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Please offer a third opinion at Talk:Australian Prime Minister accused of poor leadership on climate change. Given that there are already 2 contributors and 1 reviewer of the article, it seems appropriate to seek another opinion before blanking this article for copyright reasons, as I am inclined to do. --InfantGorilla (talk) 07:05, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Resolved. --InfantGorilla (talk) 16:13, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Quoting another journalist
Please respond at Talk:Deadly flooding in Pakistan kills hundreds to my follow-up question - is it too late to rewrite it now?. If it isn't too late, please be bold and rewrite it. --InfantGorilla (talk) 17:40, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Location categories
If an article belongs to a location subcategory, does that automatically mean it should be in all location categories that are ancestors of that subcategory? Also, under what circumstances might the article be about a particular country, but also be in a higher-level regional category that doesn't include that country? To make those questions more concrete: --Pi zero (talk) 05:32, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Hiroshima marks 65th atomic bombing anniversary belongs to Category:Japan, Category:United Kingdom, Category:United States, and Category:France. I figured that since it actually took place in Japan, it surely ought to belong to Japan's parent, Category:Asia.  But should it also belong to the other categories' parents, Category:North America and Category:Europe — and if so, what about Category:European Union (which I'm not sure whether or not to think of as a location category)?
 * An even more extreme example of that is that 21 sites added to Unesco World Heritage list belongs to... well, a lot of specific location categories, and then also Category:South America (presumably because the conference took place in Brazil) and Category:North America (I'm not 100% sure why) — but based on the specific locations, it would also belong to Category:Asia, Category:Europe, and Category:Oceania.
 * Revenge killings follow shooting of Karachi politician belongs to category Karachi, and its ancestors Pakistan and Asia. But it also belongs to Middle East; should it, and why or why not?
 * Looking at the articles in Category:Afghanistan, I see that, crudely speaking, 40% of them do not belong to Category:Asia, and 25% of them do belong to category Category:Middle East. Those two aren't even significantly correlated: 30% belong to neither, and 15% belong to both.
 * yes, we use categories in wikinews atomically (is that the right word?). Something in category:Alberta should also be in category:Canada and category:North America, otherwise the portals break (because doing category intersection of category + anything in its subcategories is quite expensive so dpl doesn't support that sort of thing.) Bawolff ☺☻ 05:41, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

 * In most cases, I'm with Bawolff - but, in cases like the Unesco thing, one might argue that it wasn't so related to the continents that it should be turning up in them (the irony of that example being, if it was a single site then there would be enough focus for the location's parent continent to join in). As to whether we should make those kind of judgement calls is another matter entirely.
 * To address the issue of the EU cat - no, that's not a geocat to me. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:24, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

My thinking now on the first point: Category:Oceania, say, can be interpreted at one extreme as identifying articles that relate to the whole of Oceania, in which case I wonder if the category might get deleted for having too few articles in it; or at the other extreme as identifying articles that relate to some part of Oceania. Bawolff's point about intersection categories seems to me to make it impossible to compromise between these two extremes, since it demands that there be no exceptions. Framed in those terms, I think  category=Oceania category=United Nations  should include the Unesco article, so I find myself persuaded to Bawolff's position.

This has implications for Category:European Union. The category-intersection argument should apply to all categories that might be used in an intersection search for articles; so as long as Category:France is a subcategory of Category:European Union, every article that belongs to Category:France should belong to Category:European Union. That makes EU a location by any other name. If there are some articles about France that are not about EU, then Category:France should not belong to Category:European Union. --Pi zero (talk) 19:57, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Oceania is not an organisation. The EU is, just like Adam Air or the United Nations. Note that if you extended that to the UN, then every country in the world would be in the cat. (Well, there's around four nations not represented...). Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:00, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Countries belonging to the UN are not subcategories of Category:United Nations. Countries belong to the EU are, however, subcategories of Category:European Union; in fact, they seem to be the only subcategories of Category:European Union.  --Pi zero (talk) 21:31, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

 * That rather begs the question of why those subcats are there in the first place... Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs)

 * Agreed. If whether it is a location category depends on whether it has the subcats, then the addition of the subcats amounts to turning it into a location category.  Category:France was made a subcategory of Category:European Union on [ 21 March 2007].  That's almost two years after Category:European Union was created (13 May 2005).

 * Shall we remove the location subcats? ---Pi zero (talk) 22:12, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

 * All of which has (belatedly) led me to this and this. Apparently the question was not whether Category:European Union is geographical, but whether Category:France is geographical.  It seems to me that the, er, geographicality of France is long settled by precedent.  --Pi zero (talk) 22:26, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm of the opinion EU countries should be subcats of the EU cat (and arguably same for UN). I don't see anything wrong with members of an organization being subcats of the orginaization. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:23, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

 * To comment, adding all the members of the UN to that cat seems fine. That's 192 countries, all except the Vatican and Kosovo (plus Taiwan, if you count it), maybe excessive, but it makes sense. — Mike moral  ♪♫  20:57, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

 * My position is that if categories X and Y may both be used for constructing DPLs of articles, and X is a subcategory of Y, then every article that belongs to X should belong to Y. If it isn't true that every article in X should be in Y, then X shouldn't be a subcategory of Y.

 * Therefore, if the 192 countries were added to Category:United Nations, it would be necessary to add most of the articles on Wikinews to Category:United Nations, making it a largely useless category that should probably be deleted. Since I take the position I do on the relationship between categories and DPLs, and I don't want Category:United Nations to become useless, I oppose adding the member countries to it.

 * For the same reason, I think the current subcats should be removed from Category:European Union.

