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Wikinews:Deletion requests/Archives/Deleted Archive 14

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Threat to Rural Post Offices in UK
—     10:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:44, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Jason Safoutin 19:47, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:07, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

The Swedish Pirate Party presents their election manifesto
—     10:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Press release. —     19:44, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete or ReWrite Jason Safoutin 19:48, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:07, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Nationwide UK Model Search is Launched
—     10:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Press release. —     19:44, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Jason Safoutin 19:45, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:08, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Florida gets ready for Ernesto
—     10:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:44, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Ernesto is near carolinas now. Jason Safoutin 19:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Should have been published the day created. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:06, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

template:w
—     10:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

This is the most useless template. Same effect can be achieved by doing this:  (Only difference is that will take out brackets too as well as interwiki namespace). Useless template, possible avenue for high impact vandalism, transcluding useless things is supposedly not good for preformance reasons, lets kill it. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * There was no information about the use of this link in the Wikinews: metapages. Now one can see it at Writing_an_article . --Mac 09:07, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for adding it. There should of also been something in the help: namespace (although help ns is a mess), but I definitly saw this at the bottom of the save diagram (Select text and click w: to link to Wikipedia (requires JavaScript).). - mediawiki:edittools Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:31, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Keep F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  13:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * May I ask why? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:27, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - useless. If anyone wants it, copy it into your userspace. —     19:41, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with MessedRocker. Jason Safoutin 19:49, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Hilary Duff Goes From Blonde to Brown
—     19:55, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. This isn't life changing news. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  14:32, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikinews is not a supermarket tabloid. I changed my hair color...write an article? ;) Jason Safoutin 15:33, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I once dyed my hair, and no one made an article about me! (Then again, I'm not a star of the Disney Channel). Oh wait, this is a deletion discussion. Nuke with fire. —     15:38, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes but did Hilliary's just magically go brown, or was human intervention involved. I want to know every detail imaginable. </sarcasm> Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 06:04, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete never mind life changing news - it aint really even news at all! :) --R2b2 05:59, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete but i guess: all her hair ? :)) Jacques Divol
 * The horror! I never realised Duffman's wife was a bottle blond.  Delete. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:51, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Deleted --Nzgabriel | NZ Portal | Talk 00:10, 2 September 2006 (UTC).

The new version of SearchInform
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Press release. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:13, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

With false McCain attacks, Dems betray ’08 fears
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Senator McCain in Greenland
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Sabarmati River Development Front
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Weak keep--I tried salvaging it as best I could, but there's only so much I can do without sources. PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - still missing sources and should probably be "minimal" anyway --R2b2 06:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Rama Krishna Gaddipati in Asia's Best Entrepreneur Under 25
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Keep--I reformatted the article, made it more neutral and presentable. PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - only source appears to be from the company the guy is CEO of --R2b2 06:30, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

International campaign of Human Rights
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Press release. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  14:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Study suggests Fluoride harms children's kidneys, liver
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Press release. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Town of Neversink Takes on Alcohol Ban
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

temp day headlines
—     18:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

2005/June/20/Temp, 2005/June/21/Temp, 2005/June/22/Temp, 2005/June/23/Temp, 2005/June/24/Temp, 2005/June/25/Temp, 2005/June/26/Temp, 2005/June/27/Temp, 2005/June/28/Temp
 * not needed anymore? Doldrums 07:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Keep These are good to keep for history reasons, imo. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  03:59, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete useless--Cspurrier 14:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete served their purpose by pointing me to a few pages with deleted images. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:49, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Tyco Execs Convicted

 * redirect in wrong namespace (prepared story?), no pages link to it. Doldrums 07:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Cross namespace redirects are harmless, I don't see the problem with keeping it. Redirects are cheap. However it is very unlikely that an external website links to it, so I'm neutral. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 07:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Workspace/World's Most-Spammed Man

 * as above. Doldrums 07:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

US box office breakouts for August 20
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

