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User talk:NPOV~enwikinews

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Your username....
It appears that you may have already run into this at Wikipedia, but your username might be misleading to some. Please consider creating a new username under which to edit. --Chiacomo (talk) 23:56, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

 * By the way, I resent the slur related to what you think I may have run into on Wikipedia.It's not true as far as I know and I only started using this name there today; so I'd apprciate an apology for that transparent effort to make me look like a troublemaker. NPOV 00:31, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Wow; maybe I like the concept of NPOV. How is my using it misleading? Please check on the restrictions for user names before trying to tell other people what to do.NPOV 00:03, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I am not attacking your username, I'm simply asking that you change it as it may be confusing to other editors -- in that they may believe you are an official enforcer of the NPOV policy. Again, please select another username. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:09, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I would like you to change your user name. Honestly, it is difficult somehow to distinct your username and NPOV as a noun. I found difficulties how to address you on a talk page.
 * If you prefer to communicate in Japanese with me, please do it. Cheers, --Aphaia 00:12, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

In response to your comment on Talk:60th VJ Day commemorated across the world, I'm not trying to distract you... I'm simply responding to your messages as they come. Terribly sorry about all this. --Chiacomo (talk) 01:10, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

I have amended the username policy page to ask users to please not create potentially confusing usernames. I would be glad to rename your username to something else. -- IlyaHaykinson 02:37, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

 * Please request another username from IlyaHaykinson either via his talk page or by email. I am confident your position on your username will not be supported and if you continue to edit under this name, you will be blocked again. This is quite simple -- all you need to do is begin editing under another name or ask IlyaHaykinson to transfer your current edits to a new name. Again, terribly sorry about all this... --Chiacomo (talk) 03:30, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Yes, please change your name. This one is not suitable. It's not hard to do, why not just make the change and move on from all this? Dan100 (Talk) 10:58, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called NPOV. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name NPOV~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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

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Babies on U.S. no-fly lists holding up passengers

August 16, 2005

Some infants are being prevented from boarding planes at U.S. airports because their names match or resemble those listed on the United States' "no-fly list".

The Transport Safety Administration, which maintains the list, has told airlines that children under twelve should not be stopped from boarding or subjected to additional checks, even if their names are on the list. Despite this, infants whose names register with the "no-fly list" are being impeded at major airports across the nation.

The U.S. government has maintained a list of people who are barred from flying or required to pass additional security checks since before the 9/11 attacks, but the list has grown from a few dozen to more than 100,000 since then. Critics of the list, such as the American Civil Liberties Union, say not enough detail is provided on the list to accurately identify who it is meant to be targeting, resulting in innocents being snagged. The TSA is investigating 89 children who either complained themselves that their name is on the list, or had complaints filed on their behalf. Fourteen of them are babies under two.

Richard A. Altomare, Chairman of the Coalition for Luggage Security sees the babies debacle as indicative of more serious concerns; "We see articles daily about luggage and airport security. Each one contradicts what the TSA says it is doing to provide safer air travel for the public. The flying public is distracted by hopping on one foot with their shoes in one hand and their belt in another, or babies being held up because their names are the same as or similar to those of possible terrorists on the government's 'no-fly list.' But meanwhile, uninspected or minimally inspected cargo is loaded into the belly of the same plane. This just means there is no true reform, but rather a facade to give the illusion of real reform."

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Wikinews:Contributing Reporter Awards

 * See also: Trophy.

The Wikinews Contributing Reporter Awards are to mark numerical contribution milestones as Wikinewsies develop growing portfolios of published works. To claim a story, the Wikinewsie must either have started the article or contributed significant content (at least one paragraph of at least 100 words) to the article.

Wikinewsies at individual milestones
Feel free to add yourself to this list in the appropriate place.

Intern

 * User:Krisjohn
 * User:Tdreid
 * User:AlexH
 * User:Tamino
 * User:NickyJ101
 * User:Riley Huntley
 * User:Henrymyman. See my category for a list of my articles.

Cub Reporter

 * User:Chiacomo - Article list
 * User:David Vasquez - Article list
 * User:IlyaHaykinson
 * NGerda - Article list
 * User:RossKoepke - Article list
 * User:TUFKAAP
 * User:ReporterFromAfar3136
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 * User:Zachary - Article list
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 * User:Dendodge
 * User:Srinivas - Article list
 * User:AlexandrDmitri (article list on userpage)
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 * User:The New Mikemoral
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 * Hawkeye7 (Articles)
 * User:Wikiwide Manually compiled article list
 * User:Heavy Water: see my category.

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 * Davodd - Article list
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 * PVJ59-Article list
 * FellowWikiNews - Article list
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 * Steven Fruitsmaak - Article list
 * Thunderhead
 * Diego Grez Cañete (Articles)
 * User:JJLiu112 See my category for a full list.
 * Uncle_G

Lead Reporter

 * Brian McNeil
 * User:nzgabriel
 * User:CGorman - Article list
 * User:Dan100 - Article list (Although I only record articles I have started, written, and published myself - never those I just contribute to.)
 * User:Cartman02au Articles I have started
 * User:Rayboy8 - Article list
 * User:Chandlerjoeyross (Articles)
 * User:LauraHale
 * SVTCobra - Article list
 * User:Tom Morris

Featured Reporter

 * User:Tempodivalse
 * User:DragonFire1024 (Article list: My articles)
 * User:Blood Red Sandman (all articles)

Double-Star Reporter
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Earthquake strikes northeast Japan, shakes Tokyo

August 16, 2005

An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck Japan at 2:46 UTC (11:46 am local time), off the eastern coast of northern Honshu, 95 km (60 miles) from Sendai. Buildings in Tokyo, 350 km (220 miles) from the epicenter, were swayed by the trembler and trains were shut down. A tsunami bulletin was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and small tsunamis were observed thereafter. (1) (2).

