text:
User talk:97.101.48.13

Please do not edit other users pages.--Mark Talk to me 19:10, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Welcome
Welcome!

97.101.48.13, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions 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:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Here are some other hints and tips:

 * I would recommend that you get a username. You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikinews, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires no personal information, and there are many benefits of having a username.  (If you edit without a username, your IP address is used to identify you instead.)

 * When using talk pages, please sign your name at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (~~). This will automatically produce your username (or IP address) and the 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!--Mark Talk to me 19:10, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

title: User talk:97.101.48.13


text:
User talk:72.160.126.6

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; 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!
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Additionally, thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:21, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Warning
Please do not vandalize articles. You will be blocked if you persist. --SVTCobra 22:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

title: User talk:72.160.126.6


text:
Talk:US Senate says no to pullout of US troops from Iraq/temp

If this content is to be published it should be moved to the main article page. Please do not publish a /temp page. --SVTCobra 21:16, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


text:
Talk:US Senate says no to pullout of US troops from Iraq

Is the whole, "how they voted" section necessary? Isn't easier just to say they voted along party lines except ... and then list those who didn't? --SVTCobra 21:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

This is a terrible sentence "Throughout the night, the Senators took turns speaking with Democrats speaking while a large sign behind them annouced 'Let Us Vote' speaking for the amendment and not allowing them a simple majority to vote for the amendment while Republicans took turns decrying it, noting that Democrats did the same when they were the minority and criticizing Democratic leaders." Can anyone fix it? I can't figure out what the person that wrote it was trying to say exactly. Kaikopere 22:58, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That would be me, sorry, I was jumping around from parapgraph to paragraph, so it's a bit rusty. --TUFKAAP 23:01, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Just short? ...On the proximity scale ranging from "Just short of" to "Not even close," the 52-47 vote is significantly far off. For example, passing the measure might have required three times as many Republicans to cross party lines and vote Aye, from 4 to 12. --98.194.83.52 13:31, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

It would actually only be 10 Republicans, not 12. Sen. Johnson was not able to vote because of his recovery, but would have voted to invoke cloture. With him and Sen. Reid voting, it would have been 54-46. And with several Republicans, such as Sen. Voinovich, beginning to stake out positions against the war, those 46 votes may be rather soft. They may become softer still in the future. I'd say "just short" is a bit of an exaggeration, but "within striking distance" would be pretty accurate. Carter.kalchik 17:07, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

.ca
Editprotected

Hi! Please, add ca:El senat dels Estats Units rebutja retirar les tropes a l'Iraq. Thanks, ×α£đ~es 20:11, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ Tempodivalse [talk]  20:15, 13 June 2009 (UTC)


text:
User talk:Kartsand

Welcome
, 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! DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:24, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Kartsand


text:
Explosion, steam eruption near Grand Central Terminal in New York City

July 18, 2007 A pipe has burst in New York City, the largest city in the United States, causing a generator to explode. The explosion occurred in Midtown Manhattan near Grand Central Terminal (GCT) and the Chrysler Building, and approximately at the intersection of 41st Street and Lexington Avenue. Nearby buildings have been evacuated, and a large area has been blocked off. There are reports of a very large crater at the scene.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has officially ruled out terrorism. Grand Central Station was quickly evacuated soon after the incident. Subway lines 4, 5 and 6 have no service in both directions between the 125th Street Station and the Bowling Green Station. 42nd Street Shuttle service has been shut completely.

The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) received a call at 5:56 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) reporting an explosion. More than 170 firefighters were dispatched to the scene. Witnesses reported that buildings in the nearby area shook. This was a five-alarm response.

At least 20 people have been reported injured, and one woman, Lois Baumerich, died from a heart attack. Two people are currently in critical condition.

There are potentially harmful materials at the scene of the explosion and HAZMAT crews are on the scene to clean up debris. There are reports that pipes were wrapped in asbestos, but the air is being tested, and results should be available late Wednesday night.

ConEdison Workers are on the scene as well, and it appears that they are working nearby.

Emergency workers are reporting that the situation is not under control. They are still unable to confirm why the pipe exploded due to the inaccessible nature of the scene at the source of the explosion. The pressure of steam has subsided and the air appears to have cleared, revealing the crater. Disruption of electricity in the surrounding area is minimal.

GCT is reported to be reopened at this time. An area was cordoned off and people trapped in the vicinity due to fears of asbestos pollution resulting from the explosion.

According to a press conference with the mayor, the pipe involved was built in 1924, and a likely cause of the eruption and explosion was cold water leaking into the pipe, possibly from rain or from a water pipe. A tow truck had fallen into the crater left by the explosion, and the explosion also shattered glass on nearby buildings.


text:
User:Immunity

me on wikipedia

title: User:Immunity


text:
Talk:Explosion, steam eruption near Grand Central Terminal in New York City

Picture
I found a picture that I also saw on CNN tv on flickr.com. It seems to be public and free use. Can we use it for the article? Immunity 23:28, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * It's not free. It has "All Rights Reserved". If you want it now, you'll have to get a fair-use one. Regards - Jurock (reply here) 23:31, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Whoops, I didn't see that, its so faint and grayed-out I skimmed and missed it. I will find a fair use one. Also since I am new to working in wikinews (but definitely not wikis), what's the policy on video links, like to you tube? Immunity 23:35, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

More options
What about this one ? Immunity 23:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes! It's CC-by. Upload it to Commons then... Sorry for not working here, I'm busy in the Spanish Proyect. Regards - Jurock (reply here) 23:43, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * CC-BY-NC Sadly ShakespeareFan00 23:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Damn... It was CC-BY 5 minutes ago... xD - Jurock (reply here) 00:04, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Another
How about this one. It seems to be cc Boffy

Radioactive?
How can we assume the debris is radioactive? Why would it be? Golfdude8000 23:42, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It has asbestos. It is merely carcinogenic and asbestosis causing as far as I know; I know of no reports of it glowing in the dark. 204.52.215.107 00:44, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, there were initial reports, but asbestos was resulted negative after tests.Golfdude8000 01:33, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Source? Rickyrab 01:58, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

My source was MSNBC (on tv) but now CNN's website that they won't get results until later tonight. Negative result is what MSNBC originally said, I have made the necessary changes to the article Golfdude8000 02:35, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Injuries
MSNBC is noting 11 injuries, while CNN reports 3, I'm going to go with MSNBC, they're following this more closely. Anybody hear anything else? Does anybody know what CONEdison is doing?Golfdude8000 00:09, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Dirty Bomb
Why would it be a dirty bomb?! There were no reports of that!Golfdude8000 00:12, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * This was an unfortunate hoax. --SVTCobra 01:41, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Breaking News?
Should this still be classified as breaking news? It's not being aired anymore, but I guess it's not a full article though.Golfdude8000 00:25, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup needed
This article contains a lot of information that is not in the listed sources. This information needs to be sourced. "I saw it on TV" is not sufficient. This event is widely covered and it should be possible to source all information. --SVTCobra 01:39, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It could be argued that "I saw it in a news report" is not sufficient either. -Edbrown05 06:46, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well at least that can verified by others. --SVTCobra 09:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Source Notes
From watching CNN Headline News, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, I have found initial injury statistics on all 4 channels, and the process by which the explosion occurred. MSNBC noted that Con Edison was on scene, and there was video of them working on Fox. Information on asbestos was received from watching CNN. All other sources are listed. Golfdude8000 02:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

5 alarm response?
I must be dumb. but can someone link to what a 5 alarm response is? —— Eagle  101 Need help? 03:21, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * In U.S.-speak, a 5 alarm response means that not just 1 or 2 emergency response fire stations or crews were called to respond. 5 were called. It is a measure of how big the alert was, by how may emergency crews were called to respond to the situation. -Edbrown05 07:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

More info and photos here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_New_York_City_steam_explosion --216.139.154.142 13:23, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


text:
NFL star Michael Vick indicted for running dog fighting operation

July 20, 2007

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and three other men were indicted on Tuesday by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy related to a dog fighting operation. The charges included buying, breeding and training pit bull dogs, transporting the dogs across state lines to illegally participate in fights, and gambling on the fights.

The indictments stemmed from a search of Vick's Smithfield, Virginia home in April, in which 54 pit bulls were removed, along with equipment used in dog fighting.

