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User talk:71.243.146.13

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User talk:Aaron Winborn~enwikinews

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Long break
Thanks for coming back to contribute! Wikidsoup (talk) 20:10, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

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Hello,

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User talk:82.28.180.107

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 * Three blankings now... Frankie Roberto 09:37, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:CannotResolveSymbol

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User talk:Natterer

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User talk:Wjbean~enwikinews

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Welcome
Wikinews desperately needs more gutsy reporters; please give the project as much time as you can spare. Neutralizer 16:53, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:JessicaF

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Australian senate inquiry receives 4,000 submisions on abortion pill

January 18, 2006

The Australian Senate has been flooded with submissions into an inquiry about the possible use of the abortion drug Mifepristone (known as RU486) in Australia.

The senate committee is to consider a private members bill, introduced by a group of female senators and MPs to strip the Australian health minister of his control over the drug. If successful, the drug would then have to be approved by the Threrapeutic Goods Administration before it would be allowed to be used in Australia.

Senator Fiona Nash of the argues that the bill is not about abortion but about process. She said "What's been put forward here is who is best able to judge the quality, safety and efficacy of this particular drug and who is best able to judge whether it should be used in Australia".

Ms Nash believes that the TGA should be responsible for allowing or denying the use of drugs in Australia, not the health minister.

Lyn Elisson, leader of the said that only around 2,000 of the submissions would be considered as the remainder do not meet the senate's terms of reference. She also said "This bill is not about the morality or legality of abortion.

"It's really about whether the Minister for Health should have the power of veto over an alternative to legal surgical abortion."

National's senator Barnaby Joyce argues that all opinions should be taken into account and that the enquiry should be conducted for at least a week.

Peter Slipper, MP for the claims that the proposed legislation can not be separated from the RU486 issue. He told ABC radio "I believe it would be a negation of our responsibility if we were to flick the decision to an unelected body, an unaccountable body, such as the TGA."

It is believed that only 100 submissions are from those supporting the use of RU486.

The inquiry has received international attention with submissions from the US, New Zealand and Austria. This pill has been available for use in France since 1988, in Switzerland since 1999.


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40 Asylum seekers missing off Torres Strait

January 18, 2006

More than 40 asylum seekers are missing after fleeing the Indonesian province of Papua, bound for Australia. Coastwatch is searching the Torres Strait for the 25m boat. Four children are among the 43 people believed to be on board. The 25-metre traditional boat is believed to have left the port of Merauke, Papua, on Friday headed for Australia's Cape York peninsula.

Convenor of the Australia West Papua Association Louise Byrne says the group included some of Papua's leading independence advocates. She said they were forced to undertake the journey by boat because the usual means of escaping Papua – crossing the border into Papua New Guinea – had become increasingly difficult.

"The border has tightened up a lot in recent times," she said on ABC radio. Ms Byrne said sheer desperation had forced the group to flee Papua. "Although it hasn't been announced, I think the Indonesian Government has changed its policy and is now realising that ... autonomy isn't working and I think they're about to implement a military solution," she said.

Ms Byrne could not say whether she believed Australian authorities should prepare for an influx of asylum seekers from the region. Ms Byrne was told of the group's escape from Papua in a phone call last week. She said fears were growing for the safety of those on board the boat, which was now three days overdue.

"They're not anywhere, so I'm concerned for where they are and that's why the National Search and Rescue have started looking this morning," Ms Byrne said. "We've been spending a rather frantic weekend looking for them because it's not far across the Torres Strait," she said. "It should have taken them a maximum of 15, 16 hours."

The Australian immigration department says surveillance flights in the Torres Strait have failed to locate the boat. A department spokesman says Coastwatch surveillance flights in the Torres Strait region have been adjusted to search for the boat but it has not been sighted.

Australian Greens Senator Kerry Nettle has written to Foreign Minister Downer requesting that he make inquiries with the Indonesian Government to establish if they have intercepted the missing asylum seekers.

"I am concerned that the boat carrying West Papuan asylum seekers could have been intercepted by Indonesian authorities en route to Australia," said Senator Nettle. "If the Indonesians have intercepted this boat it would be a relief that they have not sunk at sea, but I am concerned about their fate at the hands of Indonesian authorities given recent arrests of West Papuan activists and ongoing human rights abuses.

Aboriginal communities in Cape York are being put on alert. Federal and Queensland Government authorities are monitoring the situation.


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Portal:Australia/Southern Ocean whaling season (2005-2006)

Around November, 2005, a fleet of 6 Japanese whaling ships headed for the Southern Ocean. They had a quota of 940 minke whales and 10 fin whales. Environmental activist groups Greenpeace and Sea Shepard sent ships to intercept and disrupt them. The next few months saw many confrontations on the ocean, including collisions and the use of water cannons. The three protest ships ended their action and headed home on January 23.

