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Texas representative proposes to outlaw 'sexy' cheerleading

March 19, 2005 , Texas representative proposed a bill last week to ban "sexually suggestive"  in Texas, , and.

The movements typical to cheerleading are sexual, said Edwards, and send out the wrong message, especially as youth should be encouraged to be more reserved where sex is concerned. The penalty for schools that continue to allow the activity would be a cut in state funding.

Edwards filed the bill after witnessing several performances in his district.

Several others agree with Edwards’ proposal.

"Anything that promotes family-oriented behaviour is a good thing," said Rhonda Roberts, a director for the United Spirit Association.

"I don't think this law would really shake the industry at all. In fact, it would give parents a better feeling, mostly dads and boyfriends, too," said J.M. Farias, who owns Austin Cheer Factory. He pointed out that cheering competitions frown on the movements in question.

Cheerleading is a activity and sometimes competitive  involving organised routines including elements of  and, to encourage crowds to cheer on sports teams. It is a popular activity practised by millions of American students. In Texas, there are competitions that start at the age of four.


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Lebanese President to skip Arab Summit

March 19, 2005 Lebanese President Emile Lahoud said he will not be attending the upcoming Arab summit scheduled for Monday. The announcement was made Saturday after a car bomb in the early morning hours wrecked a six-story apartment building, causing injuries, but there have been no reports of deaths.

It is not clear at this time who is responsible for the bombing. Both the Lebanese and Syrian governments denied any involvement. There was an accusation, reported by Reuters on Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:27 PM ET, made by key opposition leader, Walid Jumblatt, saying, "The security agencies belong to it (meaning Syria). There is no other explanation. When security agencies come under Lebanese control it will be another matter." The opposition wants Syrian military and intelligence agents out of the country and opposes the pro-Syrian Lahoud and Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

The violence threatens efforts by opposition groups and pro-government groups to build consensus and stability before the upcoming national election in May. Mr. Lahoud's office released a statement today that read: "The president affirms the need for such a dialogue meeting starting today in any place they agree on, including the presidential palace, which will keep its doors open."

The president's invitation was dismissed by an opposition legislator. The AP reports Fares Soeid saying, "It's too late. This subject is closed."

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Talk:Gregoire wins Washington state's closest ever governor's race

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Portal talk:Politics and conflicts

Upcoming Elections & Events
I've created this for two main reasons:
 * George busch sucks*It alerts ) eighth overall, next portal (europe) at the number 10 spot. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 06:38, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Why combine?
Granted that many (if not all) conflicts are political in nature, it seems to me that there are many political discussions that have nothing to do with conflicts. Would it not make more sense to have these as seperate categories? A recent U.S. congressional vote would be political news, but it may concern budget issues. Just a thought.

Dlc3007 16:16, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Perhaps a better name would be "Political conflicts"? irid:t 16:22, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Help! - SNP victory in Scotland
Please help me get this article up, I don't knwo what to do with it. It's the most important Scottish political breakthrough for fifty years, and may have rammifications for the future existence of the UK. --MacRusgail 21:12, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

interwiki
I think that interwikis must be surrounded by noinclude tags. Now the pages that this portal has been transcluded in, such as category:Politics and conflicts contain two fa intewikis: one about portal and one about category. thanks Americophile (talk) 19:54, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

 * That's not our problem; Wikinews Importer Bot on enwp is broken and I assume that this new issue is related to that. You'd be best to track down its operator and contact them. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:51, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Establishment of Relationship with World Respecting and Lawfully Party at American Nations
Date: 16/September, 2012 You’re Excellency Donald E. Booth Ambassador of United States of America to Ethiopia Addis Ababa. First of all itis anhonor for me to write to you this letter on my behalf of SSRF South Sudan Revolutionaries force and on behalf of my South Sudan Republican party SSRP. I kindly beg your kind office to put my letter in your kind consideration to work together on American National Interest at the south Sudan. We are offers you for 6% of oil as just a gift for United States Government officials Interest at South Sudanese Resources. First I would like tointroduce myself and the purpose I defected from South Sudan government. My name is Colonel John Wiyual Chuol Tangand Iworked for president office as head of Secret and department of internet communication office from January 2007 to April 2011.The reason I left my position in existing system of South Sudan and joined struggle is that I was suspected in revealingthe embezzlement of 6.4 million dollars that was intended to pay fourmonths salariesof army.Inreality, this amount was divided by Nhial Deng Nhial former Minister of defense to eighteen top officials including the presidents, and vice president. Because of this,Younger brother of president, Thieel Mayar who was working with me in president office attack me three times without any tangible reason. I complained to president for these incidents several times but he did not give any solution to this problem. Since I fear for my life I forwarded my complaint to army deputy commander in chief Late Paulino Matip Nhial and police deputy commander in chief Lt .General MabutoMamor. Through their intervention I was given three months (March to May 2011) leave to Upper Nile State my home land. While I was on leave I was ordered to attack L.T General Tang Ginya soldiers who were in peace with SPLA and were about to be integrated in to SPLA army. I accepted the order but when I reached the place I joined Tang Ginya soldiers because I do not have any reason to kill my fellow men who accepted to be integrated to SPLA army. When they learned that I refused to carry out the attack, they assigned Brigadier general James Gatwech Gach to do their mission. James Gatwech attacked L.T General Tang Ginya soldiers on April 24, 2011 and killed many soldiers as a result. From that time I decided to defect from SPLA since is not a responsible government because a responsible government cannot do such activities to its people. After few days of the attack ,first Lt. general Tang Ginya, second Lt general Mabor  Dhol and major general Gatwech Joack were called by vice president DrRiekMachar to report themselves SPLA and not fight the SPLA back. DrRiekMachar said the attack was done without their knowledgeand they will investigate the case in juba. Unfortunately, when the three men report themselves to SPLA, they are arrested and imprisoned in Yiey and they are about to be killed in pretexts that they were the people who violated the peace and integration of soldiers to SPLA army.Due to all above mentioned atrocities and the corruption the SPLA is doing, we beg American government to consider the political leadership failure in South Sudan  and assist us in our struggle so that we build fairness democratic, Murders at South Sudan to be free from corruption, tribal discrimination and SPLM/SPLA communist ideology. We the SSRP having Coordination’s officers at United States of America and we would like to connect you with them and work together as the American Citizens by building up the US National Security interest at South Sudan. (A)_ Chairman Mr. David WalJal, (B)_ Sectary General Mr. Mose Kong Ruot, (C )_Information officer Mr. William PandengChuol, We will be happy to hear your positive Response. My God bless you all and thanks you all. Email. Address johnwiyual84@gmail.comColonel John WiyualChuol Tang September 19, 2012

Establishment of Relationship with World Respecting and Lawfully Party at American Nations
Date: 16/September, 2012 You’re Excellency Donald E. Booth Ambassador of United States of America to Ethiopia Addis Ababa. First of all itis anhonor for me to write to you this letter on my behalf of SSRF South Sudan Revolutionaries force and on behalf of my South Sudan Republican party SSRP. I kindly beg your kind office to put my letter in your kind consideration to work together on American National Interest at the south Sudan. We are offers you for 6% of oil as just a gift for United States Government officials Interest at South Sudanese Resources. First I would like tointroduce myself and the purpose I defected from South Sudan government. My name is Colonel John Wiyual Chuol Tangand Iworked for president office as head of Secret and department of internet communication office from January 2007 to April 2011.The reason I left my position in existing system of South Sudan and joined struggle is that I was suspected in revealingthe embezzlement of 6.4 million dollars that was intended to pay fourmonths salariesof army.Inreality, this amount was divided by Nhial Deng Nhial former Minister of defense to eighteen top officials including the presidents, and vice president. Because of this,Younger brother of president, Thieel Mayar who was working with me in president office attack me three times without any tangible reason. I complained to president for these incidents several times but he did not give any solution to this problem. Since I fear for my life I forwarded my complaint to army deputy commander in chief Late Paulino Matip Nhial and police deputy commander in chief Lt .General MabutoMamor. Through their intervention I was given three months (March to May 2011) leave to Upper Nile State my home land. While I was on leave I was ordered to attack L.T General Tang Ginya soldiers who were in peace with SPLA and were about to be integrated in to SPLA army. I accepted the order but when I reached the place I joined Tang Ginya soldiers because I do not have any reason to kill my fellow men who accepted to be integrated to SPLA army. When they learned that I refused to carry out the attack, they assigned Brigadier general James Gatwech Gach to do their mission. James Gatwech attacked L.T General Tang Ginya soldiers on April 24, 2011 and killed many soldiers as a result. From that time I decided to defect from SPLA since is not a responsible government because a responsible government cannot do such activities to its people. After few days of the attack ,first Lt. general Tang Ginya, second Lt general Mabor  Dhol and major general Gatwech Joack were called by vice president DrRiekMachar to report themselves SPLA and not fight the SPLA back. DrRiekMachar said the attack was done without their knowledgeand they will investigate the case in juba. Unfortunately, when the three men report themselves to SPLA, they are arrested and imprisoned in Yiey and they are about to be killed in pretexts that they were the people who violated the peace and integration of soldiers to SPLA army.Due to all above mentioned atrocities and the corruption the SPLA is doing, we beg American government to consider the political leadership failure in South Sudan  and assist us in our struggle so that we build fairness democratic, Murders at South Sudan to be free from corruption, tribal discrimination and SPLM/SPLA communist ideology. We the SSRP having Coordination’s officers at United States of America and we would like to connect you with them and work together as the American Citizens by building up the US National Security interest at South Sudan. (A)_ Chairman Mr. David WalJal, (B)_ Sectary General Mr. Mose Kong Ruot, (C )_Information officer Mr. William PandengChuol, We will be happy to hear your positive Response. My God bless you all and thanks you all. Email. Address johnwiyual84@gmail.comColonel John WiyualChuol Tang September 19, 2012

