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Cripes, Chaves sure does love to take credit for everything. --204.81.230.186 12:58, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Hope for Obama
I hope that Barack Obama will turn the FDA back into the agency it was created to be - a serious watchdog of the public heath - as opposed to the lapdog of the pharmaceutical industry, which is what President Bush encouraged.

Thanks to this lack of protection, my only son died from a drug named Zyprexa, an atypical antipsychotic made by the drug company Eli Lilly. Though 30,000 individuals or their next-of-kin so far have received small amounts of compensation from the company, the drug is still on the market, and no Lilly executives have been given criminal sentences of any sort.

The devil is in the details. President-Elect Obama, do the right thing. Don't cave in to the massive lobbying effort by Pharma to keep their greed intact at the expense of American lives - and lives all over the world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.3.159.114 (talk) 19:39, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh yeah...
Perestroika! Perestroika! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.241.108.197 (talk) 10:17, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

"Tanned"
Berlusconi's remark, as far as I am aware of the cultural mores in the region of Italy he hails from, would denote youth, health, and vigor – as in saying he was sunkissed like the virile youths of the Mediterranean coast. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.108.144.241 (talk) 10:23, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Oh... So the "joke" about the "beautiful secretaries" seems to have the same intention... I was wrong then... I always thought he was a nazi.

Sorry Ahmadinejad…
Sayeth Ahmadinejad: The great Iranian nation welcomes real, fundamental and fair changes in America's behaviour and policies, particularly in the Middle East region.

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I think Ahmadinejad's in for a big disappointment. I have never trusted Obama to follow through with his promise to get America out of Iraq. As for Iran, the things he's said over the course of the past several years show that he'll end up doing the basically the same thing McCain would. Oh he'll talk with Ahmadinejad, but that's really the only difference. Obama thinks the Iranian government wants nukes (which I have never believed to be correct), he thinks that's necessarily unacceptable, he's willing to continue the sanctions, and he would ultimately be open to using force. Basically, I think that with regard to Iran, Obama will simply lead us down the same path as McCain at half the speed.

For the sake of the Iraqis, the Iranians, and our troops, I hope Obama will prove me wrong.

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LOL South America. And influencing the Uunited States' policies.

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Peace & Prosperity •	Home •	Blog •	About Me •	Guestbook •	Photo Gallery Agha Dilbar My Open Letter (Blog) has been sent Five Lak (500000) to International Community for the welfare of Humanity till today. I Agha Dilbar authorize Newspapers, Magazines, Internet, to Publish and Radio, T.V. Channels to broadcast this letter all round the World. Website: http://aghadilbar.webs.com Dear President Barrack Obama the Great Leader of the World I Agha Dilbar have sent Mr. President 100 registered research Letters (1000 new ideas to develop America and to Change the World for Peace and Prosperity) through Embassy of USA Islamabad till today and also direct sent these registered Letters to Whitehouse Washington DC 20500.These letters have been written on the guidelines of CHANGE WE NEED. And these letters are about the Common Men Problems of respected American Peoples and their Solutions. To end, Economic Recession, Unemployment and to Finish War, all round the World for Peace and Prosperity. In these letters I have sent one thousand new scientific Planning /Suggestions, about every walk of life for Peace through Friendship Progress and Prosperity all over the World. Dear Barrack Obama, the Great Leader of the World, my Friend, my Brother, Provide an opportunity to Agha Dilbar to pay an Official Visit to America, that we two brothers can sit together and by halting this horrible war(In this war 1-million people have died from 9/11 till today, if this war continues, it will become the 111- World War.200-Million people would die, if 111-World War is triggered) can take out 6.5 billion people of the World from abyss of destruction and then put them on the road to Progress and Prosperity. Dear President Barrack Obama considers, from 9/11 till today, America has conducted many war operations in connection with War on Terror, resulting the circle of war has spread hundred times. Millions innocent persons have died. Many More have been rendered homeless. One Lak (10000) war affected youth joined the army of Al-Qaida and Talban by the help of anti American countries have begun gorilla war in a horrible manner. It is the result of wrong war strategy. I Agha Dilbar desire to solve all above mentioned problems in a meeting with President Barrack Obama by adopting new revolutionary planning by bringing an end to present gorilla war in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the result the World can enter in a peaceful, advanced and progressive world, May it be so. I Agha Dilbar have a new War Strategy to achieve success through Table Talk between Talban, Pakistan and American Govts. 90% of Talban that are fighting against Pak Army belong from Swat and Tribal Areas of NWFP. I can provide America all realistic facts in such manner that their implementation could convert these Talban into Patriotic Citizens of Pakistan. In this War Strategy Pakistan Gov will never send his Heavy Artillery, Tanks, Cannons and Air craft in war. In this way 5-million persons will never Displaced. In the end Talban by their will handover, their Weapons to Pakistan Gov, they will come to Table Talk and Suicide Bombing will come to an end in Pakistan. Through this War Strategy Pakistani and American Govts can save expenses on war. Through this planning American and Pakistani Govts can utilize their saving on war budgets for development of Schools, Hospitals, Colonies, Markets, Roads, Bridges, Dams, Canals and Industries of Swat and Tribal Areas of NWFP that are war affected. On account of present war strategy, Billion Dollars are being wasted yearly. This war can cause Fall of America instead of continuation of war; my best suggestion for America must keep his Supper Power on the World and should conquer the World instead of war, but by his No-1 scientific technology spending on agriculture, industry, trade, education, scientific development and tourism, all round the World. Making an end to Economic Crisis in America. A new Global Package is being offered for your kind honor. America will have to make complete and final announcement that in future all Multinational American Companies to get free land on 20-years lease and will set up under the BOOT agreement (in undeveloped and poor countries) factories, mills five star hotels, schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, air companies, shipping companies, latest railway, bus transport and steel mills. All these companies will be bound to handover without any cost to under developed and poor countries well as their machinery and transport after 20-yaars. A new suggestion in connection with Global Peace is offered that in return of export American Agriculture and Industrial Products, will give his 50% prophet to the exporting countries and utilize as Aid on the development of agriculture, industry, trade, education and tourism. This suggestion, making an end to American Economic Crisis and get full support to enhance his Foreign Public Relation . May it be so? To make successful American Foreign Policy on Global Level the following planning is put before: a) America will have to provide free scholar ships at least to ten top master students (in each country) of medical and science in underdeveloped and poor countries of the world b) Highly educated and well trained one hundred cultural groups (each group contains 100 persons) will have to arrange one hundred cultural shows for three months in big cities of underdeveloped and poor countries. c) America will have to arrange exhibitions through his Embassies for his latest products, in the underdeveloped and poor countries .All these mentioned above industrial exhibitions will be arranged continuously for two months. In the above mentioned exhibitions present products will be sold except export order booking. In mentioned above exhibitions, American Cultural Programs will have to arrange and American Traditional Dishes will be kept for sale. In these exhibitions American Tourism Stalls will also be set of. Following rules and regulations will be undertaken for the progress and prosperity of American students. a) Among metric, fsc, bsc, (engineering).mbbs, llb, ca and diploma holders in all institutions, all those receiving degrees at the state level, ten each from girls and boys by cash prizes will be announced on behalf of the gov during invitation on lunch. b) For above mentioned top ten intelligent students boys and girls each, tours for different historical and healthy sites will be arranged free of cast. c)Sport Talent Schools of international level will be set up over the country at the district level, in which students of extra-ordinary sports talent taught from class one to fsc level. d) American states gov will announce free transport, free medical facilities and free lunch during education to all school, college and university students.

