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This user is an alternate account that I'll use while editing on public computers. Not a sockpuppet or an imposter. Would one of you mind going in and giving it editor status? I'd do it myself, but I don't want it to be seen as a CoI. :) --Thunderhead 15:44, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * , although I'd prefer that the username was more clear as to that it's your account (i.e., User:Thunderhead (alternate) or something like that). Perhaps just make sure the signature links to your talk/user page? Tempodivalse [talk]  16:11, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * , but please log into the account and let's see the signature for it - this is my alt account ;-) -- Brian McNeil (alt. account) /alt-talk • main talk' 16:28, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Here you go, how's this? :) --Thunderhead (talk) - (alt. account) 23:47, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Closed as no consensus. Many neutrals and a few opposes and only one support. You can always try again later. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  03:05, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

I have made many articles recently. If I have enough time to review articles, I'll do. I'm recurrently visiting the IRC channel (you've got my bot too here, Pitsilemu!). What more can I say? Ah. Support guys! :-D --MisterWiki (talk) 00:15, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * Misterwiki is a good guy, but as it has been mentioned their is a small language gap when it comes to grammar, is their any sort of probation he could be put on for while to make sure he checks for proper grammar?  Irunongames  •  play  20:28, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I too am concerned about the language gap; not concerned at all about his other blocks, however. Is there a way we could allow non-native English speakers to earn editor status? If we don't accomodate these editors, then we're going to end up with an editing staff that has little to no diversity. Benny the mascot (talk) 03:07, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Not sure how that's going to work. Reviewers need to have a very solid, if not native, grasp of English in order to make sure all articles are up to the highest levels of English. I don't think we have much of a "diversity" problem either, I can think of several editors that do not come from anglophone backgrounds. Tempodivalse [talk]  03:18, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * Don't see why not. But just for the record, he has been blocked indefinitely on Commons, Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia. Global contribs So be good :) --Adi4094 (talk) 08:19, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * (leaning towards support. very possibly going to change my mind and support before this vote ends) I'm aware of his blocks, and i don't think they are really relevant to wikinews. My major concern is that editors generally review articles. Part of the review process is copyediting, and I'm not sure his english is up to that. Bawolff ☺☻ 11:43, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I couldn't care less about the blocks on other projects, as MisterWiki has shown he's very responsible and reliable here, and I certainly trust him not to abuse this tool. However, I agree with Bawolff in that reviewers should have a very solid, if not native-ability, grasp of English, in order to properly copyedit poorly-written articles and detect when a story isn't written up to our standards. MisterWiki's English is good, no doubt, but I'm not sure it's quite up to that level. Like Bawolff, might change my mind ... Tempodivalse [talk]  14:25, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I trust this user not to abuse the tools. I don't view the blocks as a problem for our purposes either. However, your English is just not up to the high standard here. It's far better than I can do in a foreign language, and perfectly adequate to work here, but you need to be able to appreciate really subtle points within the English language to be able to sight edits. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:41, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Besides not having a fluent enough grasp of the English language, I also find it alarming that you have been blocked from other Wiki projects multiple times. Moreover, when I researched the reasons behind these blocks, it did not do anything to help your case (to put it lightly). PSD27 (talk) 21:54, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I want to help here as much as I can. To prove the other projects (where I'm blocked) that I'm not a bad guy. --MisterWiki (talk) 21:56, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * , leaning oppose. I certainly trust this user; his contributions have been generally good, but like PSD27, I certainly don't find your actions on other Foundation sites reassuring. English is also a problem, though less so. C628 (talk) 02:35, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but I agree with Sandman. You are a great editor, but English is very important here. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  21:08, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * . User is proving himself; it is just the language issue. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:04, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * leaning towards oppose. Whilst MisterWiki is a great contributor to the project I feel that his command of English is not yet of a sufficient standard to review. Sorry. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 05:51, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * leaning to weak support. Your a great contributor to the project, I mean really great. Especially your work on the recent Chilean earthquake. But I don't think, as others have said, you have a good enough grasp on the English language to have editors responsibilities, yet. Also, you don't seem to fully understand the policies of Wikinews (as seen here). Not only that, but your blocks/bans on other projects make me want to see more positive contributions before you get any advanced privileges. But I think in a few months time, theses issues will be cleared up, and I'd be willing to support you fully. Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 02:41, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Rights granted Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:25, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, I have realized that we can write as many articles as we want, but that means nothing if their not published, and that seems to take a while. Since I have no life, I see no problem giving 30 minutes or more a day to reviewing articles. Plus since I am a IRC lurker I know when their are new articles in the pool. Ask anything you want :) Irunongames  •  play  23:59, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * Bawolff ☺☻ 23:59, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm a little leery on these edits: and ; first one seems a little overly protective, particularly on a valid move, and the second one could easily be a mistake, but I'm not clear on how or why you could publish an article without being an editor.  Explanations appreciated, but hardly necessary. C628 (talk) 00:06, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) I put that template on because people continously were copy editing me 2)This will sound dumb but I thought that I had received editor rights before my wikibreak, I might have been and it was a glitch but I dun't know Irunongames  •  play  00:20, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks good, we could always do with more editors! Pmlineditor discuss 07:57, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

 * looks okay. But exactly how many articles have u created? --Adi4094 (talk) 08:09, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 7, I would have more but I took a wikibreak due to school, now that school has gone on its gotten easier and easier (at least in my opinion) I can do more wikinews articles. Irunongames  •  play  10:40, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * -- the wub "?!"  12:08, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * , note voting with alt. account for my own convenience. -- Brian McNeil (alt. account) /alt-talk • main talk'' 19:37, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:41, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Successful. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:46, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

At the suggestion of Tempodivalse a long time ago on my talk page, I'm sticking my neck out and submitting myself for editor status. Thanks in advance for comments, positive or negative. Cheers, C628 (talk) 22:54, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * Definitely. We always are in need of more reviewers. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:02, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * You'll make one hell of an editor. :) PSD27 (talk) 23:04, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree with PSD. Pmlineditor discuss 10:06, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Give ur best! --Adi4094 (talk) 08:11, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * -- the wub "?!"  12:08, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * voting with my alt. account for convenience. -- Brian McNeil (alt. account) /alt-talk • main talk'' 19:38, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:41, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Closed as successful. Tempodivalse [talk]  14:15, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I've had my Wikibreak and think that I can do better reviewing articles. --RockerballAustralia (talk) 03:59, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * I'm not totally sure that your privs really should have been removed last time around. But in any case, I think you can be trusted to review articles. :-) Tempodivalse [talk]  15:33, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * But i have a general question - Would you be able to describe what you think is necessary to do a review. (As in you're reviewing an article, what steps do you do to review it?) Bawolff ☺☻ 21:46, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 1. Check the title to see if i know what it meens 2. Check that the article isn't over crowded with templates, images and what ever else 3. Actually read the article 4. Check sources 5. Copy edit where needed (to remove unverified claims and translate technical jargon) 6. submit review as needed --RockerballAustralia (talk) 23:44, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Willing to AGF. Don't become insane, please. Pmlineditor discuss 10:20, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * You can take the editor privs away if and when I do :-)--RockerballAustralia (talk) 11:42, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * . However, I consider ensuring that articles are grammatically correct, don't ramble, lack run-on sentences, are framed in the active voice, anser 5W & H in first paragraph, and other general high-quality English issues to be an integral part of reviewing too. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:00, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Relax...you'll be fine! Benny the mascot (talk) 15:14, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * - you deserve another chance. Just don't mess it up. Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 15:37, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Closed; rights granted Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:32, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, since giving alternate accounts editor privileges seems to be all the rage nowadays, I thought I'd throw mine into the ring as well. I haven't really used this account in the past, and probably won't be very active with it in the future, but nice to have around if I want to access Wikinews from somewhere with a dubious-security internet connection. Both the user and user talk page point to user talk:Tempodivalse, and the signature is same as for main account. Risk of compromise is probably low enough to grant Editor status (don't think a vandal unfamiliar with wikinews would be able to figure out how to publish an article before getting noticed and blocked :-b ). Cheers, Tempodivalse [talk]  14:44, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * owing to the extremely boring pseoudonym  Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:03, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey, what did you expect me to use, ? Smile.png Tempodivalse [talk]  15:59, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Not unless you want a turf war :p. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:30, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I think we should allow all admins to grant their alternate accounts editor, but that probably needs discussion. Pmlineditor discuss 16:19, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * and I agree with Pmlineditor. Does The Other Place have any policy on declared socks? --Brian McNeil / talk 13:01, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Rhetorical question, presumably. Other Place:Sock puppetry#Alternate account notification, #Legitimate uses of alternate accounts.  --Pi zero (talk) 17:59, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

 * as the rationale makes sense --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 08:50, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Adambro (talk) 13:01, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Rights granted; only one objection Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:32, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Guess who? 'Declared sock' for Brian McNeil; planned for use from work - where I do not wish to expose my password for 'crat and CheckUser privileges. I'll countersign this from my main account once I'm at home this evening.

