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User talk:Knuckle Bean~enwikinews

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User talk:Shridhar74

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User talk:Divask

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User talk:MeasureMan~enwikinews

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User talk:Iridevolks

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User talk:Silence for unknown

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User talk:Lunte83

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User talk:Sixsevenfive~enwikinews

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Canadian Immigration Minister outlines plan for application backlog, job vacancies

October 31, 2005

Joe Volpe, Immigration Minister of Canada, has set a goal of 255,000 immigrants in 2006 and a longer term goal of 300,000 by 2010. In 2004, there were 236,000 new immigrants and in 2005 that number is expected to increase to 245,000. The Cabinet must approve the immigration target plan.

There are reportedly 700,000 applications currently in the queue and it can take up to four years for an application to be processed to its conclusion. Canada announced the new immigration plan to clear the backlog on April 18, 2005.

Volpe argues that Canada needs to begin thinking of the Immigration Department as vehicle for recruiting given the country's demographics and associated labour needs.


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User talk:24.21.139.206

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UN calls for further Syrian cooperation

October 31, 2005

This Tuesday the fifteen-member United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution calling for Syria to cooperate fully with the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC). The Security Council demanded that Syria detain suspects indentified by the UNIIC until such time as they could be questioned. The resolution warns of "further action" if Syria fails to cooperate with the investigation.

Ministers from the United States, Britain, and France, were circulating a draft of the resolution with stronger wording on action in the event that Syria failed to cooperate. After the vote US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, said: "With our decision today, we show that Syria has isolated itself from the international community through its false statements, its support for terrorism, its interference in the affairs of its neighbours and its destabilising behaviour in the Middle East."

Russia and China had signaled they opposed wording the resolution in a way that threatened sanctions. Chinese Foreign Minister, told the council, "The commission itself believes that the investigation is yet to be completed and there is no final conclusion. Under such circumstances it is inappropriate for the council to prejudge the outcome of the investigation and to threaten to impose sanctions."

The final wording was endorsed by all 15 members of the Security Council.

Syria had earlier rejected the findings of the UN investigation into the murder of the former Lebanese prime minister.

"It is a political statement against Syria based on allegations by witnesses known for their hostility to Syria," Mehdi Dakhlallah, Syria's information minister, told Aljazeera.

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Talk:UN calls for further Syrian cooperation

Just want to get it up there, so others can start adding :) --Alpharigel 19:44, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

rush to publish
This is not a breaking news event, and does not need to be rushed to publication. It has typos, grammatical errors, is lacking in wikification, and lacks categories. While it may be suitable as a lead article, it is not really ready for publication in its current state.- Amgine / talk 20:31, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

 * detain what suspects? -68.232.153.54 03:54, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * what investigation? -68.232.153.54 03:55, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * what "further action"? -68.232.153.54 03:55, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

looks good
Thanks for doing the wikification and cleanup. looks more complete now. --Alpharigel 21:52, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

NPOV?
World's leaders will address the blowing up of one politician by, possibly, Syria; but not the blowing up of thousands of children by, assuredly, America. The UN needs a NPOV analysis. Neutralizer 01:30, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I believe some users here need that too, but I'll hold me tongue. Damn these lips for letting it go.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 02:01, 3 November 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:69.230.90.66

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User talk:202.190.129.12

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User talk:12.173.234.211

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Kansas School Board has copyright withheld over teaching Intelligent Design

October 31, 2005

Kansas has been denied permission to use two key documents commonly used in the writing of science education standards for states, the (published by the ) and Pathways to Science Standards (published by the ). The respective organizations argued that they could not grant the state of Kansas permission to use these documents in the current form of the Kansas Science Educational Standards, as these overemphasize controversy between the scientific theory of and the argument of. Moreover, the organizations criticize that the standards in their current form distort the. The has expressed its support for the decision to deny Kansas the use of copyrighted material, as "the proposed standards misrepresent both the content and the standing of evolution as a scientific organizing principle".

Proponents of Intelligent Design have characterized the refusal as "an effort to censor the discussion of scientific criticism of Darwinian theory by intimidation and threat".

This is likely to further delay the ratification of the final vote on the Kansas Science Educational Standards as they will have to be rewritten either to not violate any copyright restrictions or modify their account of evolution and outlook on science. According to University of Kansas professor Steve Case, rewriting the standards will be very difficult, as "there is copyrighted material on every page" of the current document.

