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Talk:Virgin train crashes in England

Virgin Train crashes in England? Aww, she died before she could have a man in her life! ★ MESSED ROCKER ★  22:31, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

 * She's not dead she's just called Heather now.--Irate 22:37, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Wonderful sense of humor, Messed. :D This is a nice article. It might hold up for a Featured Article. --Thunderhead - (talk) 01:38, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

How many people were on board? Different source say between 80 & 200.

Virgin Trains report fatality
Virgin Trains have mentioned (in the statement on their website) that somebody has died in the crash. Should we add this to the current article or create a new one? --Saxsux 08:52, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

 * You should add it to the article. TheVault 12:18, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It's mentioned, no?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:33, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Cleanup
This could now do with some final touches - a cleanup to make the tense/grammar correct being the main one, removing the breaking tag being the second. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:16, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

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This line needs fixing: "All but one carriage have slid down the embankment and all of the carriages were derailed. 5 people are still seriously injured in hospital, including the driver Ian Black, and 11 people altogether are still in Hospital." Either the name of the hospital is missing, or it should not be capitalized. Sancho 13:51, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

 * ✅ Thanks for spotting this. Adambro - (talk) 14:51, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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Canadian mouse study shows hormone associated with pregnancy may reverse MS

February 23, 2007

Researchers with the University of Calgary in Canada have found that prolactin, a hormone produced during pregnancy, may reverse the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a paper published this week in The Journal of Neuroscience.

The study, led by Drs. Samuel Weiss and V. Wee Yong of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, compared virgin and pregnant mice with MS-like lesions introduced by lysolecithin, a chemical which destroys the myelin sheaths around neurons. They found the pregnant mice developed smaller lesions and fewer damaged neurons, and showed signs of repaired neurons. They also found the pregnant mice had higher levels of cells called oligodendrocytes, which create myelin and are able to repair some damaged neurons through remyelination. Because prolactin regulates the levels of precursors of oligodendrocytes, the scientists hypothesized that prolactin levels were responsible for the differences in damage. They also tested virgin mice given additional prolactin, and found results similar to pregnant mice.

Previous studies have shown that other hormones could reduce myelin damage, but this is the first study to show a mechanism to reverse myelin damage, and establish an empirical connection between that mechanism and pregnancy. Dr. Weiss says, “It is thought that during pregnancy, women’s immune systems no longer destroyed the myelin. However, no previous study has tested whether pregnancy actually results in the production of new myelin, which may lead to improvement of symptoms. "We're excited about this result because it suggests to us that prolactin has the potential to be used to enhance the production of new myelin.”

Dr. William McIlroy, national medical advisor for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, explains the significance of this study: “The results of this study should be well received by people living with MS today. It represents a new insight of how we might be able to reverse some of the effects of the disease and improve the quality of life for those who live under its influence.”

Dr. Luanne Metz, director of the Calgary MS Clinic in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary and Calgary Health Region, adds, “This discovery has the potential to take MS therapy a step further than current treatments that stabilize the disease in its early stages. By promoting repair, which is the goal of prolactin therapy, we have hope of actually improving symptoms in people with MS.”

Further animal studies need to be done to examine the possibility of side effects, such as lactation in men and non-pregnant women, as well as increased inflammation which could worsen the MS. Researchers believe human trials may begin within a few years.

Funding and support were provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and the Stem Cell Network.

MS is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system where the body attacks the fatty myelin which helps nerves carry electrical signals, causing muscle weakness and spasming which may lead to disability. MS affects approximately one of every 1000 people in North America, northern Europe and Australasia.


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U.S. apologizes for detention of Iraqi lawmaker's son

February 23, 2007

The U.S. ambassador to Iraq,, apologized today to , leader of the largest political party in the , for the detention of his son.

"I am sorry about the arrest.We don't know the circumstances of the arrest and we are investigating ... but he is being released," the U.S. ambassador said.

, the son of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, is a cleric with an important position in his father's political movement. He and his six bodyguards were detained by U.S. troops near the border, while crossing into Iraq from Iran. All seven were released within 12 hours. A U.S. military spokesman said more information would be released "as it becomes available".

A condemnation of the detention was delivered to the U.S. Department of State by al-Hakim's party. The party suggested on affiliated TV stations that protesters might be sent out onto the streets to show opposition to the arrest.


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Sinkhole swallows twelve houses in Guatemala

March 4, 2007

A huge sinkhole in the earth swallowed about a dozen houses in a poor neighborhood of the capital of Guatemala. Three people died when the 330-ft-deep hole opened up on February 23. The police decided to evacuate some 1,000 people in the Guatemala City neighborhood.

The bodies of Domingo Irma and David Soyos were recovered from the hole and surrounding sewage water.

Officials speaking to the AP blamed recent rains and a ruptured sewage main for the massive hole.


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XM and Sirius announce merger deal

February 24, 2007

On 19 February 2007, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio announced a move that will change the face of satellite radio in the United States and Canada: XM and Sirius will be merging, creating a single satellite radio provider.

Multi-million dollar losses, combined with increasing competition from internet radio, downloadable music, and HD radio were factors in this merger.

Mel Karmazin, CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio, described the problem: "We don't want to take subscribers from XM. We won't make money that way. We need new subscribers." Likewise, XM executives say they can't succeed by stealing Sirius subscribers. This leaves both companies with the problem of attracting new customers and distinguishing their brand, while at the same time trying to convince potential customers to pay $12.95 a month for radio, something that people are used to getting for free. Even if one company were to force the other out of the marketplace, the remaining company would have won a Pyrrhic victory, without enough capital remaining to take advantage of the situation.

The solution: make a deal now, while both companies are both strong and in a position to expand their technologies and services. That's exactly what they plan to do: In press releases and news postings on both of their web sites, both companies have pledged to make the combined company better than either service by itself. "You've heard of 1+1=3," Karmazin said during an invester conference call, "that's what this is."

Pending approval of the deal, each share of XM stock will be replaced with 4.6 shares of Sirius. Each company's stockholders will retain approximately 50% of the joined company. Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin will retain his CEO title in the new company, and XM chairman Gary Parsons will retain his. XM CEO Hugh Panero will retain his position until the merger is complete, which should happen near the end of 2007.

February 21, 2007

 * US Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-Va) is calling for a hearing on the merger.

February 20, 2007

 * A public conference call between XM and Sirius occurred on Feb 20, 2007 at 8:30AM EST. A PDF presentation of the call is available here. The webcast is currently available at the Sirius Investor Site.

Opposition
Several consumer and community groups have come out in opposition to the merge.

 * In a strongly worded press release on February 19, 2007, the National Association of Broadcasters decried the plan, stating that the merger would create a monopoly in the United States satellite radio market.

 * A group of law students formed an organization known as the Consumer Coalition for Competition in Satellite Radio, with the purpose of stopping the merger. The C3SR is composed of law students, all of whom subscribe to XM or Sirius Satellite Radio. Their major argument is that this would create a monopoly in the satellite radio, which would increase prices, reduce consumer choice, and subsidize unwanted services. Chris Reale, a founder of C3SR, said "If this merger is permitted to go forward, there will be no protection of competition and there will be no competitors."

