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User talk:Fergus~enwikinews

-- 03:43, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

headlines
Hey, I see you submitted User:Fergus for peer review. Please rename the article in accordance with the headlines guidelines to have a review possible. Thank you. --Gryllida (talk) 06:32, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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

Renamed
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User talk:Benphillips~enwikinews

-- 03:44, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Editing main page leads
I appreciate you trying to help by editing a main page lead; however, I have rejected this change - it was far, far too long to fit on the main page and is probably a most-inadvisable first edit to make. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:29, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

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

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

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Sorry for the inconvenience.

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

Renamed
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license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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User talk:Nirutochi

-- 03:59, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Bob satriano

-- 04:37, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Moroll~enwikinews

-- 04:57, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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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Britain touts private security contractors for Libya

April 8, 2011

Britain has raised the idea of using private security firms as part of efforts to bolster military support for Libyan rebels. Defence officials speaking to  have floated the idea as Western powers examine ways to turn the tide of the rebels' stuttering campaign against forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.

The sources also urged Arab countries to fund training for the rebels, whose inferior weaponry and organisation is widely agreed to have allowed pro-Gaddafi forces to check the insurgency's recent gains.

The call to deploy private security contractors comes as the Afghan government has announced plans to phase out such operators over the next 12 months. The image of such firms has been severely tarnished by repeated revelations of abuse by the U.S. firm, subsequently renamed Xe Services. Blackwater executives and employees have faced civil lawsuits, criminal charges and Congressional investigations related to accusations of bribery and murder in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The collapse of numerous investigations related to several alleged incidents has raised questions about the legal accountability of firms operating in war zones on behalf of Western governments.

The suggested training of rebels and deployment of contractors appears to confirm Western powers' determination to end Gaddafi's grip on power.

Yesterday's report in The Guardian interprets the move as the start of a new phase in the three-week-old NATO-led intervention in Libya, and a tacit admission by Western nations that the rebels are struggling to make ground despite NATO air support.

Britain's focus on Arab participation in funding and training the rebels reflects a will on Western powers' part to foster Arab ownership of the intervention, perceived as being crucial to building the legitimacy of the West's support to Libyan rebels.

According to The Guardian, Western military strategy is now turning to cementing the rebels' territorial gains before the negotiation of a ceasefire with the Gaddafi regime.


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User talk:AgrippaVonNettesheim

-- 05:06, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:DiamondKnight19

-- 05:14, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Chocolate lc

-- 05:25, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Our submission guidelines
I'd like to let you know that here at the English Wikinews, we only accept English language news. You've recently made contributions that don't qualify as news. We appreciate your contributions, but we cannot accept the edits you've made, so they have been reverted or deleted.

In the future, if you'd like to submit news, we are more than happy to have your help! Just make sure to check out this article, which talks about what Wikinews is not. As a brief primer, please note that neither editorial content nor opinion pieces qualify as news.

Thank you for your contributions! Gopher65talk 14:15, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

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Australian opposition may oppose plain packaging on cigarettes

April 8, 2011

Australian Health Minister has announced plans to introduce legislation requiring cigarette packaging to be plain, and unbranded. The may oppose this move, and will examine the detail of the legislation before deciding. "We do support sensible measures that are proven to lead to reduced levels of smoking but we want to wait and see the full legislation, and what evidence they are relying on that plain packaging does reduce smoking rates," stated a spokesman for opposition leader Tony Abbott.

Intended to decrease the number of Australians smoking, the new packaging is to be olive in colour with no logos or branding, and larger health warnings similar to those currently embossed on packaging.

"The new packs have been designed to have the lowest appeal to smokers and to make clear the terrible effects that smoking can have on your health," said Roxon in an official statement.

Cigarette conglomerate insists the proposed legislation to require plain package cigarettes is an infringement of international trademark and intellectual property laws that could cost Australian taxpayers millions in legal fees alone.

If the legislation passes the new law would begin to be phased in from January next year. With the new measures Australia will lead the world on tobacco control; several other countries, including New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Canada, are reportedly watching the situation in Australia before implementing similar legislation.


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User talk:Salexsdb123

-- 05:32, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Nakuliar

-- 05:34, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Kyrgyzstan celebrates one year anniversary of April demonstrations
I have tried to fix; please correct my mistakes. Also, if you could provide translations of the foreign language info, that would help. Mattisse (talk) 01:37, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:ElWinks

-- 05:51, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Helpingmedia

-- 06:05, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User:Chuck Marean~enwikinews

Useful links
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User talk:Kihenja

-- 06:19, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Tiranui

-- 06:23, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Vedu619

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User talk:Dmessie

-- 06:52, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Launceston pulp mill pollution fatal
The key issue with this article is that the most recent source you cite is over a month old. If there is a source with new information that came to light in the last few days, then that should be the focus of the lede and it is fine to use older sources for more background. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:35, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Re
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User talk:Philconnors

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User talk:Sultanpassu

-- 07:02, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:DomaineBuisson

-- 07:14, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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Thread:Comments:India's population increases by 181 million in ten years/Comments from feedback form - "yes india facing more trouble..."

yes india facing more trouble for population because every thousand boys have only 914 it is dangerous for us in some years..........


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User talk:Horchatax3

-- 07:20, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Hance

-- 07:29, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Dishan130

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User talk:HowardDebosh

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User talk:Nishant kumar gupta

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Thread:Comments:Man dies after being hit by wave in Blackpool, England/Comments from feedback form - "naice mayte"

naice mayte


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User talk:Mbuyukce

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User talk:Akilarajan

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User talk:SergeyKunda

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User talk:H2ocore

-- 08:36, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Lukasp97

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User talk:Temece

-- 09:18, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Bhairuratan

-- 09:18, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:BLV

-- 09:39, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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Wikinews:2011

Events in 2011 by month:
 * /January/
 * /February/
 * /March/
 * /April/
 * /May/
 * /June/
 * /July/
 * /August/
 * /September/
 * /October/
 * /November/
 * /December/

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User talk:Spresss

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User talk:Madmungi

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User talk:Ilya15

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User talk:Xxxyin

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User talk:Wolfebet

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User talk:Ayank1001

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User talk:Mcryzie

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User talk:Vanita piriya

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User talk:QEDK

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User talk:Jossrick

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User talk:Parakuth

-- 12:51, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Achraf farouk

-- 13:13, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Sidharth Saiju

-- 13:16, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Emantageldean

-- 13:29, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Rio darmansah

-- 13:33, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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-- 14:10, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Pasuhi

-- 14:26, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Ghumantubatuta

-- 14:32, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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Mother charged with hurting baby; Munchausen Syndrome by proxy?

