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Cathal Ryan, early board member and son of co-founder of Irish flag carrier Ryanair, dies at 48

December 21, 2007

Cathal Ryan, an early board member of Irish non-designated flag carrier, and son of late co-founder Tony Ryan, has died. He was 48, and had been diagnosed with cancer.

Cathal bacame one of Ryanair's first pilots, having trained as one in the 1980s in Sri Lanka, when his father set up the airline in 1985 in trust for his three sons, of which Cathal was the eldest. He left the Far East specifically to join the airline.

In 1986 he became the head of London European Airways, a business in which Ryanair had bought an 85% stake. This position, however, quickly disappeared as the carrier became Ryanair UK and was then merged entirely with Ryanair.

Over the next decade, Cathal worked both on the executive board of the airline and as a pilot, although he resigned from the latter by 1996. He remained with Ryanir until leaving the board 2002, by which time he was a multi-millionaire due to the success of the airline.

He continued to be actively involved with business ventures, taking an active role in running his family's stud farm, as well as being a director for Irelandia, a family-owned investment company. With Irelandia he was involved in the launches of such airlines as Tiger Airways and AeroBus.

Cathal died yesterday at his home in Celbridge, Co Kildare, in the company of his children Cillian, Claudia, Danielle and Cameron, his mother Mairead and brothers Declan and Shane.

Friends and colleagues expressed surprise at his passing, commenting that at the funeral of his father, who had also been diagnosed with cancer, ten weeks previously he had "seemed fine." Cathal had also recently begun regular trips to Italy, where he had become interested in the performing arts.

Ray MacSharry, a long-serving Ryanair director, described Cathal as "invaluable" to the air carrier's "continuing success". Michael O'Leary, CEO of the company, called him "one of life's originals".

"He was bright, charming, witty and tremendous company," Mr O'Leary went on. "He was also an extremely skilled pilot, having become one of the youngest ever captains on the Boeing 747 aircraft, which he flew for Air Lanka in the early 1980s. Cathal's vision, his expertise and his dedication to aircraft safety was pivotal to the development of Ryanair, and to our 22-year safety record.

"Cathal was one of Ireland's aviation pioneers. He was a comet who shone brightly in our lives and has passed away at a tragically early age. We will all be much the poorer for the loss of his talent, his ability and his friendship," Mr O'Leary concluded. "His vision, his expertise and his dedication to aircraft safety was pivotal to the development of Ryanair."

His former fiance Michelle Rocca, mother of Claudia, expressed her sadness at his passing: "He was a wonderful father to Claudia; he and I had a very good relationship over the past number of years and he will be greatly missed by all of us."

Others described him as a "well-heeled chap", and one of the few members of Ryanair early in the airline's history to be able to afford expensive items, such as his luxury car and his high-quality suit. Cathal's prosperity had often helped Ryanir through financial problems in it's early stages.

Several colleagues recalled one famous incident where airport authorities had refused to allow an aircraft he was piloting to be refueled unless it was paid for up front due to an unpaid bill. When Cathal was informed of the issue, he produced his gold credit card to pay for the fuel.


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{===January===}

{Which European country adopted the euro as currency in January? - Poland - Hungary + Slovenia - Romania
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 * See Slovenia adopts euro.

{Which character was accused of punching a teenager at Disney World? - Mickey Mouse - Donald Duck + Tigger - Winnie the Pooh
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 * See Accusations Tigger threw punch fill airwaves as teen claims neck injuries and related stories

{Momofuku Ando was the subject of tributes in Japan and across the world when he passed away in January. What was his famous invention? - DVD - Karaoke - An industrial robot + Instant noodles
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 * See Inventor of instant noodles passes away

{Which country shot down one of its satellites with a missile? - USA - Russia + China - Japan
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 * See China shoots down weather satellite with ballistic missile

{===February===}

{The government of which country announced it was to run Linux on all its computers? - Brazil - China + Cuba - Japan
 * type=""}
 * See Cuba to use open-source software

{A teacher was arrested for doing what in front of her students? - Swearing - Having sex + Doing drugs - Playing rock and roll
 * type=""}
 * See Teacher arrested for using drugs in front of 4th grade class

{In the UK, bird flu killed thousands of what type of bird? - Chickens - Ducks - Geese + Turkeys
 * type=""}
 * See Bird Flu confirmed in 1,000 UK turkeys and H5N1 hits Britain

{Scientists expressed concerns over the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder this month. Which species does it affect? - Ants - Seagulls - Jellyfish + Bees
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 * See Alarm sounded over US honey bee die-off

{===March===}

{The 2007 Cricket World Cup was overshadowed by the suspicious death of Bob Woolmer. Which team did he coach? + Pakistan - India - England - Australia
 * type=""}
 * See Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer dies at age 58

{Journalist Alan Johnston went missing in the Gaza Strip. Who was he a reporter for? + BBC - CNN - Fox News - Sky News
 * type=""}
 * See BBC correspondent missing

{What event was organised in Belgium to challenge racism? - Sponsored silence + Mass wedding - Hunger strike - Riots
 * type=""}
 * See Mass wedding held against racism in Belgium

{In the US, the Mega Millions lottery had its largest ever jackpot. How much was up for grabs? - $350 million + $370 million - $390 million - $400 million
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 * See Two winners confirmed in US 'Mega Millions' jackpot

{===April===}

{What unusual place in Estonia did a mouse make itself at home? - Sauna - Vending machine - Computer + Cash machine
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 * See Mouse makes nest in cash machine, eats money

{Which company did Google decide to buy for over $3 billion? - YouTube + DoubleClick - MySpace - FeedBurner
 * type=""}
 * See Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1 billion

{Why were over a thousand people evacuated from Plymouth, England? - Gas leak - Terrorist threat + Unexploded bomb - Flood warning
 * type=""}
 * See 1000 homes evacuated in Plymouth, England, after bomb find

{The US Coast Guard seized a large amount of cocaine in raids off the coast of Mexico and Panama. What was its street value? - $100 million - $200 million + $500 million - $800 million
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 * See 20 tons of cocaine seized by US Coast Guard