 * The generalization of this is that if categories X and Y are both used for constructing article DPLs, and X is a location category but Y is not a location category, then X should not be a subcategory of Y. --Pi zero (talk) 22:59, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Both Category:United Nations and Category:European Union are about political entities. Such categories should only apply where they unambiguously relate to news about the political entity. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:32, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Exactly. --Pi zero (talk) 02:44, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
 * So,... Pull every single country out of the UN these categories. Or, only apply a country-level geographic category where it is relevant, such as UK implements another, hated, pro-freedom Euro-law. ;-) --Brian McNeil / talk 03:12, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Whole versus sum of parts
Perhaps each country category should be split into two (if there are enough articles to warrant it): a geocat, with the current name, and an orgcat (because "polcat" is too much like "polecat") whose name has a parenthesized modifier on it. Choosing a lucid, non-POV modifier may be tricky; for now, I'll just use " (org)".

My reasoning:
 * At the city level, it seems sufficient to use a single category for both purposes.
 * At the continent level, there's no political entity, so continents are pure geocat with no associated orgcat.
 * Other entities above the country level, besides continents, are uniformly political; so they should be pure orgcat with no associated geocat.
 * At the country level, though, one may want to construct queries using either the geocat or the orgcat, and the scale is large enough that membership of the geocat may swamp that of the orgcat.
 * Assigning the unmodified name to the geocat, rather than to the orgcat, will be easier to use and will cause fewer and less severe errors.

Details:
 * Each country orgcat would belong to the corresponding geocat. Geocats never belong to orgcats.
 * Geocats belong to other geocats based on geographical containment. Orgcats do not belong to other orgcats based on being member states.

Example: Paris |        v       France <- France (org) |     v    Europe <- European Union --Pi zero (talk) 18:01, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * There would be Category:Paris, Category:France, Category:France (org), Category:European Union, and Category:Europe. Category:Paris is both geo and org.  Category:European Union is org.  Category:Europe is geo.  Category:Paris is in Category:France, and Category:France in Category:Europe.  Category:France (org) is in Category:France, and Category:European Union is in Category:Europe.

 * (Putting on SA hat) What is the problem you are trying to solve?
 * If you're looking for the equivalent of a Category:Politics of France, that's what DPL is for.
 * Every article should be in at least one topical cat and one geo cat. If I'd some clue where the perceived problem was, I might be able to suggest something. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:54, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Is it bias to leave my signture on an article?
When I write articles I make sure to leave my name on the article.... Yet some editors think that is bias or as if I'm taking a non-neutral point of view on the subject... I don't see that and I haven't run into anything in the Wikinews policy that says I can't leave my signature on an article. What does the group think?--Yamariel (talk) 22:49, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It's simple, you can't. Diego Grez return fire 22:50, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

 * There are a variety of hidden templates for regular contributors to flag articles where they are the main authors. Concern has been raised because what you submitted appears quite similar to what is written elsewhere. That is more of an issue to address. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:52, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Correction notice for factual clarifications?
The discussion Talk:NCAA 2010 ice hockey east and west regional tournament results remains unresolved after three weeks. Please have your say. --InfantGorilla (talk) 10:35, 23 August 2010 (UTC)


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Hi, I'm Andreas -horn- Hornig, normally I publish news on the German de.wikinews.org but some news are so important for me, that I try to publish them here even with my crappy English :). So I hope you don't mind. I'm mostly interested in high-definition televion and share some news that I wrtoe for http://www.hdtvtotal.com on wikinews. But my heart belongs to aerospace engineering, that's what I did for my 1st diploma and that's what I study now as a major.

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US combat forces pull out of Iraq

August 19, 2010

Sources say that the final section of 14,000 combat troops in Iraq, the 's 4th , based at , Washington, have made their way across the border between Iraq and Kuwait, formally ending combat operations within Iraq.

Around 50,000 troops will remain in Iraq to assist Iraqi armed forces training in Operation New Dawn, ending late 2011.

The section crossed the border at 1:30 local time (22:30 yesterday, 18:30 ), bringing to an end the US military's seven and a half year involvement in Iraq, from their entry, to the fall of Saddam Hussein, and the creation of a democratic government in the country.

Brigadier General Nick Tooliatos saluted each soldier as they crossed the border into Kuwait.

"I couldn’t have asked for a better honor than to greet some soldiers who have done great work for a year fighting our nation’s war, and to just be here and render honors to them and welcome them and thank them for a job well done," Tooliatos said.

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Times
Can we clarify the times? "10:30 p.m. yesterday (6.30 p.m. Eastern Time, 1.30a.m. today local time)" is a bit confusing. Does it mean mean 22:30 UTC, yesterday (18:30 EDT, 1:30 ??), someone please clarify. — Mike moral  ♪♫  23:20, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

NPOV?
Paragraph 3; "the restoration of democracy in the country" - Is this accurate? Was Iraq ever a democracy before Saddam Hussein?

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Not a day too soon. --Killing Vector (talk) 23:46, 18 August 2010 (UTC)


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The example is not one of disagreement but deliberate provocation.

After some digging, it looks like this was owned by a private citizen. The property was sold about a year ago to the real-estate agency that owns it now. It is physically connected to property currently owned by Consolidated Edison, which has a lease agreement with the agency. The agency is trying to exercise its purchase option so that it can own the entire building and develop the mosque.

The groups proposing the establishment of the mosque to the agency don't want to reveal their funding sources, and since they're not publicly traded companies nor do they receive government assistance, I guess they don't have to (by the law). It would be a good use of intelligence operations to discreetly determine the sources so that the government can evaluate the threat of it being a terrorist front; but that's the government's business, and it's a kind of business that they won't exactly tell us about.

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Nelson Mandela charity official resigns over 'blood diamonds'

August 19, 2010 Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF) trustee Jeremy Ractliffe has resigned from the charity's board, twelve days after admitting to the possession of "blood diamonds".

