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User talk:203.81.235.148

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Plane crashes in McAllen,Texas; two dead

May 4, 2007

Two people are dead after a plane crashed at a intersection in McAllen shortly after 7:00 p.m. local time (CDT) on May 2.

A man who video taped the scene stated on a TV interview, "The plane just missed my truck... total strangers just started jumping in to help the pilot... people were yelling 'Bring a fire extinguisher'... It was amazing that the pilot still asked to save his girlfriend even though his own life was in danger."

They succeeded in dragging the pilot, 35-year old Jose Francisco Vasquez, out of the burning wreckage; however, his girlfriend, 24 year Gina Asuara, was burned to death. Vasquez suffered 3rd degree burns to 90% of his body. He later died at the Brook Army Medical Center at around 7:30 a.m. (CDT) on May 3

Friends say Vasquez was an experienced pilot. He owned several planes and flew at least twice every week. He was in the Mexican Air Force during his earlier years and was on vacation at Houston, Texas.

Officials said the accident was likely due to a engine failure during take off. The plane crashed near a intersection on 10th St. and Dicker Road about 2 minutes away from the Dodge Arena. The road was closed due to investigations; however it was reopened on May 3 at 8:30 p.m. (CDT)


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Picutre
Ok i had 2 pictures to go with the story but i cant upload them. the pictures are pretty much from the sites i linked below. can someone upload one for me =( the wiki commons thing wont let me upload them. thanks in advanceMaverick423 14:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Nope sorry none of the pictures can be uploaded as they are from competing news sources. Also why wont commons let you upload them?? --Mark Talk 15:03, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Also could you please add the time zone ie EST to the times as they are not in UST. Thanks --Mark Talk 15:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

well i need to make a account for commons. as for the picture i might have to look for a new one then.

also for the times do you mean where the sources are at?> or at the top? Maverick423 15:39, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * yeah you will need an account and a different free picture. also for the times i meant in the article.  ie 7pm local time to 7pm EST or whatever --Mark Talk 15:44, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

K done i also added the dates as requested Time zone is in there now and another editor is helping with corrections too =) Maverick423 15:52, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

CTR
what does CTR mean, as used here: 7:00 p.m.(CTR) local time? --SVTCobra 18:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Probably 'Central' time. DragonFire1024 18:22, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes it means Central time sorry if its not correct i couldnt find the proper term for it if that was the case Maverick423


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Talk:Mercury astronaut Walter Schirra dies, aged 84

You should change the headline to include his full name, "Walter Schirra."

Why? Because "Schirra" is not a household name. Also, it's more respectful to list a person's full name in a death notice. --71.139.177.85 16:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Commons dupe
editprotected Please replace File:Wallyshirra.jpg with File:Mercury Astronaut Wally Schirra - GPN-2000-001351.jpg. -- 82.181.140.222 22:08, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Thanks for reporting! Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 01:40, 18 April 2009 (UTC)


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Khamenei denounces US 'bullying', praises martyrdom operations

May 4, 2007

Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled out any talks with Washington because of "America's bullying." His remarks come after the United States denounced Iran for supporting terrorism.

Khamenei also expressed support for an oil embargo of Israel and its allies saying, "A one-month oil embargo is a principled and serious issue," to back the Palestinian Intifada (uprising). Additionally, he praised Palestinians who conduct martyrdom operations in the occupied territories, Palestinians are standing up to the pressures on them and the height of their resistance is manifested in their martyrdom- seeking operations which make the enemy tremble. Sacrificing oneself for religion and national interest is the peak of honor and bravery.

Grand Ayatollah Khamenei was recently featured in the Chinese magazine Global People (环球人物), which named the Leader of the Islamic Revolution as the only world leader who has confronted the United States.

Khamenei has in the past criticized the U.S. for trying to create conflict in the Middle East; in a 2005 statement, he said, "All Muslim nations, particularly the people of Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, must promote their unity and solidarity and be aware of the plots of the enemies of Islam to foment discord among them." After Iran was dubbed an element of the "Axis of Evil", Tehran called Washington "the enemy of Islam."


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User talk:80.177.213.144

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User:Jmartin678~enwikinews

Hello,

I am James Martin, and this is my userpage on WikiNews. I am a trainee broadcast journalist.

More information coming soon.

You can contact me at: jmartin678@mac.com

Many Thanks James

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Just a reminder to all of those interested in doing news reading for Video Wikinews. While we continue the "creation" process regarding the actual broadcast, we encourage all of you to get involved and speak Wikinews.

We would love for users to practice or show off their skills by reporting Wikinews articles in the form of audio. Anyone who has a microphone can do it. Simply go to the help page of wikinews audio for help on how to record an article. DragonFire1024 06:54, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

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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.

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Party supporting Scottish independence from UK wins elections

May 4, 2007

The Scottish National Party (SNP), which supports Scottish independence from the UK, has pulled off a historic, albeit narrow, victory in yesterday's Scottish elections.

In the third Scottish election since the opening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, the left of centre SNP beat the ruling Labour Party by a single seat. It won 47 seats, while Labour won 46, down from the current 50.

It is the first time since the parliament opened that Labour has been beaten, and the first time in fifty years that they have not had a majority of Scottish constituency seats in any election.

SNP leader Alex Salmond declared: "Scotland has changed for good and forever." He added that the Labour Party had "lost the moral authority to govern Scotland."

The current First Minister of Scotland, Jack McConnell of Labour said: "While I recognise that the SNP are the largest party by the narrowest of margins, Alex Salmond must himself recognise that he does not have a majority in the Scottish Parliament or anywhere near a majority of the vote."

It is believed that many factors caused the Labour vote to slump and the SNP vote to rise, including the war in Iraq and the renewal of Trident, which are both unpopular in Scotland.

The election also raises a serious dilemma for the Labour party's Gordon Brown, a Scotsman widely tipped to succeed Tony Blair as the next prime minister of the United Kingdom. Brown is vehement in his support of the Union, and is a Westminster (London parliament) MP for Kirkcaldy. An SNP government in Scotland will find itself facing the very Labour party it beat in power in London.

Turnout was up 2% on the last Scottish election.

Controversy
The election was highly controversial, not least for having three separate systems, running in tandem -

 * A constituency vote, which was "first past the post", and for a candidate.
 * A regional list vote, which was additional member system, and was for a party.
 * A local authority (council) vote, which was Single Transferable Vote, and in which parties could field more than one candidate in a ward.

The three systems, along with difficulties with electronic counting meant that maybe as many as one hundred thousand ballot papers were "spoiled". In addition, there was also huge problems with the postal vote.

Due to the extensive computer problems, votes had to be cancelled early on Friday morning, and postponed to later in the day.

Many other problems beset the election, with a helicopter from the Western Isles constituency being held up by fog, and a boat carrying ballot papers from the Isle of Arran, breaking down in the Firth of Clyde.

Other parties
In addition to the SNP and Labour, the other parties results' were as follows -

 * Conservative and Unionist - 17 members.
 * Liberal Democrats - 16 members.
 * Scottish Greens - 2 members.
 * Independent - 1 (Margo MacDonald, formerly of the SNP)

The Scottish Socialist Party, Solidarity and the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party were all wiped out.

In order to establish a majority in the Scottish Parliament, the SNP must form a coalition with one or more of these parties. The Liberal Democrats, who were in coalition with the Labour party in the first two terms of the Scottish parliament, are a possibility.

Other parties that campaigned for seats in Holyrood included the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), the British National Party (BNP), the Scottish Unionist Party, the Scottish Socialist Labour Party, the Christian Peoples Alliance and the Scottish Christian Party.

Gains and losses
The Scottish National Party, while not gaining the landslide it had wished for, made breakthroughs in Glasgow (Govan), Edinburgh (Edinburgh East) and also took both seats in Dundee.

The Liberal Democrats gained seats in Dunfermline West, but their losses mean the number of seats they hold is unchanged.

