text:
Green Party refines 'Buy Kiwi Made' scheme

August 11, 2006

The New Zealand Government has asked the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand to start refining its taxpayer funded 'Buy Kiwi Made' scheme to also include products designed in New Zealand but manufactured elsewhere.

The Buy Kiwi Made scheme was a NZ$11 million post-election deal between the Labour Party and the Green Party.

Political experts say the reason for Labour to ask the Green party to refine the scheme was because it was afraid that companies, like clothes maker Icebreaker which manufactures its clothes outside of New Zealand would not be included.

Robert Linterman, Norsewear New Zealand CEO, said "The decision to include companies which manufacture overseas undermines the credibility of the entire campaign. We were assured that the purpose of Buy Kiwi Made was to encourage the production in New Zealand, help build up our manufacturing capability and create employment. It’s hard to see how classing Icebreaker – a company which does much of its processing and manufacturing in China – as Kiwi Made will help those achieve those aims. The Buy Kiwi Made campaign should support products which are actually Kiwi made – not just Kiwi designed."

Sue Bradford, Green MP (Member of Parliament) who is responsible for Buy Kiwi Made scheme, said she is making her proposal clearer so such companies can be associated with it and that she is confident all sides will be pleased with the final proposal. "It is good to clarify the details because there is a lot of taxpayer's money at stake," Bradford said.

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions does not want the scheme to be extended to the changes. Ross Wilson, President of the Council of Trade Unions, said "It would not be in the interests of many ordinary companies and their staff. I plan to raise union concerns with government ministers."


text:
User talk:Black-Velvet

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! --+Deprifry+ 09:39, 11 August 2006 (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
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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

title: User talk:Black-Velvet


text:
Controversial Liverpool 'Evil Cabal' blog is legal

August 11, 2006

Merseyside Police concluded after a brief inspection that the controversial blog Liverpool Evil Cabal does not break criminal law. However the council officers continue to search for the editor.

The blog has been blocked on computers controlled by Liverpool Direct Ltd, a company jointly owned by Liverpool City Council and British Telecom. The council's elected officials have denied ordering the block and are currently investigating its origin.

Previous fights between Liverpool city councillors and executive staff have resulted in controversy before, most notably in the resignation of leader Mike Storey and CEO Henshaw.


text:
Australian immigration amendments may have difficulty passing in the Senate

August 11, 2006

The Howard government's proposed amendments to immigration laws to allow offshore processing may face a difficult passage through the Australian Senate with four coalition senators refusing to state whether or not they will support the amendments. The Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill passed in the House of Representatives on Thursday, despite three coalition MPs crossing the floor to vote against the government.

On Thursday, Petro Georgiou (Kooyong, Liberal), Russell Broadbent (McMillan, Liberal) and Judi Moylan (Pearce, Liberal) crossed the floor to vote with the opposition against the government's proposed reforms. Two other coalition MPs abstained from the vote. The legislation still passed, due to the coalition's commanding majority in Australia's lower house.

In the Senate, where the government has a one seat majority, it may be difficult for the legislation to pass with coalition senators Judith Troeth (Victoria, Liberal), Marise Payne (New South Wales, Liberal), Russell Trood (Queensland, Liberal) and Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National) refusing to indicate which way they will be voting when the legislation comes before the senate on Monday or Tuesday.

The government now needs all of these senators to vote for this bill because Steve Fielding from the Family First Party has now officially announced that he will vote aganist this bill because he disagrees with sending asylum seekers to Nauru instead of being processed in Australia

Australia's major opposition party, the Australian Labor Party has urged coalition senators to follow the lead of their lower house counterparts and defeat the bill. "I do hope that in the Senate others on the Coalition, who share that view, will ensure its defeat," said Kim Beazley, leader of the opposition.


text:
UN officials push for humanitarian access in Lebanon

August 11, 2006

A U.N. Security Council proposal calls for Hezbollah to move out of the south and into positions north of the, but it makes no mention of disarmament.

According to U.N. observers, a vicious battle broke out between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters in Khiyam, which Israel says is a Hezbollah stronghold.

The U.N.'s top humanitarian official,, criticised both Israel and Hezbollah for hindering access to southern Lebanon, calling the situation a "disgrace". U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan pushed the Security Council to come up with a plan by week's end, August 12 to August 13, for ending the conflict. In a statement issued early afternoon, Annan's office said he is working "very intensely" on reaching a resolution acceptable to both Israel and Lebanon, and he repeated his call to end the fighting and "save civilians on both sides from the nightmare they have endured for the past four weeks." "The secretary-general believes that it ought to be possible for the Security Council to adopt a resolution by the end of the week," his office said.

Meanwhile, the United Nations warned of a major food crisis in Lebanon, saying that the displacement of nearly a million people has coincided with the country's main cereal harvest. Of the 915,000 people the U.N. estimates to be internally displaced in Lebanon, 45 percent are children, it said. Fighting has disrupted the delivery of food, fuel and medical supplies and devastated much of the country's infrastructure, and the U.N. said 100,000 people in southern Lebanon won't be receiving vital relief.

The emergency coordinator for the U.N., Zlatan Milisic, said no aid has been able to reach areas south of. A relief convoy planned for Nabatiya was denied IDF approval, said Milisic. The main points of a resolution to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah have been agreed to by the U.S. and France, diplomatic sources said. U.N. observers described again a vicious battle in Khiyam, which Israel said is a Hezbollah stronghold, during the Israelian advance to.


text:
Talk:Talks continue over UN resolution on Lebanon war

post-publish updates
please do not continue to update a published article with new information. create a new article instead. i've moved the updates dated 9th and 10th august to a new article UN officials push for humanitarian access in Lebanon, which is currently under development. as it says in What_Wikinews_is_not, wikinews articles are not works in progress. once an article is published, it shld be considered a historical document and not edited for anything other than spelling corrections and the like. new content belongs in a newer article. Doldrums 12:06, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


text:
Talk:UN officials push for humanitarian access in Lebanon

article creation
this article has been created by moving post-publish updates to Talks continue over UN resolution on Lebanon war to this one. it needs a summary, before publishing. see talk page of the old article for reasons, etc. Doldrums 12:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


text:
Talk:Blog about Liverpool city council causes stir

The recente change in title of this page brings me a somewhat serious concern.

It seems to indicate that Blogger.com, a company, which is owned by Google, is behind this. I believe that is incorrect, and this is just very confusing title. I would not be surprised if uninformed readers got this impression from the title, and found no counter-evidences from the text of the report.

I do not know about this matter, so I wish someone can quickly clarify on this point. Tomos 12:26, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I've read some entries on the said blog, its profile, and two sources cited in the article, and nothing indicated the involvement of the Blogger.com. So I have decided to change the page title, and alas, Doldrums have already done that. Thanks. :) Tomos 12:36, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * have posted a notice of the changes i've made at Water cooler/policy, asking for a review. Doldrums 12:44, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


text:
User talk:216.75.93.110

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:
 * 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 Wikipedia, 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! Doldrums 12:55, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

NPOV
If you're going to label something NPOV please expound on the reasoning for the tag on the discussion page. Specify in more detail where there is bias that is unsupported by facts. I think in this case you will find everything in the article is attributable to a source or related news item. There is no redeeming news about Thaksin Shinawatra, I even hear he kicks puppies. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

title: User talk:216.75.93.110


text:
Typhoon Saomai batters China

August 11, 2006 Super made landfall in the eastern province  in China around 5:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. By Friday evening Saomai had left a path of destruction in Zhejiang and neighboring province. Over 100 people have been reported dead with even more missing. An estimated 3.5 million people were affected by the storm, some 1.6 million of whom were evacuated.

