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Apple unveils iPhone 4, iOS 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010

June 8, 2010

Yesterday, at this year's (WWDC), company  Steve Jobs unveiled  4, along with the new  4  for Apple mobile devices.

The announcement was long-awaited but not a very big surprise. In April, the technology blog obtained a prototype of the new phone and published details of it online. While introducing iPhone 4, at the annual conference, Jobs started by hinting at the incident, saying, "Stop me if you've already seen this."

The new iPhone was praised by Jobs as "the biggest leap we've taken since the original iPhone." It is only 9.3 millimetres (0.37 inches) thick, making it "the thinnest smartphone on the planet", a 24 percent reduction from Apple's previous model, the iPhone 3GS. Structure-wise, iPhone 4 has a new frame, which acts as an, supposedly boosting its signal reception abilities and possibly reducing the amount of. It also has a new screen, dubbed a "retina display," which displays images at 326. During the keynote, Jobs demoed the device's new internal as well. Even though it now uses Apple's faster A4 (first used in its  ), iPhone 4 has a claimed seven hours of  talk time, up two hours from the 3GS.

In addition to its design features, Jobs showed off iPhone 4's new abilities. This feature is called, and connects with other iPhone 4s via. The phone has two : one on the front for video chats, and one on the back for taking pictures and other videos. The rear camera has a resolution of five, is capable of recording , and has an flash.

The iPhone 4 will use Apple's latest mobile operating system, iOS 4. Formerly "iPhone OS," iOS 4 was first introduced by Apple in April, and includes capabilities. Jobs called the new software "the most advanced mobile operating system in the world." iOS will support Apple's new mobile advertising service,, which goes live on July 1.

iPhone 4 will be available on June 24 in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan. It comes in two colors—black and white—and two storage capacities. The 16 version is priced at US$199 and the 32GB version at US$299. The iPhone 3GS's price will be reduced to US$99, and the iPhone 3G will be discontinued. iOS will be available as a free software update to users of compatible older Apple devices (including the 3GS) on June 21. In the U.S., iPhone 4 will only be available on 's cellular network, despite calls for Apple to let the iPhone be used on other carriers, such as.

Competition-wise, the mobile device is still the most popular  right now. Apple is also facing some serious competition from web giant Google's operating system, as well as 's. Earlier this year, Android phones managed to outsell iPhones. iPhone users, however, account for over half of those surfing the Internet on a mobile browser in the U.S. Jobs also noted that over five billion iOS applications, commonly called "apps," have been purchased from Apple's. The App Store currently has around 225,000 different apps for sale.


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User:Amgine/Review of TempoD contribs

'kay, the drill, been asked to do a review of Tempodivalse contribs and actions on-wiki.

Caveats: I don't know Tempodivalse very well, never having spent time with xyr as a colleague, though I've been in occasional conversation with xyr for years I think. I believe I may have voted/comment in xyr RfA, but I cannot recall. I would not say we've had any relationship, and while I do not think I have any specific biases I have to say I have strong feelings regarding VOA which are probably mostly unaligned with those of Tempodivalse.

 * 1), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , : bot Admin actions.
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 * 3), , , , , : Watercooler policy discussions, whingeing, etc.
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Logged items from the same time period (note: less than 48 hours):
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Well, that's another wade through the manure tank.

The first thing to note is that in a bit less than two days of editing the majority of the user's contributions/actions are normal administrative and contributor edits. While apparently lacking a larger picture of the Wikinews project, the non-productive in-community warfare does not make up an appreciable percentage of the edits I examined, although that number took place over a shorter period of time which was selected deliberately for its lower level of in-community warfare.

Overall, these edits show Tempodivalse is an active journalist and copyeditor, and extremely active on policy discussions, votes, and polls, often initiating them even where no issue has been raised. This is not positive for the community, as only extant problems should be addressed, and then only to the minimum necessary to resolve the documented problem; going beyond such minimal interventions tends to be disruptive. Despite extensive project history and a position of responsibility, xe continues to ask simplistic questions and make ignorant remarks which illustrate a lack of understanding of basic concepts of copyright, trademark, and journalistic writing. As an active admin xyr personable writing style makes xyr an effective mentor, and with only a couple of minor errors in applying blocks, reverts (which may in fact have been addressed in IRC, without a record on-wiki) is an excellent admin/wikignome.

There are two elements in this record which struck me, however: slightly under a majority of xyr contributions are simplistic, either performed by a bot/script or might just as well have been; and the user initiated two news articles. The former are very valuable edits, but are coupled with a low efficiency of actions/edits; a slow but steady contributor. The latter is invaluable.

Based solely on these edits I would happily nominate Tempodivalse for adminship. Xe is an extremely useful wikignome, is conversant with policy, and is a reasonable journalist. I would strongly fault xyr over-interest in policy whonking and wiki-lawyering, as well as running a guerrilla war against Brian McNeil, both of which in my opinion are strongly disruptive of the community. Related to this I would give xyr a condescending tongue-lashing regarding hasty, ill-thought inter-admin/inter-community attacks which cannot result in benefit to the community, which in part I have done.

Here endeth the *final* (yes, I'm refusing to do any more such reviews) splatcher hike, with the encore caveat to the community:

YOU'RE A BUNCH OF LOONS! THIS IS CHILDISHLY STUPID! GROW UP, QUIT SQUABBLING LIKE TODDLERS IN A SANDBOX!

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Interesting article but the term "nurseries" implies gardening stores in the United States. Perhaps "Pre-schools not harmful to young children" might be a better title.

 * Outside the United States, 'pre-schools' is meaningless. Most people would guess a pre-school to be a young kid... Which would make 'children are not harmful to children'. We need something that works universally. If I have a bright idea what, I'll be back. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 13:44, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

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The image of a child reading a book is to be deleted from Commons. A replacement will be required. Equivalent images can be found at. Rama (talk) 23:48, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for info. The article is archived.  I think we should leave the red link. --InfantGorilla (talk) 15:03, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Briefs/June 7, 2010

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Today on Wikinews : Turkey bans search giant Google; a San Francisco man is arrested for a hit and run against 4 cyclists; 6 men enter and none shall leave for 520 days in a Russian Mars experiment and, in history, Alois Schicklgruber, the father of Adolph Hitler, is born in Lower Austria.

Today is Monday, June 7th, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and this is Wikinews.

Ban on YouTube spreads to Google services in Turkey (0:40)
Access to search engine Google has been limited and most of Google's online services cannot be accessed in Turkey. The access limitation happened due to the blocking of an IP set that belongs to Google. These IP addresses were shared between YouTube and other Google services.

Softpedia states that the limited access to Google could be a result of the government trying to block specific DNS addresses that relate to Google, as part of its ongoing attempts to block YouTube following after insults against Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk were posted on the site. Since Google services share common software and IP addresses, the search engine itself suffers from access restrictions. Turkish citizens are concerned that this move of the governmental agency was another step towards a complete ban on Google, as exists in China. Under Turkish law, it is an offense to "insult Turkishness."

Several Internet sites have been banned in Turkey in recent years, and although some of them were subsequently unbanned, most of them remain inaccessible. Engelli Web, a website listing banned sites reports that currently YouTube (since May 2008), Last.fm (since June 26, 2009), and Spanish newspaper El Mundo (since May 14, 2010) are among the banned sites in Turkey. MySpace and WordPress were also among banned sites for a period of time. RetweetToday reports that Turkish citizens on Twitter have also reported access problems.

With the ban on Google, citizens of Turkey will not be able to access Google Earth to notice that

Slovenia votes in favour of Croatian border deal (2:19)
Slovenians yesterday voted in a referendum in favor of a border deal with Croatia. The Border Arbitration Agreement allows for international arbitrators to resolve a 20 year border dispute that dates back to the break-up of Yugoslavia.