Minimize the aforesaid differences, which I will deliver to president the increasing distress and hatred between the Muslim world and America is the major cause of weak relationship on public and government level. As a sincere friend I have practical suggestions to Barack Obama in my official visit to America. I request the government of America to allow me to describe (first of all my briefing with president’s advisors). My one thousand plans & ideas for changing the world before one to one meeting with the president Barack obama.thanks Today we are presenting a new planning in America for the rapid progress in industry. American government will allow to relief 50% relief in the following things. Petrol, dizel,electricity, gas and water bills For the establishment of new industries in industrial zone American government will allow 25%relief in taxes. 1) Sugar mills, textile mills, 2)Shoes tire tube factory. 3) Milk powder industry, tin packs industry ornament industry carpet industry. 4) Frozen fish, chicken beef, and meat industry. 6) Dairy forming, poultry forming, fish forming, cattle forming fruit forming. 7) Vegetable forming biscuit sweet industry hotel industry. 8) Electronic industry, sanitary industry paint industry. 9) Furniture industry. 10) Steel mill industry. 11) Engine industry. 12) Aero plane industry and shipping industry. 13) Computer and mobile industry. 14) Medicine industry fertilizer industry and insecticide industry. 15) Car, bus truck loader, harvester industry. I Agha Dilbar have sent Ten Million research Peace Letters to International Community from 9/11 incident till today. This letter is my Great Peace Mission plan which is continued. Present Global Economic Crisis is the result of War on Terror. This Crisis if further accelerates could initiate a 111-World War. Please hear my Voice of Truth; I can save the World, for my Great Peace Mission, with the help of President Barrack Obama, Peace and Prosperity. The Government of America will announce to provide free home facility to employees after 20 year of service as per following rules and regulations. 1. For providing free home facility to their employees after retirement the government will deduct 2 ½% amounts for their monthly salaries. 2. The government of America will deduct 2 ½% amounts of salaries to the employee and will deposit the same in government treasury which shall be paid to the housing company on monthly basis. 3. The housing company shall provide beautiful home to the government or non government employee after 20 year of service. 4. The people not acquiring home after 20 year of service shall be paid in whole by deducted total amount from their salaries during their employ Mr. Barack Obama you are not only the Leader of America, you are Great Leader of the World. In this connection I am waiting for your Email response, dated 2.10.2009. Please Confirm. Thank you, God blesses you and God bless America. Agha Dilbar (founder) International Revolution Movement 64-neelum block ait Lahore (Pakistan) Phone:  0092427830084 Cell 03224628349 Email aghadilbar4@gmail.com Website http://aghadilbar.webs.com/ This Open Letter has been sent Five Lak (500000) to International Community for the welfare of Humanity till today. I Agha Dilbar authorize Newspapers, Magazines, Internet, to Publish and Radio, T.V. Channels to broadcast this letter all round the World It has been extraordinary to read and hear, some of the things I did my decision alone by the voice of God, who called me in my heart. Thanks ain content here - text, photos, videos, addons, whatever you want! Members Area Sign In or Register Recent Photos Recent Blog Entries Peace and Prosperity by aghadilbar | 0 comments ©2009 Create a Free Website at Webs.com Create a free website at Webs.com


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Barack Hussein Obama is who you support so valiantly, but do you know how much he thinks about you? none. He has no care for America. He is going to ignore the middle class and tax businesses to the high heavens! His wife "isn't proud of America" and he himself could probably care less if businesses suffer and raise prices, causing an economic meltdown. He is going to ignore you and give plenty of aid to Kenya, his true supporters.

 * Good grief. You don't even have the integrity to identify yourself. Anyways, I'm not an American, I'm Danish, but I'm glad to see that Americans have chosen a president whose administration rates diplomacy higher than aggression, and believe that the capitalist system cannot exist as is. --Joda (talk) 16:22, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

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I saw you were trying to add a babel box to your user page. Here is the correct coding to do so:

Hope this helps,

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Your welcome. If you have any questions feel free to ask me. Anonymous101talk 16:47, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

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Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia hit by earthquake

November 7, 2008 A preliminary report issued by the USGS states that islands, known as the Tanimbar Islands, near Saumlaki have been hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0. The earthquake struck the island at 16:04:21 UTC (01:04:21 local time).

The incident occurred 293 km (182 miles) WNW of Saumlaki, 383 km (238 miles) SSE of Ambon and 401 km (249 miles) ENE of Dili, the capital of East Timor.

The closest towns are the towns of Bebar, Wulur and Kenli, which are on the nearest island.

The USGS has confirmed that "this event has been reviewed by a seismologist."

Although the epicenter of the earthquake was offshore, it was very close to nearby islands. It is not known if anyone was injured in the incident.

Related news

 * "Magnitude 6.4 earthquake in South Pacific". Wikinews, November 7, 2008


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Wait until early tomorrow to publish todays shorts in case something happens.--Ipatrol (talk) 16:56, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

 * That breaks the news cycle - the stories will be stale by tomorrow. If something happens, we can publish another story.  --InfantGorilla (talk) 18:17, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

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I know this is quote short but it is all the info that is availiable atm. Anonymous101talk 17:03, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


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Luis Fortuño is elected new governor of Puerto Rico

November 9, 2008

The candidate of the, , was elected the new governor of Puerto Rico in the general elections held on November 4, 2008. Fortuño obtained more than 52% of the votes.

The other candidates were the current governor of Puerto Rico, of the,  — the , and  — the.

In addition to obtaining the governor position, the New Progressive Party retained the position of and won a majority of seats in the. The Puerto Rican Independence Party lost its franchise as a political party because it received less than 3% of the votes, the level required by the electoral law. The results also indicate that the Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party may have lost its franchise too.


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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck becomes king of Bhutan

November 7, 2008

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck yesterday became the new king of Bhutan following the abdication of his father, who started the country's transition to democracy two years ago.

The new king, who is the world's youngest monarch at age 28, gave his accession speech to around 30,000 people, and celebrations across the country are planned for the coronation which is due to take place.

“My deepest concern is that as the world changes we may lose these fundamental values on which we rest our character as a nation and people,” he said in his speech. “Henceforth, even as more dramatic changes transform the world and our nation, as long as we continue to pursue the simple and timeless goal of being good human beings... we can ensure that our future generations will live in happiness and peace.”

“Ultimately without peace, security and happiness we have nothing. That is the essence of Gross National Happiness,” he continued. This comment was in reference to the Bhutanese alternative to Gross Domestic Product, Gross National Happiness, which aims to put happiness above monetary wealth when developing government policy.

“Throughout my reign, I will never rule you as a king. I will protect you as a parent, care for you as a brother and serve you as a son,” he continued. “As the king of a Buddhist nation, my duty is not only to ensure your happiness today but to create fertile ground from which you may gain the fruits of spiritual pursuit and attain good karma.”

“As citizens of a spiritual land you treasure the qualities of a good human being — honesty, kindness, charity, integrity, unity, respect for our culture and traditions, love for our country and for God.”

Following his speech, the new king handed out 20,000 commemorative coins to mark his new role in a country that did not have a currency until the 1960s.

The king that preceded Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck gave Bhutan many modern ideas, including democracy. He also introduced roads, schools and hospitals, consequently increasing the country's life expectancy by 26 years during his reign.