Establishment of Relationship with World Respecting and Lawfully Party at American Nations
Date: 16/September, 2012 You’re Excellency Donald E. Booth Ambassador of United States of America to Ethiopia Addis Ababa. First of all itis anhonor for me to write to you this letter on my behalf of SSRF South Sudan Revolutionaries force and on behalf of my South Sudan Republican party SSRP. I kindly beg your kind office to put my letter in your kind consideration to work together on American National Interest at the south Sudan. We are offers you for 6% of oil as just a gift for United States Government officials Interest at South Sudanese Resources. First I would like tointroduce myself and the purpose I defected from South Sudan government. My name is Colonel John Wiyual Chuol Tangand Iworked for president office as head of Secret and department of internet communication office from January 2007 to April 2011.The reason I left my position in existing system of South Sudan and joined struggle is that I was suspected in revealingthe embezzlement of 6.4 million dollars that was intended to pay fourmonths salariesof army.Inreality, this amount was divided by Nhial Deng Nhial former Minister of defense to eighteen top officials including the presidents, and vice president. Because of this,Younger brother of president, Thieel Mayar who was working with me in president office attack me three times without any tangible reason. I complained to president for these incidents several times but he did not give any solution to this problem. Since I fear for my life I forwarded my complaint to army deputy commander in chief Late Paulino Matip Nhial and police deputy commander in chief Lt .General MabutoMamor. Through their intervention I was given three months (March to May 2011) leave to Upper Nile State my home land. While I was on leave I was ordered to attack L.T General Tang Ginya soldiers who were in peace with SPLA and were about to be integrated in to SPLA army. I accepted the order but when I reached the place I joined Tang Ginya soldiers because I do not have any reason to kill my fellow men who accepted to be integrated to SPLA army. When they learned that I refused to carry out the attack, they assigned Brigadier general James Gatwech Gach to do their mission. James Gatwech attacked L.T General Tang Ginya soldiers on April 24, 2011 and killed many soldiers as a result. From that time I decided to defect from SPLA since is not a responsible government because a responsible government cannot do such activities to its people. After few days of the attack ,first Lt. general Tang Ginya, second Lt general Mabor  Dhol and major general Gatwech Joack were called by vice president DrRiekMachar to report themselves SPLA and not fight the SPLA back. DrRiekMachar said the attack was done without their knowledgeand they will investigate the case in juba. Unfortunately, when the three men report themselves to SPLA, they are arrested and imprisoned in Yiey and they are about to be killed in pretexts that they were the people who violated the peace and integration of soldiers to SPLA army.Due to all above mentioned atrocities and the corruption the SPLA is doing, we beg American government to consider the political leadership failure in South Sudan  and assist us in our struggle so that we build fairness democratic, Murders at South Sudan to be free from corruption, tribal discrimination and SPLM/SPLA communist ideology. We the SSRP having Coordination’s officers at United States of America and we would like to connect you with them and work together as the American Citizens by building up the US National Security interest at South Sudan. (A)_ Chairman Mr. David WalJal, (B)_ Sectary General Mr. Mose Kong Ruot, (C )_Information officer Mr. William PandengChuol, We will be happy to hear your positive Response. My God bless you all and thanks you all. Email. Address johnwiyual84@gmail.comColonel John WiyualChuol Tang September 19, 2012

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Rice pushes for fresh nuclear talks with North Korea

March 19, 2005

Condoleezza Rice, in as part of her first trip to Asia as United States, gave a speech in which she urged North Korea to return to currently stalled six-party talks. She also pressed Asian partners in the talks,, Japan, and , to make greater efforts to bring back into the fold.

North Korea insists that Rice's labelling of Pyongyang as "an outpost of tyranny" is evidence that it is regarded as an enemy rather than an equal partner in the negotiations by the United States. The North Korean government has stated that it will not return to talks until Rice retracts this statement.

Pyongyang claims that it desires as a defense against American aggression, although many members of the Bush administration have previously insisted that the United States has no intention of invading North Korea.

Rice will also travel to South Korea and China before ending her Asian tour.


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Crosswords/2005/March/19

March 19, 2005

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Talk:Europe marks second Iraq invasion anniversary

I'm guessing the coverage from Aber is original reporting? If it is, can I invite which ever editor added it to just pop the tag just below the story, and perhaps put some notes here on the talk page. Dan100 (Talk) 23:56, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Yes indeed, I was there. Unfortunately I missed the speeches as I had prior commitments (read: surfing), so I have no notes on those. Added template. DanRos 01:02, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Gosh, why make such a big deal that there was no violence at the demos -- it's very rare for there to be trouble at anti-war protests, it's the wars where the violence is to be found... (<-- unsigned comment by 128.30.28.19)

 * The vast majority of anti-war protesters are non-violent, but sometimes unaffiliated groups try to hijack anti-war marches.

 * Up in San Francisco, one of the anti-war marches I witnessed back at the start of the war was infiltrated by groups that had anti-globalization, anti-capitalism, and anti-nuclear power political agendas. Some of the members of these other groups have no qualms about using what they euphemistically call "direct action" techniques, which probably annoys the anti-war protesters.

 * I didn't see this in San Francisco, but in other cities, sometimes the anti-globalization groups are shadowed by anarchist groups wearing black bandanas, who feel compelled to vandalize private property that belongs to the global companies they feel represent the oppressive global corporate system they are fighting against.

 * Perhaps a wider assortment of protesters show up at the American anti-war rallies, although I noticed in the photo of the London protest that there was one anti-nuclear protester in the mix (although it's unclear whether he is anti-nuclear weapons or anti-nuclear power). — DV 23:55, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Japan will not shoot down missiles headed for allies

March 19, 2005 Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced on Friday that Japan will not shoot down missiles that are headed for its allies.

Koizumi spoke at the plenary meeting of the Upper House of the Japanese Parliament.

"The purpose of our country's missile defense is to intercept incoming missiles targeting Japan," said Koizumi. "We are not thinking of dealing with other missiles targeting our allies."

Koizumi pointed out that the angle and altitude of a missile in flight could be used to determine the target of the missile. He went on to clarify that he believed Japan could provide data about missiles to the United States without violating Japan's constitution.

Japan plans to install several American-made Patriot "Pak-3" complexes for its land-based defense systems, and later plans to install the American-made Aegis combat system on its naval ships.


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Talk:Rice pushes for fresh nuclear talks with North Korea

Just for info for the person who wrote this article, there's probably something on Template:Issues that you could drop in to add graphics and catergories to a story like this automatically, if that's any help Dan100 (Talk) 00:00, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, so that was how I was supposed to do it, thanks. VF 00:15, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Explosion kills 42 miners in northern China; 27 missing

March 20, 2005 Forty-two miners are confirmed dead and 27 are missing, after an explosion at the Xishui Mine in Shuozhou, a city in China's Shanxi province.

Six rescue teams are working at the site to rescue the missing personnel, according to Liu Jiwen, an onsite rescue consultant. Two miners were rescued earlier in the day.

