
Hi Brian. Thanks for your help with UK children's charities announce merger, which I created before creating my account here. I've added a couple of extra paragraphs, including some (sourced) info you won't necessarily find in the press release. OpenToppedBus 17:42, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Take another look at this
Specifically the "Related internet links" section :) --Deprifry|+T+ 17:15, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Padilla article
"Bad faith"? Can you please specify exact changes?

Holon67 20:19, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

censorship
Your unspecific change requests are tantamount to censorship. I suggest you rethink your actions, or make productive statements. I am not backing down.

Holon67 20:24, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Difficult keeping my pledge
Brian, I am really trying to stay away from us/uk articles but it seems at the very same time the pro-western government bias is escalating. Perhaps you can also ask MrM to take a breather. Would that be possible for you to do? Neutralizer 20:04, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Edit count
You have passed 1000 edits. What about now? --Chiacomo (talk) 23:43, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

Nomination
I have nominated you to be an administrator. Please mosey on over to WN:A to indicate your acceptance (or refusal) of your nomination. --Chiacomo (talk) 17:49, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Forsberg article
Hi Brian, yes you are right but actually the writer seems to have taken on the comments in good faith and after all, my comments although blunt, seem valid. On this occassion I decline any further assistance because the subject matter does not interest me and perhaps not doing Wiki work today :). Good on you though for encouraging the new user in the face of my heartless comments :) Cheers, --CitizenBruce 22:49, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Unsolicited email from Neutralizer
I have now received three emails in the space of half an hour from the currently blocked user Neutralizer. The first was deleted, but I took action by trying to express the noted concerns on the relevant article's talk page (see here).

The second two are duplicates which I'd attribute to a mistake, but are quoted below:
 * Title: blatant pov
 * "just noticed this;...."'PROBABLY'" the work of suicide bombers" is a quote in the story. The title says "Suicide bombers blast two Bangladeshi cities" stating it as a fact that it was suicide bombers.....this is exactly my point Brian; we need to apply the same NPOV diligence when it comes to what the other side is accused of as we do to what our side is accused of. Please correct the title of this story if you agree with me".

I am not happy to act as proxy for a blocked user, and will place the content of this email on the appropriate article talk page. Brian McNeil / talk 15:57, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Conference call facilities
I've had it confirmed that it is fairly trivial to set up a new extension on the TelePhreak system. It'd be a case of a host person calling in and then everyone else dials in with another number. The entire conversation can be recorded to a .wav file starting from when someone initially dials in. The software you'd use for something like that on Windows is SJPhone which you'd install and then get a number from somewhere like Vonage or FWD. It isn't quite as idiot-proof as Skype, but it does have the advantage of offering an unlimited number of participants. Brian McNeil / talk 16:16, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Hi
Hi dude, thanks for the welcome message. I haven't written anything since that initial article yet, but I will do, when I have some more time.

One thing - I'm subscribed to the RSS feed, and I notice that the 1-line description for each item is just the title repeated. Any way we can change this? Frankie Roberto 17:11, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

SiKHi NEWS
'''Can you please create a new category like India etc. and then i will put news atticles over there as you told me. I will be very thankful to you.'''--Khalsa 21:09, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your help on the Sharon story -- and your excellent edits on Australia related articles. --Chiacomo (talk) 21:42, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikinews Today short infobox
I rather like the infobox and have inserted it into the newpage template beginning tomorrow. I'll probably be reverted, but... Thanks for the great template. --Chiacomo (talk) 20:54, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

 * As I say, beginning tomorrow (0000UTC) it will appear on all new article creations unless the editor removes it. --Chiacomo (talk) 21:00, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

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Israeli PM, Ariel Sharon, woken from coma, moves limbs

January 9, 2006

Doctors are awakening Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of a drug induced coma to asess the damage to his brain from a major stroke. Doctors reported that he has started to move some limbs and is breathing spontaneously on his own, but say that he is still on a respirator and still in critical condition. "In a test of (his reaction) to pain, we noticed that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon slightly moved his right arm and right leg," said Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital. "The process of waking him out of the coma could take anywhere from several hours to several days" said Mor-Yosef.