United Nations says new strain of Bird Flu found in Thailand
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Neo-Nazi Gang Kills Saudi Tourist in the Ukraine
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * can we keep this on hold while awaiting a response from a potential Ukranian contributor. Doldrums 11:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Start-up offering permanent Adspace in exchange for funding
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Press release. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

MERCADONA OPENS ITS 1000th STORE IN CALPE
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

US Box Office Breakouts for August 19, 2006
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Fans Rip Off Chris Brown's Clothes During Concert
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. Initially, I could not find a similar text from the suggested source, but it is here, in the same site. The Wikinews article and the chrisbrownweb.com both cites WENN as the source. My best guess about WENN is that it is http://wenn.com, a commercial news organization. Both are two-paragraph long, and the first paragraph is quite similar and the second is the same (basically because it is mostly a quote.) I suppose WENN is http://wenn.com, a commercial business company. Without having an access to the original article, I cannot tell if there is a possibility that this could be a fair use. If the original article was very long, and the Wikinews and chrisbrownweb used only a part of it, there might be some more room for defense.. In short, I am not sure. Tomos 21:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Podcast Host Blasts Lieberman Right-Wing Supporters
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

British Airways flight prepares for emergency landing
—     17:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

abandoned. Doldrums 04:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Seattle's Terminal 18 evacuated for bomb scare
—     20:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

abandoned, minimal. Doldrums 04:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Rumors of SciScoop's Death Greatly Exaggerated
—     17:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

not news, unsourced (correction to original article has been issued, according to talk). Doldrums 04:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Devotees offer Janmashtami prayers
Doldrums 04:11, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyright infringement. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete. 04:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
 * have speedy deleted this as a long-standing copyvio. Doldrums 04:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Edinburgh Extends Parking Zone
—     04:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Security Council backs ceasefire in Israel-Lebanon conflict
—     04:34, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * keep npov concerns have been addressed. have published article. Doldrums 04:15, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

King Booker becomes the new World Heavyweight Champion
—     04:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Mobile phone waves can bring planes down
—     04:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. And it's odd how cell phones can bring down airplanes but snakes can't. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete lack of sources can bring articles down. Doldrums 04:20, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

U.S. Senate ratifies international treaty on cybercrime
—     04:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Comment. I took a look at edit history, and found that the problem "editorial clean-up tag" cites is addressed in the next edit, and it seems publishable. The article was indeed tagged as "published." So it seems appropriate to remove the clean-up tag and publish/archive. The only problem I can think of is that no small part of the article might come from Council of Europe's summary without an attribution. (Again, see this edit to compare the quoted summary and the article's main text.) Is there a potential copyright problem here? Or is the summary copyright-free? I digged around and found copyright statement on the Council's Disclaimer page. Note the restriction on any commercial usage and requirement for attribution. The summary of the Treaty quoted, which is not listed as one of sources, is available here. And I see that all the three paragraphs are quoted in the earlier version of the article. Lack of proper attribution, combined with our license (Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 with attribution to Wikinews, without restriction on commercial use), it goes against their stated copyright policy. What's left is a fair use defense. I am not sure about that, either. And I wonder if we should take into account that it is an european organization, and we should better consider their copyright law exceptions and restrictions. Tomos 04:01, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Bad Breath Could Indicate Medical Problems
—     04:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete stinks. Doldrums 04:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Northern Dynasty applies for water rights to pristine Alaskan fish spawning stream
—     04:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete as tagged, and for lack of sources and npov. Doldrums 04:21, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

PS3Land Interviews Pandemic Studios
—     07:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Extreme copyvio --R2b2 21:52, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. I compared the Wikinews article with the external article, and they seem to match. I did not read word by word, but pasted the text of the external in between paragraphs of the Wikinews article, and compared the shape of the paragraphs and words at the end of lines. There seems to be no room for fair use defence. Tomos 15:30, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

The Washington Post: Google sends letter warning about using its name as a verb
—     07:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