Support
In the initial merger press release, Sirius and XM asserted that satellite radio is part of the audio entertainment industry rather than an industry of its own, and as such competes with traditional terrestrial radio, HD Radio, iPods and on-line radio. The resultant company will be subject to regulation pre- and post-merger by the FCC, Federal Trade Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice and possibly other federal organizations. The FCC has issued a statement saying that a merger is not without its hurdles, and that they will want assurances that price, quality, and consumer choice will be protected.

Based on C3SR's blog posts and Internet forum posts on various fan sites, it is apparent that many subscribers are looking forward to the deal. Speculation abounds on what the new receivers will look like, and how customers' existing hardware will fit in to the new plan.

While many of the facts concerning the merger are not yet known: what the new company will be called, exactly which programming the new company will carry, and when customers will need to upgrade their hardware, one thing is for certain: Satellite radio in North America is in for one big change.

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In depth: XM and Sirius merger

On 19 February 2007, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio announced a move that will change the face of satellite radio in the United States and Canada: XM and Sirius will be merging, creating a single satellite radio provider.

This in-depth page will track Wikinews and outside articles to provide you with up to date information about the merger deal. As new actions regarding the merger occur, they can get posted below.

2007

 * Feb 19:Merger Announced

 * Feb 20:A public conference call between XM and Sirius occurred on Feb 20, 2007 at 8:30AM EST. PDF. Audio Webcast.
 * The Consumer Coalition for Competition in Satellite Radio, a group of Washington DC law students, issues a press release opposing the merger.

 * Feb 21:US Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-Va) is calling for a hearing on the merger.

 * Feb 22:ADWEEK has posted a summary of the issues facing the merger here: Hurdles for XM, Sirius Union
 * Feb 23:Yahoo News has posted an OP-ED supporting the deal: Sirius and XM together makes sense for listeners
 * Feb 25:This Retuers article analyzes the merger deal from the perspective of the record labels: "Labels weigh potential fallout of satellite merger"
 * The Q4 2006 Earnings Call contains some useful information about the merger. Specifically, Hugh Panero states that "XM and Sirius today are continuing to operate as separate businesses and we will do so until the merger is finished." He also stated that "No consumer will have an obsolete radio whether they signed up for service a year ago or sign up today or tomorrow."

 * Feb 27:Arbitron: Satellite Channels Account For 3.4 Percent of Radio Listening From FMQB. - Part of these figures seem to be in dispute. Specifically, Arbitron claims that the average satellite radio listener listens to 14 hours of terrestrial radio for every 10 hours of satellite raadio. Posts on two XM Radio fan sites dispute these findings: . This could this be symptomatic of errors in Arbitron's data-collection, or forum posters could be atypical.
 * 500 Broadcasters Get Front Seat On Legislative Process In D.C. - Terrestrial radio operators are making their concerns known to officials. Rep Greg Walden (R-OR) sided with the broadcasters. Among other things, he talked about removing the ownership caps currently in place. This would allow large conglomerates to buy up even more of the local radio and television stations in one market.

 * Feb 28:Sirius CEO visits congress: Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin went to Washington DC today to defend the XM/Sirius merger in front of a newly formed Antitrust Task Force, part of the House Judiciary Committe. One note is that Karmazin stressed that he is committed to not raising prices, instead trying to lower them.
 * March 1:Both XM and Sirius have posted letters on their web sites regarding the merger, specifically about equipment and channels
 * Read the XM letter
 * Read the XM FAQ
 * Read the Sirius Press Release
 * Read the Sirius FAQ

 * March 7, 2007: FCC Chairman: Consumer Impact of XM-Sirius Merger Remains Unclear
 * Second House Subcommittee Hearing Held On Satellite Merger
 * XM-Sirius merger may cost more: Karmazin

 * March 20, 2007:XM and Sirius submit FCC transfer request
 * A second Antitrust hearing was also convened today.

 * May 31, 2007: The FCC has not yet started the 180 day merger-review clock. Orbitcast sums up the situation succinctly: The longest application-to-clock delay in FCC history. At this point, it's unlikely that a decision will be rendered until 2008, making this even more of a political football: With more primary elections happening at the beginning of 2008, the announcement will likely be made amidst serious Presidential primary campaigning.
 * June 8, 2007: The FCC started the 180 day merger-review clock. Since this review period takes 6 months, the decision will probably not be rendered until next year. More information is in the FCC Announcement.

More information
For more information on the merger, including background on the merger and on both companies, see the Wikipedia Article.

Frequently asked questions
The same questions keep popping up on forum posts, blog posts, and even news articles over and over again. We will address some of those here, but keep in mind that this section is speculation, and that things could change at any time. However, this is based on the most current information that is available, and as news is presented that conflicts with or supports this information, it will be updated to remain current.

 * Will I need a new radio?: The answer is "maybe". Conflicting reports have been popping up from different people in Sirius. Both companies have made statements that subscribers' existing receivers will continue to work. However, some people involved with Sirius have said that duplicates will be removed. The problem is that there is only room for so many channels, and if the company wants to bring new content, some channels will have to be removed. Also, there is no cost savings in running all of the existing channels. Most of the music stations on each network have a parallel station on the other network. Also, the duplicate simulcast stations (CNN and Fox, for example) can be cut from one network. Without having exact figures, it's likely that Sirius and XM together could cut 1/3 or more of their channels without losing content. Under this scenario, it's possible that one set of radios would lose an entire genre of music, such as XM losing its Urban category and Sirius losing its rock category.

 * Will the universal receiver fix this?: Yes. It can receive and decode signals from both satellites. However, it is not being produced yet, and probably won't until the merger is either complete or is a "sure thing."

 * Will XM listeners get Stern? Will Sirius listeners get Oprah?: The most popular shows will probably be simulcast to both networks, but there is not enough bandwidth to completely duplicate all of the shows on both networks. So Howard Stern and Oprah, for example, will probably make their way to the other network. This will almost certainly happen at the expense of other programming. What will suffer is anybody's guess.

 * What about price?: Karmazin and others have said again and again that they do not want to raise prices. But the exact interpretation of their statements is vague. Probably, you will get the same channels you get now for your $12.95 a month, and to get more content (such as Stern for XM listeners), you will need to pay a little bit more. How much more? Nobody knows.

 * What about signal issues?: Signals from the XM satellites will work just like they do now, and the same goes for Sirius signals. Things would only change if some channels are moved to the other network (or cut in favor of a similar channel on the other network).

 * What about Clear Channel programming?: Clear Channel Communications has an agreement with XM and is a shareholder in the company. It is likely that Clear Channel will end its relationship with XM in 2008. For more information, see XM Satellite Radio on Wikipedia.

 * Will the audio quality get better? worse?: Nobody knows. Hopefully, part of the process of duplicating channels will be that some bandwidth is freed up and will improve the overall audio quality of both services, but it's just as likely that the bandwidth will get used for something else, and that neither service will improve.

 * Should I wait before buying a radio?: By all accounts, no major changes will occur until 2008 or later, and the universal tuner probably wouldn't be available until even later. So if you choose to wait, you will be waiting for more than a year.

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I added some sources for you and made the sources section more tidy. I am afraid I won't have time to work on the article itself. Good luck. --SVTCobra 22:21, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

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I see you are creating notes for your article. Well, instead of adding them to your user page just add them to User:TomXP411/Sandbox or User:TomXP411/Article notes so you can have your own working space :) — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  22:28, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
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NHL: Penguins defeat Panthers in Overtime

February 24, 2007

The Pittsburgh Penguins won an exciting game Friday in Miami, as they defeated the Florida Panthers.

