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Are there any school and university projects on Wikinews?
I wonder if Wikinews ever had any projects like w:Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects / Wikibooks:Wikibooks:Guidelines for class projects? There is potential for such projects here, too. Students of media/journalism courses can be tasked with writing news, and learning how Wikinews works. --Piotrus (talk) 20:28, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * No, not really, we might have been something like that in the past but not now. But it is an interesting idea. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:46, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
 * If there is interest in this, I could create a guide page for people who would like to organize such assignments here, at Guidelines for class projects.--Piotrus (talk) 19:10, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * We have, in the past, had people express interest in it. I worked for a while with one group who was rather keen on it, but it never panned out.  If you had a particular journalism class in mind, and had an in, we would do it - but so far... very few seem to care.  I guess the real question is, what do we have to offer them that would make them want to do it in the first place? -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 19:14, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Mobile web app for iPhone/others
Some of you may remember a few months ago, when I suggested we use a website that would create an iPhone version of the site. It was liked, but people preferred things like that to be done in house.

So, I've learnt how to make iPhone/iPod Touch web apps(that also work on other mobiles (Android)) and you can see my first one here, which is a web app for this website. Bear in mind, that it will look pretty crap in a normal browser and if you have internet explorer, you haven't got a chance. Does anyone have an iPhone they can check it out with? I'll post up some screenshots once I get a chance, but that might be a bit of time, so if you can do it first, please do! Anyway, the long and short of it is that I can now make one for us here. It would even be possible to include a form that would allow people to submit news etc. (probably via email because I don't know how else it could be done).

Are people still interested in this/would it be useful for our readers? I don't know how many of our readers would use it, but I guess it can't hurt.

Lastly, who runs the bot that makes our RSS feed, because I really need a full story feed for the app.

Any other thoughts? Regards.   Tris   12:47, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * CSpurrier runs the rss feed bot. As for a form to submit news, probably hard to do directly with the way your doing it (as if this is a web style iphone app, would require getting around same origin policy, but i know next to nothing about iphone apps, so i might be wrong on that) Bawolff ☺☻ 13:12, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Well, that's why I was asking for suggestions-in terms of submitting news; it can be done from a form directly in the app, but as you say this will be coming all from the same email address-so maybe an account could be made that is used just for posting things there. Alternatively it can be sent from that person's personal email address.  I don't really know-but this is one of the main strengths of "citizen journalism" in that people can post news having been there or nearby, much faster than any regular news agency.  There isn't a way to do this in our current structure, so part of this is to stimulate some discussion of the matter.  Thoughts?     Tris   13:39, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not familiar with what process you are using to make this - but if you can send emails server-side, can you send a POST request to wmf servers? It would be fairly easy to just have people full out a form and have it submitted on site if you can do that (actually, even if you can't, it may still be do-able, since mediawiki uses the same edit token for all anon users). The following html would work (I think; untested) (for anons only)

 Title:  Your article tip here Bawolff ☺☻ 13:56, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * On second thought, that wouldn't work for logged in users, and would result in users going to another random page - not what we want. I think the ideal solution would person types something, and server sends an edit request to wikinews. Bawolff ☺☻ 17:33, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Just as a 2 cents. I talked to he who is incharge of mobile websites around the WMF.  Last we spoke he said he'd love to make a Wikinews Mobile, and felt that it should be next on the list.  Unfortunately he is getting paid for Wikipedia so... we get to wait.  So if you go make this wonderful little website... it may find itself replaced on short order.  Also, no submitting of news while mobile, just no. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 17:42, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

 * "Just no"? Care to explain more Shak?     Tris   10:25, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

 * I think it is fairly self explanatory. Mobile web is _not_ the place for submitting news, plain and simple. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 17:29, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Well I guess that's where we disagree, as I've explained above, I see the mobile web and the ability to connect to the internet wherever you are as a huge bonus and possible shot in the arm for news organisations, especially ones like ourselves. If people anywhere and everywhere can submit news; they don't need to go back to their computer and type it up, by then it's old anyway.  No, they can submit it from the scene, with pictures, videos, recordings, interviews etc.  Of course, at present time, that's not going to happen immediately, but it's called the future.  For now, it may well be tips etc. and I doubt we'll know how to use them at first, finding it hard to verify submissions.  But in time, if you can get a decent system up and running, with more than one person there, then you're sorted.  We won't need to publish news that's two days old like normal, instead it can be now.  These are just my views and I would really appreciate it if you tried to construct a positive argument rather than the last two assertions we've been treated to-Just no and it's not the place, plain and simple don't quite cut it for me I'm afraid.     Tris   20:05, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with Tris on this one. If users have the ability to write an article on the scene, rather than trying to remember the details when they get home, our OR would greatly increase in both quantity and quality. Of course, we would need to ensure that all the stories are genuine, etc, but we manage well ATM and I doubt this will be a dramatic change. Faster news can only be a good thing. We want news while it is still new. Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 20:28, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

 * I don't know about an iPhone, but that b0rks pretty badly on my BlackBerry. I would suggest that, if we have a mobile version of the site (which I agree we desperately need), it should work on all mobile platforms. Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 16:39, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Yeah, I'm afraid that it's never going to look good on a BlackBerry, with its crap browser and different sized screen etc.. This is built for iPhones and iPod Touches, and as such, if we implemented it, it would only be for them (ie. only those users would be redirected to it)  The whole point of these web apps is they can function very similarly to a native app.  Sorry!     Tris   17:08, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Your demo page is broken on iPhones too. It's just one long page. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 17:29, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

 * That I'm afraid is a consequence of it being a web app-I can't get the javascript working to do it on another page; but the advantage is that reading a story is very quick and snappy. If you look at similar websites that make your site into an iPhone version they do the same thing.