See talk page — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  11:58, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Google Ranked First in e-Business Customer Satisfaction
—     07:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  13:51, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I just want to point out that anon User:68.3.51.196 has made the claim to be the copyright holder and releases it, see Talk:Google Ranked First in e-Business Customer Satisfaction. Of course, anyone could do that. --SVTCobra 21:59, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I have sent an inquiry to the site regarding the copyright release statement. The text of the inquiry is at User:Tomos/An_inquiry. The problem is that I did not find the contact address, so I used article submission form instead (article can be submitted by anyone, even anonymously, it seems). If I receive an answer/reply, I will report it here. If you find a better address for the inquiry, please feel free to use the text I posted. Tomos 13:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Malaysia LMG Tourer with Hydroxene technology
—     07:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC) Abandoned. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  13:55, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Pakistan observes 60th independence day
—     05:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio.--+Deprifry+ 12:24, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Lieberman accuses Lamont supporters of hacking website and e-mail system
—     07:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - despite the claim that this was no longer abandoned (I reverted the removal of this DR), the only change made to it was a spelling mistake fix and removal of a comma. --R2b2 22:33, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - I think this page should be salvaged - especially because the investigation is ongoing.--The lorax 03:47, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

George Bush says "no" to lebanon ceasefire
—     07:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Last substantive edit was Aug 7. No source. Tomos 12:20, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  12:01, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Stephen Colbert urges vandalism of Wikipedia
—     07:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Interview: Lil' Kim new show
—     07:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Winner of Sci Fi Channel's reality series possibly unmasked
—     07:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

White-haired pensioner becomes YouTube's latest hit
—     07:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyright infringement. —     19:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I disagree. YouTube is literally broadcasting. Whatever license that YouTube has over the uploaded content (a process which seems to surrender the uploader's rights) seems to be of the kind that on can freely quote from. I can't see any difference between these two situations: 1) "Politician A said he is against abortion" where the source is a TV interview; and 2) "Peter said he is 78 years old and likes to bitch about things" where the source is his YouTube videos. Anyway, this is not real news anyway only Cat:wacky, so I can't waste any more time researching the particulars in a fight for this article. --SVTCobra 22:39, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You got it all wrong! I'm not saying linking to the video is copyright infringement, the article itself is! —     22:43, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * to Messedrocker - SVTCobra is not suggesting linking to the video is okay. He is suggesting quoting from it is okay. Tomos 12:16, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Eh, you say po-tay-to, and I say Al Bundy. —     12:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * to SVTCobra - Quoting is a type of fair use, if properly done, under the U.S. copyright law, as far as I am aware. It will bring a copyright issue if unproperly done. But the issue here is the potential infringement of Reuters. Tomos 12:16, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, I understand. I didn't realize that the wording of the article was so close to the Reuters piece. If the originator of this article wants to save it, they should rewrite. --SVTCobra 22:59, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I've compared the first version of the Wikinews' article with Reuter's. Word-to-word matches are quite limited throughout the article. The first sentence of the Wikinews' article is original. So is the 5th paragraph describing the number of videos posted and # of views so far. For other parts of the Wikinews article, I could find matching contents in the Reuter article. There are 5 paragraphs of the Reuters, or approx. 1/3 of it, that are not in Wikinews. Combined, Wikinews uses no small portion for a competing purpose, and with relatively little added-value. If other articles on this subject dealt with more or less the same sets of facts and organization, perhaps it would not be a problem. I checked Times Online and Mumbai Mirror. Their articles does not look like the one here. Although our activity is non-commercial, I am afraid that is not a strong enough reason for fair use defense. But I am not a lawyer, and I could well be wrong.  Tomos 01:51, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Category:Energy Crisis
—     07:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will close August 21, 2006.