Reports from the civil affairs bureau tell of large-scale material destruction. In Zhejiang, 18,000 houses were destroyed and in Fujian, 32,000. Hundreds of thousands of buildings have been damaged. Phone and power lines were knocked down and outages were wide-spread.

With wind speeds of 216 km/h (135 mph) at the time of landfall it is the strongest typhoon to hit China since August 1, 1956, when a storm with wind speeds of 244 km/h killed 4,900 people.

Emergency plans have been implemented and supplies are being sent in from other provinces. The central government has allocated 166 million yuan to assist the affected region.

title: Typhoon Saomai batters China


text:
User talk:24.195.148.215

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:
 * 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 Wikipedia, 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! F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  14:30, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

title: User talk:24.195.148.215


text: File:Google.jpg

title: File:Google.jpg


text:
Wikinews:WikiBureau Canada

WikiBureau Canada attempts to bring editors together who are working on writing and publishing articles regarding topics in Canada.

Resources

 * The following page may help with adding sources:

 * Wikinews:Global Networking Canada

Parent Bureau
WikiBureau North America

Descendant Bureaus
WikiBureau Ontario

Digests
Canada Main Digest

Editors

 * FellowWikiNews
 * Crimson (accredited reporter) 06:37, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Zanimum (accredited reporter)
 * Nikishka(New contributor)
 * Wild Wolf (New contributor) 16:15, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Sherurcij (new to Wikinews) 28 December 2006
 * February 27, 2007

Disputed stories
 category=Disputed category=Canada namespace=0 count=10 ordermethod=categoryadd suppresserrors=true addfirstcategorydate=true

Related pages to put links

 * Canada
 * North America

title: Wikinews:WikiBureau Canada


text:
7-Eleven acquires Chicago-based White Hen chain

August 11, 2006

WHP Holdings Corp., the parent company of White Hen Pantry, has been acquired by Tokyo based Seven & I Holdings Co. for $35 million from New York investment firm, Angelo, Gordon & Co. White Hen has previously declared bankruptcy. Seven & I is the owner and operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain. This is the largest buyout for the 7-Eleven brand in two decades and signals a continuance of the expansion Seven & I has pursued in recent years.

"This acquisition is a strategic fit for 7-Eleven and enhances market presence in the Chicagoland area," said 7-Eleven Inc. President and Chief Executive Joseph DePinto. The addition of White Hen stores will allow the company to increase their presence in greater Boston (55 stores) and metropolitan Chicago (206 stores) bringing their North American store count to over 7,100.


text:
User talk:Jasenlee~enwikinews

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! Doldrums 17:04, 11 August 2006 (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
 * And of course, stories need writing!

FYI
For your information: there is a New Zealand print edition. It comes out every week on Sunday (NZST) in PDF form. Click here for more information. Nzgabriel | My RfA | Talk page 20:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Formatting sources
Please format sources using * -- Cirt (talk) 06:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

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 Jasenlee. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Jasenlee~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 23:16, 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) 06:32, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Jasenlee~enwikinews


text:
Talk:Chavez equates Israel invasion of Lebanon and occupation of Palestine with Nazi oppression of Jews

This isn't newsworthy
Chavez says polarising things all the time. This isn't news, it's agenda-pushing cherry picking. Also, the final sentence/paragraph is unreadable. 83.217.158.46 17:24, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It's typical of news sources to report on the comments of heads of state — we also do this reporting for other presidents. Though I agree, this type of article (not necessarily this one on Wikinews) could've been started to point out what a whackjob the West (what with their western point of view) would think of Chavez. —     17:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

whose name is not pronounced as if it started with Sh

 * The way it looks. CHAH-vez. 149.9.0.27 08:36, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I take it, like a 'K' sound, "Ka-vez", to my ear. -Edbrown05 08:45, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * That's better than most people who Frenchify it. ;) A good example of why the US will be much better off when the Mexicans take over - Spanish is phonetic so things sound the way they look. 88.191.11.189 08:48, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * What a 5.8 earthquake in Mexico City will lead to a take-over? -Edbrown05 09:08, 12 August 2006 (UTC)


text:
User talk:Joe Vasquez

Welcome
Joe Vasquez, 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!
 * 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
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * 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!

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 will be reverted quickly. --+Deprifry+ 18:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

New York hit by Large Tsunami
Recreating hoaxes that damage Wikinews' credibility constitutes vandalism and is a blockable offense. --+Deprifry+ 18:21, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

title: User talk:Joe Vasquez


text:
U.S. issues warning of terrorist attacks in India

August 11, 2006

The United States Embassy in New Delhi, India has warned citizens in a statement on its website that "foreign terrorists, possibly members of al-Qaeda" may be planning a "series of bombings" that would take place "in or around New Delhi and Mumbai" in India before or during India's celebration of Independence Day on August 15, 2006. The statement also says that the likely "time frame" for the attacks may be around "August 11-16," 2006.

"The Embassy has learned that foreign terrorists, possibly including members of Al-Qaida, allegedly intend to carry out a series of bombing attacks in or around New Delhi and Mumbai (Bombay) in the days leading up to India’s Independence Day on August 15, 2006," said the statement.

The statement warns that "likely targets include major airports, key central Indian government offices, and major gathering places such as hotels and markets."

The statement also warns all Americans in the region to "keep a low profile" and to be "attentive" of their surroundings.

The embassy in New Delhi will be closed on August 15 in recognition of the Indian Independence Day along with the Consulates in Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta. The embassy in New Delhi and the Consulate in Chennai will be closed on August 16 in recognition of Janmashtami (Krishna Jayanthi), also an Indian holiday; however, the embassy in Mumbai and Calcutta will remain open.

The Indian Home Ministry has told New Delhi Police to step up security at all "vital installations" and also asked them to maintain "the highest state of alert."

"All vital installations like bus and railway stations, airports, metro services and government buildings are under the scanner," said Ministry officials.

The Home Ministry also said that the warning should be treated only as an "advisory."

"It is a very innocuous advisory. And that's about it. I have read the advisory. We have no comments," said home secretary VK Duggal.

Indian minister of state for external affairs, Anand Sharma said that the ministry is "aware that there is a threat, as India has been a target for militants."


text:
User talk:71.37.95.28

I am about to move your editorial piece to userspace. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:24, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

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!

