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 * I do support this motion. The user has, in repeated times past, been asked by many users to revise his method of editing Wikinews. Since he refuses to do this, and continues to violate the NPOV policy, harrass users and raise hell on this wiki, I cannot in good faith support his access of editing this wiki in the methods he has chosen to.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 22:57, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I support this. Someone who claims to have a "nemesis" is openly admitting they will approach the project in an adversarial manner. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:39, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a very superficial judgement on which to base a very significant action. -- Simeon 03:56, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This was as short a comment as I felt I could make considering the text of the page. Please refer to my comments later on this page. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:12, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

 * My long time nemesis bringing this forward pollutes the integrity of this process; as I am sure he is well aware. Neutralizer 22:48, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Object to this procedure on principle, see talk.--Eloquence 23:24, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I would like to stress that my vote here does not imply that I am in favor of such proposal, however in dire times, I would like to use its advantages. Just to, you know, add to the confusion :).  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:22, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Both. Object on principal, and on the specifics, which I will endeavour to research and comment on as I find them, in what time I can spare. Really this originates in a personality conflict and this is a chunk of time that a lot of people could better spend doing something productive. Amgine, I wish you could find a way to get over yourself on this. Do you think Neutralizer baits you?

 * Why is it always Amgine or MrM who finds issue with Neutralizer's behaviour lately? I agree with Neutralizer that there is a pattern here, a strong pattern. Have a look through the history from yesterday and find my repairs that I made to the reference desk -- straying somewhat from the topic, but you are central to a team of like-minded people who choose to police this wiki and regularly enforce a particular political agenda, whether you are aware of it or not, and whether it is intentional or not.

 * A wiki is a place for people to balance each others views wherever a single person cannot produce a balanced contribution on their own. So the more bias you introduce, the more Neutralizer and others, myself included, will resort to 'biased' contributions, simply in order to attempt to balance the bias your team has so-adequately entrenched. You must at least be aware of this process, and yet you continually cry foul, as if there is only one side to the equation.

 * That is what I find unacceptable, more than any bias in Neutralizer's contributions, at least he admits to you the right to express your opinion. -- Simeon 03:56, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Perhaps this originates in a personality conflict, but I find it unlikely since my personal political views are more in line with Neutralizer's than with MrMiscellanious's. I am certainly sensitized to Neutralizer's actions as I have been the target of attacks from him on multiple websites and have had my personal webpages vandalized by him, but I don't take much which happens online very personally; I assume it is the results of a lack of personal responsibility and high emotions.
 * A wiki is not a place to balance each other; it is a place to build a community with common goals. The assumed view that one is required to "balance" another creates a false dichotomy and requires a status of conflict. This wiki and this community were formed with several specific tenets which you should recall: to report what is factually sourced and verifiable in accordance with a neutral point of view policy, to develop a community with whom to collaborate in doing so. There is no requirement there for balance, but there are requirements for verifiability and the NPOV, and a requirement to work collaboratively.
 * It is my opinion User:Neutralizer is either not capable or not willing to work collaboratively within the community to produce verifiable news articles which follow npov. This opinion has been informed by an extensive investigation of three months worth of his edits, and five months of active involvement with him. I do not believe you have given the same amount of consideration to developing your opinion that he is capable of doing any of these things. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:52, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't want to reply to your comments extensively, I would rather see more input from others than a discussion between you and me ... but I have formed a similar opinion of yourself and some others over a similar amount of time, Amgine. What should I do? Block you repeatedly? Repeatedly ask the community to vote for your excision? I don't think so. If you can't accept that in a public forum there are people who repeatedly, vehemently express strong views, then it is you who has the problem with wikinews, not Neutralizer.
 * I'm sorry that I don't have time to "investigate this matter" to the same depth as you. But I question if this one user is so troublesome, why is it always the same people who complain about his "behaviour"?
 * Given that, like most of the "community" that you are inviting to disconnect from Neutralizer, I don't have time to read the history page of every page on the site, I personally have always found Neutralizer to be polite towards me.
 * If I am correct that it is only a few users who have a problem with Neutralizer, then I ask those users to please try to find ways to resolve your differences with that user yourselves, because I don't think this is a community issue, and I don't think our community should be excising elements it can't gracefully integrate. That seems to be the exact opposite of everything that wikimedia is intended for. -- Simeon 06:46, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Just as a side remark, I thought there was agreement a while ago that administrators block users that they are invoved in an active conflict with violate admin policy. That rule would make sense to me, but I guess I got that wrong. --vonbergm 20:14, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Just as a side reply, I want to stress that any violation of policy should not, and does not, require for an admin to be in a dispute with another user. In this case, there was a clear-cut violation of the policy.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:17, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Amgine, I have been looking at Neutralizer's edit history as you requested. I can't for the life of me see any recent edits by him that might be called disruptive, definitely not 'disruptive to the site' or 'disruptive to the community'. Please can you point out the edit or group of edits which prompted you to [|block him]?

 * 02:13, 16 January 2006 Amgine blocked "User:Neutralizer" with an expiry time of 1 week (Disruption of site, repeated tagging/untagging without justification/consensus, ongoing refusal to work collaboratively)

 * -- Simeon 07:20, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I will be happy to do so tomorrow. I do not have enough time remaining this evening, but will build a list of edits (and context) for you when I get online in the morning. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 07:23, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Short list to hold off on until Amgine is up for the day:
 * POV title change; article did not reflect any "pressure", nor even spoke of any.
 * Continuation of the "running list", although discussions with other users resulted in the consensus (along with Neutralizer) to discontinue the list
 * Venezuela will buy Spanish planes with European technology -> Violation of WN:NOT, in that: "Wikinews articles are not works in progress. Developing articles are marked with the template. Once written and published they are historical documents; they should not continue to be updated or changed. Especially, they should not be altered to an angle or POV not reflective of the article as it was published. Wikinews is not an encyclopedia."
 * Removed photo that was relevent to article, citing the image was "POV". However, article clearly stated (at that time) that al-Zawahiri was a target of the attack, therefore relevent.
 * Image removed once again, although third party replaced it.
 * Violation of the [[WN:NPOV|NPOV policy].]
 * Personal attack on Amgine
 * Accusing others of having a pro-US bias, however not acknowledging that he has an anti-US bias.