This is the second time that Kansas was denied the right to use copyrighted materials in their state standards, following the case in 1999, when Kansas included, a precursor of Intelligent Design, into the school curriculum. A later school board overturned that directive. The dispute in Kansas has brought nationwide responses, ranging from a rebuke by the to the creation of internet-sensation  mythology (which is lobbying the Kansas School Board to give equal time teaching their creationism theory as well.)


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Australian Foreign Affairs Minister denies knowledge of Guantanamo abuse allegations

November 1, 2005

The Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Downer, has denied that his department had notification of sexual abuse allegations made by the Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee, David Hicks in 2003/2004.

"I'd like to see the evidence for this, and we would ask those who make the claims to present us with the evidence, let us look at the evidence, because obviously we are opposed to rape," he said after the Four Corners current affairs TV program presented an exposé relating to the alleged reasons for the detention of David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay. The program included an interview with David Hicks' father Terry Hicks who said that David had told him that the Americans gave him injections and then penetrated him anally with various objects.

Mr Downer's claims were contradicted by Hicks' military lawyer, Major Michael Mori who said that an Australian official was present during an interview that was part of the US investigation in 2004 and David Hicks had detailed the issues of being assaulted during that interview. Mr Downer declined to answer these claims when approached by the ABC Radio program The World Today but a department official confirmed the Government's position that it was not aware of Mr Hicks' torture claims.

The Labor Party opposition Foreign Affairs Spokesman, Kevin Rudd said in an interview on Lateline that Mr Downer "has just washed his hands of these matters" and that he had "adopted a posture of leave it to the Americans and trust the Americans. But when it comes to Guantanamo Bay, with due respect to our friends in Washington, I don't think that's good enough.". Mr Rudd is calling for an independent third party such as the International Red Cross to investigate the claims.


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User talk:59.167.34.132

Welcome
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Australian Foreign Affairs Minister denies knowledge of Guantanamo abuse allegations
Hi there! Great work on this article.... - Borofkin 05:46, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Sydney protest against anti-terror laws
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Talk:Australian video journalist denies bodies burned in disrespect

You need to add credible sources before publishing this, the political blog will hardly siffice.

Also, you need to find the source where Dupont claimed that "the bodies were burned in a disrespectable fashion". (As far as I know he never did claim this, but other media outlets reported this incorrectly. He did however claim that PsyOps were claiming in their broadcast to the Afghan people that the bodies were burned facing west [Mecca].

In its current stage the article is not pbulishable, putting it back to develop. --vonbergm 03:48, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I never sent it to publish. And I disagree with the "credible sources" item - the blog is very well documented and well sourced, and puts together the items from the original Australian broadcast to the journalists' claims on another show.  While yes, it may be biased - that doesn't matter.  As long as a source can cite itself properly on the items it portrays, then it is a "credible" source in my book.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 16:53, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Again, as others have said, this story needs credible sources. We do not use blogs as sources here. Back to develop. Neutralizer 18:11, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * It is well sourced. If you have issues with the sources, be specific.  There is no difference in me posting the one link or stealing the sources from that article.  Choose which one you'd rather have.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 19:31, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Almost missed it; Biased, one sided POV here. Please include the other side of this story. Neutralizer 18:13, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I think the other side of the story is greatly presented in both this article and the previous one. Specifics were not provided in your claim.  Remember, no "tagging and dashing" - you haven't defined the "other side", nor provided areas where the article is POV, nor have you showed any reason to discredit the blog link other than it has a bias.  As long as it sources itself properly (and it does), it's a credible source.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 19:31, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Consensus here on talk is that it's POV. Neutralizer 20:00, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * YOU are not a CONSENSUS. CONSENSUS means there was a VOTE taken.  YOU are the only one who thought there was a POV issue, and you are not BACKING YOUR CLAIMS UP.  vonbergm above had issues with the sources, which I addressed, and he did not reply.  HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT NPOV IN THE ARTICLE.  NO CONSENSUS, NO EXAMPLES - why is it POV?  I really want to know.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 20:05, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Isn't the story here that the journalist denied the bodies were burned disprectfully? What is the other side? That someone says he didn't deny that the bodies were burned disrespectfully? The sources seem to support the claim that he did say the bodes weren't burned disrespectfully. --Chiacomo (talk) 21:00, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