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Afghan president Hamid Karzai opens new terminal at Kabul International Airport

November 7, 2008

Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, has opened a new terminal at. The US$35m (£22m) two-story structure was gifted by Japan as the old terminal building had become badly damaged by decades of war. Speaking at the event, attended by 150 Afghan and Japanese officials, Karzai expressed his gratitude for the building, saying "Afghanistan could not have made this terminal on its own for many years or without lots of effort." The new terminal is built next to the original sixties building, which had been considered luxurious when new but has fallen into decline, especially after the 1979 Soviet invasion and the civil war which followed.

Increasing numbers of military aircraft joined the commercial passenger planes, making Kabul International a frequent target of rocket attacks. It was in a poor state of repair, as well as outdated and in need of expansion, by the time the Taliban were ousted from Afghanistan.

Karzai implored his people to take proper care of the new terminal, which Afghan officials described as a step along the route to reconstruction after the Taliban were deposed.

"I hope, now this facility has been handed over to us, that our sisters and brothers, those in charge of the airport, the passengers passing through, the state officials and MPs using it, will look after it and they should not allow, God forbid, that we come here after a year and find its windows, doors and tiles broken," he said.

The building will enter service next week, in time to carry passengers to Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage of the . It has a capacity of one million passengers every year, and will service both domestic and international routes.


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It's wonderful to see that people are prepared to invest in reconstruction in Afghanistan. Japan seem to be very generous with such things; I believe they spend a lot on Africa, too. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:44, 7 November 2008 (UTC)


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Dozens dead after school collapses in Haiti

November 7, 2008 At least 50 people are dead, mostly children, and an unknown amount injured and trapped after a three-story school collapsed near the capital of Haiti,. So far, rescuers have rescued at least 75 people, who have been taken to a local hospital, some in serious condition. School was in session, which left dozens more trapped, and officials say the death toll is likely to climb. Five houses surrounding the school were also severely damaged or destroyed as a result of the collapse.

Reports say that the third-floor of the College La Promesse Evangelique in, was under construction when the collapse happened, but it is not known if that was the cause. The collapse occurred at 10:00 a.m. local time.

"The whole school collapsed on the kids, and you know on the phone you can hear so many, so many children, you know, crying, crying. And saying, 'This one is dead, that one is dead'," said Michaele Gedeon, a worker with the Haitian Red Cross to .

Gedeon also states that hundreds of people; rescue workers, bystanders, United States officials and United Nations peacekeepers along with the Red Cross were on scene sifting through the debris, using their hands and shovels, trying to find survivors.

"UN blue helmets are on the scene clearing rubble and trying to help people buried under the debris. If we can’t get rescue equipment in and out it’s going to be hard to help the people trapped in the building," said a spokesman for the U.N. in Haiti, David Wimhurst.

At least 700 children attend the school, ranging from kindergarten to secondary grades, with the students' ages ranging from 3 to 20-years-old.

The school is reported to have partially collapsed eight years ago, and residents living near it moved in fear that the rest of it would collapse on their homes. After the first collapse, the owner of the school attempted to buy the homes and properties surrounding the school.

Witnesses and residents fear that the school was improperly repaired after the first collapse. Police are investigating the two incidents to determine if criminal charges will be filed.


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Oh man this is horrible. I been two Haiti twice on mission trips. My heart go out too all thou that die.


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The original contributor - a new Wikinewsie - left this for others to develop, so it is up to the rest of us to finish it if we want it published. I have to go off line now, but I think once the sources are formatted neatly it can be published, short as it is. --InfantGorilla (talk) 08:39, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

In the latest review, ShakataGaNai tagged the article "3 paragraphs, C/E". Do you need a third paragraph before you would publish it? Does C/E mean copyedit? It seems quite well written to me but I will give it a closer read. --InfantGorilla (talk) 15:23, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

This story is getting more stale by the minute, so rather than waiting until my next time online for a response, I gave it another review alongside my copyedit:

Above review is now stale, as another paragraph has been added that will need review when the review tag is added. --InfantGorilla (talk) 16:09, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

If all the changes are done, I think this article is ready to be reviewed. Can somebody else place the undefined tag on the page and I'll go a ahead and review the article. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 19:27, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

After I went off line yesterday, EJVargas left me a message asking me to place a review tag here. I just copy-edited the last paragraph. The last 2 sentences are based on a Spanish language source - my Spanish is very poor, but I read through the source, and a machine translation of it, which gives me enough confidence to place the publish tag on the article. Please feel free to revert it to if you disagree. --InfantGorilla (talk) 19:48, 9 November 2008 (UTC)


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UK revokes visa of former Thai PM

November 8, 2008 An email circulated to airlines yesterday revealed that the UK government has revoked the visas of Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife. Both have been convicted and sentenced to jail terms in Thailand. The email instructs airlines not to facilitate travel for the couple to return to the UK. Reports indicate that the deposed and convicted ex-PM is currently in China with plans to travel to the Philippines this weekend. The whereabouts of his wife are not currently known.

Thaksin and his wife, Potjaman Shinawatra, have spent much of the past two years living in exile in the UK after jumping bail on charges against them in Thailand. The visa revocation, issued by Immigration Liaison Manager Andy Gray of the UK embassy in Bangkok, will come as a harsh blow to Thaksin, who had expressed a strong interest in remaining in England as an exile, asserting that charges back home were politically motivated.

Lawyers involved in the successful prosecution of Thaksin were known to be in the process of drawing up extradition papers to submit to the UK's Home Office; with his chosen country of refuge now in doubt it may become more difficult to have him returned to Thailand to serve his two year sentence for corruption. In an email to Wikinews the UK Home Office declined to comment on the extradition, specifying it was policy not to discuss individual cases.

Extradition would have been covered under a treaty drawn up in 1911 between the two countries and the onus would have been on Thailand to prove that the conviction ties up with similar UK laws. Claims by Thaksin that such a request would have been politically motivated would be considered by the court under the UK's Extradition Act. The Home Office also confirmed that Thaksin's diplomatic passport would not have exempted him from such proceedings.

Potjaman, Thaksin's wife, escaped prosecution in the corruption case over a Bangkok land deal, however she already faces a three year sentence for tax evasion. Visas for the couple's children were unaffected by the action, they remain free to travel to and from the UK.

Despite his self-imposed exile, the ex-PM who was deposed by a bloodless coup in 2006 has remained in the news and public consciousness in Thailand. Several high-profile court cases alleging corruption and malfeasance during his time as premier and leader of the now-banned Thai Rak Thai (lit: Thais love Thais) political party remain outstanding.

Last Saturday, he gave a telephone address to pro-government protesters rallying at the country's national stadium in Bangkok. Members of the current government, which is accused of being a proxy for Thaksin, managed to amass tens of thousands of red-shirted supporters to listen to the address. The rally has been condemned by the Law Society of Thailand as contempt of court, and their statement on the November 1 phone-in warned that media repeating its content could be added to the defendants in any legal proceedings.

During the phone-in Thaksin said, "Nobody can bring me back to Thailand, except royal kindness of HM the King or the power of the people"; this can be construed as an appeal for a royal pardon, or for his supporters to be more vocal.

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I previously emailed the Home Office for further information when working on one of the earlier stories. Their response arrived yesterday with the big warning that they won't discuss individual cases. However, it did outline the sections of law, the treaty involved, and other details used in paragraph three of this story.

The letter I received has been forwarded to scoop for other accredited reporters to confirm the accuracy of my original reporting. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:24, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

 * I split the paragraph, so it is now paragraphs three and four, that the above applies. --SVTCobra 11:58, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I read the letter from the Home Office and can confirm that it was sent through scoop. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 14:17, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

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Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 enters moon orbit

November 09, 2008

India's first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 (meaning 'moon craft' in Sanskrit) has completed the tricky manoeuvre of entering the lunar orbit at 5:15 PM Indian standard time. This was an important milestone for the Indian mission to the Moon, which was launched on October 22 from Indian spaceport Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota. ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said everything onboard Chandrayaan-1 is working fine.

