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Ousted president Manuel Zelaya heads back to Honduras

July 5, 2009

Manuel Zelaya, the president of Honduras who was removed from power by the Honduran Supreme Court, has begun making his way back to his country. Flying from Washington, Zelaya is to arrive in Honduran air space at around 22:00 (GMT).

The former president had announced his willingness to return to his country, hoping for a reintegration. Zelaya asked his people to be able to "practice his rights peacefully" after his arrival in the Central American country.

Nevertheless, the interim government that deposed Zelaya has announced that the flight would not be allowed to land. Foreign Minister Enrique Ortez said "I have ordered to not allow him to enter, whoever he comes with, to avoid the imprudence of allowing a president of the republic to die, of allowing a president of the republic to get hurt, of allowing a person to die".

Zelaya travels together with the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Miguel D'Escoto. Other leaders of Latin America, who had promised to travel together with Zelaya, will instead monitor the development of events from El Salvador. Among these leaders are the presidents Rafel Correa (Ecuador), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Argentina) and Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), together with the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza.

"If Zelaya lands and regards it timely for us to go, we will go", said Correa. Furthermore, Cristina Fernández added that "there is a clear attempt from Zelaya to return, even if they don't allow it, and to restore order in the country".

Zelaya's return takes place after the Organization of American States (OAS) voted in favour of suspending Honduras from the organization. OAS resolved to suspend "immediately" the de facto Honduran government lead by Roberto Micheletti in accordance with the Inter-American Democratic Charter.

However, fear has aroused that Zelaya's return could trigger more violence. The archbishop of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, urged Zelaya not to return, fearing a possible "bloodbath".

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Two explosives factories explode in India

July 5, 2009Two explosives factories in the town of, Madhya Pradesh, India exploded reducing the buildings to fragments on Sunday evening.

"The explosions were so severe that both the factories were reduced to rubble under which 30 people were feared dead," police said. Another 100 have been injured as a result of the blasts.

The Ideal Explosives industries sustained an explosion at about 6:30 p.m. local time. The Rajasthan Explosives Private Limited next door soon followed.

The exact cause of the first blast is unknown. It is reported that had been leaking from the accident site.

There are several factories situated in the Bairhan Industrial Area. The factories manufactured explosives for use in the local coal fields.


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Comments:Ousted president Manuel Zelaya heads back to Honduras

A few hours late to Twitter, don't you think? As it's not time stamped, it appeared that Zelaya was on his way back after trying to land.


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Talk:Swine flu patients taken to Kenyan capital to fly home to UK Sunday

Cannot verify
The paragraph beginning ...There has been considerable confusion... the items about the changes in the health care system are not in the two sources given. As well, the items in the paragraph ...The WHO, which collects data likewise are not at all mentioned in the two sources given.

This first part of a sentence is confirmed in the articles... "The government's swift response to contain the disease has been impressive despite attempts by government officials ", however the last part "to cover up the real magnitude of the situation." does not seem to be reflected in the articles. "The clandestine Police operation", seems to refer to the police avoidance of the press, and no comment reflecting on the situaton's magnitude. Can more sources be added, or paragraphs rephrased to reflect sources provided? The rest of the article does contain and remain focused on the facts from the articles mentioned. Kind Regards SriMesh | talk  02:52, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed paragraphs which I could not verify, and re-worded facts for a couple of new sources which have been added to the article. This way I can verify what is left in the article.  If more sources can be found for removed content, it can be re-added.SriMesh |  talk  03:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Correction
editprotected The students, who have completed their courses of Tamiflu, are expected to fly... (commas)Tyrol5 (talk) 15:44, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ C628 (talk) 15:52, 6 July 2010 (UTC)


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Alzheimer's disease reversed in mice using caffeine

July 6, 2009

Two studies published in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease point to caffeine as reducing beta amyloid, a protein that in sticky clumps called senile plaque is a sign of Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers had 55 mice who were genetically altered and exhibited memory loss at age 18 to 19 months (close to about age 70 in a human). Half the mice received the equivalent of five 8 ounce cups of regular coffee a day or 500 milligrams, about the same as in two cups of specialty coffees like Starbucks, in their drinking water. This half of the mice recovered and had memories as sharp as older mice who did not have dementia.

"The new findings provide evidence that caffeine could be a viable 'treatment' for established Alzheimer's disease, and not simply a protective strategy," said Gary Arendash, PhD, a University of South Florida neuroscientist with the Florida Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and a lead author of a study. "That's important because caffeine is a safe drug for most people, it easily enters the brain, and it appears to directly affect the disease process."

The researchers hope to begin human trials based on their two months work in mice. Neil Hunt, CEO of the Alzheimer's Society said, "[M]uch more research is needed to determine whether drinking coffee has the same impact in people. It is too soon to say whether a cup of coffee is anything more than a pleasant pick me up."


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I reverted your edits to Two explosives factories explode in India as i think it was grammatically correct beforehand. Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:05, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:Alzheimer's disease reversed in mice using caffeine

Animal testing
I started this article and now realize that the mice were genetically altered and that is not right. I don't approve of animal testing but am no activist. I have seen Alzheimer's in too many people close to me to stop work on this. -SusanLesch (talk) 05:14, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Headline
This headline is borrowed from Inventorspot. It's my understanding that one cannot copyright a headline in the United States but if you can improve it you're welcome to change it. -SusanLesch (talk) 06:52, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


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Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 09:44, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:More than 100 die in riots in Ürümqi, China

It's totally terrorism.Those criminal attached innocent people(child,woman,the old)

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Nobody is innocent here. The rioters, the government, the Hans and the Uighurs all have blood on their hands.--67.177.48.12 (talk) 03:23, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


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Talk:NSA to participate in U.S. cybersecurity

Typo
Hello. Would someone kindly sight the last edit. Unfortunately "not" Dennis Blair was lost in an attempt to identify those persons who urged the administration to use DHS. I apologize for the typo. -SusanLesch (talk) 16:40, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
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User talk:Sbs108

Welcome
--Brian McNeil / talk 17:04, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Soliciting edits to historical articles
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Corrections are never made to reflect changes that took place subsequent to the article's publication. To give an example verging on hyperbole, the New York Times does not edit archives of their papers from the start of last century to avoid using the phrase "Armenian Massacre" - no matter how much the current Turkish government would like them to.

If an article contained clearly inaccurate information at time of publication then a correction notice may be added, I see no need for one in the case you are petitioning. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:04, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

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Please only create news articles at wikinews. Thanks. Bawolff ☺☻ 17:05, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Rupert Grint, Harry Potter's "Ron Weasley", recovers from H1N1 swine flu virus

More newsworthy than if he had caught a cold. --Phil1988 (talk) 17:32, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "Im so glad he got better"
Im so glad he got better —212.219.189.120 (talk) 09:14, 4 May 2010 (UTC)


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Comments:NSA to participate in U.S. cybersecurity

"We are moving forward in a way that protects privacy and civil liberties." I guess the strategy is to make what was already happening illegally legal.

Seriously? Im dumbstruck. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.189.64 (talk) 23:46, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

As long as they're keeping within their own government websites that's quite fine with me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.80.250 (talk) 02:14, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Bye bye, freedom of speech. It was nice knowing you. Unpure (talk) 20:27, 10 July 2009 (UTC)


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Tropical Storm Blanca forms in the Pacific

July 6, 2009

The United States National Hurricane Center has upgraded a tropical disturbance off the coast of Mexico to Tropical Storm Blanca. The storm is the second named storm of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season. The storm currently has maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour. Blanca is located about 390 miles south-southwest of Baja California, Mexico, and is currently tracking towards the west-northwest at 10 miles per hour.