1) First sentence claims that the journalist is "withdrawing" other peoples claims. This is logically impossible, the terminology is misleading and a result of using a source with strong political bias and failing to free the article of it. The story does not state clearly that the journalist never made these claims. The article explicitly repeats this misinformation further down claiming that the journalist "retracted" information. 2) The bias in the story is in what it fails to address the reasons for the international outrage. The outrage came not from the claim that the bodies were burned in disrespect, but
 * To clarify why the story is biased:
 * a) from the fact that the bodies were burned which is against muslim religin (although possibly explainable by hygienig reasons as done in the article) and more importantly
 * b) that this incident was used by US PsyOp officers to broadcast messages to the local population claiming that the bodies were burnt in disrespect (i.e. facing west).

3) The article is (deliberatly?) vague about what claims are being investigated, suggesting that the investigation is about how the bodies were burnt. This is incorrect.

The article is correct in that the media has misrepresented the facts as given by the journalist in taking the broadcast message of the US PsyOps as fact, so in principle there is a news story underlying the article. But the article needs MAJOR cleaning and rewriting before it should be considered for publication. --vonbergm 21:46, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Alright, "withdrawing" is understandable - have replaced it with "denying". In the other issues, that is addressed in the other previous article, which is linked to in the article.  When addressing previous issues, you must always be vague, otherwise your history overlaps the amount of new items (and in turn, the article is nothing more than an encyclopedic item).  This is especially true when an old article is already available.  So I would disagree; this item DOESN'T require cleaning at all. Everything is addressed in the previous article, which should be viewed if users wish to read more about the issue.  Vagueness doesn't constitute NPOV.  Only when an article promotes a POV, etc. should it be noted as "NPOV".  The above issues are not POV issues.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 03:37, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Changing the word in the first sentence makes things better, but the impression still remains that Dupont is NOW saying something different from before, which is not the case. I suggest deleting the word "now" to correct this. In addition you might want to cite some news reports that have gotten the original statements wrong (since this is really the only part about the story that is "news"). The second paragraph is misleading as it does not provide the proper context. The comments of Dupont that you are quoting are in the context of the message broadcast by the PsyOps (read the original source!). Here Dupont uses the word "fact", which probably was not the best choice as a lot of news outles were mislead by it. "Fact" here referes to what the PsyOps relayed the the local population as fact, not what really happened to the bodies. There is no need to add another artile that does not get this point. (in hindsight, the previous wikinews article was too vague on this). The question of the geneva convention that this incident sparked was not just about the burnings but more importantly about the PsyOps conduct. Adding this important piece of information is not overlap but responsible reporting. Leaving it out is spin (as can be seen in the main source). The paragraph starting with "However" needs to be rewritten . Again, the word "retracted" is (at this point I assume this is deliberate) misleading if not worse. The conjunction "however" is inappropriate as there is nothing in this article that this statement contradicts. --vonbergm 05:34, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Ready yet?
Okay, I had to install Real to listen to that SBS interview - I feel dirty now. :-)

I've linked to w:PSYOPS, although that might need clarified outside the quote so it reads better, but the important distinction to make here is that in the SBS interview (which was the basis for the sensation), you got the information here - but the interviewer concentrated on the sensational bit. The NPR interview emphasises that there was no deliberate effort to desecrate the bodies. PSYOPS were taking advantage of the incident to bait the Taliban. Brian McNeil / talk 22:04, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Looks better. I have made some more changes that I saw appropriate. I think it is ok to publish now. --vonbergm 22:28, 10 November 2005 (UTC)


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Makybe Diva wins the Melbourne Cup

November 1, 2005

The 2005 Melbourne Cup has been won by Makybe Diva. Second was On A Jeune and third placegetter was Xcellent.

The Melbourne Cup is the richest horse race in Australia, with prize money in 2005 of A$5,000,000, and is one of the richest horse races in the world. It is run annually on the first Tuesday of November at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, over a distance of 3,200 meters (which is slightly under 2 miles). An estimated crowd of 140,000 flocked to the Flemington Racecourse to watch the race.

This is the first time in the history of the race, first held in 1861, that the same horse has won the race three times. With this being the third consecutive year that Makybe Diva has won the Melbourne Cup, comparisons are now being made to legendary Australian horse Phar Lap. Four other horses have won the race twice, of which three won it in consecutive years.