{===May===}

{A huge fire in Buffalo, New York this month produced a plume of smoke that could be seen 40 miles away. What was on fire? + Warehouse - Factory - Oil refinery - Docks
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 * See Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away

{The British Ministry of Defence announced it was going to release some of its files on which topic? - The death of Diana, Princess of Wales - Development of nuclear weapons - Codebreaking + UFOs
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 * See Britain's Ministry of Defence to release UFO files

{Why did the UN have to stop supplying aid to Somalia in May? - Lack of funding - Outbreak of war - Ordered to by Somali government + Pirate attacks See Pirate attacks bring UN aid to Somalia to a halt
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{A man in Egypt tried to take 700 _____s on a plane. - Knives - Fireworks - Wasps + Snakes
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 * See Man attempts to bring 700 snakes onto a plane

{===June===}

{A scientist from Thailand made what breakthrough related to the durian fruit? - Sequenced its DNA - Stopped it from bursting when ripe - Managed to freeze it without losing flavour + Grew one that doesn't smell
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 * See Thai scientist has deodorized the stinky 'king of fruits'

{Which celebrity was in and out of jail this month? - Jessica Simpson + Paris Hilton - Britney Spears - Alan Bennett
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 * See Judge orders Paris Hilton to return to jail

{Sony found itself the target of complaints over the computer game Resistance: Fall of Man. What location had they used for a gun fight that led to anger? + A cathedral - A mosque - The Vatican - The Taj Mahal
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 * See Church of England threatens legal action over PS3 game

{Which Australian location was added to the list of World Heritage Sites? - Uluṟu / Ayers Rock - Sydney Harbour Bridge + Sydney Opera House - Ramsay Street
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 * See Sydney Opera House listed on World Heritage List

{===July===}

{Who won the overall, earning the yellow jersey? + Alberto Contador - Cadel Evans - Tom Boonen - Mauricio Soler
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 * See Tour de France: Alberto Contador wins the grand tour

{What animal living in a residential home was reportedly able to sense impending death? + Cat - Dog - Fish - Parrot
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 * See Cat in Rhode Island, USA nursing home 'senses death'

{Two earthquakes struck which country, leading to leaks of radioactive material from a nuclear power plant? - China - India + Japan - Russia
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 * See Two strong earthquakes jolt Japan

{Which former First Lady of the United States passed away in July? + Lady Bird Johnson - Pat Nixon - Betty Ford - Rosalynn Carter
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 * See Former US First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson dies at 94

{===August===}

{This car was crushed by a tree during a tornado. But where was it? - Colorado - Missouri + New York - Texas
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 * See Tornado touches down in New York City

{What did two German physicists claim to have done this month? - Created a perpetual motion machine - Perfected nuclear fusion - Discovered a new particle + Broken the speed of light
 * type=""}
 * See Two German scientists claim to have broken the speed of light

{11-year-old Rhys Jones was shot in which UK city? - Glasgow + Liverpool - London - Manchester
 * type=""}
 * See Two arrests made over Croxteth shooting

{What disease hit Australia in August? - Bird flu - Dog flu + Horse flu - Kangaroo flu
 * type=""}
 * See Horse flu spreads in Australia

{===September===}

{Which country won the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest? - United Kingdom - Greece + Finland - France
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 * See Finland win first ever Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 held in London

{Of the following, who did not die in September? - Luciano Pavarotti - Colin McRae - Marcel Marceau + Chris Langham
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{Which country won the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup? + Germany - England - Brazil - Argentina
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 * See 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup: Germany defeats Brazil to retain championship

{Which British bank received emergency loans from the Bank of England? - Barclays - NatWest + Northern Rock - Yorkshire Bank
 * type=""}
 * See UK bank gets emergency support

{===October===}

{What major transport project was approved in London? - Triple-decker buses + Crossrail trainline - New airport - M25 extension
 * type=""}
 * See Crossrail train approved for London

{In China, what is Wekipedia? - A website + Type of bread - A band - Communism
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 * See Wikipedia making bread in China? Not so, but close

{Which airplane began flying commercially this month? - Boeing 787 - Boeing 797 - Airbus A350 + Airbus A380
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 * See First A380 enters commercial service

{Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson won a Nobel Prize "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory". But which Nobel Prize did they win? - Chemistry + Economics - Physics - Physiology or Medicine
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 * See American trio wins the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics

{===November===}

{Which country did Cyclone Sidr strike? + Bangladesh - India - Pakistan - Sri Lanka
 * type=""}
 * See Cyclone Sidr kills hundreds in Bangladesh

{Where were eight people killed in a school shooting? - Denmark + Finland - Norway - Sweden
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 * See Deadly shooting at high school in Finland

{Who told Hugo Chávez to "shut up"? - George W Bush + King Juan Carlos I of Spain - John Howard - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
 * type=""}
 * See King of Spain tells Hugo Chavez to 'shut up' during summit

{How old was Evel Knievel when he died? - 63 + 69 - 72 - 75
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 * See Daredevil Evel Knievel dies at age 69

{===December===}

{What animal escaped at a San Francisco zoo, killing one person? - Elephant - Lion + Tiger See Tiger escapes from cage at San Francisco Zoo, kills worker - Penguin
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{Belgium finally managed to form a government, after how many days? - 172 - 182 + 192 - 202
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 * See Belgian Chamber of Representatives backs interim government

{Rail service restarted between North and South Korea this month. How long had it been suspended for? - 20 years - 30 years - 40 years + 50 years
 * type=""}
 * See First rail service in 50 years begins across Korean borders

{Who will take over the Pakistani opposition party PPP following the death of Benazir Bhutto? - Her husband - Her brother + Her son - Her sister
 * type=""}
 * See Bilawal Bhutto, son of Benazir, to assume leadership of PPP

{===And finally...===}

{Approximately how many stories were published by Wikinews in 2007? - 1454 - 2503 - 3254 + 3525
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 * And hopefully even more in 2008!

