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Hi!
I've been watching you build your article on 242, and there are a couple of things I hope you will be able to add to it.

The first is sources. For every factual claim, you need a source to back it up. So, for example, in your first sentence: "A brand new Front 242 live DVD, entitled "Catch the men", is about to hit the online streets", you make a number of factual claims (which is good!):
 * There is a band named Front 242
 * They are releasing a DVD of live video
 * The DVD will be titled "Catch the men" (note the capitalization)
 * will be released online

Most likely any single news article about this DVD release will mention all of these points, and can be used as a citation to support all the factual claims. But, it's always good to have more than one source. And a press release is not considered adequate, since it is a form of advertising and therefore not a reliable reference.

The other element of the article is balance, or what is often described as neutral point of view. Wikinews articles are not press releases, or articles on a fan website. This article has a lot of possibility but it needs to be news first, and supportive of the band second.

Thanks for contributing! - Amgine 18:49, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Front 242
I just spent some time trying to improve the article on Front 242 that you submitted. Then I discovered that it was copied.

Here are some places that the article appears:

http://slashgoth.org/stories.php?story=05/02/18/4947769

http://www.beatfreax.nl/s/760edfdc1f/art_id/844.html

Please don't submit stuff written by other people. If you are the original author, include sources to back up what you're saying. As it is, I am submitting your article for deletion. Pingswept 04:46, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Welcome all to Wikinews, the free news source written by you! Everything you read here is written by individuals just like yourself. You can edit any article — fix spelling mistakes, punctuation or grammar, correct mistakes or further expand the article!

Please note that if you have been involved in an event that you want Wikinews to report on, it may be more appropriate for you to request an interview with the Wikinews community. Requesting an interview is like holding a press conference.

What Wikinews articles are
First and foremost, Wikinews articles are written from a neutral point of view and don't contain opinion or commentary (if you want to tell the world what you think about a news item, try blogging.)

There are two main kinds of articles:
 * Synthesis articles - articles written using information from other online news sources. "What does that offer that I can't get from, say, Google News?", you may ask. Simple — we can combine all the facts available from all sources about a news event into a single article for the reader's convenience, and we can present the information in a neutral manner — avoiding the bias that may be present in other news sources. Furthermore, we always cite our sources so you can check our work.

 * Original reporting - journalism by Wikinews contributors themselves. You yourself can write the news by providing first-hand reports of a news event. We only ask that you take detailed notes and present them with your article to support your work.

All articles are a collaboration. No one person is the 'author', and everyone is free to edit any article, so long as the changes don't contravene our guidelines.

What we want from YOU!
We want you to write articles for Wikinews on topics that:
 * You find interesting: If it's of interest to you, it will be interesting to many other people!
 * You feel aren't getting adequate coverage: Do you know of an issue that has been forgotten or isn't getting enough attention in the rest of the press? Here's your chance to tell the world!
 * Are important to you: The news you write can be about a global event or what's happening in your local town — we don't mind!

But we also want you to edit and expand the other articles you see here. Unlike in any other news source, when you see a mistake or something you know to be incorrect, you can fix it!

OK, get me started!
Read a fuller introduction to the site, Wikinews:Introduction.

For learning how Wikinews articles are written, see Writing an article

For a quick how-to on using the Wiki markup to edit Wikinews pages, see Wikinews:How to edit a page.

Ready to write? Go to the Newsroom, the heart of the site, to write new articles and edit existing ones.

Need to discuss with other editors or ask for assistance? Go to the Water cooler.

We also highly recommend that you create an account for use on Wikinews so that your edits and articles can be attributed to you.

Want to see some examples? Here are some of our best.

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How about a new question--Why write for Wikinews? Good reporting is more than a hobby--it's a full time job. Why become an anonymous contributor listed on a back page when you can sign up with a more focused news organization and focus your efforts? That's what I'm interested in.--137.146.145.150 01:18, 14 September 2005 (UTC)Zaorish

Why this page?
After listening to the criticism about the site, and being slightly unhappy with low numbers of new editors, I'm hoping this new page will turn things around a bit.

It answers many of the criticisms in a page many people will visit first after arriving at the site. It also explains explicitly that it's written by anyone and everyone (not everyone arriving here for the first time know about wikis). It explains the kinds of articles we write, and hopefully hooks people into wanting to write their own articles! It then diverts people to the Workspace, where hopefully they will get stuck in.

I've expanded the excellent list of links from Welcome slightly and turned it into a contents page.

Dan100 (Talk) 19:21, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Should also mention that this is a single purpose page, ie a way of grabbing the attention of people who click on 'you can write' (on the front page most likely casual browsers) and no more. Dan100 (Talk) 08:33, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

about opinion
The article suggests blogging as a way to voice opinion. Is that meant to imply that people are encouraged not to use their wikinews user pages to voice their opinions - particularly their analysis of the quality/biias of wikinews coverage? --Nerd42 21:47, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * This article specifically concerns itself with Wikinews article pages, not user pages. I think use of User pages for reviewing the organization's performance is a time-honored tradition :-) -- IlyaHaykinson 21:49, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Perhaps it should mention that then when it suggests blogger - it could suggest "blogger and/or your own user page" --Nerd42 02:59, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Create account?
I read the whole page, but nowhere does it suggest that I create an account. In all the other wiki's I've participated in, logging in was highly promoted. Am I just missing something, or does that not matter as much here?

Time to update?
Is it time to update this page? It's a bit dated.

I was thinking along the lines of something like this being added:

Why write / edit Wikinews?
In writing for or editing Wikinews, you will be:
 * Supporting free knowledge: By making NPOV news available to everyone with internet access.
 * Making issues heard: Promoting worthy causes and bringing attention to worthy points.

--Skenmy(talk) 15:24, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I see no problem with that. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:44, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Fingers Crossed: BP Prepares to Test Cap Installed on Well
After robots secure a new, tight-fitting cap on top of the gushing oil well in the Gulf, BP prepares to test to see if the contraption will stop fresh oil from polluting the waters for the first time in nearly three months.