—     23:35, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

From Freedom To Slavery
Please, do not repost this editorial. Not only do we not allow editorials, but it is copyrighted material from another website. You are, however, welcome to contribute non-copied news articles. —     23:35, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

title: User talk:71.37.95.28


text: Wikinews:2006/August/20/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/August/20/Latest news


text: Wikinews:2006/August/19/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/August/19/Latest news


text: Wikinews:2006/August/18/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/August/18/Latest news


text: Wikinews:2006/August/17/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/August/17/Latest news


text: Wikinews:2006/August/16/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/August/16/Latest news


text: Wikinews:2006/August/15/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/August/15/Latest news


text: Wikinews:2006/August/14/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/August/14/Latest news


text: Wikinews:2006/August/13/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/August/13/Latest news


text: Wikinews:2006/August/12/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/August/12/Latest news


text: Wikinews:2006/September/30/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/30/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/30

 category=Published category=September 30, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

fr:Wikinews:2006/septembre/30 it:Wikinotizie:2006/settembre/30 ja:ウィキニュース:2006年/9月/30日 pt:Wikinotícias:2006/setembro/30 zh:Wikinews:2006年/9月/30日

title: Wikinews:2006/September/30


text: Wikinews:2006/September/29/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/29/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/29

 category=Published category=September 29, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/29


text: Wikinews:2006/September/28/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/28/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/28

 category=Published category=September 28, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/28


text: Wikinews:2006/September/27/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/27/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/27

 category=Published category=September 27, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/27


text: Wikinews:2006/September/26/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/26/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/26

 category=Published category=September 26, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/26


text: Wikinews:2006/September/25/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/25/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/25

 category=Published category=September 25, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/25


text: Wikinews:2006/September/24/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/24/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/24

 category=Published category=September 24, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/24


text: Wikinews:2006/September/23/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/23/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/23

 category=Published category=September 23, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/23


text: Wikinews:2006/September/22/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/22/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/22

 category=Published category=September 22, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/22


text: Wikinews:2006/September/21/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/21/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/21

 category=Published category=September 21, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=false

title: Wikinews:2006/September/21


text: Wikinews:2006/September/20/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/20/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/20

 category=Published category=September 20, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/20


text: Wikinews:2006/September/19/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/19/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/19

 category=Published category=September 19, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/19


text: Wikinews:2006/September/18/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/18/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/18

 category=Published category=September 18, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/18


text: Wikinews:2006/September/17/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/17/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/17

 category=Published category=September 17, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/17


text: Wikinews:2006/September/16/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/16/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/16

 category=Published category=September 16, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/16


text: Wikinews:2006/September/15/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/15/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/15

 category=Published category=September 15, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/15


text: Wikinews:2006/September/14/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/14/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/14

 category=Published category=September 14, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/14


text: Wikinews:2006/September/13/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/13/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/13

 category=Published category=September 13, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/13


text: Wikinews:2006/September/12/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/12/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/12

 category=Published category=September 12, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

fr:Wikinews:2006/septembre/12 it:Wikinotizie:2006/settembre/12 ja:ウィキニュース:2006年/9月/12日 pt:Wikinotícias:2006/setembro/12 zh:Wikinews:2006年/9月/12日

title: Wikinews:2006/September/12


text: Wikinews:2006/September/11/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/11/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/11

 category=Published category=September 11, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

fr:Wikinews:2006/septembre/11 it:Wikinotizie:2006/settembre/11 ja:ウィキニュース:2006年/9月/11日 pt:Wikinotícias:2006/setembro/11 zh:Wikinews:2006年/9月/11日

title: Wikinews:2006/September/11


text: Wikinews:2006/September/10/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/10/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/10

 category=Published category=September 10, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

fr:Wikinews:2006/septembre/10 it:Wikinotizie:2006/settembre/10 ja:ウィキニュース:2006年/9月/10日 pt:Wikinotícias:2006/setembro/10 zh:Wikinews:2006年/9月/10日

title: Wikinews:2006/September/10


text: Wikinews:2006/September/9/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/9/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/9

 category=Published category=September 9, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

fr:Wikinews:2006/septembre/09 it:Wikinotizie:2006/settembre/9 ja:ウィキニュース:2006年/9月/9日 pt:Wikinotícias:2006/setembro/9 zh:Wikinews:2006年/9月/9日

title: Wikinews:2006/September/9


text: Wikinews:2006/September/8/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/8/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/8

 category=Published category=September 8, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/8


text: Wikinews:2006/September/7/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/7/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/7

 category=Published category=September 7, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/7


text: Wikinews:2006/September/6/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/6/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/6

 category=Published category=September 6, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/6


text: Wikinews:2006/September/5/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/5/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/5

 category=Published category=September 5, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/5


text: Wikinews:2006/September/4/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/4/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/4

 category=Published category=September 4, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/4


text: Wikinews:2006/September/3/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/3/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/3

 category=Published category=September 3, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/3


text: Wikinews:2006/September/2/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/2/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/2

 category=Published category=September 2, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/2


text: Wikinews:2006/September/1/Latest news

title: Wikinews:2006/September/1/Latest news


text:
Wikinews:2006/September/1

 category=Published category=September 1, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

title: Wikinews:2006/September/1


title: File:12August2006.pdf


title: File:12August2006.sxw


text:
Security Council backs ceasefire in Israel-Lebanon conflict

August 12, 2006

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved calling for a "full cessation of hostilities" in the Israeli-Lebanon war and for international and Lebanese troops to replace Israeli troops in south Lebanon.

The UN decree comes on the heels of an Israeli government decision to expand its offensive in Lebanon. Sources say that Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert will bring the UN resolution to cabinet for discussion on Sunday. Daniel Ayalon, Israel's ambassador to the United States, said that his government was likely to agree to the resolution.

"I do not want to preempt the Cabinet decision, but the language as I see it now — and I'm being careful — if the language of the resolution doesn't change, I view this resolution very positively and, of course, the crux is implementation," Ayalon said. "If this resolution will be enforced, then we solve the problem of Lebanon," said the Israeli envoy.

Hezbollah officials have not responded to the UN action. The Lebanese cabinet meets Saturday to discuss the resolution.

Lebanese leaders have cautiously welcomed the resolution which had been delayed for almost a week due to negotiations over its wording. U.N. Ambassador Nouhad Mahmoud of Lebanon said; "The Lebanese are not comfortable with the Israeli distinctions of what is defensive and what is offensive."

The resolution calls for Hezbollah to end its attacks on Israel and for Israel to end "offensive military operations" in Lebanon. It also raises the strength of the UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, the (Unifil), from 2,000 to a maximum of 15,000, and gives it an expanded mandate to enforce the ceasefire. A portion of the UN language expanding that force's Chapter 6 mandate reads: "Acting in support of a request from the government of Lebanon to deploy an international force to assist it to exercise its authority throughout the territory, authorizes Unifil to take all necessary action in areas of deployment of its forces and as it deems within its capabilities, to ensure that its area of operations is not utilized for hostile activities of any kind... "

The U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, responding on Friday during an interview with  to the difference between a UN Chapter 7 mandate, and the current mandate for Unifil in Lebanon said: "So this force has a big mandate, it has a robust mandate, it has a mandate that will allow it to defend itself and to defend that mandate. But it's never been the expectation that this force is going to disarm Hezbollah. That will have to be done by the Lebanese... ...Chapter 7 is very often used when a government is not prepared to accept a force. Lebanon is prepared to accept this force, but this is an absolutely robust mandate. This, by the way, is what helped the Israeli government. They were concerned earlier about the mandate. After we talked about this enhanced mandate in the revised resolution, I think the government of Israel saw that it met their needs." Israel is to withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon as UN and Lebanese troops are deployed. The resolution outlines plans for the disarmament of Hezbollah and for a settlement of the Israeli-Lebanese border. The UN also called for the unconditional release by Hezbollah of two Israeli soldiers it captured on July 12th, precipitating the conflict.

