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Third GayFest begins in Bucharest

May 31, 2006

The third edition of Bucharest's gay pride festival, GayFest, opened yesterday, May 30. The festival, which will last until June 4, consists of a series of LGBT cultural events, including film screenings, theatre and photographic exhibitions, as well as public debates about LGBT issues, and a gay pride parade on June 3, expected to attract hundreds of people. GayFest is organised by ACCEPT, Romania's largest LGBT organisation, and supported by the Romanian Government and Ministry of Health, as well as various private organisations.

The main theme of the third GayFest is the legalisation of same-sex civil unions and marriages in Romania. Florin Buhuceanu, the executive manager of ACCEPT, said that, "The time has come for Romania to acknowledge the rights of all its citizens. Guaranteeing the equality of rights through the recognition of gay marriage... is just a step forward." He added that, "The [GayFest] activities mark the most focused drive yet to change opinions on gay marriage in Romania." Same-sex couples currently have no legal recognition in Romania. Legalisation of either civil unions or marriage between people of the same sex would be possible through an amendment of the Family Code, if approved by a majority in parliament.

Last year's GayFest, which included the country's first gay pride parade, attracted a significant amount of controversy from right-wing groups, as well as the Romanian Orthodox Church. It was initially not given authorisation from the Bucharest City Hall, which claimed that it could not guarantee its security. Approval was, however, later given due to pressure from the Romanian President, Traian Băsescu and the Justice Minister, Monica Macovei, both of whom support LGBT rights.

Unlike recent gay pride parades in Poland and Moscow, which ended in violence and were actively opposed by government officials, this year's Bucharest GayFest parade was authorised by the City Hall without controversy, even though the Romanian Orthodox Church is once again expected to protest its organisation. In the past few years, Romania has significantly changed its gay rights record, introducing an anti-discrimination law in 2000 that includes sexual orientation, and repealing its last anti-gay law, Article 200 of the Penal Code, in 2001.

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French 'iPod bill' seeks digital music player interoperability

May 31, 2006

Legislation pending in the would require that music purchased online for use on digital music players be compatible across all players. It has become popularly known in France as the "iPod bill", after the popular music player made by Apple Computer, and could pit France against Apple and other distributors of online music.

The National Assembly (lower house) and Senate (upper house) have passed two separate versions of the legislation. Both would reduce the penalties for piracy, require software companies to provide details on how their programs work, and create an agency that would have jurisdiction over digital copyright issues, including how often music can be legally copied by a customer for personal use and ensuring compatibility across devices.

Unlike the Assembly version, the Senate version does not contain provisions that would require manufacturers such as Apple and Sony to open all music sold on their platforms to work on players other than their own. Currently, the stores for Apple and Sony sell music only for use on their own players. Critics of the changes say that the Senate's changes would defeat the purpose of the bill.

The two versions must now be reconciled in conference committee, a process that could take months.

Speaking in support of the bill, Assembly member said, "We oppose the idea that the seller of a song or any kind of work can impose on the consumer the way to read it, forever, and especially in the consumer's home. Can we allow a couple of vendors to establish monopolies tightly controlling their clients and excluding competition?"

, the National Assembly sponsor of the iPod bill, said, "In France, there are two distinct mentalities. On one side is the backwards left, which is anti-American, and on the other is the right, which thinks that the U.S.A. shouldn't be the only one with good ideas, and who want to compete with them."

After the National Assembly's vote in March, Apple denounced the measure as "state-sponsored piracy." They refused to comment on the legislation after the Senate's vote on May 10.

Francisco Mingorance, European policy director for the, said that the Assembly's proposal is "about ripping off technology from those who developed it and putting it in the public domain." The Business Software Alliance represents Apple, Dell, Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and other major computer hardware and software companies.

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Yangtze river in China polluted

May 31, 2006

The Yangtze River, the third longest river in the world, is polluted. It supplies water to 186 cities. The river takes 40% of China’s waste, 80% of which is untreated. It is the only source of drinking water to Shanghai, a city with 20 million people.

“Many officials think the pollution is nothing for the Yangtze, but the pollution is actually very serious,” said Yuan Aiguo, a professor with the China University of Geosciences.

In China 300 million people do not have access to drinkable water. Clean up campaigns have made limited progress because of inconsistent law enforcement.

The Yangtze is part of a plan to move 45 billion litres of water by 2050 to the north via canals. Environmentalists fear the water may not be safe to drink.

The pollution has caused a fall in the biodiversity of the Yangtze. Animal species have fallen from 126 in the mid 80s to 52 in 2002.

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Talk:Third GayFest begins in Bucharest

Contradiction? Starts May 30th yet ends on the 4th...of June, presumably? 83.5.213.183 11:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

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States Challenge IR laws in High Court

May 31, 2006

High Court proceedings have commenced with every Australian state challenging the legality of the Howard Government's radical new industrial relations workplace reforms.

Acting Employment Protection Minister John Kobelke said the new laws reduced the pay, employment conditions and job security of many Western Australian workers and their families.

The minister said the proceedings challenged the validity of John Howard’s Work Choices legislation that came into effect on March 27, this year.

All the state governments have objected to the legislation on the basis that it is unconstitutional and New South Wales led the combined states’ legal challenge.

Mr Kobelke said it would remain to be seen whether the Howard government has the right to overrule established constitutional practise by its reliance on the corporations power to underpin its Work Choices legislation.

The corporations power of the Constitution enables the Commonwealth to regulate foreign, trading or financial corporations but the Acting Minister disputed the corporations power gave the Commonwealth ‘a blank cheque’ over industrial relations.