Parliaments in both countries approved the deal, which will be binding on both countries. In March, Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor's center-left government yielded to demands for a referendum on whether to accept a border deal. "Solving the border dispute with Croatia is the basis for a lasting peace, security and friendship of both nations," Pahor said.

The national Electoral Commission said that after 99.9 per cent of votes were counted, 51.5 per cent voted for the deal and 48.5 were against it. It is impossible for the remaining 2,000 votes, cast by Slovenians living abroad, to change the outcome.

Slovenia is situated between Italy and Croatia, where the dispute involves land on the Istrian peninsula in the northern Adriatic and the small Bay of Piran in the Adriatic Sea. A panel of five international experts will define the new land and maritime borders and could force Croatia to cede some of the sea it views as its own. In the past, Croatia has called for the border to be drawn down the middle of the bay. However, Slovenia, which has a much shorter coastline, feared that this would deny its ships direct passage to international waters.

Slovenia is the only former Yugoslav state to have joined the European Union (EU), while Croatia hopes to conclude EU accession talks this year and join the twenty-seven member union in 2012. A rejection could have delayed Croatian membership and Slovenia has blocked Croatia's membership talks over the border issue in the past. Croatian President Ivo Josipovic welcomed the outcome as "a victory for Slovenia, Croatia and Europe."

José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission said, "This is an important step forward. We now look forward to a final settlement of the dispute. Resolving this bilateral issue is an important signal for the region and the relations between Slovenia and Croatia."

While rivers have traditionally been used as natural and disputed borders between nations, they also pose a risk to local residents.

Boy dies after falling into river in North Yorkshire, England (4:42)
Last weekend, an eight-year-old boy died after falling into the River Wharfe, known for its depth and strong undercurrent in North Yorkshire, England. The accident took place on Aaron Page's birthday, following celebrations with over twenty family members.

Page made his way to the river near Skipton around 3pm local time on Saturday; his brother, aged thirteen, was the first to call for assistance after spotting Aaron in the water. Emergency services subsequently assisted in searching for Aaron whose body was recovered at approximately 6:25 pm the same day. Members of the ambulance service failed to resuscitate him, pronouncing him dead at the scene.

Inspector Kevin Franks of North Yorkshire Police stated "Despite efforts from members of the public and some quite sterling efforts from the emergency services and everyone else there, sadly we've been unable to bring him out alive."

Mike Woodhall, an inspector for Harrogate police cautioned; "[n]o matter how safe a river seems sometimes there are inherent dangers."

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San Francisco hit-and-run suspect caught after lying (6:57)
A suspect in a hit-and-run located in San Francisco, California, was arrested after hitting four cyclists and, two days later, lying to the police. Over the course of six minutes, the 39-year-old man hit four people with his car and then ran off when his car crashed into another vehicle and hit a pole.

The suspect later told the police at Albany Police Station that his car was stolen, and after the police identified that as a lie, he was arrested. The police believes that the victims were deliberately targeted, although the motive remains a mystery and the suspect is currently in hospital for medical and psychological testing.

The attack left bicycles crumpled and some cars damaged, one severely, according to San Francisco police spokeswoman, Lyn Tomkioka. "We're just really glad that he's been arrested," she said. Mayor Gavin Newsom and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition condemned the attack, stating that there are currently efforts to make San Francisco "one of the most bike-friendly cities in the country". Three of the victims were hospitalized, two in serious condition and one in fair condition.

In a nation famous for bicycles and public transportation,

Hong Kong's only railway company modifies regulations (8:07)
The MTR Corporation, the only railway company in Hong Kong since the rail merge in 2007, has loosened their rules to allow 'non-disruptive' use of profanity in private conversations, and the punishment for inflammatory use of expletives has been lowered from a fine of HK$5000 to HK$2000. The new set of rules have also excluded the regulation against wandering in MTR premises, as well as the rule against attempting to eat or drink.

Democratic Party member James To has expressed his concerns about a new rule that outlaws the display of promotional material. According to To, the wearing of Tiananmen Square Incident-related T-shirts may breach the new MTR rules. He also deems two other regulations, namely the prohibition of distracting MTR staff members and photography and video-recording in the train carriages, 'unreasonable'.

Wong Kwok-hing, a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, believes that the MTR corporation should call upon more effort to advertise a more 'civilized' and 'polite' way of taking the train. Fellow Legco member Jeffrey Lam thinks that the new rules do not do enough to restrict shouting. MTR replied that anyone who shouts in the train can be advised to leave the train or even prosecuted.

The new rules will go into effect in September.

As Hong Kong's trains busily shuttle citizens en route to their destinations,

Men isolated to mimic Mars flight (9:38)
following a similar experiment in 2009, six men entered an enclosed room in Moscow last Thursday to simulate a flight to Mars. The Mars-500 team consist of a Chinese man, a Frenchman, an Italian, and three Russians. Only the Chinese man, Wang Yue, is a trained astronaut. The six waved goodbye, crying "see you in 520 days' time!".

According to Wang, not being able to see their families and friends was one of the greatest challenges, although e-mail is allowed during the experiment. Both Wang and the Frenchman, Romain Charles, expressed pride to be part of this experiment. Wang said, "it will be trying for all of us. We cannot see our family, we cannot see our friends, but I think it is all a glorious time in our lives."

The joint-effort project is being organized by the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) and the European Space Agency; the goal is to study physical and psychological effects on would-be astronauts. All six men speak reasonable English; however, as Russian is another primary language for the simulated trip, Russian crew member Sukhrob Kamolov said body language will be used should they fail to understand one another.

Food for the volunteers will be rationed as it would in a real Mars mission. All supplies were supplied by China and loaded into the 'simulated spacecraft' prior to the beginning of the experiment. For backup, China is sending three mission support staff to Russia.

No women are included in the crew, excluding issues relating to a mixed-sex crew from the study. During a similar experiment in 1999, a woman complained that the captain attempted to kiss her.

Following 250 days of "traveling" to Mars, the group will split. Three will stay in the "spacecraft", the other three going to the surface of "Mars". Only two will actually leave the "spacecraft" to study the surface of "Mars". After a month, the group will go through the return journey simulation, a 240 day trip. The men will follow a strict timetable, with 8 hours each of sleep, work, and leisure every day.

On this day in history (11:54)

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In 1837, Alois Hitler, father of Adolph Hitler is born in the small rustic village of Strones in northwest Lower Austria just north of Vienna, to a 42-year-old unmarried peasant, Maria Anna Schicklgruber.

After he was baptized at the nearby village of Döllersheim, the space for his father's name on the baptismal certificate was left blank and the priest wrote "illegitimate".

When he was 13, he left the farm in Spital and went to Vienna as an apprentice cobbler, working there for about five years. In response to a recruitment drive by the Austrian government offering employment in the civil service to people from rural areas, Alois joined the frontier guards (customs service) of the Ingland Finance Ministry in 1855 at the age of 18. Alois Hitler made steady progress in the semi-military profession of a customs official. The work involved frequent re-assignments and he served in a variety of places across Austria and by 1875, he became an inspector of customs posted at Braunau.

As a rising young junior customs official, Alois used his birth name of Schicklgruber, but in the summer of 1876, 39 years old and well established in his career, he asked permission to use his stepfather's family name. He appeared before the parish priest in Döllersheim and asserted that his father was Johann Georg Hiedler, who had married his mother and now wished to legitimize him. He apparently did not disclose to the priest that Johann had been dead for almost 20 years. With three relatives appearing as his wittiness, the priest agreed to amend the records, the civil authorities automatically processed the church's decision, and Alois had a new name. The official change, registered at the government office in Mistelbach in 1876 transformed "Alois Schicklgruber" into "Alois Hitler."

