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 * Let me repeat the above. Welcome to Wikinews! please do not copy and paste articles from other websites. You may wish to read a short introduction to Wikinews before contributing. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 19:40, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Regarding your new article
Hey there. I see you added another article. You copied it from the BBC without modification and unfortunately we don't allow that here. As you can see, it was deleted quickly.

Please, in the future, add articles that you wrote yourself. We can't copy from other news sources. irid:t 19:41, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:128.253.214.55

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US Congress drafting bill that may affect Internet freedoms

April 23, 2006

The United States Congress is currently drafting a bill known as the Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Efficiency Act of 2006 that would revise and update the. Currently phone and cable lobbyists who own the broadband networks, such as those from AT&T and BellSouth, are calling on the federal government to permit them to operate Internet and other digital communications services as private networks. The bill as it now stands states that certain classes of Internet providers "may not unreasonably" impair, interfere, restrict or limit applications or services, such as Web sites or voice-over-IP phone connections.

Consumer advocates such as Common Cause and some large Internet companies such as Google and Yahoo are concerned that this change will result in a loss of what is being called, and are demanding specific language in the bill to address it. Three weeks ago, the Subcommittee on Telecommunications rejected an amendment to the bill that would have strengthened provisions for network neutrality. The amendment was defeated by a vote of 28 to 8.

Network neutrality is a principle of computer networking that describes networks designed so that no communication, application, or service is either given preferential treatment or restricted.

Advocates of network neutrality fear that allowing broadband networks to operate unregulated could lead to preferential treatment toward certain companies at the expense of others. Phone companies who oppose network neutrality legislation contend that some mechanism needs to be in place in order to pay for expansion of the public Internet.

Edward Whitacre, AT&T's chief executive officer, had made remarks on the issue that consumer groups found inflammatory. In remarks made on November 7, 2005, presumably referring to Internet sites using their network connections, he called for "some mechanism for these people who use these pipes to pay for the portion they're using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes?"

Whitacre has since reversed his public statements, saying on March 21, 2006, "Any provider that blocks access to content is inviting customers to find another provider. And that's just bad business."

Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin believes that the FCC already has the authority to enforce network neutrality provisions, citing a North Carolina case in which the FCC acted against Madison River Communications for blocking Vonage VoIP phone service.

Representative from, chairman of the , describes the bill as a way to "ignite the marketplace — unleashing great advances in technology and delivering to consumers a variety of new services at a lower cost that were once never even imagined. Every consumer in the nation with a telephone, television and access to the Internet will be better for it — the wave of the future is now."

, a FCC Commissioner, said recently, "This Internet may not be the one we know in the future there are threats to it out there... Entrenched interests are already jockeying to constrain the openness that has been the Internet's defining hallmark."

A recent poll done by (See source 5) shows that the Internet has taken on an important role in the daily life of Americans. With two-thirds reporting it is important for personal communications and researching products, over half said it is important for getting news and, about 40 percent cited online banking, e-commerce, and retrieving government information as significant ways in which they used the internet. They expressed a great deal of concern about discriminatory practices of communications network operators.

The revision of the 1996 Telecommunications Act was proposed by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton, -, and U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, -, in late March and went on to the full committee on April 5.


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Missing nun found dead

April 18, 2006

According to Buffalo, New York Police Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson, Sister Karen Klimczak, 62, a Catholic nun who went missing on Friday, has been found dead in a shallow grave. Her body was found inside a shed in the backyard of an abandoned house just five miles from her home. Police believe that she was either suffocated or strangled and her body did not show any immediate signs of a gunshot wound or a stab wound. They are waiting awaiting the results of an autopsy.

"We've lost a tireless champion of the people," Buffalo Mayor, Byron W. Brown said on Monday.

Klimczak founded and lived in the Bissonette House in 1989, a halfway house for ex-convicts who are considered to be non-violent. It was named after Rev. A Joseph Bissonette, a priest that was killed in the house in 1987 by an ex-convict that was residing there.

"It is a tremendous tragedy that this repeats itself 19 years later," added Brown.

Craig Lynch, 37, an ex-convict who has been living in the house since April 5, according to Gipson, was arrested and confessed to the murder while also admitting to being on drugs at the time. According to Gipson, however, Lynch said the murder was "an accident." Lynch was paroled in January from Wyoming Correctional Facility after time served from a conviction related to auto theft.

Police say he was attempting to steal Klimczak's cellular phone from her room when she returned home on Friday. Detective Sgt. James P. Lonergan, the lead investigator on this case, says Lynch then attacked Klimczak from behind when she got to the door and then proceeded to dispose of the body.

"He initially hid the body behind a house on George Street and he covered it with some debris. He [then] went to a shed behind a vacant house and dug a shallow grave, then he brought the body there and put it in the grave," said Lonergan.

