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Da Vinci Code
You are right that the whole lawsuit thing makes no apparent sense. But if you read my first comment on the talk page I think that makes as much sense as any other theory...that the real objective here is to sabotage The Solomon Key and this is just the beginning of that sabotage which will, if need be, eventually bring in the biggest law firms in America to censor that upcoming work while Brown is made into Frey by the Bush/Kerry media. Neutralizer 13:18, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

good analysis
suggestion #1; drop the labels

I really liked your analysis; because the masters are relying upon the stupidity of the mastered; as you correctly say;..why do you think they are letting so many Mexicans into the USA???? THEY ARE the only people uneducated enough to think the IrAQ wAR MAKES PEOPLE SAFER???? Neutralizer 20:26, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Oklahoma student paper publishes new controversial cartoon

is this not a reprint of http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_student_newspaper_runs_six_Prophet_Mohammed_cartoons

 * No. Different school. Their editorial cartoonist has created a new cartoon which, just to be even more meta, depicts the cartoon which depicted Mohammed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:23, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

No link to the actual cartoon? Isn't it published online somewhere?

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I cannot publish the cartoon due to copyright issue as it is a scan of the paper. Not Available online.

 * Is the cartoon at the online version of the paper? I will look. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 01:55, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Didn't we establish that it's covered under fair use if the article is about the scan in question, and we're not using the scanned material on its own? 204.64.80.242 15:48, 13 February 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:US vice president shoots man in hunting accident

I thought it was called "collateral damge" when innocent bystanders get shot at the hands of of U.S. government officials... --vonbergm 22:24, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * But he wasn't acting as a government official; he was he doing something outside of government activities as a private citizen.
 * I see, so when a government official acts as a private person when he shoots someone and lands him in intensive care for a week or so we say he "peppered" (or "sprayed") that person. English surely is a difficult language to understand... --vonbergm 07:08, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Dates
Can someone peg down the date in the line "The incident, which occured yesterday...'"? Is that Saturday in Washignton DC, Sunday UTC, or Friday Pacific Time? ▪ NeoAmsterdam TalkEdits 23:19, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Investigation?
Just a few notes: So far, only the vice-president's side of the story is being told. Since we have not heard from a spokesman for Harry Whittington, is it preliminary to call the occurence "an accident". Also, in wikinews and other news outlets, I noticed that there is no mention of police or other authorites concerning the shooting. Will local law enforcement investigate the particulars (or do we simply "trust" the US vice-president and his representatives)? Lasso 01:42, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * This is a good point, I think. I'll change the headline at least. Neutralizer 03:48, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * This is not a good point. Of about all the media reports accidently (presumeably you can find some fringe blogs thinking otherwise). But there is absolutely nothing that backs up the suspicion about foul play, which the quotes implies. 83.88.250.31 04:39, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Statement as accident is likely based on nature of injury, however repeating that here simply because most restate it may not meet NPOV here, for though it is likely it is not an absolute fact. Implications differ, but it should be settled; perhaps fully alter the title to something like: "Man shot while hunting with US VP Dick Cheney," and providing all details of the hunt, the injury, etc. in the article. A statement from Lea Anne McBride, Cheney's spokeswoman, might be appropriate to explain the delay in announcement. I will add it now as it is present in the MSNBC article and change the title to settle this matter by avoiding any implication regarding it. Opalus 05:40, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I like your title better than mine. Might want to work in that he was actually shot by cheney too, though you can get that out of reading the spot.  204.64.80.242 14:53, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Investigation?
Confirmed reports of external law enforcement now investigating. Seems most of the story is moving toward when and how the incident was reported. Lasso 04:38, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Context...
For those of us not familiar with quail hunting, it would be interesting if somebody could provide context about how a quail hunt is usually conducted - the typical terrain, weapons used, how hunters avoid shooting each other, and so on. --136.186.1.116 02:22, 13 February 2006 (UTC)(User:Robert Merkel at the English Wikipedia)

re: Context...
Kenedy County is best described as flat, grassy (and marshy?) plains. Quail hunters usually use shotguns. I'm no expert, but this is the general situation: Quail hunting generally involves walking and searching for groups ("coveys") of quail. You usually separate a little from your fellow hunters, but keep them within eyeshot. The hope is that by separating and walking, you will be more likely to get quails to move (either by the quail taking flight or by running). When the quail moves, you shoot them. To keep from shooting your fellow hunters, you would often wear bright orange, not shoot unless you see your exact target, and know where everyone in your party is located. Lasso 06:47, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Quail are fleet birds on the wing. When flushed (am I talking stupid?), using a shotgun, the best bet is to fire quickly. (hunt alone) -Edbrown05 08:53, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, you want to fire fast, and there's not much time to think. Lasso 09:59, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

title
It seems like the title should reflect who fired the shot. After all, that is the center of the article. --vonbergm 23:53, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

A suggestion that assumes the awareness that US VP refers to Dick Cheney, perhaps "Man in US VP's hunting party shot by Dick Cheney"? I will change the title to it for greater information content. Opalus 00:08, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Seems okay, it just should say that Cheney did the shooting since thats the amusing bit. Nyarlathotep 00:11, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * No, it is not an NPOV title, nor is there reasoning for it that would make sense for it to be changed this late in publishing stage. Besides, the title as is states "Dick Cheney shoots man...", I think it's established.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 00:13, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

