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User:DragonFire1024/archive November-December 2008

Third party U.S. presidential candidates hold debate
Could you do a peer review for the article above? Thanks. --WNewsReporter (talk) 22:28, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

SATS
What was this for? --128.243.253.111 23:00, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The edits you made were not correct. People were not taking the test, kids were. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 04:21, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree, that's why I changed the word 'people' to 'children'. If we're on the same page then why did you revert me? --128.243.253.113 05:25, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I am sorry...must have misread what you did. I put it back. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 11:03, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you... but oh how surprising, an administrator automatically assuming an anonymous editor's contributions were in bad faith! That's never happened to me before! I don't know why I bother. --128.243.253.113 13:42, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually I said it was a mistake and was not intended to make your edits look bad. I apologized and reverted my edits. Everyone makes mistakes, even administrators. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 16:34, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd be more inclined to accept that if you hadn't reverted purely based on what you percieved as one mistake. Did you not notice the size of my edit? All the corrections I made to the various titles of politicians? I imagine if I had a username you would have gone over the details with more care, but no: one slip-up from an anonymous editor and the entire thing simply must be erreneous! I get this kind of treatment from every Wikimedia project I contribute to, and it's all because I am a string of numbers instead of a stupid pseudonym. --128.243.253.111 23:51, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok accept my apology or don't. Your choice. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 15:22, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I did. I just wanted to make my point absolutely clear in the perhaps vain hope that I and my fellow anons stop being treated like this. --128.243.253.112 00:29, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It was a simple mistake. Nothing more, nothing less. Sorry to have upset you so. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 01:08, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Heads up

 * This looks interesting... Cirt (talk) 08:07, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, this. Cirt (talk) 03:30, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Here's some more, same topic. Cirt (talk) 09:16, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Mentioned in 2 more secondary sources:, . Cirt (talk) 15:22, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Bit more:, , ,. Glosslip did an interview today with the author:. Cirt (talk) 20:50, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * theBookseller.com Cirt (talk) 15:24, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

This is good. Cirt (talk) 15:44, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

FYI, at Wikinews: Pfizer accused of using charity for profit. --InfantGorilla (talk) 08:20, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Lead 1
Do you really think that a story that is borderline stale should be the top story? The protest was on Nov. 7. Cheers, --SVTCobra 14:36, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It was just published today though. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 14:36, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Post-election spam
Thank you for supporting me for adminship. :) I'll try to make you glad you did it.  So here's a Nadezhda "Harry S. Truman" Durova campaign song.  All the best, Durova (talk) 00:29, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Proposition 8 Protest at Church of Scientology
This looks interesting. See also this and this. I will do some more research on this. Cirt (talk) 05:44, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Global bots
Did you mean to support the Global Bots policy or just comment on it? Your comment has been converted to a support vote while this might not be what you intended.

There is further discussion on the talk page of this proposed policy. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:52, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Benoit book author seeks to talk with editors of the Nancy death rumor
I am writing a book about the Benoit case and would like to talk directly with the editors involved in this story. For background, see my blog, http://muchnick.net/babylon. I can be emailed either through my account here or directly at info@muchnick.net. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muchnick (talk • contribs) 00:17, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Backlog catchup
You stated there's a need to catch up with archiving. Any suggestions where and how I should start? Best wishes, Durova (talk) 02:55, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Hubbard Center closed up in Samara
Samara, Russia
 * Interesting development. Cirt (talk) 15:57, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Leaf
i gonna tell u the same thing i told the others.i WAS working on a biology assignment, were i have to pretend i'm interviewing a stupid leaf, but my teacher told us prepare a wikipedia eyewitness report so i made it an article to make my report more proffesional looking. you could have deleted it after i was completely done...thanks67.203.209.181 16:52, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * This is NOT Wikipedia. This is Wikinews. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:54, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Man shot, killed at Scientology building in LA - Associated Press
- AP. This is on a bunch of other news sites. I haven't looked into it in detail yet. Cirt (talk) 23:39, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Two interesting developments
and - both might be interesting writeups with a bit of added OR research... Cirt (talk) 11:32, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks for your help! ♪ Tempo Di  Valse ♪ 17:39, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of GNU Free Documentation License Image
''we do not allow competing news agency material. Plus it is copyrighted'' The wikipedia is released under GNU Free Documentation License and is Compatibility with CC. The FSF stated that all content added before November 1st, 2008 to Wikipedia (as an example) satisfies the conditions of CC. Mrchris (talk) 19:28, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

YouTube experiments with HD videos
hi, please explain why did you delete the news in progress! I told on the collarboration page that's my first news here and I don't wanted to do all by myself without asking for help here. if it's the way to just delete news, it's my way to put it back up again. greets, --Andreas -horn- Hornig (talk) 22:02, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Dragon
No offense but that spam on the portal film was not mine i erased the persons ip sig and left the rest thinking it was okay it was my slip, mistake so sorry. --72.73.90.228 20:32, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok no problem. I apologize too. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:39, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Interview
Hi. I'm planning on interviewing a Hawaii-based author for Wikinews. The author in question is semi-active on Wikipedia. Is there anything important I need to be aware of before I do this? I'm planning on either saving the interview as a chat transcript, or ideally, recording a skype call. The author may also supply some photos. Viriditas (talk) 10:46, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

RE:Redirects
No problem, I kept on getting annoyed at the number of clicks it needed to get to the actual article/talkpages. I have two articles on my watchlist but the number of moves on there amazes me! Regards, Woody (talk) 23:51, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * And now I give up: it has been moved again, I thought it had settled. Woody (talk) 23:53, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

IWF Statement
Hi DragonFire1024 - you seem to be the main contributor to the UK ISPs blocking WP article. I thought you'd like to know the Internet Watch Foundation have issued a statement regarding this, vague as it may be. Best wishes, Pretzels (talk) 19:38, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah i just read it. And yeah its just about useless. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:40, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Whole of Wikipedia blocked
How many sources and what steps have you taken to verify them? Have you made sure it's not just their internet connection playing up, for example? Did you get them to wait ten minutes and see if it came back? Etc. No-one else has heard any such reports, so the burden is on you to give some more details. --Tango (talk) 19:57, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't need to. At the time thats what I was told. There is a screen shot listed in reddit. I would not write it if it were not true. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:02, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * You have an obligation to take reasonable steps to verify what you read. You haven't learned anything, you've just read some random comment on the internet - learning is an active process and involves a certain about of verification and concious thought. Is it really likely that the censorship is blocking someone from the whole site when everyone else seems to be able to access it fine? --Tango (talk) 20:06, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
 * You don't know who I talked to and when. As a journalist, I am not obligated to disclose who I talked to, when I talked to them, and what about. This was also several hours ago. But regardless I stand by my statement, at the time this was the case. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 20:11, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Shorts: December 7, 2008
Hello. I noticed you're active today. Would you mind reviewing today's shorts? The only reason I'm asking this is because in a few minutes it will become December 8, and then they will be considered old news. Thanks, ♪ Tempo Di  Valse ♪ 22:47, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Blocked IWF proxy - allow ac?
Hey DF, I notice you've blocked a couple of the proxy IPs that are being used by UK IPs, and given the edits rightly so. I also understand why you didn't bother with warnings, since there would be so many users on the IPs the vandal would never see them. However, by the same token there are a large number of non-vandal users, many of whom are contributing to the comments page of the article. Would you have a problem if I modified the block (at least on the one requesting unblock) to allow account creation, as they did on WP? Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 03:48, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Ooopps...didn't notice that...yes do what you need to. A mistake on my part :-) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:51, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool. Fixed, although I completely screwed up the duration. Let it be known that if there is huge protest at this, you or another admin can do as you see fit. Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 03:54, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks no problem :) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:55, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * A sort of random thought - Would it possibly make sense to recommend (in the block comment) these users use https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikinews/en/wiki/Main_Page to browse wikinews, as there real IP shows up through the secure server i believe. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:49, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

DR for Indian NE state of Nagaland now under President's rule
You closed this DR, but DRs are supposed to remain open for seven days. --SVTCobra 23:02, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * It was an old article, and already in the archives. It was put up for deletion in the state it was in prior to it being at least somewhat fixed. I thought it ok as it was fixed. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:39, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * No it was not archived. It was found during an archive effort. That doesn't explain why you closed it early. It was never published with a date, which means it no reader would have bumped into it. --SVTCobra 02:51, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Nonetheless it was there. Main page or not someone did find it. If they wanted to find it specifically, I am sure they could have. I don't see the issue here with something that is almost a year old. If its that big of a deal re-open the DR. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 02:53, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Responding to your message re new categories
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Heads up re: WN:FAC
Heads up - an article you created, Highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses, was nominated by and is being considered for a Featured Article, at WN:FAC. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 11:49, 18 December 2008 (UTC)


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Australian Tax Office warns against tax return scam

January 7, 2009

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has warned against a fraudulent email claiming to be from the ATO. The email, which is similar to previous scams, uses the ATO logo and has the subject line of ‘Notification - Please read’, ‘Australian Taxation Office - Please read’ or other variations.