The indictment said that Vick had bought the property in Smithfield for US$34,000 to run the dog fighting under the name "Bad Newz Kennels" with two other people named in the indictment. Purnell Peace, Quanis Phillips, and Tony Taylor were all named in the indictment along with Vick.

The indictment stated that Vick took part in the killing of eight dogs that didn't pass test fights, called "rolling". The pit bulls were allegedly killed by hanging, drowning and slamming at least one dog onto the ground.

If convicted of both portions of the conspiracy charge, Vick could face six years in prison and a $350,000 fine. His property, located in Surry County, would be subject to forfeiture under U.S. laws dealing with illegal activities that are carried out at an interstate level. The indictment alleges that the dog fighting operation, involving American Pit Bull Terriers, spilled over into Alabama, North Carolina and New York.

Vick has a court date on July 26 for a bond hearing and to hear the charges. Vick has said that he had a kennel operation on the property, but had no involvement or knowledge of a dog fighting ring.


text:
Comments:Explosion reported near New York City train station

Why don't we have this feature on Wikipedia
An opinions page would come in handy, rather than blithely asserting that Wikipedia is "not a soapbox". 204.52.215.107 00:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


title: User:Golfdude8000


text:
User talk:Golfdude8000

Explosion, steam eruption near Grand Central Terminal in New York City
Hello, Golfdude8000, please explain your use of the original reporting tag on this article. For help in the proper use of this, please see WN:OR. Cheers, and continued happy editing. --SVTCobra 01:48, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, you are right that it says that you should use the original reporting tag when reporting from a television report. However, it also says you should make detailed notes and post those on the collaboration (talk) page. At some point we will have to be able to verify all claims in an article, and simply adding the original reporting tag does not suffice. Here are the relevant policies. Breaking news and Original reporting. Cheers, --SVTCobra 02:09, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

title: User talk:Golfdude8000


text:
Skull study supports theory of human origin in Africa

July 19, 2007 Scientists from the United Kingdom have concluded, in a genetic study performed on 6,000 skulls from ancient male humans from around the world, that the origin of mankind as we know it began in southeastern Africa, which scientists refer to as "The Cradle of Man".

Skulls vary in size and shape as humans began to spread out from the African continent, and the scientists compared those characteristics to those of later humans along with their DNA. The oldest skull believed to have been tested was at least 40,000 years old.

"We have combined our genetic data with new measurements of a large sample of skulls to show definitively that modern humans originated from a single area in Sub-Saharan Africa," said Andrea Manica, one of the researchers at the Department of Zoology of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.

However, some scientists disagree with the study, calling it "mistaken".

"You can't find the origin of people by measuring the variability of their skulls. The main problem with the paper is that it takes some assumptions from genetics papers of 10 to 15 years ago that we now know are wrong. Africa is ecologically diverse, and cranial variation is a function of environments. The most important feature that is related to climate is skull size. So by correcting for climate, they are subtracting a major component of variability," said John Hawks, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


text:
Hospitals declare "code red" in Wellington, New Zealand

July 19, 2007 The today issued a "code red" for two Wellington hospitals. Both and  have a staff shortage of about 20 nurses, and the hospital is calling on any help available.

Dr Robyn Toomath, director of clinical support services at the Health Board, is calling for "any qualified nurses in the community who are between jobs, are on extended leave or are semi-retired, who might be able to help fill in, or to do some short term work for us."

"As of today we are around 20 nurses down compared to our usual staffing levels, primarily due to illness" said Dr Toomath. "We have physical beds available, but we can't admit patients unless there are appropriate levels of staff to safely resource those beds."

The message to the general public was to "please save our Emergency Department for emergencies", she said. "We want to be able to focus our Emergency Department resources on patients who genuinely need hospital-level care."

Any qualified nurses who are willing to help at either of the two hospitals should contact Steve Crew in the Patient Services Coordination Unit, at the Capital and Coast District Health Board.


text:
Talk:Hospitals declare "code red" in Wellington, New Zealand

why is "code red" in the title but the article? and what does it mean? --SVTCobra 09:58, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

it's what the health board said at their press releases. i'm guessing its a term used by MOH and DHBs sround the country for this sort of crisis situation. Loud noises 10:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I'm sorry, but is this even considered breaking news? No one is picking up this story and it relates to just one hospital declaring a nurse shortage. Look across America, this happens daily. - Andrew4010 19:04, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

In New Zealand it doesn't. We are a small country will a small amount of hospitals. This isn't just about a few hospitals, this is he two hospitals in our captial city not being able to use its A&E dept. properly because it has no staff, thats quite serious. CommanderOne 08:01, 20 July 2007 (UTC)


text:
17 troops killed in bombing on Afghanistan-Pakistan border; Separate bombing kills dozens of civilians

July 19, 2007 At least 17 Pakistani troops were killed Thursday when their convoy was bombed and attacked by al-Qaeda militants on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in North Waziristan, and the U.S. says that they may attack targets inside Pakistan, if they see them as being "actionable."

"We never take options off the table, and if we find actionable targets, we're going to hit them. [Terrorist hideouts are] something that's absolutely going to have to be addressed. There's no doubt that more aggressive steps need to be taken [against the terrorists]," said Tony Snow, the White House's Press Secretary, during a press conference today.

The U.S. believes that terrorists, who are loyal to al-Qaeda's leader Osama bin laden are currently seeking shelter in the regions near the borders of the two countries.

At least 35 civilians and 9 police officers were killed and nearly two dozen were injured in a separate bombing when a suicide car bomber blew up a Chinese military convoy in Pakistan's southwest industrial district. None of the Chinese military personnel were injured or killed.

"The bomber driving a Mazda car blew himself up," said Tariq Khosa, the police chief of Baluchistan province who also added that the area was "very crowded."


text:
Wreckage of gas tanker removed after crash onto railway line in County Durham, England

July 19, 2007 A gas tanker which crashed onto a preserved railway line in Wolsingham, County Durham in the north of England has been removed. Yesterday, the vehicle fell 70 feet from a road bridge onto the Weardale Railway below and left the driver with serious injuries from which he later died in hospital.

The driver of the Calor Gas vehicle has been named as Peter Williams who was 25 and from the Darlington area.

The tanker was said to be carrying 13,000 litres of liquefied petroleum gas at the time of the accident and nearby homes were evacuated due to fears the gas may leak from the vehicle.

Chris Hockaday, from County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service, described the operation to empty the tanker of gas and remove it from the scene: "The decanting finished at about 10pm and the tanker was then dragged along the track by a tractor, where it was lifted onto another vehicle by the specialist recovery company. It was then moved to a secure site for examination. The authorities left the scene at about midnight. Before decanting the gas, we had to right the vehicle, something which had to be done under great control in an operation which took about two hours."

The Weardale Railway, which operates over a five mile section of restored track between Stanhope and Wolsingham, remains closed, but the company were optimistic about resuming services on the line.

Managing director of the Weardale Railway, Steve Raine, said "The tanker was moved late last night so we haven't yet been able to properly examine the track. However, the damage appears to be quite light, and we're hoping we can get that fixed today." He said that services were most likely to resume this Saturday.


text:
Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070719

19 July

title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070719


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070718


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070717


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070716


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070714


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070713


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070712


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070711


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070710


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070709


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070708


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070707


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070706


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070705


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070704


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070703


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070702


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070701


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070630


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070629


title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20070628


text:
Template:Explanation

This interface message may be documented at Meta-Wiki or MediaWiki.

title: Template:Explanation


text:
User talk:192.195.66.48

The is no justification for having a video link to a competing news organization. It does not qualify as a source. It does not matter how interesting the footage is. --SVTCobra 15:02, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

title: User talk:192.195.66.48


text:
Talk:Skull study supports theory of human origin in Africa

Misleading headline
The headline is misleading. They didn't confirm anything, they simply stated thier own hypothesis that they arrived at after looking over the data. Therer has been no new scientific consensus, not to mention that the feild is constantly in turmoil. For example:

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/291/5502/230

is one of the articles descibing the oldest DNA, which comes from Australia!

In conclusion, the scientists in this article came up with a conclusion that seems to be uncalled for given their methods, and other data conflicts with their conclusion.