Makybe Diva was ridden by Glen Boss, and was trained by Lee Freedman. Freedman said on the morning of the race that a win would be a "Herculean task" to achieve.

The owners of Makybe Diva received A$3,000,000 in prize money, as well as trophies valued at A$100,000. A$750,000 was awarded to the second placegetter, and A$375,000 to third place, with the remaining prize money distributed amongst the fourth through the tenth placegetters.

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Talk:Makybe Diva wins the Melbourne Cup

I have tagged this article for as there are none listed. --Chiacomo (talk) 04:58, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Um.... it was the Melbourne cup, widely known as "The race that stops a nation". Are 20 million Aussies watching TV and listening on radios enough of a source? ;) Imroy 06:08, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Formatting issues
I have read the article a couple of times and do not see any "formatting issues". Please elaborate on what you mean. - Borofkin 03:37, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Grammar, punctuation, overall sequence of the article. The continuation of items is very key in writing articles.  While there is much information in this article, it needs to be presented in an organized fashion.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 03:46, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * If you think this is the case then in my opinion you should use the "cleanup" tag rather than the "develop" tag. However, I don't think the problems you have identified are particularly obvious, and I think that in the time you spend tagging and explaining, you could probably have fixed the issue yourself. It seems much more efficient than trying to explain it all to someone else, you will then probably only see some of the problems that you see. - Borofkin 03:54, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Why fix it yourself if your goal is to teach others to do a better job? --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 03:57, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Fixing it yourself does teach others to do a better job, because they read the diff and see how much better it is. Moving it back to develop is received by newbies, in my opinion, as an unconstructive criticism of their work, and discourages them from making further contributions. When I work hard on an article, I feel elated when someone decides to improve it, and deflated when someone decides to tag it and ignore it. - Borofkin 04:03, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Publishing?
I've tried to clean this up a bit -- I'm not sure if the names of horses are set of in italics -- if not, please change. Such highlighting does make for easier reading, I think. I consulted both our style guide and the style guide at Wikipedia and could find nothing conclusive. Also changed some of the text -- I'm not sure how much of the original text was regional, so some of the things I left might yet be changed. Please have a look and see what you think. - Unsigned comment by User:Chiacomo Oops -- I forgot! How dare I? --Chiacomo (talk) 04:42, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I've made some changes to the article, and now support publishing. We should give MrMisc a chance to review it. - Borofkin 04:44, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Haven't heard from MrMisc. Publishing. - Borofkin 06:25, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Additional info
You should add additional info such as the controversy over watering the track Nil Einne 12:00, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Not a bad idea - you can make such changes yourself if you want. - Borofkin 22:46, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Kansas School Board has copyright withheld over teaching Intelligent Design

Sources and development issues
The article does not use sources correctly. Original documents are used in Original reporting, which this article very likely qualifies for. However, citing the Flying Spaghetti Monsterism site as a "source" to support speculation is not within bounds of acceptable reporting practice (no matter how humorous or deserved.) Likewise, the graphic is not specifically related to the article subject. - Amgine / talk 06:15, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Amgine: In what sense is this "original reporting"? What "speculation" are you talking about? The graphic seems perfectly related to the story. --JWSchmidt 12:22, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * FSM is good! It provides a wonderful wrap up to the article, keep it.

 * Amgine, the FSM source is in there to give evidence to the claim that individuals are lobbying the Kansas School Board (letters posted on the website) and that several members of the school board are inclined to spport that initiative (responses by board members posted on website). My guess is that by "speculation" you mean the comment that move "is likely to aggrevate the tension". This has been removed by now, so the artile should be fine now. One question: Is this original reporting just because I read the original documents? Isn't that what should be done for every article, if possible? --vonbergm 16:13, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Doing research, such as locating and studying the original documents involved in a news event, is what reporters do. They also, incidentally, read what all the other news sources are saying, and tend write the same background paragraphs, but write their original reporting on what they found which is not being said elsewhere.
 * On Wikinews we support more basic levels of original reporting. If you have done the legwork of researching the original documents, interviewed subjects, etc. then, as per the original reporting guidelines, this article qualifies. Congratulations!
 * On the evidence that FSM is lobbying the Kansas School Board... It may be true, but we only have their word for it. Far more importantly: How is the FSM lobby relevant to the National Science Education Standards decision? It isn't; it's just an interesting related piece of trivia. For this reason it should be at the very most a small footnote in a background paragraph, and it should not have the false prominence of being the only graphic. - Amgine / talk 18:31, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Agreed, the picture does not reflect the focus of the article. I will take it out. Your question is interesting and worth pursuing. I still believe the FSM paragraph adds to the article as it shows that the FSM are trying to exploit exctly the points of criticism in the proposed stadards to advance their agenda. This adds important background information to explain the somewhat radical decision to deny the use of copyrighted materials. --vonbergm 19:17, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

