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Gay not an option on MySpace profiles

May 3, 2007

When signing up for an account on MySpace, a popular social networking site, and filling out the "Background and Lifestyle" area of your profile, if you are a gay male MySpace doesn't list that as a possible sexual orientation.

When selecting the option for your sexuality or homosexuality, you can select amongst "bisexual", "lesbian", "straight", "not sure" or "no answer," but there is no option to select "gay."

Gay refers to homosexuals in general but sometimes gay can be used to refer only to homosexual men. Lesbian generally only refers to homosexual women.

According to an Internet report, it was removed some time ago, after News Corporation bought MySpace. Rupert Murdoch is in charge of News Corporation and last year said that he was "homophobic and crazy" on the issue of gay marriage.

Despite the report, MySpace says that they did not know about Murdoch's views on homosexuality and calls the incident a bug, which was supposed to be fixed during the overnight hours of May 3. As of the May 5 the situation is unchanged.

"Some people have asked about the missing orientation option for 'gay' on edit profile. That's a bug that should be fixed later tonight... No, MySpace does not hate gay people.. duh," said a message posted on user's MySpace account pages by the site's founder Tom Anderson.

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Talk:Gay not an option on MySpace profiles

Original Reporting
I received the message on my MySpace main page that stated the following:

Latest Update: May 2, 2007 12:30pm, PST

''Seems like there's more rumors than usual that i'm closing the site or going to start charging for myspace. not true foo'! don't believe what you read in bulletins and rumors.. if there was something important to tell you, i would post an announcement.''

''Oh and some people have asked about the missing orientation option for "gay" on edit profile. that's a bug that should be fixed later tonight... no, myspace does not hate gay people.. duh.'' --Tom, MySpace founder. DragonFire1024 05:08, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh for goodness sake, Wikinews is not a blog. -Edbrown05 05:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * A minor and unintentional bug hardly seems newsworthy -24.141.158.0 09:30, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

change title.
 * Agreed. It seems sensationalistic.--67.72.98.108 11:30, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Neutrality
The article seem to try to lead the reader to the conclusion that MySpace removed the "gay" checkbox at the direct behest of Rupert Murdoch. However, there is no evidence to support such a conclusion. If he had directed MySpace to revise their profile categories, I think it most likely would have removed the other alternative lifestyles as well, ie. "Bi" "Lesbian" and "Swinger". --SVTCobra 13:12, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

New title
Not entirely accurate since "Lesbian" is selectable and is also homosexual. --SVTCobra 15:50, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

To me "not selectable" suggests that the option is present but just can not be clicked and selected permanently. Because of this and the above comment, perhaps "Gay not an option on MySpace profiles" would be a slightly better title. More catchy too :p --121.44.140.154 16:07, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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the option is gay/lesbian not lesbian

 * see story's screen shot. The option was not "gay/lesbian" at the time of its writing

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User talk:Omaryak

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Please source (say where they came from) your images. Especially Image:Delta new livery.jpg Bawolff ☺☻ 05:19, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
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 * You cannot get attribution for something already copyrighted. DragonFire1024 05:28, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I understand, but these logos, and pages are copyrighted by Delta. You did not create the web page or the logos. Therefore you cannot claim any credit on them whatsoever. DragonFire1024 05:32, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Again you cannot calim ANY attribution AT ALL for these images regardless of what you did to them. Technically you cannot even crop any of them let alone claim attribution. So technically, what you did already violates the copyright laws. DragonFire1024 05:36, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Not it is NOT your work. You CANNOT claim ANY of the work you did as being your own on copyrighted material. Screen shots are COPYRIGHTED and you cannot ALTER copyrighted material, especially with out written consent. DragonFire1024 05:45, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Indeed but it does NOT allow you to make any changes to them. DragonFire1024 05:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to have been so uptight about this. I hope that it does not discourage you from contributing in the future. I apologize and hope you will stick around :) DragonFire1024 21:30, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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This reminds me of a website that asks for your gender. One of the options is unknown! --Nzgabriel | Talk 07:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Fixed election dates to become law in Canadian federal elections

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editprotected Shouldn't there be a comma before "unless it was defeated by a motion of no-confidence", not a semicolon? Heavy Water (talk) 21:02, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
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Since I've read that Mars has a thin atmosphere,I think that the water has gone into space. I wonder if the plnet could support life??(just like in many of those scifi movies.) -earandil98 (previously unsigned by: User:125.212.90.147)


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Iraq says leader of the insurgent group Mujahideen Shura Council killed

May 3, 2007

Iraq's Interior Ministry has said that the leader of the insurgent group, the Mujahideen Shura Council, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi has been killed by the United States military and Iraqi Forces and that his remains have been identified. He is said to have been killed during the night on Wednesday, one day after reports said that the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri was killed.

"Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was killed north of Baghdad by Iraqi and American forces. He died as a result of wounds sustained in clashes. The Interior Ministry has his body to carry out further checks," said Maj. Gen. Hussein Kamal, Iraq's Deputy Interior Minister. State TV in Iraq has also aired footage of a body that is believed to be that of al-Baghdadi.

The U.S. military has not commented on the claim by the Interior Ministry.

There are conflicting reports as to whether or not al-Baghdadi was killed during a battle in Taji, Iraq on Tuesday. Reports began to surface Tuesday that al-Masri was killed during that battle, but so far neither the Iraqi government or the U.S. military have confirmed, or denied the reports.

Despite the claim, on Tuesday the Islamic State of Iraq denied that al-Masri was dead posting a message on a militant website saying, "The Islamic State of Iraq reassures the Ummah on the safety of Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, may God protect him, and that he is still fighting the enemies of God."


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Talk:Bloc Québécois raise concern over remark made by hockey player

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I am having trouble comprehending the second paragraph. "The motion, which was supported by all three parties..." What motion? What are the three parties? Thanks. --SVTCobra 13:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
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After reasonable interest was shown, the project had an amazing start with the graphics and rough project outline almost completed in its first week of existence.

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There was immediately great interest from users around the world with many different resources and talent.

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Comments:Study: Arctic ice could be gone by 2020

Ted Scambos is an idiot
Right now - the Arctic helps keep the Earth cool. Without that Arctic ice, or with much less of it, the Earth will warm much faster. The IPCC report was very careful, very thorough and cautious, so they erred on the side of what would certainly occur as opposed to what might occur.

For an expert he does sound pretty stupid. The ice can only cool the rest earth by melting. If the amount of ice were growing, then the ice would be warming the rest of the planet, ostensibly. But it is idiocy because the ice is part the earth, these aren't ice cubes that were magically added to cool down the earth.

When people speak of global warming, the speak of average global temperatures. That includes the ice, Ted! The earth - it is one eco-system. Theoretically if we made every place on earth the same temperature, we could still lower the temperature of the planet and still melt all the ice. --SVTCobra 13:46, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


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On screen graphics which would be shown within the news were then produced. A few ideas and prototypes were thrown about until, one of the users produced an official logo and, official graphics. These graphics were turned into vectors and were then animated by one of the other users.

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French presidential candidates Royal and Sarkozy debate

May 3, 2007

Wednesday evening, Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP) and Ségolène Royal (Socialist Party) debated live on national TV in France. About 20 million viewers, about half the number of registered voters watched. This was the only head-to-head debate between the two remaining presidential candidates, and only the fifth such debate in the history of the French Fifth Republic.

(...) I would endeavour, if the French put their confidence in me, to be a president of the republic who is committed first of all to results. I want results. No more talk, no more declarations of virtual rights but promises to the French of rights that will become a reality: Results.

My ruling passion has a name and that's action. I want to act. And if the French people pick me - whether it's Mme Royal or myself - they'll choose us to act, to take action, to change, to get results. That's my vision of a modern president of the republic.