123 Israelis, including 40 civilians, and 861 Lebanese, mostly civilians, have been killed in the 31-day old war.


text:
Talk:Security Council backs ceasefire in Israel-Lebanon conflict

Non-NPOV headline
Why is the headline: UN backs Lebanon ceasefire? It is not just a ceasefire for Lebanon, it is also for Israel and Hezbollah. nzgabriel 03:35, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Article is not npov
Only israeli and american spokespeople are quoted. Even in the sources their are quotes available frim lebanese leaders. The article needs a syrian or iranian source and response if it is going to include cnn's Rice's response. Specialops 14:32, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I added some npov from cnn source but more neutral sources are needed for this article to be npov. Perhaps Reuters or arab papers. 64.229.29.66 14:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I have a little bit of a problem with with this tag, only for the reason that the laziness of the tagger failed to answer their own complaint. It is not the responsibility of a contributor to create a well balanced news story, it is the responsibility of the community. If that isn't achieved, oh well... someone reports news, you don't... you had your chance...


text: Talk:Australian immigration amendments may have difficulty passing in the Senate


text:
User:Neo139

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Neo139
 * My profile is in English Wikipedia.
 * Mijn profiel is in Engelse Wikipedia
 * Mon profil est dans Wikipedia anglais
 * Mein Profil ist in englischem Wikipedia
 * Το σχεδιάγραμμά μου είναι σε αγγλικό Wikipedia
 * Il mio profilo è in Wikipedia inglese
 * Meu perfil está em Wikipedia inglês
 * Мой профиль находится на английском языке Wikipedia
 * Mi prerfil esta en Wikipedia en Ingles

de:Benutzer:Neo139 es:Usuario:Neo139 fr:Utilisateur:Neo139 it:Untente:Neo139 nl:Gebruiker:Neo139 pl:Wikipedysta:Neo139 pt:Usuário:Neo139 sv:Användare:Neo139

title: User:Neo139


text:
User talk:Neo139

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Neo139
 * My discussion is on English wikipedia
 * Mijn bespreking is op Engelse wikipedia
 * Ma discussion est sur le wikipedia anglais
 * Meine Diskussion ist auf englischem wikipedia
 * Η συζήτησή μου είναι στο αγγλικό wikipedia
 * La mia discussione è sul wikipedia inglese
 * Minha discussão está no wikipedia inglês
 * Мое обсуждение находится на английском wikipedia
 * Mi discusión está en wikipedia inglés

title: User talk:Neo139


text:
User talk:194.54.143.6

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:
 * 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 Wikipedia, 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! Doldrums 08:40, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

title: User talk:194.54.143.6


text:
User talk:88.191.11.189

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:
 * 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 Wikipedia, 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! Doldrums 09:15, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

title: User talk:88.191.11.189


text:
British Muslims warn Prime Minister Tony Blair over foreign policy

August 12, 2006

Some of the United Kingdom's most influential British Muslims have written a letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair saying that there must be urgent changes to UK foreign policy.

In the memo, they say current government policy musters fanaticism and puts ordinary people at risk in both the United Kingdom and abroad. They also urge the Prime Minister to extend his efforts in tackling terrorism and extremism.

The letter has been signed by three Muslim Members of Parliament, three Muslim peers and thirty-eight Muslim groups including the Muslim Council of Britain, the Muslim Association of Britain, the British Muslim Forum and the Muslim Solidarity Committee.

Sadiq Khan, one of the Members of Parliament to sign the letter, condemns the Government’s stance on the Middle East. "This government has had some major foreign policy successes that have helped make the world a better place. But current policy on the Middle East is seen by almost everyone I speak to as unfair and unjust."

"Whether we like it or not such a sense of injustice plays into the hands of extremists. As moderates we will do all we can to fight extremism. We hope the government will join us in this, not just by changing the rules on hand luggage, but by showing itself as an advocate for justice in the world."

In a response to the letter, a 10 Downing Street spokesman said: "We should always remember that the terrorism affecting the West today has blighted Muslim countries for several decades. It certainly pre-dated our decision to support democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq and of course the September 11 attacks. Our foreign policy is focused on supporting the people of those countries in their desire to live in a democracy just as we enjoy in the UK."

Downing Street also said that Tony Blair "stands ready" to meet with Muslim representatives when he returns to the UK from his holiday in the Caribbean.

The letter comes after police foiled an alleged attempt by terrorists to blow up several planes travelling mid-air from the United Kingdom to the United States of America.


text:
Gevaert and Hellebaut win golden medal at European athletics championships

August 12, 2006

Kim Gevaert and Tia Hellebaut both won their finals last night in Gothenburg at the European Championships in Athletics. For Gevaert, who already won the 100m sprint three days ago and held third place in the world ranking, 22.68 seconds in the 200 metres was enough to haul in a second golden medal. Russians Yuliya Gushchina (22.93) and Natalya Ruskova (23.09) had to settle for silver and bronze. Hellebaut jumped over 2.01 metres and then only needed one attempt to cross 2.03 metres, unexpectedly winning the high jump event. Favourite Kajsa Bergqvist only finished third, after Venelina Veneva from Bulgaria, who also made 2.03 metres but needed two jumps to succeed.

As Gevaert crossed the finish line cheering, Hellebaut came to congratulate her carrying a Belgian flag. Indeed, the victory of the two 28-year old Belgian women was historical: while Hellebaut bettered the Belgian record, Gevaert was the first Belgian athlete ever to win two golden medals at the European championships. The last women to crown herself in both sprint events was Russian Irina Privalova in 1994. Francis Obikwelu also brought in a sprint double victory for Portugal on Thursday.

Gevaert credited her victory partly to Hellebaut's medal: "I screamed when my friend Tia won the high jump," Gevaert told the gathered European press. "Seeing her gave me so much motivation two minutes before my own start." And she continued: "I wonder what is going on right now in Belgium with three gold medals. It is wonderful for such a small country." Hellebaut admitted that her achievement was "...beyond all expectations."

Gevaert succeeds Muriel Hurtis as European Champion. Hurtis didn't make it past the semi-finals. Four years ago, it was Hurtis who held off Gevaert, who had to settle for silver then. "I was a lot better than four years ago in Munich, when I was four years younger and much more nervous," Gevaert explained.


text:
User:UninvitedCompany

Mainly at w:User:UninvitedCompany

title: User:UninvitedCompany


text:
Talk:Gevaert and Hellebaut win golden medal at European athletics championships

Issues for this article:
 * Could this image be used as a fair use image (because it is a screenshot?), and if so, is it worth while?
 * Please copy-edit.
 * The comment about the east-german athletes is relevant IMO to put things into perspective, and it is well documented. See also the Wikipedia doping article.
 * I've removed them because I was unsure wether there were previously 8 women winning 2 golden medals or winning 2 medals.