Xishui Mine is licensed to produce 150,000 tons of coal per year. But the mine was ordered closed in 2004 for safety violations.

"In defiance of the order, however, mine owners have restarted production this year," stated a province-level official.

Police have arrested the owners of the Xishui mine.

Zhang Baoshun, the governor of Shanxi province, is on the scene to oversee the rescue work and an investigation of the accident.

Twenty-two other miners were working at the nearby Kangjiayao mine at the time of the accident, although it is unclear if any of those miners were affected.

Thousands of miners die in mining accidents each year in China. Today's accident comes just one day after 19 coal miners were killed in a mining accident in the Sulongsi mine in Chongqing, and one month after the largest accident in recent history killed 214 miners, in Fuxin, Liaoning Province.


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User talk:David Vasquez/November archive

Re: Photo placement on main page
I tweaked the image code, allowing text to flow around the image better, but at lower resolutions the image can still take up a bit too much space. It might help to get rid of the frame, or reducing the image to a width of 100px, like it is at Wikipedia.

I had the image float because it looked a bit odd just sitting there on top, left-aligned. – Mxn 05:23, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * See User talk:Mxn.

 * You'd have ask a sysop, who'd be able to modify MediaWiki:Monobook.css. I can do that at the Vietnamese Wikipedia, where I'm a sysop. – [[User:Mxn|Minh Nguyễn (talk, blog) ]] 20:03, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Weather
G'Day,

I used the BBC World Weather continent pages to grab that weather info. For example, the one at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/australasia/

I sort of just flicked through them. I think that perhaps a daily update, with one "point" for each continent is a good thing to have. Unfortunately, BBC World's information is given graphically, so it will be difficult to program a script to render it into text. I've had a look around for other, similar sites, which give a continent-by-continent breakdown, and there don't seem to be any others.

So, in the short-term, I guess it'll have to be done by hand. I've got a few ideas for ways we could possibly get regional breakdowns by scraping city weather forecasts, but they're quite lengthy, and quite boring too ;-)

Lankiveil 11:45, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Vandalism
I think I got the majority of it. There are no other admins besides Jimbo and Eloquence, although I am up for election on the adminstrator page. Lyellin 03:33, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * Administrators. That's the page that details all the voting, etc. Lyellin 03:46, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)


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User talk:David Vasquez/December archive

Using METAR

Hi.. How about using METAR data to update the weather map?. It has data for all cities in the world that has an airport, so I suppose it widens the range of cities that can be covered.

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/metar.shtml

You could check out that for more information. - Anoop

 * We're using a site run by Capescience, which also has data from the world's airports, so I think we're getting the same data as METAR - although a few cities keep showing up as unavailable. I've read comments from other developers that the METAR data is not well-formed enough to build an automated report (we generate XML using the WeatherChecker open souce application) but if you've looked at the format of their data stream more closely I'd be interested if you have a different opinion. I'm planning to take a second look just to compare their results, but they would need to have at least as much data as Capescience to serve our long term goals. — DV 12:39, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Yes I do have a different opinion about that :) . Some time ago, I had done a Visual Basic app for a company using METAR. It was a few years ago, but I'll try to find that code and inform you. - Anoop

Weather
DV, I've made the entire section Template:Weather. Also, the bottom portion is Template:Conditions. Feel free to edit those at will. Lyellin 21:44, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Culture and entertainment
DV, I had this idea to put in new movie releases on the Culture and entertainment section. However, Lyellin asked me if we should put in movies coming out in the U.S. or various different nations. Look to our conversation in the talk page on Culture and entertainment for more info. Please respond soon. I think it would be a good idea to have movie releases. If you want, place your response on my talk page.- B-101 13:32, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

DV, a while ago you asked me about opinions for the movie section. I think we should make someone the critic for the movies, leaving other people for the plot summary and general info. Count me out. Even though I'd like to be the critic, I am quite busy and I'd have to see a lot of movies.- B-101 17:02, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Barnstar
DV, I wanted to award you this, because the work you have done with the weather system is truely amazing, and a great asset to the project. The fact that you are constantly updating it is even better ;). Thanks! Lyellin 05:51, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks, Administrator Lyellin. I have to share this with Ilya right away. Although I developed the data-driven graphics on my own, Ilya started the development project to automate the weather map reporting to a degree that makes it feasible to update so often.

 * I'm working with Ilya to add additional features that you will see coming online soon. Ilya has helped set me up with the developer tools so I can contribute to the code as well, and we already have a list of improvements we are working on. — DV 06:16, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * It's just Lyellin ;) Administrator is nothing special at all, and I don't need to be treated any differently. Lyellin 16:22, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Logo
The deadline just got extended to Jan 15th by Eloquence- apparently people have been requesting more choices. I don't know much about it- I haven't been concentrating on that aspect much at all. Lyellin 16:22, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Wiki-No-News
Some follow-up comments to our discussion at the Water Cooler:

 * Karim, so far I have chosen not to wait for others to drive the review process, I went right ahead and put the updated version of the Indian Ocean Earthquake story up on the main page when I felt it was as complete as it could be at the moment. I put another story in the "developing" section, so I am trying to work according to the "spirit" of the review process.

Great! And the page looks immeasureable better because of it. It's still editable, it's still updatebale, but now it's immediately useful aswell - and it can be usefully linked to by outside web sites - thus increasing the exposure of Wikinews.

When I spoke about 'fun' and 'pleasure' I was referring more to the sense of purpose and fulfillment in publishing a news article. I think (I Imagine) a journalist does get a sense of pleasure in seeing his article in print. Yes you have to accept criticism and editing - but I think this must be rationalised.

I think events like the Indian Ocean Earthquake are going to be vital for Wikinews. Wikinews must process and synthesise the information rapidly and have an authoritative page up immediately, which is updated by users all around the world on a minute-by-minute basis. When one set of writers goes to sleep there is another set still working. Wikinews should be the first place people go to for information. Not the place they go to after the event for the final, definitive, dry take on events. I think Wikinews missed a real opportunity here, which you are only now catching up on.

Karim

Automated weather report
Hi David,

Your weather map is Great work. I'm trying to implement a Version of the global weather map for our German Weather Channel in Wikinews de:Wetter. You could help me a lot by uploading the most current global weather map in Celsius under a static name like weathermap.jpg or WSCT_C_current.jpg in Wikimedia Commons. Maybe a Redirect from WSCT_C_28Dec04at0240UTC.jpg where the date would be some kind of Date Mediawiki variable is possible( July 12 29 28 2024 2004 see m:Help:Variable) . Or you could upload the "WSCT_C_28Dec04at0240UTC.jpg"-style images for archive purposes and the current one for the weather channel. I already tried to redirect or insert your Template:WeatherMapLinks but without luck. Thanks for your efforts and keep up the good work. --Monet 15:06, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I don't read or write German, but I'm happy to see the weather map on the German Wikinews site.

 * In any case, I'm changing over to use a static name for the generated weather map images, one with the word "current" in its name and the other with the word "previous" in its name, so neither of us will have to update the links template again.

 * I'll start posting updates on top of these static images in the next update.

 * However, I'll continue to post copies of the images with the date and time embedded in their names for archival purposes, as I think it will be interesting to create a page in the Weather section that allows our readers to click on links to maps from earlier dates.

 * Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to help.

 * — DV 10:30, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

P.S.: What major German city should appear on the map? I'm guessing Berlin, but please let me know if you have another preference.

 * Yep, Berlin would be great. The whole Russia area looks prette empty too.

Thank you for the Update, i was some days off.--Monet 11:43, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome.
I haven't written anything in WN yet but plan to do so in the future. I do admit at first glance the submission process here is daunting and about 50 hoops too many compared to the Wikipedia process. That user unfriendliness (due to the complexity) could be scaring off potential contributors. Davodd 09:54, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I replied on Davodd's user talk page. — DV 10:23, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Online stylebook.
The main goal of news writing is not to let words get in the way of what you are trying to say.

 * 1) Short sentences.
 * 2) Active voice.
 * 3) No fear of 1-sentence paragraphs.