I want to get France out of the situation it's in today ... I want to be the president of the republic who's going to make a France where aggression and violence are in retreat, who's going to make a France that will win the battle against unemployment and a high cost of living, who will also enable inequalities to recede, because I believe that all these kinds of insecurity in daily life - social insecurity - call for new rules of the game, call for a new political system, call basically for more effective politicians than those of the last five years and, no doubt, beyond.

The second round of popular voting will be held this Sunday, May 6, 2007. In the first round, Sarkozy got 31.18% of the vote, while Royal received 25.87%. This time they will be the only two candidates.


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Talk:Kentucky faith-based agency under fire for religious coercion

Opening
Shouldn't the litigation be explained before leading out: "Interviews by children..." Also, are the children doing the interviews or are being interviewed? If it is the latter I would say "Interviews of children" --SVTCobra 14:41, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for looking at this. "of" children -- yes. I did the lead this way because the litigation has been ongoing, not news itself, but apparently the interviews are only not coming to light (at least as far as media/world is concerned) due to AP story. Ok? Blum 15:56, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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 * If the children were supposed to be the focus of the article, it gets lost pretty quickly. There seems more stuff about the Iowa prison case than anything else.
 * See WN:NPOV the article also seems skewed against the programs. Perhaps the selection of sources has something to do with that.
 * I don't think the article is ready yet.
 * --SVTCobra 18:16, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that's fine and I appreciate the various feedback on it. I would welcome others to collaborate and develop this article properly. Blum 21:22, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Major rewrite notes
I did a major rewrite and I renamed this article. I put it in Ready instead of publishing because of the reliance on a single source. I did a pretty thorough search but try as I might I could not get around the Courier-Journal source. It seems that it was picked up by AP and all other sources seem to either refer to AP or Courier-Journal. Maybe someone adept at finding court records can help. --SVTCobra 02:15, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Essentially single-source
I want to stress, that although I did most of the work in presenting the article in its current form, it is still basically based on the Courier-Journal source. Sure some background and the Iowa case are from other sources. But I am still appealing for someone to find some corroborative independent sources, even court records could suffice. Or even sources that completely debunk this. (Note: I did not publish) --SVTCobra 03:27, 5 May 2007 (UTC)


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Britain's Ministry of Defence to release UFO files

May 3, 2007

The United Kingdom's Ministry Of Defence has announced that they plan to release their UFO files to the public, 7 weeks after France's space agency CNES opened its UFO file to the public in March 22, 2007.

The ministry has not decided on which day this event will occur, but confirmed that it would be happening within the upcoming weeks. The files will include UFO sightings reported by civilians, pilots, and military personnel dating back to 1967.

Some people, such as David Clarke, have expressed their delight to the release of the files: "The more of this stuff that they put on their website or put in the national archives, the less it will cost the taxpayer, because at the moment people are writing in about individual incidents and they are having respond." Clarke is author of the book Flying Saucerers: A Social History of UFOlogy and currently a journalism lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University.

The files will include the famous December of 1980 Rendlesham Forest Incident, also called Britain's Roswell after the Roswell UFO incident that occurred in the United States in 1947.


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Talk:Iraq says leader of the insurgent group Mujahideen Shura Council killed

 * this was first lead yesterday (just different article), take it off first lead and give other articles the chance to see first lead (:O) -Nima Baghaei talk · cont · email 15:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * you guys have to stop publishing this stuff as first lead, this type of article already had its first lead a few days ago under a different name Reports: Leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq killed (:O) -Nima Baghaei talk · cont · email 15:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * that was Abu Ayyub al-Masri. this is Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi. –Doldrums(talk) 15:59, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * same topic though (:O) -Nima Baghaei talk · cont · email 16:02, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
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Comments:Virginia dangerous dog law bill ready for Assembly debate

Pitt Bulls
We have a neighbor with two pittbulls I have four children. The female pitt seems fine but the male pitt the owners do not seem to be able to control. The female has gotten out before and is freindly but if the male gets out I'm scared of what he might do. Is there anything we can do or we just have to wait for him to bite someone?

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The only message you are sending to people is to judge dogs based on their appearance! Just because a dog "looks like a pitbull" does not mean it is a pitbull. And any dog can be mean and bite someone, it all depends on how the owner trains him/her. —68.57.109.140 (talk) 04:16, 23 September 2011 (UTC)


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Mercury astronaut Walter Schirra dies, aged 84

May 4, 2007 Former NASA Astronaut Walter Marty Schirra, Jr (born March 12, 1923), a member of the original Mercury Seven and the fifth American in space, has died at the age of 84.

Schirra, who is best known for flying the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, launched on October 3, 1963, is believed to have died of natural causes on May 3, 2007.

"With the passing of Wally Schirra, we at NASA note with sorrow the loss of yet another of the pioneers of human spaceflight. As a Mercury astronaut, Wally was of a member of the first group of astronauts to be selected, often referred to as the Original Seven," said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin in a statement posted on NASA's website.

Schirra also flew on the Gemini 6A mission, which was involved, along with Gemini 7, in the first rendezvous in orbit between two manned spacecraft. His third and final mission was the first manned Apollo flight, Apollo 7, during which he and two other astronauts tested the Apollo spacecraft in low Earth orbit, ahead of later lunar flights.

He was the only astronaut to fly on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo flights. Following his death, only two of the Mercury Seven, John Glenn and Scott Carpenter remain alive.


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Comments:Fixed election dates to become law in Canadian federal elections

senate and bills concerning elections
"with some parliamentarians saying that a government could find limitless opportunities to move the date, and that it was ironic for the unelected Senate to propose amendments on a bill concerning elections."

 * I find it ironic that at one moment they complain the senate does didly squat, and the next moment they complain that the senate is doing their job. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The Senate does a lot of work with bills. There is no way that the House could have the time to listen to all of the interest groups and committees required for every single bill as well as go over all the fine print.  The people who want to get rid of the Senate have no idea how much work someone would have to make up for their input.  --Arctic.gnome 16:04, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Under this system, if the government wanted an early election, could they not just intentionally lose a motion of confidence? I believe that has happened in Germany before.  The odd thing would be that a minority government trying to force an early election might have the other parties vote for a motion of confidence in the government, only to delay the election.  --Xyzzyva - (talk) 05:09, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


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User talk:84.9.50.45

I, and others, have tried to load the link you cite - it doesn't work and what you are asserting cannot be verified. I have tried with both Firefox and MSIE, neither loads beyond the first name, giving only 4 or 5 lines of text. Can you find another source that others can check, and bring your article up to what we list in the following boilerplate?

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Barack Obama receives protection from the Secret Service

May 3, 2007

Today marked a landmark first for the United States Secret Service. Coming nine months before the first Presidential ballots are cast and eighteen months before the actual election, the Secret Service announced that it would place Democratic Senator of Illinois Barack Obama under protection.

The Washington Post and The New York Times have both reported that although the freshman senator was the one who asked for protection, there was no immediate threat or danger presented that was the cause.

The only other potential presidential candidate currently protected by Secret Service is Senator Hillary Clinton of New York. Senator Clinton is protected because she is a former first lady and wife of former President Bill Clinton.

The Washington Post reports that Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, authorized Obama's Secret Service protection after consultations with the bipartisan congressional advisory committee. Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren did not provide any extra details concerning the matter, saying, "I'm not aware it was based on any threat."


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User talk:68.72.119.223

Welcome!

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If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! —Zachary talk 00:37, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Tobey Maguire ‘Black’ in Action in Venomously Conflicted ‘Spider-Man 3’
Hello, thanks for your contribution to Tobey Maguire ‘Black’ in Action in Venomously Conflicted ‘Spider-Man 3’

The stories we post here are also redistributed under a free license, and although the writer permitted you to post this story to Wikinews, we cannot accept it because we would not have permission to redistribute the story to other websites.