Earlier this month, supermodel Naomi Campbell testified against former Liberian president Charles Taylor when she claimed she received "very small, dirty looking stones" from two men, allegedly associated with Taylor. Campbell said she gave these diamonds to Ractliffe to "do something good with" in 1997. He gave the diamonds to police the day after Campbell's testimony. The police confirmed the stones were diamonds.

The board of the Mandela charity said in a statement, "Mr. Ractliffe regrets his omission to inform the chairperson, chief executive officer and the rest of the board of trustees of the NMCF of his receipt of the uncut diamonds until now... [Ractliffe] acknowledges that had he done so, he and the board would have found a better and lawful way to manage the situation."

Ractliffe took the diamonds from Campbell, fearing she might be prosecuted for removing uncut diamonds from South Africa, illegal without a license.

Ractcliffe said, "Naomi suggested they could be of some benefit to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund — but I told her I would not involve the NMCF in anything that could possibly be illegal... In the end I decided I should just keep them."

Taylor is on trial in The Hague, The Netherlands for allegedly trading diamonds for weapons to supply the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone. Taylor faces eleven counts for international crimes including rape, sexual slavery, enlistment of children under the age of fifteen, and pillaging.


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What's more, according to BBC News, they're out a fortnight early :) They've been there seven and a half years, and yet they can say "We're out two weeks early", as if they had an inkling it'd go on for 7 years 6 months and 2 weeks! How very precise of them.  Maybe next they can gague the exact length of time they've been in Afghanistan and see if they can get out of there early too :^)


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Australian judge delivers verdict on burqas in court

August 21, 2010

district court judge Shauna Deane has found that a Muslim woman must remove her in order to testify with regard to an Islamic school's alleged receiving of state and federal government funding in a fraudulent manner.

The woman, identified only as 'Tasneem', was deemed unable to wear her traditional coverings despite feeling uncomfortable removing them in public. Judge Shauna Deane found that it would not be suitable for 'Tasneem' to offer evidence with her face covered, stating that the need to maintain a fair trial is consistent with allowing the to view and interpret cues from the face of a witness.

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Australian remake of Iron Chef launched

August 21, 2010 In the wake of the season finale of, has announced that they shall be airing an "Aussie" remake of the Japanese cult classic.

Production starts in September in Melbourne, Victoria, with Neil Perry, Guy Grossi, and Guillaume Brahimi as the incumbent "Iron Chefs".

Grossi stated that Australians seem to be taking to the cooking show concept positively. Grossi also said that "if we can discover some great new talent along the way, all the better."

The Australian Iron Chef will take the traditional format of the Japanese version with contestants challenging the Iron Chefs to a cook-off using a secret ingredient each week, a spokesperson said. The dishes the Iron Chef and the contestants create will then be judged by a panel of food critics.

"The Iron Chef battle is not for amateurs or the faint-hearted — it is a cooking competition of Olympic proportions," the spokesperson continued.

As it stands, MasterChef Australia is the third most watched show in Australian history.

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Wikinews interviews André Costa, employee at Wikimedia Sverige, regarding the lawsuit between BUS and WMSE
Hi. I've not yet had a chance to really look closely at your other article, though I suspect there'll be problems since you haven't written for Wikinews before and, well, we do have an initial learn curve. But the interview I can see is a problem; I've not-ready'd it with these review comments. We need extensive documentation on interviews. There should be a Sources section on the article with an original reporting template, leading to the collaboration (aka talk) page with reporter's notes. Those notes should explain the circumstances of the interview, how it was preserved (audio recording or whatever; we recommend handwritten notes in addition to whatever else one does, and note that our page WN:OR emphasizes the importance of preparing for an interview ahead of time, which can be a problem when somebody drops in, with no prior Wikinews experience, and presents a piece of OR like this).

How are you related to the story? We need to consider whether you have a potential conflict of interest (of one kind or another), whether there's anything that calls for disclosure either on the article or on its collaboration page.

The rule of thumb on OR notes is, aim for more documentation than needed, not for merely "enough". Audio files are often included with interviews; scans of handwritten notes are often involved in OR of many kinds, although no particular form such as that is specifically required.

Materials are routinely emailed to "scoop" — that's "scoop at wikinewsie dot org", a private mailing list we use for verification and when documentation should not be publicly exposed (personal/private information, embargoed stuff, and the like).

Btw, just to make things more complicated, we've also currently got a class of university journalism students submitting articles, which puts an intermittent strain on our reviewing resources. --Pi zero (talk) 16:39, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... Yes I am relatively new to Wikinews (I've been an opponent to this site in the past for various reasons and therefore never really edited here). The enire "prose" (is that the right word?) is copied from Bildkonst Upphovsrätt i Sverige (BUS) v. Wikimedia Sverige which has sources to back it up. I don't know how to cite this. Josve05a (talk) 16:46, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * You'd use a "Related news" section to cite another Wikinews article. However, you can't cite an unpublished Wikinews article.  So that would hinge on getting the other article published.  I anticipate problems to resolve along the way to that; I'll try to either review it or write up some preliminary remarks on its talk page... when I can.  Hopefully within today UTC.  --Pi zero (talk) 16:57, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I also made some notes regarding who I am and ho the interview was made on #The interview. Josve05a (talk) 17:01, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you.
 * I admit to curiosity. You say you used to be an opponent of Wikinews.  I wouldn't want to ignite anything here, but just broadly, how does it come to pass you're submitting to us now?  Is it something about the particular story, has your attitude toward Wikinews fundamentally changed, or did you just figure, more mildly, I'll give it a try?  --Pi zero (talk) 18:23, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Since the close of sv.wikinews I thought that wikinews was, to be blunt, a waste of time. It is a "unknown new-site", which almost nobody knows of. It has some news, but more is horrible outdated and when looking in categories most news are multiple years old. The reason why I submitted news today was after I explained the issue on IRC (#wikimedia-commons) and wonderend how this hadn't hit "mainstream-news" yet, they suggested that I write a piece on wikinews. Josve05a (talk) 23:49, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

 * ...and this is what I meant about not igniting something. An account here of what was done to Swedish Wikinews wouldn't use the word "closed"; perhaps "sabotaged" or "vandalized"... you can see that conversation would go nowhere useful, at great speed.