I'm still interested in thoughts/comments from others? Anyone?!   Tris   15:14, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

WebCite for Google/Yahoo hosted wire stories
While most news websites generally keep a good hold on their archive, like BBC, CNN and the New York Times, we all know that some don't and will occasionally disappear. Such as, Google News which aside from aggregating news websites, also hosts the original wire stories in their full form. As does Yahoo, who have been doing it for the past 15/10 years. The only problem with Google is their archive expire after a month and a 404 is all that can be found. Therefore, I propose we use WebCite which takes a snapshot of the page as it was. I propose we include it in the style guide as a good guideline to follow, because that way users who will potentially view the archive someday down the road will also be able to find our hosted sources in good working order, hopefully. --Patrick M (TUFKAAP) (talk) 18:21, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Works for me. There's a bot over at enwiki that automatically archives certain URLs via WebCite; might be worth exploring for here. – Juliancolton  | Talk 05:11, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The WebCite bot over at Wikipedia, last time I checked was still being got working properly over there and the author then said he would start looking at other langauges/projects, but that was a bit of time ago.    Tris   10:24, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * This sounds like a reasonable idea, i'd support. Tempodivalse [talk]  15:52, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Should certain local news be hidden from the Main Page? [was Newsworthiness]
(The conversation below was moved from Talk:Glenbard East defeated by Benet Academy in Illinois basketball sectional)

Although that anon user (216.237.232.178) did wrongly vandalize the reviewing template on this page, the point that he was trying to make is still a legitimate one nonetheless. After I posted a vandalism warning on his talk page, he said this in his reply defending his actions: "Am I to understand that whenever my local school happens to have a game that results in some kind of score, I'm entitled to consider it newsworthy enough to report it to the whole world and post it on the Main Page of Wikinews." When you think about it, he's right. In my opinion, the heart of this matter is something that should be seriously addressed as it pertains to articles such as this one. PSD27 (talk) 22:56, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I think the newsworthiness policy was written vaguely for a reason: we simply can't draw a line between what is and isn't newsworthy. Many local news could be considered not newsworthy, but so can other more global news. Try reading this archived discussion for an idea on where the community might stand. Brian McNeil's description of newsworthiness is quite interesting: "is of interest to anyone in the town, possibly people in other parts of the state, and is clear enough that someone on the other side of the world could read it and find it interesting." Benny the mascot (talk) 23:09, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I see what you're saying. However there is a fine line between local news and non-news. As the anon user pointed out, what if everybody wrote articles about their local high school basketball teams? Then Wikinews would just be a collection of youth basketball scores and recaps. I am all for local news when it's actually news. I also have no problem with coverage of major sporting events ranging from the World Series to the World Cup—even NCAA Basketball in most cases is fine to cover. But let's be frank here, how many people outside of this Chicago suburb really care about this? With these type articles, you are not focusing on the worldwide demographic that we tend to cater to. You're merely writing about something that is completely irrelevant outside of this town. PSD27 (talk) 23:27, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well the same logic can be applied to other articles we publish (especially many of our crime-related articles). Are we going to stop reporting on local car crashes simply because they are of no interest to people outside the town? Will we stop reporting on misdemeanors simply because the rest of the world might not care? As Bawolff has said, local news won't be published on the Main Page once our daily volume gets high enough. Until that happens, I think it's best that we adopt a loose policy on newsworthiness.
 * PS: A basketball sectional is equivalent to a regional competition. I'd say that's pretty important to high schoolers throughout the area, not just in the town.
 * Benny the mascot (talk) 23:38, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I think there is a huge difference between crime-related articles and high school basketball articles. Furthermore, I think it is fair to say that more people would be interested in local general interest pieces than in the youth sport blurbs, but that's a whole other topic. Either way, you know where I stand. I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. PSD27 (talk) 23:47, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Benny the mascot (talk) 23:59, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Some food for thought are the following news: I personally think local news should be encouraged, however in some cases (not saying that this is a case of that, just saying in general) it should not be on the main page, and instead restricted to portals that it is relevant to. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:45, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * User:Edbrown05/Grass in Uncle G's back garden continues to grow
 * Tennessee town mulls 'stop work order' as construction of controversial grain tanks begins
 * Interview with Sean Semper-Whyte, City Council candidate for Ward 6 in Mississauga, Canada
 * Quaker website editor launches music podcast programme (this when did not hit Main Page, as most Quaker news was considered to local at time).
 * Maybe we can put the issue to rest by keeping local news on their relevant portals only. Would that be possible right now? Benny the mascot (talk) 23:59, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Like perhaps we can update [Category:Local only] to accommodate such articles. PSD27 (talk)
 * No, we might have to divide the articles by region. Benny the mascot (talk) 00:08, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't see any problem with having local news on the likes of Portal:North America (at least for the time being). I think it will be quite a while before we are big enough where we would want to eliminate local news from regional portals. The Local news category can be made to work right now mostly. The only sticky issue is that it would be difficult to make it not be on the main page, and still be picked up by google news. (otoh when have we ever cared about doing things cleanly). RSS feeds are handled through T:LN so would not be affected by the change. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:24, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe we can do an updated 'local only' category divided by continent, country, region, city, and so on. Moreover, instead of being featured under the "latest news" template, perhaps we can put a link to this local category on the Main Page and it could say something to the effect of "Click here for local news near you." Just an idea for the future. PSD27 (talk) 01:04, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I really don't think we have enough local content to warrant that at this time. In the future (you know, when we take over the world) that may be a good idea (perhaps combined with geo-location goodness). But for now, we simply don't have enough content to do that. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:07, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Just a question, but would anyone object to this being transferred to the Water Cooler? I just stumbled upon it, and find it both interesting and important, but it's hardly in an obvious spot; might be more noticeable if it was there. Just a thought. C628 (talk) 01:16, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree. That'd be great if you could move it there. Please do. PSD27 (talk) 01:22, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Same here. This is a discussion the project needs to have. Tempodivalse [talk]  01:23, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I moved it from Talk:Glenbard East defeated by Benet Academy in Illinois basketball sectional to the water cooler proposal section at this point. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:23, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