--Stevenfruitsmaak 13:31, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * How do I create a link to the related story Kim Gevaert wins women's 100m final at European athletics championships from 2 days ago?
 * have done the last item, using the template. Doldrums 14:04, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Oops, meanwhile I created Template:2006EuropeanChampionshipsAthletics. Maybe that's a bit over the top :-s ?--Stevenfruitsmaak 14:17, 12 August 2006 (UTC)


text: File:EAA.gif

title: File:EAA.gif


text:
User talk:Herman Downs

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! Doldrums 13:57, 12 August 2006 (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
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Herman Downs


text: File:Göteborg 2006 logo.gif

title: File:Göteborg 2006 logo.gif


text:
Template:2006EuropeanChampionshipsAthletics

 * 2006 European Championships in Athletics


text:
User talk:74.12.140.220

Welcome
74.12.140.220, 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!
 * 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
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * 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!

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 will be reverted quickly. Doldrums 14:20, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

title: User talk:74.12.140.220


text:
Talk:British Muslims warn Prime Minister Tony Blair over foreign policy

Preferably, don't use abbreviations in articles. It can lead to some confusion. MP is Members of Parliament in this case, but in other parts of the world it could mean Military Police. Clarify! --Damnedmage 14:40, 12 August 2006 (UTC)


text:
Talk:U.S. issues warning of terrorist attacks in India

Has the US govenment become terrorists? The home Minister is right, It's a very vague warning. Put in plain sight, not covertly from government to government. The act in itself is odd at best. Instilling fear in the public without any proof or specififics of any kind?

Now, please, I'm not flame baiting here. This is an honest question. And this is under the Discussion area. I am genuinely curious of how "tail wagging the dog" this is.

There are plenty of channels they could have put this information thru without instilling F.U.D in the public. And before you bring the "people have a right to know, and this way we can prepare". I ask you, how can you prepare for somthiung you have no specifics on? What could the public possibly do? nothing, just go about there day as usual. If you live in fear, than havent the terrisists won?

This move from the US seems to have no benifits other then for itself shouting "hey, we 'might' know somthing so get really scared". which in definition is promoting terrorism. Or am i missing somthing? Greenknight 16:38, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Talk pages are the discussion page for what would help improve the article, not a chat about the events reported on - we do try to discourage speculation on talk pages as it just helps divide people into factions. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:46, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Typo
"Independance" => "Independence" (2 times) Van der Hoorn (talk) 12:17, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Sken   my talk 10:40, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * There is still one instance left. Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 11:41, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ - missed one! -- Sken   my talk 14:50, 4 April 2009 (UTC)


text:
User talk:Richman06

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!

Are you going to put any content on Interview: Lil' Kim new show? I don't think any of our regular editors have an interest in an ex-popstar, plus you've given no source to develop the story from. Hopefully the above links will help. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:48, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

title: User talk:Richman06


text:
User talk:وقاص~enwikinews

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! Doldrums 17:17, 12 August 2006 (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
 * 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 وقاص. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name وقاص~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 23:41, 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) 06:41, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:وقاص~enwikinews


text:
H5N1 bird flu confirmed in the Netherlands

August 13, 2006

The Dutch government has confirmed its first H5N1 bird flu case in the country. The case was found in 2 dead young owls in a zoo in Rotterdam. A lab in Lelystad confirmed that the bird flu was first discovered after a routine test by the Wild Life Health Centre and found traces of H5N1. Further tests will be carried out due to be released in a few days.

Netherlands has never had a reported case of H5N1 before.

As bird flu can only spread by close contact, the zoo will remain open, but restrictions will be in place to protect visitors, staff and other animals.

The source of the bird flu is unknown. Staff have been given prophylactic medication.


text:
User:LikeItIs/Are we tricklin' down yet Mr. CEO?

August 12 2006 ARE WE TRICKLIN'DOWN YET MR. CEO?

Most of us had no clue in the 90's what NAFTA would mean to us-- but we're learning aren't we--the hard! way. It was  the Industrial-DEvolution of our era, the right-wing overhaul of industry sponsored aggressively and enacted by our own so-called "democratic" leadership. We've got to quit parroting their rhetoric solely because they call themselves Democrats and start watching! the DLC instead-- that would be the hummungusly powerful Clinton Money-wing of our OWN party. It may be late but better than never, to inventory what's actually been DONE in the 90's under the auspices of the party that used to represent us. Clinton, the "Unifier's," strategy-- sold us on accepting complicity between repubs. & dems. We didn't get it then, but again, it's hitting home, slowly but surely; merging the 2 parties covertly undermined representative government. Think about it, if there is just one party there are no choices and accordingly, no need to respond to, or respect the will of the people.

All the MAIN ingredients that define a democracy including the free press, were cancelled in the 90's--and so far right, Bush's failure to follow point for point, would be political suicide. Iraqi policy and the obsession with the WMD's, indeed, the pain and misery a lawless NAFTA unleashed on the world are all just a continuation of the previous ("Democratic") administration. Unfortunately for America, given the timeline of these significant events, history won't be ambiguous. The only read that makes good sense is that the "sleeping" insurgency was weaned on Clintonomics.

We are a people without representation. The danger's in the B.S., the brainwashing, the propaganda. The key to the Era of Master-Spin, was in 2 pieces of legislation one *always finds in a dictatorship : Telecommunications Act (1996) which launched the takeover of our free press by big business and the Int'l Public Information system (IPI,1999) which allows the use of "perception mgmt" (that would be "psy-ops" or psychological manipulation, better known as brainwashing) for use in "managing" the opinion of Americans. The Monica charade and his alleged "martyrdom" served Clinton well; it covered up the most radical (right-wing) revolution in the modern era. The cynicism of that era is well exemplified by the Lieberman so-called "reprimand". He was/is a close ally and lifetime friend of the Clintons who in spite of all the finger-wagging, VOTED to exonerate him on all counts. Notwithstanding his vote was correct, but c'mon guys--you could have spared us all the play-acting. When the business of government is *deceiving the people,  the only chance we have to save representative government and our democracy-- is a 3rd party.

I know I'm gonna hear from all you Clinton zealots fiercely invested in B.S. and the deeper the better (most of you with incomes and/or trust funds in the high 6, or 7 figures). I've been kept off the many so-called "Democratic" forums you fund, dominate, and sponsor, been censored, bullied, intimidated and insulted but so long as there are still a (very) few *independent forums that honor the principle of free speech, you all aren't gonna shut me up. Are we tricklin' down yet Mr. CEO?


text:
User talk:LikeItIs

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!

—     00:50, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Are we tricklin' down yet Mr. CEO?
Hello, and welcome to Wikinews! Since the article you wrote there is an editorial, I moved it as a subpage of your user page: User:LikeItIs/Are we tricklin' down yet Mr. CEO?. Feel free to write objective news articles, but keep editorials to your user space. —     00:50, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

title: User talk:LikeItIs


title: File:13August2006.pdf


title: File:13August2006.sxw


text:
User:Abc4all

So What are "Dual Global Citizens (DGC)?" [edit] [delete]

So What are "Dual Global Citizens (DGC)?"
by Burton Danet, Ph.D., Co-Founder, ABC4All

Recently "ABC4All PanAmbassador" Mr. Billy Yasin, from Accra, Ghana, one of the first to join the ABC4All Global Mentoring TEAM Project, made a series of referrals, each of which has led to cooperation/collaboration with outstanding organizations. ABC4All now cooperates/collaborates with:

The first: Center for Purposeful Living (CPL)

The second: Building a Better Future (BABF)

The third: SAVE CHILDREN NOW (SCN)

The history of the last of these referrals is detailed in a series of websites: start here.