If you would like to write your own story, to be distributed for free under the Creative Commons 2.5 license, then you may do so. However, stories from other web sites, whether they are used with or without permission, is not allowed. —Zachary talk 00:37, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
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User talk:AdamFendelman

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  01:27, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
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Tobey Maguire 'Black' in Action in Venomously Conflicted 'Spider-Man 3'
Hi. Could you please comment on the articles talk page regarding the NPOV dispute. Thanks. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  14:00, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

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Royal Canadian Mint unveils world's largest gold coin

May 4, 2007

The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM) introduced two new products Thursday, one of which is claimed to be the world's largest gold coin. The Gold Maple Leaf coin, made of 99.999% pure gold, weighs 100 kg and has a face value of CA$1 million. The other offering is a smaller one ounce (28 g) version.

The 100 kg coin is approximately 50 cm in diameter and about 3 cm thick. At 99.999% purity, the gold coins are amongst the purest in the bullion market.

Commenting on its impractical size, RCM President and CEO Ian E. Bennett indicated that the 100 kg coin was designed to draw attention to the mint. "The Royal Canadian Mint operates in a very competitive environment, which is especially true of the international gold bullion market," said Bennett. "Our 100-kg and one ounce 99.999% pure gold bullion coins are an achievement which separates the RCM from a large field of competitors."

Until RCM's announcement on Thursday, the Austrian Mint held the record for the world's largest gold coin when, in 2004, it unveiled a €100,000 denomination coin weighing 31 kg.

In the RCM news release, Canada's government minister responsible for the Royal Canadian Mint, Lawrence Cannon, highlighted RCM's history of producing minted products. "The Royal Canadian Mint has long been recognized as one of the most innovative in the world, with a tradition of technical perfection and superior craftsmanship," said Cannon. "These new...coins now take Canada's reputation in the gold bullion industry to an unprecedented level."

The reverse, or tail side of the new Canadian coin features a maple leaf design, while the obverse, or head side bears the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Although the 100 kg coin has a face value of $1 million, it would cost approximately CA$2.6 million (or US$2.4 million) to purchase, based on the market value of gold. A limited quantity of the 100 kg coins will be available as a special order through the RCM.


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Ulster Volunteer Force announces it will put weapons "beyond reach"

May 4, 2007 The Northern Ireland loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) intends to end its decade-long campaign of violence and terror and will disarm, making it the first loyalist paramilitary to do so.

However, unlike the Provisional Irish Republican Army, the UVF will not fully decommission weapons. Instead the illegal organization will put weapons "beyond reach" of ordinary members in secure caches only known to UVF leadership.

The group, considered a terrorist group in both the United States and United Kingdom issued a statement, read by Gusty Spence, a founding member of the UVF, which stated that "as of 12 midnight, Thursday 3 May 2007, the Ulster Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando will assume a non-military, civilianised, role."

It also added, "All recruitment has ceased; military training has ceased; targeting has ceased and all intelligence rendered obsolete; all active service units have been deactivated; all ordinance has been put beyond reach and the IICD instructed accordingly."

However, according to the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD), this does not meet the requirements set out in government legislature. Although it welcomed the news of disarmament, the Commission said it was "concerned by [the UVF's] intention to deal with their arms without the involvement of the IICD".

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern suggested the UVF work with the Commission "with a view to full decommissioning". Sinn Fein welcomed the news of UVF's disarmament. "This is a welcome statement if it signals a recognition of the new political reality where there is no room for armed or violent actions," said John O'Dowd of Sinn Fein.

The British Prime Minister's office expressed cautious optimism over the UVF announcement. "We need to see how today's announcement is translated into action," said a spokesman for Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The group has been on a cease-fire since 1994 in response to the IRA ceasefire. The group was responsible for 427 deaths during the violent period in Northern Ireland known as the "the Troubles" some of which was notoriously violent, which included a group of members known as the "Shankill Butchers" who committed a series of grisly murders of Catholics in Belfast and the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, which claimed the life of 33 victims and was the deadliest terrorist incident during the Troubles to happen in the Republic of Ireland.


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Newspaper accuses Ahmadinejad of indecency
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been accused of "indecency and violating religious values" for  embracing and kissing the hand of an elderly woman - his former schoolteacher - to express his gratitude.

The Iranian Hezbollah newspaper issued a statement saying, "The Muslim Iranian people have no recollection of such acts contrary to Shariah law during Islamic rule." The Iranian government instituted Shariah law soon after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Ahmadinejad has been criticised in the past for his objections to the enforcement of hijab and for permitting women to attend soccer matches.

Sources

Campaigning drawing to a close for French presidential candidates
Ségolène Royal (Socialist Party) and Nicolas Sarkozy (UMP) made their final appeals to voters today.

Campaigning is not allowed tomorrow or on the day of voting, which will take place on Sunday, May 6.

Royal, who has been falling behind in the polls, said, "It is my responsibility today to alert people to the risk of [his] candidature with regards to the violence and brutality that would be unleashed in the country [if he won]," specifically referring to the type of violence seen in the 2005 civil unrest.

Sarkozy responded in a radio interview with Europe 1: "She's not in a good mood this morning. It must be the opinion polls... She's finishing in violence, in a certain state of feverishness. When I hear her remarks, I wonder why a woman of her qualities carries such violent feelings. It adds nothing to the debate."

Sources

Scottish elections: SNP gains 20 seats

 * ''Please also see a full article at: Party supporting Scottish independence from UK wins elections

Following yesterday's parliamentary election, the Scottish National Party (SNP), led by Alex Salmond, became the largest party in the new Scottish Parliament. The SNP is committed to hold a referendum on Scottish independence by 2010.

After a confusing day, in an election marred by many thousands of rejected ballot papers, the party has a 1 seat advantage over the Scottish Labour Party (SLP) who have controlled the Executive for the last 8 years.

For Salmond to become take the position of First Minister from SLP's Jack McConnell he needs to gain the support of another party. Only the Scottish Conservative Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats (the current junior partner of the SLP) are large enough.

The parliament election was held on a combined 'first past the post' and Party List system, at the same time as local council elections, (which do not have the same constituencies) and used, for the first time, a Single Transferable Vote system. This appears to have confused many voters and led to a high number of spoilt papers.

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User:AdamFendelman

I began submitting original film content on Wikinews on May 3, 2007. A list of all articles I have created can be found here.

Experience

 * Graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism
 * Currently the editor-in-chief and publisher of MidwestBusiness.com

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User:AdamFendelman/Articles

Here are all the articles I have created.

Original Content

 * Tobey Maguire ‘Black’ in Action in Venomously Conflicted ‘Spider-Man 3’ (May 3, 2007)

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Protesters in Israel call for resignation of Prime Minister

May 4, 2007

Protesters in Israel have called for the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the Defense Minister Amir Peretz after the government issued a report on the first 6 days of the recent conflict with Lebanon saying that Israel was too "hasty" in the decisions the government made during the conflict which began on July 12, 2006.

"Olmert and Peretz, we have received confirmation that both of you came to power in the wrong positions. You can't handle the position, you failed. Go home. You said you worked for us. You are fired," said Meir Shalev, the designated speaker for the protest.

Despite the calls for Olmert and Peretz to resign, Tal Zilberstein, an advisor for Olmert, said that the protest will not get the Prime Minister to resign.

Organizers of the rally say that at least 200,000 protesters attended. Police; however, say that only 120,000 people were at the rally.


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Fugitive Cuban soldiers in failed skyjacking

May 4, 2007

Two Cuban military deserters made a failed attempt to skyjack a Spanish Hola Airlines Boeing 737, leased by Cubana Airlines and headed for Venezuela. An unarmed military officer was killed in the process.

The two soldiers, Leandro Cerezo Sirut and Alain Forbus Lameru, both 19 years old, took over a local bus and then drove it to the airport and onto the tarmac in an attempt to hijack a plane. Once on the plane, they attempted to take the officer hostage and when they tried to do so, the officer fought back and foiled the hijacking. The soldiers were attempting to flee Cuba and head for the United States.

A statement by Cuba's Interior Ministry praised the officer's action: "Despite being unarmed, he heroically tried to prevent the commission of the terrorist act. Effective and coordinated action allowed security forces to frustrate the kidnappers' plans and save the lives of the other hostages," and also blamed the U.S. for the hijacking attempt.