John Kobelke said, ‘contrary to assertions from Canberra, the scope of the corporations power has yet to be judicially settled.’

"No other Federal Government has attempted to do what the Howard Government has done with the corporation's power,’ the minister also said.

Mr Kobelke said he believes the High Court challenge will be one of the most significant constitutional cases in modern history and that the Carpenter government opposes the potential ill-effects of the legislation on workers and their families.

"The laws threaten the very essence of federalism and if the Howard Government has its way, the corporations power will be used to sideline the States."

The High Court proceedings concluded yesterday, with a decision not expected until next year.

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Racist scuffle on Anti-OBE Teachers' forum

May 31, 2006

A Western Australian teachers’ website has come under fire by the Education and Training minister for publishing racist comments. Education and Training Minister, Ljiljanna Ravlich, today expressed concern about racist, abusive and offensive comments appearing on the anti-outcomes based education website PLATO.

Minister Ravlich said she was disgusted by some of the highly offensive comments made by members belonging to the group, People Lobbying Against Teaching Outcomes.

'Some of the comments are obscene and, quite frankly, I worry that these people might be teaching our children,' she said.

PLATO has since confirmed a teacher who is employed in the non-government education sector in Western Australia made the abusive comments.

The PLATO website was established to express dissent about the controversial Outcome Based Education system after Minister Ravlich insisted it continue to be used despite claims it was ineffective.

Last month the ongoing controversy even prompted a response from Prime Minister Howard who criticized the OBE method of teaching school children used in WA, describing it as 'gobbledegook' and that it could be 'dumbing down' the high school English syllabus.

One member from the school teachers’ forum named, 'Fed up teacher,' launched a vicious and racist verbal attack on a member who posted a comment supporting the OBE system.

When the member objected to being labelled a 'nazi' and the use of the term because her parents had suffered under the nazi regime, her response drew a further personal attack.

The posting by Fed up teacher said, 'the nazis had the right idea, it is a pity they didn't get to your parents before you were conceived, you really are a pathetic piece of trash that somehow escaped the final solution.'

Minister Ravlich condemned the attacks as disgusting and said it was just one of many offensive postings appearing on the website.

'The website is littered with insults, foul language and abusive and racist comments,' said Ms Ravlich.

The minister said PLATO has only about sixty members and as such was not broadly representative of the 'thousands of dedicated and professional teachers in Western Australian schools.


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John W. Snow resigns as United States secretary of the treasury

June 1, 2006

John W. Snow resigns as Secretary of the Treasury. George W. Bush has nominated Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson to succeed him. If confirmed, he will be the first Wall Street figure to hold the post during the Bush administration.


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The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån raided

May 31, 2006 A raid involving 50 members of the Swedish National Criminal Police has taken the servers of The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån (the Pirate Bureau) — a Swedish lobby organisation that originally developed The Pirate Bay — into custody. The search warrant was given on grounds of alleged copyright violation and assisting copyright violation. This move comes as a bit of a surprise, as the legality of the site has been under public debate for over three years, with the operators frequently issuing public press releases.

WiredFire, in an interview with Rickard Falkvinge, head of the Swedish Pirate Party, is reporting that police arrested three staff members, ultimately taking only two into custody. The Associated Press, however, is reporting that Ulf Goranzon, a police spokesman, is claiming that none were arrested, they were just under suspicion of violating copyright law.

The site operators speculate that the police wish to test the legality of the operation. Purportedly, this move comes due to political pressure exerted by United States media corporations. Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television has backed this claim. Rickard Falkvinge has stated that the Svenska antipiratbyrån (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau) has admitted to being behind the police action, and he suspects the IFPI is also involved. Tobias Andersson, of Piratbyrån agrees, claiming that The Antipiratbyrån "has clearly misled the police" and "has fooled the police into shutting down its antagonists, the Piratbyrån. The Antipiratbyrån previously gained notoriety by paying an infiltrator to plant copyrighted material on the Swedish ISP Bahnhof's servers.

Dan Glickman, CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), has applauded the move, citing it as a reminder that "there are no safe harbors for copyright thieves". Kori Bernards, an MPAA representative, claimed The Pirate Bay to be "one of our No. 1 targets." The MPAA allege that The Pirate Bay made available over 150 thousand files, including summer blockbusters such as "Mission: Impossible III" and "X-Men 3".

However, The Pirate Bay claimed that as they only host .torrent files and not copyrighted material, they are not in contravention of copyright laws. The Pirate Bay also served as a distribution point for freely licensed material such as some Linux distributions and independent music and film.

The Pirate Bay claims to be the world's largest BitTorrent tracker.

In the raid, the police also took several private servers unconnected to The Pirate Bay. Some have claimed that there is no legal basis for these seizures.

Initially, there were also rumors that this could be another stunt by The Pirate Bay to promote awareness. This possibility, however, has been already dismissed and only had some credibility given the fact that approximately one year ago today they claimed something similar like this, but instead were simply updating their servers. At current there are already some publications made available by officials confirming the authenticity of the raid.

On June the 1st The Pirate Bay site changed its "Site down" note to "Site down - will be up and fully functional within a day or two".

Gottfrid Svartholm, owner of webhotel PRQ said "I was arrested for interrogation, and they begun to ask question about Pirate Bay, what I knew and what connections I had to it. I got no public defender, and my regular legal representative was also under arrest, so I said nothing at all". According to Mr. Svartholm, the police told him that they were not obligated to provide a public defender, as the crime he was accused of doesn't lead to jail sentence if he is found guilty.

The day after the raid, Mr. Svartholm is trying to limit the damage for PRQ's other customers that also had their servers confiscated, even if they didn't have any connections to The Pirate Bay.