The Penguins, just off of a 16 game winning streak after dropping one to the New York Islanders on Monday, had some goalie controversy as to who will start the game. Penguins coach Michel Therrien had said that he was unhappy with the play of goalie Marc-Andre Fleury against the Islanders. As a result of this, goalie Jocelyn Thibault got the nod to start for the Pens on Thursday. There was also a goalie problem for the Panthers, as Alex Auld (Panthers starting goalie) had suffered an injury in a previous game and was out for the night. Instead, they started the old veteran Ed Belfour, who did a good job, stoping the puck 39 of the 41 shots he faced, which is a solid outing for any goalie. But it would be Jocelyn Thibault who outdid him, stopping 32 of 33 shots on goal.

Goal scoring was rather low, though, with Jordan Staal (Powerplay) and Colby Armstrong (Game winner, Overtime) scoring for the Penguins and Juraj Kolník scoring for the Panthers. Assists were credited to Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Maxime Talbot, and Ryan Whitney for the Pens and Chris Gratton and Bryan Allen for the Panthers. The Three Stars of the game were given to Colby Armstrong (First Star), Jocelyn Thibault (Second Star),and Ed Belfour (Third Star).

All in all, this game was well played and was a solid win for the streaking Penguins. Pittsburgh will travel across the state to face the surging Tampa Bay Lightning this Sunday.


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Champions League round of sixteen—first leg results

February 24, 2007

The first leg of the round of sixteen in the was completed on Wednesday, with at least one controversial result, and a bag full of ties. The leg began on Tuesday with four games, and the other four were played the next day, including reigning champions FC Barcelona of Spain.

Real Madrid (Spain) 3 - 2 Bayern Munich (Germany)
English star started the game for the, while Canadian/Englishman  started his first game back after injury for. Madrid came out fast, with David Beckham passing it to, who slid in a tidy pass to , who slid the ball past in the bottom right corner of the net. Bayern struck back within 13 minutes, after a free kick was headed home by. Madrid kept up the fight, and 5 minutes later, Raúl was on the score sheet again after heading home a David Beckham corner kick. Real increased their lead 5 minutes later, when Ruud van Nistelrooy slotted home a redirected Beckham free kick. Bayern was able to grab a crucial late away goal via.

PSV Eindhoven (Holland) 1 - 0 Arsenal (England)
were without several key players due to their upcoming final against  this weekend, but star  was in the squad along with  as a strike partner. The only goal came in the 61'st minute, when shot a low screamer past  from around 25 yards from goal.

Lille (France) 0 - 1 Manchester United (England)
In a game ripe with controversy, walked away with a  crucial away win after a  free kick gave them the lead. Lille protested the goal, saying the team was setting up its wall at the time Giggs took the kick, and the team nearly left the pitch. After goading by officials, the game was resumed, but Lille said it would be making a stake for a replay with. UEFA has rejected the claim and declared the goal valid, as well as deciding to "instigate proceedings against Lille for the improper behaviour of their players immediately after the goal."

Celtic (Scotland) 0 - 0 A.C. Milan (Italy)
A spirited draw both sides played competitively, but neither had a finishing flourish to seal the points.

Roma (Italy) 0 - 0 Lyon (France)
Another goalless draw, this game lacked discipline. English referee Mike Riley issued 11 yellow cards, 8 for alone.

Inter Milan (Italy) 2 - 2 Valencia (Spain)
came into this game on a 15 game winning league in domestic play, while as also been hot in the Spanish league as of late. Inter struck first with pouncing on a rebound after  redirection of a  freekick was fabulously saved by goalie. Valencia replied in the second half with a free kick by David Villa Sanchez form 30 yards. Inter restored their lead just over 10 minutes later, as slotted home a  pass. As the game wound down, Valancia pressed, and were rewarded with a goal by, a volley ensuing from a corner.

Porto (Portugal) 1 - 1 Chelsea (England)
Both goals happened early in this game, with the home side taking the lead after 12 minutes. volleyed a ball towards the net, and after a deflection of 's knee, the ball beat low. Chelsea leveled only 4 minutes later, when jetted down the sideline and crossed the ball into the middle, where  slotted the ball into the bottom corner.

Barcelona (Spain) 1 - 2 Liverpool (England)
This game saw the current champions taking on the champions of the year previous. Barcelona came out strong, and Brazilian scored early, heading in a  cross. Liverpool leveled just before half time, with heading a ball across the net, and out of the reach of. After the break, gave Liverpool a crucial away win, as he cleared home a Bellamy pass after some poor defending by Barcelona.


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Welcome to my userpage. I hold an account at Wikipedia, under the same username (and less than 100 edits, unw00t), so most of my information is on Valencerian, Wikipedia Userpage; for this reason I probably spend more time on Wikipedia than Wikinews... However, Wikinews is a highly informative news source, and to help it I'm only happy.

Created articles/Articles to which I have contributed significantly:
Abducted teen in Florida found.

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Talk:XM and Sirius announce merger deal

What's wrong with copying the intro from Wikipedia?

I wrote most of the article currently on Wikipedia, and as the text is GFDL anyway, I'm not sure what the problem is.

TomXP411 05:44, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia licenses it's contents under the GDFL, but Wikinews licenses it's content under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5, a different license whose contents are not compatible. I think I'm right, but feel free to revert me. --Thunderhead - (talk) 06:34, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Gotcha. I didn't think they were incompatible, but I'll take your word for it. Either way, I decided to re-write those sections anyway. TomXP411 06:40, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Note, If its only you who wrote the wikipedia article, its okay as you're the copyright holder. If others helped, then you have to get them to relicense (try looking at their talk pages, many people automatically multi-license). Bawolff ☺☻ 08:33, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Are you sure about that? I thought once an article has been added the copyright belongs to Wikipedia and not the author. Also, the quote "realize that if both companies continue to compete in the American marketplace, neither company can succeed." needs to be removed, it's a tad too subjective. --Wolfrider 17:30, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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See my main english wikipedia user page.

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Minnesota to require 25% renewable energy production

February 24, 2007

Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota signed a bill into law on Thursday that requires the state to generate a significant amount of its energy needs from renewable sources.

The amount of power generated by wind turbines in the state stands now at 895 megawatts. An additional 5,000 megawatts of energy from renewable sources will need to be added to Minnesota's electricity resources, which is roughly eight times more than the amount that currently comes from renewables.

The bill signed by the Governor requires energy companies to provide 25 percent of power from renewable sources by 2025.

Xcel Energy, which supplies approximately half of the electricity in the state, is required to provide 30 percent from renewable sources by 2020.

External link

 * Minnesota public utilities renewable energy standards

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Hi there. Please specify where Image:Slips.jpg came from, or unfortunately it will have to be deleted. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:59, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Um... how do you do that?
 * Sorry I took so long to reply. I got distracted doing something else, and didn't see that you responded. Basically just edit the image description page and write the url where you got the image from (or say if you took it yourself, or scanned it, etc). Note certain sources are not allowed here for copyright reasons (other news sites), which is why we require everything to have a url attached. See Fair use for more information. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:41, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
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Hey, Robbo!
I already did the Pens/Rangers game from Thursday. - wjmoore

Cleaning Up
I did a little bit of cleaning up on your Indians/Angels game. Hope you don't mind. For instance, you put Jacobs Field, which would normally be right, but Jacobs Field has a foot of snow on it. The Indians moved their home games to Milwaukee temporarily. No problem, though. I cleared up a few spelling errors, too. --wjmoore 17:25, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

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Don't worry. Any problems, I'll clean em right up.