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Comments

 * We've talked about this before, and nothing has changed. The fact of hte matter is we don't have enough news to warrant this removal.  In the "Latest News" box we have 20 stories.  Right now that is covering THREE days (March 16th-14th) worth of stories, and it is currently the 17th (so technically 4 days).   You want to cut down the number of articles on the front page even more?  Piss poor idea.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 01:48, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with most of what you're saying. But there is a huge difference between local news, and a blurb about the results of a random high school basketball game (which in my view is not real news). PSD27 (talk) 01:55, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree, it is local. But we don't have ANY reason to not have it on the main page.  If we had 30+ articles a day, and needed the space to feature articles that larger number of people wanted to read (IE not local), then sure, push the local news off.  Right now... we have the real estate and frankly if we start pushing more articles off, the main page is just going to look even more stale than it already is.  It is march 17th, articles from the 14th are still on our front page.  Seriously... 7 articles in one day. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 02:01, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

 * ? When there are 40+ stories per day, the DPL for the main page changes and gets a single line added, and ultra-local stories are a little deeper into Wikinews. For this example, that might be the United States portal; or, if we're really pushing out a lot of articles, the Illinois portal. Right now we don't have the contributor base to keep portals well maintained, nor the article volume to justify putting something at a less-prominent level. Wikinews is scalable based on number of active contributors, why the hell should the criticism of someone who can't even be arsed to create an account cause such a significant discussion? Or, is this what curmudgeons such as myself need to hang around like old-sweaty-sock-odour for? This is news to the people in that area. It is only notnews to you, someone not in that area. --Brian McNeil / talk 01:59, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Having being suitably chastised by offline, I'll add an addendum. This is a perennial issue. The Other Place has an archive of ramblin' discussions about stuff people keep asking, and falls into the "just-say-no" category.
 * This, "Why the %$&@? is all this Numbnuts, Nebraska news being put on the front page?", keeps coming up. I don't want it there, but that is not because I do not want the contributor to create it, and see it published. Benny might just be on-the-spot for a school shooting, or other such incident. By having his work on other topics which interest him personally reviewed, and people trying to improve the accessibility of his writing, he's a valuable on-the-spot citizen journalist if there is a really big story.
 * I don't doubt Benny understands that if there were the same 20 or so regular contributors as we have globally covering Illinois, then the main page would be changed to exclude all local only stories from Illinois that didn't also have some sort of important or feature category.
 * Spread that out, state by state, across the US; you'd have 1,000 contributors primarily writing States-based news. Once you go global down to that sort of regional level you're dealing with tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of contributors. If Wikinews can get there, our major worry would be if it was easy for someone in Illinois to get Benny's news on the school sports results. From that article they'll be able to click the main page link and look at the major global news and unique Wikinews content.
 * The debate in The Other Place whether or not Wikinews can be considered a reliable source could be going better from this project's point of view, but I understand their point of view - which is quite conservative (with a small 'c'). I've pushed to raise Wikinews standards above the bar they impose; the first major hurdle was a Google News listing. From there, the next step has to be getting into one of the universally listed sources if we have coverage of a news item. Wikinewsies can't, even at that point, force the issue and demand acceptance as a reliable source; for pure synthesis articles you might get accepted as 'the source that never goes away or vanishes behind a paywall', but processes to ensure accuracy must be given time to prove themselves.
 * To get that time, Wikinews needs to be open to contributors who may seem selfish by writing ultra-local stuff. You can't force unpaid volunteers to write about something they're uninterested in. They're putting up with finding it hard to find someone interested enough to review the article, they don't need ant discouragement; interests change, and they're potential recruiters of friends who may cover news you consider more newsworthy. --Brian McNeil / talk 03:13, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