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Talk:French 'iPod bill' seeks digital music player interoperability

As French i'd never eard of "ipod bill". This law is more known as DADVSI. I don't understand what is reported as said by Christian Vanneste. It's seems irrelevent to this subject (in my opinion). I'm not sure that Vanneste is Pro the so called "ipod bill". Vanneste is welle known here as against the homosexual community ("gays are under men...") See the french Wilkipedia for more details. I think the subject of DADVSI (and the "global licence") is much more interesting than this article show. This article is 'as is' not interesting in my opinion.

Excuse me for my poor english.


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Thousands protest tuition in Gießen, Germany

May 31, 2006 Between 3,000 (police estimate) and 8,000 people (organiser's estimate) took to the streets in Gießen, Germany today, protesting the planned introduction of tuition fees at Hessian universities.

Beginning at 1pm CEST (1100 UTC) students, pupils and ordinary citizens marched through much of downtown Gießen, accompanied by a massive police presence, in the largest demonstration the city has seen in years.

They occupied the office of the Regierungsbezirk and the city office.

From 4 to 7pm, at least 200 people also blocked the Berliner Platz, the most important inner city crossing, bringing most of the downtown bus and car traffic to a standstill. The crowd dispersed after the police threatend several times to clear the crossing by force. Students unions from all parts of Hesse called for the joint demonstration in Gießen.

In July, the Hessian state legislature is due to pass a bill that would require all undergraduate students to pay a tuition fee of 500€ per semester; graduate students could be charged up to 1,500€.


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I've attented the protest and took pictures. --Deprifry|+T+ 15:55, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

number of protesters
The number of protesters as estimated by the organizers of the demonstration should be balanced by police estimates. --vonbergm 21:27, 31 May 2006 (UTC)


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Tourist bus attacked by militants in Kashmir

May 31, 2006 Terrorists in Kashmir threw a grenade at a tourist bus in the heart of Srinagar, killing one person and injuring 21 others. Eyewitnesses say that the vehicle, in which were travelling tourists from West Bengal was attacked near the Dal Gate. The injured are being treated at the Kashmir Institute for Medical Sciences.

No terrorist outfit has yet claimed responsibility for this attack, which is the fourth incident this week. This is also the second time tourists were the targets. The number of militant attacks this month has increased after Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh decided to hold a round table conference with the moderate parties in Kashmir.

State Tourism Director Farooq Ahmed Shah condemned the attack saying, "It is a very unfortunate incident and we are trying our level best to improve the situation. However, it is unfair to say that tourists are unsafe in the Valley. Such incidents take place all over the world." Tour operators however are concerned that attacks such as this one will result in customers calling off trips to Kashmir.

Related Stories

 * Militants target rally in Srinagar
 * Militants kill 22 villagers in Kashmir


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User:Artpoetryfiction~enwikinews/Vietnam Passes New Intellectual Property Law

May 31, 2006 editorial has written to detail Vietnam's newly passed IP law. Vietnam has been agressively seeking WTO status and appears ready for ratification if the US Congress approves. As part of this process Vietnam has extensively overhauled their legal system over the last several years. The latest law passed is Vietnam's new IP law, and it appears to be a major blunder.

Minh Huy writes, "Many local softare firms are still puzzled about how to apply the newly passed intellectual property law in their operations..." and with just cause. Vietnam's new law is without a doubt a victory for the worker, but contrary to Vietnam's previous efforts at reform, this effort starkly displays the contrast between Socialism and common business practice. "Copyright grants an author the right to protect the work so that no one can legally change the software without the author's consent," said Dao Minh Duc, the instructor for the governments workshop on the newly passed law. The conflict? The programmer is considered the author which flies in the face of Western methodology where programmers are strictly under contract to the company which owns fully copyright.

How far does this go? The implications are enormous. In the software industry alone, which the Vietnamese government has been aggresively pursueing with business incentives, tax free status, and other benefits, this could mean the absolute end to software Outsourcing in Vietnam. Imagine, if you will, that an international company wants to outsource their software development and they pick Vietnam. Each staff member that works at the Vietnamese company that is doing the development will have legal right to copyright as an author under Vietnamese law. In 2005 Vietnam ratified the Berne convention, which means that under international copyright law, as original author the Vietnamese programmer has original copyright enforceable world wide under the Berne convention. Result, by outsourcing my software development to Vietnam, I lost copyright of my software. If I'm IBM, Microsoft, Apple, or anyone Vietnam has just become a no fly zone for outsourcing.

Is software the only industry effected? What about architecture, circuit design (Intel is building a $300Million dollar factor in Vietnam), or any other engineering design? Author rights are clear. If the staff and not the company are considered the authors of their work, then no company in their right mind would should want to design their product in Vietnam.

What can we conclude from all this? Is power to people anti-corporate? Are corporations anti-people? Who can say. One thing is certain, Vietnam didn't clearly see the difference between software and novel. But then who does? The United States' copyright law still deals with software in the same way as a novel. So maybe the Vietnamese law is better than the international standard because it recognizes the author over the publisher.


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Rutte elected leader of the VVD

May 31, 2006

Mark Rutte has been elected leader of the Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). In a close internal election, the junior minister for Education beat the minister for Immigration and Integration Rita Verdonk and backbencher Jelleke Veenendaal.

