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User talk:Ssr

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Putin backs Medvedev as United Russia party's candidate
Thank you for this article. We hope to see more contributions from you in the future. --SVTCobra 16:48, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for helping me with the formatting. I will try my best in the future as I get used to the guidelines. --Ssr 16:50, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Welcome II
Since you are becoming active round here again, I thought I'd drop you a copy of the modern welcome message. Should have links to all the key stuff:

Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:09, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot! --Ssr (talk) 16:21, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Blackout article
I assessed the article not-ready in its current form. The blackout is really a fascinating development. See my review comments on the article talk page. (And with that, I really have to get to bed; it's the wee hours of the morning where I am.) --Pi zero (talk) 07:10, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I'll address the issues in a short time, so hopefully someone else can review. --Ssr (talk) 07:12, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd like to go over this for review, but I'm not all that confident/happy with using Google Translate on Russian-language reportage. Have you seen any other English-language sources which back up the majority of points in the now-much-improved article?
 * I may come back on translated quotes, as I've done for other articles I'll look at how Google Translate works on the original, and ask the translator; this frequently pulls up more appropriate synonyms or turns of phrase. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:12, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Currently, there are lots of English sources, for your choice: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=Russian+Wikipedia There is also a Russia Today English language source within the article. --Ssr (talk) 13:25, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Yep, noticed the RT source, it's a matter of maintaining submitter/reviewer independence that had me suggesting you select whichever you feel most-comprehensively covers the salient points of the article. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:46, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I have earlier listed some of the major sources at Facebook (tell me if you can't view the page, I'll list them here). --Ssr (talk) 13:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * As for LiveJournal statement, I see their text in English as I have LiveJournal English interface. If you see Russian, http://livejournal.livejournal.com/19317.html?uselang=en could help, but it doesn't seem to be working now. However, I see English text through this link. --Ssr (talk) 14:55, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I've probably done enough to disqualify myself from review on this. And, I need you to re-check the quoted statement very carefully. Some of it was pretty poor (English) grammar, and I'm sure the Russian grammar is just fine; so it's a matter of verifying it is near-exact in the meaning with my edits (oh, the perils of translation). I'm going to look for a prettier quote template, and look for someone in IRC to double check and publish. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:54, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Livejournal, I see Russian title, English text (more useful). --Brian McNeil / talk 14:58, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * In case you didn't realise, it's the edits to the ru.wikimedia statement I'm worried about the accuracy of. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:59, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I have checked the quoted statement and see no troubles with it as there are only minor corrections. Thank you very much for the work! --Ssr (talk) 15:10, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

 * Renaming. WOuld you take offence as a Russian if I renamed it Comrade, 'Imagine a world without free knowledge'? --Brian McNeil / talk 15:22, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * FYI, titles with some word-play get more readers, so any other suggestions welcome which hint at a Russian connection. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:23, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Go rename, I trust your Wikinews experience =) --Ssr (talk) 15:24, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

It's top of the main page. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:36, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Kremlin aims to create universal wiki-based history schoolbook
The article needs present its information in a different order; I believe that needs to be cleared up before a reviewer can try to check other things about the article. See my review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 20:08, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

 * After frustrating delays, I made a concerted effort this afternoon (my time, UTC-5) to do a full review of the article, and ran up against sourcing and language-barrier problems. Honestly, if I were able to cope with a pile of Russian sources unaided, I'd have simply pulled in the sources from the Russian version of the article.  The difficulty of reviewing from non-English sources is something that's been frustrating to us for as along as I've been on English Wikinews.  I've written fairly extensive review comments about the combination of difficulties now facing the article.  --Pi zero (talk) 21:52, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I have answered at collaboration page. --Ssr (talk) 22:00, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

== Russian Wikipedian and marathon runner Dmitry Erokhin makes test run to Morocco before running along entire Sakhalin Island ==

Hello Ssr. Regarding your recent submission of the exclusive interview with Dmitry Erokhin, I hope you have the notes/ audio or video recording of the interview emailed to scoop@wikinewsie.org. You can also add it to the talk page of the article. Besides, there are some words, which challanges our neutral point of view policy. I will see if I can edit the article in a couple of hours. By the way, did you translate the interview from Russian to English using a translation tool like Google Translator? And,will it be possible to provide the original Russian question and answers as well? (We have a translated quote template which we use in these situations). acagastya 16:17, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

 * Hello and thank you for the answer! The interview was made directly within Russian Wikinews by text, so no audio or video was made. The link to the original is provided within the article via Interwiki link: ru:Википедист-марафонец Дмитрий Ерохин перед забегом через весь Сахалин отправляется разминаться в Марокко. It was not translated automatically, it was translated from Russian by w:en:user:Mark Ekimov by request of Dmitry Erokhin and was originally placed here. Dmitry Erokhin is available for additional questions, e. g. in Facebook. He is moving from Moscow to Milano tomorrow and he says he plans to answer more questions and post some ofhis updates to Wikimedia projects such as Commons. You and any other users are encouraged to ask additional questions to add to the text if you like. --Ssr (talk) 16:28, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * So, the questions were asked via Facebook messages? I do not know what is the procedure, may be a screenshot (but then, it can be called as invasion of privacy, but we need to verify it) acagastya 17:38, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * No, the questions were asked via Russian Wikinews editor interface. Dmitry was answering directly there in Russian. The history of the dialogue can be viewed at history page of the original Russian Wikinews article. Dmitry was authorised with his Wikimedia SUL account and can confirm his identity personally by request if needed. --Ssr (talk) 17:46, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