 * These are just a few edits, I'm sure Amgine will have more. Obviously, if you look at all these edits, you will see the nature of the edits that Neutralizer has made on his time back.  Adding to your comment about Neutralizer always being kind, Simeon, I've encountered similar instances, however usually only when he needs an Administrator action being done.  From there on out, he continues his quite impolite method of editing.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 13:15, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Many of the items are plainly silly, and some of the NPOV claims are plainly wrong (and yes, some have merit). But instead of engaging into a detailed and unnecessary discussion on this list I would rather let Amgine speak for himself and detail his own reasons (Although this should be the starting point of a de-editing request and not an addendum...). --vonbergm 20:09, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think anyone asked you to defend them, vonbergm. Simeon asked for a list, I provided one of what I thought were edits that were disruptive, and Amgine will provide one later.  So, if you were to "refute" any of these, you should do it with Neutralizer's approval of that refute.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:20, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I do not understand why I should ask for Neutralizer's 'approval' to "refute" statements made by you. Please explain. --vonbergm 20:31, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * All I'm saying is, you shouldn't try and defend someone without their permission. Nothing meant by it, just a suggestion.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:34, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Are you implying that you got Amgine's permission to post your list? Good effort! --vonbergm 20:49, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Fine, ignore what I say. But, you wouldn't want to make a fool out of yourself by saying something that someone didn't want said, now would you?  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:51, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't really care about what people 'want' me to say. I guess that is a matter of taste though... --vonbergm 21:34, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Examination of Neutralizer's edits 0234 15 Jan - 0213 16 Jan UTC
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Overview: User:Neutralizer was on a wikivacation from 1 January to 14 January. On his return to active editing he joined into contentious discussions regarding US actions in Pakistan, US foreign policy in regards to Venezuela, created an article about US prosecution of Guantanamo prisoners, and reopened a discussion regarding a list of edits he dislikes which he continues to maintain being linked on the water cooler. To give context, he has repeatedly been asked and promised to avoid articles about US political issues and foreign policy, he has been repeatedly asked and agreed to stop maintaining his list of edits, and he has previously agreed to leave the list off of the water cooler as a sign of his interest in peaceful collaboration.

Timeline
During the editing period leading up to his block, Neutralizer was active over two distinct time frames; an initial five hour period followed by a 7 hour break, then a 8 our session. A summary of his edit foci during these periods are:

 * Five hour period
 * Two articles covering the airstrike in Pakistan
 * His list of edits which he disagrees with
 * The article about former Guantanamo prisoner Omar Khadr

US airstrike in Pakistan
This article, at the time Neutralizer's first edit to its talk page, was a published breaking news article. The title at the time was 18 killed in U.S. air strike on village in Pakistan. The article was undergoing its first major rewrite, moving the focus from the targeted attempted assassination of al-Zawahri to the results of that action (innocents killed, invasive force in the sovereign territory of Pakistan.)

 * states agreement with a pov comment (which on examination is also incorrect according to the linked sources) from Kashifijazmalik, and adds comment that showing an image of reported target is POV.
 * removes image from article.
 * removes image from lead template.
 * States the use of the photo is pandering to serial murdering USA, that one or two editors are responsible (at this point at least 5 editors had added or modified the image, indicating the inaccuracy of the latter contention at least), not logged in, claiming the edit
 * disregards ("So what?") confirmation al-Zawahiri was invited to the village, calls the USA mass-murderer, orders contributors not to "buy into" the propaganda . Modifies the somewhat bizarre "if satanic criminal thought his ex-wife might be among the 17" to "if the satanic criminal thought someone he hated might be among the 17"
 * Removes widly reported and well-sourced factual statements from the article
 * Fixes link—the second positive edit during this period
 * Unprovable negative argument against MrMiscellanious on talk page (signing, clarifying )

Assessment at this point: Neutralizer removes an image of the person which all but one source cited at the time of his edit reports as the target of the attack (the one which did not report al-Zawahiri as the target linked to an article about Russia's proposal regarding the Iranian nuclear research stand-off, and was later linked correctly to an article which reported the same as the others.) Neutralizer's stated reason as to why the image is POV is it assumes the US government is telling the truth. None of the sources report the targeting information had come from the US government, but from various unnamed sources either in the US or Pakistan secret services. While the truth of targeting may not be ascertainable by Wikinews, the factual statement is repeatedly sourced and, in the article, is listed as "US media reports claim" al-Zawahiri was the target of the attack.

 * removes the image from the article again, not signed in
 * further statement regarding the veracity that the target was al-Zawahiri, rude comments regarding other contributors action showing a lack of good faith, not signed in
 * claims the anonymous edits
 * Removes NPOV statement (ascribed factual statement) from lead article, edit summary "removed deflective unsubstantiated speculation by anonymous and unreliable sources"
 * Style edit—third edit which was not specifically disruptive, POV (argued ), or otherwise negative
 * Disputing with MrMiscellanious (ad-hominem), modifies to be more rude
 * Raises reasonable question in borderline reasonable manner (4th good edit?)
 * chastises Dragonfire regarding rumour, disregarding the NPOV's ascription formula, and insists he must provide proof (which is already extant in the article at this point in time), not logged in  claims it
 * Suggests USA is fascist, rants about CNN coverage, that it's our fault
 * Removed sourced content from article, edit summary: "remove US media "spin" on the story"

Pakistanis condemn US airstrike
A method of "getting his opinion heard" used by Neutralizer in the past is to create second, third, or more articles about a given topic. While I consider this a good choice—most news events which are controversial have more than one angle which should be considered, and Wikinews should cover such events more completely—Neutralizer's method of operation has been to attack the other article as POV/poorly sourced/needing cleanup/any other tag to prevent its publication while pushing his alternative article quickly to publication. In short, he acts in bad faith.

 * Creates additional article, not logged in
 * On talk page, adds msg which is confusing as the article is not, and has not been, tagged with anything, then blanks this message
 * Adds develop tag, 5th good edit

Protests erupt in Pakistan over US air strike

 * comment on talk page, accusing US government of stonewalling regarding the events

User:Neutralizer/Delay and obstruction to articles that report the misdeeds of the U.S. government et al.
User:Neutralizer began tracking specific edits he disagreed with after Chiacomo and I explained how to create links to specific edits. (We've also attempted to convince him to use standard formating with spaces between such links so they look less like vandal attacks in difs, but to little avail.) He was maintaining this list on the Water cooler, and it consisted primarily of edits by admins he was targeting for harrassment. It was eventually moved to his talk page after several weeks of negotiations, and to an archive page when he learned to do those.

While I feel the list is in violation of wikiquette, I suggested he could add the undefined template to the page if he felt it were of community-wide importance and so long as no one complained about a user's personal page being on the water cooler.

On several occasions he was encouraged by community members to remove the list. He stated in IRC to Xirzon/Eloquence he would no longer add to or publish it. He has been informed it is considered disruptive, and has challenged other users to build and maintain lists of edits they dispute by him.

 * restores flag template (listing page on the Water cooler), adds images of Bush jr., + edits by MrMiscellanious (3 Dec 2005), MrMiscellanious (14 Jan 2006), MrMiscellanious (14 Jan 2006)
 * Note on my page stating why he is violating his word (his opinion WN is loaded with Pro-USA-POViors exemplified by the al-Zawahiri photo, see above)
 * Note on my page accusing me of acrimony, and blaming him for my withdrawing my nomination for adminship on en.Wiktionary (he is unaware I withdrew it due to a reasoned comment from an admin there.)
 * + edit by Amgine (15 Jan 2006)
 * restore flag template (listing page on the Water cooler)
 * adding link I gave him to his user space talk page
 * restore flag template, edit summary "Give it a rest, Amgine. I'm tired of the bull"
 * adding link I gave him to a  to his user space page

Canadian teen faces US War Crimes court
Creates article regarding Omar Khadr. The article is rife with misinformation and misleading statements, some of which are contradicted by the sources cited others are purely made up ("Omar Khadr is the first teenager ever to face the charge of being a perpetrator of war crimes." Apparently Neutralizer has never heard of Rwanda's UN War Crimes Tribunal or of the Khmer Rouge.)

