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User talk:Peruvianllama~enwikinews

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User talk:Ravenstorm~enwikinews

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

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Chavez says planted demolitions in World Trade Center 'plausible'

September 14, 2006

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated the U.S. government may have planned the September 11, 2001 attacks. He said the attacks have been used to justify U.S. "aggression" throughout the Middle East and also that 9/11 conspiracy theories are plausible.

Chavez said in a speech Tuesday, "The hypothesis is not absurd ... that those towers could have been dynamited." He also said "A building never collapses like that, unless it's with an implosion."

The U.S. government has maintained that Al-Qaeda orchestrated the attacks under the leadership of Osama bin Laden.


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Talk:Chavez says planted demolitions in World Trade Center 'plausible'

All I have to say: Heh. —     04:36, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I'm sure a lot of people don't agree with Chavez. I'm new to Wikinews and I have a question. Who or what determines when an article is published on the main page of Wikinews? --TheLastPuritan 04:46, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Only an article which meets Content guidelines and style guidelines are published. whether articles meet these is determined by a consensus among editors.

 * in practice, this means that if you are convinced that the article is NPOV and fully sourced (for articles which rely on Original reporting, these are the sourcing requirements) and is categorised, dated and wikified, then u can go ahead and publish it. a careful proofreading is strongly recommended, but don't worry if the odd typo escapes scrutiny. other editors may move it back to development if they see major problems with the article (but they are encouraged to fix the problem instead).

 * for breaking news situation, style issues in the article may be ignored and the article published, but content guidelines do need to be met. such articles are tagged with a tag, indicating that they will be developed further, even after publishing. hope this answers ur question. Doldrums 05:10, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

 * If you think that an article is ready to publish, add the tag to the bottom of the page. Otherwise, enter  Thunderhead  (talk) 19:41, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes I actually found the help page with that info after I asked. I appreciate it though! - --TheLastPuritan 12:52, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Neutral?
"The U.S. government has maintained that Al-Qaeda orchestrated the attacks under the leadership of Osama bin Laden." This phrase particularly the "has maintained" part doesn't feel quite right, thoughts? Ben 17:26, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I would say that is an accurate statement.-Maelnuneb 19:39, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Considering there is as much *real* evidence linking Mickey Mouse to the attacks as there is to link Al Quaeda, I think this is accurate. The only problem I have is with putting "aggression" into quotes. If the US' behavior is not objectively aggressive, then I'm not sure I understand what the word means.

The word "aggressive" is in quotes because that is a direct quote from Hugo Chavez- at least that is the translation. You can see so yourself in the cnn video on the raw story source.--TheLastPuritan 21:17, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * This article is highly in favor of Chavez's statement. Is there a defense statement by the US for this? Othewise it is highly POV and nearly minimal. Jason Safoutin 21:27, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

for %^#%^'s sake
the two sources are the same AP report, which specifically says "Chavez did not specifically accuse the U.S. government of having a hand in the Sept. 11 attacks", while this article says "President Hugo Chavez stated the U.S. government may have planned" (emphasis mine). where's that statement?

this needs a correction issued. Doldrums 11:16, 27 September 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:70.51.8.54

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Wikinews:Global Networking/Miscellaneous

The Miscellaneous Section — for things that don't belong anywhere else

Tools

 * Mozilla Firefox a reasonably secure, easy to use web browser that allows multiple urls to be viewed in one browser window, and works with BugMeNot plugin, see below.
 * BugMeNot a browser plugin to help protect your privacy and reduce hassle associated with sites that demand registration/login to view articles. Works with Mozilla Firefox browser, see above.
 * Google translate
 * SysTran - (Arabic, Swedish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, French) to English and back.

News Sources

 * For a very large list of online English-language newspapers and other online English-language news sources from around the world, divided by regions (as well as English-language websites for UN member states), see The Guardian's World News Guide.

International

 * Agence France Presse (English) - France's international news agency
 * Al Jazeera (English)
 * All Headline News (AHN)
 * Associated Press - US's national and international news agency
 * BBC News Online
 * Cable News Network (CNN) Online
 * Canadian Press - Canadian print and broadcast news wire service
 * Cryptome - "Cryptome welcomes documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide"
 * International Herald and Tribune - Often carries New York Times stories without needing to register to read them
 * IRIN - News service funded by the UN that focuses on humanitarian issues
 * ITAR-TASS - Russian wire service.
 * Reuters - British international news agency.
 * Secrecy News - "new developments in secrecy, security and intelligence policies"
 * United Nations News Centre
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 * Xinhua - official People's Republic of China news source.

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Law

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Voting record resources

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Privacy

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Religion

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 * The Lancet peer-reviewed Academic medical journal, useable as a primary source

Space

 * European Space Agency (ESA) press release calendar
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Census, survey, poll

 * Pew Research Center. Includes timely, largely United States polls and the Pew Global Attitudes Project. On-going and annually.
 * World Values Survey. Systematically and consistently gathered opinions from many countries.
 * The Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. Government systems, democracy.
 * Quinnipiac Polling Institute Often cited by journalists, public officials and researchers
 * Statistics Canada. Results largely from the Canadian census.

Economic data

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 * The Economics and Statistics Administration. "ESA is the bureau within the U.S. Department of Commerce where economic and social changes are chronicled, understood, and explained."

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 * U.S. Newswire
 * PRZOOM - Newswire Press Release Distribution Network
 * Press Releases at PR.com Press Release Distribution & Promotion
 * PRWeb Tier-1 Press Release Newswire Service
 * PRESSi.COM Finnish News Releases
 * Eworldwire Newswire Service
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 * Europe Media Monitor Site run by the European Commission, aggregating news from a number of parts of the world. The site allows searching by country and language of stories.
 * Google News Searchable, region categories, aggregates mainstream news sites
 * Matt Drudge's Web Site Fairly good quality, stories selected sometimes have slight right bias, first to break the Lewinsky Story
 * TheMirror.nl Primarily tech-news, stories grouped by date
 * NewsBlaze Allegedly has journalists and experts covering topics spanning "the globe" and a cross-section of news assembled from unnamed leading news agencies.
 * NewsNow UK-based aggregator, categorizing aggregated news according to countries and issues. The search capability is limited to one word searches for non-paying viewers, but most links shown available from non-pay and non-registration sources.

