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User talk:SriMesh

Welcome
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Arctic portal
Yes, please add the editprotected template and comment with which category you'd like to add to each article, once your portal page is created. -- IlyaHaykinson (talk) 00:49, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, just a few comments:

Firstly, your signature is not currently working properly. In Special:Preferences, please make sure the box labelled "Raw signature" is ticked, to allow the use of Wikicode. This is the difference between [[User:SriMesh|SriMesh]] | [[User talk:SriMesh|<small>talk</small>]] (talk) and SriMesh | talk.

Secondly, your recent edits have not included the. As such, the articles are not being added to the category that brings them to administrator attention, so it's possible they may not get noticed for some time.

Thirdly, given the large number of articles involved, it may be more efficient to create a list - for example, create a user subpage like User:SriMesh/Arctic - of articles you want the category added to, and then put a notice on Admin action alerts. This helps keep Special:RecentChanges clear as well as giving admins a better idea of the scale of the category addition and of the progress already made.

Thank you, Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 01:54, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Operation NANOOK 2008 travels through uncharted waters
This was not the correct way to move the article - at the top of every page you should see a "rename" tab, next to the "edit this page" and "history" tabs. I think what you did was a "copy and paste move", which has problems in the fact that it does not correctly preserve the history of the article, which is not in keeping with the Creative Commons license. I have fixed this for you. Also, please be careful about marking your edits as "minor". Typically, a minor edit is one that fixes small parts of an article, such as correcting spelling mistakes. Page moves, writing of content, and the like should not be marked as minor. You may have the "mark all edits as minor by default" option switched on in your preferences. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 03:02, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Waaaa...?
Whoawhoawhoawhoa. Whoa. There's someone else in Saskatoon that has the internet?! :o) I can't believe that there are 2 people from Saskatoon on Wikinews hehe. There are only a couple dozen editors altogether, so that seems surprising. Gopher65talk 19:58, 27 August 2008 (UTC) (note: I wrote this a day before I signed, but I forgot to sign it at the time)

When is something News
Before you write a whole bunch of stories, I'd like to point out that Wikinews has a limit on how old a story can be before it is "not news". Something has to be new to be news, and if it isn't new, it is encyclopedic content and should be placed on Wikipedia rather than Wikinews. Wikinews articles are very time sensitive. Anyway, if a story has not had any developments newer 2 days before its publication date, it is normally not considered news any more. If you find yourself having written a story that ends up being more than 2 days old (and it also needs to have at least one source that is no more than 2 days old at the time of publication), then that story won't be published.

But it isn't necessarily a complete waste of effort. It is rare for a story to come along and then never have a new development. So if you find yourself with a "no longer news" story that you've written, you can save it somewhere and reuse almost all of it in a few days, or a few weeks, or even, on occasion, a few months (depending on how long it takes for a new development in the story to take place), and then write a new story, reusing most, if not all, of the background from your unpublished story. That way you only have to write a new first paragraph (or two) specifying the new "who, what, when, where, how" of the most recent development.

I'm not sure if I was entirely with that rather rambling explanation. Gopher65talk 19:57, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Highway
Wikinews does not have a category highway. It simply is not appropriate for a news site. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:16, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

sandbox
Just a heads up, I changed the redirect from Sandbox to point to Sandbox instead of your article, as no one is really going to link to your article by the title sandbox - and someone might be looking for the sandbox, and end up at your article, which i think would be bad. Hope thats ok. Thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:36, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

And please don't publish your own articles. Thanks,--SVTCobra 22:11, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * You marked the article with the publish template, which should only be done after someone else has reviewed the article. Instead, you should use review when your article is ready and you want someone to review it. Best regards, ♪Tempo di Valse ♪
 * To me....Use develop firstSriMesh |  talk  22:53, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Moved article
I moved your article "Expeditions swim to the North Pole" to User:SriMesh/Expeditions_swim_to_the_North_Pole. The reasons are on its talk page. Gopher65talk 14:30, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Wall Street News
Can you please verify the article about the wall street rally now? I fixed some stuff. -- --Gvenkat5 (talk) 23:10, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Reviewing articles
Hi, I saw that you started reviewing articles recently. Unfortunately, due to technical limitations, only users with editor status are able to review/publish articles, and you don't seem to have that tool. Thus, I've sadly had to invalidate one of your reviews. However, you can apply for editor status at Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions, if you want to start reviewing articles. Thanks for your understanding. Best regards, ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 00:05, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

 * You're right, something ought to be said about the review rules. I don't like it either, and the reviewing policy isn't very clear on this matter. By the way, you don't have to be "invited" for editor status -- you can nominate yourself here. I think you should pass easily, given your large edit count and experience. Best regards, ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 00:25, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

4 missing, 3 dead after Vietnamese cargo ship sinks in South China Sea
Please have a look at the history of changes on this article.
 * Recent events should be described in an active way - today, yesterday, last friday... etc.
 * This I had been doing, then changed as sometimes articles don't get published right away, and then the article isn't in past tense if it is written on the 'today' of the event, and is published a week later. So now I write for a week later...Will try to return to the 'today'-ness aspect
 * The article contained duplicated information.
 * Initially it claimed three sources, two pointed to the same url.
 * AHH...I will look for the contributing news source as I had three newspaper articles open one had a cropped reuters, and I suppose the other had a fuller Reuters as one was 2 paragraphs and the other 3. So I will use your advice and look for Reuters plain old plain old.
 * Pictures can be put on the left when an infobox is in use - this helps avoid a lot of whitespace at the bottom, and makes short articles more reasonably fill a browser window.
 * Generally speaking I do this, but I wasn't sure if this was the best picture so I put it at the end for a reference of the location. There wasn't an event type picture.

