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--Mrmiscellanious 00:34, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

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

Re: minor edits
Doldrums, please be advised that as that is not policy, users have the choice whether or not to follow it or not. Edits that may start out as minor can turn into somewhat major, and once that box is checked, you can't bring it back. (And with the wiki as slow as it is lately, it's really hard to do that "mistake recovery" item discussed on the page). Furthermore, I do define items such as removing a copyvio'ed image, sending an article back to develop, and changing a previous vote on a page. --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 15:09, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Public relations excercize (Iraq White House strategy)
Thank you for that excellent article. I enjoyed the read and always enjoy learning something new. Bush's Iraq 'Strategy' seen as public relations exercise -Edbrown05 00:48, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Policy proposal Re; Time limit for Administrators
hi,; hope you can support this I just put this on the watercooler policy section

This is an urgent issue that must be addressed now,imo, because an integral condition for exercising administrative authority here on wikinews is stipulated to be "You are trusted by the community"[1].

I have designed a very simple policy proposal. Our past attempts at dealing with this sensitive issue(e.g.ArbCom proposals) have been unsuccessful,imo, because of their complicatedness. I would simply ask, if possible, that this proposal be given an "up or down" vote (with associated comments of course). Any attempt to complicate OR DELAY IT (especially by existing administrators) could be seen as suspicious behavior, I think. Administrators who have the community's trust have nothing to fear with this proposal.

Proposal;

1. As of Feb.1,2006, adminships will be for a 1 year term. 2. All existing non-Bureaucrat adminships will terminate Feb. 1st. 2006.

3.Nominations for renewal of existing adminships will begin on January 24th.

SUPPORT;

OPPOSE;

COMMENTS;

Please do not edit war on a policy page.
The policy is *not* contested, the wording may be. Do not edit an established policy without gaining consensus. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 07:56, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

"edit war"? "not contested"? i think u need to explain more and label less. Doldrums 08:00, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Hi
I can't figure out whether your comment is criticizing me or complimenting me. Either way, I appreciate your feedback. ironiridis 17:28, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much. Again, I appreciate the feedback. ironiridis 17:33, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I see that. Well done. I was having a hard time locating sources for that article that weren't just angry liberal journalists. (Myself being eligible for that position, heh.) Thank you for addressing my concern. ironiridis 17:56, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I was asked this by Cartman02au as well
and I explained myself, very briefly and probably not very well, on his talk page. User talk:Cartman02au I think. Since I wrote that there has been another wheel war, another policy insertion by JWales, one of the policy proposals failed to reach consensus in a strawpoll, and there has been another round of userbox deletions. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 07:33, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I've responded on the talk page. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:37, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Moussaoui
Thanks for your work on the story. Seems you and I share similar interests in news topics :) Best regards! -Edbrown05 02:33, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Damn you!!!
Thanks for fixing my spelling mistake. :) Much appreciated. irid:t 13:56, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Brief review
I haven't fact-checked, but the writing of the article looks good. I broke up the lede to get a present tense verb in the first sentence, but an active present tense verb would be preferred; I'm too tired to come up with anything at the moment though. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 07:34, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

RE: Libby edits
It's in the article in the sources section, and for the India article, please use some common sense. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:09, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * And I am asking you to review the articles again, and then looking at my objections to it. They should be fairly obvious.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:57, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Isles' msg
Thank you for your efforts to get the stories i have tried to contribute published. Your work is much appreciated. Obviously i am having some trouble integrating myself into the wikinews system.

I have this story that I feel is of prime importance to all of us here on earth, but I am having a good deal trouble finding sources for it other than the nuclear information project sited below. He has a great deal of sources listed but I can’t locate them on the web. Here is the story as I have developed it so far. Do you have any ideas?

regards Isles 16:27, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Preemptive Strike Policy Goes Nuclear