Change the headline. (preceding unsigned comment by 70.237.139.227 15:03, 19 July 2007)

 * I agree. I've renamed the article to "Skull study supports theory of human origin in Africa" (from "Study confirms humans are from Africa"). —Pathoschild 19:11, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually the oldest DNA on earth, that we have found, comes from Greenland. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:14, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh and DNA and genetic codes, cannot lie. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:16, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Category request
editprotected Following this discussion with user:Brian McNeil, would someone mind adding Category:University of Cambridge? Bencherlite (talk) 20:46, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Bawolff ☺☻ 20:47, 5 December 2009 (UTC)


text:
Tour de France: Robbie Hunter wins stage 11

July 19, 2007 Robbie Hunter of South Africa has won stage 11 of the 2007 Tour de France. Hunter edged out Fabian Cancellara and Murilo Fischer in a tight sprint.

Michael Rasmussen of Denmark retained the overall lead finishing the stage with the first peleton. The biggest change in the chase for the yellow jersey was Christophe Moreau losing more than three minutes on the leaders and dropping out of the top ten.

For a good portion of the stage, Wegmann, Florencio, Gilbert, Millar and Fofonov had the lead. The five-man breakaway group was gobbled up by the peleton. With 30 km to go the peleton split into two clearly defined main groups with about 1:40 separating them. The gap grew to two full minutes with 20 km to go. The second peleton finished 3:17 behind Hunter's time.

The 182.5 km stage 11, from Marseille to Montpellier, is the first of two transition stages between the Alps and the Pyrenees, with no major climbs.

In the wake of the doping test of Patrik Sinkewitz, German networks ZDF and ARD ended their live coverage of the Tour. In response, Tour organizers, Amaury Sport Organisation, signed deals with Sat.1 and ProSieben, so that German fans can continue to watch.

"With the agreement of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) a replacement solution has been found. We have leased the TV rights to Sat.1 and ProSieben," Yann Le Moenner of ASO told Reuters.


text:
MediaWiki talk:Movepage-moved

New syntax and tweaks
The syntax of MediaWiki:Movepage-moved is different from MediaWiki:Pagemovedtext, which it replaced. The code below is adjusted for the new syntax, and also uses normal sentence grammar, explains why double-redirects need to be fixed, replaces the alternating contrasting emphasis with a uniformly emphasized to-do list, and removes a "click this link" label (see W3C: HTML Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0). A bug that prevents passing message variables (like $3) to ParserFunctions and magic words is circumvented with (see documentation).

To see all the changes, view changes before saving. The page "$1" was moved to "$2".

 * Please check for double-redirects, and fix them if necessary. A redirect to a redirect does not work.

—Pathoschild 15:16, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Migration_to_the_new_preprocessor
Based on Migration_to_the_new_preprocessor I think this might break, but i'm unsure. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:57, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

 * I don't think so; the code is pretty straightforward. What in particular do you think will fail? —Pathoschild 19:39, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

list double redirects
some of the spans and divs on this page work in conjunction with MediaWiki:Common.js/Special:MovePage to provide a list of double redirects. this is a temporary solution until such functionality is provided by mediawiki itself. (if new js breaks anything - yell at bawolff) Bawolff ☺☻ 23:01, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Overhaul
— μ 14:17, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * like like like like like *10^infinite アンパロ Io ti odio! 02:55, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Mediawiki:Movepage-moved-redirect
 [ revert ]

Mediawiki:Movepage-moved-noredirect
 [ revert ]
 * It'll look somewhat like this; possible problems arise when one moves a page over an existing one, as the unaltered deletion acknowledgement would be placed at the top of it. However, I envision that, in the future, we can change most acknowlegements to this pretty style, meaning that it'll just stack on top. Dendodge has concerns about the big X in the suppression notice: feel free to peruse for some new ones. — μchip08 17:45, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

title: MediaWiki talk:Movepage-moved


text: Template:MediaWiki move comments subpage


text:
Template talk:MediaWiki move comments subpage

Note, please don't add any categories to this template, as it may cause mediawiki:Movepage-moved to not work. Please see mediawiki talk:Movepage-moved for this templates documentation. It is used to prompt people to move comment pages when moving other pages


text:
Comments:17 troops killed in bombing on Afghanistan-Pakistan border; Separate bombing kills dozens of civilians

Major error?
Where does it say 17 American soldiers were killed? All the cited articles seem to indicate the casualties were Pakistani Army and police personnel. —72.142.212.33 15:35, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


text:
Talk:17 troops killed in bombing on Afghanistan-Pakistan border; Separate bombing kills dozens of civilians

Major error?
Where does it say 17 American soldiers were killed? All the cited articles seem to indicate the casualties were Pakistani Army and police personnel. —72.142.212.33 15:35, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes, this a disasterous error. --SVTCobra 16:32, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually the second source. Which is why Tony snow was so pissed at the press conference and why the US said we will attack if WE see fit. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:37, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you mean CNN? I don't think so. The Sac Bee is the one were Tony Snow talks, so I checked that one, too. They just say 17 troops, but from the context it is pretty clearly Pakistani troops. If you still say you are right, please quote the exact passage here. --SVTCobra 20:25, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


text:
Documents show Fred Thompson worked for Pro-Choice group

July 19, 2007 Billing records uncovered by the New York Times show that Fred Thompson was paid for about 20 hours of work as a Washington, DC lobbyist on behalf of a group to ease restrictive federal rules on abortion counseling in the 1990s. Recently Thompson "flatly denied" the charge and said he "did not recall doing any work for the organization."

The records show that Thompson worked part-time from 1991 to 1994 for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, and earned about US$5,000 for work he did in 1991 and 1992.

According to the Los Angeles Times, "a new Thompson spokeswoman, Burson Snyder, did not return calls for comment on the billing records Thursday."


text:
MediaWiki talk:Common.css

Line-height
Hi! When a title is long and occupies two or more lines, both lines tend to "overlap" (see here). It is somewhat bad-looking. Just to solve this, I'd like a line to be added:

Byes! - Jurock (reply here) 14:29, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. I'm using all sorts of custom css, so the effect is not apperent to me, and I can't test the effectiveness of if this worked (but i remember before I modified my css this used to happen ocasionally). I'm also not sure if this is monobook only and should be in mediawiki:Monobook.css. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:51, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Edit request
editprotected

Could you add

Thanks --Diego Grez return fire 01:52, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Why? — Mike moral  ♪♫  01:54, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
 * It's perfectly safe, but pointless. It draws a 1px by 1px black dot with a 1px white border. It's also not something that needs to go in common.css: Diego could do the same thing by embedding it into his template. — μ 01:59, June 14 2010 (UTC)
 * Not to mention attribution issues. If you're going to copy it, at least try and translate it into English... — μ 02:00, June 14 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Map of Wikinewsies. Seems stupid but well. --Diego Grez return fire 02:05, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Removing the border on .the_table
I would like to remove the border on .the_table, which is the table that contains all the main content on the main page. This content is already boxed by the content div, so adding another layer of lines around it serves no purpose. This is classic boxitis (which Wikimedia projects seem to be especially afflicted with). Would anyone object to me removing it? Kaldari (talk) 04:56, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Error in css codes
Hi using code editor it shows that there are errors in the codes please fix them. 86.173.55.194 (talk) 19:32, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * What errors are you receiving? Microchip08 (talk) 19:39, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Xe may be referring to the fact that if you edit the code using the now-built-in wiki editor, it reports lots and lots of warnings. It doesn't report any errors at all, and the "warnings" I looked at didn't look to me like things that should be objected to.  --Pi zero (talk) 19:46, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Editprotected
editprotected The template to substitute current translated quote is working fine. So please append the following CSS code in order to change the template. Agastya Chandrakant  ⚽ 🏆 🎾 🎬 🎤 📰  21:23, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

.lang-quote { position: relative; display: inline-block; border-bottom: 1px dotted black; color: #0645ad; cursor: pointer; }

.lang-quote .transquote { visibility: hidden; width: 300px; color: #fff; text-align: center; border-radius: 6px; padding: 10px; position: absolute; z-index: 1; bottom: 100%; left: 50%; margin-left: -60px; opacity: 0; transition: opacity 1s; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); }

.lang-quote:hover .transquote { visibility: visible; opacity: 1; }
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 22:30, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

editprotected
editprotected should be 3 in .lang-quote .transquote {}.