 * See the article in development: BP: New cap on Gulf of Mexico oil well in place. Hope that interests you. --InfantGorilla (talk) 14:14, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

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Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags

March 9, 2005

They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of grocery stores, and place a levy on other plastic bags, all to combat the country's environmental problems stemming from the bags' popularity.

The trouble with bags
The new report was a result of work by Kenyan government, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis. It evaluated the state of waste management in the country with particular attention to plastic bag pollution, and recommended that bags less than 30 microns in thickness be banned, a levy be placed on suppliers of thicker bags, and a number of programs be developed to encourage people in the country to not litter, but to recycle and use alternative or reusable bags for their shopping needs instead.

On one hand, the bags are often better than the alternatives, and are getting better. The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) in the United States quotes the University of Arizona 's report that plastics are getting more compact and take up less space in landfills. Plastic bags compare favorably with paper bags which require more energy to produce, generate more waste and burn less cleanly, according to the SPI.

But on the other hand, the bags have gotten so thin as to be barely reusable and recyclable: grocers will frequently double-bag heavy produce, and the bag weighs so little that a great number of bags have to be collected to create an effectively recycled mass of plastic. The light-weight bags are easily picked up by wind, and end up escaping open trash bins and refuse heaps. By littering the landscape, plastic bags become a choking hazard for cattle; in the sea they hurt marine mammals. In, plastic bags were banned after they were blamed for blocking storm drains and causing flooding. Even if they do enter the landfill successfully, the bags take up to 1000 years to bio-degrade.

Plastic bags in Kenya are an especially acute problem. According to the report, waste management in the country isn't very effective, due partially to a lack of municipal trash pickup in squatter settlements and satellite towns outside the cities' boundaries. Less than 25% of the solid waste generated daily gets processed by a combination of public and private efforts.

Sometimes plastic bag litter can have even further consequences. According to 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kenyan Professor Wangari Mathaai, discarded bags fill up with rainwater and become perfect breeding grounds for malaria-bearing mosquitoes. is Africa's most deadly infectious disease in children, and over 50% of all hospital visits in some areas are malaria-related. Social costs of plastic litter add up as well: countries lacking comprehensive waste management often sprout underground economies of ragpickers — typically children who wander refuse heaps and collect potentially recyclable materials for sale to shady businessmen operating from official dump sites. The ragpickers in developing countries struggle with plastic bags, preferring thicker materials that require fewer items to be picked up for the same weight.

The problem with bags is that they are victims of their own success: they are so very cheap to manufacture that, at a cost of 0.01 per bag, retailers often absorb the price of bags into the price of merchandise they sell. This makes the bag appear free to the consumers, who in turn do not value it, and toss the bag away with little reuse. In a vicious circle, the low cost of the bags drives down the amount of material used to manufacture them, creating bags that are flimsy and not easy to reuse.

The report places an emphasis on learning from the successes and failures of other countries' approaches to regulating the plastics industry. Several European countries introduced legislation that deals with plastic bags. In Ireland, a surcharge on plastic bags decreased their use by 90%. A similar move in Denmark saw the bag use drop by 66%. Australia and New Zealand have also considered or implemented some plastics regulation legislation. South Africa's plastic bag problem reached a climax in 2003 — plastic bags littered the street to such an extent that they earned the nickname "national flower". The country introduced regulations similar to those proposed in Kenya, and within less than a year a reduction in plastic litter was already apparent, according to the report.

The report also recognizes that policies require tradeoffs, and incorporates this into their recommendations. For example, the suggested policy of banning thin bags in favor of thicker ones seems counterintuitive: after all, the thicker ones contain more material that is the cause of the pollution. Furthermore, a ban on thin bags will decimate the industry producing those bags, likely resulting in job losses for Kenyans, as was the case in South Africa when that country introduced similar legislation. However the report notes that this will be offset by increases in production of alternative bags, or in the recycling industry.

Making plastics
The manufacture of plastic bags is a sizable industry. In the United States alone the film, sheet, and bag portion of the plastics industry produces more than $26 billion in sales in one year. The sheer number of plastic bags used are staggering, too: in Hong Kong more than a quarter of a billion bags get used every year, in San Francisco over 50 million, and almost 300 million in Kenya. The SPI — the parent organization of the Film and Bag Federation — claims that more than 80% of consumers reuse plastic bags as trash can liners or for similar purposes, but that's misleading even when restricted to the United States, as the number of bags used is still very high on a per-capita basis. According to the Worldwatch Institute, an independent environmental organization, Americans throw away 100 billion plastic bags every year, with only 0.6% of the bags being recycled.

The bag manufacturer association in the — the Film and Bag Federation — appears aware of environmental issues surrounding their products. The Federation's web site explores some environmental concerns, mainly recycling and reuse. But the issue of plastic bag overuse or excessive littering in developing countries is not addressed directly on their site.

Donna Dempsey, the Executive Director of the Film and Bag Federation, said in an email to a Wikinews reporter that "there are better ways in Kenya and other places to reduce the amount of bags used, such as re-educating the grocery bag checker not to double bag products and on the amount of groceries one bag is made to carry". She said that members of the association — companies in the United States and — are investing millions of dollars into "bag to bag" recycling programs, which use material from recycled plastic bags to create new plastic bags, as well as programs that buy back recycled bags and turn them into plastic decking.

Support and opposition
The government of Kenya has signaled that they support solutions to problems caused by plastic waste. At the opening speech of the UNEP Governing Council/Ministerial Environment Forum on Feb. 21, 2005, Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki said: "In our major cities, plastic bags are used in large quantities at the household level. However, these bags are not disposed of in ways that ensure a clean environment. My country welcomes initiatives to address this problem."

Prof. Wangari Maathai, who is the country's deputy environment minister, supports the effort from her official position. She promotes the 4-Rs — Reduce, Recycle, Re-use, Repair — and encourages the use of locally-made cotton or sisal bags. Yet as the authors of the report write policy action must be fairly swift to be effective, so should the government commit to the report authors' recommendations it will have to quickly match political action with their words of support.

