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José Azcona, former president of Honduras, dies at 74

October 25, 2005

José Simón Azcona del Hoyo, ex-President of Honduras, died of a heart attack Monday. He was 74.

Azcona was President of Honduras from 1986 to 1990 and well-known as US government ally. He supported the Contra rebel groups that fought the left-wing Sandinista government in neighboring Nicaragua. He once called upon the US government to send troops to battle the Nicaraguan army, which had crossed the border to follow the Contras based in Honduras.

Despite his country's reputation for a high level of corruption, Azcona was known one of cleanest politicians according to Reuters.

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Australian PM says proposed Anti-Terror Laws are Constitutional

October 25, 2005

John Howard has dismissed the claims made by the Queensland's Solicitor General that the Federal Government's proposed anti-terror laws could be unconstitutional. He has also come under criticism for planning to introduce the laws on Melbourne Cup Day, a day when most Australian’s will be paying attention to a Horse Race, and not politics.

In an unusual move, the government will compel an instantaneous debate on the legislation, giving the opposition 10 minutes to scrutinize the draft laws rather than the usual fortnight.

Opposition homeland security spokesman Arch Bevis told The Age newspaper "This is an extraordinary abuse of power, the likes of which I don't think anyone would remember,"

"John Howard now has control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and if he wants to use his power in an arrogant, bloody-minded way we don't have the numbers to stop him."

Earlier today Queensland’s Peter Beattie told ABC Radio that the Prime Minister's proposals could face legal challenges. Other State Premiers are seeking their own legal advice, with only the Western Australian Premier also raising similar concerns

John Howard told ABC’s World Today “The advice we have is that these laws are constitutional. There's never been any doubt raised by our legal advisers”.

The Prime Minister added he would be willing to talk through the issue with the State Premiers. Agreeing this morning that the solicitor-generals from the states will consult along with the national equivalent to work through these issues.

The QLD Premier who supports the principles of the bill told ABC radio “I'm not interested in making this a public issue, or pursuing some sort of silly public debate. What I'm interested in is resolving these issues, ensuring that we actually protect Australia, protect the nation, and protect Australians as well. That's why we've insisted on a public interest monitor. Any of these legal issues we will deal with and we'll deal with them sensibly.

Independent supporters of the bill are urging the government to push ahead. Neil James from the Australia Defense Association says that the legal precedents recognized during World War I and World War II would indicate that most of the reasonably contentious provisions would be constitutional.

However Constitutional lawyer John Williams says that judges and magistrates could argue that the proposed laws undermined judicial independence. Dr Williams believes a High Court challenge to the laws was almost inevitable.

Telling ABC Radio that "I could not see that this legislation could operate for long without a challenge being made,"

The Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley calling on Mr Howard to exercise vigilance as it would exasperate Australian taxpayers if people mistakenly subjected to his anti-terror laws were then paid thousands of dollars in damages.

Interviewed by Melbourne’s Herald Sun Newspaper, he said, "You have to, when you are introducing laws like this, make absolutely certain there are checks and balances in it."

Mr Beazley also says that the Anti-Terror Laws aren’t the action the Government could be taking to protect Australians..

"We have yawning gaps, yawning holes in the protection of the Australian people."

He cited Australia's coastal borders as being unprotected, with habitual illegal fishing incursions, a sign of the country's vulnerabilities

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"Hondulas"?
Shouldn't the title and body read Honduras, not Hondulas? --Moonty 13:40, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Innocent?
It says that this guy is one of the cleanest politicians there, but it also says that he sided with the Contras. The Contras massacred peasants. If it is indeed true that he was innocent of these crimes, we need to elaborate on those two things. How is he not guilty of things that happened on his watch? --Aciel 04:12, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I understand "not corrupted" as "he had (almost) nothing to do with bribery. Political corruption means generally a person is far from bribery, election flauds, power abusing, not from his mistakes or wrong politics. cleanness in this meaning doesn't mean "innocence".
 * If you aren't satisfied with wording, you can change it. Also your expansion is welcome. Thanks. --Aphaia 04:47, 26 October 2005 (UTC)


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Sunni leader claims Iraq vote was a "farce"

October 25, 2005 Saleh al-Mutlaq, spokesman for the National Dialogue Council, says his Sunni group does not accept the referendum report because; "We feel that this constitution is illegitimate and the referendum was not done in a correct way; therefore we want the referendum to be repeated in four provinces at least."