 * Creation and initial edits

Assessment at this point: the article is clearly POV, but is new and in development. I tagged the article as not correctly sourced (, explained on talk page ) in hopes the concerns would be addressed.

 * Talk page response to my tag indicates Neutralizer did not read my explanation of concerns
 * Talk page response to my re-examination of the sources, with additional citation, indicates Neutralizer did not read my re-examination of the sources, or the additional citation, and includes an ad-hominem attack and adds another attempt at rudeness
 * Removes article flag without consensus (or attempt at consensus) on the talk page
 * False dichotomy argument on talk page re article flags
 * Accusation of stalking (particularly humorous considering his actions on Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Journowiki, and elsewhere.)

User talk:Neutralizer
I am of the opinion a user's talk page may contain whatever the user chooses so long as it is not harrassing of other contributors or offensive to the community (this is based on the Wikipedia policy regarding user pages.) This does not change the fact all pages, in the user namespace or elsewhere, are part of Wikinews and subject to the community's policies and guidelines.

 * Response to my comment, in which Neutralizer accuses me of abuse and "tamper"ing with his user page
 * Response to MrMiscellanious's comment, in which Neutralizer accuses MrMiscellanious of POV editing, and baits him regarding the list of edits
 * Response to Bawolff and Edbrown05 - the first non-confrontational, disruptive, or POV edit since his return
 * Response to MrMiscellanious's suggestion to remove the list or be equally targeted, Neutralizer 'calls his bluff' , and expands it
 * Response to MrMiscellanious's bluster by questioning his integrity, saying his "challenges are nothing but hot-air."
 * An accusation I am a troll

Venezuela will buy Spanish planes with European technology
This article covers large purchase of military airframes by Venezuela from Spain, controversial because the United States has attempted to veto or sabotage the purchase on more than one occasion - most recently by not allowing Spain to include technology elements which are licensed in the USA. Spain's solution to the situation was to locate replacement European parts and Venezuela released a communique which sharply criticized the USA's decision saying the real justification is the US's imperialism via the war on drugs in South America.

 * page move from "Venezuela issues response after attempt to buy Spanish planes fails" moved to "Spain defies US pressure" - imo a reasonable if sensational title for the article (4th good edit) -
 * reorder paragraph, 6th good edit
 * Accuses MrMiscellanious of threatening

Water cooler/policy
Neutralizer has a history of bringing personal disputes to the Water cooler. He has been asked on several occasions to keep personal disputes on personal talk pages, and to bring them to the attention of administrators where a personal dispute is not resolvable, to the alert page if an imminent issue. Since he has done all these things previously he is aware of these steps in dispute resolution.

 * Brings dispute to the Water cooler policy section, with various refinements , ,

Humble suggestion
Rather than getting into more heated discussions, let's scrap this request for de-edit. It will not go through anyway (for reasons of principle and merit), and merely serves to further fortify the positions of different camps and spread "bad energy" (how I hate that language, but sometimes it just fits...). Let's rather put our energies into arbcom so that we can find a lasting solution on how to deal with perceived and actual disruptive behavior. If people feel that there is need for immediate action, I am sure that some short-term solutions (e.g. some sort of mentoring progam), can be worked out. --vonbergm 21:50, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

 * If history is any guideline at all, that doesn't work. I've heard at least a dozen calls for allowing people to "reform" the actions; however either the users do not perform those actions, or that their work goes unnoticed and nothing changes.  There has been no response on his end of these "mentoring" programs.  I would say "go ahead and try if you think you can handle it", but nothing ever changes.  Short-term solutions are proven ineffective as well.  What we're looking at is an unconditional goal set by this user (to do exactly what, I don't know and don't care) - and this goal is producing disruptive behavior on his behalf.  There is no more rope, everything short of extreme measures such as this have been attempted, and all have failed.  I know there is at least one user currently active who has tried to reform Neutralizer, to no avail.  I do not believe he can focus on what others are trying to get through to him - may it be arrogance or not.  Normally, I would agree with the reformation.  This specific case, however, is too extreme and too dire to be left to a cause that has been proven ineffective in the past - despite numerous empty promises, which this user also has proven not to be able to keep.  I acknowledge your efforts, vonbergm, but I don't believe you have completely analyzed the user's actions, or his responses to such attempts.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 22:02, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * As Eloquence argued, de-editing a user will likely create worse problems then it was intended to "fix". On top of that, the reality is that this request will not go through. Arbcom and/or some short-term soft solutions (attempts) are the only options here. So lets focus on these! --vonbergm 22:27, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I believe there is an existing Arbcom framework which has been approved by the community. It only lacks an election of arbcom members. Feel free to begin nominating members as I fear any nominations I might make would be considered potentially biased. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 22:45, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Unless I am mistaken, I am the active user who has tried to reform Neutralizer, as mentioned above by MrMiscellanious. I made an effort to encourage Neutralizer to avoid articles where his personal bias did not allow him to make a positive contribution, and he said he would make an effort to comply with that.  The specific details of this was to avoid articles about the US where he seems unable to suppress his passionate political views and report according to NPOV.
 * Is this de-edit process the way to deal with the situation? I really don't know, but I very much doubt it. My opinion is that it was this at the time it was done, or disruption leading up to yet another RfdA for one of the two administrators that Neutralizer has a problem with.  Yes, those would likely be the same administrators who blocked him when he first appeared here as User:NPOV, and he did try to misrepresent himself as personifying NPOV policy on Wikipedia by redirecting the User:NPOV page to the w:NPOV page.  I see little evidence that he has changed from his belief that he personifies a Wikimedia policy and all others are wrong. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:20, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Addendum Neutralizer has emailed me (again, and something I thought I made clear I dislike) pointing out that user NPOV on Wikipedia was from 2003, and has no relation with him. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:15, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Trying to build a case against another participant at Wikinews to have them removed doesn't seem to work. I'm glad. -Edbrown05 03:30, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I have discussed the user NPOV with Neutralizer in IRC, I believe the association I have made above is inappropriate following this discussion. There are nearly two years between the creation of the username on Wikipedia and Wikinews, and there was no attempt to imply the user represented policy on wikinews.
 * That out of the way, Neutralizer seemed to acknowledge that he had a problem writing stuff that would be accepted as NPOV. I've suggested he bring up sources and alternate aspects of stories on talk pages and write his own editorials in his user space.  I think the latter is particularly important because a blog/editorial portal based on a small group of contributors could increase readership without compromising the core principals. Provided that the "editorial" team made no attempt to influence the reporters. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:27, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. I think there should be a blog/editorial portal, with the agreement it will NOT be used to influence writers and or editors. Afterall, most news sites and newspapers have some kind of editorial section. But I also agree that editorials should remain on the user page because they are mostly that persons POV. But I think with very close monitoring and admins. watch that portal very very carefully then I think it could possibly work. Jason Safoutin 22:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

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  Alkiviadis

Welcome to my user page. I started writing for Wikipedia back in 2001. I was a student then, majoring in Business Information Systems. I was trying to write an essay for types of information systems, so while I was searching for some matterial for my essay I got into Wikipedia. I didn't make much use of the article of Wikipedia (because it was poor then) but as soon as I finished the essay I got back in and started reading and after a while editing. The following year (I think) I started writing for the Greek Wikipedia which was not active at the time. For a period of two years I couldn't contribute for various reasons, but I hope now to be able to help to the development of this amazing project.