The joint chiefs of staff of the US military have been working on two doctrines to clarify their current position on the use of nuclear weapons. The first is called The Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations (http://www.nukestrat.com/us/jcs/jp3-12_05.htm) which states in the executive summary: "The use of nuclear weapons represents a significant escalation from conventional warfare and may be provoked by some action, event, or threat. However, like any military action, the decision to use nuclear weapons is driven by the political objective sought."... “Integrating conventional and nuclear attacks will ensure the most efficient use of force and provide US leaders with a broader range of strike options to address immediate contingencies… This integration will ensure optimal targeting, minimal collateral damage, and reduce the probability of escalation.” … “Although the United States may not know with confidence what threats a state, combinations of states, or nonstate actors pose to US interests, it is possible to anticipate the capabilities an adversary might use… These capabilities require maintaining a diverse mix of conventional forces capable of high-intensity, sustained, and coordinated actions across the range of military operations; employed in concert with survivable and secure nuclear forces” … “The immediate and prolonged effects of nuclear weapons including blast (overpressure, dynamic pressure, ground shock, and cratering), thermal radiation (fire and other material effects), and nuclear radiation (initial, residual, fallout, blackout, and electromagnetic pulse), impose physical and psychological challenges for combat forces and noncombatant populations alike. These effects also pose significant survivability requirements on military equipment, supporting civilian infrastructure resources, and host-nation/coalition assets. US forces must prepare to survive and perhaps operate in a nuclear/radiological environment.”

Note: After public exposure, the Pentagon has formally canceled the Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations and three related documents. Go here for more information . The decision to cancel the documents simply removes controversial documents from the public domain and from the Pentagon's internal reading list. The White House and Pentagon guidance  that directs the use of nuclear weapons remains unchanged by the cancellation.

 The second major policy paper that the Joint Chiefs have been working and doing operational tests for, is called JCS Strategic Deterrence Joint Operating Concept (JOC), prepared by STRATCOM., or Space and Global Strike Plan. (http://www.nukestrat.com/us/stratcom/GSchron.htm ) A draft of this offensive strike plan published in February 2004, describes the role of nuclear weapons as follows:

“Nuclear weapons provide the President with the ultimate means to terminate conflict promptly on terms favorable to the United States. They cast a lengthy shadow over a rational adversary’s decision calculus when considering coercion, aggression, WMD employment, and escalatory courses of action. Nuclear weapons threaten destruction of an adversary’s most highly valued assets, including adversary WMD/E capabilities, critical industries, key resources, and means of political organization and control (including the adversary leadership itself). This includes destruction of targets otherwise invulnerable to conventional attack, e.g., hard and deeply buried facilities, “location uncertainty” targets, etc. Nuclear weapons reduce an adversary’s confidence in their ability to control wartime escalation.

These programs have undergone extensive testing and implementation http://www.nukestrat.com/us/stratcom/globalstrike.htm over the last few years with very little notice from the public or coverage by the media.

Thanks
Thank you for the advice and rapid response.I will work within the permiters you mentioned as best i am able to seperate my own motivations from this project. It is a diffacult line to walk because wikinews does ask for stories that interest me, which is a form of advocacy through point of view. On the other hand there are hundreds of places for people to editorialise on the web. That is why i stuck to qoutes from the documents themselves and cut the opinions that i had in the earlier version of this story. This is what I would call an ongoing newstory. Is there no place for that kind of news at wikinews? The pentagon has been working on this doctrine for at least five years and are continueing its developemnt and testing. But i do hear what you are saying and will look for the right event to connect with this larger story. thanks agian Isles 18:41, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Regarding my RfA
Heya Doldrums. Just wanted to drop you a note thanking you for your support of my RfA. Muchly appreciated. :) irid:t 22:36, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

About Greenpeace founder supports nuclear energy
I'd like to see the reason why he left Greenpeace listed; it may shed light onto why "his views changed". I'd also like to see a brief summary of the extreme dangers with nuclear energy, including a skim over what Chernobyl was all about. Otherwise, the article is very good. irid:t 15:53, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

hello and subst
Thankyou for welcoming people to wikinews. when you give the welcome msg could you please subst: it like so:

This way the mesg is copied to there page, so one they click the edit link, they don't edit the welcome mesg. Although that mesg is protected, its less confusing this way. It also reduces server load (by a very slight amount. so slight it proably doesn't matter). Thankyou. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:39, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying.
Thanks for reminding me that "date" indicates date of publication,not date of occurence.I'm still a newbie so I might make a few errors but I'll try and minimise them over time.PVJ 18:22, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your suggestion
If what you said on the Ulead news is true then I will agree to let it be deleted. It seems I need to study more on en WikiNews. Thanks for your suggestions. --H.T. Chien / 眼鏡虎 (Discuss|Contributions) 18:43, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi, I'm OK. Thanks for your encouragement. Regards. --H.T. Chien / 眼鏡虎 (Discuss|Contributions) 18:46, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Olive branch
I'm extending an olive branch, after I have observed your edits for the past few days and have, for the first time, realized your good-faith edits and contributions to this wiki. I am sorry for any inconveniences you may have experienced with me in the past, and apologize for not realizing your importance to this wiki sooner. I hope you'll accept this as a token of a sincere apology, and I look forward to working with you in the future. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 23:08, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Admin code
You got me :D, I suppose I should get some sleep :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 11:37, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Re:Spaces after punctuation.
Yeah sure I'll start putting spaces after punctaution marks from now on. Sorry about that :-). By the way someone created a very short article about the Sinai bombings - could you merge it with my article or redirect it to the latter or something? I'm not too sure what is to be done when there are two articles about the same thing but one of them is a stub. Thanks. PVJ 14:05, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi
Hi, thanks for welcoming me into wikinews...and sorry if I posted my post in the wrong spot, cuz I'm new..lol