April 7, 2011

Tucson, Arizona police say that Blanca Montano, 21, an Arizona mother, was arrested and charged with child abuse on Tuesday for purposely injuring her seven-month-old daughter. Hospital staff reported Montano to authorities after the child was found to be suffering from nine separate, rare infections which became worse after the mother's visits.

Investigation by police determined that Montano had knowingly poisoned her child and made her sick. Montano was then prevented from visiting and the child noticeably improved.

Montano hospitalized her two children at  in February where they were diagnosed and treated for an infection. While one child improved and was released, her infant daughter became increasingly sick and was significantly worse following visits from her mother. Suspecting that the mother was  exhibiting symptoms of a rare condition known as ,  in which a mother intentionally harms her  child to obtain attention or sympathy for herself, hospital officials contacted police and set up a hidden camera in the infant's room.

Police say that when the mother realized that there was a camera in the hospital room, she covered the child's crib with a towel.

obtained a search warrant which said doctors "believe that Blanca is giving her daughter something to make her sick. They indicated the ingestion of could cause the infections."

Dr Marc Feldman, a psychiatrist at the, says that Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is not a. "It is not a mental illness. It is a form of abuse, just like sexual abuse, physical abuse and emotional abuse – it's just a variant," he said. Montano is out on $50,000 bail and will next appear in court on April 15.


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User talk:Charmecia5

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User talk:Dickon Springate

-- 14:35, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:DEUS NOiTE

-- 14:36, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Looselip

-- 14:37, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Raul de Oliveira

-- 14:38, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Cpreston~enwikinews

-- 14:55, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:15, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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User talk:Jmturner

-- 14:59, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Miguel022

-- 15:22, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Harshwardhan007007

-- 15:34, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Nekrozo2

-- 15:54, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Chicca21b

-- 15:59, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Rockfaller

-- 16:01, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Atomnews

-- 16:15, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Smw5678

-- 16:25, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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Body of missing student found in Bath, England

April 7, 2011 A body that was discovered in the in  has been confirmed as missing student James Bubear. The 19 year-old went missing on March 13 after leaving a fancy dress party in the city centre. The creative writing student's death is not being treated as suspicious according to the.

The student went missing after attending a night out with friends. He left the Revolution bar around 10.30pm and was last seen on CCTV James Street West on the night of his disapperence. His passport and phone was found the next morning by a street cleaner.

Bubear's mother, Vanda released a statement saying "We would like to thank James's fellow students and the people of Bath for taking him as one of their own, and for the support they have given us in these last few difficult weeks. I would also like to thank them for their perseverance in trying to find James. Nothing seemed like it was too much trouble, and for that I am indebted to them."

Concerns have been raised about the saftey on the River Avon in Bath. Marion Flagg's son Casper's body was found in the River Avon on Boxing Day in 2009. She said "It would be nice to see better lighting and to identify where blackspots are," she said. Perhaps we could have railings because there's nothing to stop you from walking straight from the Midland Bridge into the water. It's just a sheer drop and it's very dark."


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User talk:Tadpole256

Common Sense Editing
I would encourage everyone here to use a modicum of common sense prior to editing an article. Clearly, we can all see typos & mis-spellings. Those should be fixed quickly, and you need not take a jab at the author for it, unless of course you have never made a mistake yourself. But when it comes to completely re-wording and re-writing an article, you should always have the decency and respect for your fellow writers to at least read some sources, and educate yourself on the subject prior to destroying the work of another. I am not asking you to earn a Ph.D. in a subject, but at least familiarize yourself with a subject. If you are going to write about a computer, find out something about that computer, visit the manufacturer's web site, get some knowledge, otherwise your slap-dash edits will simply make you appear to be an ignoramus to anyone who actually knows something about the subject. Tadpole256 (talk) 14:07, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

The Review Process
Is it just me, or is the review process here very slow? I have worked at other news organizations, which were admittedly more traditional, and I am used to a much faster review process. I understand that WikiNews has a limited number of reviewers, and of those reviewers it seems as though only a few actually actively participate, but still the process seems slow to me. It seems to me that WikiNews' greatest advantage should be it's ability to get news out there quickly, even if it only starts with a basic paragraph. But the story can grow and evolve as more details are revealed and as events naturally evolve, because this is a Wiki! But the opposite seems to be true here. Stories are left to languish, sometimes for days in the "awaiting review" pool, and in the mean time WikiNews misses a story. I may be wrong, but there has to be a limited market for people who want to re-read the same stories they have already read elsewhere. I believe WikiNews could be insanely great, but it's weakness right now lies in it's incredibly slow review process. So what do we do to make it better? How do we fix it? Where do we go from here? Or am I missing something?

And please, if you are tempted to send me a link to a style guide or some other policy, please don't bother, I read them all before I began participating. I lurked long and hard before I decided there was enough potential in this site for me to throw some effort it's way. I want to help, so what do we do? Tadpole256 (talk) 21:58, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Deletion
To request deletion of a spam page, type spam at the top of the page in question. — μ 17:21, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Wal-Mart Stores "Going Back to Basics"
I found your article an interesting and informative story that explained a lot of useful information to me. (I am interested in "business" stories.) Sorry to see that such articles cannot pass, and I am glad to see that you are writing another. Push the "publish" button soon, so that it doesn't go "stale". Get it in the "Submitted for peer review" queue! Regards, Mattisse (talk) 16:33, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the support. The editors keep telling me it reads too much like an ad or a press release, and that it needs to be more neutral. Makes me question if they are actually reading the story. I went ahead and published it myself at my blog at http://www.quixoticjourney.com Tadpole256 (talk) 16:59, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Style guide
OK, you wanted some clarification about what was wrong: The best way to learn this is just to read the style guide. If you think it's too boring, get used to it—reviewers are more likely to review your article if they don't need to bother with a major copyedit. Hope this helped.  — fetch · comms  18:54, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
 * See my fixes.
 * Wikinews is an international project. Do not use abbreviations, like Rep. or R or Ky. because our friends in, oh, New Zealand have no idea what the hell that means.
 * Numbers < 20 are usually spelled out, except if they are numeric in a proper noun, etc.
 * Contractions are informal.
 * Dates are always MM DD, YYYY. So, I changed those too.
 * Give more detailed place names the first time you use them, except possibly major cities like London, New York City, Sydney, etc. (would a Brit know where Lexington is without the Kentucky after it?).
 * Once you get use to following the style guide, you just do it automatically. While it's boring reading it initially, you usually only have to do it once. :) Gopher65talk 01:41, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