Wales and England
While the Scottish election was going on, the Welsh were also having their election for the Welsh Assembly. Plaid Cymru gained a seat from Labour at Llanelli. The Conservatives had their best showing since the Assembly began.

The final results show that the membership for the new assembly will be:-

Labour            26  -4 Plaid Cymru       15  +3 Conservatives     12  +1 Liberal Democrats 6   - Independent       1   -

In England, the elections were more minor, dealing only with local authorities. However they can be an important indicator of how battleground seats might go in the General Election, expected in 2-3 years time. The Conservatives made the greatest gains, but did not make the breakthrough in Northern England that they would have hoped. The Liberal Democrats did not make the advances that they had hoped, and stayed at more or less the same level. Elsewhere, Cornish regionalists Mebyon Kernow gained an extra seat bringing their total to seven, and the Eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and Liberal Party (not to be confused with the Liberal Democrats) gained seats in several areas of England.


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"slams" is used on the main page
Slams is not accurate. "Slams" in implies damage. If I slam someone against a wall they are hurt. It is much different than if I denounce someone. These are weak regimes aside from the fact that we funnel billions of dollars to them in the form of petrodollars. --Remi0o 21:05, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


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Wikiquote
The way Wikiquote is used here seems, to me, to violate WN:NPOV.--SVTCobra 21:39, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:MacRusgail

Hello,

your story has been published under a new title: Party supporting Scottish independence from UK wins elections after I read your comment that Wikinews is harder than Wikipedia. Could you explain what difficulties you've experienced specifically? That way we could improve our site. Basically I feel that if people look at the stories on the main page and see how articles look like they're likely to write a good story... Thank you for submitting the article, we hope you contribute other articles too, especially some follow-up on this election, or other important stories about Scotland.

kind regards, --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:40, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I would also be interested in that. Anyways Happy editing, and if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:22, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Thank you. It will take a few days to see how it will pan out. There's a lot going on just now. What counted yesterday was gone today. --MacRusgail 00:27, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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Re: Thanks!
You're welcome, MacRusgail. Glad to help! Your article, Party supporting Scottish independence from UK wins elections was great, keep it up. Cheers, Jcart1534 22:48, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Party supporting Scottish independence from UK wins elections
You have added a lot of information to Party supporting Scottish independence from UK wins elections. I don't have any reason to doubt its validity, but lots of it seems unsourced. For example, the stuff about Gordon Brown. His name is not mentioned in any of the sources for this article. Sources need to be added or the sections will be removed. --SVTCobra 02:31, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

 * In addition, MacRusgail, you should not copy and paste from Wikipedia. From Wikinews Copyright info page: "Please do not copy content from Wikipedia, since Wikipedia's GFDL license is incompatible with Wikinews' license." Regards, Jcart1534 03:28, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

 * I thought wikipedia was copyright free except where specified? --MacRusgail 00:24, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Wikinews Shorts: May 4, 2007

Re: this edit on the Iranian Prez.It seems to me that a short piece could still give some context for readers. Otherwise, Westeners (esp. Christians) tend to jump to a POV implication about Islamic law as wholly alien, which it isn't. Blum 22:57, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Nzgabriel/Archive 1

This page is an archive of old messages dating from the 28 May, 2006 to 4 May, 2007. Please do not make any changes to this page, if you wish to leave me a message do so here, User talk:Nzgabriel.

Support
I support you for your Accreditation. No one else has been on that page yet. Why? FellowWikiNews 15:19, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * But it means I have over 70% ;) nzgabriel 20:02, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * That's good. FellowWikiNews 01:42, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia
Is this you on Wikipedia? FellowWikiNews 16:17, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes.nzgabriel 19:55, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Why don't you put a link to that on your user page? FellowWikiNews 01:42, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the suggestion, because I have used it. ;) nzgabriel 03:46, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

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Please do not put awards that you randomly found somewhere on your user page. Use the sandbox instead. FellowWikiNews 18:37, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
 * They're not random images, I got them off the page they are found on (page escapes me). nzgabriel 20:04, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * You thinking of this page? R2b2 20:35, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * yes.nzgabriel 04:15, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Its generally a good idea to only put Trophys on your page that someone has awarded you. Unless your talking about the I have written blah amount of stories award. You can put thoose on yourself if you fall under the category. user:Bawolff 04:29, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry wrong link. was looking for Trophy. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:20, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Optional parametres in leads
There are currently no optional parameters (We're all too lazy to make them optional, and its not really worth the effort). If you want to not put a parameter just put
 * pram=

And it will be blank. Image is required however, see the intro if you can't find a suitable image. Thanks, Happy editing. user:Bawolff 02:25, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Farm dogs will not have to be microchipped in New Zealand - deleting
You put the speedy deletion template on Farm dogs will not have to be microchipped in New Zealand. To delete it I need to know why its listed for deletion. (I notice its a dupe, if all meaningful info's been merged then will do). Thanks Bawolff ☺☻ 23:50, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

article headlines
hi, i've seen u write quite a few NZ articles. i've sometimes changed the article headlines, following the guidelines in style guide. just thought i'd point out those guidelines to u, in case u've not come across them before. Doldrums 06:40, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I've read the style guide in regards to the headlines, I just have trouble thinking of good ones.
 * i know, we all do. Doldrums 06:53, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

International Contribution
Would you like to try this option? It is under test. --Carlosar 11:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I may do the occasional one. nzgabriel 00:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: sources
hi, i added the two sources for them to be used in the article. u r right that sources must not be added, unless they are used. but a guideline is that each article *must* have two or more sources. using a single press release is particularly problematic as it solely reflects the pov of one of the parties involved. so i added a pr from the other involved party and a press report for a more disintersted view. i may not get around to doing much more with the article, so feel free to replace the sources i added, making sure that two or more remain. cheers, Doldrums 09:40, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay. nzgabriel 09:47, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks nzgabriel for fixing the Psalm 83 article on Wikipedia. F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  02:28, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
 * That's alright, but the only thing I don't understand is why it was on the talk page in the first place?! nzgabriel 05:27, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Print
Nice job on the kiwi print edition! one suggestion change the "If you would like to write, publish or edit articles, visit" on the bottom of each page address to www.wikinews.org.nz, that way people can view, and publish kiwi articles first. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 09:38, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Ok, thanks for the suggestion. nzgabriel 19:46, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Image
You can't link Wikinews with an image that was uploaded to Wikipedia. I suggest that you upload it here or at commons. I hope this helps. F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  12:55, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help. nzgabriel 19:31, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

NZ Portal "Redesign"
I've been playing around with the NZ Portal page and wanted your feedback on the changes I've made. You can see my design here. --R2b2 07:18, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for asking my feedback ;). I quite liked it, especially the top part with the top story, etc. And thanks for fixing the Browse Wikinews New Zealand section. Maybe increase the top story font? As we say in my TIM (text and information management) class: "graduated emphasis". nzgabriel 07:43, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I like it as well; lets get it live:) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 08:23, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll leave that up to you, Brain.nzgabriel 08:29, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Made a few other tweaks like bringing in a list of other Oceania stories (although it strangely resembles an Australian portal :) ), and moving the links to the other Oceania sites down to the bottom (as I think that the news is more important than links to other parts of the site - quite happy to put it back up the top if others disagree). I've also increased the Top Story font to make it stand out a bit.

