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Geneva bomb scare causes chaos

Yesterday (October 10, 2006) a bomb scare occurred in Geneva. More than 30,000 people were evacuated from the main station Cornavin and the Globus Department store. By 20:00 Swiss Time (18:00 UTC) the alert was called off. Over 40 trains were cancelled and the scare caused mass havoc in the centre of Geneva.

"Ce message s'addresse aux forces de Police: deux bombes ont été posées à deux endroits stratégiques. Une, à Cornavin et une au centre commerciale Globus. Nos demandes sont...

"This message is addressed to the Police Forces: two bombs have been placed at two strategic positions. One at Cornavin [Geneva's main station] and one at the Globus shopping centre. Our demands are as follows...'  The line then cut off.

That was the message received by the alert centre of the Police at 17:12 Swiss time (15:12 UTC), causing a massive evacuation. An anonymous caller called 117, (the Police number in Switzerland). At 18:00 Swiss time (16:00 UTC) in the middle of rush hour, railway police began asking people to leave the main station building [Cornavin]. In a matter of minutes the entire station was empty. All trains were stopped at Lausanne, or had they already by-passed the station, they were to halt at the nearest station ahead of them. These halts caused the stranding of more than 30,000 passengers. All trams were stopped causing major traffic jams. There were similar happenings in the Globus department store where staff and shoppers were evacuated without hassle. As no bomb was found in the store, the Police Line bands were removed at 19:23 Swiss Time (17:23 UTC). However, the search continued in the bigger Cornavin station, but shortly after 20:00 Swis Time (18.00 UTC) the danger in the station was decided to be non-existent. Christophe Zawadaski, spokesperson for the police, explained that the search took a long time because the bomb-sniffing dogs found a suspicious bag in a train. But "luckily there was no bomb inside" he said. The first train left again at 20:45 Swiss Time (18:45 UTC).

The SBB-CFF-FFS (The Swiss Federal Railway company) say around 40 trains were cancelled. Police say there are no links between this event and the alert of a possible attack on the UN building last week, which was leaked to the press, and was meant to be a top-secret document. Geneva police have not yet made an arrest following this false alert. But, if whoever caused this panic is caught, Swiss penal code decrees anyone accused of a fallacious tip-off is liable to three years in prison.

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India's Kiran Desai wins Booker Prize for "The Inheritance of Loss"

October 11, 2006

The 2006 Man Booker Prize was awarded to Kiran Desai, for her fictional work The Inheritance of Loss. The 35-year-old is the youngest woman, and the third Indian, to win the £ 50,000 award. After two hours of deliberation, Hermione Lee, (chairwoman of the judges) announced that the panel had chosen Desai's second novel over the other shortlisted entries- In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar, The Secret River by Kate Grenville, Carry Me Dow by M. J. Hyland, Mother's Milk by Edward St Aubyn and The Night Watch by Sarah Waters.

"'This is a magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom, comic tenderness and powerful political acuteness.', Lee said, adding that the judges had 'felt strongly about' and 'admired' all the entries, and that The Inheritance of Loss was not a 'compromise' choice. While accepting the award, Desai said, 'I didn't expect to win. I don't have a speech. My mother told me I must wear a sari... a family heirloom, but it's completely transparent!' After expressing her gratitude to her publisher, editor and agent, she added, 'I'm Indian and so I'm going to thank my parents.'"

Kiran Desai's mother Anita Desai is also an author, and three of her works have been shortlisted for the prize.

The Inheritance of Loss deals with issues such as globalisation, and life in rural India. The book, set in New York and the Himalayas, deals with an embittered judge and his desire to enjoy a peaceful retired life.

"'I was very conscious of the emotional territory that I wanted to capture, in terms of the story, I didn't know at all what it was going to be, I think I wrote in every direction - the story of immigrants in New York, my parents, my grandparents, my journey. But yes, I was aware of the certain sort of emotional landscape, darkness, worry and fear that this journey between East and West causes.', said Kiran Desai of her work."

The Booker Prize was founded in 1969 and is considered one of the most prestigious honour given to authors whose works have been published in Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth. The honour was renamed the Man-Booker Prize after the Man Group began sponsoring it.

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New agitations over cartoons of Prophet Mohammed

October 11, 2006

Amateur footage of members of the Danish People's Party drawing cartoons of Prophet Mohammed were aired on Danish Television last week, prompting protests by Muslim groups.

The footage shows party youth members in a competition to draw cartoons, during a summer camp in August.

There have been protests in Egypt and Iran, also by Muslim groups in many parts of the world.

Iran lodged a protest over the issue, saying it was "deplorable that the extremist elements in Danish society have attempted to sabotage Denmark's relations with the Islamic countries once again".

Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen called the drawings "tasteless" and "unacceptable", but insisted that he cannot control content shown in the media.

Two youths featured in the film have gone into hiding.

In 2005 there was also trouble over Danish cartoons of Mohammed.


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Getting information from CNN US coverage. Storm5guy 19:08, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


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Small aircraft crashes into building in New York City

October 11, 2006 A small aircraft struck an apartment building in New York this afternoon, killing the pilot and a flight instructor. Cory Lidle, a pitcher for the New York Yankees baseball team, was the registered owner of the aircraft and is believed to have been piloting it; his passport was found on the scene. The flight instructor was Tyler Stanger.

The plane, a Cirrus SR20 with registration number N929CD, hit the 26th floor of the Belaire Condominium, a 50 story brick luxury residential building on the Upper East Side at 524 East 72nd Street at York Avenue near the East River in Manhattan, New York City, of which the first 20 floors are a hospital. An eyewitness, present half a block from the building, reported that the plane hit the building, creating an enormous fireball, broke in two and crashed down onto on the street below. Authorities received a 911 call reporting a crash at 2:42 p.m. Eastern time.

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg gave a press conference at approximately 5:20 p.m. Eastern time to report that the plane was occupied by a flight instructor and a student pilot, but as next-of-kin had not been able to be notified, the identities of the two people on the plane would not be released at this time.

Apartments were seen to be engulfed in flames. The FBI has stated that it was not an intentional attack. The New York area was grey and overcast during the time at crash; however, visibility was not hampered.

After an hour and a half, the fire was extinguished by the FDNY. According to CNN Television ten people have been injured, six of them firefighters. The New York Times, however, reports that eleven firefighters have been injured.

Initial reports suggested that a helicopter was involved, but the FAA has stated that it was a fixed-wing aircraft. CNN Television reported that it was a single-engine fixed-wing plane which left Teterboro Airport, a busy General Aviation airport in New Jersey, circled the Statue of Liberty was tracked on radar until it was lost near the 59th Street Bridge, that the plane may have been having fuel problems or fuel pump problems, and that it was "a pilot in distress."

Wallace Sines, a source for CNN stated he believes the plane was a Cirrus SR-20 with an installed parachute, which did not deploy. The whole-plane parachute system may have saved the lives of the aircraft occupants had it been safely deployed clear of buildings, but the system is not designed to prevent the trauma associated with a plane impacting a builing. The Cirrus SR-20 was introduced in 2001 and the Cirrus line of 4-seater aircraft has since become one of the most purchased single engine aircraft in the world. The SR-20 does not normally carry an airline-style flight-data recorder, but some are equipped with GPS equipment which logs flight direction, speed and altitude.

The aircraft was owned by baseball player Cory Lidle. He was on board reported by AP. Lidle was killed, according to reports. CNN Television reported that the FBI stated he was at the controls as the only occupant of the plane, and that his passport was found on the ground below the accident.

Response
A little over an hour and a half after the crash, the fire was extinguished after 39 fire units and over 100 fire fighters responded.

The White House has said that there has been no change in the terror threat alert level and that President Bush is being updated constantly.

La Guardia airport was temporarily restricted to no take offs from other airports, however by 4:10 Eastern Time, CNN Television reported that all New York-area airports were open.

CNN Television announced at 3:50 p.m. Eastern Time that as of a few minutes earlier, NORAD is putting fighter aircraft on patrol over certain major American cities as a precautionary measure similar to the actions taken after the 9/11 attacks as a "just in case" measure. It also reported that tomorrow is the 6th anniversary of the attack on the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen.

Moments after the crash, there was a drop in the New York Stock Exchange, however it quickly returned to normal after it was reported that the crash was an accident.

The New York Yankees organization confirmed the plane is registered to Cory Lidle of the New York Yankees, who was planning to fly from New York to Florida, and that some unnamed member of the Yankees organization was on the plane.

Eyewitness accounts
One eye-witness interviewed by the BBC stated: "I was wondering why the plane was doing acrobatics and then the next thing I knew was that it had crashed into the building." She also added that the plane was a small, white, 4-seater winged aircraft and not a helicopter as many news agencies were reporting it to be.

CNN Television broadcast reports from eyewitnesses who reported:
 * A pilot who saw the impact stated, "It looked like a pilot who was desperately trying to get to an airport."
 * Another eyewitness who saw the event from the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, also referred to the incident as appearing as if the plane was "desperately trying to get to LaGuardia" and that as to whether he "clipped" the building, or struck it directly, that "he hit it dead on."
 * "I heard a buzzing noise and then an explosion which looked like a mushroom cloud."