 * I have read the style guide. I Probably will have to read it once or twice more. My past journalistic efforts have been solely for American News Outlets, so I do have to be mindful of our international audience. Thanks for the advice. Tadpole256 (talk) 01:09, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Your Walmart article
Tadpole: I disagree with the original reason given for failing your article, but regardless of that, it's now too late to publish it. Articles need to be published within 3 days of the news event occurring (news needs to be 'new', by the definition of the word). Because of that, your Walmart article can no longer be published. In the hope that you can save some of your writing for either another article here (if there are futher developments in the article it can be revived, or part of it can be used as background in a new article) or for Wikipedia, I've moved the article and it's associated talk page to your userspace here: User:Tadpole256/Wal-Mart stores 'going back to basics'. Sorry about this. Gopher65talk 00:40, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

 * I appreciate that someone gave the article a fair look. I understand that the story became stale, that is why I published it on my own web site. It was good journalism, I suspect anything about Walmart that wasn't straight Walmart bashing likely would have been left to rot in the review process. I sincerely appreciate your moving the article to a place where I can build on it. Thanks for your help. Tadpole256 (talk) 01:08, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

The article has been failed because we have an "edit war"
Please address this with the editor who failed the review. I was under the impression you had backed off from the "edit war". Is this not true? Please respone on the article's talk page. Thanks, Mattisse (talk) 01:35, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I got the impression that Tadpole256 had gone for lunch. — μchip08 01:36, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

The editor who failed the review has made several other unfair / biased reviews in the past. It's par for his course. Brian McNeil fixed the injustice. Good to see someone cares about journalism and not their personal opinions. No worries Matisse! Tadpole256 (talk) 20:07, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * If you have found fault with Diego Grez, I'm sure he would appreciate some examples of such an instance in order for him to improve next time. Regards, — μchip08 20:11, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I made a Mistake. It was not DG I had a problem with last time, it was Gopher & Mono. Sorry about that, DG's misunderstanding of WN policies is a completely new instance, but does mark a noticeable trend. Hopefully it was an isolated incident. We all make mistakes! Tadpole256 (talk) 20:15, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

 * Wait! This is not Diego's first mistake. Look at this Talk:U.S. military denies reports helicopter opened fire on Libyan civilians during rescue mission. He childishly refuses to look at a link because it comes from Wikipedia. Really? WikiNews says Wikipedia is not reliable. That's the pot calling the kettle black if I have ever seen it! Two halves of the same project, and I can' cite Wikipedia? Not that my argument required a citation. Anyone with above a third grade education and a functional set of eye-balls can see that an Osprey is not a helicopter, but a tilt-rotor. It's rotors TILT! That's the definition of tilt-rotor! DG is as bad as the rest. He deserves the criticism. Tadpole256 (talk) 20:20, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

 * Wikipedia is *not* allowed for use in some schools due to the lack of 100% truth guarantee. Not all errors are found straight away. Getting a book or another documentation indeed is preferable as a source, though Wikipedia can be enough in this case. Gryllida 20:25, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

 * I understand why Wikipedia is not accepted in academia, but this is not academia. Furthermore, as a part of the WikiMedia foundation, WikiNews makes itself look silly by refusing to even click on links to Wikipedia. At some point common sense must prevail. I would never use Wikipedia as the basis for an article, but If wikipedia + eyeballs + common sense indicate a correction should be made, then by golly... Tadpole256 (talk) 20:28, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry I am ignorant, regarding aeronautical topics. Wikipedia by itself is not a reliable source, "ANYBODY" can edit it. I don't care if it is backed up by other sources, Wikipedia by itself is not reliable, use the sources pointed out there. Wikinews /tries/ to make itself reliable, and Wikipedia won't help. アンパロ Io ti odio! 20:33, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No need to apologize. Just use common sense! And never refuse to look at a link. That's called snobbery. You must always consider the evidence presented, then use that along with common sense to make your decisions, and you'll do fine. Now I just wish you'd fix that title. It irks me to no end, because as an active duty member of the U.S. Navy who writes about such things from time-to-time, we have it drilled into us not to call the Osprey a helicopter. So to anyone who DOES know anything about aviation, that story loses creditability right off the bat. This is a wiki, we can make it better, but we have to take action to do so! Tadpole256 (talk) 20:45, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Just raising concerns is allright. Wikipedia may have inaccurate information. This sometimes is important for some reviews. Just asking doesn't hurt... The "edit-war" fail review wasn't entirely DiegoGrez's decision per another section at that article talk page. The review process is tough, but we can just try to catalyse and move along instead of commenting on eachother. Thanks! Gryllida 20:28, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I am not trying to comment on DG personally. I am sure he is a great guy to sit and drink a beer with, and from what I can tell he does a decent job here at WN. He's one of the few people I see who seems committed to trying to make things better. My real beef is with the timeliness of the review process. Speed is everything in the news business. If you don't get an article out in a timely manner, you might as well not bother, and three days in the queue is not timely. I understand many of the other people here have probably never worked in an actual news room, and I don't expect that level of demand or quality, but nit-picking is ridiculous. This is a WIki! Use it like one! Make sure the article passes a basic review, get it out there, and let the community improve it. Butt letting it sit in a review process for days while it is groomed to be "just right" is why this site is lagging! I have to admit, things have been better this week than last week. Last week I was almost ready to give up on WN altogether. Tadpole256 (talk) 20:41, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * We try to review in a timely fashion but that doesn't always work very well. Wikinews is entirely volunteer-driven, and substantially smaller than Wikipedia. Thanks for your patience! Gryllida 20:49, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

 * Yes, Reviewers aren't psychic. They don't know that one of the contributors who was participating in the edit conflict stopped. This can cause impressions like that. I'm happy the review went out well, and the article is now public! Time to continue to work on other articles. Cheers, Gryllida 20:16, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No they are not. But they should review the sources. See Scientists create schizophrenic brain cells. Mattisse (talk) 22:51, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Re: Your edits to the Libya story
Hi! We're currently in collaboration via an etherpad to edit this story together, and rather than editing the onwiki version, we'd really appreciate you joining this link so that we can all work together. At the moment, we're working on two different versions, and it would be good to get them all as one please :) BarkingFish (talk) 23:16, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Apple's data is dirtiest, says Greenpeace
Hi. A heads-up: please don't create a comments page for an article that hasn't been published yet — as for this article, and unfortunately, no admin noticed and speedy-deleted it before publication. Once this has happened, there is no practical way the resulting broken format of the comments page can ever be fixed. (See User talk:Microchip08.) --Pi zero (talk) 16:00, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, I was unaware of that bug in the WikiMedia software. Tadpole256 (talk) 16:47, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Lowercase for all Wikimedia projects with the exception of MediaWiki. (And it's not a bug, it's a feature) — μchip08 16:58, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't understand what you mean, but I will not do it again. Tadpole256 (talk) 22:52, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
 * He means, it's "Wikimedia", not "WikiMedia" or "WikiPedia" or "WikiNews", etc., except for "MediaWiki" (which is the software; Wikimedia is the organization).  — fetch · comms  23:34, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Got it. Tadpole256 (talk) 13:32, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Blame me for the "Its not a bug, its a feature" comment; I keep introducing people to warped humour from software developers.