 * I'm wanting to make a change to the New Zealand Intro template (just pretty it up a bit), but I'll wait for that - one thing at a time! :) --R2b2 09:35, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You're a great designer! nzgabriel 10:04, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

NZ Print Edition Logo
Just wondering if its possible for you to create a version of the NZ Print Edition Logo with a transparent background? Basically would be good as it would blend in nicely with the non-white background... --R2b2 05:56, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, will do. nzgabriel 06:21, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Looks good - thanks! --R2b2 22:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

New Zealand government unwilling to help Overlander train service
the "wikinews hotline message" listed as an OR source in the article is a reading of a bloomberg article. the wikinews article itself is a copyvio of the bloomberg article as i've tagged. Doldrums 09:01, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * ok nzgabriel 09:09, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Edit
I started off trying to get them right-aligned but didn't have much luck so I've done an interim measure. I'm still working on getting them right-aligned and hopefully I'll figure it out soon... (I'm sure its possible - I just have to work out the CSS etc. :) ) --R2b2 10:36, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * okay, I noticed you were trying to do it in the test page on your user page.
 * Take a look at my test page again and let me know what you think - the change has had an unfortunate effect on the height of the headings for the lower two boxes but probably a step in the right direction? --R2b2 02:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, definitely a right step in the left direction (just a little joke). It's good except for the wrong height headings. Maybe counter the effect by increasing the text size? nzgabriel 02:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Right, think I've got it sorted... have another peek... (btw, do you think we should keep the brackets around the change or take them out?) --R2b2 03:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yep, that's great. And yes, I do think the brackets should be removed (I was already thinking about that). nzgabriel 03:45, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank You
Thanks for all your New Zealand work. I'm a Yank (wish I was a Kiwi) but New Zealand is a country I have explored/visited and have a great passion for. I enjoy reading anything and everything I can about what's going on and I keep a Yahoo RSS feed for WikiNews just for the New Zealand articles that pop up.

In addition to that I gotta tell you I've converted 3 people to being die hard fans of the All Blacks. I'm so freaking glad they won the cup. I download all the games off the internet as you can't get the Rugby Channel in the States right now.

Anyway, please keep up the good work. I love reading about my "spiritual" homeland. Maybe one day I can be an actual New Zealand citizen (my goal).

Jasenlee 01:26, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You are very welcome, thanks for the thanks. nzgabriel 02:51, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Your RFA
Nice comment, but is that to get more votes? Please correct me if I'm wrong. F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  03:11, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by: "Is that to get more votes"? nzgabriel 03:13, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You said: This user is greatful for my articles on New Zealand stuff. They left a comment on my talk page. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  03:14, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I was just letting the community know why this user had voted for me even though it is said that it was there third edit. nzgabriel 03:16, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  03:17, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Switcharoo
I can do - although I'm wondering whether we get rid of the "featured story" and have something else... (although the wording alludes me :) ) Whatcha reckon? --R2b2 06:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Do you mean like different wording, or actually get rid of the box? If you were to just change the wording then I think that would be alright, depending on what it is. There would have to be a discussion if the box was to be removed. Nzgabriel | My RfA | Talk page 06:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Leave the box but reword - I've had a thing up on the discussion page of the portal for a while but don't think anyone reads it! --R2b2 07:28, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Im not sure exactly what you could call it, maybe something like "Most recent news"? Not much ideas. --Nzgabriel | My RfA | Talk page 08:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Adminship
Congrats, you are now an admin. If you have any questions let me know --Cspurrier 01:20, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much. It is awesome. --Nzgabriel | NZ Portal | Talk 09:09, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you for voting and a good job on you adminship. too :) Jason Safoutin 05:09, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * You too. --Nzgabriel | NZ Portal | Talk 05:10, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Rollback
The "one click" rollback is available when you're looking at a diff for changes. At the top right where it says "current revision" you've a new rollback option. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:12, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --Nzgabriel | NZ Portal | Talk 09:09, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Re:Userboxes
Sure, which ones exactly? I don't think I created most of them or any of them! Lol. Plz reply on my talk.58.105.7.119 07:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I didn't even make them, so feel free. I used to live in Wellington and Christchurch. Been to Otaki.

Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday :-) --219.88.174.179 05:48, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot! --Nzgabriel | Article list | Talk 05:50, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks Doldrums! --Nzgabriel | Article list | Talk 06:23, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I'll add to that, Happy Birthday! --Brian McNeil / talk 07:09, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Thank you all for your nice words and pictures, see you next year! --Nzgabriel | Article list | Talk 09:25, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi admin
Could you add Category:Al-Qaeda to Terrorism expert says Osama Bin Laden could be dead? Thx. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:03, 23 September 2006 (UTC)]
 * Done. --Nzgabriel | Talk 21:43, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Mafart or Marfart?
in the Rainbow Warior article, can u figure out what the name is, the two sources disagree on this, and 'pedia its says "Mafart". Doldrums 05:38, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * We should stick to what our sister projects use, Mafart. And I spoke to one person who agreed that it was spelt Mafart. --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:54, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Overlander
Thanks for the speedy news service... :-)

NevilleDNZ 05:51, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Welcome. I heard on the new bulliten and hurried to find out more. --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Admin vote
Thanks for supporting my successful admin nomination! I will try to live up to the confidence that's been shown in me. Crimson 17:18, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Good luck. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:08, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Dates
template:new page may help you with your date problems. user:Bawolff
 * I had already accessed that page, but thanks anyway. The problem is that the New Zealand create an article page also includes source templates and categories, etc so the  tags don't work. I am going to do some work on it in the next few hours. --Nzgabriel | Talk 06:59, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Or not. I have run out of ideas. --Nzgabriel | Talk 07:10, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Take a look at it now, it should automagically create articles with the right day - if I've got your current UTC offset correct. That'll need maintained when you go to/from daylight savings.  --Brian McNeil / talk 09:29, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that, a lot. --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:42, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Template:Al-Qaeda
Please note that the term "terrorist" is POV and should not be used on Wikinews. Hence I have removed this POV word from the template created by you. Please refrain from using this term in future. For further information, see. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) 12:09, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:21, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Terrorist is NOT POV if it is attributed to a quote or a source. Al-Qaeda is a terrorist group and is recognized as such by nearly every nation on the planet. Jason Safoutin 22:23, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You should tell PVJ59 that. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:24, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * He has been told and the result of his use of the word terrorist was opposed. If al-Qaeda is not a terrorist group, what are they? Lovable Bunnies? Jason Safoutin 22:32, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Lol. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:42, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Clarity
I've renamed your most recent article for clarity. The quotation marks in "Clint Brown, TV3 presenter, gives "unsatisfactory" letter of apology" make it clear that it's someone else saying the letter was "unsatisfactory", not us. -- Zanimum 14:09, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --Nzgabriel | Talk 00:02, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Your First Award

 * The Wikistar award I give out is for users that I think deserve special recognition by Wikinews editors, especially those not as recognized as others. Thunderhead (talk) 19:59, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Undie Riots
At some stage could you please ammend the dunedin student riots article at New_Zealand_riot_police_use_batons_to_disperse_unruly_pub-crawl to reflect the corrections and comments myself and others placed on the talk page.

Thanks Nzjrs 10:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry I am not allowed to edit a protected page. Although I am an administrator and can edit protected pages I am not allowed to make content changes. I may do a follow up story when I get back from holiday over the long weekend. --Nzgabriel | Talk 19:30, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I have made an apology on my user page.
 * Well it was more of just a notice but thanks anyway. It lacked many qualities present in an apology such as justification, or defense for an act or idea (thanks wikipedia definition!). I would still like to voice my opinion that the passing of time does not make this story any more accurate than it was at the time it was written. If you cannot ammend the article because of lack of priviledges then that is a shortcoming of the wikinews organisation. Consider an example where a newspaper publishes an incorrect story; newspapers are unable to go back and change the story, so they issue a retraction or a correction to the story. It seems to me that as this is a wiki a correction shall be possible. I do not wish to be confrontational or argumentative without basis but your apology was neither jsutification nor correction nor explanation. Nzjrs 02:12, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