The email directs recipients to a bogus website that looks similar to the ATO website and requests credit card and personal details.

"People should be wary of unsolicited emails claiming to be from the Tax Office," says Tax Commissioner Michael D’Ascenzo.

"As an extra precaution we recommend you type internet addresses directly into your internet browser rather than clicking on links embedded in emails," added D'Ascenzo who also stated that anyone who receives the email should delete it immediately.

Anyone who believes they may have fallen victim to this scam are urged to contact their credit card provider.

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Palestinian president pleads with UN Security Council for help in Gaza

January 8, 2009

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has urged the United Nations Security Council to call for Israel to immediately cease aggression in the Gaza Strip. He also called for the lifting of the "suffocating siege" of Gaza. Israel began ground operations in Gaza on Saturday.

"I call on the council to take the first necessary step to save my people in Gaza: a resolution calling for an immediate full cessation of Israeli aggression," he told the 15-member council. According to medics, the Israeli invasion has cost the lives of 660 Palestinians, 220 of which are children.

"The loss of civilian life in Gaza and Israel is a source of deep concern for me," said United States President-elect Barack Obama.

Current Condoleezza Rice has told the Council that the United States is deeply concerned about the "clearly worsening" situation.

"We need very much to find a solution to this problem in the short term," she said. "But it really must be a solution this time that doesn't allow Hamas to use Gaza as launching pad against Israeli cities. It has to be a solution that does not allow the rearmament of Hamas, and it must be a solution that finds a way to open crossings so that Palestinians in Gaza can have normal life."

Meanwhile, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been pushing for an immediate ceasefire.

"[Egypt] invites the Israelis and Palestinians for an urgent meeting to reach arrangements and guarantees that would not allow the repeat of the current escalation," Mr. Mubarak said. Mr. Abbas expressed support for the invitation. Israel is yet to respond.

Israel's envoy to the United Nations, Gabriela Shalev, made no mention of the proposal by Mr. Mubarak in her speech to the Security Council. She stated, however, that the incursion had dealt heavy blows to the infrastructure of Hamas. She reiterated that Israel had no choice in the face of such attacks but to act.

"In the face of such terrorism we have no choice," Ms. Shalev said. "We have to defend ourselves - not from the Palestinian people, but from the terrorists who have taken them hostage."

While denying that there is a crisis in the Gaza Strip, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will open what it calls a "humanitarian corridor" into the territory.

"This involves opening up geographical areas for limited periods of time during which the population will be able to receive the aid and stock up," the office said.


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Headline and style
It might be just me, but I think the real headline story here is not the diplomatic wordgames, but the planned change on the ground: the humanitarian corridor. This is planned to open an hour from now, so perhaps there is not time to rewrite the article (I can't) so maybe that is an approach for a second article today.

This article is not written in pyramid style, but I don't think that matters considering the speed of changing events, and the diversity of the quotes.

--InfantGorilla (talk) 09:52, 7 January 2009 (UTC)


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Ziff Davis sells 1UP to UGO Networks/Hearst, closes Electronic Gaming Monthly

January 8, 2009 Electronic Gaming Monthly is now dead. EGM was one issue away from its 20th anniversary in February 2009. An internal email leaked to industry website Gamasutra on Tuesday revealed that EGM was to be closed following the acquisition of the online element of the 1UP network by competitor Hearst Corporation's UGO Entertainment and that the January 2009 issue (with Wolverine on the cover) would be the final printed issue of the iconic magazine. Ziff Davis's sale, brokered by GCA Savvian Advisors also includes Mycheats.com, Gametab.com, and GameVideos.com. Hearst Interactive is the owner and operator of UGO Entertainment.

According to CEO Jason Young, the court proceedings help Ziff Davis “pay down debt and shift our full focus to our core PCMag Digital Network Business.” Davis had been focusing on PCMag Digital Network. As a result, around 30 employees of Ziff Davis' Game Group, including EGM Magazine's staff, 1UP Network's web staff, podcast and video producers lost their jobs. A UGO spokesman explained that "the reality is that UGO Entertainment is saving over 25 jobs, the company is retaining a core group of editorial all-star performers." Ziff Davis Holdings Inc (ZFDH.PK), which publishes EGM and about 15 Web sites, obtained Manhattan, New York Court Judge Burton Lifland's approval of a reorganization plan under Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code. It was able, therefore, to emerge from its duly filed March bankruptcy protection petition.

UGO Entertainment CEO J Moses left a note on EGM's gaming legacy, saying, "since we started UGO 11 years ago, we have served the gamer community and built a world-class online publishing platform." Ziff Davis Media CEO Jason Young further noted: "We believe this is a smart transaction for Ziff Davis Media that places these market leading assets and teams in a great environment poised for further success. The transaction allows us to pay down debt and shift our full focus to our core PCMag Digital Network business. We thank our 1UP team members for their contributions and wish them the best of success into the future." In July 2007, Hearst acquired the 11-year-old UGO Networks (Hearst Interactive) for an estimated price of $100 million. Established in 1998 by CEO J Moses, UGO is an online site targeting men aged 18 to 34.

J Moses stated categorically that his company just saved 1UP and UGO never tried to acquire EGM. “Closing EGM has absolutely nothing to do with UGO. We have just hired 24 people and have expanded UGO by 33 percent, because our business is robust and growing. We only wanted to buy 1UP and related sites. That was our interest as a dot-com company and that’s all we’ve ever been for 11 years." Sam Kennedy, editorial director of 1UP, further explained that Ziff Davis was insolvent and 1UP was not financially healthy. "The reality of the market was that no company, including UGO, was willing to sustain 1UP as it was so the cuts were very painful but necessary to the survival of 1UP," he added.

Electronic Gaming Monthly, which has been synonymous to video games for generations of gamers, was an American consumer video game magazine mainstay. It was published by Ziff Davis as part of the 1UP Network and released 12 issues a year (and an occasional extra "13th" issue for the Christmas season, also known as the "Smarch" issue, a reference to an episode of The Simpsons). As ZD's sole print magazine, EGM, a stalwart of the videogame industry and dubbed the New York Times of games journalism, has been losing money. The 20-year-old publication had 236 issues total, since its debut in 1989.

In 2008, the company closed 27-year Games for Windows Magazine, or Computer Gaming World. In late 2006, Ziff-Davis also shuttered its Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, while its Xbox-focused XBN and Electronics Boutique in-store mag GMR were terminated in 2004. EGM's February issue, which is completed, will only be available digitally. Print publications have been suffering for years now, due to the global economic meltdown.


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I CREATED this article upon request appearing on my talk page by IP address sender. My brother Robert had been playing video games and had used Mags for cheats. Since this is not my line, please help in publishing it. Cheers.--Florentino Floro (talk) 09:15, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

This article doesn't look right in the Science and Technology category, since this is more related to culture and technology. I also think the Computing category doesn't apply for similar reasons - it's an entertainment magazine rather than a computer one. --206.248.160.64 22:52, 18 January 2009 (UTC)


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New stories
Thanks for engaging in debate about Saturday's article announcing the start of the ground assault on Gaza. Material for new articles about the Gaza conflict arises all the time.

I was interested by your link to an AP story about civilian casualties, as I my perception up to now has been that AP has published a number of pro-Israeli biased articles. I may change my view of AP.

Here is a source for a possible Wikinews story about white phosphorus: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5447590.ece

Goodness know when the Times published it: the dateline of December 5 cannot be right.

