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Original reporting
I watched the televised broadcast of the annoucement live, and took notes. Uncle G 14:20, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This is not original reporting. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 14:55, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * It is, as I am the source. There's no source for me to cite.  The information is not second-hand.  I watched the people's lips move, heard the words that they spoke, and wrote them down.  Original reporting is about who the source is, and is important as a verifiability issue.  It is not about the distance between the reporter and the events being witnessed. Uncle G 16:49:40, 2005-08-02 (UTC)
 * There's some choice quotes in there from Senators though. While the President's announcement will have been the same for every reporter, whether you're in the room or watching on the telly (assuming you saw the announcement in full), which quotes from which Senators and others get televised and which do not is an editorial choice made by the primary sources. You might have missed out on things they said before and after the soundbites. Did you ring the other quoted parties up to ask if they had anything to add?

"time of war"
Should you add: "It was not made clear which country the United States is legally at war with, as Al Quada combatants are not (by definition of the U.S. Supreme Court) soldiers." :) Wisty 14:58, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I just quoted what he said. Before adding anything like the above, notice that he didn't say specifically that the United States was one of the participants in the war that he alluded to. Uncle G 15:04:56, 2005-08-01 (UTC)

Material from NYT, FOX, and link to WH PR.
I have added a fair amount, including a number of quotes and some background on recess appointments. (Should we work in that this is the 109th Congress? I had that in an earlier version, but trimmed it because that paragraph felt too heavy.)

I'm not sure I like how I edited the Annan and Cornyn quotes. I chopped Annan a bit, and Cornyn was originally broken across two paragraphs, but I tried to keep each source in one paragraph by putting a ham-handed "He continued," between the two sections of the quote. But that implies the two came in that order, and I don't know that FOX didn't flip them around. Am I overthinking this? Anyway, I would appreciate if someone would look at those two quotes before publishing, just to check me.

Also, I think it would be helpful to stick in some general background on Bolton, his C.V., but I couldn't find his bio on the White House web site.

DavidConrad 16:40, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Detailed background on John R. Bolton, and on recess appointments, is what what we have Wikipedia, with its lengthy articles on the subjects, and interwiki links for. Unlike most news sources, we have a giant encyclopaedia, conveniently parked right next door, that we can simply and easily link to for background articles and potted biographies. Other news sources, without handy encyclopaedias, have to write their own background articles, and end up writing and repeating individual potted biographies in each new news article. Our way, the biography only ever needs to be written once, at Wikipedia, and Wikinews can thus devote more energy to the provision of primary source material, such as the quotations and records of events that Wikipedia, in turn, relies upon Wikinews for. Uncle G 17:19:01, 2005-08-01 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. That makes sense. DavidConrad 17:23, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Wikified Names
I wikified White House, George Voinovich, Harry Reid, Christopher Dodd, Kofi Annan, and John Cornyn. Hope that's OK. DavidConrad 18:33, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Dictatorship/Kingdom?
Since the U.S.Congress has been logistically castrated; is there a comparable dictatorship or kingdom that can be referred to in this story for a point of reference? Paulrevere2005 22:00, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * It looks like the genius of our forefathers fell a little short on the checks and balances issue. Kevin Baastalk 03:34, 8 August 2005 (UTC)


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Lawmaker from Japan found hanged

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Yoji Nagaoka, a House of Representatives lawmaker from Japan, was found hanged at his home in Tokyo, in a suspected suicide attempt. He later died in a hospital on August 1 (JST, UTC+9). Japan's National Police Agency said the 54 year-old lawmaker left no suicide note and there were no wounds on the victim.

Nagaoka was born in Furukawa, Ibaraki in 1950. After he worked in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, he changed his career to politics. In 2003, he was elected to the House of Representatives for Ibaraki 7th constituency for the House of Representatives.