Alois openly admitted having been born out of wedlock before and after the name change. He had done well by local standards and was not hampered by his name. The limiting factor was education. Alois eventually rose to full inspector of customs and could go no higher because he lacked the necessary school degrees.

Alois was 36 when he married for the first time, and it may have been for money. Anna Glassl was a wealthy, 50-year-old daughter of a customs official. She was sick when Alois married her and was either an invalid or became one shortly afterwords. Not long after marrying Anna, however, Alois began an affair with 19-year-old Franziska "Fanni" Matzelsberger, one of the young female servants employed at the Pommer Inn, house #219, in the city of Braunau am Inn, where he was renting the top floor as a lodging.

Alois had numerous affairs in the 1870s, resulting in his sick wife Anna initiating legal action and on 7 November 1880 Alois and Anna separated by mutual agreement. Franziska became the 43-year-old Hitler's girlfriend, but the two could not marry since under Roman Catholic canon law, divorce is not permitted.

Then, in 1876, he hired Klara Pölzl, the 16-year-old granddaughter of Hitler's step-uncle, as a household servant and was soon pregnant by Hitler. Hitler could have married Pölzl immediately but because of the affidavit concerning his paternity, Hitler was now legally Pölzl's first cousin once removed, too close to marry. He submitted an appeal to the church for a humanitarian waiver, not mentioning Pölzl was already pregnant, which was granted on 7 January 1885 and a wedding was held early in the morning at Hitler's rented rooms on the top floor of the Pommer Inn. A meal was served for the few guests and witnesses. Hitler then went to work for the rest of the day. Even Klara found the wedding to be a short ceremony. Throughout the marriage, she continued to call him uncle.

On 17 May 1885, five months after the wedding, the new Frau Klara Hitler gave birth to her first child, Gustav. A year later, on 25 September 1886, she gave birth to a daughter, Ida. Son Otto followed Ida in 1887, but he died shortly after birth. Later that year, diphtheria tragically struck the Hitler household, resulting in the deaths of both Gustav and Ida. Klara had been Hitler's wife for three years, and all her children were dead.

On April 20, 1889, she gave birth to another son, future Nazi dictator Adolf. He was a sickly child, and his mother fretted over him. Hitler had little interest in child rearing and left it all to his wife. When not at work he was either in a tavern or busy with his hobby, keeping bees. In 1892, Hitler was transferred from Braunau to Passau. He was 55, Klara 32, and Adolf was three years old.

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Alois wanted his son to follow him and seek a career in the civil service. However, Adolf had become so alienated from his father that he was repulsed by whatever Alois wanted. It has been said he behaved like a self-important tyrant at home. Historiean Robert G. L. Waite noted, "Even one of his closest friends admitted that Alois was 'awfully rough' with his wife [Klara] and 'hardly ever spoke a word to her at home.'" So, where his father glorified the role of the civil servant, Adolf sneered at the thought of a lifetime spent enforcing petty rules. Alois tried to browbeat his son into obedience while Adolf did his best to be the opposite of whatever his father wanted.

On the morning of January 3, 1903, Hitler went to the Gasthaus Wiesinger as usual to drink his morning glass of wine. He was offered the newspaper and promptly collapsed. He was taken to an adjoining room and a doctor was summoned but Alois Hitler died at the inn, probably from a pleural hemorrhage. He was 65 when he died.

Some Schicklgrubers (Alois Hitler's birth name) remain in Waldviertel. One of this extended clan, "Aloisia V" aged 49, died in 1940, in an Austrian Nazi gas chamber.

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Strike ballot to go ahead despite British Telecom's belated new pay offer

June 8, 2010

The UK's have effectively rejected a belated revised pay offer by telecoms giant. Their statement, released early this evening, indicates a formal ballot on strike action is inevitable – unless the company revises their two percent offer for 2010.

The deadline set by the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) passed at noon last Friday, apparently unheeded by BT. The union's announcement of their intent to ballot members apparently resulted in the offer — one with no new money on the table for this year.

Last week, when their ultimatum was ignored, CWU deputy secretary general (DSG) Andy Kerr expressed deep disappointment, citing the substantial profits made by the company in the last financial year: "[w]e're obviously very disappointed that BT has not improved its pay offer of 2% despite their healthy profits this year." The turnaround from losses of 244 million to a billion-pound-plus profit has, the union claims, galvanised their membership into seriously considering industrial action. Reports of senior directors receiving million-pound bonuses, and former minister  landing over over £50,000 extra per-year, are characterised as "directors' 'snouts in the trough'". Hewitt was suspended from her parliamentary party in March over cash-for-access accusations, and works two to three days each month on BT's remuneration committee.

The UK's described the now-rejected offer as being worth 2% this year, and an additional 3% in 2011 with staff bonuses of up to £250. The package supposedly contains pledges on no compulsory redundancies and the return of call centre and non-frontline work from outsource companies in India.

Wikinews called both the Communication Workers' Union, and British Telecom, seeking clarification on a number of points. Richard Knowles, a BT press officer in London, forwarded their terse sub-400-word statement, refusing to be drawn on reports that the offer includes the repatriation of call centre and back-office jobs. When challenged on this work being carried out in a jurisdiction with less-stringent, and legislation, our reporter was referred back to the company's statement.

Sian Jones of the CWU's Press Office, commenting prior to the union's evening statement, remarked that repatriation of call centre work was an issue that the union had prior, unrelated, discussions with BT about; she gave no indication to Wikinews this was, or was not, part of BT's revised offer. The press release, shortly after 1630 BST, expressed clear intent to carry on with the process of balloting members on strike action. In the statement, CWU DGS Andy Kerr states, "[w]e're very disappointed that BT's revised offer remains materially unchanged for this year in terms of pay."

Continuing, he emphasised, "[...] we've made clear, 2 per cent is unacceptable for our members as it does not reflect the reward they expect given the contribution they have made to cost savings of £1.75 billion and profits of over £1bn. In addition, inflation is at 5.3 per cent and staff are comparing this offer with the large salary rises and bonuses for senior executives which expose the blatant double standards being adopted by the company when it comes to remuneration."

The CWU statement also expresses concern over BT's disclosure of details within the offer; "BT's decision to leak their offer to the media today has also raised trust issues for us with the company."

Any sustained action by CWU members in BT's employ could have a major impact on the country's communication infrastructure. Millions of UK households and businesses are reliant on BT for internet access – in addition to services.

Following the release of their statement, the CWU's Sian Jones confirmed that the union had not, as-yet, given BT the formal seven-days notice of balloting members on strike action.

Any ballot would run for a two-week period; following such, the union would, again, be required to give seven days notice to BT; this time of their intent to take workers out on strike. She emphasised, "nobody wants to be on strike", stressing that the union last took such action in 1987, and would prefer round-table discussions and an improved offer.

The structure of BT's privatisation, and breakup to permit level playing-field telephony and broadband competition, would see other who rely on the ageing, once -owned, copper  infrastructure unable to resolve customer faults. According to the CWU, BT has been querying managerial staff on their skillsets – as a form of preparation for any industrial action. A union spokesperson described this as "laughable".

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I agree with almost all of what Brian says above, save for his belief about the best time to apologise to Matthew, but that's up to the people involved and not something I wish to get into.

This seems like a perfect opportunity to reform our accreditation policy towards a more formal process, complete with ID and professional press cards. I know this has been discussed before, but here is my proposal. With regards to management, I would be happy to take on responsibility for managing the cards etc. as detailed below.

 * Accreditation becomes more serious; there are no temporary accreditations and users must have properly proved that they are capable of representing Wikinews sufficiently and reliably. With that increased formality will come an increased understanding of the importance of it.