"we only have their word for it" (above) "Moderate board members report they've received hundreds of e-mails as a result of Henderson's effort and that his Web site has become a focal point for discontent with recent board moves to alter Kansas' teaching standards." (source) "Board member Sue Gamble of Shawnee said she's received 676 messages criticizing the board majority's stand -- and most cite the spaghetti monster." The FSM effort has played a major role in attracting public attention to the story. Ye$, commercial new$ organization$ cannot afford to mention the FSM, but that does not mean that Wikinews has to follow suit and avoid telling the story. --JWSchmidt 19:24, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Excellent source, JWSchmidt! I should point out, however, that MSM (mainstream media) would actually love to use the FSM element in their reporting: articles are "sold" via wire services as fitting into a variety of possible news categories, and adding FSM puts this story solidly into both human interest and news-of-the-weird in addition to its news value. However, this still does not address the who, what, where, when, why, or how of the decision by NSES to withhold copyright approval. - Amgine / talk 19:41, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

FSM is a serious attempt to defeat intelligent design by highlighting the absurdity of allowing personal beliefs to be taught as "science". As such, it is perfectly applicable to the story, as is the related pic. There seem to be many sources, some of which refer to the FSM. Are you sure none of these sources support the claims that the FSM is being so used in this case ? StuRat 00:22, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Let me repeat my question: How did the FSM influence the National Science Education Standards decision to withhold copyright approval? - Amgine / talk 00:25, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * That particular decision is just one step in the Kansas debate. The previous actions regarding Creationism and the old board which was thrown out of office also didn't "directly influence the (current) National Science Education Standards decision", but are still related to the story, as is this.  As for proper sourcing, this source appears to provide proof of the accuracy of the statements in the article:

 * Yes, that's the one JWSchmidt added above. Actually, the NSES withheld the copyright last time as well, so it is more clearly pertinent. I'm not opposed to FSM being in the article as background, but in its current state, and especially due to the image, FSM is waaaay over emphasized for the article topic. What I don't understand is why there is so much effort to justify such a large presence for FSM. Funny, yes. Serious, yes. Majorly important in this particular article, no. (btw: that's a hint - another article please!) - Amgine / talk 00:45, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, both the content and pic are at the bottom of the article. I do think it's an important part of the story as it may be critical in getting the public attention needed to have the new arch-conservative board thrown out like the last one.  I would like to see some other pic added near the top, maybe of the board members ?  If you want to write an additional story on the use of FSM in the Kansas debate, go ahead.  Meanwhile I dont see any reason to suppress any portion of this material from the current article. StuRat 00:53, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Aparently you feel strongly enough about this to revert twice. I also feel strongly that it is not relevant to the story, and constitutes POVioring. I have been looking for a pic, other than the Darwin cartoon, but it takes time. Wikinews is not a place for advocacy. What you wrote above is clearly advocacy not news. - Amgine / talk 01:49, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * What I wrote above is not part of the article, so whether it is advocacy or not is simply not relevant. In fact, I haven't contributed to the article at all, but have only restored the deleted material. StuRat 02:23, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Let's not get religious!
Let's not get religious on this issue of the FSM! I believe Amgine has a point here. I truely enjoy the FSM, but the focus of this as a news story is on the withholding of copyright, and here FSM only fits in as background. This is why I took the picture out the first time, as it misrepresents the main focus of the article. Also, Amgine's version of the FSM paragraph reflects the FSM portion of the story quite nicely. Is somebody tells me how to "revert" edits, I would be inclined to revert back to Amgine's version. The new title is nice.