The audio/video player has a  of 2 (the Inspect element tells me) and thus, the tooltip can be rendered useless in situations like this one for  Wikinews interviews Irene Villa acagastya  09:55, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Changed but waiting to see if it works. --Pi zero (talk) 11:24, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Seems to have worked. --Pi zero (talk) 11:41, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

title: MediaWiki talk:Common.css


text: MediaWiki talk:Disambiguationspage

title: MediaWiki talk:Disambiguationspage


text: MediaWiki talk:1movedto2

title: MediaWiki talk:1movedto2


text: MediaWiki talk:1movedto2 redir

title: MediaWiki talk:1movedto2 redir


text: MediaWiki talk:Sitenotice id

title: MediaWiki talk:Sitenotice id


text:
Web browser Firefox increases market share in Europe

July 19, 2007

The French web survey provider XiTiMonitor reports that in their study conducted from Monday, July 2 to Sunday, July 8, 2007 on 95,827 websites, web browser reached a 27.8% share in Europe, compared to 21.1% during the same period last year.

Firefox has its biggest market share in Slovenia and Finland where it amounts to 47.9% and 45.4%, respectively, while only 14.6% of people from the Netherlands and 15.2% of surfers in Denmark used Firefox in this survey. The share rose most in Ireland: from 24.9% to 38.6% (i.e. +13.7 points).

Microsoft's web browser remains the most used browser in Europe with a market share of 66.5%. and have a 3.5% and 1.7% share respectively, with other browsers at less than 1%.

Oceania remains the region with the highest usage of the freely licensed and open source software browser Firefox, with 28.9%. The continent with the strongest relative increase in market share is South America, where there is a 30% increase compared to last March. Numbers from the U.S.-based company last month showed a fall in Firefox's share from 15.42% in April to 14.54%.


text:
User talk:72.95.2.189

Hello,

Your recent contributions constitute vandalism and have been reverted. Should you believe that your contributions are *not* vandalism, please argue your case on your talk page, or in WN:ALERT.

Further vandalism may result in a 24 hour block. Please contribute to Wikinews in a constructive fashion instead. -- Zanimum 19:15, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

title: User talk:72.95.2.189


text:
Toll of the phosphor accident in Ukraine still rising

July 20, 2007Between 143 and 152 people have now been hospitalized in the wake of Monday's train derailment near Lviv, Ukraine, and subsequent phosporous cloud. According to the Ukrainian Healthcare Ministry's spokesperson, Igor Gerych, 43 of the injured are children, 13 are firemen and three are medical personnel. None are considered to be in mortal danger, yet some cases remain at medium risk level.

Nearly 400 people are involved with the clean-up operations. Among them are military specialists for chemical warfare. The Ukrainian Army alert state was raised to “high readiness” state on Tuesday, when the scale of the accident became clear. 27 medical brigades, 13 consultants and seven specialists are inspecting the surrounding inhabited areas. Two of the fifteen phosphor containers that were involved in the accident have been raised and put on new transports; nine of them need more work to treat leaking and damaged areas. All containers are to be transported to a more secure location by Saturday.

The situation on the ground appears to be confusing. Political TV channel, Kanal 5, reports that the village closest to the accident, Ozhidovo, is still requesting volunteers to send medicines and water, as they do not have any. Journalists of three TV channels (Inter, Novyj Kanal, ICTV) needed medical care themselves after being in the village.

TV channel, UT-1 reports this evening that the Ukranian President, Viktor Yushchenko, has called an urgent meeting of the National Security Council.

The accident appears to be likely to become a topic of contention in the long-standing rivalry between the President and the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. Yesterday, the President publicly criticized the government’s work.

Politicization of the disaster is likely to be the main reason behind the extreme differences among the versions of the Ukrainian media. Some declared the accident “ended” a few hours after it occurred, while others are still making alarming reports.

On July 18, the Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) of the European Commission reportedly offered EU assistance to the Ukrainian government. The same sources say that Ukraine has not officially requested the help. Without a formal request, EU assistance cannot begin.

On the same date, NATO Spokesman in Brussels, Mr. James Appathurai, is reported by Podrobnosti to have declared that the Alliance is following the situation, and that NATO has not received any request for help from the Ukraine, either.


text:
Russia expels four UK diplomats

July 19, 2007

Russia has today expelled four UK diplomats in the ever escalating row over the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, the chief suspect in the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned with Polonium 210 in London, November 2006.

This move comes three days after the UK expelled four Russian diplomats. Russia says that the UK officials must leave within ten days and that they will review all visa applications for UK officials.

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he was "disappointed" by the "completely unjustified move". However, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he thought both countries could settle the "mini-crisis".

title: Russia expels four UK diplomats


text:
User talk:Id447

Welcome
, 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! Thunderhead - (talk) 19:48, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

High_Costs_of_Low_Prices - keep going
Talk:High_Costs_of_Low_Prices IMHO it worthy to go further with this art -- 81.240.183.121 08:22, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

title: User talk:Id447


text: User:Jersyko

title: User:Jersyko


text: File:Dow Jones Closing points July 19 2007.jpg


text:
Dow Jones Industrial closes above 14,000 for first time ever

July 19, 2007 The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), one of the main stock indices in the United States, has broken an all-time closing record, to close at 14,000.41 points which is up 82.19 points (0.59%) from its last close. Just 59 days before, the Dow hit an all-time high when it passed 13,000.

This is the first time the DJIA has ever closed above 14,000 since its debut on May 26, 1896.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index closed at 1,553.08 points which was up 6.91 points (0.45%) and the NASDAQ Composite Index closed at a six-year high to 2,724.74 points, which was up 20.55 point (0.76%).


text: User talk:Jersyko

title: User talk:Jersyko


text: Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4

title: Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4


text:
Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4/Editorial

Note from the Editors
By Thunderhead, July 19, 2007

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the new edition of the Wikinews Bulletin! Sorry, had to do it. This week, we're bringing you several new series' on the bulletin, and as always, your comments are welcome on the Bulletin's talk page.

The Bulletin is constantly looking for new editors, so if you're feeling up to it, be bold, and create a page on the bulletin. Contact a Wikinewsie who's already editing the bulletin for more information on delivery and the format.

I wish the best to everyone in thier endeavors. Thunderhead - (talk) 21:11, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

In the current issue: Editor's note · Arbitration Committee election enters voting stage · Recent blog activity · Wikinews IRC Discussion · Board Elections: Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected · Administrators and accreditations · Recent featured content · Technical Issues


text:
Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4/Arbcom

Arbitration Committee election enters voting phase
By Thunderhead, July 19, 2007

Yesterday, the Arbitration Committee election entered the voting phase, with 9 confirmed candidates. The nominees, SVTCobra, IlyaHaykinson, Cspurrier, Brianmc, Markie, Skenmy, Terinjokes, Nzgabriel, and TUFKAAP have all been confirmed, and they have began to recieve votes. One nominated user, DragonFire1024 declined his nomination, saying that he "believed he was not needed in this position at the moment". He later striked portions of his explanation.

Each nominee was given a questions page for other candidates and voters to ask questions to the candidates. These pages have been widely used, and may provide well used information to the voters of this election.

UPDATE: Skenmy has withdrawn himself from this election. Thunderhead - (talk) 12:24, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

In the current issue: Editor's note · Arbitration Committee election enters voting stage · Recent blog activity · Wikinews IRC Discussion · Board Elections: Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected · Administrators and accreditations · Recent featured content · Technical Issues


text:
Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4/Blog activity

Recent Wikinews Blog Activity
By Thunderhead, July 19, 2007

There was no new blog posts this week on the Wikinews Report blog. Comments on the Benoit stories increased, and the story regarding FOX News' copyright infringement rose to 6.