November 21

 * Japan to hunt 950 whales for "scientific research"
 * The Japanese whaling fleet is reportedly heading into the seas around Antarctica, drawing widespread condemnation from campaigners. Japan's fleet of six ships left the port of Shimonoseki, western Japan with a quota of 940 minke whales and 10 fin whales. Calls for the Australian government to intervene have been rejected by the environment minister, Senator Ian Campbell. Japan's whaling program, which is claimed to be for scientific purposes, is expected to kill nearly one thousand whales this season.

December 22

 * Greenpeace activists clash with Japanese whaling fleet in Southern Ocean
 * The environmental activist group Greenpeace has attempted to disrupt Japan's Southern Ocean "scientific" whaling fleet. After searching for the whaling fleet for nearly a month, the Greenpeace ships, MY Esperanza and MY Arctic Sunrise, are floating alongside the Japanese mothership in Australia's Antarctic territorial waters, directly south of Tasmania.

 * Japanese whaling ship to dock in Hobart
 * A Japanese whaling ship, the Keiko Maru, will be docking in Hobart on December 24 to transfer a sick crew member to hospital. The crew member is suffering from appendicitis. Greenpeace has called on the Australian government to prevent the ship from refuelling. The government stated it is opposed to commercial whaling, but that taking such action would be "counter-productive". Greenpeace CEO Steve Shallhorn said that it is an opportunity for Australia to demonstrate its opposition. "The Australian Government does have control over port authorities and we believe it does have the possibility to refuse to allow the ship to be refuelled," he said.

January 3

 * Southern Ocean whale slaughter to resume
 * The international environmental organisation, Greenpeace, have been shadowing a Japanese whaling fleet currently operating in the Southern Ocean in Australian Antarctic Territory. They claim a minor victory against the six-vessel fleet, saying no whales have been killed since Christmas Eve. However they expect a resumption of whaling and protest activity soon.

January 17

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

January 23

 * Greenpeace, Sea Shepherds end Southern Ocean whaling protest
 * Anti-whaling activists are heading home after a month of pestering the Japanese whaling fleet near Antarctica. With dwindling food and fuel supplies, the Greenpeace ships Arctic Sunrise and Esperanza are heading for Cape Town. The Sea Shepherd's Farley Mowat has also left the area due to a refuelling cancellation. Greenpeace say they will focus the campaign to shed light on the commercial whaling industry.

January 28

 * Anti-whaling Sea Shepherd crew detained in South Africa
 * After seven weeks in the Southern Ocean disrupting the Japanese whaling fleet, a Canadian registered anti-whaling ship, the Farley Mowat, has been detained by South African authorities. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel, it's captain Paul Watson and his crew, have been detained indefinitely. The Farley Mowat, which sailed from Melbourne, Australia on December 6, was detained in Cape Town harbour, following a request from the Canadian government. A SAMSA official said the ship did not have the required certification.


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Wikinews:Arbitration Committee elections 2006

'''Voting has closed on this election. Results are reflected on the table to the right. Due to a tie for the 5th place, 6 members have been elected to the ArbCom. See Arbitration Committee for the list of members. Plese don't add any more votes to this page.'''

The Arbitration Committee is a proposed community-elected group of users who can hold hearings in serious disputes that cannot otherwise be resolved by the community (through editing, discussions or quick, generally temporary actions by administrators).

In general, ArbCom hearings are intended to be about whether core policies like NPOV and Wikiquette are followed. The members of ArbCom can decide whether or not they want to hear a particular case brought before them through Requests for arbitration. Be aware that arbitration duty can still be rather time-intensive in complex cases, and that you will be required to recuse yourself from cases you are involved in.

The Arbitration Committee elections will be held from January 18, 2006, 20:00 UTC to January 31, 2006, 20:00 UTC. The current date and time is:  29 July.

The elections are open, and we strive for consensus. Members are elected for a term of one year. Please limit comments to an absolute minimum, to avoid division. Long comments will be removed. Anyone can be nominated. The candidates with the most support will be appointed to the 5 open seats on the committee.

In order to vote, you need to have been an active user on Wikinews for more than a month, and you must have at least 200 edits.