Going back to the source template I deleted, it cited Reuters. In most cases you can pick a few keywords out of the 3rd party's article and do a search on Google news with the qualifier 'source:Reuters'. This is less 'secondhand' than citing someone who is citing Reuters - and if you do get to the original Reuters story you should drop the 3rd party one unless you are sure they have added a notable amount of their own research which you require for your article.

 * I usually do peek at the history of mine and other articles to see what I am missing and what I should change. Thank you so much for the helping hand. Maybe with practice I will get better so I save others a lot of work. :-)  --Brian McNeil / talk 11:51, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Image credit template usage
Hia. You're mostly using the image_credit template correctly, but not quite;). In your recent article you did this:

This is the correct format for an exteral link, not for a wikilink. Instead, use this format:

You simply use the same system that you'd use to link to a userpage on Wikinews, but you place a prefix on it. "w:" goes to English Wikipedia, "commons:" goes to Commons, "wikt:" goes to wiktionary (a handy one for article links). A complete list of interwiki prefixes can be found here, at metawiki. Also, sometimes you'll find yourself linking to an userpage that is on, say, German Wikipedia. Linking to non-english wikis is easy: you just place the language code after the wiki-prefix you'd normally use. So "w:" links to English Wikipedia, and "w:de:" links to German Wikipedia.Gopher65talk 01:26, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Bangladesh security tightened following Pilkhana massacre and Bashundhara City inferno
"In the shopping mall there is an ultra-technology elevator which runs even without electricity but we have found that locked. Why the fire burnt so fiercely is a matter to think. We have to see if there was any incendiary substance there. These matters seem to be mysterious" Iqbal Khan Chowdhury, joint secretary (Police) of the home ministry Bas.

 * This is a bit confusing. I don't know why the word "Bas" is there. Also the bit about the joint secretary (Police) is a bit confusing.

Does Bashundhara City Complex have a link on the English Wikipedia. I also think the fact that the Bashundhara City Complex is the mall needs to be clarified earlier in the story.

The changes you made after my review are good, it just needs a few more copy edits. Thanks, —Calebrw (talk) 03:40, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Made changes and wikilinked Bashundhara City shopping mall complex. I don't know why all the press releases state his title as joint secretary (Police) of the home ministry, and I am not from Bangladesh myself, but I removed it because of the confusion.  I just used the title the other newspapers used.  Kind Regards SriMesh |  talk  03:51, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The image should be removed from all Wikinews articles, especially if it's copyvio. Calebrw (talk) 01:09, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

User:Tempodivalse/Writing contest
Hi! I'm just sending out this note to all our active contributors saying that there's an article writing contest at the above link that's about to start, if you're interested in participating. Thanks. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 14:38, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

FedEx jet crash lands in Tokyo, burns
I'm fine with that. I just wasn't sure how to rewrite it, this being the first time I've edited anything here. --Resplendent (talk) 01:29, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks :D If you have any suggestions as to how it can be further improved, lemme know. --Resplendent (talk) 01:44, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks again. Not sure, I'm sort of niche-y when it comes to things I'm interested in writing about. Aviation related topics are probably the only thing I'm really motivated enough to contribute on :\ --Resplendent (talk) 00:48, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

You're now an editor!
I have promoted you to the Editor class, as I feel you can be trusted to mark revisions of articles as sighted (review). Take a moment to read: If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask for help on my talk page, and thank you for contributing to Wikinews! ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 19:57, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Flagged revisions
 * Reviewing articles
 * Peer review
 * Review
 * Reviewed article version
 * Flagged Revisions extension information, on MediaWiki

Flooding
I'm actually in Grand Forks, so not in any danger at the moment. I've been helping out and did take photos, which are now in the the related Wikipedia article. Other than that, there's nothing more I could really add to what's already been printed by other news agencies. Thanks for the concern! --Resplendent (talk) 23:46, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Manitoba residents receive evacuation flood alerts
I see you've added an additional source...but you haven't used it. Integrate it into the article? --Killing Vector (talk) 11:58, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Response
Hmmm. An archive of the Wikinews main page? You mean how it looked like at a certain date? I guess you could go into the Main Page's history and take a screenshot of the way it looked at a certain time, but that's not really the same thing as what Wikipedia has. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪  22:14, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Canadian auto loans
The Canadian auto loans article looks really good but apparently nobody reviewed it for a few days. I was clearing out the queue for reviews and I wanted to know if you could update the article for today (Thursday) so it does end up being published. Let me know! Mike Halterman (talk) 22:43, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Adam, an intelligent robot conducts experiments
Hi, sorry for leaving you in the dark with my comments - that definitely wasn't the intention. The changes you have made make it sound a lot more like a news article - covering all aspects of the story, not just the positive parts (which the previous article seemed to do to me, I don't have any recollection of the controversy section). We have to be careful with press releases as they are often biased towards the company or product in question - we must aim to be neutral in our reporting. Nice work! -- Sken   my talk 09:33, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