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User talk:Dark Squall

Image:Giggs-ryan volley.jpg
This image requires a source. If a source is not located, it will be deleted. It may also be copyvio. DragonFire1024 20:08, 24 February 2007 (UTC) Fixed, sorry bout that --Dark Squall 20:13, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately the image had to be deleted becuase it is copyvio and cannot be used without written permission from the site.

Here is their rules for images. Read Section 4:

"4.1 All copyright, trade marks and all other intellectual property rights in all material or content supplied as part of the Sky Site shall remain at all times vested in Us or Our licensors. You are permitted to use this material or content only as expressly authorised in writing by Us or Our licensors. You will not, and You will not assist or facilitate any third party to, copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute, frame, commercially exploit or create derivative works of such material or content. MSN and the MSN Logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries and are used under license from Microsoft." DragonFire1024 20:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC) All right, fair enough. I figured it might not be allowed, as they are a news competor, but what better way to find out than trying. If i find a picture which is free for download (i.e a wallpaper) and i edit it for here, would i be allowed to do that without infringing on copyright laws? otherwise i can think of no other way of getting soccer pictures, as i live way too far away to take them myself. Also, are team logos allowed to be used?Dark Squall 02:36, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * If the images are from a News Site you have to check their privacy policies or rules etc usually at the bottom of the pages. If the image is copyright, then NO you cannot alter, change or make and differences to any copyrighted image. The best way to tell if an image can be used on Wikinews is to check the copyright. Images from Flikr are usually published with a Creative Commons License which allow them to be used in some cases, on Wikinews as long as the source and or author of the image is mentioned. Team logos, and as well as company logos ARE allowed on Wikinews, but only Wikinews. The logos MUST come from the main site of the team or the company and those also CANNOT be altered. If you want to use a logo you can use the template when uploading. DragonFire1024 18:35, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Soccer/Football/whatever you want to call it portal

 * That's great. Basically what needs to be done there (besides the obvious writing of stories) is the current matches needs to be updated.The current matches need to be on Portal:Football/Fixtures/2007/February/24 which will be automaticlly included in the portal (replace with whatever day the match is on) On a day with no games, that page should look like Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/February/24 (It should automatically do that now), and on a day with matches it should look like Portal:Football/Fixtures/2006/February/12. Note none of this is set in stone, so if you think it would be better some other way, feel free to experiment. Bawolff ☺☻ 20:50, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I saw the new one you created. Looks great, a couple things though:

Bawolff ☺☻ 05:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Its currently 2007 not 2006
 * for subsections should use descending header levels (four equal signs)
 * Should use link in date title thing (See the change I made) This makes it easier if your going through the archives.

Alright, thanks for the heads up, ill make sure i follow those guidlines. I did todays, theres no games, but all the outlines have been followed.Dark Squall 15:59, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * means to include stuff from other pages. So to edit the lead, edit Template:Football main leads. Happy editing Bawolff ☺☻ 00:44, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so much, this will make life so much more enjoyable :P Dark Squall 04:13, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:Scotland premier league.gif
Just a reminder that you have to add the url where you got the image from. (See Fair use and Image use policy for the long version of this message.) Bawolff ☺☻ 06:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry to keep bothering you with image stuff (I'm like a real live version of orphanbot on 'pedia [[image:smile.png]]), could yopu put an image copyright tag on Image:Football Portal Banner.jpg? (like ). Thanks Bawolff ☺☻ 05:22, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Also don't forget to click on an image on wikipedia, to go to the image page, as they are usually scaled down on the article. (example: 1 vs 2) Bawolff ☺☻ 05:30, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, ill take care of that stuff. I didnt grab the big images because i didnt feel id need something that large, but it makes sense just in case others need the big ones.—Dark Squall 01:11, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Award
Thank you! jeeze ive only been here like a week :D thanks alot for the recognition, it means alot.Dark Squall 01:50, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * You deserve it! Please keep up the good work. --Thunderhead - (talk) 01:54, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm with Thunderhead on this one. He may be one of our younger contributors, but he's got a good eye.  Contributions to sports are very much appreciated and you should ignore the odd trolling that suggests we change the site name to wikifootball.  However, interact a bit more with the community.  I know your articles turn up on the front page but is there a link to the Sports portal - a section of the wiki you could effectively adopt?  We seem to have a few sports contributors at the moment with NHL articles as well as soccer, if all these budding sports writers can coordinate we'll get mirrored by somewhere that is listed in Google news.
 * So, keep up the good work and talk to more people who do sports stuff, I think you guys could make that one of the best parts of the wiki. --Brian McNeil / talk 00:02, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds great, i'll definately look at coordinating with others to make the sports area of Wikipedia as great as possible :)Dark Squall 15:51, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * you've been doing an excellent job so far. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Watch out for things like the NHL articles and try and get the contributors to work together on Portal:Sports to set up match reports and fixtures listings. You can use the dynamic boxes like for old news on the main page.  I believe we have some contributors who also do cricket articles.  If you need help from any of us non-sports writers then just ask on the water cooler.
 * As to Belgium, I've been here about 10 or so years, I'm halfway between Brussels and Leuven in the Flemish part of the country and it is a nice place. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:44, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Sport v Sports
The cats system uses sports rather than sport. Could you add sports in future I know it grates as an uneeded plural but...--Irate 12:42, 11 March 2007 (UTC) Yeah, i have to remember to do that. I never actually add categories to anything, i simply copy and paste. Someone put "Sport" one of my articles and since i keep copying and pasting i forget to change it. Anyways, ill make sure i look for that, thanksDark Squall 20:22, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

article sources
hi Dark Squall, that's a lot of work you've done on Wikinews in your first month here. i hope to see much more to come :)

regarding the Afghan bombing article, i just wanted to note that using copies of a single wire report published by different publishers does not meet the multiple sources requirement very well. much better to use independently sourced reports. i've since then added another source to the article. best –Doldrums(talk) 04:40, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Sports coverage
I've added a project page, Sports coverage. Feel free to expand and adopt it, I'd like to have a place where our (excellent) sports contributors can coordinate. When MrMiscellaneous did this and got accreditation he got free access to hockey matches - something to shoot for. :) --Brian McNeil / talk 19:48, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Good idea, i posted my name up there. I would love to help with the overall sports coverage on this sight, but for now i am focusing completely on the football portal.  Once im done the project i am currently working on, updating will be easy for me, so I'll be able to help with other things.—Dark Squall 20:01, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I was thinking that your experience with doing the Football portal would transfer well to the sports portal. A little cooperation and coordination will see other people helping you with stuff and vice-versa. I know you can't do everything at once, but putting up that you're doing the Football portal will be encouraging to other sports writers, they'll see their coverage is welcome and be able to learn from your experiences.  I'm off to see if I can find more people to sign up on the page,--Brian McNeil / talk 20:16, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiCast.
Hi,

I note you are associated with the Football and devloping sports portal here.

Would you be willing to consider doing a football (soccer) related podcast or programme for 'WikiCast - The free content broadcast' at some point?

In addition, if WikiCast could get someone to do actual on the ground coverage of non-leauge football (like AFC Wimbledon) with commentaries even better.