Don't ask for full reviews from this account - I can get interrupted at any time. However, I should be able to sight and/or revert changes as appropriate. -- Scots Don /CONTACT! 13:29, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * Could you perhaps use the same signature for the alternate account as for the main account, so that people would better recognise who you really are? Linking might not be enough by itself, I dunno. Tempodivalse [talk]  14:44, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No idea why having an alternative account has suddenly become fashionable but if people wish to do so, could they at least come up with a username which is based upon their normal account to make life a little easier for everyone else. Tempodivalse's "Tempodivalse (alternate)", for example, is muchg more helpful than something completely new. Adambro (talk) 17:40, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * So long as the accounts are clearly marked, I see no problem. I might, however, be sympathetic to a requirement that the sig somehow makes clear; be it by linking to the main account as mine or Brian's do, or some other way. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:33, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Just to confirm, this is my account. If you're curious why I have an alternative account... Would you want to log into a Bureucrat & CheckUser account vai the plain, unencrypted connection via a proxy operated by your employer to track all internet traffic? I have adjusted the signature on my alternate account following feedback from BRS. Personally, I see absolutely no reason why my secondary account's name should bear any relationship to my primary account; it is declared, I have no intention of using it for voting, and I don't want to make it too easy for any malcontents to link the accounts without a modicum of research. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * My suggestion regarding the naming is purely for the convenience for other users. It is probably reasonably safe to assume that in most cases alternative accounts won't be used as much as main accounts so if the name appear in recent changes isn't familiar then it just adds a little extra work to figure out who it is. I don't understand why you'd want a completely different name for an alternate account. Adambro (talk) 20:26, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * I've currently set my alt account up to use the same sig, but I don't know that it's too important. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:01, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Pmlineditor discuss 16:21, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No issues here, although i still think it should be clear, through a similar signature / link to real account, who this really is. Tempodivalse [talk]  14:58, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * with haggis on top --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 08:51, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The needlessly confusing username, not the concept of an alternate account. Adambro (talk) 12:59, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Closed as having no consensus to promote, sorry. Try again in 2-3 weeks? Tempodivalse [talk]  16:13, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

I will start by saying that I'm new but I have got the hold of the policies. Many good articles often go unreviewed for a long time. Wikinews definitely needs more Editors and so here I am. I am not really keeping my hopes high and if I am rejected someone should explain me my mistakes and I will try to improve. --Adi4094 (talk) 12:17, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * Could I ask about the two images you've uploaded to Commons, File:Pune - German bakery blast, 2010.jpg and File:Babri masjid 20090630.jpg? I note that File:Pune - German bakery blast, 2010.jpg appears at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/7235462/India-Pakistan-peace-talks-threatened-by-bomb-blast.html and elsewhere, and is credited in the Telegraph article to "AFP/Getty Images". It can be found on the Getty Images website here. Would you be able to comment on that at all? I'd also appreciate it if you could clarify the source of File:Babri masjid 20090630.jpg. Where does this image come from? Thanks. Adambro (talk) 13:24, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That was a disaster. My friend had borrowed my camera last month and he lives nearby the blast site. He gave me that photo and told me many other people were taking pictures and so his will look similar to some other ones. Sorry for that. And I had forgot about Babri I thought it was deleted (see my WP tp). As I said I was new and was confused by the policies. My only edits were to the Babri article. I have learned since then. Thanks for asking. --Adi4094 (talk) 14:08, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for helping to clear these things up. I've deleted File:Pune - German bakery blast, 2010.jpg, should I also delete File:Babri masjid 20090630.jpg? I've not been able to find any discussion about that on you enwikip talk page but is it safe for me to assume that should go as well? Adambro (talk) 19:35, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you very much. --Adi4094 (talk) 03:04, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan had some copyvio problems, that with Adambro's notice on top makes me a bit concerned you don't fully understand the copyvio policies just yet. --Patrick M (TUFKAAP) (talk) 16:37, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * . Concerns about copyright violations. Cirt (talk) 19:59, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but the copyright thing is concerning. That said, you are doing a good job, so keep it up and getting Editor should be no problem next time. Pmlineditor discuss 09:48, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * because copyright is very, very important. Images generally do end up corrected, but issues on text illustrate a real failure to understand the constraints Wikinews must operate within. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:48, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * since copyright violators run the risk of being added to the supports on the Forth Road Bridge. After a little while spent demonstrating the fact that you have learnt from this and do not require strychnine-laced haggis I'll be happy to support. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:08, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

✅ – Juliancolton  | Talk 02:29, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

This is my account for use on public computers. I think the risk of compromise is low enough that granting it editor status is compatible with 'easy come, easy go' and I have no intent to get admin access for it, so it can't do much damage. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:52, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * — I'm willing to go with this. I never use my account on public computers due to the risk of it being compromised, but if others have a regular need to access wikinews from such computers, then a separate account that still allows them act in a fairly normal fashion is probably a good idea. It's a lot easier to undo the damage caused by an editor account than it is to undo the damage caused by an admin account:P. Gopher65talk 13:22, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * - Current admin on this project, acknowledged alternate account for legitimate purposes. No worries, Cirt (talk) 17:06, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

'''No consensus. A firm, resounding 'Meh'. Blood Red Sandman'''  (Talk)   (Contribs) 00:21, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

On the recommendation of Blood Red Sandman  I would like to request Editor access. I've been active on my english Wikipedia account since the fall of 2007 and started editing Wikinews today in response to the Austin Echelon plane incident. I have a record on Wikipedia of thorough research and active participation in policy debates. I promise to review the policies and procedures of Wikinews and follow them appropriately. - Stillwaterising (talk) 01:18, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

 * Despite the user being so new, he clearly grasps the basics already. Partly, this is based on me trusting the user not to sight things without checking policy first. Remember; editor is easy come, easy go, and I do believe this user is capable of using the tool sensibly. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 01:25, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

 * I've sighted their edits and those as far as I can tell are within within policy. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  01:35, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Comment Please see look at the revision history and edit statistics for 2010 Austin plane crash. I'm a major contributor who is known for sourcing every line. - Stillwaterising (talk) 12:27, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * on the basis that Editor status is "easy come, easy go". Standards for receiving this tool have become too high recently, imo. Tempodivalse [talk]  19:29, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * . I have encountered this user on en.wikipedia when he teamed up with a compatriot of his, User:Ash, in an attempt to keep a poorly sourced article on a biography of a living person in main-article space. More on this here . The article was about a gay porn star Paul Carrigan. The user Stillwaterising seemed to voice an overriding concern of retaining poorly sourced material about a living person, and the page indeed even had material that was not sourced to anything at all. One quality that Wikinews definitely shares with Wikipedia is a concern for sourcing, to make sure we source our facts and get things right and factually accurate. I do not think that we should be so quick to promote an individual that has displayed a lack of regard for sourcing information about a living person on a controversial topic. I would also like to see more experience on Wikinews than one single article contributed, and one day of time elapsed. Cirt (talk) 20:57, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * to . This is partly influenced by reading the discussion Cirt linked to above; I would be concerned if someone were using the wiki to 'collect dirt' or similar. WP:BLP does not apply here; we've flagged revisions - which prevents unreviewed publication. I would be inclined to say, "please demonstrate more familiarity with this project". --Brian McNeil / talk 20:58, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * but solely because I would like to see a little bit more time/experience on Wikinews. the wub "?!"  12:43, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: First contribution to this project was an unsourced contribution - and it was only made ten days ago . User has contributed to a whopping total of one article on this project . Cirt (talk) 20:54, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Whatever other concerns there are here, Broadcast report is not unsourced. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:57, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes, that template. I'm very, very reluctant to accept that from any new contributor unless I am also able to access the broadcast. I require people build a trust reputation before relying on it to any degree whatsoever. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:04, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