1st place!
Hi, you seem to have been disqualified from the writing contest (you can only take up to three free passes, and you already used them all on previous occasions). However, you received first place for your excellent efforts. (Technically, I won, but since I started the contest, it might seem like a conflict of interest for me to win it. Plus, I don't really care all that much for another barnstar.) Thanks for participating. Hope you had fun, and will continue writing your excellent articles for us! Your award is below:

tempo di valse  14:00, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Slacking
I am sorry for the lack of reviews for your articles. I have been quite busy and have been slacking on reviewing. I hope this does not discourage you from contributing. I apologize for at least myself. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:38, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Sports articles
I didn't relize that I had not added the BBC source with the minutes. Will add source from Premier league website with scores. Gotta gow now though. —Calebrw (talk) 01:46, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Professor sought after three die in Georgia shooting
Sorry, I had to override your changes to Professor sought after three die in Georgia shooting I'll try to add as much of your stuff back in. Calebrw (talk) 01:24, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I didn't find the source. I just saw that the two AP articles were dupes and used the information already on the current source.Calebrw (talk) 01:31, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Wow
Maybe I dont have enough practice, but you churn out articles faster than I can review them! Sean Heron (talk) 00:32, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Swine flu cases worldwide top 1,000
I believe I've fixed the above article, would you mind taking another look at it? Thanks much, tempo divalse  23:30, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Porsche and Volkswagen agree to merger
Thanks for your note regarding the above article. Unfortunately, there is now another problem, please check the talk page for the issues. Other than that, however, I think it is ready for publishing. Thanks much, tempo divalse  00:20, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I've published the article, thanks for bearing with me. Nice story! Smile.png tempo divalse  00:36, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, we don't link to foreign language Wikinews editions in the related articles section. However, if a foreign-language article is a translation of, or similar to, the English article, it is appropriate to insert an interwiki link to the foreign article, so a link will appear in the sidebar on the left of the screen in the "In other languages" tab. (See this Meta page for more info on interwiki links, if you don't know about them already.) I hope this helps, tempo divalse  00:43, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Recession hits Australian asbestos victims fund
Hiya, I see that you copy-edited an article I started, Recession hits Australian asbestos victims fund. Care to review it and publish ? Cirt (talk) 17:19, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * No worries, it has been reviewed. Thanks though, Cirt (talk) 23:14, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Reply
Computerjoe (talk) 17:50, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Herschel Space Observatory and Planck Satellite launched today by European Space Agency
are you still online? can you fix the broken links, etc. in this story? --SVTCobra 23:42, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I have published this article with a new title. Cheers and happy editing, --SVTCobra 01:01, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Mexico presents first population-wide genome map for a Latin country

 * hello, and thank you for taking the time to review the article. i hope u like the new version
 * about the state specific data, i took it from the PNAS publication (supplementary information's table S2, page 12). the ratios are 0.362 ± 0.089 and 0.616 ± 0.085 for Sonora, and 0.660 ± 0.138 and 0.285 ± 0.120 for Guerrero. i converted these to percentages and, taking into account the uncertainties, rounded up Sonora's values to units, and Guerrero's to tens. the comment on the correlation with Mexico's history is in the second paragraph of the discussion (page 5)
 * in this same paragraph is the data from "Although West African", except for the Asia part, which is from the table mentioned above.
 * the quote u mention i translated into english from a source in spanish (last paragraph of the one by Claudia Herrera Beltrán). i transcribe here with word by word translation: "con(with) una(one) gota(drop) de(of) saliva(saliva) podamos(we can/could) saber(know) si(if) damos(we give) o(or) no(not) un(a) medicamento(medication)"
 * the large sentences were there because i tried to follow the style guide's suggestion to use 2-3 sentences per paragraph, but i guess readability comes first. i hope the changes i made made things better
 * the reason for less data being analyzed seems to be that the president rushed things because he was under fire for his lack of support to science. not only were data left out, but theres also a press release with very stupid grammar errors that makes it obvious it wasnt even proofread. i added this to make the article look more balanced since all the sources were celebrating on the event. if the paragraph is out of place or is original reporting or whatever it could be left out.
 * thanks again! Revoluc (talk) 04:12, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Re: Question concerning Mexico presents first population-wide genome map for a Latin country
I've read through some of your questions on my talk page. Let me see if I can explain some of them.

 * Has the journal entry been entered under sources correctly?

 * It might be better to use cite journal for this sort of sourcing.

 * Can/should the talk page entry about page numbers and percentages be entered as OR at all?

 * Original reporting is information that you obtain first-hand (i.e. from an interview, attending an event, etc.), not something that you obtain from another source (which this is), so I think it shouldn't be entered as OR. However, you should make a note on the talk page of the specifics what information you took from the book (i.e. page number, and a direct quote of the relevant information).

 * Is there a different place I should ask these questions - water cooler &c?

 * You're certainly welcome to ask any questions at my talk page - I'll do my best to answer them - but if you want your questions to get a bigger audience, you could ask at the water cooler, which is better watched, where you will probably receive more answers.

 * So if you read my talk page, how should I proceed for the peer review when I cannot get at the journal, but everything else is verified as OK and found in the articles, and the requested c/e went well. Is there anyone else on WN who can access journals ... I know sometimes students can.

 * It's still in beta stage, but Google Books provides some photocopies of books (mainly old public domain stuff), although if this one is copyrighted I doubt it will be there. Still worth a try, though.