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Bird Flu has been found in Kazakhstan and 600 chickens died at a farm. Earlier reports suggested that a 20 year old worker from the local Nan poultry farm was taken to the hospital with a suspicious infection. He is in intensive care but he is stable and in a grave condition.

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Chickens or Geese?
The link that is listed on the article says "600 chickens died" another link says "600 geese died". I'am confused. --Maoririder 15:40, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
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Thoughts? --DannyS712 (talk) 01:18, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

 * I'm worried that this is getting more and more complicated, which is the basic hazard that had made us hesitate to create these sorts of abstract subcategories. It's undesirable to make our category hierarchy at all complicated; it should be as simple as we can made it. --Pi zero (talk) 02:12, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

 * This is one of the most cluttered categories, but I think the first step ought to be creating Category:People from the United States which would immediately have a big impact. As for political parties and laws, I think it should be secondary, but the naming convention should be "X of the United States" ... In other words not Category:United States political parties but rather Category:Political parties of the United States. Cheers, --SVTCobra 02:31, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

 * You're talking about cluttering of the list of subcategories, which is a minor annoyance. That sort of cluttering is reduced by creating lots of subcategories.  However, putting things into these categories is tremendously more complicated when there are a whole lot of subcategories and one has to go hunting for the right one.  That's not exaggerating:  it used to be dead simple to create these categories, and if we create these subcategories it'll be a mess. --Pi zero (talk) 02:45, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
 * By my count, 187 of the 280 subcategories are for individual people. I understand that more layers of subcategories makes things a bit more complicated, but compared to stuffing all the subcategories in here I concur with SVTCobra that a separate category should be made. --DannyS712 (talk) 18:43, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
 * The creation of one more subcategory isn't going to create a mess, and will clean things up. Creating Category:People from the United States, given the lack of continued discussion --DannyS712 (talk) 08:41, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
 * ...188 fewer sub categories now - 189 people moved to 1 newly created category. Things look cleaner --DannyS712 (talk) 09:14, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

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August 1, 2005 The General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland, Lieutenant-General Sir Redmond Watt, has confirmed that the Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) — one of only two remaining fully Irish infantry regiments in the British Army — is to have its three 'home service' battalions disband on 1 August 2007, affecting some 3,000 soldiers of the regiment. It comes after the Provsional IRA declared that its armed campaign against the British is over.

The RIR is one of the largest regiments in the British Army, and once consisted of eleven battalions, formed by the amalgamation of the Royal Irish Rangers and the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1992. It now numbers five battalions: one regular (1 RIR); one territorial (Royal Irish Rangers); and three 'home service'.

The 'home service' battalions consist mostly of part-time volunteers who can only serve in Northern Ireland with the main objective of supporting the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Their existence will end on the same day as Operation Banner — the Army's support of the PSNI.

Lieutenant General Watt said in a statement: "With the end of Operation Banner there will be no military requirement for the Home Service battalions and they will disband. The 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment and the Royal Irish elements of the Territorial Army will continue the traditions of the Regiment."

With the IRA's declaration, the British Armed Forces have already begun to drawdown its garrison in Northern Ireland, envisaged to be reduced to just 5,000 troops by 2007, from its current 10,000. A number of observation posts and bases are already being dismantled.

Unlike much of the British Army, the RIR had been unaffected by the restructuring of the British Armed Forces that began earlier this year.

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 * Guys, I'm thinking about pulling out of this project due to the negative comments against WNN and Audio Wikinews. This concept should still be done, I propose under the name of CivilDebate, but under a third-party administration.  As of right now, I don't think many would welcome WD.  --Mrmiscellanious 19:48, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Also of intreast is wikireason. they may be intreasted in this. http://wikireason.net/wiki/Forum_Entrance Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:07, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

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Nominations announced for 78th Academy Awards

Today, the nominees for the 78th Academy Awards were announced in Los Angeles, California. Best Picture nominees this year are Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck., and Munich. The director of each of these films received director nominations. Best Foreign Language Film nominees include Italian film Don't Tell, France's Joyeux Noël, Palestine's Paradise Now, Germany's Sophie Scholl - The Final Days, and South Africa's Tsotsi. Italy has been up for an Oscar 27 times, France 34 times, and Germany has had six nominations. This is only South Africa's second nomination, with the first coming last year, and Palestine's first ever Academy Award nomination.