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 * Location: Italy (I would be glad to help with news from Italy)
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ATM in Virginia Beach hacked to give out four times more money

September 14, 2006

An ATM in Virginia Beach, Virginia was cracked so it would give out 4 times as much money as it was supposed to; and this was done just by entering numbers into the keypad.

A man bought a pre-paid card and used it in the ATM. The attack consisted of a magic number which was entered in the PIN keypad, which caused the machine to disburse $20 bills when it recorded giving out $5 dollar bills.

No one in authority noticed for nine days, until an honest ATM user reported the machine was giving out too much money.


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User talk:66.81.18.169

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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!Doldrums 07:22, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

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Former Texas governor Ann W. Richards dies at 73

September 14, 2006

Former  died Wednesday, September 13 at her home in Austin, Texas.

She died of complications from with which she had been diagnosed last March.


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Dutch minister of Justice under fire for "promotion of Sharia law"

September 14, 2006

The Dutch Minister of Justice, is under pressure from his own party, the  (CDA), for claiming that Islamic Sharia law could come into effect in the Netherlands if a majority of the people supported it. Donner's controversial assertion was made in a book released on Wednesday.

While the majority of the CDA MPs are against the creation of a Muslim political party which stands for Sharia law, Mr Donner has said that it is the essence of democracy that Muslims are able to try to reach their objectives by democratic means, even if the current majority is against those goals. Mr Donner apologised for the rift in parliament that his remarks have caused and clearly stated that he is against Sharia law. However, he reiterated his belief that, in a democracy, people with different opinions are allowed to express their opinions. CDA MPs are set to propose new laws prohibiting any party that stands for principles which conflict with the constitution of the Netherlands.


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Menorca airport's new terminal collapses

September 14, 2006

The roof of the new Menorca Airport terminal in Spain collapsed at 12:32 p.m. local time, trapping 20 people and injuring three. The terminal was scheduled to be inaugurated in a few months time.


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Princeton report questions electronic voting machine security

September 16, 2006 Researchers at Princeton University have conducted research into the security of electronic voting machines. They have created a virus that could breach voting machines and change votes. The creators of the voting machine say the research was unrealistic.

Edward William Felten, a professor of computer sciences and public affairs at Princeton University, and two Princeton graduate students, Ariel Feldman and Alex Halderman, created a computer virus that they say could remain concealed in tests, "steal" votes, delete itself to go undetected and spread to other machines.

They used a Diebold AccuVote-TS which is a small computer with a touch screen. The latest version of the software used 128-bit data encryption, digitally signed memory card data, secure socket layer (SSL) data encryption for transmitting results and dynamic passwords.

They opened the drawer with a key, picked the lock or undid screws to open the compartment that allows them to change the memory card. They suppressed the beep created by the computer when it reboots by using headphones. They say the virus can spread by using the same memory card which when inserted into a different machine will infect the machine.

The researchers say they received the machine they tested on from someone who wants to keep their name anonymous.

"You have to be a good programmer — not a genius — to do this," Halderman said. "I believe a good programmer could reproduce our virus without very much effort."

"Analysis of the machine...shows that it is vulnerable to extremely serious attacks," the report states. "An attacker who gets physical access to a machine or its removable memory card for as little as a minute could install malicious code."

Diebold Election Systems president Dave Byrd said that the research was done with security software that were two generations old.

"By any standard--academic or common sense--the study is unrealistic and inaccurate," he said in a statement.

"Normal security procedures were ignored. Numbered security tape, 18 enclosure screws and numbered security tags were destroyed or missing so that the researchers could get inside the unit. A virus was introduced to a machine that is never attached to a network."

"Every voter in every local jurisdiction that uses the AccuVote-TS should feel secure knowing that their vote will count on Election Day,"

"That's what they were saying a few years ago," said Halderman. He said he would very much like to study Diebold's newer machines and software. "We expect and fear, unfortunately, that if we were to examine the newer version of the software, we could find similar problems."


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User talk:Serby~enwikinews

Welcome
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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 Serby. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Serby~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 23:29, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:190.40.210.232

Welcome
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Additionally, thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles will be reverted quickly.Jacques Divol

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please do not add spam links to wikinews pages. if u continue doing this, u will be blocked. Doldrums 17:07, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Bhanda

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User talk:Masterblade

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Liverpool Biennial 2006 art festival starts

September 14, 2006 The 2006 Liverpool Biennial art festival will start its ten week run on September 16, finishing on the November 26. The exhibition uses public places located across the city.

Installation will be situated at sites across the city including St. George's Hall and Church of St Luke with specialist centers such as the Bluecoat Arts Centre, FACT centre, Tate Liverpool and the Walker Art Gallery providing exhibition space. The international '06 exhibition includes 35 commissioned works, while the 24th John Moores Exhibition of Contemporary Painting is the UK's longest running open painting competition.

The Independents is an art exhibition that runs alongside the Biennial. Several shorter festivals will run over this period including the Hope Street festival.


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Iranian scientists claim to have found new treatment for AIDS

September 14, 2006 Scientists in Iran have announced that they have found a new treatment for AIDS. The Iranian Minister for Health and Education, Kamran Baqeri Lankarani issued a statement yesterday that the new formula would be administered for at least three months and would have lasting effects for up to two years, compared to drugs that need to be continually administered.

Iran's former Health Minister, Doctor Mohammad Farhadi, said that over the past five years researchers developed "a formula with herbal and chemical materials to help treat patients who are suffering from weak immunity system."

"The theory was to determine whether or not it is possible to boost the immunity system of the body. Some 60 projects were initiated to attain the result. At last the scientists found out a formula and then experimental works were carried out on animals at the laboratory to determine the effects of the formula," added Farhadi.

Lankarani stated that the drug has been tested on several patients and that the effects of the drug are "guaranteed" to work for at least two-years, but "we cannot say that effects of the newly-discovered medicine will remain in the body along the life time."