Hope I helped! Tempodivalse [talk]  14:20, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * hello, and thank you both the time you have invested in the article. i had originally pasted the wrong link to the article, but i corrected it now and should be downloadable. i had left a message in the talk page ("Image too small"). Revoluc (talk) 23:48, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

I've replied
Tempodivalse [talk]  01:23, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada thats cool ever heard of Swift Current?
I looked on your user page saw where you were from now thats cool my dad was born in Sask. Swift Current. --72.87.62.29 (talk) 02:23, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hello there, yes have heard of Swift Current - speedy creek, but haven't been there yet, still on my to do list :-) SriMesh |  talk  02:29, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Welcome templates
Just spotted you'd welcomed an anon in RC, but with an old template. The newer welcome template is Howdy, and I'd suggest tweaking old templates to use most of that plus any specific bits as a paragraph or two of text after that. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:11, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Hydrogen cars
The new headline is better. It is a little awkward but not unusably so; besides, I can't do any better. I guess we're stuck with a long title on that one. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:24, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

publish
Please note that with the new social bookmarks template in effect, publish must now go at the end of the article, just before the categories. If this is not done properly, it will cause the new {tl|social bookmarks}} template to be displayed in the same place as the publish tag is placed. See this diff for more information.

Thanks, Calebrw (talk) 06:00, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the note, will implement new change.SriMesh | talk  18:50, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

NASA launches space shuttle Endeavour
Please see this diff. This story's title needs a bit of work. As it stands now, it reads that Endeavour has already launched. The article is much better as to the correct facts, but the title is not. Calebrw (talk) 06:00, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikinews interviews former Republican U.S. Senator Bob Smith on his latest run for office
SriMesh,

Would you mind doing a peer review for the article above?

Thanks. --WNewsReporter (talk) 05:58, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Mexican daycare owners fail to comply with 2005 fire inspection; 47 infants dead
Ah, the joy of stale caches! Feel free to grab categories, sources, interwiki links and whatever else you might find useful from Sonora authorites arrest 7 state officials over Mexico childcare centre fire. Uncle G (talk) 04:12, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Possible title moving and expansion with Taiwan
Since you seemed to be a major contributor at Philippines hit by Typhoon "Kiko" (Morakot), dozens killed, I wanted to inform you that not only the Philippines is affected by the typhoon. There are reliable reports that at least six people in Taiwan are killed during the typhoon and severe flooding in southern Taiwan. I will expand the news article later but please consider the title move. I also posted the proposal at the talk page. Please reply immediately if you see this message. Thanks! --98.154.26.247 (talk) (experienced editor at Wikipedia) 22:40, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Some reliable sources regarding the typhoon in Taiwan:
 * From Yahoo news
 * Voice of America report
 * BBC report about the typhoon approaching Taiwan

I also posted my reply on my page in Wikipedia. Thanks for starting the page! --98.154.26.247 (talk) (experienced editor at Wikipedia) 04:30, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Propose Title Change
I feel the current title is a little too long, perhaps we can cross out the "and injured" part or as below:
 * "Typhoon Morakot hits Taiwan resulting in several dead despite preperations"
 * "Typhoon Morakot hits Taiwan resulting in several dead"

Tell me if you have any suggestion about title change, I'll soon change the tag from develop to review. And since I don't really know how to change a title/move a page, can you tell me how to move a page in Wikinews? Thanks. --98.154.26.247 (talk) (experienced editor at Wikipedia) 20:30, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

I'm so sorry
but I had to unpublish your story, because it is a duplicated of another article, however, I bring you the code there

Sorry, and cheers. --Diego Grez return fire 23:59, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * It's OK I started the article, and there was no other started, and I took so long, that the other article was finished before the one I was working on. Kind Regards SriMesh |  talk  00:01, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * You may want to merge the contents. I'm afraid :s --Diego Grez return fire 00:02, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I have replied you in both my talk page and the article's. Cheers. --Diego Grez return fire 19:26, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Could you review the article? I have added a lot of sources, but the main ones are Newsfolio and the Spanish ones :) --Diego Grez return fire 20:00, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Malawi pardon article
Hey, I just wanted to thank you for your help with the Malawi President pardons jailed gay couple article. This is my first attempt here on Wikinews, so I really appreciate the help. Is there anything you would suggest for any future articles I would write? Again, thanks --DUKyleXY (talk) 17:46, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Just checking in.......
You still around these parts?? --Bddpaux (talk) 20:28, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

privs
'''Note! Your privileges on English Wikinews have been reduced.'''
 * Under the Privilege expiry policy (enacted October 13, 2012) the rights held by your user account have been reduced due to inactivity, or lack of privilege use.

 * Point 4 of the Privilege expiry policy provides for fast-tracking reacquisition of privileges. We all understand that real-life commitments can severely curtail the level of commitment you can give to Wikinews; the privilege reduction is in no way intended as a reflection on your past work, or to imply you are unwelcome. The aim in curtailing privileges is to address security risks, and concern that a long period of inactivity means you may not be up-to-date with current policy and practices.

--Pi zero (talk) 22:47, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

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Talk:Large blizzard sweeps through British Columbia, Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan

I heard this second hand, but I was under the impression not all highways were closed in Alberta. Bawolff -)(-: 01:08, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

publish
The article is well writen and sourced. I think we should publish. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  01:33, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It is indeed well written, but in an encyclopedic fashion. Inline links should be moved to source and external link sections.  Also, is there a generic "part-of-Canada" description that can be used to shorten the title? --Brian McNeil / talk 11:11, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes. We could have used Western Canada but It is a little late to change it now. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  00:08, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Spelling Mistake
Blizzard is spelled incorrectly in the article's title. I am a wiki noob and have no idea how to fix it.