WikiCast being free content can't obviously do 'live' coverage of the FA Divisons or Premership sadly, but presumably Wikinews style reporting is possible..

Does a podcast entitled 'Two Halves' sound like something you would be interested in?

ShakespeareFan00 21:17, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Are you fricken serious!? that sounds so cool! lol, sorry, i did not even know this was possible. I would love to do this, but unfortunately i have no recording equipment at this time.  In the future, i will definately think about it however, and I thank you for asking me.—Dark Squall 21:51, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

RE: Category bar
If I understand what you mean, there has to be at least the date category and the published category for the story to appear on the main page, and Mediawiki does not allow that to be hidden, as unfortunante as that is =P.  Thunderhead  ►  01:07, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Darn, oh well, what im making are subpages in the Football portal. The portal itself does not have the category bar, but the new page does, and it really takes away from the page.  But if nothing can be done, then nothing can be done and ill leave it—Dark Squall 01:09, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh wait, now i know what your talking about. Short answer, no unless you want it just for you personally, long answer, maybe but you'd have to have a really good reason. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:17, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually now i'm not sure if this is something different then what you were talking to me about on my talk page. Did you mean ToC here, or the bar at the bottom that lists categories the page is in. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:44, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, i meant table of contents, but not on this page. the thing you suggested worked, it is in the football portal. Thank you for your help—Dark Squall 01:45, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * If it's the ToC, you can type to remove it.   Thunderhead  ►  01:54, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks guys, and sorry for confusing both of you, i'm not familiar with all the lingo yet, gettin used to it though. If you guys havent checked out what im doing with the football portal, please do n tell me what you think, thanks—Dark Squall 01:55, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it looks very good. Only problem i possibly see so far is we might have a copyright issue with using logo's in the header. (I'm unsure about that though, so I could be wrong). Bawolff ☺☻ 02:26, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll look into it.  Thunderhead  ►  02:27, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I hope its ok, the logos arent altered themselves, they are just put in another image, but who knows with crazy copyright stuff. Otherwise i could use the regular banner and just add logos above the top stories area.Dark Squall 02:30, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Now that i think of it, I think its okay. I'm probably just getting parinoid. I know its against policy on wikipedia, but i think that we're allowed to if we want to. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:33, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep. Wikinews is indeed allowed to.  Thunderhead  ►  02:34, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Out of curiosity, where did you look that up? Bawolff ☺☻ 02:39, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

woot! you guys are great, thanks for looking it up. but, time for bed for me, gnight to you both.Dark Squall 02:35, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Links
No problem. Thanks. That is much easier. Don't know why I didn't think of that...--wjmoore 15:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for publishing my creation
Thanks for finishing up my article, NHL: Avalanche defeat Wild 2-1. That's my second creation I didn't finish! --Canadianshoper 23:13, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Wow
Thanks for finishing up that article, NHL: Penguins rally, fall to Leafs in OT. I didn't get time to finish and publish it. And then you went ahead and added it to what I've written. That's nice. Thanks for the help. --wjmoore 16:55, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for putting the NHL Standings into a table. I'd have done it myself, I just didn't know how to. I didn't like it the way I had it set up. Looks much better now. Thanks again. --wjmoore 03:23, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

OK, I'll be sure to steal a few tables now and then. Thanks for the info. --wjmoore 03:32, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

NHL Hockey
Buffalo Sabres 4, Boston Bruins 2 ;) DragonFire1024 04:00, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It was tonights NHL Hockey games between the Buffalo, New York Sabres and the Boston Massachusetts Bruins...the score Buffalo 4, Bruins 2....it was a joke actually because we were talking about how we are enjoying the fact we have a few actual sports articles and people who like doing them...I said I would allow the articles as long as the report on the Buffalo Sabres ;) It was a joke...you don't have to...Sorry I thought you saw it on the Water cooler under Misc. DragonFire1024 04:37, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Please see WN:A
I've nominated you for cabal admin. Please accept. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:10, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Terms not released?
Hello Dark Squall. Thanks for that! I added a source for the terms of contract. Cheers, Jcart1534 14:45, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Template:EPL
Do you update that manually? Looks simple enough to implement on my auto-updater. —Zachary talk 05:24, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well all I really need to know is where to find the information. The rest is just extracting the necessary stats and formatting it into a wikitable. —Zachary talk 05:33, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * All done! After some more runs on my test wiki, I'll update the tables here. —Zachary talk 10:48, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Your vote in Administrators . ..
Was changed by Thunderhead. Just an FYI, --SVTCobra 00:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You are welcome. I thought it was by mistake, too, and I sent Thunder a message straightaway and waited 10 or so minutes, but Thunder must have logged off, so I sent you a message. --SVTCobra 00:27, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Extremley sorry about that. I accidentally misclicked when I was erasing my vote. My apologies.  Thunderhead  ►  00:30, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Still, I should have looked. Thanks for accepting my apology.  Thunderhead  ►  00:33, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

NHL Playoffs
No problem. I've been using the same template for all the games (If you couldn't notice) and I must have forgot to throw sports in with the others and so I missed it on all of them. My mistake. I'll make sure I get it in there. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. --wjmoore 02:40, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh.. oops!
Oh, I'm sorry. I feel so stupid. I knew you did soccer/football. I get cricket and soccer/football mixed up, seeing as I don't really follow either. Either way, you still do a ton of work on here. My mistake. --wjmoore 03:10, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

RE: ...
Glad you liked it. You're an admin, but you have to wait for a bureaucrat to update your tools. I'll contact someone on IRC now.  Thunderhead  ►  22:16, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * He's been pinged.  Thunderhead  ►  22:18, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Protect means to stop a large group of users from editing.  Thunderhead  ►  00:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

admin links
Policies and guidelines tell you what admins can, cannot should and should not do see in particular the Protection policy, Blocking policy and Deletion guidelines.

Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list has lots of info about how to do these things, and also about Wikipedia's policies, many of which (not all!) closely match the spirit of ours. if you have any doubts, feel free to ask me or post to WN:AAA. –Doldrums(talk) 09:55, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

possible crosswiki impersonation
an account with your username has been created at wikiquote, looks like it is part of an attempt at cross-wiki impersonation. assuming this account was not created by you, you shouldnotify the Wikiquote admins to either block the account or turn it over to you. best, –Doldrums(talk) 22:43, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Football
I joined today with the vision that we update Portal:Football ASAP!

I've seen your layout and your league tables/top scorer tables. These are great. I've added some news and am updating the whole section and minisections.

I wondered if you'd help me.