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Imagination Movers to shoot Disney series pilot

October 11, 2006

New Orleans-based band Imagination Movers have announced that they will be shooting a pilot for the Disney Channel this December.

The band reached a deal with Disney this April to distribute their music through Disney Records, after a year of negotiations. The series is set to debut on Playhouse Disney in 2007. Since September, their music videos have been on rotation on The Disney Channel.

Nancy Kanter, the senior vice president of programming for Playhouse Disney, first discovered the movers at the Kids Tent of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. "We sat in the hot Kids Tent and were just blown away to see the response to them. We'd heard their CDs, but when you actually sit there with a couple hundred preschoolers and, in some cases, older kids, and see the way they react to the music, we thought, 'This is for us.'"

The Movers launched Playhouse Disney's concert series, playing at MGM Studios' ABC Theater from 18-24 September. The band is playing a Halloween concert on 21 August 2006, in New Orleans.

Imagination Movers are a kids band formed in 2003. Indie Kids Rock reviewed the group in May, saying they were "the U2 of kids music with a big anthemic pop/rock sound, catchy lyrics, & of course, imagination." The group includes Rich Collins, Scott Durbin, Dave Poche and Scott "Smitty" Smith. While all four members had at least "dabbled" in music, Durbin was a computer instructor, Collins worked in online journalism, Poche as an architect, Smith as a firefighter.


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So what time did it happen??

I have been using BBC News 24 live as my source here. --News 24 19:35, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Main Article
Can I just ask for clarification? Is this the main article for this story? --News 24 19:48, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * yes. tag any others u see with the merge tag, .  —Doldrums (talk) 19:49, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Looks like it. I'm watching Sky News by the way, and added the address of the building as reported by them. - Lee Stanley 19:50, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok. Thanks guys. --News 24 19:51, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * All breaking news articles are fit to be on the main page. See Breaking news. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:30, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Origianl reporting
The following section contains a summary of reports from Television news, where a reliable source cannot be cited

BBC News 24
 * 20:55 (UTC) - 2 people are reported dead
 * 20:55 (UTC) - fighter jets have been scrambled over several US cities
 * 20:55 (UTC) - a no fly zone is being enforeced over NYC
 * It doesn't count as original research if you're watching a prepared news report. Now, if they actually showed footage of the event, or if you were watching a press conference, that would be original research. This is not. —     19:57, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * once again, apologies for being a newb. Articles I have been involved in in the past have asked that this sort of thing go in, as per this comment. Guinness2702 20:09, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It's okay, everyone's a newbie once. Anyways, what constitutes "Original Research" has mixed interpretation — personally I feel that if you're watching a prepared report in which a journalist is feeding you news, then it's not really original. However, watching live reports isn't exactly a documented+archived thing either. So the best compromise would be to cite the news show on the article (not as original research) then have some sort of notes put on the talk page. —     20:46, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

I think all of the above has now been confirmed by sources - the BBC web article has this now, so do we need the original tag anymore? (hint: I added that tag only because of the above) Guinness2702 20:49, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll try to get some photos, but it's started raining hard and whatever sunlight there is will have disappeared before I arrive. ▪ NeoAmsterdam TalkEdits 21:44, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Interested in more info as to type of plane
If I was in America I could probably obtain it myself by phone. Anyone want to do this one?

Rename
I propose a rename to "Cory Lidle killed in plane crash" Guinness2702 20:57, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

The way the mayor was just talking it was 2 people from within the appartment that have died, but there is a lot of reports about Cory, but nothing confirmed yet?

Teterboro Airport
It says that the plane left the Teterboro airport in florida. The only Airport under this name is in New Jersey. I would go ahead and change it, but other where else in the article it says that the pilot was planning a trip from New York to Florida. ANy one have any info clearing this up? 67.87.250.210 21:32, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Teterboro is a common departure airport for private/corporate aircraft in the NYC Metro Area. Why the route from TEB into NYC when its northeast is anyones guess. Rob110178

Wikipedia has an image of the plane in question:
Wikipedia has a picture of the plane in question. --Sfullenwider 21:35, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Rhodes Conspiracy or Controversy?
In response former teammate Arthur Rhodes said, "He [Lidle] is a scab. When he started, he would go 5 1/3 innings and (the bullpen) would have to win the game for him. The only thing Cory Lidle wants to do is fly around in his airplane and gamble. He doesn't have a work ethic. After every start, he didn't run or lift weights. He would sit in the clubhouse and eat ice cream." 128.62.97.75 21:58, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Removing POV words such as "terrorism".
As per my explanation here, I have removed POV-words from this article. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) 03:18, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I put one of them back. "terrorism" on its own is not a "POV-word". Indeed, we don't really have such a concept in wikinews. -- IlyaHaykinson 04:08, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * In this context The White House has said that there has been no change in the (terror) alert threat and that President Bush is being updated constantly., the word terror reflects the POV of the White House. Hence I have removed the word in the interest of NPOV. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 09:03, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * u make a quote misleading, not npov by removing bits from it.  —Doldrums (talk) 10:51, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Then just remove the quote. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 12:20, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * so we can't quote Bush ? it's strange for me Jacques Divol 12:37, 12 October 2006 (UTC) My apologies, i misunderstood yout meaning. sorry Jacques Divol
 * No problem! PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 12:50, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