StuRat, one possible way to add more FSM content would be to ask some FSM representative (if there is such a thing) to comment specifically on the copyright issue and its implications on FSM. Moreover, one could ask the respective science associations if they are aware of FSM and how their criticism applies to possible changes in the curriculum with respect to FSM. A cople of emails may add some more original reporting to the story. :-) Alternatively one could add an extensice "background" section that details the past dispute and points to possible future disputes. The FSM would naturally come up there. --vonbergm 02:14, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I would think asking the Kansas board what they think of FSM inclusion in the curriculum would be far more relevant. This has been done, and included in the story. StuRat 02:33, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

NPOV
Material about the FSM being given prominence in an article which it is not directly related to for the purpose of drawing attention to the silliness of disputing the teaching of evolution constitutes advocating a specific point of view or belief as correct, which is in violation of the WN:NPOV policy. - Amgine / talk 02:28, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * You whole argument ASSUMES that this article is not about the teaching of Intentional Design, but solely about NSES copyrights. I don't see how this assumption is justified. StuRat 02:35, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Please check the history of the article]. I believe you'll find yours is the only edit (the page move) which suggested it is not about the NSES decision. - Amgine / talk 02:38, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I never said it was not about the NSES decision, I said it was not SOLELY about the NSES decision. They are not the same thing at all.  You are the only one suggesting that it is not about Intelligent Design in any way. StuRat 02:53, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I did not say it was not about Intelligent Design. I said it was not about FSM. - Amgine / talk 02:57, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Your argument was that FSM had no role in the NSES decision, which made the assumption that the article was solely about the NSES decision. Since the article was also about the Kansas board's decisions regarding the teaching of Intelligent Design, and FSM may influence the board's decisions, FSM is highly relevant to the story. StuRat 03:03, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I strongly dispute the latter element, but at this point we're quibbling and should probably take a break from the article and the discussion to get some breathing room, and a chance to take a fresh look at improving the article. - Amgine / talk 03:06, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Regarding the POV policy, it says that if one POV is shown then the opposite POV should also be included. Here is the opposite POV to the FSM:

"Christian political activists such as Reverend Jerry Johnston of First Family Church in Overland Park Kansas are supporting the effort to shape Kansas science standards according to religious beliefs. Johnston said, "Getting intelligent design into school curricula is the worthiest cause of our time and the key to reversing the country's moral decline." StuRat 03:10, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * The FSM should not be included in this article as more than a background element. It is not relevant to the primary news event, the decision by the NSES to again withhold its copyright from the Kansas School Board standards. - Amgine / talk 03:16, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

consensus
Why is the article still under a tag against the consensus of contributors? Neutralizer 03:00, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Perhaps you could look at the timeline of the article edits, and the discussions here, and see that there is not currently consensus regarding the article or the very recently applied tag. - Amgine / talk 03:03, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I respectfully disagree; the discussion record indicates the tag should not have been put on at all and certainly should not be there now. If you can convince others that the article qualifies as breeching our WN:NPOV guideline then let someone else put the tag back, but you (Amgine) should take it off now. Neutralizer 03:06, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree with Amgine. While I greatly enjoy FSM, it is not appropriate for this story or if it is no where near is prominently displayed --Cspurrier 03:15, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