The storm is expected to continue moving away from land over the next few days. Current projections show that it could intensify slightly before entering unfavorable conditions and weakening.

Blanca is not expected to directly impact land, but interests in the area are encouraged to track its progress.


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Correction
editprotected Blanca is not expected to directly impact land, but anyone with interests in the area are encouraged to track its progress. (Not sure about the second part of the sentence, editing admin take a look and see what you think) Tyrol5 (talk) 22:47, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I fixed "expected". I decided to leave the second part alone, as it is terribly formal to use "interests" as the subject of the clause, but I don't think it is incorrect.  If the article wasn't archived, I would accept your proposal. --InfantGorilla (talk) 11:00, 13 July 2010 (UTC)


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Bowler Brett Lee to miss first Ashes Test

July 7, 2009 Australia's cricketer Brett Lee is out of the first Ashes test match - which starts on July 8 in Cardiff - with a torn muscle in his left side. He is also doubtful to play the second Test at Lord's, which begins on July 16. It will be at least two weeks before he can start training in the nets again.

"I am very very disappointed and gutted that I will not be there for the first Test match but I will find a way to bounce back," said Lee. "I still see myself hopefully playing a major role for Australia through the end part of the series, whether that's the second, third, fourth or fifth Test match depending on how things go."

The fast bowler complained about soreness in his left side after playing the England Lions at Worcester. Scans on Monday revealed he has a tear to his rib muscle. Other reports have described the injury as a strained abdominal muscle.

Kevin Pietersen commented on Lee’s absence saying it was "a huge, huge, huge loss" for Australia.

Australia now have to choose which player to pick as a replacement for Lee. Two likely options are spinner Nathan Hauritz or pace bowler Ben Hilfenhuas.

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Iran warns West about meddling while clerics opine

July 7, 2009

On Monday, Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, warned foreign governments against meddling in internal Iranian affairs following the Iranian presidential election and the subsequent unrest since June 12, 2009.

"Some leaders of Western countries at the level of president, prime minister and foreign minister openly intervened in Iran's internal affairs that had nothing to do with them. Then, they said they don't intervene in Iran's internal affairs," Khamenei said in a nationally televised speech. "These governments must be careful of their hostile remarks and behaviors because the Iranian nation will [react]. We will calculate the interventionist remarks and behaviors of these governments. Definitely, it will have a negative impact on future relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran." Meanwhile, opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who was declared the loser of the election, but who has alleged that the election was illegitimate, made his first public appearance in three weeks.

"We need to make efforts to show our protest ... within the framework of the law," Mousavi said. "The legitimacy of this government is in question because of the people's lack of trust. This weakens the government from within even if it preserves it in appearance."

"When a government doesn't take shape within the framework of the law, it has no legitimacy in the eyes of the people," he continued. "This weakens the government and encourages the government to resort to violence against the people."

The Guardian Council, a twelve-member council of clerics and jurists charged with interpreting the Constitution of Iran, has declared the election for the incumbent, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,

The Assembly of Qom Scholars and Researchers in Qom has now called the June 12 vote "invalid" in a statement on the groups's website. "Candidates' complaints and strong evidence of vote-rigging were ignored ... peaceful protests by Iranians were violently oppressed ... dozens of Iranians were killed and hundreds were illegally arrested," read the statement by the Assembly. "The outcome is invalid."

The group has no legal authority and is considered to be politically neutral. It had earlier sent a congratulatory message to Ahmadinejad.

On Saturday, President Ahmadinejad issued a press release in which he said the governments of the Western world "did their utmost to aggrandize problems in Iran’s presidential election in a worldwide scale to deviate world public opinions from devastating financial crisis crippling their economies."

The statement further alleged that the West had been "creating widespread diseases such as swine flu in an attempt to find a way out of the current turmoil."


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User talk:Towandafarmer

Welcome
Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. Cheers, --Jcart1534 (talk) 01:15, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

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Guardian Council
Hi, I noticed the following statement in the article: "The Guardian Council, a twelve-member council of clerics and jurists charged with interpreting the Constitution of Iran, which had earlier declared the election for the incumbent, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has now called the June 12 vote 'invalid' in a statement on the council's website." This makes no sense and I see no sources to support this. This source shows that The Assembly of Qom Scholars and Researchers (NOT the Guardian Council) issued a statement on their website calling the election results invalid. Maybe I'm just confused, could anyone tell me when and where the Guradian Council released a statement saying that they thought the vote was "invalid"? Thanks a lot --Sampi (talk) 03:18, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

I agree. There is definitely something wrong with the statement: The Guardian Council, a twelve-member council of clerics and jurists charged with interpreting the Constitution of Iran, which had earlier declared the election for the incumbent, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has now called the June 12 vote "invalid" in a statement on the council's website. "Candidates' complaints and strong evidence of vote-rigging were ignored ... peaceful protests by Iranians were violently oppressed ... dozens of Iranians were killed and hundreds were illegally arrested," read the statement by the Guardian Council. "The outcome is invalid." The Guardian Council is part of Iranian government that decides the election is valid just a few days ago (according to all sources I saw), there is no apparent source stating that the election is officially overturned or mark as invalid. Although I hate to admit that the election remains valid, there should be an urgent and major correction to the report. --98.154.26.247 (talk) 06:45, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Yeah, I got the two groups mixed up and intertwined. Please see if I fixed it. --SVTCobra 10:04, 7 July 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Swine flu patients taken to Kenyan capital to fly home to UK Sunday

want to more details and symtoms for swin flu
 * The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has this page which you might find informative. --SVTCobra 02:10, 7 July 2009 (UTC)


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Prep file
Yes, you can go ahead and delete it now. Should I inform you when I need my next one deleted too? TheCustomOfLife 06:09, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, sounds good. Feel fee to drop me a note for the next one, or you can simply add the tag to the page and any admin will delete it. Cheers, Jcart1534 11:17, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Your car?
That is your car, SVTCobra? Very cool! I knew your name was based on that, but wasn't aware you owned one. lol! Nice. Jcart1534 11:25, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep, she's all mine. It's a 2003. Thanks, --SVTCobra 11:46, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

archive templates
you are of course welcome to use them. don't remember now who i ripped them off from in the first place :) –Doldrums(talk) 13:36, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

World AIDS Day events held around the globe
You can add stuff now. I'll be back in about 40 minutes. --SVTCobra 20:22, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Are you finished or do you need more time? I have some stuff to add and then I think we can publish. --SVTCobra 21:05, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Done now! Jcart1534 21:08, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your contributions. I made it second lead since that uranium story is really from the 29th. Cheers, --SVTCobra 21:52, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * So is the Wikimedia Foundation story and it has been up since the 29th. It is a matter of staleness. Jcart1534 21:56, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Switch them if you like. In my mind (only a personal preference), I try to put original stories or interviews in "Featured" and leave them til we have new orginal stuff. You could also make the Aids Day story the Main Lead, since the Russia story won't be really big news until the results come in. I don't really care either way.--SVTCobra 22:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