 * In my opinion, since Wikinews is an international news site, what is reported here should be relevant to an international audience; in other words, what you'd expect to find on a news site like the New York Times or BBC. I've seen a lot of talk about gaining credibility here; in my view, credibility would be served well by not posting news stories of, to take the example that was the basis of this, local high school basketball games alongside a story about the government of the United Kingdom. I personally am not interested in, nor will I be affected by, high school sports in, say, Outer Mongolia; I don't see why that shouldn't go two ways. C628 (talk) 23:11, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, so what you want is news customized for you personally? There is a site for that. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 00:11, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No, what I want is completely the opposite: a site that has the broadest international appeal possible and that will bring in as much traffic as possible. In my opinion, publishing very local news only serves to hinder that. C628 (talk) 00:16, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see. We shouldn't publish anything considered local only.  What country are you from? We'll say England.  Well anything that happens in England is of no interest to me as an American - so we shouldn't published any news from that country.  Canada too, since it has no effect on me. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 00:18, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * If you'd take the time to find out who you're talking to, you'd find out I'm from Vermont, probably known to you. And international appeal means it appeals to people from anywhere in the world, hence the term.  Generally, people read about stuff that is significant to them; as much international news as possible means that it is significant to more people, so more people read about it.  Look, higher readership already. C628 (talk) 00:24, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * "If I took the time to find out who I'm talking to".... I actually checked both your userpages. I missed the Vermont ubx because I was looking for a country.  Oh well, nothing happens of interest in vermont anyways.  Let me take a quick look at what's up for review right now.  UN reports 200k dead, 8 dead in drone strike, Italian police blow mafia.... yea can't say that I care about any of it.  I care only slightly about GM making money because it amuses me.  Oh and virtual fence, no one cares about that except for the wetbacks.  At least half the stories in review shouldn't make it to the front page by your illogic. -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 00:29, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * My logic works perfectly. The article up for review cover five different continents, and have nearly all have significance nationally, if not internationally. The only one that's a little iffy is Pichilemu, Chile people leave La Cruz Hill.  Even without those, seven countries represented, still five continents.  And what's up for review? An article about one of the worst natural disasters this decade, a minor government collapse, an article about a slightly contentious topic known as UAVs...a little bit more significant than a local high school basketball game. And the GM one? Only an article about one of the largest industrial corporations in the world. C628 (talk) 00:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Not sure why this has turned into a vote. FWIW, I'm of the opinion that we perhaps shouldn't be encouraging local news so much, at least while our contributor base is so small. Let's face it: if we have only a few stories on micro-local stuff like this scattered around - without focussing on the international-relevance news items - then that's, honestly, just an exercise in randomness. We're not going to gain many readers that way, and it will just make us look like a rather haphazard, random news service. As Brian points out above, (and this is my oft-thought pipe-dream) if we had hundreds of contributors across the globe, then local reporting would make sense, because we could have *comprehensive* local news coverage of many areas, and be the world's newspaper for both local and world news. As it stands now, we have "comprehensive" coverage of ... about 4-5 small cities at best - that's not very serious.
 * And (not to take away from people who write local news, i actually appreciate what they're doing), I don't really like seeing micro-local news next to something, like, a major internationally-important event up on the main page. C628 brings up a point in that we might not be seen as very credible if that happens. I'd advocate using category:Local only to hide micro-local events from the main page (but keep them in portals, feeds, and of course google news) - which should not cause those stories to get much less traffic than they would otherwise (considering the vast majority of traffic comes from feeds, GNews, etc.) In no case do I think we should prohibit local stories altogether.
 * The difficulty here is, where do we draw the line? I've pushed for some sort of guideline to be formed suggesting what exactly is defined by "newsworthy", while still leaving some room open for interpretation (I don't think there should be a set policy on this). We also can't oblige people to write about topics they're not interested in - and many people are exclusively interested in local news.
 * Anyways. Sorry if that was a rambling post but, just my two pence ... er ... dollars? Smile.png Tempodivalse [talk]  00:10, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I fully realize that local news will eventually be kept off the main page, but for now I think that designating more important articles as "lead articles" should suffice. Benny the mascot (talk) 04:28, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Define Local
Seriously, define what "local" means in this context. Without that, this argument is moot anyways. Is Explosion in Bay Area, California suburb damages cigarette store local? Is Maker Faire 2009 wraps up in San Mateo, California local? Is Wikinews visits the Pacific Orchid Exposition? I can assure you more people potentially cared about explosions in Pleasant Hill (Which is most definitely a local article) than Orchids. And Maker Faire is only the bay area, why does anyone anywhere else in the world care... digressing from the fact that 75 THOUSAND people attended. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 02:01, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 00:14, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Proposal to delete Main Page
It is quite obvious that people have their own belief as to what should be on the main page, and that we need to take content off. Apparently we have too much content running through the main page, with our 8 articles a day and everything. I propose that we delete the Main Page and replace it with a list of countries and categories. Each country and category topic will get it's own page. News on one of these main pages will not be allowed to be displayed on any other. With this system people who don't care about news from Illinois will simply not visit the US main page. Those who don't care about entertainment news, won't go Entertainment main page. So on and so forth. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 00:33, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * WN:POINT ? Tempodivalse [talk]  00:35, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Nah, deleting the main page and implementing my plan without warning woud be WN:POINT -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 00:36, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * How about we have some sort of summary page, to sumarrize the best of all these independant portals. That way we can see everything thats going on at a glance. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:37, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Too much content --Shoone (talk) 00:48, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Why is 'Wikivoices' on the Main Page?
Now with all this talk about the Main Page, why is 'Wikivoices Specials' on the main page? It kinda seems like it is prone to getting stale, and is just... not interesting. Now if this could become a daily updated thing, that's a whole different ballgame, but this seems like it will be updated very rarely. Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 00:41, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It was a one time special. No one really pays attention "Below the fold" so it stayed there.  I've rolled it back.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 00:43, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, Good, Thanks Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 00:46, 18 March 2010 (UTC)