I'd just like to weigh in at this point and also declare my support for Amgine's version of the final paragraph. It sounds natrual and provides context for copyright issue, which is the focus of the article. The current version of the final paragraph reads like the beginning of a new article. - Borofkin 03:17, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Wow, was gone for an hour and what a mess! As I oulined above, I think Amgines last edit is a good compromise. A small reference to FSM is left in the article, the picture is removed. --vonbergm 04:09, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I really like the FSM -- it's a whimsical response to a serious problem. Why not create a seperate article (properly sourced) about Pastafarianism and its role in this mess? I think there are probably adequate sources available. --Chiacomo (talk) 04:15, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Just read the article and can't really say it's not neutral. There's no answer offered to the problem so the FSM threw in their opinion, too. Seems like everyone got their opinion into this story so maybe it's time to let it set sail... unless you really want to strive for more neutrality and mention some of the other theories that could be taught. I'm not going to object if the spagetti monster angle isn't considered as part of the inteligent design theory or is removed from the story entirely. After all, how does one measure the intelligence of pasta? Karen 05:07, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Article Split into Two
I split this into two articles, one solely on the NSES decisions (this one) and the other on the broader issue of Intelligent Design being taught in the Kansas schools. I removed all material not directly related to the NSES decision from this article. Some extraneous sources may still need to be pruned, however. StuRat 05:20, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * It's typical of newspapers to run mulitple stories on different aspects of one topic, especally in a situation like this. This is one of several reasonable courses of action, in my opinion. Keep up the good work, guys! -- An entertained reader named  Karen 05:37, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks. I didn't personally see how the FSES copyright decision was so totally unrelated to the attempt to teach Intelligent Design that they couldn't exist in the same article, but, I don't suppose having two articles bothers me much.  Only down side is this article is now really boring.  Oh well. StuRat 05:54, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * StuRat, thanks for helping out on the article. I did appreciate your edits, but I do agree with Amgine on the prominance of the FSM. I put your quote back in and the small reference to FSM as done by Amgine. Writing a second article that goes deeper into the background will be a good thing. The ID issue is not likely to go away anytime soon. --vonbergm 06:11, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Vonbergm, I have removed one para (see diff) as it is covered in the other article... --Chiacomo (talk) 06:12, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Ok. --vonbergm 06:57, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I want to be on record as agreeing with StuRat that the connection (between the FSES copyright decision and the attempt to teach Intelligent Design) is obvious and pronounced. Also, articles blossom with relevant humor and the FSM image is a legitimate sidebar to the story. By including stuff like the FSM image it keeps us separate from the encyclopedias and tight cork crowd. Who among us would more enjoy and be more attracted to reading this article than the previous inclusive one? Neutralizer 12:53, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Neutralizer, you have a point that splitting the articles takes away from both. But I disagree about the emphasis on FSM in the previous version. One other (possibly better?) way to resolve this would have been to add a background section which details the history of the controversy (as I suggested above). There FSM would naturally have a lot more space and emphasis. But it seems that this was not an acceptable compromise. --vonbergm 18:32, 2 November 2005 (UTC)


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Transdnestria is once again accused of selling weapons to Iraq

November 1, 2005

Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin accused the Transnistrian authorities on Saturday of having supplied Russian weapons to Iraq during the regime of Saddam Hussein, Russian news agencies have said.

Chisinau "holds official documents from the chancellery of Saddam Hussein, which show that Transnistria had supplied both arms, and entire weapon manufacturing lines to Iraq," Voronin told a group of Russian journalists, adding that an investigation on this case is under way. “Russia’s control over this territory is obvious and we must call to account those who do not desire to solve this conflict”, Voronin added.

“About two billion dollars are being laundered every year in Transnistria and no one wants to give up this source so easily,” Vladimir Voronin said. Being asked what Russia must do to help solve the conflict, the Moldovan President said that it must take the munitions from that territory. “We consider this depot a political shield that supports the Transnistrian regime,” the President emphasized.

Voronin added Moldova can prove Tiraspol sold weapons to Iraq. The document from Hussein’s archive that can confirm this is being studied by the Moldovan authorities now, he said.

Voronin accused Moscow to settle this regional conflict, noting that Russian weapons are "a political coverage to protect the Transnistrian regime." The Moldovan leader noted that he has sent a package of documents to Russia regarding the activity of 13 Transnistrian military companies.

On the other hand, Moldovan Premier Vasile Tarlev accused Thursday the Russian troops in Transnistria of supplying weapons to the Chechen region, In reply, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said that he "pledges his head" for Russian bases in Moldova, and assured that "no weapons from Transnistria had been sent."

Transdestrian reply
Of the Transdniestrian foreign department Vitalie Ignatiev said rumors about the illegal sale of weapons from Transdniestrian exist for more than 15 years but nobody could prove it. He has also refuted Moldovan Prime Minister’s statements and sought evidence...


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User:Serhio~enwikinews

Welcome to my userpage!
To know more about me, you can visit my English Wikipedia user page

Basically, I am living in Chisinau, Moldova.

I'm an Information Technology's engineer.

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ASIO settle out of court, wrongful detention case

November 2, 2005

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, and the Federal government of Australia have settled out of court with a couple whose house had been raided a couple weeks after the 11 September 2001 attacks against the Pentagon and the World Trade Center towers in the USA.

ASIO, a domestic counter-intelligence service, mistakenly raided the couples house when they had a search warrant for another house.

The couple were detained for an hour and claimed they were assaulted, wrongfully detained and experienced severe shock when, according to their claims, ASIO officers threatened to destroy their door and then held them at gun point.