What that actually refers to is the missing LiquidThreads discussion use. What is supposed to happen is the Comments page is only created as part of a successful review. The appropriate magic words are in the created page template to activate LQT. Otherwise, we'd usually zap the Comments: page prior to publication. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:11, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, okay. That makes a lot of sense. I was trying to figure out how that was possibly a feature, but figured I'd just go with it. Your explanation makes a lot of sense. Thank you.Tadpole256 (talk) 19:23, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

User:Tadpole256/Police continue to search for Long Island serial killer
The article Police continue to search for Long Island serial killer was tagged as abandoned, and has been deleted. As a discretionary courtesy, the article has been moved into your userspace here. — μchip08 23:35, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

WN:SD
"The story is stale and the writing is awful. It is beyond the ability to salvage through reasonable editing and should be deleted" is not a valid quick deletion reason. Only articles that meet one of the speedy deletion criteria can be deleted — other articles must go through DR, or WN:PROD (which Indian activist ends "fast-unto-death" against corruption was eventually deleted under). Regards, — μchip08 23:41, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

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It's hard not to get discouraged here, I find. I appreciate what you are doing and I certainly would not edit war with you. Mattisse (talk) 01:23, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the kind words. They seem to be few and far between around these parts. Tadpole256 (talk) 13:31, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Friendly note
As I'm sure you are aware, Wikimedia Commons is the shared file repository for projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. As the files of Commons are not hosted locally, comments are more useful being directed to its corresponding talk page on Commons rather than Wikinews, where any user from all 838 wikis can comment. (This is a relatively minor point, by the way) Regards — μchip08 17:19, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * That's cool... Is this share a random fact day? Why was I chosen for this bequeathal of knowledge?Tadpole256 (talk) 19:26, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No reason. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:55, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * My comment on that picture was hardly a profound one, and was really just intended for the user here who was using it on their profile. I am well aware that I could have gone to the commons to make my opinion known, but it hardly seemed worth the effort. I've been doing the Wiki thing for quite a long time, I am well aware of my decisions. But thanks. Tadpole256 (talk) 12:23, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

did you notice?
I brightened your photo on your user page File:Mccloskey.jpg? Feel free to change back! Mattisse (talk) 20:53, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I did notice the change! I didn't think about it too much though. I like it. Thanks! Tadpole256 (talk) 12:24, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for your help and support. It is much appreciated, especially now as I was getting a little discouraged again! Sorry for being a bit snippy about the edit conflict thing earlier. Apologies. Mattisse (talk) 16:12, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No worries, I know how it goes. I have discovered WN can be very discouraging sometimes. Tadpole256 (talk) 16:41, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Congrats!
Sixteen killed in Marrakech bomb blast! Mattisse (talk) 01:10, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

 * w00t! Thanks! Tadpole256 (talk) 02:22, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Kate Middleton's Wedding dress designed by Alexander McQueen fashion house
While I sympathize with your feelings about the article, nominating it for speedy deletion came across as a rather low blow (just saying, that's how it came across). Speedy deletion isn't for marginal cases, and generally isn't for sincere efforts. We don't at all coddle the content contributed by newcomers, but when the newcomers seem to be sincere (as this one did seem to be), we work quite hard at being supportive of them (as distinct from particular content). Note that authorized reviewers, besides having to review newsworthiness as part of a full peer review, would also be specifically required to read the article's talk page, so your comment there would be read by the peer-reviewer in any case. --Pi zero (talk) 05:23, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. Point is taken. I was not intending it to be a low blow. I sincerely thought it was legitimate, given the fact that the story is not really news. I am still learning a lot of the protocols here myself. I'll be more judicious with the use of the tag in the future. Tadpole256 (talk) 11:45, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about edit conflict
Sorry about the edit conflict on Cassini spacecraft captures large storm on Saturn. I hope you add all you can to the article, as I have had to really plow through to try to understand it. I had to put my editing in as I had done so much that I couldn't have possibly reconstructed it. Please add back your changes continue with you helpful edits. Your interest is much appreciated! Regards, Mattisse (talk) 16:07, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
 * No Worries! I am sure it was completely un-intentional. It's one of the problems when more than one person is working on the same article. I am reading more about it now, and may add some more. Tadpole256 (talk) 16:18, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I removed these sources (trying to cut down on the number) but maybe you'll find something useful in them.

Mattisse (talk) 16:22, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

I appreciate.......
.....the input, there, Gilligan.......but I'm working on that article. It'll be right and proper in most respects when I finish it. Funny the things you choose to do (or, better put, don't do) 'round these parts when you show up every 7 months. --Bddpaux (talk) 20:07, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Sorry that I cannot be online constantly. I do have other obligations. Oh, and my name isn't Gilligan. You can call me Chief if you'd like. Tadpole256 (talk) 20:36, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

 * Sarcasm aside, Tadpole256, you aren't a reviewer, and Bddpaux is an experienced Wikinewsie, so that while discussion on the article talk page is obviously appropriate, slapping a notnews on the article is presumptuous and gratuitously acerbic. --Pi zero (talk) 22:30, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
 * However, I must admit a degree of agreement with Tadpole256's remark he left on my talk page....."WE" do have a common goal here, reporting quality news......those of "US" who show up here, hack away at it, bleed, cry, make phone calls, write, question, worry, photograph, copy edit, help, encourage, think, ponder, clean up, check in, interview people (while standing in the heat), spend our own money on civic journalism, chase fire trucks down the street with video camera in-hand, check out, apologize(when warranted), publicize, pull guard duty, try to improve etc etc etc "WE" do try to create excellent content. Sure, I'm guilty......it's easy to take things a bit personal; but the people who show up here and REALLY TRY TO MAKE THIS A BETTER place with consistency would NEVER stoke my ire under such circumstances. When I'm working on an article, it (early-on) often comes together in a clumsy fashion...........but, be rest-assurred, 99% of the time, if I've invested my time in it, it's news worthy....."I'VE" contributed here enough over the past 3 years to know the difference. You wanna help? Always welcome!! Pick up a pen and be a journalist. Find a typo in my article......be my guest.....deal with it....heck, it's a wiki! But I'd appreciate the presumptive courtesy in the future, that, if bddpaux has started an article, IT'S NEWSWORTHY. --Bddpaux (talk) 22:55, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

 * We all get hot under the collar sometimes. Take a deep breath, say an aum, and reread WN:Never assume. :-)  --Pi zero (talk) 23:43, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

 * Sorry BDDPaux... While you were chasing firetrucks with your camera, I was chasing something a bit more dangerous in the middle east. Sorry that I cannot spend my every waking moment here, I also serve my country in addition to writing the occassional Wikinews article. That does not make my contributions less valuable than yours, nor does it make your contributions more news-worthy. Someone hitting a 40 year career milestone is not News... Sorry. Tadpole256 (talk) 00:20, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

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U.S. budget crisis will cause personal budget crisis for U.S. troops

April 7, 2011

According to senior defense officials, U.S. service men and women around the world, including those at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, may receive only one-week's pay instead of two in their next paycheck if the government shuts down this weekend due to the federal budget impasse.