"The responsibility for these new crimes lies with the highest-ranking authorities of the United States, adding to the long list of terrorist acts that Cuba has been the victim of for nearly half a century," added the statement.

Both of the soldiers, along with a third soldier, Yoan Torres Martinez, 21, were arrested. All three are believed to have escaped from the military base, causing a shootout which killed one soldier and injured at least one other, in which they were stationed.

Several passengers were on the bus, but no one was hurt. There were no crew or additional passengers on the plane at the time it was boarded.


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User talk:Zachary/Archive 1

Welcome
Zachary Hauri, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --Brian McNeil / talk 12:47, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
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Thanks!!!!!!! :P --Symode09 17:30, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Sports
Hi there, and welcome again to Wikinews. I see that you have written at least one baseball article, and i am please to see another sports writer on here such as myself. We are currently trying to coordinate sports writers on the Sports coverage page, so if you would like, you may sign your name there and add some thoughts as to how we should develop the Sports Portal Thank you. —Dark_Squall 02:55, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Article categorisation
I think I've got all the articles you listed to be categorised. Thanks for knowing how to set it up to make it easy with AWB.

A secondary point is that we'd like to see someone from the pool of sports writers being an admin. You guys seem to be working well together, and a nomination from among you would probably get a lot of approval. That way you'd have someone from the community you seem to have built around the sports portal as a bridge to the rest of the wiki and someone who can do tasks like the re-categorisation. Actually, I'd say if you all stick around long enough you'll all end up admins, we're pretty liberal in giving that privilege to those who act in good faith. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:21, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot for doing that. I'll probably have a few more of these lists for you as I start working on the Hockey portal. I'm wondering how we could go about updating the DPL extension here; having more flexibility would surely be beneficial, though we would have to confirm that a newer version would be as stable (or more stable even) before that could be done.
 * I would gladly accept an admin nomination if someone feels as though I deserve the nomination, but I've only been active for less than a week, so I might not be ready to take on any added responsibilities yet.. but we'll see how things go after I get settled in a bit more. I would gladly support a nomination for Dark Squall; he's been a great help to me, and sports news in general. —Zachary talk 02:06, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

On sports articles
I want to say you are doing an excellent job on the sports articles. We don't have many users who are as insiteful about sports as you are. I am glad to see such a wide variety of sports articles being written and I hope that you continue the great work. :) DragonFire1024 01:37, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot, I'm just glad to help out in any way I can :). —Zachary talk 01:45, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I was just about to come and say the same thing DragonFire did, your doing great, and the last one you did on th 7-2 Twins win was certainly the best yet. I only changed 1 word!  keep up the good work. —Dark_Squall 01:38, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
 * On the MLB template...is there any way you can make the two boxes on top of each other as opposed to side by side? DragonFire1024 06:45, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Admin votes
User:Dark Squall is up for admin, you might want to vote and let other sports contributors know.

I would have nominated you too, but you've not yet hit 500 edits. OTOH, I think you're doing a good job of building the community's trust and its just a matter of time. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:59, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
The us suspected strike was my first article. Thx for cleanin it up, could u give me some tips on what i did wrong.--Ajindustries 02:40, 8 April 2007 (UTC) .

I think its done, i'll take of the development tag. --Ajindustries 02:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Should i publish it now
Or do i wait for somone else to do it. I've put the ready tag on. Sorry for bothern u. --Ajindustries 03:15, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok done. One of many articles too come :), editing here is a lot easier then on wikipedia. And more people read it i think. Thanks for the help --Ajindustries 03:33, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Bot
Are you running a bot on your account? The edit summary says (Automatic update) for some of your edits. You may consider creating a Bot account. That way, we can give it a bot flage.  Thunderhead  ►  03:55, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * K, now run a few tests with it, and then list is here.  Thunderhead  ►  04:09, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

RE: Template:EPL
Yes i do update it manually, i didnt even know there was an easier way! please let me know the details, thank you :) —Dark_Squall 05:28, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Alright, all my information is found at: . I do four leagues, all the templates can be found on my user page.  To find the tables, click tables in the link box obviously, but the other leagues are Scotland, Spain and Italy.  thank you.—Dark_Squall 05:37, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow, thank you so much, the tables look amazing! i especially like the mini table on the portal pages, great job! —Dark_Squall 14:49, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Javascript?
I see you playing with your monobook.css, any good with javascript? I'm trying to change the behaviour of the dynamic navigation bars so that when you open one the others close. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:05, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but my javascript knowledge is pretty limited. —Zachary talk 13:38, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Well my javascript is nonexistent, I tried reading the code and trying to figure out what changes I needed. I'll wait till I hear from Bawolff. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:47, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

NHL teams, fans ready for Stanley Cup Playoffs
Hey there, i just read your recent article. I would say its ready for publishing, but i think a name change is in order as the article doesnt actually talk about the fans. I know its still in developement so you may be adding this info, but I would like to see a more descriptive name. Good article though. —Dark_Squall 01:50, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Info for a story?
I came aross a website that had information about one Republican's campaign falling to the ground.

Link to Info

Is this info good for a story on wikinews or not?

67.36.86.7 05:29, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
For dealing with that spammer. In a couple of weeks, would you be interested in been nominated for adminship? Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 05:46, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Early Support  Thunderhead  ►  05:58, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes I would be interested in an adminship nom; thanks to both of you for your support. :) —Zachary talk 06:01, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem whatsoever. I swear, there are times I feel like inventing a keyboard. Instead of the letters, I'd have things like Support, and delete on it. :-)  Thunderhead  ►  06:03, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I have taken a leap, and nomed you :), If you accept, please go Here Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 11:23, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Oopps ;)
This is probably just a beginners mistake, but when you welcome people...don't forget to add your signature. ;) DragonFire1024 07:19, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * D'oh! I remember it took me three edits to leave a welcome for 82.33.58.240, although that person will probably never see it. I'll do better next time. —Zachary talk 07:31, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem :) I usually copy and paste the welcome template with my siggy :) Nice to see someone is welcoming other than just me ;) DragonFire1024 07:52, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

AWB
I've just added you, but you'll be severly hampered by our archiving policy. I reccomend using the "Make list" function to make a list of the date categories. Let me know if you've any more questions.  Thunderhead  ►  08:57, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I only wanted to use it to do something I just did manually, but it would be useful later on. —Zachary talk 08:58, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Kay. Make sure that you have the latest version before continuing, else it won't work.  Thunderhead  ►  09:00, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it bugs me to update whenever they come out with a new version; at least it comes bundled with an updater now. —Zachary talk 09:02, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Indeed.  Thunderhead  ►  09:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It might be because I'm more of a Trekker, but I don't understand the link to SG-1 quotes. :\ Please explain! —Zachary talk 09:14, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Teal'c, one of my favorite characters on Stargate has said "Indeed" over 1000 times in the 10 season show ;-)  Thunderhead  ►  09:17, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Cool beans, I'll have to check that show out sometimes so I can see for myself. :) —Zachary talk 09:33, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Template:CCC
Hey there bud, i would like to start by saying the tables are fantastic, and the updates are very quick, thank you for doing the work with the bot. The template noted in the title is another league i would like to keep a table of. The site for the table info is. I didnt bother actually making the page yet, im not sure exactly how your thing works, but you know what your doing :). Thank you very much for doing this, i will take care of adding the table to the page once it is created, thanks again.—Dark_Squall 00:57, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * ✅ After doing the first table, the rest are incredibly easy, as they're all formatted the same way. If you want another table added, just let me know. :) —Zachary talk 02:29, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Great stuff! i just looked back and it was there! thanks alot, you do a great job with those :) —Dark_Squall 02:31, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews video
I would prefer the video in .wmv format thanks