Plastic bag pollution has been a contentious issue with the people of Kenya for a number of years. Six years ago, the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya organized a campaign march to urge the government to regulate the bag producers. But not everyone is optimistic about the plans to regulate plastic bags. Dave Jones from believes that the way to control pollution is to have clear policies on land ownership: "No single land owner would allow his property to be polluted by others" he writes in a letter to Kenya's daily newspaper, the Daily Nation. In after the bag regulations were implemented negative reactions included concerns that the poor already re-used the flimsy bags as source materials in producing home-made items such as hats or purses — occupations made impossible by the ban.

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Email from Donna Dempsey, Exec Director of the Film and Bag Federation to User:IlyaHaykinson:

Hi Ilya:

Regarding the proposed .17 cent tax on paper and plastic grocery bags in San Francisco, the Film and Bag Federation believes there are better solutions to addressing the litter problem San Francisco faces, than a tax. The tax doesn't make sense; it doesn't solve the litter problem, and will punish all consumers for the few who do not dispose of the bags properly.

The bag manufacturers would like to see the grocery shoppers bring their bags back to their grocery store for recycling, where the recycled product can be made into other products, such as plastic decking.

Toward the end of recycling plastic grocery bags, one of our members, Hilex Poly, is investing over 13 million dollars in a bag to bag recycling operation. This means they will be buying back the used bags from the grocery stores; recycling them, and turning them back into bags. Another member, Trex, has been buying back the reused bags for years and turning them into decking, and other plastic composite products.

While the Film and Bag Federation is located in Washington, D.C., FBF members are located all across the US and even in Canada. Lobbying is a small part of the overall comprehensive way the plastic bag industry is looking to work with local and state governments to address the litter problem.

While the FBF does not have a say what is regulated in other sovereignties, such as in Kenya, it is a global market place and we watching what will happen. Again, there are better ways in Kenya and other places to reduce the amount of bags used, such as re-educating the grocery bag checker not to double bag products and on the amount of groceries one bag is made to carry.

Regards,

Donna S. Dempsey

SPI's Film and Bag Federation

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Google releases Final version of Desktop Search

March 9, 2005 Google has today launched the final version of its Google Desktop Search program. Google Desktop is a search engine for Windows which allows the user to search their computer's files' contents for a specified phrase, and includes support for many different file types, including audiovisual media, web pages stored in the local cache, e-mail, and various kinds of document files.

In Beta since last Autumn, version 1.0 adds the ability to search PDFs, Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox browser histories, and Thunderbird emails. The software also has an added a plugin facility to allow third-party developers to add support for additional file formats. A registry for a small initial set of plugins is currently available, as well as incentives such as T-shirts and free advertising for developers who submit new plugins.

Competing Windows desktop search products have also been released by Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Copernic. Mac OSX Tiger is planned to offer similar functionality through "Spotlight", and future Linux distributions are expected to include "Beagle" desktop search.


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User talk:Amoore~enwikinews

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! CGorman 20:38, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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Welcome
DanRos, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! CGorman 20:38, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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User talk:Dylan.Finneran~enwikinews

Welcome
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Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! CGorman 20:38, 9 Mar 2005 (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.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Dylan.Finneran. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Dylan.Finneran~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:Willy on Wheels~enwikinews

Do not unblock indefinitely blocked user.

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Please stop moving pages around. Thanks! -- IlyaHaykinson 21:06, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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 Willy on Wheels. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Willy on Wheels~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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Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Son of slain Chechen rebel Maskhadov vows to continue father's work

March 9, 2005 After the recent killing of Chechen rebel leader, it was not clear who would take his place. His son Anzor Maskhadov, aged 29, has quickly emerged as the most likely candidate to carry on his father's work.

Speaking at his home in, Azerbaijan, Mr. Maskhadov told the Reuters news agency "I will continue my father's work. I have been in touch with his associates who are living abroad." He went on to describe the killing of his father as a "terrorist act" planned by the Russian authorities.

The Chechnya area of Russia has effectively been at war with Russia for much of the past decade: pro-independence guerrilla groups are faced by Russian regular army and special police forces. Numerous crimes against civilians and human rights infringement incidents reported in the area, involving both Russian army and rebel groups.

Late President Maskhadov was considered a moderate pro-independence Chechen leader, in contrast with. He made numerous negotiations offers, all of them left unanswered by the. With Russian forces nominally controlling most of the Chechnya, his ability to control Chechen warlords was being questioned, though he reportedly managed to maintain lateral cease-fire in most parts of Chechnya shortly before his death.

Maskhadov was the last publicly elected leader of the self-proclaimed Republic of Ichkeria. It's first elected president, was killed in the sophisticated special forces operation of Russia's FSB in the 1990s.

Russian state run-media and MPs hailed the killing of Mr. Maskhadov — many believing his rebels were responsible for the and the  in 2004.

Russian government took the hard-line position against Chechen rebels, denying any negotiations with the rebels after hostage takings and bomb explosions in Moscow, downed airliners, hostage taking in and other terrorist acts attributed to Chechen rebel groups. In many cases, Chechen groups claimed responsibility for these acts. Maskhadov denied any involvement in terrorist acts. According to Russian government's point of view, the war in Chechnya is merely a 'counter-terrorist operation' with an objective to 'restore the constitutional order'.


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Talk:Trial of alleged Brazilian "chainsaw massacre" deputy begins

Kinda crazy. So who thinks Hildebrando Pascoal killed those 60 people and who thinks he's innocent?
 * Yes, it is crazy. That is why I put the story here. There is not a single person in Brazil (including people and politics) who thinks Hildebrando is innocent. The police found strong evidences against him and Hildebrando has been already condemned for 37 years in prision. Depend on the result of this new trial, he can get untill another 30 years.  --Carlosar 22:40, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags

great article IlyaHaykinson. The bellman 22:26, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * *blush* thanks! -- IlyaHaykinson 23:27, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Is it worth mentioning other countries that have acted similarly? Ireland placed a levy on plastic bags a few years ago. (anon comment)
 * The article already does mention it: penultimate paragraph in the "trouble with bags" section. -- IlyaHaykinson 07:04, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Ancient neanderthal protein sequenced

March 9, 2005 An international team has extracted and sequenced a protein from a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal fossil in research that demonstrates a new method of comparing genetic relationships between organisms.