"Dead" canoeist arrested
I am not sure it is quite ready for publication --Anonymous101 20:04, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, but I didn't publish it. What does it need? Are you going to add more content? Jcart1534 20:13, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I thought you published it, I misread the history page --Anonymous101 20:24, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No sweat. Have fun with it! It is an interesting story. Cheers, Jcart1534 20:31, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Stumped
What the ?!? I know I read that article. I am looking ... will get back to you shortly. --SVTCobra 00:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I think we lost the article while reverting page-move vandalism. I will try to recover it. --SVTCobra 00:39, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I think I got it, please see Amtrak train smashes freighter in Chicago. Article history seems be lost (or only viewable with sysop powers). --SVTCobra 00:47, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Good job! I couldn't find it. You're right. Some of the latest edits are missing i.e. when the page move vandalism occurred. Jcart1534 00:52, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I found it by going backwards through the deletion log. --SVTCobra 00:54, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Jump5
Hi SVT! I am not sure that the singer Cali that you linked would be the artist at this show in Nashville. I can't be sure, but look at the Wikipedia entry and try the artist's homepage under External links. Just doesn't seem right. That's why I left it unlinked. Jcart1534 23:58, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll check it. --SVTCobra 00:08, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep, you're right again. It is this young lady, who somehow doesn't have a Wikipedia page. Delinked in article. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:27, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

oops
thanks my mistake Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 19:58, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No sweat, Brian. I saw you did some year-end housecleaning, but thought I should add the DPL back. Cheers, Jcart1534 21:16, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

My RfA
I dunno if you do RfA thanks here, or if it's just a Wikipedia thing. If not, I reckon the trend needs broken. Many thanks for participating in my RfA, which was successful. Unfortunatly, I can't use the excuse of testing my shiny new buttons to see what they do as I have them on Wikipedia ;). So, I guess that rules out any rogue-adminish behaivour ;-). Seriously, though, cheers, and see you around on-wiki! Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 15:22, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: year overview image
Thanks for the compliment, I enjoyed making it. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:50, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: David Hicks Released From Yatala
I actually did upload the picture on David Hicks being released into the Commons area but I was not sure how to embed the image into the Hicks Released From Yatala article. Hence the image has been uploaded twice. Yes I did take the picture and on reducing the size of the image also decided to remove any exif data from the jpeg. Looking at other image contribution my 550K file size was very modest and probably could have left it in its original ~3MB size. I guess storage space isn't an issue for the wiki group. --Pthornton 15:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

I have uploaded the original jpg overwriting the smaller one. 4 Meg not a problem as a contribution? --Pthornton 16:13, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I see that you just re-uploaded the file here on Wikinews. I think perhaps I wasn't clear enough. The file should be uploaded on Wikimedia Commons, which is a part of the Wikipedia family where free media can be uploaded and shared throughout the Wikimedia projects. You may have to create a user account there before uploading the image. Sorry for any confusion! File size isn't an issue there, so go ahead and upload the 4 Meg file. Cheers, --Jcart1534 16:17, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Specialty?
Hi, you just changed speciality to specialty in the Garuda crash article as you were archiving. Was that a mistake, or is it some bit of US English that I'm unfamiliar with? Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:38, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oops! You're right about that BRS. I was too quick with my spell checker. I prefer the Commonwealth spelling as well, so I reverted that. However, I did find a couple of other spelling errors that I missed and corrected them as well. Thanks! --Jcart1534 20:46, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem ;-). Re archiving, I was unsure whether to change the source order and relocate the publish tag, as I was unsure if policy was different that long ago, so thanks for clearing that up. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:08, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Archiving ...
Hi Jcart, I was gonna take a stab at some archiving and then the first article I picked, UN says polio eradicated in Egypt and Niger, had no sources. What do I do? --SVTCobra 01:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow. That is interesting. I don' think I've seen one with no sources at all. Perhaps we should place a notice on it similar to the "sources" tag, but leave it actually untagged? Kind of an advisory? --Jcart1534 01:34, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I added an advisory. What do you think? It seems the best we can do for the older articles. --Jcart1534 01:45, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Fine by me ... you have become the archivist ... it is probably possible to retroactively find a source for an article of this nature though. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well if you want to find one, that would be best, obviously. I was just looking for an easy way out! Cheers, --Jcart1534 01:57, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Archive template
Hi again. The Archive template asks users/editors to go to WN:AAA if there is a correction/edit needed. They can either add it there or (if they read closely) learn that they can add Editprotected on the collaboration page. But shouldn't Archive be modified to let people know to use Editprotected? I opened a discussion at Template talk:Archive. Cheers, --SVTCobra 01:58, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That is an excellent suggestion SVT. I modified the Archive template accordingly. What do you think? --Jcart1534 02:29, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I hope you're not surprised ... but I think that it is a good change. The only reason I didn't leap forward and do it right away was the warning about load on the servers. Though I am not sure that is a legitimate concern for a project of our size. I'll leave the flag on the discussion for a couple of days so others have a chance to comment. --SVTCobra 02:36, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Glad you liked it! Just thought I would be bold. Your suggestion made so much sense. :) --Jcart1534 02:42, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Interest rate increases prompt criticism of new Australian treasurer
I noticed the article is on the main page (thanks, btw) under my old headline, but links to the moved article. Will this auto-update (had I just waited two [f]ing minutes) or is there some special Admin voodoo required?

And since I'm here, what do you/does everyone do about non-url sources? The source template doesn't like "url=" being left blank. Is there a preferred alternative? -- 203.57.68.20 17:14, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey 203.57.68.20! Nice job on the article, by the way. Hope to see more contributions from you. To clear the cache and see the renamed title, just click on "Refresh under "Latest News RSS" on the Main page. Cheers, --Jcart1534 17:18, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * With regard to the non-url source, I think the formatting is okay, but there may be some concerns with verifiability (see the Wikinews source page). Where did that source come from? Was it print? What info did you get from it that you couldn't get from the other url sources? --Jcart1534 17:33, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Refresh, damn, the number of times that's caught me... Anyway, yes, the "Adelaide Advertiser" source was print, I got the HSBC quote there plus Turnbull's bleeting. Did a google search for key phrases from the quote, plus the names; worked for the rest, not for that. Weird. -- 203.57.68.20 17:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Still, can go one better: There's a News.com.au story, which references a Fairfax-digital story which I can't find. Not on fairfax media, not via google. Why can't they put proper references... Anyway, I'll start it, and maybe someone else will have more luck, back to work... -- 203.57.68.20 17:59, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Category:Comedy
I've applied the category to a selection of these articles - but not all. I moved the discussion from Admin alerts to the category talk page and flagged it. I think we need to iron out a degree of consensus over what is and isn't comedy in a news setting. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:30, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Jcart! When you are done adding Category:Comedy to various articles, I hope that you will give a report on your changes at Category talk:Comedy. I know you have been updating the tags, but without a mention it makes other people's comments look nonsensical. Cheers, --SVTCobra 02:18, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I did about five seconds before you posted this! Cheers, --Jcart1534 02:19, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Coolio! Just didn't want you to forget. Cheers, --SVTCobra 02:33, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks - I've been busy both with IRL business and with other Wikimedia projects - but thought I'd pop back in here. Still every bit as obstinate that WN needs to have a way for accredited reporters to release interviews into the Public Domain though - before I'll publish any on here ;) Anyways, I'll try to stick around and at least tidy up existing articles - while using accredition to continue getting photo opportunities for WN and the rest of the WMF projects. Sherurcij 01:27, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Image
Thanks, took me a while to find it but i think its amazing also :-) (Is it too late for our POTY??) --Mark Talk to me 18:40, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I believe it would be too late (2007 only?). You'll have to remember it for the 2008 POTY. --Jcart1534 18:53, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Tops in readership....
Thanks! Evidently some people don't appreciate the articles I've worked on at Wikinews, nice to know that others do :). Wilhelm 16:27, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