For Mrmiscellanious who reverted my change, the content of the two titles is precisely the same, only information content has been increased. What is NPOV in my suggestion that is not in the title to which you reverted the article? Does my suggestion not simply provide the information that Cheney is the US VP, is that NPOV? As to change, it is closer to what my first change, supported by another above, was that was itself retained for an appreciable amount of time prior to this new minor conflict. Opalus 00:15, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Written before MrM's comment above: MrM's right that its best to say accedent. Titles such as "Dick Cheney accidentally shoots another hunting party member" (or similar) might make everyone happy. No biggie. Nyarlathotep 00:16, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Opalus, Its not always best to add bits like "US VP", but its rarely an objective decision, and at least one good contributor has left due to fights about such things. Nyarlathotep 00:46, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Opalus, cool your jets. "US VP" is confusing, to be the most frank.  Leaving out "accidentally" is POV.  That's why it was reverted; this has unfurled to something more than a "minor conflict" and you have instead tried to start an edit war.  Stop.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 00:49, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I protest and deny your accusation of attempting to start an edit war and your singular implied threat but will make no further response excepting this: let the careful user review the actual histories of edits rather than these recent comments here and draw a conclusion from it and calmer comments made before instead. Opalus 01:01, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Um, MrM, I think you lost the talk page! Fuzhead, thanks for your suggestion of "fellow", definitely a good word to have floating around, but I kinda prefer Dick Cheney to U.S. Vice President, not serious, no expressable basis for preference, just a vague opinion. As you like. Nyarlathotep 00:57, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

"minor heart attack"
Various news outlets are reporting that the victim suffered a "minor heart attack" (that is related to the gun-shot wounds?). The flow of information about the incident still seems extremely slow, so it might be a good idea to wait for a couple of hours before putting this out. In any case, at this stage this is probably better reported in a new article. --vonbergm 19:41, 14 February 2006 (UTC)


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Record snowfall in Northeastern United States

February 12, 2006

The National Weather Service announced that some 27 inches of snow was measured at 4:10 p.m. EST at Central Park in New York City today, breaking a record set in 1947. This after a day of snowfall and storms in the Northeastern United States.

The poor weather conditions prompted the shutdown of LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy, and Newark International Airports. Delta Airlines also canceled flights in and out of Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Providence, and Hartford. In Massachusetts, heavy snow and blizzard warnings were in effect as visibility had been greatly hindered by the falling snow. There were other reports of near-blizzard conditions in parts of Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

Adding to the storm, wind gusts as high as 60 mph in New England prompted concerns over coastal flooding.

In New York City, Department of Transportation employees worked a twelve-hour overtime shift to salt and plow the snow from streets and highways. Alternate-side of the street parking regulations are suspended, but not the city's public schools, much to the chagrin of New York's children.

Although the streets are navigable, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is a different story: Service between Jamaica and Penn Stations remains suspended, as is service along the Port Washington and Hempstead branches. Additionally, all running branches are expected to be running with 30 minute delays. The MTA Subways will cross-honor LIRR tickets, so customers will be able to take the E train from Jamaica instead.


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Talk:Record snowfall in Northeastern United States

I renamed the article from Record snowfall in Northeast to Record snowfall in Northeastern United States because I thought "Northeast" just isn't specific enough. Northeast could mean NE China or Australia - there wasn't a record snowfall in Aust, was there? I hope this renaming won't ruin anyone's sleep tonight or anything ;) --HJV 23:55, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Gotcha a source on the snowfall amt. ▪ NeoAmsterdam TalkEdits 06:10, 13 February 2006 (UTC)


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Day 2 Results - Olympic Winter Games

February 13, 2006 The following are the medal results for the second full day of competition for the Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.

Results are courtesy of NBC and the IOC

Short Track: Men's 1500m

 * G - Hyun-Soo Ahn (South Korea)
 * S - Ho-Suk Lee (South Korea)
 * B - Li Jiajun (China)

Luge: Men's Singles

 * G - Armin Zoeggeler (Italy)
 * S - Albert Demtschenko (Russia)
 * B - Martins Rubenis (Latvia)

Ski Jumping: Men's Normal Hill

 * G - Lars Bystøl (Norway)
 * S - Matti Hautamäki (Finland)
 * B - Roar Ljøkelsøy (Norway)

Speed Skating: Women's 3000m

 * G - Ireen Wust (Netherlands)
 * S - Renate Groenewold (Netherlands)
 * B - Cindy Klassen (Canada)

Cross-Country Skiing: Men's 30km

 * G - Eugeni Dementiev (Russia)
 * S - Frode Estil (Norway)
 * B - Pietro Piller Cottrer (Italy)

Snowboarding: Men's Halfpipe

 * G - Shaun White (United States)
 * S - Danny Kass (United States)
 * B - Markku Koski (Finland)

Alpine Skiing: Men's Downhill

 * G - Antoine Deneriaz (France)
 * S - Michael Walchhofer (Austria)
 * B - Bruno Kernen (Switzerland)

Cross-Country Skiing: Women's 15km

 * G - Kristina Smigun (Estonia)
 * S - Katerina Neumannova (Czech Republic)
 * B - Evgenia Medvedeva-Abruzova (Russia)

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Australian PM links cannabis use to mental illness

February 13, 2006 Australian Prime Minister John Howard has linked cannabis use to mental illness, and called for state governments to take a tougher line on the drug. Speaking at a meeting of Federal, state and territory leaders, Mr Howard said that fighting drug abuse would be a significant element of the new mental health strategy.