YouTube videos article
hi, i've made some changes to New Zealand school children put fight videos on YouTube that u may want to check out. also, the date and time when the videos were unavailable need to be filled in. i've also rephrased sentences to remove ur username from the article, as i feel that contributors should "stay out" of reports unless really necessary. note that, a even the Wikinews contributor who conducted the South Korea poll didn't get his name in the article. one thing u can do is to post details of what u checked out on Youtube on the talk page, and perhaps even tag this OR. — Doldrums(talk) 07:24, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I have added more info and done what you have told me, good now? --Nzgabriel | Talk 07:50, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * looks good, thanks! one thing though, the descriptions of the later videos are unattributed, which is ok if u saw them and can confirm they're accurate. o/w they too, need to be sourced, i think. — Doldrums(talk) 07:54, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * All done. (I hope) --Nzgabriel | Talk 08:01, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * thanks again for the quick work. :) — Doldrums(talk) 08:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * That's alright, nothing else to do but Wikinews and watch TV (have been doing that for the past hour +). --Nzgabriel | Talk 08:53, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

IRC
Hi, I'm getting a "Channel not real" message on IRC from my CGI-IRC client. Is there anything going on with the servers, or is this just on my end? Thanks! Thunderhead (talk) 01:10, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I just loaded the Wikinews chat room with ChatZilla (app) but I am unable to connect via the live chat at the top of each page. So I don't know what is going on. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Strange. I'll check it again, but I don't know what could be going on. Thunderhead (talk) 02:17, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

RE: Comp
That sounds good if you want an average. Would this be on a scale of 10? I support it the way you explained it. Thunderhead (talk) 02:20, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Either 10 or 5. (I'll be back later I have to go do some English homework (essay)). --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:23, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, lucky you! Sounds great! Thunderhead (talk) 02:24, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for pict
Beckett piece greatly enhanced - thank you.Fentonrobb 10:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. --Nzgabriel | Talk 18:48, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Article protection.
Just stumbled across an article you'd protected while catching up a bit on the general protection. Are you aware that all archived articles should have the tag added when they are protected? There's also a set of guidelines for performing a last-minute copyedit prior to the protection, I just can't remember where that is. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:18, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Archive conventions. — Doldrums(talk) 19:19, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh. I didn't know of that, sorry. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:12, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Note that is new, not everyone is aware of it yet, so don't worry about it to much :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 02:21, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:26, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

US elections
watch out! -, — Doldrums(talk) 07:48, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I am a NZ citizen ;) --Nzgabriel | Talk 07:53, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Datrio skin
I saw you asked for support for the Datrio skin for the new box on the left hand side. I have customised the skin to work with the new box, and it is available by using: @import url(http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User:Skenmy/monobook.css&action=raw&ctype=text/css); instead of the default one. --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 09:04, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, works well. Good work. --Nzgabriel | Talk 18:45, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe we should move that to Skins/Datrio.css? that way if you ever want to change your skin, you can do so without breaking others css. Bawolff ☺☻ 18:52, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That's a good idea, tell Skenmy, the one whose CSS that is. --Nzgabriel | Talk 18:54, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've switched them. does everything still look okay? (after hard refresh, ctrl+r). Bawolff ☺☻ 19:17, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yep, everything is fine and dandy. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:49, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

AWN
Really, try again in a few moments terinjokes User Page / Talk 21:29, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah it's working now, thanks. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:12, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Adminship thanks
Hi there! I'd like to thank you for your support to become an admin, it's greatly appreciated! -- Zanimum 14:29, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Your completely welcome and I hope you do a better job than I am. --Nzgabriel | Talk 21:48, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: My Talk
Yeah, I saw it on Wikipedia. I actually have an account for here but I never log in.58.105.166.71 04:32, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Image speedy deletion
I have submitted an image you uploaded to commons for speedy deletion. . Commons does not allow fair use images, and has a totally different set of policies regarding it then wikipedia (who in turn has a whole different set of policies then we do for local upload). The image was also missing esential source information. If you know the source info, we can upload it locally to wikinews (wikinews has the least strict out of wikipedia, wikinews and commons) via special:upload (proablly). If you happen to know where the image is from, feel free to upload to special:upload (as oposed to commons:special:upload). Bawolff ☺☻ 05:09, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, don't know where it originated from. --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:16, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thats okay, I didn't think you did (as you wern't actually the original uploader). Bawolff ☺☻ 05:18, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
 * A couple other things I wanted to mention about the maze of uploading images.

 * Remember to categorize the images, if you upload it to commons
 * Print edditions have to be in
 * Hotline recordings:
 * are PD - they didn't switch with the rest of wikinews. see Hotline
 * They have to be categorized with category:Wikinews Hotline on commons
 * Their equivalent local user page should be tagged with
 * Not everything on wikipedia is GFDL
 * Audio/spoken wikinews has its category too, but I forget what it is. look in the subcats of wikinews. I think your supposed to use commons:template:audio upload for spoken wikinews, as opposed to commons:template:Information but I really don't know all that much about audio policies.
 * Sorry for bomboarding you with this big long list. Uploads are really confusing some times. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:06, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That's quite alright, thanks. --Nzgabriel | Talk 04:41, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey,
I wanted to explain, so there won't be a misunderstanding, that it was not my intention to leave the 'pedia wikilink to Cinderella in the Hell Pizza story. My Internet connection was limping along so badly last night that I probably shouldn't have been editting at all. However, I thought that I was good for another edit to the story and would have undone the Cinderella wikilink at time, figuring you would pick up on the subtlety and answer it. My connection fizzled completely before I had the chance.

My worst fear was that you would think I vandalized the story. I do find the Hell Pizza advertising campaign amusing, but that's easy for me to say when it's oceans apart from where I live. In the United States, many might say the ad campaign is "over the top", meaning that it goes too far for some people's tastes.

In any case, thanks for the follow up to a lively story. Best regards. -Edbrown05 03:48, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for explaining. I also thought that the campaign was very good, innovative, etc. And I am glad that American's are increasing their IQ with New Zealand stories :P --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:06, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi, thanks for the notice about the wikinews tr logo... I posted a response in my talk page Towsonu2003 09:16, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Image replacement
hi, I posted a reply to your comment at my talk page :) Towsonu2003 00:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Indian Railways tie up with Bombardier Transportation
Snce you are one of the main authors I thought I should get what you were trying to say before I make a request for a protected page edit. - The first sentence of the article says that "The Indian Railways (IR) has tied up with the Canadian transport solutions major Bombardier Transportation to produce electronic freight locomotives in the country for the proposed Rs 22,000-crore dedicated freight corridors on the eastern and western routes." I'm not sure what word you meant by "Crore" and I think by "Rs" you meant "railroad's" JoshuaZ 22:27, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * A crore is a unit of measurement in India . And I think Rs is meant to be rupees, currency in many countries including India . --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:41, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I would suggest expanding "Rs" to "rupees" to make that clear and wikilink crore since I doubt many readers will be familiar with the term. JoshuaZ 22:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I will do so as I believe it is acceptable, the archive conventions state that a page may be edited for reasons "such as spelling, typos, punctuation and so forth." --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:49, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

#38?
in terms of number of articles written, i think u do a heck of a lot better than 38. — Doldrums(talk) 05:52, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! And so do I ;). But sadly the ranking system only counts number of edits on articles only. --Nzgabriel | Talk 06:13, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

 * Thanks a lot! And a very merry Christmas from me to you too. I too feel privileged to be working in Wikinews as an accredited user and admin. --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:15, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * By the way, thanks for the page revert! I feel special, now that I'm a common vandalisim target! Thunderhead - (talk) Congrajulations to Kat! 07:33, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * That's alright, all in a days work. --Nzgabriel | Talk 07:35, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

 * Merry Christmas to you too, FellowWikiNews. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Wishing you all the best for the forthcoming year. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:21, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much and merry Christmas to you too. --Nzgabriel | Talk 21:33, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Broken source
Hello Nzgabriel. I've removed a source you added to New Zealand local loop unbundled because the page does not seem to exist, and I could not find the article to fix it. The source is quoted below in case you can find the correct URL. Thanks.  —Pathoschild 21:19, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * RNZ and stuff's articles only stay up for a short period of time Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 20:16, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