The lunar orbit insertion (LOI) began at 4:50 P.M and lasted for 817 seconds (14 minutes). The ground control station at Peenya in Bangalore remotely fired the satellite's rockets to move it into its new trajectory. This was considered to be a most critical moment of the entire mission. The satellite has now been placed in a 7,502 km X 504 km elliptical orbit around the Moon. Chandrayaan will be gradually lowered to a circular orbit at a distance of 100 km from the lunar surface. Once the circular orbit is achieved, Chandrayaan will eject the Moon Impact Probe, a lunar probe, to impact on the moon's surface. Besides carrying three important scientific instruments, the lunar probe will also carry a picture of the Indian national flag.

With this, India will become both the fourth country to place a flag on the moon and the fifth country to send a spacecraft to the moon. The other countries which have sent spacecraft to the Moon are the United States, the former Soviet Union, Japan, and China, along with the European Space Agency (ESA), a consortium of 17 countries.


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Hurricane Paloma hits Cuba

November 9, 2008 , which the yesterday labeled as "extremely dangerous", has recently hit Cuba.

In preparation of this, at 1500 yesterday, the Cuban provinces of  and  were issued with a Hurricane warning by the country's government. Due to updated forecasts, it has also removed the waning for the province of Sancti Spiritus.

220,000 people were evacuated from low-lying areas in the province, while 170,000 were evacuated from the province of.

The Hurricane is now weakening, however, with the NOAA stating that "continued weakening is expected over the next day or two, even after Paloma moves off the coast of Cuba."

The NOAA has also stated that "Paloma is expected to produce additional rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches over eastern Cuba. Rainfall accumulations of 5 to 10 inches are possible over the central Bahamas."

Hurricane Paloma was the seventeenth tropical depression of the. Paloma developed out of a strong tropical disturbance off the northern coast of Honduras on November 5. The disturbance had slowly developed into a tropical depression. The depression then became a tropical storm then a hurricane.

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User talk:SF007

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Hello and welcome to Wikinews. There is a welcome template somewhere, but I am quite new here myself and thought writing a personal message was better than searching for a template. Best wishes for getting the spacecraft article published: it is a very interesting story. --InfantGorilla (talk) 16:46, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Fixed, the article is on the Main Page now. Anonymous101talk 09:26, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

MIP to land tonight
I have taken the liberty of using some of your material to start Story preparation/India's flag planted on Moon. Please help. --InfantGorilla (talk) 07:44, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

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Death toll rises in Haitian school collapse

November 8, 2008

At least 82 people have died after a school collapsed in Haiti on Friday. The death toll rose from 61 to 82 after rescue workers found 20 students and their teacher between two floors of the school. At least 200 more are feared trapped and over 100 have been injured, some seriously.

"This morning we found a classroom with 21 inside — students and their professor — and they are all dead," said Rene Preval, the president of Haiti during a press conference on site of the disaster.

Reports say that the third floor of the College La Promesse Evangelique in Pétionville was under construction when the collapse happened, but it is not known if that was the cause. Pétionville is a suburb of Port-au-Prince. The collapse occurred at 10:00 a.m. local time on Friday while school was in session.

At least 700 children were attending the school when it collapsed, ranging from kindergarten to secondary grades, with the students' ages ranging from 3 to 20 years old.

The school is reported to have partially collapsed eight years ago, and residents living near it moved in fear that the rest of it would collapse on their homes. After the first collapse, the owner of the school attempted to buy the homes and properties surrounding the school.

Witnesses and residents fear that the school was improperly repaired after the first collapse. Police are investigating the two incidents to determine if criminal charges will be filed. One member of the Haitian parliament also called the repaired building "not quite solid", suggesting that there were too many people inside the building, putting it over capacity.


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Three Indonesian terrorists executed by firing squad for 2002 Bali bombing

November 9, 2008

The three Islamic militants found guilty of the 2002 Bali bombing have been executed on the island of Nusakambangan. Huda bin Abdul Haq, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and Imam Samudra were executed by firing squad shortly after midnight. It had been announced that the three would be killed in November but no date was given prior to the shooting. All three were convicted for the October 12, 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 in the tourist district of Kuta. The blast killed tourists from 21 different countries and 38 Indonesian citizens. The bombings were blamed on the militant group Jemaah Islamiah.

According to a BBC correspondent, "The deaths will not evoke much sympathy in Indonesia and many people believe the executions should have been carried out much sooner". The bombers made several appeals with the latest being a week before the execution; all were rejected by the Supreme Court.


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Talk:Gay marriage banned in three states; other ballot measures decided

I find the third paragraph a bit confusing as someone not familiar with california gay rights stuff. I also think it should be made clearer as to which issue Melissa Etheridge is commenting on. But other then that-looks good. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:40, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * So far all good, except I can't find the source mentioning that the South Dakota law would probably be declared unconstitutional, and anything mentioning Micheal Cloud's name. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:48, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The unconstitutional thing should be mentioned in the Guardian article. And Michael Cloud is mentioned in the Wikipedia article linked under "elimination of the income tax" in the article body, guess I should add a source link. --TUFKAAP (talk) 06:56, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * With that change, the article is fully ready to be published in my opinion :). Bawolff ☺☻ 07:02, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Date?
Is the date for this right? The story was filed on the 8th, but published to the Main Page on the 9th, (8th by West Coast time). --InfantGorilla (talk) 23:27, 9 November 2008 (UTC)


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Welcome to RadioUK on WikiNews
Hello, and welcome to the home of RadioUK on WikiNews. RadioUK is a free radio/podcast service that began in September 2008. After the success of our news programme, The World Progress with Stephen Herr, which was based heavily on WikiNews sources, we decided to establish a presence here. On 09 November 2008, RadioUK's place on WikiNews was born. Our goal is to contribute audio segments to WikiNews, and to share our knowledge of current events with the WikiNews audience. We hope this collaboration will promote better knowledge and freedom of information, and create a greater free news environment for everyone. Thank you for your interest in RadioUK.

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Just to clarify, are you associated with some sort of radio group? Bawolff ☺☻ 06:03, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Just like WikiNews is a free news site, I operate RadioUK, a free radio. So, yes to your enquiry. RadioUK (talk) 06:07, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool. Welcome to wikinews, if you have any questions or need any help, don't hesitate to ask me or anyone else. If you prefer live chat, we also have an irc channel thats quite popular. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:14, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
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 * I found it hard to believe that California can essentially amend its constitution with a simple majority. I always thought that constitutions in general required a very high majority to change. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:05, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Every state can amend with a simple majority except Florida (they require 60%). Mike Halterman (talk) 08:27, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * They should get with the program! Gays are people too! --Brian McNeil / talk 08:29, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Homosexuals and Unborn Babies
Wow! Sounds like this election turned out pretty bad for homosexuals and unborn babies. Maybe in another 4 years, the American people will come around, and realize that marriage should not be controlled by the government (it started in the church, and that where it should stay), and that babies are people too (just really small) and they deserve the full protection of the law.