At a COAG press conference on Friday, Mr Howard explicitly stated that there was a relationship between cannabis use and mental illness. "We need, as part of the campaign on mental health, to address cannabis and amphetamine abuse which is a key, but not of course the only ingredient in the problem," he said.

Mr Howard has also said that in the past Australians have not taken the problem seriously. "At least a generation of Australians were too passive about the consequences of illicit drug use," he said.

South Australia's Director of Public Prosecutions, Stephen Pallaras QC, called today for courts to be tougher on cannabis related crime, because of the harm to the mental health of cannabis users. "I have heard the research on the link between mental illness and cannabis and it concerns me greatly," he said. "It may be time to reassess the way the court approaches sentencing in light of research on cannabis. We are waiting for the right case to bring before the court of appeal."

South Australia has separate penalties for cannabis possession in public and in private. In South Australia possession of up to 20 cannabis plants for personal use is punishable by a AU$500 fine.

Professor George Patton, of the Centre for Adolescent Health in Melbourne, also made the link between the drug and mental illness, suggesting that there was evidence of a "predictive" link between cannabis use and the development of illnesses such as schizophrenia. "People presenting with schizophrenia for the first time, depression and anxiety, often have frequent cannabis use (and) there's increasing evidence cannabis use predicts the development of schizophrenia and other psychotic illness," he said.

"The big difference from 20 or 30 years ago is there were fewer people using cannabis then. What we're learning now is that cannabis these days is a potent drug with powerful side effects."

Dan Lubman, consultant psychiatrist at Orygen Youth Health, warned that the relationship was quite complicated, and argued that it was difficult to draw clear conclusions.

"A high percentage of the population we treat are cannabis users with mental health problems, but just because you use cannabis doesn't mean you'll develop psychosis," he said. "It's a complicated relationship and that's why we need to be very clever about how we approach this issue."

The Mental Health Council of Australia has warned the government of over-estimating the role of cannabis in mental health. John Mendozza told ABC "I don't think we should overstate the role of cannabis in the nation's mental health crisis. It is a factor, but it is not the reason that we now face a mental health crisis."


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Talk:Australian PM links cannabis use to mental illness

PM Links? (Title)
How does the PM link it? I mean wouldn't it be scientists that link it to mental illness? Jason Safoutin 02:54, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The Australian article states "Citing cannabis use as a big contributor to mental illness, the Prime Minister said tackling drug abuse would be a major plank of the new strategy."... I'll try and find a direct quote. - Borofkin 03:04, 13 February 2006 (UTC)


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Melbourne police raid hydroponic cannabis growers

February 13, 2006

Police last week launched a number of raids across Melbourne and surrounding areas, targeting hydroponic cannabis-growing operations. There were seven arrests on Thursday, in Melton and Werribee, across the western and northern suburbs, and a farm near Bacchus Marsh.

Three men appeared in court on Friday. One man, arrested at the farm, was charged with cultivating cannabis after police found 102 plants growing hydroponically.

According to Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Jason Kelly the raids come at the end of a six month operation. He said that more arrests would be following in the next few weeks.

These arrests coincide with the State and Federal governments tough new stance on cannabis, and hydroponically grown cannabis in particular. The Prime Minister John Howard, and NSW Premier Morris Iemma, have linked cannabis use to mental illness, citing a number of statements by researchers.


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Wikinews desperately needs more gutsy reporters; please give the project as much time as you can spare. Neutralizer 03:51, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

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Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:18, 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) 06:33, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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Australian governments to spend $1.1 billion on mental health

February 11, 2006 Australian Prime Minister John Howard and state and territory leaders have promised to spend an extra AU$1.1 billion on mental health over the next five years. The funding is part of a broad strategy to improve the standard of mental health care, and includes additional places for medical students and a national phone advice network.

The announcement was made at the Council of Australian Governments meeting. NSW Premier Morris Iemma praised the plan. "At long last there is real hope for the mentally ill and their families," he said.

The focus of the strategy will be prevention and early detection. This includes a tougher stance on cannabis cultivation. In the past few weeks the Prime Minister and a number of state Premiers have linked cannabis use to mental illnesses such as schizophrenia.

The number of medicine positions at universities will be increased by increasing the cap on full fee paying students. Loan assistance for medical students will also be increased.

Federal Opposition leader Kim Beazley was critical of the announcement, saying that the mental health system has been in need of reform for ten years.


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User:72.57.8.2I5

 Today is Monday, July 29, 2024,

Want to ask me something? Any request? Click here!