Craig Spurrier
I would like to nominate Craig Spurrier. He is a very diligent and calm user who maintains a cool head in disputes. I believe he will be able to examine matters brought before the ArbCom carefully and diligently. My only worry is that it takes away time from the print edition he maintains so carefully. ;-) --Eloquence 04:08, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I accept the nomination. I hope Arbitration Committee will have so little to do that it does not have any effect on the time I spend on the print edition :). Even if it does, I can always make a little bit more time for Wikinews :). --Cspurrier 14:15, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Eloquence 04:08, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) --Dčabrilo 04:54, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) vonbergm 07:29, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) IlyaHaykinson 17:39, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) MrMiscellanious (talk) – 17:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) --Deprifry|+T+ 18:09, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 20:47, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) --Brian McNeil / talk 20:49, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:55, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 10) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 03:57, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 11) Nyarlathotep 15:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 12) --Sfullenwider 01:42, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 13) Borofkin 23:21, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Oppose
212.200.135.129 04:06, 28 January 2006 (UTC) - sorry 200 edits are needed to vote Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:22, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Neutralizer 02:48, 23 January 2006 (UTC) sorry; exercises extreme favouritism->selectivity when blocking users, imo.
 * 2) International 19:51, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Ilya Haykinson
Ilya is my second nomination. He has already proven himself in mediation, but he is the kind of user who would do an excellent job in arbitration as well, especially when he doesn't have to do all the work and is assisted by the other members of the committee.--Eloquence 04:08, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I accept, thank you for the nomination. I hope that the ArbCom will be a relatively low-volume affair however, and our services would not be needed very often. -- IlyaHaykinson 17:37, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Eloquence 04:08, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) vonbergm 07:29, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Nyarlathotep 13:54, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Cspurrier 14:17, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) MrMiscellanious (talk) – 17:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) --Deprifry|+T+ 18:09, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:46, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 20:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) --Brian McNeil / talk 21:04, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 10) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 03:59, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 11) --Sfullenwider 01:42, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 12) Borofkin 23:22, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 13) Neutralizer 02:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 14) Rcameronw 08:01, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 15) International 19:49, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Natterer
Natterer is very active behind the scenes on Wikinews and follows most Wikimedia projects. Natterer is a reasonable and thoughtful wikimedian, and will surely interpret Wikinews policies fairly and accurately. Natterer will surely be no respecter of person or position as he natters to Administrators and Editors. I would like to nominate xem for the Arbitration Committee. --Chiacomo (talk) 04:36, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) --Chiacomo (talk) 04:36, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Dčabrilo 05:14, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) MrMiscellanious (talk) – 17:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:00, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 00:13, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) --Sfullenwider 01:42, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:55, 18 January 2006 (UTC) has no edits - Special:Contributions/Natterer
 * 2) International 19:48, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Comment

 * 1) Sorry for my ignorance, but what is his involvement?  Sysadmin?  I can't find him on meta either.  Nyarlathotep 15:38, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * He is very active on the Wikimedia IRC channels, and though while very informed about the events on the the wiki, he has made very few edits anywhere --Cspurrier 15:47, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm also a little bit skeptical - can we have some more details on his activities "behind the scenes on Wikinews"? - Borofkin 23:28, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * guys, apparently this is an "inside joke" for those who spend lots of time on IRC; i.e. it's not a serious nomination. Neutralizer 05:26, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * And here I was about to start theorising on the existence of a Wikinews cabal. :-) - Borofkin 05:43, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't worry; after months of analysis, I can confirm there is no cabal.:-)Neutralizer 13:25, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * There Is No Cabal This message brought to you by the Wikinews Cabal. The Wikinews cabal would also at this time, like to remind you of its lack of existence, and that the  only makes it partially evil.

Edbrown05
Edbrown05 is the only person who has more main namespace edits than I, and has been shirking his administrator duties by refusing to accept nomination, but he has accepted *this* nomination! I'm happy to nominate him for the Arbitration Committee. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:47, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1)  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:47, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) --Dčabrilo 04:54, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) vonbergm 07:30, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) MrMiscellanious (talk) – 17:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) --Deprifry|+T+ 18:09, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) --Brian McNeil / talk 20:53, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:01, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) --Sfullenwider 01:42, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) Borofkin 23:25, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 10) Neutralizer 02:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 11) Rcameronw 07:59, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 12) International 19:50, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

 * Edbrown05 is a great writer, and he very often has the right idea. However I believe his behaviour to be slightly to inconsistent for arbcomm --Cspurrier 05:21, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Chiacomo
Chiacomo has been here for long time and has learned the ropes of wikijournalism. He was always great in staying neutral and calm, dealing with confrontation, as well as being an overall good Wikinewsie. We really need people like him, who believe in Wikinews and want it to prosper. --Dčabrilo 05:21, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Dčabrilo 05:21, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Cspurrier 14:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) IlyaHaykinson 17:39, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) MrMiscellanious (talk) – 17:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) --Deprifry|+T+ 18:09, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 20:54, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) --Brian McNeil / talk 21:08, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) Eloquence 22:26, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * DragonFire1024 is Jason Safoutin 22:28, 18 January 2006 (UTC) I'm Sorry, you need to be an wikinews member for over a month to vote Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 06:37, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Cartman02au 06:39, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Nyarlathotep 15:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) --Sfullenwider 01:42, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:08, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Borofkin 23:24, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ashibaka 19:31, 27 January 2006 (UTC) - Sorry 200 edits are needed to vote Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 06:27, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Oppose
Neutralizer 04:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)sorry; does not display enough independent thinking or sound judgement for this type of position,imo, as I think this episode illustrates.