Sharon's blood pressure rose slightly during stimulation which doctors call "a postive sign". Dr Felix Umansky, the chief neurosurgeon treating Sharon, said “Once he talks to us ... and there are no other infections I will be willing to say that he is completely out of danger."

Although he is moving and breathing spontaneously on his own, this does not give any indication as to his other physical or mental capacities.

Sharon was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday after "feeling unwell". Doctors later determined that he had a major stroke.


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US Dept of Justice evacuated over homeless person's coat on bus

January 9, 2006

The US Department of Justice in Washington, DC was temporarily evacuated Monday morning when a suspicious package was found on a nearby bus.

According to city transport officials, a vagrant had left a coat on the bus and an investigation by police had revealed this not to be a threat.

The evacuation, it was stressed, was purely a precautionary measure.


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User talk:69.160.20.51

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --Brian McNeil / talk 15:32, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
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Rewrote. Update as needed.
Nearly re-wrote article. Update/edit as needed.

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Talk:Honda wins car, truck of the year, unveils Fit

Really bad title. It doesn't make sense.

add cat
editprotected can u plz add the Category:Nissan on the article. —Emad_PhD (talk) 08:46, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 13:18, 16 November 2017 (UTC)


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Richmond serial slayers arrested in Philadelphia

January 9, 2006

Two suspects, believed to be responsible for a killing spree that started on New Year's day in the Richmond, Virginia area, were apprehended in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday where they were held on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and auto theft. The two declined to fight extradition to Virginia and were flown into the Richmond International Airport Monday afternoon.

Police believe the total of seven victims from two different crime scenes were linked, as both groups were bound with duct tape prior to their being brutally murdered. The suspects, both 28-year-olds, are Ray Joseph Dandridge and Ricky Gevon "Cooley" Gray.

The initial incident took place on New Year's day when all four members of the Harvey family were discovered in their basement bound by tape and with their throats slit. Johnny Hott, a family friend, had discovered a fire at the Harvey's home as he arrived for a 2pm family and friends chili party gathering to ring in the new year that Sunday. Emergency crews responded to a 911 call and put out the fire, which at that point had only caused moderate damage, and then discovered Bryan Harvey, 49, his wife Kathryn, 39, and their two children Stella, 9, and Ruby, 4. Harvey was a musician who achieved some airplay while in the 1980s duo House of Freaks, and his wife was a well-known Richmond toy store owner who also happened to be the half sister of Steven Culp who played Rex Van De Kamp on Desperate Housewives.

Police initially believed the Harvey family murders were committed by someone close to the family. But as later events unfolded in nearby Chesterfield County, a more random picture emerged.

A witness reported that a white van was parked outside the Harvey residence where a woman identified as 21-year-old Ashley Baskerville was said to be inside it at the time of the murders.

Then two days later, on Tuesday at the Goolsby residence, a relative speaking for the shaken victims of a separate home-invasion robbery said that the Baskerville woman was with two men who forced their way into the home and robbed them of a computer, television, DVD player and money.

Ultimately, Ashley Baskerville was found dead on Friday, bound with duct tape and murdered at her parent’s residence along with her mother Mary Tucker, 47 and step-father Percyell Tucker, 55. That residence is located no more than 3 miles from the Harvey residence. The white van believed to have been the one spotted in front of the Harvey residence was recovered at the Tucker home. A green Chevrolet Blazer was taken by Dandridge and Gray to travel to west Philadelphia where they arrived some time on Friday afternoon at the home of Dandridge's father. The two were arrested there by a SWAT team.