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Welcome
Irate, 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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Do you by any chance listen to IRATE radio? Bawolff ☺☻ 01:17, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Portal:Australia/Operation Astute - Australian Deployment to East Timor
Hi Irate... I noticed that you added the tag to this article. That's quite alright, I just wanted to let you know that you should add a comment to the talk page explaining why the tag is there. This is so people know what they need to do to fix it up. - Borofkin 08:32, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Re:Liverpool Cabal blog
Hello. When you moved an article on the Liverpool cabal blog to "Blogger.com made website called Liverpool Evil Cabal," did you really mean that Blogger.com was involved in the creation of the website?

After reading the sources cited and some part of the blog, I found no ground to support the statement, so I assumed it was just a confusing title or you misunderstood the company's role in this.

The page is now moved to another title, and the "Blogger.com made..." page is now listed for Deletion. There is also a request for a review on the change in page title Water cooler/policy.

In case you find my judgment wrong, or have other comments or opinions, I thought I should let you know. Tomos 13:08, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I created it as Liverpool Evil Cabal.--Irate 15:16, 11 August 2006 (UTC) It was FellowWikiNews who renamed it.--Irate 15:18, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Hello. Thank you for pointing that out. I did not realize the earlier renaming. So am I correct in assuming that you just had the problem with "anti-Liverpool" in title, rather than having some reason to believe that Blogger.com created the web site? Tomos 17:04, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes it was just the Anti Liverpool.--Irate 17:06, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

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You have been blocked for a period of 24 hours for your edit warring on Controversial blog Liverpool Evil Cabal closes. —     10:31, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * If you wish to work out an agreement on the article, you're still welcome to edit this page (your talk page). —     10:33, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Could you add http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17558249%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26headline=%2devil%2dcabal%2d%2dwebsite%2dcloses%2ddown%2dafter%2dinquiry%2dpledge-name_page.html please.--Irate 17:47, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

liverpool cabal article
i've listed ur reverts on this article for review at Admin action alerts. please don't revert the article until all concerns over it are addressed, be aware that reverting an article more than 3 times in a day breaks the 3 revert rule. the additional source that u have added does not appear to substantiate the unsourced content in the article. u can discuss this on the article talk page. i hope u've taken another look at Etiquette, since the last time we interacted. Doldrums 15:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

template categories
Thank you for categorizing template. However when you do that, please use, This way its fileed under the page name (template:Breaking would be B) as opposed to the first letter of the namespace (template:Breaking would be t). Thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:03, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok will do.--Irate 23:07, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Sports v Sport
Thanks for mentioning that, i didnt notice that when i make a match report (using the article generator) that the category is spelt wrong. I'm not actually putting it in incorrectly, but ill make sure I change it on future reports, thank you.Dark Squall 22:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Man found not guilty of abusing Liverpool City Council staff
1. Why didn't you add sources to back up the information in the article? 2. We had to oversight one of your edits, which contained a personal address. Please justify why you made that edit.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 19:20, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Which edit? I accidentaly inserted an eddress which was totally irrelavant into the talk page. I removed it not you. I'll have to getthe docs from my lawyers as I am not an acredited member of the press I cannot take notes even at my own trial.--Irate 19:32, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

 * I had to oversight an edit which contained personal information - i.e. address. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:16, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

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What is this recording for? Bawolff ☺☻ 22:45, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Steve Sinnott article
First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases: Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources. If you are part of the story that the article is about, you may also wish to consider requesting an interview rather than writing the article yourself.