In the current issue: Editor's note · Arbitration Committee election enters voting stage · Recent blog activity · Wikinews IRC Discussion · Board Elections: Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected · Administrators and accreditations · Recent featured content · Technical Issues


text:
Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4/Board

Board Elections: Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected
By Thunderhead, July 19, 2007

This week, the Wikimedia Foundation, in partnership with the Wikimedia Election Steering Committee and Software in the Public Interest announced the results of the Wikimedia Board Election. Earning places in the Board of Trustees this year were:

 * Erik Möller (1671 votes)
 * Kat Walsh (1427 votes)
 * Frieda Brioschi (1257 votes)

Oscar van Dillen lost his position in the Board of Trustees, with only 20 votes seperating him and Brioschi. In total, 4170 eligible users cast votes in this election.

In the current issue: Editor's note · Arbitration Committee election enters voting stage · Recent blog activity · Wikinews IRC Discussion · Board Elections: Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected · Administrators and accreditations · Recent featured content · Technical Issues

title: Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4/Board


text:
Talk:Five kidnapped from Nigerian oil rig

"A Nigerian security expert says he doubts the two New Zealanders kidnapped from the oil rig will be killed. Bola Alkin says it would be unusual for the kidnappers to kill their prisoners after such an attack. He says normally all the kidnappers are doing is trying to send a message to the Nigerian government."

Err, was this intended to be copied verbatim from the sourced link? (attributed to "Reuters/Newstalk ZB") http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/1218125

--98.194.83.52 21:34, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

 * No that is a copyvio, thanks for catching it. --SVTCobra 02:30, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Might as well delete this article then. 125.238.84.184 06:41, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I've put up a correction template, if you all agree please reprotect the article.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:17, 21 July 2007 (UTC)


text:
After F1 test, Bourdais hopes to return to winning form in Edmonton

July 19, 2007 Fresh off his three-day test for Scuderia Toro Rosso at Spa-Francorchamps, three-time Champ Car World Series Champion Sebastien Bourdais hops to return to championship form at this weekend’s Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton.

Frenchman Bourdais, born and raised in Le Mans, home to one of motorsport’s Crown Jewels, The 24 Hours of Le Mans, has long aspired to driving in Formula One, considered by many to be the pinnacle of racing, and his solid test results may have brought him one step closer to landing a seat with Toro Rosso for 2008.

Bourdais’ error-free test and respectable 8th fastest time earned team co-owner Gerhard Berger’s approval who noted "Bourdais has done everything right, which is exactly what we expected of him. He has exactly the right attitude for the job."

Scuderia Toro Rosso is part of the Red Bull stable, and is considered the ‘junior team’ to Red Bull Sports Drink billionaire owner Dietrich Mateschitz’ primary Red Bull Racing F1 team. They recently picked up an option on Bourdais for 2008, an encouraging sign that the Frenchman may finally achieve his life-long goal of driving in F1. Toro Rosso is based on the former Minardi F1 team, a perennial back-marker but fan favorite. Minardi ex-owner Paul Stoddard now commandeers the new Team Minardi USA in Champ Car.

Back in North America, Bourdais readies himself for the Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton, in the unusual position of being third in points standings. Three DNF’s, stronger competition, and the parity that the new Panoz DP01 has brought to the series after the years of development that Bourdais’ team, Newman/Haas/Lanigan lavished on the previous Lola chassis had given them an on-track advantage, has resulted in Bourdais scrambling to claim his fourth consecutive title and the accompanying Vanderbilt Cup, before presumably heading off to F1.


text:
Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4/Administrators and accreditations

Recent Adminship Requests and Accredidation Requests
By Thunderhead, July 19, 2007

Daniel was granted adminship, Brian New Zealand requested bureaucratship. Skenmy's request for reconfirmation has one day left, and so far he has unanimous support.

Kartsand requested accredidation, and Loco85 did as well.

In the current issue: Editor's note · Arbitration Committee election enters voting stage · Recent blog activity · Wikinews IRC Discussion · Board Elections: Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected · Administrators and accreditations · Recent featured content · Technical Issues


text:
Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4/Featured content

Featured Content
By Thunderhead, July 19, 2007

No articles were promoted to Featured status this week.

These pictures were on the mainpage this week:

In the current issue: Editor's note · Arbitration Committee election enters voting stage · Recent blog activity · Wikinews IRC Discussion · Board Elections: Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected · Administrators and accreditations · Recent featured content · Technical Issues


text:
Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4/tech

Technical Updates and Revisions
By Thunderhead, July 19, 2007

 * A new magic word has been added to all Wikimedia wikis:  allows for changes in a page's displayed title.

 * A new MediaWiki message Mediawiki:Sp-contributions-explain has been created, which adds extra information to Special:Contributions.

 * It's now possible to style and tags using the same style= attribute as is used on HTML tags like and.

 * Previews of the licence tags available on Special:Upload are now shown when selected, providing extra legal information about the tags.

 * A new feature, Special:DeletedContributions has been added to Wikimedia wikis, which allows sysops to see deleted contributions of any user.

Source: Wikipedia Signpost

In the current issue: Editor's note · Arbitration Committee election enters voting stage · Recent blog activity · Wikinews IRC Discussion · Board Elections: Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected · Administrators and accreditations · Recent featured content · Technical Issues

title: Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4/tech


text:
Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4/IRC

Recent Wikinews IRC Channel Activity
By Thunderhead, July 19, 2007

This week, there was a lot of discussion on #wikinews about the Wikinews Weather Service, as well as "plotting interviews", according to Markie.

In the current issue: Editor's note · Arbitration Committee election enters voting stage · Recent blog activity · Wikinews IRC Discussion · Board Elections: Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected · Administrators and accreditations · Recent featured content · Technical Issues

title: Wikinews:Wikinews Bulletin/2007-4/IRC


text:
Category:Champ Car

Subcategory Champ Car

title: Category:Champ Car


text:
User talk:24.255.120.92

Welcome
Welcome!

24.255.120.92, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions 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:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Here are some other hints and tips:

 * I would recommend that you get a username. You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikinews, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires no personal information, and there are many benefits of having a username.  (If you edit without a username, your IP address is used to identify you instead.)

 * When using talk pages, please sign your name at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (~~). This will automatically produce your username (or IP address) and the 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! Additionally, thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Wikinews:Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. Jcart1534 22:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

title: User talk:24.255.120.92


text:
Talk:Web browser Firefox increases market share in Europe

biased title
The use of the term 'monopoly' for a product with many viable competitors and, by admission of the article itself, only a 66% market share, is misleading and highly biased. As a firefox user myself, I'm all for cheering it on, but I think the word 'monopoly' in the title should be changed to 'dominance' or something similar.Demiquave 23:22, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

 * The title should be changed all together, perhaps to something like "Web browser Firefox growing in popularity in Europe/Around the world." The article itself concedes that Firefox only has, on average, a 27.8% share of the European market, ranging from Finland's 45.4% to 14.6% of the people in the Netherlands. That's hardly 'dominance.' Wrc wolfbrother 17:29, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. 72.8.96.166 02:43, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

protected page edit request
Looks like wikifying for some keywords and addition of categories like Europe needs to be done, so editprotected 103.254.128.130 (talk) 14:18, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

 * Done. --Pi zero (talk) 00:08, 17 August 2019 (UTC)


text:
Argentina's first lady launches presidential bid

July 20, 2007 Current senator and Argentine First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced her presidential candidacy yesterday evening in La Plata, a city 50 kilometers (31 miles) away from Buenos Aires.

Mrs. Kirchner announced her intention to run for president at the Argentine Theatre, the same location she used to start her 2005 campaign for the Senate as member of the Buenos Aires province delegation.

A large security detail was in place at the theatre and eight city blocks were closed to traffic for the event. Outgoing Argentine president Néstor Kirchner, members of his office, and provincial governors were present at the ceremony. Julio Cobos, governor of Mendoza and possible campaign team member, was also there.

Activists from Quebracho mobilized in La Plata to protest the candidacy of the First Lady, and created some disturbances near the event. None of the protesters was arrested, according to an official spokesman of La Plata Police Station.

Recent polls indicate that Mrs. Kirchner has at least 40 percent voter support, which bodes well for winning on the first ballot in the upcoming October elections.