Reactions and effects
As a precaution, the Tohoku Electric nuclear power plants have been shut down.

Electric supply ceased due to the earthquake in the Miyagi Prefecture and in its southern neighbor, Fukushima Prefecture, and 17,000 households in total have been affected and lost power.

Railway transports including Tōhoku Shinkansen have been stopped. Sendai Airport has been temporally closed.

No casualties have been reported. So far over 69 people have been injured in Miyagi, Iwate, Fukushima, Saitama and Tokyo Prefectures including 26 people who have been injured due to falling roof in an indoor swimming pool in Sendai. 687 houses in Tohoku region were destroyed to some extent. In addition, a house by wood in Saitama Prefecture. A female resident was trapped by this broken house and rescued after 50 minutes.


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User talk:Bj.levin

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User talk:67.71.122.213

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User talk:Novacatz~enwikinews

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User talk:70.81.3.39

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User talk:220.52.92.127

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User talk:24.10.249.91

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User talk:82.194.62.22

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User talk:Agorf~enwikinews

Hello!
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Agorf. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Agorf~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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Car bombing in Chechnya kills boy

August 15, 2005

In the city of Grozny in Chechnya, a car bomb may have killed a 10-12 year old boy and/or a 20 year old man and a woman (sources differ). The explosion wounded two other people. Grozny is the capital of Chechnya, where rebels have been waging a campaign for independence from Russia.

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Somalia food hijackers make new demands

August 16, 2005 The hijackers of a ship carrying food aid to Somalia have demanded that the food be distributed to people in their home area.

The ongoing crisis looked to be coming to an end when the WFP said an agreement had been made on 5 August, but the hijackers have told the UN IRIN news service that they have refused to sign the agreement.

Initially the hijackers asked for half a million dollars but have sinced claimed that people in their home communities have been neglected despite being badly affected by the tsunami.

Food aid to Somalia has been suspended since the hijacking over a month ago.

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Spanish helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 17

August 16, 2005 It has been confirmed that a NATO helicopter of the International Security Assistance Force has crashed near Herat, Western Afghanistan.

Two Eurocopter Cougar helicopters were apparently on a training mission for the forthcoming Afghan parliamentary elections when one of the aircraft crashed, killing twelve Spanish soldiers and five crew members. The second Cougar helicopter made a forced landing which injured five personnel.

A rescue team from ISAF was sent to the scene, evacuating the dead and wounded to a military hospital in Herat.

It is presently unknown whether the crash was the result of an accident or an attack by the Taliban or Al Qaida.

Initial reports suggest that the crash may have been caused by a sandstorm. A spokesman for the Spanish prime minister told CNN that there were no indications that the chopper was brought down by enemy fire.

Taliban commander Mullah Daldullah claimed to news agency Reuters that insurgents had shot the helicopter down.

Testimonial from one of the second helicopter soldiers would confirm the attack: "We felt a blast and fell down while turning" NATO has currently some 8,500 ISAF soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, some 800 of them are Spanish.

It had been reported that the helicopter had experienced techinical problems before takeoff.


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Plane carrying 160 crashes in Venezuela

August 16, 2005 A Colombian passenger jet carrying 152 passengers and 8 crewmembers has crashed in Western Venezuela. Officials said the plane was travelling from Panama, headed for Martinique in the Caribbean when its pilot reported engine trouble to the Caracas airport just after 3 am (07:00 UTC). The pilot reportedly asked for permission to land at Maracaibo airport shortly before the plane went missing in the remote state of Zulia, close to the Colombian border. Locals have reported hearing explosions near the scene of the crash. The crashed plane was a 19 year old MD-82 of West Caribbean Airways based in Medellín carrying the registration number HK-4374X. which was delivered only back on 10 January 2005.

The French news agency AFP reports that all passengers and crew have perished. The crash comes just two days after an airplane crash in Greece, which killed 121 people.

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Talk:Plane carrying 160 crashes in Venezuela

I hate it when this happens: the article states "AP reports", but our sources are Fox and the BBC - hmmm, third-hand news, nice :-) ! Editors may want to check AP themselves.... Dan100 (Talk) 12:01, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, Fox News syndicates AP articles that's why i wrote "AP reports". I wasn't able to find a AP story on Yahoo e.g. at the time, so took the Fox News link. --Deprifry 12:06, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

AP website like these of Reuters
AP has a website like these of Reuters, if someone find it, a link to the report about this should be added to the article. --ThomasK 13:01, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think it's possible to get AP news directly from AP. The small ticker they have on their website only links to newspapers across the US which syndicate their stories. --Deprifry 13:14, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

I was on this AP website, however I forgot to bookmark it. Now I can not find this site. It has a similar adress as hosted.ap.org. Maybe they closed it, but I don't think so. --ThomasK 13:27, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