 * 212.200.135.129 04:05, 28 January 2006 (UTC) - sorry 200 edits are needed to vote Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:21, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought you just needed to be logged in to vote. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 05:24, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It says In order to vote, you need to have been an active user on Wikinews for more than a month, and you must have at least 200 edits' nothing about needing to be logged in :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 06:22, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, sorry, I was reading the rules for general polls. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 03:37, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Deprifry
Deprifry is a solid contributer who has stopped many edit war by his calm and precise comments and suggestions. The arbitration committee would greatly benefit from his ability to understand the needs of all parties in a dispute and his ability to find a good compromise. --vonbergm 16:20, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I accept. Thanks for the nomination. --Deprifry|+T+ 12:21, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) vonbergm 16:20, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) MrMiscellanious (talk) – 17:50, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 21:00, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) --Brian McNeil / talk 21:09, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Eloquence 22:25, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:01, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Nyarlathotep 10:18, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) --Cspurrier 17:52, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) --Sfullenwider 01:42, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 10) Borofkin 22:12, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 11) Edbrown05 04:16, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 12) International 19:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Elliot K
Just the one nomination here, I think Elliot is pretty much clued up on what Wikinews is, and is not. I think, if he'd accept nomination, he could contribute on issues with a view to improving the wiki. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:43, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the nomination. I am happy to accept. I'm also an Indymedia admin, so am aware of issues related to online organisng, and participatory media. I'll give it a go! Cheerx--elliot_k 04:16, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Nyarlathotep 15:31, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) --Brian McNeil / talk 16:02, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) vonbergm 18:00, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) --Deprifry|+T+ 23:50, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) --Sfullenwider 01:42, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Borofkin 23:26, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) Neutralizer 02:34, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) Rcameronw 07:58, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) International 19:54, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Bawolff
Has been around since March 2005 and highly active in recent weeks. Good user who will be diligent and useful on the ArbCom, I think.--Eloquence 22:35, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Eloquence 22:35, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 00:14, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Cartman02au 06:40, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Nyarlathotep 10:15, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Brian McNeil / talk 12:57, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) vonbergm 18:00, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) --Deprifry|+T+ 18:14, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) --Cspurrier 17:53, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) --Sfullenwider 01:42, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 10) Borofkin 23:26, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 11) Neutralizer 02:35, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 12) --TUFKAAP 04:27, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 13) Rcameronw 07:59, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 14) International 19:55, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Comment
Not a registered user but I'll comment. Why the hell does he include that damned annoying smiley in every signature? 65.27.76.238 11:25, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Because I want people to be happy (: I accept this nomination. Thank you for nominating me, Eloquence --Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:00, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It fails on me. The image fills me with rage. 65.27.76.238 02:48, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * That's... somewhat odd. .  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 03:03, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * ditto MrM's comment. Neutralizer 03:21, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Eloquence
I am in a medical facility where my computer access is limited but little needs to be said re; Eloquence. but I find him to be clear thinking and even tempered.Paulrevere2005 20:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Thank you, Paul, but I must decline the nomination. I simply do not have the time to serve as an arbitrator in this cycle. Maybe next year.--Eloquence 22:24, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 21:01, 18 January 2006 (UTC) very insightful contributer

vonbergm
My second nomination. From reviewing his edits I find him to be clear thinking and even tempered. Paulrevere2005 20:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I would like to kindly decline the nomination. --vonbergm 21:11, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Nyarlathotep
My final nomination. From reviewing his edits I find him to be clear thinking and even tempered. Paulrevere2005 20:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I must decline, I'm spending 15 hours per week in French classes, in addition to normal work & life, so I won't have so much time. Nyarlathotep 10:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

the bellman
Probably would be the best Arbcom. member of all. Has been around since January 20,2005. Has served successfully as mediator and is the personification of impartial objectivity, I think. I haven't asked him for fear he'll say no; but hopefully he can be "drafted" with enough support. Neutralizer 03:01, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I feel very flattered but honestly do not have enough time to serve. I still do read wikinews regularly but don't really have time to help out other than occasional vandal blocking. Sorry, and best of luck to you all. ~The bellman | Smile 07:34, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:12, 23 January 2006 (UTC) He's been around for ever. He was the person who first ed me.
 * 2) Neutralizer

Oppose

 * 1) Oppose. Nothing against him, but rarely is online enough for us to have him as a member of the committee, which may need to congregate quickly (within 24 hours) on certain occasions.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 03:10, 23 January 2006 (UTC)


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Wikinews talk:Arbitration Committee elections 2006

Once this kind of thing gets rolling... it won't go away. -Edbrown05 04:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Right. Will you accept a nomination Edbrown05? -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:34, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey wait, I'm not sold. (interupted my thought!) -Edbrown05 04:40, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The anarchy that is news, this is not an encyclopedia. I guess that is all I had to say, yeah, I'll accept nomination. -Edbrown05 04:44, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