Who am I? Hi everyone. You can call me 2I5. I'm new to wikinews but not entirely new to wiki process. I've been a user for more than 6 months on wikipedia. I've got 2 news article already written here. I am also writting a book at wikibooks on How To Ride The Bus. I got interested in writting for wikinews with bad experience, or good, depending, with my local OC Transpo Bus Service. OC meanse Ottawa Carleton. So if you need anything from the Ottawa, Canada area leave me an email. --72.57.8.215 08:19, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

News articles I've published
 * OCTranspo's "new year" of efficiencies?
 * Conservative Canadian government sworn in
 * Canadian Idol comes to Ottawa

News articles in developement

Significant contributions to an article
 * Earthquake Hits Ottawa, Canada

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User talk:72.57.8.2I5

leave me a message after the click!:

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

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 | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:25, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
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 * Your username may violate are username policy. I don't think it will, but we're see what others think. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 05:39, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Oh darn! --72.57.8.2I5 05:50, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I just added a new nick name!! --2I5 05:51, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Well I think you can recognize the I to see the difference between the IP and you. we'll see what happens. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 06:12, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Your username
Howdy! Thanks for your contributions to Wikinews. It has been suggested that your username might be confusing to some people -- according to Username users are asked not to choose names which might confuse others. Please consider changing your username. In order to change usernames and not lose your edit history you may request a username change on Changing username. Please let me know if I can assist you in any way (or answer some questions).... --Chiacomo (talk) 05:10, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * You might ask to have your username changed to 2I5 -- that looks like a great name! --Chiacomo (talk) 05:12, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I think it is a good user name. And it shows how arrongant some people can be when they think a new contributor is comming in. They assume I may be uploading a new article or a new photo for the first time. They assume!! You see in assume you have Ass U and Me! SO they make an ass of U and Me? The destroyers of new wikinews editors will have a bigger fish to fight once they realise I'm actually a shark. For example, just recently while adding a photo I for the recent Ottawa Earthquake that hit my town the photo was quickly delete. Go figure. Nice administrator. I believe that the deletion of the photo would have never occured had I had a different user name. The systematic bias from such user:mrmiscellanious at 04:23 hours, 25 february in the deletion log clearly shows that RESPECT is not an issue for this user. Reviewing wikinews policy doesn't seem to be important for him either. Violating my pride and my respect towards wikinews is actually something I can enjoy. That's because I now clearly know who my real friends are and I know who my Evil Enemies are. Thank Chiacomo for the word of advice. But the afformentioned reason is but one of many why I should keep my name! --2I5 05:25, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The image was not allowed on our servers under the fair use provision because of the modifications you made to it (alterations are not permitted under fair use provision, and the satellite images were copyrighted). --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 05:32, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not concerned about the image -- I am concerned about the username. Please do request a change in username. I would suggest talking with MrM about the deletion. There have been discussion on various mailing lists about the inclusion of Google Earth images on various WMF projects -- there doesn't appear to be clear consensus on their inclusion. I would suggest grabbing the map from the USGS to illustrate the article -- that's definately a free image that can be used by anyone (including our content republishers), I think. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Eek! :s I think I need to go bed. hey!  I was just following wikinews policy uploading a fair use image!!! That I edited. I actually got the idea from my local news broadcaster the A Chanel.  They had the meterologist standing in front of a large google satelite picture. (they even left the logo there... which is the required according to google earth copyright policy! But anyway. I'm quite dissapointed about how an administrator can just come up and delete a photo like that without even thinking of talking to the uploader! Pretty fashist and dictaral if you ask me. I guess it's a good thing right?  Anyway. I'll sleep on the name change and get back to you. The main reason I wanted user... etc... is because it matched my IP address. So I see no problem with me having this user name. I guess I could always edit with my IP and when I want to upload something I use some user name? As frustrated as I am about some other issues, and as  counter productive I may seem to you right now, I really don't care. But as I said I'll sleep on it. And sorry if I'm rude to you today but that deletion thing just didn't help with my perspective of wikinews and lowered my respect and admiration of everyone here. Good night. And hopefully I'll be able to talk to you reasonably tomorow. Sorry. --2I5 05:44, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * We're not supposed to host any copyrighted pictures without permission at any time, unless they can be assumed under the fair use policy. As I knew that modifications aren't, I recognized a copyvio and deleted it ASAP, ensuring there were no legal issues with the file.  I was about to leave a message on your page when you made yours, so I chose to leave the small message above that I hope you would have understood.  It seems that I was mistaken.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 05:47, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Multiple Image Upload
The image has been refreshed on the server, you are seeing your computers' cached version of the image. Refreshing multiple times will eventually update the image. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 06:15, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

OH! darn. the last image:ThursoQuebec.png can probably be deleted. Sorry. Anyway, I uploaded the non edited version witch should comply with the fair use policy. --2I5 06:17, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Image
Howdy! I found a Public Domain image on the USGS site and popped it into the article. I deleted your fair use image, per your request. I also wrote Google a nice message asking them for permission to use their Google Earth images under, perhaps, a "Grant of license". I can see how Google Earth images might be very useful to Wikinews. Sorry for all the confusion and thanks for keeping your cool! Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you! --Chiacomo (talk) 06:38, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I go up took a breather. Got back at it again with a level head. I think! :\ Anyway thank you guys for the lesson. I hope we get an answer from Google. I rember seeing some diferent info from their program copyright vs. their picture copyrights and the online vs the one in the program. Anyway. Thank you for the picture (it's not as nice as the google one but it's FREE! and that's what counts right!) (plus it's in the wikinews policy!) talk to you later. --2I5 06:46, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