I see several possible concerns here. The first item I'm listing here is clearly the biggest obstacle. (By, this has come up on a day when there are a bunch of other articles competing for review attention.) --Pi zero (talk) 20:06, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * The opening of the article needs to make clear, for a general reading audience, why this story has news relevance. This needs to be worked on; perhaps there is a solution, a way to present it so that it does feel like news to a general audience, but this needs to be found.  If it comes across feeling like an item for a Wikimedian newsletter, that's a problem (the relevant passage, which I recall deeply frustrated you back in 2014, is WN:Newsworthiness).
 * Information on how the interview was conducted and how and where to verify it should be on the article talk page. That's why the interview template at the bottom of the article says "See the collaboration page for more details."
 * There should be no external links in the body of an article; wikilinks only.
 * Does an exclusive interview for Wikinews have neccessarily to be news-relevant? I thought it is a matter of finding a subject that agrees to talk to Wikinews regardless of current news. --Ssr (talk) 20:57, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * As for Murphy, no need for rush, it is a long-term Wiki Expedition. --Ssr (talk) 21:56, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, we have a pretty wide range of coverage. We have plenty of latitude to cover news stories that the mainstream media (msm) have failed to cover properly (in fact, additional coverage to under-covered stories is something we're well suited for).  We also allow "local" coverage, with the particular caveat that we need to be cautious of being perceived as a wikimedian newsletter (hence the "Wikimedia exception").  There isn't some stodgy requirement here about relating to a story that's currently in the big msm outlets (akin to Wikipedia's "notability").  But, take a couple of ridiculously extreme examples.  On the high end, suppose we landed an interview with Hillary Clinton; this is not completely off the wall, as a former Wikinewsie who has kept in touch over the years did land an interview with Hillary Clinton last year (not for Wikinews; an interview for a commercial magazine).  It's hard to imagine failing to ask her questions whose answers would satisfy relevance.  On the low end, suppose someone went out on the streets, found a random person who would talk to them, and asked this person questions about their general eating habits, then submitted the result to us as an interview.  The general eating habits of a semi-random person-on-the-street (only semi-random because it had to be someone who would agree to be interviewed) are almost certainly not relevant, in a news sense.  Between these two extremes, some judgement is needed — which is why it took us years of practice and occasional community discussions before we were ready to write a nontrivial explanation of our newsworthiness criteria. What is needed here is to present the story as of interest to a general audience (not just a wikimedian audience), as best the story supports this sort of presentation.  I don't have a sense of how well that can be done; I simply don't know how good a case can be made for the relevance of the story.  Perhaps, once we can see what is the best case that can be made for its relevance, it will be clear — one way or the other — whether or not it is relevant.  --Pi zero (talk) 22:29, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Hillary Clinton is not so much impressive, but it's impressive that a Wikinewsie talked to her. But we have our own Wikinewsie who talked to Hillary Cliton, his name is User:Frhdkazan, one can look at this photo, where he stands next to the right to Hillary Clinton. --Ssr (talk) 18:37, 9 October 2017 (UTC)
 * External links ban is a flaw as it would be in Wikipedia. No, I won't go into a policy discussion, just my opinion. --Ssr (talk) 09:15, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
 * External links are not banned altogether; sorry if that wasn't clear. They go in a separate section called External links, located below the Sources section (WN:SG).  All sister projects afaik, including Wikipedias, dislike putting external links in the main text, preferring to set external links apart so that the reader is well-warned before clicking them that they lead out of the wikimedia sisterhood.  --Pi zero (talk) 10:54, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

 * Hi. Please see my review comments.  Besides my frustration that I didn't get to the article sooner, I'm also not sure I've explained clearly what is needed.  Please feel free to ask me questions; I will do my best to clarify.  --Pi zero (talk) 18:30, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I feel this time the text is not going to be improved. It was started to be promoted out of Russian variant too early and with too little people involved in the process. But please be aware there will be further efforts to promote Wikimedia movement worldwide in such ways. Dmitry Erokhin has wide plans and also has notable experience. His expeditions are dedicated to Wikimedia, he collects material for Wikipedia and tries to use all posible instruments in all possible languages, and Wikinews are among these instruments. But next time I will try to have more backing from other people so I'm not in just solo negotiations on the affair I'm not generally solo responsible for. --Ssr (talk) 07:58, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

When original reporting ceases development without being published, we often move it to the reporter's userspace instead of deleting it. I've done so with this article; it is now at
 * User:Ssr/Russian Wikipedian and marathon runner Dmitry Erokhin makes test run to Morocco before running along entire Sakhalin Island

I felt at the time that this might have been put into a workable form for English Wikinews publication if it had gotten attention from someone with lots of (1) facility with en.wn newsworthiness standards, (2) proficiency in English, and (3) familiarity with the story — so they'd know what to say about the story to make it acceptable. I can see it might be difficult to get one person with lots of all three of these things at once. --Pi zero (talk) 12:21, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
 * So good texts/contributions are no more deleted forever. Thanks for the advice, next time I will show this information to other people such as Dmitry Erokhin and his companions from Wikimedia RU. This year he plans more runs: hard and lengthy Sakhalin one and at least one in some mountains. All dedicated to Wikipedia with promoting it among his readers/followers and press. Wikinews coverage is expected in all possible ways, as I said before. --Ssr (talk) 06:55, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 * This is how we have always operated. OR is typically preserved; synthesis is usually not kept unless it achieves publication.  --Pi zero (talk) 11:43, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Timing etc
Hi Ssr

I agree with you that at the current stage the review takes enormous amounts of time even for legitimate submissions.

Does complaining help? Doesn't it drive authors away?

To my knowledge, we have several solutions in mind:
 * Engage more people in sharing immediate feedback when a draft is created, so that its first review-that-is-done-a-day-or-two-later is more likely to be successful. (User:Gryllida/welcome a bit, started early this year).
 * This may also lead to recruitment of more reviewers, as people who provide such feedback can be more likely to be able to accomplish fact check.
 * Guide users by an adequate wizard (Help:Dialog, started by Pi zero several years ago).

I see that as constructive steps forward. What have you got in your mind, and what is your motivation here?

--Gryllida (talk) 23:38, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Sorry for delay in replying and thank you for your comment. Complaining helps what? I see how authors are driven away by talks on stories about Tyumen and Notre-Dame. They, judging by these cases, seem to be disappointed with complexity of how things are done here. As for my motivation, first of all I wish to post here some original content, primarily about Wikimedia and Wikipedians (this is WIKI-NEWS). I have no great desire to duplicate regular news for which there are loads of professional news websites available (this is WIKI-NEWS). In the past I have posted some here, but from some moment I began to be kicked from here with this type of stories (in some cases, by lingering review and then deleting). I see how some other people suffer the same. Speaking on desired manner of governance, I can say that I support the current general policies of Russian Wikinews (which I also influenced), so it's easy to see the specimen. --Ssr (talk) 17:51, 28 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I would be glad to help you write news about Wikimedia and Wikipedia in a bias-free way. They would also need to affect many people (internal newsletter style reports may face criticism from the reviewers here; ref. relevance). If you create a draft, or just link me to sources, I would be glad to quickly share with you my thoughts. Gryllida (talk) 04:33, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * *Everything* "may face criticism from the reviewers here". *Nothing* would be declared to be "in a bias-free way". I tried for years, I know. Thanks to Farhad, we are know the method of placing our English versions at Meta, and don't very much concerned of dealing with en-wn (which is anyway extremely hard to handle and energy-unworthy). --Ssr (talk) 05:42, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I would like to see where you guys are putting your English versions. Do you have a link? Gryllida (talk) 06:58, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
 * We have a number now and more coming. It's like this: ru:Казанская вики-школа отчиталась о подготовке татароязычной интеллигенции XXI века—multilingual links at the top. --Ssr (talk) 07:02, 29 April 2019 (UTC)

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User:Ssr

| m:user:ssrru:user:ssr Articles I created:
 * Putin backs Medvedev as United Russia party's candidate
 * Putin will accept prime minister position if Medvedev wins
 * Medvedev becomes Russian president-elect
 * Russian Wikipedia reaches a quarter million articles
 * Pioneer chemist Albert Hofmann dies at age 102
 * Russian Wikipedia "a top internet community"
 * Russian Wikipedia reaches half a million articles
 * Attack occurs in Stavropol, Russia; at least six dead
 * Russia's main airport faces high danger from dump birds
 * Russian police to 'check' officer allegedly involved in large theft and murder
 * 'Imagine a world without free knowledge', in Russia
 * Chechen Wikipedia passes 50 thousand articles

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User:Hyrax

The Hyrax or Hyrax is my alias.