"This research opens up the possibility of getting detailed protein information from past human populations, to make inferences about the evolution of human diet and physiology," says Erik Trinkaus of Washington University in St. Louis.

The research was led by Trinkaus and colleagues from Washington University in St. Louis and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.

The oldest fossil human protein ever sequenced, the protein came from a Neanderthal discovered in Shanidar Cave, Iraq. Protein sequences can be used in a similar way to DNA to provide information on genetic relationships between extinct and living species.

Since ancient DNA rarely survives, protein sequencing could be used to determine such relationships for very old fossils that no longer contain DNA.

For their study, Trinkaus and colleagues sequenced the bone protein osteocalcin from a Neanderthal and found that it is the same as that in modern humans.

The researchers also found big differences in the sequences of Neanderthals, humans, chimpanzees and orangutans from that of gorillas and most other mammals.

They suggest that this is a dietary response related to an abundance of vitamin C in the diets of herbivores such as gorillas that is absent from the diets of omnivorous primates such as humans and Neanderthals.

The research is reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Italian PM rejects US version of shooting

March 9, 2005

In his first public speech since the fatal shooting that killed an Italian Intelligence agent in Iraq, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has rejected the version of events presented by the US administration.

The intelligence agent, Nicola Calipari, was escorting freed hostage, Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, when their car came under fire by US troops on the journey to Baghdad airport last week, leaving Nicola Calipari dead and Giuliana Sgrena and another intelligence agent wounded.

Mr Berlusconi has disputed US claims that the car was speeding and also said that the US military had known of and authorised the car's journey. Berlusconi's speech to parliament comes a day after his Foreign Minister, Gianfranco Fini made a similar speech to lawmakers, where he refuted Ms. Sgrena's claims that the shooting was the result of an ambush.

The US began their official investigation on March 8, four days after the shooting. The results are yet to be determined.

However in a statement given immediately after the attack by the US Army's 3rd Infantry Division, who controls Baghdad, said that Italian officials had given no advance warning to the US Army of their journey, and that the car was speeding and refused to stop. One Army official stated that the car was traveling over 100 miles per hour (161 kilometers per hour) and almost hydroplaned several times, an assertion that Sgrena herself seemingly corroborated in her article for Il Manifesto.

"The United States has no intention of evading the truth. I'm sure that in a very short time every aspect of this will be clarified." Mr Berlusconi said, describing the shooting as an "accident." Adding that he expected the findings of an investigation into the shooting, being led by a US brigadier general, in cooperation with Italian authorities, to be released in three to four weeks.

Meanwhile the office of Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi said that it had received a letter from U.S. President George Bush saying that the shooting was a "terrible tragedy" and that "President Bush assures President Ciampi that the United States will move toward a swift and exhaustive joint investigation."

Recently, the Associated Press and the Italian RAI TGI television released photos of the car after the attack by American soldiers., The pictures show little visible damage to the vehicle.

Sgrena claims that the American soldiers fired between 300 and 400 rounds at the car from an armoured vehicle. This is disputed by the US military, as a tank or other fighting vehicle would likely have entirely destroyed the car.


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Microsoft Considering Backport of WinFS to Windows XP

March 10, 2005 In recent days, reports have surfaced that Microsoft may plan to backport its system to.

The technology, intended to track file metadata for better organization and searching capability, had previously only been planned as part of the forthcoming operating system release.

Support for Windows XP, while surprising, may aid developers in speeding adoption of the new technology in their applications.


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I replied to your question on the Weather talk page. — DV 05:53, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Cyclone Ingrid crosses Far North Queensland Coast

March 9, 2005 The cyclone "Ingrid" will hit the coast of Queensland, Australia later today. "Ingrid" is the strongest cyclone that strike Australia since 1974 when cyclone "Tracy" devastated huge areas, including the city of Darwin on the north coast.

Though "Ingrid" has lost momentum during the last few days and now ranks 4 instead of 5, several communities in north-western Australia have been evacuated, daycare centers have closed and flights and ships are grounded or in port. Even more people might be evacuated to nearby airbases if the situation worsens.


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Bush calls Romania a special ally of the US

March 10, 2005 President Traian Băsescu of Romania today had a half-hour meeting with President George Bush in the White House, as well as a press conference in the Oval Office, as part of Băsescu's visit to the United States of America. During the press conference, Bush said that Romania was a "special ally" of the United States, as well as "a friend".

Bush said that he was impressed by Băsescu's high-profile fight against corruption, as well as his vision for consolidating democracy and prosperity in the Black Sea region, an area of strategic concern for the United States. He also acknowledged Romania's support and involvement in the democratisation project in Ukraine, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova.

Since the 1999 NATO military intervention in Kosovo, Romania has been a key ally for the United States in Southeastern Europe. It has also been one of the most vocal supporters of the US-led invasion of Iraq, sending over 800 troops and planning to increase its contigent at a time when other countries are pulling out. Băsescu, which has been Romania's president since December 2004, has also signalled his intention of closer ties with the United States, as well as the United Kingdom, by envisioning the creation of a Bucharest-Washington-London axis of co-operation. Băsescu visited Tony Blair in London last month. Ties between the countries are expected to increase as the US moves its military bases from Germany to an area near the town of Constanţa, a Black Sea port in Romania.

Before Băsescu's arrival, Bruce Pitcairn Jackson, the president of Project for Transition Democracies, said that Romania and Bulgaria are the "success stories" of Southeastern Europe and that the two cuntries' EU accession, expected in 2007, will significantly increase the prospects of democracy in the Black Sea area.

Analysts also say that, due to the support of the United States and the United Kingdom, Romania will become the most powerful force in Southeastern Europe and a source of democracy and prosperity.


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Flat tax boosts average Romanian salaries

March 10, 2005 Romania's flat tax rate of 16% on personal income and corporate profits, which went into effect on January 1, 2005, has proved to have a positive effect on Romanian salaries, which increased by 5.2% in the January 2005 in comparison to December 2004. The effect is even larger when compared to January 2004, with net wages increasing by 25.3% and gross wages increasing by 18.8%.

