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Please Explain your actions?
[This story... http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Southern_Ocean_whale_slaughter_to_resume] --elliot_k 02:59, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi again, I would appreciate it if you could please outline the specifc reasons you have removed the article from Published to Developing. On the Talks page you mention a Greenpeace Survey is the reason. Yet there is NO mention of a Greenpeace Survey in the article. I do not understand why you have done what you have done. Please clarify? I'm happy to address your concerns, but so far there is nothing substantial about your claim of unattributed content in the article. Thanks mate... --elliot_k 04:34, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

thanks for info
Neutralizer 13:23, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Aren't you concerned?
MrM. you and I are not pals; but aren't you concerned about some of those links Paul found? Neutralizer 02:40, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Do we really want to ignore rule breaking when done by a pal or someone we look up to? Isn't that puting them "above the law"? Isn't that contrary to everything freedom stands for? Please take an hour and read all those links. I did and I encourage you to. If you can come back afterwards and say that Amgine deserves no consequences for those actions; then I will never mention it again. Neutralizer 02:44, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

admin
Yes, you may remove my nomination on WN:A, cheers Brian New Zealand 05:33, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * He is now removing tags from an article in progress that has been in develkopmewnt by me and others. (the stardust interview) I am waiting on further info from the project and stated that on the talk page. And I have to go to work now. Jason Safoutin 03:51, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Today infobox
I assume that should be removed from any articles which are older than one day, no? Just checking. Nyarlathotep 19:21, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm putting this on the talk page of the two of you, as I'm probably most guilty of using the "Today" infoboxes on articles that don't have pictures.
 * I really like these as a way of keeping people within the site and navigating around without having to keep returning to the main page. My preference would be to see these infoboxes remain on articles even after they're old and archived.  This means that if someone digs an old article up with the infobox they see recent templates that may tempt them to look around more. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:04, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Block user:Grye
I didn't unblock him, Amgine did. I just raised his complaint on WN:ALERT. He was unblocked before i did that.
 * I am concerned that there is no basis in policy for a 6 month block. Further, I would like to assume good faith and believe the user when he says striking the comments was an accident. Perhaps you can explain your reasoning for the extended block on WN:ALERT including diffs of the offense (if it's more than just the one). There is no rule against meat-puppeting that I'm aware of, by the way. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:11, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

We are only charged to operate within policy, as you know. I am fully aware of their reasons for being here -- dishonest and disruptive, certainly, but not a violation of policy. I am willing to assume good faith and believe that striking out your comments was an accident. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:41, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

I am unblocking user Grye because there is no basis in policy to block for more than 30 days. If you feel the user should be de-edited, there is an existing policy (Editors) for removing his ability to edit for an extended period. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 22:12, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Excuse me, but this blocking business has gone beyond a joke. Neutralizer, now Grye. Who else? "no basis in policy to block for more than 30 days"> Show me basis to block at all. Please do not make such disingenuous comments to try to give your totalitarian meship a facade of responsibleness. Spending a lot of time doing admin work does not make you responsible. Both MrM and Amgine, you are both just a little beyond the pale, don't mind if I say so. MrM you were incredibly rude to Grye, and I think over-reacted grossly to ban for six months, and repeatedly re-ban after Grye was un-banned.

 * MrM you often criticise others for rudeness. You are one of the rudest correspondents on this site.

 * Anyone sees either of these two admins block anyone ever again without absolute community demand, please notify me and I will ban them for as long as it takes, as often as needed. -- Simeon 03:12, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Happy Hannukah to you too
;) —M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 21:09, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Newsworthy sub-cat
Rape is not news worthy? Here in my neighborhood, sexually repressed or I don't know what it is rural and central Virginia maybe, a nut locks children in a closet. It's not news to you, no -68.232.153.54 02:26, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Which is exactly the point, I don't care (okay maybe I do) if you fall over on your ice skates and have to have a doctor say, only the second minor heart failure.

User:Mrmiscellanious/Sandbox/Quote
Do you mind if I move User:Mrmiscellanious/Sandbox/Quote → template:quote for easier typing? Bawolff ☺☻ 20:45, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

WNN video
just wanted to say I like your logos. I'm assuming you're aware of Broadcast as well? Bawolff ☺☻ 23:39, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for your help DragonFire1024 9:37pm, 13 January 2006 (EST)

Remember to tag images.
Please remember to tag publicity photo's as and logo's as. Bawolff ☺☻ 17:55, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * How does Image:Zawahiri.jpg not fall under publicity. I'm sure that he doesn't want the FBI releasing his picture and putting him on their hit list, but its still a publicity image? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 05:31, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

al-Zawahiri article
Well I am here to report the facts. And the fact is he was targeted. But you are welcome ☺☻ DragonFire1024 is Jason Safoutin 01:07, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well It looks like its in the dumps maybe. I think title should be and should remain Ayman al-Zawahiri targeted in airstrike. 18 reported dead." I do not see how that headline is NPOV considering when it created the article my intentions as were yours were to talk about Zawahiri being the target. He is/was the target. And thats what the article was about in the first place. So many edits have happened that I think the article is just too much to repaire now...maybe. DragonFire1024 is Jason Safoutin

mr whats your temp at your house???
 * I disagree. Thats fine. the statement is misleading...I don't know why I bother. DragonFire1024 is Jason Safoutin 14:56, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * We need to be fair and balanced...this statement is NOT. and I am sorry but this is an unfair action. This statement is context and we cannot lie or mislead readers. I still dispute. sorry. DragonFire1024 is Jason Safoutin 15:02, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It seems neutralizer is editing to his POV again. on the Zawahirir tape released article he is editing out factual info and adding his POV based on what he has on the talk page of the article. The soo called blitzer thing is on his user page as a spoof or at least was. Jason Safoutin 03:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * And I cannot put a message on his discussion page, because he deleted the stuff on his talk page....i guess thats good. I am not gonig to get into it with him. Jason Safoutin 03:38, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Apocalypse
When will this happen? --FragileFrigateBird 19:04, 18 January 2006 (UTC) Point of View was not my point of view really but okay!

Quaero story
I think have addressed your concerns in my cleanup... pls review and provide feedback.

Vishakh

images
We're not allowed images that are just plain fair use ( from WN:FU) ""Any use not covered by this whitelist is not allowed. If you feel that the whitelist should be expanded, please comment on the discussion page.""

If the FBI image is not publicity then we shouldn't be using it.

In regards to the wnn image, I'm not suggesting it should be turned over to wikimedia. Whats wrong with putting it under CC-BY (until such a time that its accepted as the logo) and having it on commons. Only fair use images are supposed to be on the local wikinews image repository (Not sure if thats right name) ""You can make a local upload to the English edition of Wikinews through Special:Upload. Local uploads should be exclusively used for fair use images.""