Thus ABC4All and SCN have agreed to work together. The result?

Mutual exploration of "The Potential for Cultural Unity!"

via

Dual Global Citizens (DGC) !

DGC has NOTHING to do with the geographical location of anyone participating. If CHILDREN of the world are worth saving, then ACTION is needed NOW!

It is called, "MANDATED ACTION."

It is "What The World Needs Now!"

Please review, consider participating and then join us. Together we can make a difference and work towards a better community for all!

Respectfully,

Burton Danet, Ph.D., Co-Founder A Better Community for All (ABC4All) Foundation of A Better Community for All (FABC), A National Heritage Foundation

What are Flying Spirits? Answer!

title: User:Abc4all


text:
Australian government to introduce electronic Medicare rebates

August 13, 2006

The Australian federal government has announced that it will be introducing an electronic system for Medicare rebates within the next twelve months. Under the new system, patients will be able to receive their Medicare rebates electronically without having to visit a Medicare office.

During an interview in Sydney today, Prime Minister John Howard, along with his human services minister Joe Hockey and health minister Tony Abbott, announced that patients who pay for the services of a doctor using their credit cards will be able to receive their rebates electronically within 24 hours. Under the current system patients must visit a Medicare office to receive their rebates.

John Howard said the 80,000 people per day who queue at Medicare offices will no longer need to spend their lunch break in line at Medicare.

According to the government, doctors who bulk-bill their patients through Medicare will benefit through faster payments and reduced paperwork. "If it’s a bulk bill transaction; all they do is hand over their Medicare card," said Mr Hockey.

"The Medicare card is swiped in the EFTPOS device, all is done."

"Doctors will be rebated within 24 hours."

"Currently doctors are rebated up to 14 days for bulk bill claims."

The government claims that electronic rebates will be less expensive to process—costing only a few cents, compared to an estimated AUD $3.50 for an over-the-counter transaction. Despite this, patients who still wish to visit a Medicare office to receive their rebates will still be able to do so.

The minister for human services was quick to assure Australians that Medicare offices would remain open saying that over the past twelve months they have taken on an "expanded role" with the Family Assistance Office's services being provided in Medicare offices.


text:
Talk:Australian government to introduce electronic Medicare rebates

Original Reporting
Written entirely from the transcript of the announcement - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 12:43, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


text:
South Africa sets deadline in land transfer scheme

August 13, 2006 The South African government has set a six-month deadline for some white farmers to agree on sale prices for their farms. The government will be requiring them to sell the farms as part of its land redistribution programme.

Agriculture and Land Affairs Minister Lulu Xingwana said that if no agreement in reached in 6 months, the government could expropriate farmlands. Stating that negotiations have been too slow, in some cases taking many years, Xingwana said that some farm owners were seeking "unrealistic prices". Land owners claim they are not offered market value for their property.

The government has identified about 350 farms for which, if no deal is reached, the government will force a mandatory sale at current market prices identified by the government.

Officials said that expropriation is only a measure of last-resort and that farmers can appeal the decision in court.

The land reform programme aims to hand back land or give financial compensation to black South Africans who were forcibly removed from their ancestral homes and lands under apartheid rule. The programme was a key promise made by the African National Congress (ANC) as it came to power in 1994 and remains an emotive and politically charged issue.

Currently, about 4% of South Africa's farm land is owned by blacks, who number 42 million out of the nation's 47 million population. President Thabo Mbeki's government has set a target of transferring 30% of land to blacks by 2014. About 89% of the nearly 80,000 claims have been settled so far, and the government has spent some R2.5bn ($368m) purchasing farms from white owners. The National Land Claims Commission is entrusted with carrying out the transfers.

The reform programme had so far followed a "willing-buyer willing-seller" principle. The process had to contend with land owners challenging the validity of some claims, negotiating sale prices with current owners, and settling competing claims over the same piece of land—sometimes by tracing family trees of claimants when other documents supporting the claim did not exist.

Xingwana called on established farmers to form partnerships with new landowners and to transfer skills to new farmers, to ensure productive use of transferred lands. One criticism of the programme is that some of the transferred farms have fallen in production due to the inexperience and lack of capital among the new owners.

The government has rejected comparisons of the programme with that initiated in Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe.


text:
International AIDS conference begins in Toronto

August 13, 2006

Twenty-four thousand delegates from over 132 countries are expected to attend the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto this week

Delegates include scientists, politicians, health care workers, government and non-governmental officials, people with AIDS and celebrities. In attendance will be Bill and Melinda Gates, Bill Clinton, Richard Gere, Olympia Dukakis and Sandra Oh.

The theme of the conference is "Time to Deliver" and is meant to focus attention on the need to meet past promises to increase funding for treatment, care and prevention. The conference began on August 13th and is scheduled to end on August 18th.

There is growing frustration with the failure of developed countries to provide drugs to combat the AIDS crisis in the developing world, particularly Africa.

"What the Western world has to do is deliver on its promises, which it never does. It always betrays the people of Africa," Stephen Lewis, the UN secretary general's special envoy for HIV-AIDS in Africa, told CBC News.

In the week leading up to the conference, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates announced a donation of US$500 million spread over five years to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Gates and former US President Bill Clinton will be sharing the podium during this week's conference.

International AIDS conferences have usually been attended by world leaders, particularly the leader of the host country. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been criticized for snubbing the conference by sending his health minister, Tony Clement, to attend in his place. The prime minister, who is touring Canada's far north this week, officially declined his invitation to attend three weeks ago.

"It's a dreadful mistake in political judgment, and it's not excusable," said Lewis, who was Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations in the 1980s. "It's a lost opportunity to tell the world how Canada feels about this pandemic.

"The Arctic sovereignty issue will still be there on August 18 (when the AIDS conference ends)," said Lewis. "Forty million people worldwide carry this virus, and most will die preventable deaths. What greater scourge is there than that?"

This is the second major international event Canada has hosted which Harper has snubbed. Last month, he did not appear in Montreal for the 2006 World Outgames, a celebration of elite gay, lesbian, and transgendered athletes.

The AIDS conference is expected to be the largest in history and will be ten times the size of the first which was held in Atlanta in 1985. It has become a biennial event and is convened by the International AIDS Society (IAS), an independent association of HIV professionals, with more than 7,000 members from 153 countries.


text:
User talk:Abc4all

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!