We the two-headed snake dies at age 8 was published!

--Hyrax 23:02, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Please leave me a message.

Hyrax

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User talk:24.29.62.97

Welcome
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America's Cup: Alinghi wins first race over Team New Zealand

June 24, 2007

The Swiss syndicate, Alinghi has won the first race against Team New Zealand over the challenge for the top yachting award, the 32nd America's Cup. Alinghi finished the race 35 seconds ahead of Team New Zealand.

In the first race of a best out of nine challenge, Alinghi and Team New Zealand started at an even pace. Team New Zealand managed to edge out 25 metres in front of Alinghi on the right hand side of the course, which Team New Zealand chose by winning the coin toss.

Team New Zealand skipper, Dean Barker said that the right hand side was the better side at the start of the race. But the wind changed and favoured Alinghi on the left hand side.

But ten minutes through the race, Alinghi's SUI-100, skippered by New Zealander Brad Butterworth, managed to head out, at times 160 metres in front of NZL-92.

"It felt really good – it was a huge relief to get out there. The racing was close, but we were pretty calm...," Alinghi trimmer Simon Daubney said.

The wind speeds were around 12.5 knots, with Alinghi grinder, Matt Welling describing the conditions as washing machine like. It has been reported that Team New Zealand modified their yacht, NZL-92, for choppy conditions.

Barker, Team New Zealand weather checker, Adam Beashell, and Daubney agree that SUI-100 isn't faster than NZL-92, and New Zealand could win in different conditions. Barker said, "You certainly couldn't blame it on our boat. We are very happy with it. It was just the way the breeze blew today. They are a very strong opponent and they got in front and controlled the race well." Daubney said, "The boat speed is pretty similar between the two, but it was puffy and the breeze was up and down, so you can’t get too much of a read on it in just one race. From a first look though, it seems the boats are pretty similar in speed."

Team New Zealand mastman, Barry McKay said the Team New Zealand will bounce back and carry on, a view also shared by Team New Zealand after-guard, Rob Salthouse.

In the last America's Cup challenge, 2003, Alinghi defeated Team New Zealand 5-0, though in 1995 and 2000, Team New Zealand defeated Alinghi.

Around 800 boats of different sizes and types gathered on the Mediterranean Sea to watch the first race.

Team New Zealand won the right to challenge Alinghi for the cup after defeating Luna Rossa Challenge five-nil for the Louis Vuitton Cup.


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How dares Alinghi defeat Team New Zealand; they'll regret that decision in the second race! --Nzgabriel | Talk 03:59, 24 June 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Abhimanyu.singh

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Double article
This article has already appeared on April 26, 2007 - all the details are identical.


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User talk:Confuseddccop

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Sexual harrassment article
Do you have a case number for this article? I can retrieve the court documents out of the PACER system and use them as sources for the article. It's also really too long to belong in a shorts piece. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:13, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I've seen some of the court documents on this now, if you can click on my "talk" link and add a comment it is easier than email, and the questions I have to ask are, "Is this copied", and "do you have any more online sources?". The former question is due to the fact that you're probably like most people and don't know the intricacies of copyright law, and the latter is because if a little rewrite is done based on reading multiple sources we can publish the story.
 * The story has been moved out of "shorts" and into its own article, here, you are most welcome to add notes and the like on the talk page, please explain a bit about how you came to know this to either confirm or deny that you are an involved party.
 * Sorry to seem to be hassling you about this, but it sounds like an interesting story that won't get mainstream coverage. We like things like that, for example: Former Washington D.C. police officer sues district for racial discrimination and harassment was written entirely from PACER documents and has no mainstream coverage. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:35, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Now I am confused, you added an OR tag, but you put nowiki around it. What is the purpose of that? --SVTCobra 02:26, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

 * If you look down the left you'll see in the Navigation box a link to the Newsroom. I've asked someone to put your request for help on the collaboration section there as I'm going to be really busy today.

 * Jason wrote most of the Squires story after I dug it out of PACER - I found it completely at random and none of the mainstream press have given the issue the time of day. Glad you liked it, are you a regular reader?

Oh, and to get a link to your page along with the time you left a message put ~ at the end of the message, if you can see the words nowiki around the four tilde characters - you don't put in that bit, you're reading the changes to the page. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:05, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Writing Contest

Wikinews periodically holds writing contests as an incentive to bring in new contributors and boost the daily article count.

Previous contests have resulted in hundreds of articles and many dedicated new reporters who have made significant contributions to the project.

See Writing contest, Original reporting contest May 2005, IWWC, IWWC2, User:Messedrocker/Contest, and User:Tempodivalse/Writing contest.

Upcoming competitions
Brian McNeil is currently offering a 100 euro prize for a new competition to begin after the current board elections. Suggestions have been made that this should be a team-based competition and the details need ironed out. Proposals currently include: This is open to new suggestions on how we operate the points system. For example, inter-wiki cooperation should be one of the goals of the competition. Use of the article title template on Wikipedia (where it sticks and doesn't get removed) should earn points. Setting up links to obscure words on Wiktionary, with reciprocal links from their "Words in the News" should get points.
 * Teams of 2-5 contributors.
 * Competition doesn't begin until a reasonable number of teams are entered.
 * Judges will award points based on what contributions teams make to the site.
 * A minimum level of input per week will be required to stay in the competition.
 * Extra points for Original reporting, Wikipedia doesn't allow that - but a lot of contributors there would like to do it. Here is their opportunity.