Comments to me! Celticfan383 01:04, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back
Long time no see ... --SVTCobra 16:11, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Matchday reports
You should really do the game templates. They give a good summary of in-match details. Kingjeff - (talk) 03:15, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Image:PFA UK logo.png and others
Please do not upload images and specify their source as being Wikipedia or another WMF project, from a copyright point of view this isn't satisfactory. Please locate the exact source of the image as should be included in the Wikipedia image page description. Adambro - (talk) 16:50, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Inter-Wiki Project for Match reports
I'm trying to get a Inter-Wiki project started for all UEFA competitions. Would you be interested to help with this massive project? Kingjeff - (talk) 15:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

2007/08 FA Cup: Cardiff joins Portsmouth in Cup final
Would it be possible for you to utilize 2 or more sources for these types of reports from now on, instead of just one? Cirt - (talk) 23:55, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * In that case you could note the games watched/time/channel etc. on the article(s) talk page, and add the original reporting tag to the sources section. Cirt - (talk) 03:14, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

2007/08 European football season: Spots finalized for European stage
Can you help on working on the table? This is a massive table and a lot of people need to work on it. Kingjeff (talk) 01:21, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Football (Soccer) articles
Hi, can go here to sign-up for a team of your choice. This is more for organization more then anything. If a league you want isn't there, just add it to the bottom. Kingjeff (talk) 23:38, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

You have been put up for desysoping due to inactivity
Hi Dark Squall, just as a heads-up, you have been put up for deadminship based on your recent inactivity. If you wish to comment on this, please leave a message here. Thanks, Tempodivalse [talk]  01:55, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Inactivity - Permissions removed
Since you were inactive on Wikinews, we removed your account bits (Administrator, Reviewer). If you become re-active and would like your bits back, simply ask as 'Crat. Thank you. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 18:14, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

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Welcome
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User talk:J.j.helm

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Mexico-U.S. Oil Trade Totals Rebound, But Upswing May Be Temporary
Welcome to Wikinews! Thanks for creating Mexico-U.S. Oil Trade Totals Rebound, But Upswing May Be Temporary, we appreciate articles like this. This article appears to be what Wikinews calls original reporting. Wikinews articles must cite sources for all assertions they make. In the case of original reporting, you are the source. The way we usually deal with this is for you to place a comment on the article talk page, stating who you are, what your relationship is to the story you are covering, and describing the nature of the reporting (i.e. interviewing, taking notes, observing events, etc). You should also read Original reporting.

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Mexico's oil woes continue, U.S. imports at risk
Could you please add the reqired original reporting notes on the articles talk page? Thanks! — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  21:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

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Do we need to include photo credits on these pictures, since they've all been either locally or Commons uploaded? --Thunderhead - (talk) 06:41, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Only for the pregnancy picture, which is attribution. The rest is PD, but I still think it's professional, good looking and only fair to mention the sources.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:29, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:68.101.228.98

Please don't copy stuff from Wikipedia onto wikinews. Wikipedia uses a different copyright license which isn't compatible with wikinews. You can copy wikinews stuff to wikipedia (well it'd proablly need to be reformatted to fit with their style guide, but that's another matter) but you can not copy wikipedia content to wikinews. Please feel to ask me if you have any questions. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Matthewsnape~enwikinews

Welcome
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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Matthewsnape. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Matthewsnape~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.

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Renamed
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User talk:81.178.250.50

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Category:February 24, 2007

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User talk:Valencerian

Welcome (again)
I know you've already gotten a welcome, but this is a handy bookmark!

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Portal talk:Cricket

The image slips.jpg has been deleted and should not be re-uploaded as the cited source, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/cricket.html states, "Photo by Howard Burditt, Reuters. Sun-Herald, 24/10/1999." This means it is copyright Reuters. That's a news agency so there's no fair use rationale for its use.

The portal should also be updated with templates for the leads/stories as is done on the front page. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:54, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Protect
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Please semi-protect this to discourage people from editing it casually and it then becoming horribly stale. -- Brian McNeil (alt. account) /alt-talk • main talk'' 14:10, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

 * ❌ for now since the portal has been redirected to the category, which hasn't been updated or edited at all from what I can tell. Tempodivalse [talk]  22:22, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

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Category talk:Politicians

Adopt a Politician
There's probably more than a few people who can help keep this page expanding, we have a lot of news on political figures and, as you go through our news you'll see there's still a lot of places where we give a direct link to wikipedia instead of to one of our categories, or the creation of a new one.

I'd like to build a more comprehensive list of people in this Category, and hopefully someone would like to dress up the page a bit. Below I'm going to list people who I think should be given their own categories, I'm inviting people to add to this list. I believe this is most appropriate here - even though some of the people who end up listed might not be politicians.

I'm particularly interested in seeing politicians from non-English speaking countries getting listed. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:38, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Orphans looking for care

 * Local: Meles Zenawi, Category:Meles Zenawi. Wikipedia: Meles Zenawi (Ethiopian PM)
 * Local: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Category:Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Wikipedia: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (Liberian President)
 * Local: Nouri al-Maliki, Category:Nouri al-Maliki. Wikipedia: Nouri al-Maliki (Iraqi PM)
 * Local: Hu Jintao, Category:Hu Jintao. Wikipedia: Hu Jintao (PRC leader)
 * Local: Islam Karimov, Category:Islam Karimov. Wikipedia: Islam Karimov (Uzbekistan's leader)
 * Local: Bertie Ahern, Category:Bertie Ahern. Wikipedia: Bertie Ahern, Irish Taoiseach.
 * Local: Robert Mugabe, Category:Robert Mugabe. Wikipedia: Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe
 * Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian President
 * Local: Kim Jong-il, Category:Kim Jong-il. Wikipedia: Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader
 * Iyad Allawi, former PM of Iraq
 * Jalal Talabani, President of Iraq
 * Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan

Notable but not political

 * Local: Bob Geldof, Category:Bob Geldof. Wikipedia: Bob Geldof (musician & political activist)
 * Political activist but not political? LOL. --SVTCobra 17:04, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

How to do the categorisation with AWB
AWB is the best tool for this, you can quickly build a list of candidate articles for adding the category to and automate a great deal of the corrections that should perhaps be done at the same time.

First, the following instructions were written using AutoWikiBrowser version 3.1.1.1. The listed steps will allow you to build a template that can be re-processed to quickly find new articles on your victim.
 * 1) Once AWB is loaded, you're going to build a list of articles to check. In the bottom left of AWB there is a drop-down box with the prompt Make from.  Set this to "Google search" and the box below changes to prompting Google search, enter the name in the box and click "Make list".
 * 2) You must now prune the list. Do this by clicking on the "Filter" button. Un-check all Namespaces except Article, click the Remove Duplicates and then click "Apply" button.
 * 3) Next, you need to set up all the automated corrections. The article list is build under (1) Make list.  The options are under (2) Set options.  Check apply general fixes, Unicodify whole article, Enable RegexTypoFix, and Skip non-existing pages.  Various items should be entered under the "Find and replace" option, for example replacing quotes from Microsoft Word with regular " quotes then the Enabled checked.  This last step should probably be done on its own and saved in your Default.xml.  Then it will be applied to all sessions you save.
 * 4) Click on the More tag, and under the "Categories" heading select "Add Category" and enter the name of your victim. Check the Category changed box, this is for when you re-run to pick up new articles.
 * 5) Select (3) Start, enter a Summary:, usually "Add Category  "
 * 6) Click Start the process.
 * 7) Check all corrections on each article, look out for "Alerts" beneath the article statistics, look for your victim's name in the article. First occurrence should go to our  article, second to the Wikipedia article, and any link in a picture can be either.  A link in a picture and a duplicate in the article should be the only allowed "Multiple wiki-links".
 * 8) When you've finished your list - Ignoring articles which have been incorrectly matched, save settings - usually under the victim's name. You can then repeat the process above skipping many of the intermediate setup steps.  Doing this periodically will keep the Categories from getting stale where new articles haven't been correctly categorised.