 * Per Cirt I removed my support and am now neutral. -- Mike moral  ♪♫  21:07, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Closed as successful, no objections in several days. Congrats Tempodivalse [talk]  15:37, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

I have been a member of Wikinews for over three months with nearly 750 edits to my name. During which time, I have created and written 30+ published articles (many of which have been featured on the Main Page) in addition to having contributed to and edited many others. I feel I have a good understanding of policy. I furthermore feel that I possess a firm grip on how articles should be written having read both the Wikinews style guide and Strunk & White's guide very thoroughly. I am also confident in my overall ability to copy-edit. If given the opportunity, I would like to be of assistance with the reviewing process as well as fighting against vandalism. In turn, I could assist in keeping things moving efficiently and in a timely fashion by reducing the workload of other hardworking editors. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, PSD27 (talk) 21:51, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * . I have seen strong work from this user, particularly in article creation, which appears to be conveniently listed, at User:PSD27. :P Cirt (talk) 21:54, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You know what you're doing, and if you've read those guides you'll have no problems knowing what to sight when. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:13, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * . I have to admit, I thought you already had this! the wub "?!"  10:33, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * , and closing as successful per unanimous support and no objections in four days. Don't know how I missed this, i always vote in RfEs. :-) Tempodivalse [talk]  15:37, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Closed as pass, almost complete support and no objections in over two days. Tempodivalse [talk]  16:02, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I am nominating Vyk for editor permissions as he has been helping out with categorisation of articles and most notably interwikis with fr-Wikinews. Currently his contributions need to be sighted; whilst this is usually done quite rapidly, it would be useful if this were no longer necessary. He already has autoreviewer and editor rights on fr-Wikinews where he does his article writing. Whilst policies and practices on fr-Wikinews are not identical to here, the fact that he is a trusted user there hopefully will carry some weight. Obviously there will be concerns that with editor rights he will technically be able to review others' articles; however, I do not feel that he will abuse the privileges. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 20:44, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Candidate, do you accept the nomination? --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 20:44, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I accept. Vyk (talk) 20:47, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Trusted. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:45, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * obviously as nominator --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 20:48, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Easy come, easy go. Trusted not to misuse it. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:49, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Quite happily support for interwiki and other such work - which can otherwise go for a noticeable time without review. Would expect not to actually do from review to publish without first being able to judge user's command of English spelling and grammar. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:05, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I thought Vyk was already an editor, Cocoaguytalkcontribs‽ 21:52, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Although he clearly can be trusted, editor priveleges demand the ability to write well in English. Vyk has not contributed to that much articles here, so why should we give him the power to publish them? Benny the mascot (talk) 22:05, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Closed as pass, congrats. Tempodivalse [talk]  01:22, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

I have been a user on en.wp for two years now, and I have become acquainted with en.wn. Although I have only been a user on en.wn for about a month, I have a significant amount of published articles. Also I have original reporting on the Times Square bomb scare including on scene pictures. Cocoaguy (talk) 05:05, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

 * Trusted user, has written many excellent articles and has proven he's familiar with key policies. Plus we need more reviewers :-) Tempodivalse [talk]  05:10, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * User started very close to policy and house style; quickly picked up good level of knowledge on such. Trust with the tools, please be critical of grammar, spelling and wikilinks in pre-review copyedits. --Brian McNeil / talk 05:21, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * --Pi zero (talk) 14:02, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * How confident are you in your ability to copyedit? I see a few style guide violations in Afghanistan suicide bomb leaves eight Americans dead, including missing wikilinks and grammar issues. Benny the mascot (talk) 17:51, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I am confident with my ability to copyedit. I think that as a editor, reviewing articles, copyediting will come easily. Cocoaguy (talk) 18:31, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I suppose you're right. Editing someone else's work is sometimes easier than editing your own. Good job on the Times Square incident OR, by the way. Benny the mascot (talk) 18:41, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

 * as above--RockerballAustralia (talk) 03:13, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Pile on per my confrères above --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 18:50, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * A name I recognise from enwp, hard to think of you as a newcomer here. You've shown a good grasp of how things work. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:18, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Hello, I'd like to request Editor access. I'm mostly active on my english Wikipedia account but on Wikinews I often fix small grammatical or formatting mistakes. I've yet to publish an article here but with Editor access this might change. As a Wikipedia editor, I'm familiar with the NPOV policy and I've read through Wikinews' style guide. Cheers --Sampi (talk) 23:36, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose; user only has four minor edits to mainspace. Please think about editing and publishing more articles -- feel free to ask again once some mainspace articles are under your belt :). Regards, — μ 12:45, Wednesday February 3 2010 (UTC)
 * Because an author cannot publish an article they wrote themself, the editor bit wouldn't be of any help to you in authoring an article that is then published. That is, someone else would have to peer-review your article and publish it, even if you did have the bit.  --Pi zero (talk) 16:23, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * —sorry, but I don't know whether we can trust you yet, due to your low number of mainspace edits. While our standards are quite low, we generally require a few published articles before granting the editor bit. Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 16:31, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * . Who? I've never seen this user edit at all, let alone build confidence they know "their" from "they're". --Brian McNeil / talk 16:54, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 5 main ns edits is not enough for editor. As a general rule, you should have at least written a couple articles, or made a significant number of wikignome contributations, to demonstrate that you know whats what. Well activity at another project does help establish that you at the very least know what this wiki-thing is all about, its not enough by itself. The very basic criteria for editor is I know who you are, and that I have no reason to doubt that you have good judgement in applying wikinews policy. Unfortunately i don't know who you are, so i can't support. Better luck next time. Bawolff ☺☻ 17:17, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Speedy Closed as unsuccessful. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 17:19, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Closed as successful, will grant bit shortly. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:37, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

After a suggestion via IRC by Tempodivalse, I would like to nominate myself to receive the 'editor' flag. As you all know, it will allow me to peer review, and subsequently publish, articles. Hopefully, an additional editor will minimise the risk of articles becoming stale whilst on the review list.

I am an experienced editor on Wikimedia projects, a trusted editor on Simple English Wikipedia, and an administrator on the scheduled-for-closure Simple English Wikibooks. Although I have only been actively editing for a few days, I have an understanding of the various policies, such as the style guide. I have created several articles, a comprehensive list of articles published having been published on my talk page.

Thank you for your comments. Yours faithfully, — μ 16:14, Sunday January 31 2010 (UTC)

 * Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:18, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Competent user who caught on to key policies quickly. Tempodivalse [talk]  16:19, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Den dodge  T\C 16:20, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * – Juliancolton  | Talk 21:04, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * --Brian McNeil / talk 21:59, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