University protests
Hi, 215, nice username :). There are lot's of protests in France and Spain at the moment against reforms of the educational system. I saw you enlisted as a translator for Spanish. Just yesterday, in Barcelona, police forces attacked pacific protestors. I think it would be worth to give this more attention. I leave you links to a video and the wikinews article in Spanish. I hope you can contribute to writing an article on the English wikipedia. 161.116.222.195 10:12, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

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First of the Bali nine sentenced

February 13, 2006

Scott Rush and Renae Lawrence, the only female member of the Bali Nine, were today sentenced in the Denpasar District Court to life imprisonment.

The Bali Nine were arrested in April 2005 in Bali, where they were accused of trying to smuggle 8.3 kg of heroin in to Australia.

The sentence issued to Lawrence is a surprise to both herself and the prosecution, as a 20-year sentence was all but promised for co-operation. Although under Indonesian law, Lawrence could have received the death penalty, judges felt a custodial sentence was in order because of her youth, cooperation and general politeness.

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User talk:Yorktown1776~enwikinews/Mainpage Design C

better. Maybe try a double leed aproach (like User:NGerda/Main Page) for the big lead as theres a lot of wasted space. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:51, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

 * This actually isn't that bad. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:14, 11 March 2006 (UTC)


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Template talk:2006 Turin medal count

Do you think we should bold the winner? Bawolff ☺☻ 06:15, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Shouldn't medal count be total medals, not gold? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:38, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The standard ordering for medals (on every tally I have ever seen) is based on gold, silver and bronze (see http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2004/results/medaltally.htm). Although, googling around, other sources seem to like by total (see http://www.winterolympicgames2006.com/medal-tally/). Maybe its just me, but I think countries with gold deserve more recognition than those with lots of bronze. Metao ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 08:20, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

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this is a test, invisible man

I have blocked you indefinitly for a confusing username. please choose a new one. (If you have trouble, leave a note here) Bawolff ☺☻ 06:28, 13 February 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:147.10.174.231

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

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The Independent questions Wikipedia's accuracy

February 13, 2006

United Kingdom newspaper The Independent has run a story scrutinizing the accuracy of Wikipedia articles, using eight experts in various fields to comment on particular articles' validity. The experts' opinions ranged on topics from the Russian Revolution of 1917 to Kate Moss, Tony Blair and invitro fertilization.

Robert McHenry, a former editor-in-chief of Encyclopaedia Britannica posits his belief that contrary to the underlying notion that Wikipedia articles are constantly improving, the "mass [of articles] tend to the mediocre."

According to historian Antony Beevor, "With Wikipedia's entries, there is a lack of satisfaction, not so much through inaccuracy but there are a lot of vague statements which you cannot really disprove but which you don't think are necessarily helpful."

While noting that Wikipedia's most controversial topics are rife for distortion, The Independent article goes on to point out that a number of studies have shown articles to be accurate. In comparing the online site to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Nature found that on average, Wikipedia had only one more error per entry than the traditional "gold standard" for encyclopaedias. Likewise, the German computer magazine, c't, gave Wikipedia a 3.6 rating out of 5 for accuracy, which surpassed two other rivals, such as Microsoft Encarta which received a 3.1.


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I tried to keep this as much NPOV as possible... but some of the crap written was unbelievable. In a newspaper which is attacking WP's NPOV when it itself doesn't even adhere to NPOV (glaring errors in articles, presenting facts to back up their view, publishing personal accounts and columns mixed throughout).

Probably the most annoying thing is that they do not compare with Encyclopedia Brittanica (just get quotes from them on how EB is superior). Not forgetting talking about the Muslim wp page, no doubtless as a way of stirring up controversy.

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a blatant piece of Independent propaganda, which wouldn't surprise me if funded in part by Encyclopedia Brittanica. Genjix 15:52, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

 * It really is a terrible article. However, there were some bright spots. Also, they spelled "Numedia" (instead of Nupedia). Also, they state WP is pronounced "wikee/pee/dee/er"... 129.62.113.183 21:55, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I've re-written this, removing obvious WP-bias, and balanced out the discussion with the notation that Wikipedia articles have been deemed accurate by studies (which The Independent acknowledges.)—Leflyman 22:32, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

This still has problems, but I can't figure out what it is. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:03, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, but just so you all know I've copied the previous table here. Can you see how ridicolous the statements are? Genjix 10:04, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

how about a paragraph about wikipedia's response
Like this: Wikipedia Responded by tagging most of the aforemetioned articles with so other Wikipedians know that there may be an influx of new users arround that article. Wikipedia user Dbiv (David) commented "The criticisms of Tony Blair all relate to assertions added over that weekend to the leading paragraph which were never previously present in the article and were quickly reverted (by me, once I had got back from a weekend break). I think it's a pity because it gives a completely misleading impression of the article."