 * If a user passes accreditation, they can then receive a Wikinews press card. There would be a set cost for this which would cover the card itself and the shipping of the card.  There would also be a percentage of that fee which would go to BrianMC to pay for the Wikinewsie.org domain and email addresses.  All accredited reporters would get this; the cost would not be prohibitive but would serve to enhance the responsibilities associated with accreditation.  I would estimate the cost at between 5 and 10 pounds sterling.

 * The cards will contain the reporter's real name and details, as well as a photo.

 * The cards will need to be reissued once a year, with the reporters going through a short re accreditation process. This is necessary in order to seem like a reliable and proper news organisation.

I am happy to manage this and take responsibility for the card issuing and printing (obviously with someone else having details in case I drop dead tomorrow!). That would involve some method of formal identification-either to me or the foundation. I doubt the foundation will want to get too involved, so perhaps a select committee can handle the formal verification.

People being presented with the cards need some way of verifying the validity of the card and so we will obviously keep the current accredited users list, but also probably need a method of verifying by phone. As Brian says, that would need a few willing users to have their phone number available and I will be willing to be one of those to aid in the verification of accredited reporters.

This will result in a reduction in the number of accredited reporters, of course, but that's no bad thing and will drive home the responsibilities associated with this.

The benefits of this are-
 * Keep wikinewsie.org email addresses, with Brian still managing but not having to foot such a steep bill
 * A more serious accreditation process, enforced through no temporary accreditation, a serious voting stage and a fee for the services and press card, together with a yearly renewal.
 * Press cards, for which the benefits are hopefully self evident.

So, what would need to be done if people thought this was a half decent idea(which it is!)-
 * I would set up the press cards and the method of obtaining them, with consultation
 * Discussion about the actual fee and discussion with Brian re costs of the domain etc
 * A method set up for formal identification of accredited reporters
 * A method for people at events etc. to verify a reporters accreditation

So, what do we think?   Tris   10:37, 8 June 2010 (UTC)


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Urban fox 'mauls' two babies in London, England

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Two nine-month-old babies were hospitalised after appearing to be mauled by a fox as they slept in cots in their home in, West London, United Kingdom. The attack happened on Saturday at 22:00 (21:00 UTC). It is thought the fox entered through an open door on the ground floor of the house, which was located beside.

The babies both suffered bite wounds on their arms, while one was also bitten on the face. Both are said to be in "serious but stable" conditions.

The babies' mother, Pauline Koupparis, spoke of her shock to hear and see the foxes in her house to local radio station London 94.9: "It's something I would never have expected to happen — let alone to us and my beautiful girls.  It was quite muffled but very pained.  I went into the room and I saw some blood in Isabella's cot, I thought she had a nosebleed.  I put on the light, I saw the fox, it just looked at me and it wasn't even scared of me.  I started screaming as I realised Lola was also covered in blood."

Hackney environmental health officers set traps in the rear garden of the property the night after the attack, and a fox was caught; this was humanely killed shortly after midnight. It is not yet known if this fox was responsible for the attack.

It is thought there are some 35,000 urban foxes living in the UK, and some experts believe that as much as a third of that number live in the capital. However, attacks on humans are very rare, generally occurring if the fox is trapped and is threatened.


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 * COI DISCLOSURE: I have a CWU membership form in my personal mailbox as I am currently engaged to provide technical support to customers of one of BT's residential telephony and broadband service competitors. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:31, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

 * 1320 BST: Called CWU for comment. Ended up leaving voicemail for Kay Currigan(sp?) as told is lunchtime. Unsure if VM cut off before left number to call me back on. Will try again later.

Will then call BT press office (someone be a good chap (or chapess) and look up numbers!)

C'yall later, off to LART the DWP. :P --Brian McNeil / talk 12:30, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

 * 020 7356 5000. May also be of interest; request an interview becomes an option once you register as far as I can tell.  Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:43, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. LART dispatched to the DWP over their allegations of fraud. Now, I'm really going to be difficult with BT ;-) And,... If I get an Indian call centre.... Oh Boy! :-D --Brian McNeil / talk 13:13, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

 * 14:25 BST: Spoke to a Richard Knowles in the BT Press Office ( Direct office number 0207 356 5369 ).
 * Nobody currently available for an interview, or prepared to take questions at this time. My details taken to forward a copy of their current statement to my Wikinewsie email address. Confirmed can call back, once statement received, to ask further questions; alas, not likely to get the specific points I would like addressed covered. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:30, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

BT's current press statement

 * Statement BT is issuing in response to press queries on their revised pay offer:
 * "BT can confirm it has made a new two-year offer to the CWU. This offer is currently being considered by the union and, as such, we have no further detailed comment to make at this stage . This offer is an attempt to break the current impasse with the CWU; we hope that they will consider it seriously and respond positively. Industrial action is in no-one's interests" — Richard Knowles. Press Officer, BT Group PLC Newsroom.
 * Received at 14:34 BST. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:52, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Questions sent (BCC scoop) in response to above statement

 * According to currently-published reports, a rise of 2% is on the table for this year. How does this differ from the prior offer, which is also reported as 2%.

 * Why did British Telecom wait until the CWU committed to balloting members to making an improved offer?

 * One of the current reports on the BT offer indicates that call centre and back-office operations may be returned to the UK from India. Is this on the table? How many jobs would this bring back into the country?

 * Lastly, related to the prior question, would British Telecom oppose the implementation of legislation to prevent outsourcing to countries without, or with less-stringent, Computer Misuse and Data Protection legislation than the UK?

 * We'll see.... --Brian McNeil / talk 13:53, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Received response from BT't Press Office:

 * "''1. We haven't publicised any details of the improved offer at this stage

2. BT felt that the previous offer was fair and realistic and it was more generous than those accepted by the union elsewhere. However, given the impasse, BT decided to make a new offer.

On the other two, again I have to recommend that you refer to our statement.''" — Richard Knowles.

 * As expected, I suppose. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:24, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Post-CWU statement callback

 * Called ~1700BST, after speaking again to CWU. Took my number, and name, no other comment - just promised a callback. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:48, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 0010 BST (+1 Day): Still no BT response or comment. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:13, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Calls to CWU

 * Called 1500 BST: Had previously been misdirected by switchboard and/or voicemail system. Spoke to Sian Jones in the press office ( Direct number 0207 356 5369 ). Added to distribution list for as-yet unreleased statement (tip: learn your phonetic alphabet for spelling out email addresses :-P).

 * The repatriation of outsourced jobs has been part of prior, separate, ongoing negotiations.
 * The CWU received a letter late last night.
 * The CWU has always been willing to meet with BT to discuss an improved offer (response when querying how the now-offered 2% is better than the previously offered 2%).

Basically, now waiting for the CWU statement, and anything else I can get. If you find a really good source please list below. I don't want this overloaded with sources and unreviewable. I do want to be ready to pounce, and hit the CWU & BT with the disaster-scenario if the ballot looks likely to go ahead and pass. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:13, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Called ~1645 BST, again spoke to Sian. Notes to be typed up ASAP, trying to get another image while copyediting. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:46, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

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Need CWU logo while I call 'em --Brian McNeil / talk 13:59, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I can probably sort this now, at least once I rummage for some food. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:14, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Could you explain what they're actually striking about, or at least move it further up the page? — μ 17:26, June 8 2010 (UTC)
 * Errr, okay.... --Brian McNeil / talk 17:27, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

NPOV?
I'm a little concerned about the neutrality of this article. Basically, it's some of the extra "language" such as "a BT press officer in London, forwarded their terse sub-400-word statement, refusing to be drawn on reports", "Reports of senior directors receiving million-pound bonuses, and former Labour minister Patricia Hewitt landing over over £50,000 extra per-year, are characterised as "directors' 'snouts in the trough'". I understand painting a picture for each side of the story, but when BT does not (will not give) their side, this really paints the Union in too positive of a light.