MD-80 or MD-82?
Was the flight an MD-80 or MD-82? just read a norwegian newspaper which said MD-80... 80.202.87.177 15:05, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I believe MD-80 is the series while MD-82 is a specific model. See MD-80. --Deprifry 15:09, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * More sources saying MD-82 now.. guess it's allright then.. Minto 16:10, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

New edit
This requires some sort of link - in text, Wikipediapar, or both - to West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, and also, the Greek airline crash should be linked to Helios Airways Flight 522 too - to avoid changing the text, maybe the words "an airline crash" could be linked? Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:57, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Ok, good point. Added both to the article. -- IlyaHaykinson 01:16, 26 August 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Spanish helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 17

 * Does anyone know the stated purpose of Nato troops in Afghanistan? Is Afghanistan now part of NATO? NPOV 12:46, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This link is also in the article, btw. --Deprifry 12:49, August 16, 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Babies on U.S. no-fly lists holding up passengers

Is this for real? If so, how can anyone in their right mind trust the accuracy of any info coming out of Washington? NPOV 12:50, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

This only has one source

Tone
The overall tone of this article seems to be attacking the no-fly list (such as the reference to the ACLU's comments). If someone could fix this up and find a few more sources, it would help greatly. --Mrmiscellanious 18:04, 16 August 2005 (UTC) Good grief, it only took 10 seconds to find another dozen sources http://news.google.ca/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn&q=babies%20no-fly
 * If you do not like the ACLU comments, take them out. Why don't you find the sources? If something looks bad because it is absurd, that doesn't mean the observer is attacking it. Neutralizer 18:14, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

why didn't the people who wanted more sources put out the effort to look for more sources? Neutralizer 18:17, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep in mind most of those are just reprints of the AP story --Cspurrier 18:22, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep in mind that "most" does not mean "all" and http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050816005769&newsLang=en is a very good source. No offense, but is it normal here for a phalanx of administrators to appear to protect the image of the US government from any news stories about events that reflect badly upon that government? Obviously there have been other stories with only one source and AP is a great source; plus additional sources are available. It seems like red herrings are being used to sanitize stories about nonsensical US government activities and ,on the other hand, broad POV leniency is demanded when pushing forward a puff piece [] about celebrating US/UK war activities; complete with pseudo glamour reporting of Dukes,Palaces,Viscounts and Lords. Is this normal here on wikinews? Neutralizer 18:59, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * "Protect the image of the US government"? You must be joking, right?  Wikinews takes NO STANCE on the issue; therefore would not need to "protect the image" of the US government, because we do not attack it nor praise it.  --Mrmiscellanious 19:10, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Wikinews attracts some people with an interest in the classical newsy NPOV writing style, to a lesser extent it attracts those with a liberal bias, but it doesn't attract so many with a conservative bias.. maybe modern conservative biases are much less compatible with the medium, or the classical newsy style, or maybe they are just idiots. Anyway, some newsy-types become editors and some attack the bias they see being inserted into articles.
 * Anyway, an ACLU statment is clearly POV but they are important, they give good references, and they write clearly, so they are a good informative news source regardless of the bias.. and infinitely more quotable than most companies press releases. :)   Nyarlathotep 18:13, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
 * touche :) Paulrevere2005 01:39, 18 August 2005 (UTC)


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Interwiki on protected pages
Hi!

If you run into any protected pages you need zh interwiki links on, let me know and give me what has to be added. The one that immediately springs to mind is Template:Welcome - which doesn't desperately need an interwiki link, but for completeness should probably have one. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:15, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Regarding zh portal
Could you leave some edit summaries on your changes? Something akin to zh: would be fine, just so it's obvious what you're doing to the casual eye. Thanks! ironiridis 17:15, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Video game's secret sex scenes spark outrage

In the last paragraph, it says "Rockstar Games may do a Mandatory Recall to the current San Andreas games bought from its release in Fall 2004 to the July 20, 2004." Doesn't the July 20, 2004 date need be changed to 2005?

Everyone loves sex
Proving once again, anything naked or sex gets lots of hits, a year and a half later, its still getting lots of hits (for hits on December 1, sixth most popular article 8 500 its today (estimated) or 0.3652% of english wikinews traffic (It'd be intresting to see the referrer for these hits). Bawolff ☺☻ 08:02, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

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Brazilian shot by police on London Underground was not acting suspiciously

August 16, 2005

Documents, reportedly leaked from the investigation into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian electrician shot dead by British Police on the London Underground on 22 July reveal that Mr de Menezes was not acting suspiciously and was already restrained when shot.

Furthermore, the documents reveal that the original report given by the police and recorded on the coroners report contained many false statements. The reports suggest the police shot Jean Charles de Menezes because they mistakenly identified him as Hussain Osman, and had agreed to shoot him if he ran. Hussain Osman was suspected of having placed a faulty or mock explosive in a train.

The original reports claimed that de Menezes was acting suspiciously, was wearing a padded jacket, and ran when challenged, even vaulting the ticket barriers. However, the leaked documents, which include statements from officers involved in the operation and photographs of the scene, show that he behaved like any other commuter, used his travel pass to enter the station, even picking up a newspaper on his way. He was not challenged by police, and appears to have been unaware of being followed until after he entered the train. Photographic stills show he was only wearing a light denim jacket. It appears that he only ran in order to reach a train that was about to leave the platform.

The leaked document describes CCTV footage, which shows Mr de Menezes entered Stockwell station at a "normal walking pace" and descended slowly on an escalator.