On 31 May 2006, the party's president Jan van Zanen announced the result, which was broadcast live on Dutch television. He announced that 28,788 people voted in this election, that is 74% of the eligible VVD members. They voted mostly by telephone and via the Internet. Mark Rutte obtained 51.5%, leaving Rita Verdonk second, with 45.5% of the vote. Jelleke Veenendaal obtained 3.0% of the vote. Mark Rutte is the current junior minister for Education, Culture and Science, with a special responsibility for higher education and science. He was the first to put forth his candidacy and the VVD leadership and the party board backed him. After studying history and leading the VVD youth (JOVD) Rutte became manager for Unilever. In 2002 he became junior minister for Social Affairs and Employment, after a cabinet reshuffle he became junior minister of the ministry for Education, Culture and Science. Rutte is generally perceived to stand on the progressive side within the VVD. He promised "to make the VVD a party for everyone and not just of the elite". His youthful and charismatic appearance has been likened to the successful leader of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) Wouter Bos. It is generally expected that Rutte will stand down as junior minister and return to his seat in parliament.

The elections were called after the 2006 municipal elections. Jozias van Aartsen, who led the VVD until after the elections, stepped down as political leader of the VVD, after his party performed particularly bad in those elections.

Mark Rutte nieuwe lijsttrekker VVD

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OIE: China, Indonesia and Africa "under-reporting" human and animal Bird Flu cases

May 31, 2006

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization, both part of the United Nations, have stated that some countries, particularly China, Indonesia and some countries in Africa are "under-reporting" the number of human cases of the deadly H5N1 Avian Flu (Bird Flu) virus, but also said that the countries are not hiding them "deliberately."

"We know that some countries might be under-reporting ... most do not do it deliberately. We are concerned about China and Indonesia and Africa because the virus seems to be so widespread that we could not get all the information. It is difficult to know about each individual outbreak in a back yard," said Doctor Christianne Bruschke, in Rome, Italy on Wednesday and who is head of the OIE's Bird Flu taskforce.

Bruschke also said that farmers lack the education they need on the virus and need to be reimbursed financially for any education they need citing that the "richer nations" should help fund the education they need and that lack of veterinary clinics, distance to them, and time are also to blame for the under-reporting.

In Africa, "farmers will probably not report sick animals," said Bruschke.

"Their veterinary services are very weak and many countries do not have laboratory facilities - we have all the ingredients there that could lead to under-reporting," she added.

Bruschke also said that Indonesia may not be reporting all human or animal cases also stating that the virus is "permanently infecting poultry" in the country which makes it increasingly difficult for anyone to report outbreaks.

"I think it could be the case because in certain regions the virus is getting more or less endemic, so in regions like Java, they might not report every single outbreak anymore," said Bruschke.

According to Bruschke, China is cooperating but she also said that "[China] is a very big country" and that there are cases of infections in wild birds.

"We sometimes see the outbreaks in wild animals - they will not always detect them. There is also not a very good compensation scheme in place so we feel there might be under-reporting," said Bruschke.


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Africa is not a country
Regarding the fact, that we shouldn´t repeat the errors of public media, I don´t think we should include the phrase "some countries, particularly China, Indonesia and Africa" in an article. There are dozens of countries on the continent of Africa, hence I will read it in newsbriefs like this: "some countries, particularly China, Indonesia and some countries in Africa" Please feel free to reformulate my phrase. Gumboyaya 20:01, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

 * addition: Now that I´ve re-read my comment, I think it might sound "paternal". This is not what I´ve intended. Only last year, when I flew into Sydney, a friend of mine - which is from Germany as well, and who is living and working in Sydney - flew in from Shanghai, a little bit later that very day, and told me, that in Shanghai (one city!) are living as many people as in Australia. I wasn´t aware of that fact before. But it certainly helped to "re-adjust" my brains. :-)
 * Hence, given the fact, that in the city where I live (600.000 people) are loads of people from Africa, and they are all so very different, I think we should pay respect to the diversity of the "huge-ness" of this/our planet.
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Wikinews:Briefs/May 31, 2006

The time is 21:00 (UTC) on May 31th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Iraq to investigate Haditha "massacre"
Iraq

The Iraqi government is to launch a formal investigation into claims that United States Marines murdered civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha in November 2005.

Tourist bus attacked by militants in Kashmir
Kashmir

Terrorists in Kashmir threw a grenade at a tourist bus in the heart of Srinagar, killing one person and injuring 21 others. Eyewitnesses say that the vehicle, in which were travelling tourists from West Bengal was attacked near the Dal Gate.

OIE: China, Indonesia and Africa "under-reporting" human and animal Bird Flu cases
United Nations

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization, both part of the United Nations, have stated that some countries, particularly China, Indonesia and some countries in Africa are "under-reporting" the number of human cases of the deadly H5N1 Avian Flu (Bird Flu) virus, but also said that the countries are not hiding them "deliberately."

Yangtze river in China polluted
China

The Yangtze River, the third longest river in the world, is polluted. It supplies water to 186 cities. The river takes 40% of China’s waste, 80% of which is untreated. It is the only source of drinking water to Shanghai, a city with 20 million people.

Rutte elected leader of the VVD
Netherlands

Mark Rutte has been elected leader of the Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). In a close internal election, the junior minister for Education beat the minister for Immigration and Integration Rita Verdonk and backbencher Jelleke Veenendaal.

Third GayFest begins in Bucharest
Romania

The third edition of Bucharest's gay pride festival, GayFest, opened yesterday, May 30. The festival, which will last until June 4, consists of a series of LGBT cultural events, including film screenings, theatre and photographic exhibitions, as well as public debates about LGBT issues, and a gay pride parade on June 3, expected to attract hundreds of people.

Thousands protest tuition in Gießen, Germany
Germany

Up to 7,000 people took to the streets in Gießen today, protesting the planned introduction of tuition fees at Hessian universities.