—74.245.112.85 13:57, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh my! You're so incredibly smart! Marriage DID start in the church, 200,000 years ago! Before Christianity, when people were JUST making up imaginary gods and worshipping them! Perhaps we should give all control of marriage over to the church of the Great Big, Round Rock, then? Because that's where marriage originated from... AND THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD STAY! You're just brilliant. Ugg the Caveman would be proud. 24.56.51.114 13:35, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Personally, I think that it's a big blow passing the Initiative 1000. Banning gay marriage in Cali, FL, & Arizona was a good thing though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.19.14.27 (talk) 14:41, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Neither the government nor the church can define what a family is or isn't and should not attempt to do so. I firmly believe that marriage is a personal thing and should be decided based on a person's values. Polygamy: OK, Homosexuality: OK. If it's what you want to do and you're not impeding other people's rights while you do so, then you're within your rights.

America was founded on freedom of choice. One should be able to choose how many people one can marry and what gender they are, as long as all involved are OK with it. I am certain there is a UU minister willing to marry them. How one defines their family is a personal choice and should be kept such. This is the 21st century: we need to stop enforcing outdated values. On top of this: it doesn't belong in a constitution at all; those should be kept spare and light.-Eric 19:22, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

gay marriage
to my mind it's unfair to ban gay marriage.it's seems to my as breach of their righrs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.253.63.3 (talk) 11:55, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Prop 8
It is absolutely ridiculous the they passed this! How can we limit the rights of an entire group of people and not consider it discrmination? This country may have been FOUNDED upon religion, but this is NOW, church and state are "seperate" and yet we let religious values dictate how our country is run. How does a gay couple expressing their love by getting married negatively affect anyone? your life would be no different simply because a gay couple is married. They may still be able to be "common law" but there are 128 rights that common law couples do not have that a married couple does. Thats 128 rights that they are not allowed because of their sexual preference. Everyone makes a big deal about racial discrimination, but i think people need to be MUCH more tolerant of this issue. It is not fair to limit their rights, especially in america where we're supposed to be accepting of everyone despite differences of opinion. This is unfair and just simply not right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.9.25.115 (talk) 18:12, 14 November 2008 (UTC)


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Much of the last two paragraphs is based on text added in this Wikipedia edit, with the user who made the edit agreeing to that at this page. Anonymous101talk 08:24, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It has now already hit Cuba. It needs to be updated before it can be published. Mike Halterman (talk) 08:29, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * OK. Anonymous101talk 08:31, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

 * You've listed Wikipedia as a source. Have you backed up the stuff in there with other sources in the sources section? Wikipedia is unreliable, we can just take the text from there as noted above. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 11:17, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, the vast majority (possibly all) of the facts are backed up by other sources Anonymous101talk 12:44, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Fixed. All the facts from WP have either bebn cited or removed. Anonymous101talk 13:53, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

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Bomb ruled out in Mexico plane crash that killed twelve

November 9, 2008 A bomb has been ruled out in the crash of a government-owned Learjet L45 in Mexico City, Mexico on Friday, killing all nine on board and five on the ground. There have been rumours that the crash was deliberate as two prominent politicians, interior minister Juan Camilo Mourino and leading anti-drug advisor Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos were aboard. Investigators have also confirmed both engines were still functioning upon impact and that there was no fire, structural failure or evidence of malfunction prior to impact, suggesting a loss of control may be to blame. The aircraft should have been headed East towards Mexico City International Airport, but was instead travelling roughly Northbound when the crash occurred.

It is unknown why this occurred, but the investigation, which includes a team from the United States led by the National Transportation Safety Board, is looking at the possibility turbulence from another aircraft caused the plane to become uncontrollable. It was travelling at 300 mph (500 kph) when it struck cars moving through the city.

Investigation head Gilberto Lopez said of the findings "this clearly proves what we had believed, that there was an abrupt loss of control," while Transportation Secretary Luis Téllez said they “strengthen the hypothesis that this was an accident.”


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Poll
This basically started out as a poll, with the very first comment using "Support", so it is now reformatted as a poll. Reformatted to poll format structure at 18:01, 17 November 2008 (UTC). Cirt (talk) 18:01, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * - This poll has now been open, with flag, for over 13 days, with currently 7 in Support and 1 Opposed to this page becoming policy. Cirt (talk) 23:02, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Basically, this would mean that global bots approved on meta can be used on Wikinews. The rest of the policy just repeats the meta policy in different words. Anyway, I this being made policy. Anonymous101talk 12:42, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) I agree. as long as all they are doing is fixing interlang links, and fixing double redirects, its fine by me. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:12, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) I agree with Bawolff...so long as these are the only 2 duties the bot has I will support it. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 11:53, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) Agree with above. . Cirt (talk) 11:59, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 5)  as this makes perfect sense.  I do think we should change our wiki to automatically "show" bot edits in recent changes, however, and let people choose to hide them in their preferences.  Just a thought.  Cary Bass (talk) 18:50, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That is a good idea. Cirt (talk) 18:51, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I would be less inclined to oppose were the default to show bot edits and an option to hide them was available. I still have other concerns that a global bots policy will 'creep'. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:41, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1)  The policy  sounds reasonable, but I would like to have RC show bot edits automatically. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 20:00, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) I'd be concerned if this extended to anything other than interlinks and double redirects but as long as we are only doing that it should be fine. If the Meta policy changes we may also need to rediscuss whether we will allow this. JoshuaZ (talk) 21:26, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) We have a swathe of bots that are supposed to do this listed on the bot permissions request page. I am concerned that nobody has got it right yet and there is no proper global Wikinews interlinking bot. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:30, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I have changed this back to proposed policy, nobody in their right mind calls the above consensus.
 * For a start, I am deeply worried that this would end up including CommonsDelinker and we would not see images vanishing from articles. I also - above - expressed concern that nobody has yet made a well-behaved interwiki linking bot. So, based on that, I have to say . --Brian McNeil / talk 16:56, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Just a question. What do you mean by well-behaved bots? Has there been past problems with bots completely screwing up or is more of the fact that they don't do a good enough job? --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 18:06, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * per Meta policy, the bot can only: Fixes double redirects and Maintain interlanguage links. I do not see how this would be anything other than helpful for these types of minor tasks. Cirt (talk) 18:10, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * In the past one of the attempts at a Wikinews interlanguage bot ended up removing valid interwiki links and ended up blocked. With this hidden from normal Recent Changes via a bot flag, nobody would notice.
 * There simply should not be dozens of bots running round doing these tasks anyway, if it is critically important then someone can request the WMF assign developer time and a professional bot be created that does both. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:11, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * See above suggestion regarding Recent Changes, by Cary Bass. Cirt (talk) 19:14, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Four of the five outstanding bot requests on RFP are supposed to do this, but it is all piecemeal. One is listed as definitively defective and has not, to our knowledge, been fixed. Moving the RFP to meta means a noticeable number of contributors here will not see or give input on the process of selecting bots in use.
 * Cary's suggestion may work if it can be fine-tuned to show global bots by default and existing bots remain hidden, but I'd put money on people wanting the criteria extended to support their pets. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:50, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * This would not move the RFP to Meta. It is only intended for: Fixes double redirects and Maintain interlanguage links. Nothing more. Cirt (talk) 11:45, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes it would. For bots which fix redirects and do interlang; the very bots we've had problems with here. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:49, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * [unindent. longwinded counter-argument...]. If we want global bots to be in RC by default, whats wrong with just not having this group, but allowing these bots to operate unflagged [don't approve auto-approval per meta page]. (Perhaps we should partition for bots showing up as an option in special:preferences). I think in many ways this would solve the swathe of bots to do a single thing problem. If a bot was given global bot flag, I would assume it had been tested thoroughly, and that its owner is known to be competent. Currently we have interwiki bots acting on very few languages, this would allow one bot known to be good to operate on all the wikis necessary. As for this policy being expanded, the current policy is what we are approving, if it is felt that it should be expanded, thats a separate vote to be approved or disapproved. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:59, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Call me a harsh cynic if you like, but moves to expand the scope of a global bots policy would take place on Meta. I am not confident adequate notification of local wikis would occur before something like "remove redlinks" got tacked on the end. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:49, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Result
Made policy per overwhelming support for this. Anonymous101talk 21:01, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

proposed addendum to this policy
After thinking about this for a little bit, I think another point should be added to this. Although global bots are great, I think we need to know when is a global bot when we come across one, So i think all global bots should be required to have on their talk page: This could even be made up into a template. Thoughts? Bawolff ☺☻ 04:55, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * A description of what the bot does (preferably in english)
 * Clearly stated that the bot is a global bot, with link to its approval on meta
 * A link to the primary contact for the bot (aka link to talk page on home wiki of woner)