Police are also interested in any possible connection the two might have with the murder of Gray’s wife. The body of Treva Gray was found on November 5 southwest of Pittsburgh, in the town of Washington, Pennsylvania. Her murder occurred less than two weeks after Dandridge's release of from prison.

Dandridge was released from James River Correctional Center November 2005 after serving a ten year prison sentence for robbery. Gray is Dandridge's uncle, and believed to be from Arlington, in Northern Virginia.


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132.159.147.78, 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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Brutal murder spree in Richmond Virginia metropolitan area ends as police apprehend suspected Harvey family killers in Philadelphia
You could probably get away with changing to  now, I fixed the sources section for you, I believe there's a javascript widget for adding that on the new page template, but I've memorised it. I see you noticed the need for the w: prefix to use Wikipedia stuff, so I guess you're not a Wikinewbie. :-) I hope the links above in the boilerplate welcome are useful, we're not quite the same as Wikipedia, time pressures and the fact that you are confronting people with new information all the time make being a Wikinews contributor a little different, but I think in a fun way. Brian McNeil / talk 17:50, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Richmond serial slayers arrested in Philadelphia

Title
This needs a shorter title. :-) If expanded a bit more, then something might become obvious - like a alliterative description of the Common Characteristics of the Crimes. Brian McNeil / talk 18:05, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * how about "House of Freaks serial slayers found in Philly". 132.159.147.78 19:33, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I can see use for the "serial slaters" alliteration, that's good. But unless I'm missing something I don't see where the "house of freaks bit comes from".  I'll have another look at this and see if I can use the "serial slayers" bit anywhere. Brian McNeil / talk 19:44, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * One of the salient angles of this story (besides the brutality of the slaying, the prominence of the family within the Richmond artsy community, and the relationship of the wife to Depserate Housewives' Rex Van De Kamp) is that Bryan Harvey was one of a member of the House of Freaks, a rock duo that made some waves in late 1980s. I think the current title (Richmond serial slayers arrested in Philadelphia) sounds good to me132.159.147.78 21:57, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Glad you like my effort on the title, and thanks for the info on where the proposed one came from. I don't think we could go with that without a bit more to back that up.
 * Until these two are found guilty they are alleged slayers not slayers. Wjbean 18:32, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Brian McNeil / talk 22:10, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * (ABC) (New York Daily News) (Billboard) CBS news Early Show These sources were the first wave of news on Monday the 2nd of January and they pretty much back up what I said before. 132.159.147.78 22:20, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

What about a more accurate title? They aren't serial slayers until proven guilty, right?
 * ok, go with suspected serial slayers ... and now they have waived extradition ... meaning they will return to VA 132.159.147.78 22:36, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Also, This article ... says that "Police in southwestern Pennsylvania said Monday they were investigating whether the men had any connection to the death of Gray's wife, Treva, whose body was found Nov. 5 near Washington, Pa., 10 days after Dandridge was released from a Virginia prison" ... we may want to include something like that bu I don't know how to do the source thing yet. 132.159.147.78 22:48, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I was looking for that information, but couldn't find it! (thank you) The story is so fractured across different media sources. -Edbrown05 22:56, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Here's one more bit: It looks like there was a slaying in Culpeper County, Virginia murders Dec 10, 2005 where a woman who was found shot in the head and hanged in the basement and the house set on fire. More links from Culpeper here   It's too early to tell whether this crime is related, but it is the first homicide in culpeper county since May 2003 according to sources posted here. They are doing DNA testing to find out if there's a match with the suspects 132.159.147.78 21:28, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, here's a link that says warner was on the phone with her dad when a suspicious stranger knocked on her front door to ask for directions, which is the MO of the Harvey suspects. 132.159.147.78 21:38, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Here's the link from their arraignment "They were arraigned on four murder conspiracy charges related to the New Year's Day slayings of a couple and their two children and one murder conspiracy count related to three killings on Friday. They're also charged with grand larceny" Eltoro 22:11, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, I got some advice that says wikinews stories are created as news events happen. I am not familiar with wikinews culture just yet, but it seems to me that it will be exhausting writing a new story each time some minor new event happens in this case. Richmond suspected serial slayers to be extradited Richmond suspected serial slayers are extradited Richmond suspected serial slayers are tried in Virginia New facts about Richmond suspected serial slayers discovered in Northern Virginia ... and so on. Until something profound and different happens, I am going to keep posting links to this story on this article. Like this one that says that they have discovered a new years eve stabbing that may be linked to the "Richmond Serial slayers." It is beginning to look like these guys were on a killing rampage. Eltoro 15:44, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