An interesting comment there: "Israel (and six other countries) declined to ratify the treaty's third protocol, which deals with incendiary weapons"

--InfantGorilla (talk) 11:34, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

 * They admit using phosphorus weapons, yet mainly claim it is limited to smoke bombs. The source at AP was actually taken from PCHR, that is why it is more accurate than usual. If you read fact sheets, weekly reports or statistics on Palestinian Center for Human Rights, the events might be more clear. They even have reports on child killings by IDF if you like to read. I don't know whether the western press don't report articles neutrally because of their bias, ignorance or unawareness. But if you cross reference the conflicting side's you get closer to the truth. They say "There are three sides to every story. Your side my side and the truth." everything2 article Kasaalan (talk) 10:29, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

 * By the way I am not much familiar with WikiNews and since I mostly focus on wikipedia, whenever I came up with a good link, I can post them here, then you might convert them to news format or use them as a reference if you like.

 * Lately I work hard on Rachel Corrie article, and if you like you can also read the discussion page for further references. Kasaalan (talk) 10:39, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Will be glad to see your links, here, at water cooler Requested articles, or my talk page (though I only occasionally write new articles at Wikinews.)

The Rachel Corrie article is very interesting. The zone between Rafah and Egypt will be a sore point for a long time to come. It is certainly true that an encyclopedia allows for more considered, sober and comprehensive coverage than news.

Regarding balance on Israel-Palestine news coverage, I hope to start a public discussion on Wikinews shortly. It would also be good to see some Wikinews original reporting from Gaza, but I won't be traveling there to do it.

--InfantGorilla (talk) 14:46, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

For the latest casualties PCHR Press Releases are good, yet is it forbidden to mention casualties only in ITN or in wikinews generally.

Twelfth Day of Continuous IOF Attacks Against the Population of Gaza Date: 07 January 2009 Time: 11:30 GMT

83 Palestinians civilians were killed; half the victims were children and women. IOF committed a new war crime by shelling a school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), killing 39 civilians including 13 children and five women. The number of victims has risen to 682, including 158 children, 41 women, and 6 medical personnel.

"'Investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) indicate that more than 90% of the Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip in the last three days have been unarmed civilians, including a large number of children. ... The entire Gaza Strip is now under IOF bombardment. In the last 24 hours, 83 Palestinian civilians were killed including 28 children, 8 women and one journalist. The IOF also shelled a school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in which 350 families from jabalia were sheltering, killing 39 civilian including 13 children, 5 women and 12 members of one family.'"

Source 1 Twelfth Day of Continuous IOF Attacks Against the Population of Gaza Palestinian Center for Human Rights

Source 2 Gaza civilian death toll rises steeply Guardian

Thanks for your advice I requested the article. I can request news from territories from wikipedia, yet they have no electricity or wire in Gaza, so I suspect if they can write an article anyhow. Kasaalan (talk) 15:33, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Phosphorus Bomb evidence photograph

Gaza victims' burns increase concern over phosphorus

 * Good photograph. Does it come from an agency or a Times stringer?

 * Your first 2 links tie in with this observation I made. I think the difficulty with posting civilian casualty figures at Wikinews is that not enough of us (including me) are putting in the effort to find, interpret and weigh the recent sources.  I hope and expect that it is not forbidden.

 * You mention Wikipedia ITN. Wikinews is completely independent of ITN: each has their own community and editorial policy.  I don't object strongly to the bland ITN entry, when the linked article w:2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict has so much detail.  At ITN, they claim it is not a news source, just a list of relevant encyclopedia links.

 * I am impressed that so much information is coming from Gaza with only satellite phones working.

 * --InfantGorilla (talk) 10:53, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

I added high review for the article with comments, only thing missing is what israeli spoksmen say about the civillian casualties. Report published, thanks for the good work and help. Kasaalan (talk) 17:27, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Israel Safe House Shelling
Israel pulls out of Gaza leaving 110 dead

War in Gaza: Israel accused of killing 30 after shelling safe house

The United Nations has accused Israel of evacuating scores of Palestinians into a house in the suburbs of Gaza City, only to shell the property 24 hours later, killing some 30 people.

In a report published today on what it called "one of the gravest incidents" of the 14-day conflict, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) complained that the Israeli Defence Force then prevented medical teams from entering the area to evacuate the wounded, including young children.

The Israeli military said it was investigating the claim but had no knowledge of the incident.

''Citing "several testimonies" - but without identifying its sources - OCHA said that Israeli foot soldiers evacuated around 110 Palestinians into a house in Zeitun, south of Gaza City, on Sunday. Half of them were children.''

"Twenty-four hours later, Israeli forces shelled the home repeatedly, killing approximately 30," OCHA said. "Those who survived and were able walked two kilometres to Salah Ed Din road before being transported to the hospital in civilian vehicles. Three children, the youngest of whom was five months old, died upon arrival at the hospital."

Israel shelled Palestinians after evacuating them, UN says Killing of 30 people in house full of evacuees 'one of gravest incidents' since Gaza operations began

At least 30 people were killed in the Zeitoun district of Gaza after Israeli troops repeatedly shelled a house to which more than 100 Palestinians had been evacuated by the Israeli military, the UN said today.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said in a report it was "one of the gravest incidents since the beginning of operations" against Hamas militants in Gaza by the Israeli military on 27 December.

OCHA said the incident took place on 4 January, a day after Israel began its ground offensive in Gaza. According to testimonies gathered by the UN, Israeli soldiers evacuated about 110 Palestinians to a single-storey house in Zeitoun, south-east Gaza. The evacuees were instructed to stay indoors for their safety but 24 hours later the Israeli army shelled the house. About half the Palestinians sheltering in the house were children, OCHA said. The report also complains that the Israeli Defence Force prevented medical teams from entering the area to evacuate the wounded.

The OCHA report does not accuse Israel of a deliberate act but calls for an investigation. Responding to the report, an Israeli military spokeswoman, Avital Leibovich, told AFP news agency: "From initial checking, we don't have knowledge of this incident. We started an inquiry but we still don't know about it."

UN accusations are serious. Kasaalan (talk) 17:50, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

White Phosphorus Weapons
UN Briefing dodges question of White Phosphorus weapons in Gaza (RealPlayer file) Not sure on what it says.

Photo how the bombs spreads burning over streets

Israel admits phosphorus bombing in 2006 BBC

BBC link directly adressing the issue but in 2006.

Israel Probaganda
Propaganda war: trusting what we see Kasaalan (talk) 12:27, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

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CNN medical correspondent to be named US Surgeon General

January 7, 2009 🇺🇸

United States president-elect Barack Obama has chosen Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a medical correspondent from the American television station CNN, to be the next United States Surgeon General. Gupta, also a neurosurgeon, was reported to be chosen because of his background in broadcasting and skills in communication. He is currently the host of House Call, a program on CNN, a columnist for Time Magazine, a contributor to CBS News, and also a part time worker at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. He will likely leave all of these positions to serve as US Surgeon General.

Dr. Joseph Heyman of the American Medical Association supported Gupta, stating "If chosen, Dr. Gupta's communication skills and medical knowledge could be a boon to the new administration's health system reform efforts." Conversely, Doctors Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice stated that the next Surgeon General would need to "...demonstrate skills that are too often missing in medical news on TV: skepticism about the science and a careful analysis of both the benefits and harms of medical care."

According to reports by sources close to the discussions, Gupta met with Barack Obama on November 25 in Chicago to discuss the position. He later met with several advisors to the president-elect, including Thomas A. Daschle of the US Department of Health and Human Services. He was reported to tell Obama that he wanted the Surgeon General position. Gupta declined to comment about the situation yesterday, but did state that he plans to accept Obama's choice.