 * /me gives support after the fact. :P Bawolff ☺☻ 17:17, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Close as unsuccessful, user withdrew. Tempodivalse [talk]  21:24, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I just want to start with some news from Chile. Chile-related news are not recurrently posted here. --MisterWiki (talk) 22:38, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Are you actually asking to be given Editor status, with power to review and publish other people's stories? Or are you just asking for permission / community approval to write stories about Chile?  If it's the former, I'd oppose as I don't think your command of English is sufficiently good to spot mistakes made by others. If it's the latter, you don't need permission to write stories about your preferred topics.  Bencherlite (talk) 23:11, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I want to review other's people stories. --MisterWiki (talk) 23:23, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Your enthusiasm is wonderful. However, you've only been here for a few hours, which isn't enough to show that you know your way around yet. In addition, submitting articles for review like this and this (when you presumably thought that they were in good condition and ready for the general public) indicates to me that your command of English isn't (yet) good for me to trust that you would do a good job reviewing an article that someone else wrote. Sorry, but keep going! Bencherlite (talk) 00:30, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Bencherlite sums up my thoughts perfectly. While I applaud your enthusiasm, i'm not sure i'm totally comfortable with you having the privileges just yet. If you can write three or so articles that are fully up to our WN:SG standards, i'll be happy to reconsider. But please, don't get discouraged by this, writing articles can be a challenging process and it's tricky to get everything right from the start. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:36, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * disruption on many wikis. – Juliancolton  | Talk 04:06, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Your English simply isn't good enough; it has to be spot on to get the tool. Also, bear in mind our content control system means we are accepted by Google News so only trusted users get to it; while I have no issue with you editing here so long as you behave, it would take some time to convince the community to trust you that much owing to prior violations elsewhere. FULL DISCLAIMER: I can be viewed as having a bias but I believe my note on MW's talkpage here and the conversation in IRC last night demonstrates that we are getting along just fine together. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:21, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I resign. Maybe on some more time. --MisterWiki (talk) 04:41, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

 * The following discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page.  No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Successful. – Juliancolton  | Talk 17:38, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I'm Pmlineditor. I've created 8 articles (and hopefully more when this request ends) here and have significantly contributed to one. I think I have gained sufficient experience to review and publish articles here. If it matters, I'm a Simple Wikipedia, Simple Wiktionary and Meta-Wiki sysop. Thank you for your consideration. Pmlineditor    ∞    15:58, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Tempodivalse [talk]  16:11, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Dealings with user (mostly on irc) have been positive. Bawolff ☺☻ 17:39, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Trusted user. – Juliancolton  | Talk 17:44, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 *   Tris   08:18, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page, such as the current discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Successful. – Juliancolton  | Talk 17:37, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Self-nom. My user page lists the 7 articles I've had accepted so far here, with 2 pending for review (at the time of writing, 2 of the 5 lead stories are mine). Although I won't be able to keep up today's rate of news writing, I'd like to help out. Some of you may have met me at Wikipedia (sysop 2 years plus, 3 Featured Articles, which might indicate that I can right a propper sentance without two many mistaks...) although I know that the format's rather different here. Bencherlite (talk) 15:43, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Seems to have picked up the basics, can be trusted. Tempodivalse [talk]  16:11, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * User seems to be off to a running start on the competition. Bawolff ☺☻ 17:40, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Trusted user. – Juliancolton  | Talk 17:44, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You can write a propper sentence without two many mistaks can you?!!    Tris   08:19, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

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For removal
Closed as support, sorry Rockerball, but consensus seems pretty strong now. Maybe reapply in a month or so? Tempodivalse [talk]  22:45, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

I have lost all faith that this user is reviewing to a suitably high standard and not simply rubber-stamping that which, on the surface, seems okay. I will refrain from voting until they explain the latest, passing a story about a woman hit and killed by a truck, while doing her job assisting children across the road. It has one particularly telling post-review comment on the talk page, "what the hell is a crossing guard?"

--Brian McNeil / talk 09:49, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments

 * I've been wondering about the source checking on India test-fires 'Astra' missile. Prior to publication, I'd gone to the sources to check on the correct parsing of a list of planes that the missile would be compatible with, and couldn't find that list in any of the sources.  Unmeritoriously of me, being in a hurry (as I usually am, that's why I don't often review here), I left the matter for whoever reviewed the article to sort out.  That was RockerballAustralia, who made no edits or comments when reviewing it; but I was left with this uncomfortable doubt in the back of my mind.  --Pi zero (talk) 13:44, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

 * I'm not sure I understand Brians comment in it's entirety. Newspapers report this same basic story all the time (details tweaked of course). As for rubber stamping, I all ways check the first-review (if it exists), which in this case had the comment "What is a "lillipop [sic] lady"? Please make this article more accessible for non-(Scots?)" and sources for copyright vio and detail. As per Tempo (below), such instences are not frequent - if they are then I haven't heared about alot of them. --RockerballAustralia (talk) 15:43, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * A "lollipop lady" is a term which is, understandably, incomprehensible to most people outside the UK. However, "crossing guard" is equally off in terms of describing the function of this person, and the likely individual involved in the job. The "lollipop" moniker comes from the person escorting children across the road - usually at the school gates - having a 1.5-2m pole with a large circular reflective sign with "STOP CHILDREN" printed on it. I would guess that 80%+ of the people working this job are past retirement age and certainly not guards. I did not touch that particular article because I was baffled as to a term that would make sense globally.
 * I am concerned that RockerBall seems to regularly publish without any prior copyedit - most articles do need it and, yes, this was intended as a boot up the arse on the issue. Reviewing is, indeed, hard. However, we are generally managing to get our articles out with less grammatical and spelling errors than a number of major mainstream news sources (I usually see at least a half-dozen spelling and grammar errors on BBC News Online each week).
 * Now, the style guide is long and I have the advantage of spending a lot of time working on it as I did the initial mass-archiving project and defining the archiving procedure. With peer reviewing now I feel we could scale back the stringent rules for archiving, it is very rare for bad stuff to go unnoticed that long.
 * What I would suggest is that if you've had me being my grumpy bastard self about a style guide point, then the next article you write or review, open it in one window and the style guide in another and go through in-depth. You might also want to have a look at Amgine's favourite on style; this is a really good guide on improving your writing and getting passive voice usage out of our articles. I was 35+ before I saw it, and my writing has, I believe, improved from it. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:47, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know, I understood "crossing guard" immediately. "Lollipop lady" is a rather unusual and slangy term confined to the UK. I think using "crossing guard" for the headline was a reasonable choice, especially given that it had been failed for title previously so RockerBall was stuck between a rock and a hard place here. Both terms were in the article anyway with a wikipedia link so it's not like anyone would be confused on reading the article (although I'm disappointed in how light Crossing guard is on British aspects)
 * I definitely agree about Elements of Style though, that's a fantastic little book! the wub "?!"  20:50, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

 * "Crossing guard" is as bad as lollipop lady. I'd associate the former with a level crossing. I'm abstaining from this as I see both sides very clearly, but I felt obliged to point that out. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:56, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I tend to think crossing guard would be more appropriate (but i'm biased. In Canadian english [or at least in the common usage i encounter] lolipop lady would mean a lady who eats lolipops, or is a lolipop or something along those lines. It would never mean someone who helps children cross the road). Sure its better to use british terms in british articles, but thats assuming the word can be reasonably understood or geussed by other readers. I see no possible way someone who is not familiar with that term would get crossing guard out of it. Crossing guard is perhaps slightly better as it actually describes the person (One who guards people as they cross [the road]). I think Rockerball did the right thing in that article. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:05, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think either are appropriate. Neither are of any use to a global audience. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:18, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * We seem to have digressed somewhat, this discussion is probably more suited to the article's talk page. But since we seem to be flogging it here, I'll just say that "lollipop lady" is certainly not suitable for an international audience (at first I though it was someone who sells lollipops). "Crossing guard" isn't very descriptive either. "Road crossing guard" probably would have been the best way to phrase it. Tempodivalse [talk]  22:28, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Break

 * Here is another example of why I'm bringing up RockerballAustralia's reviewing: published with factual inaccuracies subsequently corrected by an anonyomous contributor. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:04, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * And another, published without any categories. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:11, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm ashamed to admit it, but I've probably published articles without categories before (I do occasionally forget to check them)—I don't consider that a big deal (categories are important, but an article can survive without them). The mistake with the type of car, however, I find very hard to forgive. Even a very lax review should have picked that up. I'm going to wait for Rockerball to comment, but I am inclined towards supporting removal of his rights now. Den dodge  T\C 16:44, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Categories will be significantly more important when GNSM goes live. They will be passed to Google News in the sitemap for them to appropriately categorise our articles and display to readers. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:51, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Can I just stick my nose in to digress and say "wow, cool!"? Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:55, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