... == ==

That one was the same as WikipediA's, for the most part... 68.39.174.238 23:06, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

re: ur Brian New Zealand vote
Voting is evil... But, at least on BNZ's and MrM's, I thought I should say something. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:43, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: Impersonation account
Thanks. See also here :)  Radio Kirk    talk to me   04:31, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank You
Thanks for the category change and Wikification, on the article I’ve been working on. I forgot to do it, and was about to change it when I saw it had already been done for me :) MyName 17:03, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * no sweat! happy newsing! Doldrums 17:05, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

foreign language articles
My dutch is not very good, but the articles seem to reflect the sources accurately. I did not find any other European source for the aticles, I might try again to see if anything comes up tomorrow if I have time. Did not have time to work on the "freed suspects" article (although it is interesting). Thanks for asking though, I blieve that article collaboration should be improved here. --vonbergm 05:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Australian cabinet discounted potential security risks with nuclear energy
Your title is much better. Thanks :) - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 23:04, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Warning Templates
See:Template messages/User talk namespace Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 06:42, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:Deleting for no sources.
Since there were no sources listed, and the writer of an article was a new user I assumed it was nonsense. In future I will list such articles on the appropriate page. Thank you for pointing out my mistake. PVJ  (Talk) 17:06, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome
Hi, and thanks for the quick welcome. --Elliskev 17:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Hay
Wanna hear a joke? Wazzawazzawaz 14:34, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Cartoons
Hey, I know what little so far I've tried fails to address the idea of cartoons, but what do you think? Is there a place for it? -Edbrown05 04:27, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Convenience link -Edbrown05 04:36, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I can understand chopping down a cartoon, what I can't understand is why it needs to be chopped down. -Edbrown05 04:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

!- I got a charge out of your comment, "dilute the npov requirement in policy". Of course I take that in context, and thanks for posting your thoughtful response. Hmmm... as a response to your post in its entirety, is an unsatisfactory something or other. -Edbrown05 06:56, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

image
Sure, But I need to know where the image actually is. Bawolff ☺☻ 17:41, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Should work now. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:51, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Sources tag
One source just ain't enough! I want at least two. Preferrably three. However many it takes. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 17:30, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

You idiot.
What I did was not Vandalism. It is one of the most important quotations and I think it suits you better than the one in your profile. For that matter, your whole profile is nonsense. I want to argue. Tell me where to.

Illegal
It is illegal to simulate a Sandbox area in your userpage and thereby trying to attract more users into you, especially newbies to WP. This can be used later to promote pov pushing and agenda chasing. Your position shall always be suspect at WP. If you want to come clean, please remove the area titled "Playpen" in your user page. Thanks 207.46.50.74 12:33, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * this is "WN"; if u're looking for WP, go here. Doldrums 12:37, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

No, there is no much of a differnce between Engineering news and science and technology news. It is just becouse Engineering potal in wikipedia has a link.

No.

Thanks
Thanks for the Welcome message on my talk page. --GW Simulations 19:46, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello.
Think you are my old time pal. Wanted to say Hi. So HI.

Pandoo 12:54, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks Pandoo 17:23, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Condemnation
Why are you so afraid of the word "condemnation"? If you take a look around you'll see that the BBC, Reuters, Associated Press and CNN use "condemn"/"condemnation" in their reports. When BBC use the word, I see no reason why we shouldn't. --Jambalaya 13:04, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't know what BBC article you have read, but it says: "World powers have condemned North Korea for test-firing a series of missiles, including one thought capable of reaching the US." I won't bother changing the word again, but you shouldn't push the NPOV too far. And it would be polite of you if you responded to my correspondance. --Jambalaya 13:51, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