According to Argentine newspaper La Nación, this speech signifies that the government is attempting to show solidarity in the midst of recent scandals: Felisa Miceli's resignation to the Department of Economy after being accused of wrongdoing by a justice over the nearly $100,000 Argentine pesos and US$31,670 found in her office, and the alleged smuggling of weapons and irregularities in the office of the Secretary of Environment.


text: User:Aranae

title: User:Aranae


text:
Talk:Argentina's first lady launches presidential bid

If some english speaker can correct my grammar, I will be very grateful. Thanks, Loco085 01:42, 20 July 2007 (UTC)


title: File:19July2007.pdf


title: File:19July2007.sxw


title: File:20July2007.pdf


title: File:20July2007.sxw


text:
User:DragonFire1024/archiveApril-July2007

button!
 Vote for DragonFire!

"New lead in Madeleine McCann Case" Article Confusion
Can you please explain your reasoning behind the "cleanup" tab that you put on the article New lead in Madeleine McCann case. I have sited the whereabouts of the information from reliable sources and have put the information in my own words. What did I do wrong in that article? Firefighter04 16:57, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Could you please give me a good reason why this article needs "editorial cleanup"? This is a good news story! Read the articles I put for sources to find out why it is a good news story. Thank you. Firefighter04 17:08, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Well at the time the facts were not right. Now the lead is no lead and nothing came of it. DragonFire1024 17:38, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

ATC incident article
Hi, regarding the ATC incident article that was suspected as a copyvio (since, I've now seen, discovered not to be) but replaced anyway with my rewrite by yourself, you mention that this was all per a descision made in an IRC conversation... I wonder if you could run me through the main points of how that progressed, as I'm obviously an interested party (Just a quick list, it's more curiosity than anything, don't worry about every single detail! If you've spent more than five minutes repying you've far exceeded what I require.). If not, fair dos, but if you can, that would be great and really apreciated! Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:29, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

 * What I meant was, how was the descicion reached to use the rewrite despite the discovery that the user involved was in fact the original author? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:56, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I just reverted the tags and added the new writing as reference. After that, I had no other involvement. DragonFire1024 02:08, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * OK. Thanks anyway. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:34, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Two Katyusha rockets fired into northern Israel
"Almost a year ago, Hezbollah militants started to nearly 4,000 thousand rockets into Israel"

Should there be a word between 'to' and 'nearly'? Adambro 15:11, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I actually re-worded it. :) DragonFire1024 15:24, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Questions for the Wikipedia Signpost
Hi! My name is Ral315, and I'm the editor-in-chief of the Wikipedia Signpost, a weekly newspaper on the English Wikipedia. I'm sending out an optional questionnaire that I hope you'll respond to. These questions will be published in next week's issue, and hopefully translated into many languages and copied to the Meta-Wiki prior to the election. (So, if you speak multiple languages, it'd be fantastic, though certainly not required, if you'd be willing to translate your answers into any languages you speak fluently.)

There's no word limit on any of these questions, but I suggest that brevity (maybe about 300-400 words per answer) is best. If at all possible, answers should be submitted by 16:00 UTC on Monday, June 25 (though late responses will also be accepted).

I'm posting these to your talk pages because they don't really fit well on question pages (since many will repeat questions you've already answered). You can reply to me by e-mail, or at my English Wikipedia, English Wikinews or Meta talk pages.

Thanks again for answering these, and good luck in the elections.

Sincerely, Ral315

 * 1) Do you have any other usernames or pseudonyms?
 * No

 * 1) What current or former user rights or positions do you have, and on which projects? (i.e. administrator, bureaucrat, arbitrator, developer, steward, board member, etc.)
 * en.Wikinews Administrator

 * 1) Outside of Wikipedia, what do you do for a living?
 * I work in an upscale restaurant in Buffalo, New York.

 * 1) What languages do you speak?
 * English

 * 1) Why do you want to join the Board?  What qualities do you feel you can bring to the Board?
 * The Board needs to take more interest in the smaller projects and not ignore individual project needs. I hope to change that.

 * 1) About how much time do you think you'll put into the role?
 * As much as possible

 * 1) Ideally, where do you see the Wikimedia Foundation in 5 years?
 * The biggest provider of free information on the web.

 * 1) As a board member, how will you ensure a balance between openness and necessary privacy in board matters?
 * By allowing Board minutes to be public whenever possible.

 * 1) Recent discussion has centered around the Wikipedia and Wikimedia brands.  How do you feel the Wikimedia brands should be used, or changed?
 * We should use them in a way that we can get money for them but alos in a way that raises awareness about our organization being free to use, edit, and read.

 * 1) Wikimedia projects in developing nations are growing in popularity, but still lag far behind the more popular projects.  What steps would you suggest to improve the quality, readership, and number of editors on smaller wikis?
 * We do not advertise the Wikimedia foundation enough or its individual projects. We need to raise awareness that these projects exist and they are as free as the rest of the WMF projects.

 * 1) What do you feel should be done to increase participation on non-Wikipedia projects?
 * Well for starters, more advertisement of existing projects on other existing projects. Maybe a little outside advertisement such as a YouTube video that UCLA made about the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing, or BOINC].

 * 1) As a board member, what strategies would you consider to raise money for the Foundation?
 * Longer, more publicized fund-raisers, grant options as there are many in the US, AN EXAMPLE ONLY: adding an outside/external search engine or something that a company would pay WMF to use on their projects.

DragonFire1024 04:28, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) What else do you want to say to voters?  (This is a good place to answer a question specific to your candidacy that you think should be answered)
 * The board need diversity. We have lawyers and professionals already. The board has lost its touch with time and needs to be more of a "everyday people" Board. Our contributers are mostly that: everyday people with everyday lives. We (the various projects) also need to work more together as opposed to trying to compete with each other. Our goals are the same, to provide free information to the world, and I also think that means efficiently and collaboratively.

Elections
Have corrected it - think it should count now. --Mark Talk 09:20, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Recent image uploads
In future please upload any free images to Commons. Doing so allows them to be used on other Wikimedia projects and they can be better organised. It also makes it easier for foreign language Wikinews projects, for example, to find images to use in their stories. Uploading free images to Wikinews is deprecated, you'll note in bold text on Special:Upload it says Please upload all images under a free licence to Wikimedia Commons. I would suggest you do this. Regards. Adambro 15:49, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Regarding your reply on my talk page, thanks for getting back to me. I'm slightly surprised that you, as a Wikinews admin would take this approach, especially considering your Wikimedia board candidacy. It seems to me that an image is very unlikely without good reason so for you to upload your images here to try and avoid deletion seems unconstructive. Surely it would be better to address the concerns raised. Looking at your Commons talk page I notice you have been informed of at least some deletions and in those cases where you haven't you can of course discuss it with the admin responsible.

 * It may be useful for the purposes of this discussion if you gave me the names of some of the images deleted which prompted you to begin uploading free images here.

 * When I get chance, I work through the free image categories here and on other projects and move appropriate images to Commons so your recent uploads will probably end up there anyway. Adambro 16:04, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Reminder - Signpost questions
Remember to finish the questions above as soon as you can - this will allow me to publish them on time tomorrow. Ral315 (talk) 06:11, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

edit protection
I just saw you protected a breaking news.

Sadly it just happened at the exact moment I tried to make an entry. Can you add the entry I tried to input or give advice about how it can be corrected ?—Esurnir 19:17, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

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

Elections
Hi Jason, I havent been around here much lately unfortunately but wish to give my support for the board elections. I wish you well and you will be getting my vote. Cheers - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 11:31, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Hotel2.jpg
You may wish to be aware of this. The deletion request is made on the basis that I think the same issues apply to those images as the two at WN:DR here. Adambro 13:29, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Fox News copyvio
Wow, two whole paragraphs basically cut-and-paste. But they do attribute it to "an investigation by Wikipedia". In much of the general public's mind Wikinews or any Wikimedia Foundation project for that matter, is the same as Wikipedia. --SVTCobra 21:32, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikines is NOT wikipedia though. Regardless they copyvioed us. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 21:33, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, I sat in on the latter part of the IRC discussion. BTW, would you agree that we need to clean up and compile the OR notes on the collaboration page for Death of Nancy Benoit rumour posted on Wikipedia hours prior to body being found? For example, this stuff should be included in the notes. Just saying, as closer scrutiny is sure to follow this evening's TV interview. --SVTCobra 23:54, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Original Reporting
Hey man could you help me out with my Original Reporting article. I can't really prove what I say but, its aonline and I show everything I know in the article. Here is the article. http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Website_of_Venezuelan_National_Assembly_is_disabled_by_hacker The 13th 4postle 11:41, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Category:Image on Commons
Discussion at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Water_cooler/miscellaneous#Category:Image_on_Commons. Adambro 18:50, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Benoit Story
You left a message on my wikipedia page asking if you could ask me a few questions about the Benoit story. Sure. 216.115.162.100 09:41, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Please confirm this by logging in on the English Wikipedia, and posting a message on your user page. Thunderhead 10:11, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin Delivery