 * (unindent) Note, though, that the Hyundai/Honda mixup was an isolated incident (wasn't it?). Although a couple of articles Rockerball passed didn't have good style or formatting, I can't recall any instances, aside from this one, where it was factually incorrect. This seems like a one-off occurrence, perhaps RA was just having a bad day and missed it. As for the categories, that's a relatively minor issue compared to factual accuracy and neutrality, I myself frequently forget to check for them.
 * I'm all for second chances; I'd only support the de-editoring of someone if he was totally incompetent with the tool; i.e.: severe, obvious mistakes keep recurring frequently. That doesn't seem to be the case here. I'm still inclined to stay neutral. Tempodivalse [talk]  19:33, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You get one chance to get it totally correct. If you've reviewed and published without fixing mistakes and adding categories - including actually correcting the title where appropriate - then it will be under 15 minutes until Google News spiders the title and a synopsis. Google News never changes what it originally gets. --Brian McNeil / talk 01:39, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * I've seen some articles reviewed by Rockerball that were of rather dubious quality, style- and formatting-wise, and needed to undergo fairly significant copyediting. That makes me a bit uncomfortable. However, those instances are not frequent, and I think that overall, his reviewing quality is good (and he's one of our most prolific reviewers). Tempodivalse [talk]  14:01, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Struck out the weak oppose in light of comments above, changed to a firm neutral. However, I don't think I'll support removal, i'm not convinced this is quite enough for a de-flaggin. Tempodivalse [talk]  01:32, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
 * : I don't think RA's rights should necessarily be revoked (would this be the second time, or am I thinking of someone else?), but I certainly agree that a stern warning is required. It is important that reviews are thorough and thoughtful, and it seems that RA's are not always so. In future, I may be less lenient. Den dodge  T\C 15:59, 15 January 2010 (UTC) Switched to support, see below
 * Second time that I've had some one request that my Edtior privs be taken away. This is probably the (proverbial) kick in nuts I need though --RockerballAustralia (talk) 16:05, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

 * What Tempo said. the wub "?!"  20:55, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Huh, what's the issue over? Rockerball decided not to use a blatantly sexist term and his editor rights should be taken away? Good for him on not using the outdated term. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 21:49, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think this is about the crossing guard article in paticular. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:58, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Since when the fuck is calling a lady with a lollipop a lollipop lady sexist? Also, since when did anyone say he should have used that title? The issue is more general, although we're getting sidetracked into the intracacies of the example cited, which is perhaps not a great example. I've not helped that either; we should probably hash it out on the talk page for the article instead and leave this about Rockerball. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:20, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * All editors should have enough leeway to interpret the style guide. If RockerballAustralia wants to use a certain word that to him seems more appropriate, then we should allow him to do so. Besides, "lollipop lady" to me refers to a woman that sells candy. As for his other artcles, I don't see any blatant violations at all. Benny the mascot (talk) 01:49, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Did you actually read the above section? This is not about the goddamned lollipop lady! That was just the latest in a long string of rubber-stamping articles with zero copyedit or other corrections prior to publishing. Go on, look; one example of publication with a factual error – within the list of articles in the list down the right of the main page. Articles are not categorised by reviewer; there is no easy way to assess the reviewing history of an editor. I brought this vote here because I have lost confidence that RockerballAustrailia is doing due diligence during the review process. --Brian McNeil / talk 03:36, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

 * --I hadn't voted until now because I was unsure, but after this Talk:Historic_gym_the_site_of_Benet_Academy,_Illinois_victory_over_Oswego, I have to vote oppose. The lollipop article of course is not something to de-editor someone about, that's more of a choice.  But as said, other mistakes and especially this I've just linked to are unacceptable-for crying out loud I didn't know what the article was about until the last few lines.  Rockerball, don't let this stop you editing and writing, we appreciate it, but at the moment, I can't trust your reviewing I'm afraid.     Tris   09:02, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, check the categories - the sport is basketball. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:29, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Aha, didn't see that. Well, the point stands even more so then.  Shows my knowledge of these american sports!     Tris   10:11, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

 * per Tris' link which I spotted this morning (I could not get my head around the title) as well as Senegal president offers free land to "repratriate" Haitians; whilst the spurious 'r' in repatriate is not the end of the world as we know it, it's another example of less-than-meticulous checking of an article. RockerballAustralia, I truly do appreciate all of the time and effort you put into Wikinews, but I'm concerned by the errors in articles you have passed recently. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 10:05, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * (from neutral)—Sorry, but the Honda/Hyundai thing was a step too far. I just can't trust Rockerball's reviews to be entirely thorough and correct, unfortunately. Den dodge  T\C 16:08, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Alexandr Dmitri put it very well. --Pi zero (talk) 03:07, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I originally abstained, but as the debate progressed I formed an opinion; there are just too many errors, any of which would have been laughable on their own. It was easy come, easy go; on that basis, it is time for an easy go. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:44, 22 January 2010 (UTC)


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Comments:Avenged Sevenfold drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan found dead at age 28

BULLSHIT
 * Come on...at least have some respect for the guy. Benny the mascot (talk) 04:02, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

jimmy sullivan the rev
im so surprised at this sudden death of The Rev. even though i dont regularly listen to a7x im in shock regardless. i hope his family are well and especially his wife.R.I.P Jimmy. they will be in my thoughts.

My name is Kody Moberly I followed in The "REVS" footsteps ever since I started playing drums his, drumming really impacted me. I will always rember the "Rev" for his outstanding drumming and all so amazing Back up vocals. All my prayers and wishes are for The Rev Jimmy.--173.7.43.164 (talk) 05:26, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Hm.
It's so sad... I really don't like Wikipedia's bluntness on the subject. I mean, he's under former members... He'll always be A7X's drummer. Nothing could change it.

Jimmy will be missed surley by everyone who has known him. he was a drummer we all look up too, and a great friend and family member. I'm sorry to his friends and family ___63.3.13.129 (talk) 00:06, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "I Love You, Jimmy <3"
I Love You, Jimmy <3 —207.30.21.130 (talk) 12:28, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Me along with many fans felt like it was a nightmare when jimmy passed.He was only 28 way way too young to die
T hate

Comments from feedback form - "yo.... wikipedia is awesome an..."
yo.... wikipedia is awesome and it helps me..... —122.104.102.216 (talk) 08:22, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "R.I.P"
R.I.P —204.13.204.226 (talk) 14:51, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "What A Bad News....."
What A Bad News..... —125.162.79.236 (talk) 07:39, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "You know nothing of his death."
You know nothing of his death. —63.215.27.31 (talk) 21:04, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

I feel sad...like crying...RIP Jimmy. We'll miss you

I don't think that Jimmy killed himself. He always seemed so happy but I wouldn't know because i was not close to him personally. All I know is that millions of people everywhere will mourn the lost of such a great and world renowed drummer. Rest in Peace Jimmy.l

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User talk:Outsane~enwikinews

Welcome
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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Welcome
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North Korea seeks diplomatic relations with the US

January 2, 2010

North Korea said in a statement on Friday that it wants to end its “hostile relationship” with the United States, and that it seeks to focus on six-party talks with the west. The statement released by major state run news outlets, said that the North is committed to "a lasting peace system on the Korean peninsula." The United States responded by saying that it will take the statement seriously if the North takes action on its word and returns to the six-party talks.

The Korean Peninsula has been split into North and South Korea since the Korean war, which ended in 1953 with a cease-fire agreement. The war between US led United Nations forces from the south and North Korean and Chinese forces.

North Korea has been hit with sanctions since its nuclear test in May of 2009. The sanctions hurt the North's already struggling economy.

An expert on North Korean-US relations, B.R. Myers from Dongseo University, said that "North has absolutely no interest in normalizing relations with the United States. As soon as the North does that, it loses all reason to exist," and "as soon as people think it is possible to get along with America, they will ask themselves why they need a 'military first' policy." The nations leader Kim Jong-il said along with the statements, "When the people's living standards are decisively improved, hooray for socialism and singing of Arirang of prosperity can ring out louder across the country and the gate to a prosperous nation be opened."