Category sort keys
On wikipedia they use a sort key for the categories, enabling it to be alphabetized by last name. (doable by (which works for all cats linked) or  . Should we do that? Bawolff ☺☻ 04:15, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I knew about the what should the exact syntax for the sort key be? --~

 * make =, note lack of pipe. Causes page to be sorted as if you included the pipe thing you have above(and also sorts like that for any other category you include). Bawolff ☺☻ 05:02, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

politicians
Hello, Since I am new to Wikinews, I hope I don't mess anything up that anyone might have posted. I was wondering if we have a category that will be discussing the US Presidential election, particularly independent candidates?joe 21:55, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Probably. The best solution though is to create a portal with code that does a category addition of eletions and united states. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:41, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Przykuta

Welcome
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I intially put your article up as 3rd lead, but someone has moved it up to first. :) --Brian McNeil / talk 21:47, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: POTY in Wikinews
You're welcome! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:19, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Interview to Eco translated
See it:Intervista_a_Umberto_Eco/Traduzione. --Nemo bis (talk) 10:58, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Article questions
Hi, I see you're interested in the article Russia may declare war against USA. This article has not been published, and will not be published. English Wikinews has an extensive review process that articles have to go through in order to be published and appear on the front page. This includes a factcheck, copycheck, and copyedit, in addition to various less obvious tasks like ensuring that the article's formatting is correct, templates are used correctly, etc. An article which fails in *any* of these areas — including formatting, but most importantly copycheck and factcheck — will not be published. The article whose existence you've questioned fails in every way except copycheck (ie, it isn't a copyright violation), so it will not be published.

However, we have a policy of allowing failed articles to remain on the site in unpublished form for a few days to allow their authors (or occasionally other editors) to fix them. I don't see that happening in this case, but meh, who knows. Gopher65talk 13:21, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

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Italy: President Napolitano dismisses Prodi's resignation

February 24, 2007

The President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, has asked Romano Prodi today to stay on as Prime Minister, but Prodi will need to pass a confidence vote as soon as possible. After two days of consultation among Italian party leaders, Napolitano called on Saturday a press conference to explain his decision.

Napolitano stated that Prodi's coalition, l'Unione, is ready to support unanimously its Prime Minister, above all after the drafting of the twelve points agreement about the main political issues. The President rejected the proposal from the centre-right opposition to call for fresh elections, because Italy needs a new electoral law, and there was no consensus to form a broad interim government.

The confidence votes, both in Italian Chamber of Deputies and Senate, will be held in the coming week.

Thanks to the vote of independent Senator Luigi Pallaro, Marco Follini, leader of a centrist movement, and the votes of four senators for life (Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Emilio Colombo, Rita Levi Montalcini and Oscar Luigi Scalfaro), the centre-left coalition could trust in a majority of 162 votes in Senate. The centre-right coalition, instead, has some 155 votes, although it is unknown how the ex-senator of the "Italia dei Valori" Sergio De Gregorio and the life-senators Giulio Andreotti, Francesco Cossiga and Sergio Pininfarina will vote.


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The time is 21:00 (UTC) on Saturday February 24, 2007, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Virgin Train crashes in England
A 9 Carriage Class 390 Pendolino train operated by Virgin Trains, with as many as 180 people onboard, has derailed and crashed in Cumbria, United Kingdom.

All but one carriage have slid down the embankment. Hospital reports early on Saturday morning indicate 1 death, an 80 year old lady. Witnesses said that several passengers had broken bones.

Virgin owner Richard Branson came to the site from his holiday in Switzerland and held a press conference at a safe distance, roughly 200 meters from the site. Branson stated that the Virgin Train Pendolino was "built like a tank". Also investigators have announced that some points may be critical in their investigation, Branson repeated their words.

Italy: President Napolitano dismisses Prodi's resignation
The President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, has asked Romano Prodi to stay on as Prime Minister, but Prodi will need to pass a confidence vote as soon as possible.

Napolitano stated that Prodi's party l'Unione is ready to support unanimously its Prime Minister, above all after the drafting of the twelve points agreement about the main political issues. The President rejected the proposal from the centre-right opposition to call for fresh elections, because Italy needs a new electoral law, and there was no consensus to form a broad interim government.

U.S. apologizes for detention of Iraqi lawmaker's son
The U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, apologized today to Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the largest political party in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, for the detention of his son.

The ambassador said: "I am sorry about the arrest. We don't know the circumstances of the arrest and we are investigating ... but he is being released."

Al-Hakim's party SCIRI suggested on affiliated TV stations that protesters might be sent out onto the streets to show opposition to the arrest.

UN Security Council approves African Union peace keepers for Somalia
The U.N. Security Council has approved the deployment of an African Union-led peace keeping force in Somalia for a period of six months.

The unanimously authorized Resolution 1744 allows African Union member states to establish a mission in Somalia "...to support dialogue and reconciliation in Somalia by assisting with the free movement, safe passage and protection" of those involved in the national reconciliation congress, including the federal transition government led by Ali Mohammed Ghedi.

Other goals will be to create the "necessary security conditions for the provision of humanitarian assistance", and to secure key infrastructure. The mission has been designated as AMISOM, an acronym that stands for African Mission in Somalia.

Son of former Canadian PM, Justin Trudeau wants to run for office
Justin Trudeau, 35, the son of late former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, of Canada, will seek the federal Liberal party nomination to run for office in the riding of Papineau in Montreal, Quebec.

Minnesota to require 25% renewable energy production
In the United States, governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota signed a bill into law on Thursday that requires the state to generate a significant amount of its energy needs from renewable sources. The bill signed requires energy companies to provide 25 percent of power from renewable sources by 2025.

Snow hits southern parts of Norway
A major snowfall has disrupted transport in Norway this week. Several roads and all railway services have been reported as closed due to the heavy snowfall. Snow storms are also causing problems in other parts of Southern Scandinavia, such as Denmark and Southern Sweden

Closing statements
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User:Filnik

Hi! I'm Filnik, an Italian Administrator of the Italian Wikipedia. Although my english isn't good enough for writing an article here in Wikinews, i translate the best articles in Italian (or vice versa). So, i will use this account to add interwiki links, to ask things about articles and for some corrections. If i make mistakes, write here so your message will be written in my Italian Account!

I am an Italian Administrator since 15.00 of October 28 2006 :)

The main work that i do in this wikipedia is the add of italian interwiki but I'm not a bot! :)

You can find me also there :)

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Hi! I'm Filnik, an italian Administrator of the Italian Wikipedia. Although my english isn't good enough for writing an article in this wikipedia, i translate the best articles in italian. So, i will use this account to add interwiki links, to ask things about articles and for some corrections. If i make mistakes, write here so your message will be written in my Italian Account!

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Manchester United opens nine point gap at top of Premier League

February 24, 2007

Manchester United took on Fulham today at Craven Cottage, with the Premier League leaders hoping to open a 9 point gap above second place Chelsea, who are not playing this weekend in the league. Fulham on the other hand needs points to stay out of the relegation zone, and wanted to pull 12 clear of 18th place Charlton Athletic. Both teams fielded strong starting sides with Fulham playing Canadian Thomasz Radzinski and American Brian McBride. The Red Devils starting 11 included Henrik Larsson, the on-loan striker from Helsingborgs, Wayne Rooney as his strike partner, and the Portuguese star Christiano Ronaldo in the midfield.