 * Some-language Wikinewses do suffer from a visibility problem. This, however, is English Wikinews.  We have about fifty thousand followers on Facebook; we're listed by Google news as a news site; and we have university journalism professors sending their students to us to learn about hard news.  We do need to make what we do work better, so it's more practical for us and becomes a viable path for other-language Wikinewses to follow, and we're working on things to make that happen.

 * Amongst our various strengths, we can indeed be a highly effective way to get greater exposure for (newsworthy) stories that the English-language msm (mainstream media) isn't attending to. Foreign sources are difficult for us to work with, though, and I can see that's one of the challenges facing your synthesis article that I'm now reviewing.  --Pi zero (talk) 00:33, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

 * Do you intend to pursue publication of the interview? --Pi zero (talk) 12:25, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

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Okay, I've reviewed this. The key known problem is that it's not presented in the form of a news article; I elaborate in my review comments. This may well be the sort of article where there will be further layers of problems that aren't visible until after earlier layers; we'll just have to see. I did note in the review comments, that if we're having trouble getting the synthesis article into shape, we may want to separate out the problem of verifying the material, which is needed for its use in the interview regardless of the synthesis article's fate. --Pi zero (talk) 01:13, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

 * The article has been published. I felt we could have done more with the subject if not distracted by the current review overload and the inevitable challenges of your first en.wn article; I'm aware those distractions couldn't be avoided, but I do regret them nonetheless.

 * A detail I'd like your feedback on quickly: the supreme court document says — I believe — clearly that they decided to hear the case on Monday rather than on Tuesday.  Is this your understanding?  Where did you get the Tuesday date?  We can only make changes that affect the substance of an article during the first 24 hours after its publication; after that, if there's anything factually wrong in the article we would issue a correction.  (Nobody likes to issue a correction; it's quite deliberate that the template is ugly.  We're proud that we do issue them whenever they're called for; but we try very hard to make sure they aren't called for.)

 * Another thing: I didn't find anything in any of the sources to indicate both parties had requested a hearing by the supreme court.  If you want to restore that information, tell me where I missed it or provide sourcing for it, but again, it can only be done during the first 24 hours after publication.

 * The next step is to try to do something with the interview; I'll comment on that at the interview collaboration page, where I'm aware you've pinged me. --Pi zero (talk) 18:34, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

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The fact that "only" 4,415 of my brothers and sisters lost their lives is wonderful to you? Not one drop of American blood should have touched the soil of Iraq. Bush and Obama are murderers. One started this nonsense and the other kept it going. Where's the WMDs and what happened to Obama's promise of being out of Iraq within the first 6 months of his presidency? All of this bloodshed for one man to be hanged.


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This time Luke will shoot first.


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I think he was being sarcastic; making a comment on how the propaganda works. Let us not forget all the Iraqis that have died from the US involvement as well. Or the other nations that were in Iraq. None of these people should be dead.

"All of this bloodshed for one man to be hanged," indeed.


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Scottish poet Edwin Morgan dies at age 90

August 22, 2010

Scottish  has died at the age of 90. The cause of death was announced as. Morgan's writing career spanned for more than 60 years. He was Scotland's first national poet, known as the "". His death was confirmed by his publisher.

Born in in 1920, Morgan grew up in. He later returned to his birth town where he studied at in 1937.

Morgan published his first book, The Vision of Cathkin Braes, in 1952. He later began to write experimental poetry. In the early 1960s, Morgan published The Second Life, a book that would boost his career. From Glasgow to Saturn, a collection about space exploration, was published shortly after The Second Life. Both of these books would later be taught in Scottish schools. Later in his career, Morgan received several awards for his work. In 1999, he became Glasgow's first, and he was awarded the for Poetry a year later. In 2001, he was awarded the.

By the time Morgan was named the "Scots Makar" in 2004, he had been diagnosed with and was living in a nursing home. Despite the illness Morgan continued to write, even writing about the disease.

Scotland's First Minister paid tribute to Morgan saying that he was  "a truly a great man, an exceptional poet, and an inspiration". He added that "Much-loved in Scotland and indeed around the world, his work tackled all manner of global issues and major historical events closer to home. His passion for observing all aspects of Scottish life shone a spotlight on Scotland for the rest of the world".


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– Diego has agreed (offwiki) to run his bot to add Category:Blood Red Sandman (Wikinewsie) to all the articles I've created - ~560 edits. To do that, it needs TEMPORARY adminship. Note: I see no reason to open a separate task request considering that the same users will be voting on that in this tight-knit community, so just consider this both. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:45, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

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 * Putting RFPs on separate pages while still open is completely inappropriate for this project. --Pi zero (talk) 22:04, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
 * To be honest, I preferred keeping these all on the same page at WN:RFP. — Mike moral  ♪♫  22:57, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I have to third that. Go yell at Diego. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:59, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Eh, just subst it and remove the boxes to create separate pages if you want. I'm just too lazy to do it. :P --Diego Grez return fire 23:00, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

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Who is the judge of what views or viewpoints are correct or incorrrect? Is it the majority that decides? —72.160.181.40 (talk) 21:13, 19 August 2010 (UTC)


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Scientists say the moon is slowly shrinking

August 22, 2010

New research identifies cracks over the 's crust that may have been created by the cooling and shrinking of it over the past billion or so years.

Scientists have discovered landforms littered across the moon's surface called lobate that have apparently resulted from the moon's shrinking very slowly. These scarps were found all over the moon and appear to be minimally weathered, indicating that the events that created them were fairly recent. This theory contradicts the claim that the moon is completely devoid of geologic activity.