The military can't be paid during a funding lapse until a new appropriations bill or continuing resolution is passed by Congress.

If the funding bill is allowed to expire on April 8, it will be in the middle of a standard military two-week pay period, so would likely send out paychecks for just the first week of the pay period, and not the second, leaving many service members strapped for cash for the remainder of the month.

Historically, workers such as the military who are legally obligated to work during a shutdown, do eventually receive back pay for it. But that doesn't help pay bills that are due presently.

Additional details on the military's plan for funding during a potential shutdown are expected in the next day or so.

Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said earlier Tuesday that department leaders hadn't figured out how pay would be affected for the military, including the 146,000 servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Morrell said the Pentagon would continue key national security responsibilities including fighting the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and continuing operations in Libya and earthquake assistance to Japan.

The likelihood of a shutdown continues to increase, and President Obama continues to reject a Republican measure that would fund the government for another week but cut $12 billion from the budget.


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Comments from feedback form - "Well written, clear and concis..."
Well written, clear and concise! —Tadpole256 (talk) 17:20, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "hail satan"
hail satan —206.172.6.34 (talk) 16:55, 8 April 2011 (UTC)


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such women should not be allowed near children,they are sick indeviduals


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User:Tadpole256

Name: Anthony McCloskey

Location: Philadelphia,PA, US

Focus: Breaking news, politics, science, technology

Roles: Reporter-at-Large on enwiki;

Email: tadpole256@gmail.com

Homepage: http://www.quixoticjourney.com http://www.armysailor.com

Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tadpole256

'''Journalism need not be uncompelling. When writing / editing, let common sense be your guide.'''

My published articles

 * 1) Sixteen killed in Marrakech bomb blast
 * 2) Mother of slain Army Ranger calls for removal of General McChrystal from committee
 * 3) Kentucky lawmaker in critical condition after fight in high school cafeteria
 * 4) French police arrest two women wearing veils after burqa ban goes into effect
 * 5) Facebook to share the technology 'behind its servers'
 * 6) U.S. budget crisis will cause personal budget crisis for U.S. troops
 * 7) Camp Pendleton, California: helicopter crash kills two US marines

Butchered Articles

 * 1) Apple collecting location data from iPhone, iPad <-- Article butchered by amateur editing. Full version is available in the History, or at http://www.quixoticjourney.com/journal/2011/4/23/apple-quietly-collecting-location-data-from-iphone-ipad.html/

Articles I've contributed to

 * 1) Egyptian politician ElBaradei says ousted President Mubarak must stand trial
 * 2) Deadly tornadoes rip through southern US, killing close to 300
 * 3) Yao JiaXin, murderer of road traffic incident casualty, sentenced
 * 4) France, Italy, UK sending military advisers to Libya; photojournalists killed in Misrata
 * 5) Standard & Poor's lowers the U.S. credit outlook to 'negative' Co-wrote Article with Matisse
 * 6) Scientists create schizophrenic brain cells
 * 7) A380 collides with regional jet at JFK airport
 * 8) Gbagbo detained by opposition forces and taken to meet Ouattara in Ivory Coast hotel
 * 9) British seaman appears in court, charged with murder after shooting on nuclear submarine
 * 10) 38 killed in attack on Afghan bank
 * 11) Bailout signals Lisbon's capitulation to financial markets
 * 12) Dingoes attack toddler on Fraser Island
 * 13) Pakistani Taliban threaten revenge attack after bin Laden death; CIA says retaliation is likely
 * 14) News International offers £3 million phone-hacking settlement to family of murder victim
 * 15) Cassini spacecraft captures large storm on Saturn

Blog Posts About Wikinews
'''Wikinews has a lot of unrealized potential... Here is my take.''' The unrealized potential of Wikinews

Offsite Articles of Interest

 * Equalism not Feminism
 * The PATRIOT Act must die (OpEd)

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Talk:Wreckage, victims of Air France Flight 447 found

Review of revision 1209107 [Passed]
Note to any independent reviewer: There is no impediment to conducting a peer review of this article. See WN:Water cooler/policy. --Pi zero (talk) 01:18, 8 April 2011 (UTC)


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Train crash in Netanya, Israel injures at least 50; no casualties

April 7, 2011

Over 50 people have been injured today when two trains collided head-on at the Bet-Yehoshua station, near the city of Netanya on the railway from Tel Aviv to Haifa. Most of the injuries are minor, with no casualties or serious injuries reported in the media.

The trains advanced slowly, one leaving the station and one entering it. One of the trains was completely derailed. The Israeli Railway Authority CEO said the accident was caused by a personal error of one of the conductors, but a police investigation is still ensuing.

This is the second serious accident for Israeli trains within half a year. Four months ago, a train car derailed and burst in flames, injuring 79 people, most of the injuries due to inhaling of smoke.

The Israel Railway Authority notified the passengers that the tracks from Tel Aviv to Haifa will be closed for at least a week, but later the company manager announced that rides would continue within 24 hours, while a fast and open investigation will follow. He promised that the results will be publicized immediately upon being received.


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"No" needs to be decapitalised, and isn't causualties supposed to be casualties? 74.34.148.222 (talk) 19:17, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

And casualties refers to any injury not not just death. So the statement "injuries at least 5o, no casualties" is self-contradictory. a more correct headline would state,"at least 50 injuries, no deaths reported".


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At least fourteen dead after eating toxic fish in Madagascar

April 7, 2011

At least fourteen people have died after eating  in Madagascar. The deaths occurred in the town of, with another similar situation happening 130 km (80.8 mi) away in. The sardines the victims ate belong to the family. As well as the dead, around 120 people have been taken ill after eating the fish according to officials.

Dr, Madagascar's fishing and aquatic resources minister, offered condolence to the families of the victims on behalf of the government. He added in his statement that the government would pay for the medical bills for those who are still hospitalized from the toxic fish and would also supply 100 mattresses to the city of Toliara, as the region's hospital is overcrowded.