Bawolff ☺☻ 21:39, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

CNN
Why did you delete my response from the talk page?
 * RE: CALM...Well I have to work in 45 mins anyway. LoL I was planning on it :-)

DragonFire1024 is Jason Safoutin 03:12, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

why did you delete "Bats as Ebola reservoir"

 * Could you give me reasons ? it is news with source, it's not spam or ads, don't understand

ok, it needed to be writed but i added the flags Jacques Divol 08:48, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

German court orders
I would like to expand your article to include another order from the same court, this time against Wikimedia Deutschland but concerning the same topic. Do you think it would into yours or should I start a new article? --Deprifry|+T+ 18:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

hi

As I told you before, '''I am accessing the Internet from a public computer (web cafe) and you are only succeeding in blocking innocent users. SUCH AS MY GOOD SELF!!''' I am not responsible for vandalising the Cheney news story, or indeed any other news story! I have engaged in a civil argument with SPUM over a football article- in the talk page. Where your friend SPUM called me a "wanker" for pointing out that your football article had severe spelling problems.

The fourth Geneva convention clearly states:

''Art. 33. No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited.''

I know you and your American friend probably don't care about the rules, hence the war crimes, and support of war crimes (on MrM's "opinions" page). You come from a fascist culture. You may accept intimidation and prohibition of speech; I will certainly NOT accept such pathetic nonsense. Such as your "blocking" joke.

will result in reprisal within wikipedia policy

You can try and change wikipedia policy so as to outlaw criticism of your spelling you joker. Or make it policy to ban a whole internet cafe for a month because someone's editing the cheney article. I did not vandalise the Cheney article and I demand immediate removal of the ban.

70.86.172.178 20:19, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User_talk:200.251.199.14--

now you're feeling all big and that little member of yours doesn't even matter online. your backward views are just boring, if you havent got anything novel to say dont bother saying anything at all. your support of a criminal war for oil contradicts your pro-life stance. murdering women and children from above (by bombing them, thats all the cowardly yanks do having got their asses kicked in Nam) is fine, just save a fetus!! joker! your pro-guns stance similarly stupid. and by the way, a flag is merely a piece of textile.

now to the "block"- as i told you i did NOT edit the Cheney page although admittedly i hate him as much as i hate the rest of you yank jokers. i am accessing wikipedia from a public computer/internet cafe and have no control over the actions of other users. --16:42, 20 January 2006

typo
Hi. Can you heed MediaWiki_talk:Edittools? Thanks. Paroxysm 03:39, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Muslims follow Hitler - speedy deletion
Hi MrM. Just wondering, where in the speedy deletion guidelines does it say that an article should be speedied because it is "Minimal, POV"? - Borofkin 01:49, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * That doesn't exactly answer my question. Surely if you are going to speedy delete something it needs to be covered by the speedy-delete policy? - Borofkin 02:52, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

The Whitehouse spokesperson is "Deputy National Security Advisor"
Regarding your edit below;please respond to my edit below yours when you have a chance. Thank you Neutralizer 05:11, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This is not enough evidence. This person doesn't even seem like he was qualified to comment on the ordeal so far.  I therefore am reverting the edit back to its previous position before Neutralizer made his edits; this is very thin proof, and Neutralizer has violated WN:NOT.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 03:44, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * MrM.please advise specifically what part of WN:NOT you feel I have violated as I certainly do not want to do it agian. I have looked but am unable to see what you are referring to? Neutralizer 04:47, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Deletion
I've deleted your Forum article, because it contradicts WN:NOT. To quote the document: "2. Wikinews is not a soapbox, chatroom, or discussion forum." Please do not recreate this article in the future. Thanks! --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I created the article as an experiment of the Talk system and to be bold. It's the Wiki Way. Why delete an experiment? Why not leave it for a while and see how it works out? --wikipedia:user:unforgettableid
 * Because I do not feel that the community has supported such a use of an article. If you wish to expirament, please use your userspace to do so. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:37, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, I have switched the links to my userspace. Would you kindly let me know what was in the deleted page so I can recreate it? Unforgettableid 02:41, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Restored article
The article has been restored, please move to your user space. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:45, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * done, thanks Unforgettableid 02:46, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Tiny "niggle"
Just a small comment about your user page, shouldn't you prefix the phone numbers with +1 for anyone calling from outside the US? --Brian McNeil / talk 16:24, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

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U.S. soldier may be charged in shooting of Italian agent

December 23, 2005

On December 22, 2005 the special prosecutors of the Roman Magistrate's service announced that they were considering charging U.S. soldier Mario Lozano with manslaughter.

Lozano shot and killed Major General Nicola Calipari during a disputed incident at BP 541, a blocking position for a mobile roadblock located behind a ninety-degree turn on the ramp that joined Route Vernon to Route Irish (the road between the heavily fortified Green Zone and the Baghdad International Airport). Some international observers claim that if Lozano is charged, relations between the Italian government and the United States government will deteriorate, because the US government prefers to have immunity from criminal prosecution for its soldiers carrying out military actions around the world.

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User talk:128.122.89.176

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User talk:66.183.184.26

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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.

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Renamed
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User talk:192.100.124.219

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Azeri passenger plane crashes

December 23, 2005 An Azerbaijan passenger plane has crashed after taking off from the country's capital, Baku, officials say. There was no immediate confirmation of casualties, but the plane is thought to have been carrying at least 18 people. The Azerbaijan Airlines (Azal) aircraft was heading to Aktau in Kazakhstan, according to Russian news sources.

The Ria news agency said the plane took off at 2119 (1819 GMT) but disappeared from radar screens 20 minutes later as it flew along the Caspian Sea coast. It is reported to have come down near the village of Kyurdakhany, about 15km (10 miles) from Baku, Ria said. An interior ministry official told the AFP news agency that the plane had crashed with 23 people on board.

The Associated Press news agency described the plane as an An-140 twin engine turboprop. A police spokesman, who gave his name as Kadykov, told Reuters news agency: "The plane has crashed, 23 people on board are dead. An operations centre was set up near the Caspian coastline some 20km (13 miles) north of Baku, AP reported. A doctor at a hospital in Baku said that two bodies were recovered from the suspected crash site. Baku and Akmau are centres of the Caspian Sea oil industry.

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New South Wales ALP loses support first time under premier Iemma

December 24, 2005 The Liberal/National party coalition has gained support in New South Wales the latest Newspoll says.

Primary support for the coalition rose five points to 43 percent, while the ALP's support fell four points to 34 percent. On a two-party preferred basis (where the minor parties are excluded from the polling) coalition support is at 52 percent.

The results are the lowest for the ALP in twelve months and the first time the coalition has polled ahead of the ALP since the departure of Bob Carr as premier.

Morris Iemma remains the more popular choice for premier with 40 percent support to Peter Debnam's 18.