IBM_to_construct_supercomputer_capable_of_running_entire_Internet
Why did you retitle the article without discussing it first on the article talk page. In fact, the supercomputer is being designed "TO"...not just "CAPABLE" as originally titled. IBM to construct supercomputer to run entire Internet. Please move it back to the old name ASAP. See article talk page. 70.54.8.246 19:59, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Why are you now reverting my edits to the article? 70.54.8.246 22:47, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

 * To interpret what they are proposing as actually hosting the entire internet is nonsensical. Read the IBM white paper. --Jcart1534 - (talk) 22:51, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

I did, this why they are doing the work on this project "TO HOST" the Internet as an application on Kittyhawk. Do you not see that? 70.54.8.246 22:54, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Can you not see that they are only exploring the possibility of building a computer capable of doing this. Firstly, they are not doing it, only exploring it at this point. Secondly, they are only doing it to see theoretically if it could host the entire internet as an application. --Jcart1534 - (talk) 23:01, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
 Anonymous101 (Talk) 21:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello
Please, unblock this article. LUCPOL - (talk) 15:30, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The article is archived and protected. If something needs to be corrected, please add to the article's Talk page along with a description of the change required. An admin will come along and make the change if warranted. Thanks, --Jcart1534 - (talk) 01:22, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Archiving ...
Hi JCart. After the bot-archiving took place, the handy list of articles needing archiving on WN:AAA disappeared (was removed). I'd like to contribute. What is the best way to find the articles in need? I'd like to work on the oldest first. --SVTCobra 02:00, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi SVT. If we try to keep up with the current ones, I believe we can start from February 15 and work our way forward. If it would be helpful, we can add TheFearow's DPL back to AAA (or somewhere else)? Also, once we are caught up, and if we feel ambitious, we can create a new DPL searching on to find the bot-archived ones to give a final human clean-up. I should have a bit more time going forward to chip in. Cheers, --Jcart1534 - (talk) 02:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
Here is the latest Wikinews bulletin. Enjoy!

Anonymous101  12:24, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Syop's
Hey there Jcart, I'm Dustihowe from the English Wikipedia. I'm checking out the sister projects and noticed that your syop list is kinda short. Are you needing more help with this Wiki project? Let me know, Dusti (talk) 03:44, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Dustihowe. We are always looking for contributors. Please feel free to jump in! This page should be helpful. Cheers, Jcart1534 (talk) 03:56, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Quebec man found not guilty in shooting death of Laval officer
Hey I know you wrote the two other articles about the Laval constable that was killed last year. Just wanted to let you know that I started an article about the verdict in the murder trial. It could use some expanding though; maybe you have something to add to it? (→ Zachary ) 00:19, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Zachary. Thanks for doing the article. I wasn't aware that the trial had come to a head. The oldest related news article was the first I had written on Wikinews. Sorry I don't have much time at the moment to participate. Cheers, --Jcart1534 (talk) 01:00, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs
If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:58, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Dida and Milan face UEFA charges over Celtic fan incident
Hi, I currently placing SVG images instead of PNGs, would you be so kind to change Image:UEFA-Map.png to Image:UEFA.svg in the above mentioned article? Thank you in advance. EOZyo (talk) 22:55, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
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Serbian Mig-29 crashes near Belgrade

July 9, 2009 A Mig-29 jet fighter of the Serbian Air Force and Air Defense crashed near Belgrade, Serbia, on Tuesday.

The pilot ejected from the airplane and was transferred to military hospital. Lt. Col. Rade Randjelovic, aged 47, suffered serious injuries and died at the hospital. A soldier located on the ground was also killed, and another injured.

Randjelovic was conducting a training flight at the time of the accident and was preparing for the Belgrade aircraft acrobatics show.

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Comments:Alzheimer's disease reversed in mice using caffeine

Why does it feel as though this was placed in the news to get higher coffee sales... - Nivm

More bogus research to perpetuate the myth fuelling the media and medical research industries
We have 1,000 years of epidemiological evidence showing that coffee consumption is pretty much irrelevant to human health. That's almost 10 centuries more than any health drink marketed these days.

So who has a vested interest in perpetuating this myth suggesting coffee somehow has a measurable positive or negative influence on health?:
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Tributes paid to the victims of the July 7 2005 London bombings

July 7, 2009 A for the victims of the July 7, 2005 London bombings has been unveiled in, London, England. Today is the fourth anniversary of the bombings, when 52 people were killed by suicide bombers on board three Underground trains and a bus.

52 stainless steel columns standing 3.5m (11.5ft) tall were inaugurated in the presence of Prince Charles, the, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, London Mayor Boris Johnson and Minister for London,.

Each column represented "a unique person and a unique grief" according to the Minister for London.

Jowell continued, "Each one casts a shadow just as they do - each one standing tall and proud just as they did, and each one will in an individual way absorb and reflect light just as they did."

A 1.4 tonne stainless steel plaque with the names of the people killed was also unveiled.

Prince Charles laid a wreath on behalf of the nation. The Duchess of Cornwall left a floral tribute for the families of the victims.

The families themselves laid roses and then met the prince and the duchess.


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Irish Nobel laureate remains in detention in Israel

July 7, 2009

Máiread Maguire a Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Ireland remains in detention in Israel. Máiread Corrigan-Maguire won the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to reconcile Catholics and Protestants, through the Community of Peace People, an organization which attempts to encourage a peaceful resolution of in Northern Ireland.

Maguire was aboard a vessel, the Spirit of Humanity, which was delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza. The vessel was boarded by Israeli commandos, commandeered, and taken to Ashdod port where she was arrested and imprisoned on the charge of entering Israel illegally.

Maguire said, "US President Barack Obama has called upon the Palestinians to abandon violence but Israel is denying them the right to non-violently resist the siege of Gaza."

The boat was carrying three tonnes of medical supplies, toys, crayons, and a symbolic bag of cement. Its cargo has been confiscated. Maguire has said that the vessel was in international waters when it was boarded.

Israel has allowed former U.S. congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney, to return home along with 17 others it had detained. The Israeli Interior Ministry had said Máiread Maguire was to be released and expelled today. The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin last week called for the immediate release of Ms Maguire. Also still in custody is another Irish citizen, Derek Graham, along with a Dane and a Yemeni cameraman for the Arab TV network Al-Jazeera.

Last week a United Nations human rights investigator, Richard Falk, called Israel's seizure of the ship "unlawful." Israel's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Aharon Leshno-Yaar, rejected that charge and said that "clearly the purpose of that ship was to create a buzz and serve as a propaganda vehicle against Israel."


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Rachel Weisz wants Botox ban for actors

July 7, 2009 English actress Rachel Weisz thinks that Botox injections should be banned for all actors.