topic with unclear focus, possibly pov. Energy as a subcat of cat:biz/econ is a better alternative. Doldrums 10:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I concur. —     10:11, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - I created this category, so of course I am biased. However, there is a growing volume of news about a developing energy crisis, particularly related to the price of oil, but also to other aspects such as supply of oil and natural gas, mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, growing electricity demand, and a perceived need for a resurgance of nuclear energy. The mainstream media appear to be seeing a developing energy crisis, so it should be able to stand as an Issues sub-category on its own. Rosko 14:05, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * the trouble is that calling it a "crisis" would be pov, unless there is a _consensus_ in the real world that it is a crisis, and i don't think that such a consensus exists. this deletion request is not to downplay the significance of news about energy source, but to fix the pov problem, hence my suggested alternative. Doldrums 04:37, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Perhaps then making it just Energy, as you suggest, but not as a sub-category of Bus+Econ. There are aspects of energy-related news that are more Sci/Tech related than Econ, but are still of relevence to those interested in Energy per se. Would you accept an Energy sub-cat to Issues? Rosko 06:16, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * in wikipedia, we can have energy as a subcat of biz/econ, enviroment and perhaps even politics/conflicts, sci-tech. if wikinews cats also allows auch "multiple inheritence" then we can use the same. note that there is no cat:Issues (probably becoz almost everything in wikinews would potentially have to be included in it).
 * Actually, there is a cat:Issues, of which econ/bus and sci/tech are sub-cats. However, what you say about Energy being a sub-cat of multiple sub-cats could work. I shall go do it now! Rosko 08:49, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete, and re-create as suggested by Doldrums above. I suggest adding an infobox about the energy crisis instead, which could include some critical stats and latest contents of the new category. -- IlyaHaykinson 02:44, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete A user put a speedy delete tag on Category:Energy Crisis. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  12:20, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Gamaka event at Bangalore
—     04:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     20:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete for the reson suggested. Tomos 15:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Three firefighters die in shooting range blaze
—     04:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     20:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete for the reson suggested. Tomos 15:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Tales from Earthsea is a hit in Japan
—     04:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     20:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete for the reson suggested. Tomos 15:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Uproar over notice against PM
—     04:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     20:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete for the reson suggested. Tomos 15:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Retroactive War Crime Protection Proposed
—     04:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyright infringement. —     20:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. I compared the first version of the article with the suggested external source, an AP article. For the first 12 paragraphs, I see virtually the same text in the AP article. There are a few differences, but not many. There two paragraphs in the AP article that I do not see in the Wikinews article. At the end of the Wikinews article, I see the last three paragraphs are not in the AP articles. I knew AP runs multiple versions of the same story with slightly different texts, so I checked if I could find another story from AP with those texts. I could. . The first version of the Wikinews article indeed seems to match word by word with this AP story. Another strong indication that this is a copy-and-paste of an AP story is that the beginning of the Wikinews article says it is by "Pete Yost," the reporter of the AP article. Combined, it seems that Wikinews article is a reproduction of the AP article, and a copyvio. Tomos 15:38, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Template:Move
—     05:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will close August 19, 2006

This template has/should have no real use. Pages should just be moved, there is no need to create a template proposing it. If the move needs to be debated we can use the talk page as we always do. --Cspurrier 15:39, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Blogger.com made website called Liverpool Evil Cabal
—     20:54, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

This is currently a redirect. The page title of this redirect indicates something counter-factual - an involvement of the company Blogger.com behind the web site Liverpool Evil Cabal. I think there is a fair chance that such a headline on Wikinews does not harm the company's reputation, but just in case it does, I request for deletion of the redirect. Tomos 12:43, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * please note that i've posted a notice of this at the WC. not sure if the changes will stand or the old title will be retained (with a correction posted). Doldrums 12:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Comment after thinking about the archival issue, I came to think that it is not a bad idea to place some correction notice in place of this redirect. Tomos 12:56, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  17:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It should be noted that I have changed the content of the page — it used to be a redirect, now it's a correction notice. —     17:54, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep the correction notice. --+Deprifry+ 18:35, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Albertsons becomes Wal-Mart's hypermarket concept brand
—     18:47, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, hoax. 85.25.135.126 09:07, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete potentially a hoax (but it is hard to determine without having domain-specific knowledge) and abondoned without citing a source. See talk:Albertsons becomes Wal-Mart's hypermarket concept brand for further information. Tomos 13:41, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  14:52, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Doctors separate 4-Year-Old Conjoined Twin Girls in Utah
—     18:47, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyright infringement. —     19:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. I compared the first version of the article with the cited source. First sentense was in my opinion different from the external site's. I could find very similar sentenses for the remaining 4 sentenses. I see little added value (or "transformative"-ness) in this article's use of the source article, and it uses rather important part of the source, so I am inclined to find it difficult to defend it as a fair use. But I am not an expert, and I could be wrong. Tomos 13:37, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Chocolate helps repair ageing blood vessels
—     18:47, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyright infringement. —     19:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete for potential copyvio. Both of the two paragraphs posted in the first revision of the article are the same as the ones in the page cited as the source. There are four paragraphs in the external page. I think it is hard to defend this as a fair use. Tomos 12:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Lamont Bentley Dies
—     18:47, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Not news -- event took place last year. —     19:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete.--Stevenfruitsmaak 14:57, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Old news. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  15:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Category:Latin America
—     18:56, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will close on August 14, 2006.