PVJ, I do not think you understand the definition of "POV" correctly. In this case, the government of the US has an alert system about "terrorism" — however they define it. By saying that the "terror threat alert" has not been changed, one does not push any point of view — one is reporting that the US alert that deals with threats it perceives as terrorism has not been changed. In addition, please do not bite the newbies by protecting the page. We only protect the page when there's persistent vandalism, and a couple of back-and-forth edits are not vandalism. -- IlyaHaykinson 16:19, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, it's not exactly a NPOV violation because the "terror threat alert" is what it's called. —     16:24, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * What the US defines as "terrorism" may not be considred "terrorism" by many others. As such, we should not push the US POV. Are you willing to refer to it as "jihad threat alert"? PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 16:30, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The US will define terrorism the way it defines terrorism. That's not what Wikinews cares about. However, there is something implemented by the US Department of Homeland Security called the "terror alert". What do they constitute as something worthy? That doesn't matter. The point is that apparently the terror alert in the United States is not changing. —     17:19, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * At Wikinews, we do not have a mandate to establish the ultimate truth. We are here to report the facts. If a politician calls a rival a "fascist pig", we will publish that, even if we disagree with the characterization or the terminology. If the US government has an alert that it calls a hurricane alert, but we believe that it just reports on strong gusts of wind, we will still call it a hurricane alert.  Similarly, in this case, we need to report the actual situation and not a politically neutral version.  Your actions of removing certain words because you disagree with your interpretation of what they mean are indeed pushing a point of view, and a strong one at that.-- IlyaHaykinson 16:34, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You have not answered my question. Why call it terrorism? Why not qital fi sabilillah? I understand your efforts to "report what they say" but am unsure of whether your resolve will remain unshaken if/when we have to quote what Mr.Laden has to say about Americans. If you can guarantee that you (or anyone else) will not object to us refering (where appropriate) to certain people as "infidels", "Zionist pigs", "paper tigers" etc. etc. I may consider your arguement. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 17:18, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * PVJ, we do not call it terrorism. The US government calls it that. If Osama bin Laden decides to have an "infidel alert", and its level does not change, we will have to report that the "infidel alert level has not changed".  Again, I think you may be confusing an editorial with a news article: an editorial actually calls people something.  A news article reports what other people called something.  We are not in the business of editorializing. -- IlyaHaykinson 17:45, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the threats on my talk page NPOV guy. I wouldn't have revisted this page had you not linked to it. If you wish to block me please do so. I've been civil and I've been fair in asserting my edits. I will not change this article again regardless of whether or not you insist on reverting my edits. As far as I'm concerned you've made you're point. I can not win. If I insist you will block me. I'm just glad I see other people support my view. Good bye internet friend....64.192.249.2 17:09, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Why don't we make a simple solution to the problem and just make the headline Plance crashes into NYC High-rise, or Baseball star dies in NYC plane accident, or something to that effect. There's really no need for that "- terror alert level unchanged". Plus it looks weird in the headline. Just my thoughts. Storm5guy 20:17, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree, and have changed the title. The "alert" is irrelevant since there has obviously been no further incident in New York. I have also changed "NYC" to "New York City" so that users who are not familiar with American/Western slang will find the title easier to understand. And to maintain NPOV, I have removed "terror" from the article. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:22, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Good move on the title, that's definitely less confrontational. As for the article, I put the word back in to reflect the name of the alert system. -- IlyaHaykinson 21:47, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * PVJ, I notice that you keep tagging this article as NPOV and saying "see talk page", but yet you haven't commented on the talk page since several days ago. I think I've justified my point well.  I also notice that I'm not the only one who completely disagrees with you on this issue — plenty of other people have reverted your change. -- IlyaHaykinson 15:37, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * My point is that the word "terror" is POV, and in this case reflects the POV of the White House. We should 1) Not use the word "terror" or 2) Mention the subjectivity of the word "terrorism" in the article. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 16:36, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * And what was 9/11 if it was not a terrorist attack? Jason Safoutin 16:39, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It was an act of matyrdom, not one of terrorism. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 16:41, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You are very wrong. Very very wrong. And for you to insult Me, and every user from the US is not welcome. I think your hate is too much for Wikinews. Jason Safoutin 16:42, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * If my "hate" is too much for Wikinews, you are welcome to ban me. But I suggest you see this first. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 16:45, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I am not here to be in a cock fight, but look before you speak. Jason Safoutin 16:49, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Nice record. However, I am over three months "younger" than you on Wikinews. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 16:55, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Makes no difference to me. Jason Safoutin 16:56, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Just calm down Jason, you seem to be getting a little too upset. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 17:05, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