This is not an encyclopedia, but the disputes are surprisingly similar: What is an NPOV title? What is disruptive behavior towards other users? Ed, the current practice is that individual admins are forced to make controversial choices -- or that we end up with silly, uncoordinated votes, or that we do nothing. Believe me, if after a month or two, I'm convinced that the ArbCom isn't working, then I will get fully behind getting rid of it, and I'm sure others will join me as well. But I'd like to at least give it a try.--Eloquence 04:52, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Is there any particular target here besides Neutralizer? -Edbrown05 06:21, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't see a community problem. -Edbrown05 06:28, 18 January 2006 (UTC) If that's it, thank goodness. -Edbrown05 06:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Who is a problem here at wikinews.... answering myself ... nobody .... so why should we change the rules? -Edbrown05 06:45, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

 * in capitalization: WHY DOES WIKINEWS NEED ARBCOM? -Edbrown05 06:48, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm serious about that, what, for one individual? -Edbrown05 06:52, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

In the interest of not tearing open old wounds, I'd like to avoid talking about too many specific cases, but there have certainly been conflicts in the past where an ArbCom could have been helpful - if only by indicating that it considers a case not worthy to be heard. There have been huge edit wars between certain users, a major conflict between me and another user, and so forth. I think we all feel that it's best if the ArbCom has nothing to do, of course - and if we solve our problems without resorting to some kind of "community court". But I do think that such a system existing could, in many cases, be a way to avoid extreme escalation.--Eloquence 15:08, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

 * As we grow, there will probaly be more and more cases. news is a controversial subject. But currently is mostly Neutralizer. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:59, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


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Gore criticizes use of unwarranted domestic wiretaps

January 18, 2006

In a forceful speech Monday, former Vice President Al Gore criticized the use of unwarranted domestic wiretaps by the National Security Agency.

Gore called the wiretapping program, which the White House insists is vital to the defense of America, "a threat to the very structure of our government" and urged the Attorney General to appoint a special counsel for investigation into the matter. He additionally recommended Congress to hold comprehensive hearings and for telecommunications companies who are assisting in the program to stop doing so, and suggested the administration is using the threat of terrorism as a means to amass power in the executive branch.

"Is America in more danger now than when we faced worldwide fascism on the march - when our fathers fought and won two World Wars simultaneously?" He added, "Once violated, the rule of law is in danger. Unless stopped, lawlessness grows. The greater the power of the executive grows, the more difficult it becomes for the other branches to perform their constitutional roles."

The Republican National Committee responded to Gore's statements, saying, "Al Gore's incessant need to insert himself in the headline of the day is almost as glaring as his lack of understanding of the threats facing America." They continued, "While the president works to protect Americans from terrorists, Democrats deliver no solutions of their own, only diatribes laden with inaccuracies and anger."

On Tuesday, White House press secretary Scott McClellan also responded, saying that the Clinton administration had authorized an FBI search of double agent Aldrich Ames without a warrant. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales made similar remarks earlier. Regarding Gore, McClellan said, "I think his hypocrisy knows no bounds."

Opponents of the wiretapping program say this is an inaccurate comparison. On Monday's edition of Larry King Live, New York Times reporter James Risen said that "under the rules at that time the Attorney General could authorize a warrantless physical search of a house. After the Ames case," he added, "Congress changed that and closed that loophole and so that now that kind of search couldn't be done under the law."

Responding to the White House and Attorney General's comments, Gore said, "The Attorney General is making a political defense of the President without even addressing the substantive legal questions that have so troubled millions of Americans in both political parties. There are...problems with the Attorney General's effort to focus attention on the past instead of the present Administration's behavior. [As] others have thoroughly documented, his charges are factually wrong. Both before and after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was amended in 1995, the Clinton/Gore Administration complied fully and completely with the terms of the law."


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Talk:Gore criticizes use of unwarranted domestic wiretaps

As this is the longest article I've started so far, I'd really like to ensure it being NPOV. If there are parts that are not, I'd like advice on avoiding that in the future. Also, I don't have any particular connection to this title so I encourage other options if people deem that important. --LoganCale 05:48, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

How about "Gore criticized the use of unwarranted domestic wiretaps"? It's really softer than "accuses Bush of breaking law", but indicates the story is about the wiretaps, making it a bit more neutral. Karen 16:31, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * "Gore criticizes use of unwarranted domestic wiretaps" sounds good to me. --LoganCale 16:43, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Uncharacteristic/Characteristic
I had started the article "In an uncharacteristically forceful speech Monday..." but it was recently changed to "In a characteristically forceful speech Monday..." I used "uncharacteristically" as... well, it was uncharacteristically forceful. He's usually a more placid, wooden speaker and that wasn't the case with this speech. If this is disputed, however, I suggest just removing that altogether and starting it "In a forceful speech Monday..." or something of the sort. --LoganCale 16:51, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I removed "characteristically" until a third party can offer a suggestion as I don't believe it to be factually correct. --LoganCale 17:23, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * LoganCale, the use of adverbs like "(un)characteristically" on wikinews is quite difficult. Although often (as for example in this case), good arguments can be made to support its use, you will find that in practice you will not be able to achieve concensus on these kind of questions as they are too subtle to be explained in one sentence and too easily boykotted by people with "entrenched idiologies". So while it will be difficult to achieve consensus on "uncharacteristically", it is an easy to see that "characteristically" is factually wrong. IMO editing out the word altogether is the most sensible solution (given certain shortcomings of wikinews). --vonbergm 19:27, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I had figured that may be the case when I wrote it but left it in to see what other people thought as I liked the sound of it. It's no great loss to have it removed, however, and I think it works well without it.  --LoganCale 19:33, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