{For what purposes can you reuse Wikinews content, as long as you attribute it to Wikinews? - None - Educational - Non-commercial + Any
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 * Wikinews is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license, allowing it to be reused for any purpose.

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

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Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20071221

21 December

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User talk:Adora~enwikinews

Welcome
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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 Adora. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Adora~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.

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Japan backs down from hunting Humpback whales

December 21, 2007 Japan has backed down from a highly controversial plan to hunt endangered humpback whales off Antarctica, after fierce criticism by Australia. The Japanese whaling fleet, however, still plans to hunt almost 1,000 whales this season. Today's decision will save 50 humpback whales that Japanese whalers had planned to catch and kill in Antarctic waters.

Environmental group Greenpeace welcomed the decision, but the Japanese whaling fleet is still planning to catch around a 1,000 minke and fin whales - its largest catch ever - for what the government calls "scientific research."

Japan has been under pressure from conservation groups, the United States, Australia and New Zealand not to hunt humpback whales - which are considered near extinction.

Australia increased that pressure on Wednesday when it announced it would send a ship and planes to track the Japanese fleet and gather evidence that could be used to mount a legal challenge to Japanese whaling. Greenpeace Australia's chief Steve Shallhorn, says it was Australia's firm stand that forced Tokyo's turnaround.

"I think there's little doubt the Australian intervention has caused Tokyo to change its mind," he said. "I think the Japanese government found that they could not defend the killing of humpback whales, which are listed under appendix A of the CITES convention, which is the international trade on endangered species convention."

A Japanese government spokesman says Friday's decision was made after talks with the International Whaling Commission, which is currently chaired by the United States. The spokesman says he hopes his government's decision will lead to better ties with Australia.

Although Tokyo vigorously defends the whale hunt as scientific research, whale meat - a delicacy in Japan - ends up in supermarkets. On Wednesday, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said bluntly that the Japanese hunt was not science, but "the slaughter of whales."


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Rajeev Bagga & Natalia Deeva named as "2007 Deaf Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year"

December 22, 2007 To encourage the performance of deaf athletes, the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) recently announced the top 10 finalists for the "2007 WIDEX Sportsman and Sportswomen Award". Rajeev Bagga and Natalia Deeva were named by the jury as "Deaf Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year".

According to icCoventry from England and the ICSD, Bagga performed excellently in recent badminton matches, never losing important matches in his international career, which began in 1989. He was known as a good sportsman; always accepting referees' judgments, regardless of their accuracy.

Recently in the 2nd World Deaf Badminton Championships in Germany, Bagga offered to give up his silver medal in men's single class after the tragic news of his former Lithuanian teammate Andirus Jankus' death in a car accident. This touched the hearts of many people, both deaf and able.

Best Sportswoman, Deeva, participated in the "2007 World Deaf Swimming Championships" in Taiwan and broke 3 world records in the same day. Also in this championship, she won 4 gold medals.


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There is no way anyone can question the fact that this image uses a sample from the copyrighted Image:Wikinews waves Left.png. See below for evidence. --User:Anonymous101 (I would prefer it if you replied via the email link) 19:46, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

 * yes and this is reflected in the licensing of the image --Mark Talk to me 20:05, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

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Death toll from Pakistan train crash officially lowered to 40

December 21, 2007 The official death toll for a recent derailment in Pakistan has been lowered from 58 deaths to 40. The Karachi Express from Karachi to Lahore left the rails at high speed in Sindh province.

At least 115 passengers were injured in the crash, of which ten remain in hospital. Most of them were returning from the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha.

Fourteen of the sixteen cars that comprised the service were derailed. The force of the accident, which occurred near Mehrabpur, about 250 miles from Karachi, was such that two were completely destroyed and the rails were severely damaged.

Junaid Qureshi, director of operations at state owned Pakistan Railways, who operate the service, said that the official figures are now 40 dead and 269 injured. Most of the casualties were in the two carriages that were destroyed. "The position now is that there are 40 dead," Qureshi told reporters, adding that the original figure appeared sourceless. "I do not know where they (the officials) got it from."

He went on to say that of the 40 deceased, 39 bodies had been returned to families, whilst one body remained unidentified and is currently awaiting being claimed at a morgue in Karachi.

However, there are still conflicting reports about the number of casualties. Representatives of the Edhi Foundation, Pakistan's largest private emergency service provider, which attended the scene, said that the foundation had removed 45 bodies from the wreckage, while Mohammed Shafi Toor, head of the state-owned hospital at Mehrabpur, put the figures at 46 dead and 290 injured.

Meanwhile, an official inquiry has been launched. "The inquiry is underway and will be completed within the next five days," said Pakistan Railways Secretary Ghiasuddin, continuing to say that the panel conducting the investigation will make recommendations as a result of it's findings. It is believed the track failed due to extremely low temperatures.

Officials have re-opened the line having repaired the damaged section.


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Open Source "TV Browser" project drops 16 channel listings in face of usage fees

December 22, 2007

The electronic programme guide, TV-Browser, announced their intention to remove 16 private tv-channels on January 1st, 2008. These include the German channels ProSieben, RTL Television and Sat.1.

According to a press release by the TV-Browser team, the collecting society VG Media plans to collect a usage fee for channel-program-data in EPGs beginning next year. Users will be charged between 0.02 and 0.04 € cents per page-view with a minimum fixed fee of at least 2000€.

The Open-Source-project can not and does not wish to pay this fee; developers are considering showing certain programme highlights from the channels in question.

A petition has been started to convince VG Media to abandon this charge fee.


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User talk:Andreas -horn- Hornig

Welcome
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TV Browser
I went throught and copyedited this, bumped it to today's date and published it. Can you check I've kept to the facts as I read them out of the translation? (i.e. if you translated what we have now to German would it match the German story's content?).