The results indicate voter backlash over a series of errors made by the Iemma government. These include anger over secret dealings with the Cross City Tunnel, plans for a desalination plant, a sharp decline in public services and budget blunders.

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Briefs being published? I have no problem with articles being short, but having something published with a huge "expand this article" seems kind of amateurish to me. --MrMiscellanious – Merry Christmas – 22:56, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Some of the briefs that were more than a sentence or two but weren't really "article length" needed a tag. Someone proposed using a this tag... So I edited it a bit and someone added a picture. Basically, editors have been tagging short (but complete) news articles with this tag to encourage people to add more information. The "Expand this article" isn't that huge to me, but perhaps I've got a large screen... :D --Chiacomo  (talk) 23:02, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't know. That sounds redundant with the Develop tag, which all articles should be under until the articles are as "publishable" as they can be.  This tag is being used on quite a few articles that don't recieve any form of development that are in published stage - when they undoubtedly need to be developed more before being published.  --MrMiscellanious – Happy Hanukkah – 17:48, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Is there a little too much vertical space after this template? Nyarlathotep 15:46, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm sorry -- how do you mean? --Chiacomo (talk) 15:52, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I donno, it just seems like even if you following it immediately with the sources section, it may have slightly too much space. Maybe that can't be fixed, and we should just be more careful about not following it with a blank line.  Oh, does MediaWiki have a way for templates to gobble the next line break?  Nyarlathotep 19:36, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Contradiction with WN:NOT
This template seems to contradict the entire notion of the statement on what Wikinews isn't. Therefore, tihs template should not be used in conjunction with published articles. --MrMiscellanious – Happy Hanukkah – 05:38, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * A article that covers the story factually can be published. If an editor wants to come along an hour or so later and flesh it out, that's good, right? Like it or not, there are published articles every day that are expanded and improved. This wouldn't be a wiki otherwise. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:43, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The overall statement is that articles should be in development until they are as "complete" as they will be. I fear this template is steering away from the site guideline that has been enacted for a long time now; and in such ways, should not be supported in conjunction with published articles.  --MrMiscellanious – Happy Hanukkah – 05:45, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I fear that we are not providing rounded news coverage because editors are too lazy to create a long detailed article while others (perhaps like myself) are quite willing to work on an article but don't have the initiative to pick a story to begin with. The template has been used sparingly and should be used sparingly, but... if it increases our coverage and and the quality of our product, I will support it. Incidentally, I'd like to see some "suggest a story" thing implemented again which would take care of part of the problem this template might be solving. Finally, the use of this template is not harmful to the project and seems to have been productive -- if it isn't harmful to the project and is useful to editors, I won't oppose it. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:50, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

I think that the whole concept of a "published" article is questionable in the Wiki-world - however, we have it, and I certainly don't think it should be dismantled at this point. I do, however, think we need to take radical action to increase the number of articles we produce (and hence, drawing more contributors to the site) and briefs are a way to do this. A contributor should be able to write a couple of sentences describing an event, and not have that article tagged as abandoned and deleted. In my opinion articles should be highly visible (meaning published, or listed in "latest news", RSS feeds, etc) if they are not disputed, and we should recognise that a breif is short and succinct by definition. I agree, however, that this appears to be in contradiction with the policy "Wikinews articles are not works in progress." I will support a policy change that resolves this conflict, although I'm not sure yet what form such a change would take. - Borofkin 11:53, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Also, regarding Chiacomo's comment that this template "should be used sparingly", I disagree. I think we should create as many briefs as we possibly can. If we write them, they will come. - Borofkin 12:05, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

 * If there are several briefs that can be grouped together, they should be placed under one article heading. If one of them grows, while group thus, it should be brought out and created as a new article. We don't want dozens of little one paragraph articles floating around. --Chiacomo (talk) 14:50, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Having to take a brief out of a "grouped" article to create a new article if you want to expand it is a barrier to participation. Look at it from the perspective of a person who has been drawn to the site by a headline that is a brief - if they want to expand it all they have to do is click "expand" and they're away, rather than needing to read instructions on how to move the brief to a new article. Wikipedia has tens of thousands of one paragraph articles, which is part of the success of the site: all the information is there for people to see, even it it isn't as comprehensive as it should be. I'm not suggesting that one paragraph articles are as good as comprehensive articles, I just think that we should tolerate them - they shouldn't be marked as "incomplete" or "abandoned" and then deleted. - Borofkin 22:49, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I like briefs, its a stub for wikinews. I think there best as they're own seperate articles (not to say we can't group them as well) With that said, I beleive we should publish them as breifs, then if nobody updates them in ~3 days, we take the tag off and only allow grammer changes like a normal published article. This way its the best of both worlds. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 07:28, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This will happen as part of the normal archiving process, won't it? - Borofkin 23:32, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Sort-of. normal archiving first of all is way behind schedual (by aproximatly ~8mos) Also ussual articles are open for a short period of time (acording to conventions ~2 weeks) for grammer fixes, but content is supposed to be fixed after being . What I propose is that we allow content changes for up to ~ 3 days after its been published. Maintaining the idea of drawing them in through stubs and "after its written its over". Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:10, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

 * One year on I see a lot of briefs, and several editors that enjoy expansion: the concept seems to have worked. I would suggest that briefs be given the same 24–48 hour grace period as other published articles.  3 days just feels too long. --InfantGorilla 09:11, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

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Maybe we could make it static so then if say 6 months from now, your looking back at an article, you could see what else happened at the same time. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:30, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Hrm, would it require a seperate box for each day or could the template be modified to include the date as part of the template call string? --Chiacomo (talk) 23:42, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I think I could modify it... Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:37, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm trying with template:iff so that if no arguments are given it will just display the current day like it is now, but if an argument is given it will display that day. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:18, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Please see and WP:AUM. If-templates have been disabled on the Pedia due to severe performance and security issues so using them here might not be such a good idea. --Deprifry|+T+ 13:56, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh well, I couldn't get the if template to work anyway. We proably shouldn't be using meta templates as well, but their so useful. (I whish they didn't hate meta templates, they make life so much easier). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 02:44, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I created a static version at template:Wikinews Today infobox/static but it didn't seem to work. Will look into later (I have to go at the moment). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:12, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:New South Wales ALP loses support first time under premier Iemma

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This title is extremely confusing to anyone who doesn't follow Australian politics. I'd fix it, but being terribly ignorant about Australian politics, I have no idea how to do so. Maybe just get rid of the abbreviations? "Australian Labor Party loses support in New South Wales for first time under Premier lemma." though that seems terribly long. Any better ideas? Xcjm 04:23, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Shouldn't lemma be capitalized too? Nyarlathotep 04:48, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Iemma is capitalised. It is I not L. I have changed the title, hopefullt it is clearer - Cartman02au 06:08, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't know if someone changed it back, but the only reason I clicked on the headline is because I had no idea what it was about... "ALP loses support in NSW for the first time under lemma." And after reading the article, and until I read this discussion page, I had no idea New South Wales was Australia.  People keep saying they're fixing stuff, but either it's not enough, or it's been reverted--since the title says ALP and NSW, and nowhere in the article does it say Australia.  This really needs to be fixed. 71.209.188.119 22:09, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh, Cartman02au you seem to have created a redirect maze. :) Should be fixed now.  Nyarlathotep 13:17, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, MateoP, when you find this page, you will notice that ALP, NSW, and Iemma all uniquely identify Australia. Of course, it is the NSW which makes it so clear that I don't personally feel the need to add Australia anyplace.  :)  Nyarlathotep 13:23, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

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Someone wrongfully put Australia's ALP loses support for first time under PM Iemma. The ALP might be Australian but the article relates to NSW. The ALP is the governing party of the state of NSW. I dont know a hell of alot about other nation's politics so I cant really contrast it for you.