factually wrong
The last edit by MrM introduced many factual inaccuracies. I recommend it being reverted. I am happy to give examples if there is the need, but they are easy to pick out by anyone who read the sources. --vonbergm 19:10, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I guess that concern got addressed, thanks. --vonbergm 19:30, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Editing out information
I don't really see why it was necessary to edit out large portions of the article. They did not violate NPOV, were not redundant and added to the overall coverage of the speech. Comparing the new and the old version, I believe that the old version reflected the content of the speech much more accurately.

Bottom line: Please explain why you think that the new version reflects the speech more accurately than the old version. --vonbergm 19:58, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Some of the things he said weren't directly related to the wiretap situation, so I found them irrelevent to include. If you have specific concerns, I'll be happy to respond.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:59, 18 January 2006 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Australian discussion/archive2

Australia Portal (or whatever we call it)
I've made some changes to the Australia page. This page now shows published Australian articles and also developing Australian articles, so if you're not interested in anything else you can just look at this page. - Borofkin 03:08, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, looks nice. :) I've seen some good Aussie news stories here recently, thanks very much to those writing, and keep up the good work. -- Simeon 01:23, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Should there be some effort to harness photographers ?

 * Just wondering (thought perhaps this belongs in a different area). In any case I am happy to shoot anything in the lower north shore area or supply some "themed" shots under CC if needed. - SirFlakey @ 26 September 2005
 * Definitely we need photographers. For example, this article could have used a picture of a petrol price sign, but no-one got around to taking it. And this one could have used any picture of a CityRail train. - Borofkin 00:38, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Rightio - I'll add an area to my gallery site for this purpose (or maybe use the commons ? not sure yet), speed is somewhat an issue with news so I'll need to think how the request->photo process can be made efficient. Obviously if just *any* photo of a petrol price sign we could use things such as the "Stock Exchange site. -- SirFlakey 12:33, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The pictures are most convenient to use if they are on Commons - that way they can be used in Wikinews and Wikipedia articles by just adding a tag. Remember that you have to license the pictures under one of the licenses acceptable to Commons. - Borofkin 23:59, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Volunteer photographers

 * SirFlakey -- Sydney
 * Simeon -- inner Melbourne, best at weekends.

Protest this Saturday in Sydney
There is a protest this Saturday in Belmore Park, opposite Central. Is anyone going along? http://www.stopwarcoalition.org/ - Borofkin 22:47, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Google News & RSS/CSS feed
I was just wondering why wikinews never appears on http://news.google.com/ it would increase traffic significantly especially with some of the quality reporting going on here and so would adding the RSS feed to the australian site. Adding the css to forums has been touted on as being a great way of increasing traffic and its on the main page so why not get one for australia? It saves alot of time for people who dont have time to be hanging around wiki all day.--Whywhywhy 02:33, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * It appeared at one point, but then it stopped. I'm not sure what Google's criteria is for inclusion of a source. There has been discussion about Google News on the water cooler in the past, you may want to do a search there. - Borofkin 04:19, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Google wishes for a fixed version of articles to be available before allowing WN articles to appear, due to worries regarding vandalism, misinformation. Since this is specific to wiki-based news (they do not mind updates by bloggers and other news sources) one has to assume they're afraid of the wikiness of the site. - User:Amgine (not logged in...)

Quite a week
It's been a solid week for Aussie articles. Not a bad job at all, especially the original reporting ones....

 * Multiple bomb threats in Sydney 'nothing more than a hoax' (Original reporting)
 * Australian House of Representatives grows heated over industrial relations legislation (Original reporting)
 * Sydney residents protest anti-terror laws (Original reporting)
 * Anti-terror amendments to be rushed through Australian parliament because of new 'potential threats' (Original reporting)
 * Australian Treasury related agencies spend 17000 AUD on massages in 2004 (Original reporting)
 * Opposing a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory
 * ASIO settle out of court, wrongful detention case
 * Makybe Diva wins the Melbourne Cup
 * Australian Foreign Affairs Minister denies knowledge of Guantanamo abuse allegations

- Borofkin 00:18, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Anti-war and civil rights protest tommorrow
I'm probably going to go along to the Sydney event. There are gatherings in most capital cities. Have a look at the Stop The War Coalition website for more information. If anyone is going, have a think about taking a camera or tape recorder (or even just a notebook) and doing a bit of original reporting. - Borofkin 00:31, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Australian government media releases
You can get get government media releases by email here: http://www.australia.gov.au/media - Borofkin 21:35, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