The document said: "At some point near the bottom he is seen to run across the concourse and enter the carriage before sitting in an available seat."

An eye witness, who was sitting opposite de Menezes on the train, is quoted as saying: "Within a few seconds I saw a man coming into the double doors to my left. He was pointing a small black handgun towards a person sitting opposite me. He pointed the gun at the right hand side of the man's head. The gun was within 12 inches of the man's head when the first shot was fired."

This report is considerably different to initial reports that claimed de Menezes tripped as he fled onto the train, before being restrained by pursuing officers and shot. Photographs leaked to ITN appear to corroborate this new witness's report as they clearly show blood on the seat in which de Menezes is said to have been sitting.

Other statements suggest that the Brazilian was seated before being pinned down by a plain-clothed police officer. Plainclothed armed officers had entered the carriage at this point. Several shots were then fired and de Menezes was hit seven times in the head and once in the shoulder. Three further shots missed Mr Menezes.

A community officer's report (one of the leaked documents) confirms that Mr. de Menezes was seated and restrained at the time of being shot:

"I heard shouting which included the word ‘police’ and turned to face the male in the denim jacket.

"He immediately stood up and advanced towards me and the CO19 [the armed unit] officers …I grabbed the male in the denim jacket by wrapping both my arms around his torso, pinning his arms to his side.

"I then pushed him back onto the seat where he had been previously sitting … I then heard a gun shot very close to my left ear and was dragged away onto the floor of the carriage."

The leaked documents confirm that Police had been given permission to shoot if a suspect was non-compliant, having been told that "unusual tactics" may be required and if they "were deployed to intercept a subject and there was an opportunity to challenge, but if the subject was non compliant, a critical shot may be taken." It is thought that when he ran for the train officers felt this was suitable evidence of "non-compliance".

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said its priority was to keep Mr de Menezes family informed and refused to comment on the details of the leak.

The commission said the family "will clearly be distressed that they have received information on television concerning his death".

In an interview with the Guardian Newspaper, Asad Rehman, spokesman for the family's campaign, called for a public inquiry. "This was not an accident," he said. "It was serious neglect. Clearly, there was a failure both in police intelligence and on an operational level."

Harriet Wistrich, the family's solicitor expressed concerns, during an interview with ITN, that the Police had withheld information from the investigation for a longer period than was permitted under UK law. Ms. Wistrich also claimed, in a separate interview with the BBC, that the documents suggest that the original information given to the pathologist who carried out the post-mortem examination on Mr de Menezes was incorrect and that the information the leaked documents contained was "shocking and terrifying".

"What sort of society are we living in where we can execute suspects?" she asked in the BBC interview.

An unnamed senior police source told the Guardian that the leaked documents and statements give an accurate picture of what was known so far about the shooting. Former Flying Squad commander John O'Connor told the BBC "had the normal procedures taken place in which a warning is given and officers wear specially marked clothing then this young man may not have been killed."

The IPCC statement added: "The IPCC made it clear that we would not speculate or release partial information about the investigation, and that others should not do so. That remains the case."

Mark Oaten, Home Affairs Spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, said: "If true, these preliminary findings will create obvious concerns. It is in the best interests of the police and the community for the full report and any recommendations, to be published as quickly as possible."


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Plane carrying 160 crashes in Venezuela/Brief

A Colombian passenger jet carrying 152 passengers and 8 crewmembers has crashed in Western Venezuela. Officials said the plane was travelling from Panama, headed for Martinique in the Caribbean when its pilot reported engine trouble to the Caracas airport shortly after 07:00 UTC time this morning. The pilot reportedly asked for permission to land at Maracaibo airport shortly before the plane went missing in the remote state of Zulia, close to the Colombian border. Locals have reported hearing explosions near the scene of the crash.


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Babies on U.S. no-fly lists holding up passengers
Some infants are being prevented from boarding planes at U.S. airports because their names match or resemble those listed on the United States' "no-fly list".

The Transport Safety Administration, which maintains the list, has told airlines that children under twelve should not be stopped from boarding or subjected to additional checks, even if their names are on the list. Despite this, infants whose names register with the "no-fly list" are being impeded at major airports across the nation.

Plane carrying 160 crashes in Venezuela
A Colombian passenger jet carrying 152 passengers and 8 crewmembers has crashed in Western Venezuela. Officials said the plane was travelling from Panama, headed for Martinique in the Caribbean when its pilot reported engine trouble to the Caracas airport shortly after 07:00 UTC time this morning. The pilot reportedly asked for permission to land at Maracaibo airport shortly before the plane went missing in the remote state of Zulia, close to the Colombian border. Locals have reported hearing explosions near the scene of the crash.

Helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills 17
And, it has been confirmed that a NATO helicopter of the International Security Assistance Force has crashed near Herat in Western Afghanistan.

It is reported that two Puma helicopters collided in mid-air. Officials have said that 12 Spanish soldiers and five crew members have been killed and that five others are missing.

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Talk:Brazilian shot by police on London Underground was not acting suspiciously

Needs more sources
A story like this needs more then just one source, please add a few more and remove that tag. --Cspurrier 18:43, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

I have searched for additional sources, but this story was broken on ITV news this evening. I expect other news services are struggling because ITN will be holding on to their documents until they have milked it as far as they can, should see some addiitonal reports with this released content soon though.