Mr Iemma is premier of NSW. The premier is the leader of the party (or coalition of parties) which has a majority in the lower house of parliament. It is similar to the PM, who is appointed similarly but at federal level not state.

I can understand the error, Australian politics is very complicated - Cartman02au 08:37, 25 December 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Allegations of three candidates' drug ties resurface in Haitian presidential race

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This needs to have "Haitian" in the title.

 * No it doesn't. There are always articles referring to presidents of countries without specifying which country in the title.  --MateoP 01:26, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, it does. Titles exist to tell readers what the article is about.  If the title does not tell the reader what the article is about, it's broken.  If this problem happens in other articles, they too should be fixed. Bill3 04:47, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Looking at your contributions it's almost entirely consistent of talk pages. Seems like a complainer and not a doer.  You hypocritically contribute to Talk:Blair suffers defeat in vote on terror laws and don't change that title.  --MateoP 05:07, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

 * You are more than welcome to add U.S. to titles whenever you feel it is missing. Australia is maybe a bit guilty of this too, no?  Nyarlathotep 04:54, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Tell you what, I changed it, not to the incorrect one that someone else did, but to one similar to what I had, only inserting "in Haiti". I will be tracking the contributions of user Bill3 and user Nyarlathotep to see if they practice what they preach.  So far they don't, i've seen numerous cases of hypocrisy.  I will change all titles related to politics that do not have a country's name in the title and will expect user Bill3 and user Nyarlathotep to do the same.  --MateoP 05:36, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

First, you can't fault people for not fixing what they don't see, or not having the same "bug up their butt" as you. Yes, an article beginning "Senate passes ..." should specify the country, but people may simply not notice if that country is the U.S. The title "Blair ..." does uniquely identify Britian to people who read at least a little news. So no confusion was caused, and nobody cared. Your title didn't identify Haiti by any means at all. BTW, The edit history of this article appears to have been corupted somehow. Nyarlathotep 13:08, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I guess when people (in this case, you) try to enforce a policy of eurocentrism on a page that is supposed to be for everyone I get angry. And I did name persons in the article Poll shows Préval with clear lead, but ineligible candidate Siméus could have presented a challenge but Bill3 said that this was a problem also.  Is it because it's Haiti that the country must be given in each title, or is that not true of all countries?  Practice what you preach and maybe you won't come across as such elitist person.  --MateoP 15:33, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

 * The most lenient workable policy is: A nation specific article is acceptable if a google search on some particular proper nourn or acronym in the title uniquely identifies the nation (within the few links); and the nation is clearly identified in the first sentence if the title could be ambiguous. Your original title to this article failed this test, although your Préval/Siméus article clearly passed it, twice.  Also, the eurocentric articles your complaining about generally pass it.
 * Your conflict with Bill3 is not my problem, but I'd suggest that you get him to articulate exactly what he feels is wrong with titles that only identify national origin via the names of politicians. Or how he determins that some politician's names are not generally recognizable while others are.  I'm not personally qualified to propose a workable strategy.  And any unworkable strategy I'd propose would invole a script computing number of google hits for various politicians.  ;)
 * What I can say for myself is: I might not even read an article on a poll about two names I'd never heard of before, but I would read an article about a presidential race in Haiti. So it may be to your advantage to identify Haiti while saying "British Prime Minister Tony Blair ..." may just bore people into not reading the article.  Nyarlathotep 17:00, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Do you have a link that identifies this is official wikinews policy? Don't you see how eurocentric it is to say that Tony Blair doesn't need his country in the title but Haitian politicians do?  Don't assume everyone is coming from your perspective.  Be consistent.  --MateoP 17:12, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

 * There is no official policy, my words were "most lenient workable policy". I understand both your argument & probably Bill3's, but, as I said, I'm not qualified to judge.  Anyway, I don't generally even think about titles outside of the readership vs. accuracy debate, and your argument with Bill3 seems well outside of this spectrum now.
 * Anyway, violating WN:POINT won't help your cause. Instead, you should just build up your arsenal of arguments for the next time you encounter what you feel is eurocentrism.  For example, an article about a Haitian singer wouldn't necissarily identify them as either in the title, so why should an article about a Haitian politician?  Woudn't have won the debate over the last one, but it'll win a few such arguments.  Nyarlathotep 20:46, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Any responses from the candidates?
Temporairly flagged over NPOV concerns 62.56.63.243 18:45, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

 * These allegations are very old. They have responded, and I included that in the article.  I have no direct quotes, but they both denied it.  --MateoP 01:26, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Added a line in regards to Philippe saying that there is no evidence of his crimes. POV issue assumed resolved, removing tags and publishing.

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I would appreciate it if reverts were not made, and that a title would be agreed upon. MateoP, Wikinews does not "assume" or "suggest". We only report on what others suggest or assume. Therefore, saying some MAY is potentially POV, but saying "accused of" is factually correct. I've since reverted the title back for this reasoning. --MrMiscellanious – Merry Christmas – 04:07, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * You should have brought this up a long time ago instead of vandalizing a page. There are no allegations made by specific parties.  These are long standing allegations made by a wide variety of people for years.  Come up with a better title that coforms to this.  Your title is false by making it seems that this accusation is recent.  It's not.  I know the issue.  The current title might not be the best, but is better than the other that has been created.  Let's come up with a better title here, garner consensus, and then change it.  No more vandalism.  --MateoP 06:47, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * A potential title change: "Allegations exist of ties between narcotrafficking and some presidential candidates of Haiti".  This would work for me.  --MateoP 06:53, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