The best free online stylebook I've found is: http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide/ Although a good stylebook of American-style English is here: http://www.tameri.com/edit/style.html

Davodd 11:13, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Compare contrast
Let's look at the subject of satellite radio, a topic I know: Satellite radio's unsteady orbit (an article by me last year)

A specific area: Sirius Satellite subscriber growth:
Good:
 * http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh55414_2004-12-27_14-21-29_n27645747_newsml
 * http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/10507360.htm

Bad:
 * http://news.designtechnica.com/article6175.html

The good includes context and relevancy for the reader, is less wordy in descriptions and is less one-sided. Davodd 11:35, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Tables in wiki
David, in a Dec. 19 article, you asked about better ways to do tables in wiki. Here ya go with a link, and an example I copied this from the 2004 in film article I follow:

Instructions for editing wikimedia tables: http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Table Example:

 * Thanks for the tip. Since my original query, I found a few tables on Wikipedia which use a lighter single rule line, background shading, interior cell margins, and slightly smaller text. I think this style looks more professional:

 * {| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%"

! rowspan="1" | title ! rowspan="1" | title ! rowspan="1" | title ! rowspan="1" | title
 * - bgcolor="#efefef" style="text-align: center"
 * - style="text-align: center"
 * style="text-align: left" | data
 * data
 * data
 * data
 * style="text-align: left" | data
 * data
 * data
 * data
 * }
 * }
 * }
 * — DV 11:07, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)


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I removed your front page temp link
I removed the temporary link you put up on the main page. Some of the Tsunami Help pages are up for deletion and I thought it too controversial for us dedicate front page real estate to promote a project that may not be wholly in keeping with the WN mission. -- Davodd | Talk 14:39, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Could we change the link to match the one on the Wikipedia version? — DV 19:04, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Weather location changes
We haven't seen a report for Stanley (Falkland Islands) in a long time (or ever when using weatherchecker). Apparently the National Weather Service hasn't published any data for that location for a while. I suggest we switch to code EGYP, which is described as "EGYP - Mount Pleasant Airport, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands @ -51.817'S -58.45'W 74m". There are a few other cities that haven't shown data (Oslo, I think) — I'll try to track it down later. -- IlyaHaykinson 05:07, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Ilya's talk page. — DV 15:58, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Proposed Water cooler layout
Have you had an opportunity to see this proposed layout? It implements some of your changes, and expanded on it.

There's also another page at Water cooler sections which allows and easy related changes link, which can track pages to any of the sections on the page. Or one could watchlist any specific page someone is interested in tracking.

Anyway, I put that together yesterday in an attempt to make the Water cooler more managable. - Amgine 04:21, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Okay, I'll migrate it over. Do you have any idea where I can find a pd graphic of a water cooler? - Amgine 04:38, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Amgine's talk page. — DV 04:56, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * The reason I left that as a link was I don't have copyright permission to that graphic yet. I've contacted the owner, but no response so far. So, I put a copy on one of my sites. Is this a potential problem for wikinews? - Amgine 06:34, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Amgine's talk page. — DV 07:03, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

LOGO stuff.
Actually I tweaked it in Microsoft Photodraw by hand. The original is not very good quality - but it's big and when shrunk down looks OK. I'll send it yo you. -- Davodd | Talk 05:14, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Try this for the largest image I have: Click here to see/copy it. -- Davodd | Talk 05:14, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Davodd's talk page. — DV 05:43, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Vorbis
I'm pretty sure all the audio on Wikiquote uses Vorbis. Certainly, you can use it on any Wikimedia wiki. If you go back through the Main page history on en to about Dec 25 you should find a box at the bottom of the page with 'Happy christmas' or something in lots of different languages in an Ogg Vorbis file! Dan100 09:10, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Amgine's admin status is only temporary ..
.. he was granted powers this weekend because of vandalism that happened Saturday. He was given powers to delete the vandalism. He has not gone through the nomination process to become an administrator, so I'd fully expect his "admin status" to revert back to normal user soon. I changed your edit to the admin list on the Admin page back to the way it was (as Eloquence left it) before you added more admins. The other admins are really either honorary or superusers who have admin status because they control the software, but do not particiapte in Wikinews content.-- Davodd | Talk 10:52, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Davodd's user talk page. — DV 11:03, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

"Wells Fargo Barclays logos merger.jpg"
Some do-gooder will probably delete the nice logo you used for the Wells Fargo story, as fair use isn't allowed on the Commons.

Wikinews is artificially constrained by not having its own repository for fair-use images, as this is crucial for us to use corporate logos in our business reporting, as you have done for this story. The press has every right to use such logos in its reporting.

I'm curious why Wikipedia gets its own image repository for fair-use images but Wikinews does not.

Is there a discussion to settle the licensing of Wikinews somewhere? I see in one spot that it is public domain because the license isn't settled, but the footer implies that this site is GFDL.

Regards,

— DV 08:37, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing that out. I posted a proposal on the water cooler about it - and also on the mail list. -- Davodd | Talk 10:56, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Publishing unpublished IRC logs
My views aren't going to change. Jimbo, innocence, sannse and myself object. Anthere and FennecFoxen are likely to once they are online and able to be asked. We're all happy to give interviews when we know we are but it's necessary to have places for informal chat and where confidential or semi-confidenital possible donations and such can be discussed. For that reason, it's not likely that that channel will accept published logs. Jamesday 16:59, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, thanks for the clarification!

 * I didn't realize so many prominent Wikipedians were offended by this log. Feel free to ask a developer to zap everything that ever touched it. :)

 * — DV 17:05, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I probably will have to ask - both Innocence and I have the technical capability but we're both involved so asking someone else is better.:) I love the wikinews concept, particularly the public domain licensing, so I'm pretty sad that I've way too much to do elsewhere to participate as fully as I'd like. If you've any questions, please don't hesitate to ask - I'm more than happy to answer - just want to know it's an interview when I'm doing it.:) Jamesday 17:36, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Your request on Administrators
I'm sorry I didn't see that earlier; my time has been really limited the last couple days (real life after the holiday break.) Does that still need to be accomplished? Since they haven't taken away my temp sysoping yet, I'm trying to get as many admin-type duties accomplished as I can. - Amgine 19:50, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Amgine's user talk page. — DV 19:57, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
For. 1. the comments regarding admin, and; 2. For pointing out my oversight w/the copyedit. Methinks I should not copyedit after coming home from a 4-hour-long Family Law night class. :) -- Davodd | Talk 08:07, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Davodd's talk page. — DV 08:19, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

WeatherChecker issues
I found the problem with Almaty's temperature today: the MetarEntry class was picking up non-temperature entries and parsing them as temperature. This is now fixed (update to get the change). -- IlyaHaykinson 08:05, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Ilya's talk page. — DV 09:49, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * WeatherChecker 1.8 now uses the NOAA site to get the list of stations (see the File->Update... menu to download the big file once — it'll auto-fill the countries list). -- IlyaHaykinson 09:57, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Ilya's talk page. — DV 23:59, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I've been getting your messages, and replied to you by email. Your changes in 1.9 are awesome! -- IlyaHaykinson 09:59, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Wikinewsbot
Hi David. I wanted to bring to your attention to User:IlyaHaykinson/Wikinewsbot. It's nowhere near complete but I wanted to keep you in the loop about the fact that I've started working on a solution. Let me know what you think about the proposed bot definition file format. -- IlyaHaykinson 04:46, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied over on Ilya's user talk page. — DV 03:05, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Weather
Thanks for the update! I don't know if anyone has told you, but that graphic has been one of the hottest elements on the site. I hop both of you know just how much it is appreciated! - Amgine 22:52, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Map
Answer is on: nl:Overleg gebruiker:Waerth thx for being so quick! Waerth 02:05, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:David Vasquez/February archive

Where'd London go?
I notice that London no-longer has a temperature. This means that the map isn't much use for resisdents of Great Britain and Ireland as being islands, our weather is significantly different to that of the continent's. Dan100 (Talk) 21:20, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Dan100's user talk page. — DV 23:07, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Weather on Spanish Wikinews
Hi. How are you going. The Weather map is terrific. I inserted it on the Spanish Wikinews. You can take a look to our Weather Template and the CurWeatherMapImage Template. I'd like to know how can we figure out when the Commons map is updated. Thanks a lot. Julianortega 02:35, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC) My Spanish Wikinews Discussion Page.