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User talk:King Coleon

This is not Wikipedia, this is not a soap box for your personal vendettas. Your recent contributions have been deleted. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:28, 9 November 2008 (UTC) --Brian McNeil / talk 17:10, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

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Talk:Bomb ruled out in Mexico plane crash that killed twelve

THIS NOTE IS ABSOLUTELY NON SENSE AND MISLEADING. The normal approach to Mexico's City International Airport Benito Juarez places the airplanes roughly circling counterclockwise entering the area from the north (when arriving from the flight's departure city of San Luis Potosi). Then they go into a left turn that places them in the NORTH-EAST direction of the runways 05L or 05R, that are exactly at 052 degrees east from north, which are used more than 80% of the time.

Saying that the plane was going north, then it would have being going entirely WRONG... AGAINST the normal air traffic! That air traffic is MOST of the time from North-to-South in that part of the city, and can be seen clearly going INSIDE the highway loop known as PERIFERICO from many of the buildings on the area, thas is, to the EAST of PERIFERICO about a mile or slightly less. Roughly when passing over REFORMA avenue going South, the planes start banking gradually to the left, starting the mentioned turn.

PLEASE CORRECT THE REPORT. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.180.6.52 (talk) 21:18, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

 * If you read it properly, it tells you that it should not have been going this way but was, and the investigation has not yet determined why. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:35, 9 November 2008 (UTC)


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Events take place across UK to mark Remembrance Sunday

November 9, 2008 Today is Remembrance Sunday, an annual observance in which Britons killed in wars around the world are remembered. Many events have taken place across the United Kingdom today and earlier this week, including many affiliated with the Poppy Appeal.

Queen Elizabeth II led the main event to mark the occasion at the Cenotaph in London, with events also taking place in North Staffordshire, Coventry, Wales, Lytham, St Anne's, Northern Ireland and Birmingham, in addition to small local events across the country.

North Staffordshire marked the event when television presenter Nick Hancock released 15,500 poppy petals, representing the 15,500 British soldiers to be killed while in conflict since World War II.

This weekend's football match between Coventry FC and Crystal Palace featured the players from both sides holding a minutes silence around a giant poppy.

The Royal British Legion sent its "Poppy Man" sculpture around Wales and Northern Island to draw attention to it's appeal, while in Lytham and St Anne's, the wife and daughter of the deceased comedian Les Dawson launched the appeal for funds. Tracy, the wife stated that "Les was in the army, where he served as a Trooper, in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), he did lots of work for charity, and the Poppy Appeal was one of the ones close to his heart. I feel it is so fitting that I am able to help."

In Birmingham, a team from the Royal Marines Commando, abseiled down a hotel to mark the appeal.

Services were also held in Iraq and Afghanistan by British troops, in addition to church services across the country.


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Comments:Bomb ruled out in Mexico plane crash that killed twelve

THIS NOTE COULD BE ABSOLUTELY WRONG AND MISLEADING. (Regarding the HEADINGS of the plane mentioned).

The normal approach to Mexico's City International Airport Benito Juarez places the airplanes roughly circling counterclockwise entering the area from the north (when arriving from the flight's departure city of San Luis Potosi). Then they go into a left turn that places them in the NORTH-EAST direction of the runways 05L or 05R, which are exactly at 052 degrees east from north, and are used more than 80% of the time.

Saying that the plane was going north, then it would have being going entirely WRONG... AGAINST the normal air traffic! That air traffic is MOST of the time from North-to-South in that part of the city, and can be seen clearly going INSIDE the highway loop known as PERIFERICO from many of the buildings on the area, thas is, to the EAST of PERIFERICO about a mile or slightly less. Roughly when passing over REFORMA avenue going South, the planes start banking gradually to the left, starting the mentioned turn.

IF THE ARTICLE PRETENDS TO DESCRIBE THE FINAL HEADING OF THE PLANE WHEN STRIKING THE GROUND, THEN IT MUST CLARIFY THIS. AS IT IS, IT SAYS THE PLANE WAS GOING NORTH, WHICH WOULD BE COMPLETELY WRONG.

PLEASE CORRECT THE REPORT.

 * If you read it properly, it tells you that it should not have been going this way but was, and the investigation has not yet determined why. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:34, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Removed section
Here a section was removed (complete with moronic SCREAMING) that was a copyright violation as it copied wholesale a competing news organisation's story. The story carries a claim from a Mexican official that an engine detatched from the aircraft during flight, directly contradicting the facts as sourced for this story. Would make an interesting follow-up, especially since the last update would have you believe the engines were operating upon impact. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:26, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

This note has to be corrected.

It says the plane was going NORTH...

This is completely WRONG. The Learjet was correctly going mainly SOUTH (heading 162 degrees, which is SOUTH to SOUTHWEST) and ready to turn to the LEFT; to follow a DME turn that places arriving planes finally in a 052 degrees course perfectly aligned to Mexico's City International Airport runways 05L and 05R, which receive roughly 80% of the total of flights into the airport. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.100.181.87 (talk) 18:31, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Clarifying the note in respect of the Northbound heading of the plane.
The article still gives the false impression that it was travelling towards the north when it suffered the accident.

As the radar images have clearly shown, the plane was correctly following the sequence of planes that were approaching the final turn into destination airport. That it possibly turned when losing control after it encountered the wake turbulence from a heavy B767-300 it was following, or any other cause that provoked the repentine and sharp descent is not the point.

The point is that it was flying normally and then went totally out of control, undergoing a steep descent that was very brief (a fraction of a minute, less than 30 seconds or so).

That the Flight Path in the final moments or the remains of the fuselage point in a given direction after the crash has no relevance. What is important is the fact that normal control was upset sharply, and completely lost, to the point of making recovery impossible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.100.181.87 (talk) 19:11, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

 * "the Flight Path in the final moments or the remains of the fuselage point in a given direction after the crash has no relevance" - actually, no, that is the most relevent time possible; the moments of the accident itself. The investigation had to know what turned it (input, thrown by turbulence, another cause?) and it seems they found it. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:27, 20 November 2008 (UTC)


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Talk:Events take place across UK to mark Remembrance Sunday

Review
--Brian McNeil / talk 21:38, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

 * Brian, I think your minor nit confuses November 11 (which the UK also observes, though not as a holiday) with Remembrance Sunday, the Sunday closest to Nov 11.  I would be interested to find out if other countries had similar observances today, though I assume that you published it because you agree with me that it is hard to fault Anonymous101 for not researching other countries.  --InfantGorilla (talk) 23:04, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Great article
Although I thought the lead sentence was slightly inaccurate (which I tweaked) I think this is a really interesting and timely article. Pulling in free and current images kindly uploaded by Amanda Slater and Ian Hughes makes this as much a piece of photojournalism as writing: a touch that really shows the power of the commons. --InfantGorilla (talk) 22:39, 9 November 2008 (UTC)


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User:IceUnshattered

IceUnshattered is mostly active on Wikipedia. If matter is urgent, please contact her on her Wikipedia user talk.