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NASA: Arctic Sea's icecap is melting

September 14, 2006 NASA scientists say that the Arctic Sea's icecap is melting and that the icecap is melting fast. According to images captured by NASA's QuikSCAT satellite, the Arctic icecap has lost at least 14% of its 'perennial' ice between 2004 and 2005. Data shows that at least 280,000 square miles of ice, at least the size of Texas has been lost. The eastern Arctic has lost at least 50% of its ice, but scientists say that ice was shifted by wind and other weather factors from the east to the west Arctic, causing the western areas of ice to actually grow.

Between October 2005 and April of 2006; however, the icecap lost an additional 70% of frozen water.

Between 04 and 05, the perennial ice, which is supposed to remain frozen year-round, was replaced by 'seasonal' ice, which scientists say melts faster during the Summer months. This event has never before been witnessed. Perennial ice is normally 3 meters (10 feet) thick or more and seasonal ice is only 0.3 meters (1 feet) to 2 meters (7 feet) thick. "If the seasonal ice in the east Arctic Ocean were to be removed by summer melt, a vast ice-free area would open up. Such an ice-free area would have profound impacts on the environment, as well as on marine transportation and commerce," said Son Nghiem, the leader of research at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For several decades, the icecap has melted about 0.7% a year during the Summer months and has increased at least "18 times" faster than past decades, but Nghiem also said that the icecap has melted with "some variability" over the past years and was at times a "much smaller" of a loss of ice.

"If we average that over the long term we find a reduction of between 6.4% and 7.8% per decade. What we have here is 14% in one year - 18 times the previous rate. In previous years there is some variability, but it is much smaller and regional. [The changes between] 2004 and 2005 is enormous," added Nghiem.

Global warming is believed to have played a role in melting the ice.

"It has never occurred before in the past. It is alarming. ... This winter ice provides the kind of evidence that it is indeed associated with the greenhouse effect," said Josefino Comiso, another NASA researcher and scientist.

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Congress approves Mexican border fence

September 14, 2006

The U.S. House of Representatives approved the building of 700 miles of double-layered fence between the U.S. and Mexico this afternoon, it was the second time in a year that the issue was before the congress and the bill passed by a 238–138 vote. The 2000 mile long border currently has 75 miles of fencing.

The bill also orders the U.S. Homeland Security Department to take over control of the border in 18 months and grants border agents new authority to stop fleeing vehicles.

It also ordered the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study of the necessity and feasibility of the construction of a "state-of-the-art barrier system" along the Canadian border.

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New Democrats score upset in Ontario's Parkdale-High Park by-election

September 15, 2006

The Ontario New Democratic Party has scored an upset victory in a hotly contested provincial by-election in the Toronto riding of Parkdale—High Park. New Democrat Cheri DiNovo defeated Ontario Liberal Party candidate Sylvia Watson by over 2,000 votes. DiNovo received 41% of the vote compared to 33% for Watson. Progressive Conservative Dave Hutcheon was third with 17% of the vote while Green Party leader Frank De Jong was fourth with 6%.

The by-election was an important one for the ruling Ontario Liberal Party as the province enters an election year. The Liberals held the riding until former MPP Gerard Kennedy resigned, earlier this year, to focus on his bid to win the leadership of the federal Liberal Party of Canada. In the 2003 provincial election he held the riding with a commanding 57% of the vote.

Speaking Thursday night, NDP leader Howard Hampton said "There are no safe seats for the McGuinty government. People see us as a viable option."

Despite having been considered one of the safest Liberal seats in the province the by-election campaign has gone badly for the Grits who have pulled out all the stops in the past week after internal polling showed them in danger of losing. On Monday, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and eleven of members of his cabinet spent much of the day campaigning in the riding. The last seven days has also seen a series of aggressive accusations aimed at DiNovo, a United Church minister. The allegations, which were initially made on blogs and anonymous fliers have, in the past few days, been issued in official Liberal Party press releases and statements and accuse her of not being suited for sitting in the provincial legislature. They focused on her admitted drug use when she was a street kid in the 1960s and what a Toronto Star column called "carefully edited excerpts from her sermons". Liberal candidate Sylvia Watson, a Toronto City Councillor, issued a press release alleging that DiNovo described the media's treatment of murderer Karla Homolka to the "persecution of Jesus Christ". DiNovo, who has billed herself as the "Radical Reverend" responded by saying the comments were taken entirely out of context and threatened to sue Watson's campaign.

Toronto mayor David Miller issued a statement denouncing the Liberal tactics as a "smear" while the media has been generally critical of the Liberal attacks on DiNovo as has the Progressive Conservatives whose candidate, Dave Hutcheon accused the Liberals of trying to "assassinate the character" of DiNovo. Premier McGuinty responded to the negative reaction saying "Look, it's a tough by-election for us."

Some Liberals and some columnists have argued that the anti-DiNovo campaign is payback for the 2001 Beaches—East York by-election in which the NDP suggested that a sex scene in a novel written by Liberal candidate Bob Hunter condoned pedophilia.

Graham White, a political science professor at the University of Toronto, told the Globe and Mail that the tactics might hurt the Liberals. "It just looks like really bad politics," he said. "Even if this is enough to sway voters in the riding for the by-election, it seems to me the larger risk is very substanial."