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


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Ontario, Canada byelections announced

January 11, 2007

Three Canadian MPP by-elections have been announced Wednesday in the province of Ontario for the ridings of:

 * Burlington,
 * Markham,
 * York South-Weston.

The ridings have been vacant for many months due to the Municipal elections. Most candidates are already nominated and have started campaigning. Only residents over age 18 can vote in the riding they live in.

On Sept. 28 2006, Former Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Cam Jackson resigned to run for mayor of Burlington and won on November 13, 2006.

On Sept. 25, 2006, Former Liberal MPP Tony Wong resigned his seat in the legislature to run for York Regional Council and won the seat on November 13.

On Sept. 18, 2006, Liberal Joe Cordiano, who was MPP for York South—Weston, left his political career to spend more time with his family.

The by-election will be held on February 8, 2007, using the minimum 28 day campaign period. All Ontario provincial elections must be held on Thursdays according to the Ontario Elections Act.

The Ontario general election is scheduled to be held on October 4, 2007. It will decide the next government and premier of the province.

title: Ontario, Canada byelections announced


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Talk:Ontario, Canada byelections announced

Heh, the ArbCom elections have 3 seats, and same with these. Irony. Thunderhead - (talk) Congrajulations to Kat! 01:19, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


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User:SriMesh

About Me
I live in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. First started writing about Rural Municipalities and articles about Saskatchewan in Wikipedia, then wikiprojects, and portals...SriMesh on Wikipedia. Since then I have roamed a little bit...to SriMesh on Wikicommons and now I am trying to get my feet wet at Wikinews. As we are snowed in tonight, though I would make a venture into Wikinews about our raging storm.

Contribution/s

 * Articles I've started: It got published!! Woo hoo!
 * Large blizard sweeps through British Columbia, Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan -- Original Reporting
 * Operation NANOOK 2008 travels through uncharted waters -- still under review. Started wikipedia portal Arctic, and then got the news transferred to wikipedia.  Well now...I am trying to write news.  Hmmm?  We'll see.  I think I will try again.  Keep tuned.

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Bush unveils America's new Iraq plan

January 11, 2007

President Bush gave a for the Iraq War. His plan involves sending 21,500 more troops into Iraq. He and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have sent benchmarks for the Iraqi government to accomplish. These benchmarks include increasing the Iraqi Army's size and appointing a head general of the army and two deputy generals. The increase in troops would be used to occupy areas after they have been cleared from insurgents.

Republicans on the Armed Services Committee voiced support for the plan. “To my colleagues, I would ask, at least in the short term here, that we measure our words, that we not... declare the war lost when it’s not yet lost," said Senator Lindsey Graham "or to embrace strategies that would lead to defeat.”

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Bank of England raises interest rates

January 11, 2007

In a move widely viewed as surprising, the Bank of England raised UK interest rates from 5% to 5.25%, the highest in five years. In a press release the Bank stated that "an increase in Bank Rate of 0.25 percentage points to 5.25% was necessary to bring CPI inflation back to the target in the medium term".

The last publicly released value for inflation (measured according to the consumer price index) stood at 2.7%, above the Government target of 2%. However the Bank and Government receive advance figures, not due to be publicly released until next week. Analysts have speculated that these figures may explain the rise.

Following the announcement the FTSE 100 fell.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has been responsible for setting the UK's official interest rate each month since 1997. Prior to this the base rates were controlled by the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

In a separate decision the European Central Bank maintained the interest rate within the Eurozone at its previous value of 3.5%.

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User:Liamhanks

I look for spelling and grammar errors. I'm a pretty casual user, but errors drive me crazy. I also look at Wikipedia.org, Memory-Alpha.org, and GuildWiki.org for the same types of errors.

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CBS blog criticizes stations' coverage of Tigger incident

January 11, 2007

CBS program The Early Show ran a segment Monday about the Tigger incident at Florida theme park Walt Disney World, which a company blog later criticized.

CBS runs a regularly updated feed on its website, entitled "The Public Eye". It was created by the television station to "bring transparency to the editorial operations" of that department. It went one step further, recently, when criticising their program's actions.

The post knocked co-anchor Hannah Strom, who "did not challenge the family's characterization of the incident." Writer Brian Montopoli commented that "we'd like to think that we would have brought somewhat more skepticism to the table".

We can sort of understand why the "Early Show" had the Monacos on – video footage like this is hard to resist, and the folks at the "Early Show" have a couple hours to fill in the morning...

To her credit, Storm did ask, at the end of the interview, what the family was hoping to get from Disney. And while the Monaco's lawyer said only that they want an apology, it's safe to assume that the family is open to compensation. As for the interview, it took place because both sides got something out of it – the "Early Show" was able to run some moderately compelling video, and the Monacos got a platform that allowed them to put pressure on Disney. Everybody, it seems, was a winner. Well, except maybe Tigger. And Disney. And us.

On Sunday, video broke internationally of Disney employee Michael J. Fedelem as Tigger, hitting teen Jerry Monaco Jr. in the head. The New Hampshire tourist and his father both claim the hit was unprovoked. They claimed Jerry Jr. needed medical attention and prescription medicine that night.