Points from the c/e.
 * Location. I removed this, on en.wn we only use that for on the spot reporting of something.
 * Hyphenation. I assume (I know virtually nil German) this is from German compound words - actually a good way to pass on the meaning but needs C/E'd out.
 * Shorter sentences. I'm guilty of this too. If you keep sentences in English short it is less likely their meaning will be ambiguous. There are ways to use ";" and so to join things but don't worry about that unless you've got a key goal of contributing to en.wn to improve your English. ;-)

Anyway, thanks for the story - I'm not sure if we covered a similar issue I'm aware of. The U.K.'s Football Association asserts rights over the fixtures list and demands a usage fee too. We did have discussion of that in project space as we wanted to use the information.

If you do another one, hop into IRC on freenode, channel #wikinews, and ask if someone can do a copyedit for you. Oh - and have a look at the template I added for the translation message.

Any plans to translate the other way? English->German? --Brian McNeil / talk 09:28, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

 * hi Brian, I think the meaning of the article is still there after your edit. so thx for the quicklook. I just added the location, because I think hardly any person out there knows where Münster is, because it is not one of Germanysbigest citys, this was just to be sure. but I will stick to your rules in here. and you can be sure that it is not myaim to improve my english in here. I just don't want to have a mistake in here because asyou can see I am no native speaker and it COULD hapen that I left out some letters or mixed up a tense ;).
 * I am not an IRC person, but I will connect and ask there for help :)
 * If you had covered some similar news we could link to this news (as we do in the German version of de.wikinews). and this point of negotion of the companys really pisses me of to control really each and every tiny bit of information, even the unimportant ones, which should be under public domain. otherwise youare virtually not allowed to tell anyone who one the match or what a show or movie will be shown in an instance.
 * I also had done some translation from E to G but it has to interest me. but If you have some important or interesting news, why not :). but please, no booklengthy news ;). greets, and thx alot.

YouTube experiments with HD videos
It looks like someone rescued your article from deletion. ♪ Tempo Di  Valse ♪ 15:14, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * hi, luckyly someone did that. it's a pitty, that just some few are willing to help me as a first time poster to doit right. but it's always easier to delete then to change. :) so thanks for your notice. I changed the remarked "you" in the news. so, what do you think is left to be done? greets, --Andreas -horn- Hornig (talk) 17:13, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, if you think the article is ready to be reviewed for publishing, you could replace the tag at the top of the page with  . Then someone will come along and see if the article up to publishing standards. Best, ♪ Tempo  Di  Valse ♪ 17:27, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, you are not allow to review articles that you started. Unfortunately we can not publish the article as it is about something that happened more then 3 days ago. Anonymous101talk 16:23, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

 * hi, in that case something is not fully working in here. I know that the german wikinews is slow in reviewing articles, but this here is even worse. if nobody cares about reviewing articles the "rule to delete old news" is worthless in my opinion. there has to be a mechanism to safe articles and not just to delete them. greets, --Andreas -horn- Hornig (talk) 18:19, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Your Simpsons article
Thanks for your message to my talk page. I am sorry to see that your last article got deleted to a delay in publication. I certainly do not want this to happen to your Simpsons article, but I do not think it is quite ready to be published yet.

So, instead of reviewing it now, I will improve it so it is ready for publishing, mark it for review, and do all I can to make sure it is published today so it is not marked as old news.

Thanks for your contributions to Wikinews,

Anonymous101talk 16:01, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

hi and first of all thanks for your help. the previous deletion process is the way it is, so you don't have to sorry. I want to contribute something and now I'm trying it again as long as it will be successfull ;). any change to improve the article is welcome, and in case, it will be deleted again, the learning progress will help me ;). so, please tell me, how to help you. greets, --Andreas -horn- Hornig (talk) 16:05, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

I've finished improving your article and gopher65 was kind enough to review it, so it is published now. Congratulations! Anonymous101talk 17:00, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * yeahah! :) thanks a lot! I hope to add more submissions in the future, at least I will do my very best to translate my de.wikinews articles :). greets, --Andreas -horn- Hornig (talk) 09:57, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

RE:Metropolis
No, the article cannot be published. This is because, as other users have quite rightly pointed out, the article is becoming stale. You need to either find some sources from the past 2-3 days, or give up on trying to get this article published and start a new one. Do not publish this article! And please don't be down-hearted by this failure. You can always try again. Remember, I had difficulties with writing articles at first. But now, I have gone on to write over 100 published articles. (Sorry for bragging.) I would suggest that you read about this guide, which will help you to write an article. I would also advise you to enter the 2010 writing contest. I'm enjoying it so far. Make sure that you read the rules and regulations carefully. I do appreciate that they can be a little bit difficult to understand. And don't forget to add the special hidden categories that get you points - for example, for me, I would write the following at the bottom of the article: and. Good luck for 2010! -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 22:20, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

 * hi, added international sources (because I think german ones will be difficult as well). so there are some sources for newsworthyness (like I mentioned before by posting a link do news.google.com). so, what else is to be done? --Andreas -horn- Hornig (talk) 23:22, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Interview
Can you provide some of the email exchange around setting up the interview for Wikinewsies who would qualify as "independent" to build the intro/outro? scoop  wikinewsie org should do nicely for that. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:01, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Brian, what is this scoop email address? if this is th email address for the archive I will send a copy of my email to it. And I don't really know another wikinewsie, who could write the intro/outro :), or do I understand you wrong? Please remember, English is not my native tongue. best regards, --Andreas -horn- Hornig (talk) 23:06, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The scoop e-mail is scoop@wikinewsie.org. Your best location to talk about your interview article is the IRC channel. --Killing Vector (talk) 01:53, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't currently have regular access to a computer and won't for the next few days, so I can't help right now. Gopher65talk 14:26, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

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Preview of sex tape starring former 'American Idol' finalist Jessica Sierra is released

December 22, 2007

Vivid Entertainment has launched a new website previewing a celebrity sex tape they have obtained staring former American Idol finalist Jessica Sierra.

22-year-old Sierra is a resident of Tampa and reached the final of the show's fourth season in 2005. The film she stars in will be released as a full-length DVD entitled Jessica Sierra Hardcore. The tape shows her having sex with a man thought to be Sierra's boyfriend.