Over the past billion years, about a quarter of the moon's 4.5 billion-year lifespan, it has shrunk about 200 meters (700 feet) in diameter. The scarps that are thought to have resulted from the contraction scenario were first identified near the lunar equator by cameras aboard the Apollo moon missions of the early 1970's.

NASA's recently photographed similar landforms in other locations on the moon, further supporting the theory that Earth's closest neighbor in space may in fact be shrinking.

The concept, however, is not a recent one. Scientists know that the moon's core was once very hot, causing it to expand. As the core cools, the moon naturally begins to contract.


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Thread:Comments:US president Barack Obama backs mosque near Ground Zero site/Well./reply

To all the ignorant racist bigots in New York and in this country: Please understand that First Amendment to The United States Constitution explicitly states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

There you have it - While the United States has no official religion- and as such is by definition secular- its people are free to pursue without restriction or sanction whatever spirituality or faith they choose, and are protected from all persecution for uttering, publishing, and publicly demonstrating their political or religious view whatever those may be.

It is this sentence of The U.S. Constitution, perhaps more than any others that sets the United States apart from nations where liberty is not held to be sacred. It is precisely the reason that the United States has been an asylum for political refugees from every part of the globe for over 230 years. It stands to reason that those who oppose this mosque for whatever reasons-pretended or true- are indeed expressing their disgust and contempt for this fundamental American Principle that is at the very heart and soul of America's greatness.


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US food regulators recall 380 million eggs after salmonella outbreak

August 20, 2010

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled 380 million eggs and the number is expected to grow, after around 300 in Colorado, California, and Minnesota and 2,000 nationwide became infected with salmonella after eating eggs distributed by Wright County Eggs.

The contaminated eggs were sold under the labels Lucerne, Albertson, Mountain Dairy, Ralph's, Boomsma's, Sunshine, Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland, Lund, Dutch Farms, Kemps, Bayview, Mountain Dairy, NuLay and Sun Valley. Eggs have been sold in seventeen states.

Wright County Egg's owner has been previously cited for breaking environmental laws.

In response to the outbreak the FDA deployed an initial team of ten investigators to Wright County Egg in Iowa to inspect the farms and determine the source of the contamination. Although no official statement has been issued, it is believed animals including birds and rodents defecated where food for chickens is stored.

The outbreak is believed to have started in early July, around the time new federal regulations to prevent salmonella contamination of eggs took effect.

According to the FDA, the symptoms of salmonella infection includes fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.


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I'm glad no one cares that the impossible happen. Women voting in the heart of the middle east and Al-qaeda and Iran lost an other battle. That what I'm thankful for.


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Al-Qaeda would not have been fighting (much) in Iraq if Saddam had remained. Rights, democracy; these are important, but at what cost?

And should they be arbitrarily imposed upon populaces who may never otherwise achieve it, even at great cost?

That is a question I don't have the answer to.


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Scientists conclude that the universe may expand forever

August 20, 2010

A study of the amount of in the  suggests that the universe itself may continue to expand indefinitely. Researchers say that the universe will likely then become a cold, dead cosmic wasteland.

The study was conducted by an international team of researchers led by Professor Eric Jullo at NASA's in California. The researchers used data from the Hubble Space Telescope showing the way that light was distorted, known as a, from a large known as  to estimate the amount of dark energy to be about three quarters of the universe.

Dark energy is a completely invisible force that is constantly acting upon the universe. Its existence is known only because of its effects on the expansion of the universe.

As the universe expands and cools, the temperature will approach.

Jullo says that scientists can now say, for the first time, that the universe "will continue to accelerate and the universe will expand forever".


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I would rather have a democracy in Iraq and the hope of it spreading then having that Socialist dictator. The human cost was very high (and in fact it could of been lower if Bush listen to the English advice of more troops and keeping the Iraqi army in place). But like i said; I would have a democratic Iraq then Saddam's Iraq. At least the men and women can choose their own future now.


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Forgive me, but what has socialism got to do with it? Wouldn't a better argument against Hussein be that he was a war criminal?


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Saddam was the leader of the Ba'ath party. Which believed in "Arab socialism". Not a jab at all socialist.


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Proposition 8 does not persecute gays. Gays still have the same rights as heterosexuals: they can legally marry a member of the opposite sex.


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Seven killed in Chinese bombing

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Seven people were killed and fourteen injured after a man detonated explosives in a crowd Friday around 10:30 local time in, , China. Most of the victims of the blast were ethnic minorities.

The man allegedly drove a three-wheeled vehicle armed with explosives into a crowd. The man suspected of detonating the bomb was detained, after sustaining injuries from the blast. His name is still unknown to authorities, although they do know he is a member of the ethnic group.

"The suspect is a Uighur. Most of the victims are Uighurs too," said government spokesperson Hou Hanmin.

Hou stated that police believe the attack was intentional.

In response to the bombing, martial law has been declared in Aksu City.

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factory eggs
Is the $1-2 savings really worth it for thin-shelled factory trauma eggs? Drop the "soda pop" and get some proper, free run (organic) eggs. Or get salmonella.


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I was trying to complain about the new website. It sucks and it is very hard to find the numbers you want. If something is NOT BROKEN WHY DO PEOPLE FEEL THEY HAVE TO CHANGE IT OR FIX IT? i DONT EVEN BOTHER TO TRY AND GET THE WINNING NUMBERS OFF THE WEBSITE ANYMORE. —70.50.176.29 (talk) 05:06, 20 August 2010 (UTC)


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But they can't marry the person they love. Ignorant comments like yours are unhelpful, and do nothing to further the discussion.


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Talk:Scientists conclude that the universe may expand forever

1/4 or 3/4
Our wiki article states that dark energy is 1/4 of our universe. This is likely due to confusion over matter/energy. I suggest a change for clarity.