Samples of the sardines have been sent to health officials at the in the capital city of. Incidents like this have happened before in which researchers have tracked the cause down to the fish eating poisonous seaweed. Madagascar has the third biggest coral system in the world.


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It still says it's wrong none the less.

Is your logic, "hey. You break some, might as well break 'em all right?"

BTW I'm not even christian LOLOLOLOLOLOL u mad.


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Twelve dead at Brazilian school after man opens fire

April 7, 2011

Twelve people died during a shooting at a school in the neighborhood in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The gunman is numbered among the dead, after taking his own life. Ten people are reported injured during the attack by a man identified as Wellington Menezes Olivera, a 23 year old ex-student from the school.

The attack took place just after 8am local time (11:00 GMT) this morning. Television station reported that Olivera entered the Tasso da Silveira municipal school, telling officials that he was attending to make a speech to students. He was reportedly carrying at least two revolvers and a significant amount of ammunition.

Witnesses state that he began to fire at pupils' heads, killing ten girls and one boy. Rio state health secretary,, stated that those injured in the attack were taken to local hospitals. At least four were said to be in a "grave" condition.

Rio's Police chief, Martha Rocha, said in a press conference that the gunman had no previous criminal history. She stated that he was carrying 2 firearms, although she did not specify what type. During the attack he fired off at least 30 rounds of ammunition. There were approximately 400 people in the school when the attack began, and shortly after the shooting started, two small boys outside the school, one with a gunshot wound, ran almost two city blocks until they found police and alerted them to the incident.

The two officers who were made aware ran to the school, and quickly managed to locate the gunman, leading to a shooting match. One officer, Marcio Alves, stated that "He saw me and aimed a gun at me, I shot him in the legs, he fell down the stairs and then shot himself in the head."

Police report that Olivera was carrying a "long and rambling" letter, confirming his intentions to commit suicide.

In a statement by the Mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, he made it clear that life at the school had become a "hellish nightmare." Authorities closed the school temporarily while they investigate, but Mayor Paes confirmed that the school will reopen.

The fate of all the children in the school is not yet known. One eleven year old pupil from the school, Wanderson Barbosa, was interviewed by Associated Press as he sat on the steps of his house. He was in his classroom when the attack started, and he and others in his class thought that other students were fighting, until his teacher told them to get to the floor, because it was gunfire.

"I'm so worried," Barbosa said to reporters, "We don't have news of everyone yet."

Meanwhile, Rio's Governor,, called the attacker a "psychopath", whilst indicating that he does not believe anyone else was involved in the attack, but that investigations into the incident will continue.


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Hi there! Sadly, your article Credit repair isn't news, so is not appropriate for this project and has been deleted. You may find sites such as Wikihow more suited to that sort of article. Otherwise, feel free to read the links above for some information as to how to contribute to Wikinews! — μ 21:51, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

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Category talk:Corrected articles

In case anyone cares, here is the by month break down of corrected articles (as of 21:40, 7 April 2011 (UTC)) (Using cl_timestamp field, which is same as DPL uses, so if anyone removed and re-added the cat, it'd be off):
 * Per year

mysql> select left(cl_timestamp, 4) as year, count(*) as "Number of articles" from categorylinks where cl_to='Corrected_articles' group by left(cl_timestamp, 4); +--++ +--++ +--++ 5 rows in set (0.01 sec)
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 * 2007 |                20 |
 * 2008 |                10 |
 * 2009 |                 7 |
 * 2010 |                19 |
 * 2011 |                 5 |

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mysql> select left(cl_timestamp, 4) as Year, substring(cl_timestamp, 6, 2) as month, count(*) "Number of articles" from categorylinks where cl_to='Corrected_articles' group by left(cl_timestamp, 7); +--+---++ +--+---++ +--+---++ 23 rows in set (0.00 sec) Bawolff ☺☻ 21:40, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
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 * 2007 | 04   |                  1 |
 * 2007 | 05   |                  1 |
 * 2007 | 06   |                  1 |
 * 2007 | 07   |                  1 |
 * 2008 | 01   |                  3 |
 * 2008 | 02   |                  2 |
 * 2008 | 03   |                  1 |
 * 2008 | 05   |                  2 |
 * 2008 | 12   |                  2 |
 * 2009 | 01   |                  3 |
 * 2009 | 06   |                  2 |
 * 2009 | 11   |                  2 |
 * 2010 | 04   |                  1 |
 * 2010 | 05   |                  1 |
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 * 2010 | 08   |                 11 |
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 * I take it this is based on when articles were added to the category, rather than when they were published. E.g., of the five articles that have been added to the category in 2011, three of them were published in 2011, one in 2007, and one in 2005.  --Pi zero (talk) 21:53, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Good point - yes it is. Here's an attempt that should use the first revision to each article as the date:

better query
mysql> select year, count(article) as "Number of articles" from  (select cl_from as article, left(min(rev.rev_timestamp), 4) as year from categorylinks c1, revision rev where c1.cl_from = rev.rev_page and c1.cl_to='Corrected_articles' group  by c1.cl_from) foo group by year ; +--++ +--++ +--++ 7 rows in set (0.00 sec) by month/year: mysql> select left(year, 4) as Yearr, substring(year, 5, 2) as Month,  count(article) as "Number of articles" from  (select cl_from as article, left(min(rev.rev_timestamp), 6) as year from categorylinks c1, revision rev where c1.cl_from = rev.rev_page and c1.cl_to='Corrected_articles' group  by c1.cl_from) foo group by year ; +---+---++ +---+---++ +---+---++ 39 rows in set (0.00 sec) Bawolff ☺☻ 00:31, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * year | Number of articles |
 * 2005 |                 7 |
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 * 2007 |                11 |
 * 2008 |                 6 |
 * 2009 |                 6 |
 * 2010 |                15 |
 * 2011 |                 3 |
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 * 2007 | 10    |                  1 |
 * 2007 | 12    |                  2 |
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Talk:At least fourteen dead after eating toxic fish in Madagascar

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Talk:U.S. budget crisis will cause personal budget crisis for U.S. troops

Sources do not support article
Unless I am just missing it, I don't see how the two sources given for this article support the material. Neither mention "personal budget crisis for U.S. troops". I originally looked because I thought "personnel" must be meant instead of "personal". Could this be checked please? Thanks, Mattisse (talk) 23:12, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * See The Pentagon reiterated that national security efforts would continue around the world and that “military personnel are not subject to furlough and will report for duty as normal during the shutdown.” The Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2011.
 * Workers most likely to be non-essential include national park rangers, export and import inspectors, IRS employees and others, meaning shuttered national parks, delayed paper tax returns and delayed international commerce. The Detroit News, April 7, 2011.
 * These two articles don't even mention the military. Mattisse (talk) 23:34, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The "personal budget crisis" for the troops refers to the fact that instead of paying troops 2 weeks wages, as is due to them, it looks like they will only receive a weeks worth of wages, which will leave some personnel out of pocket, thus having to handle budgeting issues of their own. BarkingFish (talk) 00:15, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've heard that other places, but is it in the sources? Also, shouldn't the headline be "U.S. budget crisis will cause personnel budget crisis for U.S. troops"? Instead of "personal"? Mattisse (talk) 00:26, 8 April 2011 (UTC)


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Thread:Comments:Indian activist begins "fast-unto-death" hunger strike to end corruption/Confusing Title?