MessedRocker's contest
Congrats Nzgabriel for winning MessedRocker's contest, and I'll guess I'll have to dig up my orkut invites. Keep up the great work and keep rolling with the Oceania stories terinjokes | Talk | Come visit the WikiBistro 02:43, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I already sent Nzgabriel an e-mail about this, but this is good, too. ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  02:44, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about currency conversion -- I'll convert it into NZ Dollars for you! ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  16:34, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank you very much! --Nzgabriel | Talk 19:52, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I was not able to buy a money order or get the currency converted so I sent you American cash. ★ MESSED  ROCKER ★  19:53, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yay! --Nzgabriel | Talk 03:09, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Nzgabriel, I'll send you an orkut invite as soon as I can re-gain access to my account (my stupid ISP is blocking HTTPRedirects in an attempt to defer cross-site hacks... crippling many login systems) terinjokes | Talk | Come visit the WikiBistro 16:54, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. --Nzgabriel | Talk 19:54, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I'd appreciate your feedback...
...on my latest post on WN:AW.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:00, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Very nice. Spoke very clear and understandable. Keep up the good work! --Nzgabriel | Talk 23:39, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Auckland Meetup 2 Scheduled - Feb 10 2007
You are invited to Auckland Meetup 2 on the afternoon of Saturday February 10th 2007 at Galbraith's Ale House in Mt Eden. Please see Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland 2 for details. You can also bookmark Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Meetup/Auckland to be informed of future NZ meetups. Can you let anyone else over here at Wikinews know as well please. - Wikipedia:User:SimonLyall

Consecutive redirects
Hello Nzgabriel. When renaming a story, please remember to check incoming links for consecutive redirects. These are recognizable in the list of incoming links (a link is provided on the post-rename page) as nested lists of redirects:
 * REPORT: Israel planning nuclear strike on Iran (redirect page)
 * Report: Israel planning nuclear strike on Iran (redirect page)
 * Israel announces plans for strike on Iranian nuclear facillities (redirect page)

As you may know, a redirect to a redirect does not work, and leaves the reader on the redirect page (see [ example]). These can be fixed by replacing the link after "#redirect" on all redirect pages with the current story title. There were several double redirects to that story, and even a triple redirect (I've fixed them). :) —Pathoschild 18:19, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Interview with Drake Bell
Hi, I just noticed you posting that you are planning on trying to get an interview with Drake Bell. If you manage to get this (not sure if you have already done this) one question that could be asked is if his music is given freedom to be played in the Nick show, Drake and Josh. --Nzgabriel | Talk 08:59, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the question. Just to clarify, the question would be:
 * Have producers ever considered using your music on the series?
 * The PR people were sounding optimistic, but during the holiday season when I contacted him, he was on tour promoting his album. I'll likely contact them again in a week or so. --  Zanimum 14:33, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep that sounds like a good question, hope you do get that interview. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:20, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Archiving using AWB
Responding to your question to Brian, here's how I would do it -if I had the time. You can use AWB for pre-archiving, just switch on automatic fixes and do all the other things like sorting sources to date, adding more categories, adding archived etc. Once you're tired of that after you've prepared a whole list of stories, it's easy to go to your contributions list, open them one by one, and manually protect them.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:45, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Your reply and Brians are basically the same... --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:50, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks like you might not have the settings quite right on AWB as you missed a typo.
 * You should have "Apply general fixes", "Unicodify" on the "Set options" tag and "Enable RegexTypoFix" at the bottom of the "more options" tag. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:00, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I will do when I get around to do more archiving. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:54, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for help
Thanks for helping with the vandalism tonight (or whatever timezone). JeremyBicha 08:11, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I hate that guy, I don't think 24 hours is long enough, what do you think? And yes, it is night time in New Zealand. --Nzgabriel | Talk 08:17, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I blocked him indefinitely, he's causing too much chaos. He (William G) is a sock of the Mumfum vandal. Thanks for the help though, I'll try and stick around, just in case he pops in again. PVJ(Talk)(Newpages) 11:00, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I didn't realise he was a sock-puppet. Thanks for picking that up. --Nzgabriel | Talk 19:46, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

WikiCast.
You expressed an interest in doing some kind of New Zealand podcast? WikICast has someone possibly to do something from Australia, so the idea was a combined programme.

Can you get back to me on this? (On the WikiCast wiki is preferable) ShakespeareFan00 23:29, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Your picture Image:Sparkler.JPG
If you are the author of the votes by users Mags and JoshNZ, in Featured picture candidates, please strike them out. The picture doesn't really need, or deserves, this kind of atitude. Alvesgaspar 23:15, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * They are my sister and friend respectively and I asked them to vote. --Nzgabriel | Talk 23:31, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

congratrs on fp
Bawolff ☺☻ 23:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:55, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

This has been missing for too long...

 * Well thanks for saying I do excellent work, but if you had checked my user page you would have seen that I already have one. But I have added your comment to it ;).--Nzgabriel | Talk 21:51, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

road accidents article
hi, can u take a look at the talk page pls. — Doldrums(talk) 10:48, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

WikICast: Southern Star...
Hi

Can you get back in touch with the WikiCast project in regard to the NZ podcast thingy?

You might also want to raise Southern Star on the relevant WikiProject noticeboard.

ShakespeareFan00 22:04, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Commons Picture of the Year 2006 Competition
The arrangements for the Commons commons:commons:Picture of the Year 2006 competition are now complete, and voting will start tomorrow, Feb 1st. All commons:commons:Featured Pictures promoted last year are automatically nominated. As a past contributor to commons:commons:Featured Pictures, we invite you to participate in the competition (but please wait until tomorrow to vote). --80.177.86.57 22:41, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll vote. And btw all your links are broken, don't worry, I found the correct place on commons. --Nzgabriel | Talk 01:08, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * fixed links. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:00, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --Nzgabriel | Talk 04:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikicast: Southern Star
Boochan has had to withdraw over time constraints..

Are you willing to take over and try and get a pilot programme made ASAP?

Or are there similar time constraints on your side?

Leave a message on my talk page over at WikiCast either way :-)

ShakespeareFan00 13:45, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

 * You should read your talk page at WC, so I don't have to leave msg here ;-)

 * Small problem has arisen though, a name clash with an Australian media

organistion exists, Could you think of alternate name that has no 'conflicts'? ShakespeareFan00 21:50, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

new Zealand infobox
I've modified how the image at bottom link to the nz portal, and I've also centered it (Also to consider is how template:Canadian news aligns its image). Are these changes okay with you? Bawolff ☺☻ 08:03, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep, they're fine, I always wondered why it wasn't aligning center, even though as far as I could tell it should have been. Thanks. --Nzgabriel | Talk 08:11, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. It didn't align before because of what a crappy hack template:click is. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:17, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

live chat
hi Nzgabriel. I am from pt.wikipedia, and we are trying to set up a personalized web interface for our irc chat channel. it is online on http://wiki-chat-pt.awardspace.com. we used your script for the cgi method, but the page isnt working for IE. we already tested it on firefox and opera and it works fine. as you were the one who put the link to the your live chat in your sidebar, i thought you could be able to help us look out what is wrong with our page, or at least point us to someone who can. thanks in advance, Waldir 18:49, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm sorry as I cannot help you because I did not successfuly manage to put the link into the sidebar. I am not sure who managed to do it, but I couldn't. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * In our sidebar under Wikinews? That's found at Mediawiki:Sidebar. --Thunderhead - (talk) 02:44, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * umm, I think Illyahawkinson (sp?) can help. failing that try Cspurrier, Dan100, or Chiacomo. you can also ask the people at wikizine, as they have something like this set up too. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:58, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot, i will try to contact these people. Just a question, what does sp mean? Waldir 15:05, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Spelling? --Nzgabriel | Talk 18:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * (sp?) does mean in what I commonly accept as English language notation that the author questions one's own spelling of something. In this case, Bawolff meant IlyaHaykinson. -Edbrown05 23:55, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry; I don't think I can really help with this. The chat was set up (and I think is hosted) by an ex-user, Amgine. You can currently reach him on his home wiki, here.  Beyond that, I can't really help currently. -- IlyaHaykinson 16:23, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe its no longer at Amgine's [although he proablly knows a lot about it] (kept making his server crash if I recall) I mentioned your name as I thought at one point you hosted it. Actually I think Chiacomo hosts it currently. (He was the one who added the newest site to the sitenotice). Bawolff ☺☻ 00:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