A couple suggestions of ways to start the title: I think it's important to focus on the recent allegations in the title, because just saying allegations exist doesn't make clear what about the story is "news". --Eloil 14:09, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * "Renewed allegations of drug trafficking ties ..."
 * "Miami Herald renews allegations of drug trafficking ..."
 * I'm quite concerned on your views of "vandalism", MateoP. A wiki is editable by all; an article is not "yours" or "mine".  I like Eloil's second suggestion, however, and feel it would be a good replacement for the current title, which does more or less assume something - instead of acknowledging allegations.  --MrMiscellanious – Happy Hanukkah – 17:33, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * When you repeatedly change a title despite the fact that someone changes it back... that's vandalism by any reasonable definition. If you have a problem with a title you need to bring the issue up on the talk page.... that's what it's for.. for problems with an article.  I know the article is not "mine" but the title is the original one and no one else has raised any issue over it (including you).  We need to reach consensus first.  By the way, from looking at your contribution history I can see that you do a lot of editing and very little writing yourself.  You'll probably do better with your editing if you use the talk pages and occassionally write something yourself. --MateoP 19:02, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Your definition would work both ways of calling either me or you a vandal, since you did very much the same without doing what you suggested I do. However, I want to leave it at that (take a last word if you want) - and suggest that the title is changed to "Allegations resurface of Haitian presidential candidates involved in drug trafficking".  --MrMiscellanious – Happy Hanukkah – 04:55, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

I'd go for user Eloil's first suggestion, but not the second because it makes it seem like the Miami Herald is making an accusation. They are just doing investigative reporting. However I think this is more appropriate, "Allegations resurface of ties between narcotrafficking and some presidential candidates of Haiti". --MateoP 19:02, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

 * The "Allegations resurface" in MateoP's proposed title is good stuff and I think I might prefer it over the suggestions I made earlier. The "some presidential candidates of Haiti" part I'm not as fond of though, as it seems a little awkwardly worded. I'm all for making it clear that only some of the candidates are allegedly involved, but I think using the word "some" in this way may introduce other ambiguities (how many is "some"?)

 * Here's a suggestion with a few problems that might be fixed by a bit of tweaking:

 * "Allegations of candidates' drug ties resurface in Haitian presidential race"
 * One positive thing about this title is that it's a bit more concise than the other sugesstions being discussed. On the other hand, it may incorrectly imply that the allegations were reintroduced as part of someone's election campaign. Another possibility:
 * "Allegations of candidates' drug ties resurface as Haitian presidential race continues"
 * Less concise but maybe more accurate. The number of candidates allegedly involved is still unclear though.

--Eloil 00:10, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The exact number is 3. So we can say "Allegations of three candidates' drug ties resurface in Haitian presidential race" and that would be concise and precise.  If you agree, go ahead and change it as I don't think any further discussion is necessary (unless you think this is a bad idea, of course).  --MateoP 02:14, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I changed it to this. If anyone objects speak up.  --MateoP 18:22, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

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Because it should be attributed. "According to CIA World Factbook..." or "Reports suggest that..." are examples of what it should be changed to (see the style guide for more info). --MrMiscellanious – Happy Hanukkah – 04:59, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Feel free to do that, if you wish. A 2 second glance at the sourced article shows that it's from U.S. State Department narcotics reports.  --MateoP 05:49, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

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There is a huge letter to the Miami herald stuck in at the bottom of this. I discovered this whilst doing archive protection. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:58, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Moved to Talk:Allegations of three candidates' drug ties resurface in Haitian presidential race/Guy Philippe letter Nyarlathotep 16:06, 24 January 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:U.S. soldier may be charged in shooting of Italian agent

Umm, Do people like this plural version of wikipediapar? I thought the three boxes looked strange, but I'm not sure if one box is too small. Thoughts? Nyarlathotep 05:12, 24 December 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Canadian Conservatives vow to defend Arctic sovereignty

I find the title mildly confusing, even more so after MrM's change. Wouldn't "Canadian Conservatives vow to defend sovereignty in the Arctic" be more clear? Not to important though. Nyarlathotep 05:58, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The "Baffin Islands" link doesn't work, so I'm making a redirect in WP (since I don't seem to be able to edit here). TShilo12 20:08, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * There's also a Northwest Passage page, for next time this issue becomes relevant. TShilo12 18:47, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Category - Arctic
Would like to add the category to a number of arctic related news articles to begin a wikinews Arctic portal to complement and support the Wikipedia Arctic portal and wikiproject. Kind Regards [[User:SriMesh|SriMesh]] | [[User talk:SriMesh|<small>talk</small>]] (talk) 01:28, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

AFP source
The AFP source apparently can be found at spacedaily.com which has apparently just a bunch of wire news posted to it. The yahoo url couldn't be retrieved through searching on archive.org or via yahoo itself. —mikemoral (talk · contribs) 09:33, 21 September 2019 (UTC)


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Tolls may be needed for NSW Pacific Highway upgrade

December 24, 2005 In a joint statement Friday by Australian federal Roads Minister Jim Lloyd and his New South Wales counterpart Joe Tripodi said that tolls were being considered to fast track upgrades of the Pacific Highway. Over Half of the highway between the F3 freeway terminus at Beresfield on Newcastle and the Queensland border is still single carriageway.

Despite the New England Highway being the "national" highway from the F3 to Brisbane, traffic along the Pacific Highway is almost three times heavier on most sections. By 2021, traffic on the Pacific Highway is expected to rise by 35 percent.

The New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority estimates that to complete the dual carriageway "North Coast Motorway" (Pacific Highway upgrade) by 2016 would cost $AU8 Billion. Since the major upgrades began in 1996, $AU2.2 Billion has been spent. Around 40 to 50 people die on the Pacific Highway every year.

Mr Lloyd said "If there are sections of the Pacific Highway where you can get private sector involvement, get it built quickly, provide value for money for those who wish to use it and alternative routes for those who choose not to, then I think let's go for it". The proposal could introduce tolls on some sections of the highway with other sections (that are completely publically funded) remaining toll free.

The plans have drawn mixed results from transport groups. A spokesperson for the NRMA, the largest motorist's organisation in NSW said that tolls should only be considered as a "last resort". He further added that if the only way the road could be upgraded was by use of tolls then the NRMA would agree with conditions. He said that any toll should not exceed $AU20.

Tourism and transport lobby group TTF Australia welcomed the move but warned that NSW north coast communities should not be disadvantaged through the introduction of a toll. Managing director Chris Brown said "We don't expect north coast communities to pay 10 bucks to go and get a bottle of milk".