In January 2005, the gross (pre-tax) average monthly salary was 9,514,658 lei, while the net (after-tax) average monthly salary was 7,233,298, which is equal to roughly 200 euro or US$270.

Romania's flat tax system is one of the most liberal fiscal policies in Europe and was introduced in order to boost spending power and salaries, encourage foreign investment and greater consumer spending.


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Selgros Cash and Carry to open two new stores in Transylvania

March 10, 2005

German supermarket chain Cash and Carry has announed that it intends to open two new stores in Transylvania, Romania's western region, this year. The two new stores will be in the cities of and, both major Transylvanian centres. The cost of building each store will come to an average of around 15 million euro, with the Cluj-Napoca store scheduled to open first.

This week, Selgros opened its eighth cash-and-carry store in Romania, in the western Transylvanian city of. The chain already operates stores three stores in Bucharest, as well as one store each in, , and.

After Bucharest, Transylvania is Romania's most prosperous region and has therefore been the focus of foreign investment as well as a centre for the operations of foreign companies.


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US Pulls Out of Optional Protocol to Vienna Convention

March 10, 2005 In a two-paragraph letter from Condoleezza Rice to Kofi Annan, the United States has left the Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes.

This treaty, which the United States remains within, gives foreign citizens the right to demand that they see a home-country diplomat when detained. The optional protocol, that the United States just left, puts disputes about those rights under the International Court of Justice.

State Department spokeswoman Darla Jordan said, "The International Court of Justice has interpreted the Vienna Consular Convention in ways that we had not anticipated that involved state criminal prosecutions and the death penalty, effectively asking the court [International Court of Justice] to supervise our domestic criminal system... [Withdrawal from the protocol is a way of] protecting against future International Court of Justice judgments that might similarly interpret the consular convention or disrupt our domestic criminal system in ways we did not anticipate when we joined the convention."


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My first story for Wikinews.

The source articles are also about how this will affect 51 Mexican citizens. I don't yet trust myself to write this portion with a NPOV; if anyone wishes to add that information to this story, it will make the story stronger.

Thanks for an interesting service! Chipuni 07:03, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa officially resigns

March 10, 2005 After a week of swirling rumors, Hong Kong's leader Tung Chee-hwa announced at a press conference today at 5:36 p.m. that, "An hour ago, I tendered my resignation as Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the Central Government." It has not yet been officially accepted by Beijing, though it is likely to pass as a formality.

Though Tung cited health reasons for his decision, it is widely believed he was given the signal to resign by the central government of the People's Republic of China.

"I am 68, because of long hours, 16 to 18 hours a day has taken toll on my health. The third quarter of last year, I began to feel very exhausted, and my immunity is not as good as it was before. Doctors told me that my health used to be good, but if I work this particular schedule continuously it won't do. Doctors asked me to change lifestyle, if i don't comply, my health will be in decline and will suffer from more exhaustion."

When asked whether he was pushed out by Beijing, Tung replied, "That is not the case at all. The central government has repeatedly affirmed the work that I and my colleagues of the SAR government have done, so that is not the case at all."

Tung had become extremely unpopular in the last few years, culminating in a July 1, 2003, rally when over 500,000 people demonstrated against his handling of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the economy and controversial state security provisions.

With his resignation, chief secretary for administration Donald Tsang will take over as provided by the Basic Law. A special election is required within 120 days according to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance.

In his final comments, Tung expressed regret in his inability to complete his term because of his poor health.

"The sense of attachment... with Hong Kong people is enormous, it's just a very special feeling. Its kind of sad to leave."

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Blogshine Sunday pushes for government sunshine online

March 10, 2005 Blogshine Sunday, a national effort among webloggers to publicize the importance of open access to government information is scheduled to take place on March 13, 2005.

On that day, FreeCulture.org will organize web-based writers to relate their experiences and thoughts on open-access to governmental records and freely available public information. Webloggers will be encouraged to highlight the need to have public records available in electronic formats to facilitate easier searching of information and more widespread access. Another goal of Blogshine Sunday is to emphasize that open access to governmental information should be granted to everyone, unpaid reporters and bloggers as well as professional journalists.

Recently, bloggers have played an important role in shaping public opinion about issues that were initially overlooked by traditional media. Freerepublic.com blogger Harry W. MacDougald was the first to scrutinize documents that suggested that President Bush was derelict in his military service in the 1970s. CBS News reported on the documents as if they were legitimate, but MacDougald discovered that the documents used a typestyle that was not available at the time they were supposedly written. Following MacDougald’s blog posts questioning the documents, CBS said that they regretted reporting on the documents as though they were authentic. Since bloggers are generally unpaid and do not have the editorial restrictions of professional journalists, as the MacDougald example illustrates, they are sometimes better able to research and report on issues not covered by traditional media.

Blogshine Sunday is held in conjunction with Sunshine Sunday, when professional journalists and news media will publish articles and editorials on the importance of the open records. Freeculture.org was started last April by two college students in an effort to show that technology can better facilitate public affairs involvement. More information on Blogshine Sunday can be found at: BlogShine.org


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Colombia extradites guerrilla to the USA

March 10, 2005

The communist FARC guerrilla  named Omaira Rojas, or  Nayibe Rojas Cabrera, or Nayibe Rojas Valderrama, or Sonia  was extradited to the United States. The Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez authorized the extradition requested by a tribunal court in Washington.

The guerrilla was given to DEA officers Wednesday, March 9, at 3:25 p.m. in the airport of Barranquilla, Colombia.

Colombian and American authorities say that Sonia directly negotiates the delivery of narcotics to drug dealers from Peru and Brazil.

Sonia's lawyers said she could not be extradited to the United States since her real name was not determinated. They demanded a revision to the process. The government of Colombia didn't accept the arguments and Uribe signed the authorization for the extradition.