 * I replied on Julianortega's user talk page. — DV 07:29, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Main page template replacement
As per request. - Amgine 00:06, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Main page template replacement
As per request. - Amgine 00:08, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Layout issue - DV, that is really messed up. Can you fix it, or should I? - Amgine 00:08, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Amgine's user talk page. — DV 00:18, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Just an idle question - I noticed you're regularly updating the graphics in all the various templates, which is great. But I wondered why you don't update the graphic at commons, keeping the same file name, which would obviate having to change all the graphic links? - Amgine 07:35, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Amgine's user talk page. — DV 17:10, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

There is but one waerth
I am the real thing ;) I haven't seen anybody else use this name on the internet yet. I have been using it for about 4-5 years bow on a lot of differentboards and places. Before that I used waer and crazyman ..... on some older boards I still use those names. Unfortunately they were taken to often. Thats why I changed to waerth. All Waerths in wikimedia are me AFAIK. Waerth 15:23, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

logo stuff.
(*snip)--copied from Meta:
 * As for restarting the vote, there only seems to be a dispute created by you and Christiaan, based largely on Dan100's pre-emptive attitude towards collaboration in favor of a rushed poll with little chance for anything more than "design by committee", which is a real shame. — DV 08:09, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for clearing that up. it appeared from the above conversation that there was an arbitrary enforcement of established rules. Instead it appears, there is instruction creep of the first order going on. Davodd | Talk 09:28, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

(different logo stuff)

We used to own an advertising company, and learned to live within deadlines. The "decision" for the final graphic/photo/language is never set in stone, but always being tweaked until the last second before printing/release - but you have to get the decision on which concept.

My reason for being opposed to late entries is the varied breakdowns in the decision process last time, which created a need for a runoff and, imo, completely flawed the results. If we must use a divisive process, we shouldn't allow cheating/rule breaking to make it unfair as well. - Amgine 14:15, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Amgine's user talk page. — DV 18:22, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Perhaps we should leave the subject alone, but I figure if the community states rules regarding a: poll and one contravenes those rules, one is rulebreaking. True, for a good cause and to collaborate, but there is probably a reason for the rules such as to avoid acrimony or a confused/disputable outcome.
 * I won't make comments about the current series of design concepts, since they rather repeat the original poll, but I do think your later additions were good refinements of the original. (I still liked your clock concept, though perhaps without the 'C' which someone found objectionable.) - Amgine 18:31, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Could you perhaps make the last logo (the one I'm voting for) a bit larger, to match with the one it was derived from? See my latest comment on the vote page. - McCart42 03:11, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, if that version wins, of course I will supply a version at the standard size of 135px wide, a high-resolution version for printing, as well as a version with a transparent background for compositing on non-white skins. But Eloquence has asked me to hold off posting more logos until the vote is done, so I'll wait until then to generate and post them. — DV 05:12, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

NK story
Thanks for the lead! Looks like we've made a good start... Sj 09:11, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Between the two of you it became a great article - and a lightning rod! This lead article has been vandalized more than any other I've ever had the privileged to babysit. Good evidence of powerful writing. Thank you both. - Amgine 05:33, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Policies and guidelines/Archive conventions
I was asked to draw this up, along with other guidelines. I began implementing it. The reasoning is logical and straightforward: Wikinews is not an encyclopedia.

As described in What Wikinews is not, articles are not works-in-progress. They develop, are published, and then preserved as a resource. As the Content guide points out, "If something changes, don't edit an old article to update it: write a new one, and link to the old one for reference." Sources are differentiated in the Style guide because sources "may change, move, or be deleted, unlike References."

If these do not change your opinion, then the fact content edits of archived articles has occurred should at the very least give you pause. Clearly POV pushing has occurred in the archives, and some instances of it have been discovered. Imagine what might have occurred if Wikinews had gone live before the last election. Do you recall the POVing on Wikipedia during the election, to get "Wikipedia says" rights? Wikinews doesn't have the eyes to monitor the archives in the same way.

The philosophy has been: 1) only react to an actual problem, and 2) react in the least harmful manner possible. Preserving typos and misspellings is far less harmful than rewriting history. - Amgine 23:59, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, the convention says 2 weeks. There was a discussion to have it sooner, and later, and this was sort of the defacto middle ground. I have been waiting until 15 days, but mostly I want to work on the older ones (and add them to a 2004 archive set). I'm not too worried about archiving exactly on the minute an article hits two weeks. - Amgine 05:29, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Main page header
Thanks for the changes; easier on the eye.

I'd also like to apologise for my comments and behaviour to you during the logo selection process. The processwas a real learning experience for me. Dan100 (Talk) 10:04, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Dan100's user talk page. — DV 10:36, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Chinese Wikinews
This is just so... wrong. I was really hoping that a Chinese Wikinews would be launched, but it looks like a lot of people have wimped out. If this goes to a Chinese-speaking community vote, there won't be a Chinese Wikinews. Why, oh why should we do what the ChiComs want? I'm sure in the event of a chinese block we could think of some way of getting around the Great Firewall. But as usual, people are weak and cowardly. What can ya do? --Ce garcon 06:27, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Sometimes you can't fight city hall. — DV 06:54, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Mainpage
When I came in a few minutes ago, the main page layout was killed by the, and I can't figure out why. I temp fixed by commenting out the template.

The template was very wide, the graphic dead (not missing). I'm still looking into what is wrong, but I thought I'd drop you a note immediately to tell you what is up. I'm about to check the other sites too. - Amgine 16:36, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Forgot to follow up... The new Romanian wikinews was trying to get their template to auto-update. Not sure that's possible, but you may wish to go look at what they've done... - Amgine 20:37, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Amgine's user talk page. — DV 20:50, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for clearing up what they were trying to do...
 * You didn't hear back about the text templates because I haven't gotten a definitive answer; and I let myself get distracted of course. I'll see if I can track that down now. - Amgine 20:52, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Just spoke with brion about it. It's not actually possible, because the templates are stored in the database and then parsed while the images are actually stored in files, and are therefore available directly. - Amgine 20:57, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Byline
I replied on both the article talk page and my talk; take your pick! :) Dan100 (Talk) 11:10, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I forgot to say, I've replied on my talk page Dan100 (Talk) 19:40, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Weather updates
Just in case I haven't said it recently: Thank you so much for maintaining the weather graphics! It's amazing how much traffic they appear to get, even if some people don't seem to realize how important and useful they are. - Amgine 17:26, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Amgine's user talk page. — DV 22:13, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Database issues - Yes, I have observed one in the Abraham Lincoln story. But there have been *many* issues as the systems continue to be recovered/restored, and new hardware added in. The outage precipitated many upgrades/repairs, and it will be a couple of days at least before the system reaches equilibrium. - Amgine 22:19, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Would you mind ?
Would you mind restoring the following posts: 1. Liberalization of trade in oils and fats with Romania and Bulgaria in sight 2. Speech on receiving the Wadden Forum's final report

As I stated in the posts, these are press releases originating from the DUTCH GOVERNMENT (www.overheid.nl) and so released into the public domain !!! As long as the source is provided, but this is a very familliar way to put items on Wiki Media, see for example the Wiki Commons site with pictures released by the government. I can't help it that other organisations put it on their websites with a false claim of copyright.

As Vasquez is not realy such a common Dutch name, I don't blame you for having some trouble understanding Dutch. So trust me on this or learn Dutch.... hihi, good luck. --DantheMan 17:57, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on the Submit a story page. — DV 06:35, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Your last email
David, sorry I haven't had a chance to reply to your email. I'm swamped with midterms (I'm trying to finish a bachelor's degree that got postponed when I got involved with dotcom in the late 90s) until end of day tomorrow. Briefly though: I think you'll be able to automate weather image posting easily, I cleaned up the code and will check it in somewhere. -- IlyaHaykinson 10:23, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks. — DV 19:25, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Paulrevere205
1. People are being locked up with no charges and no trials and moved to "undisclosed locations". 2. Police can come into your house(in USA),SEARCH AND SEIZE, and leave again and never tell you they were there. 3. 112 people are in jail in the USA for LIFE for SHOPLIFTING under the "3 strikes and out" laws. I believe these COULD be the early symptoms of a "police state"aka nazi/stasi in the making. Does me having this opinion mean I have an agenda? or am a democrat? If you think so,then its worse than I thought.Paulrevere2005
 * DV,Since the old afghan dope article is being scrapped, I am just putting my last response here.please just read the words.If I thought the people here were nazish,I wouldn't be here. I am just saying that today, IN MY OPINION, only the government,ala Rice,is allowed to criticize the government without assumptions being raised about the critic.If you really think about it, I think you will see that you never had any real reason to assume I have an "agenda" and that is all I was reacting to..not to you personally, but to the culture we live in. So,please just face a few facts that I think COULD mean we're headed for a police state;

I am in Canada...
because 2 years ago the U.S. Congress added my partner's name to a research scientist "blacklist". Anyone who doesn't know about Jose Padilla, the 127 other known "disappeared" plus the estimated 1,000-2,000 others who may be held by the government, and the known prisoners at Guantanamo Bay (who have yet to be charged with a prosecutable crime under international treaties to which the U.S. is party) has been willfully ignoring the mainstream media who have covered these stories; even the research scientist blacklist.