Key facts

 * Within NSW Pacific Highway extends from the Bradfield Highway in Sydney and runs approximately 900 km to the NSW/Queensland border.
 * Approximately 140 km of the Pacific Highway was superseeded from Sydney to Newcastle by the F3 (Sydney - Newcastle) Freeway. The F3 opened in sections from 1963 to 1993.
 * The section of highway being focused on by the two governments is between Hexham and the NSW/QLD Border. This runs parallel to the NSW North Coast. It is around 730 km in length. Since 1996, less than half of the highway has been duplicated.
 * At present there is no direct link between the F3 freeway and Pacific Highway.
 * When the Pacific Highway is upgraded, there will be around 910 km of continuous motorway between Wahroonga in Sydney's North and Brisbane.
 * The National Highway (utilising the F3 and New England Highway) between Wahroonga and Brisbane is around 930Km in length


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Maybe I'm just ignorant, but, even as a U.S. citizen, it was not clear to me that this was not a story about some "Pacific Highway" in the U.S. Shouldn't New South Wales or NSW be specified in the title? Nyarlathotep 13:26, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Opted for the minimal version since no one else expressed an opinion. Redirects are doing something wierd though. Nyarlathotep 21:19, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I have only just came onto WN since writing it. My bad, I forgot there is a pacific hwy in the states too - Cartman02au 08:23, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Oh, its not a big issue. If you forget, someone who gets confused by it should come along & fix it.  Nyarlathotep 00:49, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thats what I love about WN - I love Wikis! - Cartman02au 21:19, 26 December 2005 (UTC)


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Egypt court sentences opposition leader

December 24, 2005

Egyptian opposition leader and former candidate in presidential election Ayman Nour has been sentenced today for 5 years imprisonment, as it was reported by both officials and Nour's lawyer. According to the court, he and his liberal democratic party, Ghad, falsified signatures required to register a political party in January 2005. Both Nour's punishment and his imprisonment have been condemned by the international community.

Nour, who stood as a candidate in the recent presidential election, held on September 7 2005, claims that there was political pressure on the judgement and he'll take it to the court of cassation. The leader's lawyer, Amir Salim, said that the verdict would be annulled by the appeal court, as Associated Press reports.

Groups of Nour's supporters, organized mainly by his wife Gameela Ismail, protested against the decision and the style of government of current president Hosni Mubarak, shouting "Down with Mubarak, Down with the regime."

Ayman Nour was arrested in January, 2005 and then imprisoned. He was released when the presidential campaign started.

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Bolivian President Evo Morales convinces EU to pay for study of coca

December 24, 2005

Evo Morales, newly elected President of Bolivia, requested that the European Union fund a study to track coca. The study will focus on what happens to the coca and how much of it makes its way into the drug trade. According to Angel Gutiérrez, the EU has agreed and will donate US $499,800 for the study, but will not participate in its implementation. Morales has requested similar studies in the past, prior to being elected.

Morales himself owns a coca farm and his Socialist Movement Party got its birth in the union of coca farmers. Although the coca leaf is also used to make cocaine, Morales and his union have fought attempts to eradicate growth of the crop. It is also used by indigenous in religious ceremonies and to chew (to fight fatigue).


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Haiti might have to postpone elections again

December 24, 2005 The first round of the presidential elections, currently scheduled for January 8, 2006, might have to be delayed, according to some members of the electoral council. This would mark the 4th time the presidential elections have been moved, and the 5th time for all elections.

The chairman of the council, Max Mathurin, expressed concern over political unrest that could occur if conditions were not adequate to ensure fair elections. He said, "If certain major technical problems are not solved, elections on Jan. 8 could be a catastrophe." The problems related to the current possible postponement involve distribution of voter identification cards, a lack of poll centers, and recruitment of poll center workers. According to Reuters, only 500,000 of the 3.5 million voter identification cards have been handed out and few of the 40,000 needed poll workers have been recruited.

Rosemond Pradel, Secretary-General of the electoral council, told reporters that sometime between January 22 and January 29 would likely be the new dates of the elections are indeed rescheduled. However one council member, Patrick Fequiere, suggested that several months might be needed to guarantee fair elections. Pradel blames the delays, in part, on the Organization of American States (OAS). He is quoted as saying, "Our decision to set the January 8th deadline for the first round was based on OAS' commitment that voting cards distribution would have been completed by December 25."

However the OAS struck back in Friday saying that "Ninety per cent of the cards are already in the electoral centres, waiting for people to pick them up," and "Our problem is that most voters have stopped coming to the centres," according to OAS spokeperson Louise Brunet. Denneth Modeste, OAS ambassador to Haiti, says that people are not coming to the centres to pick up their cards because they don't believe the elections will take place as scheduled. She said that "the Provisional Electoral Council should be the leading agency inciting people to collect their cards, instead of spreading doubts."

One presidential candidate, Evans Paul, complained about the problems saying "I've never seen elections so poorly organized," and "it's not acceptable that people have to struggle for hours in line to register, they have to do the same to get the voting cards, and now they have to walk six hours to reach a place to cast their ballot."

Max Mathurin says that they should know by next week whether or not the current date of January 8, 2006 is a realistic target for holding the first round of the presidential elections. Juan Gabriel Valdes of the UN's peacekeeping missions says that his people are completely ready for elections if they are to take place on January 8th.


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Bomb explodes in crowded São Paulo street

December 24, 2005

Sixteen people were injured on Friday when a homemade bomb exploded in a crowded São Paulo street in Brazil. The blast took place on March 25 Street where it was crowded with Christmas shoppers. According to the police the bomb was left in a trash can. One police official Patricia Fernandes said, "apparently (the bomb) was an amateur device but we haven't completed the examination."

One woman remains hospitalized in serious condition. According to police the other victims did not suffer life-threatening injuries. The local media is saying that a pregnant woman and a 5 year old girl were also injured, but police did not confirm this.

The bombing is believed to be related to police raids on counterfeit dealers in the area. Fernandes stated that "One line of investigation is that this was a reprisal for for [sic] police actions in the area."


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U.S. taskforce encourages vote to decide Puerto Rico status

December 24, 2005

The U.S. task force on Puerto Rico's status has requested that the U.S. Congress set a date for a plebiscite in Puerto Rico whereby the people would be able to decide if the commonwealth would like to change its status.

The first vote would consist of a simple "yes" or "no" vote on changing the current commonwealth status. From there, if the vote went in favor of changing status, Congress could then set another date for a vote on whether the people favor independence or statehood. Co-chair Ruben Barrales said, "We hope that Congress will take a look at the recommendations and hopefully move the question forward."

In past plebiscites, Puerto Ricans are divided relatively evenly between statehood and commonwealth status. Those who favor independence are in a small minority. Currently Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens and receive many of the benefits that the federal government offers, but cannot vote in national elections and do not pay federal taxes. If Puerto Rico were to become a state of the U.S., it could mean a shift in the balance of power in Congress and in presidential elections.

The press release including the question and answer section can be viewed here. The recommendation calls for 2 polls, one on whether to remain at the status quo and the second to decide between independence and statehood. This could create some controversy. In the past there has been a 1 single poll with all options included. There is also the issue on "free association" which falls somewhere between commonwealth status and independence. Some in Puerto Rico might argue that these options are too narrow and stacked against a commonwealth status.