The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån raided
Sweden

A raid involving 50 members of the Swedish National Criminal Police has taken the servers of The Pirate Bay into custody. The search warrant was given on grounds of alleged copyright violation and assisting copyright violation. This move comes as a bit of a surprise, as the legality of the site has been under public debate for over three years, with the operators frequently issuing public press releases.

French 'iPod bill' seeks digital music player interoperability
France

Legislation pending in the French Parliament would require that music purchased online for use on digital music players be compatible across all players. It has become popularly known in France as the "iPod bill," after the popular music player made by Apple Computer, and could pit France against Apple and other distributors of online music.

Man shot in Rotorua, New Zealand
New Zealand

A man in Rotorua today was shot after being involved in a crash outside the Rotorua International Stadium.

Closing statements
We invite you to visit wikinews.org for up-to-date news and information. This has been Audio Wikinews Newsbriefs. Thank you for listening, and enjoy the rest of your day. This recording has been released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License.

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Talk:The Pirate Bay and Piratbyrån raided

Here's another source — AP

Site Down link
You know, the link  isn't going to be there forever. If TPB somehow gets out of this mess and comes back up, then the link will be pointing to the wrong page. What if this page is admin protected after a short while? Then we won't be able to change it. Is there any chance of anyone mirroring the page? --203.206.245.238 03:41, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * The sources are a reflection of the way things were when the article was published. We generally don't change anything after an article is archived. - Borofkin 03:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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Change image to File:The Pirate Bay logo.svg Computerjoe (talk) 20:06, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

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I don't contribute to Wikinews much, but every once in a while I'm really interested in a news story, and like to update Wikinews with my findings.

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Talk:Man shot in Rotorua, New Zealand

why the flying fuck is this on an international news site? It isn't even on the New Zealand Herald's main page? WHAT THE FUCK?
 * It's on page A5 on the herald. It is notable imo Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 22:41, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * A shooting in New Zealand is big news. nzgabriel 05:51, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * No, it is not. It wasn't on TV3 news now was it?
 * No not that I can find. But I am with Brian here. nzgabriel 09:57, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

The grammar is confusing; as written, the man who was shot, himself shot "the other man". What other man? Was the man who was shot shot, or was the other man the man who shot him? --brion 06:45, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:In the land of the open source elves: Interview with "Battle for Wesnoth" creator David White

Based on an e-mail interview, see page history for answers as sent on May 28. Haven't received a photo from David yet, he might send one later. I have to go now; I would appreciate it if someone could put it in the second lead and promote it a bit.--Eloquence 23:02, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

sounds like an ad, and not like news to me
The first sentence of this news contribution does not sound like news to me at all. It rather sounds like an advertisement.

Hence I decided to - not read it - at wiki-news-newsbriefs. We are supposed to sound neutral, as far as I understood the concept of wikinews. Therefore I think the opening paragraph could have sounded like: An open source game ..., which has all the features of publicly distriubted games was published today. (or something like that) etc. pp.

Please don´t get me wrong. Concerning open source: I´m all for it! Otherwise I wouldn´t spend my time here. But this was not a headline for news. My regards and respect to the ones who formulated the article. Gumboyaya 22:11, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I think we need to be more liberal in exploring different writing styles. Compare the Stardust@home interview, which was also very relaxed and enthusiastic. Wikinews has no obligation to be boring. The issue is more with disputed and controversial statements. Is there anything specific in the article which you think is disputable and should be phrased differently?--Eloquence 01:17, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

 * First of all, I think, this is a good article. It is very well written. And I wouldn´t rephrase it. Yet I´d say, this is a mixture between comment and article, like one can find in magazines.
 * My point is, when it comes to news, we have the idea of being neutral and of respecting the BBC style guide. Can you imagine that this opening would appear in a BBC news broadcast? To be honest, I can´t. And, moreover, I don´t regard the BBC news as boring. (I guess you agree)
 * There is another point which is important for me: Especially since I was preparing the audio-newsbriefs, where I concentrate on the beginning of articles. The information about the whole article "should be" combined in the first sentence. This does not happen often here at wikinews, which is alright with me. In such a case, I read the first paragraph, or the first few sentences. Hence I think, I´m already "extremely liberal". :-) Even though it lengthens the news-"briefs!". I understand the main info was, that the "developer" of this game was interviewed about it, to speak his mind. This is not mentioned in the first two paragraphs.

 * Now that I think about it, I should have included the headline of the article in newsbriefs. Yet this didn´t occur to me yesterday. Sorry!

 * Still, when it comes to your article, what springs to my mind is, that you are reporting about a thing we both think to be good, and which should be supported. And I can read (even feel!) this from the very first words. Again, this is not a neutral approach to the issue. When I hear news, I´m not interested in the personal opinion of the reporter (or in my case, the presenter), I´m interested in the facts.