Is there a way of referenceing a TV news report (can't find any video feeds for it on the internet, it was broadcast on ITN news in the UK as the main story on the six thirty news.

Merge needed
This story and Leaked documents detail suspicious character's death in London should be merged --Cspurrier 19:30, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Weasel Statements?
Editorial for spelling and structure is just fine. But Weasel statments ("some say") this report content s *facts* as reported by the mainstream press (although the same information has been available in the underground press for a long time). I've heard reports of problems wiht this kind of story on WikiNews, I hope it is not true.

Anyway, I've given you plenty of sources now. I'll wait to see what the editorial does with the story (and yes Leaked documents detail suspicious character's death in London contains more information from someone who appears to have a video of the original news broadcast as it contains what (to my addled memory) are accurate quotations from the report.

OK, you've published this now and I'm happy with the "editorial control" - given that it only consisted of spelling corrections. Seems the reports I refer to ae unfounded. Rgardler 20:43, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Headline correction
Clarified what the leak documents reveal. He was not suspicious according to the documents; there is no "may not" according to the leaked documents. Neutralizer 21:49, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
 * So, you've verified the authenticity of these documents, then? --Mrmiscellanious 21:51, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Serious! One admin. changed the headline to refer to the victim as a "suspicious character"
see below;not avialable in the article's history

There is absolutely NOTHING in this story to justify that terminology. Neutralizer 21:58, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

cur) (last) 19:14, 16 August 2005 Mrmiscellanious m (Leaked Documents Show Major Errors In Killing Of Brazilian By Police In Londom moved to Leaked documents detail suspicious character's death in London) _____________

 * I guess the guy was suspicious to the police officers otherwise they wouldn't have shot him. Obviously that suspicion was dead wrong but it was nevertheless a suspicion. --Deprifry 22:07, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

 * They thought he was one of the bombers, so there was obviously suspicion. Now please, can we do without the finger pointing?  As of now, "Neutralizer" you are very heavily stepping on the boundaries of the NPOV policy.  Igniting a fire to cover it up won't help.  --Mrmiscellanious 22:11, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Let's not be coy; the label you put on the victim was "suspicious character"; and it did not come from this story. You know that's a negative slur and so does everybody else. Neutralizer 22:52, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Mr.M I don't respond well to intimidation; especially public; even realizing you are just trying to deflect attention away from what you did with that outrageous POV insert "suspicious character". Shouldn't you be saying things like that(above) on my talk page? You can block me; I can't block you..but you already know that, don't you; but you forget one thing..this is a WIKI ; so, intimidation may work sometimes, but will ultimately fail. Please try to work collaboratively and please do not use unfounded terms like "suspicious character" against innocent dead people who aren't around to fight back.Neutralizer 22:44, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

The discussion point below was put in after the "merge" suggestion but somehow disappeared during headline changes. It is still relevant imo Neutralizer 22:31, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Please stop the POV of protecting the government
Here come the phalanx of administrators again to protect the Crown. Do not bury this story! This is a new story and the poor man was not acting like a "suspicious character" as the previous changed headline(by another admin.) claimed. Please get back to editing and writing. Neutralizer 19:44, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Nice article, but...
This has turned out to be a fairly well written article, but.... We state in this article that the documents definitively reveal certain truths about the killing -- should we say that these documents reportedly reveal these truths instead? After all, none of us have seen the complete documents (or scans or transcriptions) and none of us know what the final report will indicate. I'll echo Mark Oaten's quote from the times, "It is in the best interests of the police and the community for the full report and any recommendations, to be published as quickly as possible." --Chiacomo (talk) 05:45, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

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All quotes are taken directly from the leaked documents (as reported in the mainstream press). It true that there is no proof that the documents are not forged, but I would not like to say "reported reveal" it diminishes the importance of this story. The IPCC have not claimed that the documents are false, in fact I notice the BBC report no longer carries the IPCC quote denying any knowledge of the source fo these documents. The mainstream press carry a copy of one of the photographs of the scene, sure it could be faked, but the original TV reported stated that many of the photographs were too disturbing to be shown. They also interviewed an independant forensic examiner who believed they were genuine.

I've added "reportedly leaked" to the intro paragraph to add a little balance, I don't think this reduces the importance of the message in this story. Just in case, I added a new quote from the solictor and a new expert interviewed by the BBC. Rgardler 12:15, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Disappointed in British Police
I have had good things to say about government agencies in Britain before. I've always thought their levels of honesty and integrity were much higher than those of America's government agencies. This story truly disappoints me and reminds me of one of those old Georgia sayings; "ya lie down with dogs...and ya'll get up with fleas". Paulrevere2005 00:34, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

You clearly don't live in the UK. We just have laws that allow information to be kept from the public, it may *appear* that our agencies have high levels of "honesty and integrity", but I'm not at all convinced that they are any higher than any other countries. Power corrupts, sometimes in ways that even the individuals involved do not recognise. Rgardler 09:44, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

History & the media line
I have to say, I haven't really been following this story but it is possible that we need to be very careful of following what the rest of the media come out with.

I think it would be good if we could try and establish more facts and answers about what was originally said by who:
 * Did the police really lie through their teeth when this first happened? I have been looking through some original reports and most of the information came from the witness Mark Whitby, not the police. Mark Whitby's account now looks very false indeed. The report that he was carrying a bomb belt also came from a witness, not the police.
 * The police definitely said that they thought Menezes was a suspect and they may have said they had agreed to shoot him if he ran, I haven't got specific confirmation.
 * Did they actually say anything else themselves? If they did not, then it cannot necessarily be said that they lied/covered anything up, more that the media's willingness to report anything led them to go for the most hysterical reports.