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Dow Jones Breaks 11,000

January 9, 2006 Lower oil and natural gas prices and a General Motors (GM) upgrade sent the Dow Jones Industrial above the 11,000 mark for the first time since before September 11, 2001. The last time the Dow was above eleven thousand was June 13, 2001 when it closed at 11,012.40 before retreating slightly. The Dow's alltime record was set back on January 14, 2000 when it closed at 11,722.98.

The impact of the Dow even getting to 11,000 is "psychological and hard to measure, but clearly you can't dismiss it," said Hugh Johnson, chairman of asset management company Johnson Illington Advisors. "If it wakes up investors then it is of some value."

General Motors (up $1.09 to $21.89) was the Dow's biggest gainer, up five percent, after Goldman Sachs raised its rating on the automaker.

Sirius Radio also added to the Dow's gain, up nearly 2 percent (to $6.65) as Howard Stern made his debut on the satellite waves.

Oil prices, although still high, fell $1.21 to $63.05 a barrel.

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Cyclone Clare batters Western Australia

January 10, 2006

The eye of Cyclone Clare, a category three storm hit the Western Australian coastline at 11PM AWST on Monday (3PM Monday UTC).

Cyclone Clare crossed the coast 100Km north of Karratha, battering the Pilbara region with winds up to 195 km/h.

Initially it was predicted that the storm would hit the coast at around 9PM local time, but the storm slowed from 18 to 12 km/h delaying its arrival for two hours.

A large storm surge had been predicted, but forecasters say it is unlikely to eventuate. The sea is predicted to swell by only two to three metres.

Reports from the area advise that electricity supply has failed, but there has been no major structural damage to buildings and no injuries. Crews are assessing damage in Karratha and Dampier following Clare. Work teams are in the process of restoring electricity and telephone services.

Earlier today residents of Karratha and Dampier were advised to stay indoors due to flying debris caused by strong winds and the possibility of power lines being down. This advisory has since been lifted. The Bureau of Meteorology has advised residents to "proceed with caution".

As the storm moves inland it continues to lose strength, being downgraded to a category two storm earlier today (10:00AM AWST) when it neared the town of Pannawonica. Winds were up to 140 km/h. The storm has since been downgraded again, to a category one storm.

The main concern now is for flooding due to heavy rain.

Lynne Nanini from Main Roads's Pilbara office said the rain that follows may be more troublesome than the cyclone itself.

"We're mainly concerned about any rainfall that may eventuate out of Tropical Cyclone Clare and as in the past, a few cyclones that we've had, most of our damage is actually caused by flooding." she said.

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Will continue to update
IO will update throughout the day when I get a chance - Cartman02au 21:26, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Updated

 * Updated as at 1:30PM AEDT - Cartman02au 02:32, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Updated with information as at 8:30PM AEDT - Cartman02au 09:28, 10 January 2006 (UTC)


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User:Fang Aili

Hello. I'm Fang Aili at Wikipedia also. I'm a Wikinews newbie. The concept is fascinating; maybe I'll get involved.

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User:Mrmiscellanious/Sandbox/WNN/Composite

This is a mockup image of a real-time video scheme that could be used to overlay a volunteering news anchor. Note: this does not mean there will be a Wikinews Network video project (currently showing a mock ident below a ticker and "watermark" ident).