The 39-year-old actress, best known for her roles in the Mummy movie franchise and for her Academy Award-winning portrayal in The Constant Gardener, feels facial Botox injections leave actors less able to convey emotion and that it harms the acting industry as much as steroids harm athletes.

In an interview with UK's Harper's Bazaar, coming out next month, Weisz says, "It should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen," she claims. "Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?"

Currently living in New York, she also mentions that English women are much less worried about their physical appearance than in the United States. "I love the way girls in London dress," she claimed. "It's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing."

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User talk:24.238.86.147

Hi. I undid your edit as i think it sounded better before. May i ask why you removed the sentence ''English women are much less worried about their physical appearance than in the United States. '' from Rachel Weisz wants botox ban for actors? Bawolff ☺☻ 19:09, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Because it sounded a bit like Rachel was bashing the US or for better words critiquing it. I did not get that from her comment at all and i felt it was a bit misleading.
 * Considering the quote that was published, I don't feel that the sentence was a huge leap or something completely unable to be inferred. Mike Halterman (talk) 19:24, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Considering where it came from ( Fox News i think) it should be used with some caution. Especially if that was the interpritation from the author, not Rachel herself. Just saying.

Thanks for your time.
 * Oh, I didn't even check that source. I checked the last one, from the Press Association. Mike Halterman (talk) 19:48, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

The press association did not have that quote, it had this quote and it mentions style: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gRGE_0SzQ7E0KJnNac29VYWiofXA

"The British actress, who lives in New York with her filmmaker fiance Darren Aronofsky and their son Henry also told the magazine she prefers English girls' style."

That quote came from Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530394,00.html

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"she also mentions that English women are much less worried about their physical appearance than in the United States."

I think she is talking more about style than physical appearance

Should botox be banned
Botox is like alcohol, there should be a limit and some caution of how much is too much.

Well..
It's an already-discussed topic; I think some piece of news came out some months ago about some directors complaining their actors could not do good facial expressions due to Botox. But I do agree it is definitely a drawback for conveying emotions. Julián (reply) 21:29, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Doesn't its lack of a performance enhancing effect mean it's more like heroin or something than a steroid? Except if it's a drug, all that matters is whether or not people get paid. Certainly illegal drugs could ruin an actor's career, and so could Botox. If an actor using Botox gets hired, the only difference is that Botox has a brand name illegal drugs don't. Clearly it's the studios' choice to hire defective actors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.140.121 (talk) 22:53, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

The comment above is right. How could such a ban possibly be enacted? Actors might compete for roles; but, once they're selected, they're not competitors anymore, they're entertainers. As long as movie-goers are OK with the films, there's nothing to regulate, unlike in sports, which are inherently competitive and thus restricting steroids does make sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.114.26.134 (talk) 00:31, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Should Botox be banned for actors?
yes it should be banned for actors, it,s like santa clause faking a smile !!!! p.s  rachel weisz rocks :)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.223.240.45 (talk) 05:52, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Well,i agree with the comment 2 above mine
Because in sports, its a competitive thing, as opposed to acting, which is just.. like tough luck, man your actor sucks. They should not ban it however, but actors should consider that the botox may damage a actors reputation. Also, the people who hire the actors don't have to use actors that use steroids. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ngu.Simon (talk • contribs) 12:29, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Meh, I want all drugs legalised. No one's forcing them to take the crap, let them if they want to. --Tinos —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.42.129 (talk) 14:23, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, on the one hand, if you consider it "performance-enhancing" you might next have to consider banning make-up, or soft lighting. On the other hand, non-actors get the impression that there's something wrong with them if they don't look like Ms. Weisz. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.190.165.147 (talk) 17:14, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Should Botox be banned for actors?
I say no. It is currently legal specifically for cosmetic use, and people who make their livelihood based on their appearance should be allowed the tools to do so. This sounds like one person who either wants to avoid competition or is whiny because she isn't able to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.113.203.27 (talk) 17:32, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

I think...
There should be clear warnings on what would happen if you inject your face with Botox. Just like Cigarettes have or will have clear warnings, Botox should as well. Granted, Botox isn’t over the counter (I don’t think), but it should be mandated that the consumer knows, "this could potentially limit ones facial expression and motion." Dillard421 (talk) 17:35, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

I think not
If she's against actors using Botox, she shouldn't use it. If others want to ruin their ability to make facial expressions, and thus, potentially, their careers, that's their problem. And besides, there could be some roles which call for the participants to use little or no expression; in which case Botox would either not be a problem or possibly help. —192.231.40.130 (talk) 17:59, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Should Botox be banned for actors?
no! roids are banded because they increase performance. If an actor wants to muck up there face, then so be it. --70.181.44.43 (talk) 18:08, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Botox can be performance enhancing
It can be argued that Botox makes older actresses look younger. Hence, giving them a competitive edge.

I don't think it should be a ban for actors of all shapes and sizes, rather she should just present it to the Screen Actors Guild. you want Botox? You're kicked out of SAG. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.6.247.204 (talk) 15:08, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Should Botox be banned for actors?
Hmmmm...seems like Rachel Weisz made an offhanded comment, and the media spun it into a huge "thing".

How are you going to ban Botox? Actor Botox testing? Is every actor going to have to make faces in a cup? If you tell the actor a joke, and you hear them laugh, but their face doesn't move...does the LA Film Commission shut down a $120 million movie?

And what do you do with Steven Seagal? His face wouldn't move if you put him in a nikyō grapple and kicked out his knee. Maybe he's on Botox.

If lack of facial expression won't hurt the movie (e.g. the lead actor wears a hockey mask and cuts people to pieces), do the laws apply?

How about this? Let's ban really bad scripts and allow forty-something actresses to hold onto their youth for a few more years before Hollywood stops giving them the good roles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigbaderik (talk • contribs) 07:33, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Should Botox be banned for actors?
Botox should not be banned for actors. Steroids in sports is not a good comparison at all! Steroids give athletes an unfair advantage when playing. If Botox ruins the expressiveness of actors, let them ruin it if they want to. We'll find other, better actors to replace them with. If anything, Rachel should be happy about this. lol —66.32.98.246 (talk) 15:46, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Should Botox be banned for actors?
Is nobody happy with who they are? Seems like everybody wants to be someone else. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.164.180.152 (talk) 19:26, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Should Botox be banned for actors?
who cares —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.241.100.29 (talk) 13:05, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Should Botox be banned for actors?
Anything that paralyzes the face will inhibit conveying outward emotion.

If the actor has demostrated they can get around that handicap; self inflicted or other wise, thats fine.

I'm no a director. But, if your DSLs cant do what I need them to, you arent getting paid.

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Late edits
I have undone all the edits that were unsourced and claimed the laureate was released - including the rename. I also removed the date bump on this. It was what was known at the time of publication and this was being changed into something completely different. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:57, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


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This is par for the course I'd say.

Business as usual. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.120.114.83 (talk) 23:19, 11 July 2009 (UTC)


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My thoughts and prayers are with the family and loved ones of Sharon. I am hoping she will come back safe.

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Hi. I deleted Walid Farid Al-shaf'ey as it did not appear to be a news article. See WN:NOT. Perhaps you were looking for some other project like Wikipedia. Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:32, 8 July 2009 (UTC) Bawolff ☺☻ 04:32, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

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Google announces new operating system

July 8, 2009

Google announced today that they are developing Google Chrome OS. The operating system, announced on their official blog, will be based on their Chrome browser, which is now nine months old.