I'm not in any way trying to justify what was done by the police, but we must be very careful about following the media's line of 'cover-up' when it may have been the media that spread a very different story (justifying what the police had done) and are now turning on the police, while maintaining a faux-sympathy for Mendezes' family who will be quite justifiably concerned that the police may have lied.

This story also shows the importance of Wikinews's source policies and a neutral point of view. Also of creating new stories so that there is a back-history. Many of the original source stories in other places have been deleted or amended.

It would be interesting to see how much we can uncover here. ClareWhite 10:39, 19 August 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:Rgardler

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

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I have been blown away by the pro-government POV inherent among several admins here. And at least one of that bunch is always online. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Neutralizer 22:35, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

I don't think so. 11:53, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Leaked documents show major errors in killing of Brazilian by police in London

This story and Menezes Was Not Acting Suspiciously should be merged --Cspurrier 19:30, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Please stop the POV of protecting the government
Here come the phalanx of administrators again to protect the Crown. Do not bury this story! This is a new story and the poor man was not,according to this story, acting like a "suspicious character" as the previous changed headline(by another admin.) claimed. Please get back to editing and writing. Neutralizer 19:44, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Serious! One admin. changed the headline to refer to the victim as a "suspicious character"
There is absolutely NOTHING in this story to justify that terminology. I am really starting to wonder about the motives of some of the admins here. Neutralizer 19:48, 16 August 2005 (UTC)


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New record time spent in space

August 16, 2005

The current International Space Station commander, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev has set a new record of a total of 748 days spent in orbit – almost 2 years, as of Tuesday August 16th, 2005. This outstrips the record set by Sergei Avdeyev's missions on Mir station.

Being in space presents many health concerns – both psychological and physiological difficulties, such as bone loss and radiation exposure. Krikalev's longterm experience of life in space could help to shed light on what physical and mental factors will be needed for future long-duration flights – such as a manned mission to Mars. University of Texas, Austin psychology researcher David Musson is studying the phenomenon of irritability, fatigue, and lack of sleep which many space-travellers experience. He hopes to determine which mental traits will help astronauts and cosmonauts deal with or avoid these problems. He also considers Krikalev's experience important for understanding ways to counter the physical side effects of space-travel, stating that "I imagine he's gotten pretty good over time in adhering to a countermeasure programme to minimise bone mass loss".

Krikalev and his American counterpart John L. Phillips are due to return to Earth on 7 October 2005, but not before celebrating Krikalev's 47th birthday in orbit. They are also expecting to perform two spacewalks. The first of these EVAs is intended to move equipment, install a television camera, and replace experiments.

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CNN headquarters infected with computer worm, exaggerates global threat

August 16, 2005

CNN television news gave extensive coverage starting around 5:30 PM EST today to a new computer virus, a worm dubbed rbot.cbq. Its reporting suggested that it had the potential to become one of the most virulent and costly yet seen. This story was unique among cyber-attacks reports as the network apparently learned of the virus through becoming one of its early victims. Media organizations ABC and the New York Times were affected as well. Perhaps first-hand experience gave the studio more insight on the virus while providing an early notice. The coverage that followed, however, raises concerns that the network's perspective was skewed, and that perhaps the damage even diminished its reporting ability.

CNN treated the story as a potential global crisis in its manner of coverage as well as in the advice given to viewers. For over 45 minutes, by one viewer's tally, CNN devoted exclusive air-time to this topic. Home users were advised to turn off their computers for safety, while businesses were warned that if continued operations prevented this measure, they were at high risk. CNN.com sported a bold red headline above its usual content area, warning of the virus. CNN stated they were requesting reports from key sources across the nation, including California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

After some time, the network eventually obtained a Microsoft statement describing the virus as "low-impact" and only affecting computers running Windows 2000. CNN also learned from Microsoft that there was a patch available at Microsoft's web site. CNN's coverage contrasted with a lack of actual evidence of widespread infections, in this reporter's view. Much of the discussion and advice came from experts probably not officially associated with CNN, so there is a question of who is at fault.

Chris Carboni of the Internet Storm Center speculated that "The fact that CNN, ABC and the NYTimes got it may be as simple as reporters from these organizations visiting the same event and connecting to an infected network. While a firewall may have protected their office network up to now, these infected laptops were able to take out the network from the inside once they connected back to it."