Al-Mutlaq also called the referendum "a farce" and said that government forces stole ballot boxes full of "no" votes in the mostly Sunni-Arab provinces. He claimed that 80 percent said "no" in Mosul, the provincial capital of Ninevah where the outcome of the election was held in balance. "We believe that the results have been forged in Mosul, Diyala and most southern Iraqi governorates," Al-Mutlaq said.

Another Sunni politician, Hussein al-Falluji, called on the United Nations to intervene. He said, "Violence is not the only solution, if politics offers solutions so that we can move in that direction. But there is very little hope that we can make any gains in the elections." Falluji echoed concerns that Sunnis disaffected by the vote may join the insurgency inside Iraq.

However, Farid Ayar of Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission said before reading the official vote outcome that, "Whatever the results of the referendum are ... it is a civilized step that aims to put Iraq on the path of true democracy."

Iraq officials reported that 97 percent of voters in the predominately Sunni province of al-Anbar and 82 percent of voters in Salaheddin province rejected the constitution. The 55 percent "no" vote in Ninevah was short of the 66 percent that would have defeated the referendum.

Shortly before the vote, the largest Sunni political party, the Iraqi Islamic Party, agreed to lend some support to the referendum in return for the inclusion of an option to amend the document. Lawmakers are to convene a body to consider further changes to the constitution before the new National Assembly vote in December.

Sunni sects account for nearly 20 percent of the country’s population. Their large turnout for the referendum vote is in contrast to the low participation they showed in the January election which established the interim government.


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Where are the demonstrations?
I used to think Aussies had balls; ah, but we used to have them too. Those were the days,my friend. Neutralizer 14:35, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Australia never had balls
i was going to say that i agree, Australia used to have balls. but upon recent research i have found that for many years now Australia has been nothing more than a puppet for the Washington Administration. Prime minster John Howard seems to enjoy nothing more than cosying up to George W. Bush. In early 2004 Australia signed up to the Washington Administations weapons defence system. Australia whillingly sent troops to Vietnam. We have been there for the U.S. every step of the way....
 * You're right. As a Kiwi and also a SE-Asian I've known that for a long. Australia has always mistakenly thought they could be the US's big buddy South East Asian policeman unfortunetely they don't seem to realise SEA don't want them or the US, and are not going to stand for their excessive interference. Nor do they realise that the US doesn't see them as anymore then another pawn which will be thrown away without a seconds thought when no longer useful.
 * I mean this is the same Australian public who didn't seem to care one single bit that Johnny boy outright lied to them in the 2001 election about immigrants throwing children off boats. I'm also quite surprised how happy/excited most Aussies (and to be fair, Kiwis) are with the FTA which gives a lot to the US, but ignores the things that matter to Australia like agriculture. Nil Einne 18:21, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

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Pentagon announces 2,000th U.S. military death

October 25, 2005

An announcement today by the Pentagon named Staff Sgt. George T. Alexander as the two thousandth soldier killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Sgt. Alexander, 34, died from injuries inflicted by a improvised explosive device on October 17 this year. The explosive targeted the vehicle he was travelling in through Samarra, a central Iraqi town.


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A news site?
This is a new site to me, and I cannot find the referenced article with a quick search of it. I have moved it back to develop because it was the same IP as posted the earlier new story to that. Someone who knows the welcome process want to give the user a hint or three? Brianmc 20:03, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Done that. I hope he listens. But I do get the impression that the articles are advertisment for the website listed as source. --Deprifry | +T+ 20:12, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Same suspicion as me then. :-) Hence rewriting it and commenting out the source.  I suspect the site has copyvios of its own, the vague make-your-eyes-glaze-over statement up front may not even be compatible with CC. Brianmc 20:28, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

title change?
i feel it's missing the fact that this is about deaths in iraq. Boneyard 08:07, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps "in Iraq" could be added at the end? - Apollyon 09:45, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * How about Pentagon announcement marks 2,000th military forces death in Iraqi conflict? If you like it, change to it. Brianmc 10:03, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, the current title is simple and sufficient. If these headlines need to be explicit though, it could be renamed Pentagon announces 2,000th U.S. military death since the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.  Hall Monitor 17:26, 27 October 2005 (UTC)


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I noticed there was no date as to when Rosa Parks died, which was one of the first things I looked for. So I looked at the CNN article and added the date in the opening sentence. Just a changelog update.