"Nuh, no provokin' at all, ya know, it was all out of the blue." Junior told FOX News the day before.

The CBS interview was even featured in that morning's post-show email from CBS The Early Show.

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Talk:Third Canadian found dead in Mexico

This article needs more NPOV. It seems to be criticizing Mexico heavily. There is no evidence given in the article that these incidents were in any way related to nationality, though the commentary reflects that idea. While the fact that the previous victims mentioned were also Canadian is interesting, it really has nothing to do with it. I would take a wild guess and say that Mexican tourists in Canada run an equal risk. Statistically, all travelers and immigrants, regardless of origin or destination, are common targets for crime. But then, crime is not uncommon in Canada either, or in most other countries. It is only when we can blame another country that we magically assume that the crime was related to nationality. Whether it was accidental or intentional or even related (and the article reflects that facts are unclear, though apparently the family and the original author have already reached their conclusions), a jealous boyfriend acting rashly is a very common occurrence in every country on earth. Imagine if this had happened to a Canadian visiting the US. This kind of thing happens in the US all the time, of course, though not necessarily to Canadians. Would the victim's uncle have said "the pain in my heart is not just for my nephew; it's for any Canadian -- you go out to have a good time and this is what happens.... When you think the US, think twice"? Probably not. The fact that the victim was Canadian would be only considered incidental, because it would be incidental. I posit that it IS. The article should not agree with the victim's uncle in saying "When you think Mexico, think twice," but should instead say, "when you think international travel or when you think of making her boyfriend jealous, think twice!"

Again, there is no proof or even evidence that this death was related to nationality, and the Ianiero case therefore has no bearing on this one. I think we should remove the word "Third" from the title of the article and replace the references to the Ianiero case with a paragraph like this one: While this is a tragedy, it is important to remember that all international travel carries inherent risks of crime or accident. It is likely but uncertain that jealousy was involved. Jealousy is a universal human trait, and therefore this situation could have also occurred in Canada, and it should not be assumed that Mexico is necessarily a more dangerous destination than any other, despite the conclusions drawn by the victim's family. So when you think international travel or when you think of making her boyfriend jealous, think twice!

--Cromwellt, 11 January, 2006 (login problems)

Cancun and Acapulco are not the same "destination" as the article suggest. They are far away from each other.


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Explosion at the U.S. embassy in Athens

January 12, 2007

There has been an explosion at the US embassy in, Greece, at 05:58.

Police say the explosion was caused by a rocket propelled grenade fired from across the street at a United States eagle emblem at the front of the embassy. Minor damage and no injuries have been reported.

The explosion apparently occurred inside the embassy compound. Initial eyewitness reports have not given any mention of injuries. Chaos is reported within the compound and Greek police have cordoned off Vassilis Sofias Avenue in central Athens, causing traffic jams. The U.S. ambassador in Greece, Charles Ries told the reporters that the attack was "a senseless act of violence". Both the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Public Order of Greece, and Byron Polidoras, strongly condemned the action.

Greek security officials say a group calling itself "Revolutionary Struggle" is claiming responsibility for the attack, but the officials have not yet accepted the claim as authentic, according to a report by the International Herald Tribune. Toronto Daily News calls the group "the most active of a new generation of small extreme leftist groups with strong anti-U.S. sentiments." The group has reportedly also claimed responsibility for bombings of a court building in Athens (2003) and the Economics Ministry (December 2005).

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Talk:Explosion at the U.S. embassy in Athens

This is being reported on BBC News and on CNN. 90.192.7.8 05:21, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Will change time to 0600 local time, since both BBC.com and Independent Online claim this. Hunter 07:44, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Suggest getting stronger on the rocket, e.g.: According to police officials, the blast was caused by a rocket fired from street level and exploding in toilets of the embassy compound. It seems to become common knowledge. Hunter 07:52, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Added reference "Independent Online" as second source. Is the author=AP acceptable? Added reference "NYT" as third source. Changed time of incident to 0555 according to this source. New suggestion: According to police officials, the blast was caused by a rocket fired from street level and exploded in toilets of the embassy compound. Other reports suggest the attack was carried out from another building. The incident has been labelled a terrorist act and anti-terrorism forces are on the scene. Hunter 08:08, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

npov

 * Actually I dont see why it has to be a bomb, maybe it was a oven, stove, or even a toilet. Do you have pictures?  Let me see some pictures of the inside, leme see the bomb explosion -Nima Baghaei 15:33, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Usually when a bomb is in a building, I am guessing that people get injured, yet know one was injured, how come? And this was a rocket grenade, wow I am really surprised no one got injured. -Nima Baghaei 15:35, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I have every right to post npov on this article, so please stop removing it! -Nima Baghaei 15:36, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * The only reason they say there was chaos and traffic is because the security forces arrived, people were probably doing ok until they saw uniformed people come in, and then they got worried, how come there is no specific time table for the events? How can there be so much traffic near this building? -Nima Baghaei 15:43, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

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Nima Baghaei, stop adding npov to this. They have confirmed that a rocket did hit the embassy, and you suggestion that people won't react to an explosion from an RPG, but will react when authorities get to the scene is very unlikely. This article is neutral, but this talk page is not (just for kicks)

OK you know what

 * Ok first off all, I want to see pictures, I dont want you to tell me it happened, second it is not neutral b/c I dont beleive this story is true. Actually I am suprised no one was hurt to, how is that possible, this is a rocket grenade! -129.7.127.195 15:50, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Oh, so they confirm it? Who is they really I want to know, I want a full log of everything that shows how this is real! -129.7.127.195 15:51, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

LINKS
THERE ARE LINKS TO SEVERAL RELIABLE SOURCES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ARTICLE

THERE ARE PICTURES ON THESE PAGES THAT SHOW THAT SOMETHING HIT THE GLASS ON THE FRONT AND SMASHED THROUGH

IT IS TRUE BECAUSE BBC WOULD NOT REPORT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IF IT WASN'T.