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220 POLLS OUT OF 220 Candidate-Political Affiliation-Votes-%
 * Frank DE JONG, GREEN PARTY OF ONTARIO, 1758, 6.2
 * Cheri DI NOVO, NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ONTARIO, 11675, 41.0
 * Stan GRZYWNA, FAMILY COALITION PARTY OF ONTARIO, 366, 1.3
 * David HUTCHEON, PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF ONTARIO, 4921, 17.3
 * Jim MCINTOSH, ONTARIO LIBERTARIAN PARTY, 162, 0.6
 * John C. TURMEL, INDEPENDENT, 77, 0.3
 * Silvio URSOMARZO, FREEDOM PARTY OF ONTARIO, 111, 0.4
 * Sylvia WATSON, ONTARIO LIBERAL PARTY, 9387, 33.0

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About Gay Resort to open in Fiji. Good work so far, but there is still a few issues before it can be published. Everything on Wikinews needs to be sourced. You said in the article that its all your own work. Thats fine, but how did you get your information. Did you see it on a website (if so URL would be appricated. Did you interview the people doing this (if so then OR notes are required, see Original reporting. ) Thanks. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:01, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

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Please provide original reporting notes. F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  00:13, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

The vote results come from http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/rr/ro?code=064 The original reporting was the initial report that the polls had closed (source electionsontario.on.ca ) and the reporting of vote totals. Crimson 00:49, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

DemocraticSPACE declared DiNovo the winner at 8:52 and with over 85% of the vote counted a 7 point lead is insurmountable. Crimson 01:26, 15 September 2006 (UTC)


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Astronaut Steve MacLean talks with Canadian PM over phone

September 15, 2006 The Canadian PM Stephen Harper spoke with astronaut Steve MacLean over the phone yesterday from Ottawa. MacLean was on the STS-115 (space shuttle Atlantis). He is also the second Canadian to walk in space.

Harper congratulated MacLean and asked him questions, including one from Harper's son, Ben. The question was: "What time do the astronauts go to bed?" "On our mission, with where the sun is, we have 55 minutes of daylight followed by 75 minutes of darkness ... and that does affect your circadian rhythm," MacLean replied. The astronauts' sleep pattern "is driven by the rendezvous that we do with the station. That time is the key milestone and then we arrange our sleep schedules around that." "But you can tell your son that sleeping in space is wonderful. We all sleep down on the main deck, some of us right side up, some of us are on the side and some of us are upside down. There's more orientations up here, basically."

Harper told MacLean that the country is proud of his achievements. "I'm sure it's an adventure of a lifetime and ... I expect your mission will inspire millions of Canadians, young people, and even some who are talking to you today to become interested in space and science and technology," Harper said.

Harper wished MacLean well as the mission winds down. "I know you said ... you wanted to bring home a gold medal for Canada, from everything I've seen on your performance yesterday, you are well on your way," Harper said.

Canadian school children also got a chance to ask MacLean about his time aboard the shuttle. MacLean walked in space on Wednesday. MacLean, with fellow Atlantis crew member Dan Burbank started their six-hour spacewalk at the international space station at 5:05 am ET. They are focusing their attention and tools on a ferris-wheel-like rotary joint that will allow two solar arrays, once unfurled, to always face the sun as the space station circles Earth. The solar arrays will supply a quarter of the space lab's power when it is completed by 2010.


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Thought-controlled cybernetic arms demonstrated

September 15, 2006

Jesse Sullivan has two cybernetic arms, after electrical burns suffered while working as an electrical utility lineman resulted in amputation of both his arms at the shoulder. Claudia Mitchell has a similar cybernetic left arm, after a motorcycle accident resulted in amputation. Sullivan and Mitchell shook hands with these thought-controlled prosthetic arms at an event staged Thursday in Washington, D.C. by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Center for Artificial Limbs at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

Unlike traditional prosthetic limbs, these are actuated through muscle reinnervation; nerves are grafted onto specific muscles, controlling their contraction, which are then detected by electrode sensors and control the prosthetic limb. "Basically it is connecting the dots. Finding the nerves. We have to free the nerves and see how far they reach," says Dr. Todd Kuiken, developer of the prostheses and director of neuroengineering at the Rehabilitation Institute. By this chain of communication the prostheses utilize thought-controlled biomechanics. According to Sullivan, "When I use the new prosthesis I just do things. I don't have to think about it ... I do all the yard work.  I take out the garbage."

DARPA, as an agency of the United States Department of Defense, seeks to eventually provide such prostheses for soldiers losing their organic limbs in combat. "We're excited about collaborating with the military," said Kuiken. 411 U.S. troops in Iraq and 37 in Afghanistan have had wounds that cost them at least one limb according to the Army Medical Command.


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neither Jessie Sullivan not Claudia Mitchell appear to have a WP article about them. if that is the case, the wikilinks need to be removed. Doldrums 04:54, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Corrected spelling of "Jesse Sullivan" links to existent Wikipedia article. The article for Claudia Mitchell has subsequently been created.  zuzu 14:53, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Needs Editing
I've included the keyphrase "thought-controlled" in the leading paragraph, and reordered the subsequent paragraphs to make detailed description of the thought-control methodology the second paragraph. zuzu 14:53, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Mentioning of Kuiken preceded his title
I moved this part of the text and placed it after the first time Kuiken's name is mentioned.


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Child abuse case in West Virginia ends in jail time

September 15, 2006

A 35-year old woman, Venus Critchfield of Philipippi, West Virginia, United States was convicted of child abuse and sentenced to two to six years in prison.

Critchfield was accused of beating her stepchildren with boards, and using hooks and ropes to secure them and force them to stand for long periods of time. Critchfield also forced the children to continuously eat food and drink, and then eat their own vomit. Her stepson, now aged 17, described the abuse in court.

Circuit Judge Alan D. Moats called this the worst case he has seen in 30 years. "You have never been a mother. You are the antithesis of everything that is a mother." Moats said in court.

The abuse involved all six of Critchfield's children, however only some were willing to testify against her.

Critchfield pleaded guilty and was convicted of two counts of child abuse, with injury. The charges pertained to abuse committed from January 2001 until January 2002. She was sentenced to the maximum possible term.

State welfare services had removed the children, now 11-16 years old, from the Critchfields' care in previous cases.

Jenning Brian Critchfield, the father, is currently serving a 3-15 year sentence for abuse.


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Talk:Dutch minister of Justice under fire for "promotion of Sharia law"

I'm sorry, but I'm actually a Dutch native speaker! my preferences were still on default, that is English, I changed them so you can now see I am Dutch and I can state this is a correct news item! --Ameer 07:19, 15 September 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:NASA: Arctic Sea's icecap is melting

Is this news? The polar icecaps have been melting for some time now. TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW! —     07:30, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

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Would like to add the category to a number of arctic related news articles to begin a wikinews Arctic portal to complement and support the Wikipedia Arctic portal and wikiproject. Kind Regards [[User:SriMesh|SriMesh]] | [[User talk:SriMesh|<small>talk</small>]] (talk) 01:26, 25 August 2008 (UTC)


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Talk:Iranian scientists claim to have found new treatment for AIDS

Treatment or cure
How come we never heard this news on any other news stations like BBC or CNN?

