text:
Highlights of 2008 Taipei County Jin Shi Marathon

March 6, 2008 The 2008 Taipei County Jin Shi International Marathon which was established in 1979 and suspended from 1986 to 2001 before being transformed from "Jin Shan" to "Jin Shi" with its racing scale expanded, crossed through three townships including Wanli, Jinshan, and Shihmen was held last Sunday (March 2 in Taipei Time). Not only professional runners from Asian and European countries participated in this race, but several enterprises, governmental and academic teams also supported this race by participating in 6K Fun Run classes.

Even though the Central Weather Bureau warned of an impending dust storm, good weather graced this race with rain-free conditions. Another challenge for the runners in the 21K and 42K classes was cold winds due to the race route partially including coast line. Finally, Belgian marathon runner Rik Ceulemans, men's record holder of this race, extended his record with 2H18m13s to win the men's championship, and Yu-fang Hsu, women's champion of 2007 ING Taipei Marathon, won her title at women's class with 2H53m39s. Coincidently, Wen-chien Wu and Wan-ling Wu, former champions of this race, all won the second place in their own gender class.

As a recap for the race, not only runners gave their best performances in this race, but several foreign teams — especially from Okinawa, Japan — played a great role adding a cultural exchange aspect to the event. Bros Sports, the race organizer, supervised by Taipei County Government in this race, some senior managers from Bros Sports hoped organizations from the sports industry could arrange the best integration of several marathon races in Taiwan in the future even though Bros Sports promoted a special attempt this year with three marathon races including Jin Shi, Dajia Mazu, and UMC Hsinchu stages.


text:
Violence in Kenya kills at least thirteen

March 4, 2008 Violence in Kenya has resulted in thirteen deaths. The militia raid is the first attack since a power-sharing agreement was reached last week. The incident is believed to have stemmed from a land dispute. All Africa reports that some of the victims were burned alive, while others were decapitated or shot.

A witness told The Nation, "I hid behind a huge rock near my house, otherwise I would be dead by now." Police have stated that at least six of the thirteen victims were children. It has also been reported that four of the victims were relatives of Fredrick Mbuya, a police reservist.

The attack took place in Embaski Village in the Rift Valley area of Kenya. The Rift Valley, which is almost 500 km from Nairobi, has been the scene of other violent incidents in the last few months.

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


text:
Talk:Highlights of 2008 Taipei County Jin Shi Marathon

OR info
I fully participated in this race with some helps by officials, I took the officials' media reporting car for the photo coverage. But still, I couldn't believe that the Rik is from Belgium because I finally found his information via Netherland language Wikipedia. Brock contact... 08:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Caution
I have left a message at comments' page per this email information...

";Forwarded message From: Jason Mayeroff  Date: 2008/3/6 8:26 Subject: Re:

Great stuff.

Rico, there are a few details about Rik's performance that need to be pointed out:

(1) This result came after Rik did 350km of training in the previous 10 days in Tokunoshima, Japan.

(2) Rik was not invited to the race. He paid his own way to Taiwan and paid his entry fee as a normal, recreational runner. The invited Taiwanese runners were upset that Rik showed up and beat them.

(3) The organizers of the marathon were so assured that Wu Wen Chien, the top Taiwanese runner, would win they wrote the check out for him before the race!

Jason.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:15 PM, xxx  wrote:

Can you look to it and Send it to Rico Shen [brockf5@gmail.com]?"

Regards. Brock contact... 16:34, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


text:
Comments:New Zealand prisoners do nothing says National party

having bbq's playstation games,xbox games,etc in prisons is nothing!compared to been locked away from your own choices,its when an inmate is released, the first 3months are very inportant for an inmate and the public especially inmates completeing long lags,what new zealand needs is people who can comunicate guilde themhelp them back in.there is only a few people who can get inside the minds of the most violent criminals and stop them from re-offending,im one of them, i know how to stop the most violent from re-offending when they are re-leased and i want to help,just dont know who to contact etc..


text:
National Hockey League news: March 4, 2008

March 4, 2008

There were 3 games played in the National Hockey League on March 3, 2008.

Boston Bruins @ Washington Capitals
scored 32 seconds into the game to get it started for the Capitals. scored his 50th goal of the season 6:18 into the first period to make it 2-0. Ovechkin scored again 50 seconds later to put Washington up by three. scored to make it 4-0 before the halfway point of the first period. Ovechkin completed the hat trick with a power play goal with 4:29 left in the period. put Washington ahead by 6 going into the first intermission with a power play goal of his own. scored a power play goal 36 seconds into the second period to put Boston on the scoreboard. Capitals rookie scored his 14th goal of the season at 7:50. made it 8-1. The Bruins added their second goal when scored with less than 3 minutes left in the second period. Laich scored his second goal of the night 2:03 into the third. Bradley scored his second of the night to put Washington in double digits in the closing minutes of the game. made 20 saves in the first two periods before leaving with back spasms. Ovechkin had two assists to go with his hat trick.

Ottawa Senators @ Anaheim Ducks
In a rematch from last year's Stanley Cup finals, the Ottawa Senators travelled to Anaheim to face the Ducks. scored first for Anaheim, putting them ahead at 11:58 in the first period. scored a power play goal for the Ducks at the 15 minute mark. Just 35 seconds later, scored to put the Senators on the board. scored his 6th goal of the season just under halfway through the third period, putting Anaheim ahead by 2 goals and giving them their sixth straight win. made 24 saves, earning his 30th win of the season.

Montreal Canadiens @ San Jose Sharks
scored 56 seconds into the game to give the Sharks an early lead. Montreal answered with a goal 2:22 into the first, but San Jose retook the lead 24 seconds later when  scored his 18th of the season. scored his first career NHL goal to tie the score going into the first intermission. In the second period, Thornton scored his second of the night on a Sharks power play to retake the lead. Plekanec scored his second of the night nearly 10 minutes later to tie the score again. put San Jose back on top with his first goal of the season. In the third period, put the Sharks ahead by two goals. put the Canadiens within 1 less than a minute later, but a power play goal by, who spun around one of the Montreal defenders, secured San Jose's victory with 1:39 left in the game. made 27 saves for the Sharks, who have now won 6 straight.

Wikinews Player of the Day
Today's Wikinews Player of the Day is of the Washington Capitals. Ovechkin scored three goals and two assists in the Capitals' 10-2 win agains the Boston Bruins. His first goal was his fiftieth of the season, making this the second 50-goal season of his career. Ovechkin jumped ahead of fellow countryman as NHL points leader.

For information on the selection process of the Player of the Day, see this page.


text:
Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20080304

4 March

title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20080304


text:
Comments:Conservatives in Alberta, Canada re-elected 11th consecutive time

Which is why they produce a third of Canada's pollution. 64.228.130.193 16:03, 4 March 2008 (UTC)some guy
 * i read in some newspaper (forget which) that it's more like 40% ... unless we federally get some new emission policies, alberta's hopeless (and thereby canada) Wikidsoup - (talk) 16:54, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


text:
User talk:59.93.8.160

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --Anonymous101 Talk 16:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how an article should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:59.93.8.160


text:
User talk:137.90.230.2

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --Anonymous101 Talk 16:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how an article should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:137.90.230.2


text:
User talk:81.137.222.172

If you don't like our coverage, feel free to create a better article. --Anonymous101 Talk 16:59, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

title: User talk:81.137.222.172


text:
British university falls short of Smurf gathering world record

March 4, 2008

Despite two months of preparation, a Smurf party held by the University of Southampton's student union ended without a record. While 720 came to The Cube nightclub in blue bodypaint, and with a white hat and pants, they missed the mark by 164 people.

On February 18, Chester University attracted 884 students to their event, but newspapers and organizers apparently overlooked this record attempt. It generally takes a few months for the Guinness World Record organization to formally acknowledge achievements as being official.

The Southampton event was to raise cash for the Prince's Trust's "World Wealth Creation Challenge". The competition pits ten United Kingdom universities against each other, to raise as much money between November 2007 and March 2008.

The previous record of 451 people was set by Warwick University in 2007.