The phone, along with some of the victims clothing and various personal belongings, were found in two different trash cans near her home.

Lynch is expected to be charged with larceny and second-degree murder.

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Isn't "dead body" a litle superfluous? "Body" or "Corpse" seems more suitable. irid:t 15:29, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:68.146.209.0

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Greenpeace report says Chernobyl death toll has been underestimated

April 18, 2006

A report published by Greenpeace questions an estimate made by the (IAEA) that 4000 deaths have resulted from the. Greenpeace claims that this estimate is 'a gross simplification of the breadth of human suffering' and that over the last 15 years, 60,000 have died in because of the accident, and estimates that the total death toll for  and  could be another 140,000.

The figure of 4,000 deaths given by the IAEA report referred to cancer fatalities within a group of 600,000 people, comprising of those who were sent in to clean up after the accident and those relocated after the accident. The Greenpeace report calls this figure 'misleading', saying that the report 'hid the true scale of human impact of Chernobyl'.

Ivan Blokov of Greenpeace said "it is appalling that the IAEA is whitewashing the impacts of the most serious nuclear accident in human history".

The IAEA have not yet responded to the report.

The spokesman Gregory Hartl stated that "The Greenpeace report is looking at all of Europe, whereas our report looks at only the most affected areas of the three most affected countries." Furthermore, "The WHO felt it had recourse to the best national and international scientific evidence and studies when it came up with its estimates of [up to] 9,000 excess deaths for the most affected areas. We feel they're very sound."

The report has been released at a time when the UK government is considering whether new nuclear power stations should be built in the country.


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It looks like it's floating... irid:t 18:34, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thats weird, it does in a way. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

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Talk Page Archives
I archive my talk pages so that they can be easily viewed and questions quickly answered.
 * January 2006.
 * February 2006.
 * March 2006.

Dispute resolution with Mrmiscellanious
Hi Jason.... informal dispute resolution was attempted with MrM four weeks ago. This is basically where all parties of a dispute make a statement, then respond to other statements, the community provides input, and everybody works together to try and achieve consensus on a resolution. Dispute resolution is not a formal process, and there are no sanctions, it is just where the community comes together to discuss something that has become a problem. Mrmiscellanious refused to participate. Prior to that the dispute simmered for months, with numerous attempts to find a solution on talk pages, water cooler, WN:ALERT, etc. Cartman only resorted to the Arbcon when Mrmiscellanious erected a brick-wall between himself and the community, refusing to speak to anyone about problems that were obvious to all. I agree that Arbcon is less than ideal, but I see no other options. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions or comments about this. - Borofkin 01:00, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi Jason... so do you acknowledge that significant attempts at community-based dispute resolution were made prior to the problem being brought to the Arbcon? People keep repeating this, but you don't seem to have addressed it. - Borofkin 01:56, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply Jason. I didn't ask if you were aware of the issue, or if arbcon should be allowed to de-admin, or any of the other things you have said on my talk page. I realise that the first you heard of this dispute was when it appeared on Arbcon. I realise that you don't support Arbcon, and I realise that you think that Arbcon should not be permitted to de-admin a user. My question was very specific: do you acknowledge that significant attempts at community-based dispute resolution were made prior to the problem being brought to the Arbcon? - Borofkin 02:08, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. So my question now is: what else should have been done, besides Dispute resolution/Users Borofkin, Mrmiscellanious, and others, to involve the community? The purpose of Dispute resolution is to "expose the issue to a larger audience". Dispute resolution is the standard way to seek the help of the wider community to resolve a dispute, and has been for a long time. It was publicised on the water cooler, and on the talk page of all involved parties. What else could we have done? - Borofkin 02:18, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

It's possible that we could make an effort to publicise disputes more widely, however it could get cumbersome. Consider Requests for mediation and Requests for comment. As Wikinews grows, there will be more disputes, and we can't put links to them all on the nav bar or on the Workspace. However, if you think it is a worthwhile idea, you should propose it on the water-cooler. Anything that helps resolve disputes before they reach the Arbcom is a good thing. - Borofkin 02:38, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Ironiridis
Jason Safoutin 01:35, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

User: Ironiridis has permission to edit this section of my talk page at will. Jason Safoutin 01:37, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Editing archived version to remove talk page from WN:MA. Dispute is clearly over. :) irid:t 17:17, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Dead swan found in Fife, Scotland confirmed to have been infected with H5N1 Bird Flu virus
Hi Jason... are you sure that was a vandal? Looks like a valid correction to me.... - Borofkin 02:47, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Indeed you are corect...I clciked on the wrong link, and MrM had gotton it. Sorry. Jason Safoutin

why do you welcome IP adresses ?
Hi Jason, why do you welcome IP adresses,it's strange ? You seem to favore anonymous users !, i do not think it's a good idea Jacques Divol 08:43, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Regarding my RfA
Jason, thanks again for all your hard work on the hotel articles. I think you've been really under-appreciated for that. Also, thanks for your support on my RfA. I know the community will support an adminship on your behalf once the political stuff blows over here. Thanks again. :) irid:t 22:35, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Bad.
I find this and some more quite offensive:

"On the "baby" part: Internation was being a baby and was attempting to force his POV and opinions on not just MrM but everyone invloved in that article. It was not a personal attack, but a statement of truth.