Regarding your article
Hi, I had to delete the page you created, ABC4All, as it wasn't news. Pages in the main namespace have to be news articles; info about yourself like that should go on your user page instead. Thanks for your understanding. Tempodivalse [talk]  14:13, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

title: User talk:Abc4all


text:
User talk:RolandR

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! Doldrums 15:54, 13 August 2006 (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
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:RolandR


text:
User talk:Bill Wood

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! Doldrums 16:02, 13 August 2006 (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
 * And of course, stories need writing!

apollo tapes article
please do not modify published wikinews article. if the published version has errors in it, a correction will be issued. in the meantime, u r encouraged to create a new article, outlining the issues u had with the published article and recounting ur interactions with SMH about it. Doldrums 16:13, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Re:"suppressing the "truth""
Bill Wood, we appreciate your interest in wikinews. like in other newspapers, wikinews articles, once published, are historical documents. if they contain incorrect information, then a correction is issued, after wikinews contributors consider the case. until then, articles remain as they were published. in the meantime, u can help by detailing ur objections to the article, as u've already done so, on the article talk page. (incidentally, why are u removing ur own comments on the talk page?). i also strongly advice u to revert any changes u have made to the article after it was published and wait until other wikinewsies weigh in and consider the matter. wikinews operated on consensus and unilateral attempts to alter articles, after publication is considered to be disruptive to the functioning of wikinews.

i have also posted an alert over the concerns u have raised, to draw others into this discussion. Doldrums 16:30, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

article protected from editing
the article and its talk page has been protected from editing, in like with wikinews policies. u are, however, free to discuss the matter here or on the talk pages of other users. please ensure that u do not remove comments posted on talk pages, such "refactoring" makes it difficult for other people to follow the thread of conversation. Doldrums 16:36, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Why did Wikinews allow the many others, including yourself, if I am reading the history right, make changes, additions and deletions in the very first article? It gets more UNTRUE with each change made in the history. But, it is not OK for a person when is directly involved in the search make changes to correct statements of fact.

Please read the three page summary of the search on honeysucklecreek dot net

Bill Wood
 * the changes i have made, are to return the article to its published state, which is permitted, in fact, mandated by Policies and guidelines. please list ur objections before other editors and allow them time to consider whether a correction needs to be issued, rather than modifying a published article. Doldrums 16:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

If what you said were only true!
Doldrums

You really need to compare the original "news" article with the way it reads now. Night and Day difference. Many Conspriacy Theorists changed, added, and deleted material statements in the article. Not, spelling or punctuation errors corrected. Wholesale context changes. For instance, no where in John Satkissian's Tape Search Paper does it say the the Apollo 11 TV pictures were "projected on a screen" implying we converted the images like a movie pirate with a camcorder to make his own copy to sell on the street. Most of the changes further distorted the story.

Obvisously I do not understand the true purpose of Wikinews. It now appears that the warning that "if you don't want your story to be "mercessly" edited and changed, DO NOT SUBMIT it. How do I resign my membership and get my comments removed from this system?

 * here is the comparison between the last 5th August version and the current version. the only notable changes are
 * addition of "5 other missions"
 * link to NASA archives.
 * i don't suppose u have a problem with the latter. the former appears to be an erronous statement, and if unsupported by sources, a correction will be issued.

 * the "projected on to screen" is taken from the SMH article. note that wikinews has no special access to the "Truth", like other media, we rely on sources and sometimes, sources are fallible.

 * If you want to know about wikinews, the Mission statement and Introduction are a place to start.

 * my understanding is that u "resign" from wikinews by not making further edits, but edits u have made will continue to remain. u *may* however request personal information posted by urself on wikinews to be removed, if u wish, but ur article contributions will not be removed. Doldrums 17:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

The Two Sources Conflict with each other!
Doldrums

The second source (John Sarkissian's paper) is a totally true and accurate picture of the tapes search. The first source (Richard Macey's story in the tabloid Sydney Morning Herald is largely a work of fiction. While Richard did interview John, he, or his editors, made totally false statements about the search.

1. John never said that it was that NASA lost ALL OF THE APOLLO TV TAPES. His paper only covers the back-up tapes made to be used in case of a failure of the scan converter or a Houston video circuit outage. There were NO problems and NASA and the world received the Apollo 11 TV pictures as they were being telecast from the Moon. The primary scan-converted video recordings are still available in the National Archives and were NOT LOST. In fact you can buy DVD's of every Apollo mission's complete and total television broadcasts on Amazon. (About 50 DVD's full)

2. John never said that Goddard Space Flight Center would be CLOSED in October this year. It is the Data Evaluation Laboratory that is slated to be closed as a budget reduction measure.

3. The SMH Headline implied that it was a NASA BLUNDER that LOST MOON PICTURES. This on the FRONT Page and above the fold. I should point out that nearby headline on the same page said: "Police bury years of sex abuse shame" and a photo above the masthead shows two apparently nude men with the title: YESTERDAY'S HEROES, COUNTDOWN MELTDOWN. It might just be possible that the SMH is a tabloid that enjoys making outrageous claims as "news."

I implore you to read John's paper. Then decide if the wikinews article has any relation to the Real World.

Now how to I get it across that the current wikinews article needs to changed to remove the false and misleading parts? This kind of claptrap is hurting our search because NASA thinks we are behind this misleading information.
 * i have flagged this page as listing errors u have identified. these will be examined and a correction issued, as it appears that the article does have errors. please bear with us, as it may take some time to look thro'. the correction will look like this. Doldrums 17:54, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * does this proposed text of correction cover the problems with the article? Doldrums 18:14, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Write the correction
Hi Bill Wood, the reason why your edits were reverted over at Apollo Moon landings tapes reported missing, as it was mentioned above, is because once an article is published, it's supposed to be finished. However, since the article is very inaccurate, feel free to write the correction article at a title like Search on for missing Apollo landing tapes, and I'll post the correction notice (as is current convention). —     18:44, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The added benefit of a brief correction article is it goes on today, thus catching all the previously misinformed readers. However, is it actually an opportunity to interview some of the people interested/involved in the search for the tapes?  I know they've put a lot online - which I've yet to go through, but an informal interview can result in more useable quotes with techical details getting explained.  The significant difference you'd see with a Wikinews interview is the openness of the process that follows the interview, technical errors and misconceptions can be cleared up before the whole thing is published.  --Brian McNeil / talk 20:05, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi Brian

I am one of the two key people involved in the search for back-up slow-scan Apollo 11 Tapes. Check the Tape Search Flyer on honeysucklecreek dot net (sorry I do not know how to post a link the way others do. I am free to respond to an interview request any time.  Bill Wood August 13, 2006 1315 PDT
 * I just finished reading the article from honeysucklecreek, interesting and if a lead on the tapes comes up we'd be delighted to do a full interview with as many of the team as you can get in front of computers at once (we often interview in IRC (online chat) moderated for prepared questions, and open at the end for a free-for-all where you get good quotes as things are explained to people who haven't read the background material.) In the meantime I think we need a correction article plus the notice on the article based on the SMH coverage.  If I find some time tomorrow I'll make a start and get you to check my accuracy.
 * Incidentally, links are done by enclosing a URL in square brackets, eg . --Brian McNeil / talk 20:51, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

 * We have a correction article, as well as the correction notice, Erroneous newspaper report garners publicity for Moon landing tapes. I had intended this to be kept and worked on for a few days so we could get permission to use some of the pictures from the PDF report.  So it isn't particularly polished I'm afraid. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:41, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Some Apollo Data Background Information
I was on duty as the Unified S-band lead engineer at Goldstone during the Apollo 11 EVA. My crew was responsible for communicating with the Apollo 11 Lunar Module while it remained on the surface of the Moon. We supplied the voice, telemetry data and slow-scan television to the station recording area where the Mincom M22 telemetry recorders and RCA scan converter were located.