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User talk:Steph7835~enwikinews

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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 Steph7835. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Steph7835~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

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Ali Hassan al-Majid and two others sentenced to death by Iraqi court

June 24, 2007

A cousin of Saddam Hussein, Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali", was sentenced to death by hanging yesterday in Iraq by the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal, along with two other officials from the former Baath Party. They were sentenced for their roles in the Al-Anfal Campaign, an anti-Kurdish campaign that resulted in the deaths of 180,000 Kurds.

It was during an attack against the Kurds that he received the nickname "Chemical Ali", for the infamous Halabja poison gas attack, in which he ordered chemical weapons to be used against a town full of Kurdish civilians. The trial did not deal with this specific incident.

Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa told al-Majid that, according to a New York Times report, he had "been convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for ordering army and security services to use chemical weapons in a large-scale offensive that killed or maimed thousands." Al-Majid was head of the Baath Party's Northern Bureau Command at the time of the offences.

Al-Majid is reported to have said "Thanks be to God" as he left the court building, although he was trembling and silent when the verdict was read out. Reuters described him as "old-looking" during the sentencing.

Former defense minister Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tal was also sentenced to death, for a large-scale attack on civilians, and for the usage of chemical weapons and illegal deportation against the Kurds. He insisted he was innocent as he left the courtroom, saying "I will not say anything new, but I will leave you to God. I'm innocent,".

Former deputy director of operations for the Iraqi Armed Forces Hussein Rashid Mohammed was the third to be sentenced to death, for a number of allegations against the Kurds, including making anti-Kurdish military plans. He interrupted the judge during the reading of the verdict, saying that all the defendants were merely defending Iraq from Kurdish rebels. He is reported to have said "God bless our martyrs. Long live the brave Iraqi army. Long live Iraq. Long live the Baath party and long live Arab nations,".

There were also two sentences of life imprisonment, one for former head of military intelligence's eastern regional office Farhan Mutlaq Saleh and one for director of military intelligence under Saddam Hussein Sabir al-Douri. Charges were dropped against former governor of Mosul and head of the Northern Affairs Committee Taher Tawfiq al-Ani due to insufficient evidence. This move was expected as the prosecutor had earlier requested his release.

The sentences, unless overturned on appeal, will mark the end of the so-called Anfal trial, the second trial against regime officials since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The other trial was that of Hussein himself, which ended in his execution. Prior to his death, Hussein had also been a defendant in the Anfal trial.


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Olympus Marathon takes place in northern Greece

June 24, 2007 One of the most important sport events of northern Greece takes place this weekend in Litochoro, Greece. The Skai Olympus Marathon started yesterday in the roots of the famous mountain, with athletes starting from a sea-level altitude follow 44km of trails at the slopes of Mt.Olympus and reach the height of 2780m. The Greek weightlifter and three-time Olympic champion Pyrros Dimas gave the sign for the start, from the town of Dion. The race was won by Alexis Gounko of Greece. Tonight the event will conclude with a ceremony in Litochoro's central park.


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Torrential rainstorms kill over 200 in Karachi, Pakistan

June 24, 2007

Torrential rainstorms with gale force winds brought floods and destruction to Karachi, the capital of Sindh Province in Pakistan.

Over 40 dead were recovered on Saturday and more than 180 on Sunday. Many more are said to have been injured by downed trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are reported as well as some rioting.

"We have declared an emergency at all government hospitals and cancelled the vacations and leave of doctors and paramedics," said the health minister for Sindh Province, Syed Sardar Ahmed, to AFP. "Now the total number of those killed because of rain is 228," he told Reuters.


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At least four UN peacekeepers killed, six injured by bomb in Lebanon

June 24, 2007 Reports say that a roadside bomb or landmine blast has killed at least four United Nations peacekeepers from Spain and injured at least three to six other peacekeepers in the town of Khiam, Nabatieh Governorate in southern Lebanon.

At least two UN armored vehicles were severely damaged by the blast and at least one of those vehicles was carrying a stock of ammunition which caused it to explode after the device detonated.

It is not known who planted the device, but Hezbollah has stated that it is not responsible for the blast and condemns the attack.

"The attack hurts the people of the south and of Lebanon," said an unnamed Hezbollah official.

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United States wins CONCACAF Gold Cup

June 25, 2007 The United States men's soccer team have won the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup by defeating Mexico 2-1 at Soldier Field in Chicago.

Mexico took the lead shortly before halftime with a goal from Jose Andres Guardado.

The Unites States leveled the scores when Landon Donovan converted a penalty in the 62nd minute and took the lead 11 minutes later from a goal by Benny Feilhaber.

Feilhaber's goal was only his second international goal. Donovan's 34th international goal ties him for first place with Eric Wynalda among all-time US men's nationals. The United States were the defending champions and hosts for the twelve-team biennial event.

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America's Cup: Team New Zealand wins over Alinghi in second race

June 25, 2007

Team New Zealand have defeated Swiss syndicate Alinghi in the second race of the 32nd America's Cup Challenge on Sunday, making the overall score equal with one win for each team.

Team New Zealand, racing with NZL-92, crossed the start line three seconds ahead of Alinghi's yacht, SUI-100. But Alinghi led the race at the first mark by 13 seconds, though near the ending of the race, Team New Zealand managed to overtake Alinghi to lead the final leg of the race by 28 seconds.

Former Alinghi and Team New Zealand skipper, Russell Coutts said that the latest win for Team New Zealand will act as a big boost for them. Ray Davis, Team New Zealand after-guard, said, "It’s been huge for the team to get a win on the board in the America’s Cup. It has been a long time coming for Emirates Team New Zealand."

Dan Cowie, Team New Zealand trimmer, said, "As we said yesterday there are two very even boats out there. We didn’t learn a whole lot more today."

The next race is scheduled for tomorrow, Monday being a race-off day.

The last time Alinghi and Team New Zealand fought for the America's Cup was when Team New Zealand was defending the trophy in Auckland, New Zealand.

The past three consecutive America's Cup challenges have been all whitewash victories, and five of the last six challenges have also been whitewashes.


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Told you so...
I told you that Alinghi would regret winning the first race... --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:40, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

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North Korea confirms receipt of funds, nuclear shutdown to proceed

June 25, 2007

North Korea has confirmed that it is in receipt of US$25 million that was frozen at a Macau bank. The funds had become a major sticking point in the ongoing nuclear negotiations. The were frozen at the Macau bank after the United States accused North Korea of and.

quoted an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying: "As the funds that had been frozen at Macau's Banco Delta Asia have been transferred as we demanded, the troublesome issue of the frozen funds is finally resolved." He continued, "there will be discussions with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) delegates June 26 in Pyongyang on shutting down nuclear facilities and inspections and monitoring."