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To avoid duplicate articles, please merge information not found in this article to that corresponding article. Thanks. --Mrmiscellanious 22:14, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

I am not sure how to do that... 24.236.102.204 22:25, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * It's OK, all the text should go in this one now. Sorry for the confusion.  --Mrmiscellanious 22:26, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

My first article...
How y'all like it? Tom vC 03:37, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Good job! Congrats! Neutralizer 16:53, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

exageration?
are we sure about that? Neutralizer 16:53, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Well, shoot, it may be a little POV, but I have a computer degree, I saw some of the TV coverage, and boy did they blow this thing out of proportion, at first, anyway. That's what inspired me to write the article. Of course, maybe this worm will end up being the Internet Armegeddon, and the article will then look foolish. Tom vC 19:23, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Also, I don't mean to say I'm taking full credit, at all. I did most of the writing and started the article. But at the same time, other people contributed and helped a lot. My writing and thinking got pretty sloppy last night; I was staying up too late doing this :P. Also, I think there was a mistake early on--other people's articles of the worm were deleted and referred to this article when this article's specific topic was CNN's coverage and its relation to the worm rather that simply the worm. And man, I also wish I had a transcript from CNN's broadcast... Tom vC 19:31, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Hey CNN, Who's Your Daddy?
Ok, maybe this isn't the kind of headline that garners journalistic respect and Pulitzers. But in the interests of full disclosution, I had to say my inner feelings, in a way a typical old media journalist would hide. And check it out, Wikinews did better work than the befuddled mainstream press IMHO. Although, I hate to see too much anti-establishment tomfoolery, so this post is somewhat TIC (tongue-in-cheek). See Worm Infection Rates Appear to Be Low. Tom vC 23:26, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Category improvement
"Category:Media Coverage" should be changed to "Category:Media". Van der Hoorn (talk) 14:28, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Sken   my talk 18:07, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Category
edit protected Please add this article to Category:CNN. Thank you. Green Giant (talk) 01:38, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ BRS  (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:40, 13 September 2015 (UTC)


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It's okay. I know as much as you do about this site. I'm more used to Wikipedia. I don't think I'll be here on the long term. 71.247.229.99 22:38, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

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Your article
Hey there. Sorry for deleting your article, but it seemed to be a duplicate of another one already in progress (CNN headquarters infected with virus, misreports seriousness). Below is the text of article when I deleted it:

 * Major media outlets in the United States have been affected by the WORM_ARBOT.dzx computer worm. At around 5:20pm EDT, CNN reported that computers running Windows 2000 have been stricken with that worm. Cases have been reported that this began as early as 1:00pm. The worm is said to cause computers to literally trigger the computer to shut down. Reports have also been confirmed that, other outlets, and establishments across the world have been affected.

 * Microsoft had categorized this as a "Low Impact", nevertheless Windows 2000 users are asked to take precautions, especially those connected to the internet. Users are advised to not bother with the computer as of now. About 20% of the computer population uses Windows 2000. As of 6pm, the following news outlets are affected: CNN, ABC, and the New York Times Company.

Thanks for contributing, and sorry for any inconvenience. --Mrmiscellanious 22:25, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Re: Duplicates
Well, not technically. But we'd like for collaboration on one article instead of having multiple articles on one statement (just gets too messy). Feel free to edit the other article, pages are not restricted by user contributions (ie. others are freely open to edit any article, no ownership is claimed). Your article contained a lot of helpful information. --Mrmiscellanious 22:35, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

You can take this one.
I am the author of CNN headquarters infected with virus, misreports seriousness. That story was based on what I saw on the CNN cable channel. You can take over this story, I'm not sure what I'm doing here.

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Fiddle Legend Vassar Clements dead at 77

August 17, 2005

Vassar Clements, age 77, a legendary fiddle player who took bluegrass music from an obscure cultural art form to a mainstream influence, and who played on over 2000 albums, passed away at his Goodlettsville, Tennessee home August 16th 2005 at 8:35 am Nashville time (CST) from lung cancer which had metastasized to his liver and brain.

Mr. Clements taught himself to play the fiddle at age 7, and though he had no formal training was recognized as one of the world's most versatile fiddle players and was considered a virtuoso. The first song he learned was "There's an Old Spinning Wheel in the Parlor". He described his talent saying, "It was God's gift, something born in me. I was too dumb to learn it any other way. I listened to the (Grand Ole) Opry some. I'd pick it up one note at a time. I was young, with plenty of time and I didn't give up. You'd come home from school, do your lessons and that's it. No other distractions. I don't read music. I play what I hear."

He didn't always earn his living playing music, though. In the mid-1960s he was employed briefly at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where he worked on plumbing. He also performed several other blue-collar jobs including work in a Georgia paper mill, as switchman for Atlantic Coast Railroad; he even sold insurance and once owned a potato chip franchise.

In his 50 year career he played with artists ranging from Woody Herman, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band to The Grateful Dead, Linda Ronstadt and Paul McCartney, and earned at least five Grammy nominations and numerous professional accolades. He once recorded with the pop group the Monkees by happenstance, when he stayed behind after an earlier recording session. He also appeared in Robert Altman's 1975 film "Nashville".

His 2005 Grammy award for best country instrumental performance was for "Earl's Breakdown," by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and featured Mr. Clements, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs and Jerry Douglas.

Mr. Clements, whose last performance was February 4 in Jamestown, N.Y., was hospitalized earlier this year for 18 days to receive chemotherapy and other treatment. He had been diagnosed in March 2005.

Born in Kinard, South Carolina, his musical career began at age 14 when he associated with Bill Monroe, and later officially joined the Blue Grass Boys band where he remained for seven years. In 1957 he joined bluegrass band Jim & Jesse McReynolds where he remained until 1962. In 1967 he returned to Nashville where he became a much sought after studio musician.

After a brief touring stint with Faron Young he joined John Hartford's Dobrolic Plectral Society in 1971 when he met guitarist Norman Blake and Dobro player Tut Taylor, and recorded Aereo Plain, a widely acclaimed newgrass album that helped broaden the bluegrass market and sound. After less than a year he joined Earl Scruggs, who first earned widespread renown for playing the theme to sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies.