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Comments:Ice, snow, and cold strike throughout Europe

And at the same time Mother Russia cuts fuel supplies off.--66.229.21.217 19:56, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

No hotel rooms and food or drinks available.
I was one of the passengers whose flights were canceled and had to spend the night in Paris - there were no food or drinks provided by Air France, except about 20 cups of water every hour while we were waiting in line (for me it was 5 hours until I quit the line at 11:30 pm)... while the number of passengers waiting was more than 150. By about 9 pm they had stopped giving out hotel rooms because there were no more hotel vouchers. About a 100 people in front of me were still in line at that point and would probably have to spend the night at the airport. I was lucky to have a friend in Paris who had found me a hotel to spend the night. —71.200.179.121 13:23, 8 January 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Iranian response to Israeli attack on Gaza

hi, My only concern is the innocent people of Gaza especially women and children. Gaza was under seige for the last 6 months and people were dying of hunger and disease, that led to breaking of truce by Hamas. What ever Hamas is doing may not be justified, but the Israeli killing innocent women and children can never be justified. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Liuktest (talk • contribs)
 * Thank you, Liuktest. I'm concerned for the people of both countries -- men, women, and children.  I see almost all of them, even the soldiers, as innocents caught up in a mad destructive ideology.  I was surprised, a few days ago, to find out how FEW rockets were actually fired during the truce period -- see  List of rocket and mortar attacks in Israel in 2008.  The stated reason for aggression is rarely the real reason.  This tells me that the real reason for this slaughter is ideology -- a form of blindness.  The ideology was imported from Europe over the last century, into a land where Jews, Muslims, and Christians were living together in peace.  I believe that no progress can be made until this ideology is identified properly and examined.  Very few here in the U.S. are brave enough to speak the name of that fascist ideology: That tells me that we are not as free as we pretend to be. NonZionist (talk) 19:06, 8 January 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:China targets Google, Baidu and Internet portals over porn

Oh noes! Boobies in China! --Brian McNeil / talk 20:48, 7 January 2009 (UT

Hahahaha this is what google deserves for their help in the great firewall of china. Sucks for the chinese tho. Rekov (talk) 01:42, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Well,this news will never be known by Chinese people.
It's common that Chinese people won't know this news. Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China


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User talk:58.174.227.154

Welcome
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Comments:Oakland renters displaced by Hope VI program

This article is very poorly researched.

As a member of the original design and master plan team, I can testify to why there were so few residents from the previous Coliseum Gardens housing project that moved into the completed Lion Creek Crossing development. When the previous housing development was demolished there were only 13 families living at the site. Of course these families were living in substandard conditions, reflecting our societies neglect and attack on lower income families since the civil rights movement. Before demolition took place, all of the families that were residents at the original Coliseum Gardens housing project were given a number of opportunities to move into other OHA properties throughout Oakland. Some took this opportunity, others did not. Many residents indicated an unwillingness to continue to live in OHA subsidized units based on their horrible experience at the original Coliseum Gardens housing project.

In fact, I think it is a major accomplishment that any of the original families made it back at all.

The HOPE VI program, while poorly administered in other parts of the country, must be considered a huge success in Oakland. Not only were all of the original government subsidized units replaced at a one to one ratio, in terms of bedroom size and affordability, but there was a substantial increase in affordable units provided on site, that were not previously available(both at Mandela Parkway and Lion Creek). In the same vein both of these projects were thoughtfully planned to act as catalysts for improving two of the most marginalized neighborhoods in the entire Bay Area region.

Please, in the future, when writing a hit piece that is negatively critical of on one of the few and underfunded social services that our government actually does provided low income families, it is critical to do some research. There are no corroborated facts in this article.

It does a great disservice to those in the Oakland community that actually have been fighting for the needs of marginalized, low income families for decades to write these NIMBY type articles, cloaked in anti-big developer screeds. Walk around Lion Creek today and you will see the positive effect that individuals who truly care for the people and city of Oakland have had. Then walk around Downtown Oakland and you will see the negative effect that anti-urban development NIMBY's who do not care about the people and city of Oakland have had.

Noah Friedman —12.149.154.5 00:55, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I tend to agree that this article has significant problems. IMO it is nothing more than an opinion editorial, rather than a news article (editorials are not permitted on Wikinews). This article was published years ago, before (any real) quality control policies had been implemented on Wikinews. If this article was written today, it would most likely not be published. That said, it was published, and it will remain published in its current form due to Wikinews' archive policy, which states that we cannot modify the content of an article more than ~3 days after initial publication. Gopher65talk 01:40, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I second Gopher65's assessment. The article is pretty much the same as Indymedia's article. That being said, it has been published for years and, as such, should remain in our archives without change. We are optimistic that such POV reports won't get published in the future due to enhanced editorial control measures that we have implemented. --SVTCobra 02:33, 8 January 2009 (UTC)


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Comment on "Oakland renters" article
I recently read the comment that you left about the Oakland renters displaced by Hope VI program article. I agree that it is a poorly thought out and executed article, but I disagree with your response: writing a comment and expecting others to fix the problem. Wikinews is a collaborative news source, and, as such, if you believe that the editors of Wikinews are slanting our reporting of a particular subject, then your solution should be to join us, thus balancing out our combined preservative.

It is only by getting contributors from all walks of life that the news can be truly free of bias. Any time that all the news comes from a single source it is *bound* to lean in one direction instead of standing on its own.

Therefore I'd ask that you consider creating an account and adding your voice to ours. Gopher65talk 01:49, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Palestinian president pleads with UN Security Council for help in Gaza

"We need very much to find a solution to this problem in the short term," she said. "But it really must be a solution this time that doesn't allow Hamas to use Gaza as launching pad against Israeli cities. It has to be a solution that does not allow the rearmament of Hamas, and it must be a solution that finds a way to open crossings so that Palestinians in Gaza can have normal life."

WWWHHHHHAAAAT!? get her out of the office asap!!!! that is such a horrible thing to say right now. Over 200 children dead, and she stipulates that its only a concern if we get to police the world and tell you how to live. The citizens just want the 2000 year old Jewish culture off their backs. How about this, everyone just stop being religious. Start worshipping fairy tales that arent so morbid, like Lord of the Rings or something

WHAAAAAT!?!! how about this go to gaza and diaf.

Israel is mass-killing Palestinians, after tortured them with the infamous siege, after discrimated them like any other racist state as Israel is, with the active support of USA (thanks to a warcriminal madman called Bush). Now even Red Cross is blaming Israel, ONU is blaming Israel, Vatican is blaming Israel, Sarkozy and Mubarak even failed to have accepted a simple peace plan.

Where are pacifists now? What hell we must wait for? 10.000 deads, to do somethings? Israel out of UN, togheter with is mad politicians and his nukes. Hamas is even a peaceful association compared to the oppression strategy made purpusely by Israel. Sorry, once i was a supporter of Israel. Now it's not more. Stop the massacre, stop crimins of Israel and shame on mass-media enbedded with Israel and USA politicians.--Erik455 (talk) 19:22, 8 January 2009 (UTC)


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Rockets fired into Israel from Lebanon

January 8, 2009

At least four Katyusha rockets were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon, injuring at least five people. The rockets landed just six miles from the Israel-Lebanon border in the Israeli city of Nahariya.

Following the attack, the Israeli military fired at least five mortars into Lebanon in an attempt to take out the launch site. No one was injured. So far no group or individuals have claimed responsibility for firing the rockets. Some news reports speculate that the rockets may have been fired by Hezbollah, but PressTV reports that Hezbollah was not responsible for Thursday's attack.

Ynetnews says that the rockets were fired by Palestinians, but Hamas, the Palestinian leadership who Israeli is currently engaged in a war with, says that they are not responsible for the attacks. Hezbollah has also denied being responsible for the attack.

"We cannot blame any Palestinian faction and we don't know who fired the rockets," said Raafat Morra, a Hamas spokesperson as quoted by the Straits Times who quotes AFP. "Hamas is pursuing its combat inside Palestine and our principle is not to use any other Arab soil to respond to the occupation."

PressTV also states that Israeli warplanes have began to fly over Southern Lebanon.

In 2006, Israel bombed targets inside Lebanon after Hezbollah attacked Israeli army patrols and captured two Israeli soldiers in a mission Hezbollah called "Truthful Promise". Hezbollah had fired nearly 4,000 rockets into Northern Israel prior to kidnapping the soldiers. The conflict lasted nearly 40 days.

The leader of Hezbollah, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said on January 7 that any attempt at another war with Lebanon "would be nothing compared to what we [Hezbollah] have in store for them [Israel]."

As a result of Thursday's attack, Israel says that they will attack Lebanon with the same style of attacks that are being forced onto the country.

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PressTV
Live reports from PressTV: http://www.presstv.ir/# say that Hezbollah is NOT responsible for firing the rockets into Israel. To see the live reports, click the LIVE link at the top of the page. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 07:18, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The live reports also state that Israeli warplanes are now flying over Lebanon. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 07:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)


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International experts probe deadly Ebola Reston virus outbreak in Philippine pigs

January 8, 2009 Global animal and health authorities' emergency mission to the Philippines is investigating whether the strain of deadly  virus, recently discovered in dead pigs, poses a threat to human health. Unlike more-deadly strains of Ebola virus, Philippine health officials say this particular strain, known as the, has never caused human illness or death, and it's not immediately clear there is a public-health issue.