--Symode09 17:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

cheers! --Symode09 17:21, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

CalendarBot
Would you consider adding Botblock to your bot's user page?  Thunderhead  ►  07:49, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes of course. —Zachary talk 07:51, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. You know Thunderhead's a lazy admin ;)  Thunderhead  ►  07:53, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Looks like you've cracked the interwiki on this bot, thanks for taking up my suggestion. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:58, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem, I was holding off on it, but it turned out to be easier than I thought. —Zachary talk 12:08, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Shooting at Virginia Tech; at least 22 dead
Gah, I'm going snowblind; I missed "at least" - lol. Guinness2702 18:16, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No worries :) —Zachary talk 18:18, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

UserPageBot
I want to create a bot that updates the pages of users who keep records of articles they publish. I am not a programmer so I have no clue how to make a bot. The account UserPageBot has been created and I have made the request but thats about all I know how to do...Advice? DragonFire1024 20:56, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll look into it sometime this weekend. —Zachary talk 18:21, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Informative story names
Hi. Sorry for mixing up football and baseball. When I see a meaningless story title, I try to improve it. To avoid having the story title improved by someone clueless like me, just use a story title that can be understood by those in Canada, the USA, Ireland, England, India, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand. Bill3 11:28, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Calender Bot
Just to let you know that your bot can edit every ten seconds and doesnt have to wait 30 seconds between edits. --Mark Talk 21:30, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yea I know; I lowered the bot timer to 15. I don't want to hose up the site, so better to be a little slower than the minimum. :) —Zachary talk 21:32, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Is semi-protection okay for caegories? Bawolff ☺☻ 03:02, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's just fine. Thanks! —Zachary talk 03:09, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Blue Angels
Hi Zachary. I'm the guy who wrote the first version of the Blue Angels article. Can I ask you why it disappeared altogether from the first page and the present article does not quote a substantial portion of the previous information which is still accurate? I understand improving on an existing article or adding a new one to the old, but why erasing that? I thought i was honest and true to the sources. --Nusbit 10:27, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Pentacle article
Zachary thanks for the edits to the article. Sorry I overwrote your edits - I didn't realize someone would edit so soon after I saved initial version! :-) I will watch out for this next time. Michael614 04:12, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No problems. Nice article, by the way. —Zachary talk 04:59, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

print edition
some of your edits to print edition related pages seemed pretty radical. Have you checked them out with User:Cspurrier? --SVTCobra 02:45, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No, I haven't discussed this with Craig yet, but I think the only change I really made was removing the print editions from Category:January and Category:2007, and put them in Category:January 22, 2007. I don't think that's radical at all.
 * I also moved the license into a template. Not radical IMO. But I'll let Craig know about these changes. —Zachary talk 03:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Philippine general election, 2007
Sir, can u help me get my news article on the headlines today because it is starting now --rizalninoy 00:17, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair use
I've gone ahead and agreed with your deletion request for my particular image because the images that ended up in the article accomplish a similar task without raising copyright issues, but I would like to talk about putting multiple images into a single image for informational purposes in the future. I'd like to have the ability to take images from multiple sources, credit them, and at the same time receive credit for putting them in the same image (hence my use of CC-by-2.5). People do tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to copyright, and for good reason, but I strongly believe that fair use exists so that people can communicate original ideas using copyrighted material. Images containing images from multiple sources can also save time for the reader. --Omaryak 21:47, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Spider-Man 3
I am the copyright holder for that thorough Spider-Man 3 article I just posted. What should I be doing differently so you don't think I'm infringing on my own copyright?

Polish user page
I can translate your user page for Polish Wikinews. I saw you added to it just interwiki <tt>;)</tt> Hołek 05:27, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Done :) Hołek 05:57, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

MS
MS didn't take all my money - I had to take out a morgage to afford vista and, it was well worth it - my PC now only crashes when I put a CD in my CD drive or, when I shut down. :p

(Oh, btw, the deal was actually in relation to implementing windows live search to a network of site I am selling.

thanx

Symode09 14:59, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Supernova article
I'm not that experienced an editor on Wikinews, so could you look over SN2006gy is brightest supernova ever discovered and let me know if you think its ready to be published? Thanks. JoshuaZ 03:50, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * You might want to ask User:DragonFire1024 about that article. He's really interested in astronomy, and he might be able to look over it or add to it. —Zachary talk 03:54, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Will do. Thanks for the pointer. JoshuaZ 03:55, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

'People' template
The layout at Jimbo's Category page using the template is not working right. I agree that a image could and should be available.

I'm no expert a grids/tables. Seems to me there should be a way to set the grid/table up with 2 rows. The 1st row would have two columns: left side 'Latest reports' and right side an 'Image'. The 2nd row would contain all the sister project links. Thoughts? -Edbrown05 06:53, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I like that idea. You should post it to Template talk:People to see what more people have to say about it. There was a lot of work done yesterday on the template, and I think the right side is now too long for the left side.

 * Actually, the way I wish it would've been laid out is with the image on the left, the article list in the middle, and the sister links on the right, but it was probably bad for the people with lower screen resolutions. I think your idea would be a great improvement. —Zachary talk 07:04, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was thinking along the lines of 3 columns, and since posting my earlier comment I have discovered that the sister links, by default, want to stack up in a column on the right. In other words, give them a row on a table to themselves, and they still stack up in the arrangement of making themselves a column. Which sort of defeats the idea and sets the corse to what you are saying: 3 columns. -Edbrown05 07:17, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

RE: Bot
That would be awesome. I didnt know it could be automated :) - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 08:41, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks thats appreciated - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 10:26, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

A different question
Hi Zachary,

I'll ask you a different question, but not on WN:FA. With my questions I was trying to find out if people have an international perspective because I appreciate that in editors, although it has little to do with adminship.

Anyways, hears another answer, like in Jeopardy you need to give the question (What is...?).

A global network of independent journalists and an alternative media outlet which takes a generally left-wing perspective on political and social issues. It is closely associated with the global justice movement, which criticizes neo-liberalism, NAFTA, and the World Trade Organization. It is centered on an open publishing process that allows anybody to contribute.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:13, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * What is _____? Heh, I do not know, sorry. But I would like to know, if you'd care to enlighten me. I hope this isn't a Daily Double ;) —Zachary talk 14:27, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

 * What is Indymedia?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:43, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Yoyoyoyo Thanks Dawg!
Thanks so much for responding to my "snoby editors" question. I juess I'll just ignore the snoby editor Brianmc. Also, mind if I tell you a joke? ۞ 16:39, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * No, not interested. —Zachary talk 16:40, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * My lord, I beg you! ۞

archiving
thanks for helping with the archiving. but please do not modify articles (except for minor things like fixing a typo or spelling), even if the article does not conform to current "standards". Archive conventions has more information on this. –Doldrums(talk) 08:44, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I removed said information because it was copied directly from the website in the "Sources" section. I will add it back. —Zachary talk 08:45, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * thanks for the prompt fix, so no harm done either. i can well understand the temptation to "fix" an article while archiving, but we have good reason to desist from doing that. –Doldrums(talk) 08:51, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Go ahead and change things like == References == to == Sources ==, I have a number of global replacements in my archiving setup for AWB to catch things like that and quotes from MS Word. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:44, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

MLS Standings
Hi I was wondering if standings bot could generate the current standings it would be useful. You can get the standings at
 * Sure, I'll work on adding that sometime after the weekend. —Zachary talk 03:30, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Effects of AWB-actions
Hi,

the briefs you've unpublished are filling up the newsroom... I believe they should be in categories Category:Briefs, so I'd say, let your AWB go crazy again :-)