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Talk:At least eighteen dead after storms in Brazil

at least 41 people dead
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Rio/0,,MUL1432562-5606,00-EQUIPES+DE+RESGATE+ENCONTRAM+MAIS+CORPOS+EM+ANGRA+DOS+REIS.html

on TV they say the number is 63 for the whole state --TiagoTiago (talk) 00:57, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Per our archival policy, articles more than about 24 hours old shouldn't be updated for content; new pages should be created instead. We actually have a new story with updated information here. Tempodivalse [talk]  01:18, 3 January 2010 (UTC)


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Talk:Crane levels New York City townhouse, leaving 4 dead

Adding Category:Michael Bloomberg
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Talk:TWU members reject contract

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Talk:Explosions near British consulate in New York shatter windows

Adding Category:Michael Bloomberg
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Talk:NYC transit deadline past, no strike or talks

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Talk:Mets; Citigroup agree to 20 year sponsorship deal

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Talk:New York City Henry Hudson highway retaining wall collapses

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Afghanistan: two kidnapped French journalists believed to be in good health

January 1, 2010

Two French journalists kidnapped on Wednesday north-east of the capital Kabul are believed to be in good health, although the condition of their three Afghan assistants is unknown.

"The two French journalists appear to be alive, in good health and being well treated," said a source involved in the attempts to release them.

According to another French journalist, suspected members of the Taliban captured them in the Kapisa province's Shinkai district, although the abductors have yet to claim responsibility.

A local spokesman confirmed that the group of two journalists from France 3, their translator and his brother and cousin had been abducted, and that Afghan security forces along with French soldiers from the local NATO mission were looking for them.

France Télévisions, who employs the journalists, has not confirmed the kidnapping, merely stating that they had received no news from them in the past 48 hours.


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Russia raises minimum vodka prices

January 2, 2010

The Russian government has raised the minimum price for in an effort to combat. The new minimum price for a half liter of vodka is now 89 (US$2.94, €2.05), nearly double what it was before the price raise. The time between and the  (January 7) is often marked with a spike in drinking. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made attempts to stem alcohol consumption in the nation, saying he was shocked that the average Russian drank 18 liters (38 US pints) of pure alcohol each year. The government said that the new tax would attempt "to reduce the level of alcohol dependency of the population."

Attempts made in the past have been unsuccessful, such as in 1985 when then president Mikhail Gorbachev ordered cuts to the production of wines and spirits. The cuts caused a surge in illegal production and lowered the popularity of Gorbachev.

Critics of the price raise say that it will only benefit producers and will not cut the nearly 35,000 deaths per year caused by acute alcohol poisoning.

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At least 75 dead following suicide bombing in Pakistan; scores more wounded

January 2, 2010 A suicide bomber at a game in northwestern Pakistan detonated a vehicle full of explosives Friday, killing at least 75 people and injuring scores more. Some reports placed the number of dead as high as 88.

The explosion occurred in the town of in the, located nearby to the South and North  provinces, an area where  members are known to be active.

Reportedly, the attacker drove his car onto a volleyball field, where a game, being watched by many people, was being played.

"The locality has been a hub of militants. Locals set up a militia and expelled the militants from this area. This attack seems to be reaction to their expulsion," said, Ayub Khan, a local police chief, to media. According to him, the attacker's vehicle contained 250 kilograms of highly intensive explosive material.

Buildings in the vicinity of the field, including a mosque were collapsed or damaged by the force of the blast. "[W]e fear that some ten or so people might have been trapped in the rubble", Khan said.

Another security official, Khabib Khan, said that there were around three hundred people attending at the volleyball competition when the explosion happened. "We had security there. We had it for the meeting, and for the tournament," he said to the news agency over the telephone.

Malik Naveed, the provincial police chief, said to that the attack may have been a retaliatory move against the residents of the town. According to him, the village where the attack occurred was once considered a hub of Taliban fighters; however, he says, locals, with the help of authorities set up a militia force and either killed or expelled them from their area.

"These insurgents, they were not very happy about it and they were cut off because the people had risen against them. So this was one way of taking revenge from these people," Naveed said.

This incident is the deadliest attack in Pakistan since October 28 of last year, when 112 people were killed by a car bomb in the city of Peshawar.


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Illinois high school girls basketball: Immaculate Conception defeats Wheaton Academy, wins Lisle tournament

January 2, 2010

Immaculate Conception High School defeated Wheaton Academy 52–41 last Wednesday, earning the championship title in the Lisle Holiday Cage Classic, a basketball tournament in Lisle, Illinois, United States.

It was the first championship game, and obviously the first championship win, for the Immaculate Conception Knights, which headed into this weekend with a 16–1 record, having won 16 games at the Lisle tournament.

With 3:10 left in the second quarter, both teams were tied 16–16. The Knights stepped up their offense with a 9–0 burst, bringing their score to 25–16 at halftime.

Wheaton Academy didn't apply its usual full-court pressure, perhaps out of respect for Kasey Reaber's ball handling skills. They instead hoped to use a different defensive strategy. Of her game-high 18 points, Kasey Reaber scored ten in the third quarter, helping to give her team a 40–26 lead at the end. The Knights' lead grew to 50–30 in the fourth quarter.

"[Kasey Reaber] is just a phenomenal player. Her first step and that dribble penetration is hard to defend," said Wheaton Academy coach Beth Mitchell. Her tournament-MVP sister, Taylor Reaber, scored ten points during the game. Both Reabers are former students of Driscoll Catholic High School.

Alexa Sharkey scored ten points for Wheaton Academy, and Meghan Grant nine. With a record of 12–2, the team was kept well below its average of 53 points per game in a contest.


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User talk:WhalersOnTheMoon

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Hi. Just to note, I've reverted your edit here. Please note that we don't remove posts just because they're inflammatory; comments pages are intended to be used for people to provide opinions, even if they are extreme (as this post was). It wouldn't be fair to censor out certain people's views. The only reason we'd remove a post from a comment page if it was vandalism, or trolling clearly unrelated to the topic. Thanks for your understanding. Cheers, Tempodivalse [talk]  04:07, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Thank you for letting me know. I was unsure at first of whether to remove the comment or not, and only decided in favour of doing so when I saw the "please refrain from offensive or inflammatory comments" notice at the top of the Opinions page. I will not make any similar edits in the future. Cheers. WhalersOnTheMoon (talk) 04:19, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

 * No worries. The commentary template is indeed a bit confusing, it might be a good idea to add a note along the lines of "please don't remove inflammatory comments unless they're vandalism" to avoid this happening in the future. Cheers and happy editing. Tempodivalse [talk]  16:48, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

 * The sentence ends 'where possible'. In certain controversies, any view is inflamatory. As Tempo says, though, no worries; it isn't as clear a template as I'd like either and it wasn't exactly a huge mistake. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:02, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

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Somali man attempts failed attack on controversial cartoonist

January 2, 2010 An axe-wielding Somali man attempted to break into the house of controversial cartoonist Kurt Westergaard on Friday night in what the Danish Security Intelligence Service called a “terror-related” attack. According to a statement by the agency, the attacker has “close relations to the Somali terrorist group, al-Shabaab, and al-Qaeda leaders in eastern Africa.” The man, whose name has yet to be released, was shot in the leg and hand after turning the axe on responding police officers. He was hospitalized but Aarhus police say that his condition is not life-threatening.

The cartoonist, 74-year-old Kurt Westergaard, published in 2005 a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad wearing a turban shaped like a bomb with a lit fuse. This, and 11 other cartoons published in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, sparked the torching of Danish embassies in various Muslim countries.

Westergaard’s five-year-old granddaughter was sleeping over at his house when a man wielding an axe and knife cracked a window, apparently setting off a house alarm. Westergaard, whose life has been threatened multiple times since publication of his cartoon, had prepared a bathroom to function as a safe room. While he and his granddaughter hid there, the attacker reportedly banged on the door, shouting “revenge” and “blood”. Police arrived in less than three minutes. Neither Westergaard nor his granddaughter were injured in the incident.

The attacker is now charged with the attempted murder of Westergaard and a police officer. “My grandchild did fine,” Westergaard told the Jyllands-Posten, “It was scary. It was close. Really close. But we did it.”


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Remains of 1912 expedition plane found in Antarctica

January 2, 2010 A team of expeditioners from Australia has found the remains of the first airplane ever taken to the Antarctic. The find was made at Camp Denison.