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US Student reveals book visit a hoax

December 24, 2005

On Devember 24, 2005, two Massachusetts newspapers reported that a University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth student has admitted to falsely claiming a visit from the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security over a library book. The student has since revealed that his story was a hoax.

The story was first reported in the New Bedford Standard-Times on December 17, 2005. This hoax was widely disseminated by other news and opinion outlets, including Wikinews. The student has not revealed his motivation for the hoax; however, he was taking a class on totalitarianism at the time, and a possible extension of the U.S. Patriot Act was being debated in congress.

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Chad declares border with Sudan a "military operations zone"

December 24, 2005

Chad has declared their border with Sudan a "military operations zone" and has also declared a "state of belligerance" exists between Chad and Sudan. Chadian President Idriss Deby described Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir as an "enemy of Chad." The government also called on its citizens to "mobilize against this Sudanese aggression." This comes at the heels of increased aggression between the two nations, namely the December 18 attacks against the border town of Adre.

While the Chadian government fell short of declaring war against Sudan, this is the toughest statement President Idriss Deby has made so far. [cited] link title

Since this conflict is breaking and because of the nature the press in these two nations, most news coming out of the region is spun one way or the other.


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We need to publish this, as we published the original, but I don't like a number of points. First, I hate all these "Sensationalist Blah: blah blah" titles. Second, I think the langauge is POV in a number of places, mostly at the beinning & end of paragraphs. For example, the first paragraph shouldn't just end with "... was a lie." Finally, there are real solid stories about the large number of U.S. wiretaps of U.S. citizens communicating with people in other countries. This should be given one sentence to help explain the legs this story got. Nyarlathotep 21:01, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

P.S. I was personally visited by the FBI over a spelling mistake. :)

How about "Student reviles his claim of a visit by U.S. federal agent visit over a library book as a hoax". Its obnoxiously long, but it seems to capture everything? Anyone got anything shorter?

 * How about "US Student reveals book visit a hoax" ? --Chiacomo (talk) 21:07, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Good enough! Nyarlathotep 21:08, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I tried to fix some of the language, lets see what everyone thinks. Nyarlathotep 21:08, 24 December 2005 (UTC)


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Just from a grammer stance I can't undrstand what hes going on about. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:23, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
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welcome to wikinews. just wanted to let u know that Wikinews articles, once published, are not meant to be updated with newer developments - the articles are considered to be "historical documents", they reflect the events and the information available at the time of publication. a rough rule of thumb is, if the article is published for two days, it shldn't be edited for adding content. any new developments should be reported by starting a new article. Content guide has more on this. cheers, Doldrums 03:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
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Fiesta Season begins in Colombia

December 25, 2005

A Fiesta Season of two weeks begins in Colombia in December 25 with the Feria de Cali followed by the Feria de Manizales and the Carnival of Blacks and Whites in Pasto.

The 48th Feria de Cali

Begins at 1:00 pm in the city of Cali and the opening ceremony includes a Cabalgata, (Horseriding Parade). During the Feria, there will be bullfighting events and shows, salsa and Caribbean music concerts until December 30. This year concerts will include renowned salsa artists such as Jonny Pacheco, Sergio Vargas, Jose Feliciano, Carlos Vives, Sonora Carruseles from Miami among others.

Feria de Manizales

This is the Feria of Pasodoble, the musical rhythm that accompanies the bullfighting events. These festivals are to be celebrated from January 2nd to January 9th. It includes a beauty contest with the participation of 24 beauty queens from different countries. The beauty queens will be homage in a sort of Petals-Rain Parade on the main streets of the city of Manizales.

There will be 16 venues music concerts, each one specializing in different music types including Salsa, Vallenato, Pasodoble, music of the 60’s, tango, etc.

Carnival of Blacks and Whites

Beginning with a pre-carnival event on December 28th, the carnival begns on January 2nd with a parade of “Colonies” is the most picturesque carnival of the country.

On December 4 is the arrival of the Castaneda family, a krewe parade where a typical settler family from the north of Colombia caricatured. On December the 5th people will play to paint each other in black to celebrate the Day of the Blacks and on December the 6th the whites will take revenge by to throwing white talcum to everyone

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Australian troops receive Christmas show in Iraq

December 25, 2005 A group of Australian entertainers have sacrificed Christmas at home to spread some Christmas cheer among 450 troops deployed in Iraq. The show was put on for troops in the Al Muthanna Task group at a base near the town of As Samawah.

Performer Little Pattie (Patricia Thompson), who entertained Australian and allied troops during the Vietnam War at the age of 17, led the entertainment. She was joined by Beccy Cole, Angry Anderson, Hayley Jensen, Bessie Bardot, Geoff Barker and Lehmo.

"I feel I'm here to continue a time-honoured tradition which is of Australian performers performing for Australian forces no matter where they are in the world," Little Pattie said.

"It's a thing as a country we need to constantly be reminded of that they represent us as a nation around the world" said Angry Anderson.

The Christmas spirit also reached HMAS Parramatta, which is deployed to protect Iraq's oil infrastructure in the Persian Gulf. The HMAS Parramatta sailors received a surprise visit from Santa Claus who handed out presents.


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Armenian Journalists Facing Prison Sentences in Turkey

December 25, 2005

Hrant Dink, Arat Dink, Serkis Seropyan and Aydın Engin, all employees of, an Armenian published in İstanbul, have each been charged with "attempting to affect legal proceedings" by the Sisli 2nd First Instance Court for their alleged attempts to tamper with Hrant Dink's trial earlier this year. The four journalists will be tried under the 288th article of the, and face a possible 6 months to 3 years in jail if found guilty.

In his, the public prosecutor claimed that the defendants attempted to influence the result of Hrant Dink's earlier trial by way of articles published in Agos, of which Dink is the editor. In response to the indictment, Hrant Dink said, "It is impossible for a man not to be puzzled. I am the defendant at the same time.  It is a basic right for a defendant to attempt to affect the legal proceedings.  If a defendant is not trying to affect the legal proceedings, then he would do this?  We would go, face the court and see the results."

Hrant Dink was found guilty in October of insulting Turkey's national identity, a conviction for which he received a of 6 months imprisonment. He claims he will appeal this decision.


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I would like to be able to edit this article for grammar, spelling and other minor things just to clean it up, but I fear misquoting and/or misinterpreting the source(s). So far, the only reference I have found is the one supplied by the submitter, and because I know nothing of the Turkish language (indeed, I don't even know if the article referenced is Turkish!), I don't feel I am able to make any truly clarifying edits to this article.