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U.S. F-15 crashes near Okinawa

January 17, 2006

A U.S. F-15 fighter aircraft crashed into the ocean early Tuesday approximately 45 miles off the coast of Ikeijima island, part of the Okinawa chain. The aircraft was stationed at the Kadena air base.

The pilot, whose name was not released, ejected safely and was rescued.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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Terrorism expert says Osama Bin Laden could be dead

January 17, 2006

An Australian terrorism expert says he has evidence, which could show Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is either seriously ill or dead. Professor Clive Williams, director of terrorism studies at the Australian National University, says he has been provided with evidence, by an Indian colleague, to support the theory that bin Laden died of massive organ failure in April last year.

Professor Williams says Ayman al Zawahiri, bin Laden's deputy, has been making all statements on behalf of Al Qaeda for around a year.

Al Zawahiri is believed to have been the target of a strike in Pakistan last week which killed at least 18 people in a remote Pakistani tribal village, the second such unexplained attack near the volatile Afghan border within a week.

However, Professor Williams says it may be impossible to ever prove if Osama bin Laden, accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon building in the U.S., is alive or dead.

"It's hard to prove or disprove these things because there hasn't really been anything that allows you to make a judgement one way or the other," he said. "But it does seem strange that Dr Zawahiri has been making all of the statements since then, and nothing's been heard from Bin Laden since I think the December of the year before."

He says even if bin Laden was dead, it would not make much difference - as people would continue to fight for the things they believe he stood for. He has also recommended against confirming his death or otherwise.

Professor Williams, the Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre said the information, which came from a former Indian intelligence officer whom he would not identify, was credible but impossible to confirm.

"It does seem reasonably convincing based on the evidence that I've been provided with that he's certainly either severely incapacitated or dead at this stage," Dr Williams said.

But he said, "Even if he's dead, it will be almost impossible for Western authorities to prove it. It may simply be that we don't hear much about Bin Laden again ... [or] he may pop up again in six months' time and make a new statement, at which case, of course, we will go back to Square1."

Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's actions in targeting Shi'ites in Iraq were another factor raising doubt that bin Laden was still leading al-Qaeda. Bin Laden had promoted a pan-Islamic vision and had tried, unsuccessfully, to attract Shi'a Muslims to al-Qaeda.

"From what I have read, Zarqawi had a great deal of respect for bin Laden, so it would seem unlikely that he would be doing that if bin Laden was still around," said Williams. There was also the question of how long an ill man like bin Laden, who walked with a cane and suffered from a kidney disease, would survive in the tribal areas of Pakistan, where he was thought to be hiding.

However, the United States believes Bin Laden still alive. Osama Bin Laden and his deputy are thought to be living in the area of a missile strike apparently aimed at Ayman al-Zawahiri, said US counter-terrorism ambassador Henry Crumpton. He said the al-Qaeda leader and his number two were believed to be in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region.

The US has not commented on the attack on a Pakistan village on Friday that killed 18 civilians. US media said the attack was carried out by the CIA. Thousands of Pakistanis later staged anti-American demonstrations.


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Rooney and Ferguson face inquiry over unsightly language

January 17, 2006

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and striker Wayne Rooney will face an inquiry from the Football Association after they were witnessed by over 40 fans, including TV crews, swearing at referee Alan Bennett. After a string of decisions (which the red half of Manchester perceived to be unfair) being given in City's favour, and with the untimely booking of Ronaldo, both Ferguson and Rooney were pushed to their limits of patience, swearing out loud in disbelief.

Rooney was first to be heard mouthing off after the decision was taken to give Ronaldo his marching orders. He was observed swearing at the referee at half time, and then continuing the tirade throughout the game as a string of bad decisions were taken which stripped United of their fluidity in the game. Despite the language from Rooney being far from usual, a barrage of assaults were thrown to and from the referee and the striker right through the game.

After the decision was given to take off Christiano Ronaldo, Ferguson's temper boiled and he was heard by many sitting around him to call the referee a "f*cking tw*t" as well as calling his decisions a "f*cking disgrace". This later led on to Ferguson launching threats at the referee during half time, and accusing the referee of not being able to handle under the pressure of a premiership game as well as questioning his judgement of the offside rule.

Ferguson himself admitted that Ronaldo's tackle was rash, and also noted that the side seemed to get better after he had been sent off, saying that they were playing better with 10 men. He still maintained that the side defended well, despite the fact that new signing Patrice Evra and Mikael Silvestre afforded City easy opportunities to slip goals in.

The fine that both Ferguson and Rooney will receive is unknown, although it is thought to be similar to the ban he received in 2003, in which he received a 3 match touchline-ban, and a £100,000 after swearing at Jeffery Winter.


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Spum was present at this game, according to a recent IRC conversation. This work is derived from his observations of the game, and of the source below outlining the rules (which is attributed in the article). --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 12:47, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

 * So isn't this original reporting then? 130.63.20.92 21:32, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Quality of english employed atrocious- football truly is for morons, and has absolutely nothing to do with news in my humble opinion. Why is this man's name not capitalised? "Chelsea's robben" I. L. literate who cares what time, he's an idiot.

 * Improved --130.63.20.92 21:32, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

While I'm sure people familiar with the teams or the player or FIFA would immediately know exactly which sport this occured in, I cannot figure it out (from the page alone. Googling or delving into wikipedia for FIFA would likely make it clear, but that shouldn't be necessary.)

 * Improved --130.63.20.92 21:32, 17 January 2006 (UTC)


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Pakistani Official claims 'foreign terrorists' among civilians killed in U.S. airstrike

January 17, 2006

Reports from Pakistan say that at least four or five terrorists were killed in last Friday's airstrike. The attack took place in the village of Damadola in the semi-autonomous agency of Bujar, a tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

According to unnamed Pakistani intelligence officials, top Al-Queda operative Ayman al-Zawahiri was invited to a dinner in the village at the time of the strike, but failed to show up.

"According to the available information at least 4 to 5 foreign elements had also been killed in the incident," the Political Agent Fahim Wazir of Bujar said Tuesday. He added that 10 to 12 foreign extremists had been invited to dinner at the compound that Zawahiri was supposed to attend, but did not show up and that the "dead bodies have been taken away by their companions to hide the real reason of the attack."