Steven Hirsch, co-chairman of Vivid, who are also responsible for a recent release featuring Kim Kardashian said in a statement, "This title contains the most explicit sex we've ever seen in a celebrity video. Jessica clearly has more talent than just singing."

Vivid spokesperson Jackie Markham has said the footage was created earlier this year and was purchased by the company two months ago from an unidentified third party. Markham said Jessica's attorney has not contacted them and she is unsure if any proceeds will reach Sierra.

The tape also shows her making abusive comments about other contestants, such as Carrie Underwood, who has gone on to have some success.


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Ok, now I'm REALLY scared. PurplePerson 00:35, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


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Comments:Preview of sex tape starring former 'American Idol' finalist Jessica Sierra is released

This garbage is not news.

News worthiness
This is a truly sad, sad state of affairs we are in, if such a fact makes top news. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.112.90.186 (talk) 01:37, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * OMG let report about a pornographic video being released...this is just ridiculous. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:18, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * What a load of crap that this is even still here. Someone should just delete it.Rekov 22:14, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Prime suspect in Northern's Ireland's Omagh bombing found not guilty

The RUC was hardly the world's greatest police force and this here proves it. --TUFKAAP 02:36, 22 December 2007 (UTC)


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Comments:Cathal Ryan, early board member and son of co-founder of Irish flag carrier Ryanair, dies at 48

Cathal Ryan, Rest in peace...
I first met Cathal as a young man, when we put on Juno & the Paycock in his "Barn" which he had converted into a theatre in 1997 so the reports of a recent interest in performing arts is innacurate. This show was followed by the Cripple of Inishmaan which toured the country winning awards in many different categories. The next show from the Stacumny players was the jockey club stakes and then the salvage shop. Cathals decidation to the dramatic cause rubbed off on Cillian and Danielle who both tok part, INCLUDING Cathal who acted in the jockey club. This was all amateur but lots of fun and thanks to Cathals personal call, I came back from my honeymoon early to do a show. Lots of monies were raised in tese shows due to Cathals work.

I will certainly miss him and my heart goes out to his family...

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User:I18n

This is an alias of. Please contact me at m:user talk:. Thanks! →  :     special:Listusers/sysop version all messages Common.css Common.js Monobook.css Monobook.js wikivar Last update: [ ↺] validator.w3.org

special:Gadgets and MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition
The main purpose of this account is to test functions from special:Gadgets at various wikis:

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→ commons:special:Gadgets  commons:MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition  → commons:user:

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→ 012443 · "unable to activate the chekboxes in the « Gadget = #prefsection-10 » section in « special:Preferences » at Hebrew Wikipedia with Opera"

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User talk:I18n

m:…/global.css · m:…/global.js · global account information · global user contributions
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Module:First steps and Module:TableTools
Hi. I noticed you created these pages on en.wn. What are they, and why are they here? --Pi zero (talk) 09:59, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I work on it. Moment please. Are you at IRC? ·לערי ריינהארט·T·m:[//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/user_talk:%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%98?action=history Th]·T·email me· 10:00, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
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Talk:Rajeev Bagga & Natalia Deeva named as "2007 Deaf Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year"

OR info
Summarized from information by T2009 in Taiwan and ICSD's Top 10 List to write, it's difficult to name this news, if someone have a better name, please help me to rename it! Brock contact... 04:45, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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User:StatHistorian

Scoring has been at a record pace during the 2007 college football season--as evident of a record 30 teams scoring at least 500 or more points.

The Bowl season is just two games old and several teams are within reach 500+ Points and more than likely will be added to this list.

The latest memeber of this exclussive group is the Naval Academy.

Eventhough the Midshipmen fell to Utah, 35-32 in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, they became the 30th team in 2007 to surpass 500 or more points this season.

The Middies have scored 511 point this fall.

The current listing of 500+ Teams show:

Mount Union, 778 [c]

Mary Hardin-Baylor, 707 [c]

Appalachian State, 641 [c]

Abilene Christian, 639 [1-c]

Ohio Dominican, 621 [1-c]

Sioux Falls SD, 602 [c]

Catawba 578, [1-c]

Bethel TN, 571 [1-c]

Oklahoma, 564 [b]*

Hawaii, 554 [b]*

Tuskegee, 562 [1-c]

Virginia-Wise, 544 [1-c]

Delaware, 543 [c]

West Texas A&M, 541 [c]

Valdosta State, 540 [c]

Carson-Newman, 537 [c]

Kansas, 532 [1-b]*

Southern Illinois, 530 [c]

Tulsa, 523 [b]*

St. Francis IN, 522 [c]

Missouri, 520 [1-b]*

Florida, 517 [b]*

Boise State, 513 [b]*

Northwest Missouri State, 513 [c]

Navy, 511 [1-c]

Southern Connecticut State, 509 [c]

Washington & Jefferson, 508 [c]

LSU, 503 [1-b]*

California PA, 502 [1-c]

Texas Tech, 501 [b]*

'Key:'

[1-b]*= 1st 500+ season-bowl game left to play

[1-c]= 1st 500+ season and season completed

[b]*= bowl game left to play

[c]= season completed

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Talk:UEFA Champions League 2007/08: Celtic 1-1 Spartak Moscow

Żurawski, not Zurawski! 83.242.76.83 07:27, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

CAT request
editprotected Please add the following categories to the article. 14.139.242.195 (talk) 12:37, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Scottish Premier League
 * It doesn't seem to me putting a game in the category for a league because one of the teams is in the league would be a good use of the league category. --Pi zero (talk) 17:03, 9 February 2016 (UTC)


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User:Smeggysmeg

My website can be found at thespecter.net

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User talk:82.137.200.21

Welcome
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Talk:Japan backs down from hunting Humpback whales

I get that most here dislike the program, but to many others it is a valid program. Couldn't you try to write without the condemnation? This current version only mentioning opposition is just poorly written. The issue, then identify sides. Don't take one and bias the article for it.