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Heavy earthquake hits the Philippines

March 26, 2010 An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 6.0 has struck the Philippines, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has reported.

The epicentre was 130 kilometres (80 miles) from the country's capital, Manila, at a depth of eighteen kilometres (11.2 miles). The temblor started at 01:29:25 local time (05:29:25 UTC), the USGS said.

Some media reports contradicted the USGS' reports, saying that the earthquake's magnitude was 6.1.

No reports of damage, injuries, or casualties have been reported, although many people working in the capital's central business district rushed out of buildings when the tremors started, according to Al Jazeera.

The chief of the Philippine seismology institute, Renato Solidum, said to the Agence France-Presse news agency that the earthquake was felt throughout the suburbs of Manila and provinces nearby. According to the Philippine News Agency, the tremors were felt in Quezon City and Lubang Island as well.

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March 25, 2010 At least six people were killed earlier today after a car bomb was detonated in the Colombian city of Buenaventura.

The incident occurred close to the mayor's office, and damaged a local attorney general office, as well as several taxis in the street. Al Jazeera reports that at least twenty people were wounded, although other news services, such as the Christian Science Monitor, said there were at least forty injured.

The head of the country's armed forces, General Freddy Padilla, blamed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) group for the attack, saying that "[s]urely this was the FARC." However, nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the blast.

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, meanwhile, offered a reward worth US$150,000 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible. He told media in Medellin that "we can't let our guard down."

Guillermo Mendoza, who is the country's chief prosecutor, commented that he wouldn't rule out the cause of the blast being either a gang fight, or an attack by drug traffickers as retaliation against his office.


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Pichilemu and Cobquecura, Chile rocked again by aftershocks

March 26, 2010

Two medium intensity seisms were registered in Chile. These quakes are aftershocks of the March 11 Pichilemu earthquake. According to the University of Chile Geological Survey, the first one took place at 9:59 local time (13:59 UTC); its epicenter was located 17 kilometers northeast of Pichilemu, with a magnitude of 4.7. It lasted about ten seconds. The second aftershock had a magnitude of 5.1, and occurred at the 10:57 local time (14:57 UTC), with its epicenter located 15 kilometers north of Cobquecura.

The National Emergencies Office graded the scale of the seisms on the Mercalli scale, which attempts to quantify the amount of physical damage caused by an earthquake. The intensities of the smaller aftershock were determined to be V in Pichilemu, III in Talca and II in San Fernando, while the larger 5.1 magnitude earthquake only hit IV in Pichilemu, but registered a IV in Talca as well, due to its closer proximity to that city.

Thursday morning the Municipality of Pichilemu posted a letter via Facebook to all those affected by the February 27 and March 11 earthquakes in the surrounding areas of Pichilemu, like Ciruelos, Alto Ramírez, and others. However, they didn't name the village of Espinillo. The mayor of Pichilemu, Roberto Córdova, was criticized for not giving aid to the village. Córdova responded that he was "doing his best to aid [the surrounding areas]. [The Municipality] is going to replace the [balustrades] destroyed by the 11 March earthquake," and "these places are receiving the aid they require."


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I've not interviewed Mr. Córdova, but I was just behind him when Mr. Santiago Pavlovic, a TVN journalist, did. I heard the full talk and I've extracted a bit. --Diego Grez let's talk 23:18, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

Quotations from Mr. Córdova and journalist
I was able to recover this from a damaged video I've recorded at the time of the broadcast:
 * (J) "¿Que es lo que va a hacer para reparar las balaustradas del parque?"
 * (RC) "Vamos a reponer aquellas que fueron destruidas por el terremoto del jueves 11."
 * (J) "¿Como se esta ayudando a los afectados?"
 * (RC) "Nosotros [la Municipalidad] estamos haciendo lo que podemos para ayudarlos [...] Aquellos lugares estan recibiendo la ayuda que requieren."