ken lay
I don't edit much over here, so sorry if I created a dupe in a careless way. I tried to search for existing articles before creating Ken Lay dies of heart attack. Anyway, I added what I had to the other article.--Birdmessenger 14:33, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Article title strawpoll
Please participate in the strawpoll for the final title of US soldier arrested for rape and four murders in Iraq. —     19:29, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I added an American flag to the article because the accused is an American. If you have any objections, express them on the talk-page. PVJ [[Image:Flag of India.svg|25px]] (Talk) 11:10, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I renamed the article because 1)It is fast becoming old news and this title seems to be quite reasonable and 2)The earlier rename was put in place before the strawpoll ended and 3)The other alternative would be to change the title to "The title of this article is currently disputed". PVJ [[Image:Flag of India.svg|25px]] (Talk) 13:10, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The Whatwoudia article?
I don't quite understand which article you're talking about. —     04:35, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

thanks!
As a matter of fact, I had never come across it, but I've bookmarked it for future reference.--Birdmessenger 19:50, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Copyright Vio on Red Sox Article
Hi. You placed the copyright vio tag on the Red Sox article that I wrote. I did not copy the article from the source. I did, however use some info from the article. Is that copyright vio? (Mikeb423)

Agni III
Yes, I recall that the initial reports termed it a success. I was not sure how WN shall report it. Hence I changed the title and updated the article with some info. However, if the community finds it better to have a separate update, please revert the article, and have the new information in a separate article. Thanks. Pandoo 18:39, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

How to undo a move
To undo a move, you simply go to the page it's been moved to, hit the "rename" button, and rename it back to the old title. What you did was that you undid the automatic redirect, so now we have an edit history spread across two pages. I've been looking to see if there's anything we can do about it, but until then we can live with it. —     07:35, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Regular editors, if I can recall, can move over redirects. If you couldn't, then you should've asked at WN:ALERT. —     07:45, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:BozMo

Hello everyone. I am normally BozMo at wikipedia but haven't sussed the interwiki syntax yet
 * We use Main page go get links to Wikipedia. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:50, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I wrote that quite a long time ago! Anyway I am w:user:BozMo and an admin on Wikipedia, and the main contact for the Schools Wikipedia... thanks.BozMo (talk) 20:20, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:LuckyJim

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User talk:Wilyap81

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User talk:Drhammo~enwikinews

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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Moktar. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Moktar~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 23:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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User talk:Kydurbie

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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User talk:Playstationman

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User talk:Nojobwanted

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User talk:Pk4ip~enwikinews

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Pk4ip. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Pk4ip~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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User talk:Reboot~enwikinews

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

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Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:24, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Benglish1124~enwikinews

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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 Benglish1124. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Benglish1124~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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User talk:Physicsdavid~enwikinews

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

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Sorry for the inconvenience.

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

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User talk:Dougie~enwikinews

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

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Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:16, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Drgs100~enwikinews

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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 Drgs100. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Drgs100~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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User talk:Newslive~enwikinews

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

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

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User talk:Sam Chen~enwikinews

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

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User talk:Cfagan

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User talk:Sumanfreak

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

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Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:33, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:24.91.21.117

Welcome
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User:Shii

I am Ashibaka, roving reporter.

I wrote these stories:
 * Internet backbone hosts feud, disconnecting users
 * Saudi Arabia blocks access to Blogger, Flickr, LiveJournal
 * Bloggers investigate social networking websites
 * BrasilTelecom blocks YouTube
 * Japanese court plans to seize control of 2channel
 * U.S. House Republicans continue speaking after lights turn off
 * Yoshihiko Noda appointed Prime Minister of Japan (deleted as not news)

Navigation

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Talk:Threat on New York City subway system heightens security alert level

Isnt it spelled 'heighten?'

Indeed it is.--Jonathonjones 01:08, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Sourcing and coroborataion
I just heard on WINS that the bomb threat was supposed to be a baby stroller filled with explosives. How would I soruce something I've heard on-air, and can anyone corroborate this report?
 * - NeoAmsterdam 04:00, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

I heard from ctv.ca that they had talked to a police offer who spoke to them under anoynimity. The officer said it could be a baby-stroller filled. I decided not to include it as it was not very fatcual. If someone else wanted to they could. It is already cited.
 * Flying Canuck 15:49, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, Flying Canuck.
 * NeoAmsterdam 16:18, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

No longer breaking...Flying Canuck 02:45, 8 October 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:69.205.50.7

Welcome
Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. 69.205.50.7, welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

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User talk:24.80.39.219

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Australian Immigration department removal of citizen was unlawful

October 7, 2005 An independent investigation, headed by former Victorian Police Commissioner Neil Comrie, has revealed that Australian immigration department officials wrongfully deported the Australian citizen Vivian Solon to the Philippines. Ms Solon was deported in March 2001, after falling under suspicion as an illegal immigrant while she was in hospital after an accident. She was still in poor health when she was deported, and her five year old son was left behind in foster care. The mistake was not officially recognised until April 2005.