 * This leads me to another (well, kind of) "problem" with reading this article. It´s the "problem" of presentation.
 * When I read your first sentences in the "distanced way" I´m trying to read the news, than I´d read enthusiastic words, yet my voice wouldn´t sound enthusiatic at all. In this case, the listeners would probably think: "What a contradiction in terms. The words sound enthusiastic, but the presenter sounds almost bored by this." Which could lead further to the fact, that listeners possibly think: "What´s the problem the presenter has with this information?" (And listeners do this, even though it happens subconsciously.)
 * Allow me another (extremely overdone) metaphor to make my point:
 * Last week something wonderful happend to me. A friend of mine called me at 2 a.m. (this is not the wonderful thing! ;-) and told me: "I`M A DAD! AGAIN! JUST AN HOUR AGO SHE WAS BORN! MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ARE FINE!!!" Please try now to imagine, he would have called me at the same time, and would have told me these words in a news-style way. What would have happend in my brains?
 * Hence my point is: If people let their minds wander from the info to the presenter, or only the form of presentation, then they will miss the info, because they think about something completely different. And this is what I don´t want to let happen, because the info is important, not me, or the way in which I present the info.
 * A second approach could be, to read your words with the enthusiasm of saying/meaning: "Look at this, isn´t this brill!?!" Again, this would fall completely out of line, with the info given before. Which is read with the idea: "Here are the facts, make your mind up about what you´ve heard!"
 * I do have some more thoughts about this, but this would make my answer even longer, and it is already quite longish, isn´t it? ;-)
 * Yet, I thought, I owe this to you, since you had "all the hassle" with formulating and reformulating, and along comes gumboyaya and says: "Nah, ... don´t read this stuff!".
 * And - in the end - I can only write: This is not a bad article, not at all. It is very good indeed.
 * I hope I could make my thoughts and impressions more understandable now. Gumboyaya 16:18, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Interesting...
Good article! It would be nice if there was a good source for free-documentation articles about free-software projects. Since this is a general news site, I linked "GPL" to GNU General Public License in case some reader is unfamiliar with "GPL".

I will not do much else, at least not before I finish Wesnoth's first campaign, Heir to the Throne... --Kernigh 01:14, 3 June 2006 (UTC)


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Scientists discover prehistoric cave with unknown lifeforms

May 31, 2006

Scientists in Israel say that a cave containing an ecosystem with unknown life forms have been discovered in the Israeli city of Ramle. The cave was found when miners were drilling in a rock quarry.

"Until now eight species of animals were found in the cave, all of them unknown to science," said a biologist at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dr Hanan Dimantman. He also said that all of the life forms were found alive except for one.

At least eight species of unknown life forms were found to closely resemble scorpions. Dimantman also said that the cave has been sealed off from the outside world, receiving no sunlight for at least 5 million years, when parts of Israel were under the Mediterranean Sea. The life forms consist of four freshwater and seawater species and at least four terrestrial species. Scientists believe that they are related. Bacteria were also found, which scientists say served as food for the life forms. DNA tests have shown these life forms to be "unique" and unknown in science.

"Every species we examined had no eyes which means they lost their sight due to evolution," added Dimantman. "This is a cave of fantastic biodiversity."

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Chemical Explosion in Billingham

June 1, 2006

There were been several large chemical explosions at the Terra Nitrogen UK chemical plant (previously owned by ICI) in Billingham, Teesside, England. The explosions started at 0015 BST. People living in Billingham and nearby Middlesbrough were advised to stay inside and keep windows closed if at all possible. Nearby roads were closed off for approximately two hours by police, for safety reasons.

Cleveland Fire and Rescue previously declared the incident a "major emergency", but was brought under control later in the morning. An ammonia leak was also reported, with nearby residents noticing the smell was contained, but is not cause for concern as it ignited immediately on release, preventing any fumes getting into the atmosphere. The plant was safely shut down later in the morning.

The explosion, resulting in a fire "involving mixed gases" was the immediate ignition of an ammonia gas leak, said a spokesman for the fire brigade.

The fire was visible for up to 10 miles, and the blast was heard up to 20 miles away.

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Scorpions or Crayfish?
From the pictures they just look like white crayfish to me, they bear no resembalence to scorpions save their pincers. I first read this article and got excited but became disapointed when I saw a picture. Great job media, lying to make it sound cool.

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Should I bother pointing out that the article is copied and pasted from Reuters?
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imo. 70.48.204.14 00:38, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Date dispute
I see a dispute has broken out over whether to use May 31 or June 1... please use the discussion page here and come out with a consensus. Until then, I've protected it from editing to prevent violation of the three revert rule. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 01:12, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Easy. It was published on May 31.

 * (cur) (last) 18:05, May 31, 2006 DragonFire1024 (new published)
 * 6:05 pm Eastern time is 10:05 pm UTC..May 31...not June 1. Jason Safoutin 01:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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How can they exist
How is it possible that living beings exist and evolve for 5 million years without sunlight or outer influence (the article mentions that the new species developed isolated)?

That challenges all previous notions on biology and the energy balance in ecosystems.

To sustain a living community sunlight is indispensable to vegetal life which is basis of the food chain. In the case of cave or deep sea ecosystems, where there is no sunlight or vegetal life, the existance depends on external sources of food and energy, brought into the ecosystem by falling debris of the ocean surface or animals that live in the cave but get their food from the outside environment (for example bats).
 * Actually no. Life can exist without the Sun...the bottom of the oceans. Life can also exist in superheated waters where volcanic activity is in Hawaii (in the ocean). The creatures evolved without eyes bwecasue there was no sun. Jason Safoutin 16:56, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

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Satellite images show destruction of Zimbabwe community

June 1, 2006

Human rights group Amnesty International has released satellite images showing how the Zimbabwean community of Porta Farm, which once housed some 10,000 people, has been completely destroyed. Taken in 2002 and 2006, the photos starkly contrast the previous built-up area with the empty scrubland that remains.

According to Amnesty International, residents of Porta Farm were given less than 24 hours notice to leave their homes. Human rights monitors reported that several people died in the chaotic environment of the ensuing demolitions and forced evictions. Two children were reportedly among the dead.

Zimbabwe's forced evictions programme (called Operation Murambatsvina) has been widely condemned both within Zimbabwe and beyond. A 2005 report on Operation Murambatsvina by United Nations Special Envoy Anna Tibaijuka estimated that it has cost 700,000 people their homes or livelihoods. She was present at Porta Farm during the second day of its demolition, and was shocked by the brutality of the evictions.