From the articles in the sources I have only seen the word cure one. For all I can tell its a treatment not a cure. We should replace cure with treatment. I only skimmed through the artcles though.--Apartmento2 07:42, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Indeed, if AIDS recurs after two years, it is definitely not a cure. -- Canar 12:41, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I think the creator of the article is just reitterating the sentiments of Islamic news agencies throughout the world.... Note that there doesn't appear to be a single western news source reporting this story.

"the effects of the drug are "guaranteed" to work for at least two-years, but also said that the drug may not work for a human during his or her entire "life time."

These people don't have a clue. Since when is a cure only guaranteed to last for two years?! clear and shameful spin by the arrogant Iranian government. The Iranians also appear to have developed the drug for new borns expected to live for a little over two years...

 * 1) Islamic government makes dubious claims in arrogance
 * 2) State sponsered and dubiously independent Islamic news sources report with grand headlines
 * 3) Rest of the world looks on in laughter
 * 4) profit?!
 * 5) Wikinews covers the story

Given all of this, could we please have an explanation as to why this is on the front page. It clearly does not belong there. 82.152.194.157 08:47, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Every story is on the front page. 67.162.121.179 12:59, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Fail to see the relevance of "islamic government" and any reason why "islamic news sources" might be less reliable than, say "christian news sources"? All depends on your perspective.  Also, AFAIK "cure" can be a technical term meaning that a patient survives for a certain amount of time (but I realise that's not how most people would read it).  Anyway, try and contain your outrage that it's Iranians pumping out the publicity.  Next time it'll be an American university where "scientists claim to have found a cure for cancer X". This is just how things like this get reported by people who want to sell newspapers.  Spandex 17:09, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm renaming the story to "Iranian scientists claim to have found new treatment for AIDS." Crazyeddie 14:54, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Maybe just MAYBE no Western reporting has been done because the Westerners do not want a CURE. There is certainly not as much money in a CURE as there is in TREATMENT... or MAYBE some time will pass and the Westerners will "DISCOVER" this same cure and gain recognition for saving the world. You can not really say that the West has proven itself to be above such a thingTruthsayer 05:58, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

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Have any more details emerged?

Iranian scientists claim to have found new treatment for AIDS
Why can't we hold a positive view that there may be a treatment for the Aids patients dieing now. What is wrong to give them a couple of years more and by then may be a cure manifests. I have a question for those who are so arrogant about the possibility of prolonging the lives of dieing people. How come you do not say anything about the scam about "The Bird Flue Virus?" even if you had the vaccine under your belt at the time of acquiring it, your symptoms might mildly reduce, it is certainly in NOT a cure, yet the stocks are reaching new heights based on lies. Save your breath for the apparent lies and not for what may potentially help millions of people till the cure arrives.

 * Here's why: Whoever wrote the above statements must have something against Muslims and is likely a bigot.  I make that statement because they make a generalization about Islamic governments, when Iran is the world's only Islamic government.  Others might govern under Shari'ah nominally, but at the end of the day, someone else has the final say and he does not necessarily follow Islamic law.

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 * ✅ --Mark Talk to me 13:56, 14 June 2008 (UTC)


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Muslim world condemns Pope's criticism of Islam

September 15, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI has enraged the Islamic world by quoting the 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos criticism of Prophet Muhammad's teachings on Tuesday, August 12, durring his six-day visit to Germany.

The Pope said "The emperor comes to speak about the issue of jihad, holy war. He said, I quote, 'Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached'."

Vatican spokesman Reverend Federico Lombardi clarified the quotation, saying "It certainly wasn't the intention of the Pope to carry out a deep examination of jihad and on Muslim thought on it, much less to offend the sensibility of Muslim believers."

Many Muslim leaders have condemned the comments, some of them stating that the Pope had fallen into "the trap of bigots and racists".

Mohamed Mahdi Akef, who was convicted of leading the Muslim Brotherhood, asked Islamic nations to break off relations with the Vatican, until the Pope apologises for his statements. He said, "The Pope has aroused the anger of the whole Islamic world and strengthened the argument of those who say that the West is hostile to everything Islamic." He also said, "The remarks do not express correct understanding of Islam and are merely wrong and distorted beliefs being repeated in the West" and that the comments "pour oil on the fire and ignite the wrath of the whole Islamic world to prove the claims of [hatred] of politicians and religious men in the West to whatever is Islamic".

In reference to the Pope's plan to visit to Turkey in November, Ali Bardakoğlu, head of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate, "I do not think any good will come from a visit to the Muslim world by a person who has such ideas about Islam's prophet. He should first of all replace the grudge in his heart with moral values and respect for others."

The Pakistani parliament unanimously passed a resolution saying, "This House demands that the Pope should retract his remarks in the interest of harmony between religions." "The derogatory remarks of the Pope about the philosophy of jihad and Prophet Mohammed have injured sentiments across the Muslim world and pose the danger of spreading [bitterness] among the religions."

Din Syamsuddin, the chairman of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second largest Islamic organisation, said: "The Pope's statements reflect his lack of wisdom." "It is obvious from the statements that the Pope doesn't have a correct understanding of Islam."

Hamid Ansari, chairman of the Indian National Commission for Minorities said, "The language used by the Pope sounds like that of his 12th-century counterpart who ordered the crusades."

During a brief interview of Prince Rehman Manjee in Chicago, IL, he is quoted saying, "The pontif is not a God or a super being, he is clearly a human being and is allowed to make mistakes, he would however do well to remember God will judge his mistakes the same as the rest of ours. If he truly has contempt for the Muslim world and his beliefs are in conflict with the official position of the church, then a simple statement should be made to that effect."

In Qatar, prominent Muslim scholar shaikh Youssef al-Qaradawi discounted The Pope's comments and said that Islam was a religion of peace and reason.

In Islam, the word "Jihad" itself has a variety of meanings depending upon context and interpretation; ranging from any inner spiritual struggle to openly religious warfare.