While The Smurfs television series made the characters known in the English-speaking world, when it debuted in the 1980s, they actually began 50 years ago in the Belgian comics magazine Le Journal de Spirou.


text:
User talk:Agagliasso

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --Brian McNeil / talk 17:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how an article should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Agagliasso


text:
Template:League table

Please add documentation for the template.

title: Template:League table


title: User:Hillock65


text:
Template:OhioRepsMiniTueResults

Status: Votes currently being tallied

title: Template:OhioRepsMiniTueResults


text:
User talk:12.45.130.162

Welcome
Welcome!

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * 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! DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:15, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

title: User talk:12.45.130.162


text:
Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax dies

March 4, 2008

Ernest Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died in his Lake Geneva, Wisconsin home on Tuesday at the age of 69 due to heart problems. Dave Arneson's Blackmoor was the first role-playing game, a genre in which players describe their characters in thorough detail and can attempt almost any action the character plausibly could. Gygax, then a close friend of Arneson, worked with him during 1972-73 to develop the extensive set of rules (in this case three volumes) that such a game requires. This became the first edition of Dungeons & Dragons. He also fleshed out the default setting for the game, a "sword-and-sorcery" world inspired primarily by fantasy fiction such as Three Hearts and Three Lions. He then founded TSR Inc. to publish the game; although it was a runaway success, financial difficulties ultimately forced the company to sell itself to Wizards of the Coast, which currently publishes the game and is now a subsidiary of Hasbro.

Although not involved with later editions of D&D, Gygax later worked on other role-playing games and wrote fantasy novels. He also designed niche-market board games.

Dungeons & Dragons is considered a tabletop RPG, since it is played with pen, paper, dice and miniature figures. It inspired other tabletop RPGs (such as GURPS), as well as video RPGs (such as the Final Fantasy series). The most recent form of RPG is the massively-multiplayer online roleplaying game, such as World of Warcraft. An estimated 20 million people worldwide have played the game. Magazines, print and web comics and independent bands have been dedicated to the game, as have thousands of fan websites.

Gygax's death comes mere months before the scheduled release of the 4th Edition of D&D in June, as well as a scheduled "GM Day" among D&D fans on the internet.


text:
Obituaries:March 4, 2008

March 4, 2008 The following deaths were reported yesterday -

Giuseppe Di Stefano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor died yesterday in Milan. He has been in a coma since he was the victim of an assault in 2004. He died at the age of 86.

Norm O'Neill
Norm O'Neill, former Australian cricketer died yesterday. The death was a result of an long term illness O'Neill has been suffering from.

An cricketer who has played against O'Neill said "I've got beautiful memories of Norm O'Neill he was a sensational cricketer. He was a sensational sportsman, actually he was also a top-class baseballer as well as a cricketer."

Annemarie Renger
Annemarie Renger, German politician died yesterday at the age of 88.

In 1972 she became the first woman to become President of the Bundestag. She was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Joseph Zelnik
Joseph Zelnik, editor of the Cape May County Herald and the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin died yesterday. A public service is due to be held on Sunday.

title: Obituaries:March 4, 2008


text:
Northern Ireland's Ian Paisley to resign and retire

March 4, 2008 The First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley, 81, has announced he is resigning the positions of First Minister and DUP leader after what some believe is internal pressure from within the party. He originally announced he would govern for his full term till 2011.

Paisley plans to step down after an investment conference in May organized by the power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive.

Paisley told reporters, "I could go on and on but I've decided to go, I came to this decision a few weeks ago when I was thinking very much about the conference and what was going to come after the conference, I thought that it is a marker, a very big marker, and it would be a very appropriate time for me to bow out." Paisley noted he is not fully retiring as he will remain on the back benches at Stormont, the location of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Paisley has been a controversial, divisive figure in Northern Ireland politics throughout his five decades of involvement. Until his acceptance of the First Minister position with political rival and enemy and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, a former IRA commander, Paisley was nicknamed Dr. No for his refusal to grant any concessions to the Irish nationalists or republicans and his working with McGuinness would have been unheard of ten years ago.

His announcement is believed to be in part because of this relationship with McGuinness, the two political rivals were photographed together enjoying a laugh, earning them the nickname, the "Chuckle Brothers."

Hard-line factions within the DUP are not happy with Paisley sharing power with Sinn Fein, which they see as inextricably linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Paisley used to refer to the party in political discourse as "Sinn Fein/IRA."

Paisley is known for fundamentalist anti-Catholic views and stances and helped to form the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster in 1951 as part of a disagreement between a local church in Crossgar, County Down and the elders of the county church governance. Paisley was forced to retire in January due to his political role as First Minister and possibly, his power-sharing with Sinn Fein.

The announcement comes one month before the tenth anniversary of Good Friday Agreement which ended the thirty year-long period of conflict know as the "The Troubles" in which violence occurred between the nationalist and republican and the unionist and loyalist communities of Northern Ireland in the form of bombings, assassinations and gang violence.

It also comes a month after Ian Paisley's son, Ian Paisley Jr resigned after accusations and criticism over links with property developer, Seymour Sweeney and controversy over lobbying. Paisley Junior noted today that he was transferring of the ownership of the firm which runs his constituency office in Ballymena to a representative of a north Antrim DUP branch.

Peter Robinson, the deputy leader and Northern Ireland Finance Minister is the likely choice to succeed Paisley, but some sources with in the party would not discount Northern Ireland Finance Minister Nigel Dodds either.

Paisley's reaction to choosing his succesor was, "This is not the Church of Rome. This is not Apostolic succession and I have no right to say who will succeed me."

Reaction
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown noted, "Ian Paisley has made a huge contribution to political life in Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom. The whole country values and admires the manner in which he has led as First Minister."

"His commitment and dedication to public service deserve our gratitude. Progress on bringing a lasting peace to Northern Ireland would not have been possible without his immense courage and leadership."

Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern also gave his feelings on Paisley, "The announcement by Dr Ian Paisley that he will step down from the post of First Minister is a watershed in the history of Ireland. He is a giant figure in the history of these islands. In recent years, I have grown to know Dr. Paisley and have valued the practical and friendly working relationship that developed between us. I respect him as a man who worked tirelessly for the people he represents and who has sincerely done what he believed was right."

Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister who was instrumental in restarting devolution said, "Ian Paisley's contribution to peace, after all the years of division and difference was decisive and determinative. In short, in the final analysis, he made it happen. The man famous for saying 'no' will go down in history for saying 'yes'."

Martin McGuinness, the Deputy First Minister gave his reaction, "Ian Paisley has played a very powerful role in the course of the politics of the north of Ireland and the island of Ireland. The historic decision he took to go into government with Sinn Fein has changed the face of Irish politics forever. I think that he will be fondly remembered by the people of Ireland - north and south - for the very courageous leadership that he showed."

Peter Robinson, Paisley's deputy said of his leader, "When violent Republicans tried to destabilize and destroy our province and force us into a United Ireland, Dr. Paisley led the Unionist population in opposition to their objectives."

Robinson further added, "The DUP and indeed Northern Ireland will forever be indebted to Dr. Paisley for his contribution. He is truly a Unionist colossus and he can be justifiably proud that today Unionist politics and Northern Ireland's position within the Union are stronger than at any point during his extraordinary career."

Mark Durkan, the leader of the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party noted, "While this is very significant political news, there is responsibility on all of us as politicians to make the most of the political processes here no matter who comes or goes. In particular, we have to make a success of the investment conference in May and not allow this story to distort or distract from this focus."

David Ford, the leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland also noted, "History will judge whether Ian Paisley will be remembered for 40 years of saying no or one year of saying probably. Many will say his road to Damascus conversion came 35 years too late. The achievements of the executive since last May have been modest in the extreme."

Peter Hain, the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland gave his response, "He played an absolutely historic role in ending the deadlock and establishing permanent devolved government and deserves enormous credit for the courage and vision he showed."

Jim Allister, a former DUP member who resigned over the power-sharing agreement with Sinn Fein and formed his own party, the Traditional Unionist Voice, gave his word, "It has been quite clear for some time that Ian Paisley was going to be hung out to dry by the DUP pragmatists. He had served his purpose. He had delivered what they had devised, but couldn't sell themselves - government with unrepentant terrorists."


text:
Six people killed in Memphis home

March 4, 2008 Six people, including two children, were found dead in a Memphis, Tennessee home in the United States on Monday. Three wounded children were also found at the scene, a 7-year-old boy, a 10-month-old girl and a 4-year-old whose gender was not reported, were sent to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. Two were last reported in very critical condition, while the other was in serious condition.