Now I'll turn off caps lock and take a deep breath.

 * Actually it is very likely that people will go crazy when they see security forces, I mean who in the world wouldnt! But before they showed up, did people really notice anything?  Are there any smoke trails in the sky taht show it was a rocket?  Are there any fragments near houses or parks or streets that show this was rocket exlposion?  Usually explosions of this magnitude release material into the public area, yet I havent heard of it... how strange -129.7.127.195 15:54, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * How come I dont see pictures of traffic jams, does anyone have google earth so we can confirm this? -129.7.127.195 15:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Ok, were you there? No, you weren't.  I know this because your IP address traces back to Houston, TX.  Furthermore, the likelyhood that it did happen is much higher than it not happening.  This isn't the first time the embassy has been attacked.

 * Google Earth isn't live, think before you post.

 * How come the united nations nor the Vatican has said anything? Is it b/c the Vatican will not support a lie?  Is it b/c the UN will not support a lie? -129.7.127.195 15:58, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Actually google earth is live, you have to be a subsriber I believe, think before you post -129.7.127.195 15:58, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Does anyone here have access to NASA satellite images, can you please post a picture of this? -129.7.127.195 15:58, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Because it's totally possible to control and take picture of the Earth from your home computer... Google Earth is not live.  A subscription just gives you more features, none of which give you control of satelites.

 * Can someone contact NASA then? This is a security alert, and we all on this planet have to take it seriously, so we need NASA to show us proof that this happened, that it was a terrorist attack because all of humanity depends on it! -129.7.127.195 16:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Oh were are the rocket trails, can someone please take a chemical analysis of the area? -129.7.127.195 16:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * You should be banned on terms of ignorance...

 * You should be banned on terms of not showing ur IP... -129.7.127.195 16:03, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I want the United Nations to condem this attack at once! -129.7.127.195 16:04, 12 January 2007 (UTC))

 * I can't tell whether you're trying to be sarcastic (if so, it isn't witty, nor funny), or if you're serious. Bl a st  12,01,07 2125 (UTC -5)

Press Releases Available
There are press releases from the Embassy in Athens available via http://athens.usembassy.gov/ Rob 19:15, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Interwiki to add
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 * done. –Doldrums(talk) 11:09, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Edit to protected page request- time.
"0558 local time (0358 GMT)" should be adjusted to fit our MOS and wikilink to the appropriate timezone. So should read something like "05:58 EET (UTC+2)" JoshuaZ 03:21, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:42, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, this was during summer time so the off-set is +3.--SVTCobra 17:54, 7 November 2007 (UTC)


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A page has already been created for the Athens blast. 90.192.7.8 05:41, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

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Peter Jackson banned from working with New Line

January 12, 2007

Movie studio company, New Line Cinema has announced that movie director Peter Jackson will never be allowed to work on another New Line film. This announcement will also mean that Mr Jackson will not be allowed to film the prequel titled The Hobbit to The Lord of the Rings films he directed.

The announcement was made mainly because New Zealander Mr Jackson and his partner, Fran Walsh, filed a law suit against New Line in 2005 as they believed New Line owed them much more money than they received for The Lord of the Rings trilogy as shown to them by a partial audit of The Fellowship of the Ring. Mr Jackson described it as "financial anomalies," which New Line refused to account for. "Fundamentally, our legal action is about holding New Line to its contractual obligations and promises." The film trilogies have so far managed to earn US$3 billion in ticket sales since 2001.

New Line has repeatedly refused permission for Mr Jackson to audit the other films in the trilogy The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, even though Mr Jackson described film auditing as a common practice. "We don't understand why New Line Cinema has taken this position," Mr Jackson said.

In an interview with the Sci Fi Wire, Robert Shaye, co-chairman of New Line and executive producer of The Lord of the Rings, said that New Line does not want to do any films, including The Hobbit, with Mr Jackson in the future. "I do not want to make a movie with somebody who is suing me. It will never happen during my watch."

"I don't care about Peter Jackson anymore. He wants to have another $100 million or $50 million, whatever he's suing us for," Mr Shaye said.

Mr Shaye said he has been offended by the lawsuit brought to his company by Mr Jackson. "He got a quarter of a billion dollars paid to him so far, justifiable, according to contract, completely right, [but then] turns around without wanting to have a discussion with us and sues us and refuses to discuss it unless we just give in to his plan."

However Mr Jackson claims that he had been trying to discuss it with New Line, saying: "We attempted to discuss the issues raised with New Line for over a year but the studio was and continues to be completely uncooperative. ... Nobody likes taking legal action, but the studio left us with no alternative."

Mr Jackson has said that he has and will continue to have the highest respect and affection for Mr Shaye and has said that he regrets he has taken the lawsuit personally.

"[Jackson's] either had very poor counsel or is completely misinformed and myopic to think that I care whether I give him [anything]," Mr Shaye said.