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Why are there no votes statistics given for the controversial province of Nineveh? -Edbrown05 23:29, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Oops, missed it. -Edbrown05 03:37, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

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Google announces new database service on blog

October 26, 2005

On Monday, Google published on their blog that they are testing a new product named Google Base, in which users will be able to upload their own articles to a database. This allegedly will complement the current services offered by Google.

Examples of contributions may include recipes, scientific findings, and other pieces of information one may wish to share. Several news agencies are reporting that Google Base will be used for classified ads. According to the Google Base website, which was made inaccessible to the public after a few hours, both were examples of entries you could post.

Google Base is expected to be a major competitor of craigslist, which is partly owned by eBay.


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Japan likely to change law to allow female heirs to the throne

October 26, 2005 Japanese media reported that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi suggested yesterday that the government would submit a draft to the Diet to rewrite the Imperial Household Act within the next year. This is in response to a board of experts who have been investigating the succession issue.

The experts' Board on the Imperial Household Act, personally appointed by the Prime Minister, reached an agreement on the issue that an Empress should be accepted. Implementation of their recommendations would mean that succession to the highest position in Japanese society would occur without a gender bias.

At the present time, the Japanese imperial household has no male member under the age of 20; present law only allows male descendants to ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne. The proposed solution would put Princess Aiko, the sole child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako in place as the most likely to inherit the position of monarch, following behind would be Princess Sayako who will leave the Imperial Household due to her planned marriage with a commoner.

Present law in Japan defines the succession as favouring male children; the last time the country had an Empress was in 1771, when Empress Go-Sakuramachi abdicated to her nephew.

Despite the fact that there is precedent for an Empress, some scholars have suggested family members who previously broke ties with the recognised royal family following the end of World War II should be considered for the succession, opening up the field of candidates even more. The group of scholars proposing this solution have stressed that their solution is aimed at maintaining the tradition of a male heir.


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First beta of Windows API 'Wine' released

October 27, 2005

After 12 years of work, the first beta version of Wine (WINE = Wine Is Not an Emulator), entitled "version 0.9", has been released today.

Wine is a free software implementation of Microsoft's Win32 API. This means that it enables non-Microsoft operating systems to run software that was written for Microsoft's operating systems. Wine is not just a simple emulator, but a complete rewrite of the whole Windows API and standard libraries (DLL's).

Written by a community of developers, which includes some companies whose businesses are based on it, Wine runs on POSIX compliant operating systems such as GNU/Linux and Unix-based operating systems. Wine allows a user of one of these operating systems to run Windows applications without having a copy of Microsoft Windows.

As the beta term suggests, more work is expected before the final release is made. The pre-release status of the software has not prevented some from using it for years to run a wide range of software, including modern games, office software, and news reading applications.

Wine is seen by advocates as an important tool for enabling people to migrate generally away from Microsoft's Windows operating system, or specifically to free software operating systems such as GNU/Linux and FreeBSD. If a piece of software that is important to a person or business is only available for Microsoft Windows, it can tie that person or business to using Microsoft Windows. Software such as Wine can free people of such ties (sometimes termed "vendor lock-in").

Wine is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License. This means that the software can be freely used and redistributed, and its source code can be studied, modified, and redistributed. It can also be integrated into software that does not grant these freedoms (proprietary software).

There are no direct competitors to Wine. The two most related software packages are VMware and Win4Lin, but neither is free software, and both require that a copy of Microsoft Windows is installed. Rather than working as an emulator, they allow for more than one operating system to be run simultaneously.