All of the victims had either gunshot or stab wounds, or both, and were all found in the same room. Its unclear as to the day it happened, but a neighboor from across the street said he heard gunshots being fired at around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday night.

The killer is still at large. "This is a stain on our community, and we really need the community's help," said Lt. Joe Scott of the Memphis Police Department at a press conference today.

"I don't know the answer," Mayor Willie Herenton told local television. "I don't think anybody knows the answer. I don't think more police officers, more jails, more people marching in the streets, praying — I don't think all of those things are the answers."

title: Six people killed in Memphis home


text:
User talk:Araxes

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!–Doldrums(talk) 21:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!
 * I responded to your message on the water cooler. You may be interested in help:contents (or the wikipedian version, which is a little nicer organized: wikipedia:Help:Contents ). There is also an editor with more buttons to insert formatting available under special:preferences → gadgets. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:04, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

title: User talk:Araxes


text:
Talk:Interview with recent Wikimedia Foundation board appointee Domas Mituzas

Looks fine. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:51, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe collaborate with signpost? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:51, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Signpost just did the same thing, or I would. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:53, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

OR
The interview was done via email. I dunno why I'm bothering as these are easy to fake, but below is everthing that was typed between us (my first email was done internally via Wikipedia so I don't have a cipy, only what came back with his reply):

Initial response
From: Domas Mituzas (e-mail address removed) Sent: 03 March 2008 20:53:40 To: Blood Red Sandman (e-mail address removed)

Hi! On Mar 3, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Blood Red Sandman wrote:> Congratulations on your apointment to the Wikimedia board! You may > or may not have come accross me; I am an admin on Wikipedia who was > at one time very active, although now I invest more time over at > Wikinews. I was wondering if you would be interested in conducting > an e-mail interview for Wikinews in light of your new position. Though I believe Wikinews can be more than internal wiki newsletter, I'd sure like to conduct an interview :) Domas

Confirmation of interview
From: Reporter's name removed (e-mail address removed) Sent: 04 March 2008 20:58:47 To: Domas Mituzas (e-mail address removed)

Great! I'll try to get the questions to you as soon as possible. Reporter's name removed

> From: e-mail address removed > Subject: Re: Wikipedia e-mail > Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:53:12 +0200 > To: e-mail address removed > > Hi! > > On Mar 3, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Blood Red Sandman wrote: > > Congratulations on your apointment to the Wikimedia board! You may > > or may not have come accross me; I am an admin on Wikipedia who was > > at one time very active, although now I invest more time over at > > Wikinews. I was wondering if you would be interested in conducting > > an e-mail interview for Wikinews in light of your new position. > > Though I believe Wikinews can be more than internal wiki newsletter, > I'd sure like to conduct an interview :) > > Domas

Forwarding of questions
From: Reporter's name removed (e-mail address removed) Sent: 05 March 2008 19:38:41 To: Domas Mituzas (e-mail address removed)

Domas, Questions are sorted out for the Wikinews interview. They are as follows: Thank you very much for agreeing to this. I look forward to your response. Reporter's name removed
 * Congratulations on your new board position! Can you tell us a bit about your background - previous work with the Foundation, what you do with MySQL AB etc?
 * Why do you think you were chosen for this position, and what do you think you can contribute?
 * Will you continue doing all your previous technical work at the same time? If you do, how will you find a balance?
 * What major actions do you expect to come your way during your term in office?
 * Do you expect any major upgrades to be needed to hardware or software anytime soon, and if so what?
 * What do you expect lies ahead for the Foundation in the long run - say, the next ten years?

> From: e-mail address removed > Subject: Re: Wikipedia e-mail > Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:53:12 +0200 > To: e-mail address removed > > Hi! > > On Mar 3, 2008, at 8:37 PM, Blood Red Sandman wrote: > > Congratulations on your apointment to the Wikimedia board! You may > > or may not have come accross me; I am an admin on Wikipedia who was > > at one time very active, although now I invest more time over at > > Wikinews. I was wondering if you would be interested in conducting > > an e-mail interview for Wikinews in light of your new position. > > Though I believe Wikinews can be more than internal wiki newsletter, > I'd sure like to conduct an interview :) > > Domas

Responses received
From: Domas Mituzas (e-mail address removed) Sent: 06 March 2008 16:44:47 To: Reporter's name removed (e-mail address removed)

Hello Reporter's name removed, > Questions are sorted out for the Wikinews interview. They are as > follows:>> * Congratulations on your new board position! Can you tell us a bit > about your background - previous work with the Foundation, what you > do with MySQL AB etc? Thanks! Though my first edits to Wikipedia were in 2003, I became actively involved in site technology back in 2004. Then I was working for major IT company in Baltic States, and was leading the systems group there. Back then I could apply quite a bit of practice I had from my job to maintain Wikipedia in its technology infancy. It became increasingly involving, and eventually things we started doing became far more complex, especially when the exploding growth hit us. Managing the growth and sustaining the site up was quite stressful at that time, and we started both lots of optimization and resource expansion work. Eventually I got involved in MySQL community, and was suggested to apply for a job in MySQL AB. There I work in services division, assisting our customers with their problems, helping to grow their operations. Now as part of company acquisition I'm joining Sun Microsystems, and I'm eager to see what possibilities can that provide. Back in my childhood I was deep into encyclopedias, first dead tree ones, later CDs and online version of Britannica. I had a dream, that once I get my own home, I'll get full dead-tree version of Britannica on my bookshelves. It didn't happen, as I got into Wikipedia the same year I bought my apartment. Life is full of irony :-) Actually, back in 2000 I approached university professor and tried to explain him a concept of dynamically edited news repository, where every concept could be explained deeper and deeper into elemental knowledge particles, and later that can be assembled in many dynamic ways. His first question was "Is that some kind of website?", and I was angry at him for not getting the generic concept of knowledge at all. Year or two afterwards I was discussing same concepts with a colleague, and he provided with far more practical visions of all that. Seeing Wikipedia for the very first time was a dejavu, so it was easy to get into the project. That is different from what I imagined, but far more useful. > * Why do you think you were chosen for this position, and what do > you think you can contribute? One of reasons was both my long-term presence in site operations and communicating about our work, spreading our ideology, providing opinions. I try to be able to explain difficult topics in human language, and that is quite well appreciated.Additionally, I was being a bit of outsider - more of a reader than writer, so I feel that my views are slightly less community centric, more of value centric. My experience in technology team is quite similar to what I expect to see in board - wide array of issues to work on, and maintaining consensus is incredibly important to keep the productivity high. So even though I have deep roots in the project, I feel that I can bring in lots of fresh ways to the board. Of course, I will try to provide best possible technology advise, if board needs it. > * Will you continue doing all your previous technical work at the > same time? If you do, how will you find a balance? I would really avoid to do all previous work - but it is not needed any more. Years ago we were monitoring the site 24/7, shortage of resources was causing all sorts of difficult problems. Now everything is way more steady and reliable, so I have way much more free time.I used to do lots of other activities too, so I think I can scale my time just fine. And still, of course, I'll provide as much work to technical part as needed, it just isn't as demanding as it used to be, and we're really happy about that. > * What major actions do you expect to come your way during your > term in office? Though my term is quite short for now (until June elections), the biggest work will be done in understanding how foundation should function to establish really long-term presence, to support the projects far into the future. It may need changes in how we get external experience, how we interact with other organizations, how we do interact with office staff and each other. Foundation did lots of work to get to stable and reliable state, now it is time to think more about the future sustainability and expansion.I have operations experience, so of course I will want to maintain high efficiency of overall operation, but on the other hand I want to work on scaling other parts of the foundation - especially reach out, evangelism, and of course - fundraising. > * Do you expect any major upgrades to be needed to hardware or > software anytime soon, and if so what? Projects are always growing - pages, pageviews, revisions, users, media, archives - to facilitate that there will always be major upgrades. We still have some of solutions that allowed us to survive for years, but are not suitable for whole millennium. There will always be new features, that will need more resources, so we definitely won't stop improving our hardware or software platform. I have to take off the board member hat to answer these questions, as they should be really directed to technology team, instead of board. I won't mention exact projects, but we have a trail of features that have to be implemented, and will be, soon. But indeed, that is very much operational issue, that the technology team and foundation staff is known to handle well. > * What do you expect lies ahead for the Foundation in the long run > - say, the next ten years? My generation is already forming the 'Wikimedia Alumni' - the readers, consumers of our content love us. It is amazing to realize what powers they may have in next ten years, and how they will be able to assist us.The biggest work to be done - maintaining the loyalty of our community, continue being the good guys of the Internet.Next ten years will be years of continued Internet penetration, and us being the major beneficial part of that process is especially exciting.I really want to believe, that our offline activities will be just intermediate step, and we will have whole world using our online resources, and of course - contributing to them.Also, I'm not sure if we will be capable to achieve in next ten years, but besides digital divide, we will have to break information isolationism that certain countries or communities maintain - and the best way to achieve it is by providing best knowledge resource possible.Opening up communities and having them work together may really become the next great wonder of the world. Who doesn't want to be part of that? :) BR,Domas