A team from the arrived in, China, on their way to Pyongyang for a five-day visit. This will be the first visit by the IAEA since December 2002 when North Korea ejected inspectors.

The head of the team, Olli Heinonen, said "Now we are going to negotiate how to verify and make sure the reactor will be shut down and sealed, so this is the next step on this long trip." The is at the heart of the.


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Plane with Korean, Czech tourists aboard crashes in Cambodia

June 25, 2007

An airliner carrying 22 people crashed into a remote mountainous area of Cambodia today, and the fate of those aboard remained uncertain as search teams were daunted by darkness and rugged terrain.

Radar contact with the PMTair Antonov An-24 was lost at around 10:40 a.m. local time (0340 GMT). The flight had departed at around 10 a.m. from Angkor International Airport in Siem Reap, near the popular Angkor Wat temple complex, and was heading to Sihanoukville International Airport at Sihanoukville, a beach resort town on the Gulf of Thailand.

A report by Kyodo News said local villagers heard a loud explosion, rushed to the crash site, and found no survivors.

Cambodian officials have not confirmed or denied the report, and said they were still searching for the wreckage.

"We don't know how many are dead or how many survived," Him Sarun, chief of cabinet of the Civil Aviation Secretariat was quoted as saying by Agence France-Presse (AFP).

By nightfall, emergency workers said they had not yet located the crash site. "It could have crashed into the side of a hill. It could be anywhere. This is difficult country," an unnamed rescue worker was quoted as saying by Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA).

An unnamed airport official told Reuters that the plane had crashed into a mountain in Kampot Province, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from the capital, Phnom Penh. "We heard there was something wrong with the plane at Kom Chhay mountain in Kampot," the official was quoted as saying.

Earlier in the day, Royal Cambodian Armed Forces dispatched helicopters to search for the crash site, but visibility was poor because of rain.

Deputy provincial police chief In Chiva told AFP that some conservationists working in the mountainous jungle near Kampot's Bokor Hill Station had seen the plane crash. "The area is heavily forested and the sky is dark [with rain] so it is hard for us to search. We have not found any pieces of the plane yet," he was quoted saying by AFP.

The search is centered in Chhuk district, about 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of the provincial capital, Kampot governor Thach Khorn told DPA. "We are having serious difficulties reaching the wreck," he was quoted as saying. "We can do no more to get to the site by road tonight. However, we are doing everything we can to reach the area as soon as possible," Khorn added.

The flight had 16 passengers – 13 South Koreans and three Czechs, plus a flight crew of one Russian and five Cambodians.

PMTair is a small Cambodian airline with domestic and international routes, including direct flights from Seoul to Siem Reap, feeding a large influx of tourists from South Korea in the past few years. The airline had begun regularly scheduled Siem Reap-Sihanoukville flights in January, providing a direct link between the two popular tourist towns.

"We cannot find the plane right now, so we cannot say anything," an unnamed PMT official was quoted saying by AFP.

The airline's website lists its current fleet as having two jets, a Boeing 737-200 and a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, and four prop-driven planes: two each of the Russian-made Antonov AN-24s and AN-12s.

The airline has a checkered safety reputation. In 2005, a piece of landing gear snapped off an aging Antonov AN-24 on landing at Banlung, Ratanakiri, with 59 passengers aboard. There were no injuries, but the airline was temporarily grounded after the incident.


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Voting causes woman to face deportation from US

June 25, 2007

Zoila Meyer, a 40-year-old mother of two sons in San Bernadino, California, is facing deportation from the United States for illegally voting in the 2004 general election. Although she was a legal resident at the time, she was not a citizen and voting is therefore illegal.

Meyer, who was brought from Cuba to the US as a one-year-old child, says she believed she was a true American citizen all her life.

Meyer said, "I've been voting since I was 18. I didn't know I was here illegally. It was a mistake on my parents' behalf. They messed up. They didn't want to. It just happened."

"This whole process is not my fault. They ask, 'How can you not know you're not a citizen?' But if you're parents don't tell you this, you don't know. It's like kids who don't find out until they're adults that they were adopted. We believe what we are told."

Lori Haley, a spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said: "She can plead her case before an immigration judge, if she feels that she has reason to seek release for removal. ...Everybody has due process when they're arrested."

Earlier in 2004, Meyer won the election to City Council of the town of Adelanto, California, which has a population of about 23,000 people. Following this, police were tipped off that Meyer was born in Cuba, not in the US, leading to an investigation. The police later arrived and informed Meyer of her legal residency, but lack of US citizenship. After acknowledging this, she applied for citizenship. She voted in the 2004 election, without having been granted citizenship. She was charged with fraudulent voting, a misdemeanor and a deportable offense. So, on June 18, officials arrived at her home and told her to go to their office in San Bernadino. After being driven to the office by her husband a few days later, she was handcuffed, frisked, processed, and put in jail.

Zoila also commented on her case, saying that "I see people writing 'this is my country.' It really isn't. It belongs to the government and they decide who stays and who goes...you think you're free; you're really not."


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User talk:Kyalami~enwikinews

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 * Hi there, thanks for the audio version. Since this is an audio version of an article that is licensed under the cc-by 2.5, The recording should also be under the cc-by 2.5. Would you consider changing the license on the recording? All you have to do is edit this from  to  . Thanks. Happy editing, and if you need any help with anything, don't hesitate to ask. Bawolff 23:19, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Two briefs of the most important news happpenings today
I am looking at your work on this. They both seem large enough to warrant their own articles. If you want to write briefs, using this link is a good way to start. However, I may break up your current work into two articles, since they are both fairly substantial. Hope you don't mind. Cheers, --SVTCobra 23:40, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Okay. If you say so. But I think the Immigration Story is still a brief. The Paris Hilton story, on the other hand, may, repeat may, be able to be its own article.

 * I agree that it is short, given the topic, but a rough "rule of thumb" is about three paragraphs (this is not policy by any means) for a stand-alone article. Of course, I will add the tag to encourage other editors. --SVTCobra 23:52, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Paris Hilton/Senate Immigration Bill dates
You said:
 * I think you should leave the articles on June 26th. I wrote them when it was June 26 in local time, and on Wikinews.