PVJ, re "the word "terror" is POV, and in this case reflects the POV of the White House" I honestly do not care what you think about the word terrorism. I respect your opinion on the matter. I also appreciate your point of view as it reminds the rest of the editors that we should pay attention to the words we use. However, in the field of reporting, we must call things by their proper names. The United States government appears to define "terrorism" in some particular way. It may be correct or not, it may be insulting or not. However, they have some definition. They use this definition for their alert system. They do not have a "general alert system", or a "martyr alert system", or a "alert system for people attacking with bombs". No, the alert system is about terrorism, as a term, in whatever way they define it. Terrorism is a word. Terrorism is also a concept. While I think that it is inappropriate for Wikinews editors to call people terrorist — it would mean that we are making the judgment call — it is unavoidable that some other people will call certain things using the moniker "terrorist". We cannot censor their words, or their names for things. It would not be journalism. True names must be given to things, even if you disagree with them. -- IlyaHaykinson 17:20, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree with you. Quoting sources directly will be better for NPOV in the long run. Keep the word "terror" in the article. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 02:18, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Double Redirect
Someone should make a decision to do something one way or another. The state this page is in is causing the link from the home page to go to a double redirect which in effect makes the link appear broken to unfamiliar users of wiki resources. I've put my editor's hat aside because I've been threated and called uncivil and labled a vandal. Therefore, I'm no longer going to represent my postion, nor contribute to the resolution of this discussion, nor edit on WN. But I do think the link on the hoome page should at least connect to one form of the article or the other while your discussion remains unresolved. Not sure if you folks noticed that or not so I thought I'd point it out in case someone wants to correct it. 64.192.249.2 19:01, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Residents
From WP: Among the residents is novelist Carol Higgins Clark, who lives on the 38th floor. CBS Radio interviewed her after she returned to the building to find the commotion outside. New York Mets third-base coach Manny Acta also lives in the building, though he was away when the accident occurred.--Gkklein 02:58, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Belaire Condominium, 12 October 2006.jpg
Please replace the crash image with Image:Belaire Condominium, 12 October 2006.jpg. Thanks. Siebrand 09:57, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * done. –Doldrums(talk) 11:37, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Adding Category:Michael Bloomberg
This article is missing the Category:Michael Bloomberg tag, may someone with sufficient permission please add the tag. Cocoaguy (talk) 18:06, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

✅--Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 18:31, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Please replace the second image (File:100 1498.JPG) in the article by its duplicate File:Belaire_Condominium,_12_October_2006_(100_1498).JPG, as the first one will be deleted from Commons soon. --Túrelio (talk) 07:34, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ Tyrol5 (talk) 15:37, 25 November 2011 (UTC)


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

Renamed
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User talk:12.36.51.194

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User talk:RatSkrew~enwikinews

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

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Talk:Blunkett: Brown supported Iraq war to save job

the title expresses an assertion made by Blunkett, and shld be reported as such. currently it reads as if wikinews has definite knowledge of Brown's motives, something which is not true. —Doldrums (talk) 20:36, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:149.151.191.150

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User:Kenb215

I am a user mainly at the English Wikipedia. See my userpage there.

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User talk:Kenb215

I can usually be found at Wikipedia. To contact me, use my talk page there.

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User:Stevenfruitsmaak/Archive

 * [[Image:Protectbriefcase.gif|35px]] This article has been archived. Issues can be discussed at the talk page.