On the "not fit for Wikinews" part: International was attempting to incite violence, and or edit warring. His actions on the talk page and article in question are not fit for Wikinews, especially if one cannot follow WN:NPOV. International seems to hae an issue with that, even when voting for administrators on WN:A. "

I advise you to be less confrontativ and agressive in the future and to try to understand the policys you constantly refering to. Looking forward to enjoy the editing of a kinder Dragonfire international 19:56, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Why does Wikinews protect old news?
I just wanna add some news to category, so people can find them with ease. — Yaohua2000 21:13, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * See the Archive conventions 125.236.44.44 Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 21:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you
you are my fst contact here on wiknews english; please help when i have problms? Yrtsihpos 22:42, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Tag
ok; i thought miscelanos made mistake becaus he says trial transcript is news? I am confuzed. Yrtsihpos 20:19, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

RfA
It is disappointing that your RfA didn't reach consensus but I am sure you will become an admin on the site one day - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 23:10, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * why didn't you tell me? is it too late to vote now? Yrtsihpos 01:37, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

thanks from Dto1138
Thanks for your feedback man! And thanks for making me feel welcome at wikinews. Dto1138 22:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Possible sabatoge involving Requests for Administrators.
What a nice link I came across. http://www.needlenose.com/node/view/2161/30747

Notice the "IMPORTANT RECRUITMENT DRIVE" under the article...This is my favorite quote:

 * "Eventually, with enough of us in there we can become the admins there and change the balance of power!!! TIP: Some of us should act like we are conservatives so they will let their guard down and allow us to become admins. Then our proxy admins can vote in other admins, get it?

Getting FACTS out about our govt. is something YOU can do to TRULY help America right now. Been frustrated? This can be your outlet: Take over wikinews from the conservatives! http://en.wikinews.org/"

Posted by Anonymous.

Hmmm...and personal attacks have moved off Wikinews now...not that we can do anything about it here: (also from http://www.needlenose.com/node/view/2161/30747 )
 * "Neutralizer really needs our help. Keep in mind, be civil... and when conservatives like Mrmiscellanious attack you with insults.. be polite and try to get around his agendas slowly or he and others will ban you."

Also this one from: http://www.haloscan.com/comments.php?user=crooks&comment=7421#535766
 * "Eventually, with enough of us in there we can become the admins there and change the balance of power!!! TIP: Some of us should act like we are conservatives so they will let their guard down and allow us to become admins. Then our proxy admins can vote in other admins, get it?"

Posted by Cowicide...wonder if its Wikinews's same Cowicide?? hmm.

'''Another from a Cowicide at: indymedia:
 * "Wikinews has been inflitrated by a crazed little clique of militaristic neo-con Bush nuts. Please help us take it back! There's a struggle going on to preserve the independence of Wikinews, the collaborative current affairs version of Wikipedia. Stories that make America look bad either get watered down or completely stopped. Please help us reclaim Wikinews! Cowicide, 25.10.2005 00:51"

Even has a link directly to the water cooler.

All other "quotes" are posted by "anonymous". Jason Safoutin 21:07, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Comments:
 * Intresting, I will have a good look at each link in the morning. gnight Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 12:12, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Standoff article
Thanks for your help with the sources. I've edited Wikipedia plenty, but I'm new over here. Osgoodelawyer 22:23, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure that's POV. It hasn't gotten much attention outside of Hamilton, despite the situation having gone on for seven weeks.  It is a relevant fact. Also, how would one remove the link to a source listed in the template?  The Dominion link does not go to the right place. Osgoodelawyer 22:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You are correct, but the way it was worded it was a little POV...I did however; add that back in there with the factual note of the injunction, which enforces the fact :) Jason Safoutin 22:37, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


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User:Flipbaywood/monobook.css

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margin: 1em 0.5em; width: 11.2em; }
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top: 21px; }
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Illinois Ex-Gov. Ryan found guilty of corruption charges

April 18, 2006

Former Governor of Illinois, George H. Ryan, Sr., and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, was convicted on Monday of 18 counts of corruption-related charges, including racketeering and lying to law enforcement authorities. The sentencing hearing is scheduled for August 4.