Google said that at first it will be targeted toward netbooks, but in the future, will eventually expand. The company said that it will continue to be developed alongside Android, their operating system currently being used on mobile devices.

The system will run in a windowing system atop a Linux kernel and will be fully open source. It is planned to be released in 2010. On their blog, Google said, "Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds," said the blog post written by Sundar Pichai, Vice President Product Management, and Google's engineering director, Linus Upson.

Both men said that "the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web" and that the new OS is "our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be".

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This article could (should?) be expanded a bit, with some further balancing. At this time, it relies a bit too heavily on the Google press release info. My two cents! Cheers, --Jcart1534 (talk) 11:00, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

I think it should clarify if the operating system is a window manager, an application on top of the window manager, or something else entirely (and how this is called an OS if thats all this is). Bawolff ☺☻ 12:03, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


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Thaksin still pervades Thai political landscape

July 8, 2009

Thailand's fugitive ex-premier, Thaksin Shinawatra is in the news again today, phoning supporters in the country and appealing for no celebration of his sixtieth birthday at Sanam Luang outside the royal palace in Bangkok. This follows some red-shirted United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) supporters vowing to go ahead with the party despite Bangkok's Governor, Sukhumband Paribatra, saying he will deny any request. According to Thailand's English-language Bangkok Post, UDD leader Shinawat Haboonpad expressed determination to see the July 26 celebration go ahead, "... we will show our civil disobedience and ignore his order".

The divisive impact of the populist Thaksin stretches back prior to him being ousted by a bloodless military coup in September 2006. As far back as 2005 figures within the Thai establishment were speaking against him; Thaksin used the courts to try and prevent dissemination of negative material, including the publication of a sermon by a respected Buddhist monk who compared him to Phra Devadhat, the Thai Buddhist equivalent of the devil. Bangkokians formed into the yellow-shirted anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) accusing the Prime Minister of corruption. Following the military intervention in 2006, and a groundswell of support among rural poor voters, the opposing pro-Thaksin groups formed into the UDD. Despite conviction in-absentia, Thaksin colours Thai politics, and has derailed efforts to stabilise the country's political institutions.

This past week it has been the lead-up to the December 2008 dissolution of the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) government that has resurfaced. The then-Prime Minister, Somchai Wongsawat was barred from politics and his PPP dissolved by the country's Constitutional Court following anti-Thaksin yellow shirts occupying Bangkok's international airport and stranding as many as 300,000 tourists in the country. Now the country's Foreign Minister, Kasit Piromya, a PAD leader, is facing pressure to step down for his part in the airport siege and blockade.

A report in Monday's Bangkok Post indicates that Thai authorities continue to pursue Thaksin. The Interior Minister said that an attempt had been made to arrest Thaksin in Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, but he had evaded capture and managed to return to Fiji where he remains in exile and a fugitive.


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Comments:Iran warns West about meddling while clerics opine

As an Iranian who didn't vote Ahmadinejad I approve official results. I think the west and west supporters hate Ahmadinejad so they can't accept the truth.

 * No, it is clearly people in your country that are refusing to accept the results: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
 * The West is just saying stop killing and beating the protesters. Ahmadinejad is a joke, kinda like Kim Jong-il or Hugo Chavez. Crazier than a loon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.75.93.110 (talk) 15:18, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


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Talk:Thaksin still pervades Thai political landscape

NPOV
I removed the NPOV tag added by an anon after getting a second opinion from someone in IRC. Yes, it doesn't show Thaksin in a good light. At one point there were six arrest warrants outstanding for the man, he was given a bill for millions (billions of Baht) for unpaid taxes, ousted by the military while at the UN, and finally found guilty of corruption. But, what's not to like about the guy? --Brian McNeil / talk 15:46, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * "Haunts" in title
 * "Despite conviction in-absentia, Thaksin colours Thai politics, and has derailed efforts to stabilise the country's political institutions. Says who?
 * The author also believes that Thaksin kicks puppy dogs for fun. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.75.93.110 (talk) 21:04, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The author also believes that Thaksin kicks puppy dogs for fun. Wow, literal much? Mike Halterman (talk) 06:45, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Pervades?
WTF? Pervades is not a synonym for haunts and there is a huge loss of nuance in the title change. For the record I strongly object to this being renamed to such a wishy-washy title so late after publication. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:11, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Not only is the rename to a less meaningful title, it broke the Facebook updater and this article has now been posted twice on facebook - days apart. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:37, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


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This image, if PD, should be on Commons. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:33, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


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Brush fires threaten neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California

July 9, 2009

A brush fire erupted at 12:44 p.m. PDT Wednesday in the Westside neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California. Many structures, including the Getty Museum, are threatened. Visitors to the museum were seen to line up awaiting transport out of the area. Over 800 employees and an undetermined number of visitors were evacuated.

Mount St. Mary's College has also been evacuated. School is out for the summer months, but there were about 300 on campus. As of late afternoon, no homes were in harms way, but residents were encouraged to leave the area as a precautionary measure.

Over 30 to 40 acres of brush land have been destroyed by late afternoon.

Between 150 and 250 firefighters were on the scene assisted by three helicopters.

"We feel very confident we'll have this fire under control very shortly," said Fire Chief Douglas Barry.


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Talk:Brush fires threaten neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California

I noticed the fire probably around an hour or so ago from my home in Bel-Air. It looks like the fire is heavier in Brentwood, and it would have to jump the freeway to get to where I am. I checked the time when it occurred that I should go ahead and post this on Wikinews, and at that time it was about 1:30 (but the fire had already been going for about an hour, maybe more.

I also took pictures that I will post shortly.
 * This was published without the OR, but the photos can still be added. Cheers. --SVTCobra 00:40, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Review
Before this is published, it should probably have pictures, or other sources supporting it to verify the story. Ideally it would be longer too (that could perhaps be ignored as breaking news). Bawolff ☺☻ 21:25, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Recent brush fire
In this article, you said that many homes and the Getty Center were threatened. I don't know where you got this information, because the LAFD issued a statement early on that the Getty Center was not in any danger. They evacuated to be on the safe side. But this was a total overstatement. There aren't even many homes up where the fire is located, and if the Getty Center was in no danger, then these homes weren't either. I drive up in that area every single day. I know that area like the back of my hand. Please don't post overblown articles like that, articles that would make the media go bonkers and plaster it all over the front pages of every newspaper. It just isn't necessary. 71.116.133.34 (talk) 04:36, 10 July 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:Catie.prechtel

Hi. I deleted Earth Gets a New Moon as i assume its a hoax. Cheers. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:36, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Welcome
Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. , welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

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Comments:Google announces new operating system

As a past user of Windows 1.0 (Essentially Excel) and DOS I remember days of work wiped out because Microsoft Windows used expanded memory (1 MB). Still I obtained MCP, and avoided the cost of Apple products.
 * I am looking forward to a NEW OS that:

1. Prides itself on how LITTLE memory it uses. 2. Doesn't animate every process. 3. Explains advantaged and disadvantages to future optional upgrades, before they are offered. Is open sourced AND protected with a guarantee- if you have any problems, a new OS will be sent that replaces the old one. No questions asked.
 * Csrainey (talk) 23:11, 8 July 2009 (UTC) C. S. Rainey, retired (UCB Class of '77; http://www.csrainey.com)
 * I'm sure there a linux distros like that (minus the waranty). DSL, prides itself on being small, using just the shell, or something like Ratpoision as a wm animates nothing. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:21, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Please restrict monkeys with typing skills to edit Wiki News. Just because google wants to call it an OS doesn't make it an OS. It's just another GUI on top of Linux.
 * More likely a distro. Computerjoe 's talk 08:53, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Not really a new OS
This sounds like another desktop environment ala KDE and Gnome. The most important pieces will still be the GNU tools and Linux. That said, if this is entirely free software I don't care if Google sounds off a little hype. It'll surely be a windfall for desktop Linux. 209.30.170.213 (talk) 19:34, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

what data will chrome OS be logging in google's database?
Google is well known for farming sensitive data like ip addresses, cookies and searches themselves when using their search engine. What information will google be saving using this OS?