Mr Shaye has said he is disappointed that many of the stars in The Lord of the Rings trilogy had refused to celebrate New Line's 40th anniversary. Mr Jackson said that the reason for that was probably because Mr Shaye had issues with the cast years before the lawsuit arose.


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Talk:Peter Jackson banned from working with New Line

"Mr Shaye has been offended by the lawsuit brought to his company by Mr Jackson" shld read " Mr Shaye said he has been offended by the lawsuit brought to his company by Mr Jackson" or "Someone thinks Mr Shaye has been offended by the lawsuit brought to his company by Mr Jackson". We shldn't be characterizing other people's state of mind. — Doldrums(talk) 06:40, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * fixed. But you could have fixed it yourself... --Nzgabriel | Talk 07:27, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * i know, but i'm much too lazy to fix articles where i need to read the sources (ideally i'd have read all the sources, confirm they're all saying the sme thing and then fix - too much work!) to do the fixing. sorry :) — Doldrums(talk) 07:30, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


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Canon Inc. to buy the stake of Toshiba in their joint venture

January 12, 2007

Canon Inc. announced the initiative to start production of new generation flat-panel television on its own. The sole production will occur after Canon Inc. buys the stake of Toshiba Corp. in their joint venture, SED Inc.

The companies are expected to make an official statement concerning their joint venture.

In order to start production of the new flat-screens based on the SED technology, Canon Inc. had to clarify the situation with the Texas-based Nano-Proprietary Inc. The latter has brought a lawsuit against Canon in 2005 on the basis of the two sided agreement concerning the patent on SED technology. The agreement didn't allow Canon to make any other ventures on this technology, but Canon joining forces with Toshiba was the reason for the mentioned lawsuit.

The dispute with Nano-Proprietary was the ground for Canon and Toshiba to delay the construction of the $1.7 billion plant for SED-based flat-panels. Earlier the companies agreed to contribute with 100 billion yen each in the SED plant.

Toshiba's stake in the joint venture SED Inc. is about Yen$10 billion, or, approximately, US$83 million.

This new SED (surface-conduction electron-emitter display) technology is meant to replace the existing LCD and plasma screen due to their smaller sizes and lower energy consumption. At the end of this year the companies planned to start mass production of these new displays.


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Cisco sues Apple for iPhone trademark

January 12, 2007

The only made its appearance as a prototype and there have been controversies aroused.

The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was presented on Wednesday for the first time) — Apple Inc. — and a leader in network and communication systems, based in —. The company claims to possess the trademark for iPhone, and moreover, that it sells devices under the same brand through one of its divisions.

This became the reason for Cisco to file a lawsuit against Apple Inc. so that the latter would stop selling the device.

Cisco states that it has received the trademark in 2000, when the company overtook Infogear Technology Corp., which took place in 1996.

The Vice President and general counsel of the company, Mark Chandler, explained that there was no doubt about the excitement of the new device from Apple, but they should not use a trademark, which belongs to Cisco.

The is a device which allows users to make phone calls over the voice over Internet protocol.

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US raids Iran 'liaison office', Russia says it is unacceptable

January 12, 2007 The U.S. armed forces detained five Iranians working at a "liaison office" located in, Iraq before dawn on Friday. Sources said that the U.S. forces first landed their helicopters around the building, then broke through the office's gate, disarmed the guards, confiscated some documents and certain objects, arrested five suspected terrorists, and then left for an undisclosed location.

However, there was no raid on the Iranian Consulate General as earlier reported. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told Agence France-Presse that the building raided was "not a consulate or a government building", which appears to be confirmed by the Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, who said the Iranians were working at an office that had government approval and was in the process of being approved as a consulate, but was not a Consulate nor the Iranian Consulate General. The US is strategically insisting that they raided a "liaison office" instead of a Consulate to avoid being found in violation of Article 36 of the.

Russian Mikhail Kamynin said that the raid was absolutely unacceptable and was a violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. The Kurdistan Regional Government also expressed their shock and disapproval of the raid.

On Thursday's hearing on Iraq, Senator Joseph Biden (D-Delware), chairman of the, told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the Bush Administration did not have the authority to send U.S. troops on cross-border raids. Biden said, "I believe the present authorization granted the president to use force in Iraq does not cover that, and he does need congressional authority to do that. I just want to set that marker." After the meeting, Biden sent a follow-up letter to the White House asking for an explanation from the Bush Administration on the matter.

On Thursday morning, Iran's foreign ministry official sent a letter to Iraq's foreign ministry asking Iraq to stop the Bush Administration from interfering with Iraq-Iran relations, and has protested the raid on its liaison office. The official said, "We expect the Iraqi government to take immediate measures to set the aforesaid individuals free and to condemn the U.S. troopers for the measure. Following up on the case and releasing the arrestees is a responsibility of primarily the Iraqi government and then the local government and officials of the Iraqi Kurdistan."


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User talk:129.7.127.46

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Pheonix lights
have worded the statement as per the lead paragraph of the WP article, which summarises the contents of that article. pls do not change it back unless u can point to a reason why. — Doldrums(talk) 17:25, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

ufo portal
I personally think there is not enough articles to make a big portal like that. What do you think of a smaller portal in the style of portal:Mars portal:Internet or portal:NASA? Bawolff ☺☻ 20:43, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

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 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Additionally, thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles will be reverted quickly. — Doldrums(talk) 17:55, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

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