11 November anniversary
I am just starting in this wiki project so please allow me some newbie tolerance :-) I have started to develop an article on the anniversary of the Whitlam sacking at: Thirtieth anniversary of Australia's constitutional crisis --AYArktos 21:10, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
 * It looks good so far. You're doing much better than most newbies. :-) - Borofkin 22:48, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I have just reverted an "NPOV" addition that in my opinion was the opposite of NPOV. On this subject few people take Pilger seriously. His comments and Boyce's alleged role were entirely neglected by the mainstream media yesterday.  This article was about the anniversary, not the event itself.  --AYArktos 19:46, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Need help with some original reporting
I have a number of sources to follow up regarding this article: Australian government accused of hypocrisy over World Court statement. If there is anyone who wants to help by ringing people and conducting phone interviews, please leave a message on my talk page. - Borofkin 00:31, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Industrial Relations Action - November 15
If anyone is interested in helping out with reporting for the actions on November 15, please leave a note here. There is more information at the ACTU website. You don't need to be going to the main rally in Sydney, reporting or pictures from one of the hookup sites would be excellent. - Borofkin 05:45, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I will see what I can do in Canberrra - I don't promise but if I get a chance I will contribute--AYArktos 07:33, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
 * [[Image:2005-11-15_IR_reform_protests_Melbourne_01.jpg|thumb]] How's this? More available, but this gave the best impression of the number of people there (lots!) 2005-11-15 Australian Industrial Relations reform protests in Melbourne, from within Flinders Street Station looking towards the speakers at Federation Square. Josh Parris 23:52, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Hundreds of thousands rally in Australia against IR legislation
Fine work so far on this article. Congratulations to everyone who has contributed. - Borofkin 05:50, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

This was a perfect example of the power of the Wiki. Everybody collaborated well, and worked with each other on the talk page to sort out disagreements. A fine effort... well done to Elliot K, CitizenBruce, Josh Parris, Whywhywhy, BenAveling, and numerous anonymous contributors. - Borofkin 01:35, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Portal:Australia
is it just me or does the last story published keep sitting in the development section--Whywhywhy 10:04, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * If you mean the article you just wrote, no. That story is on top of the latest news. --Deprifry|+T+ 10:06, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

not in my brower and i keep perging before my article it was Rumsfeld's Australia visit sparks protests and i noticed it a while ago with another article. i use firefox.--Whywhywhy 13:04, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Hmm, me too. Did you try purging this way? --Deprifry|+T+ 13:29, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

yes i did but i have now reset my computer and the problem has stoped for now.--Whywhywhy 22:48, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Wackynews gone?
where did it go?--Whywhywhy 11:38, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Where has it dissapeared from? There is still Category:Wackynews. - Borofkin 23:21, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

didnt it use to be on the australian page--Whywhywhy 01:45, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

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Australian Wheat Board inquiry begins

January 20, 2006

An inquiry began this week in Sydney into whether Australian companies paid bribes to Saddam Hussein during the UN Oil-for-food programme.

The inquiry was set up by Prime Minister John Howard, after allegations last year that the Australian Wheat Board paid US$220m in bribes to the Iraqi government. The terms of reference of the inquiry are restricted to the AWB and two other companies.

title: Australian Wheat Board inquiry begins


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Missing asylum seekers found off Cape York

January 18, 2006

Australia's coastwatch has found a missing boat which with more than 40 passengers after it had left Indonesia's Papua province, reportedly bound for Australia.

Initial reports say the vessel has been spotted off Cape York, three days after it was reported missing. The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) says the boat was carrying people who left for security reasons as a campaign against Indonesian rule of the Melanesian province continues.

Any application for possible asylum can only be submitted to the Australian authorities if they reach the Australian mainland. Australia operates a detention centre in Nauru to process people intercepted at sea while trying to reach Australia illegally.

The AWPA said the group had been forced to flee Papua by boat because the usual way of leaving the province — by crossing the eastern border into Papua New Guinea — had been made more difficult by increased surveillance. "No one (has) come from West Papua in boats before like this, seeking political asylum," said a spokesperson for AWPA.

Fears for the safety of the asylum-seekers mounted over the weekend after the group failed to turn up on Australia's Cape York Peninsula after leaving Papua's Merauke port on Friday morning.

The group had reportedly been making the 250 kilometre journey across the Torres Strait in a 25-metre traditional boat.

"A vessel fitting the information reported was located by Coastwatch at about 2pm at Cape York," an immigration department spokeswoman told AFP.

Customs and government officials were on their way to meet the boat, she added.


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Heavy selling leads to shortened session at Tokyo stock exchange

January 18, 2006

Heavy selling in internet firm livedoor sparked a sharp selloff in Japanese stocks Wednesday. The exchange had to shorten the trading session as the number of transactions threatened to exceed the system capacity. The Tokyo stock exchange has a capacity to handle 4.5 million trades per day.