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Women in India article
hi, Wikinews is a place to report on news events. it does not publish Editorials or analysis of news events, which is what the article u've posted is. the article will be deleted unless it is rewritten to report on a news event. Doldrums 12:20, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * i've moved the article to your "user space" at User:Raman/Life of women in india. Doldrums 12:30, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:195.188.50.200

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Talk:Muslim world condemns Pope's criticism of Islam

here's the quote with more of its context:

 * Doldrums 13:20, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

pov concerns
here's some things i think the article should do, most of which go to addess pov concerns Doldrums 13:41, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * present the controversial remark in the context in which it was spoken.
 * make the link to the full text of the speech prominent. let people read what he has to say and make up their minds about it.
 * report reaction by people other than Islamic "community leaders" - eg., more scholars, ordinary people
 * report reactions from the "Christian side"
 * npov lead: has wikinews verified that "Islamic world is enraged"? is this someone's conclusion? why not just sum up what the rest of the article says - the speech has been criticised by a number of leaders.
 * title: "criticism of Islam" - was it? says who?

 * The full text has already been linked to, putting in the entirety of his speech would make the article too long.
 * The link is prominently displayed under the subheading "external links".
 * Ordinary people in India (I am not sure about other countries) are currently protesting against the statements.
 * Why would Christians react if the Prophet is insulted? Nontheless, if you do find some such feedback from the Christian community, go ahead and add it to the article.
 * Islamic leaders have condemened the statements, but if the title Muslim community leaders protest against Pope's criticism of Prophet Muhammad, demonstrations are held by Muslims in some places. would be a bit long.
 * Insults to the Prophet would certainly enrage Muslims, despite the fact that such (unwarranted) attacks may have been cleverly sugar-coated. Both you and I know that there was no reason for the Nazi to quote Crusaders, to criticise violence in Islam, especially at a time when Muslims are being subjected to relentless harassment by the Christian world. Why not quote Gandhiji or something from the Bible? I doubt whether the man is tactless enough to not realise how his statements would be viewed, the fact is that he attacked Islam (in highly twisted, diplomatic words) when there was no need for him to even be talking about Islam.
 * Doldrums, since you seem interested in India articles, might I ask you to keep an eye on the '93 Mumbai blasts case for some time to come? Some big names are likely to hear the verdicts in their cases, and since I (for reasons already mentioned) will not be writing articles (except regarding the pope) for some time to come, there is a chance that some important stories may go unpublished on Wikinews. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 15:22, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree with the POV argument: I think the article is written from a subjective point of view which leads the reader to an incorrect conclusion. You must have the entire context when making a conclusion, especially on a subject such as this one which often brings strong emotional response from both sides of the table.
 * Seriously, why would Christians care if Prophet Muhammad is insulted? You saw the comment above (before I deleted it) didn't you? The one about "Muslims needing an excuse to riot"? This is the kind of racism Muslims have to put up with on a daily basis. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 03:48, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

There needs to be some mention in the article that reasonable people on the other side of the controversy don't believe that the Pope's comments were particularly critical of Islam or Mohammed. In the context of the speech, it's clear he's not advocating the opinion expressed in the quote, which he has further explained in subsequent statements. To present only one side of the controversy without any context from the opposing viewpoint is a serious problem that contributes to the radicalization and sensationalism and leads to this BS. -68.127.82.83 14:14, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Hitler youth membership
The pope's hitler-youth membership is not relevant to this comment. it is original research to claim that it is. such research needs to be substantiated. what would be good is to add an NPOV short biography of the pope or of his previous relations with Islam. Doldrums 04:11, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The quote clearly indicates that the Pope's attitude towards Islam is a result of his association with the Nazi regime. I am already trying to get more information regarding his previous attacks on Muslims, but I doubt whether you (and the others) would allow that to be added to the article either. As I have already mentioned, the relentless efforts of POV-pushers to justify the Nazi's insults to the beliefs of a billion Muslims across the world, together with the racist anti-Islam comments added by a user here (who went unpunished till I blocked him) have led me seriously doubt whether my contributing to Wikinews would be advisable. Again, as I have said before, the world knows the truth about this pope and his racist ideology so I do not think it is worthwhile for me to waste hours arguing about this "Nazi" thing. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 04:23, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * which quote is that? further, quotes represent the opinions of their quoters. such pov needs to be ascribed and counterviews listed. there's also a "Some believe.. Nazi" thing further down. who are these some? are there other views of the pope's statement? why aren't they mentioned?
 * If you believe, as u appear to, that the pope's comment is indefensible, then put all the facts out - the quote in its context, all the facts about the pope (not just the one thing that'll make him look bad) and all the reactions to it. they should substantiate ur belief. if the only way u can make the quote look bad is by juxtaposing his Hitler youth membership with it, then it appears to be an indication that the argument is weak and so some Ad Hominem is called for. Doldrums 04:43, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

I have already told you (and others like you who seem intent on doctoring the article to defend his obviously offensive, albeit weasel-worded remarks) to go ahead and do what you want to the article- take out the Nazi bit, cut out the reactions from the Islamic world, or just go ahead and delete the article to make it appear as if the whole incident never happened. I do not have the time or the inclination to quibble over whether or not his Nazi background should be censored out of the article, and in any case (I have mentioned this several times before) the world knows the truth about this issue and whether or not Wikinews (which, in all honesty does not beat Al-Jazeera in terms of readership) chooses to publish those facts will make no difference to the way the Nazi pope is viewed by the Muslim world. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) 05:40, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok. Remove the bit about the Nazi blah blah. Or Leave it. IMO it has nothing to do wtih the article because it can be looked up on Wikipedia and if not it should be. It May be background info...but has IMO nothing to do with The news that is being reported at this time. I am not for the addition because of NPOV reasons. Simple? it is not a side/relation or "censored". It is not Unkonown Info and is not hidden, but it does not have anything to do with this particular story. Reactions are NPOV becuase it represents a side relating to specifics of the article. But what the pope WAS, has nothing to do with what he is NOW and therefore is irrevelant. Wikpedia should cover that. Jason Safoutin 05:48, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * It may interest you Jason to know that the Pope had this to say about homosexuality--""although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is a more or less strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil; and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.", Benedict XVI later reprimanded the Archbishop of Seattle saying "The Archdiocese should withdraw all support from any group, which does not unequivocally accept the teaching of the Magisterium concerning the intrinsic evil of homosexual activity". Although I have nothing against Christianity or the Papacy (as an institution) it seems clear to me that this Pope is highly opinionated and does not have an iota of tolerance towards any thing he disagrees with. His words are hurtful and insulting to millions across the world, even though they are cleverly sugar-coated to appear less caustic. One can only assume that the Pope's obnoxious level of intolerance is a result of his association with the Nazis, which is why I want the Youth Hitler thing in the article. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 10:25, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I don't care what the pope thinks of gays. I am not religious at all. His words mean nothing to me. The way I see it is we are all human like it or not and we all live on this planet together. Peace is the only way and the pope is making sure that never happens. Personally bringing homosexuality into this was even more childish than what the Pope says. Jason Safoutin 20:32, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