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Oldest surviving US WWI veteran dies

December 22, 2007

J. Russell Coffey, the oldest surviving United States veteran of First World War (WWI), has died. He was 109.

Coffey's death was announced by the Smith-Crates Funeral Home in North Baltimore, Ohio. According to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA), he is the last remaining veteran of the war in Ohio. He was also one of just three remaining US WWI veterans.

Coffey, who was born on September 1, 1898, never saw armed conflict as he enlisted in October 1918, just one month prior to Germany and The Allies signing a ceasefire deal. As a result, he failed to complete basic training in time to enter battle. He left Ohio State University, where he had been studying, in order to join the army.

He had two elder brothers, both of whom saw combat, and for some time he expressed regret at having not being able to join the war, although in April 2007 he told the Associated Press "I think I was good to get out of it.".

He returned to education at New York University, where he earned a doctorate. He went on to follow a career of playing baseball at a semipro level, as well as teaching students at both college and high school level. He also raised a family; however, his wife and daughter have both since died. He once said to his daughter Betty Jo Larsen, who died in September, that he would prefer to be remembered for what he had done rather than his age. "He told me 'Even a prune can get old.'" she once said.

He continued to drive until the age of 104, and lived alone until the age of 106. After that, he moved into the Blakely Care Center nursing home, where he resided until his death. The funeral home did not disclose the location of his death.

A cause of death is yet to be established, although it is known he had been in poor health since October.

According to the USDVA, the other surviving veterans are Frank Buckles, 106, of Charles Town, West Virginia and Harry Richard Landis, 108, of Sun City Center, Florida.

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Google Taiwan: Building knowledge sharing center-stage with innovations

December 25, 2007 Last Tuesday in Taipei, Google Taiwan held an annual summary press conference named "Collective Intelligence & Innovation" (In Chinese: 匯聚智慧、集體創新). With many products had already been presented to the public like wikis, blogs, and photo albums in the Web 2.0 era, Google served to provide lots of services like Google Apps, Google Maps and YouTube with suitable versions in Taiwan differing other countries this year.

Global Deputy Director of Google Kai-Fu Lee said: "The contents on the Internet were mostly limited with some copyright issue in the past, but after many products in the Web 2.0 era are presented, several contents are progressively released and opened to the public in the presence. As those factors, we [Google] hope developers in Taiwan can develop useful tools for local people to apply with people's life."

"In order to change minds in public, we [Google] conjoined some required elements into people's life, and services on iGoogle in Taiwan are progressively more and newer because of the improvements of developers. We hoped a simple service can be multiplied with releases of useful and functional tools," he also said.

Also in this conference, the Engineering Director of the Google Taiwan R&D Center Li-feng Chien also announced the achievements on the "Google Taipei Developers' Day" and invited developers named Chi-pao Hu and Yi-ru Lin to share some actual applications on iGoogle.


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Former UK prime minister Tony Blair converts to Catholicism

December 22, 2007 Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has left the Church of England and joined the Roman Catholic Church.

Blair, currently the special envoy for Quartet on the Middle East, has long been attending mass with his wife and four children, who are all Catholic. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor received Blair into full communion with the Catholic Church during Mass at Archbishop's House, Westminster, on Friday.

Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor said, "I am very glad to welcome Tony Blair into the Catholic Church ... For a long time he has been a regular worshipper at Mass with his family and in recent months he has been following a programme of formation to prepare for his reception into full communion ... My prayers are with him, his wife and family at this joyful moment in their journey of faith together."

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, senior archbishop of the Church of England said, "Tony Blair has my prayers and good wishes as he takes this step in his Christian pilgrimage."

Ann Widdecombe, of the Conservative Party, was more cautious. "If you look at Tony Blair's voting record in the House of Commons, he's gone against Church teaching on more than one occasion. On things, for example, like abortion," she said. "My question would be, 'has he changed his mind on that?'"

Tony Blair, who has yet to release any official comments, said in a BBC documentary last month: "You know you can't have a religious faith and it be an insignificant aspect because it's, it's profound about you and about you as a human being." He also said that he had avoided discussing his religious views out of fear of being called "a nutter."


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Indian Air Force jet catches fire and crashes after refuelling at Biju Patnaik Airport

December 22, 2007 A jet trainer belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF) caught fire during takeoff from Biju Patnaik Airport in Orissa after refuelling and crashed. The pilot escaped unharmed.

The aircraft was one of four flying from Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal to Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. They had made a scheduled stop at Biju Patnaik for refuelling. After this was completed, three of the aircraft successfully took off and continued, but the fourth caught fire and crashed on the runway at about 11:30 a.m. IST (UTC+5:30).

The aircraft was a Surya Kiran aerobatics demonstration team display jet.

The pilot ejected from the aircraft and was uninjured, whilst the aircraft was attended by Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicles.


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Sacha Baron Cohen retires Borat alter ego

December 22, 2007 Sacha Baron Cohen, the British actor and comedian known for his characters Borat Sagdiyev and Ali G, told Britain's Daily Telegraph on Friday that he was officially retiring both aforementioned characters. The reason for this, he said, is because of the public becoming too knowledgeable of him and his alter egos.

"It is hard, and the problem with success, although it's fantastic, is that every new person who sees the Borat movie is one less person I 'get' with Borat again, so it's a kind of self-defeating form, really," Cohen stated.

Borat Sagdiyev is a fictional character who is a Kazakhstani journalist with anti-Semitic and misogynist viewpoints, and Ali G is a "gangsta" from the "Staines ghetto".

When posing as Borat or Ali G, Cohen would conduct interviews with unsuspecting people who believed that the interviews and the character were genuine. He would ask questions designed to make the interviewee look foolish or ignorant. He has showcased this method in the television program Da Ali G Show and the faux-documentary ''Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

Cohen generated much controversy from the nation of Kazakhstan, who claimed that Borat portrayed a negative image of the country's people. He also garnered lawsuits from the unknowing participants of his act.

Cohen's third persona, a gay Austrian reporter named Bruno, is slated to appear in a 2008 film.