All above sections added by me, the reporter known publicly only as Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Title Mispelling
Appointee, not apointee. Wikidsoup - (talk) 20:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
 * yeah...seriously. People need to stop adding Publish until something's spelling has been checked. Sherurcij 20:15, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I did leave it marked as ready so it could be checked by eyes that hadn't written it, but after forty minutes I gave up. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you have a spelling check add-on? It's my lifesaver. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 16:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Nope. Know of any that work in IE? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Firefox has a spell checker. The web browser is also better than IE.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 20:50, 8 March 2008 (UTC)


text:
Comments:British university falls short of Smurf gathering world record

Did they at least set the world record for "greatest number of people to dress up as smurfs and look stupid for no reason"? -161.88.255.240 22:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * No, that title belongs to the current record holders.Shane.Bell - (talk) 08:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)


text:
User:Araxes

Hi, Im Araxes, and Im new here at Wikinews. Please, I need help getting started here. I need to know about Templates and images. I just really need any help I can get, and will take any and all advice on writing good articles. Araxes - (talk) 22:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

title: User:Araxes


text:
U.S. accuses China of developing space warfare

March 4, 2008 The United States Pentagon submitted a report to Congress on Monday, detailing the Chinese Space Agency's focus on developing means for "space warfare".

The Pentagon claims that China has been "exploring" laser, microwave, particle beam and electromagnetic pulse weapons, and suggests that China has been "developing the ability to attack an adversary's space assets," and would be able to disable or destroy enemy satellites. Such an offensive could be used to "blind and deafen the enemy" prior to an attack, according to the study.

The Pentagon analysis was released the same day that Yang Baohua, head of the Academy of Space Technology, announced that testing of a new EVA spacesuit and airlock had been successfully completed. The two units are being developed for China's first intended spacewalk as part of Shenzhou 7, one of ten Chinese spacecraft being launched this year.

The move has caused aerospace analyst Jeff Foust to declare that "a full-fledged space race" has been gearing up between China and the United States.

In September, NASA administrator Mike Griffin caused waves when he suggested that China is more likely to put the next man on the moon than the United States, suggesting that "Americans will not like it," but that nothing could be done about it.


text:
User:Δημοσθένης~enwikinews

Welcome to my userpage, I hope to bring information about the People's Republic to the rest of the world.

title: User:Δημοσθένης~enwikinews


text:
Comments:U.S. accuses China of developing space warfare

First of all, this is most likely untrue, since China and the rest of the world will suffer with no USA. Second, USA could easily stop them...—70.138.50.93 00:57, 5 March 2008 (UTC)ZerotURBO
 * China is trying to destroy America now? Spacehusky - (talk) 01:06, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Retroactive Indignation
I was waiting for just such a complaint from the U.S.A. after their recent shootdown of the supposed errant sattelite.All I can say to them nobody cares about your pronouncements on China we know that 75% of statements from this government are suspect to say the least.America has lost all credibility in the world and I call it the "Cry Wolf" syndrome.

'''== WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i really would not want to go to war wit them =='''

They already do...
Didn't the Chinese blow up one of their own satellites a few months ago? So they do have the capabilities, it's just that they wouldn't dare mess with the U.S. China, generally, is a very peaceful nation being the only country to say they would never use an atomic bomb first. The U.S. worries too much. - w:User:Ian Lee 05:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Didn't the Chinese blow up one of their own satellites a few months ago? -- well, so did the USA. 195.22.51.135

 * That's not the point, no-one is saying 'the US might be developing this' because it clearly already has. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:21, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

true
[['''

this is true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
''']]--205.169.68.238 21:25, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


text:
Talk:Colombian police claim that Venezuelan government paid FARC rebels $300 million

Should the title say Chavez or Venezuela? I'm not sure we talk about George Bush personally paying government expenses. Sherurcij 01:26, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I went ahead with the change. --Jcart1534 - (talk) 01:52, 5 March 2008 (UTC)


text:
User talk:24.44.9.239

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --Jcart1534 - (talk) 01:36, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how an article should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:24.44.9.239


text:
User:Blackwatch21

Visit me on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Blackwatch21

title: User:Blackwatch21


text:
User talk:Blackwatch21

Please send me a message here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Blackwatch21

title: User talk:Blackwatch21


text:
User talk:Δημοσθένης~enwikinews

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 02:55, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:41, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:41, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Δημοσθένης~enwikinews


text:
McCain clinches Republican nomination as Huckabee concedes

March 5, 2008

With wins in the state primaries of Vermont, Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island, Senator John McCain has gathered enough delegates to clinch the Republican Party's nomination for President of the United States.

President George W. Bush has invited McCain to the White House on Wednesday to show his support for the candidate.

Meanwhile, McCain's rival Mike Huckabee officially dropped out of the race after giving a concession speech at his campaign headquarters. "We kept the faith, that for me has been the most important goal of all," said Huckabee, referring to his conservative Christian principles that gained him much support among evangelicals. "I'd rather lose the election than lose the principles that got me into politics in the first place."


text:
Comments:Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax dies

Requiescat in pace.

Rest in peace, O great King of Geeks.

I think the most appropriate way to say farewell to a man who's given the world so much is with his own initials: GG, Gary. - Kasreyn

Rolling in his grave...

Absolutely isn't funny.....
putting as picture a d20 rolling a 20 ? absolutely isn't funny, because for a RPGer the result of 20 on throwing a d20 is an automatic failure.... A bit of respect, please..... Dott.Piergiorgio - (talk) 12:40, 5 March 2008 (UTC) (Actually, that depends on the roleplaying system in use - even in recent Dungeons and Dragons, rolling a 20 means a formidable success, not a failure.)

 * It's fairly easy to understand why images of a d20 typically show the polyhedron with the 20 uppermost: it makes it more immediately and visually apparent how many sides the dice has.  (Not everyone is experienced enough to easily distinguish between a d12 and a d20 at a glance, you know.)  -Kasreyn

If you are playing 2nd edition a 20 is an automatic fail, however in the past I don't know how many years...people have played 3rd and 3.5 editions, which a 20 is an automatic win... maybe it is time you upgrade your roleplaying systems...

Don't read too much into it. If you look at pictures of d20's online or stylized symbols for t-shirts, they typically put the 20 face-first. I think it's important not to perceive insults in an already emotional event. Chances are that the person who posted this isn't familiar with the specifics of rules. Oscaron - (talk) 14:06, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

A 20 isn't meaningful in any way as a failure unless you're making a joke about saving throws in 1st/2nd Edition, and then you're already in poor taste and have no right to complain. 142.58.27.100 21:12, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

 * thinking with more coolness (Being an Italian I'm rather emotional) I admit that, as Oscaron has sayed, that I have overreacted; I apologize. Best regards from Italy, Dott.Piergiorgio - (talk) 09:09, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

so many people owed their fictional lives to that man —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.2.102.245 (talk) 12:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

dungeons and dragons was a very good game..for geeks.. and THEREFORE...get over it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.2.102.245 (talk) 12:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

OMG! Dungeons & Dragons is my favorite game, i miss Gary Gygax so much. When i saw that he died at the age of 69 of heart problems, because he received incorrect medical care, i was feeling so sad about his death.