A 22-member team of experts from three United Nations agencies arrived in Manila on Tuesday for a joint risk assessment on the virus contamination of local swine, to help the government contain the outbreak. The mission will coordinate with the Philippine counterparts - the Departments of Agriculture and Health. According to chief veterinary officer, Davinio P. Catbagan, six of 28 swine samples tested positive for Ebola-Reston by the laboratory. The infected pigs came from two commercial and two backyard farms in three provinces north of Manila. Both Ebola and related Marburg hemorrhagic fever, are considered to infect humans via primates.

The Straits Times reported that as of December, about 6,000 pigs at Pandi, Bulacan and  farms had tested positive for the Ebola-Reston virus. "Eating pork remained safe as long as it is handled and cooked properly (at a minimum of 70 degrees Celsius or 158 degrees Fahrenheit) and bought in outlets accredited by the government's National Meat Inspection Service," said a joint statement by the World Health Organisation (WHO), (OIE) and  (FAO). "Our teams are doing field and laboratory investigation to determine where the Ebola-Reston virus came from and how it was transmitted," Caroline-Anne Coulombe, WHO risk communications officer, explained.

According to FAO team leader, Juan Lubroth, it was the first time that the Ebola-Reston virus strain had infected animals other than monkeys and the first recorded worldwide in. The U.N. mission is scheduled to perform 10 days scientific tests, on two hog farms in, and , , but it would take months to publish evaluation reports on the virus.

As early as May, a high incidence of swine sickness and death in three provinces caused Philippine authorities in August to send samples from the dead pigs to the NY. The results found the presence of several diseases, including Ebola Reston virus and PRRS.

In late October laboratory tests confirmed that pigs in and Bulacan farms were infected with the Ebola-Reston virus and the highly virulent strain of  (PRRS). In early 2007 pigs on those farms died at a faster rate than usual amid the conducted lab tests. PRRSV, or Blue-Ear Pig Disease (zhū láněr bìng 豬藍耳病), is a viral and economically important pandemic disease which causes reproductive failure in breeding stock and respiratory tract illness in young pigs. Initially referred to as 'mystery swine disease' or 'mystery reproductive syndrome', it was first reported in 1987 in North America and Central Europe. The disease costs the United States swine industry around $600 million annually.

In December, the Philippine health authorities conducted testing of about 10,000 swine in two northern Luzon quarantined farms. Reuters reported that "the Ebola-Reston virus in some pigs in two commercial farms and two backyard farms in the Philippines were discovered by accident in United States laboratory tests in September, when samples were sent to test another disease."

Ebola virus is one of at least 18 known viruses capable of causing the viral hemorrhagic fever syndrome. It is the common term for a group of viruses belonging to genus Ebolavirus, family Filoviridae, and for the disease which they cause, Ebola hemorrhagic fever. The virus is named after the where the first recognized outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever occurred in 1976. The viruses are characterized by long filaments and have a similar shape to the Marburg virus, also in the family Filoviridae, and share similar disease symptoms. Since its discovery, Ebolavirus has been responsible for a number of deaths.

In the central Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the highly contagious Ebola virus was first detected in September, according to. "As of Tuesday January 7, a total of 42 patients have been reported with suspected Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the province of Western Kasai... 13 of these 42 patients suspected of having Ebola have died," it said. The is suspected of being either another subtype of the Ebola or a new filovirus of Asian origin. It was first discovered in originating in the Philippines, from  (now Covance) in 1989. This discovery attracted significant media attention and led to the publication of. There was then, an outbreak of among monkeys imported from the Philippines to, Virginia. The Ebola-Reston strain was discovered among Philippine monkeys in the U.S. again in 1990 and 1996, and in Italy in 1992.

According to the World Health Organization, African strains kill 50 percent to 90 percent of those infected through lethal bleeding and organ failure. “Since the 1970s, scientists, veterinarians, microbiologists and physicians have been looking at thousands of species to see if they can find this elusive reservoir, and we have been pretty much empty-handed,” Juan Lubroth, head of infectious diseases in the animal health unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, explained.

Despite its status as a organism, the Reston ebolavirus is non-pathogenic to humans and is only mildly fatal to monkeys; the perception of its lethality was skewed due to the monkey's coinfection with  (SHFV). During the incident in which it was discovered, six animal handlers eventually became seroconverted, one of whom had cut himself while performing a necropsy on the liver of an infected monkey. When the handler failed to become ill, it was concluded that the virus had a very low pathogenicity to humans.

In January 1997, The Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources had ordered the immediate slaughter of some 600 monkeys in Ferlite, a breeding farm in, to prevent an outbreak of the deadly Ebola Reston strain virus.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had donated 8,000 test kits to diagnose the ebola reston strain. "I am more concerned in the international community because we have proven in our December sales that this ebola did not affect consumer confidence," Albert R. T. Lim, president of the National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc., warned. The Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) has directed the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and the National Meat Inspection Commission (NMIC) to conduct swine tests in using the US test kits for the Ebola Reston virus, before approval of the "Meat in a Box" shipment to Singapore. The initial export of the meat for December was deferred pending outcome of the ERV tests.

Meanwhile, in eight of, in Mindanao, at least 50 pigs died since December due to viral and bacterial infections. Dr. Nestor Barroga, provincial veterinarian, said that he could not however detect yet the type of the infecting virus. The village of Pong-pong had the largest number of casualties. Mercy Olalo, a hog raiser, said their pigs would suddenly become weak and eventually die. "The pigs developed red skins and they salivate excessively," she said.


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I CREATED this article, a first in worldwide history of E-R virus affecting pigs. Please help in publishing it. Cheers.--Florentino Floro (talk) 07:21, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

First in world history
Note, that I had to build this article, since the world is watching this amid Philippine govt. cover-up. This is the very first time since this rare virus infected pigs, when, it only infected monkeys, from the Philippines in 1989. AIDS also came from monkeys. --Florentino Floro (talk) 10:16, 8 January 2009 (UTC)


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Matt Smith revealed as 11th incarnation of Doctor Who

January 8, 2009

Actor Matt Smith will be the next to portray the Doctor on the BBC television program Doctor Who. Smith will be the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor, taking over from actor David Tennant who will end his time with the series after filming four editions of the program through 2009. The Doctor comes from a race of Timelords, and has the ability to "regenerate" and change appearance when his health is failing. William Hartnell was the first actor to play the Doctor, from 1963–1966. Smith will become the new occupant of the Doctor's time machine and spacecraft the "TARDIS" in 2010.

John Harper, founder of the Scarborough and Ryedale Astronomical Society and a fan of the series, called the decision to cast 26-year-old Smith in the role "wonderful". MP for Scarborough Robert Goodwill, also a fan of the program, told the Scarborough Evening News: "David Tennant will be a very hard act to follow, but I’m optimistic that the new Doctor will be just as good."

Matt Smith, 26, portrayed researcher Danny Foster on the political drama Party Animals, which aired on BBC Two in 2007. Fellow actor Andrew Buchan from Party Animals told The Guardian: "It's a sublime bit of casting. He's got that huge hair, a twinkle in his eye — Matt's the king of geek chic.  He is possibly going to be one of the best Doctors we've ever had."

After a back injury got in the way of Smith's goal of becoming a footballer, his drama teacher Jerry Hardingham at Northampton School for Boys encouraged him to pursue acting. Though Smith did not audition, Hardingham cast him in a school production of the play Twelve Angry Men. Hardingham later convinced Smith to join the National Youth Theatre, and he landed the lead role in the play Murder in the Cathedral, performing before members of the British Royal Family and other VIPs at the Westminster Cathedral.

David Tennant, 37, has portrayed the Doctor on Doctor Who since taking over for Christopher Eccleston in 2005. A major feature of his character's stories involved a romantic interest in his companion in the TARDIS, Rose, played by actress Billie Piper.

Tennant announced his exit from the program on October 29, 2008, at the National Television Awards in the United Kingdom, during his speech accepting the outstanding drama performance award at the program. Doctor Who was recognized with the award for most popular drama program.

"I love this part, and I love this show so much that if I don't take a deep breath and move on now I never will, and you'll be wheeling me out of the Tardis in my bath chair," said Tennant in his address to the audience in attendance at the Royal Albert Hall. He was previously recognized at the National Television Awards for his role in Doctor Who with the award for most popular actor, in 2006 and 2007.