Current governor Rod Blagojevich has replaced Ryan, a Republican, who served as the 39th governor of the state of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. He is best known for his state-wide moratorium on executions in 2000.


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User talk:Deicide~enwikinews

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
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 * Unfourtantatly I had to delete/move to wn:BJAODN (well actually user:Amgine did) your prepared earth is going to die article. It just doesn't fit into are mission. Perhaps Unnews might be better suited to thoose types of creations. Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:53, 19 April 2006 (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 Deicide. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Deicide~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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Sudan reports first bird flu case

April 19, 2006

Today, in Khartoum and Al Jazirah in Sudan, one farmer and about 100,000 chickens were diagnosed with the first appearance of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. The samples will be sent abroad to the World Health Organization for further testing. Most of the infected poultry has already been disposed of. H5N1, which has spread throughout Europe, northern Africa (including neighboring Egypt), central Asia, and the Middle East, has already killed about 100 people. There is no word yet on the man's identity or condition.

title: Sudan reports first bird flu case


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Wikinews:Bad jokes and other deleted nonsense/World ends

Prepared Story: "World Ends"
Our World, planet Earth, ended today (insert date) aged approximately 4.55 billion years. The end of the Earth as a platform for sustaining life also brings about the end of human Civilisation.

Obituary: Planet Earth
The origins of planet Earth are disputed, with various explanations offered by both theologies and science. Many scientists agree that Planet Earth was formed approximately 4.55 billion years (4,550,000,000 years) ago when it - along with eight other planets of the Solar System - coalesced under gravity from the dust, ice and metals of the early solar nebula.

During its early days, known as the Hadean period, the Earth was very different from the planet that ended today. There were no oceans and no oxygen in the atmosphere. Bombarded by material left over from the formation of the solar system, the surface was radioactive and molten. The surface cooled slowly, forming the solid crust within 150 million years. Eventually clouds formed, and rain gave rise to the oceans within 750 million years. Volcanic activity was intense.

Earth's distinguishing characteristic among the planets of the solar system was its ability to support life. The details of the origin of life on Earth are unknown, though it is widely agreed that perhaps around 4 billion years ago a molecule in the chemistry of the early Earth gained the ability to replicate, or make copies of itself. At some point DNA took over the function of the replicator, and virtually all known terrestrial life survive from generation to generation through the action of DNA.

Barring last-minute escape attempts by Human Beings or other terrestrial species, the end of planet Earth, by whatever cause, almost certainly entails the end of this life.

Events leading up to the end of the World
(Narrative to be completed)

Depictions and predictions of the end of the World
The end of the World, of planet Earth and human civilisation have been variously predicted in religions, scientific theories and in popular culture. The branch of theology and philosophy concerned with the final events in the history of the world or the ultimate destiny of human kind is knowna as Eschatology.

 * Religious predictions of armageddon, the Apocalypse or the End times
 * End of the world (philosophy)
 * The End of the World in popular culture

A simple paradox
This wikinews entry documents an event than will axiomatically entail the end of wikinews, the internet and the human civilisation that underpins them both. This is an example of a simple Paradox. In practical terms this means that, while this entry can document the end of the World as it occurs, it will never be complete or finished.


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Talk:Illinois Ex-Gov. Ryan found guilty of corruption charges

Governor of what?Bawolff ☺☻ 01:08, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * U.S. state of Illinois, as described in both the title and the article. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 01:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:US Congress drafting bill that may affect Internet freedoms

This is slightly confusing, but certainly intreasting. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:14, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Was their any previous provissions to stop people from 'interfering'. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:17, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

NPOV and sources
Really good start on the article as far as background goes, but I seem to detect an implicit bias in the language that needs addressing.

 * The brilliance of this end-to-end network is that the intelligence resides at the edge of the network; the wires in between simply pass information between individual users. The network’s only job is to move data — not to stifle user innovation by selecting which services to privilege with higher speeds.

Says who? Not that I disagree with it, I totally agree, but this looks like someone said it. There needs to be a source for this assertion to back it up.

 * A recent poll done by The Consumer Federation of America shows that the Internet has taken on an important role in the daily life of Americans. With two-thirds reporting it is important for personal communications and researching products, over half said it is important for getting news, about 40 percent cited online banking, e-commerce, and retrieving government information as significant ways in which they used the internet. They expressed a great deal of concern about discriminatory practices of communications network operators.

Again, source. Or a news story that covers this.

 * Here are a few examples of what network executives are asking for:

 * “The Internet can’t be free … for a Google or Yahoo or Vonage or anybody to expect to use these pipes free is nuts.” AT&T’s Ed Whitacre

 * BellSouth’s William Smith told reporters that he would like to turn the Internet into a “pay-for-performance marketplace” where his company could charge for the “right” to have certain services load faster than others.

 * Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg says that Web applications need to “share the cost” of the broadband services already paid for by consumers. “We need to pay for the pipe.”

This sounds like it's casting the quotes of the CEOs in a negative light. Again, what's the other side of the issue?

In summary, this has the feel of a blog entry (I keep one on the side outside of WN, so I know), or something that would go on the opinion/editorial page. Wikinews is neither. Please address these concerns before publishing. KeithH 05:58, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

 * The first paragraph says the U.S. congress doesn't know where it's going with this. Where is it going with this? interesting. -Edbrown05 07:44, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

FCC
A U.S. federal communications commission... I've found their rulings and history to be pretty decent. I'm sure there's room for disagreement on that, but if any U.S. federal agency has got their shit together, I'd have to say this is one of them. -Edbrown05 07:14, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

I believe I addressed your concerns
I have gone ahead and added sources and rewritten some areas that may have been confusing. I think that i have specifically covered all of your concerns. i changed the date to today because this story would be lost if puplished on the 18th. It is certainly an ongoing issue.

i did not log in when i originally wrote this story but i am now. Isles 19:09, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup tag
I've added this cleanup tag, and removed a lot of POV from this article. The main reasons I see with this article are the following: "Companies like, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, eBay, Amazon.com and Skype share much of common causes concern and have been pressing Congress for strict laws requiring Net neutrality. The bill as it now reads leaves the practical decisions up to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This concerns many people because of the wide spread perception that they have had a decidedly pro-business stance in the past few years. [1]"
 * No attribution for many claims, such as stating that:

"AT&T CEO Edward Whitacre has been saying since 2005 that:“The Internet can’t be free … for a Google or Yahoo or Vonage or anybody to expect to use these pipes free is nuts.” “How do you think they’re going to get to customers? Through a broadband pipe. Cable companies have them. We have them. Now what they would like to do is use my pipes free, but I ain’t going to let them do that because we have spent this capital and we have to have a return on it. So there’s going to have to be some mechanism for these people who use these pipes to pay for the portion they’re using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes?”"
 * Inclusion of unnecessary long quotes, only meant to portray a POV:

"Currently phone and cable lobbyists who own the broad band networks are calling on the federal government to permit them to operate Internet and other digital communications services as private networks."
 * No specifics on many claims:

"They expressed a great deal of concern about discriminatory practices of communications network operators."

"Writing objectively can be conceived as representing disputes, characterizing them, rather than engaging in them."
 * No unbiased definition for "net neutrality". Those who are unframiliar with the term will probably find this to be a hard article to read.
 * Feel of a blog: the statements above, and many of the statements I deleted in the previous revision earlier to the most current of this timestamp, makes this article feel like it were on a blog. There is very little to no counterweight to this article, and is therefore unbalanced.  As per WN:NPOV:

 * I feel this article is trying to "fuel the flames" with this article, rather than represent all sides fairly. My support for this is specifically the long, unnecessary quotes, the generalization of one person's view on companies without providing specific examples, the inclusion of political organizations like Democracy Now, and all without any counterweight.  These are the issues I see with this article at this time - this article needs to be cleaned up to conform to the WN:NPOV policy.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 17:11, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * "the inclusion of political organizations like Democracy Now" There is nothing wrong with political organizations "and all without any counterweight." What about Fred Upton (R), AT&T CEO Edward Whitacre, Walt Disney's Robert Iger. To exclude NGO:s and alternative to mainstream news is definitly povpushing if there is quotations from Corporate America and US government agencys. So I just like to reminde you that your pov is shining through little here. I will take a look and see if I can adress some of your objections. international 18:53, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * That is not counterweight to the Dem Now. A counterweight would be another group on the other side.  The representatives are from both sides of the fence, but there isn't specific details on the corporations to determine what any companies stated.  I appreciate your attempt to acknowledge my concerns, but if you do not wish to do it respectfully, I will ask you to not do it at all.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 18:59, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Democracy Now is a couterweight to comersial interest. If you find "another group" feel free to add its view on the issue. Though in this article I wont fight against you about this as the article can go without it. But your statement I refered to abowe it principally important as it is your pov and not a wikinews policy. And I advise you to wait for som input to build concencus before you revert the Democtaty Now part. international 20:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Democracy's Now definition makes a statement. Aside from this, only one of my concerns has been addressed.  I am re-adding the tag, and reverting the Dem Now addition.  It simply is not neutral.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:31, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * No, Democracy's Now is not neutral, and dont supposed to be it. This edit and comment by you either show that you dont understand our NPOV policy or acting povpushing. Not good at all. Dont waste my time with nonsence! international 20:43, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with International. There is no reason at all to delay this article; no actionable objections remain. Neutralizer 21:19, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