Two related products that are based on Wine are CrossOver Office and Cedega. Each is the flagship product of a company, CodeWeavers focusing on office and TransGaming Technologies focussing on games emulation, respectively.

While neither product is entirely free software, CodeWeavers do contribute their modifications to the Wine software back to the Wine community.


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News?
I've moved this back to develop rather than adding a notnews tag. Personally I think Wine is obscure — as far as the general public is concerned. However, if fleshed out I think it could be news; it would have to include details about commercial competitors, and a gentle introduction to what open source is. Brianmc 09:40, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * While Wine is somewhat obscure this is a major release of an important  linux program. While I agree this tory needs work, I do not believe we need to mention its competitors. The story is about Wine being released, unless someone wants to include the fact the new CrossOver Office was also released, the story should just be about the event that is news. --Cspurrier 15:35, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * My concern was that most people, even those who are computer savvy enough to have heard of Linux, may well not have heard of the project. They may, on the other hand, have heard of some of the other projects that give Windows environments on a non-Windows OS.  Admittedly, I'm not familiar enough with Wine to come up with a good description that is accurate.  The revision currently in place reads well, but are there any other categories it can be added to?  I suppose a country or continent is out of the question as it is an OSS project that may have contributors from all over the world.  (Yes, you can interpret that as me having no objection to it being published, I'm sure it was a lot of work to get where they are and they deserve some press.)
 * As a final thought, how about listing some of the well-known applications that can now be run under Wine? Brianmc 16:39, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Would it be correct to say, The long-term goal of the Wine project is to provide an environment on a non-Windows computer that allows software which conforms to the published Windows application interface to operate without having to a copy of Windows? Sorry, as a non-user I can only go on what others tell me and I think all the GNU and API stuff will confuse the non-technical readers. I think the beta term has been publicised enough by the likes of Google for that not to be an issue. Brianmc 17:34, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Isn't the article name wrong?
The news is that the first beta of wine has been released. That this beta is called "0.9" is not news. Could this be renamed to "First beta of Wine software released"? or if the actual release will be called "1.0", it could be "First beta of Wine 1.0 software released". 85.28.66.218 17:09, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * How about Wine beta for commercial inspection — Windows applications without the operating system. Yes, if I didn't have to stay NPOV it'd be without the operating system you love to hate. Brianmc 17:38, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Wine is not a windows emulator. Wine just provides the Windows API. Optimix 15:40, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Why WINE is news
I've noticed some discussion here that the release of the wine beta is simply not news because it is only an issue relevent to Linux users that desire to run windows programs. However, it is significant becuase as wine's ability to properly run windows programs is enhanced, it allows more users to switch to Linux while still retaining the ability to run windows software. This has significant implications because, if wine were to one day be able to flawlessly run windows software, it would open up the Linux/Open Source market and cause many users to switch over to Linux, a potential revolution in the way people use their computers and erosion of Microsoft's lead in the Operating System market.

 * Even better than telling us would be to tell the public - that's what the news article is for. I'll give it a go. Bill3 02:11, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

 * This is not news, wikinews is not just for computer geeks. And wine will never correctly run all windows software, microsoft will see to that.

Back to publish
In a few minutes I plan to move back to Publish. I think all concerns raised here have been addressed in the article, and the article has filled out, and October 26th will start to gather dust tomorrow. Bill3 02:48, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks horribly POV to me. "Grant these freedoms" indeed. --Sdfisher 03:35, 28 October 2005 (UTC)


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France banning Skype from universities

October 26, 2005

France has banned use of the Skype PC telephony application in Universities. The exact reason is unclear, but state security was one of the reasons given by the authorities responsible. Several other possible reasons have been cited including fears of research secrets being handed over to the United States and the fact that in order to make calls to the public phone network you pay a company in Luxembourg and not the local phone company.

The Skype software uses an encryption algorithm that makes it next to impossible to monitor calls; this is frequently cited as China's reason for banning the application.

Some media reports have suggested that French authorities are fearful that whilst they were unable to monitor calls made with Skype, they might be monitored by the US.

However, this version of facts, which has spread like wildfire, was promptly refuted by French authorities who called attention to the fact that the ban only applies to university research centers and laboratories, and not to the general student and faculty population.