Unnecessary category that lists countries by spoken language rather than geographical location. Central America and South America are the appropriate cats here. --+Deprifry+ 17:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --Jambalaya 12:32, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete.--Stevenfruitsmaak 14:58, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Liberal contestant Ignatieff's ex speaks out
—     02:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will run until August 9, 2006.

Inflammatory, unsourced hearsay. 198.20.40.50 04:50, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

The author of this article deleted the above request. I have restored it. Please do not delete it again until it's been dealt with, this is a different request than the one from last week. Crimson 14:56, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Delete

 * Delete - Some anonymous user claims to have an exclusive interview with a political candidates ex-wife? And won't produce the transcript? Come on. 72.139.185.19 07:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - There's been a very vocal minority of users that have been adding as much negative slant to the Michael Ignatieff article as possible. It strikes me that this article is more of the same. Unless the anonymous reporter can send a transcript and/or audio file to be verified, there's really no reason this article should exist. And there's certainly no reason anyone should be citing it. 198.20.41.74 18:18, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Later added: The alleged audio file has yet to appear, and there's been no progress on documenting any of this. It's still unverified slander. -- 198.20.40.50 19:22, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Later added: Delete For the reasons above. --198.20.40.50 18:55, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Possibly defamatory/libellous material. Also yellow journalism. I understand this article has already been put up for deletion and the request was archived after the anonymous author sent in an audio file. However, I am dubious about the article's legitimacy. The author claims that the interviewee lives in London however, as far as I can determine, the phone number the anonymous reporter gives for her has a Sheffield area code. Checking BT.com there is no Susan Barrowclough in Sheffield, at least not one with a listed number. The article is possibly slanderous and defamatory and is aimed at the frontrunning candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada - it is possible it is a "dirty trick" by a rival camp or enemy of the candidate and the inconsistencies in regards to the phone number and purported location of Ms. Barrowclough make me suspicious . The original deletion discussion can be found here. Crimson 00:46, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete, Jacques Divol
 * Delete' I don't know what is so newsworthy about a father being estranged from his children. In addition, the article uses wp as a source and the wp article uses this article as the source for the same claims. (It's under "Family" on the wp page. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 23:31, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Leaving aside the issue of verification, I still don't think there's a real story here. Its also currently extremely biased to one side. (My previous vote was a Keep if the article was further developed - it hasn't been) --R2b2 01:03, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Let's call a spade a spade. This article is muckraking, pure and simple. At best, it's the type of tabloid journalism that will keep wikinews from every being taken seriously. At worst, it's libellous and actionable. -- 149.9.0.27 02:05, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete the article as it stands does not report a news event or phenomenon, is pov, is unsourced. i see no way to turn this into a publishable article. yes, wikinews does need more OR and more interviews, but they need to follow the required processes a heck of a lot more than this one has, and the result shld be news - should enlighten readers on something they want to & need to know about - something which, in my view, this article doesn't. Doldrums 07:00, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - It doesn't look like this article will ever be of satisfiable quaility. It'd be a shame to see this go away, though. However, like all articles that can't make the cut, this one will have to go away, too. —     07:11, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Slander --213.249.155.231 02:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Keep
* Keep audio file sounds ok, original reporting it is international 01:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - this is original journalism and it's reasonable that the contributor is trying to obtain a response from the other side before publishing the entire transcript. Since a phone number for the interviewee is provided, assume good faith unless the interviewee is contacted and denies the interview. 65.95.151.130 12:47, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - per 65.95.151.130. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  17:15, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