 * the Hilton story (as best I can tell) is June 26 (I guess you changed it). The immigration bill story has yet to be published. It is awaiting review. At this point it will be a June 27 story. Like a newspaper, the date is not when it happened or when the journalist began making notes, but when it is published that determines the date. --SVTCobra 01:21, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

 * From the time when you said that the Immigration story didn't even deserve an article to now, you certainly have become aggressive in publishing. I do not think this story got a proper review. By insisting on the June 26 date, I think you are assuring fewer readers. I know that the speech was on June 26, but many Wikinews readers around the world had already gone to bed, not sure if they want to read "yesterday's news". Beyond that, you are going against Wikinews guidelines on the date of articles. --SVTCobra 01:33, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Voting causes woman to face deportation from US

Audio
If you want an audio version of the report it should be hosted here, see WN:AUDIO. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:08, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Single source
This is still based on a single source, note that both reports are written by AP, so the assumption you have to make is they are both sourced from the same AP wire report. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:29, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Reply: okay. I'll put the tag back as I look for more sources. I'll also put the develop tag back. P.S.: this is my first Wikinews article. Still gotta learn the tricks.
 * If you're working on it you can leave off the single source tag, you've put a lot of effort into this and nobody is likely to delete it if they see you still working on it. If you find another source (that doesn't say written by AP :)) stick it on, work some details from that into the story and publish.  The article is fairly well written so far. Good luck finding a source. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:41, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I found a source that comes from a newspaper called the Victorville Daily Press. I have the tag on ready. Check it, and once you're done, set it on publish. I also removed the audio narration, because I put additional facts from the Daily Press source into the article. I'll see if I update the narration with a new one soon. Meanwhile, check the article and publish it once you're done.

NPOV
This article takes the POV of a single person, namely Zoila Meyer. It reads like an essay by her, only in the third-person. --216.75.93.110 17:31, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Title
This article really needs a new title. DUH you're going to get deported due to lack of citizenship. A better title would mention the fact that she got "caught" because she voted, something like: Voting causes woman to face deportation. Imasleepviking 17:44, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Right. I'll change it then. Kyalami 17:50, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

 * The Title should not be changed! If you had read the article, it says that she is being deported because she voted fraudulently, not because she is not a citizen.  It even says that she is a "legal resident" meaning that she is here legally.  She is being deported because she voted, as the title states.Andrew.in.snow 14:15, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Audio recording does not work for me
The OGG file offered for download does not work for me. My browser Opera reports it as being only 5.8 KB small, and when I play the downloaded file in Winamp, all I hear is a very, very short noise. Does anyone else have that problem, or is it just me? --Florian Prischl 21:08, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

 * REPLY: yeah, i just opened it up in "Audacity" and the same error happened. I'll try to fix it.

POV Issues
I dunno, this article seems very POV to me. According to US Law, you can break a law without even knowing that the law exists, or you were in violation of it. (It is refered to as an "Voluntary Law") See Cheek v. United States for an small overview. This entire article is baised as the U.S. is portrayed as an evil villian when United States Citizen sand Immigration Services is only doing it's job. Besides, voting is the most sacred right an American citizen can have. She wasn't a citizen. Case closed. Zidel333 22:59, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

 * The point of view could show a little more of the U.S. Imigration's side, or maybe some input from her community. Overall though, it is her story and it would be difficult to show much of any other point of view. Andrew.in.snow 14:15, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

 * Ignorance of the law is never a defense. (and the article never mentions this) Ignorance of your own citizenship can't be much different.--SVTCobra 23:46, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


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I do not watch this page and not use this account any longer.

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Audio tape released of missing Israeli soldier

June 25, 2007 Kidnapped Israeli soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit, 20, is believed to be alive, and Hamas has released an audio tape in which Shalit says he needs to be hospitalized and that he regrets that Israel has not met the demands of the kidnappers.

"I have been in prison for an entire year and my health is deteriorating. I need lengthy hospitalisation. I regret the lack of interest of the Israeli government and military in my case and their failure to meet the demands. Just as I have parents, a mother and father, thousands of Palestinian detainees have mothers and fathers whose sons must be returned to them. I have a great hope from my government that it show more interest in me and meet the demands of the Mujahideen (kidnappers)," said Shalit on the audio tape.

Noam Shalit, Gilad's father says that he is "almost sure" that the voice on the tape is that of his son, but also states that "we cannot know when it was recorded. I imagine that it's the same as the letter they dictated to him and doesn't reflect his real state. We want somebody independent to see him, to examine him and the conditions under which he is held, his medical condition of course and his mental (condition)."

Israeli officials believe that the kidnappers told Shalit what to say during the audio recording and that the Israeli government will not cooperate with the group.

"How cruel can Hamas be? We will not cooperate with Hamas. We will not compromise with Hamas," said Miri Eisin, a spokeswoman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Hamas states that Israel had every chance to swap prisoners to release Shalit, but that Israel has to act.

"We have been flexible in every possible way when it came to a swap deal, but the Israeli side was too weak to make a decision. The ball is now in the Israeli court," said Osama al-Muzaini, a senior official for Hamas.

Shalit was kidnapped exactly one year ago today on June 25, 2006. He was kidnapped in Gaza City which sparked a month long war between Lebanon and Israel.


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Last of raisers of first U.S. flag over Iwo Jima dies

June 26, 2007

The last surviving Marine of those who raised the first U.S. flag over Iwo Jima during World War II, Charles "Chuck" Lindberg, passed away at the Fairview Southdale Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday.

Lindberg attended two memorial dedications in recent weeks, and was himself honored at the unveiling of the Minnesota World War II Memorial at the State Capitol on June 9. Earlier this month on Memorial Day, Lindberg was in attendance at the 'Honoring All Veterans Memorial' in the town of Richfield, where he resided since 1951.

Lindberg was hospitalized on June 10, and was aged 86 at his passing. The cause of his death is not presently known.

In his memory, local television station WCCO-TV will air its documentary of his actions, "The Last Flagraiser", over the next two Sundays at 11:00 AM.

Lindberg fought during WWII with the 3rd Platoon, known as Easy Company, in the 28th Regiment of the Marine Corps. After the war, he advocated to set the historical record straight on the group who planted the first flag on top of Iwo Jima, a key island in the Pacific Ocean during the war, which Japan has recently renamed Iōtō.

Awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart for his military service, Lindberg was among a group of Marines who first reached the summit of the volcanic island's highest point called Mount Suribachi. The Pulitzer Prize winning photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal pictured at Wikipedia's Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima was presumably taken 4 hours after the U.S. force took control of the island's high point.


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New video released shows BBC journalist Alan Johnston wearing 'explosive belt'

June 25, 2007

A new video has been released by the kidnappers of BBC News reporter Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped while returning from work in Gaza City 105 days ago.

In the video Johnston is shown wearing what the reporter says is an "explosive belt" around his waist. He continues to say "the kidnappers say [the belt] will be detonated if there is any attempt to storm this area. They say they're ready to turn the hideout into what they describe as a death zone if there is an attempt to free me by force."

Both the BBC and Alan's family were "distressed" by the video and both re-iterated their plea for Alan to be released peacefully.