Tennant is currently performing the lead role in Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and his engagement at the Novello Theatre in Westminster, London is set to end on January 10. He portrayed Hamlet 60 times with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon prior to the production's move to London.


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Interwiki link?
The link to Murder in the Cathedral was deleted with the comment "the information given about this is per a secondary source".

I am afraid I am puzzled: which secondary source, and why does that make an interwiki link inappropriate? Isn't it normal to use secondary and tertiary sources for background info?

--InfantGorilla (talk) 08:31, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Secondary source. Both the IP and subsequently the new user  failed to provide verification that The Cathedral referred to is in fact Murder in the Cathedral. Cirt (talk) 10:25, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Does this help? http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/interviews/view/item100026/Matt-Smith/ --InfantGorilla (talk) 12:49, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, thank you. I have added it to the source list. It's kind of a bit after the publish date of the article, but since it is only being used as a source for a small piece of info, I think it is okay to add it to the listed sources. Cirt (talk) 14:40, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Spelling
Hi. As this is an article about a British TV series, shouldn't the spelling used be that of British English? I speak of "programme" which is rendered as the US "program' in the article. Thanks.Albanman (talk) 08:27, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * In most cases, yes. However the Wikinews style guide is relatively lax on this. The options are 'spell per the location of the news event' or 'spell per the location of the initial author'. Regrettably, in this case, it is a USian for the latter. (Bugged me too). --Brian McNeil / talk 09:12, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * If this issue had been raised when the article was published, it could have been addressed, then. It has now been four months since that point in time. Cirt (talk) 16:44, 9 May 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Matt Smith revealed as 11th incarnation of Doctor Who

= What do you think of the casting choice for the 11th incarnation of Doctor Who? =

Looks promising
The choice of Matt Smith seems promising, after seeing clips of his interview on Doctor Who Confidential and some of his prior work. Will be tough to wait until 2010 for his first onscreen appearance as the Doctor though. Cirt (talk) 11:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

12 regenerations approaching
I seem to remember from way back when that a timelord cannot regenerate more than 12 times. If that is true, how are they going to resolve that when the time comes? This will be the third Doctor in, what, five years? What an accident-prone klutz he has become! :-)

 * There's so little interconsistency in the show that I doubt this will be a serious issue. If necessary they can construct some technobabble for why he's an exception. JoshuaZ (talk) 22:08, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

 * True, a Time Lord can only have 13 bodies but there is an option to get a whole new life cycle (see "The Five Doctors") so there is already an out.

I think he'll be good
I wasn't too sure originally, but if Russell said he's good, then he must be good. --Mephiles (talk) 21:08, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Time Lord Regeneration
True, a Time Lord can only have 13 bodies but there is an option to get a whole new life cycle (see "The Five Doctors") so there is already an out.

Brian Blessed
I think Brian Blessed would have been awesome as the Doctor. "Hello! I'M THE DOCTOR!!" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.83.40.141 (talk • contribs)

Theme?
I seems to remember something about him saving some immortals or so and his regenerations were disrupted in some way. He didnt know if he had 2 or 20 left. I cant, for the life of me, find the eposide(s) but would have been in the Baker years... forgive my memory from 20 years ago.

Almost like the Doctor keeps getting younger...dont ya think.

 * That almost sounds like the Peter Davison story 'Mawdryn Undead'. Actually, that story makes it clear that the Doctor has the rest of his life cycle left because of the temporal displacement of the 2 Brigadiers arriving at the right time.

eleventh doctor
ive never heard of matt smith

Keeps on getting younger and younger
From the first doctor to the fifth he kept on getting younger then it started over again from 6 to now although...it would be kinda funney if they had a black doctor

New Doctor Who? New Doctor Who?

matt smith? who the hell is the guy?
I have never ever heard of matt smith. I think that even that he doesnt look to good he must be good because Russel said he was. Im looking forward to the new doctor who series but i will always think no one could ever get as good as David tennant. Is it me or do the doctors keep getting younger and younger?

<3x...David..Tennant..For..Ever..x<3 leave this at the end of your msg if you think that David Tennant shouldnt quit

- I think that it will definitely be interesting to see how Smith takes on this role. I personally would have liked it if Tennant just kept his role. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.240.18.169 (talk) 23:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

ohhh!
What a shame. i hope he is as good as the 10th...

<3x...David..Tennant..For..Ever..x<3

My opinion
I do not like the look of Matt Smith at all. I think David Tennent had a better image for the character. Though when David Tennent was revealed to be the Tenth one, I did not like the look of him either, so maybe I'll change my mind. 84.70.7.100 17:05, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

I just refuse to believe it!!! Even though I've known for a few months now it seems just unlikely! David, if you happen to come across this comment, I want you to know that you are a great actor. You are my #1 favorite doctor. It's a shame you're leaving the show. Matt, if you come across this comment, all I can say is break a leg(though not literally!)I hope you bring as much to this role as all the previous doctors have done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.131.179.90 (talk) 23:20, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Missing Doctor
Can anybody edit the main dr Who page? Matt Smith is the 12th Doctor, not the 11th. Articles listing the previous incarnations of the Doctor inivariable exclude Peter Cushing who made 2 film appearances in Dr Who And The Daleks(1965: Roy Castle as Ian, the Doctor's companion, see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059126/) and Daleks Invasion Earth:2150(1967: Bernard cribbens this time, see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060278/). Both films co-written by Terry nation.

Becaise I work in a large organization with one shared IP addess, I can't register to edit or contribute to discussions.

Cheers

15:52, 16 April 2009 (UTC)~ John S
 * Peter Cushing as the Doctor is not in the canon. That character was called "Doctor Who", not "The Doctor" and was human, not a time lord. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:38, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Spelling
Minor point: As this article concerns a British TV series, shouldn't "program" be spelled in British English i.e. "programme" rather than the U.S. usage? BTW, I've seen several of Matt Smith's performances, both on the boards and on screen; he's a very talented, rather quirky actor; I think he'll make an interesting Doctor, and I look forard to his incarnation.

the new 11th Doctor(of doctor who) Opinion
I think he will take on the role of the doctor in a funny,exiting, brilliant, and sad way. I also think he has the right qualiteez that the doctor needs. like the David Tennent took his own taste of the role and became something brilliant, I think he will take a new part on the series. I am also wandering what Matt Smith's sonic screwdriver will be like. So many Questions to ask.

JAMES WADE REGAN (AKA) the Doctor

Matt IS the eleventh and I'm looking forward to it
The meta-crisis doctor didn't count as a regeneration. The regenerative process CONSUMES the body of the previous incarnation of a time lord - since the tenth had his handy spare hand he fed the 'backwash' from the healing process INTO the hand (instead of letting it consume his current form) so that he'd remain in his tenth form rather than fully regenerating. As we've seen with the regenerations thus far the older a time lord gets the harder it is to regenerate - the body that's created after the process being more unstable than its previous version. The final form being so unstable the regernation process fails and the time lord dies. If the Time Lord in question has 'altered his previous form' than he might survive... as per the Masters various... escapades ^^;

And, as we all know, the power of the Eye of Harmony and the link TO that eye, built into every TARDIS, can be used to 'purify' the damaged links in a time lords DNA. Giving them a whole new line of lives (like the Time Lords did when they brought the Master back and how often the Master tried to steal that power) to live out.

 * sources taken from the Deadly Assasin, The Last of the Timelords, Utopia, The Sound of Drums, various spin off novels including the BF productions, The Keeper of Traken, The Brain of Morbius and the TV movie

NOTE: With that 'summation' out of the way I can say that the rules for Time Lords have been re-written so MANY times that its hard to know WHAT applies one episode to the next LMAO but for myself I consider Matt to be the Eleventh Doctor.