The real reasons behind the ban remains a hot point of debate and controversy, although public opinion in France is not sympathetic to Skype's new profile. Skype has recently been purchased by eBay, which the French consider a mammoth e-company with questionable practices and a dubious reputation.

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this story is news, although it gotten little international attention. shamefully my french is very bad so i can't make much of the article the stories i see link to. someone who can read it better please expand this story. Boneyard 12:06, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Moi? Je parle un petit peu Francais. However I've found other news published today that impacts Skype.  Perhaps there is a story after all. Might need a title change though. I'll add the other articles as sources. Brianmc 16:52, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

I have added a couple of paragraphs to the story to let it be known that French authorities had made it clear that the ban did not affect the general student body and faculty, only research centers and laboratories. It is also important to know that this happens as Skypes has just been purchased by Ebay, a not so respected (nor trusted) gigantic company.

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Suicide bomber strikes Israeli coastal town

October 26, 2005 Israeli police confirmed that a suicide bomber was responsible for a blast that killed five people and left many seriously injured. The Wednesday afternoon attack occurred in an open market place in the small costal Israeli town of Hadera, a location which has been a frequent target of attacks in the five-year-old Palestinian uprising.

The market place was busy with shoppers in advance of a Jewish Holiday, with many stocking up for the weekend.

CNN reporters on the scene say 20 have been injured, 6 are critical, 7 are serious, and the death toll is expected to rise. Television pictures are showing a scene of absolute devastation and confusion.

Islamic Jihad of Gaza has claimed responsibility, which was in response to an Israeli killing of Islamic Jihad commander Luay Saadi in the West Bank on Monday, prompting armed groups to take revenge. In an interview with Ynet news, Abu-Muaman the Organization's leader stated ... "This attack is merely a preliminary response by the Palestinian rebellious groups, and harder retaliation is on its way."

Saeb Erekat, a Palestinian negotiator, denounced the attack and said that he hoped the peace between the two sides would not be damaged.

Dr Ra'anan Gissin spokesperson for the Israeli PM, speaking on CNN is refuting claims that this is a revenge attack, claiming "that this is just another terrorist attack in the Palestinians' plan to rid the Middle East of Israeli."

Khader Habib, a spokesperson for the Islamic Jihad said that ... "The Islamic Jihad movement was committed to the truce, and is still committed to the truce, but this truce should be mutual. We cannot tolerate a one-sided truce."

The recently elected Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be "eradicated from the map" and condoned the recent wave of Palestinian attacks in his speech today during a conference in Teheran titled "The World without Zionism." Mahmoud Abbas has stated that the Palestinian Authority would "increase its efforts to ensure the continuation of the truce because it is in the interest of both the Palestinian and the Israeli peoples."

Mark Regev, a spokesperson for the Israeli foreign minsitry responded that "[Abbas] says the right thing... But if we have a criticism it's that he talks the right talk, we're waiting for him to follow through on these commitments. Now there have been some steps taken but we really need to see a serious disarming of these extremist groups."


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i would go for the town name, perhaps with adding israel and certainly removing the - developing part, don't believe that has been used before and shouldn't become something i would want to see here. Boneyard 14:39, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Agreed - developing as it really was - but its settled down now - not really any new info. It will just be body count updates

Im off to bed someone else can keep the info up to date Tomassophia 15:43, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Taken off Breaking News Tags, now an established story Tomassophia 15:48, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank You
This was some strong reporting and I hope other wikinewsies take note.

2006?
2006 has not come yet, and the websites specified has October 2006 on them??
 * Fixed. Thanks for letting us know. --Deprifry | +T+ 20:06, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Coastal town?
You have to improve your geography, Hadera is not a coastal town. 84.110.46.54 06:24, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * It appears to be within 2 km or so of the sea, on the map. That seems like it's fairly coastal. -- IlyaHaykinson 06:47, 4 November 2005 (UTC)


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The wine article is starting to shape up nicely. I've left you a suggested title on it's talk page. ;-) You'll have to create an account to be allowed to rename it, or put a comment on the talk page (signed with four tilde signs to give your IP and time) and I'll do it for you.