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A lot of talk about point of view
I am not sure what i have to say actually matters much anymore but I do have a point of view. And you do too, we all do. I am not sure if human thought is even possible without bias. I tried with this story to present both sides of the issue. The long qoutes were actually what they said. And the point was to have a longer qoute. I can't help that they express themselves in these rather blatent terms. If you don't think the heads of corparation have a point of view on things i am surprised. I was trying to capture the flavor of this very contentios issue. The story as it now reads is sterile, and flavorless. I assumed that readers would be interested in a longer version of this story, would like to hear what corprate heads are saying and what respected consumer organisations like common causes concerns were. As to the Democracy Now qoute I do not see how it differs from the deffiniton in your source other then in previty. Network neutrality is the concept that everyone, everywhere, should have free, universal and non-discriminatory access to all the Internet has to offer.

Isn't that in fact a correct definition of the concept?

We have to assume some intelligence in the reader and an ability to discern the validity of information and decide about sources themselves. Isles 13:11, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your efforts on attempting, but please also attempt to address what others may see as bias, even if you don't necessarily agree with them. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:29, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Nothing Article
What a totally nothing article. It gives no real information as to what the issues are. What is the reason behind it? What is it really trying to achive?

This is sadly typical of wikinews.

 * This kind of crap gets on my nerves... this used to be a news story. -Edbrown05 05:48, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

 * MrM ripped the guts out of this story here after suggesting the story has a blog feel to it, while tenaciously hanging onto misformed notions of NPOV. The behavior limits this wiki by eliminating substantial efforts by its contributors, and causes harm to the community. MrM should is causing substantial site disruption and should be removed from the community. -Edbrown05 06:15, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

 * In all fairness to MrM, I was the one who originally brought up the "reads like a blog entry" issue. I'm working on a somewhat neutral characterization of the debate as it stands.  Hopefully this should resolve those concerns.  KeithH 06:26, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, done. Take a look.  Any feedback welcome.  KeithH 06:48, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Ed, I hope that you never make a statement that says I failed to collaborate - because this is what happens when I explain my edits and objections. Criticism, reverts and dismissals. That's all that ever happens. So, if I ever see you say that I refuse to collaborate, I will point to this article and this talk page as an example of where you have dismissed any and all objections that I have had - even when they're commented in the article, explained why they're violations, and post a detailed and lengthly explanation on the talk page - and yet, you still complain. So, tell me what I'm doing wrong. I edit, I explain, I collaborate. You claim I rip guts out, and are causing disruption by making substantial edits. I don't understand your claims, I don't understand why you are making them, all I'm asking you is to stop making them. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:28, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Why dont you ask yourself why, why are all these (not just Ed) comlain at your way of edit and collaborate instead of act out of a defensive position. Be more gentle, build concesus before you do these things that piss wikinewsies off. international 19:41, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * This is typical of you. Try to change the subject, and further ignore my objections.  Well, they stand.  And as another little note, I will never ask permission to edit here.  No one has to, and for you to suggest that I, or any other users, need to is deeply troubling. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:45, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Present story
This version while better then MrM's is sort of choppy and indistinct. I miss the Iger qoute which is sourced but now missing. And I do not belive that ed whitacre reversed his previous statement he just added this appaerntly contridictory one. I see the two as rather diffrent from eachother. This does point to a prevelant problem with wikinews. Pardon my newcomer critique, but the stories have a tendency to be short and flat. I assume the purpose of the whole project is to produce news that has some depth and interest outside of the "news bubble" of the large media corps. (?) It is certainly what brought me to it. I would be interested in engaging in a dialogue about this, because I have contributed some time to this project and am wondering if it is worth my continueing to do so. Isles 13:35, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