Also, it is easy to find the original source. I do not believe that anyone at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory claimed that the "conclusion meant scientists could say for the first time that the expansion of the universe “will continue to accelerate and the universe will expand forever”." The news is that they have a new method. This article is defunct in my opinion. I write this here because I haven't taken the time required to fix it, so I am unsure about my claims.

 * 3/4 is correct. The original Science article (http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/329/5994/924) confirms current knowledge tha that Ωm (matter density, i.e. matter + dark matter) is about 0.25, the (dark) energy density is 1 - 0.25 (3/4). Mykhal (talk) 21:21, 20 August 2010 (UTC) .. (edited, even though i mistakenly used dark matter amount instead or dark energy amount in edit comment, sorry :)

 * I too am skeptical about the claim that NASA has said that the universe will expand forever. It is nowhere to be found on NASA's own website. I propose adding a statement to note this in the article. --62.199.172.70 (talk) 09:41, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

 * I am also skeptical, but this is, what is presented. The article is supporting the ΛCDM model, which states, that universe is flat or slightly open, which means that it will continue to expand. Mykhal (talk) 16:01, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Here are the quotes from the sources related to the first error.

BBC - "Dark energy makes up three-quarters of our Universe but is totally invisible. We only know it exists because of its effect on the expansion of the Universe."

Telegraph - "Almost a quarter, 24 per cent, is thought to be "dark matter", which is also mysterious but easier to study than dark energy because of its “gravitational influence”. The rest of the universe, a mere four per cent, is made of “the stuff that makes up people, planets, stars and everything made up of atoms”."

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 * Yes! I propose a correction banner. In future, we should act more quickly when errors are noticed.  --InfantGorilla (talk) 08:56, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * An IP seems to have added a proper correction banner, and it is currently pending. Does this look good to everyone else? red  - thunder  .  15:55, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks fine to me. You can tell I wasn't completely awake when I wrote this article. Sorry for the confusion everybody! Tyrol5 (talk) 16:45, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

i also want to add that the process of light being "bent" by gravity is called "gravitational lensing" and not "gravitational lens" as stated in the article.


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Jane Velez-Mitchell (who is a vegan and eats no eggs or animal products) is sure to have a field day with this on her show tonight "Issues." I don't think you can actually get salmonella from fruits or vegetables unless they come into contact with animal manure or animal products. Issues is a good show. I learn a lot.

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Hi, I'm new here, and I was wondering about how your category system works. In the interest of putting wikinews stories on some Space-related portals on Wikipedia, I was hoping to create separate categories Category:Astronomy, Category:Spaceflight and maybe Category:Human spaceflight. At the moment they all fall under Category:Space. I'd do it myself, but it seems difficult to put archived stories into new categories? Thanks for your help. Mlm42 (talk) 00:44, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

  category            = Published category            = Physics category            = Space count               = 5 order               = ascending
 * Yes, it is difficult as you say, so you will need a consensus before it can start to happen.
 * 1) We don't have Category:Astronomy, and very few astronomy articles that I have seen, but (at least in theory) an intersection of Category:Space and Category:Physics would be a quick and dirty filter, something like this:
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 * Does that help organize your ideas?
 * --InfantGorilla (talk) 11:46, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

 * Hmm.. okay. That's not very encouraging.. there are quite a lot of astronomy articles that aren't in the Physics category. So there's no procedure for making new categories? Mlm42 (talk) 20:32, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Astronomy isn't always an intersection of space and physics. I think a new category would be acceptable in this case. As for Spaceflight and Human Spaceflight, I'm not so sure... I'll take a closer look at the current science articles we have. Benny the mascot (talk) 22:56, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

 * If there were an Astronomy category, then Spaceflight could be (Space MINUS Astronomy).. I assume the DynamicPageList can achieve this? Human spaceflight is a little more subtle. Nevertheless, it would be great to be able to separate the 400+ articles in Category:Space a little better, such as with an Astronomy category. Mlm42 (talk) 23:07, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure we need to apply categories retroactively. Mlm42 presumably is interested in placing new and future articles on Space-related portals via a bot/template mechanism. In that case xe is only interested in current and future articles being added to Category:Astronomy, or Category:Human spaceflight. This would relieve the burden on en.WN to support an en.WP project. (By the way Mlm42: en.WN would welcome your project members doing original research in Wikinews articles - which may then be cited as references on en.WP.) -  Amgine | t 13:57, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately, en.WP currently does not consider en.WN a reliable source. The word as of March of this year is that they have not yet seen sufficient evidence that en.WN is accepted as a source by other reliable sources for stories unrelated to WMF.  Good OR that will be of interest to, and therefore picked up by, mainstream media could produce the evidence asked for.  --Pi zero (talk) 16:21, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Pi zero, for Portals they don't have to be 'reliable sources'. For example, w:Portal:Current events includes Wikinews article links directly. Mlm42 (talk) 01:58, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Amgine, that's true, I personally am only interested in the new articles, and not necessarily applying new categories retroactively. But I still don't understand how one goes about creating a new category such as Category:Astronomy. For example the current article HDTVTotal.com uncomPRESSed: Google Lunar X PRIZE - William Pomerantz would go in Category:Space but not Category:Astronomy, while Astronomers discover largest star on record would go in Category:Astronomy. Mlm42 (talk) 01:54, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Per long-established consensus, all categories must contain at least three articles; otherwise they are sent to Deletion requests. If you would please take a look at Cat:Space and give me the names of at least three astronomy-related articles, then I would be happy to create the category for you. Benny the mascot (talk) 02:36, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The most recent five appear to be: Astronomers discover largest star on record, Large fireball observed after object strikes Jupiter, Stephen Hawking: aliens "almost certain to exist," could invade Earth, NASA flyby of Saturn moon Titan produces first image of liquid on another world, Hubble telescope spots oldest galaxies ever seen. Thanks a lot! :) Mlm42 (talk) 04:53, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, the new Northern lights may appear across Canada and northern U.S. late Tuesday night counts as Astronomy. Mlm42 (talk) 19:45, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm starting to have second thoughts about an Astronomy category. I may be oversimplifying things, but isn't astronomy essentially the study of space? An astronomy cat might therefore be unnecessary. Benny the mascot (talk) 17:27, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