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Template talk:Archived

I'd like the template to be a bit more inconspicuous: I propose User:Stevenfruitsmaak/Archive. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:32, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Silly
Personally I think this template is a bit silly, why do we need this template on every page? Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 10:46, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
 * serves two unctions that i can see. 1. saves readers from clicking on the edit link and then getting the same message. 2. informs them that a good place to raise their concerns about the article is the well monitored alert page rather than the talk page, where it may or may not be noticed. — Doldrums(talk) 10:50, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The other reason is so DynamicPageLists won't accidentally display old pages as current news if the DPL specifically lists "nothing in category:archived". —     16:17, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * True, perhaps I would like to see it a bit more inconspicuous, this one is big and 'not very nice' Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 10:53, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Protect
Shouldn't we protect this page so that it doesn't get vandalised? Thunderhead (unlogged) talk
 * Thank you, Bawolff :) Thunderhead (unlogged) talk
 * your welcome, but note I only semi-protected. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:57, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

modifying this template
We should probably discuss before modifying this template because of its high use and from what I've read, modifying heavily used templates is hard on the servers, so we should keep modifications to a minimun. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:38, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

propose adding editprotected to this template
Despite the above warning about server load, I think we need to add instructions to use editprotected to request edits to archived stories in this template. No need for sending people to edit WN:AAA when they only need to add a simple template to the collaboration page to get it listed there. --SVTCobra 23:19, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ by  --SVTCobra 00:19, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Change image to svg
There is an svg version of the lock: Image:Lock-icon.svg We should use it. --Mephiles - (talk) 22:31, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was going to say the same thing - the image name is Image:Lock-icon.svg. It Is Me Here (talk) 09:51, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * done --Mark Talk to me 09:59, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I have reverted as I think the old lock looks nicer. Feel free to revert me back if you disagree. Anonymous101  10:08, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Suggestion
Shouldn't we make a comment in the template that only non-content edit requests to the article will be accepted? We frequently get editprotected requests that want us to change a story's content and adding this directly to the template seems like an easy way to discourage people from doing that. Tempodivalse [talk]  22:07, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm, makes sense ... how to word it concisely? --SVTCobra 22:17, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Nobody's objected to this for a whiles, so I went ahead and added it . Tempodivalse [talk]  20:25, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Explain the policy
The template sorely needs a one liner explaining that the reason for this apparently very unwikilike behaviour is the fact that wikinews likes the pieces of news to wholly reflect the time they where written. Or whatever. And it should be the very first thing after the headline of the box, then you can delve into the technicalities to your heart's content. 85.76.38.140 (talk) 07:48, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Lazy people. It's the first sentence of the policy. Added. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 08:13, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Good job! Perhaps that will make things less annoying to wiki idealists coming from c2, meatball or wherever. --InfantGorilla (talk) 08:17, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, agree, nice job. I wouldn't have thought of that, but it would prevent many "Hey! This article from 2007 is out of date!" moments from newbies we've had. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:54, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit request
editprotectedPlease replace the lock icon with an archive-related icon and link "archived" to the policy about archiving. 123.24.84.163 (talk) 08:17, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

 * "archived" already is linked to the policy. --Pi zero (talk) 11:52, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ❌; given that articles are 'locked' against editing, I see nothing wrong with the present picture. I am, however, open to a new request that made a decent case for it (preferrably with an alternative). Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:37, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Please copy over ArchiveTest onto this template
I have prepared a new version in ArchiveTest. We need to kill one space to workaround bugzilla:45095. Thanks. « Saper // @talk » 14:20, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

editprotected

 * Appears to have been ✅. --Pi zero (talk) 14:55, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

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Talk:Imagination Movers to shoot Disney series pilot

Sorry to have been the one to unpublish it but it seems rarher strange that the main article in article wikipedia: Imagination Movers remains twice shorter than those so-called news 82.224.88.52 23:23, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Some things in this article are not encyclopedia-worthy, like that they recently played at Disney World. It's a career milestone currently, but it'll be a footnote if and when they're big. That's the nature of news, not everything newsworthy is worthy of permanent record. --  Zanimum 14:15, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

 * No problem ;-))) You've been published the same day you wanted to be printed 82.224.88.52 16:07, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Hardy-har... you get what I mean though, Wikipedia is the equivilent of a book, Wikinews an international newspaper. --  Zanimum 16:38, 12 October 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:U.S. promises not to invade North Korea

Bush too
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US court indicts man for treason

October 12, 2006

Adam Gadahn, formerly Adam Pearlman, is the first US citizen to be charged with treason since WWII. The State Department has offered a reward of $1 million for his capture.

Gadahn, 28, has allegedly appeared in multiple videos supporting al-Qaida. He is not in US custody and is assumed to be living in Pakistan.

Treason is the only crime specifically defined in the United States Constitution. The penalities, if convicted, range from death to 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

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User talk:24.83.203.198

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Talk:NYC boy found on Long Island, New York after car theft triggers amber alert

Er, am I the only one who didn't know what "LI" meant? Maybe the article should be retitled... —Brent Dax (talk) 00:46, 12 October 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:66.31.105.247

Welcome!