The expedition is in Antarctica to help conserve huts used by the Australian explorer Douglas Mawson in the early twentieth century. The team unsuccessfully searched for the aircraft for three summers. The plane, which was a single-engine Vickers built in 1911, has been lost in the Antarctic ices since 1975. It was the first aircraft produced by the Vickers plant in France.

Before Mawson's 1911–14 expedition, the aircraft was damaged due to a crash. Mawson had apparently decided to use the machine as a motorised sled instead; however, the engine wouldn't function properly under very low temperatures, and the plane was later abandoned.

"[We've used a] Magnetometer, ground-penetrating radar, metal detectors and all sorts of things to try and look for it, but in the end it was just a combination of a very low tide, good weather and a thin ice melt," commented Tony Stewart, a member of the team, as quoted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. "Our carpenter was just taking a walk along the beach and just saw the metal in 10 centimetres of water, just right next to the ice."

"The ice melts back very quickly, it's on the edge of a harbour which is covered in sea ice most of the year and then as summer comes the edge of the ice gradually pulls off in huge chunks," he continued. "This is the first time those rocks have been exposed in that area for some time so we've been walking around that area above the air tractor not knowing it was there under our feet all this time."


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Remains of 1912 expedition plane found in Antarctica, yeah i saw this article on yahoo, google, and cnn. pretty cool discovery. --CakeandRice911 (talk) 15:52, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

 * I saw a good quote somewhere about how this aircraft was very important in terms of Antarctic aviation history. Eh... It had no wings when it got there and didn't work anyway. It is little more than a curiosity; a very cool curiosity, perhaps, with some historical interest, but that is all. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:30, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

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NHL: Boston Bruins win Winter Classic in overtime

January 3, 2010

The Boston Bruins won against the Philadelphia Flyers at Boston's historic Fenway Park becoming the first home team to win the NHL Winter Classic in front of a crowd of 38,112 Friday.

Before the game began, a ceremonial face-off took place between Bruins' legend Bobby Orr and Flyers' legend Bobby Clarke who represented their respective teams as honorary captains.

The first period went by with both teams tied scoreless at 0-0. However, fists went flying, in the first ever Winter Classic fight, between the Bruins' Shawn Thornton and the Flyers' Daniel Carcillo, who was looking to fight. Thornton said of the fight, "It wasn’t about that. He was out there and asked a couple guys. I don’t think it’s anybody else’s job to do that. There’s nobody on the team that has the same role as me. So I went and obliged."

Thornton added, "Yeah, first one ever, I guess. You’ve been reminding me about it for the last six months. It happened. Now it’s over and we can stop talking about it."

Then at 4:42 in the second period, Danny Syvret, gave the Flyers their first point in what was Syvret's first goal of his NHL career. The game went in the third period with the Flyers leading, 1-0.

However, the Bruins made a comeback in the third period on a power play, when former Flyer Mark Reechi tied the game 1-1 with 2:18 left in the period. The game went into "extra innings" at Fenway with both teams battling back forth until the very end with the Bruins' Marco Sturm gained control of the puck from the Flyers' Matt Carle hitting the puck to fellow teammate Patrice Bergeron.

Bergeron gained control of the puck and turned it to pass to Sturm who read Bergeron's movement. Sturm tipped the puck into net, winning the game for the Bruins at 3:03 in overtime driving the crowd in Fenway wild as the team swarmed Sturm to congratulate him.

Bruins' goalie Tim Thomas also achieved a dream of his as after the game concluded the United States men's national ice hockey team announced it's roster for the 2010 Winter Olympics which included the goalie. The team will play at 2010 Winter Olympics next month in Vancouver, British Columbia.

However, the rink in Fenway won't come down just yet, Yesterday at 2PM EDT, the Bruins held the AT&T Legends Classic where former Bruins legends such as Cam Neely and Terry O'Reilly and current Bruins' coach Claude Julien were joined by celebrities such as Worcester, Massachusetts native actor and comedian Denis Leary, along with Kiefer Sutherland and film director Bobby Farrelly with groups facing off in two teams. The game was held despite the snow which has been forecast for the Boston area.

Then, on January 8th, a double NCAA college hockey doubleheader will take place at Fenway Park as the women's ice hockey teams of the University of New Hampshire Wildcats and Northeastern University Huskies in the first ever outdoor women's ice hockey game.

After that game ends, the infamous Green Line Rivalry will come to Fenway as long-time rivals, the 2008 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Champions Boston College Eagles take on the 2009 champions, the Boston University Terriers.


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 * he expedition was in Antarctica to help conserve huts used by the Australian explorer Douglas Mawson in the early twentieth century. Is this referring to the expedition that found the plane or the expedition associated with the plane? – Juliancolton  | Talk 17:08, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * It's referring to the expedition that found the aircraft. It's phrased a bit confusingly, i know, but i couldn't come up with a clearer way to express that. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:52, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Contradiction
One of the two sources has not done their homework correctly. "...the plane, built in 1911... the 1911-14 Australian Antarctic Expedition used the plane to tow gear onto the ice in preparation for their sledging journeys," comes from Yahoo! via AP, but ABC states that "The aircraft was built eight years after the first flight of the Wright brothers in 1911." Which of these is wrong? Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:26, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Both sources say the same thing, it's just that ABC phrased it awkwardly to make it sound as though Wright Brothers first flew in 1911, not the year said airplane was built. Tempodivalse [talk]  18:30, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh. Congratulations, I'd never have guessed that. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:32, 2 January 2010 (UTC)


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UK Wikinews Shorts: January 2, 2010

Two killed in collision involving car and truck in Devon, England
Two people have died as the result of a road traffic accident involving a truck and a car in Devon, England. The emergency services were called to the scene of a collision involving a Vauxhall Corsa and a DAF lorry at 0830 GMT on Saturday. Both occupents of the Vauxhall, a man and a woman, were pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, which was on the A361 road in the town of Knowstone, near South Molton. The North Devon stretch of road was subsequently closed. It is suspected that icy conditions were a factor of the accident.

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One killed, at least five injured in car crash in Western Isles, Scotland
Two vehicles have been involved in a road traffic accident in the Western Isles of Scotland. As a result of the collision, which occurred at 0635 GMT on the Tarbert - Stornoway road on the island of Lewis on Saturday killed the sole occupant of one of the vehicles, who was a 26-year-old man. The Northern Constabulary, the police force in the Highlands and Islands, said that he came from the area. At least five people in the other vehicle were injured. The injured people were transported to Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway and were treated for abdominal, chest and neck injuries. The road was closed for several hours to allow police examinations to take place. Pentland Road, the alternative route round the area was also closed due to the snowy road conditions.

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Afghanistan's parliament rejects Karzai's cabinet nominations

January 2, 2010

The Afghan parliament has rejected president Hamid Karzai's nominees for his new cabinet. Karzai had nominated 24 persons to fill vacancies, although only seven were approved. Of the nominees rejected include incumbent Energy Minister Ismail Kha, and the incumbent minister of Women's Affairs. It did however approve the nominees for the positions of Defense, Interior, and Finance ministers.

President Karzai will need to resubmit candidates for the vacant positions so that the government can begin its 2010 workload.

During the confirmation hearings Karzai was in the Helmand province, meeting with US commander General Stanley McChrystal. Karzai told local residents that if they want to be protected, they have to bring their sons to the national army.

“The significance of the rejection has to do with politics and Karzai’s failure to build a cabinet that spoke to a wide enough spectrum of people, and also with the weakening of his political machine,” Alex Thier, the director of the Pakistan-Afghanistan program at the United States Institute of Peace, told The New York Times.

The American embassy released a statement saying that it supports the parliaments decision approve and disapprove the nominaees.

Also announced Saturday, Afghan parliamentary elections will take place May 22, despite corruption allegations from last Augusts presidential elections.


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US researchers increase tobacco's oil production for biofuel use

January 3, 2010 A team of researchers from the Thomas Jefferson University's Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories (BFL) in the United States have managed to increase the amount of oil produced by tobacco leaves. Tobacco oil can be very efficiently converted to biofuel, but most oil is located in the seeds, which the plant does not produce many of.