Thanks again!–Doldrums(talk) 15:24, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Snow Article
I've edited and added to your snow article, do you want to make any final changes to http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Heaviest_snowfalls_in_thirty_years_fall_upon_the_UK and then flag it for review by switching the tag to  ? Thanks, --JulesMattsson (talk) 17:52, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

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Unblock
I have been blocked by someone I critisised legitimately and the edit has been removed. The reason given is farsical.

It is a perfectly reasonable request to unblock there has been no persistent disprution

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Pennsylvania man acquitted of rape after DNA exoneration

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Thomas Dowell was released after serving nearly 20 years in prison for the rape of a 48-year-old woman at a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania hospital. He was acquitted after a judge ordered a DNA test on the semen taken from the rape victim. In 1986, Dowell was sentenced to spend 13 to 26 years in prison on the rape charge. He was denied parole four times because he would not accept responsibility for the crime he was convicted of. He was released from prison and acquitted of all charges.


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Rafael Palmeiro suspended for using steroids

August 1, 2005

Baltimore Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro, one of only four players in the history of Major League Baseball to amass 500 home runs and 3000 hits, has been suspended for 10 days by MLB for a first violation of its new steroids policy. Palmeiro is the seventh, and by far the highest-profile player, who tested positive for steroids since MLB instituted its new steroids policy in 2005.

In a conference call with reporters, he did not deny testing positive for performance enhancement drugs, but insisted that he had accidentally ingested them, and left the impression that the steroids were in a supplement that he had used.

On March 17, 2005, Palmeiro had testified before a U.S. House hearing on steroids use in sports, opening his testimony by saying: "Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that. Never." Earlier in 2005, Palmeiro had been named as a steroid user by former major-league star José Canseco in his tell-all autobiography.

It remains to be seen how Palmeiro's positive test will affect his future election to the Hall of Fame. His statistics would normally make him a likely Hall candidate once he becomes eligible for election, five years after retirement. It is also possible that Palmeiro could face perjury charges for lying before Congress, but only if it could be proved that he had used steroids before his Congressional testimony.


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It's nice that it got published but there is really not that much information on the story. Maybe a expand would help? --Maoririder 16:26, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
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Okay I got a idea first write into the picture that it's Rafael Palmiero and secondly get a picture of steroids if you can find one. --Maoririder 17:09, 2 August 2005 (UTC)


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Russia bans ABC following interview with Chechen rebel leader

August 2, 2005

The American Broadcasting Company's (ABC) accreditation in Russia will not be renewed by the Russian Government following an interview with Shamil Basayev on ABC.

Basayev is a Chechen rebel leader — who seeks an end to Russian rule of Chechnya — and has claimed responsibility for a number of terrorist incidents, including the Beslan school siege where 344 civilians - 172 of them children - were killed. The interview with Basayev was conducted by freelance journalist Andrei Babitsky and was shown during ABC's Nightline.

A Russian foreign ministry spokesman said: "A decision was taken that at the end of their expiry period, the accreditations of the workers of this company will not be renewed."

Initially, the Foreign Ministry had opposed this action, which was pushed by the Defence Ministry. After Basayev's interview, Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said that ABC was "persona non grata" and described it as a "rogue tv station".

In the interview, Basayev said that he was responsible for the Beslan atrocity and that further Beslan-style attacks would take place.


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Atkins Nutritionals Inc. goes bankrupt

August 2, 2005

, the multi-million dollar company that supplies dieters with low carb foods designed for the famous Atkins diet has filed for. The popularity of the Atkins diet has fallen sharply so far this year leading to a drop in sales at Atkins Nutritionals Inc.

The company which has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a court lost over $340 million last year. This is despite the fact that there are now believed to be over 30 million followers of the diet in the USA.

Administrators were appointed to the British division of Atkins Nutritionals just six months ago after a string of poor sales results and mounting debt. Three million people in Britain follow the diet.