We don't generally use the JAVA portion of the CGI:IRC client. Perhaps there's a problem with the JAVA portion? --Chiacomo (talk) 06:00, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I didn't even know the cgi client had a java portion... what we did on that page was create a form that would provide access to a java client (PJIRC), like in http://java.freenode.net, and to a cgi client too, like in chat.wikizine.org... the dropdown list that allows choosing the methods decides which parameters will be passed, as the two clients require different parameters and values. check the function setServer.
 * But anyway, as far as i could find out, the problem resides on the sript you have on your chat, starting on the setjs function -- which btw I didn't get what exactly is there for --, more precisely on the 'ietest' object that IE seems not to recognise. what is strange is that your client still works on IE, while ours don't... do you have any idea what it could be? Waldir 10:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the encouragement!
Thanks, Nzgabriel, for the message "Next time, diff sources". I am glad to hear the prefered way to list sources is at the bottom. I hadn't actually done the sources that way in the article Computer glitch delays online tax filing in Canada. Someone else came and edited it to the way you see it. As I am new, I assumed they knew what they were doing when they changed it, so I didn't change it back. This article of mine is in the prefered style: Research In Motion chairman resigns position. Cheers, 23:32, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

WOW on wheels
good report. Edbrown05 09:13, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't mean to distract you, but popular now in the U.S. are these new heely shoes. A co-worker of mine said his son broke his arm after tripping over the shoes.
 * At the doctor's office, the doctor said he wouldn't allow his children to have them. The doctor said that 6 patients were treated by his office over injuries related to the newly popular fashion shoes in the U.S.
 * I don't know how internatonal the shoe trend is. Not sure if this is ground swell stuff, but thinking it is. Anyway, a heads up on Heelys. regards -Edbrown05 09:32, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, we have shoes like that in New Zealand, not really that popular. May have seen one or two people with them. Thanks for the "good report." --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:39, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The popularity rests in the 5-year-old and up range and has made schools form policy regarding "heely" use in school hallways. Like, "Take the wheels off before you come to class." But to remove the wheel from the shoe is not so easy a task for the person of that age range. As a result, by intention or by acident, the heely shoes are making an in-way into schools where they are unwanted. -Edbrown05 10:16, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

april fool's
pls see Water cooler/miscellaneous. –Doldrums(talk) 04:03, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Video
You enlisted! Just in time too...You have a video maker? If you do can I send you an AVI and and audio file? We just made a new video and well...we have a technical issue...see me in IRC if possible or just message my talk page. DragonFire1024 10:07, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

ANZAC article
thanks, Gabriel, for jumping in and fixing it. appreciate the effort. –Doldrums(talk) 05:56, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Didn't want to see the article get abandoned and then deleted. ANZAC day is special and deserved an article. What's surprising is that the numbers were all wrong, so it was good that they were fixed! --Nzgabriel | Talk 08:04, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Press gallery
I am sorry to hear you were not among the "chosen ones." --SVTCobra 01:36, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your support. --Nzgabriel | Talk 01:38, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

The Turkish capital...
...and I thought I knew the world...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:39, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Christian social agency may lose state funding
Greetings. Since this was my first stab at a wikinews story, I'm wondering if you happened to get a sense of the content. Did you think that it was in sufficient shape for me to mark as ready? Thanks, Blum 14:17, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Honestly, it does need more work. A good way to start is to believe that your readers are totally ignorant of what is happening, including the background to the story (I was). Like the other people who have commented on that talk page, it does need more work. It wasn't too easy to understand what was going on.

 * But, Wikinews is always welcolming new editors/wikinewsies, so keep it up. My first stories were bad too, so don't worry too much about it. --Nzgabriel | Talk 20:04, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your frank feedback. Since I probably won't have time to work on it before it becomes old news, what happens next? Assuming nobody else whips it into shape, is there an editing or automatic process to take it off the developing queue in X number of days? Ciao, Blum 21:26, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * If someone doesn't fix it up, it will become abandoned. After about two days of being marked abandoned, it will be deleted. Please, don't be discouraged from further writing stories on Wikinews. --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Once deleted, can I still find a version via my watchlist or contributions? Tx, Blum 17:39, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry but the answer is no. However, if you are an admin you can view deleted pages, if you know the exact address of that page. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * ok, thanks for the heads up Blum 23:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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Mohammad Khatami meets Pope Benedict XVI

May 5, 2007

Mohammad Khatami, the president of Iran from 1997 to 2005, was among a delegation of Islamic clerics to meet Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican City in Rome on Friday. This is Khatami's first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI and his second with a pope.

Khatami told a press conference after the meeting that the wounds caused by Benedict XVI's remarks that linked Islam to violence were "very deep." He, moreover, stated that the wounds "cannot be healed easily and a single meeting may not be enough."

On the issue of terrorism, Khatami made it clear that dialogue is the best solution to "eliminate terrorism and the great military conflicts," stressing that one cannot invoke God "as a password for war and hate." He emphasized the need for a "joint effort."

The Vatican issued a statement to the press which said that the meeting provided an opportunity to reflect on the importance of a serene dialogue among cultures to overcome the "severe tensions that mark our time".

The situation of Christian communities in the Middle East and in Iran and the need for "strong initiatives" from the international community to help resolve the situation in the Middle East was also discussed, the statement said.

Noting the high-level diplomatic conference in Sharm al-Sheikh, the meeting called for serious negotiations that take into account everyone's rights and respected international legality.

In the talks which lasted about 30 minutes, Khatami and Benedict XVI concurred that the Sharm al-Sheik conference to resolve the tensions in Iraq was a positive development. Later, Khatami met with Romano Prodi, the Prime Minister of Italy.

Khatami is not representing the government of Iran on this trip.

Khatami met with Pope John Paul II in 1999.


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Unsourced information
A lot of information has been added to this article. I don't have any reason to doubt its validity, but lots of it seems unsourced. For example, the stuff about Gordon Brown. His name is not mentioned in any of the sources for this article. Sources need to be added or the sections should be removed. --SVTCobra 02:33, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

 * In addition, MacRusgail, you should not copy and paste from Wikipedia. From Wikinews Copyright info page: "Please do not copy content from Wikipedia, since Wikipedia's GFDL license is incompatible with Wikinews' license." Jcart1534 03:24, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

 * The added source seems to have published well after this article. --SVTCobra 12:46, 7 May 2007 (UTC)


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I think "The only other potential presidential candidate currently protected by Secret Service is Senator Hillary Clinton of New York. Senator Clinton is protected because she is a former first lady and wife of former President Bill Clinton." should be reworded, it sounds as if it means former wife 70.152.25.59 02:57, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, when was the last time they were seen together? Joking aside, the sentence is perfectly accurate, albeit redundant. "Former First Lady" or "wife of former President Bill Clinton" ought to suffice. --SVTCobra 03:06, 5 May 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Mohammad Khatami meets Pope Benedict XVI

Did the Pope speak?
This article only has what Khatami said. This event was a meeting, did Benedict not speak? --SVTCobra 03:00, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I added what I could find on the Pope. It does not seem that there was any intention of POV becasue there is nothing in any sources I can find that has what the Pope actually said. Instead, there is only a brief statment released by Vatican City. I am sure the statement is posted on the Vatican's website, but if anyone can read Italian, go for it :)

 * I also called them "leaders." Not sure if its appropriate, but at the moment its the only thing I can think of. DragonFire1024 07:56, 5 May 2007 (UTC)


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World Health Organization launches clinical trial website

May 5, 2007

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday, the launch of a specialized search website, which will facilitate access to "high quality" clinical trial information for health researchers, doctors, and patients.