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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! Bawolff ☺☻ 00:48, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

P.S Please use at least 2 sources in your articles. Thanks, happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:48, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

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Canadian Liberal Leadership frontrunner, Ignatieff, refused to attend debate in Toronto

October 12, 2006

Canadian Liberal Leadership frontrunner Michael Ignatieff refused to attend a debate with all three frontrunners in Toronto, on Tuesday. Instead, Bob Rae, second place to Ignatieff in Leadership race, Stéphane Dion, and Gerard Kennedy attended.

Ignatieff was invited to attend but refused to participate in the event. His spokeswoman described it as "arbitrarily restricted to perceived 'front-runners. She said Mr. Ignatieff wanted all eight candidates to be present.

"We were approached several months ago by the Canadian Club-Empire Club to participate in a debate that was only to include Stéphane Dion, Bob Rae and Michael," said the Ignatieff statement. "We advised the organizers that we are not prepared to participate in a debate that was arbitrarily restricted to the perceived 'frontrunners'."

The leadership campaigns were notified several months ago the event was being planned, with advice sought on scheduling for after the "Super Weekend."

Ignatieff also offered to speak alone, but it did not happen.

"His camp would say participating in a debate where invitations are not extended to all the candidates would be doing a disservice and would be rude to the other (four) candidates," said Liberal strategist Scott Reid. "That's smart because he wants to flatter people whose support he would require for a later ballot." However, Reid said other camps would suggest that Ignatieff is avoiding a mix-up with the three contenders with the best chances of supplanting him at the November 28 to December 3rd convention in Montreal.

Ignatieff's name was only mentioned once in the whole debate. Mr. Rae, who spoke of Canada's perennial national unity difficulties as requiring practical, constructive solutions rather than "abstract, theoretical discussions to resolve the constitutional riddle," an allusion to Mr. Ignatieff's proposal to reopen the Constitution debate and have the province of Quebec recognised as a nation within Canada.

"Trying to build support, build momentum on later ballots that's really where this campaign is being fought now," said CTV's Roger Smith.

The party's final formal debate in Toronto on October 15 is the big chance for Ignatieff to get more supporters.


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October 12, 2006

Kenyan couple caught having sex in mosque
A couple was caught copulating in a during  in Gilgil, Kenya. They were discovered when a worshipper learned of "strange noises" coming out of a dark corner of the mosques. John King'ori, a senior magistrate said, "Having sex in a mosque is a most abominable thing to religion."

Two Czechs take Mr Universe and Miss World titles
A Czech, Tomas Bures, today won the Mr Universe title, the same title which launched 's career. Additionally, a week ago, Czech teenager Tatana Kucharova was named Miss World.

US now qualifies its view that North Korean test was small
After 's report that the North Korean test was much larger than the American estimate, the U.S. intelligence community is now saying it's possible the tunnel in which the test took place could have "muffled" the seismic waves and thereby caused the US estimate to be wrong on the downside.

Briefs

 * Ex French Prime Minister announced retirement same day Barthez's one.

 * In danger in Euro 2008 qualifying after disastrous Saturday's loss against Cyprus in Nicosia, the Republic of Ireland team drew 1-1 against the Czech Republic at Landsdowne Road, Dublin.

 * won his sixth straight tour event Sunday in Hertfordshore, England. The streak began in July with his victory at the British Open.

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Category:Archived

This category is for published articles that are at least ten days old, and as such, are protected from editing. See Archive conventions.

To request a change to an archived story, leave a message on the article's collaboration page with the editprotected template. Alternatively, a message can also be left on the admin alert page.

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This category was already deleted once. See. F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  01:53, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * If it can be applied consistently then fine, and I can apply it consistently from everything starting on September 25, 2006 onwards. Craig's Bot can do everything up to that point in main namespace.  The associated template may need a little fiddling, I had a couple of rendering issues with AWB (uses IE engine) but Firefox shows all the pages I've put it on just fine. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:03, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

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Chinese ban on Wikipedia lifted for now

October 13, 2006

users on the Chinese-forums.com website report that the longtime block of by China has been at least temporarily lifted. Absent an announcement from the Chinese government, it's unclear what the conditions were that caused the site to be accessible from within China.

A blog by Wikipedia contributor Andrew Lih says that someone in " emailed me saying he could suddenly start using Wikipedia again. Some folks in said it was still blocked.  and  users said parts were accessible."

He continued that "from a Beijing China Netcom's residential connection, the English language and other foreign language versions are now accessible, but the Chinese version is still blocked", noting that the Chinese-language version is the most important one to most Wikipedians in the country.

The blog entry goes on to explain the finer points of China's blocking system, which is more complex than most media outlets suggest.