, the American cardiologist who started the diet, died in April 2003 after sustaining head injuries from a fall outside his office and falling into a coma. Rumors have circulated regarding the cause of his death, and medical records show that he suffered from hypertension and congestive heart failure prior to his fall. It is not known if the two were related.

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Talk:Atkins Nutritionals Inc. goes bankrupt

Im the owner and publisher of takeaway4you.com and im releaseing this story into the public domain for wikinews. → CGorman (Talk) 18:48, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

I removed two POV lines from the article. From the Wikipedia article regarding Atkins' weight at death:

 * "Interestingly, Atkins' medical records also stated he was clinically obese at the time of his death, weighing approximately 260 lb (118 kg). However, this was likely due to fluid retention following the failure of his major organs after his fall. Medical records obtained by USA Today show his weight to be 195 lb (88 kg) upon admission to the hospital following his fall on April 8, 2003."

So stating his weight at death without context is pretty disingenuous. And even with context, irrelevant for this article. - 71.105.76.98 22:16, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

I also removed the part "Long touted as a perfect diet by film stars, pop artists and the fast food industry," which is clearly meant to delegitimize the diet by associating it with certain groups. The article itself states there are 30 million followers in the U.S. so clearly it's more than just "film starts, pop artists and the fast food industry" supporting the diet. - 71.105.76.98 22:30, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * But many of those 3om would have started it on the basis that it has worked for famous people. It is well known that most diets only catch on after celebraty endoursement whether it is the GI Diet or the Atkins diet.

Atkins Out of Bankruptcy
A company unaffiliated with Dr. Atkins has emerged from bankruptcy. His wife now runs the Foundation. Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. makes nutritional bars and shakes that include protein and fiber, but keep the lower carbohydrates and lose the transfats.

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Talk:Russia bans ABC following interview with Chechen rebel leader

Yet another act of stupidity from our government. After they banned all decent Russian channels they got to the foreign ones... Grue 19:51, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Banning a medium to ban the message is always a very silly move. People just get more and more biased information from less reliable sources. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 08:52, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

"freelance ... Andrei Babitsky",.. hmm. Is he fired from anti-russian Svoboda radio? Gov. funds are moving from Prague to domestic ABC? Real news to me.

History of ABC in Russia
Has there been a history of "rogueness" by ABC, or is this a knee-jerk reaction? A little backstory of this type would be good to include. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 08:52, August 3, 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:CGorman/July 2005

Quick
I see the site, though it's not rendering too great in Opera. Usable though, and no error messages!

BTW, why aren't you wathcing Live 8? Mind you, it is Elton John right now... Dan100 (Talk) 2 July 2005 14:07 (UTC)
 * I am watching live 8 - i've a tv beside the computer (althought im listening more than watching!). I asked the same question on irc - same answer. I think my ip's been blocked from that website. What you using oprea for - spread firefox! → CGorman (Talk) July 2, 2005 14:11 (UTC)
 * I've been meaning to write a blog post about that actually, must get round to it... basically though it's a lot faster and doesn't suck my computer dry of memory - I've consigned Firefox to the bin! Dan100 (Talk) 2 July 2005 14:13 (UTC)

I started print-screening then realised that I couldn't get all the places because the results come up in a little scroll box thing, so I copied the text and mailed you it - I think it's legible! I did all the bold ones, will do the others if I get the chance Dan100 (Talk) 2 July 2005 14:49 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!
Thanks for the warm welcome. Pacific Coast Highway 3 July 2005 18:57 (UTC) (Proud Opera 8 User!)

Thanks also for my welcome! Bigpresh 11:57, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

An invitation...
I'm attempting to start up a new edition of Wikinews, one with a simpler user contributions system at Wikinews/Start a new edition. The goals of this project would be to simplify the process of submitting articles such that anyone with no knowledge of the Mediawiki software or the Wikimedia projects culture can easily understand and submit an article, and immediately see it on the main page developing articles section.