Translation

 * (J) "What are you going to do to repair the park balaustrades?"
 * (RC) "We are going to replace the destroyed ones by the Thursday 11 earthquake."
 * (J) "How are you aiding the affected people?"
 * (RC) "We [the Municipality] are doing our best to aid them [...] These places are receiving the aid they require."

--Diego Grez let's talk 02:34, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

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editprotected Please add Category:2010 Pichilemu earthquake and Category:O'Higgins Region. --Diego Grez return fire 19:49, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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Greek debt deal reached

March 27, 2010 A meeting in Brussels has produced a plan, supported by all 16 countries in the eurozone, to make available up to 22 billion euros in financing to support Greece, which is laden with debt.

The deal would come into force only if Greece was unable to borrow money from commercial lenders, and would require approval from all 16 eurozone countries. While no figures were included in the agreement, anonymous officials said the total package would be around 22 billion euros, of which European countries would provide two-thirds. The remainder would be supplied by the International Monetary Fund.

Germany and France were the architects of the document, which was subsequently approved by the other members of the eurozone. While it is seen as a partial retreat for countries such as France that previously opposed any IMF participation in the loans, it is nevertheless regarded as a breakthrough in negotiations. Germany had been insistent on relatively strong terms for the plan, a large amount of which was in the final version.

Despite the agreement, there are no plans for it to take immediate effect, as the Greek government has not requested financial aid, and officials said that they hoped the option would never have to be used. The president of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, said that "the mechanism decided today will not normally need to be activated."

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UK's ITV cancels police drama "The Bill" after 27 years

March 26, 2010

British television network ITV announced today that it will cancel long running police drama The Bill. The Bill is one of the United Kingdom's longest running drama series, having premiered the pilot episode, entitled "Woodentop", in 1983.

The series has suffered from declining ratings despite an overhaul in 2009 which included a move to a post-watershed time slot. In a statement, ITV announced that the cancellation was part of a "creative rethink" and that the money saved from the cancellation would be put towards shorter-term dramas. ITV's Peter Fincham said that "The Bill has been a fixture on our screens for more than 25 years and has been the home of some of the UK's best serial drama storylines, and a great showcase for terrific scriptwriting and fine acting talent. But times change, and so do the tastes of our audience." Fincham went on to explain that the decision to cancel the series was a "creative decision" rather than one intended to cut costs.

Ninety people are currently employed on the production team for The Bill and production company Talkback Thames announced that there was a possibility of a "significant number of redundancies", but the company is entering into consultation with employees. The current series will end later in 2010 and ITV will not be recommissioning it. Investing in shorter-run dramas, ITV announced that, inter alia, a new short series written by Anthony Horowitz is forthcoming.

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American singer Johnny Maestro dies at 70

March 26, 2010

American singer Johnny Maestro died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Cape Coral, Florida. Maestro was best known for his 1958 hit song "16 Candles" with The Crests.

He began his career in the 1950s as lead singer for The Crests, an early interracial singing group. In 1968 he joined his band, The Del-Satins, with The Rhythm Method, another Long Island band. They became Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge. Their song "The Worst That Could Happen" went gold in 1969. Maestro performed with The Brooklyn Bridge until two months before his death.

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South Korean navy ship sinks off North Korean coast

March 26, 2010 A South Korean naval vessel, the ROKS Cheonan, with around 100 crew members on board is reported to have sunk near the disputed maritime border with North Korea. While initial reports said the cause may have been a torpedo attack by North Korea, South Korean officials have since denied any military altercation.

The 1,200 tonne ship was reported to have begun sinking between 9:30 and 10:45 PM local time (1345 UTC) on Friday night near Baengnyeong Island. While no cause was confirmed by authorities, an explosion occurred in the rear of the ship and there was much speculation about the possibility of a North Korean torpedo attack. A spokesperson for the government, however, said that judgement on the cause was being withheld until an investigation was conducted, and South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that there was insufficient evidence to implicate North Korea. By the day after the incident, South Korean officials had said that North Korea was not involved, as there was no indication of North Korean military activity in the area the ship sank.

The Yonhap news agency said that a South Korean ship had fired shots at another, unidentified, North Korean vessel, although whether the incident occurred before or after the vessel began sinking is unclear. A later report said that the target may have been merely a flock of birds.

According to the ship's captain, one of those who was rescued, there was "the sound of an explosion and the ship keeled to the right." The initial explosion caused the ship to lose power and communications, and the ship sank rapidly, with the rear underwater five minutes after the explosion.

A rescue operation was immediately undertaken by South Korea, with several of the involved vessels rescuing 58 people. The remaining 46 that were on board the ship are presently unaccounted for, and it is increasingly unlikely that any more survivors will be picked up. The South Korean government has convened an emergency meeting in response to the incident, and the military has activated an emergency task force.

The sea around the Korean peninsula has been the site of previous incidents between the two navies, including deadly battles in 1999 and 2002, and a smaller firefight last year.