His 1972 work with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on their album Will the Circle Be Unbroken earned him even wider acclaim, and later worked with the Grateful Dead's Wake of the Flood and Jimmy Buffett's A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean.

Though he played numerous instruments, Mr. Clements indicated that he chose the fiddle over guitar recalling that, "I picked up a guitar and fiddle and tried them both out. The guitar was pretty easy, but I couldn't get nothing out of the fiddle. So every time I'd see those instruments sitting side by side, I'd grab that fiddle."

Big band and swing music were considerable influences upon his style and musical development, and he said that, “Bands like Glenn Miller, Les Brown, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James and Artie Shaw were very popular when I was a kid. I always loved rhythm, so I guess in the back of my mind the swing and jazz subconsciously comes out when I play, because when I was learning I was always trying to emulate the big-band sounds I heard on my fiddle.”

His last album 'Livin' With the Blues', released in 2004, featured guest appearances by Elvin Bishop, Norton Buffalo, Maria Muldaur and others.

Mr. Clements' daughter Midge Cranor wrote on his website that "As I was still holding his hand his breathing stopped. I looked at the clock and it was 7:20 am."

Mr. Clements' remains have been transported to Bond Memorial Chapel, 1098 Weston Drive, Mt. Juliet, TN 37122; (615) 773-2663.


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Legal age is something reached quite some time ago. For en.Wikipedia and de.Wikipedia I've contributed some articles and edits over the years. As a journalist I've been accredited at en.wikinews and accredited at de.wikinews with original contributions (Akkreditiert).
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A few details about me:

 * Biography links me to Hondelage (near Brunswick) and Bebenhausen (near Tuebingen), two rather small places near rather historic towns.

 * Working as coach and consultant with the focus on PR & marketing, and as board member at the Munich businessplan competition MBPW, where startup-companies get advice on steps beyond the first.

 * Working as main editor of the online portals | HogwartsOnline and | TolkienOnline and FB-Pages (~40.000 original visitors per month), reviewing fantasy, fairy-tales and medieval books.

 * Member of the International Arthurian Society, the society of german medievalists (Deutscher Mediävisten-Verband), the german branch of the War Resisters International, (Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft DFG-VK) and the German Green Party. Deputy spokesperson of the Baden-Württemberg branch and member of the Executive Bureau of the UEF

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 * Politics (US also, but mainly EU-politics)
 * Religion (especially the christian ecumenical ideas as Frère Roger advocated them.)
 * Fantasy (especially Tolkien and Harry Potter but also Project MyraWorld and Doctor Who.

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All active accredited reporters are now provided with an email address from the independent http://www.wikinewsie.org website. These are of the form martin.peeks @wikinewsie.org. Please contact Brianmc of you have any queries about this independent service. Congrats! Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 07:12, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Can you drop me a mail to get your wikinewsie.org stuff set up? You'll get an email address (POP & SMTP access or webmail), a shared calendar, and write access to the wikinewsie.org editors' blog. brian.mcneil @ wikinewsie.org.
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 * Everything worked out beautifully, and my article on "blogs, ebooks and pirates" in its complete form merits, IMHO, the press card I held. :-) --Gwyndon 01:26, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

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Wikinews Writing contest 2013 is here. :) Please sign up to participate?
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Re: Czech Republic introduced as Guest Country of the Leipzig Book Fair 2019
Could you expand the article? Do you plan to finish the translation? This would need to be done quickly? I'm trying to ask for help from several people who speak German.

Articles got to be at least three paragraphs long to be published, and at most 2-3 days 'old' at the time of publication. Allow one-two days for review and revisions. Gryllida (talk) 00:47, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Sure will. Planned to do the editing tonight, maybe finish it tomorrow if there are no complaints. --Gwyndon (talk) 00:50, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Great. Thank you. :-) --Gryllida (talk) 01:21, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Please review. I'm done here ;-) --Gwyndon (talk) 03:17, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I have tried to write the most useful/helpful review comments I could, given the obvious difficulties presented by the much-delayed review. Review comments.  --Pi zero (talk) 21:43, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I have tried to adress some of your comments, mainly "guest of honor" and "freshness". Will try to addressthe others soon, when time allows. --Gwyndon (talk) 01:28, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Re: Czech Republic introduced as Guest Country of the Leipzig Book Fair 2019
Abandoned. As it is original reporting, moved to your user space rather than deleting it. --Gryllida (talk) 00:16, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Aknowledged. --Gwyndon (talk) 01:01, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

How you read news
I would like to read news every day, and am looking for help. How do you read your news? What software do you use? (I use mPages RSS client for Firefox, but I would be happy to learn what you use.) --Gryllida (talk) 00:21, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
 * My actual news consumption is eclectic. I have 3 podcasts read daily to me and 3 more if I ask my intelligent speaker system (from a company that has moved on from being just an online book seller) for it; I have one national weekly newspaper (the one with the best background articles) in print and epaper plus several monthly and bimonthly magazines, sometimes including one named after the largest town in North America. I have alerts on some keywords on one news aggregator (which has moved beyond being a search engine). And use follow up on stories for which Twitter presents me the headlines by diving onto the online archives of the publications they come from, if I want to know more about a topic. All that in usually under an hour a day means: No daily newspaper on paper or epaper. --Gwyndon (talk) 01:17, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

title: User talk:Gwyndon