As for my opinion on Matt I have to say BRILLIANT ^_^ I HATED the casting of Tennant in the role of the tenth doctor - some hack from Harry Pooter trying to take over the role of one of my favorite fictional characters. I also hated the casting of Eccleston LMAO - who the heck WAS that hack, I though, who dared to think himself the Doctor? Obviously a lot of people thought worse than that if the death threats and weird fan riots are anything to judge by ^^;

Matt is the first I'm being optimistic on - he's got the hair, the nose and the weird accent (the doctors have always had one from the sevenths weird brogue to the thirds lisp to the ninths northern habits) and, as with Tom Baker and Tennant and McCoy, the BEST Doctors have always been unknown actors - Matt's going to rock pure and simple ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.164.35 (talk) 22:16, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Give Matt A Chance
I am hoping to have Matt accepted as the New Doctor - It is nice to see a young fellow get the chance at establishing a foothold as the character that so many identify with over the last few decades. He's got my vote. Can't wait for the new series to get off the ground. Stay safe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Flatfoot77 (talk • contribs) 02:58, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

End of Series (again)?
Smith reminds me of the disastrous Sylvester McCoy who was so bad he killed the series for 15 years. I am stunned that the franchise is going back to that kind of anti-sophisticate child savant character again. The producers must have forgotten history. Add isn't Russell Davies leaving the show? I have to wonder what kind of future the series has - one or two seasons? Well, maybe we could look forward to it reviving around the year 2027. ProfGiles (talk) 21:23, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Jeron-oh-no!
Lets face it, when we saw Matt Smith for the first time, we all quietly thought the BBC had gone mad portraying the Doctor as an upper class public school boy, but we knew from quality television such as Merlin and new Dr Who, that we would probably be pleasantly surprised and be eating our words when his time came. After 3 minutes of footage of Matt as Doctor, culminating in an enthusiastic cry of "Jeronimo", I feel quietly comfortable predicting an imminant television car crash. I mean, come on. it couldn't have been much more cringe worthy if he had cried "Cowabunga!". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.15.2.67 (talk) 15:48, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I have a lot of sympathy for the way you feel about it. I remember Sylvester McCoy playing the character – and he was bloody awful at it. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:01, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

The fourth Doctor was the best and last decent one we saw
As far as I am concerned, no one could be better than Tom Baker in the role of Doctor Who. I know, I'm showing my age, but to me, he was the epitome of the character. --Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 19:04, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Matt Smith is going to be fantastic, yes he wont be a david or even a tom but every doctor are their own person. I hope ppl give him a chance. Rock on Saturday! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.16.134.127 (talk) 12:22, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

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Comments:Rockets fired into Israel from Lebanon

What a suprise.... Again the lebanese people are proven to be real terorrists. לירן (talk) 10:17, 8 January 2009 (UTC) - yeah, because obviously someone having fired rockets from somewhere inside a country means that the entire people of that country support those particular actions.

Next Iran will have their parts in the war.--66.229.21.217 17:36, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Yup, and this will give a great reason for the US to come into play. And then the stage will be set for the third big one, possibly even worse than the one that came after the 30's depression. Oh joy. —195.49.248.147 18:26, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Solidarity with Hezbollah Soapy (talk) 18:07, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * So bombing cities it OK when they're Israely?Ya'ir Hunter (talk) 22:39, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

what a shame
Israel is mass-killing Palestinians, after torturing them with the infamous siege, after discriminating against them like any other racist state as Israel is, with the active support of USA. Now even Red Cross is blaming Israel, ONU is blaming Israel, Vatican is blaming Israel, Sarkozy and Mubarak even failed to have accepted a simple peace plan.

Where are pacifists now? What hell we must wait for? 10.000 dead, to do something? Israel out of UN, together with its mad politicians and its nukes. Hamas is even a peaceful association compared to the purposeful oppression strategy made by Israel. Sorry, once i was a supporter of Israel. Now I am not anymore. Stop the massacre, stop criminals of Israel and shame on mass-media embedded with Israeli and USA politicians.--Erik455 (talk) 19:22, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

 * HAHAHA i love how everyone thinks Hamas are the good guys. Man I wonder what would happen If France or Russia were under missile attacks for 7 years? I wonder what would Iran do if someone attacked them for 7 years? Unlike you guys I'm still siding with Israel and I support their war in Gaza. Why because I'm not brainwash like you and I'll remember they're terrorists and the terrorists started the war.--66.229.21.217 20:22, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Israel caused a massive humanitarian crisis in Palestine and then followed with a full-scale military invasion. Israel is a modern state, it can't just kill in isolation without facing international reactions, and the costs of their actions. You are the one who comes across as brainwashed, refusing to look at the impacts of the war and the multitude of influences that brought it about, preferring instead to oversimplify and assign blame to the ones being victimized. Yeah for you maybe there are no complications or rights for people because they are people, but we're not all sociopaths. 66.20.190.136 21:20, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

 * So instead of smuggling in weapons maybe they should get aid supplies and if Israel is so evil why do they allow a 3 hour truce every day? Which Hamas breaks and tries to sneak in weapons supplies in the aid convoys. So maybe hope that Hamas is destroyed and a group is put in place that really cares for the people of Gaza. Because obviously Hamas does not care for their safely since they hide behind them. --66.229.21.217 01:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * in a dense urban environment with militants hiding amongst the people there will always be collateral damage, if Israel hits a child by accident it is front page news, when a HAMAS rocket hit a daycare in Israel nobody cared.--CnrFallon (talk) 18:36, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Where have morals gone???
It makes me upset every time I see a war but, even more upset when i see people take the wrong side. Why would one side with Hamas? Because they are so used to sucking up to terrorist and Israel is done turning the other cheek. When Israel attacks in self-defense they are condemned but when terrorists attack Israel everyone turns a blind eye. Where have the worlds morals gone? Have we become accustomed to giving into terrorists demands that we cannot defend ourselves? We must unite to defeat the terrorist or we will die alone. Know this Israel will come out on top in the end.--Ender (talk) 02:57, 11 January 2009 (UTC)


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Washington flooded by rain and melting snow

January 8, 2009 🇺🇸 Heavy rain, combined with melting snow from a previous storm, have caused the US state of Washington to issue the largest evacuation order in the history of the state. Over 30,000 people living along the Puyallup River were informed on Wednesday night to leave their homes due to the flooding, combined with threats such as mudslides, avalanches, and overflowing rivers.

In some places rain totalled over 6 inches, including 6.86 inches at Marblemount, and 6.3 inches at Snoqualmie Pass. A spokesman for Washington Emergency Management told the media "This is the largest evacuation in scope and scale. We haven't dealt with something like this before. It's hitting more populous areas and an industrial area. It has a much more devastating impact on the economy." The flooding has had a large impact on travel in the state, including 20 miles of Interstate 5 being closed on Wednesday night because of rising flood waters on the roads. Washington's three roads that provided a way through the Cascade Mountains were also closed, but to the rising threat of avalanches on the roads. Interstate 90, one of the roads through the Cascade Mountains, is set to re-open Thursday, said a spokesperson for the Washington Transportation Department.

In the town of Orting, slightly south of Tacoma, the town's fire department urged all of its 26,000 residents to leave the town yesterday, due to the Puyallup River and near Carbon River being at dangerously high levels. Forecasters predict that these two rivers could reach all-time highs in water levels, and could cause severe damage to property and businesses. The Puyallup River is forecast to reach 1.5 feet over its flood stage of 10 feet later today, endangering homes and offices throughout the area.

The storm is expected to end by Friday, says Rich Marriot, meteorologist for KING channel 5. "It should be all over with by late Thursday. The rain will stop down here and the snow will stop in the mountains," he stated, "Most of the major crests are going to be early tomorrow morning, but it will probably take most of Thursday for those rivers to get back inside their banks."

"This will be a memorable experience if it hasn't already [been] this winter," said Johnny Burg, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, "It will be like two feet of icing on the cake."

The Stanwood Camano School District, which serves both Stanwood and Camano Island, had to close on January 8 due to flooding at the schools and on major highways, such as Highway 532, the only road that connects Camano Island to Stanwood. 30 Stanwood High School students helped sandbag various areas of the community on January 7.

Other major highways across Western Washington were closed, such as Highway 530, also known as the Pioneer Highway, which was closed at the exit to Interstate 5, not allowing access to the highway, as the nearby Stilliguamish River breached a dike to hold it back. State Route 9 was also closed in the Snohomish River Valley, as the Snohomish River overflowed.


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Princess Beatrice's unlocked BMW stolen

January 8, 2009 British royal, age 20, has become the victim of thieves, who stole her prized 17,000 black while she and her police bodyguard were shopping in  in  — leaving the vehicle's keys in the ignition.

The luxury car, which has a personalised number plate and contained some personal items, was a gift from her father,, for her 17th birthday in 2005.

Media reports said that Beatrice was "extremely embarrassed" about the theft in a street in the area, which happened Wednesday just after 9am in London. She later joined her sister,, age 18, at a nearby pub. Metropolitan Police said Westminster officers were investigating the reports. The BMW 1 Series (code names E82 and E87,) is a small-luxury car / small family car produced by the German automaker since 2004. The 1 Series is the only vehicle in its class featuring rear-wheel drive and a engine.