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

New Ghanaian currency introduced
I am new to Wikinews. Since you were the first to welcome me, I wonder whether you can take a look at this new article. Thanks.--Natsubee 10:22, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the edits. Much appreciated.--Natsubee 10:45, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Verify your candidate summary
Hello Jason Safoutin. There is a summary of your 2007 board elections candidate platform and answers at s:Wikisource:News/2007-07-01. Because of the great deal of text to read through for all candidates, it is possible that there are errors or omissions in your summary. Please read it and respond at m:user talk:Pathoschild or by email with any corrections or suggestions. If you'd prefer to edit the page yourself, remember that the summaries should be as neutral as possible. Thanks. —Pathoschild 16:09, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Looks good...But should reiterate more on my stance on the image resolution. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 16:23, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Thank you. Could you explain your stance on the image resolution? If I understand correctly, it is "Allow fair use, although free content is preferable." If you can summarize it more accurately, please do so— I unfortunately do not have time right now to research very deeply. :) —Pathoschild 16:42, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

 * This basically sums it up: Let me just clarify: Not all projects are drastically or in some cases slightly changed by the resolution. It would seem that the resolution favors a few projects over others, (new addition ->) and the resolution did not take into effect it would have of some projects. It should be conformed to fit the needs of each project, it does not. The definition of free was written by a board member, which is writing "free" as he sees it, and is basically his POV of free. (Good summary?) ;) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 16:52, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

 * A little long. :) How about "Allow fair use, and change the licensing policy to fit each project's needs"? Could you specify how it should be changed? —Pathoschild 02:20, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Signpost (WP)
Hi Jason, you probably already saw this already, but just in case you didn't, there's a write-up about the Benoit edits on Signpost: Wrestler death. It's a few days old. --SVTCobra 23:43, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Deletion Request
What should we do about your images in DR? It's been quite sometime, and they're still there (I never got anything back...). Counting the bold it's looks to be keep, but adambro wants us to count comments as well... terinjokes | Talk 07:51, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comments are not votes IMO. these Images have been around for over a year. They didn't have a poblem then, and they shouldn't now. I know what my rights are towards them, and I am going to continue defending them. I am not going to relisence something that is a photo, taken during a public hearing/meeting, of city officials, the press, and developers and the public. And quite honestly, this debate is getting old. If they are such a significant problem, then get rid of them. I certainly am not going to sit down and take the time to write out a fiar use rational for them especially after this long. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 18:09, 9 July 2007 (UTC)


text: File:Sebastien Bourdais9348.jpg

title: File:Sebastien Bourdais9348.jpg


text:
Violence erupts after game at 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

July 20, 2007 A representative of Chile's Under 20 team was subdued by taser after their match against Argentina in Toronto. The problem started as the Chile delegation entered the team bus.

Nathan Denette, a CP photographer, was quoted, "All of a sudden we looked over and there was a big brawl that breaks out, between four or five people. Next thing you know, the bus just unloads and there's eight, 10 players come off the bus and there's just fists flying everywhere, between the cops, the security guards, a couple of ladies were involved that were security. It looked like a big dogfight. People throwing fists and cops with their billyclubs out and then all of a sudden it got out of control and a police officer grabbed his taser gun and tasered someone - I don't know if he was a player or if he was part of the team - as soon as that happened, it got even worse. We heard this big bang...it was just commotion after commotion after commotion. Some of the players were trying to get players back on the bus. But some were furious they were trying to get back off the bus. And then they opened up the windows on the bus and were throwing things at the officers. And then all of sudden, they were trying to grab them from the inside of the bus. And it just escalated."

Police handcuffed some of the Chilean players. Many players were bleeding and screaming as they were escorted back to the dressing room.

FIFA officials were at the game. However, Toronto police took control of the situation.

This came after a very bad tempered 3-0 loss to continental rival Argentina where the referee and his assistants had to run to the tunnel after the game.


text:
Talk:Sprint Nextel customer service rep. harasses client; Sprint cancels his account

OR
I interviewed Mr. Brady in IRC. He has informed me that all of this is document through his lawyer, which should contact me on Monday. and local and federal authorities.

I am also going to e-mail Sprint. This is not ready for publish yet :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 07:05, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Brianmc e-mailed sprint, so far no reply. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 07:04, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Digg it!
This article is on Digg.com. Help to make it popular :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 23:20, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

attribute, attribute, attribute
we shouldn't be reporting without attribution, what we can't independently confirm. for eg. the headline, the lead paragraph and the synposis in the main page lead. –Doldrums(talk) 10:22, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I can't believe it
How can you publish this story without an ounce of verification? He could be making the whole bloody thing up to defame Sprint! → MR  02:23, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

(With no offense to Brady, of course; I'm speaking from a journalistic-integrity point of view.) → MR  02:44, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, he spoke to Brady's lawyer, didn't he? I suppose speaking to a public official would constitute some form of legitimacy, wouldn't it? Thunderhead - (talk) 03:42, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Lawyers are not inherently public officials. And there's no proof he spoke to any lawyer. → MR  00:41, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

 * In fact, lawyers are members of their specific State's Bar Association. They are officers of the court, therefore I suppose you can construe that to mean a public official. At least paperwork can confirm these things. --  JayH  t - wp 23:34, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

 * All speaking to the lawyer would gain you would be confirmation that this man is making these claims. You need a) some confirmation that his service was terminated (original paperwork) b) the reason stated by Sprint (should be in said paperwork) c) a good faith effort to contact Sprint PR through any channels provided on their Web site to confirm the story. All of this really must be performed before this story shows up (as it currently is) on the front page of Wikinews! The story also needs copyediting. There are a number of assertions of opinion (such as the assertion that their conversation was, "what two people would normally discuss if just chatting.") Please, retract this story for now and continue to develop it. -Harmil 14:39, 15 August 2007 (UTC)


text:
Sprint Nextel customer service rep. harasses client; Sprint cancels his account

July 22, 2007

Virginia - Joshua Brady, a former Sprint Nextel customer, has had his cellular phone account shut off, but not because he wasn't paying the phone bill, or even because he was late on payments, but because a customer service representative who assisted him, began to call him outside of her job, and make death threats to him in September of 2006. She was never fired for her actions, Brady says.

Brady has agreed to be interviewed by Wikinews to tell his story. All information and claims have been logged with Brady's attorney and federal authorities. The representative from Sprint Nextel, who for safety reasons is only being identified as Jessica, was working at the company's call center in Ontario, Canada where Brady's call to customer service was directed. According to Brady, Jessica then began to call him outside of her job duties at the call center after their first contact.

Brady called the center around 6:00 p.m. (eastern time) on a Saturday and attempted to receive help on a billing question and to find a way to stop prank calls. Brady requested a "soc code", a code placed into the phone, that would allow for the number that was pranking him to be blocked. Unfortunately, Jessica did not know what that was, but tried unsuccessfully to find it. According to Brady, the only thing she could find was "the ANI feature call centers have."

Brady then described to Jessica the billing issue he was having. He was being charged "for text messages I was not making", even though he had unlimited text messaging with his billing plan. Meanwhile, Jessica called for a supervisor to help locate the code. As this customer service request over the phone was taking quite a bit of time, the two of them then started to discuss what two people would normally discuss if just chatting; sports, the weather, movies and music and if Virginia was a nice place to go on vacation. The supervisor then came by Jessica's station with no luck on finding a code.

Later that night, around 10:30 p.m., Brady received a call. He answered it and much to his surprise, it was Jessica. He answered the phone with the usual "hello" and the voice on the other end answered with "hello Josh." Brady was "surprised" that she had not said "hello Mr. Brady."