-OH NO! THE CREATOR OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, GARY GYGAX DIES AGED 69 OF HEART PROBLEMS, BECAUSE HE RECEIVED INCORRECT MEDICAL CARE- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabriel1997 (talk • contribs) 16:32, 1 June 2008 (UTC)


text:
Obituaries:March 5, 2008

March 5, 2008

The following deaths were reported yesterday.

Ernest Gary Gygax
Ernest Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died in his Lake Geneva, Wisconsin home yesterday at the age of 69 due to heart problems. Full article.

Elena Nathanael
Ella Nathanael, Greek actress died yesterday from lung cancer at the age of 67. She was born in Athens and became a major actor in the 1960s.

Leonard Rosenman
Leonard Rosenman, composer died yesterday at the at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills in California. Rosenman's death at the age of 83 was caused by a heart attack.

title: Obituaries:March 5, 2008


text:
Template:Greek

Please see Language templates for a list of all pre-made language templates.

title: Template:Greek


text:
Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20080305

5 March

title: Wikinews:CommonsTicker/20080305


text:
Comments:Mystery surrounds ricin discovery in Las Vegas hotel

we need to be aware of hr 1955, s 1959 and how the ricin story may be the tipping point… PT 1 http://piperpress.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/chilling-thoughts-amid-questionable-circumstances/

PT 2 http://piperpress.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/cointelpro-hr-1955-promotion-or-fear-mongering-a-ricin-man-update/

PT 3 http://piperpress.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/ricin-man-part-3/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.27.177.152 (talk) 21:03, 28 March 2008 (UTC)


text:
User talk:194.81.44.127

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!–Doldrums(talk) 11:47, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how an article should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:194.81.44.127


text: Comments:Jemaah Islamiyah leader Mas Selamat escapes from Singapore prison


text:
Comments:Wikipedia founder embroiled in affair and financial allegations

Opinions
Any thoughts? Share them here, below. Cirt - (talk) 12:39, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Is it really ethical for Wikimedia users to create such a story on Wikinews? Isn't there POV bias by definition?  Regardless, this looks pretty serious, especially the company credit card thing.  With the Carolyn Doran controversy, the Creation Science Evangelism censoring, and now this, people will surely start being suspicious.  I personally think it's a load of crap created by the media, but I am really concerned of what people will think of these events.  Wikipedia already embodies an "unreliable image", one that was disproved by that Nature magazine article I might add, and now it might even get worse. - w:User:Ian Lee 13:32, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I think that especially after coverage in The Canadian Press, The Associated Press, ABC News, and United Press International, among many other news sources, it was okay for Wikinews to cover it. Cirt - (talk) 13:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * There will always bias in anything, but the idea is that "truth by consensus" will end up being closer to the actual truth, than truth as viewed by a small group of elites in some section of the population (academia, news media, etc). I don't see why this is even controversial. It seems like this information is pretty well supported, and I'd consider it notable, so why would we balk at posting it? -161.88.255.240 17:48, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Poor Wikifag is butthurt and BAAAAWWWWing that his beloved leader could truly just be a big hypocrite. --71.232.227.162 23:24, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I believe it is ethical and truly NPOV
Personally, I believe Wikinews is what truly separates us from the rest of the Wikimedia community, we're willing to publish a story even if it's bad against our mother foundation and our founder. It truly is being NPOV, instead of covering it up and not publishing it, we're publishing it, and if we did cover it up, which would be bad due to the fact there's controversy over Jimbo's Wikipedia article anyways embellishing some of the earlier history, we bring it to the forefront and some user would have started the story anyways. Wikinews is the news arm of the Wikimedia community, but at the same time we're the ombudsman/public editor, we're not afraid to report something that will affect negatively, weither it be Benoit story, the leak of the finicial documents or this. --TUFKAAP - (talk) 15:54, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Cirt - (talk) 15:56, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Geez and crackers...
This is not exactly an atmosphere that fosters cooperation between the Wikipedia volunteers...

Conditional donations
If you want to support the Wikimedia Foundation's projects financially, but you're suspicious of whether staff travel benefits the public, one solution is to put a condition on your donations, saying they can only be used to buy, upgrade, maintain, repair, power and colocate servers and associated equipment, and/or buy bandwidth. That's what I'm doing in my will; if the conditions aren't met, my money instead goes to my mom. 192.197.54.41 18:15, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

You Hypocrites !
I find it really interesting how people would get together to do stupid things ! I don't know either of them but I know that this guy is wikipedia's founder, so he demands respect from all of us, I don't know allot about the journalist except her wikipedia page (and actually I don't want to put any more time in that) but it shows that she has a not-very-good history with her ex boyfriends. I'm not trying to judge anyone, what I'm trying to say is ..."DON'T YOU HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO ?" why do we always want to bring good people down, and this is also for the wikipedia committee, were you really arguing about a "steak house" bill !!! really ?! I thought you all were more mature than that !

Before you all end up somewhere where you don't want to be, think for a second about what you are doing ? & what is it leading to ? is it really worth it to make all this fuzz about someone's relationship, which is more important, fixing the biased article (if any) or sitting there and making a story of it ! If he really did something wrong, then apply the appropriate penalty, just get it done with instead of feeding all those failure-monger people out there !

I apologize for my strong language, but this was the last thing I would expect from wikipedia, thanks.

Michael Tadros

Wikinews
Wikinews : The source for news about Jimbo's sex life. 81.65.18.180 21:34, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

NPOV?
Point of view? How about relevance? Or respect? Speaking as someone completely outside the Wikimedia community (NPOV, right?) I think that to post what is little more than tawdry gossip about anyone is conduct unbecoming of a news source--not that it ever stops anyone, I just thought this community would be better than that. To claim NPOV by throwing some Wikimedia folks to the wolves occasionally is pretty pathetic too IMHO.

Not news.

-Victor "StarSeeker" Sheckels 12.207.133.59 02:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Why do we care about this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.151.32.25 (talk) 20:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It seems to me like the Wikinews people basically have a choice between A)reporting the story and being subject to accusations of bias OR B) not reporting the story and being subject to accusations of bias and 'censorship'. I think it's great to see readers almost automatically questioning the position taken bey Wikinews, and I think it's great that Wikinews has both gone on with the item and assured (as always) there is a forum specifically for discussion of the item and the way it is being handled. Really, how could this be handled any better than it has been? Marsden's bio page doesn't look 'neutral' to me, but by getting intimate with Wales (in order to get rid of the bio?), Marsden has ironically assured that Wales will never be able to touch the item again. To be more fair: if even half the facts in Marsden's bio page are correct, one might say that the facts of Marsden's life, themselves, 'are not neutral'. That's gotta' hurt. But she called the tune; the tune is 'being a deliberately controversial public figure'. -Joshua Clement Broyles —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.81.67.162 (talk) 11:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay...
Why do I want to know about Jimmy Whale's personal life? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.177.236.138 (talk) 04:48, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

The JzG angle
Did anyone ever interview User:JzG to determine what prompted him to make these two edits on February 7, 2008? JzG had never shown an interest in the article before, nor since, and the calendar timing of the edits is noteworthy, considering that Wales admitted to a February 9, 2008 meeting with Marsden. -- Thekohser (talk) 14:42, 25 May 2010 (UTC)


text:
Talk:Jemaah Islamiyah leader Mas Selamat escapes from Singapore prison

Patronymic Name Format
Mas Selamat bin Kastari should be referred to as 'Mas Selamat' instead of 'bin Kastari' (The reason is given on his wikipage). Even though the guy is an idiot, he still deserves the right to be called properly by name. —218.186.149.244 12:40, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Typo
editprotected One of the sources has a date of 'Febuary' instead of 'February'. Van der Hoorn (talk) 13:28, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 00:22, 8 March 2009 (UTC)


text:
British student falls to his death from 10th floor window

March 5, 2008 An unnamed male student has fallen to his death from a tenth floor window in Middlesbrough, England.