Now I understand BT isn't talking (for obvious reasons since negotiations are ongoing) but I just get the general sense that this story is a bit too sided with the union. Now, is there no information from BT's POV that we can source to balance this story or is all we have to go on their statement? I think it might be important to dig a bit more into BT's side of this because right now I just get the impression that the article makes BT just look like "bad guys" (there are numerous references in the article with language going against the company).

This is a good article otherwise, but it just feels like it needs some work to get its neutrality more balanced. Turtlestack (talk) 21:08, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) The "directors" bit is a direct quote from a source.
 * 2) 400 words is terse.

And, "painting the union in too positive of a light". C'mon! That is BT's fault, and their fault alone. I phoned them. Twice. I emailed them too. And, negotiations are not really ongoing.

Just to be quite, quite clear on the point of right-to-reply... BT took my name, and my phone number, and my email address. I told them I was putting my article in for review and publication soon. They'd had at least an hour to come up with any sort of response before my last call, and it is now nearly four hours later. If you try and NPOV-ise this based on the above comments I will not be remotely amused; it would be unreasonable, and not in line with how things happen in news reporting. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:44, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

 * You need to learn to take some honest criticism. Now, please take a deep breath and let's be cool about this. We are wikinews, not the BBC so I don't think BT is going to go out of their way to make sure we get a statement from them. Also, 400 words is terse, but the reader doesn't need to be told that - you are pointing out the obvious to make a statement based on your bias here. The quote, while from the source, when added to everything else quoted seems to read as if you are mining all possible quotes from one side to paint a picture - one quote is sufficient per topic, not multiple. And, as far as who is at fault for not giving us the information we need for a story, well, as reporters it's our job to have all the information before going to press. Since we are not under a deadline from an editor, then we have all the time in the world. Also, I don't appreciate your comment "If you try and NPOV-ise this based on the above comments I will not be remotely amused; it would be unreasonable, and not in line with how things happen in news reporting." - you are very close to being out of line by defending your article by thinly implying that I don't know how journalism works Turtlestack (talk) 22:17, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I responded to some "honest criticism". Had BT, as promised, phoned me back, then their POV would be better represented in the story.
 * Precisely what are you expecting me to do about your criticism? Remove some of the material provided by the union? Go shopping for blatantly pro-BT sources to balance this? Need I say, this is not Wikipedia? We may, as you choose to put it, not be under a deadline to an editor. We are, however, under a deadline to our readers, and to the actual relevance of anything published on the project. Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news.
 * I can, if you review the article's timeline, certainly not be accused of rushing to publish without making a best-effort attempt to get all sides of the story. But, ... whatever.
 * P.S. Ask around, the above is about as reasonable as I get at this time of night (someone will likely be calling medics for me as I've not exploded in response to the implication that I don't know what I'm doing). --Brian McNeil / talk 23:23, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Adding a link to the dictionary definition of the word terse does not improve this article in any way, rather, you are using your position here on wikinews in an irresponsible manner to play petty. What you did with the link is something I would expect from a child, not an adult. Now, getting back to the article, I quite clearly also said I liked the article but that it reads a bit biased to me (hence the question mark in my comment title). It is reasonable when challenged to, instead of becoming defensive, to ask a few questions of the person making the criticism, not immediately entrench into your defensive position without considering what the person doing the criticizing is asking. Keep in mind, I could have just edited your article, but instead I posted a comment here to try and flesh out the facts and get some better insight. Please assume the other people on this site also know what they are doing and have the best interest of wikinews in mind as well. This is not a one man operation, so please make more of an effort to play on our team. Also, I never implied you didn't know what you are doing, unless, of course, that is what you assume when someone gives their honest and sincere criticism to you. Turtlestack (talk) 23:41, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Brian, please cool it. You've really got to learn to respond to constructive, honest criticism without immediately jumping at people's throats; you can be blunt/straightforward to people, yet cannot seem to tolerate when the same is done to you. I don't see any suggestion in Turtlestack's comment that you don't know what you're doing.
 * The dictionary entry doesn't do much to help the article at hand. We practically never link to Wiktionary, and when we do it's usually for some super-obscure word (which should be explained in the main article body anyway). I'm really unsure if "terse" in this sense qualifies as being overly subjective or biased for removal, my only concern is that it's rather redundant since "sub-400-word" would already indicate it's short.
 * "Go shopping for blatantly pro-BT sources to balance this?" = Well, if you could glean some relevant info from pro-BT sources to counter the anti-BT, that actually would be a good idea. Remember, write for the enemy. -Tempodivalse [talk]  00:08, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Again, I must be "terse". Did anyone read the definition? The main one, not the one you all appear to assume? (Off to work in 2 minutes...). --Brian McNeil / talk 06:00, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I still must disagree with the re-addition of the Wiktionary link. You've done it to "terse", a commonly used word, but not to arguably much more complex things such as "ultimatum" or "telephony"? maybe we should we link every word to WT, in that case. And I did look at both definitions, BTW. If it is the second definition, that might actually be worse because "brusque, abrupt" is a rather subjective word. Maybe just use "short" instead? Apologies, I misread your edit summary in the article. Tempodivalse [talk]  12:56, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

At-issue was my concern from the above comments that the second definition was being assumed; this was not my intent, thus I linked to the definition. As a result of what I believe are unfounded accusations of POV-pushing in the article I, in what little time I have had today, asked Brian(NZ) to read the article, then review the discussion here. Turtle may well have thought I was deliberately avoiding him when he popped into IRC last night. It was around 1230 BST, and to get to work this morning I had to be up a little after 0600 BST this morning. I had every intention of leaving at the time I did. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:49, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * ADDITIONAL In response to the challenge on more pro-BT stuff, that would definitely be the UK Press Association source. I can say that on the basis of what I was told when calling the Union, and the content of UK PA's coverage. UK PA had far, far more detail than any other source - in terms of what the revised offer contained. The union confirmed to me that they had received a call from a journalist who admitted that BT's Press Office had called, then emailed a copy of the revised offer to them. Needless to say, this was obviously BT believing they had a sympathetic source - and the bringing back outsourced work was meant to be a crowd-pleasing item in the deal. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:12, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Leave the sarcasm to someone with a lot more practice; "maybe we should we link every word to WT"... Uh, no. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:15, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Uh-huh. On a side note though, I misread your edit summary to mean you had meant the second definition, so please disregard that. I still think it's sort of redundant since the fact it was short was communicated by "sub-400-word". Tempodivalse [talk]  16:28, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Brian McNeil has asked me to NPOV check this article. I have accepted. Our neutral point of view policy states that one should write articles without bias, representing all views fairly. The key point of the policy I would like to highlight is a wn article should fairly represent all sides in a news story, and “not make an article state, imply, or insinuate that any one side is correct.” Wikinews. While this policy has been borrowed from Wikipedia, we have had a version of it since the sands of time. (or January 2005).The NPOV policy is of great pillars of Wikinews.

With that in mind, I review as follows.
 * 1) The “terse” comment. While that is a word with many meanings. It is primarily associated with negative connotations. Brian does make a good point that the word does have many other meanings. However, I would rule on the balance of probability: the use of this word in its current phasing is not NPOV. Better, phasing could have been used.
 * 2) Does this article fairly represents all sides in a news story, and “not makes an article state, imply, or insinuate that any one side is correct.” This is the key issue. However, in order for this principle to be breached – Brian would have not had made any effort to contact BT, to provide information. Therefore, it is my personal belief that over the entire article is in line with the NPOV policy. However, as there is the possibility that one would interpret, at first glance that this article is not NPOV. I feel there  does exist room for sight improvement. Slight is my key word.