Is there anyone out there that can either find more sources, or can read Turkish to get a bit better grasp of what needs to be cleaned up? -- Deadlyhead
 * I went ahead and edited it, anyway. I'd still feel much better if anybody could verify my edits in the source article and/or come up with some more sources. -- Deadlyhead 15:43 2005.12.25 (UTC)


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Olympics organisers insist London win in 2012 ballot was fair

December 26, 2005

According to the Scotsman newspaper, the directors of the 2012 London Olympics have insisted that the city won the right to host the games "fairly and squarely" after claims were touted by an Israeli official that a "potentially decisive vote was cast in error by an International Olympic Committee (IOC) official".

The Israeli official,, claims that in the third round of voting, Greek delegate Lambis Nikolaou may have accidentally voted for Paris rather than Madrid, resulting in eliminating Madrid rather than Paris from the final round.

London spokesmen and bid leaders have dismissed the claims as "folklore stories", "totally irrelevant" and "tittle-tattle", while the CEO of the Madrid bid told the London Times, "We were very close to winning. We can never know if the Greek vote would have been decisive, but it is lamentable for one human error to have ruined all our hard work."


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Australian wheat to lose out in Iraqi market grab

December 25, 2005

The Australian Wheat Board (AWB), the primary economic authority for Australian wheat export is set to lose its long-standing trade contract with Iraq worth $270m/annum to United States exporters after a deal was struck with Iraqi Wheat Board for a majority share of the $500m wheat market.

Aggressive lobbying by United States trade diplomats used the imminent uncovering of AWB involvement in the Oil for Wheat incident as fodder in their recent negotiations. The AWB's previous arrangement saw the use of Alia, a Jordanian based transport corporation owned by the wealthy Al-Khawam family, to transport their wheat to Umm Qasr, a southern sea port in Iraq.

"There has been obvious corruption in procurement and there were illegal and illegitimate transfers of huge funds abroad, outside the control of the Iraqi state," said Iraq's finance minister, Ali Allawi.

The UN report headed by Paul Volcker (former Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve), released in October 2005, noted that the AWB was aware the Iraqi Government used Alia as a backdoor for obtaining $310m in kickbacks under the guise as 'transport costs' and adjusted their price for the wheat accordingly which was noticeably higher than their trading price with importers in other regions.

"Numerous aspects of the AWB-Alia relationship suggest that some employees of AWB were placed on notice of facts strongly suggesting that AWB's payments were in whole or part for the benefit of the government of Iraq." said Vockler.

Sheik Hussein al-Khawam head of the Shiite Al-Kahawam influential family business operation including Teebah, Alia, Al Huda International Trading Company recently assumed its control on the newly established Iraqi Airlines in alliance with the new Iraqi Government, has been under heavy scrutiny from some influential US political analysts, including Volcker and which accuse the family of corruption due to dealings with Saddam Hussien.

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Recently the AWB has scrutinised the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for suspending the AWB from participating in a USDA credit-export scheme.


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User:213.106.58.21/Bob Marley birthday celebrations marked in dispute over possible reburial

I agree bob did love africa and always said he wanted to live there when bob came to england after the shooting i was with him asmuch as i could be,being a white man bob would sometime say grow de locks bro you know thats where you wanna go he was a very good man but sometimes went into trances deep stages of thinking alot of the time it was like something bugging him he would say you know man me need to see africa my farther is from africa and i and i all should be there but after his untimely death i think if any thing should have been discussed about where to bury bob it should of been done then i think if bobs watching he would be deeply upset how is mother has been pussed away not had a penny he used to say my mamma will never be poor again i will never let her have a rock stone for a pillow but it seems she dosent get a say in anything she is his mother and he loved her more than anyone other than his children i think bob should stay where he is dont disterb him becouse if he is in a deep thought and you wake him out of it he will wipp dem locks lol leave bob alone hes in the place he loved and bobs mum is near her little nesta thanx for reading..james combsome>hazy


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War between top lawyers in Greece

December 25, 2005

The famous Greek lawyers, Sakis Kechagioglou and George Nikolakopoulos have been imprisoned in the Athens' jail of Korydallus, as they were found guilty of graft and corruption. As a result of this, a big scandal within the Greek legal community has been raised through the exposure of illegal actions that judges, lawyers, solicitors and attorneys have done during the previous years. A few weeks ago, after the information published by the journalist Makis Triantafylopoulos in his popular Television show "Zoungla" in Alpha TV, the member of Parliament and lawyer, Petros Mantouvalos was abdicated as members of his office had been involved in illegal graft and corruption. Moreover, top judge Evangelos Kalousis is imprisoned as he found guilty of corruption and degenerate behaviour.

Except from journalists' research about scandals in the legal Community of Greece, accusations from well-known lawyers and attorneys such as the famous Athens' lawyer Alexis Kougias, against colleagues have as a result a greater dialogue and discussion in the country upon this important issue.

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Talk:War between top lawyers in Greece

Whilst this sound interesting, it should not be pubished without some sources or original reporting notes. Brian McNeil / talk 21:30, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

kalousis is not a "top judge", he is a prosecuting attorney. And what doew "Top" mean anyway? is there a bottom judge?

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Apaches accuse Prescott Bush of robbing Geronimo's grave

December 25, 2005

Native Americans are petitioning Congress to investigate the elite Skull and Bones group and return what they believe are the remains of Apache warrior Geronimo for reburial.

The petition alleges that Geronimo's grave was robbed in 1918 by members of the society, including Prescott Bush, President George W. Bush's grandfather. The alleged graverobbers stole Geronimo's head and his prized silver bridle, which had been buried with him. These allegations are also within a book by Yale graduate, Alexandra Robbins, titled; "Secrets of the Tomb". Robbins suggests that the reason these men robbed graves is; "Bones as a society is preoccupied with death; skulls, skeletons, and artwork depicting death are prevalent in the tomb. When Bonesmen steal things they use the euphemism that they are taking 'gifts to the goddess' whom they honor within the tomb."

Robbins also said; "I think it's ridiculous that Bonesmen's sense of entitlement is broad enough to include items that allegedly don't belong to them. The items they supposedly steal as a prank or competition may be valuable and meaningful to the actual owners. It's appalling that proper authorities have not forced their way into the tomb to retrieve the items that don't belong in there."

An economics professor at Clark College, James Craven, suggests that; "In the near future, there will finally be large groups of Natives showing up in front of 'the tomb' to protest this ugly racism and grave robbing by the Bones, and they will not be leaving until that skull and any other Native artifacts have been returned...[The theft] is a metaphor for something much bigger and even uglier. It is the ugly racism and hubris of the in-bred power elites who seek to infiltrate positions of power."

In her book, Robbins also reports that Apaches met with Skull and Bones representatives following their admission by letter that they did in fact have a skull they called "Geronimo". The Apaches were offered some bones, but refused to accept them at that time because, according to the petition; "It was obviously not the skull seen in the smuggled photograph."

Endicott Davison, an attorney for Skull and Bones, denied that Geronimo's skull is in the possession of the group.

Online Petition

 * http://www.petitiononline.com/Geronimo/petition.html