The 24-year-old threw himself out of an open window in Middlesbrough Tower, the main building of the University of Teesside. The drop was 120 feet high. Police and ambulance were called to the scene at around 18:30. The police are currently trying to contact the student's family, who do not live locally. The police have said that they are not treating the death as suspicious. A post-mortem is to be carried out today.

The building was open at the time and therefore anyone could have walked in, although CCTV was in operation. Students and staff who were in Middlesbrough Tower at the time were forced to leave the building at around 19:30 and give contact details to the police on duty.

One woman, who left the building minutes after the incident said, "There were three security guards and I think a cleaner near the body. They were obviously the first on the scene - and one of the security guards had already called an ambulance."

A spokesman for the university, which caters for 9,700 students, said, "We can confirm we are assisting the police following the tragic incident at the university campus last night. We will give more information as soon as we are able."

"At this time there are no suspicious circumstances and the coroner has been informed," said a police spokesperson. "The male is confirmed to be a student at the university and attempts are being made to contact relatives and for the male to be formally identified."


text:
Talk:British student falls to his death from 10th floor window

First-hand journalism
I added information about the time students and staff were made to leave the building (19:30). I was at the university at the time and this was the time I and everyone I was with when we were forced to leave. ISD - (talk) 12:55, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Standards are still low, I see. Sherurcij 16:10, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Suicide speculation
I removed references to suicide as it seems to be speculation and is not mentioned in any of the sources. --SVTCobra 22:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)


text:
User talk:68.122.212.192

Welcome
Welcome!

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * 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!Cirt - (talk) 13:38, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

title: User talk:68.122.212.192


text:
User:Oscaron

Location: US

title: User:Oscaron


text:
User talk:Oscaron

Comment away.

title: User talk:Oscaron


text:
National Hockey League news: March 5, 2008

March 5, 2008

There were 10 games played in the National Hockey League on March 4, 2008.

Florida Panthers @ Boston Bruins
The game remained a scoreless tie until 22 seconds into the 4-on-4 sudden death overtime, when Nathan Horton put a wrist shot past Boston goalie Alexander Auld. Craig Anderson had his second straight start for the Panthers, and had his second straight shutout, stopping all of Boston's 40 shots. The Panthers had 32 shots on goal.

New York Islanders @ New York Rangers
Blake Comeau scored with 1:27 left in the first period to put the Islanders up going into the first intermission. Nigel Dawes scored a power play goal to tie the score, but less than a minute later, Sean Bergenheim scored to retake the lead for the Islanders. Trent Hunter scored two minutes later to put the Islanders up by 2. Chris Drury cut the Rangers' deficit in half when he scored a couple minutes after that. Ryan Callahan's scored a short handed goal 5:47 into the third period to tie the score and send it into overtime. In the shootout, Jeff Tambellini scored in the sixth round to win it for the Islanders. Wade Dubielewicz was the starting goaltender for the Islanders, and made 27 saves.

Buffalo Sabres @ Philadelphia Flyers
Jason Pominville put the Sabres on the board first with his 21st goal of the season. Maxim Afinogenov put Buffalo ahead by two later in the first period, but Philadelphia tied the score when Scottie Upshall and Steve Downie each scored. Derek Roy put the Sabres back on top early in the third period, which was closely followed by Pominville's second of the night. Afinogenov also scored his second goal of the night a few minutes later. Ryan Miller stopped 19 of Philadelphia's 21 shots, earning his 30th win of the season.

Chicago Blackhawks @ Minnesota Wild
Pavol Demitra scored the first goal of the game, 5:56 into the first period, to give the Wild the lead, but Jason Williams tied the score under a minute later for the Blackhawks. In the second period, Duncan Keith scored a goal to give the Blackhawks their first lead of the game. In the third, an early power play goal by Dustin Byfuglien put Chicago up by two, but the Wild would cut that lead in half when Stephane Veilleux scored a goal at 6:47 in the third period. Chicago would secure the victory with an empty net goal by Craig Adams with 16 seconds left in the game, giving the Blackhawks their second straight win, and snapping Minnesota's 3 game winning streak.

Columbus Blue Jackets @ Calgary Flames
Craig Conroy scored the only goal in the game, 5:49 into the third period, giving Calgary their third straight win. Columbus loses their second straight on the road. Miikka Kiprusoff stopped all of Columbus's 39 goals, earning his second shutout of the season. Pascal Leclaire made 18 saves for the Blue Jackets.

Nashville Predators @ Edmonton Oilers
Jean-Pierre Dumont scored in the opening minute of the game to give the Predators an early 1-0 lead. Martin Erat scored three goals in a row, first 3:48 in the first, then 13:09 in the same period, and finally less than a minute into the second period. Tom Gilbert put the Oilers on the board 5:45 into the third. Nashville added another goal when Ville Koistinen scored to retake a 4 goal lead for the Predators. Dan Ellis made 29 saves for the Predators, improving his record to 17-6-2. Erat's hat trick was the first in his NHL career.

New Jersey Devils @ Toronto Maple Leafs
Zach Parise broke a 4 game scoreless streak 11:22 into the first period. Brian Gionta put the Devils up by two with a power play goal in the second period. Nik Antropov put the Maple Leafs on the scoreboard later in the second period. The Devils scored twice less than two minutes apart, first David Clarkson's 8th of the season, then Parise's second of the night. Martin Brodeur made 41 saves for the Devils, Vesa Toskala gave up 4 goals on 25 shots for Toronto.

Pittsburgh Penguins @ Tampa Bay Lightning
Maxime Talbot broke a scoreless tie with less than 3 minutes remaining in regulation. Evgeni Malkin scored an empty net goal with 5 seconds left to secure Pittsburgh's victory. Sidney Crosby made his return to the Penguins lineup, scoring an assist on Talbot's goal. Talbot had two points, assisting on the empty net goal. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped all of Tampa Bay's 35 shots, earning his third shutout of the season.

Los Angeles Kings @ St. Louis Blues
Andy McDonald scored early in the first period, giving the Blues their first lead of the game. With less than a minute left in the period, Los Angeles tied the score when Alexander Frolov scored his 20th goal of the season. Dustin Brown gave the Kings the lead 4:32 into the second period, but Keith Tkachuk retied the score over halfway through the second period. St. Louis would retake the lead when Ryan Johnson scored his 5th goal of the season, which ended up being the game winner. The Blues snapped a six game losing streak, while the Kings drop their 5th straight. Manny Legace made 30 saves for St. Louis, improving his record to 24-20-7.

Vancouver Canucks @ Colorado Avalanche
Paul Stastny scored 9:12 in the first period, giving the Avalanche the first lead of the game. Ryan Shannon scored a power play goal with 1:02 left in the second period, tying the score. John-Michael Liles scored a power play goal to re-take the lead for Colorado. That goal would prove to be the game winner, giving the Avalanche their fourth straight win, and the Canucks their fourth straight loss. Peter Forsberg played in his first game since last April, playing almost 20 minutes with three shots on goal for the night.