Bawolff ☺☻ 23:30, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

There should be at least some effort to convey the bias of the article. For example, of the two sentances concerning Wikipedia's founder, one of them is about how a company he was once involved with once sold "pornographic images of women." This information obviously has nothing to do with the issue the article was dealing with and was obviously included only to dispairage Mr. Wales's name and through it Wikipedia. There are numerous such remarks throughout the article. Citing one or two of them couldn't hurt. I'd do it myself but who knows what's considered vandalism these days when you're anonymous. -Anonymous Coward 2012

It strikes me that instead of writing articles in national newspapers these so-called academics could have provided a service to mankind by updating the articles they though were below standard so people reading them would not be lead astray. Instead they chose to ignore the field they have devoted their lives to - chose not to further the public understanding - but rather chose the media spotlight.

It's the academic equivelent of a senior medical doctor going into a hospital, seeing a junior doctor doing something wrong and endangering a patients life. What you HOPE would happen is that the senior would correct the junior and offer advice on how to go about the procedure in future. Instead what has happened is that the senior doctor has gone straight to the papers and sold his story and his profession down the river for his name in lights. -- Joshua Entwistle, UK

Vague, difficult to disprove statement
The present wikinews article looks fine to me. I quite like this:
 * According to historian Antony Beevor, "With Wikipedia's entries, there is a lack of satisfaction, not so much through inaccuracy but there are a lot of vague statements which you cannot really disprove but which you don't think are necessarily helpful."

Sounds like an unintended self-mockery to me - this is a rather vague (by wikipedia standards) statement not very easy to disprove and not particularly helpful... If we wanted to be provocative and help the reader see the self-mockery, we could say something like According to a helpful, disprovable statement by historian Antony Beever... ? ;) Boud 01:46, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

What idiotic quotes
The article is fine, but a few of these "experts" write like children or had POV going in.

 * 1. " It raises an issue because Wikipedia is used by a lot of people as a basic source of information, but this is bland, simplistic and misleading"....what issue? the issue that a "lot of people use it"? bland? does he prefer sensationalist?

 * 2"dead accurate"?

 * 3"I treat Wikipedia with circumspection" why use someone who is already biased?

 * 4 "the few times I have used it, I have been impressed with it."ditto above

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Vandalism
Hello. Please do not vandalize articles like this. Jason Safoutin 17:50, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

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Wikipedia suffers outage

February 13, 2006

Wikipedia, the well-known free-to-edit encyclopedia, suffered a period of extended downtime starting approximately 10:00 UTC, following a failure of the primary DNS/NFS server, which caused numerous cascading failures on other servers within the Wikimedia cluster.

This failure led to all Wikimedia projects and web sites being rendered inaccessible for several hours. Technical staff worked to restore services using backup equipment, and set up temporary hosts to fulfill some of the roles of Zwinger, the failed host.

Following restoration of the backbone of the cluster, several problems arose within the database, causing pages to appear missing. At this time, it was noticed that the normal editing pattern of users was inadvertently causing damage to pages, although no histories were lost. The exact cause for the database issues is not known; while there was a heavy replication lag at the time, it has been asserted that this would not have caused such wide problems.

In order to prevent future problems and to protect the integrity of data, editing was shut off for two hours and 47 minutes. Meanwhile, technical staff worked to restore several squid cache servers and to reduce the dependencies on NFS mounts.

Editing returned to near-normal levels from about 21:45 UTC.

As of 22:00 UTC, no official statement has been released commenting on the downtime.

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User talk:72.139.84.143

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. 72.139.84.143, welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

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Talk:Wikipedia suffers outage

This doesn't need to be under story preparation... if the event has happened then it should be in the main namespace. - Borofkin 22:15, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Done ShakespeareFan00 22:30, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Isn't this an offical statement???? This has been released by the wikipedia website...
 * No it is not. We report on ourselves. Any official statements would come from or . Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:46, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Could someone with more photomanipulating experience than me change the logo for Wikispecies to the new logo? --216.184.33.71 03:27, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

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Bali Nine ringleaders sentenced to death

February 14, 2006 The ringleaders of the so-called Bali Nine were today sentenced to death by a Denpasar court. Andrew Chan received the news via translators at about 3:45 p.m. AEDT, and Myuran Sukumaran was sentenced at about 4:50 p.m. AEDT. The two were charged with attempting to smuggle 8.3 kg of heroin from Bali to Australia.

The Australian Federal Police have been criticised for allowing the Bali Nine to travel to Indonesia, where it was known they could face the death penalty. Yesterday two other drug mules, Renae Lawrence and Scott Rush, were sentenced to life imprisonment.

Prosecutors asked for the death penalty for both men. Chan was alleged to be the mastermind of the operation, and Myuran was alleged to be an enforcer. Chan, who claimed to have rediscovered his Christian faith, prayed for divine intervention prior to the sentence being handed down. Outside the court Indonesian protesters shouted "Death! Death!". Chan fell over after jostling with a media scrum, and Sukumaran threw a bottle of water at the media.