This is the first official statement by Pakistani authorities indicating that foreign militants were killed in the attack, which officials have said also killed innocent civilians. Women and children were among the 18 people that were killed in the airstrike. "It is regrettable that 18 local people lost their lives in the attack, but this fact also cannot be denied, that 10 - 12 foreign extremists had been invited on a dinner," the statement also said.

There has been no announcement regarding the names of those terrorists killed and DNA tests are still being done on the victims to make a final decision. Media reports say that most if not all of the terrorists were Egyptian.

U.S. news networks have reported that, according to unidentified intelligence officials, the attack was carried out by unmanned drone aircraft which launched missiles at the target location.

In the wake of two days of protests that erupted across Pakistan after the strike, the ruling party demanded an apology from the United States. The protesters are opposing the government participation in the U.S.-led war on terror, and the recent series of U.S. attacks along the frontier that killed civilians. Shahid Shamsi, a spokesman for the anti-American religious coalition that organized the rallies announced more and bigger protests in the days to come. He said "Pakistani civilians, including children, were killed," and explained that "principles cannot be broken in the name of (fighting) terrorism."


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Iran lifts ban of CNN

January 17, 2006 Yesterday the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stated in a letter to the Cultural Ministry, the country was banning all work of CNN (Cable News Network), which is owned by Time Warner Inc., for making a translation error during a press conference on Saturday.

However, today Ahmadinejad announced that Iran was lifting the ban. Apparently late Monday, Ahmadinejad had asked the Cultural Ministry to lift the ban after CNN apologized for their error.

"I want the channel to be allowed to resume its work owing to the apology it made," Ahmadinejad said in a letter sent to the Culture Ministry.

"Following a request from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the ban on the activities of CNN's stringer in Iran was lifted," Mohammad Hossein Khoshvaght, director of foreign media at Iran's Culture Ministry, told the media.

Less than 24 hours ago Iran had banned CNN from the country for misquoting the president as speaking of "nuclear weapons" when he actually spoke of "nuclear technology" during Saturdays press conference.

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Clarence Ray Allen is executed

January 17, 2006 Clarence Ray Allen, convicted of ordering a hit in 1980 that resulted in the deaths of the target and two bystanders, was executed just after his 76th birthday, making him the second-oldest man in U.S. history to be executed. He had been in prison for ordering the murder of his son's girlfriend when he ordered the hit that resulted in the death penalty conviction. However, appeals caused him to remain on death row for 23 years.

His lawyers had attempted to make the case that it would be cruel and unusual to execute the man, attempting to save his life under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. However, the courts rejected the appeal, and the Supreme Court refused to hear the case, upholding the death penalty conviction.

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This doesn't meet NPOV as well as not having any sources. The speculation on why there was no significant protest at the execution does not belong. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:28, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

do you think he should have been excuted
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User talk:200.251.199.14

Laugh riot
Well, you surely are a spalpeen in every sense of the word. I have to say, i enjoyed your somniferous comments; typical of a solecistic characters such as yourself. The pinnacle of my simpering was when i realised that you had actually employed bad grammar within not only your reply to the article but your article on cheney also. If you are surely to accuse me of a tautologial article, the least you could do would be to use sound grammar within your own articles.

A word to the wise, the nature of all football articles are torpid, although this is because the type of news in the football world is similar. Surely, of course, you would have already known this, except your sagatiousness is tantamount to that of a termagant.

Ciao.

Spum 15:49, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

 * May i remind you, wiktionary is not the greatest dictionary; words can have more than one meaning, which changes in regards to how it is used. So, i may remind you that the word was used with regards to your response in general; that being one in which you attempt to condescend to everyone. Spum 20:20, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I hope that you will reminisce about this whilst you're blocked. I hope you return again with a better attitude. Spum 21:47, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

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You have been blocked temporarily for your actions on the following page: Dick Cheney released after health scare. Your block will be up within 7 days. I suggest you look at our style guide during your inaccessable period to amend your methods of editing Wikinews. If you wish to speak with me directly, contact can be made by my talk page or contact can be made instantly via the IRC chat room.

now you're feeling all big and that little member of yours doesn't even matter online. as i told you i did NOT edit the Cheney page although admittedly i hate him as much as i hate the rest of you yank jokers. your pathetic high-school "educated" prose does not impress me either. i am accessing wikipedia from a public computer/internet cafe and have no control over the actions of other users. 16:42, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

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You have been blocked temporarily for your actions on the following page: User talk:Mrmiscellanious. Your block will be up within 1 month. I suggest you look at our style guide during your inaccessable period to amend your methods of editing Wikinews. If you wish to speak with me directly, contact can be made by my talk page or contact can be made instantly via the IRC chat room.

 --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 18:11, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Before you use your fingers, i suggest you attempt to engage your brain. I was born, and raised in the United Kingdom; thus defying your attempt to make me out to be a "wannabe". Secondly, the article which seems to cause you so much distress was werote DURING the proceedings of the game, albeit quickly, affording me the chance to go back and watch the remainder of the game.

As a final reply; i state simply you are trying too hard to attain a position of power over those who you interact with. For the record, the idea of me being a "wannabe yank" is somewhat strange; you are comparing a language, which, to me is vernacular; and yet you imply my usage of it portrays i wish to be American. I suggest you perhaps spend more time on something worthwhile, as opposed to attempt to become satiated by condescending to others. Word to the wise; those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

(Further correspondance will be removed from my talk page; any other form of message similar to this personal attack will result in reprisal within wikipedia policy)

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Australians unite against whaling in Southern Ocean

January 18, 2006

Anti-whaling protesters have joined forces across Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the U.S.A calling for an end to the killing of whales for meat by Japan. Greenpeace organised the international day of action as it continued its efforts to disrupt the hunting of minke whales by the Japanese whaling fleet currently in the Southern Ocean.

The day of action was being marked to protest the actions of the fleet which protesters believe violate the 1986 International Whaling Commission (IWC) global ban on commercial whaling. Japan's JARPA Japanese Whale Research Program was allowed to operate under a Special Permit in the Antarctic according to Article VIII of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. In its JARPA-2 plan, Japan plans to double its annual scientific research catch of to 935, and to add 10  to its quota. The International Fund for Animal Welfare states that over the next two years, Japan plans to kill 50 endangered and an additional 40 fin whales.

International Anti-Whaling Protesters' Day of Action
Numerous reports of actions taken in Australia and New Zealand focused on public awareness of the Japanese whaling efforts and collecting signatures of people opposed to whaling.

Australia
At Sydney's, anti-whaling campaigners asked bathers to sign a dozen metre-high cardboard whale tails placed in the sand and called for an end to whaling in the Southern Ocean. Signatures from a Sydney petition would be added to tens of thousands collected elsewhere in the country. They will be handed to the Australian government and Japanese consulate in June.

Waverley mayor Mora Main urged Japanese tourists who enjoyed whale watching in Australia to pressure their government to end whaling.

In Melbourne, protesters collected hundreds of signatures on a seven metre long fabric whale to take to the Japanese consulate. Campaigner Simon Bradshaw said up to 300 people signed the whale within 15 minutes at Flinders Street station.