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Just trolling...
Catholic? Nutter. ... Religious? Nutter. Or... Politician? Nutter. Press those buttons now! Let's see your least-favourite nutter voted off the island! --!!!!

Who cares...?
He's the FORMER prime minister, does this really matter? And it's a rather trivial piece of information to know as well...? --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:03, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I don't care what religion people have, ecspecially if the people no longer have any public significance. I have no idea how this story was the top story. --User:Anonymous101 12:17, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * This just in: former President Clinton now believes in fairies rather than leprechauns. -- Macaddct1984 15:17, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Anyone who doesn't think this is significant should really consider the UK's long history of conflict between Protestants and Catholics. Had Blair done this while in office he would never have won another election and the Northern Ireland MPs like Iain Paisley Jr would have been describing him as a puppet of Rome. Instead he's waited until he's in the post of special envoy to the Middle East, and has just lost all respect from every US evangelical that can drag themselves away from the Jesus channel long enough to discover this little detail. Their view on the world is that non-evangelicals are all going to hell, led there by the Pope and all the other Catholics. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:51, 24 December 2007 (UTC)


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WHO says spread of Bird Flu among humans limited

December 22, 2007

The World Health Organization (WHO) says limited human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 avian influenza virus may have occurred in Pakistan, but it says the threat of further spread appears to have stopped as no new infections have been reported for two weeks.

Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization and top bird flu expert, Doctor David Heymann, says a team of WHO experts has completed an investigation into an outbreak of bird flu in Pakistan. He says tests were carried out among a group of people who became infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus in October.

Doctor Heymann says an analysis of the information is not yet complete, but preliminary results indicate there was human-to-human transmission of the virus. He says there could have been a common source of the infection.

"The team feels, we have not seen all their evidence yet, but they feel that this could be an instance of close contact of human-to-human transmission in a very circumscribed area and not sustained," he explained. "Just like happened in Indonesia and in Thailand."

Nine people, including five brothers, became infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus in a small town north of Islamabad. One was a vet involved in culling sick poultry. Two of his brothers fell ill and died. The vet and his other two brothers subsequently recovered. Doctor Heymann says H5N1 remains an animal disease. He says there have been only occasional instances where human-to-human infections have occurred.

The World Health Organization reports at least 209 people have died worldwide from the virus, most in Indonesia. Scientists fear the H5N1 or another as yet unidentified virus could mutate into a form that could easily spread the disease among humans.

Doctor Heymann says there were three avian flu pandemics in the last century and other pandemics before then. He says there is a clear understanding in the scientific community that there will be another pandemic of influenza.

"We do not know what virus will cause that, but we know there are avian influenza viruses out there and those viruses could cause a pandemic eventually," he explained. "As long as H5N1 is circulating anywhere in the world, there is a chance that that virus can, either through an adaptive mutation or re-assortment, cause a pandemic. The problem is nobody can quantify that risk."

Doctor Heymann says countries have to be prepared to take action when a pandemic strikes and that the World Health Organization is stockpiling H5N1 vaccines.

He says they would be used to vaccinate essential populations, such as health workers and security forces, in countries where the pandemic is starting. He says the vaccines also would be used to vaccinate people in areas surrounding a contaminated zone to try to contain the virus and stop it from spreading.


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Your user page looks nice 'n' all, but it talks about us being an encyclopedia or Wikipedia. Them's fighting talk around these parts. ;-) --Brian McNeil / talk 17:37, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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I'm a bureaucrat on Hebrew-language wikipedia.

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User talk:129.33.119.12

Your recent edits
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User talk:Matanatron~enwikinews

I have reverted your changes to the Israel Journal article, this is getting a bit older and the image was contemporary with the story - not a file photo. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:39, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Please stop changing the photo as you were asked about above. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:26, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:172.188.171.11

You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikinews. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may do so after the block expires. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 22:13, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Sacha Baron Cohen retires Borat alter ego

I liked the Borat movie. It was hilarious! --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:32, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

no borat is awsome no !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.5.248.124 (talk) 23:56, 14 October 2008 (UTC)


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Blocked again
You have been blocked again for your vandalism to User:Angela's page. —Zachary talk 10:54, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

 * And again. The blocks will keep getting longer; you'd b better off doing something else. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:53, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

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User talk:Artmarty

Hello. I recently deleted your article on Levenworth USP. Wikinews is for news articles, not descripive articles about places. Perhaps you were looking for some other wiki project like Wikipedia. If you need any help, don't hesitate to ask. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:43, 23 December 2007 (UTC) -

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Exit polls indicate pro-Thaksin party lead in Thai election

December 23, 2007 Initial exit polls for Thailand's general election suggest the People Power Party (PPP), allied with the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, has a clear lead. The poll predicted the party would win 202 out of the total of 480 seats, although a survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University suggested the party may win as many as 256 seats.

In September 2006 a bloodless military coup overthrew Shinawatra. Following the coup, Thai Rak Thai—Thaksin's party—was disbanded amid corruption allegations. With the coup timed such that Prime Minister was in New York, he went into self-imposed exile in the UK. His supporters, who were not banned from politics, formed the People Power Party. They have benefited from Thaksin's popularity in rural areas.

If the lower prediction of 202 seats is correct it is possible that the People Power Party will not form a government. According to a Reuters report in the Washington Post the caretaker government and military leaders are likely to oppose PPP forming a coalition government.

According to the DPA, Thaksin observed the elections from Hong Kong, instead of his London residence. The PPP have—if elected—committed to his return on February 14 next year.