Fulham started out the game strongly, with a Simon Davies volley which was thumped just right of Edwin Van Der Sar's post. After 17 minutes, United defender Nemanja Vidic got tied up with his goal keeper, and Brian McBride was able to sweep in the ball off the post, giving Fulham a deserved lead. With United in need of some inspiration, Ronaldo banged a shot just wide of the net. On 19 minutes, Wayne Rooney made a run down the right side, and crossed the ball to skipper Ryan Giggs who clipped the ball off the outside of his boot, and into the opposite side of the goal, tying the match. Evra should have put the leaders in front, but his wide open volley was dragged wide and the game went into halftime drawn 1 - 1.

After the break, Fulham came out stronger yet again, and Van Der Sar was forced to make a great one handed save off Davies shot. On 52 minutes, Van Der Sar could only watch as Thomas Radzinski blasted a header off his crossbar, but did not drop into the net. Van Der Sar earned his money this day, as he was forced into another spectacular save after a Brian McBride shot was aimed for the bottom corner, but was denied by the Dutchman. With the clock winding down, United began to pressure, and Christiano Ronaldo had an inspired run, beating out three defenders, and lashing the ball into the bottom right corner of the net, past Jan Lastuvka, giving the Red Devils a 2 - 1 lead with only 2 minutes remaining in normal time. Fulham pressed for an equilizer, but Manchester prevailed, continuing their winning run this season.

Fulham

 * Starting XI: 12-Jan Lastuvka, 2-Moritz Volz, 2-Carlos Bocanegra, 5-Phillipe Christanval, 7-Liam Rosenior, 8-Michael Brown, 14-Papa Diop (71' - Demspey), 37-Alexei Smertin, 25-Simon Davies, 13-Thomasz Radzinski (72' John), 20-Brian McBride (Goal 17', 79' Helguson)
 * Substitutes: 30-Tony Warner, 22-Wayne Routledge, 23-Clint Dempsey, 9-Heider Helguson, 15-Collins John
 * Yellow Cards: 24'-Brown, 41'-Radzinski, 54'-Diop

Manchester United

 * Starting XI: 1-Edwin Van Der Sar, 6-Wes Brown, 5-Rio Ferdinand, 15-Nemanja Vidic (59' O'Shea), 3-Patrice Evra (67' Silvestre), 7-Christiano Ronaldo (Goal 88'), 18-Paul Scholes, 16-Michael Carrick (66' Saha), 11-Ryan Giggs (Goal 29'), 8-Wayne Rooney, 17-Henrik Larsson
 * Substitutes: 29-Thomasz Kuszczak, 22-John O'Shea, 27-Mikael Silvestre, 9-Louis Saha, 13-Ji-Sung Park
 * Yellow Cards: 42'-Ferdinand, 44'-Scholes


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This is a list of articles that I have started. I did most of the writing for some of these, but others were highly collaborative:

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Supreme Court of Canada strikes down "unconstitutional" anti-terror legislation

February 24, 2007 The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled unanimously 9-0, in favour of a ruling that overturns controversial anti-terror legislation that allowed the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to indefinitely detain suspects without revealing the reason for their arrest or detention.

The judgement, summarised by Justice Beverley McLachlin in the ruling, gave Parliament a one year grace period to create new legislation that will fall within Canada's constitution and Charter.

The CSIS security certificates have caused five Canadians to spend years in prison since the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States - accused of ties to terrorism, but without trial, and not even allowed to be informed of the evidence against them for reasons of national security.

The certificates only target Canadians who do not hold citizenship, such as landed immigrants and refugees.

The three Canadian detainees who took their cause to the Supreme Court last June include Algerian-born Mohamed Harkat from Ottawa, Syrian-born Hassan Almrei from Toronto and Moroccan-born Adil Charkaoui from the University of Montreal. The ruling also applies to Egyptian-born Canadians Mahmoud Jaballah and Mohammad Mahjoub, both residents of Toronto.


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Note this still needs a fact check, as i'm not sure about CSIS having that much to do with security certificates. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:59, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, they are "CSIS Security Certificates" by definition, though they need the sponsorship of two MPs as I recall. I'll add in more info tonight, including some original reporting since I'm actually rather close to one of the men involved. Sherurcij 22:07, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I would disagree on the CSIS point. CSIS does not actually have all that much to do with the certificates. The certificates are issued under s. 77 of the Immigration and Refugee Protect Act (IRPA) by two federal ministers, not just any MPs. You can read about how the certificates are issued on para. 71 of the Charkaoui case. Also, this decision didn't "overturn anti-terror legislation". It just struck down the provisions in IRPA that outline the process under which certificates are reviewed by the courts. Nothing more. In fact, the power to detain indefinitely was upheld. --129.173.96.9 23:22, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


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Talk:Italy: President Napolitano dismisses Prodi's resignation

Prodi's resignation dismissed??
I am not sure the article gets it clear. Prodi resigned, and his resignation was accepted. Then, as usual when it is necessary to find a new government, the President of the Republic asket to political parties whom they wanted as "new" President of the Council of Ministres, and the majority proposed Prodi again. This is why he needs a confidence vote (otherwise not requested), and this is why he will eventually lead a different govenment ("Prodi III").--151.44.124.230 22:32, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * That does not seem to be what the bbc or wikipedia says. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * But if he did not resign, why should consultations be needed? Note also that oppositors asked for elections, which is clearly something you can not have with a government still in duty.
 * Wikipedia relies on BBC article. BBC article clearly states "Mr Prodi resigned on Wednesday after losing a vote on troops in Afghanistan" and that "I will present myself before the parliament as soon as possible to seek its confidence", which, as I said, is necessary only when a government is to be started (or needs to pass a controversial law).--Panairjdde 23:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, now it is clear, he rejected the resignation: .--Panairjdde 23:35, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * good. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:39, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


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User:George m~enwikinews

Glad to see a wikinews portal in existence. I have been on WP for a while, look out for me now!

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User talk:George m~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * yes I saw. Unfourtanatly its too late to change (We put limits on changing articles to a couple days after being published) Its too bad as I personally feel its a bit biased as it is at the moment, but I can't really do anything about it. Sorry Bawolff ☺☻ 23:07, 24 February 2007 (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 George m. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name George m~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.

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Major snowstorm causes 35-car pile-up in western U.S.

February 24, 2007

A fast, but potent, snowstorm passing through the United States state of Colorado dropped more than a foot of snow and caused a 35-car pile-up on one of the U.S.'s major highways, Interstate 70.

The collision happened Saturday morning when white-out conditions, caused by 68 MPH sustained winds, hit the area. Despite the pileup, officials report that there were no major injuries.

Interstate 70 was closed in both directions on Saturday, on a route from Denver to the Kansas state border, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. The storm also forced the closure of 125 miles of highway on Interstate 80.

A blizzard warning remained in effect for parts of Kansas and Nebraska.


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User talk:71.192.47.185

Hello,

Your recent contributions constitute vandalism and have been reverted. Should you believe that your contributions are *not* vandalism, please argue your case on your talk page, or in WN:ALERT.

Further vandalism will result in a 24 hour ban. Please contribute to Wikinews in a constructive fashion instead. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:71.230.180.185

Hi, I deleted your article as it appears to be spam. Please tell me if I was wrong. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:NHL rival teams fight during hockey game

The title: "Major brawl between rival NHL teams fight during hockey game" makes no sense whatsoever.
 * better? Bawolff ☺☻ 04:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Stephenmartinmft

Please justify why Free Marital Test is a news item. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:32, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Due to lack of telling me why its news, the article's been deleted. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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