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Welcome
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Talk:Allegations New Zealand prison guards accept bribes from prisoners

New Zealand prison needed guards from holland
A few years ago all dutch prison guards got the news that they could emigrate to the fantastic country of new zealand, everybody was curious but only one minute research on the internet learned that the prisons in new zealnd were very bad and the salary was half of the salary the guards earned in holland. New zealand prisons travelled to the other side of the world to get some personel. Too bad that there were a few people that crazy to listen. And now this article, very very sad!!!!


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Talk:Drug-resistant staph deaths surpass AIDS in the United States

How is this different from the other article? It acts like there are two completely distinct illnesses, and gives people the wrong impression. Contralya 00:49, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Which other article? Bawolff ☺☻ 01:30, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Never mind Contralya 06:30, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

how could it have killed 19 thousand total and 94 thousand only S. aureus? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.132.193.52 (talk) 21:03, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Thankfully most survived. --InfantGorilla (talk) 13:25, 10 February 2009 (UTC)


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Protesters demonstrate in front of Latter-day Saint temple in L.A.

November 13, 2008

More than 1,000 protesters showed up to demonstrate in front of the Los Angeles temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Friday, November 7, to protest the church's involvement with the passing of Proposition 8. The proposition passed with 52% support, and would amend the California constitution to ban gay marriage, which was recently made legal by court order. The temple is located in Los Angeles, California.

According to a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, the Temple grounds were vandalized by protesters, and a group of apparently non-LDS Hispanic women attempting to remove critical signs from temple grounds were attacked and beaten before police stepped in and arrested those involved. Protesters have claimed that the church's institution made small cash donations to the Proposition 8 campaign, though no evidence has yet surfaced to corroborate the claims. It appears that many members of the church (also known as Mormons) donated to the "Yes on 8" campaign.

Jeff Flint, a strategist for Yes on 8, has criticized the protest and related negative media placed on those Latter-day Saints who supported Proposition 8: "I am appalled at the level of Mormon-bashing that went on during the Proposition 8 campaign and continues to this day.  If this activity were directed against any other church, if someone put up a website that targeted Jews or Catholics in a similar fashion for the mere act of participating in a political campaign, it would be widely and rightfully condemned."

In addition to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the proposition was supported by other Christian groups, the Hispanic population of California by a slight majority, and overwhelmingly by California's African-American population. Protests have targeted these communities as well. F. Damion Barela, who had obtained a gay marriage to his husband five months ago, said, "I'm disappointed in the Californians who voted for this." In particular, he was bothered that some ethnic groups supported the ban: "To them I say, 'Shame on you because you should know what this feels like.'"

Protests of up to 20,000 people were held in other cities throughout the country in opposition to Proposition 8, and some Latter-day Saints have left the church over the matter. Several other churches have been vandalized by protesters since its passage.

Similar constitutional provisions were passed in Florida and Arizona during the election, and such provisions already exist in 27 other states, with a further 15 featuring statutory bans on same sex marriages.


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Before putting this up for review
Before putting this up for review again, I think it would be irresponsible to publish this without including the many later developments that have occured since November 7. See: Google news

Also, for our international readers, please mention what country this is taking place in, if not in the title, then certainly in the first paragraph. --SVTCobra 06:36, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * What later developments? People have been fighting against Proposition 8 since its inception, and have been speaking out against it the entire time; it seems to me that what has happened afterwards has largely been more of the same.  Jade Knight (talk) 07:43, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * By that logic it is not news in the first place. --SVTCobra 07:50, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That's ridiculous: it's news according to the L.A. Times, CBS, and several other notable sources. Jade Knight (talk) 07:51, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm simply asking you what later developments you seem to think need to be included. What would be best, of course, would be if you would be bold and add those developments yourself.  I've mentioned the Sunday protests, which seem to be the only related events that are "new" in any meaningful sense to me.  But you're welcome to add any events you think are meaningful.  Jade Knight (talk) 07:53, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I provided a link to a simple search on Google news. There are literally hundreds of stories, some just hours old. Did you miss that in my original comment? --SVTCobra 07:55, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Did you ignore the comments I just made? I added reference to the Sunday protests (i.e., from today).  If you personally happen to think some of the other stories bring up events which need to be put in here, I recommend you either be bold and add them yourself, or at least do me the courtesy of telling me which events you think need mentioning; it should be obvious that "hundreds of stories" should not all be placed within this one article.  Jade Knight (talk) 07:57, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * This seems noteworthy: Protests sweep across Calif. on post-Prop 8 Sunday. But I don't have time write it. Being bold has nothing to do with it. How about you be diligent and practice responsible journalism instead?--SVTCobra 08:02, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Next time you want to criticize me, I recommend you take a really careful look at the article's recent history, first. Do so now, please.  Jade Knight (talk) 08:09, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * My original comment — which is what we are talking about, right? — predates you adding stuff to the article by over an hour. Now, please, stop wasting by time with needless debate. --SVTCobra 10:01, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm talking about your comment made at 8:02, which entirely ignores the improvements I had made to the article before then. Please stop wasting time with needless debate.  Jade Knight (talk) 07:59, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi. My point of view, for what it may be worth, is that this news article by editor Jade Knight, on a sensitive and current societal issue, it is currently written in a balanced way, i.e. both sides position have been given a correct weigth. As an interested international reader, in spite of holding a clear position on this issue in line with proponents and defenders of Proposition 8, this valuable news article present a clear descriptive and unbiased picture of these recent events that I was not acquainted with. The article link above mentioned-suggested by editor SVTCobra contains, from my point of view, too much undue weight to anti-Propositon8 activists. Thank you. --Vilalva (talk) 16:18, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Review
This article lacks certain crucial pieces of necessary information. First, there is no mention of the fact that most of the "other Christian groups" are Evangelical. Supporters of proposition have cautiously avoided using the term in secular California media, and its absence indicates that part of this article falls in line with that point of view. For this reason, the article cannot be called a balanced work, nor journalism. There are no quotes from the L.A. Times article from No on 8 supporters, and in fact the only quotation is the most bland and least eloquent choice of points to be made. I suggest using the moderate and tempered quote from Kim Farah and the impassioned statement from Lorri Jean to provide counterpoint to Jeff Flint, who gets his own paragraph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pointofinformation (talk • contribs) 08:26, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I was having trouble finding quotes from individuals about the temple protest when writing this (instead of simply quotes about Proposition 8, which is not what this article is about). Have you found any (feel free to post them here on the talk page)?  Out of curiosity, do you have a reliable source stating what "most of the 'other Christian groups'" were?  My understanding is that there was significant support from Catholics as well as other Christian groups, and Catholicism isn't what I'd consider "Evangelical".  Jade Knight (talk) 08:45, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Title - do not move again
The Church, is "Latter Day Saints" referring to the fact that their belief is that there were multiple saints. This means that "latter-day Saint temple" is wrong. The temple belongs to the "Latter-day Saints".