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Investigation over Finnish Defence images

March 10, 2005

Helsingin Sanomat reports images circulating over the Internet that purport to show male conscripts being sexually abused and humiliated, which turned out to be a prank. They allegedly show conscripts masked and with gas masks over genitals.

In the images, released through Internet forums, soldiers are humiliated by their officers, being forced to act like dogs with other soliders holding their leashes. The Defence Forces communications director Ossi Kervinen considers the matter unfortunate.

The images are strikingly similar to those that came out of the Abu Ghraib prison last year.

Finland has a policy of neutrality, with a requirement of conscription for all men between the ages of 18-30 for 180 to 362 days. However, they can opt to do civil service work instead, which lasts 13 months.


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Bolivian Congress refuse president's resignation

March 10, 2005 The National Congress of Bolivia refused the resignation of the Bolivian President. The congress members of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) and the Indian Movement Pachakuti didn't support the decision.

The President of Bolivia Carlos Mesa officially resigned last Sunday, March 6. At the occasion he explained his decision saying:
 * I cannot continue governing and being threatened for a national blockade that strangles the country, for ultimata, strikes, threats and actions, that don't do anything else besides destroying our productive apparatus, our confidence, our future [...] The positions of the most important figures of Bolivian politics, and of some regional and syndical social organizations are taking Bolivia to a confrontation point that puts in risk, in my opinion, our future and our viability.

Mesa's resignation was influenced by the pressures of, both the leader of coca growers (cocaleros) and MAS. Morales caused the resignation of the former Bolivian president Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada in October 2003.

The MAS resist the efforts of the Bolivian government to eradicate. The use of coca is an old tradition of Bolivian Indians, as tea, medicine, and during social events. The cultivation of coca is a financial resource to Bolívia. Bolivia is considered the world's third-largest cultivator of coca, after Colombia and Peru.

However the coca is also the raw material for. Coca products are exported to drug cartels in, , , , and the as reported by arrested drug dealers.

The MAS is pressuring the government so the new Hydrocarbons Law can be approved. The law aims to raise the taxes levied on extraction. Mesa said that the law as stated is not viable.

Mesa has the support of part of Bolivian population. According to the analysts Carlos Valverde and Jorge Lazarte, Morales lost credibility with this crisis.

The opinion of Morales is that his public image has not deteriorated. He says that the Bolivian population will continue to support him. He also accuses Mesa of trying to favor the interests of oil companies, contrary to the interests of Bolivia. He announced that he will continue to organize protests against the government.

Labour unions and indigenous groups continue the blockage of roads in Bolivia to express their dissenting opinion against the government.


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Talk:Bolivian Congress refuse president's resignation

Can we change this title to "Bolivian Congress refuse president's resignation"? The current title "Carlos Mesa continues as the President of Bolivia" doesn't make sense if you don't know about his resignation. — Jeandré du Toit, 2005-03-10t16:08z

 * I fully agree with you, title needs to be internationalised (if thats a word!). I'll move it now. CGorman 21:03, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Bulgarian government says U.S. killed Bulgarian soldier in 'friendly fire' incident

March 10, 2005

According to Lieutenant Colonel Sevastian Dobrev, a Bulgarian defense ministry official, U.S. forces killed a Bulgarian soldier in what the army calls a 'friendly fire' incident in Iraq on March 4. The official, who has direct knowledge of the investigation, told Voice of America News on Wednesday that Bulgarian military police in Iraq are convinced that 30-year-old Junior Sergeant Gardi Gardev was killed when several American troops opened fire on his convoy.

Dobrev said the shooting took place at night in a desert area, when Bulgarian troops and U.S. forces at a nearby radio post were not able to recognize each other. He said the trouble began after Bulgarian troops stepped out of their armoured vehicles to fix a problem with their communication equipment, about 160 kilometers southeast of Baghdad.

"At that moment one Iraqi car tried to pass them," he explained. "They tried to stop it, but the car did not want to stop. They shot two times in the north direction in that area. A few seconds after that our coalition partners from the United States from this radio post opened fire."

Lieutenant-Colonel Dobrev said two bullets hit machine gunner Gardi Gardev during the incident. He said colleagues tried to revive Sergeant Gardev, while an American helicopter was called in to take him to a hospital.

However, the helicopter did not land and another emergency vehicle arrived too late to save his life. Mr. Dobrev said the inexperience of American forces at the recently built radio post in the area contributed to what the army calls a "friendly fire incident."

"Our guys know exactly where they are deployed on the ground. They signed this place on their maps," he said. "But there was no contact, any kind of contact, between the Bulgarian battalion and the American radio post there."

Mr. Dobrev said Bulgarian and American military officials will meet in Baghdad Saturday to discuss how to improve coordination and the outcome of investigations by Bulgarians and two American teams.

He denied the incident has increased anti-American sentiment in Bulgaria, which is among several Eastern European countries supporting the US-led efforts in Iraq. Bulgaria has a 460-strong battalion in the Iraqi city of Diwaniya, serving under Polish command, and its mandate expires mid-2005.

Bulgarian soldier Gardev, who was buried Tuesday in his home village of Dolno Sahrane, was posthumously awarded the rank of candidate officer and received a medal for his apparent bravery in Iraq.

He died around the same time that American soldiers shot and killed an Italian intelligence agent, while also wounding an Italian journalist the agent had helped to rescue from insurgents. U.S. officials have expressed their regret over both incidents. On March 7, the Bulgarian government stated that Jr. Sgt. Gardi Gardev was killed by U.S. troops.

Officials from 1st Corps Support Command of the Multi-national Force Iraq are investigating the incident, and have said that they are committed to working with Bulgarian officials to discover what happened.


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Please, read carefully the Style guide, Content guide and the Neutral point of view. This article has too much troubles to be accept as valid for publishing: it is pov, the sources are not cited properly, it is very bad written. You should at least do a effort so this article follow the basic recomendations for Wikinews. This article, as it is, in this area is a suitable candidate for deletion.--Carlosar 19:55, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

One cited source is not directly relate to the article subject. Although it can be used, it does not explain most of the articles' claims. The another link to the another source does not work (if you typed the URL by mistake, please correct it, sou we can check the story).