The Context
The cited context should contain
 * the surah 2 "There is no compulsion in religion", contradicting the following quote.
 * he calls the quote a brusqueness.
 * behind the quote, he labels the emperor expressed himself so forcefully
 * the key message, that spreading the faith through violence is something unreasonable and Violence is incompatible with the nature of God. --Histio 07:08, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Title
The current Title "Muslim world condemns Pope's criticism of Islam" is POV, since it's not clearly a Pope criticism of Islam, but a criticism of violence. --Histio 07:41, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The Nazi used weasel-word to make his attacks on Islam appear like an "attack on violence". There is no POV here, we are only stating facts. This issue has already been resolved. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 11:41, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * but only the facts you like. --Histio 11:46, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Who
are these "Some people"? and where is this fact sourced from? Doldrums 11:34, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The fact was added by an IP user, why not ask him about it? PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 11:37, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

How
about writing a one-paragraph NPOV summary of the Pope's life, which possibly includes all the terrible things u you would like to throw at him, while still maintaining NPOV. give it ur best shot, and the paragraph can serve as a background. to only include the Hitler Youth membership, and juxtapose it with the quote, implying that one has something to do with the other is pov. Doldrums 11:49, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * As I have already mentioned I have "real-life" committments which stand in the way of my wasting time reading up about the (Nazi) Pope and paraphrasing his life history, atleast today. If you, on the other hand, are willing, go ahead and give it a try, I'll review it and tell you what I think. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 12:13, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

POV issues
I'm not sure a series of anti-pope quotes by various islamic groups really qualifies as NPOV. I'm not sure how to clean it up, but I'll think about it. Nyarlathotep 12:26, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

 * "Anti-Pope quotes"? In case you didn't notice the Nazi was criticising the Prophet. Any attempts by you to push a pro-Crusader POV into this article will be futile, so I would advise you not to waste your time. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 12:29, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

okay, I don't see any argument that he is or is not a Nazi, you just don't know. Do you want us to label any arab leaders who had any involvment with radical groups as children too?
 * I am not an Arab so I don't really care much about how you label Arab leaders. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 13:01, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Anyway, after reading the article a couple times, I figured out what is wrong: The part before the quotes is written very confusingly. Nyarlathotep 12:32, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

 * i've seen a few comments by theological scholars, scholars of Islam and such, some defending him, some pointing out why he's wrong and so on. that'd be nice to add. i also think that explaining the context of the quote is good. the quote, outside of the context and the qualifiers that Pope adds, is liable to be seen merely as abuse, but in context, may be a "reasonable" rhetoric in a debate. incidentally, the bbc reports that the Good Christian has something more to say - "sorry". Doldrums 12:34, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * It was an uncalled for attack on Islam. If Benedict was indeed trying to explain his point-of-view in a debate, he would not have stooped so low as to quote Crusaders, whilst knowing fully well how the billion-odd Muslims around the globe would construe his remarks. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 13:10, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * before we get all carried away by the "Crusader" label, it's helpful to read what role, if any, Manuel II Palaiologos had in the crusades. Doldrums 13:22, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm affraid the Nazi Germany bit needs to go, it's just uncalled for. I'm taking the age bit out too, as I feel it is also inappropriate. However, I realize that there is a (stupid) tradition of always writing the pope's age. Nyarlathotep 13:18, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

how good is your german? Doldrums 13:19, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * (according to Manuel II Palaiologos, "Professor Adel Theodor Khoury, editor of the cited writings, criticized the lack of understanding of the historical context in the debate and denounced both the Emperor's argument and the Islamist reaction to the Pope's speech.", citing the above as source. Doldrums 13:24, 16 September 2006 (UTC) )

 * I use the term "Crusader" to describe anyone who is anti-Islam, irrespective of whether or not they were actually involved in the Crusades.
 * The fact remains that the Pope was once a member of the Nazi Party, although whether or not he still believes in those ideologies is debatable. If it will please you, I shall henceforth refer to him as "former" Nazi.
 * Devout Catholics may not like my referring to the head of their religion as a Nazi, because that hurts their sensibilities. But then again, it hurts just as bad when Prophet Muhammad's teachings are called "inhuman" or when cartoons are drawn to mock him.
 * Certain users are doing their best to censor out the Pope's Nazi background from this article, but (as I have said before), I have already stated, on these talk-pages, so many times that the Pope is/was a Nazi that the truth will probably be known to everyone anyway. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 16:41, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * In any case, I have created an uncensored version (User:PVJ59/Muslim world condemns Pope's criticism of Islam) of this story on my userspace, for future reference, so the Nazi thing is not very much of a concern to me any longer. PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 18:11, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

You have no understanding of the German views of the Nazis: You just can't run around calling people Nazis over stuff they did while children. I might take you more seriously if searching for "Hitler Youth" in Pope Benedict XVI helped you cause, but quite the opposite. Anywho, your free to talk about related shit he did while an adult, but I'm not seeing much on wikipedia. Nyarlathotep

fyi, I'm neither German nor Christian. I lived in Germany for 4 months, but AFAIK my German friends are atheists (execpt for one protestant).