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Thread:Comments:US House of Representatives passes health care bill/Why can't people realize how much we can't afford these wars right now?/reply (4)

Seeing the rich as "the best" and the poor as "the coddled weakest" seems like a pretty evil political philosophy at work. and as for the wars, Does anyone seriously believe that attacking and invading other nations (e.g. Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen) protects the United States form terrorism? It fuels more terrorism because it simply validates the arguments of those who would seek to harm the US. Terrorism is at its very nature, ideological, not military. Killing and wounding "suspected terrorists", (in effect often civilians) simply alienates the remainder of the population and provides them the moral (and emotional) justification to retaliate in desperate ways. Granted there may be a few (ignorant) conservatives who believe these wars about protecting the country, but most understand the real reason for the recent wars is geopolitics - the U.S. is highly reliant on foreign fossil fuels (which are rapidly dwindling, and needs to assure its control of these resources as they start to run out. Fossil fuel security is vital to U.S. National Security (i.e.The US, can has a military larger than the next 17 nations combined, but it is quickly rendered useless if there is nothing to fuel it), and to preserving the American way of life and high standard of living.


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The problem in mexico is the government is spend a lot of money to try win the war with the narco in this case the government doesn't have the power to stop this and the solution is in front try to legalize the drugs but what is the problem with this no is the people is the same political persons because inside of the government exist people that receive money from the narco that is the principal reason that the government can't win this war is better die to continue with this situation


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Hi 5 albert square, I've read your name in the Unblock Ticket Request System page in the English wiki; I have a pair of question to ask you about the UTRS, maybe you can help me:

 * 1) Is there a UTRS also on Wikinews (and other projects) or the UTRS in Wikipedia can be used also for requests in Wikinews (etc)?

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I hope that there's no problems with my question and that you can help me with this information, thanks in advance if you will :-)

Hi, I don't know about a UTRS on Wikinews if there is one. I wouldn't have thought that UTRS could be used could be used for Wikinews as the admins on Wikipedia aren't necessarily admins here.

If you're wanting to know what admins are available on UTRS, you would just need to go to WP:UTRS on Wikipedia 5 albert square (talk) 08:13, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

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Eleven die in truck-van crash in Kentucky

March 27, 2010

At least eleven people have died in a crash between a van and a tractor-trailer on Interstate 65 south of Munfordville, Kentucky. The collision occurred around 5:16 a.m. CDT (1016 UTC) yesterday morning near the 63-mile marker.

According to officials the tractor-trailer crossed the median and struck the 18 passenger van head-on. The truck then hit a rock wall and burst into flames. The driver of the truck is reported to have died along with ten passengers in the van. The family in the van were Mennonites from Kentucky on their way to a wedding in Iowa.

Officials said that one infant was killed but two other children in the van aged four and five that were in child restraint seats survived with minor injuries. Northbound Interstate 65 was to be closed until at least 4 p.m. CDT (2100 UTC) according to the Kentucky Department of Transportation.


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Thread:Comments:UK's ITV cancels police drama "The Bill" after 27 years/Shame

I used to watch The Bill quite often and really enjoyed it, though I haven't seen it in a while. I gather it's changed quite a lot recently, but moving it past the watershed seems like a fatal mistake to me. Unfortunately given ITV's current output I'm sure whatever replaces it will be utter tosh.


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6.2 magnitude earthquake hits northern Chile

March 27, 2010 A strong earthquake struck the Atacama Region in Chile at 11:52 (14:52 UTC), provoking widespread hysteria. The United States Geological Survey reported that the tremor reached a magnitude of 6.2. The epicentre is located on the mainland 76 kilometers south of Copiapó and at a depth of 59 kilometers. However, the University of Chile Geological Survey reported that the seism reached a magnitude of 5.9.

Thousands of inhabitants of Copiapó ran evacuation plans in offices and schools. The seism set off many alarms in cars and enterprises, according to radio stations. Parents went to take their children out of the schools. It was reported earlier that cornices fell down from buildings, businesses lost merchandise and cellphone networks encountered problems in the area.

The ONEMI reported no damages or injuries, but some roads collapsed. Power and water distribution were not affected. Eva Cansino, ONEMI boss, told TVN that the citizens' reactions demonstrated particular sensitivity to seisms, and she pointed out that it helps to minimize the risks in similar situations. She added that this seism was not an aftershock of the February 27 Maule or March 11 Pichilemu earthquakes, which destroyed many places in the central and south areas of Chile.

Santiago felt the earthquake to a lesser degree. The earthquake was felt between the Antofagasta and O'Higgins regions.

ONEMI also reported the intensities of the seism in three regions according to the Mercalli scale:

 * Antofagasta: Taltal, III grades;
 * Atacama: Copiapó and Tierra Amarilla, VI grades; Vallenar, V grades; Caldera, IV grades;
 * Coquimbo: La Serena, V grades; Combarbalá and Río Hurtado, IV grades; Ovalle, III grades; and Punitaqui, II grades.