Maybe I'm not reading something properly, and someone can explain it to me. But the article title states that the fast is to end corruption. But the first sentence of the article states that the protesters "joined a nationwide protest campaign against an anti-corruption bill." So the protesters are protesting a bill that is set to fight corruption, yet the protesters are against corruption? I know the article goes on to state that the protesters are upset about not being consulted for opinions on the bill, but I'm confused as to how protesting an anti-corruption bill equates to being against corruption. Is the anti-corruption bill corrupt in itself? Is this double-speak? Maybe there's some way to clarify this.


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They are protesting an anti-corruption bill that they feel is totally inadequate, has no teeth and gives the ombudsman no investigative or enforcement powers and therefore will not stem corruption. They demand citizens give input into the bill. They want a bill that will actually attack corruption. Mattisse (talk) 00:37, 8 April 2011 (UTC)


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Thread:Comments:U.S. budget crisis will cause personal budget crisis for U.S. troops/Concerns over not paying soldiers

I don't really feel comfortable not giving our armed forces their full paycheck while still forcing them to work, seems like if it goes on for long enough that is a recipe for disaster, a revolt or demands for back pay by people armed and trained to fight. Couldn't congress pass a bill that continues the pay for servicemen till they pass a budget, since its sounding like a budget for the government is not going to happen anytime soon?


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Bailout signals Lisbon's capitulation to financial markets

April 9, 2011

Having resisted financial-market pressure for months, Portugal has finally requested an International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Union bailout.

The emergency loan, believed to total around 75 billion euros, comes three weeks after the country’s prime minister,, resigned following parliamentary rejection of his government’s proposed austerity measures.

Following recent sovereign debt crises in Greece and then Ireland, the Portuguese government's actions have attracted harsh criticism in the European press. Applauding the request for foreign assistance, Britain’s The Guardian nonetheless lambasts Mr Sócrates for the tardiness of his decision. The British newspaper described Portugal as "the financial-market equivalent of a dead man walking" in an editorial dated April 7.

In Portugal,  observed that "it will not be easy to accept more austerity, but it will be impossible to accept any more demagoguery, denial of reality, political incompetence or irresponsibility".

The National Daily noted, however, that the "return of the IMF represents a stinging defeat for Portugal". Indeed, the political intransigence since Mr Sócrates’s resignation on March 23 was widely viewed as doomed to failure from the outset. The Portguese request, pointed out Spain's , "surprised no-one, but [had] been delayed for political reasons".

These latest developments will no doubt fuel further criticism of the single currency. In Austria, Vienna's  labelled the euro a "deceitful entity", mocking the claim by European leaders that "States bailed out using taxpayers’ money will be able to repay their debts with restructuring".

There have been widespread claims that a will to protect the euro has led Brussels to unduly downplay the gravity of the sovereign debt crisis sweeping the continent.

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See? It doesn't matter who you vote for, we're screwed either way.


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Whoa. How can this person go to sleep every night knowing that his two children are submerged in 4000ft of water. The thought of it horrifies me.


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The remus vehicles are auvs. Submarines in the industry are manned vehicles. There are 3 identical remus 6000 vehicles on the boat.


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that was an erroneous report early yesterday. the BBC source cited has the correct number (12)


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Two shot on nuclear submarine in Southampton, England

April 8, 2011

Reports indicate two people have been shot at, England.

According to initial reports, a firearms incident has occurred on or close to, a submarine which was berthed in the docks. The incident is thought to have occurred a short time before 1212 BST when police were called to the docks.

"Hampshire police were called by their Ministry of Defense colleagues at 12.12 pm (1112 GMT) today... and are currently liaising with them to establish the exact circumstances of the incident," said a spokesperson in a statement to the  news agency, "[i]t is believed two people have sustained injuries as a result of gun shots being discharged on the vessel."

An eyewitness at the scene told : "I saw at least six people carry a stretcher off the gangway into a waiting ambulance." An area around the docks has been sealed off.

Although serious, Hampshire Constabulary and the have stated that the incident is not terrorist related and that there is no public safety risk. Both organisations are continuing to investigate the incident.

Hampshire Constabulary later confirmed that one of the injured has died, and that one arrest has been made. It is believed that the arrested man is service personnel, and is currently being held in custody by the police.


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Facebook to share the technology 'behind its servers'

April 10, 2011

Facebook announced Thursday it will begin to share some of the technology from their social network. The company indicated it would like to share specifications and design documents to help startups and to support innovation. Facebook hopes that they will be able to benefit from the innovations of others.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, announced the company's "Open Compute Project" at an event held for reporters at the company's headquarters in, California.

Facebook will not directly make any money from the new project. However, by making the designs of its servers open source, the company hopes others will find ways to improve them. They can then incorporate those advances into their own servers. Anything that can make Facebook's servers run more efficiently provides a major benefit for the company.

More efficient servers will also drive down utility costs for the social media giant, which relies on massive data centers around the United States to keep its operations going.

Facebook says it is already working with manufacturers, including, that are manufacturing servers based on its designs. Some new servers are already available.


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Comments:Two shot on nuclear submarine in Southampton, England

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A crew member of a nuclear sub shoots dead a shipmate and injures another. A tragic event.

However there is a serious element to this story that goes beyond the personal issues spoken of by the mainstream media.

A BBC2 Newsnight report of 15 Nov 2007 aired a MoD response to their question about why British nuclear submarines were not fitted with PAL (Permissive Action Link) safety interlocks to prevent rogue officers from launching missiles without the permission of the government. The Dr Strangelove scenario. The BBC pointed out that the US, the French and the Russians were not willing to take such a risk, and placed PAL locks on all their submarines.

However the MoD response was that British submarine did not need PAL locks because:

 * "We rely instead upon the integrity of the ship's crew

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 * "It is confident because the ship's crew is trained to spot a rogue officer and deal with them that the Dr Strangelove scenario could never happen."

HMS Astute may not carry nuclear weapons, however it is crewed by men of the same calibre as found elsewhere in the submarine service, and on this occasion the crew certainly did not spot a rogue element within the crew, nor did they deal with him until after the shooting was over.