Residents of Porta Farm had fought eviction in the past, winning judgements from the High Court of Zimbabwe that they should not be evicted unless the government provided suitable alternative accommodation. However the High Court dismissed a contempt of court action that attempted to stop the 2005 evictions, giving no reason.

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Reported Bigfoot sighting in Clarence, New York a hoax

June 1, 2006

Hans Mobius, 72, a former candidate for mayor in Buffalo, New York, a horse farmer and owner of properties 1109-1121 Elmwood in Buffalo where a hotel is proposed to be placed, reported that he had taken pictures allegedly of "Bigfoot" to which experts later dismissed as a "hoax."

While Mobius was taking photos of a wooded area on his Clarence, New York horse farm on Tuesday, he caught the creature in a photo who was running out from behind a John Deere tractor nearly 200 feet from him. The creature appeared to have two legs and have fur all over its body.

"I called my friend and said, 'I think I saw Bigfoot.' I told my wife and daughter to keep it to ourselves. But my daughter said, you'd better send [the pictures] to somebody," said Mobius.

Mobius claims that the incident is not a hoax and that he believes that it is possible he could have seen the creature. "I don't want to come across as a nutcase here. It's the damned craziest thing." he added also saying he "saw this thing out of the corner of my eye. It looked like he might have been confused." Mobius says it then vanished into the woods.

However; experts are convinced the incident is a hoax.

"It's obviously a man in a suit. Look at the forearms. There's not natural taper at the wrist. It looks like a sleeve transitioning into a glove," said a professor of primatology, paleontology, evolutionary morphology and anatomy at Idaho State University, Doctor D. Jeffrey Meldrum.

"[The hair] looks unnatural. It disperses light like artificial fur would. That raises real questions about the credibility of the photos. Is someone pulling a prank on him? Or is it him having a laugh, just killing time at others' expense,?" added Meldrum.

"There's no doubt in my mind that what we're looking at is a guy in a gorilla suit," said professional videographer David Bittner, who helps to identify the authenticity of videos and photos with Meldrum.

The last Bigfoot sightings occurred in Batavia, New York in the 19th century and in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties in Western New York.


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Possible copyright violation on Scientists discover prehistoric cave with unknown lifeforms
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Talk:Reported Bigfoot sighting in Clarence, New York a hoax

County Fair Sightings
Since 2002, there have been many sightings of bigfeets at the County Fair. These sightings are not a hoax, but they are also not a sasquatch. The sightings do in fact relate to the Bigfoot monster truck, which makes regular appearances at the county fair.

Thanks for the great question.

Blending elements related to the buffalo
Obviously, since Bigfeet legs don't bend -- they stand all the time, even while asleep.
 * maybe it was a buffalo:) Enigma 00:56, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

This page's bibliography-type page should list the book, "Bigfoot Encounters in New York"
Here is my submission in wiki format, plus a link to the Amazon page where it's sold:

http://www.amazon.com/Bigfoot-Encounters-York-Robert-Bartholomew/dp/088839652X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438882227&sr=1-1&keywords=bigfoot+in+new+york 2601:601:2:A3AA:216:CBFF:FE91:6EA3 (talk) 17:46, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

 * How come there's been no response from this page's overseer to my suggestion above (to add a book to the page's bibliography)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by RogerKni (talk • contribs) 05:02, 17 August 2015

 * Sorry, didn't notice your remark here. (There's a template, editprotected, for flagging out a proposal to modify an archived article, so somebody will notice; but, it's not needed here now.) The list of sources at the bottom of the article is a record of what sources were used to create the article; it's not a general bibliography. So it's not appropriate to add to it now.  --Pi zero (talk) 05:11, 17 August 2015 (UTC)


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The article as written would go on the opinion/editorial page of the local newspaper, but not the front page. Nothing wrong with that, but Wikinews is not the place for editorials and commentary. Please stick to the facts; describe the law and arguments pro and con. If you want to editorialize, start a blog. Aloha, KeithH (talk) 05:12, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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title: User talk:59.144.62.228


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title: User:Titoxd


text:
User talk:Titoxd

 This talk page is used by Titoxd, an administrator in the English Wikipedia .

''As I don't visit this page very frequently, I recommend that you leave me a message in my talk page for all Wikimedia projects. You can leave me the message directly by using this link''.

title: User talk:Titoxd


text:
User:Titoxd/monobook.css

@import url(http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:EvilCat/monobook.css&action=raw&ctype=text/css);

title: User:Titoxd/monobook.css


text:
User:Titoxd/monobook.js

// //

// Useful stuff from WikiProject_User_scripts

function addToolboxLink(url, name, id){ var tb = document.getElementById('p-tb').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; addlilink(tb, url, name, id); }

function addlilink(tabs, url, name, id, title, key){ var na = document.createElement('a'); na.href = url; na.appendChild(document.createTextNode(name)); var li = document.createElement('li'); if(id) li.id = id; li.appendChild(na); tabs.appendChild(li); if(id) { if(key && title) ta[id] = [key, title]; else if(key)    ta[id] = [key, '']; else if(title)  ta[id] = ['', title]; } // re-render the title and accesskeys from existing code in wikibits.js  akeytt; return li; }

function addTab(url, name, id, title, key){ var tabs = document.getElementById('p-cactions').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; addlilink(tabs, url, name, id, title, key); }

function addPurge{ ta['ca-purge'] = ['g', 'Purge the internal cache for this page']; var x = document.getElementById('ca-history'); if(!x) return; if(x.children) x = x.children[0].href; else x = x.childNodes[0].href; addTab(x.replace(/=history/, "=purge"), 'purge', 'ca-purge'); akeytt; }