Senior officials knew of the mistake in July 2003, but neglected to correct it. In the end, it was only through the efforts of her former husband, Robert Young, who persistently pursued her case that it was eventually acted on. Some senior officials are being investigated on this issue, however, the ministers responsible for the Department -- now Amanda Vanstone, but prior to October 2003 it was Phillip Ruddock -- denied any responsibility. When asked if he felt any responsibility Mr Ruddock answered "No, none at all."

This incident is one of a number of immigration controversies that have occurred in Australia. Cornelia Rau, an Australian citizen, was accidentally imprisoned in a detention centre when the immigration department suspected her of being an illegal immigrant. The report indicates that 20 other Australian citizens have also been unjustly imprisoned by the immigration department.


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Unexploded WW2 Bomb discovered at Schiphol Airport

October 7, 2005

An undetonated bomb, reportedly from World War II, has been discovered at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. One runway, the closest to the bomb, has been closed as a result, and delays are expected on all flights. Heavy fog has compounded the problem and is expected to cause further delays.

The 255kg bomb was discovered by workers from the town of Vijfhuizen, which is about 5km from the airport. According to the Dutch national traffic bureau, ANWB, "The projectile is sensitive to vibrations, is not in a settled position, and is possibly live."

Automobile traffic near the area has been stopped and several houses have been evacuated. Schiphol Airport is Amsterdam's primary airport and one of Europe's largest hubs.

Bombs and mines continue to be found throughout the Netherlands even though World War II ended sixty years ago. Earlier this year in April, three fishermen were killed when their ship exploded from hauling an old bomb onboard that had been caught in the net.


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IAEA and its director ElBaradei are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

October 7, 2005

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a UN agency, and its Director Mohammed ElBaradei have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005, the committee's chairman Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs announced today.

In the announcement, the emphasizes the role the IAEA plays in preventing military use of nuclear energy arms proliferation, and ensuring peaceful use of nuclear energy. Furthermore, the Committee notes that IAEA's work is in line with 's original motivation for the Peace Prize, namely the reduction of standing armies. The committee expressed its belief that the increasing threat of nuclear arms today must be met through the broadest possible international cooperation, as exemplified in the work of the IAEA.

A spokeswoman for the IAEA, Melissa Flemming, said in : "I never thought we'd see this day. This is the proudest day for the IAEA. We are proud, astonished, elated."

The IAEA, headquartered in Vienna and established in 1957, seeks to prevent nuclear proliferation and promotes the peaceful use of nuclear energy. It is currently involved in efforts to bring DPRK (North Korea) back to the (NPT) regime and verifying the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program. These negotiations have been difficult, and are viewed by some as not very successful.

The 63-year old Mohamed ElBaradei, an Egyptian-born lawyer, heads the agency since 1997 and was recently confirmed for a third term.


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Talk:Unexploded WW2 Bomb discovered at Schiphol Airport

Could we amend the title to make it clear that Schiphol is the main Amsterdam airport? (Not everyone will know) Rcameronw 12:56, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm one of the not everyone. — Ilγαηερ   (Tαlκ)  03:02, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

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Fall sweeps through Texas

October 7, 2005

Walking outside this morning, the average seasoned Texan will notice something amiss — the eerie quiet. The droning of air conditioners and insects has stopped, replaced with the scent of hardwood smoke and a slight shiver.

A pocket of finally pushed through well into the Gulf of Mexico, plunging temperatures across the state into the 50s and 60s. While the chilliest lows are not expected to stay for more than a few days, forecasters are expecting Texas' normal fall pattern of a cooler front about every week to continue. Average weekly temperatures should reach steadily lower as the season progresses.

Stormy Weather

As an added bonus to many, rain trickled down onto and many other Texas cities. This rain has relieved areas which have been dry for months.

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Premium gas discounted for a few hours

A manager's mistake when entering gasoline prices into a computerized system led to prices one tenth of what was intended. The price was supposed to be set at US$3.299 per gallon (US$0.87 / litre), but was entered as US$0.329 (US$0.09 / litre).