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:41, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Whoops! Fixed. And I instead added them to Category:No publish because Category:Briefs appears to be for the News Briefs pages. —Zachary talk 03:35, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Redirects
From the look of how Wikipedia:Stewards is set up I'd say we need a new template. --Brian McNeil / talk 11:18, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Category:Fundamental
Hi Zach, I don't know what it is for either. User:Mac has been adding templates and stuff like this from other wikiprojects, often with dead links and such. This, Commons categories, is another one, and it looks like policy. Not sure who should look into the activities of Mac. --SVTCobra 20:43, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd list it for deletion, but I've already listed quite a handful of pages today already; people might think I am on a DR rampage! :P —Zachary talk 21:09, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks like Mark took care of it and put Mac on WN:AAA. --SVTCobra 22:02, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Category:Main Page
Deletion deadline has expired so we can delete it, since you've proposed it maybe you could AWB it out of existing articles and such?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:49, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm sure most of them are protected for archiving, but I'll do what I can. —Zachary talk 20:52, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Adminship
Congratulations, you are now an admin. Use your new found powers wisely and have fun. :) If you have any questions let me know --Cspurrier 00:58, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the Cabal. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 01:08, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Congratjubilations, although it was pretty much a given you'd get admin. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:56, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Monobook.js
Thanks. Also, I tried to add random page to MediaWiki:Monobook.js but it's not working. Your help with that also would be appreciated. — Fellow Wiki  Newsie  22:07, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

The deletion process is ongoing
I'm preping a defense, so don't rebreak a key template! See here! // Fra nkB 06:17, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

MLB standings template
On the smaller template used on the sports portal that shows the leaders of each major league division, the American League West is listed as "AL Wast". Basso Profundo 12:48, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I have updated the script to correct the typo. Thanks! Zachary 18:52, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom elections
Is there anyway I could possibly gain a vote from you? Answer me back, I want to prove myself to the Wikinews community? --TUFKAAP 19:48, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Scottish Premier League
The season has now started in Scotland. You might want to start your bot :-) —Meekel 23:45, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

StandingsBot glitch?
See this edit. I reverted it. irid:t 01:03, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Check the history ;) That was me that edited the standings as the bot wasn't activated yet. I didn't check the full history there. Woops —Meekel 11:02, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Thai police to wear 'Hello Kitty' armbands as punishment
Just wanted to thank you with helping me with the article. Cheers! ISD 16:09, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Glitch again?
See Template:SPL. Seems to have mucked it up. —Meekel 22:12, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Repaired! Thanks for the report! —Zachary talk 22:19, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Still doesn't seem to have included the Hearts v Hibs game that happened tonight. Template:Football results SPL. —Meekel 23:29, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * A recent update added both teams to the table. The bot gets the table data from this page, so whenever that page updates, the bot will update on Wikinews. —Zachary talk 05:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Lego Man article
Hi Zachary !

User:SVTCobra said you maybe able to help me with the article Giant Lego man found at sea as i am new here and unsure how to complete the article to standard of publishing. If you could help it be appreciated. All the info is done, it just needs to be made suitable for publication. BrassMonkey 01:49, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Sports on the main page
Hey Zachary, I added links to your various automatically-updated templates to the main page (with many commented out as the season ended). Also, when you have your bot ready for those three things that don't have templates yet, be sure to update the main page. Thank you for such a cool feature! MessedRocker (talk) 07:25, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Football
Hey. I see you have a SportsBot. Can I just alert you to the changes at Portal:Football. It is currently undergoing a redesign and will be finished soon. We just need content now to fill up the pages. If you can help, or know anyone that'd like to help that'd be great! Some teams will have their own pages if reporters will update their team's page. Celticfan383 11:34, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin: September 1, 2007
--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:08, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Question on StandingsBot
With the MLB season drawing to a close, do you think you could include wild card information? Ral315 (talk) 21:01, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Toolserveraccount
Hello Zachary, please send your real-name, your wikiname, your prefered login-name and the public part of your ssh-key to. We plan to create your account soon then. --DaB. 14:23, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Calbot and protected date pages
I've used cascading protection (full protect as you can not semi protect with cascade anymore) to protect all date pages included in Latest news to prevent vandalism. Since calbot edits those pages before they appear on the main page, all should be fine, but just wanted to mention that i did that just in case anything bad could happen from it. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:16, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, forgot that it was an admin. Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:30, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

CalendarBot in fi.wikinews
Hey! Could it be possible to run CalendarBot in fi.wikinews.org? We're going to make our Main Page basing the same system as in here, but it doesn't work without those date categories. Or could you at least give us the source code (link didn't work on your user page)? :-) –AtteL 13:00, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Same as above, but con es.wikinews
Hi! Sorry if it bothers, but I'd like if you could please run your bot in es.wikinews... Basicly, we will be needing the archive pages for december-january, and the cats for january... (previous bot is now inactive, and I know nothing about them.. :. Regards, Jurock (reply) 23:15, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Note
Wikilinker isn't working. We want him back! Please fix him.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 03:14, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * He is gone again.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 23:19, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Template:Crude Oil Prices
ZacharyBot updated crude prices twice and then promptly stopped. Can you fix it? Cheers, --SVTCobra 15:28, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

SportsBot and Template:NFL
Hi Zach, Just a minor problem. The standings table for the NFL includes little letter codes, like x-, y-, and z- to indicate teams that have clinched playoff berths or division titles, etc. The effect has been that SportsBot does not link those teams. Cheers, --SVTCobra 22:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Idea for irc/wiki bot
I was wondering what you thought of this idea for a bot.

on irc, you type: ! fix-test some test page Bot deletes the test page, and gives user a.

The only problem with this i can see is that I have no idea how secure irc is, so bad person could do bad things.

Thanks, Bawolff. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:44, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Question for you...
What code did you write your standingsbot in? I'm developing a bot to pull scores from websites in much the same way but am still deciding what code would work best. Thanks for your help! Theirishpianist 23:23, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the help. I'm probably just going to modify what you have already since I'll source all the scores I get from the same websites you pull the standings from. --Theirishpianist 17:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Ooops. irc://irc.freenode.net/Wikinews-en ?? questions about one of your bot (personal curiousity)  Amgine | sw 04:51, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:QuickScore updates
You rock. That's all I had to say. Theirishpianist 21:20, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Sports scoreboards
I'm toying a bit with FishEye right now, building off of what you did for the NHL scoreboard to similarly input code to put up the NBA, MLB, NFL, and whatever other scoreboards might be useful for the general public. My question is - would you like to integrate that into SportsBot or should I just create my own bot? Theirishpianist 03:03, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

User:SportsBot problem
It appears that this has on a number of occasions failed for whatever reason to log in and so been editing anonymously, please look into this. It's desirable to prevent the bot from editing if it is not logged in. See http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/91.198.174.194. Adambro 18:17, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll look into it. Thanks. —Zachary talk 18:19, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Template:SS
As a user of this template, I would like to notify you that I have proposed it be deleted. Please see WN:DR where I've outlined a number of concerns about it. Regards. Adambro 00:30, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, I forgot I even used it. I was ready to change my signature anyways. (→ Zachary ) 11:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

ZacharyBot
ZacharyBot is renominating broken redirect for deletion, even though they were already deleted. For an example see: Second website in 24 hours attacked by hackers. Cheers, --SVTCobra 02:01, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * This is another one Sheriff Carona quits. --SVTCobra 02:50, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, toolserver has been pretty iffy lately. Actually, right now all the databases are down. So I guess there will be no bot-updated double/broken redirects for a while. :( (→ Zachary ) 11:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Vandal
If you get the "poop" vandal again put the username on WN:RFCU. I ran a check and, well, you'd see the blocks it resulted in. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:52, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Sports Bot
Would it be possible to run this bot on the English Wikipedia for updating the table in English football portal? Thanks in advance, WBOSITG 14:34, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

could you show me how to create a bot for lax? (Twiggslaxfpc 01:04, 12 February 2008 (UTC))

importStylesheet
Do you mind if I move stylesheets included in the js, to @import statements in mediawiki:common.css? (to keep css together and I just tried running the profiler in firebug, and importStylesheet took the second most amount of time (the first is the anonoymous function that hasClass returned, which is called apparently ~9000 times)Bawolff ☺☻ 03:21, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Lacrosse
I would like to keep all the categories in the lacrosse portal. I would like to see the following on wikinews grow. Also, if you're in the lacrosse portal you should know the college sport would be lacrosse. Good call on the image. The other one works just fine. I haven't had enough time or exoierience yet to add all the scores, teams, etc. to each catagory yet. Thanks for your help! By the way, I like MLL a little more than NLL. Jersey Pride!!(Twiggslaxfpc 19:59, 10 February 2008 (UTC))