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User talk:News101

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User talk:Schiste

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User talk:Mido

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User talk:NSLE

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Category/Portal changes
Thanks for editing!

You should be aware that Wikinews does not follow Wikipedia naming conventions for categories or portals. They are set up on Wikinews based on news events, and not encyclopedic criteria. The current titles may or may not be representative of the news covered, or the interests of the contributors.

Thanks again! -  Amgine | talk en.WN 08:32, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back!
I didn't know you joined Wikinews to begin with, much less left it! —     10:07, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Bigtime~enwikinews

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Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:12, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Sallydullah

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User talk:Billmac~enwikinews

Welcome
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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 Billmac. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Billmac~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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Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:12, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Fang Aili

Welcome
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User talk:Cromwellt

Welcome
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User:Cromwellt

Cromwellt has never been a reporter and probably never will be (though he does rather enjoy reading the news), but he loves English and editing it. He is a freelance interpreter and translator in central California, specializing in the medical field. He has been involved in the English Wikipedia since November 2004, and has also joined a variety of other projects, which can be found on his userpage matrix.

His interests include but are not limited to languages, books, literature, and Wikiprojects. He doesn't know yet how best he can help Wikinews, but he hopes there's a place for him here.

Oh, the joys of emendation Oh, the rapture and the fun Lost myself in contemplation Life and wiki, each a pun Viva Wikinews!

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User:Mrmiscellanious/Sandbox/WNN/About

Proposal
The proposal is simple: that a proposed subproject (entitled "Wikinews Network", or "WNN") be extended as an official subproject of Wikinews. Contributors are able to create and edit media files (audio and video) at their own free time and will, and submit them to wnn.wikinews.org. All submissions are licensed as public domain files, with attribution of the used material going to Wikinews. All news content on the programs are provided by Wikinews and Wikinews contributors. The project would organize and unite previous audio and video projects into two concepts of broadcast under the same name:

WNN Radio would be derived from the current Audio Wikinews subproject handled by many users. The audio would consist of the present news briefs, and spoken articles. The audio portion would loop the most current news brief with a pool of a randomly selected three-day-or-less old spoken article (ensuring that briefs and articles are presented within a 5-minute period).

WNN Video would be derived from the former broadcast subproject, created by DV. Of course, there would have to be some form of enthusiasm from a group of contributors for a semi-regular release of the video project, as it would require much work. I will help as much as I can if there are other users willing to contribute to such a subproject. If we are unable to find an anchor for a daily program, we may use scrolling text instead to keep the channel "live".

Reason
Wikinews now has a large group of contributors, and considering suggestions in the IRC chat room and proposals on the Water Cooler, MrMiscellanious and NGerda think we should promote a new media project further than our current Audio and Magazine subprojects. We would also like to start on WNN Video as soon as possible, as it would greatly increase our coverage and notability abroad.

Broadcast?
There are two ways such a project could work: either with streaming servers (perhaps available from Freematrix, however details will be sorted out later), or with simple hosting of files (and RSS/XML feeds to notify audiance of new media releases). Each have their own advantages and disadvantages, however like the previous WikiNews Network proposal, all content would be screened by an elected panel to ensure adherence to site policies. The goal would be to have recently recorded material broadcast as quickly as possible.

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Annoying someone online becomes federal crime

January 10, 2006

President Bush signed legislation last Thursday that disallows the posting or e-mailing of messages intended to annoy people without having included your true identity. The law, Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005, contained this as a rider. The relevant portion of the law is as follows:

 * "Whoever...utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet... without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person...who receives the communications...shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."

Clinton Fein, owner of Annoy.com which allows people to send anonymous annoying messages, reported to CNET that "I'm certainly not going to close the site down. I would fight it on First Amendment grounds." Previous Supreme Court precedent does allow for anonymous, written annoyance.