Customers lined up at the RaceTrac on Beach Boulevard in Miami, and filled up with the cheap gas for hours. Not one bothered to tell station employees. They were alerted when reporters from a local news agency received a tip and came on site to investigate. The mistake was promptly fixed.

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Talk:Fall sweeps through Texas

why is this news, exactly? Braincandle 14:37, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Weather is news. Karen 14:48, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

I have to say, while this isn't really a wikinews suitable event,it is really notable down here for the locals. 24.153.227.130 15:15, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The 2005 hurricane season is nearly over. Less heat and humidity will be very refreshing.  Enjoy! Karen 15:30, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Wikinews goal is to cover all news including local news --Cspurrier 15:36, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Can you imagine the flood of information if all Wikinews users around the world made an article about what the weather is like? - 85.76.225.44 16:32, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It would be great, of course at this point we would no longer be able to publish them all on the main page, but on local portal pages --Cspurrier 16:55, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * That's how I'm seeing it (as Cspurrier said). I don't categorize any of my "local" articles as international or united_states.  And I also think it would be great to have more local info.  I'm sure the sysops will deal with it when there's, God willing, enough that it starts to overwhelm the main page.  Jordanmills 19:02, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It's night here in England right now. Is that news? It's autumn/fall in the northern hemisphere right now. It's spring in the southern hemisphere. Everyone should know this. This is not news in any way. Keith 21:34, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The first cold snap of the year is local news. I'm sure that, for any given topic, you can find someone who doesn't care about it.  That doesn't mean it shouldn't be on here. Jordanmills 02:57, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

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User:Karen

User:photo

I was originally welcomed by Deprifry+T+ at 15:19 on October 10, 2005 UTC.

My list of things to do at Wikinews

 * Read and sometimes edit the latest articles
 * Watchlist - read older articles' ongoing discussions
 * Edit prepared/developing/disputed/ongoing disputed stories
 * Delete a story - vote to axe it if it's not worthy.
 * Newsroom tasks - The page that's "the hub of the Wikinews community."
 * Polls - usually out-of-date or insignificant, but worth viewing just in case.

Combating narrow scope of reporting
News stories from local papers commonly suffer from reporting their stories in a very localized way, usually assuming the reader knows some background about why the story is important to the location, is familiar with area names around the location, and knows the time zone, cultural, and geo-political background of the location being reported. This failure is understandable for a local paper publishing its printed stories verbatum onto the Internet, but for a medium such as WikiNews, there's little excuse for addressing a limited audience.

 * To address some of this, one of my goals is to add at least basic background information:
 * Quickly identify what country or at least what part of the world is the setting of the story. ( Categories should be included, found at the bottom of the article's page, but the first paragraph should mention "where", also! )
 * Time zone of local time and/or translation from local time to a time most world-citizens can understand: Coordinated Universal Time. Readers often want to know what time an event occured on their local clock if the time of the event was reported in the story.
 * Measures - Imperial and Metric units can be used with the local units listed first and the other at least mentioned parenthetically for the most important measures of the story (perhaps the length or distance of an event from another, or the size/weight/volume of an object featured in the story).

Additionally, I've frequently corrected "corrections" where local spellings were inconsistently changed. If the story's author (or story location) spells a word acceptablly one way, that's the best way for the word to appear in the story.

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MediaWiki talk:Sharedupload

Please replace Image with Image:Commons-logo.svg --Paddy 17:58, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
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White House denies that God told Bush to invade Iraq

October 7, 2005

During the October 6 press briefing, White House spokesman Scott McClellan denied comments attributed to President Bush in a forthcoming BBC television series. The three-part documentary, Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs, includes an interview with a former Palestinian foreign minister, Nabil Shaath, where he recounts an incident at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in June 2003. The series starts on Monday and documents the recent history of attempts to bring peace to the Middle East.

Mr. Shaath says that President Bush told a Palestinian delegation: "God would tell me, George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan. And I did, and then God would tell me, George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq... and I did. And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East. And by God I'm gonna do it."

At the briefing, a reporter asked if McClellan was aware of the comments ascribed to President Bush and McClellan replied, "No, that's absurd. He's never made such comments." Pushed further about the statements, McClellan responded, "No, I checked into that [BBC] report and I stand by what I just said."

Mr. Shaath provided further context to the statement saying, "It was really a figure of speech. We felt he was saying that he had a mission, a commitment, his faith in God would inspire him ... rather than a metaphysical whisper in his ear," he said.


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Washington Monument evacuated due to false bomb threat

October 7, 2005

Police evacuated the in  and sealed off surrounding streets today. This was due to a bomb threat made in the mid-afternoon.