I have a friend in Seattle, a jewish gentleman who was born in Germany before WWII. His parents, a wealthy business family, moved to the U.S.A. before any hostilities broke out. They could see the danger, and they took action to protect themselves and their family. I hope I have been overly-cautious, that there is no actual danger I am avoiding - but I do sometimes attend events here with the hundreds of new ex-pat United Staters who are choosing now to live abroad in this city. - Amgine 07:34, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Amgine's user talk page. — DV 08:14, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I, too, don't like those temps... which is why I'm in Vancouver where it rarely dips below 0°C for any length of time. We celebrated Winter Solstice by sailing down to Sucia Island for the weekend. (I'm told by Canadian friends that this part of the country is considered the "Florida" of the great white north.)

Personally, I love it... the city seems to cater to most of my vices. The most dangerous of which is a love of gourmet food. I couldn't be more encouraging about visiting, but don't believe the "Canada is cheap" hype; this is a large city with large city prices and an absurd real estate market. - Amgine 20:29, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Ideas for the Weather report

 * Include pollution readings..its important to old farts like me and parents of asthmatic children.epa has a cool site with hourly dataPaulrevere2005 13:42, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Polish Weathermap
I have a question regarding WeatherChecker. Would it be possible for you to make a weather map of Poland and update it, if not every hour, every 12 hours? AFAIK, we have 9 airports which monitor the weather changes, and we could use such a thing on the Polish Wikinews project. We could do it ourselves, but the program is pretty slow so far, and no one has such a powerful PC to do it by himself :P. Datrio 22:12, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Datrio's user talk page. — DV 04:16, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Hey David, thanks for the quick reply. As you said by yourself, the program loads a big weather map into memory, so it uses 1GB of RAM. No one at pl.Wikinews has such a powerful PC, and if anyone has, I'm not sure would they be able to contribute.
 * But, if it would be possible for you to make such a weather map of Poland by yourself, and upload it to Commons daily, we'd be very grateful. If you could generate first a sample map for us to see, with the weather stations across Poland checked, we'd be very happy. Regards, Datrio 14:02, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

CIA "rendition" story

 * Hi DV; I like the CIA story. I wanted to explain that I don't think the CIA is a bad outfit. I do think that SOME of the people who have been part of the CIA have been operating rogue operations from time to time which might do really nasty things like bump off a Jim Hatfield or Hunter Thompson. The Association of Former Intelligence Officers http://www.afio.com/ is a good source as sometimes these men feel guilty in their old age and come clean about things like the Gulf Of Tonkin ruse. Anyhow, just wanted to clarify, I don't believe the CIA as a whole would break american laws.Paulrevere2005

Peruvians sue Newmont Mining Company over mercury poisoning
Hey, thanks for editing my article. It looks great. --Howrealisreal 05:46, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Howrealisreal's user talk page. — DV 05:59, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Weather
I got your reply. Many thanks for putting time and energy into this. ;) -- Ran 08:53, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism
It's vandalism when Pr is purely doing it to annoy me; the article does not even remotely come close to any of the possible requirements for deletion as listed on the deletion policy page. Adding a spurious DR is just as much vandalism as any other nonsensical edit trying to disrupt the wiki. Dan100 (Talk) 10:58, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * It's fairly clear that the reason you find Paulrevere2005 so annoying is because you disagree with his politics.

 * As long as you refuse to admit you have a political agenda of your own, it's difficult to mediate the conflict between the two of you.

 * Why, you can't even bring yourself to spell out Paulrevere2005's name (what's with referring to him as "Pr"?).

 * If you feel that you need to resort to labeling Paulrevere2005's posts as vandalism, rather than engaging him in a constructive discussion, my objection stands.

 * Personally, I have found that it is more constructive to improve the articles Paulrevere2005 calls into question, rather than dismiss him out of hand. I happen to think that his methods are sloppy, but then I'm not adverse to his politics, so perhaps that allows me to be more tolerant of him.

 * As a staunch NPOV enforcer and leader of the "Wiki way", I'm surprised that you aren't more tolerant of Paulrevere2005's perspective.

 * (cc'd to Dan100's user talk page)

 * — DV 11:20, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * P.S.: Perhaps you should re-read the definition of vandalism? The word doesn't appear to be defined the way you are using it. Was Paulrevere2005's post "obscenities, namecalling, or other wholly irrelevant content"? Vandalism is not misguided or ill-considered content.

More info re; global police state. UK this time
from the bowels of the wikinews report comes this new way of dealing with uncharged "suspects".

"The Bill received Royal Assent later that day, and the first control orders, to deal with the ten suspects previously interned in HMP Belmarsh, were issued by Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, immediately.

Some critics were still unhappy with the compromise reached in the evening of March 11, pointing out that the Act removes the 790-year-old principle of habeas corpus, established in Magna Carta.

 * Restrictions permitted by the Act

restrictions on the possession of specified articles or substances (such as a mobile telephone);

restrictions on the use of specified services or facilities (such as internet access);

restrictions on work and business arrangements; restrictions on association or communication with other individuals, specified or generally;

restrictions on where an individual may reside and who may be admitted to that place;

a requirement to admit specified indivuals to certain locations and to allow such places to be searched and items to be removed therefrom;

a prohibition on an individual being in specified location(s) at specified times or days;

restrictions to an individual's freedom of movement, including giving prior notice of proposed movements;

a requirement to surrender the individual's passport;

a requirement to allow the individual to be photographed;

a requirement to cooperate with surveillance of the individual's movements or communications, including electronic tagging;

a requirement to report to a specified person and specified times and places.

(above is an unsigned comment from Paulrevere2005)

 * I replied on Paulrevere2005's user talk page. — DV 12:46, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Country tallies
I indeed forgot Japan! I'm including it now... there are probably other countries which I've left out because I've just gone through major world countries or countries that came to my mind (though Japan should've come to my mind!). Hopefully, the Romania-related articles can stay ahead of China... I'm going to try to do that! As with automatic tallying, it sure would be good, but there's no way to do that, is there? Maybe we could move the page to a public location on the Wikinews namespace, like "Country coverage stats" or something like that. Cheers (and today, more Romania articles!) Ronline 06:57, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Slovakia Euro story
Nice pic of euro notes + flag - thats the sort of creativity we need more of. CGorman 21:36, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Question
Can text be lifted straight from Wikipedia into Wikinews articles? Thanks --Dpr

 * I replied on Dpr's (aka 70.57.139.181) user talk page. — DV 10:41, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wikinews writing contest launched
Dear David Vasquez,

thanks for registering for the Wikinews writing contest! It now begins officially. Every day, I will try to make a tally of who has and who has not managed to fulfill their story/day requirements. If you do, however, believe I am missing something, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best of luck in the contest!--Eloquence 06:20, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Weather Globe
David, You probably would not only want West and East arrows on the globe, but North and South as well. Aliter 12:44, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I agree with Aliter(I choose to remain anonymous.)