Accessing clinical trial with multiple source information was reportedly a difficult task, unless the data is reported in the published literature. A significant number of clinical trials, however, are not published. And for trials that are published, not all of the data is reported in some cases.

The WHO's Assistant Director General, Information Evidence and Research, Tim Evans suggests the new WHO clinical trial website will facilitate access to published and unpublished clinical trials through the registration and tracking of the research projects. "For health care researchers, funders, policy-makers and consumers the portal represents an enormous step towards greater access, transparency and accountability of health research globally,” said Evans.

"The registration of clinical trials is a scientific, ethical and moral responsibility," stated the WHO. Clinical trial registers have become accepted widely as common practice. The new WHO webiste provides easy navigation through the large number of registers that currently exist.

Registers providing data to the search portal are required to participate in the new WHO Network of Collaborating Clinical Trial registers. The network will provide a forum for registers to collaborate on procedures for clinical trial registration. Registers are also required to disclose details such as ownership, governance structure, and for-profit status.

Jeff Drazen, Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine supports the portal and is pleased with the ability to find all trials in a particular area of interest. "The onus now lies with all investigators to be sure that their work is fully and meaningfully registered in a WHO compatible database," said Drazen.

Data from approximately 50,000 clinical trials from United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States have been made available on the WHO site.


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New Zealand dog saves five children; receives international attention

May 5, 2007

A small, "nicely trained" Jack Russell Terrier gave his life to help save a group of five children from two aggressive pitbulls last Sunday in Manaia, Taranaki, New Zealand.

The dog named George is being described as a hero, gathering a huge amount of international media interest in the process.

The dog suffered massive injuries that the vet had never seen to that extent before, which resulted in 69-year-old Alan Gay, the dog's owner, allowing George to be put down. He now regrets this decision.

The two pitbulls rushed at the group of children that George was following to the dairy, including a four-year-old. George then started barking loudly at the pair of dogs, and put himself between the dogs and the children. Mr Gay told Fox News, "If it wasn't for George, those kids would have copped it."

Despite having received offers of new dogs, Mr Gay has said that he will wait a while before getting another Jack Russell Terrier, as he is afraid it could happen again.

It is also believed that the two attacking dogs, which have been destroyed, were bred to be aggressive, including being fed the drug methamphetamine, commonly referred to as "P" in New Zealand.

Mr Gay has said that Manaia has had a problem with stray dogs before, but he never expected that George would become a victim.

One story ran in USA Today, which prompted over 120 comments, and one reader to personally call Alan Gay expressing their condolences.

Responding to the huge amount of media interest, Mr Gay said, "This really surprises me, and it's marvellous. I never expected this ... I'm surprised it got around the world as it did." He says he has been getting a huge amount of phone calls from the media and the public. "The phone has been going since about half past seven this morning. Every time I hang up it rings again. It's worn out; I might have to get a new one."


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Kenya Airways jet with at least 114 on board crashes

May 6, 2007

Officials say that a  with 8 crew members, 106 passengers and a flight engineer on board, has crashed in Cameroon. was traveling from to. It made a stopover in, Cameroon where more passengers got on the plane, before it continued on its flight.

It is not known if there are any survivors, but Kenya Airways says that there were passengers from at least 23 different countries on the plane (list below).

Reports say that 3 referees heading to an African Confederation Cup game were also on the plane along with Anthony Mitchell a British journalist who is based in Nairobi, and Amol Chauhan the director of Parle Products.

"Flight 507 was coming from Abidjan via Douala. The aircraft unfortunately has not arrived. The last message was received in Douala after takeoff and thereafter the tower was unable to contact the plane," CEO of Kenya Airways, Titus Naikuni said earlier in a statement.

Reports say that the plane sent a distress signal at 2:00 a.m., just after it took off from Cameroon, but it is not known what triggered the distress signal. The plane was supposed to land at 6:15 a.m. local time. It left Abidjan at 11:05 p.m. local time in Nairobi.

"The distress call came from a machine, not a pilot. The latest information that a distress signal was picked up on the west coast of Africa and a search and rescue mission initiated by Cameroonian authorities was initiated at 1105 (0805GMT) this morning, that is Nairobi time. So far no report has been received from this mission," added Naikuni. The Cameroonian military is using helicopters to search the area around the Cameroonian capital, near the town of , Niete and. Ambulances in Lolodorf are ready to treat anyone they might find during the search.

The plane is believed to be in an "area [of] very dense forest," said Alfred Mutua, a spokesman for Kenya's government. The United States is also assisting in searching for the plane. Jim Proulx, a company spokesman for Boeing, said that the distress signal would have been activated "in the event of a rapid change in velocity." Proulx also expressed his sympathies saying, "we express our profound concern for the passengers and crew on board on the Kenya Airways flight that went missing."

According to Kenya Airways, bad weather is causing delays in efforts to locate the plane and any possible wreckage. "We are trying to get to the area of the crash, but the weather is really bad. We are getting help from the army," said Naikuni. Nothing was found during a search of the area by air on Saturday, but rescue workers are planning to resume the search Sunday morning. Because of the bad weather and heavy rains, the search has only been concentrated in the air.

Witnesses from towns near where the signal is being reported say that they heard a "large boom" and then saw a "flash of fire."

According to a Kenya Airways news release, a crisis management center in, a location close to the airport, was setup to monitor the situation and additional details will be provided when received. Relatives of those on board the plane are being asked to stay at that location and wait for further details.

Despite the search, the TurkishPress.com, which quotes AFP, an unnamed official says that they have located the wreckage.

"The plane has crashed. We have located the plane ... and we cannot talk about it," said the unnamed official with the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority.

Despite the AFP's report, Naikuni says he cannot confirm that the plane has crashed or if anything was found. "Until we see the plane -- until then, it's missing." Naikuni also added that the distress signal could have been triggered by something other than a crash.

The last Kenya Airways flight to crash was on January 30, 2000. Flight 431 was traveling from Abidjan to when it crashed into the  during bad weather. 179 people were on board and 10 survived.

Kenya Airways contact
As per a Kenya Airways press release, information may be obtained through the following contact.

 * Mr. Michael Okwiri
 * Kenya Airways Corporate Communications
 * E-mail: michael.okwiri@kenya-airways.com
 * Fax: +254–(0)20-823486

Nationalities of those on board

 * 2: Unknown
 * 35: Cameroonians, including 3 referees for the ; Engelbert Effa, Martin Omgba Zing and Patrice Boungani Doda; Campbell Utton head of MTN Cellphones.

 * 15: Indians including the Products Director for Parle Products, Amol Chauhan.

 * 9: Kenyan crew members
 * 7: South Africans; Charles January.
 * 6: Chinese; Ivorians
 * 5: British including journalist Anthony Mitchell.

 * 3: Nigerians
 * 2: Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea;
 * 1: Burkina Faso; ; Congo-Brazzaville; Egyptian; Ghanaian; Malian; Mauritius; Senegalese; South Korean; Swede; Swiss; Tanzanian; Togolese; American


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User talk:Hooded-Wolf

Welcome
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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.