Since the claims stated by the article are controversial, you must put this in evidence, and you must write other possible point of views about the same subject.--Carlosar 19:55, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately I am afraid this article is being used only for difamation. The article is trying to conclude something that is circunstantial and not related to the facts. --Carlosar 19:55, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

what controversial claims are being made? The article seems very un-POV to me. The title might be a bit POV, implying that there is doubt about it. US Forces did kill a Bulgarian soldier in Iraq. There are two reputable sources that say that. What's the problem here? It would be a disservice, and POV in itself to delete this article. - Xcjm 20:03, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Carlosar, please carefully read all of the sources linked! Then you will understand why they are there. And in what way is this article PoV? Please be specific. What way are the sources not cited properly? Which one doesn't work for you? Both are fine for me. Dan100 (Talk) 21:39, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * To be honest I'm lost for words. What I'm reading above doesn't seem to be related to what I've written. A Bulgarian soldier is dead: verified fact. The Bulgarian government claims the US did it and it was friendly fire: cited in source, one PoV. The US military have said nothing except that the death occured and they are investigating: cited in source, the other PoV. That means that: the article is factual and fully referenced. Both PoVs are presented, making the article npov. What else is there to say?! Dan100 (Talk) 21:54, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The story is using circumstantial facts trying  to prove, in a disguised way (what is terrible since we are trying to deceptive the reader), that something which  can be put under dispute is true. And this disguised conclusion is not verified by the references. The case here has some reseamblance with the Larry Roether's article about the Brazilian President Lula. At that occasion he collected a lot of evidences about President Lula trying to prove he is a drank man. Although the collected facts were true, they were circumstantial. Because of that we can say that the Larry Roether's article was possibly a libellous article. The same arguments can be used here. --Carlosar 22:14, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Please, please, be specific! What is this 'something' that is being presented as true?? And I ask you again, what links are broken?! Dan100 (Talk) 22:17, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I cannot reach: http://www.mnf-iraq.com/media-information/March/050308e.htm --Carlosar 22:27, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Google's cache Dan100 (Talk) 22:37, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * The 1st COSCOM source indicates the investigation is just getting started into "who done it". So,although its fine to report the Bulgarian allegations,its ludicrous to be using terms like "accidently" or "friendly" before the investigation begins. In fact, the label of "friendly" fire is absurd, patent non-sense, and not in the dictionary. Just ask the victims's family how "friendly" the bullets were. Its a war. Someone aimed a gun and pulled the trigger.Its not an accident unless the gun went off accidently. References to "accident" or "friendly" fire must be direct quotes attributable to a press release or individual; otherwise its POV and should not be repeated on Wikinews. Paulrevere2005 23:45, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Neutrality dispute
There is no bias in the facts presented (which are minimal). There is no interpretation of these facts. There is no background for the facts presented. This is not unusual in a developing story, but does not by itself create a POV.

If there is a specific element you find non-Neutral, Carlosar, could you please explain it to me? - Amgine 22:41, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Editorial dispute
I believe the facts could be expanded to explain more carefully. I also believe the article is not "badly developed" but in fact developing, and with support will outgrow any issues.

If there are specific elements you find in need of editorial clean up, Carlosar, could you please explain them to me? - Amgine 22:41, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The article is trying to show that the US Army is killing allies on purpose. First, friendly fire is not a rare occurence during military operations. Second, there is not even evidences showing that the Bulgarian soldier were really killed by friendly fire or by enemies fire. What you know is that the Bulgarian government said the death was caused by friendly fire. Everything is too vague, even you told that at the begining:"Although details are vague at the current time..." --Carlosar 22:43, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The article is trying to show that the US Army is killing allies on purpose. First, friendly fire is not a rare occurence during military operations. Second, there is not even evidences showing that the Bulgarian soldier were really killed by friendly fire or by enemies fire. What you know is that the Bulgarian government said the death was caused by friendly fire. Everything is too vague, even you told that at the begining:"Although details are vague at the current time..." Third, since the death of soldiers is a commun causality during a war, what is the relevance of putting in evidence the misterious death of a single soldier? --Carlosar 22:43, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * The article is trying to show that the US Army is killing allies on purpose - it is doing nothing of the sort! It is a simple news report, a single story about a single event (that was overlooked in the mainstream media due to the shooting of the Italians the same day). Where does it say anything about the shooting being 'on purpose'?
 * Sure, I agree, you did not said that. However you are clearly inducing the reader to believe in that claim, what is worst than if you have wrote that.--Carlosar 23:07, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * If you have some referenced casualty figures for friendly fire events in Iraq recently feel free to add them.

 * And I never said that soldier was actually killed by friendly fire. I said it was 'apparent' - which means that it 'appears' as if that is what happened, but is not fact. I did say that the Bulgarian government claim it was an FF incident. However the use of the word 'apparent' could be seen as drawing a personal conclusion and forming an opinion, yes. But that would be very easy to fix with a simple edit (which I'll do now if no-one else has).

 * The title has been changed to a better one now (thanks Elo). Dan100 (Talk) 22:58, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Whoa, Elo has greatly expanded the article. Thanks! Aren't wikis great? :) Dan100 (Talk) 23:04, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Is there some serious evidence showing the US Army is being negligence?

Is there some serious evidence showing the US Army is planning to kill his allies? Is there some reason for that?

What is so uncommon about the Bulgarian soldier case so we must put this old story in evidence? Was the soldier a very important person? Was the conditions related to his death so uncommon?