"Australia is pretty much unequivocally opposed to the whaling hunt on environmental grounds as well as animal rights grounds," Mr Bradshaw said. "People have been rather disturbed and horrified (by the whaling), so I think they're grateful to be given even a small thing they can do to express their opposition to it."

Signatures were also collected in Brisbane and Hobart. In the Tasmanian capital, about 50 people were applauded by bystanders as they marched through the city centre, chanting slogans and waving placards against whaling. Protest organiser Jessica Sheldrick says it is part of a national day of action in four capital cities to educate people about whaling in Australia's Southern Oceans.

"Basically, we're here to support our activists that are down there endangering their lives, just to save our marine mammals," Ms Sheldrick said. "People are, on the whole, totally in support of Greenpeace's stance in whaling in the Southern Oceans. They don't believe it should be happening."

New Zealand
In New Zealand, whaling has been condemned at an Auckland beach protest. A mock graveyard of black minke whale tails, symbolic of those killed in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, was displayed on an Auckland beach.

Greenpeace New Zealand say the tails represent the more than 900 whales killed by Japan this season. More than 100 people turned up at Mission Bay beach to mark the International Day of Action against Whaling. Around 250 wooden whale tails were placed in the sand and a giant whale tail of sand was made on the beach by children and their parents.

The New Zealand Greens Party say diplomatic measures have failed to stop the whaling and the government should explore legal options, including the Antarctic Treaty which allows observers to inspect research ships.

Whaling conflict in the Southern Ocean
The was designated by the IWC as a sanctuary for whales in 1994.

Japan abandoned in 1986, in line with an international moratorium, yet resumed whaling the following year for what it says is "scientific research". Japan's whaling program includes fin and humpback whales, both of which are on the World Conservation Union's list of threatened species.

Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research says its whaling is legal and scientifically necessary for sustainable resource management.

International Whaling Commission rules permit the research hunt, but Australia and other anti-whaling countries say it is commercial whaling in disguise as the meat collected from the "research" is later sold in Japan. Critics say Japan is off-loading whale meat for consumption in restaurants and supermarkets.

International views of whaling today
Meanwhile, Australia, Britain, Brazil, France and Germany were among 17 countries calling on Japan this week, to halt to its Antarctic whaling program. "The fact that 17 countries supported this representation, shows how important this issue is, and the depth of feeling around the world," British fisheries minister Ben Bradshaw said in a statement.

The statement calls on Japan to "cease all its lethal scientific research on whales," and was delivered to Japan's foreign and farm ministries.

"We urge Japan to reconsider its positions and end this unjustified and unnecessary slaughter which is regarded by many countries as a means to by-pass the IWC (International Whaling Commission) moratorium," Bradshaw said.

Other signatories of the statement were Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

Japans view of the issues
Japan opposes a ban on whaling, insisting it is part of the country's traditional culture, and has continued to hunt whales for scientific research since the International Whaling Commission introduced a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986.

More than 6,800 Antarctic Minke Whales have already been killed in Antarctic waters since Japan began its Whale Research Program 18 years ago. Meat from whales killed for research is later consumed at Japanese restaurants.

The Japanese government has defended its whaling activities, saying that whales are caught for research purposes only. They have also said that they are not breaking international law, in a statement issued by Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe.

"I understand that Japan's research whaling follows international rules and is done for the purpose of research on whales' ecosystem," Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, the government spokesman, told reporters.

The Japanese whaling industry's Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) claim serious violations of maritime laws during the recent anti-whaling actions. "Already, there are serious violations that provide reasons for concern in terms of safety and international maritime law," ICR director-general Dr Hiroshi Hatanaka said in a statement.

The ICR said Greenpeace had not stopped the whaling fleet from conducting its research. "The issue of sound management and sustainability of whale stocks are far too important to be sidetracked by a D grade public relations campaign," Dr Hatanaka said.

Gavin Carter, an adviser to the ICR, a nonprofit Japanese research organisation, said Japanese quotas for whale kills are well below the mammals' reproductive rates. "The purpose of this research," said Mr Carter, "is to create a knowledge bank, which the government can then use to facilitate a regulated whaling industry." Mr Carter urged critics of commercial whaling to be sensitive to other nations' cultural differences, noting that Japanese have "used whales for centuries. They eat the whole thing. They use every part. Who are we to tell them what to eat, or what not to kill?" he asked.

Green Peace's actions
The Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise has been shadowing the Japanese whaling fleet for several weeks in a bid to disrupt Japan's annual whale hunt, prompting many heated exchanges. Canadian activist Texas Constantine was thrown out of a small inflatable boat that had been manoeuvring between a harpooner and a minke whale. He spent several minutes in the icy waters before being hauled back on board.

The harpoon killed the minke whale and its tow rope threw into the water Greenpeace activist Joe Constantine, who was able to climb back aboard the boat to safety, the environmental watchdog said.

"We were out defending the whales. We had been out there for about an hour. I was driving our boat and we were in a good position and the whaler fired its harpoon," Constantine said in a statement. "All of a sudden the harpoon line came down on us trapping us between the whale and the catcher," he said. "The line came tight at that point and threw me from the boat into the water. It was a few minutes before our boat was able to come over and pick me up out of the water."

The Institute of Cetacean Research in Tokyo accused Greenpeace of taking increasing risks in harassing the whaling fleet. "The fact that the rope fell onto their inflatable and one of the activists fell into the water is entirely their fault," the institute's director general Hiroshi Hatanaka said Sunday.


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if(document.title.indexOf("Editing Talk:") != -1){ tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:afdresult', 'AFDr', '')); }

}

if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener("load", add_tabs, false); else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", add_tabs);

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // AutoAFD by Korath // This needs to change depending on skin used. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// function add_link2(url, name) { var na = document.createElement('a'); na.setAttribute('href', url); na.appendChild(document.createTextNode(name));

var li = document.createElement('li'); li.appendChild(na);

var tabs = document.getElementById('p-cactions').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; tabs.appendChild(li); }

function strip_namespace(target) { var colon = target.indexOf(':'); if (colon != -1) {     var spaces = new Array('User', 'Wikipedia', 'Image', 'MediaWiki', 'Template', 'Help', 'Category'); var ns = target.substring(0, colon); if (ns == '' || ns == 'Talk') return target.substring(colon + 1); else for (var i = 0; i < spaces.length; ++i) {           if (ns == spaces[i]                || ns == spaces[i] + '_talk') return target.substring(colon + 1); }   }

return target; }

function afd { document.editform.wpTextbox1.value = '{' + '{' + 'subst:afd}}\n' + document.editform.wpTextbox1.value; document.editform.wpSummary.value = 'afd';

var target = document.editform.action; target = target.substring(target.indexOf('title=') + 6,                           target.lastIndexOf('&action=submit'));

var months = new Array('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December'); var date = new Date; date = date.getUTCFullYear + '_' + months[date.getUTCMonth] + '_' + date.getUTCDate;

var pagename = strip_namespace(target);