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Talk:Kenya Airways jet with at least 114 on board crashes

image
there's an image of a Kenya Airways 737-800 here. can try e-mailing the author for permission to use. might be willing to release a low resolution image under a free license. –Doldrums(talk) 09:30, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Got one from Boeing. DragonFire1024 09:33, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * But also e-mail your source. If we can get a free one, even better. DragonFire1024 09:37, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Note also: commons:Category:Boeing 737-800. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:38, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Well none of them are from Kenya Airways, and IMO, to preent a Virgin Air plane, for example, or any other airline could be interperited as misleading. DragonFire1024 08:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

numbers
some sources say 114 on board, others (and we) say 115. what gives? –Doldrums(talk) 22:58, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The additional person is the engineer for Kenya Airways. DragonFire1024 08:06, 6 May 2007 (UTC)


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 * i think it would be cool if they also announced they would stop using nuclear energy and instead dedicate their research into free energy and zero-point energy, now that would very cool (:O) -Nima Baghaei talk · cont · email 12:43, 5 May 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Cigarette~enwikinews

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User talk:Jtauber~enwikinews

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Jtauber. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Jtauber~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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Wikinews Shorts for Canada: May 6, 2007

Manitoba Hells Angels member found guilty of nine charges
Manitoba Hells Angels member Ian Grant, who was convicted of nine charges including drug trafficking, was found guilty today. Grant, 32, faces his sentence later in the year. Those convicted of drug trafficking face life imprisonment and those convicted of organized crime face 14 years in jail. He was released by a judge in 2004 for a lack of evidence. Twelve Hells Angels including Grant were arrested in February 2006 for drug related crimes.

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Alberta man taken into custody

A Calgary, Alberta man was taken into custody after he started a four-hour standoff at city hall, Saturday afternoon. Downtown streets and the building were evacuated as a precaution. Police brought in tactical squads and dog teams.

The police were called at 4:00 p.m. and the man surrendered to police at approximately 8:30 p.m. The 26-year-old man claimed to be carrying explosives but police say he was only carrying a pellet gun. They also say he was part of a "domestic family issue" and "a court finding that affected him". He faces charges for uttering threats and claiming possession of weapons in public.

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Quebec multiculturalism group demanded apology
Quebec Pluriel, a local multi-culturalism group, raised a human-rights complaint about an "offensive" video showing a black person depicted as a cannibal. The video entitled, Le cannibale, posted on comedy website Têtes à claques, shows a black person being yelled at for eating two white people in a pot of boiling water. A woman calls him Kunta Kinte, a famous black slave.

"It is inconceivable that a name like Kunta Kinte would be associated to a cannibal," said vice-president of Quebec Pluriel, Lydie Olga Ntap. "It's unacceptable."

The group demanded video sponsors Salambo Productions and Bell Canada to apologise. The companies refused saying it was only humour.

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 * Têtes à claques Le cannibale

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Talk:Wikinews Shorts for Canada: May 5, 2007

is there any reason why this can't go into the "worldwide" Wikinews Shorts page? –Doldrums(talk) 18:44, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
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Abby Cadabby debuts at Sesame Place today as a walkaround character

May 5, 2007

The Sesame Place theme park in Langhorne, Pennsylvania opened for its 2007 season this morning, adding Abby Cadabby to its all-star lineup of characters that children can meet.

Described as a "sweet, inquisitive enthusiastic three-year-old fairy-in-training" who loves making new friends, the character stars in a musical show called Abby Cadabby's Treasure Hunt. Featuring all of the stars of Sesame Street, the production joins Elmo's World Live: Fishes.

Abby was not the first recurring female character to be introduced to Sesame Street since 1993, as press materials for season 37 of Sesame Street proclaimed; Phoebe and Googel from the short-lived Monster's Clubhouse segment both hold that title. She is however the first new female character since 1993 to show any lasting power. Her performer, Leslie Carrara, says Abby will appear in "almost every episode next season".

The Langhorne, Pennsylvania attraction was opened in 1980, sparking robust commercial development in the town. While similar parks have opened in Irving, Texas, Tokyo, Japan, Monterrey, Mexico and São Paulo, Brazil, none of them managed to strike the hearts and minds of tourists.

Roller coaster Super Grover's Vapor Trail, the Sky Splash water ride, and the "Rock Around the Block" musical parade all return for the 2007 season, as do other rides, shows, and physical play activities.

The park is open Friday through Sunday until 25 May, when the park begins opening daily. After Labor Day, Sesame Place is open weekends only until 27 October 2007.


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Talk:Abby Cadabby debuts at Sesame Place today as a walkaround character

Received the press release and picture via email. -- Zanimum 19:02, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Original Reporting? DragonFire1024 19:12, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Well not really, because the photo and information were provided by the PR people. Everything else was on various webpages. Does that count? I always though OR was when you gather information that hasn't been published in some form, whether IRL or online. --  Zanimum 19:29, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes, everything that you haven't learned from online or book sources but that you have to prove yourself.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Embarrassment
This article is not front-page news. It's an embarrassment to WikiNews to have it featured as a headline. 71.139.182.181 00:24, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

 * All articles published on Wikinews make the front page, no matter what. Consider contributing to Wikinews, to increase the article output. With more articles, we can eventually get to a stage where we have the ability to pick and choose what makes the front page. Otherwise, with only seven article published Sunday, we have no choice. --  Zanimum 16:22, 7 May 2007 (UTC)


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Bermuda Chief Justice: No new charges in Middleton murder

May 5, 2007

Despite expressing personal sympathy for the Middleton family, Bermuda's chief justice Richard Ground dismissed, on Friday, an application to re-examine the 1996 killing of Rebecca Middleton.

Seventen-year old Rebecca Middleton, of Belleville, Ontario, Canada had been in Bermuda on vacation when she was raped and murdered. At the time, police had identified two suspects in the crime, 21 year-old Kirk Mundy and 19 year-old Justis Smith. Before DNA test results had been tabled, the attorney general made a plea deal with Mundy in exchange for his testimony against Smith. It turned out that prosecutors didn't have enough hard evidence to connect Smith to the crime and the murder charges against him were dropped. Mundy served 5 years for being an accessory to the crime.

The murder case had garnered significant worldwide attention, even drawing in Cherie Booth QC, lawyer and wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Booth had advocated on behalf of the Middleton family during the recent two-day hearing in front of justice Ground.

In his ruling, Chief Justice Ground explained that new charges would amount to double jeopardy and would violate current law, as there were no errors in a previous review. "I have to declare the law as it is," said Ground in his written ruling. "The [double jeopardy] rule is well established and straightforward...it would require legislation, or possibly the intervention of a higher court to change it."

Since the ruling went against the Middletons, the lawyers representing Mundy and Smith called for their legal fees to be paid by Dave Middleton, Rebecca's father. However, Justice Ground rejected the request. "The applicant has suffered a terrible loss, for which he can never be compensated. He has also suffered a wrong, in the way that this matter was mishandled at the outset," said Ground. "In my view [Middleton] is entitled to explore every reasonable avenue in an attempt to put that right, and I am not going to order him to pay the costs of doing so."

Dave Middleton, revealed that with his own legal bill approaching CA$100,000, an appeal of the latest ruling may be out of reach financially. "The cost just keeps going up. So far we are covering our bills, but will we be able to continue to do that? I don’t know," he told CBC News from his home in Belleville. The Middletons have received financial support in the past by fundraising through the Rebecca Middleton Foundation.

For the next stage in the process, Middleton revealed that the case would reach the Court of Appeal in Bermuda, possibly in November. Should that appeal prove unsuccessful, the case could be brought before the UK Privy Council or the European Court of Justice.

Dave Middleton also suggested that the Middletons would like to retain the services of Cherie Booth for the upcoming appeals. "She’s a big part of how we progress, and I'm very hopeful of that," said Middleton.


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User talk:71.245.128.4

First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

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Thanks again!--Mark Talk 19:57, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

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Comments:Abby Cadabby debuts at Sesame Place today as a walkaround character

News or publicity?
Just want to point out that the article is not really newsworthy, considering that it shows up on the main page of Wikinews...


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User talk:195.175.37.70

I've never edited before, why am I blocked?

Open Proxy
This IP address is listed as an open proxy, if this is no longer the case please put a proxy check log on this page. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:49, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * What does that mean?
 * It means that - as far as our records are concerned this address on the Internet can be used by anyone. I will refine the block and allow account creation. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:59, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

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