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User:LoganCale/Opinions

As I have seen this in several places and believe it to be an important thing for everyone to do, a list of my personal beliefs on a number of subjects follows:

Religion
I am a Christian who does not subscribe to a particular church in the traditional sense but bases his opinions upon reading the bible itself.

Wikinews
I believe Wikinews has the potential to become an incredible news source if:
 * More people work on it.
 * The neutrality of articles is not compromised.
 * It is able to compete with the so-called mainstream media in its speed of reporting.

Abortion
I personally object to abortion except when the mother's life may be endangered by giving birth or when she has been a victim of rape.

Flag Burning
I believe everyone has a God-given right to freedom of expression, despite the fact that the United States Constitution may only guarantee free speech and however offensive it may be to some people, everyone has the right to burn the flag. Furthermore, the flag is only what you make it to be. It can be a symbol of freedom and justice, but it may also represent the United States Government. Would I burn a United States Flag myself? Probably not, but if the government were to ban the burning of flags, I most definitely would, in protest.

Firearms
I believe every law-abiding citizen over the age of 18 should be given a firearm by the government to ensure a proper militia stays in force and keeps the government in check. As that is not currently the case, however, I believe the government should not keep a registry of gun ownership as that will eventually lead to the seisure of firearms from citizens.

Legalization of Cannabis
I believe people should be free to do anything they please as long as it does not cause direct physical harm to another person against their will.

Stem-cell research
I believe stem-cell research to be a good thing.

Homosexual relationships
While I personally do not believe homosexuality is a Godly thing, I also believe in freedom. If that is a person's choice, they may do as they choose.

Homosexuality and marriage
I do not believe the government has a right to regulate marriage.

Separation of Church and state
I believe the government should not endorse any particular religion, although I am not against the use of "under God" in the pledge of allegiance—although I am against the pledge of allegiance—and do not support banning prayer in public schools—although I do not believe the teachers should be leading the prayer—and lastly, am not opposed to having the ten commandments displayed in government buildings.

Terrorism
Terrorism, as defined as "an act of violence against any number of innocent civilians to make a political point," I am absolutely opposed to under all circumstances. I believe, however, that the threat of terrorism to the world at the present time is being radically overstated by the various governments of the world for political reasons.

War in Iraq
I initially supported it and no longer do. It was not creating terrorism when we went in, no matter how much it is now.

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User:Mark K. Jensen

I live in Tacoma, Washington. Photograph available. I was born on August 13, 1951, in Bethesda, Maryland. I am married and have one son. E-mail: jensenmk@plu.edu

My areas of specialization as a faculty member at Pacific Lutheran University, where I have taught since 1989, are 19th-century French literature and French. I have taught 18th-century and 20th-century French literature as well, as well as modern European literature generally. More broadly, I majored in history at Princeton University and am interested in modern European and American history, with additional interests in world history, the philosophy of history, and the history of ideas.

After briefly studying law, I pursued literary interests while working in a San Francisco bookstore and decided to return to graduate school in 1980. I hold a Ph.D. in French literature from the University of California, Berkeley. I find the Wikimedia projects interesting from every point of view.

In recent years I have become politically active in the peace movement at the local level, and am involved in several groups in Pierce County, Washington. This has led me to develop new interests: national security, 20th-century U.S. history, media studies, etc.

I am fluent in French and am an experienced translator from French to English with have a particular interest in translating the work of the French literary historian and critic Paul Bénichou (1908-2001). I have published a translation of Bénichou's Le Sacre de l'écrivain (1973) entitled The Consecration of the Writer, 1750-1830 (U. Nebraska, 1999), and am currently at work on a translation of Le Temps des prophètes (1977).

I maintain a home page. I also am active on the web on the pages of United for Peace of Pierce County and People for Peace, Justice, and Healing.

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User talk:Mark K. Jensen

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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 Mark K. Jensen. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Mark K. Jensen~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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

title: User talk:Mark K. Jensen