Question about images
David — was there a reason that the weather images are not replacing each other (i.e. not being uploaded over the old ones, and instead have a new name each time)? I am hoping to implement the marketdatabot now, but would like to just replace images, for now, so as to not have too many of the old versions around. -- IlyaHaykinson 08:13, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Followed up in discussion on #wikinews. It appears that the proxy image caching may prevent reliable presentation of the latest version of an image to all viewers. — DV 10:15, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

well ya learn somethin' every day
Fancy that. Wiktionary agrees with you and dictionary.com, so who am i to argue. Well, well; just goes to show the stupidity of prescriptive grammars i guess. The bellman 12:53, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on The bellman's user talk page. — DV 13:01, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Federal marshals seize killer beds
INRE: Federal marshals seize killer beds: I am thisclose to putting a Wackynews cat on that story. :-) -- Davodd | Talk 21:50, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Davodd's user talk page. — DV 23:57, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

WikiNews Video Broadcast
I would highly reccomend that if this becomes a reality, you use bittorrent as one of the methods to distribute the videos. I found Kedora TV which uses some magical RSS stuff to distribute new videos via bittorrent, they seem to be interesting and have a channel on Freenode, so using them might be beneficial. Just my thoughts, though. --me at work 19:23, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Bittorrent is cool and all, but have you checked out MPEGNation? I think they might be more reliable. — DV 21:01, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Re: Sometimes boring is good
I was being somewhat sarcastic and just saying that I personally preferred the serious title to the sillier ones. I'd have no problem with one of the sillier ones if that's what people vote for, it's a rather minor issue in the bigger scheme of things. - VF 11:28, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Original reporting barnstar

For adding the photos to the story that shall not be named, I award you the first original reporting barnstar. Congratulations, and may your work inspire other Wikinewsies to follow up on weird, odd or disgusting incidents in their neighbourhood.--Eloquence 15:09, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Eloquence's user talk page. — DV 14:21, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Taiwan story
I added some things to yours....we can dispose of my original one. Thanks! 70.57.139.181 10:56, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on User 70.57.139.181's user talk page. — DV 11:02, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Its cool
Coolies, its 2moro over here so i was too tired to bother looking for a forbidden city photo. Thanks for doing the foot work for me. ~The bellman | Smile 14:16, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Subheads
Thanks DV, that's a great idea. - VF 15:01, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Roger, DV
You are fast...in the time it took me to walk to the mailbox you had the whole enchalada nailed...Thanks! I sent you an email. I don't know if it ever made it so let me know and I'll e-ya again. --Alan J. Franklin 22:04, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Alan J. Franklin's user talk page. — DV 22:22, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

See also, wikinews template
I noticed the wikinews template, great idea. Also, I know that See also is the proper phrase according to the style guide, though I do keep mixing them up. Thanks for pointing it out, though. - VF 23:21, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Taiwan 326 event
Greetings!! It is great to hear that there will be a news report on this protest. I will see what I can do. But no guarantee though.:)Mababa 04:47, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied on Mababa's user talk page. — DV 04:51, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

importance of -See also- link formating
Thanks for explaining in one of your story edits the reason for using the new formating template. If my understanding is correct, user 'clicks' to these links will build a 'hits' record that search engines will use as a criteria for listing the relavance of an article.

The usage of this format to cite previous Wikinews stories is critical for that particular article, and Wikinews as a whole, to show up on the radar screen of results delivered to internet search inquiries.

I am begining to understand that a 'house style' citing previous news pieces could at Wikinews give the interested reader and researcher a historical record of "at the moment" perceptions of unfolding news that rivals --> indeed surpasses <-- the relavance of Wikipedia. -edw 15:27, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Adminship
You're up (<-- comment left by The Bellman)

 * I replied on that page. — DV 14:17, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Forget administrator - you should run for political office with a response like that. ;-) -- Davodd | Talk 17:29, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image click link / image redirects
Hi Davodd,

I wrote up some notes in response to your request for "image click link" or what I call "image redirects", over on the technical section of the water cooler.

I really enjoy adding images to Wikinews, so image redirects are the single most important feature I would like to see on Wikinews. I'm glad to see other contributors asking for this feature. I would also like to use it for some nice typography and background graphics for the subject and region links, if we eventually start breaking up the "Latest news" section into sub-sections, like they use on CNN. (I think someone proposed this general idea somewhere already, but I can't find the link at the moment.)

By the way, that scrolling box on your user page made it much easier to navigate the contents. I might steal that for my rather lengthy user page.

Cheers,

— DV 17:04, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

P.S.: I promise not to invoke Godwin's law on you. :)
 * 1. ROTFL at the P.S.
 * 2. It would be intuitive to make a story thumbnail image directly link to its accompanying story - or category. I don't know how many times a week I click on the image instead of the link.
 * 3. I believe the subject headers proposal you mentioned is here: Water_cooler
 * -- Davodd | Talk 17:29, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for helping me learn, DV

 * One of my favorite things about all of the Wikisites is the interaction with other Wiki-pros. I'm sure we will have lots of chances to share ideas. I'm glad I caught you on chat. Take care amigo ;-) --Alan J. Franklin 00:19, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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Powerful earthquake rocks southern Japan, tsunami warnings issued

A powerful magnitude 7 earthquake rocked Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu at 10:53 am local time today (0153 UTC), prompting the Japanese Meteorological Agency to issue tsunami warnings for the area. The tsunami warnings were canceled later in the day.

A 75-year-old woman was killed in Fukuoka city by a falling wall. At least 400 people were injured by the quake. Local Fukuoka Airport and high speed bullet trains in the area temporarily suspended operations to look for damage.

According to the agency, the epicenter of the earthquake was in shallow water in the Sea of Japan, off the north coast of Fukuoka Prefecture.

Small aftershocks continued throughout the day, with authorities advising that residents should be prepared for aftershocks of up to magnitude 6.

In the aftermath of the quake, people were quickly alerted to the state of the situation by television reports, telephone, and text-messaging systems.

Interviewed by telephone in Hitoyoshi, well inland from the epicenter of the quake, a local resident noted the severity of the quake was frightening, and left the elderly woman unable to remain seated on a chair. Shutting off gas was the first priority, with the local television coverage providing a quick status update for the situation, followed by an interruption by national emergency network coverage.

A foreign resident of Fukuoka city reported taking refuge under his desk for several minutes as books and ornaments fell from shelves. He prepared to evacuate to high ground in case of a tsunami, but news reports indicated little danger from a tsunami. He also reported that Japanese residents appeared unconcerned by the quake, with many strolling near Momochi beach shortly after the quake, showing little apparent concern.

In Tenjin, downtown Fukuoka, Fukuoka Building's windows shattered, and the block was quickly cordoned off. In addition to Fukuoka Building, many other buildings and businesses remained closed to shoppers.

Wikinews contributor Oarih reports that a festive atmosphere pervaded the streets, however, as employees from Nishinihon Shimbun (a major Japanese newspaper) passed out one-page articles on the earthquake and curious onlookers investigated the damaged buildings and sidewalks. Many residents, relieved by the relatively low damage inflicted by the earthquake, started visiting pubs and restaurants at lunch for a celebratory beer. With train and subway services disrupted, queues over 100 people long formed at some Nishitetsu bus stops in Tenjin as dusk approached.

The penetration of modern text-messaging by the Japanese Keitai, the common Japanese cell phone system more prevalent than computer-based email, led to quick status checks on many family members located near the coast around Fukuoka, close to the quake's epicentre. Wikinews contributor Oarih reports that cell phone service providers were swamped by the spike in use, however, and both voice and text services remained unreliable for much of the day.


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Explosion kills 35 in Pakistan; many injured

March 20, 2005

Thirty-five worshippers are confirmed dead and many are injured after an explosion near a mosque in Fatahpur, Pakistan, at 10:30 pm local time (1730 UTC).

"I can confirm that 35 bodies have been counted," administrator Mahmood Mari told.

"It was a powerful bomb. There was blood and body parts everywhere," police official Mehrab Khan, told AP.

"Right now people are angry. They are wailing and crying. Some of them have blocked roads in the town and we are trying to control the situation," Khan said.

The remote town of Fatahpur is located about 300km (180 miles) from Quetta.

No one has has claimed responsibility for the attack, according to local officials.

The blast caused the largest death toll this year in an area affected by religious conflict and tribal uprisings. Officials have not determined a cause for the blast.


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Talk:Powerful earthquake rocks southern Japan, tsunami warnings issued

This kind of breaking news should be put on the RSS feed edw 04:37, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * How exactly does one help to update the RSS feed?

 * Eloquence has listed a working RSS feed as one of the requirements of moving Wikinews out of Beta, so I would like to help out with keeping it updated if at all possible. — DV 05:53, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Oarih- Is the new information that you're adding original reporting? VF 09:20, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * It's a combination, I guess. The bit about queues downtown and the festive atmosphere were mine, along with the photos, but other facts (such as the warning about magnitude 6 aftershocks) I heard on the news. -- Oarih 09:26, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Would you mind prefacing your original reporting with the phrase "Wikinews contributor Oarih reports that" so we know which part of the story is eyewitness?