(Beatrice Elizabeth Mary; born 8 August 1988) is the elder daughter of and. Thus, she is fifth person and the first female in the to the thrones of. When she was born, she was the first princess born into the immediate royal family since in 1950.

This is not the first time the Princess suffered a loss. In December, her Max went missing in, but reappeared three weeks later on Saturday, alive and well.

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I CREATED this seemingly wacky news, or stupidity, rather forgetfulness. Cheers.--Florentino Floro (talk) 12:07, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

please add "royalty" category
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 * ✅ An interesting case for the category hierarchy. --Pi zero (talk) 17:14, 17 June 2011 (UTC)


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Over-referencing
There are now an inordinate amount of sources for this article — most of which were added after the review. Now, I don't know — since I don't have time to read them all — but is it possible that some of them are redundant? Please don't add sources just for the sake of adding sources. If the information in the article is sourced with reliable sources, it doesn't help (or even lend much additional credibility) to add repetitive sources. It actually makes things harder for those verifying information. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:18, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The sources each reference a phrase in the article. Many of the new sources should have been added before, as the information was unreferenced before. ComputerGuy890100 (talk) 17:59, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Article appearing on news ticker on main page
Why is this article appearing on the ticker on the front page? It is almost two months old. ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 00:28, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

 * It looks like it got edited yesterday, which may have triggered its appearance for being "recent". I'm pretty sure that's what happened. R .T . 20:06, 3 March 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:International experts probe deadly Ebola Reston virus outbreak in Philippine pigs

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I know I shouldn't worry but I hate getting sick! Today: Pigs in the Phillipines have it. Tomorrow: I might have it!


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Comments:Princess Beatrice's unlocked BMW stolen

Who cares about some privileged worthless royalty. Royals are a bunch of parasites feeding off the labors of others while they do nothing.

I'm playing The Price is Right fail sound Nice one, Princess! Remember, always lock your car! --TUFKAAP (talk) 16:45, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Lock her car? Then she would have needed to call AAA to get the keys out that got locked in. I don't know how someone could just leave their keys in the ignition. No matter what country you are in. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:30, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * You mean this fail sound? ;-) DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 17:44, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Why is this even news?

You're missing the point...
She wanted a new one...

Zahara?
What about Princess Anne's daughter, she was the first female born in the immediate family, just not in line of succession to the throne as Anne decided her children should be commoners.

listen beatrice is my wife so let me tell you this, firstly well have no more of that. and secondly, if anyone touches a hair on your head i tell you this now baby the'll end up @$*%" ^!£&=....... MY BEAUTIFUL GORGEOUS WIFE WE WILL ALWAYS BE TOGETHER, LOVE YOU BEA!!! U.T.E.O.T XXXXXXXXXXX


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United Nations suspends operations in Gaza after schools and trucks are hit by Israeli forces

January 9, 2009 The United Nations (UN) suspended all of its operations in Gaza from yesterday, after the bombing of a convoy of UN aid trucks which killed one Palestinian driver, and wounded three others. Thursday was the second day of attacks on UN targets after three UN schools housing refugees were bombed on Tuesday, killing over 50 civilians.

"UNRWA decided to suspend all its operations in the Gaza Strip because of the increasing hostile actions against its premises and personnel," Adnan Abu Hasna, a Gaza-based spokesman for the (UNRWA), said yesterday. Richard Miron, spokesman for the UN said that the Israeli military had been notified in advance of the coordinates of the relief trucks saying, "This underlines the fundamental insecurity inside Gaza at a time when we are trying to address the dire humanitarian needs of the population there."

The bombing of the UN trucks was the last straw for the UN, already angered after Israeli tanks fired on a UN school housing refugees killing 50 including an entire family of seven young children. The UN said that they had given Israel the coordinates of their schools, and demanded accountability for the attacks. Israel's government says it is investigating the incidents.

More schools were attacked including the al-Fakhora School killing 40 people, many of them women and children. Hours before the attack on the al-Fakhora School was an attack on Asma Elementary School which killed three Palestinian cousins. The cousin's father said the bodies were so mangled he couldn't tell the bodies apart, "We came to the school when the Israelis warned us to leave," he said. "We hoped it would be safe. We were 20 in one room. We had no electricity, no blankets, no food. "Suddenly we heard a bomb that shook the school. Windows smashed. Children started to scream. A relative came and told me one of my sons was killed. I found my son's body with his two cousins. They were cut into pieces by the shell." Like al-Fakhora, Asma Elementary is an UNRWA school.

The (ICRC) said on yesterday that they were trying for four days to get their ambulances to a Gaza neighborhood before being allowed to by Israeli military forces. After getting there, they said, they found four starving children sitting next to the bodies of their dead mothers.

"This is a shocking incident," said Pierre Wettach, ICRC chief for Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. "The Israeli military must have been aware of the situation but did not assist the wounded. Neither did they make it possible for us or the to assist the wounded."

Israel granted a three-hour ceasefire yesterday that they gave for aid workers to enter areas that they had closed off. 50 bodies were recovered during the ceasefire, raising the death toll to 763, including more than 200 children, since air raids first began on December 27. 3,121 people have also been wounded. Eight Israeli soldiers and three civilians have died in the same period. Israeli forces also shot a Palestinian man in the during a protest against Israel's actions in Gaza. Yesterday, a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli forces after a confrontation in the West Bank Jewish settlement of near Jerusalem.


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Magazine closures, cuts, for January 5-9, 2009

January 10, 2009

Amid economic turmoil, rising costs, and the growing popularity of the internet, many magazines are closing or cutting staff, worldwide. The following is a sample of the news.

American magazine publisher Meredith cuts 250 jobs
The marketer, television broadcaster, and magazine publisher Meredith Corporation is cutting 7% of its workforce. This announcement comes as ad revenue slides in print and on TV; about 60% of revenues at the company are from ads. Around 100 of the jobs slashed are in the company's Des Moines, Iowa home office, while another 150 are spread across the country.

Affected in the cut is Country Home magazine, which will cease publication, and ReadyMade, which will relocate staff from Berkley, California to Des Moines.

The publisher of 13 magazines and 200 special interest publications, Meredith's holdings include Better Homes and Gardens, Parents, and the Ladies' Home Journal.

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Reader-generated mag may not cease, after all
After announcing JPG magazine would cease publication just days ago, the future of 8020 Publishing is looking brighter. The internet-based announcement has generated enough chatter around the web to attract investors. Among those said to be expressing interest are online photo-hosting communities Flickr, owned by Yahoo, and Smugmug.

Published six-times annually, the magazine features user-created, user-submitted photography, uploaded to its website. While it started as a print-on-demand publication in 2005, it became a full-fledged newsstand publication the next year.

The company had cut its user-generated Everywhere travel magazine last year, but hoped to relaunch it in the first quarter of 2009, along with starting two other magazines, of which details hadn't been decided.

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Plenty magazine's future looks unplentyful
Launched in 2005, the bi-monthly Plenty magazine is feeling a "money crunch". In recent months, the publication looked to Kevin Wall, the new media entrepreneur behind Live Earth linked to Al Gore, who was said to be interested in purchasing it.

On Monday, Gawker.com reported a tip that a funding round fell through as advertising cooled, leading to a layoff of "almost the entire staff". Only a crew of four or five personnel remain, to keep the publication's website going.

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Other closures

 * Hachette Filipacchi Médias, the world's largest magazine publisher, has sold the magazine Physicologies to Prisma Publicaciones. All 12 writers at the publication were fired.
 * Water and Longboard magazines both ceased publication with their December 2008 issues.
 * Late last year, Davie Graham, the founding publisher of the National Rugby Post, donated his publications to the Edmonton-based Rugby Canada. Recently, the sports body announced it would close the magazine. The Rugby Post had published since 1985. An Ontario publication, Scrum Magazine, was launched last November, before there was a void to fill.
 * The English edition of Ricardo magazine, based on a Quebec celebrity chef, has been "suspended for an undetermined period." An insufficient level of paid subscriptions lead to Les Éditions Gesca's decision to shutter the magazine, started in 2006. A French-language edition, launched in 2003, continues.
 * Apotex Inc.'s quarterly Newpharmacist/Pharmacien Le Jour, published for pharmacists, will stop with the January 2009 issue.

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