window.open('/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/' + pagename + '&action=edit&fakeaction=afdsub&faketarget=' + target,             'Afd ' + unescape(target),              'status,toolbar,location,menubar,directories,resizeable,scrollbars'); window.open('/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/' + date + '&action=edit&fakeaction=afdlist&faketarget=' + pagename,             'AfdLog ' + unescape(target),              'status,toolbar,location,menubar,directories,resizeable,scrollbars'); }

function autoafd { if (document.title.indexOf('Editing ') == 0) {     var action = ''; var target = ''; if (location.search) {         var l = location.search.substring(1).split('&'); for (var i = 0; i < l.length; ++i) {             var eq = l[i].indexOf('='); var name = l[i].substring(0, eq); if (name == 'fakeaction') action = l[i].substring(eq + 1); else if (name == 'faketarget') target = unescape(l[i].substring(eq + 1)).replace(/_/g, ' '); }       }

if (action == 'afdlist') {         document.editform.wpTextbox1.value += '\n'; document.editform.wpSummary.value = 'Articles for deletion/' + target + ''; }     else if (action == 'afdsub') {         if (document.editform.wpTextbox1.value.length > 0) {             target = document.editform.action; target = unescape(target.substring(target.indexOf('title=') + 6, target.lastIndexOf('&action=submit'))).replace(/_/g, ' '); window.alert("There's an old afd at the default location already.\n\n" +                          'Please either move it out of the way (and update existing links to it), or file the Afd by hand in another location (such as ' + target + ' (2)).'); }         else document.editform.wpTextbox1.value += '{' + '{' + 'subst:afd2|pg=' + target + '|text=' + '}' + '}' + '-- ~' + '~' + '~' + '~\n' + '\n*\'\'\' \'\'\'\n*\'\'\' \'\'\'\n*\'\'\' \'\'\'\n'; }     else add_link2('javascript:afd', 'Afd'); } }

if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener('load', autoafd, false); else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent('onload', autoafd);

// Returns  name function addlilink(url, name) { var na = document.createElement('a'); na.setAttribute('href', url);

var txt = document.createTextNode(name); na.appendChild(txt);

var li = document.createElement('li'); li.appendChild(na); return li; }

// Adds a "blocklog" tab and fills in the username field on Special:Blockip, if a "&faketarget=username" is present. function do_blockip_stuff { // focus on Reason field document.getElementsByName('wpBlockReason')[0].focus;

// Look for a &faketarget= for the username/ip var l = location.search.substring(1).split('&'); var target = ''; for (var i = 0; i < l.length; ++i) {     var n = l[i].indexOf('='); if (l[i].substring(0, n) == 'faketarget') {	 target = l[i].substring(n + 1); break; }   }

if (target == '') return;

// put account name in "IP Address/username" field var addr = document.getElementsByName('wpBlockAddress')[0]; addr.value = unescape(target);

// add "blocklog" tab var c1 = document.getElementById('column-one'); var tabs = c1.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; tabs.appendChild(addlilink('/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3A' + target, 'blocklog')); }

// Opens the block log in the current window, and Special:Blockip in a popup. // Width, height, top, and left are chosen for a 1600x1200 display. //function blockpage_and_log(target) //{ // window.open('Special_Blockip.html?foo=blarg&faketarget=' + target, 'Block', 'width=1600,height=600,top=600,left=0'); // document.location.href = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3A' + target; //}

// Adds "block" and "blocklog" tabs to User: and User talk: pages. function add_block_tab { var c1 = document.getElementById('column-one'); var tabs = c1.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];

// use the "edit this page" tab to get already-tidied url var editlk = document.getElementById('ca-edit').getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href; // cut everything up to "title=" from the start and everything past "&action=edit" from the end editlk = editlk.substring(editlk.indexOf('title=') + 6, editlk.lastIndexOf('&action=edit')); editlk = editlk.substring(editlk.indexOf(':') + 1); var slloc = editlk.indexOf('/'); if (slloc > 0) editlk = editlk.substring(0, slloc);

// add "block" tab tabs.appendChild(addlilink('/w/index.php?title=Special%3ABlockip&faketarget=' + editlk, 'block'));

// To open the block page and block log simultaneously, replace the above line with: // tabs.appendChild(addlilink('javascript:blockpage_and_log("' + editlk + '")', 'Block')); // and uncomment the blockpage_and_log function above.

// add "blocklog" tab tabs.appendChild(addlilink('/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=&page=User%3A' + editlk, 'blocklog'));

}

function do_onload { if (document.title.indexOf('User:') == 0      || document.title.indexOf('User talk:') == 0) add_block_tab; else if (document.title.indexOf('Block user') == 0) // could stand to be more robust do_blockip_stuff; }

//From User:Func if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener("load", do_onload, false); else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", do_onload);

if ( document.createElement && window.addEventListener ) {	function SoFixItInit // pre-load, (don't want to slow down loading of article's content, though) {

}

function SoFixItLoad // post-load {		UserMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-personal'  ); PageMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-cactions'  ); NavMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-navigation' ); //ToolMenu = new PortletMenu( 'p-tb'        );

//	This is inefficient and not particularly robust. //	This comes first, I want this link to come up as //	fast as possible. //		function GetByClass( sElem, sClass ) {	var i, a2 = [], a = document.getElementsByTagName( sElem ); for ( i = 0; i < a.length; i++ ) if ( a[ i ].className == sClass ) a2.push( a[ i ] ); return a2; }		var a, td = GetByClass( 'td', 'diff-otitle' ); if ( ( td = td[ 0 ] ) && ( a = td.getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ] ) ) a.href = a.href + '&action=edit'; // need to change text, later

var userName = UserMenu.getText( 'pt-userpage' );

// personal (top-most) menu //			//		Celestianpower Háblame  Prefs  Watchlist  Contribs  Kate  VAN  ESP  Log out   //		UserMenu.setText( 'pt-mytalk'   , 'Talk'  ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-preferences', 'Prefs' ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-watchlist', 'Watchlist' ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-mycontris', 'Contribs' ); UserMenu.setText( 'pt-logout'   , 'Log out'   ); //		UserMenu.setHref( 'pt-mycontris',			'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=' +			userName + '&offset=0&limit=500' ); //			//			//	it seems there is a stylesheet that makes them lowercase //			//		ok, the lowercased menu items are starting to really bug me: //		document.getElementById( 'p-personal' ).getElementsByTagName( 'ul' )[0].style.textTransform = 'none'; //		UserMenu.insertBefore( 'pt-logout'   , 'pt-kate', 'Kate',			'javascript:void InlineKate( "' + userName + '" )' ); if(document.getElementById('ca-edit')) document.getElementById('ca-edit').firstChild.innerHTML = 'Edit'; //	so I always know what time it is in UTC land: //		UserMenu.append( 'pt-utc', UTCTime, 'javascript:void UserMenu.setText("pt-utc",UTCTime)' );

//	article-actions menu, (the "tabs") //		if ( PageMenu[ 'ca-history' ] ) // theory: if it has a history tab, then it's purgable {			PageMenu.insertBefore( 'ca-history', 'ca-lastdiff', 'Last diff',				PageMenu.getHref( 'ca-history' ).replace( /action=history/, 'diff=0' ) );

PageMenu.append( 'ca-purge', 'Purge',				PageMenu.getHref( 'ca-history' ).replace( /action=history/, 'action=purge' ) );

PageMenu.setText( 'ca-edit'   , 'Edit'   ); PageMenu.setText( 'ca-history'   , 'History'   ); PageMenu.setText( 'ca-delete'   , 'Delete'   ); }

var x = 1; NavMenu.append( 'n-' + x++, 'monobook.js', '/wiki/User:' + userName + '/monobook.js' ); NavMenu.append( 'n-' + x++, 'AfDs to be closed', 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Old' ); }

function PortletMenu( id ) // constructor {		this.menu = document.getElementById( id ); this.list = this.menu.getElementsByTagName( 'ul' )[ 0 ]; // bypass " Views ", etc.