"I then asked who it was, and she said Jessica. She told me about her day, and hoped that I did not mind her calling." Then according to Brady, she started to describe how much she hated working in a call center, and how the job "pays the bills", and asked if she could "come visit me sometime". Brady said that he "immediately started to record" the call. Brady also stated that Jessica was not aware she was being recorded, and that further conversations were recorded without her knowing.

The call lasted about 15 minutes, but Brady said she "spoke so fast and moved along through things" that he "didn't have a chance to talk if I wanted to. It [the call] ended with me interrupting her and telling her I had to go to dinner with a friend."

Brady immediately called customer care back and reported Jessica's actions to a supervisor (Jason), and the Floor Manager (Also named Jessica) at the Coos Bay call center, which is where his call happened to be directed. The advice he received was to "play along" and continue to report her actions until they could locate someone "better equipped" to handle the situation.

Jessica then began to call "about every other day or so" which turned out to be almost 30 calls, according to Brady who reported each call she made to Sprint Nextel.

Sprint Nextel then told Jessica to cease and desist all contact with Brady, but that didn't stop Jessica from contacting him. She somehow found out the screen-name of his AOL Instant Messenger account, and left messages threatening to kill him. Brady logged the messages and faxed them to Sprint, who about a week later sent Brady a letter, saying that his accounts have been terminated.

''"The purpose of this letter is to inform our that our office has received a complaint regarding your recent questionable interactions with our customer care group. Recent interactions with our company have prompted us to formally contact you. Sprint Nextel terms and conditions state that "termination of services. consistent with this agreement..."'', said the letter from Sprint Nextel.

Brady states that Jessica is still employed with Sprint Nextel, despite the fact that all instant messages left by Jessica were forwarded to Sprint Nextel.

As recently as July 10, 2007, as many as 1,000 accounts were terminated by Sprint Nextel because customers were complaining too much and asking too many questions about billing.

"While we have worked to resolve your issues and questions to the best of our ability, the number of inquiries you have made to us during this time had led us to determine that we are unable to meet your current wireless needs," said one letter to a sprint customer as recent as June 29, 2007. The letter states that the service will be terminated just one day after the letter was written despite saying they "understand switching to a new carrier causes an inconvenience."

Two weeks ago, Sprint addressed the media about the mass-cancellations. "These accounts have been researched very carefully," Sprint spokeswoman Roni Singleton said. "We feel strongly that the decisions we made, we stand by them. These decisions weren't made lightly."

"If the average person is calling less than once per month and these people are calling 40 or 50 times more, that takes away from customer service," Singleton said. "Our priority is to improve the customer experience."

Wikinews sent e-mails to Sprint Nextel on July 20 regarding the Brady incident; to date no response has been received.

Update: On July 23, 2007, Wikinews received an email response from a Sprint representative, going to some length to explain the termination of the customers who were calling up to hundreds of times a month. No information was given on the Brady case covered in this article; "customer privacy considerations" were cited as the reason and "no comment" was Sprint's reply.


text:
Body found on jetliner from China to United States

July 20, 2007 A body was found in the nose gear of a United Airlines 747 jet from Shanghai, China, which arrived in San Francisco at 7:42 a.m. (PST).

According to San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault, the man appeared to be Chinese and in his 50s, and had sustained several injuries prior to his death. Foucrault says that the man could have died from lack of oxygen, hypothermia, or being crushed by the landing gear.

The man, currently unidentified, entered the plane's wheel well, and attempted to stowaway, making him the 65th similar stowaway attempt, and the 59th death resulting from the attempts, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.


text:
Polish homosexuals flee persecution by new right-wing government

July 20, 2007

Following the rise to power of Poland's Roman Catholic right-wing government, including some openly homophobic members, Polish gay rights groups claim that thousands of Polish gays have emigrated to United Kingdom to escape increasing persecution including the Health Ministry's "special committee responsible for 'curing' gays".

The Deputy Health Minister, Marek Grafowski, stated the ministry was developing guides "to assist parents and teachers so that they can recognise any warning signs of potential 'gay behaviour'."

Guardian unlimited reports that the Polish police have also begun compiling a database on gays in Poland. Although illegal under European Union law, this is allegedly being done under the auspices of an investigation into the gay community following a bomb threat two years ago by a gay man, who was reportedly angry when a gay rights march was banned in Warsaw.

"The police are not allowed to catalogue 'homosexual data', but it's enough to look into the police investigation associated with the bomb in order to establish a list of names and addresses," said Ewa Kulesza, a former personal data protection general inspector.

Homophobia appears to be a problem beyond the government as well. One person said his doctor had referred him to a vet when he went for a check-up. "He told me there was a specialist for people like me and gave me an address. When I got there it was a vet. I called him and he said, ‘What did you expect? You are an animal’.

A gay club, Le Madame, was recently shut down by Warsaw local authorities who hired private security guards to break down the doors.

Robert Biedroń, the president of the Polish Campaign Against Homophobia society, believes that most of the Polish gays emigrate to the UK not for economic reasons but because of persecution in Poland. "Most of the people I know are now in England because of the current political situation. Not for economic reasons, but because of the persecution of homosexuals going on here. It's impossible for gays to be themselves in Poland", says Biedroń.


text:
Talk:Body found on jetliner from China to United States

So is that coroner just offering insight, or is he the one who examined the body? How the hell can one not tell if cause of death was hypothermia or being crushed by landing gear, that's pretty basic pathology, whether the trauma was port-mortem or not. Sherurcij 08:44, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That's what I was thinking. 72.8.96.166 02:44, 23 July 2007 (UTC)


text:
European Court of Justice rules ISPs not obliged to reveal identity of people suspected of illegal sharing

July 20, 2007

According the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the supreme court of European Union, the EU laws do not oblige ISPs to hand over personal data of people suspected of illegal sharing of copyrighted materials over the net.

The ECJ has been asked for a preliminary ruling on question "Does Community law...permit Member States to limit the duty of operators of electronic communications networks and services, providers of telecommunications network access and providers of data storage services to retain and make available connection and traffic information generated during the supply of an information society service to where it is required in connection with a criminal investigation or the need to protect public safety and national defence, thus excluding civil proceedings?" And its opinion, presented by advocate general Juliane Kokott, is that member states are allowed to 'exclude' revealing personal data on internet traffic in civil cases. This does not apply to criminal cases, where such compliance would be required.


text:
User talk:24.125.54.105

Welcome
Welcome!

24.125.54.105, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions 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:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Here are some other hints and tips:

 * I would recommend that you get a username. You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikinews, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires no personal information, and there are many benefits of having a username.  (If you edit without a username, your IP address is used to identify you instead.)

 * When using talk pages, please sign your name at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (~~). This will automatically produce your username (or IP address) and the 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! DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 09:05, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Three Hour Block
The Wikimedia fag just blocked you for three hours for a personal attack. Thunderhead - (talk) 13:21, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

title: User talk:24.125.54.105


text:
User talk:Rezairan

Welcome
, 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! DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 09:06, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Rezairan


text:
User talk:Vfeii~enwikinews

Welcome
, 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! DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 09:07, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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 Vfeii. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Vfeii~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 23:37, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:40, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Vfeii~enwikinews


text:
User talk:CommanderOne

Welcome
, 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! DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 09:07, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:CommanderOne


text:
User talk:83.21.9.180

Welcome
Welcome!

83.21.9.180, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions 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:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Here are some other hints and tips:

 * I would recommend that you get a username. You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikinews, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires no personal information, and there are many benefits of having a username.  (If you edit without a username, your IP address is used to identify you instead.)

 * When using talk pages, please sign your name at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (~~). This will automatically produce your username (or IP address) and the 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! DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 09:07, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

title: User talk:83.21.9.180


text:
User talk:91.198.10.2

Welcome
Welcome!

91.198.10.2, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions 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:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Here are some other hints and tips:

 * I would recommend that you get a username. You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikinews, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires no personal information, and there are many benefits of having a username.  (If you edit without a username, your IP address is used to identify you instead.)

 * When using talk pages, please sign your name at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (~~). This will automatically produce your username (or IP address) and the 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! DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 09:07, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

title: User talk:91.198.10.2


text:
User talk:Nicaholic~enwikinews

Welcome
, 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! DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 09:08, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Nicaholic~enwikinews