There were another cases of friendly fire which have occurred during the US military operations Iraq. What is the diference between the Bulgarian soldier case and all those cases so it must be put in evidence?--Carlosar 23:07, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * What is the diference between the Bulgarian soldier case and all those cases so it must be put in evidence? Nothing at all. You are free to write any news story you want on any topic. BTW, I wouldn't call this 'old' news - the investigation is ongoing at this time and the incident only occured a few days ago. Dan100 (Talk) 23:17, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * In general, Wikinews will report on stories the contributors consider important. Hence we have stories like Three Romanian ports closed due to heavy fog or Cambridge Planning Board approves new science building at Harvard. The inclusion of this article in Wikinews cannot be seriously disputed. Carlosar, please unlist the article from Deletion requests. It does not belong there.--Eloquence 23:21, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Misleading Title Dispute
The Voice of America article does not attribute the term 'friendly fire' to the Bulgarian government whereas the title gives the impression the Bulgarian government spokesperson used the term. What the VOI specifically says is "what the army calls 'friendly fire'", and we know its not talking about the Bulgarian army because the link Eloquence gives to the wikipedia definition clearly shows the term is "United States military parlance"; and ,in my opinion, is a term so creepy that only the US military would ever utter it. The article title implies the term was used by the Bulgarian government, especially since it is in quotes, so the term needs to be taken out of the title,in my opinion.

If I was a Bulgarian I would be offended by the use of such a silly term in relation to this tragedy and especially so if I thought the Bulgarian spokesman was using it, which was not the case at all. So, lets please not be attributing US Military parlance to representatives of other nations...they may not like it..I wouldn't. Paulrevere2005 05:10, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Some questions
In what circumstances an friendly fire accident can occurr?

 * See friendly fire.--Eloquence

What are the attenuation conditions? If a accident caused by friendly fire happens it is only because the soldier is negligent?

 * Of course not. Friendly fire incidents can happen for a large variety of reasons, including equipment malfunctioning.--Eloquence

Is there another occurences of friendly fire in another cases, e.g.: another armies,  another countries, another wars?

 * Certainly..--Eloquence

Is there really happening an abnormal ocurrence of friendly fire?

 * Nobody claimed that there was.--Eloquence

Is there some interest from certain political groups for putting in evidence the stories about friendly fire? From who? Or are these stories not used politically?

 * Possibly, though it appears from the statements of the Bulgarian government official that the incident could have been avoided, so it is entirely legitimate to ask questions about what went wrong.--Eloquence

Why do we talk about the causalities of friendly fire concerning the US army and not talk about of friendly fire about other armies, or in another times?

 * Feel free to write articles about other friendly fire incidents.--Eloquence

Several troubles has been fixed. I will study it a little more but I am more optimistic about it.--Carlosar 00:01, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Personal recognition
I recognize the effort being made in this article. I will study it carefully. I am almost convinced it is suitable for publication. I am optimistic about it. I would like to say thank you to the users who improved the article. --Carlosar 23:59, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Paragraph added, please check it
I have added one paragraph. Since I am not a Shakeaspere son I would appreciate someone to fix possible mistakes in grammar, trying to respect the intention on the paragraph. I think that with this last paragraph the article is suitable for publication.--Carlosar 00:32, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Dispute over last paragraph
Last paragraph:
 * Incidents of friendly fire are a cause of worry to the U.S. Army. Such events sometimes are inevitable, but also may represent a failure in the way the U.S. Army is operating. These incidents can jeopardize relationships with countries who see reasons to be critical of the United States. They might also be used by the political opposition in negative propaganda.

The rest of the text is resposible to me, since it describes in details, correctly what happened. You have to see that it is very different when compared with the first versions. I could accept the new refactored text as it was, I did not see any serious problem, it was a good work. However I would like to try to put another point of view in the text. This new point of view is described in the last paragraph. I think that this new point of view is important. It describes a situation I see nowadays that is the political use of certain events. However almost nobody in media talk about this point of view, even if it is relevant, and there are many evidences supportting at a least a little note about it.

That is what I am asking. At least a honest and little note about this point of view. In my opinion, if we do that the article will be perfect.

The first version of last paragraph maybe was not good. However after some changes, the current version seems resposible to me. It is not accusing anyone in particular, it is not openly defending the USA Army neither. Anyway, I accept other sugestions, so the point of view can be represented in a fairer way.--Carlosar 10:30, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I want to point out that I dont want to impose anything. This is a suggestion. Other members of the community can explain and convince me that this new information is not relevant or good. I would like to hear what the other wikinews users think about the subject.--Carlosar 11:18, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Carlosar, I will take you up on your offer to "hear what others think about the subject". Your entire thrust in this and other disputes has come across to me as "openly defending the USA Army"(your words); This is a global news site, and its important that we all, me included, keep our own prejudices out of the stories. I emphathize with you because I have exactly the same problem; keeping my opinion out of the story. To show an example of what I mean; there is absolutely no basis for your insertion of the word "inevitable" especially since I do not believe any American has yet been killed by another coallition partner(e.g.Bulgaria,Britain etc.). Every day a child is killed by an abandoned landmine or un-stored gun. A lot of words can apply, but "inevitable" is not one of them. Paulrevere2005 14:31, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

It's not "information" though, is it. It's some personal commentary you've added to the article. Everything on Wikinews needs to be referenced, or there's nothing to convince us that you're not just making it up. If you want to put commentary, opinion, spin etc on stuff, just get a blog. Wikinews is not the place for that kind of stuff (that's what makes us different to blogs). Dan100 (Talk) 18:47, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I dont think that is a personal commentary, I could cite someone speech for example. However I will not continue the dispute anymore because I think it is not a good thing, and the article seems aceptable . --Carlosar 15:38, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Conclusions

 * First version: 6 lines, 468 words, 2 bad references (one was not working, the other was giving too little details)

 * Last version: 21 lines, 3062 words, 3 references (at least a good one: the VOA, very detailed description, with recording). A well detailed article!

The first version of this article was terrible, too vague, the references were not helping. I would like to ask people to be more careful with their articles. Some kind of information is clear and seems ok to you who knows the story, but for another people the things are different. Maybe they dont know the story and they can see the article as a troll thing if it is not well written. You can write about anything, but please, do effort to write a good article (the article dont need to be big, or over detailed, or with a lot of references. But it must have a minimun quality).

I desagree (in part) of Eloquence when he said the article did not belongs to Wikinews:Deletion requests. It does not belong NOW, however the first version was too bad and I thought it was suitable for deletion.

Anyway, I think the conclusion is overall positive. I would like to thank you everybody and I would like to apologize for any incovenience.--Carlosar 15:38, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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