Hope you make other contributions to Wikinews too. Brianmc 17:46, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

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Nice artile on the Sky going out. I hope sky is fixed for the rubgy tonight :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 19:50, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
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Limbo in limbo
What a delightful redirect! Thank you for making such a great pun! —     14:55, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

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Italian university legislation sparks protests from students and staff

October 26, 2005

On Tuesday, the Italian Parliament gave its final approval to the reform of the Italian University system. The reform, entitled "Moratti reform", is named after the Minister for School and University, Letizia Moratti.

Protests were made before and during the Parliamentary process to approve the law; the city of Rome was partially blocked by several groups of students, professors and assistants demonstrating against the proposed legislation. The situation became serious when the protesters reached Montecitorio square, the location of the lower house of Parliament. The protestors contested several of the members of the government.

The opposition did not participate in the vote.

The reform is strongly opposed by professors, students and other staff, who claimed economical hardship would be caused by the law.

The minister Letizia Moratti opposed the reform. In a statement, Moratti claimed that the aim of the law is to reduce the privileges that some people have.


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User:Wikinews is Communism

This user is a sockpuppet of the infamous Communism vandal. See w:User_talk:68.39.174.238/Newgatery for more info.
 * I'm asuming he's been blocked as he hasn't edited since april 21. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:01, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Doesn't seem to be, although I didn't check the block log too throughly. 68.39.174.238 01:37, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

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User:Ahoerstemeier

I am w:User:Ahoerstemeier, only checking here occasionally. Mostly interested in Thailand related topics.

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Please leave notes at my talk page in Wikipedia, as I only check here rarely. Ahoerstemeier 21:22, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

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User:Bill3

Bringing Canadian and New Zealand news to a global audience
Hi. I try to be very humble when I edit. I'm just a quaint peasant from a small island between New Zealand and Canada, called Africa-Eurasia. Like inhabitants of Canada's south peninsula (which locals call USA and Latin America), the people of Africa-Eurasia will sometimes not be able to understand article titles which are written with the assumption that the reader lives in either New Zealand or Canada, so I may occasionally try to correct article titles for a global perspective.

Me
Hi, I'm mostly a reader, but when I can contribute bits, I will.

My main area of research is free software (which some people call "open-source software") so a lot of my contributions will be about that.

Why I use the term "free software"
The term "free software" was coined in 1983.

In 1998, the term "open-source software" was proposed as a replacement, and it has a definition that is virtually the same as "free software".

Right here and now I propose the term "studiable software" as another replacement and I declare the definition to be virtually the same as that of "free software".

All three terms, by definition, refer to software that can be freely used and redistributed - commercially or non-commercially, and whose source code can be freely studied, modified, and redistributed - commercially or non-commerically.

Which is more accurate?
"free" has two meanings: no charge, and unfettered. Only the latter is intended when discussing "free software".

"open source" has one meaning: source code that is open - that can be looked into.

"studiable" has one meaning: can be studied.

People that don't understand what any of the three terms mean would see the latter two as being superior, but they convey incorrect meanings. They don't convey their definition.

Software can easily be studiable, and yet not comply with the definitions of free software or open source software.

And software can easily have it's source code open, and yet not comply with the definitions of free software or open source software.

There is no two or three word term in English that conveys the definition of these words. "free software" needs clarification, but "open-source software" and "studiable software" make people think they've understood, while actually misinforming them.

Gliese 581 c
Your sesability is needed at the sister site Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581_c#Temperature