//	sigh...as far as I can figure, there is empty whitespace being treated //	as TextNodes.... //		var LIs = this.list.getElementsByTagName( 'li' );

for ( var i = 0; i < LIs.length; i++ ) {			this[ LIs[ i ].id ] = LIs[ i ]; }

this.newItem = function( id, txt, url ) {	var li = document.createElement( 'li' ); li.id  = id; var a = document.createElement( 'a'  );  a.href = url;

a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( txt ) ); li.appendChild( a );

this[ id ] = li; // watch this!!!

return li; }

this.append = function( id, txt, url ) {	this.list.appendChild( this.newItem( id, txt, url ) ); }		this.insertBefore = function( old, id, txt, url ) {	this.list.insertBefore( this.newItem( id, txt, url ), this[ old ] ); }

//	the ByTagName here is a bit annoying, but in Safari, I was picking //	up TextNodes by using this[ id ].firstChild.firstChild //		this.getText = function( id     ) { return this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].firstChild.data } this.setText = function( id, txt ) {       this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].firstChild.data = txt }

this.getHref = function( id     ) { return this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].href       } this.setHref = function( id, url ) {       this[ id ].getElementsByTagName( 'a' )[ 0 ].href = url } //	I add em as I need em.... }

function InlineKate( user ) {		var kate = 'http://tools.wikimedia.de/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwiki&user=' + user;

var div = document.createElement( 'div' ); div.id = 'inlineKateDiv'; div.style.position = 'absolute'; div.style.zIndex  = 1000; div.style.left    =  '20px'; div.style.top     =  '20px'; div.style.backgroundColor = '#FFFFFF'; div.style.borderStyle    = 'solid'; div.style.borderWidth    = ' medium'; div.style.borderColor    = '#000000';

var top = document.createElement( 'div' ); top.id = 'inlineKateTop'; top.style.textAlign = 'right'; top.style.margin = '8px'; top.style.backgroundColor = '#DDDDDD';

var a = document.createElement( 'a' ); a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( "Go to Kate's" ) ); a.href   = kate; a.target = '_parent'; a.style.margin = '8px';

top.appendChild( a );

a = document.createElement( 'a' ); a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( 'Close' ) ); a.href   = "javascript:void RemoveNode('inlineKateDiv')"; a.style.margin = '8px';

top.appendChild( a );

div.appendChild( top );

var iframe = document.createElement( 'iframe' ); iframe.id  = 'inlineKateBot'; iframe.style.width = '300px'; iframe.style.height = '400px'; iframe.style.margin =  '8px'; iframe.style.borderStyle = 'solid'; iframe.style.borderWidth = 'thin'; iframe.style.borderColor = '#000000'; iframe.src = kate;

div.appendChild( iframe );

document.body.appendChild( div ); }

function RemoveNode( id ) {	var node = document.getElementById( id ) node.parentNode.removeChild( node ); }

function UTCTime {			//	Get a date stamp for the time in UTC-land. //			//	for the future: a format arg //		var s = '', d = new Date, a = 'Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec'.split(' '); return	d.getUTCDate + ' ' + a[ d.getUTCMonth ] + ' ' + d.getUTCFullYear + ' ' + ( '0' + d.getUTCHours  ).substr( -2 ) + ':' + ( '0' + d.getUTCMinutes ).substr( -2 ) + ' ' + 'UTC'; }

SoFixItInit; window.addEventListener( 'load', SoFixItLoad, false ); }

function NUPatrol {	if (	( window.location.href.indexOf( 'Special%3ALog&type=newusers' ) == -1 ) &&			( window.location.href.indexOf( 'Special:Log/newusers'       ) == -1 )  ) return; // make more robust???

var items, item, i, links, user, name, talk, contribs, insertLoc, link;

items = document.getElementById( 'bodyContent' ).getElementsByTagName( 'ul' )[ 0 ].getElementsByTagName( 'li' );

function NewLink( txt, url, plainlinks, linkColor ) {	var a = document.createElement( 'a' ); a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( txt ) ); a.href = url; if ( plainlinks ) a.className = 'plainlinks'; if ( linkColor ) {	if ( typeof linkColor == "string" ) a.style.color = linkColor; else	a.style.color = '#FF0000'; // old default behavior }		return a;	}

for ( i = 0; i < items.length; i++ ) {		item = items[ i ]; links = item.getElementsByTagName( 'a' );

user = links[ 0 ]; name = user.firstChild.nodeValue; talk = links[ 2 ]; talk.firstChild.nodeValue = 'talk'; // lowercase 'Talk' for consistency contribs = links[ 3 ];

insertLoc = user.nextSibling; // ' newusers '

item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ' ( ' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( talk, insertLoc ); item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ', ' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( contribs, insertLoc ); item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ', ' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( NewLink( 'actions', '/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&user=' + name, true, '#000088' ), insertLoc ); item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ', ' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( NewLink( 'blocks', '/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&page=User%3A' + name, true, '#008800' ), insertLoc ); item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ', ' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( NewLink( 'is blocked?', '/wiki/Special:Ipblocklist?action=search&ip=' + name, true, '#888800' ), insertLoc ); item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ', ' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( NewLink( 'do block!', '/w/index.php?title=Special:Blockip&ip=' + name, true, '#880000' ), insertLoc );

item.insertBefore( document.createTextNode( ' )' ), insertLoc );

item.removeChild( insertLoc.nextSibling ); // should remove the span item.removeChild( insertLoc ); // should remove ' newusers ' text } }

if ( window.addEventListener ) window.addEventListener( 'load', NUPatrol, false ); else if ( window.attachEvent ) window.attachEvent( 'onload', NUPatrol );

function inc (file) { var lt = String.fromCharCode(60); var gt = String.fromCharCode(62); document.writeln(lt+'script type="text/javascript" src="/w/index.php?title='+file+'&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"'+gt+lt+'/script'+gt); }

inc("User:Topaz/init.js"); inc("User:Topaz/util.js"); inc("User:Topaz/comm.js"); inc("User:Topaz/wputil.js"); inc("User:Essjay/statuschanger.js");

title: User:Lugiatm~enwikinews/Monobook.js