Joaziel Jamett, from ONEMI, reported that the tsunami alert was discarded in the coast of the Atacama Region, at the 12:45 local time (15:45 UTC). "SHOA (Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile / Chilean Army Hydrographic and Oceanographic Survey) has discarded any tsunami in the Atacama Region, therefore we have to keep the people quiet", reported Jamett to Bío Bío Radio.

Today marks one month from the earthquake and tsunami combo that hit the most of Chile central and south part. This is the second seism that has occurred in the north of Chile in the last few weeks, after the 6.3 on March 4.

Almost ten minutes before this earthquake, at 11:39:08 (14:39 UTC), another March 11 earthquake aftershock was felt between the O'Higgins and Bíobío regions. It reached 4.3 grades, and had a depth of 32.4 kilometers. The epicentre was located 16 kilometers at the southeast of Pichilemu. It lasted about 15 seconds. Another aftershock occurred at the 13:14 (16:14 UTC), reached 3.7 grades, had a depth of 10.8 kilometers, and the epicentre was located 12 kilometers at the east of Pichilemu. It lasted about 5 seconds.


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Thread:Comments:US House of Representatives passes health care bill/Why can't people realize how much we can't afford these wars right now?/reply (5)

Ahh, the ancient "war for oil" garbage again. I can remember all the times I heard THAT load of bull in college...

No, these wars are NOT for oil. Not now, and they never were. If we wanted oil, we would NOT need war for it- despite the huge debate over it, surely drilling in ANWR would be a much better alternative. It's on land we own- no conquest required. It's close, so the shipping costs would be much cheaper. No need for expensive military equipment nor massive loss of life, either, so surely it'd be much more popular.

Out of all the complaints that are thrown at these wars, the "War for Oil" claim is easily the least logical, and the most annoying. It has no basis whatsoever in reality.

As for your claims about "the best" and "the coddled weakest", that hasn't got SQUAT to do with rich VS poor. It's more a matter of those who work for a living (or, in these economic times, those who WANT to work for a living but can't) VS those who'd rather have welfare provide everything for them.


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And there always are the neighbors to the north and Alaska.


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I've timed the Pichilemu aftershocks. Also added some additional info from sources. --Diego Grez let's talk 01:11, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
 * What is "SHOA"? It is not explained, just mentioned. --SVTCobra 02:00, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

I've done a first pass on copyediting but it needs more before this article is ready to be published. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 07:33, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
 * SHOA means Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile. In English, Chilean Army Hydrographic and Oceanographic Survey. --Diego Grez let's talk 12:49, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

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editprotected Please add Category:O'Higgins Region and Category:2010 Pichilemu earthquake. --Diego Grez return fire 20:42, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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"So using the "fiscal responsibility" argument as an excuse not to have a National Health Care system is completely ludicrous."

Somehow, I think the "fiscal responsibility" argument gains a lot more credence when you take into account that the current administration has already spent more money in one year than the previous one did in eight. On top of that, they've done that during a recession, while the economy was strong for most of the Bush years... until near the very end, when the Democrats took Congress, spending spiked, and the economy's sinking started.

Also... if you're gonna bash Republicans over these allegedly-illegal wars... ... shouldn't you also be bashing Obama for not already pulling out? The chant for the past eight years has been that we should pull out as fast as possible, and now that the side who chanted it is in power... it's not happening, why? Or did it magically turn into a good war just because a Liberal Democrat is in charge?


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From the way you speak, you believe that Nazism and Socialism are particularly different?

"We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are determined to destroy this system under all conditions.” -Adolph Hitler, 1927

Granted, he changed his stance on being a self-described socialist two years later, but this was mostly due to the damage it did to his party's image.


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utter nonsense ... you are regurgitating crap that you have heard from idiots


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who was that comment directed to?


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Um... yes, the earth is flat, The Holocaust never happened, and global warming is a massive hoax. The war isn't for oil LMAO!!! ANWR as an alternative to Iraq? you could't fill a bathtub with the dribble of oil up in that seal infested swamp. Iraq has the second largest reserves left on the planet, after Saudi Arabia. If i'm not mistaken, the 15 of the 19 9/11 highjackers were from that country, why didn't we invade them? Oh that's right those Monarchists have given us cheap oil since Truman made a deal with them back In the 50's, so we didn't need to. Iraq on the other hand. Saddam was our buddy keeping the Ayatollahs in Iran at bay, until he got the bright idea to Nationalize Petroleum supplies. That Backstabbing Socialist Traitor! And then he had to get even greedier and invade Kuwait! No not for oil lol


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You forgot to mention AIDS doesn't actually exist and Mr. Luc Montagnier lied to us all.


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Winning British EuroMillions lottery ticket worth £39.7 million claimed
A winning EuroMillions lottery ticket, worth approximately £39.7 million (US$59.2 million, €44.1 million) has been claimed in the United Kingdom. The resulting lottery numbers were (in ascending order) 8, 16, 18, 37 and 43, with the two Lucky Star numbers being 2 and 6. A spokesperson for the National Lottery said: "Subject to a claim being received and validated, the prize could be paid out when the banks open on Monday. The winner can then decide whether or not to go public and share their news."

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