 * So am I, wondering if it is worth continuing to do so, if MrM is allowed to collaborate with this agressive editor/administrator style.
 * I can't shake the highly respected and popular, and now former editor/administrator Davodd's comments, when he decided to leave Wikinews for good.
 * While I know Davodd wasn't refering to me, currently a panel member of ArbCom who is looking into disputes brought against MrMiscellanious, I now feel like a bully asking MrMiscellanious to leave.
 * I suppose it was around 6-months ago that MrM recieved my support in his nomination for adminship, where I entered the comment in support of his nomination that went something in the spirit of this: "'Support. Anybody who expresses their opinion is alright in my book.'" How wrong that support was when the rejoiner comments by MrM above make no sense to me.
 * I made no allegation in the section above that MrM failed to collaborate (although he should, completely, by leaving the community). And International never suggested that MrM needed permission to edit within this community.
 * What is called for, is a behavior modification on MrM's part. I called for that during the 2nd time it came for a vote on his prior "request for deAdmintration". While the community has found reason to support MrM through those request, meanwhile MrM ruthlessly applies policy to defend himself and his actions in what I have come to believe is a contortion of what the policies are in place for. Certainly it's a loss to you Isles, judging by your preceding comments. -Edbrown05 02:41, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * And I refuse your recommendation, Ed, just as you have refused any and all recommendations that I have ever made on this wiki. I hope you now have realized the importance of WN:NPOV policy here, but I fear you are still stating that "NPOV is an ideal, not a requirement."  For these reasons, I decline with the utmost disrespect pointed towards you, just as you have done to me.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:48, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Would that be that you have no respect, or that you disrespect me ?
 * NPOV is a requirement too, but its a requirement meant to facilitate the one true requirement of delevering the news. -Edbrown05 03:02, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I have no respect for those who won't follow WN:NPOV. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 03:04, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I respect news, you contradict that by saying, "NPOV is the wiki's utmost responsibility. New news comes second."
 * So what do you want, neutal-point-of-view pushing of yours (?) or news stories of others (?) -Edbrown05 03:23, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * "NPOV is the wiki's utmost responsibility. New news comes second." --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:05, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Isles, I personally think your point is well taken. Our adherence to NPOV does tend to give articles that have a "just the facts" feel to them.  That's a strength to some, a drawback to others.  That said, I don't think a neutral point of view and an article with depth is mutually exclusive, as long as you're willing to help dig deeply on both sides of the fence.  So grab a shovel and dig!  Just be willing to collaborate and understand others' POVs.  --KeithH 06:29, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Bill passed
The House passed the bill 42-12. So much for the prospects of continuing to have wikinews getting the same treatment as the big news outlets when it comes to bandwidth on the ISP side. --vonbergm 03:54, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Please keep all political statements on your userspace, or elsewhere not in the mainspace. WN:NOT #2: "Wikinews is not a soapbox, chatroom, or discussion forum."  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 21:33, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


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President Bush receives anti-free speech award

April 19, 2006 George W. Bush, president of the United States of America was awarded the first place Jefferson Muzzle, anti-free speech award for 2006, by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. The NSA warrantless wiretapping that was authorized by a secret executive order by him was cited as the primary reason for this distinction.

According to their website: "...the Jefferson Muzzles are awarded as a means to draw national attention to abridgments of free speech and press and, at the same time, foster an appreciation for those tenets of the First Amendment."

The commonly accepted legal use of electric surveillance of U.S. citizens is when the government gets a warrant from the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The court was established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. However, the Bush Administration maintains that they are allowed to conduct warrantless eavesdropping under the Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001.

"Our position is that the authorization to use force, which was passed by the Congress in the days following September 11th, constitutes that other authorization, that other statute by Congress, to engage in this kind of signals intelligence," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on December 19, 2005.


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User:Rebel prince

Well... this is apparently my User Page.

I'm a 19-year-old student from Canberra, Australia where I "study" (I don't like to give myself too much credit!) at the Australian National University.

I'm a writer by trade, wishful thinking though it may be!

At the moment I have little to say although, knowing myself, that will change.

Interests
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Feel free to give me a yell if you like something I've done or, alternately, if you absolutely loathe something. I look forward to it!

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Accused have denied guilt in suitcase murder case

April 19, 2006

Two men charged after the body of a Chinese student was stuffed into a suitcase and thrown into Auckland's harbour on Good Friday would deny their guilt, a court was told today.

One of them appeared in Auckland District Court today to be confronted with the charge of kidnapping a 19-year-old English language student, ransom and murder. The other accused appeared on a charge of hiding evidence for the murder. They have been granted name suppression until their next appearance in court.

According to lawyers, pleas of not guilty would be entered.


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Vodafone launches new video news service for mobile phones, New Zealand

April 19, 2006

Customers of Vodafone 3G in New Zealand are now able to watch live video news bulletins on their mobiles. This service, offered in corporation with the Prime channel, part of the Sky News network, replaces a service just offering news clips.

To access the live bulletin, a 3G handset is required and the phone needs to be in a 3G coverage area. At 5:30PM the Sky News streamed channel will automatically broadcast Prime's 'First at 5.30' show until 6PM. To watch the 'live!' mobile tv channels, customers must either pay a flat fee of $2.99 a week for unlimited access, or pay 99 cents for a one-off session lasting fifteen minutes.


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New Zealand, Australia fly in extra personnel to help quell Solomon Island riots

April 19, 2006

The New Zealand and Australian governments plan to send reinforcements to the Solomon Islands following a written request for help from the Solomon Islands' government.

Violence began yesterday in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, when protestors took to the streets opposing the election by parliament of Snyder Rini as the new Prime Minister. The streets of the capital witnessed arson and widespread looting.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard said "We have a long term commitment to the security of the Solomon Islands and we are absolutely determined that the Solomon Islands will be a stable democratic country and that can only happen if we go the distance."