Johnston, 45 and from Scotland, was kidnapped in Gaza by a militant group calling itself "The Army of Islam" over 14 weeks ago whilst nearing the end of a three year contract there and is, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, one of 15 journalists abducted from Gaza since 2004. All the others were released, unharmed, within days of their capture.


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Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission to review Pan Am Flight 103 conviction

June 25, 2007 The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC), an organisation that investigates alleged miscarriages of justice, is to complete a review on June 28, 2007 of the conviction on January 31, 2001 of Libyan Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi for the December 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. All 259 passengers and crew of the Boeing 747, and eleven people on the ground, were killed when a bomb destroyed the aircraft over the town of Lockerbie in Scotland. Megrahi was convicted on 270 counts of murder, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. It is expected that the SCCRC will refer Megrahi's case back to the court of appeal. A summary of the Commission's findings will be published, but the main report will not.

Today's Scotsman reported that documents leaked from Megrahi's legal team include allegations that evidence used to convict him 'was subject to deliberate destruction and manipulation for political reasons'. Officials in both the United States and the United Kingdom are accused of "a co-ordinated effort to mislead the court" in order to divert attention from other suspects with links to Iran or Syria, whose support was needed at the time of the first Gulf War.

During its three-year review, the SCCRC has been shown hundreds of documents and photographs which are alleged to show that evidence was invented, manipulated or ignored by the British police on the one hand and the CIA and FBI on the other. Veteran politician Tam Dalyell, who has campaigned against the conviction for years, has now said that the full report by the SCCRC should be made public, adding "The Crown Office has a moral obligation to hold a public inquiry. If it embarrasses the Scottish judiciary, so be it. We're in danger of becoming the laughing stock of Europe." He also said “I have no doubt that evidence was planted, and I have said so repeatedly in the Commons. Only a full, public and nonadversarial inquiry can finally settle this matter.” Meanwhile, defence lawyers said that if Megrahi is granted an appeal or retrial they will attempt to convince authorities to release him until the case comes to court.

The credibility of several key parts of the prosecution's case is seriously questioned in the evidence submitted to the SCCRC, with rescue workers describing items as intact when they were discovered, but which were presented in fragmentary form at the Lockerbie bombing trial. The evidence of Maltese shopkeeper Tony Gauci is also challenged. Although Gauci testified that Megrahi bought clothes from him that were later found to have been in the suitcase containing the bomb, in reality he apparently gave a number of inconsistent and substantially different accounts of who bought the clothes, failed to pick out Megrahi at an identity parade, and even linked the clothes' purchase to convicted Egyptian terrorist Mohammed Abu Talb, from the Iran-backed Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Defence lawyers also alleged that two early statements by Gauci are missing altogether.

One investigator also claims that evidence was fabricated, while there was insufficient investigation into claims by a baggage handler at Heathrow International Airport that the suitcase containing the bomb was only added to the flight at the last minute.

The SCCRC refused to comment, saying: "It is not for Scottish ministers to comment or preempt the outcome of this review." Further it said: "It is the strong view of the Scottish Government that due process of law will be followed and seen to be followed in all matters pertaining to this case."

The SCCRC will issue it's report on Thursday June 28, 2007.


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Wikinews:Arbitration Committee/Elections July 2007

The Arbitration Committee is community-elected group of users who can hold hearings in serious disputes that cannot otherwise be resolved by the community (through discussions or quick, generally temporary actions by administrators).

In general, ArbCom hearings are intended to be about whether core policies like NPOV and Wikiquette are followed. The members of ArbCom can decide whether or not they want to hear a particular case brought before them through Requests for arbitration. Be aware that arbitration duty can still be rather time-intensive in complex cases, and that you will be required to recuse yourself from cases you are involved in. Generally, all members of the Arbitration Committee are given Oversight, however if you are currently under the age of 18, you cannot receive this right (according to a resolution of the Wikimedia Foundation).

This Arbitration Committee election will be held from July 18, 2007, 20:00 UTC to July 31, 2007, 20:00 UTC. The elections are an open process and we strive for consensus. Anyone can be nominated. The 3 candidates with the most support will be appointed to the 3 open seats on the committee left vacant due to the expiring terms of committee members Chiacomo, Ilya Haykinson, and the seat left vacant when Messedrocker resigned from the committee.

The Arbitration Committee members elected will tentatively serve through July 31, 2008.

Election Policies

 * You must have at least 250 edits in the Main namespace before July 1, 2007 at 00:00 (UTC) in order to vote.
 * Your first edit must have been made before June 1, 2007 at 00:00 (UTC) in order to vote.
 * The results will become valid once they have been confirmed by the Wikinews Arbitration Committee Election Coordinators (see below).

Wikinews Arbitration Committee Election Coordinators
The Wikinews Arbitration Committee Election Coordinators currently consists of Thunderhead (chair), Daniel, Martinp23 and Brian New Zealand. The Committee oversees the election of the Arbitration Committee and verifies votes, using checkuser when needed to verify votes.

Nominations
Before voting, please check the F.A.Q..

User:SVTCobra
I nominate SVTCobra for a position on the arbitration committee. His tireless work in writing and editing shows a dedication to the Wikinews project. But further than that, I think his ability to mediate disputes based on the rules we all have to work with, would be a welcome addition to the committee. From what I have seen, he is focused on ensuring all users work within system. He has rescued countless articles and, more importantly, guided new users with specific suggestions on improvement - delivered with encouragement. Jcart1534 01:03, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Acceptance: Thank you, Jcart1534, I accept your nomination. I would like to think that I am well-suited for a position on the Arbitration Committee. I try to abide by the rules/policy/precedent laid out before us by those who started this project. I also think that I have shown myself to be able to correct my own errors and mistakes and to apologize when I was rude or too blunt. The inability to do so is probably the main source of disputes on Wikinews. On the rare occasions, where I have entered myself into a debate or discussion between others, I think have always been fair. I have been reading the dispute archives, though it thankfully hasn't been too busy lately, so I think I am somewhat familiar with the process. I hate talking this much about myself, so I'll just say that I think that I'll be tough, but fair as a member of ArbCom. --SVTCobra 01:24, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Questions

Votes

 * 1) Support Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:30, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:37, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support -- Alastor Moody (T + C) 21:31, 20 July 2007 (UTC) Vote stricken because user does not meet eligibility requirements for voting (see above) Martinp23 22:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --Jcart1534 14:07, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support This guy helps me a lot. Brock contact... 14:17, 23 July 2007 (UTC) Vote stricken because user does not meet eligibility requirements for voting (see above) Martinp23 16:31, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Support --TUFKAAP 21:50, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