Donald Rothwell, a Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney, has said that, unlike countries such as Singapore, it may not be long before the two are executed.

"The Indonesian judicial system is one in which death sentences are often carried out very quickly," he said.

"So unlike the situation of Van Nguyen in Singapore, where an appeal process and a clemency process played out over quite some time, this may not be the situation in Bali."

Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer told parliament today that he had made a direct request to the Indonesian government that the death penalty not be imposed. "On the 18th of December last year, I wrote to the Indonesian Attorney-General reminding him that the Australian Government was opposed to the death sentence and we didn't want to see, in the context of the Bali nine, any of the Australians sentenced to death," he said.

In Bali the death sentence is carried out by firing squad.

Verdicts

 * Renae Lawrence - Life in prison
 * Scott Rush - Life in prison
 * Michael Czugaj - Life in prison
 * Martin Stephens - Life in prison
 * Andrew Chan - Death
 * Myuran Sukumaran - Death

All verdicts are consistent with the recommendations of the Indonesian prosecutors, except for Renae Lawrence. In her case prosecutors requested 20 years imprisonment.


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Why you block me?

You are blocked
You are blocked for three days for repeated user page vandalism. Your school IP address will be blocked for this time frame, until I contact the abuse e-mail there. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 23:21, 13 February 2006 (UTC) I'm Sorry, just a bit of fun 125.236.44.45 23:23, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Main page redesign poll

This poll is closed.

This poll closed on 1 March 2006. At that time the vote stood 2-2-1, and did not carry.

Regarding:

There is debate about the redesigning and reformatting of the main page. Currently, several versions have been created by users.

Those supporting a main page redesign believe that the main page is in need of a long overdue redesign and can increase functionality and usability of the site.

Those opposing a main page redesign believe that the main page is already the best it can be and say that we do not need to concern ourselves with trivial matters.

Those neutral would not oppose a change to the main page.

The Rules:

This is a consensus based poll. If no clear consensus emerges, the results will not hold.

 * Must be logged onto Wikinews

 * One vote per person

 * Votes must be signed

 * Anything more than a short statement should be placed on the talk page.
 * Closing date of 00:00, Wednesday March 1st, 2006, UTC.
 * Is it just me, or are these rules pointless for the form of poll this is? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 06:29, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Pointless - The poll is still open, despite the closing date rule. Karen 01:17, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes

 * I think there is a hodge-podge factor present on the Main Page. A crisp presentation wouldn't stop people who pursue the nooks and crannies from finding what they want. -Edbrown05 07:05, 14 February 2006 (UTC)Karen

 * Yes - it could do with a new look and feel to help try and convey more that this is a news website and to add some functionality/features. Frankie Roberto 21:18, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, The design at the moment is cluttered and not set out in an easy to follow format. nzgabriel 09:07, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

No

 * Should we stop talking about redesigning things? YES! (sorry to sound mean, but somebody always trys to redesign the main page about once every month, No one agress and we just keep talking about it.)nothing personal. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:58, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I like the current design of the Wikinews homepage, functional with some style. --Bdude 01:36, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Neutral
Why not encourage interested users maintain a gallery of possible main pages (ideally functioning), but warn them that we don't want to vote on changes, and that any main page should live in the gallery for a month before people will seriously consider changing it. We can change if a main page clearly rises to the top of the gallery someday. In the mean time, users could use their prefered main page if they really liked it. Nyarlathotep 01:41, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thats more in line with what I was meaning to say. Its great that peoople are trying new ideas, I'm just a little sick of all this: New version, Vote NOW!. Of intreast also is Category:Sandbox (Which I really need to get to updateing the template listing. Thoose templates havn't been used in more then a year and contains none of the new ones... Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 06:51, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

What should be on the main page

 * Well Latest news, and leads at the bare minimun. sort of like the text version of the main page.
 * Important (bot not critical) would be developing stories, or possibly split into develop and disputed. and mission statement, Basic nav links (help with braking news)
 * Nice things would be the phone template, And multilinual stuff, Wikinews media (print, audio, and eventually Video.
 * Cool things would be sisterprojects, historical stories, Origional reporting, donation plea, weather, lotto, stock if thoose are ever restarted. Start a new article, portal list

Bawolff ☺☻ 07:00, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Change the upper right hand corner from regions to categories. While regions are important some stories would be more appropriatley sorted by topic than by region. Yorktown1776 05:26, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * We tried that a bit ago, but the box was too big: see Template:FrontPageSubjectMenu. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 06:25, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

 * The main stories - the most important thing to have on the front page is some headlines, copy and images of the main stories of the day. Currently we have space for a main headline story, a secondary story and a 'featured' story, which is good, but I think we could expand on this. How about having three secondary stories instead of one, slightly reducing the amount of copy instead. Frankie Roberto 21:31, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

 * A picture-led story - the current homepage is often light in pictures, mostly because it can be difficult to get them for articles. To increase the number of pictures show, we could consider adding a space for a picture-led story, which isn't neccessarily our biggest story, but is one that we have a good picture/graphic for. Frankie Roberto 21:31, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Categories - I agree with the people who suggest that we should put some of the main categories on the homepage. Rather than simply list some categories though, we should include the most recent story in that category too. Frankie Roberto 21:31, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

What shouldn't be on the main page

 * I find the top right corner of the Main Page, a very valuable piece of real estate, totally useless. Maybe it's just me. I'm interested in topics, not so much regions, as headlines describe well enough the geography of the story. Which is why I believe the 'Latest news' section should be sub-divided with top-level topic headers for each news day. -Edbrown05 07:14, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I think the start a new article box should be moved down. People are probaly only going to do that after they read a bit, and as you said, that area is valuble real-estate, first thing people see. On the other hand, this shows the nature of wikinews. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 06:28, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree - it should definitley remain on the homepage, but not be so prominant.