Sgt. Scott Fear of the Park Police said the threat came in at 2:42 p.m. EDT by telephone. The area was evacuated shortly after and bomb-sniffing patrol dogs were called in. The search turned up nothing. Another law official, speaking anonymously because other agencies were involved, said the credibility was low but police didn't want to take any chances.

The monument was re-opened at 4:15 p.m. EDT.

The Washington Monument was closed until last spring due to a $15 million dollar security overhaul.


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First Trojan horse to affect handheld gaming console found

October 7, 2005

Symantec, an antivirus software manufacturer, announced Thursday that they had discovered a new Trojan horse that affects Sony PlayStation Portable hand-held gaming consoles. The program deletes required system files, preventing the device from starting correctly. Symantec has named the virus "Trojan.PSPBrick".

The PSP, by default, can only play games approved by Sony. To play other games you must use a software hack. This Trojan pretends to be a program that performs this software hack. The use of any software that attempts to perform this hack, including this Trojan, voids the warranty.

Symantec has said they are not aware of any way a user can restore their PSP after it has been infected. However there have not yet been any confirmed infections. To get infected the user must choose to download the file and copy it to their PSP. "It does not affect the average user," said Eric Chien a software engineer at Symantec.

The Trojan is distributed as an archive file named "EXPLOIT 2G PSP Team V1.RAR". The archive contains two files that must be manually copied to the PSP and run for the user to be infected. Once infected it deletes four files required for the PSP to boot: /vsh/etc/index.dat, /kd/loadcore.prx, /kd/loadexec.prx, and flash6:/kd/init.prx.

External link

 * Symantec's page on the Trojan


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U.S. force-feeding Guantanamo hunger strikers

October 7, 2005

Reports from Amnesty International and an attorney representing some detainees indicate that hunger strikes continue among those held at the United States detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. More than 200 prisoners are participating in the hunger strike — of these, 21 are being force fed by military personnel.

According to human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, the prisoners have been shackled to their beds to prevent them removing the feeding tubes that have been inserted into their noses. "The notion that a qualified medical practitioner would be prepared to supervise such a procedure (as force-feeding through a tube), goes against all medical ethics, certainly in this country," said Trevor Turner, a director of St. Bartholomew's Hospital of London.

Military authorities maintain that only 36 detainees are currently strikers — they define a hunger striker as one who has refused at least nine meals. According to U.S. military personnel, a striker is only force-fed when his life is in danger.

Some detainees have been striking since August to protest the alleged inhumane conditions at the camp as well as their indefinite confinement without charge or normal legal rights, according to attorneys representing them.


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Red tide affects South Padre Island, Mexico

October 7, 2005

A red tide continues along and into Mexico, according to officials with the. Effects include stinging eyes, respiratory difficulties, and dead marine life.

Red tide is caused by a higher than normal concentration of Karenia brevis, a naturally-occurring single-celled marine organism. Natural factors can intersect to produce ideal conditions, allowing this algae to increase in number dramatically. The algae produces a that can disable nerves in both humans and fish. Fish often die because of the high concentrations of the toxin in the waters. Humans can be affected by breathing affected water taken into the air by wind and waves. Also, South Padre officials are investigating a paralyzed cat and deceased coyote who may have consumed fish killed by the red tide.

This bloom has lingered almost three weeks, and affects waters parallel to South Padre Island for about 25 miles, and may extend as far as 10 miles along Mexico beaches.


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Talk:Washington Monument evacuated due to false bomb threat

Did some minor editing.--Herda05 21:06, 7 October 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:White House denies that God told Bush to invade Iraq

I've flushed out the article more. I also have directly quoted the Press Briefing, as it should be public domain. I've listed the Briefing in the sources, but I'm not sure about any other attribution I should do.

Also, I can't find the questioning reporter's name beyond the first name, Peter. The White House Press Corps lists three Peters, so I'm not sure who it was. If someone knows for sure, feel free to update it.--Herda05 22:09, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I've refactored the article to remove the Q&A style of the transcript.--Herda05 00:26, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