User:IlyaHaykinson
I nominate IlyaHaykinson for a position on the arbitration committee. Ilya has been faithful component of the community for many years, another term for him would be a excellent idea Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 06:49, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Acceptance: I accept the nomination. As with my last term, I intend to act as a voter in any disputes that reach the ArbCom but will not want to act as an activist in the arbitration process.  Additionally, I believe that the fact that the ArbCom has been very inactive recently is a very good thing.  Please feel free to ask any questions about my position on my talk page. -- IlyaHaykinson 16:10, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Questions

Votes

 * 1) Support Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support --Nzgabriel | Talk 03:43, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:49, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Support--+Deprifry+ 08:40, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Andre (talk) 03:05, 20 July 2007 (UTC) Vote stricken because user doesn't meet eligibility requirements (see above) - Martinp23 19:27, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Support Nyarlathotep 18:36, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support —Zachary talk 19:48, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support -- Alastor Moody (T + C) 21:31, 20 July 2007 (UTC) Vote stricken because user does not meet eligibility requirements for voting (see above) Martinp23 22:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Support -Edbrown05 06:56, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support --TUFKAAP 21:50, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Cspurrier
I nominate Craig Spurrier for a position on the arbitration committee. Craig previously served ArbCom from January 31, 2006 to January 31, 2007. He is an admin, a bureaucrat and a steward, with still time left to stay in touch with the community here and answer requests or participate in discussions. In discussions, I've come to know him as someone who will make valuable critical remarks while remaining sensible, an essential quality for ArbCom. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:40, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Acceptance: I accept --Cspurrier 23:42, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Questions

Votes

 * 1) Support Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support.--+Deprifry+ 08:40, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:29, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Support: DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:37, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support Andre (talk) 01:32, 20 July 2007 (UTC) Vote stricken because user doesn't meet eligibility requirements (see above) - Martinp23 19:27, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Support —Zachary talk 19:48, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support -- Alastor Moody (T + C) 21:32, 20 July 2007 (UTC) Vote stricken because user does not meet eligibility requirements for voting (see above) Martinp23 22:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Support halp me i've been on an train for twelve god damn hours :(( → MR  01:55, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support -Edbrown05 06:56, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support --TUFKAAP 21:50, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Brianmc
I nominate Brian McNeil for a position on the arbitration committee. Brian is an admin and accredited reporter. He has been a long-time member of our community and is still very active. I think he is a passionate wikinewsie who understands the needs of Wikinews very well, for example his recent initiative to set up Wikinewsie.org and to start another Writing competition. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:40, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Acceptance: Thanks. I accept.
 * However, as a brief IRC discussion with MessedRocker pointed out - we've not needed the arbcom for a while. His proposal was to suspend it - I assume after we elect new members and can then quickly reactivate it. Policy dictates that the arbcom must accept a case that is put before them. For the suspension I'd propose a wider pool. If a case is submitted whilst the arbcom is suspended a certain number of established wikinewsies must request activation of the arbcom.
 * Personally, I hope it never comes to that. I'd rather see our arbcom totally idle and the disputes that led up to its initial formation avoided in the future. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:07, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Questions

Votes

 * 1) Support Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support --Nzgabriel | Talk 03:43, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:49, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Support--+Deprifry+ 08:40, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Support.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:29, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Support--TUFKAAP 01:14, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Support Nyarlathotep 18:38, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) Support —Zachary talk 19:48, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) Support Pilotguy roger that  01:09, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) Support --Jcart1534 14:07, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 11) Support -Edbrown05 06:56, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 12) Support --TUFKAAP 21:50, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Markie
I nominate Mark for a position on the arbitration committee. Mark is a very active admin who does an excellent job helping out new users. He can be blunt at times but always reasonable and understanding. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:40, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Acceptance: i accept - thanks --Mark Talk to me 19:44, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Questions

Votes

 * 1) Support Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) 'Support DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:50, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support --Jcart1534 14:07, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Terinjokes
In the spirit of being inclusionist I believe this user should be given a chance to be elected. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:19, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Accept The song by Alice Cooper was ok, was not a fan of the video. terinjokes | Talk 04:56, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Questions

Votes

 * 1) Support Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:51, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support --Jcart1534 14:07, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Nzgabriel
I nominate myself for a position in the Arbitration Committee. While I have only been here at Wikinews for over a year, I believe I know the workings and the community here and can serve them well. I know that the committee doesn't hear many cases, but when a case does arise, I will try my hardest to do the best job I can and be completely neutral in all cases I hear. --Nzgabriel | Talk 06:01, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Acceptance: Self-Nomination
 * Questions

Votes

 * 1) Support Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:51, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support --Jcart1534 14:07, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Support -- IlyaHaykinson 20:33, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

User:TUFKAAP
I nominate myself for ArbCom, I've been an "lone-wolf" admin type on Wikinews for a while and I feel like contributing to the community more. Currently, I am no eligible for CheckUser and Oversight until the end of next month when I turn 18, however, I don't see this as much of a problem due the very good inactivity of ArbCom. --TUFKAAP 17:36, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Acceptance: Self-nom
 * '''Questions

Votes

 * 1) Support Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Support DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 03:51, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Support --Jcart1534 14:07, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Results

 * I confirm IlyaHaykinson, Cspurrier, and Brianmc as the winners of the election. Thunderhead - (talk) 20:36, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * IlyaHaykinson, Cspurrier, and Brianmc are the winners. As soon as we have a third opinion, they will be able to be declared elected Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 22:04, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I, as the fourth-place finisher, concede defeat to IlyaHaykinson, Cspurrier, and Brianmc. I consider the election process to have been free and fair. I do not contest the results. --SVTCobra 22:26, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I confirm the results stated above. Martinp23 12:00, 1 August 2007 (UTC)


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Heavy rain causes severe flooding in UK

June 25, 2007 Heavy rain in England and Wales has caused the death of one man after he was sucked down a man hole in when attempting to clear flood water. A teenage boy was also killed after being swept away by flood water of the,. The has inundated large areas of land, many houses and caused travel chaos with many roads and railways flooded or blocked by stranded vehicles, especially in northern England.

75 of rain in some areas has caused severe flooding, which could get worse as forecasters predict one month's worth of rain will fall in the next 24 hours.

A has been declared in Hull and over 120 schools have been closed in  and. The fire service, police and coast guards have attempted many rescues today with helicopters used to remove people from stranded houses to temporary shelters.

Areas also affected are along the, the , and the.

The rain also affected the start of Wimbledon and created more problems for the clear-up at the end of another "mud bath".

title: Heavy rain causes severe flooding in UK