If you would be interested in supporting this project I would be pleased if you would sign up at the Meta page.

Need some help
Is there any way to fix the 2 red links in my user profile? SGCommand
 * I wanted to do it *Sob*SGCommand

Traffic
Kate, one of the developers, has been giving us traffic stats - so far today the main story has had 22,000 hits Dan100 (Talk) 7 July 2005 14:46 (UTC)

hurricane
Did a look back ... "thank God for at least spearing his life". Is that how you meant that? Or typo? -Edbrown05 22:00, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Welcome
Trying a new thing here... what's it like in the world when one is an IP? thank you for the welcome ;-) 212.60.156.50 - and now signing notafish

Thanks for the welcom
Hi there,

thanks for your welcome message. In fact I already have an account here User:jpkoester1 and just forgot to log in before editing.

Cheers, --84.145.228.252 14:18, 22 July 2005 (UTC) (User:jpkoester1)

Future talk 2
Hello, I would like to invite you to attend our second future talk, it will be held on Monday, August 1 at 21:00 UTC. It will be held on the Wikinews IRC channel #wikinews For more information please see the page on meta The main topics will be audio Wikinews, WNN and portals/neighborhoods It would be great if you will be able to attend. --Cspurrier 15:42, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Account
Argh, forgot this isn't part of the Wikipedia. It's w:user:Kiand. Getting account now... 62.77.181.10 20:59, 31 July 2005 (UTC) (for the next three minutes, at least)
 * Ah, whaddya know, I already had one. Oops. --MYOB 21:00, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Welcommittee
your diff here made me think of this: http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:MYOB&diff=0&oldid=84651. 1) You know Davodd beat you to {hello} by like, months, not weeks, right? (just jabbing at you) 2) I'm wondering which people are notably active on the welcomittee? You, Davodd, CraigSpurrier, others? (I dont know). I do know that there's a list of people who've shown interest in the welcomittee, but I know not all of those people are very active...so who's shown exceptional enthusiasm in the group? -- 21:52, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

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Tom Cruise orders €14,500 takeaway meal

August 2, 2005

Tom Cruise this week took the delivery service to a whole new level. Celebrating his 43rd birthday with numerous guests at a party in the USA, Cruise decided to call up his three favorite chefs, all living in Italy, to prepare a meal.

Cruise decided to fly all three chefs out to the United States at a cost of €14,500. According to the Daily Mail the chefs cooked the celebrity tagliatelle ragu, veal, and chocolate tiramisu.

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Formula 1: Barrichello leaves Ferrari

August 2, 2005 Ferrari's second driver, Rubens Barrichello, announced today that he will depart from Ferrari at the end of the season. Barrichello was with the team since 2000, won nine Grand Prix, helping win five constructor titles. He will most likely continue his career in BAR.

Ferrari announced Felipe Massa, currently driving for Sauber, as Michael Schumacher's teammate for next season. "I am aware of the responsibility it places on me and I cannot wait to be part of a team like Ferrari, alongside the best driver in the world, Michael Schumacher," said Massa.

Massa was Ferrari's test driver in 2003 season: "Now, I am in my third season as a Sauber driver and I can also count on a year's experience as a Ferrari test driver, an experience which helped me to grow a great deal."

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Talk:Tom Cruise orders €14,500 takeaway meal

I'm the owner and publisher of takeaway4you.com and have decided to release this article nto the public domain. So feel free to edit it as you see fit. → CGorman (Talk) 20:29, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Takeaway -> Takeout
In standard english (Midwest United States), we call it 'takeout', 'carryout', etc, I think Merriam Webster agrees: takeaway is an entry limited to the Collegiate and Unabridged versions. Usurper 20:54, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I was debateing with myself which to call it. I've american relatives staying in my house and they just did'nt understand me when I said it to them a few days ago... you know we both speak English, but you Americans speak a completely different languague to us Irish and English! → CGorman (Talk) 21:01, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * You can change it if you want. → CGorman (Talk) 21:01, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm changing it to 'Tom Cruise orders meal, chefs fly to US for over €14,500', no problem about the English there, yeah? Usurper 22:44, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