Article protected
I protected the article so you will be required to resolve all problems here first. —     16:45, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Anyone with a bias in either direction, I request you to leave this article now. —     16:50, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Pope says sorry
.. Pope says sorry.. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5351988.stm someone make this article
 * I doubt whether we need to make a new article for that story, just add it into this one. In any case, why not do it yourself? PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 18:03, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Who is Prince Rehman Monjee?
Who is this guy? I can't find info on him on Wiki and nothing informative on Google.71.100.54.188 12:31, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

does anyone object to me adding wikipedia link? (to related section)
Bawolff ☺☻ 00:52, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
 * If anyone objects, tell me And I'll remove. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:16, 18 September 2006 (UTC)


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Larry Sanger announces Wikipedia fork

September 15, 2006

announced, a fork of the , at the conference in Berlin today.

Sanger was employed by Jimmy Wales to work on and later Wikipedia from 2000-2002. He currently works on the initiative with entrepreneur  and astrophysicist, but does not anticipate Citizendium being part of Digital Universe.

Citizendium will be free content, licensed under the as Wikipedia is, but with a different editorial structure.

Brad Patrick, General Counsel and interim Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, said "A great strength of the free culture movement is in the freedom to experiment. It is good to see Mr Sanger continuing to push forward with freely licensed content in his new project."

Many static mirror sites exist of the English Wikipedia. The only fork that is actively edited is, run by Fred Bauder, an administrator and arbitrator on the English Wikipedia.

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Dell announces revenue and cost actions to halt decline

September 15, 2006

Dell's share price has been in a sharp decline as the company has struggled to deal with declining and  revenues. Now it has been forced to delay its 2Q financial report as it deals with state and federal accounting investigations. Dell revealed last month that the SEC was looking into its past financial statements. As a result, it has been forced to put its stock buyback programme on hold until the market can be confident the share price is right. To correct its course, Dell has also announced in the past week:

Plans to outsource more services as it expands around the world
Dell intends to be less US-centric, and to build new plants in regions such as central Europe, Brazil, China and India. Under the Dell 2.0 roadmap, the company will also provide fewer services in-house.

Spend $150m on improving customer satisfaction
Dell said this week that customer satisfaction is something that it had not done perfectly in the past. "We made a decision six to 12 months ago, because we weren't pleased with our internal and external satisfaction indices," said a Dell general manager. Dell has also reduced its supplier base, to "reduce variability in component quality", according to CEO. The company will also focus on product design, another aspect that Dell has been accused of neglecting in the past.


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User talk:210.212.244.66

Welcome!

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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!Doldrums 13:58, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Observer~enwikinews

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

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Blair-Carlyle article
The article is still speculative (both in the text and in the title), please read the notice carefully.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:37, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Image
Please find a source for Image:BTglobalServicesGrowth.png. Also if you are not using it in an article, it will be deleted as Wikinews is not an image hosting site. DragonFire1024 15:51, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

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User:AlisonW

Alison Wheeler is Chair of Wiki Educational Resources Ltd'', the legal name of the Wikimedia UK chapter. In addition to british english and american english she can also get by in French and German most of the time having worked across the whole of Europe for major US and UK companies as a business consultant and program manager. She usually edits and sysops on en and elsewhere under her usual nom de plume which, hopefully, doesn't get linked too often to her real name as it could complicate matters in the "real world" (which she isn't that sure actually exists!)''

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Microsoft threatens European Vista release delays due EC monopoly regulations

September 15, 2006

Microsoft has warned that it may delay Vista, the next release of Windows, in Europe unless it receives clear guidance from the European Commission (EC) about its antitrust requirements for the operating system. Microsoft says it has received numerous requests from its partners seeking assurance about the regulatory status of Vista in Europe.

Microsoft has also claimed that the EC may require that some security features be removed from Vista, possibly referring to internal firewall changes in Vista. The EC had expressed concern that the firewall changes might lock out third party security companies & decrease security by creating a more homogeneous computing environment.

The EC denies any responsibility for a potential shipment delay of Vista, stating that the onus is upon Microsoft to comply with the competition laws of Europe and not for the EC to tell Microsoft how to design Vista.


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Talk:Larry Sanger announces Wikipedia fork

Mathias' rough transcript
Larry Sanger

My talk is going to be low tech. there are tens of millions of intellectiuals online today. The very though makes me quiver. "If we pool".

We may take Wikipedia of an early prototype. Started 5 years ago, today million articles in 100 languages. Has introduced everyone the world to collaborative work... what it can achieve.

I alway have been a fan of wikipedia and I still am. I want to launch something better. When I started at wikipedia, I was also working at Nupedia. Wikipedia: side project.

Many misconception about Nupedia and why it failed but I don't have time to go into detail.

Some problems: Community does not enforce its policies consistently. Admins act abusively. Widespread anonymity. Insular. hard for new people to join. This dysfunctional community vs experts. No special place for experts. As a result, it seems likely the project will never escape the amateurism. There is something wrong with it.

Can Wikipedia can recover from this projects. First step is: Accept that there a problem. If they react to critics, they will just tell why I am wrong.

Failure to recognize is a reflection of the problem that they are political problems. Self-Selection Community.

Start a new community. I propose a fork: Citycendium

citicendium.org

Articles will be imported as long as there is nothing in citicendium.

"I do not think I have all the details right". It needs all the input it can get.

A new role: Editor. Others are authors.

"Shoulder to shoulder"... No top-down fashing. No

Keine Anoynmität, kein Logged-out.

"Policy will be inforced by Constables"

"it will not call itself encyclopedia, it will call it experimental workspace"

GFDL, no advertisement, it may contain sponsorship,

Independant from the DUF at this time.

Virtually the same for NPOV, no Original research, same Mediawiki.

Open for beta testing at the end of the month for servers. For edits: later

"Join the mailing list. Wait for the announcement for the start of the wiki".

"Making this project international".

"Should we make a similar fork to the German language Wikipedia?"

"the finest kind of advisors who speak on behalf of the Citicendium"

Full transscript

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User:Crazyeddie

Go see my Wikipedia userpage for information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazyeddie

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