Blocking
I don't think I've had an edit conflict blocking someone before. Good work dealing with the vandalism anyway Zach. Adambro - (talk) 06:24, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * So that would be a block conflict? That's a new one in my book! (→ Zachary ) 06:27, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Nice work!
On the category RSS feeds. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:07, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Sportsbot
Something seems to be wrong with Sportsbot and Template:EPL, maybe the source page has changed? 84.66.188.190 01:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah thanks for letting me know, I fixed the problem. (→ Zachary ) 08:40, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

The Bot
Hi Zachary,

I'm just curious, do you plan on moving all the bot pages here. If so, here are the lists I'm aware of from the receiving end.

w:User:Wikinews Importer Bot
 * w:Template:Wikinewshas: Used at article "External links" sections
 * A list of template subpages updated by the Wikinews Importer Bot
 * w:Template:Wikinewstable: Used at the Current events Portal
 * A list of portal subpages updated by the Wikinews Importer Bot

Regards, RichardF 15:36, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I only did a few of them, since they were in the category namespace and were being treated as empty categories. The rest of them can stay, but I wouldn't mind having them all as a subpage of Wikinews Importer Bot. (→ Zachary ) 22:19, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
 * From my perspective, the bot is just a tool not a topic. It would have make more sense to me to move the category subpages to portal subpages.  In fact, if you don't object, that's what I'll do.  I'll also put back the Wikipedia pages to the topical system they were designed to be. RichardF 00:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews player of the day.
Wikinews player of the day appears to be POV and is therefore not permitted in Wikinews articles.--Anonymous101 Talk 07:17, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I disagree. The player of the day section highlights the player who made the most significant contribution to their team, or the one who had the greatest statistical performance. Likely candidates would be the player who scored the most points for the day, a goaltender who stopped a large number of shots and didn't allow any goals, or a player who scored decisive goals which led to their team's victory. It's a matter of fact, not a matter of opinion. (→ Zachary ) 08:27, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * In case someone else wants to do something like that for another sport you need to define the rules you apply somewhere. A points system based on positive points for goals, shots on goals, goals blocked (for the keeper), and negative points for being sent off would probably work. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:33, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I find the rules acceptable to make an NPOV player of the day section--Anonymous101 Talk 07:40, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll also post a link to the page describing the selection process in the player of the day section itself. (→ Zachary ) 09:08, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
Wikinews Bulletin/2008-1  Anonymous101 (Talk) 21:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

NHL/Stanley Cup coverage
How would you like to apply for accreditation as a sports writer and get press access to NHL games? I've floated this idea to Nirva from the NHL following an OTRS ticket to the press queue. His email is NMilord at nhl dot com, and he is the "Director, Entertainment Publicity" for the NHL.

His key interest is getting stuff up on Wikipedia - i.e. he'd like the upcoming Stanley Cup featured on the main page. The email I'm currently drafting points him to Wikinews' Portal:Ice hockey and our coverage of the 2007 tournament.

I'm certain were you to apply for accreditation on this you'd get it, and likely get access to games you could travel to via this guy at the NHL.

Interested? --Brian McNeil / talk 09:39, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I emailed him the other day, he said I could be put on the distribution lists for announcements and press releases.
 * Accreditation would be nice, I am not far from my local team, so I can easily get to the arena if there's anything interesting going on there. I'll put up an AR sometime after I do today's NHL news. (→ Zachary ) 18:08, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

National Hockey League news: March 15, 2008
I did today's NHL news; you've been going for a month, so I decided to try and do it myself. I can probably do the news on weekends in a timely fashion, but I'm too busy to be able to do it on weekdays. If you want, we can arrange to divide up who does it if you're interested. Maxim - (talk) 16:18, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
 * How is the player of the day selected? Is it the player with most points (or goaltender with a shutout (with most saves), NHL.com's first star, or some other selection method? Maxim (talk)  20:07, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar!

 * Nice, although I actually missed yesterday :O Thanks, (→ Zachary ) 08:49, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin Delivery
Wikinews Bulletin/2008-2 --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 20:04, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

NHL news
You get a sort of a break today, I did the today's news (link), but it was only two games. :-p Maxim (talk)  15:36, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I slept in most of the day, so that's quite a relief ;P (→ Zachary ) 22:26, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Signature deletion warning
Please be aware that I intend to delete the signature template ss which you use per the deletion request. I'd also note the comments at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11414 by one of the WMF developers, Brion Vibber, who says that "templates are disallowed in sigs" in response to the suggestion that no being able to use a template signature is a bug.

I'd therefore ask that you immediately update Special:Preferences to remove the template from your signature. By using this template, you have noted that having long signatures as part of a comment can be a nuisance. I'd therefore suggest that you greatly simplify your signature and carefully consider whether multiple links and different text styles really are appropriate.

I will delete the template after I've run my bot through the pages which it is used and substituted it to maintain the signature as per the template. Adambro - (talk) 19:56, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Template:EPL
Seems to say Derby County have 0 for everything...  WEBURIEDOURSECRETS INTHEGARDEN  14:19, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Weird article revert
Hello,

I put some content into this article a day or two after its creation. I noticed that, for the purpose of archiving, someone reverted many edits, including mine. This is the last edit before the weird revert. Is this normal? Is it possible for my stuff (a subsection for Portland, Oregon) to be put back in there?

Thanks, — Ben pcc - (talk) 01:10, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Got yer message, thank you! — Ben pcc - (talk) 17:42, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Archiving
I used 24 hours not 2 days as my measurement. I should not have reverted the copyediting/typos however. Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) (Note I have no link with the organization anonymous) 17:47, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanksf ro reverting the vandalism to my user page. --A101 - (talk) 14:45, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Switched streak and last 10
your bot switched "streak" and "last 10" in "Template:MLB" on 04:54, 3 October 2007. I don't know how to fix it, and he will probably switch it back anyway

nl.wikinews
Hello,

Can you run your calander bot also on the dutch site?

Thnks,

84.87.184.247 20:04, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
Here is the latest Wikinews bulletin. Enjoy!

Wikinews Bulletin/2008-3Anonymous101  12:24, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Calendar Bot
Hi mate, would it be possible to get you to run your calendar bot for the Portal:Australia. Thanks Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 10:51, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Where is CalendarBot
Adambro pointed me at the contributions, they stop May 29. Bring back our day-dealer! --Brian McNeil / talk 22:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Something about me migrating CalendarBot to SUL might have broken... anyways, it's all updated through June so !! enjoy! :) (→ Zachary ) 04:22, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Can you give me a run down on how to create a calender on Wikinews? Kingjeff (talk) 21:47, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Sports standings
I noticed you run that sportsbot. Major League Soccer season standings haven't been updated this season and there should be 3 tables there. Scottish Premier League standings doesn't have any teams in it. Kingjeff (talk) 15:01, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

interlang link to ja.wikinews
Hello. When your bot generates en.wikinews date pages - 2008/July/12, would you add interlang link to ja.wikinews date pages - ja:ウィキニュース:2008年/6月/12日?

ja.wikinews date page' s naming convention is ja:ウィキニュース:Y年/M月/D日.
 * Y - year
 * M - month (1, 2, 3, 4...12)
 * D - day (1, 2, 3, 4, ...31)

Thanks. --iwaim (talk) 16:58, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin delivery
Wikinews Bulletin/2008-4