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Talk:Exit polls indicate pro-Thaksin party lead in Thai election

Thai sources

 * http://www.bangkokpost.co.th/topstories/topstories.php?id=124648
 * http://203.150.244.10/reports/eng/ (The Nation)
 * http://enews.mcot.net/ (very slow) Article

--Brian McNeil / talk 09:59, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Added them. Thanks for using talk page instead of article page when the template was being used. --User:Anonymous101 (I would prefer it if you replied via the email link) 10:18, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

 * MCOT is the government's official news agency, so if they say PPP can form a government it - to some extent - contradicts where the article says the junta may not allow this. I've not read all the sources you've used, can you point me to who specifies that? --Brian McNeil / talk 10:32, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

 * The BBC did when the story broke although they have now removed that. --User:Anonymous101 (Talk) 12:21, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

source template
Why change the source templates back to single line? It may be what the javascript inserts but it is a lot harder to read and edit them like that. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:35, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It was as a result of me trying to manage a period of edit conflicts. I did not know or intend for the source templates to be changed --User:Anonymous101 (Talk) 12:20, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, had a couple of edit conflicts myself. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:36, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

related overload
that is a lot of related news items; would an infobox be better? --SVTCobra 12:40, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I wondered about that, we could probably do with a related, but one manually maintained. The issue is we do have a lot of background, and what I listed is a small selection of our coverage of the issue. There are WN stories prior to these which show how (as I understand it) Thaksin used the law to try and silence his critics and it backfired to the extent that he was deposed while at the UN in NY. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:47, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Nearly a year later, and I still say overload. Archiving nonetheless. --SVTCobra 03:40, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


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User talk:RockerballAustralia

Any chance?
Of you writing again for the Wiki??? @RockerballAustralia BigKrow (talk) 07:04, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

 * Sometime soon maybe. I've got coverage planned. RockerballAustralia contribs 00:05, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * kool, @RockerballAustralia BigKrow (talk) 02:10, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

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 * Albania - Georgia Wikimedia Cooperation 2024
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 * From a Language Teacher to a Library Support Staff: The Wikimedia Effect
 * 5th WikiEducation 2024 Conference in Mexico
 * Lviv hosted a spring wikischool for Ukrainian high school students
 * First class of teachers graduated from Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom 2024
 * Empowering Digital Citizenship: Unlocking the Power of Open Knowledge with Participants of the LIFE Legacy
 * Wiki Movimento Brazil supports online and in-person courses and launches material to guide educators in using Wikimedia projects
 * Where to find images for free? Webinar for librarians answered many questions
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Talk:Google Taiwan: Building knowledge sharing center-stage with innovations

Problems
O have several issues with this article- The article was written and published in one edit by an anonymous user who was making his first edit yet --User:Anonymous101 (Talk) 11:51, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Google Page creator has existed for ages
 * 2) This seems like advertising
 * 3) This is not news
 * 4) It sounds like a press release
 * 5) It was published early
 * 6) All the sources are to Google or Google Pages
 * ..... Should I try to clean up and re-name b/c this information can be varied and modified after I add information from Taiwan's Press Conference? Brock contact... 15:17, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for improving it. I take away all my complaints but it's style of writing needs a little improvment before publishing. I also question its neuteral point of view --User:Anonymous101 12:33, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * BTW of the NPOV, I think its title may be shorten and contents can be C/ed twice before publishing. Just wait for experts. Brock contact... 16:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

The first paragraph needs to be about where, when, and why this event (press conference) took place. I do realize the "when" is in the second paragraph. --SVTCobra 21:57, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Paragraph and title changed. Brock contact... 08:35, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

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I've participated a press conference last Tuesday, Kai-fu Lee said more on the developments of Google in Taiwan, it's differ than other countries. Brock contact... 15:35, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It's still not clear from the article what is actually new here, i.e. what the news is. Uncle G 12:54, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Needs native speaker C/E and title change
I can't figure out how to title this one, but there's a spelling error in there so unpublished. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:30, 24 December 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:24.191.114.1

You have written an article that does not quote reliable sources, promotes a company, was written and published in one edit, sounds like a press release, breaks may Wikinews policies, was factually incorrect, quoted google as a source, linked to a site that looks like a personal web space, quotes unessential information and part of it sounds like a telemarketing channel. Please contact me if you need more info on the Wikinews guidlines, and please edit again in the future, but without breaking any guidlines --User:Anonymous101 (Talk) 11:57, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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Welcome!

24.191.114.1, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Please do not post advertisements Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Here are some other hints and tips:

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

 * When using talk pages (the "collaboration" tab at the top of the page), or the comments pages (tab "opinions"), please sign your name at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (~~). This will automatically produce your username (or IP address) and the date.

If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --User:Anonymous101 (Talk) 11:57, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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The top of the print edition says "December 18 2007". Please fix. —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 15:13, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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Former Belgian Chairman of the Senate Frank Swaelen dies at 77

December 23, 2007

Minister of State and former Chairman of the Senate of Belgium Frank Swaelen died in Antwerp at the age of 77.

Frank Swaelen became a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 1968 and remained so for 17 years. From 1980 to 1981, he was Minister of Defence in the government of Prime Minister Wilfried Martens. After this, he became the chairman of his party, the Christian People's Party (CVP). In 1985 he left the Chamber of Representatives and joined the Belgian Senate, which he presided over for more than ten years, from 1988 to 1999, before retiring from active politics. He was made a minister of State in 1995.

In a reaction, Etienne Schouppe, the interim chairman of CD&V, the party that succeeded the CVP, praised Mr Swaelen and described him as "faithful, loyal and discreet." Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the government, offered his condolences to the family and friends of the former party chairman, minister of State and Chairman of the Senate. He stated in a reaction that "Frank Swaelen has made an important contribution to Belgian and international politics, as Representative, Minister of Defence, but above all as chairman of the CVP and Chairman of the Senate."

The Chamber of Representatives observed a minute of silence in honour of Mr Swaelen.


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French writer Julien Gracq dies at 97

December 23, 2007

French writer Julien Gracq, the pen Name of Louis Poirier, died Saturday at the age of 97.

Born on July 27, 1910 in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, France, his body of work would include poetry, novels and one theatrical work.

Tributes included French President Nicolas Sarkozy's declaration that Gracq was "one of the greatest French writers of the 20th century."

In 1989, Gracq's work was published by the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. He remained distant from major literary events and faithful to his first editor José Corti. He taught history and geography in highschool until he retired in 1970.

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