// culled from User:Lupin/popups.js

function nichalp_articleFromURL(h) { if (typeof h != 'String') h=String(h); h=decodeURI(h); var m=RegExp('[^:]*://es\\.wikipedia\\.org/(wiki/|w/index\\.php\\?title=)([^&?]*)').exec(h); if(m===null) return null; return m[2]; }

function nichalp_isIpUser(user) { return RegExp('(User:)?' +                '((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])\\.){3}' +                 '(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])') .test(user); }

function nichalp_removeAnchor(article) { // is there a #? if not, we're done var i=article.indexOf('#'); if (i == -1) return article; return article.substring(0,i); }

function nichalp_userName(article) { var i=article.indexOf('User'); var j=article.indexOf(':'); if (i != 0 || j == -1) return null; var k=article.indexOf('/'); if (k==-1) return article.substring(j+1); else return article.substring(j+1,k); }

// do it

function nichalp_customLinks { addPurge; var article=nichalp_articleFromURL(document.location.href); if (!article) return; var user=nichalp_userName(article); if(!user) return; user=nichalp_removeAnchor(user); if (!nichalp_isIpUser(user)) { addToolboxLink('http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwikinews&user='+user, user+"'s edit count", 'toolbox_katestool'); } var special='http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:'; addToolboxLink(special + 'Log&user='+user, user+"'s log", 'toolbox_userlog'); addToolboxLink(special + 'Blockip&ip='+user, 'Block '+user, 'toolbox_blockuser'); addToolboxLink(special + 'Ipblocklist&action=unblock&ip='+user, 'Unblock '+user, 'toolbox_unblockuser'); }

// make it all happen on page load

if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener("load",nichalp_customLinks,false); else if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload",nichalp_customLinks); else { window._old_nichalp_onload = window.onload; window.onload = function { window._old_nichalp_onload; nichalp_customLinks; } }

// Add a "Kate" link to your monobook "personal menu" list at the very // top of the page. // // Indicate where you would like "Kate" to appear: //   pt-userpage, pt-mytalk, pt-preferences, //   pt-watchlist, pt-mycontris, pt-logout // gsKateInsertBefore = 'pt-mycontris'; // leave blank to append after "logout"

function KateLink {  var user = document.getElementById( 'pt-userpage').firstChild.firstChild.data; var li = document.createElement( 'li' ); li.id = 'pt-kate'; var a = document.createElement( 'a' ); a.appendChild( document.createTextNode( 'Interiot\'s Tool' ) ); // eh, the css makes the text lowercase a.href = 'http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?dbname=enwikinews_p&user=' + user;

li.appendChild( a ); if ( ! gsKateInsertBefore ) // append to end (right) of list {     document.getElementById( 'pt-logout' ).parentNode.appendChild( li ); }  else {      var before = document.getElementById( gsKateInsertBefore ); before.appendChild( li, before ); } } if ( window.addEventListener ) window.addEventListener( 'load', KateLink, false ); else if ( window.attachEvent ) window.attachEvent( 'onload', KateLink );

// //

title: User:Titoxd/monobook.js


text:
U.S. offers direct talks on nuclear issue; Iran dismisses as 'propaganda'

June 1, 2006

In a major foreign policy shift, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday announced that it would join European nations in multilateral talks with Iran over its nuclear energy issue if Iran fully and verifiably suspends its nuclear enrichment activities.

"We urge Iran to make this choice for peace, to abandon its ambition for nuclear weapons," she said. At the same time, Rice acknowledged that Iran had a right for civil nuclear energy.

However, the official Iranian news agency, IRNA, said in a dispatch following Rice's remarks, "Given the insistence by Iranian authorities on continuing uranium enrichment, Rice’s comments can be considered a propaganda move." Iranian lawmaker Kazem Jalali, speaking unofficially, said that the U.S. offer "can be considered positive but the precondition set by the U.S. is not appropriate."

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana welcomed Rice's remarks. "Direct U.S. participation would be the strongest and most positive signal of our common wish to reach an agreement with Iran," Solana said.

Iran and the United States have had no diplomatic relations and no direct official contact since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in which 52 Americans were held hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran.


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User talk:Unadopted

Welcome
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title: User talk:Unadopted


text:
User talk:Vivek kangath

Welcome
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Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jacques Divol 07:46, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
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title: User talk:Vivek kangath


text:
User talk:NTXweather~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 NTXweather. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name NTXweather~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.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:34, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:NTXweather~enwikinews


text:
User talk:EHN~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 EHN. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name EHN~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.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:14, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:30, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:EHN~enwikinews


text:
User talk:JMBPromotions~enwikinews

Welcome
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Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jacques Divol 07:49, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
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and be aware, wikinews does not accept any form of promotion Jacques Divol

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 JMBPromotions. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name JMBPromotions~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.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:32, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:JMBPromotions~enwikinews


text:
User talk:Rvalles

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title: User talk:Rvalles


text:
User talk:Nickiwi~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 Nickiwi. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Nickiwi~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.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Nickiwi~enwikinews


text:
User talk:Swami~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 Swami. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Swami~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.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:34, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:37, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Swami~enwikinews


text:
User talk:Keyvez

Welcome
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 * Discussions need your input
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title: User talk:Keyvez


text:
User talk:Peteris Cedrins

Welcome
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Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jacques Divol 07:53, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
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 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Peteris Cedrins


text:
User talk:Sparklers

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Sparklers


text:
User talk:Schaves~enwikinews

Welcome
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Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jacques Divol 07:54, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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 Schaves. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Schaves~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.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:21, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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title: User talk:Schaves~enwikinews