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User talk:Usbek

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User talk:Bill3

Recent moves
You recently moved the articles MLB: Twins defeat Orioles 7-4 in season opener and Twins announcer Herb Carneal dies at 83 to pages having something to do with "American football", well I'll have you know that Major League Baseball has nothing to do with any kind of football. Zachary talk 13:13, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Bill3, please be careful when renaming articles. You seem to have confused football with baseball. --SVTCobra 13:21, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That's OK, you had good intentions. I do try to keep titles international (note: I did not write the stories in question, in fact, I try to stay away from the sports stories). --SVTCobra 13:11, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Are you deliberately mis-naming articles? That could be considered vandalism. --SVTCobra 13:36, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Any mis-naming is accidental. When I rename stories, I am aware that I'm not knowledgeable enough about the subject to avoid mistakes, but I get it right most of the time, and the other times usually remind the original story author to make the title more informative in future or at least my change motivates a follow-up change that is correct.
 * For some reason, sports articles are the most commonly problematic. Two nicknames joined by a colourful verb produces titles such as "Socks rampage on Wings", which leave readers lost.  The second most problematic are important national politicians "Brown says no to Iran".
 * These headline styles copy the style of people's local newspaper, and they are fully meaningful to a person in that locality who knows who "Brown" is, what's happening with Iran, who "Wings" and "Socks" are and what sport they play together, but in a global context, the readers in most countries are lost. Bill3 11:28, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Confusing China with the United States is a good one though. If you are "not knowledgeable enough about the subject to avoid mistakes," you should leave a note on the discussion page requesting that the article be renamed and refrain from doing it yourself. --SVTCobra 18:53, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That sounds like good advice, but I tried and it fails in practice. People don't change their headlines.  Did I confuse China with USA?  If I did, the headline must have been meaningless.  I make an effort to be accurate, but I can't be right all the time when the original author hasn't made an effort.  Sometimes I even read whole articles and still don't know what continent is being talked about. Bill3 15:37, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Somehow you sound less than sincere. --SVTCobra 15:58, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

 * My informal tone isn't meant as a sign of insincerity, it's resignation - that you're right that in a perfect community, a note on the Talk page is all it would take, but I'm not new enough to think WikiNews is that close to perfect (I don't mean to imply that you are; each contributor sees and experiences different sets of problems, and this is one I've seen, and you'll have seen others I haven't). Bill3 17:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I think that a note on the Talk page will show a higher success-rate than doing it yourself when you are "not knowledgeable enough about the subject to avoid mistakes." But perhaps, you are just on an unlucky streak.--SVTCobra 18:11, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The number of mistakes you've seen only looks like an unlucky streak when you don't see the number of times I've gotten it right :-) I've tried your talk page approach and it doesn't work.  There is either no response, or someone debates the point for long enough for any action to then be almost pointless.  This is a hurdle that WN faces that WP doesn't - in WP, if a problem sits somewhere for 3 days, that's often no problem.  On WN, every story gets on the front page, and every story only lasts for 3 days, so any serious quality problems need to be fixed in a timely manner.  So unlike WP, ensuring that something gets fixed is not enough, we have to ensure that things get fixed quick enough for it to matter.  Talk page requests can get story titles fixed, but not fast enough for it to make a difference. Bill3 14:11, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Tommiu

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User talk:Andyoung

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User talk:International

Fine
Fine. I was being nice and even complimenting you. Do as you please. Sorry to lose yet another good editor. DragonFire1024 11:29, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Re Profanity
"Thank You" inter. You might not understand that, by giving into these Iran is a death sentace against the rest of the world. Vietnam would have been won, if protesters like you were not around. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 06:39, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

RE Iranian Prez and Colombia
Nice to see you back...well at least nice to see you edit again, even if it was small. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:32, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Merkel: Georgia will join NATO
Hi, thanks for editing Merkel: Georgia will join NATO. One request - please mind the grammar. I'll not correct it now as I don't want to interfere with your edits and may not be able to look at it later, so please check your last revision for grammar and publish it yourself. Cheers. Lysy (talk) 22:11, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Huh?
What are you talking about? DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:40, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

privs
'''Note! Your privileges on English Wikinews have been reduced.'''
 * Under the Privilege expiry policy (enacted October 13, 2012) the rights held by your user account have been reduced due to inactivity, or lack of privilege use.

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--Pi zero (talk) 00:34, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

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User talk:Windycityguy~enwikinews

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User talk:More powerful astronaut

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User talk:Prashant shah

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User talk:Gdiebel~enwikinews

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Your account will be renamed
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User talk:Corbon28

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User talk:J2be~enwikinews

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Your account will be renamed
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User talk:Rogue~enwikinews

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

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User talk:Flyingh4mster~enwikinews

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Flyingh4mster. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Flyingh4mster~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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