I'm sure this has been mentioned already but we cannot be silent to google on this issue, they must hear our uproar and cease their data farming practices

71.220.238.79 (talk) 05:42, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

How do i get this OS


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Talk:Serbian Mig-29 crashes near Belgrade

Time?
The time is listed in the article as "9:15 local time", but is that a.m. or p.m. I looked through the three sources and couldn't find mention of the time to verify. --Jcart1534 (talk) 23:54, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * None of the sources mention the time so I changed it to Tuesday. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:07, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


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G8 leaders set new emissions target

July 10, 2009

The leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) countries are meeting in L'Aquila, Italy, from July 8 to July 11. On Wednesday, the group announced that it had agreed to a cut in carbon emissions. The G8 agreed to a target to cut emissions by 80% by 2050, though interim targets were not defined.

"I believe we've made some important strides forward as we move towards Copenhagen," said United States President Barack Obama. "I don't think I have to emphasise that climate change is one of the defining challenges of our time. The science is clear and conclusive and the impacts can no longer be ignored."

Obama was referring to the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009, scheduled for December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

"I hope tomorrow when we meet other countries we'll follow that through and this is a very significant development, the first time it's ever been done," United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown said.

"The commitments expressed today at the G8 and Major Economies Forum (MEF) leaders' meeting, while welcome, are not sufficient,"Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said.

"For us the 80 percent figure is unacceptable and likely unattainable," said Arkady Dvorkovich, the top economic aide to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. "We won't sacrifice economic growth for the sake of emission reduction."

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Talk:G8 leaders set new emissions target

I don't have time to write this right now ... but I'd like to see this focus on the emissions issue. Many G8 articles can be written and I hope to see those as well. --SVTCobra 01:46, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I ask for collaboration and get a 'disputed' tag? --SVTCobra 23:54, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


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Comments:Serbian Mig-29 crashes near Belgrade

mig 29 crash?????????????
sounds like the serbs are practing close support if one of his own was kia on the ground :::: plus where in the world did they get 15million pounds to fix these aircraft when their country was completely robbed by their warlords!!--Basiclloyd (talk) 04:48, 9 July 2009 (UTC)'''the cheese stinks!--Basiclloyd (talk) 04:48, 9 July 2009 (UTC)


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Australian businessmen arrested in China for spying

July 9, 2009

On Sunday July 5, Australian businessman Stern Hu along with three other Rio Tinto employees were arrested by Chinese officials claiming they have evidence that the men damaged China's economy and security. The arrest come after the failed US$19.5 billion bid by state owned Chinalco to obtain an 18% stake in Rio Tinto and during the annual iron ore supply and price negotiations.

Tan Yixin, a senior executive of the Chinese steel maker the Shougang Group with close ties to the group, has also been detained for alleged crimes relating to the trade of raw materials. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Qin Gang cautioned Australia against politicising the issue. The maximum penalty for espionage in China is life imprisonment.

While Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean prepares to leave for meetings in Beijing over the issue, the Australian Labor Government has called for the opposition parties to discipline Nationals Senator leader Barnaby Joyce over comments linking the failed bid to the arrests as being grossly irresponsible. Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull called on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to contact the Chinese government and demand that Hu, an Australian citizen, be released and granted access to consular officials.

On Thursday Xinhua News agency confirmed the arrests, the first official announcement since the group was detained on Sunday. The Xinhua News Agency also reported that a number of Chinese nationals have been detained and authorities are considering further investigations into China's steel production in the Shandong and Hebei provinces


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User talk:69.19.255.23

I deleted your article The Occult Reich as it wasn't a news article. Please see WN:NOT. Perhaps you were looking for Wikipedia? Bawolff ☺☻ 02:15, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

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Canada pursues new nuclear research reactor to produce medical isotopes

July 10, 2009

The Saskatchewan provincial government alongside the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) have come together to establish a CA$500 million, 10 megawatts research nuclear reactor to produce medical isotopes. "In 1949 … cobalt-60 treatment was tried for the first time here in Saskatchewan, where it saved a woman battling cervical cancer. Maybe we can lead again in terms of nuclear medicine," said Brad Wall, the Premier of Saskatchewan, "Governments should be involved in pure research.  We're dealing with some circumstances as they present themselves"

"We've had faculty that are interested in this. We have an issue of national importance, We see a reason why the U of S and the province could assist in this national issue. We see how it could help the country. We see how it could build on the university's research strength," said Richard Florizone, U of S vice-president of finance and resources.

The research conducted at the Canadian Light Source Synchrotron on campus would be enhanced by a research reactor.

"In the case of a power reactor, in Saskatchewan we have much better alternatives. In the case of a medical isotopes research reactor, this may be a circumstance where the benefits outweigh the risks," said Peter Prebble, director of energy and water policy for the Saskatchewan Environmental Society. The nuclear reactor at Chalk River, Ontario in Canada was shut down on Thursday, May 14 by the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) due to a leak of heavy water and will not re-open until late 2009 or spring of 2010.

The repairs of the NRU are complex and challenging. "I've heard it described as . . . trying to change the oil in your car from your living room. We're faced with conducting remote investigations in a radioactive environment with high radiation fields, conducting the examinations and inspections through small openings in the top of the reactor and accessing over great distances," said David Cox, director of the NRU engineering task force.

"The unplanned shutdown of the NRU will result in a significant shortage of medical isotopes in Canada, and in the world, this summer," said Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health and Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources.

The Petten reactor in the Netherlands is another of the six extant nuclear reactors globally. It must also be shut down between mid July and mid August.

Medical isotopes are used in diagnostic procedures for cancer, heart disease and other medical conditions. When radioactive isotopes are injected into the body, radiologists can view higher radiation via medical imaging, enabling them to make a more accurate diagnosis.


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User talk:Rjanag

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It is recommended you read the article guide before starting. Also make sure to check the list of recently created articles to see if your story hasn't already been reported upon.

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User talk:Rimmington01

Welcome
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User:Bawolff/mwapilib

=Mwapilib2 (User:Bawolff/mwapilib2.js)= This does function chaining api access goodness. The main issues with it is it doesn't handle errors very gracefully. This library depends on User:Bawolff/mwapilib.js and will load it automatically. (If you're wondering, this was written before jQuery was available on wikimedia wikis, there might be better ways to do some of this with jquery).

Quick intro
This does api requests as a bunch of chained functions. They give context for how to do the request. Each chained function passes its output to the next one's input, kind of like unix pipes. To start off, you do api('initial input'). Chains end with a exec call. No requests are done until exec is reached.