This article is overall a excellent article. (disclaimer:Brian MC and I have known each other on wiki, since the sands of time.) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 23:41, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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This has been languishing, near-unnnoticed, on the list of candidates for what seems long enough for a glacier to calve several times. I should have raised it with this template a long time ago - pressures of work and all that. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:55, 12 August 2010 (UTC)


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The United States military has arrested an intelligence analyst who may have been responsible for leaking classified combat video and documents to the whistle-blower website Wikileaks.

The man arrested has been identified by as an  soldier, Bradley Manning of the United States Army's 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. Manning, a 22-year-old from Potomac, Maryland, is said to have been detained for two weeks on base in Kuwait awaiting trial. The United States military confirmed an arrest and said it "takes the management of classified information very seriously."

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 had unsuccessfully requested the footage under the in 2007, as two of its news staff,  and, had died in the attack.

In addition to the video of the Baghdad attack, Manning is suspected of having leaked other classified information, including footage of the and a classified Army document evaluating Wikileaks as a security threat, which the site posted in March. Wikileaks is preparing to release a video of the Granai attack in Afghanistan, which killed around 100 civilians.

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June 13, 2010 22-year-old Dutch native was charged yesterday with the murder of Peruvian Stephany Flores. Stephany Tatiana Flores Ramírez, the 21-year-old daughter of a former Peruvian presidential candidate, was found beaten to death in Van der Sloot's hotel room on May 30, 2010. The two appeared to have met only hours before while playing poker at a nearby. Flores was found four days later by an employee of the Hotel Tac in the of Lima. Van der Sloot had previously requested that no hotel staff enter his room.

As Flores was being buried by her family, Van der Sloot was arrested in Chile after trying to escape from Peru. Van der Sloot, who lives in Aruba, was extradited to Peru on June 4. At first, he told police there that, while he had met Flores, he had not killed her, but late last week, he confessed to murdering her. Van der Sloot claimed that he only killed Flores after he found her looking through personal files on his computer.

Joran van der Sloot is the only suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager during her school trip on. Holloway was last seen on May 30, 2005, exactly five years before Flores' death. Van der Sloot, however, was never charged in connection with the disappearance.

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THANKS for creating a live chat. I'm new and i'm a student who is involved in the PROVENCIAL DEBATE(MODEL UN DEBATING). I hope to find all the information of which i'm seeking,which is why i'm gratefull...

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Our topic is:BALANCING NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT. We are representing the UK,therefore our topic has to be relevent to our country.

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I think that every species of wolves should be protected and should be legal to hunt. The wolf population has decreased dramatically over the years. I love wolves and I hate to think of them being hunted and killed for their fur.....or just because farmers think they were the reason their stock died. It has been shown that about 60 percent of live stock dying is caused by diseases or something else. The wolves then find the carcass and eat it, making the farm think the wolves killed it. I really, truly think something should be done about the way wolves are treated. Soon. —97.107.195.89 (talk) 03:39, 27 November 2010 (UTC)


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Noynoy Aquino elected Philippine president

June 10, 2010 In the Philippines, the 's presidential candidate, commonly known as Noynoy, was officially elected as the next in the 2010. The announced Noynoy's victory on Wednesday.

He campaigned for an end to corruption and poverty and says he'll make prosecuting corrupt officials a priority. Noynoy received more than 15 million votes, about 5.7 million ahead of his closest opponent, ousted.

Noynoy said in an interview, "I want to lead by example. We talk about corruption. I did make a public vow, I will never steal". Senate President told a crowd after the count: "We have done this ... for the Filipino people ... This is a historic event."

He is 50 years old, a bachelor, an economics graduate, a and is the only son of former President  and former Senator. Noynoy's father was shot while in military custody during the regime of late dictator, before his mother, Corazon Aquino, led the that toppled Marcos in 1986. She then served as president for six years.

In the Philippines, the president and vice president are elected separately; the 's vice-presidential candidate will become the country's vice-president. Noynoy is the President-elect, while Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is the outgoing incumbent. He will officially become the Philippines's fifteenth president on June 30.


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June 7, 2010
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 * I will upload the weekend show to podbean (for iTunes) tonight when I upload this show as well.

OK, seriously? 10 people killed in an explosion in Texas, SPC Bradley Manning is outed as the wikileaks whistle blower, North Korea discussing replacing Kim Yong-il, Israel kills 4 Palestinian armed militants, India convicts in the Bhopal disaster and 5 people killed by Tornados in the US but no stories here on wikinews about any of it? I'm sorry to sound like an ass, but come on! Why are we writing stories on Britain's Got Talent but neglecting major stories? Oh, sure, I could write those stories since this is wikinews, but then there would be no show and since the show is kinda what I'm good at and is my contribution (3-4 hours a day) I'd be a bit more excited to do a show if it had some better content in it. Sorry to rant, but this is frustrating. Did whatever drama that took place over the weekend make everyone gun shy or did all of our good reporters quit because just one guy was being a dick? This is why we aren't taken seriously as a news agency, I swear to fucking christ. Turtlestack (talk) 21:45, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

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Yeah, I did the show anyway but The This Day In History is about Hitler's father - seemed fitting given the drama. Turtlestack (talk) 07:20, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll upload Rockerball's and my files to iTunes and the Internet Archive later today. Turtlestack (talk) 07:22, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
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June 8, 2010
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 * This is the sort of news we should be doing everyday. Nice job, wikinews reporters :) Turtlestack (talk) 19:59, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

(I May need to add a third music break if the other stories in the newsroom drop) (and I did) Turtlestack (talk) 01:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Wow, this turned out to be the biggest show yet - nearly 30 min long! I wasn't expecting that. Turtlestack (talk) 01:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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Strike ballot to go ahead despite British Telecom's belated new pay offer

 * I'm concerned about the neutrality of this article. I;'m trying to edit the brief to make it work, but it's getting a bit difficult to balance things out. I made a comment on the article about NPOV and I'll see what others have to say before making a final decision on including or not including this story in the show. Turtlestack (talk) 21:11, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

 * This is what I'm going to run with for this story. I'm not 100% on this story even with my edits, but I feel a little bit better about it :

The UK's Communication Workers' Union have effectively rejected a belated revised pay offer by telecoms giant British Telecom. Their statement, released early this evening, indicates a formal ballot on strike action is inevitable – unless the company revises their two percent offer for 2010.

The deadline set by the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) had passed at noon last Friday but apparently went unheeded by BT. The unions' announcement of their intent to ballot members apparently resulted in the offer.

Last week, when their ultimatum was ignored, CWU deputy secretary general (DSG) Andy Kerr expressed deep disappointment, citing the substantial profits made by the company in the last financial year: "[w]e're obviously very disappointed that BT has not improved its pay offer of 2 per cent despite their healthy profits this year."

The turnaround from losses of £244 million to a billion-pound-plus profit has, the union claims, galvanised their membership into seriously considering industrial action. Senior BT directors have been reported to have received million-pound bonuses including former Labour minister Patricia Hewitt who landed over £50,000 extra per-year. Hewitt was suspended from her parliamentary party in March over cash-for-access accusations, and works two to three days each month on BT's remuneration committee.

The UK's Press Association described the now-rejected offer as being worth 2% this year, and an additional 3% in 2011 with staff bonuses of up to £250. The package supposedly contains pledges including the return of call centre and non-frontline work from outsource companies in India.

Wikinews called both the Communication Workers' Union, and British Telecom, seeking clarification on a number of points. Richard Knowles, a BT press officer in London, forwarded a company statement, but did not comment if the offer includes the repatriation of call centre and back-office jobs. When asked on this work being carried out in a jurisdiction with less-stringent data protection, and computer misuse legislation, the reporter was referred back to the company's statement.