An abridged version of the BBC2 Newsnight report can be viewed online here

109.148.29.88 (talk) 19:57, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

 * Security was not always so obvious

 * Nuclear submarine visits to non-naval ports were a common feature of 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s, and security was much less obvious. Armed sentries were never in evidence then as they are now.

 * One such visit to Southampton Docks by the nuclear submarine HMS Warspite in 1982 was spectacular in a different way to HMS Astute in 2011.

 * There was a small group of anti-nuclear activists in Southampton. Matthew Taylor, Linda East, Anita Gulati, and a few others whose names I no longer recollect. They planned a non-violent sit-in aboard Warspite, and recruited Brian Burnell as researcher and expert advisor.

 * There was a day set aside as a public day when the general public were able to board the submarine for a short guided ‘walk through’. In at one end and out the other end. Brian trained them what to do; discard their badges and slogans; and generally disguise themselves as, and behave as normal people in a queue of people so normal they carried babies-in-arms to be irradiated aboard a nuclear-powered boat. While our appointed press officer lurked in the shadows dockside, the activists joined the queue to board the sub. Then, when several decks below, the whistle blew, they linked arms and sat down in a very narrow passageway, blocking all movement into the sub’s control room.

 * The crew handled it very well I thought. Their submarine had been boarded by a bunch of sneaky pirates and the Navy had lost the use of it’s nuclear sub.

 * The captain wasn’t aboard. Crew said he was visiting a lady friend in Winchester for some fun in the afternoon when the red telephone rang in Whitehall. A fast police car escort down the motorway to Southampton didn’t improve his career progression methinks.

 * Eventually, highly amused and very pleasant naval Petty Officers persuaded the sit-downers to shuffle sideways into a crew mess, supplied them with tea, soft drinks and offers of food, so that trapped members of the public and their babies could be evacuated through the control room and a torpedo hatch. Then the British Transport Police arrived. Not nice people. But no guns in evidence, and no body armour. This was 1982; a more innocent time. Just overbearing, angry, and very aggressive.

 * The police wanted to throw the book at us. However, we just laughed at them, and then they became even angrier. However, we knew, and they knew, and they knew we knew, that the Navy were just plain embarrassed, and wanted us to just go away. The very last thing the Navy wanted was an in-public embarrassing court appearance. So eventually, after much grinding of policemen’s teeth, the police, with ill-grace, just released Matthew and the others.

 * After that, no more nuclear submarines docked in Southampton for several years, and then not ever in the Western Docks, but at Berth 38, as far from the city as it’s possible to get and still be docked in the port. And now they have armed crew members guarding the gangplank. And in 2011 we've just seen the tragic outcome of arming unstable men with assault rifles.

 * As for the people. Linda East, daughter of the then Chief Constable of South Wales, she finished university and became a nurse. Anita Gulati, daughter of an eminent psychiatrist, she became a clinical psychologist. Matthew Taylor, the son of Prof Laurie Taylor, the broadcaster, became Assistant General Secretary of the Labour Party, later Director of the IPPR, a policy think tank, then he was appointed by Tony Blair to head the No.10 Downing Street Policy Unit, and later Tony appointed him Chief Advisor on Strategy to the Prime Minister in Downing St. He left Downing St before Blair left, and is now Director of the Royal Society of Arts. The others I’ve lost trace of, or can’t recollect their names. Really. Anyway my lips are sealed. But they know who they are. Nice people.

 * Brian Burnell.


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Terrorist attack on a children school bus in the Negev, Israel
Hi! Your article isn't ready for publication, so I tagged it develop rather than review. For one thing, it should have a style-guide-conformant Lede and then at least two additional paragraphs; other basic requirements are mentioned in the step-by-step instructions above on this page, in the Howdy template.

Self-publication isn't possible on Wikinews, so don't put the publish tag on your own articles.

Glad you're interested in contributing to Wikinews! --Pi zero (talk) 20:32, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

 * I have replied on my user talk page to your comment there. --Pi zero (talk) 12:52, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

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It gives us great confidence that this accident will contribute to improved safety levels in aeronautical products.


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Excellent summary


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An Osprey is noy a Helicopter.


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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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Microsoft to release patches for 64 security flaws on Tuesday

April 8, 2011

Microsoft announced Thursday that it plans to release seventeen security bulletins, known as, to address 64  on Tuesday. Nine of the patches are deemed "critical" and eight as "important."

The enormous number of security flaws addressed in the April Patch update is a record for Microsoft. The company also released seventeen security bulletins in December, but these addressed 40 flaws, only two being rated as critical; also a record is the number of flaws being addressed in the update; the most previously addressed was 49 in the October 2010 update, reports Jason Miller of.

The April update covers security vulnerabilities in 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and various Windows Server editions, as well as versions of  Office applications,, , ,   (IE) including IE6 (which Microsoft is seeking to discontinue) and other applications.

Although Microsoft did not provide details, Microsoft said the update will address a browser bug, discovered in February,  that  could potentially cause a denial-of-service attack, and the Windows  flaw which has allowed  client-side scripts to be run by an attacker in "limited, targeted attacks," Microsoft has said.

"This is a huge update and system administrators should plan for deployment," disclosed Wolfgang Kandek, of.


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I think iy would add to the value of article if it had a translation of the contents of the suicide letter (not sure if it would be worth to also add the original text as well).


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Talk:Microsoft to release patches for 64 security flaws on Tuesday

Numbers
It has been done like this since I can long remember. Any number 10 or higher is supposed to be written as a number. Anything less than 10 is supposed to be spelled out. I don't know when that changed, but its been done like this since I can long remember. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 00:38, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The style guide specifically states that "[w]here numbers are in the "teens" it is generally preferred that the number be spelled out".
 * Personally, I tend to spell out one to twenty, and subsequent multiples of ten up to ninety, and use numerals for everything else. Obviously a different practice applies to large numbers in the millions and above, but that isn't relevant here. DEN  DODGE  00:42, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Then it boils down to preference. I have always used numbers from 10 and above as numbers, aside from using millions. That's just how I have always done it, and never had a problem in doing so. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 00:44, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Well, the Style guide waffles: Where numbers are in the "teens" it is generally preferred that the number be spelled out, but all the sources use 17, so to be consistent with the sources the article uses 17, as does Microsoft in their notification.Today, we're providing advanced notification on the release of 17 security bulletins (Most journalist style guides say spell out one to nine.) So that is my reasoning. Mattisse (talk) 00:50, 9 April 2011 (UTC)


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To post messages to me, please write it to my en.wiki account (here) and add. DO NOT SIGN YOUR POST. I will also, leave a talkback on your talk page. Ebe123 (talk) 16:42, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

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