Example
To Append foo to the end of Sandbox page: api('Wikinews:Sandbox').getPage.lift(function( pageText ) {return pageText + '\nTesting API';}).savePage.exec; Equivalently you can also do: api.inject('Wikinews:Sandbox').getPage.lift(function( pageText ) {return pageText + '\nTesting API';}).savePage.exec; or api.getPage('Wikinews:Sandbox').lift(function( pageText ) {return pageText + '\nTesting API';}).savePage.exec;

To change the default edit summary: api('Wikinews:Sandbox').setDefaultSummary('My edit summary').getPage.lift(function( pageText ) {return pageText + '\nTesting API';}).savePage.exec;

the different functions in detail
All chains start with api. Note, you cannot do api.api. If api is already defined as something else, you can use  instead.

.exec is also special as it denotes an end of a chain. Chains do not start executing until exec happens.

execute a function in the context
This is used to lift a function into the context of the chain. Example: api('foo').lift(function(input) { return 'a' + input; }).alert.exec Pops up with a message.
 * func
 * lift

Any other arguments fed to lift are given to function. api('foo').lift(function(a, b) { return a + b; }, 'baz').alert.exec // returns 'foobaz' Same as lift, except argument 2 that is fed to function is taken from stack. Any other arguments given to lift2 come as arg 3, 4, ... Pop up an alert box with current input. Useful for debugging.
 * lift2
 * alert

Changing input/output
api('foo').replace(/o/g, 'd').alert.exec; // Outputs "fdd" Change the input variable. api('foo').inject('bar').alert.exec // outputs 'bar' Negate input. Note that types are converted using standard js rules.
 * All the function ones like
 * replace
 * inject
 * not

Stack stuff
The function chain also has a stack of other variables. The following mess around with putting input on stack, taking stack onto input, etc. Additionally  uses the stuff on the stack.
 * pop
 * push
 * swap
 * dup

splitting chain
If you want to split chain into two parts that are run asynchronously.

 * runAsync
 * fork
 * doQuick

other control stuff
Stop doing chain if current input is false. often used with.
 * abortIfFalse

Configure how to make the request
Set the default edit summary. If summary given as first arg, leaves input alone, otherwise takes it from input Should the script follow input.
 * setDefaultSummary
 * setFollowRedirect

Actual making the request
Get a page api('Wikinews:Sandbox').getPage.alert.exec; Note this also sets the default save page target to the last gotten page. Save page. takes content from input, page name from last page requested with getPage, or first argument. api('Wikinews:Sandbox').getPage.replace(/sand/g, 'Island').savePage.exec; api('I Want food').savePage('Wikinews:Sandbox').exec (for use with flagged revision). Sight a revision. First argument is revision id, second is sight level (Default to 1). If first argument is undefined, uses revision saved in the chain. Parse wikitext (Taken from input), outputting html. First arg (if specified) is title to use for. Second argument is to supress pre-save transform if set to true. api('test').parse.alert.exec; //outputs <a href.... Get wikitext for a page. Expand wikitext, giving wikitext without templates. Return number of pages in a category. Make a custom api request. Uses mwapilib1 (see below) Takes two arguments, both functions. first function is passed the return of the last func in chain, and should return a req object. or could be a req object (aka a associative array of args to pass to api: {action: 'query', meta: 'siteinfo'...) 2nd function takes the xmlDocument returned from the ajax, and does something with it. Returns true if page exists. can be used with abortIfFalse.
 * getPage
 * savePage
 * sightByRev
 * parse
 * parsePage (synonym )
 * expandTemplates
 * pagesInCat
 * makeRequest
 * checkPageExists

=Mwapilib1 (User:Bawolff/mwapilib.js)= User:Bawolff/mwapilib.js Is a javascript library i made in order to make it easier for user javascript (special:gadgets and what not) to use the mediawiki api. So far its really only used by me, but feel free to use it, copy it, modify it, whatever (but if you do please link back to the original).

To use
If you are on the english Wikinews, add  to the top of your js file. If your on a different wiki (say wikipedia) and you want to use it, use :

This will send a request to the api using the query module, with a prop type of info, and for the pages Main Page and Water cooler/technical. The API uses  to seperate multiple pages. See mw:Manual:API and http://en.wikinews.org/w/api.php for help on the api itself. When this request is sent (note: creating the request object itself does not send the request), it will return a page roughly equivalent to http://en.wikinews.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=Main%20Page|Wikinews:Water%20cooler/technical&format=xmlfm (specificly it will do |Wikinews:Water%20cooler/technical&format=xml) Which gives us:

Now before we actually send the request, we must first make a callback to handle the above data that we receive back from the server. Since the request is asynchronous, we must decide what to do with the data, before we actually send the request. The callback we make will be passed two arguments, the first being an  representing the response to the request, the second being the actual underlying   object used. In most cases (including this case) we only need the first argument.

In this example, our callback is going to find the lengths of the two pages, and tell it to us in an  box. Now we're ready to send the request. Which should pop up a box that looks like this: Page Length Report: Main Page: 5734 Wikinews:Water cooler/technical: 42700 (Numbers were real as of 10:10, 10 July 2009 (UTC). They will obviously change as people edit those pages)

Of course we didn't really check if the api sent us garbage. If there was an explicit error, such as an HTTP error, or an  tag in the api's response, a different callback is called (which by default puts an error message near the site notice (via. it can be overridden by passing a error callback as the second argument to. The error callback also takes two objects, the exception (an  object), and the original ajax. for example we could instead do: Which will alert us if an error happened (for example if we spelt query quey when originally creating our  object.

However if we made a non-blatant mistake on our end, such as trying to find the length of a non-existent page, or a page with an invalid title (for example  f{oo , our callback will see a  or a   respectivly. It will see the   attribute, but will fail finding the   attribute, returning null as the length. If we pass it an interwiki link, such as Main Page, our callback won't see it at all, as interwiki pagenames return  . In a real script you'd probably want to account for these possibilities.

Helper functions
The library also defines a series of helper functions, that make it easier to do certain common tasks. For example, if you wanted to add a new section of Sandbox you could do:

Chaining requests together
Sometimes you need to chain requests together [to be continued]

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User talk:Stylekandy

Hi. Please do not place advertisements on wikinews. They are not allowed and will be removed. thanks for your understanding. Bawolff ☺☻ 10:53, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Honduran president expelled by army

This was not a coup, it was mostly legal removal of a wannabe dictator, please read:

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10341


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Talk:Canada pursues new nuclear research reactor to produce medical isotopes

Review
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User:Thomas Paine1776

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Major fire reported in Soho, London

July 10, 2009 Reports say a major fire has broken out in the Soho area of central London.

Sixty firefighters were called to Dean Street, where the four-storey office building occupied by the finance company Future Capital Partners was alight. Eyewitnesses say a column of smoke is visible from up to a mile away from the site. The fire started around 2:00 pm BST (1300 GMT).

No injuries are reported and the cause of the fire is currently unknown.

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Expand
This is really quite minimal. --SVTCobra 23:05, 10 July 2009 (UTC)


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User talk:Censorcensorship

Welcome
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User:Tony1

English Wikipedia user page

I spend a lot of time at the en.WP Manuals of style; I review at the featured article candidates page; and I am a regular journalist at The Signpost. Tony1 (talk) 17:21, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

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