Data that was recorded on the station was NOT the prime source of mission data. Spacecraft telemetry data, including the astronauts PLSS systems, were decoded and sent to Houston in real time. The television data was scan converted and sent direct to Houston in real time. Voice communications with the astronauts was carried to and from Houston in real time. We had two independent microwave circuits to Houston for redundancy. The tape recorded data was considered as a backup source that would be used in case it was needed later to analyze a problem.

This happened on Apollo 13, when we played back the Command Module telemetry data at a slow speed, so we could read out the oxygen pressure data up until the tank exploded. Since the S/C antenna was driven off earth point by the explosion, the data could not be seen by the people at Houston. By rolling strip chart recording out on the floor of the control room, we were able to see the pressure spike that occurred just before the downlink dropped out.

On all of the Apollo missions we recorded the raw data for later use if it was needed. GSFC kept the data tape originals until all mission requirements for post-mission analysis were completed. To my knowledge the Apollo 11 slow-scan telemetry tapes were never requested because very excellent scan-converted tapes were available to all interested. Since the only equipment that could do the conversion worked well, no one thought that some day, 35 years in the future, a better way to convert the slow-scan tapes would be found. It was redundant data!

As a result, the Apollo mission telemetry tapes were sent to the Washington National Records Center for storage, subject to recall by GSFC in case any were needed later. GSFC did recall some tape boxes as needed. Eventually all of the Apollo telemetry were recalled by GSFC. We only found a few overlooked tapes at the NRC from the Apollo 9 mission. I suspect that the main reason for recalling the tapes was to save on the storage fees charged NASA by the NRC.

I need to emphasize that our search is NOT an official NASA activity. It is a private effort to locate the records and find out what was done with the tapes. We hope there are still some tucked away in some NASA facility. However, the tapes, not being designated as a critical source of historical data, could have been degaussed and reused for later missions. Just like television networks around the world erased television programs from the 1960's through the 1970's just so they would not have to buy new videotape. Think of all the really good TV programs that were lost forever due to this practice.

Bill Wood Barstow, CA USA

title: User talk:Bill Wood


text:
Fresh pictures of Castro and Chavez shown in Cuban media

August 14, 2006 An additional round of new photos of a recuperating Fidel Castro have been published in the Cuban media. There has been international speculation on the state of the Cuban leader's health since he temporarily relinquished power two weeks ago prior to undergoing intestinal surgery. Castro had not been seen in those two weeks, and there were rumours that he was dead or nearing death. The official Communist Party daily  today published pictures of Castro meeting Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez on the Cuban leader's 80th birthday, yesterday. The paper referred to the meeting as "three hours of emotional exchange" quoting Chavez as saying "This is the best visit I've ever had in my life." Earlier, acting Cuban leader Raul Castro made his first public appearance since taking power when he welcomed Chavez to Cuba at the airport. The brothers also appear together in one of the new photos.

The earlier round of pictures released Sunday by the Juventud Rebelde (Rebel Youth) newspaper show Castro speaking on the phone and holding Saturday's edition of the Communist Party newspaper Granma.

Castro also released a statement yesterday saying that his health had improved but that his recovery would take more time.

"To say that objective stability has improved considerably is not to invent a lie. To affirm that the period of recovery will last a short time and that there is no longer any risk would be absolutely incorrect." "I ask you all to be optimistic and at the same time to be ready to face any adverse news," said Castro, who also thanked the Cuban people for their love and support during his health crisis. The statement was the first from the Cuban leader since undergoing surgery.

Granma reported Saturday that Castro is now "up" and "working". The official newspaper reported that according to an unnamed friend of Castro "the leader of the revolution, after receiving some physiotherapy, took his first steps in the room, then, sitting on a coach, talked vividly".

Though most official celebrations of Castro's birthday have been postponed (possibly until December), three thousand well-wishers have gathered for a five-hour birthday concert on Havana's Malecon seafront boulevard.

Related news


text:
Forest fires continue to rage in Spain

August 13, 2006

Several forest fires which have ruined well over ten thousand hectares of land are continuing to burn in the Spanish region of Galicia today.

Four people have perished so far in the blazes which the government says were started intentionally by arsonists over a week ago. Police have arrested twenty-four people on suspicion of starting the fires. Among those being detained is a ninety-four year-old man.

"Those arrested are people who knew exactly what they were doing, knew they were committing crimes and went up into the hills to start fires, sometimes more than one," said the president of Galicia's regional government,.

Four hundred troops are currently in the northwestern county guarding densely-populated areas, airports and power stations. Spain's President of Government,, said earlier this week that an additional 1,200 army personnel would be sent to the area to assist the fire service.

Yesterday, flames continued to threaten Galicia, but the number of fires said to be out of control reportedly dropped thanks to the vigorous efforts of firefighters, soldiers and volunteers. Alfredo Canal, a Galician rural agency chief, told Reuters yesterday: "We have a situation that is noticeably better than in recent days."

title: Forest fires continue to rage in Spain


text:
Firefighters tackle industrial blaze in Manchester

August 13, 2006

Over fifty firefighters are damping down after a tanker exploded at an industrial unit in Salford in Greater Manchester. At one point, thick smoke could be seen drifting across Manchester city centre.

According to Greater Manchester Ambulance Service, no one has been hurt as a result of the explosion.

A fire service spokesman said a Heavy Goods Vehicle and a nearby building were engulfed in flames.

Greater Manchester Police are telling people to stay away from the Pendleton area. A spokesman said: "Officers are currently at the scene along with several fire engines including an aerial appliance. The fire has caused a large plume of smoke to form but at this stage it has not been established whether it is hazardous. It appears the fire has caused a number of small explosions within the building. As a precaution people are asked to stay away from the immediate area and those living in the immediate vicinity are being advised to stay indoors and keep all windows and doors shut as a precaution. There are no reports of any injuries."


text: File:Fideltoday.jpg

title: File:Fideltoday.jpg


text:
Dead British soldier named

August 13, 2006

The has named the British soldier who died in Afghanistan yesterday.

Twenty-six year-old Lance Corporal Sean Tansey, from the, was killed whilst mending a damaged near Sangin in  province. An inquiry into his death will now be conducted.

"Always smart, always hard working, he was a very experienced reconnaissance soldier, who was not only respected professionally but was also a charming individual, hugely popular among his peers," said Lt Col Edward Smyth-Osbourne, Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry regiment. "With his death the Household Cavalry has suffered the loss of another exceptionally talented member of the regiment."

He is the nineteenth British soldier to die in Afghanistan since operations began in 2001.

Related

title: Dead British soldier named


text:
User talk:Aborlan~enwikinews

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! Doldrums 18:23, 13 August 2006 (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
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Opps!
I the mess of the vandalism, I accidently blocked you :( Don't worry. You are unblocked. I apologize for the mistake. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:00, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for you help with cleaning up the vandalism, Aborlan. Cheers, Jcart1534 20:02, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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 Aborlan. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Aborlan~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 23:12, 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) 06:28, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Aborlan~enwikinews