I believe this is not the first time I've had to correct this. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:02, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * "Latter-day Saint" is the proper singular noun and adjective. "Latter-day Saints" is the plural noun.  To say "Latter-day Saints Temple" would be akin to saying "Jews Synagogue" or "Muslims Mosque": it is nonsensical.  And it's "Latter-day Saints", not "Latter Day Saints" (though the latter can be used to refer to the movement as a whole, and not just the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).  For more information, check out Wikipedia:Manual of Style:LDS and Wikipedia:Naming conventions:LDS; there's a good deal of information there which might help clarify.  You'll notice that they consistently use "Latter-day Saint" or "Latter Day Saint" as the adjective throughout, and never "Latter-day Saints", which, as I have pointed out, is nonsensical.  I'm not entirely sure what you mean that "their belief is that there were multiple saints", or how that relates to naming conventions.  I'm sure if you glanced over the Wikipedia style guides, however, you could learn a great deal about Latter Day Saint (referring to the movement as a whole) naming conventions.  Jade Knight (talk) 13:32, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You might also note that Wikipedia has a category called w:Category:Latter Day Saint temples, not w:Category:Latter Day Saints temples. Jade Knight (talk) 13:39, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * And, just in case Wikipedia doesn't count as a reliable source, you might notice that at the official Latter-day Saint website, they use the form "Latter-day Saint temple". Jade Knight (talk) 13:51, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

International audience
Wikinews has an international readership. It would be nice to find a place in the article to mention the country in which this is taking place. Cheers, --SVTCobra 18:04, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Categories
Why is this article in the Category:Religion, instead of it's subcategory Category:Mormonism? -- 208.81.184.4 01:43, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

SVG map
editprotected A map with the same name but in SVG format should be replaced with the current PNG version.
 * ✅--Brian McNeil / talk 08:23, 24 May 2009 (UTC)


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Strong 6.5 earthquake strikes China

November 10, 2008 According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), an earthquake with magnitude of 6.5 has struck China. Xinhua, one of China's main news agencies, reports the quake at a magnitude of 6.3.

According to the USGS, the quake was centered 55 kilometers (35 miles) East, Southeast of Da Qaidam, Qinghai province and was reported at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles). It struck at approximately 9:22 a.m local time on Monday morning.

Although there have been no immediate reports of damage or injuries, the USGS says damage in the area could be "very heavy". The shaking was felt as far away as Golmud, and Xining, where witnesses say buildings shook, but there was no damage. This is adjacent to Tibet Autonomous Region and just at the foothills of Tibetan Plateau.

The Da Qaidam region is an area of China where there are several launch sites for DF-4 nuclear missiles. At least two nuclear missiles are reported to be stored in the Da Qaidam Basin and were deployed there in 1998. Da Qaidam is one of five locations throughout China where launch sites exist. There is no word if the sites suffered any damage from the quake.

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Template talk:Howdy/content

Policies
Reviewing articles is listed as a core policy. It isn't (yet). --InfantGorilla (talk) 01:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Magic links
Having a span with the id  or   inside a tab box with an id of   (aka this template) causes magical intertab linkage. atm these links are hard coded special cases in the javascript (doing it for generic intertab link is somewhat more complicated). If you need other intertab links, talk to user:Bawolff. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:30, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

font size
Based on user feedback I have increased the font size from x-small to small. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:21, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
 * That was a good idea, it was previously difficult to read on small/medium-sized monitors. Now it looks much better. tempo divalse  23:22, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

New image
Anybody think that commons:File:Cup-o-cofee-simple.svg would look better? Calebrw (talk) 22:28, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Having tried this new image in the template, I like the effect. It feels more integrated into the presentation, giving an impression of immediate presence of a cup of coffee.  --Pi zero (talk) 01:22, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

 * I like it as well, I'd support implementing this in the template. Tempodivalse [talk]  02:47, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * agreed. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:35, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * That looks nice, but as a high-visibility template I'd sandbox a copy with that so that there's only one edit to update it and tweaks are on the copy until it is just right. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:28, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I tried it out with Preview, and I agree that it looks far better. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:53, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

 * I went ahead and changed the image, as everyone seems to agree it is better. I also made it a bit bigger to lessen the amount of whitespace underneath. Have a look. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:47, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Text
Right now the "hover" text reads: "A nice cup of coffee for while you get started." That makes sense, but I had to think about for a second. I was thinking that it would better as: :A nice cup of coffee for you while you get started." Could be just me though. Calebrw (talk) 21:59, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Hm, that was probably a typo. I've fixed it now. Tempodivalse [talk]  02:29, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Calebrw (talk) 05:41, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Welcomecreation
Looking at Special:AllMessages for a completely separate reason and ran across MediaWiki:Welcomecreation. It displays what amounts to a a copy of the old welcome template. Does anyone think that howdy should be added instead? Calebrw (talk) 05:41, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Someone else want to trial the change I've just made as well? Seems OK to me. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:36, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks good in both FF 3, IE 8 and Sarari 4 (on Windows XP). The only think I can think of is to added the -webkit CSS to the "tabbertab" class. I'll see if I can track "tabbertab" down. Calebrw (talk) 19:20, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Tried it but it didn't seem to work. See MediaWiki:Common.css's history. Cleared cache and everything. I'll take a look at the code on social bookmarks and see what's there. Calebrw (talk) 19:33, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Code should be:
 * -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 2em;
 * -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 2em;
 * Anybody have ideas? Calebrw (talk) 19:37, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks good in FF 3, IE 8 and Safari 4 (minus tabs) on Windows Vista. Calebrw (talk) 20:13, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I did a google search, according to Calebrw's edit should of fixed it. I'm currently trying to download a webkit browser to see for myself. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:42, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * What exactly does this do? Does it place the welcome template on every new account that is created? Because I like that idea, if that's what it is suppose to do. Gopher65talk 20:56, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

- I managed to download midori (which is webkit based. quite speedy too. I might consider switching from my beloved firefox) Apparently in addition to webkit not liking shorthand border radius deceleration, it also doesn't like big radii (from my understanding the css3 spec says if the radii given is too big, the browser should default to the biggest legal radii. webkit seems to default to having no border radius instead. Anyways to make a long story short, it should work now. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:36, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It does work now, but the rounded bits are too round and they don't work with the exsisting text size. Calebrw (talk) 23:20, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * How about know (do a hard refresh. note i also made some changes for moz too, but to me it looks almost identical on moz). Bawolff ☺☻ 00:44, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I concur, without taking a screenshot and doing a pixel-by-pixel comparison, they look dead on to me. Size much improved on -webkit. Calebrw (talk) 01:30, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Article creation tab
What are thoughts on having a "Write" tab on this template so every user has a dialogue box on their talk page they can start an article from?

If so, how should the template used for article creation perhaps be tweaked? --Brian McNeil / talk 11:25, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd imagine we'd want it to be pretty similiar to the new article box on the main page. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:59, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

 * I went ahead and created a new tab for the new article box. It's sort of similar to what we have on the main page right now. Feel free to change it or make improvements. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:25, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * That looks good. I suggested it after seeing a newbie set up their own subpage for article creation. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:15, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

misalign
This is a really great template, but I notice that on my snow leopard macbook, FF 3.5.3 the tabs are ever-so-slightly overhanging the right border. -  Amgine | t 14:10, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Add optional parameter
Perhaps we could add   after the end of the first page, so that users that are welcoming manually can use  to add their signature to the end of the template and not outside it? — μ 15:41, June 10 2010 (UTC)

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The Wikipedia logo used in this template is fugly. It should be changed to the official one, File:Wikipedia-logo.svg. Jon Harald Søby (talk) 20:05, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

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Talk:Strong 6.5 earthquake strikes China

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There is no such thing as a "large" earthquake. The terms are: micro, minor, light, moderate, strong, major, great, epic. At 6.5 this would be a "strong" earthquake. --SVTCobra 06:43, 10 November 2008 (UTC)