It is also claimed that until an hour after the attack, ASIO officers would not allow Mrs. Fatme Iali to put on her clothes. As compensation, the couple asked the court for Aus$1.5 million in damages. Although it is unknown how much Bilal Daye and his wife received in the out of court settlement (under the terms of the deal, the settlement cannot be disclosed), they stated that they were satisfied with the result.

"Just relieved, I can take care of my family now, that's all I wanted," Mr Daye said.

Mr Daye's solicitor Stephen Hopper said the victory was very important for civil rights, but suggested that close scrutiy of government actions was required in the future.

"What this case demonstrates is that ASIO can be held accountable ... the government can be held open to scrutiny," he said.

"Control orders can be slapped onto a person before the evidence can be tested in court ... they should have to justify why such orders and restrictions should be put on a free person before they do it."

"The government's got to be scrutinised for all of its actions and if they make a mistake they should be held accountable."

Mr Hopper argued that the proposed Anti-Terrorism Bill could prevent media reporting of incidents such as this.

"If the new laws were brought in and it was an issue of preventative detention no probably not, no," he said

"If it's an issue of an ASIO warrant, under section 34d of the ASIO Act, no, you wouldn't and the Government's got to be scrutinised for all of its actions and if they make a mistake they should be held accountable," he added.

It is unclear what implications it could have for websites like Wikinews, which are hosted on servers outside Australia.


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Ericsson's CEO Tours Marconi Sites

November 1, 2005

Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of Ericsson, began a tour of some of Marconi's European sites this morning, starting at Coventry and moving to Beeston for the afternoon session. Genoa and Backnang will be visited on Wednesday and Thursday.

Mike Parton, CEO of Marconi Corporation, spoke of the 'good news' for all stake-holders and introduced Svanberg to a round of applause from the majority of the staff at Coventry New Century Park, while more staff from Coventry New Horizon Park listened on a conference call line.

The purpose of the tour is to communicate to approx. Eighty percent of Marconi's staff and allow them to ask questions about the asset purchase proposed by Ericsson.

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Sony's DRM protected CDs install Windows rootkits

November 1, 2005

Mark Russinovich, of SysInternals.com, has discovered a so-called "" which is installed by Sony's new -protected music compact disks (CDs). A rootkit is a common name for malicious software that is used by computer criminals to hide their presence on a compromised computer. Rootkits frequently contain hidden files and are designed to be difficult for the user to detect and remove.

Russinovich classifies Sony's rootkit as because it is alleged to introduce several serious security holes, one of which can be exploited to hide files and prevent the user from removing them. In particular, all executable files which begin with '$sys$' are hidden when the software is installed. He points out that these security holes could be exploited by hackers, or other malware producers besides Sony.

Russinovich explains that naively removing the files will result in a crippling of the operating system on the user's computer. He provides an explanation of the difficult step required to remove Sony's malware.

Playing the same CDs on computers not running the Windows operating system, or on a non-computer based CD player remains safe. As removing Sony's malware would violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's anti-circumvention provisions, the CDs on computers running a non-Windows operating system may be the best legal and technically safe option for those who wish to listen to them under Windows.

The software is automatically installed when a Sony CD is played on a computer, and is not mentioned in their. The rootkit has been commercially developed by First 4 Internet and licensed to Sony.

Other rights management techniques used by music publishers recently include breaking the compact disc standard format. This technique causes many CD players to not be able to play the new CDs, but also protects against casual ripping. 's recent album release in the United States uses such technology.


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User:Jacqui M Schedler~enwikinews

Jacqui ★|undefined @ Wikipedia

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User talk:McNeill

Welcome
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User talk:ORBAT

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User talk:Barkerb~enwikinews

Welcome
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Your account will be renamed
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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.

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:14, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Banik piko

Welcome
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User talk:Shon612~enwikinews

Welcome
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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 Shon612. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Shon612~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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User talk:Muttleydeed

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Graham roese

Welcome
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User talk:Pick0104

Welcome
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User talk:MechMykl

Welcome
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User talk:Mgamboap~enwikinews

Welcome
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User talk:Drivertim

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User talk:Matt932~enwikinews

Welcome
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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 Matt932. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Matt932~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:21, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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User talk:Brbjdl2152@aol.com

Welcome
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User talk:Missionario Jose

Welcome
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