 * No. Astronomy is the study of objects in space, more specifically stars. (Yes, also radiation, and space itself, which generally is more physics, and there are other sciences as well, such as extra-terrestrial geology concerned with the physical make up of plaents, planetoids, etc.) -  Amgine | t 19:27, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Minor note - we used to have cat Astronomy but it was deleted if i recall. (personally I think astronomy is too encyclopedia...) Bawolff ☺☻ 19:22, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Indeed...I was just about to create the Astronomy category when I saw that it had been previously deleted. Do we have enough consensus to recreate? Perhaps the Spaceflight category would be much more feasible after all. Benny the mascot (talk) 19:25, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Several contributors write articles that popularize astronomy news, so I not-vote for Astronomy and Spaceflight. Lets hope writers remember to use them. --InfantGorilla (talk) 19:55, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

 * ✅ Cat:Astronomy created. Now what about Spaceflight? Benny the mascot (talk) 20:02, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Symbol comment vote.svg Cat:Astronomy should be a subcategory of Cat:Space.  (If created, likewise Cat:Spaceflight.)  --Pi zero (talk) 20:25, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello. I suppose Category:Spaceflight would essentially be Space articles that aren't Astronomy - such a DynamicPageList looks like this:
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category            = Published notcategory         = Astronomy category            = Space count               = 6 addfirstcategorydate=true  So maybe such a category isn't too useful. But distinguishing Category:Human spaceflight, may be useful. The six most recent articles would be: Most of which are already in the Category:International Space Station.. but that simply reflects the fact that most human spaceflight activity is related to the ISS. In many ways the stories not related to the ISS are more important, since they are new and exciting. Mlm42 (talk) 23:44, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Emergency spacewalks planned to fix International Space Station
 * Overdue supply ship docks with International Space Station
 * Progress spacecraft fails to dock with International Space Station
 * Men isolated to mimic Mars flight
 * SpaceX launches first Falcon 9 rocket
 * Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center
 * Apologies for not responding promptly; I've been busy and distracted a lot. :) Which categories would you like me to create? Benny the mascot (talk) 02:19, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

A reporter's connection with the subject?
Please assist a German Wikinewsie who has conducted an English interview that may be suitable for this site. --InfantGorilla (talk) 12:20, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
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Assistance requiredBKCW8''' talk  01:43, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
 * WTF is a "Weekly Wack-Up"?  — fetch · comms  01:44, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Its a play on words "wack-up" = "wrap-up" which deals with only wacky news (Titles can be changed) BKCW8''' talk  01:56, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

It also could be a pun with "crack-up" cause wacky news is often humourous. Whatever the Phuket it is, its a cute gimmick, so give it a chance! Pretty Please BKCW8''' talk  02:03, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

 * For perspective on the neutrality problems of Wackynews, see Water cooler/policy/archives/2010/January and Deletion requests/Archives/2010/Q1. Per the comments in the DR about inclusion criteria, I don't think the Justin Bieber story should be in Category:Wacknews.  --Pi zero (talk) 03:33, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

a 16 year old has no business writing their memoirs, nor does President of Iran, Imadinnerjacket have any business commenting on (my god) paul the octopus...BKCW8''' talk  04:01, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

 * I didn't challenge the Wackynews-itude of the octopus story. Stories involving Paul are odd to begin with —in fact, most stories about Paul seem to meet the strongest criterion suggested for Wackynews, that they wouldn't be newsworthy if not for the oddness— and the clueless comments from the Iranian guy add to the oddness as much as to the newsworthiness.

 * However, the oddness of the memoirs story apparently did not contribute to its newsworthiness — to whatever controversial extent it was newsworthy. That leaves two possible reasons (not justifications, but reasons) for including it in Wackyness: either subjective judgment of humor, or pursuit of a social agenda.  To me it fails the humor test (which at the very least illustrates the problematic subjectivity of the test), because as "humor" it's just mean-spirited making fun of a kid who's young enough to simply not know any better, though some at that age do; and being overly successful while still young is notorious for skewing people's development.  As for pursuing a social agenda, that's directly contrary to the reason Wikinews exists.  Neutrality doesn't mean opposing the agenda of the establishment, it means not taking sides.

 * On an entirely separate note, it also seems to me that a collection of summaries of other published stories is not itself newsworthy. --Pi zero (talk) 13:36, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

 * (Yeah, okay, granted, that last point appears not to apply to the current incarnation of the article.) --Pi zero (talk) 14:32, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Just give it the go ahead - Where are the visionaries of the site? BKCW8''' talk  23:10, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It should be deleted as "complete disruption" IMO. Your attempts to "make Wikinews funnier" or "welcome" are not needed. Wikinews is supposed to be a serious, neutral and free news source, not the playground for anyone. Diego Grez return fire 23:13, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Wikinews can be a serious neutral and free news source and still have room for fun. We should make sure we remember that while we aim to be a serious news source, this is no excuse to be a dull boring news source. Readers like Wackynews. As long as Wackynews is still news, it belongs on Wikinews. We always have to be careful we are not declaring something "Wacky" in a way that violates our NPOV policy (as the Bieber section did). Wackynews is probably one of the most difficult things to get right, but when we get it right its is often great. I do not like the "Wack-Up" title, but I see no problems with the current version of the article. --Cspurrier (talk) 00:34, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Is it time for a Justin Bieber Portal? LMAO calm your beating hearts, I was joking =P BKCW8''' talk  07:58, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