Wikimedia head told  yesterday that, "We don't know what they took offense to. We really don't intend to compromise the way Google did. We also feel that the block is an error. I am trying to set up high-level meetings in China to state our case and explain why we should be unblocked. We have no idea what the result of that would be. But we are somewhat hopeful. Wikipedia is not a haven for dissidents but an encyclopedia. About 99.9 percent of Wikipedia has topics that are not of interest to the Chinese Government. There is no political component. We are hopeful that they can see the point."

He also told the outlet, he stressed how such bans were blocking Chinese perspectives in the global media. "[The] Chinese people would like to contribute to Wikipedia to give the Chinese point of view for the entire world to see. And China needs to be better understood by the rest of the world."

The third block of Wikipedia, which was implemented 19 October 2005, was issued without explanation or an expected length. Wikipedia has been blocked twice before, the first from 2-21 June 2004, due to the 15th anniversary of the.

A website called runs a self-censored wiki-based encyclopedia website, called baidubaike.com, launched in April of this year.

Wikipedia is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation, a organisation based out of,. Its 2007 annual convention,, is set to take place in.

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Trial of New Zealand teacher murderer still months away

October 12, 2006

The accused murderer of Tokoroa, New Zealand teacher Lois Dear, Whetu Te Hiko, has appeared at the High Court in Rotorua but was remanded further into custody.

Only written evidence was given while in court.

Dear, 66-years-old, was found murdered in her class at Strathmore School a day before term 3 started, July 16.

Hiko, 23-years-old, was remanded in custody until November 9 when he will be indicted, but it is unsure when the trial date will be set.

While in the dock Hiko, who has pleaded not guilty, hung his head and only showed his back to the crowded public gallery. He occasionally looked up to look at Justice Paul Heath, the residing judge. Heath said that they would not arraign Hiko yet because it is too soon after the depositions hearing.

Kevin McNeil, son of Dear, was also present at the high court. "I am here today for Mum. She would have been here for us. Nearly three months on, the evidence in the murder case was still being withheld, and a lot of it probably will be for some time." He was however confient that justice would be served. While wiping his eyes he added: "It's bloody hard. You have your bad days when the tears come. You never know when it is going to happen."

Hiko was in the Tokoroa District Court just under a month ago for the depositions hearing.

Brother of Hiko, Piri Te Hiko, said to McNeil: "She sounded like a real good lady. She taught a lot of my nieces and nephews."

The two men then shook hands and McNeil said that his family does not hold any animosity at Hiko's family.

Heath has rule that the media cannot publish the written depositions but may read them. The media cannot also view photographs or exhibitions that are evidence. Heath was concerned that it would become an unfair trial.

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"Corrupt" New Zealand government to repay $768,000

October 12, 2006

The New Zealand Labour Party today joined National, the Greens, ACT and the Maori Party in saying they would pay back the money received from Parliamentary Services that the Auditor-General says was wrongly used for electioneering.

The Auditor-General report, tabled today, found $1.17 million of taxpayer-funded parliamentary funding was misspent over all political parties. Labour was found to have overspent $768,000.

The Prime Minister is adamant the Labour Party did not break any rules, but she is still going to pay back money spent unlawfully in the lead up to the election.

Labour "strongly maintains" that its spending was within the rules as they were understood but given the new ruling it would refund the money.

"Labour has strongly stated its case as was its right...The party welcomes the Auditor-General's findings that inadequate guidance has been available to MPs and parliamentary parties on what constitutes appropriate advertising, particular in the pre-election period." Clark said.

The Government will now follow through with plans to pass retrospective legislation on election spending. Deputy Prime Minister and finance minister, Dr Michael Cullen says legislation will be introduced into Parliament next week to validate spending by parties dating back some years.

He argues the only legal remedy for the breaches identified by the Auditor General is for them to be validated by an act of Parliament.

Meanwhile National Leader Dr Don Brash is viewing the Auditor General's report on election overspending as a victory for National.

Dr Brash says it is only public, political and media pressure that is making the Prime Minister repay the money that Labour spent.

He claims she led a dirty campaign punctuated by threats, bullying and diversionary tactics, and he says she is clearly paying the money back with great reluctance.

Dr Brash says the Prime Minister should also apologise to the Auditor General, as she bullied him publicly to try to get him to change his report.

Dr Brash said it had taken a year to persuade Labour to "admit its guilt".

"I am delighted they have finally done it... after trying every trick known."


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Talk:"Corrupt" New Zealand government to repay $768,000

Quotes taking from press relases; other info drawn from general sources such as Radio interviews etc. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 07:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Who said corrupt
Who exactly said the "corrupt" quoted in the headline?--Apartmento2 09:28, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Don Brash to Helen Clark. --Nzgabriel | Talk 18:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC)


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