text:
Comments:McCain clinches Republican nomination as Huckabee concedes

Precinct Chairs wonder how to explain it?
Yes, yes, and I do not know? With many candidates to choose from; voters in Texas expected a choice that could best serve them. Rudy, Fred, Hunter, and even a mormon was possible. But that is not the case. John McCain did the impossible. He has won. Is that good? Conservatives are deeply concerned that they are being left out. They expect the normal promises and little more. We do know to some degree what we are getting. Earmarks will become an unpopular thing of the past. Immigration will be disappointing. GOOD Conservative Judges will be appointed to the Courts. We will not abandon the 4000 lifes + loss in Iraq. we may also get a Martha Washington as a 1st lady as well. It is the cloud of War that we did not want to see. We can only hope for a small change in the life of a Man that is well known. Amnesty is not what we want to hear. 1986 was the last time for many years to come in the future. We want Laws to be fewer, but supported by everyone that matters. We want Military and Civilians working together. The best of both worlds. We want fraud of all kinds to be prosecuted. We want Our Congressman to join us in Social security and Health care program and get rid of their private care and retirement after only 8 years in Office. A care that is funded by our Tax Dollars. They know how to make the laws. We know most of it was made during Democrat control over Congress. But that is not the issue. Republicans and Independents alike have had the chance to end it. This is a Program that Sunshine Laws need to end. The saddest part of our dilemma in Texas is the Republicans have had a great chance to resolve so many of these issues. Neither Rick (prick) Perry or David Dewhurst; handled anything in the manner expected of a Republican Office holder. These two men have lied and stolen our identities by proxy. Democrats have come to take over because they abandoned us and our issues and tried to pad their pockets ( not that Dewhurst actually needs money). Voter ID was stolen from us once again because our leaders want to give second chances to the democrats! They just can't live with actually winning a fair bill; so they do it again. Maybe Dewhurst thought he could win two in a row? Sad and poor leadership have shown they way for the Democrats to get back in control. Not because our Republican Platform is wrong, but inspite of it being so right. Yes, Rick, we have a good idea what you are hoping for. Run as far as you can but your legacy will always follow you. Does not matter that you lied at the Border, harass State troopers for doing the job. It does not matter that you made a race track of our roads and highways for your private pleasure. You are a bad man simply because you do not have the ear of the people of Texas. Those donations to your campaign fund that made you step aside from helping good people fight against bad business in Texas, especially the Insurance Companies ( do you remember this?) Yes, you turned it over to Dewhurst to handle ( the poor Billionaire ) could not even fathom why we were complaining. It was only 11% of our income that we were fighting for. A fraction of his. Dewhurst did not have a clue. But if you do get lucky and get to go to some exotic place to hide. We will still be here when you try to come back. And we will bring all of this back. And if we can, we hope to get you in Court to recover some of that which you have stolen from us. Republican Texans are just like an elephant... we do not forget! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.68.63.147 (talk) 11:15, 3 April 2008 (UTC)


text:
Wikinews interviews grassroots political advocate Anthony Maki

March 5, 2008 Anthony Maki has hosted "get out the vote" caucus training sessions for students of Minnesota high schools. In these sessions representatives of several presidential campaigns were present. Mr. Maki has been interviewed by Jonathan Winterview for Wikinews.

Interview
'''What are "get out the vote" caucus training sessions?
 * Anthony Maki: "Get out the vote" drives and caucus training sessions lie at the heart of grassroots politics in the U. S. Also, in Minnesota, these are important facets of my state's caucus procedures, which contrast with a majority of U. S. states that use only primaries. My view is that "get out the vote" drives are specifically designed to target underrepresented minorities in the electorate, including but not limited to the youth, the working class poor, some elderly citizens, and racial minorities. They accomplish two objectives: to register as many new voters as physically possible, and to inject a spirit of political and social awareness. The ultimate goal is to create citizens who will continue, throughout their lives, to share their opinions and to be activists for their causes. Getting out the vote has become increasingly easier to accomplish with the advent of mass media and especially the Internet.

 * Caucus trainings, while similar to getting out the vote, do have a different and equally important purpose. For the states that use some sort of caucus procedures, these meetings, usually informal, explain the convoluted nature of caucuses. The caucuses generally run on Robert's Rules of Order, a system of formal and rule-based language intended to prevent any individual from wielding too much power and to eliminate time-consuming digressions.

 * The event that I organized was a hybrid of both and targeted high school students specifically, though some faculty members also attended. We registered students, and I gave a presentation on the current candidates in multiple races and on the caucus procedures. This was on 23 January, about two weeks in advance of Super Tuesday, in which Minnesota participated. Given the apathetic archetype with which high school students are often dubbed, I think our turnout of approximately forty students in addition to about thirty more of faculty, the news media, the campaign representatives, etc. was spectacular.

'''What do they aim to achieve?
 * AM: Like I said before, these events and I as well are attempting to invigorate the populus in America about politics, and well, why not the world? Historically, my state has had high voter turnouts. However, this is not the case in most other places of the world. Too many people become resigned to the reality of politics in which they find themselves. What I think they do not realize is that their resigned state can, in fact, facilitate the corruption and stagnation that we see everywhere. It does not help to be apathetic. These things try to be the antithesis.

'''Do you think the sessions are successful in getting "underrepresented minorities" to vote?
 * AM: Well, I certainly believe that it does. Much of the work is publicizing it -- making voting and politics appealing. That's what I did. I contacted the local news studios, like WCCO and KSTP, and the newspapers, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Anoka County Union. It made quite a wave in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. All of the aforementioned media outlets put their stories online as well, so the circulation gets fairly large. It's almost as if inactive individuals are hiding . . . somewhere. I make it my job to draw them out, to entice them, and so do many other activists everywhere. As we have seen already, Senator Barack Obama has had great success with the youth and African-Americans. Senator Hillary Clinton gets a lot of her support from union workers, Hispanics, and white women. Out of all the groups I just mentioned, I would argue that the youth are the individuals most hidden. They are either getting out in enormous numbers of their own accord, the efforts of people like me are helping, or some combination of both is at work.

'''Have you been successful in encouraging people to register to vote?
 * AM: I would like to think that I have contributed significantly to the registration of new voters, but it's impossible for me to pinpoint a number. Perhaps twenty people at the event I hosted registered there. What this is really about is unification and cooperation between all of us citizens to educate and to motivate each other. There are many other activists for which I may be a vague archetype, but I will not attempt to speak for them.

'''What part has the Internet played in encouraging people to vote?
 * AM: All of the media who covered my story put posts on their websites. Those are permanent. Ever since then, Googling my name has been a very interesting venture. It seems as if there are bots that automatically syndicate stories to blog directories and other such portals. Though none of this has attained what is called "viral" status, there is a viral quality in Internet stories. The contagiousness of the Internet allows individuals' voices to permeate farther than they could have before, and in some cases, individuals can trump mass media conglomerations. I think this is good, and it needs to continue. I want to see an America with the opportunity for all to become candidates and to participate fully in our democracy. Right now, I am not sure where America is at.

'''Why do you consider it important to vote?
 * AM: I want to effect change. It's as simple as that. To effect change is to vote. Of course, many other courses of action accompany this. If you consider the time it takes to vote in a day, it's really silly seeing some people not vote. Then again, lately they have run out of ballots. Simply put, nothing will change. Unless you participate. That goes for anyone in the world, not just the U. S. I think that it's clear that people consider important. At my city's caucus site, more than seven times the usual number of people in a presidential election year turned out.


text:
Talk:Wikinews interviews grassroots political advocate Anthony Maki

Carried out by email (transcript below) --Anonymous101 Talk 16:25, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Mr. Maki, Back in January you requested an interview with Wikinews. I am pleased to tell you that your request has been granted. If you still wish to take part in the interview please find the first two questions below (more will be sent if you indicate your intention to continue with the interview). If you do not wish to take part in the interview please send a reply indicating that.

Thanks for your time, Jonathan Winterview

Questions- 1)What are "get out the vote" caucus training sessions? 2)What do they aim to achieve? (more will be sent if you indicate your intention to continue with the interview) Reply Forward A.C. Maki to me show details 12:32 AM (15 hours ago) Reply

Mr. Winterview,

Thank you for your consideration of my request. I still wish to participate in the interview. As for questions, here they are: What are "get out the vote" caucus training sessions? "Get out the vote" drives and caucus training sessions lie at the heart of grassroots politics in the U. S. Also, in Minnesota, these are important facets of my state's caucus procedures, which contrast with a majority of U. S. states that use only primaries. My view is that "get out the vote" drives are specifically designed to target underrepresented minorities in the electorate, including but not limited to the youth, the working class poor, some elderly citizens, and racial minorities. They accomplish two objectives: to register as many new voters as physically possible, and to inject a spirit of political and social awareness. The ultimate goal is to create citizens who will continue, throughout their lives, to share their opinions and to be activists for their causes. Getting out the vote has become increasingly easier to accomplish with the advent of mass media and especially the Internet.

Caucus trainings, while similar to getting out the vote, do have a different and equally important purpose. For the states that use some sort of caucus procedures, these meetings, usually informal, explain the convoluted nature of caucuses. The caucuses generally run on Robert's Rules of Order, a system of formal and rule-based language intended to prevent any individual from wielding too much power and to eliminate time-consuming digressions.