You failed to follow the (extremely clear) instructions on updating double redirects. I am not going to clear up after you - as it clearly states, it is your responsibilty to do this. Therefore, I rv'd the change and move-protected the article. Dan100 (Talk) 23:39, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Is this not a British vs US English debate? I reckon the word should stay the way that it was written originally, same as with the spelling of "color" vs "colour". If you ask me, "takeout" is what happens to Brazillians when they wear unseasonally warm clothing on the London underground. - Borofkin 00:45, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
 * That murder was a huge discraced and very upsetting. It just shows importance of not jumping to conclusions no matter what profession one is in. → CGorman (Talk) 09:05, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Dan, what the hell? I followed protocol and checked for double redirects. Takeaway is -not- American english. I removed the lingual bias in the article title (takeaway isn't a term to a very large demographic of English speakers) and provided an alternative that referred to neither 'takeout' nor 'takeaway' nor any other derivative. Yet you scold for little to no reason, and make wholly unsupported accusations, and then to top it off you abuse your administrator capabilities by locking it from being moved again because you 'say' you corrected my error. Quote:
 * 1) (Protection log); 23:34 . . Dan100 (Talk) (protected "Tom Cruise orders €14,500 takeaway meal": stop people moving without updating redirects)
 * 2) (Move log); 23:32 . . Dan100 (Talk) (Talk:Tom Cruise orders meal, chefs fly to US for over €14,500 moved to Talk:Tom Cruise orders €14,500 takeaway meal over redirect: revert - redirects not updated)
 * 3) (Move log); 23:32 . . Dan100 (Talk) (Tom Cruise orders meal, chefs fly to US for over €14,500 moved to Tom Cruise orders €14,500 takeaway meal over redirect: revert - redirects not updated)

I see no explicit note on what I failed to do, except you say I did not update the redirects: Which redirects? Why didn't you just update those? Usurper 04:21, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I have un move protected it --Cspurrier 04:59, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

The instructions for updating redirects are written IN BIG LETTERS. They make crystal clear that it is your responsibility to update them. If people do not, I am not going to clear up their mess, I'm just going to revert it. The functioning of the site is more important than appeasing lazy editors. Dan100 (Talk) 08:30, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Old News
This was reported days ago in the British press (Metro I think - a free newspaper on the London Underground, so not exactly high quality). Very kind of the editor to release it but it seems like a thinly veiled attempt at promotion of his website. It would have been much more useful to Wikinews when it was actually new. I guess cast-offs are OK as human interest fillers but it doesn't look good for Wikinews to lag so far behind the existing news sources.
 * Grovelling apology: I have just looked at the reporter's user page. He is a major contributor to this project.
 * Its ok, but at wikinews we are aiming to cover ever story big or small, and not just for news purposes - also to build up an archive of events throughout time - eventually wikinews will be the worlds most consise and objective history book. The cruise story is minor slightly old news - but I assure you it entertained a lot of people over the past few days and is certainly no harm to wikinews. → CGorman (Talk) 16:42, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

It's actually been the most popular story over the last few days... Dan100 (Talk) 08:32, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * ... ahem, Metro is no less 'high quality' than other newspapers that take themselves far more seriously and spout a lot more rubbish. It is very popular with commuters, managing to reach a wide audience and avoid political alignment, even though it is owned by the evil Mail group. Don't knock Metro! ClareWhite 08:34, 5 August 2005 (UTC)


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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Eplant. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Eplant~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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User talk:67.183.95.248

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk) 20:33, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:63.81.240.99

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk) 20:33, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:24.61.132.195

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk) 20:33, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:80.45.236.145

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk) 20:33, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:80.45.236.145