Tobacco seeds produce around 40% oil per dry weight but a crop of the plant yields only around 600kg of seeds per acre. The leaves have an oil content of around 1.7–4% oil per dry weight. The oil has previously been tested for powering diesel-fueled vehicles and can be more efficiently converted than the product of many other crop plants.

The team from BFL identified that oil production in the leaves was controlled by two genes: the diacyglycerol acytransferase (DGAT) and the LEAFY COTYLEDON 2 (LEC2) genes. By genetic engineering, they achieved oil yields of 5.8% oil per dry weight by modifying the DGAT while changes to the LEC2 resulted in a yield of 6.8% per dry weight.

"Tobacco is very attractive as a biofuel because the idea is to use plants that aren't used in food production," said cancer biology assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson Dr Vyacheslav Andrianov, Ph.D. "In some instances, the modified plants produced 20-fold more oil in the leaves."

Various efforts are being made to find biofuel sources that are not also potential food, in order to steer clear of causing further rises in global food costs. Last month the US government anounced funding for research that used nonphotosynthesising micro-organisms to manufacture biodiesel, in the hope that this will prove more efficient than options that rely on photosynthesis. This also escapes one criticism of biofuels like tobacco; that competition for land to grow crops on will result in biofuel crops displacing foodstuffs and pushing food prices up. In November 2009 a Spanish team launched a study to determine if tobacco, as well as the prickly pear, was capable of withstanding the harsh conditions of land not suitable for growing food, selecting these plants for their ability to survive water shortages.


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How the hell is this newsworthy? A high school basketball team?
 * The story adds variety to Wikinews's work. I think it's acceptable. Benny the mascot (talk) 22:07, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, Local articles are acceptable on WN. You could write one about where you live. ;) Calebrw (talk) 23:32, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

From Wiki's guidelines on newsworthiness:

"News is relevant. Being Wikinews — global and Internet-based — stories about local news may need to have their relevance explained for our international audience. Stories should appeal to a large number of people."

What relevance is there for anybody outside of Illinois? Even in Illinois, I do not think many would even care about a girl's highschool basketball tournament. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.82.118.158 (talk) 22:47, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

 * You have twisted the words beyond all meaning. The article explains the local importance; failure to do so would have been expecting us, for example, to know what the tournament was already without explaining that it was a school competition. Basically, it is a reminder that your article about Nowhere, Illinois must be comprehensible to someone who just bought the first laptop in 100 miles of Nowhere, Zimbabwe. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 22:59, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You can even take a look at Category:Benet Academy. All of the articles there were approved as well, and it's probably the most local category here on Wikinews! Benny the mascot (talk) 04:28, 6 January 2010 (UTC)


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Volcano erupts in Democratic Republic of Congo

January 3, 2010 Democratic Republic of Congo's Mount Nyamuragira, the most active volcano in Africa, erupted in the morning hours of Saturday, spilling lava out over its southern flank.

The explosion occurred at about 03.45 local time, according to rangers from the Virunga National Park, where the volcano is situated.

The warden for the southern sector of Virunga National Park, Innocent Mburanumwe, was a witness to the event. "I first thought [it] was the sound of war. I thought there was fighting again near our park station. Then I saw the mountain was on fire with sparks flying. We could see that we were not in immediate danger here at Rumangabo, but there are many people who live to the south of the volcano, where the lava is heading as I speak," he said, as quoted by CNN.

Mount Nyamuragira is located around 25 kilometres from Goma, a city with 600,000 residents. According to a posting on Mburanumwe's blog, however, it is unlikely that the city would be affected by the volcano's eruptions. The mountain rises to 10,333 feet above sea level, and over 35 eruptions from it have been recorded since 1882.


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None of the sources described Westergaard as a 'controversial cartoonist', just that his one work was controversial. I think it misrepresents this man and his career. Animadversio (talk) 23:41, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Controversial cartoonist
I believe that action of cartoonist is a sign of an ill mind and ill fated person who has no morality or true believe in the natural existence of this world / universe. He or for that matter, anybody else has no right to express such nasty and stupid remarks about any religion. I think non-Muslims have murdered / carried out genocide more than whole Islamic history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.154.16.131 (talk) 08:35, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

The problem here is not who has killed more in the past but that a section of the muslim worldwide population still thinks it's necessary and good to kill people who have a different view from them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.14.217.136 (talk) 12:18, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The problems are exacerbated by idiots like the initial anonymous poster above. Free Speech is non-negotiable and you can fellate a goat before people who care about freedom will cower before bigoted ignoramuses led by power-hungry religious nutjobs. Christianity has a long and ignominious history of "killing in the name of God", yes. So does Islam. It's just an excuse, and a pathetic one at that. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:24, 3 January 2010 (UTC)


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Death toll from Brazil mudslides rises to sixty

January 3, 2010 At least sixty people have been confirmed dead after mudslides in southeastern Brazil, mostly on Ilha Grande, caused by torrential rainfall.

Rescue efforts are still continuing in the state of Rio de Janeiro for people feared to be buried under houses, which collapsed due to the deluge of mud and rain. Rescuers used shovels and heavy machinery to dig through the rubble.

Colonel Jerri Andrade, who is supervising the rescuers, commented on the current status of rescue efforts. "The weather is improving, which helps us with the search, but we won't rest as long as we suspect that there are more bodies underneath the remains."

More rain is forecast in the days ahead, making additional mudslides a possibility. The authorities have warned that the death toll could increase as more bodies are found. Three days of mourning were declared in the Rio de Janeiro greater area, and celebrations scheduled for January 6 were called off.


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Welcome to the Wikinews World News Quiz, giving you a chance to test your knowledge on this week's news.

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US jobless claims fall, reach seventeen-month low

January 3, 2010 The number of newly-laid off US residents has fallen to the lowest level in a year and a half. The Department of Labor reports new unemployment claims totaled 432,000 last week, down 22,000 from the previous week.

That is the lowest figure since July, 2008, and a significant reduction from the nearly 700,000 jobs that were being lost each week during the worst stretch of the economic recession in early 2009.

Global Insight economist Nigel Gault commented that he thought unemployment is easing. "The trend is clear. It is well established now, and the [unemployment] trend is down. We are now roughly in the zone which is consistent with the economy just beginning to add jobs," he said, as quoted by Voice of America.

Not only are new job losses down, but the total number of people receiving unemployment benefits has also dropped by 57,000. If the trend continues, the number of jobs created will outpace job losses, and US unemployment, which stands at a 26-year high of ten percent, will decline, according to Gault.

"We can look forward to 2010 with a lot more confidence that some of those jobs are going to come back," Gault said. "They are not all going to come back quickly and maybe some of them will never come back. But we are going to start creating jobs."

The federal government will issue its next unemployment reading next week.

The improved unemployment numbers follow reports of a boost in US consumer confidence and indications that retailers fared better during the economically-critical holiday shopping season than had been anticipated.


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"Happy new year - at least 18 dead during this 1st of Januray", doens't really fit.... --TiagoTiago (talk) 01:00, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I know...it's depressing, isn't it? Benny the mascot (talk) 01:06, 3 January 2010 (UTC)


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Wikinews Shorts: January 6, 2010

Former Surinamese president Johan Ferrier dies
Johan Ferrier, the first president of Suriname died Monday at his home in the Netherlands. He was 99 years old. He served as president from 1975–1980.

Born on May 12, 1910 in Paramaribo, Suriname, he was that country's last governor before independence.

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Man killed in car crash in New York, US
A 34-year-old man has been killed as the result of a single car accident in the US state of New York. The Livingston County Sheriff's Department have said that Eric Jones, who came from Rochester in the state, was driving his car on Route 436 in the town of Portage when he lost control of the vehicle at around 2015 local time, crashing into some trees and a utility pole. Jones was believed to be the only occupant of the vehicle. He was taken to a hospital and died on Monday night.

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Comments:Volcano erupts in Democratic Republic of Congo

If there is a God, this is him telling them to smarten the hell up and stop killing each other. "I can play that game too, you know!"