 * We can then add the "Original reporting" tag to the article. — DV 09:31, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * The RSS feed is run by me. However I was asleep at 4am this morning (British time)! In reality at the moment I only have time to check the site and update the RSS feed once a day. Of course that's not ideal, but it's better than nothing. Dan100 (Talk) 22:07, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Your work on the RSS feed is greatly appreciated. I put the feed on my home page and notice the content is updated about every 10 hours. I realize of course there are more than enough things on your to do list, but ultimately WikiNews needs to do better than this. Perhaps you can automate it at some point in time. edw 23:14, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Short of scraping the front page and the linked article pages (which is prone to breakage), wouldn't automated RSS feeds require changing the MediaWiki software? I don't think we'll have much luck convincing the MediaWiki developers to help us out, because the same software is used to run Wikipedia, which has different requirements for performance and scalability.

 * We may need to start developing our own "NewsWiki" software if continuously updated RSS feeds are a requirement for Wikinews to move out of Beta. — DV 23:36, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)


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Explosion injures 11 in Beirut

March 20, 2005

Eleven residents of an apartment building in the Christian neighborhood of New Jdeideh, located in northern Beirut, Lebanon, were injured by an explosion just after midnight local time.

The explosion was caused by a bomb placed underneath a car that was parked near the eight-story building inhabited by the injured, and left a seven-foot-deep hole in the ground. The building was ruined by the blast.

The Lebanese army responded with a tighter security policy.

"The army will not allow that freedom of expression be abused in order to harm security and stability," declared the military statement.

Lebanese President Émile Lahoud decided not to attend the upcoming Arab summit, and appealed for talks to avoid religious violence.

"Car bomb messages do not threaten our national unity," said opposition leader Walid Jumblatt, speaking from his mountain palace in Mukhtara.

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Wikinews:Story propagation

Wikinews stories are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, so other people can easily use our content for any purpose. In order to encourage them to do so, this page serves two purposes:

 * as an index of publications which accept outside story submissions
 * as a log of story submissions to such publications

If you are submitting to a large site like Slashdot, it may be a good idea to protect the story when it is actually published. It's probably not a good idea to submit stories which are currently in dispute.

Recent submissions

 * May 25
 * Endangered cow cloned in Brazil to TreeHugger. Status: accepted
 * May 24
 * Fox News viewership drops by half in 6 months to The Regular (User:MikeCapone). Status: accepted
 * May 19
 * Live grenade thrown at George Bush in Georgia to The Regular (User:MikeCapone). Status: accepted
 * May 11
 * White House and Capitol Building evacuated as small plane enters no-fly zone to The Regular (User:MikeCapone). Status: accepted
 * May 10
 * Two hundred digit number factored to Slashdot - accepted
 * May 9
 * Nuclear waste leaks at Sellafield facility on Cumbrian coast%2C England to The Regular (User:MikeCapone). Status: accepted
 * May 4
 * Pay-by-Plastic pumps up gas prices in U.S. to The Regular (User:MikeCapone). Status: accepted
 * May 2
 * New Mars Orbiter arrives for launch to SciScoop. Status: [accepted]
 * May 1
 * New drug from lizard's saliva to SciScoop. Status: [accepted]
 * April 26
 * Historic summit, commemoration by Asian-African leaders in Bandung to The World Forum Status: Accepted
 * April 25
 * Study: Children who socialise more, get cancer less to SciScoop. Status: accepted
 * April 24
 * New rodent discovery leads to new mammal family to SciScoop. Status: accepted
 * Infrared technology enables recovery of lost classical writings to SciScoop. Status: accepted
 * April 22
 * Iran_shuts down Al-Jazeera bureau to The Regular (User:MikeCapone). Status: accepted
 * April 20
 * North Korea shuts down its main nuclear reactor to The Regular (User:MikeCapone). Status: accepted
 * April 19
 * Childhood exposure to TV linked to bullying to The Regular (User:MikeCapone). Status: accepted
 * April 14
 * Anti-Japan protests spread to more Chinese cities to The Regular (User:MikeCapone). Status: accepted
 * March 26
 * Hundreds of thousands protest anti-secession law in Taiwan to The World Forum. Status: Accepted.
 * IBM releases freeware for visualizing document histories to Slashdot (used permalink). Status: ?
 * Scientists discover soft tissue in dinosaur bones to Slashdot (used permalink). Status: ?
 * March 24: Entrepreneur's RFID chip implant to open doors, start car to Slashdot (used permalink). Status: rejected
 * March 23: Kazaa Trial concluding posted directly to infoAnarchy by site operator Eloquence.
 * March 22:
 * India and Europe team up for moon mission to Slashdot (used permalink to this revision). Status: rejected
 * India and Europe team up for moon mission to SciScoop. Status: accepted
 * Creationist sentiments affect Imax business strategy to Slashdot (used permalink to this revision). Status: rejected
 * March 20: Cassini discovers Saturn moon atmosphere to SciScoop. Status: accepted

Publications
Technology, science, gadgets, software, online rights:
 * Slashdot - News for Nerds: Stuff that Matters - submit story. Good for technology, space, general geeky stuff.
 * Kuro5hin - Technology and Culture, From the Trenches - submit story. Technology, culture, politics, geeky stuff.
 * infoAnarchy - Which future do you want to live in? - submit story. File sharing, copyright, online rights.
 * OSNews.com - Exploring the Future of Computing - submit story. Operating systems, software, open source.
 * SciScoop - Exploring Tomorrow - submit story. Science, space.

Politics:
 * The Agonist - submit story. Politics, esp. US foreign policy.
 * The Regular - submit story. Politics, mostly U.S. but not exclusively. Some social, technology and environmental stories.

International:
 * The World Forum - submit story. Spread the word about the world's newest international forum.

Sports:
 * ArmchairGM

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Explosion injures at least 14 in Colorado

March 20, 2005 At least fourteen people were injured today by an explosion at the remote Electric Mountain Lodge, in Paonia, Colorado.

The blast was reported at 2:30pm local time (9:30 UTC).

A county investigator suspects that the explosion was caused by.

"We're starting to get patients now, but I can't tell you how many we're expecting – a bunch," hospital administrator Tom Mingen told Denver's CBS4 news from Delta County Memorial Hospital. He continued, "Electric Mountain Lodge is probably in the most remote part of our county. About 20 miles north of Paonia and 17 miles in by snowmobile."

The lodge, located in the Gunnison National Forest area at an elevation of 9,200 feet, is only accessible by helicopter or snowmobile during the winter season.


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Explosion kills Briton in Qatar; dozens injured

March 20, 2005 One Briton is dead, and dozens of others are injured, after an explosion ripped through a theatre in the Fareek Klaib district of, Qatar this morning.

"One building at the theatre collapsed. There was pandemonium in the area. It took firefighters some time to put out the fire," said British diplomat Eric Mattey.

"One person was killed and 12 were wounded, of whom 10 have left hospital," said a statement issued by the Interior Ministry.

According to witnesses, about 80 foreigners were in the audience, watching the second act of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", at the time of the explosion.

Although the is located in the Arab Gulf country, the bombing was the first of its kind in Qatar. The theatre is located in the same area where the US embassy was previously located before it was moved to a new location.


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Explosion kills four policemen in Kirkuk; eight injured

March 20, 2005 Four policemen are dead and eight people are injured, after a roadside explosion in, Iraq earlier today, according to Lieutenant Colonel Yadkar Muhammad.

The officers had just attended a funeral for a fellow officer, who had been killed on Friday by gunmen after another roadside explosion.

The military had no information about today's explosion.

Hundreds of policemen have been killed since the start of the US-led.


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User talk:219.117.60.144

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- Davodd | Talk 06:28, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:61.201.46.14

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- Davodd | Talk 06:29, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:64.229.19.216

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- Davodd | Talk 06:29, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:162.39.193.78

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- Davodd | Talk 06:30, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:Oarih~enwikinews

Welcome to Wikinews! — DV 09:34, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Earthquake in Japan
Would you mind prefacing your original reporting in the article "Powerful earthquake rocks southern Japan, tsunami warnings issued" with the phrase "Wikinews contributor Oarih reports that" so we know which part of the story is your eyewitness reporting?

We can then add the Wikinews "Original reporting" tag to the article.

Thanks for contributing the photos and your personal account. It makes a big difference to have valuable eyewitness reporting on Wikinews.

Regards,

— DV 09:34, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Sure, will do. -- Oarih 13:40, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Nice work
Thanks for the additions to the Japan earthquake article, you are using Wikinews for exactly what it was intended for! Great stuff. Dan100 (Talk) 22:10, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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