Sian Jones of the CWU's Press Office, commenting prior to the union's evening statement, remarked that repatriation of call centre work was an issue that the union had prior, unrelated, discussions with BT regarding; she gave no indication to Wikinews this was, or was not, part of BT's revised offer.

The press release expressed clear intent to carry on with the process of balloting members on strike action. In the statement, Andy Kerr states, "[w]e're very disappointed that BT's revised offer remains materially unchanged for this year in terms of pay."

Continuing, he emphasised, "[...] we've made clear, 2 per cent is unacceptable for our members as it does not reflect the reward they expect given the contribution they have made to cost savings of £1.75 billion and profits of over £1bn. In addition, inflation is at 5.3 per cent and staff are comparing this offer with the large salary rises and bonuses for senior executives which expose the blatant double standards being adopted by the company when it comes to remuneration."

Any sustained action by CWU members in BT's employ could have a major impact on the country's communication infrastructure. Millions of UK households and businesses are reliant on BT for internet access – in addition to telephony services.

Following the release of their statement, the CWU's Sian Jones confirmed that the union had not, as-yet, given BT the formal seven-days notice of balloting members on strike action.

Any ballot would run for a two-week period; following such, the union would, again, be required to give seven days notice to BT; this time of their intent to take workers out on strike. She emphasised, "nobody wants to be on strike", stressing that the union last took such action in 1987, and would prefer round-table discussions and an improved offer.

When called for comment on the union's rejection of their revised offer, the BT press office declined to comment at this time.

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Apple unveils iPhone 4, iOS 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010
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UCLA basketball coach John Wooden dies at age 99
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This Day In History
(It was a toss up today between Cassini and Italian composer Tomaso Albinoni but I'm going with Cassini since very little about Albinoni is actually known and thus does not make for interesting story telling - even though he left behind some wonderful music. Turtlestack (talk) 20:06, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

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Giovanni Domenico Cassini is born in Perinaldo, near Sanremo, at that time in the Republic of Genova.

June 9, 2010
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 * I'm logged in kinda late today, so I'm just getting started, but today "feels" like it will be an easier show to put together. Yesterday's show took from 2:30pm to 9:00pm after all the housekeeping and extras that go along with the show - yikes! :) Turtlestack (talk) 22:09, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Noynoy Aquino elected Philippine president

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Secretariat becomes the first horse in 25 years to win the triple crown.

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June 10, 2010
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Man dies after being shot outside his house in Lanarkshire, Scotland; murder investigation launched
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'Dewey Defeats Truman' incident in California State Senate election
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In yesterday's story (Noynoy Aquino elected Philippine president) about the election of Noynoy Aquino as the new president of the Philippines, Noynoy's father, Benigno Aquino, was shot while in military custody during the regime of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, not shot by Marcos himself as the story originally implied.

South Korean Naro-1 space rocket explodes after take-off

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South Korea has lost contact with its Naro-1 rocket, just 137 seconds after take-off. The rocket apparently exploded when a flash was seen from an on-board camera and communication was lost. The loss of communication occurred when the rocket had achieved an altitude of around 70 kilometers and television cameras captured a white speck, presumably part of the rocket, falling into the sea. South Korea had initially postponed a launch on Wednesday due to problems with the rocket's fire extinguisher system, but the mission was cleared and at 5:01pm local time today, the rocket lifted off from Goheung's Naro Space Centre.

Korea had hoped to use a Naro-1, South Korea's first carrier rocket, to launch a STSAT-2B scientific research satellite. The payload was intended to demonstrate technology for future spacecraft and carried an instrument called the Dual-channel Radiometer for Earth and Atmosphere Monitoring, or DREAM, which would have measured the brightness temperature of the Earth in an attempt to examine climate change and its effects..

This would have been the first Naro-1 launch to reach orbit and the launch cost South Korea an estimated US$400 million. The incident is seen as a major setback for South Korea's space program, which had been aiming to become the 10th country to achieve the capability to launch satellites, and the fourth Asian country, after China, Japan, and India. A successful launch would have helped South Korea to become a player in commercial space launches, an industry valued at around US$250 billion.

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Football: Chelsea confirm Joe Cole and Michael Ballack departure
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On this day in history

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Maurice Bernard Sendak, an American writer and illustrator of children's literature, best known for his 1963 book Where the Wild Things Are, is born in 1928.

Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York to Polish Jewish immigrant parents Sarah and Philip Sendak, a dressmaker. He decided to become an illustrator after viewing Walt Disney's film Fantasia at the age of twelve, however, his love of books came at an early age when he developed health problems and was confined to his bed. In addition to Disney, Sendak has said of his other influences, "My gods are Herman Melville, Emily Dickinson, Mozart. I believe in them with all my heart." Elaborating further, he has explained that reading Emily Dickinson's works helps him to remain calm in an otherwise hectic world.

One of his earliest memorable influences was actually his father, Philip Sendak. According to Maurice, his father would relate tales from the Bible - however, he would embellish them with racy details to jazz them up. Not realizing that this was inappropriate for children, little Maurice would frequently be sent home after retelling his father's "softcore Bible tales" at school.

One of his first professional commissions was to create window displays for the toy store F.A.O. Schwarz and his illustrations were first published in 1947 in a textbook titled Atomics for the Millions by Dr. Maxwell Leigh Eidinoff. He spent much of the 1950s working as an artist for children's books, before beginning to write his own stories.

Sendak gained international acclaim after writing and illustrating Where the Wild Things Are, although the book's depictions of fanged monsters concerned some parents when it was first released, as his characters were somewhat grotesque in appearance. Sendak's seeming attraction to the forbidden or nightmarish aspects of children's fantasy have made him a subject of controversy. The monsters in the book were actually based on relatives who would come to weekly dinners. Because of their broken English and odd mannerisms, they were the perfect basis for the monsters in Sendak's book.

His book In the Night Kitchen, first published in 1970, has often been subjected to censorship for its drawings of a young boy prancing naked through the story. The book has been challenged in several American states including Illinois, New Jersey, Minnesota, and Texas. In the Night Kitchen regularly appears on the American Library Association's list of "frequently challenged and banned books." It was listed number 21 on the "100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-1999."

In an interview on NPR's Fresh Air, Sendak said that his depiction of the cooks in In the Night Kitchen (they had Hitler-esque mustaches) and the fact that they tried to cook the boy in their ovens were references to the Holocaust, a subject high in his thoughts especially due to his Jewish heritage.

Sendak was also an early member of the National Board of Advisors of the Children's Television Workshop during the development stages of the television series Sesame Street. He also wrote and designed an animated sequence for the series, Bumble Ardy, based on his own book, and with Jim Henson as the voice of the main character.

In terms of influencing others, Sendak has been a massive influence over the decades. While his books certainly have roused much controversy, on the other hand they have also charmed scores of parents and children alike with their unique illustrations and lovable characters.

June 11, 2010
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Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons
FYI Saki has an audiorecording of the interview. Benny the mascot (talk) 21:59, 11 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Really? Sweet! Lemme hop on IRC and see how I can maybe get a copy of it for the show. Turtlestack (talk) 23:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC).
 * I left a message on Saki's talk page about the audio. What I'll do is wait to run with the story until I hear back since it would be fantastic to have audio. Turtlestack (talk) 23:16, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

 * LOL, I'm going to be even later with the show now since I just found a great listing for a Wii on Craigslist and am gonna go look at it now. Turtlestack (talk) 00:26, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

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Circus elephant escapes in Zurich, Switzerland

June 9, 2010

A elephant managed to escape from her handler on Sunday night in the city of Zurich, Switzerland before being recaptured by local police and circus animal keepers. The 26-year-old female elephant, named Sabu, is from Switzerland's. She was able to make her escape just before being put into a trailer, while the keeper was not paying attention.