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Vicious circle in Talk:Wikinews interviews William Pomerantz, Senior Director of Space Prizes at the X PRIZE Foundation
Hi, can anyone please help me there? I want to do it according to wikinews rule, but it seems noone seems to be responsible to solve this! best regards, --Andreas -horn- Hornig (talk) 17:55, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

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Funny, I've spent my entire life in a Western culture, and neither I nor anyone I've ever known has fancied eyes to be as important to interpersonal contact as you're trying to make out. In fact, I quite honestly find it to be quite odd and rather daft when someone incessantly stares at you're eyes when they're  talking to you, it can be very distracting. But that's my personal preference, and yours is your own. Some of us like to ogle, and some don't, but it's certainly not a universal "fun fact" about western culture - it's different strokes for different folks. Frankly your misconceptions about Iran are quite astounding, Have you ever even seen Iranian women? Many of them -especially the younger generation- do not even strictly adhere to moderate Muslim standards of Hijab (covering the hair, concealing the body form) let alone cover up their faces in public. Ah But alas, such misconceptions abound in a society that worships the rubbish factory oracle of Rupert Murdoch. (In any case the death penalty is not administered in Iran for such trivial infractions.)

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Gas leak causes panic in Santa Cruz, Chile

August 21, 2010 A gas leak in a Homecenter Sodimac hardware store in Santa Cruz, Chile led authorities to evacuate the building and the nearest supermarket, La Fama.

The Santa Cruz Fire Bureau and the police officials quickly arrived at the store, where at least two people were reported unconscious by of Santa Cruz. The cause of the leak has not been determined.

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It is partially based on radio reports. I moved to the area and took one or two photos, and will upload them shortly. Diego Grez return fire 23:12, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

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Well, I had problems transferring the picture at the left to my computer, due to various reasons. Anyway, it got removed per WN:ARCHIVE. Just wanted to add it somewhere it could not be removed for xyz reasons :) Diego Grez return fire 02:10, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

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editprotected Gaz kaçağı Şili'nin Santa Cruz kentinde paniğe neden oldu Diego Grez return fire 01:19, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

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That I'm tasked to go in February. Along with 70 other people.


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The Journalists Prayer (Author unknown)
Father God:

You are truth. And you have called us as journalists to a profoundly important task. To tell the truth. But to do that, we must find it.

And as we pursue it, it comes in many parts. One group tells us one thing. Another, just the opposite, another something else. Give us the wisdom and understanding and skill to know which parts are true and then to put the right parts together in the right order.

As we do our jobs, we are often manipulated, misled, managed and maligned.

May we not be discouraged. Gift us with patience, guide us with common sense, guard us from pessimism.

Help us to be a voice for the voiceless - To be skeptical but never cynical - Righteously angry at the wrongs we expose, but never revengeful.

Keep our hearts from despair and give us the courage and steadfastness to go to places and ask the questions and shine the light that our readers and viewers need to make sense of this all-too-fallen world.

Keep us safe from harm as we do our jobs. But may we also realize that in doing our jobs, we often cause harm. Make us humbly aware of the power of words and pictures and help us to choose them carefully, always seeking to minimize harm, never exploiting the facts, slanting the story or preconceiving our prejudices to push a personal agenda.

May we admit and correct our mistakes promptly, learning from them.

But O God, may we especially realize that all news is not bad news.

That love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control - what your word calls "the fruits of the sprit"  are all around us and part of the Good News we are also responsible to tell.

May our reports inform, not inflame.

May they encourage not discourage.

May we be sensitive instead of sensationalistic

Reflect reason not ridicule.

Be balanced not bitter.

May the words we write and the images we display describe not distort.

Help us to educate and to even entertain but never to entice.

May our power never be tainted by our pride.

May we understand that it is more important to be fair than first That respect is more important than ratings and that truthfulness and honesty and compassion and integrity are the traits that we must pursue in ourselves as much and as rigorously as we do in others.

To be the journalists you have called us to be, I pray, Father, in the newsrooms and TV stations and radio studios and editing suites of this land, that you would impress on each one of us that there is an Absolute, Unchanging Truth with a capital T that we need to open our hearts to hear. May you plant Your Truth in us so that we can then tell it to others.

Finally Father, may we daily be reminded that with great power comes great responsibility. May we please you in the way we exercise it.

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Hooray!

It's official, Islamaphobia has replaced anti-semitism as the populist hate dogma of the 21st century.

Congratulations humanity, You learn well!


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Oh, how sad, all this time I was looking forward to colliding with the Andromeda galaxy in 4.5 billion years!

Funny, a couple of decades ago the consensus was the exact opposite, that we were headed towards the Big Crunch. Of course that was before "dark matter" was taken seriously. The problem with Quantum Mechanics is that unlike most of the physical sciences, very little of it is empirical, they make most of it up as they go along.


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Could be better. >:P


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So, where did you get your PhD in Physics?


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"War criminal" and "socialist" are interchangable words. 206.74.178.104 (talk) 06:54, 21 August 2010 (UTC)


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Australian rules football: Warragul gets first win on eve of finals

August 22, 2010

scraped their first win of the Gippsland Football League season as it came to a close. They defeated by a single point.

The Gippsland League is the only major Australian rules football competition in the region according to the.

Scores are quoted as goals-behinds (total).

Unable to avoid last place on the ladder, Warragul played for pride as they lead by five points at the end of the first quarter. They surrendered the lead in the second quarter to trail by three points at half time and seven points at the end of the third quarter.

The fourth quarter saw Warragul kick three goals and three behinds to Wonthaggi's two goals and one behind. This effort granted Warragul their only win in the 2010 season.

Around the grounds, defeated  by 53 points,  defeated  by 20 points, and  defeated  by 20 points.


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