 * Although regions are now listed on the sidebar. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 21:21, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Stories in development - I don't see why these should be on the homepage. I understand that we might want people to help develop them, but as our main audience will just be interested in reading, we shouldn't promote articles in development until they're ready to be 'published' (otherwise the whole development/published distinction becomes a bit of a waste of time). Frankie Roberto 22:17, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Disputed stories - again, it might be useful to promote these to try and get disputes resolved, but I'm not sure how valuable the homepage traffic is for this purpose, and most of the articles seem to stay on the list for ages - far longer than the decent articles which get listed in the main section. Frankie Roberto 22:17, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

 * This day last year - would be good to reduce this section to one or two articles if [technically] possible, in my opinion. Frankie Roberto 22:17, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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Day 3 Results - Olympic Winter Games

February 13, 2006 The following are the medal results for the third day of competition for the Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. Further details of all the Winter Olympics action can be found at Olympic Winter Games 2006 on Wikipedia.

Results are courtesy of NBC, the IOC and are updated as necessary. {|
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Figure Skating Pairs
!Medal !! Country !! Athlete
 * G
 * Russia
 * TOTMIYANINA Tatyana
 * MARININ Maxim
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 * China
 * ZHANG Dan
 * ZHANG Hao
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 * SHEN Xue
 * ZHAO Hongbo
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 * ZHAO Hongbo
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Biathlon: Women's 15km Individual

 * G
 * Russia
 * ISHMOURATOVA Svetlana
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 * Russia
 * PYLEVA Olga
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 * GLAGOW Martina
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Speed Skating: Men's 500m

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 * United States
 * CHEEK Joey
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 * Russia
 * DOROFEYEV Dmitry
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 * KANG SEOK Lee
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Snowboarding: Women's Halfpipe

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The home side was knocked out of the women's ice-hockey by Sweden, a great disappointment to the large Italian crowd.

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Study says people don't understand the emotional tone of emails, but think they do

February 14, 2006

People only ascertain the intended tone on an e-mail message about 56% of the time, not much better than chance, according to a study led by Prof. Nicholas Epley (University of Chicago) and Prof. Justin Kruger (New York University). The research also found that people think they've correctly interpreted the tone 90% of the time.

Epley and Kruger discovered that not only were the receivers of the e-mails overconfident about their understanding of the message's tone, but the senders were as well. About 78% of the senders thought that the receiver would correctly interpret the tone of their e-mail message.

Epley explained that "People in our study were convinced they've accurately understood the tone of an e-mail message when in fact their odds are no better than chance."

He observed that "people often think the tone or emotion in their messages is obvious because they 'hear' the tone they intend in their head as they write." Kruger likened this to findings from previous research by Elizabeth Newton that people vastly overestimated their ability to convey a tune by tapping out its rhythm. "It's impossible not to hear the song as you're tapping away," he said. "So you have a hard time separating yourself from your own perspective and realizing how impoverished the listeners' data really are."

Epley stated that similar misunderstandings of emotional tone play a major role in starting online flame wars.

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Ha. Good one on the Cheny article. 66.146.191.226 03:40, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

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Trainee police officer shot in Nottingham

February 14, 2006

A policewoman in England has been shot while on a "routine" call-out.

The 23-year-old officer was with a male colleague on her way to the scene of an attempted burglary when she was confronted by a male suspect. As soon as trainee officer Rachael Bown challenged him, he pulled a firearm and shot her in the stomach before making off.

Ms Bown is recovering in hospital where her condition is described as "stable". The incident happened just after midnight in Lenton, a district of Nottingham.

Her commanding oficer, Chief Superintendent Marcus Beale told London-based Sky News earlier this morning that emergency surgery "looks to have gone very well and, God willing, she'll be OK."

He added: "She was on a routine call out to a burglary and it's ended up having fairly serious consequences. Thankfully, she's stable. We expect her to be in hospital for several days."

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probationary
What is a "probationary police woman"? -Edbrown05 08:13, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * And what does SkyNews listed as a source have to do with anything? -Edbrown05 08:17, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

1. A Probationary policewoman is a police woman who is on a probationary TRAINING period.

2. Sky News - surely you've heard of Sky News??? - is where I heard the story first (and then double-checked it with Reuters and BBC) Neil Michael


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Wikinews:Super 14 Resources

Resources for the big rugby union comp with teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.

Will add more stuff later

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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 Nestorius. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Nestorius~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 23:19, 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) 06:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Nestorius~enwikinews