Around 1930 local time (1730 ), Sabu was seen wading in for a short time before walking back onto city streets. Zurich police said that Sabu wandered along the avenue of Zurich, which is known as the city's most exclusive shopping street. She also passed by (the city's main rail station) and, a square of Bahnhofstrasse, where both  and  have headquarters.

For nearly an hour, police chased the elephant around the city before she was finally peacefully recaptured in the Talstrasse section of Zurich. Circus officials and police followed Sabu, but a circus spokesperson said that she did not respond to their calls. Sabu was also said to have been moving so fast that police had difficulty keeping up with her. At about 2000 local time (1900 UTC), a keeper was able to control the animal and load her onto a truck to take her to, where the other circus animals were. There were no reports of any damage or injuries during the incident, and although police held back onlookers, at least one bystander managed to capture video of the event.

The circus said that Sabu may have escaped after being frightened by storms near Zurich. After returning to the circus, she was said to be tired, but "pleased to be back."


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Hospital in Essex, England fined £50,000 after patient dies due to health and safety breaches

June 9, 2010

, in, England, United Kingdom, has been fined 50,000 (US$71,952, €60,326, 87,614, 75,660) after a severely disabled patient at Basildon University Hospital died because of serious health and safety failings. Basildon Crown Court also ordered the trust to pay costs of £40,000 (US$57,552, €48,250, A$70,022, C$60,486).

20-year-old Kyle Flack, who came from in Essex, was  and suffered from, , and substantial learning difficulties. He died in October 2006 after suffocating when his head became jammed in the railings around his hospital bed.

The trust admitted that health and safety breaches were a "significant cause" of his death, said Pascal Bates for the prosecution. There had been significant errors in the hospital's "systems and procedures", as the patient had not been properly supervised, training of staff was inadequate, information had not been passed on correctly, and warnings had not been heeded. Bates told the court that the hospital had reached "markedly short" of the required standard, adding that "[m]anagement failed to lay down correct procedures."

Earlier this year, Gill Flack, Kyle's mother, called for bosses of the hospital to be held personally responsible for this incident. She described the hospital as the "worst place" for her child to have been cared for, saying that the standards of care there were "absolute crap".


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I've just realised that chunks of the Press Association article are exactly the same as what you can see in the Guardian.co.uk article. Should I be concerned about this? -- Rayboy8 ( my talk ) ( my contributions ) 19:32, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

 * I don't think you need be worried about the Grauniad violating copyright by using a PA item. You could, however, remove the Guardian source and replace it with the Daily Mail for even more gory detail. The HSE press release is here. Bencherlite (talk) 21:54, 8 June 2010 (UTC)


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China says North Korea border patrol killed three Chinese

June 8, 2010 The government of China has made a rare public protest over allegations that the North Korean border patrol shot three Chinese nationals dead and injured a fourth near the Chinese town of last week. Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry reported that the government of China has formally complained to North Korea, despite the two countries' normally amicable relationship.

Qin says that the men were shot "on suspicion of crossing the border for trade activities", and that "China attaches great importance to that and has immediately raised a solemn representation with the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the legal name of North Korea]". He reports that the incident is currently under investigation, but refuses to comment on the validity of the accusations. "In the aftermath of the incident, China has paid a lot of attention to this issue and has made a formal diplomatic protest to North Korea," said Qin.

China is North Korea's primary source of international trade, and illegal traders crossing the border are perceived as a great threat. North Korea is also involved in a dispute with its neighbour, South Korea, regarding the sinking of a South Korean ship in March, killing 46 people; while an international committee found that North Korea was responsible, China refuses to place any blame on the nation, which it sees as an ally. Heung Gwang, a former North Korean college professor and head of Seoul-based North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity, said that because of this "it is rare for China to publicly complain. Usually there is a private apology or money paid."

Dandong is the site of the, a commemoration of China's aid of North Korea during the of the 1950s. The Chinese people were reported to be in a boat when they were shot, for allegedly carrying copper wire out of North Korea and into China.

The North Korean border guards caused controversy last year, when they detained two United States journalists on the Chinese border on charges of illegally entering the country. They were sentenced to twelve years hard labour, but a campaign led by former US president Bill Clinton saw their release after only four months.


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Human trafficking trial starts in Clearwater, Florida

June 8, 2010

Initial composition of jury members in a human trafficking criminal trial began Tuesday in, Florida, United States.  reported this may be the first such case in the.

An individual named Colin Anthony Dyer was placed under arrest in May 2009. Dyer, 37, faces charges in the case including human trafficking and sexual battery. Accusations against Dyer include human trafficking on one woman, and both sexual battery and human trafficking on another young woman.

Law enforcement officials stated Dyer along with three other individuals restrained women without their permission in a residence in, Florida. According to statements by those investigating the case, Dyer and his associates made these women work as.

Other individuals that were arrested related to the case included Kenyatta Cornelius, Edward Jones, and Corinna Shaffer. The case involving Dyer is the first of these people to be heard in court at trial.

Law enforcement officials have said that Dyer raped a woman and made her work in the capacity of a prostitute at a strip club called "Vegas Showgirls", located near, Florida.

Prior to admitting possible jury members into the courtroom, Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Timothy Peters asked lawyers if a plea bargain deal had been made between the parties. Bryant Camareno, lawyer for Dyer, stated his client did not wish to plead guilty. Lawyers for the government did not give Dyer a formal plea bargain deal offer. Judge Peters queried Dyer regarding his understanding that he could be sentenced to a maximum of 60 years in jail, and Dyer answered in the affirmative.

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Fact-checked. Not sure about some of the stylistics, though. Someone more experienced may wish to check this. — μ 21:53, June 8 2010 (UTC)

Sources of Pictures and Video (Reversion of)
I twice posted links to the Swiss German news site that included both original postings of video and pictures relating to this incident (as shown here):

Both times, these contributuions were reverted on the basis of reasoning given on my talk page (shown in italics here):

At the outset, I think we can all agree this is not an article that is worthy of extended debate. However, I am quite frankly puzzled by the response. For the record, and for future reference; I seek clarification as to exactly what in the style guide precludes links to original postings of related images and video. Certainly, I see nothing that puts a limit of three (as seems to be the case here) on the number of external news sources cited; although I do understand the need to avoid excessive listings of multiple news publishers essentially recycling the same news source.

Given that 20 Minuten has published both pictures and video of this incident, I would assume that these should be included since none of the other existing three news sources include either of these media of this incident. However, one source included their own link to the video (although not the pictures) on 20 Minuten, although they use a URL-shortened link. As is known, URL shortened links frequently expire; so I would think it unreliable to rely on a third-party URL-shortened link. I realize (of course) that the 20 Minuten pages are in German, however the video and pictures require no translation. On a minor story such as this, it is really the images and video that make the story newsworthy. Really, an elephant on a sight-seeing and haute couture window-shopping trip in Zurich!

I appreciate understanding exactly why these sources are not deemed acceptable, because on my plain reading of the style guide I do not see why they should not be included. Rather, it would seem that the intent is to include all disparate sources, of course avoiding needless repetitions of publishers republishing other sources.

You wrote "Trust me" … but I am not quite sure what interpretation of which particular paragraph in the style guide you are referencing. Maybe you are concerned because the sources are in German and that there is a need to translate and verify the material published by 20 Minuten, but that is just my best guess.

In summary, I do not wish to invest much time in this particular story, however, I do wish to understand for future reference the principle (if any) which lead to my contributions being (repeatedly) reverted.

Enquire (talk) 03:08, 13 June 2010 (UTC)


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