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said the “situation in Honiara continues to be a cause for concern…Police are still attempting to regain full control and it is clear that the Solomon Islands government needs assistance from its neighbours to restore law and order."

A contingent of 110 Australian soldiers and 80 Australian federal police officers left for the islands today. Thirty New Zealand Police and twenty five New Zealand Army personnel will leave on a Royal New Zealand Air Force plane on Thursday morning.

They will provide extra support to the RAMSI security force currently based there. The current violence is the worst the capital has seen since Australia, New Zealand and other Pacific governments intervened in 2003 to end years of civil unrest.


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George Galloway exposes News of the World 'fake sheikh'

April 19, 2006

George Galloway, an MP in the British Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow, has won a court battle allowing him to publish photos of the infamous News of the World "fake sheikh", undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood famed for setting up high-profile figures. George Galloway had a meeting with the reporter after being approached via a contact. Over dinner at the Dorchester hotel, Mazher is said by George Galloway to have asked leading questions over political party funding and to have solicited anti-semitic remarks. George Galloway became ever more suspicious, especially after seeing that the reporter's driver had a 'mouthful of gold teeth', as described in journalist Andrew Marr's book.

After threatening to release a photograph of the reporter, who has in the past tried hard to keep his identity secret, the News of the World sought an injunction against publication, claiming that they feared for his safety, and lost.

In a post on the Guardian newspaper's Comment is Free weblog, George Galloway said that Mazher "has crossed the cusp of reputable journalism into seeking to procure criminal acts".


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Wikinews:Briefs/April 19, 2006

Audio Wikinews Transcript, 0900 UTC, April 19, 2006
Hello and welcome to Audio Wikinews Newsbriefs, at 0900 UTC, April 19, 2006.

Headlines
New Zealand, Australia fly in extra personnel to help quell Solomon Island riots
 * The New Zealand and Australian Governments are to send reinforcements to the Solomon Islands following an written request for help from the Solomon Islands government. A contingent of 110 Australian soldiers and 80 Australian federal police officers left for the islands today. Thirty New Zealand Police and twenty five New Zealand Army personnel will leave on a Royal New Zealand Air Force plane on Thursday morning. The violence began yesterday when protestors took to the streets of the capital Honiara, protesting the election by parliament of Snyder Rini as the new Prime Minister. The streets of the capital witnessed arson and widespread looting.

Sudan reports first bird flu case
 * In Sudan, one farmer and about 100,000 chickens were diagnosed with the first appearance of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. The samples will be sent abroad to the World Health Organization for further testing. Most of the infected poultry has already been disposed of. H5N1, which has spread throughout Europe, northern Africa (including neighboring Egypt), central Asia, and the Middle East, has already killed about 100 people. There is no word yet on the man's identity or condition.

Greenpeace report says Chernobyl death toll has been underestimated
 * A report published by Greenpeace questions an estimate made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that 4000 deaths have resulted from the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Greenpeace claims that this estimate is 'a gross simplification of the breadth of human suffering' and that over the last 15 years, 60,000 have died in Russia because of the accident, and estimates that the total death toll for Ukraine and Belarus could be another 140,000. The IAEA has not yet responded to the report.

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India sends special envoy to Nepal

April 19, 2006

India has decided to send Karan Singh as the Prime Minister's special Envoy to Nepal. Singh is scheduled to hold talks with King Gyanendra as well as the leaders of the Nepalese pro-democracy movement, in an effort to end the deepening political crisis in that country.

Nepal has witnessed growing protests against King Gyanendra's decision last year to dismiss the government and assume direct rule. Since then, a seven-party opposition alliance has led nationwide protest demanding that the King immediately hand over power to an all-party government, dismissing King Gyanendra's offer to hold election by April 2007.

The King is also directing a difficult campaign against a Maoist guerilla movement in the countryside.

Singh is a senior diplomat and is also related to King Gyanendra by marriage. India's foreign secretary Shyam Saran is also scheduled to accompany the special envoy. India has long expressed concern over the situation in Nepal, calling for a return to representative government.

Speaking to a television news channel, Singh said "It is not our intention to interfere in the internal affairs of another country but the last thing that we would want is for Nepal to dissolve into chaos because India's vital security interests are involved. Our human interests are involved. There's an open border between Nepal and India and our commitment to parliamentary democracy is there."

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User talk:Hadi (usurped)~enwikinews

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 20:03, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Hadi (usurped). To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Hadi (usurped)~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
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:32, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Xavbrown

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 20:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Xavbrown


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User talk:Pphire

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 20:05, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Pphire


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User:Meegs

Please visit me at en:User:Meegs.

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User talk:80.11.135.94

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 20:29, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:80.11.135.94


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User talk:82.47.19.206

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

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

Additionally, thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles will be reverted quickly. Jason Safoutin 20:48, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

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