NPOV
Not sure why the NPOV tag has been put on without anything on the discussion page.--Herda05 00:02, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Yup, looks like TUFKAAP did a tag and dash with the NPOV. He clearly should have explained the NPOV tag if all information is comming from the whitehouse press-briefing. - Nyarlathotep 02:14, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Ok, based upon the consensus (including Chiacomo's ok below) I will remove the tags. If another admin. blocks me for removing the tag, I hope Chiacomo will unblock me. Neutralizer 09:27, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I added Shaath's statement providing more context to what Bush was reported to have said. I'm hoping that helps with the feelings of NPOV.--Herda05 22:23, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Misleading
The information in the article comes directly from a White House Press Briefing. Is someone indicating that the press briefing is factually wrong?--Herda05 00:05, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I did not add the POV tag, but I think the reason may be that the article is somewhat sensational and has an obvious bias -- though the article title is certainly accurate. Other fixes might include paring down the quotes to the important points and adding some additional context... I'll try to fix it, as best I can, after I become more familiar with the source material. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:06, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

The article is looking better, though it could use more context -- like that of the BBC article cited. A "news style" is somewhat subjective and were I you, I wouldn't worry about it much. So long as every edit makes the article better in some way (and the writing isn't too crappy), an editor should be satisfied that he's done his best. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:23, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I agress the article is sensational, but it would also be news if what Shaath is saying is true. I'm not in the UK, so I can only hope the Series gets released in the U.S. to actually verify it.
 * As far as biased, I diasgree. To people on the left they would see what Bush reportedly said as negative (the presumed bias), but there are many people in the U.S who would also view it as a positive thing. Thanks for the input Chiacomo . Also, I just updated your talk page while you were putting this here, so thanks for the quick reply ;)--Herda05 00:26, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't see the article as warranting the Misleading or NPOV tags and the tagger did not discuss, so perhaps we can remove them right now? Neutralizer 00:28, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I, personally, would like to see a bit more NPOV context before publishing the article -- I think it would improve the quality of the article. Of course, do as you wish, keeping in mind that another editor can (and should) tag the article and explain that tagging on this page so long as they do so in good faith. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:31, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * That's fine with me. I tried to stick to what was being reported directly from the transcript of the briefing, as I have not seen the BBC Series (I think it starts Monday).--Herda05 00:33, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I guess I should note that I felt constrained by the title, and tried to write the article to the title rather then delve into the issues regarding the BBC series.--Herda05 00:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, based upon the consensus including Chiacomo's ok above I will remove the tags. If another admin. blocks me for removing the tag, I hope Chiacomo will unblock me. Neutralizer 09:26, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

__________________________________________________________________________________________ I understand that the info originally appears to have come from an on-line source called whitehouse.. but nevertheless shouldn't the title of this piece read White House ....I changed it in the text but the title appears inaccessible, for reasons that I can guess at. MP
 * For those who don't know the reason -- anonymous (above) can't move the page 'cause he's not registered/logged in. Please consider creating an account and joining the community more formally. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Edit request - disambiguation
Please disambiguate the white house link to US White House. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 01:57, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * This seems more like the . --Pi zero (talk) 21:44, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I was going based off of the history of Category:US White House - the Executive Office is a valid target, but I personally believe that the "White House" link is more applicable. Either way, the dab page is probably wrong. --DannyS712 (talk) 21:47, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Although they are intertwined, I think it should be the Executive Office rather than the residence. --Green Giant (talk) 21:41, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
 * If I'm reading the Cats right, I think this has been done.--Bddpaux (talk) 18:38, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Its not about the category, its the link in the references section --DannyS712 (talk) 03:49, 7 August 2021 (UTC)


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President of Peruvian Truth Commission reports death threats, anti-semitic hatemail

October 7, 2005

Salomón Lerner, President of Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which has investigated human rights abuses in the country, has received death threats and anti-Semitic emails, according to Human Rights Watch.

The 12-member commission published its major report, covering abuses committed over the last two decades, on 28 August 2003. Since then the commission has come under fierce attack from retired military personnel and politicians.

Largely as a result of the commission's findings, 378 Peruvians are currently facing criminal charges, including 273 former army officers.

Lerner is said to have told the Peru21 newspaper that an anonymous caller to his office in Lima recently left a message telling him to "consider himself dead". Lerner, whose father was Jewish, says that he has also received insulting and anti-Semitic emails. Other members of the commission are also believed to have been sent insulting messages.

Human Rights Watch has urged the Peruvian government to ensure that Lerner is protected, and "renew its pledge to carry out the commission's recommendations in full". Human Rights Watch recently complained of the government's failure to protect a key witness due to testify against a retired general accused of torture and kidnapping.

Perhaps coincidentally, fugitive ex-president Alberto Fujimori has announced in Tokyo his intention to run for the presidency again despite the government's statement that it will arrest him to face charges of murder, corruption and human rights abuses during the 1980s and 1990s.