The event that I organized was a hybrid of both and targeted high school students specifically, though some faculty members also attended. We registered students, and I gave a presentation on the current candidates in multiple races and on the caucus procedures. This was on 23 January, about two weeks in advance of Super Tuesday, in which Minnesota participated. Given the apathetic archetype with which high school students are often dubbed, I think our turnout of approximately forty students in addition to about thirty more of faculty, the news media, the campaign representatives, etc. was spectacular.

What do they aim to achieve? Like I said before, these events and I as well are attempting to invigorate the populus in America about politics, and well, why not the world? Historically, my state has had high voter turnouts. However, this is not the case in most other places of the world. Too many people become resigned to the reality of politics in which they find themselves. What I think they do not realize is that their resigned state can, in fact, facilitate the corruption and stagnation that we see everywhere. It does not help to be apathetic. These things try to be the antithesis. Once again, thanks, and I hope to hear from you soon.

-- A.C. Maki

Campaign Organizer with Bob Olson for Congress anthony@bobolson.org +1 763 463 9671

Delegate for Ramsey W-2 P-1 to the SD 48 Convention Precinct Chair for Ramsey W-2 P-1 until 2010

acmaki@gmail.com makix216@umn.edu +1 763 515 4250 http://haphazardcomplex.blogspot.com - Show quoted text - Reply Forward Invite A.C. Maki to chat Wikinewsie: Anonymous101 to Maki show details 6:16 AM (9 hours ago) Reply

Mr. Maki,

Thanks for your swift response, here are the next questions:

3)Do you think the sessions are successful in getting "underrepresented minorities" to vote? 4)Have you been successful in encouraging people to register to vote? 5)What part has the internet played in encouraging people to vote. 6)Why do you consider it important to vote?,

Jonathan Winterview - Show quoted text - Reply Forward A.C. Maki Well, I certainly believe that it does. Much of the work is publicizing it --... 3:06 PM (1 hour ago) Wikinewsie: Anonymous101 to Maki show details 4:03 PM (3 minutes ago) Reply

Thanks for your help. It should be on Wikinews with 30 minutes. - Hide quoted text -

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 3:06 PM, A.C. Maki  wrote: Do you think the sessions are successful in getting "underrepresented minorities" to vote? Well, I certainly believe that it does. Much of the work is publicizing it -- making voting and politics appealing. That's what I did. I contacted the local news studios, like WCCO and KSTP, and the newspapers, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Anoka County Union. It made quite a wave in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. All of the aforementioned media outlets put their stories online as well, so the circulation gets fairly large. It's almost as if inactive individuals are hiding. . . somewhere. I make it my job to draw them out, to entice them, and so do many other activists everywhere. As we have seen already, Senator Barack Obama has had great success with the youth and African-Americans. Senator Hillary Clinton gets a lot of her support from union workers, Hispanics, and white women. Out of all the groups I just mentioned, I would argue that the youth are the individuals most hidden. They are either getting out in enormous numbers of their own accord, the efforts of people like me are helping, or some combination of both is at work. Have you been successful in encouraging people to register to vote? I would like to think that I have contributed significantly to the registration of new voters, but it's impossible for me to pinpoint a number. Perhaps twenty people at the event I hosted registered there. What this is really about is unification and cooperation between all of us citizens to educate and to motivate each other. There are many other activists for which I may be a vague archetype, but I will not attempt to speak for them. What part has the Internet played in encouraging people to vote? All of the media who covered my story put posts on their websites. Those are permanent. Ever since then, Googling my name has been a very interesting venture. It seems as if there are bots that automatically syndicate stories to blog directories and other such portals. Though none of this has attained what is called "viral" status, there is a viral quality in Internet stories. The contagiousness of the Internet allows individuals' voices to permeate farther than they could have before, and in some cases, individuals can trump mass media conglomerations. I think this is good, and it needs to continue. I want to see an America with the opportunity for all to become candidates and to participate fully in our democracy. Right now, I am not sure where America is at. Why do you consider it important to vote? I want to effect change. It's as simple as that. To effect change is to vote. Of course, many other courses of action accompany this. If you consider the time it takes to vote in a day, it's really silly seeing some people not vote. Then again, lately they have run out of ballots. Simply put, nothing will change. Unless you participate. That goes for anyone in the world, not just the U. S. I think that it's clear that people consider important. At my city's caucus site, more than seven times the usual number of people in a presidential election year turned out.

Thanks.

-- A.C. Maki

Campaign Organizer with Bob Olson for Congress anthony@bobolson.org +1 763 463 9671

Delegate for Ramsey W-2 P-1 to the SD 48 Convention Precinct Chair for Ramsey W-2 P-1 until 2010

acmaki@gmail.com makix216@umn.edu +1 763 515 4250 http://haphazardcomplex.blogspot.com

On 3/5/08, Wikinewsie: Anonymous101  wrote: Mr. Maki,

Thanks for your swift response, here are the next questions:

3)Do you think the sessions are successful in getting "underrepresented minorities" to vote? 4)Have you been successful in encouraging people to register to vote? 5)What part has the internet played in encouraging people to vote. 6)Why do you consider it important to vote?,

Jonathan Winterview

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 12:32 AM, A.C. Maki  wrote: > Mr. Winterview, > > Thank you for your consideration of my request. I still wish to participate in the interview. As for questions, here they are: > > > > What are "get out the vote" caucus training sessions? > "Get out the vote" drives and caucus training sessions lie at the heart of grassroots politics in the U. S. Also, in Minnesota, these are important facets of my state's caucus procedures, which contrast with a majority of U. S. states that use only primaries. My view is that "get out the vote" drives are specifically designed to target underrepresented minorities in the electorate, including but not limited to the youth, the working class poor, some elderly citizens, and racial minorities. They accomplish two objectives: to register as many new voters as physically possible, and to inject a spirit of political and social awareness. The ultimate goal is to create citizens who will continue, throughout their lives, to share their opinions and to be activists for their causes. Getting out the vote has become increasingly easier to accomplish with the advent of mass media and especially the Internet. > > Caucus trainings, while similar to getting out the vote, do have a different and equally important purpose. For the states that use some sort of caucus procedures, these meetings, usually informal, explain the convoluted nature of caucuses. The caucuses generally run on Robert's Rules of Order, a system of formal and rule-based language intended to prevent any individual from wielding too much power and to eliminate time-consuming digressions. > > The event that I organized was a hybrid of both and targeted high school students specifically, though some faculty members also attended. We registered students, and I gave a presentation on the current candidates in multiple races and on the caucus procedures. This was on 23 January, about two weeks in advance of Super Tuesday, in which Minnesota participated. Given the apathetic archetype with which high school students are often dubbed, I think our turnout of approximately forty students in addition to about thirty more of faculty, the news media, the campaign representatives, etc. was spectacular. > > > > What do they aim to achieve? > Like I said before, these events and I as well are attempting to invigorate the populus in America about politics, and well, why not the world? Historically, my state has had high voter turnouts. However, this is not the case in most other places of the world. Too many people become resigned to the reality of politics in which they find themselves. What I think they do not realize is that their resigned state can, in fact, facilitate the corruption and stagnation that we see everywhere. It does not help to be apathetic. These things try to be the antithesis. Once again, thanks, and I hope to hear from you soon. > > -- > A.C. Maki > > Campaign Organizer with Bob Olson for Congress > anthony@bobolson.org > +1 763 463 9671 > > Delegate for Ramsey W-2 P-1 to the SD 48 Convention > Precinct Chair for Ramsey W-2 P-1 until 2010 > > acmaki@gmail.com > makix216@umn.edu > +1 763 515 4250 > http://haphazardcomplex.blogspot.com > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Wikinewsie: Anonymous101  wrote: > > > Mr. Maki, > > Back in January you requested an interview with Wikinews. I am pleased to tell you that your request has been granted. If you still wish to take part in the interview please find the first two questions below (more will be sent if you indicate your intention to continue with the interview). If you do not wish to take part in the interview please send a reply indicating that. > > > > > > Thanks for your time, > > Jonathan Winterview > > > > > > Questions- > > 1)What are "get out the vote" caucus training sessions? > > 2)What do they aim to achieve? > > (more will be sent if you indicate your intention to continue with the interview)


text:
User:Franz

I´m Franz from the german wikinews.

title: User:Franz