Wednesday's trading problems have added to recent woes with the trading system at the exchange. A glitch halted trading for almost a full day late last year. Tokyo stock exchange plans to offer its own shares for listing.

Prosecutors raided the Tokyo offices of livedoor on Monday, following allegations the company had violated Japanese securities laws. livedoor has denied that the company broke market rules by giving misleading information to shareholders. Shares in the company dived on Tuesday, dragging the overall index lower. One of Japan's best known internet companies, livedoor has grown rapidly through a series of takeovers and stock splits before Tuesday's share price fall.


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Eurozone initiative to challenge US internet technology dominance

January 18, 2006

Quaero is being termed eurozone's response to the US-based internet search giants such as Google, Yahoo and MSN. The project includes the French and German governments along with a host of European technology companies such as Thomson, France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom. It is scheduled to be submitted to France's Agency of Industrial Innovation later this month. The agency which has a budget of €2 billion ($2.41 billion) hasn't specified how much of this money will be spent on Quaero.

President Jacques Chirac announced the launch of Quaero during the French-German ministerial conference in April of last year. It is the latest in a series of initiatives by the Europeans to compete with US dominance in technology. Europe launched the Galileo satellite navigation system last month aimed at rivaling a similar system already available in the US. French broadcasters are also planning an international television network, CFII aimed at presenting the French view on world events. The network is slated to begin broadcasting in French and English to Europe, the Middle East and Africa sometime next year.

Designers hope that Quaero will be the world's most advanced multimedia search engine to locate and translate video and audio over the internet. A pretty ambitious goal even by the admission of people involved "Yes, it's highly ambitious," said Jean-Luc Moullet, who oversees the Quaero project at Thomson. "There's nothing to compare it to."

However details remain scant and mostly shrouded in secrecy. None of the key players has commented on cost and last week, Thomson, removed access to the page on its corporate web site devoted to Quaero and instructed its executives not to give any interviews for the project.

Most industry experts remain skeptical and fear that the program would be costly and unwieldy to administer and would produce no tangible commercial advances. "I'm not too confident that Quaero will be able to produce anything that the private sector isn't already offering or will develop on its own in the future," said John Lervik, chief executive of Fast Search & Transfer, a Norwegian software company that provides search solutions to businesses for data stored on their corporate networks.


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South African Presidency defends deputy president's holiday trip

January 20, 2006

The South African Presidency today denied that it had been inconsistent with its explanations and defense of a holiday trip undertaken by the South African deputy president, Phumzila Mlambo-Ngcuka, during December last year, which was funded by the state.

Mlambo-Ngcuka, who was appointed as deputy president of South Africa after the previous deputy president, Jacob Zuma, was removed from the position following allegations of fraud and corruption, undertook the controversial holiday trip to the United Arab Emirates aboard a state-owned Falcon 900 National Defense Force jet during the December holidays last year. When the facts surrounding the trip became known in early January it was criticized by a wide range of critics, including the country's leading opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the largest alliance of trade unions, COSATU. The cost of fuel alone for the use of the jet is said to amount to approximately R400,000 (at least $67,000). The total cost to the state and the South African taxpayers for the deputy president's holiday trip amounts to as much as R700,000 (at least $116,000).

The deputy president has indicated that whilst the trip was a private holiday trip, it had also been undertaken for work purposes and that she had visited projects in the UAE that she had had an interest in. The deputy president's children and the wife of Social Development cabinet minister Zola Skweyiya had accompanied her on the trip.


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Talk:Eurozone initiative to challenge US internet technology dominance

"Quaero"ing, what the f&%$?
Will "Quaero"ing replace Googling as the favorite way to surf the internet? That seems to be what the europeans are hoping for.

 * What all of us? Yes last night I couldn't get to sleep as all I could think about was Quaero.  Come on people we can do better then that!

2 Billion?
Err, even if that agency spent all of its 2 billion on "Quaero", Google is worth over $82 billion (more than Time-Warner)...doesn't sound like Europe will be a threat for a *long* while. 68.42.73.85 13:22, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Perspective missing....
I admit, I think the article in its current form is missing some perspective. One angle to the story is that this project was initiated to compensate the perceived threat to euro culture by predominantly US based search engines. The concern is that information closer to european cultures can be better disseminated by euro search engine.

NPOV
This article is in need of cleaning up in adherence to the NPOV policy. This article portrays "Quaero" in a positive light, has a poor choice of writing tone (questions in the article), and does not provide sources for "That seems to be what the europeans are hoping for." in response to "dominating Google". This article should be dual-tagged, one for NPOV and one for Cleanup (for the reasons above). --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 17:25, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Looks a lot better guys, thanks. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:08, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Interwikis to add
ES interwiki has to be updated to El gobierno francés lanza el buscador Quaero como respuesta a la dominación estadounidense en el sector

You can also add RU interwiki: Европейская поисковая машина «Quaero». Hégésippe | ±Θ± 20:26, 26 December 2006 (UTC)