Template:Crude Oil Prices
Dear Zachary, Could you please share the code you use on English Wikinews to update crude oil prices? I'd use it in the Hungarian Wikinews. Thanks, Peti610 (talk) 14:06, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Encoding error with it.RSS
Hi, Zachary! I'd like to acquaint you with an encoding error with it.RSS. First of all, there's a problem with letters like à, è, ì, etc. (often used in italian, for example: Estrazione del Lotto, martedÃ¬ 29 luglio 2008 → martedì, tuesday). Anyway, the page can be opened without problem, the problem is shown only on the aggregator). A bigger problem is the page with /, such as this (should be this). Do you think there is a way to fix it? --Tooby (talk) 10:28, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs
If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:00, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Can you add this parameter to the bot for future date page creation so that it does not have to be done manually? Cirt (talk) 00:42, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

IRC bot to watch Review category
Hey there. As the brains behind the Wikilinker bot, I was wondering whether it would be possible to create a bot similar to the helpmebot in #wikipedia-en-help, that watches a category on a wiki and reports on it in IRC. In particular, I think it would be helpful if we had a bot that listed articles in Category:Review. I'm not sure if it would be better to send the output to #wikinews or one of the side channels, though. What are your thoughts? Chris Mann (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 12:36, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * An interesting idea, would probably be run in the #wikinews-en channel, I can look into it this weekend. (→ Zachary ) 21:24, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Flagged Rev
Brianmc was wondering if 'CalendarBot has been updated so that it will continue to only show flagged revisions in the DPLs'? Cheers. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 20:31, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I've updated the source code, so starting in September the DPLs it generates will show only stable versions. It doesn't apply to this month's pages, since they were created before we had flagged revisions, but I believe that someone has already updated those manually. (→ Zachary ) 21:22, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikilinker
Hi Zachary, for some reason Wikilinker seems to have left #wikipedia-nl. Pity... Wutsje (talk) 14:50, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, sorry it was killed the last time the Toolserver rebooted, but I didn't notice it until today. It's back and running again. (→ Zachary ) 09:32, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Crude Oil prices
Zachary Bot began to malfunction with this update of Crude Oil Prices. Cheers, --SVTCobra 11:36, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Again! See that messed up HTML stuff (since 8:00, for hours now). --- Best regards, Melancholie (talk) 15:37, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok I've fixed it to retry when it just spits out a bunch of html stuff. It seems to work the second time it tries to get the information, but not the first. (→ Zachary ) 14:59, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I did that manual update and protection before you updated this talk page. Cheers --SVTCobra 15:06, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Bot malfunctioning
As seen in the page history ZacharyBot isn't working properly and adding random code to Template:Crude Oil Prices, as a result I have fully protected the template. Feel free to downgrade the protection to semi once the problem has been fixed. Anonymous101talk 16:58, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I've repaired the busted bot. Should be a-okay now (see above). (→ Zachary ) 14:59, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

SportsBot
While you are here ... The SportsBot (or is it ZacharyBot) needs to start updating the NFL standings as the new season has begun. Cheers, --SVTCobra 15:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, that's right. It'll be updating now. (→ Zachary ) 15:38, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

showcurid in daily article pages
Hey Zachary,

We need to modify the bot so it includes the string "showcurid=true" on the daily page creation (see http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:2008/September/20&diff=prev&oldid=695545)

thanks. Cary Bass (talk) 22:44, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Bad idea. Doesn't spider... sorry.  If you did it please undo it :)  Cary Bass (talk) 02:10, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I hadn't gotten around to it yet, was gonna do it today but I guess now I won't. (→ Zachary ) 15:24, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Do to changes in DPL, This would be useful now. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:41, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * OK Done. (→ Zachary ) 23:52, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikilinker
I don't know wikilinker on the dutch IRC is your bot too, but the bot went offline... Probably you already knew, but I saw it a few minutes ago and was disappointed to link all my links myself now ;)

Well, sorry for my poor english... Sumurai8 (talk) 17:16, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Saw wikilinker is back. (Thanks, I suppose) Sumurai8 (talk) 16:03, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

wikilinker on another channel
Hi Zachary. For a wikipedia nl project, we started a separate irc channel, #wikipedia-nl-molens. We noticed it would be handy to have wikilinker there as well. Would it be possible to have wikilinker join that channel as well? Akoopal (talk) 21:23, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hello Zachary, for some reason Wikilinker has left #wikipedia-nl-molens a few days ago. Any reason for this? It would be great if it were to return! Greetings, Wutsje (talk) 18:13, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

calendar interwiki
hello, please, can you add to new categories cs interwiki too? JAn Dudík (talk) 08:53, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Template:EPL
EPL seems to be broken. All I see (with Mozilla) in Portal:Sports is a lot of source code. I have commented it out in Portal:Sports until you or another expert can review the situation and restore it. --InfantGorilla (talk) 15:11, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Teaching Wikilinker more languages?
Hi, I tried to catch you on #wikinews, but it seems you're not at the moment. We were talking about using Wikilinker on #wikipedia-fy, though it's not normally all that busy. But that got me thinking: Wouldn't it be possible to localise Wikilinker? I took a quick look at the code, and from what I've seen the commands are already in a list, so that's easily swapped. Would it be a matter of gathering the repsonses, and printf-ing the arguments into them for output? Mysha (talk)

OK, I now have a linkbot that understands and speaks Dutch and Frisian, or whatever locale one would add for the channel. Not perfect, but it's a start. What do I do with it? Mysha (talk)

Cal Bot isn't running
We hit the 31st of December and Jan 1 (also included from the front page, just in case) wasn't created. Just as an FYI. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 00:03, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

NHL standings stalled?
Noticed that Sportsbot hasn't updated NHL since 31 Jan 2009... is a restart needed, or is the bot on hiatus for a bit? DL+1613 (talk) 01:34, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Well the bot relies on me updating a scoreboard on a database every night, which unfortunately has not been happening lately. I'll get it up to date though pretty soon. (→ Zachary ) 04:46, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

SportsBot
I added

to the templates the SportsBot is using, but they got deleted when the bot visited the pages. I was wondering if it could leave the categories in place somehow? I'm trying to get rid of all the uncategorized templates. Thanks! (You can reply here; I'll follow this page.) Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 09:59, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Are you reading your talk page at all? A response would be nice. Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 12:07, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think this user is very active here currently - he has only a few edits in the past year. Perhaps you could try emailing him if he is still unresponsive, he has email enabled. tempo di valse  13:23, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I still lurk around in IRC all the time. And I do get emails for talk page changes. I've just been away from home for the past week or so..
 * But I did make the change you asked for. (→ Zachary ) 18:20, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I noticed it, thanks! Cheers, Van der Hoorn (talk) 01:50, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

calbot missed April 27
Just a heads up, Calbot forgot to make 2009/April/27. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:12, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

A penny for your thoughts
Okay, not really, but I am requesting your participation in the following Water Cooler Discussion: OR and Broadcast report. The discussion involves the need for specific policy concerning how Original Reporting relates to information recieved from a broadcast report of an event. This can include both news-style reports and non-news reports, such as a sporting event. Thanks and again, please share your thoughts on this so we can get as many people involved as possible, especially since this relates to an important topic such as OR. —Calebrw (talk) 05:17, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

CCC
Can you update the Sports bot to general the new Category:Association football. Thanks Calebrw (talk) 21:05, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

 * Zach, please set it back to Category:Football (soccer) per this DR. Thanks. --SVTCobra 23:33, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Bot discussion
As someone listed as having an active bot I would like to draw your attention to the following issue. This may not affect you unless your bot edits sighted pages - eg in the Template namespace - but as a bot operator your input is likely to be better informed. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:30, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Bot discussion
As someone listed as having an active bot I would like to draw your attention to the following issue. This may not affect you unless your bot edits sighted pages - eg in the Template namespace - but as a bot operator your input is likely to be better informed. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:33, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

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Comments:Fugitive Cuban soldiers attempt to hijack airplane headed for the US

Blaming the US?
Funny (sarcasm) that Cuba blames the US for the actions of two human beings, who happen to react and think on their own. DragonFire1024 08:39, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


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