* Keep if the article is developed further. My comment above still stands... --R2b2 01:30, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep 2 admins are now working on this so I agree with messedrocker's comment above. Paulrevere2005 00:20, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: Since the refactoring of the discussion, Paulrevere2005 is referring to my comments below. —     07:12, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Comments

 * I can send evidence to an administrator.Original reporting guidelines suggests; "If you don't want to publish notes on Wikinews itself, whether for privacy or length reasons, feel free to e-mail the research to an administrator. Administrators should note on the article's talk page that they have received the research notes." Would this be useful at this point in time? I have already sent the audio file of the interview to a lawyer as I have already received death threats regarding this interview; but I can also download that audio file to "commons"; is that the best approach at this point? 65.95.151.130 17:00, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I would like to remind people that IP address signed votes don't count. And whilst I'd love to see material like this hitting Wikinews first, it requires that someone has built a reasonable reputation and level of trust. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I realize I should probably register, but if you check out my Wikipedia edits, you'll see I've been using the same, static IP since 2004. Just sayin'. -- 198.20.40.50 22:50, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Comment I'd like to see the article further developed before I'd make a choice - right now its hard to tell what the article is actually trying to say. The article however does seem very biased against Ignatieff. For a good article, it should really give him a chance to respond to the comments. --R2b2 21:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Repeat;I can send evidence to an administrator.Original reporting guidelines suggests; "If you don't want to publish notes on Wikinews itself, whether for privacy or length reasons, feel free to e-mail the research to an administrator. Administrators should note on the article's talk page that they have received the research notes."
 * Would this be useful at this point in time? I have already sent the audio file of the interview to a lawyer as I have already received death threats regarding this interview; but I can also download that audio file to "commons"; is that the best approach at this point? 70.48.207.171 23:09, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes it is. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  23:15, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

 * APOLOGIES EXPECTED! note; Thanks to a friend for wikinews' administrators email addresses.
 * I just sent a verification audiofile to Eloquence,Chiacomo, Craig Spurrier, Nyarlathotep as well as a few other regular contributers here. I will also send the audiofile to any other regular contributor who requests it.I have set up an email at barrowcloughinterview@yahoo.com so you can email me there also if you wish. Perhaps someone could also change the format of the audiofile so it can be downloaded to commons; it is currently in the wav format. 65.95.151.40 00:51, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment The prior deletion request had one keep vote that was valid, made at much urging from anonymous editors. The article certainly isn't in a publishable state, it is full of inline links to sources that are not direct links to articles but rely on the reader finding whatever it was that was relevant.  Sources go in the sources section, not in the middle of articles where readers can be encouraged to leave the site. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:31, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Addendum The prior request should still be listed here, the article claims Original Reporting status and thus the required listing duration is at least 7 days, not 3. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Addendum to addendumBrian McNeil is mistaken about the number of valid "keep" votes before; there were 3, not 1; Since he correctly states the time for the 1st request should be 7 days instead of 1, and assuming we do not wish to have 2 requests going on simultaneusly, I have transferred the edits from the first request and included them above. 64.229.64.116 20:31, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Comment;There seems to be no good reason to delete while the article is not published and still being worked on. It just seems as if there is a rush to censorship pressure regarding this interview from people who are not usually on wikinews. I am actually on wikinews a lot myself (so hopefully you can count this as a valid vote) but I decided to use an anon signature for this article after received harrassing anonymous telephone calls, including threats, within an hour of when I gave my name and phone # to the Ignatieff staff (I was calling them for a response to Barrowclough's comments). Also, It is not my fault that the 5 administrators I have sent the audiofile to have not responded. 64.229.64.116 20:43, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think this is a matter for WN:DR - if the article turns out to be true, we keep it, if it's a hoax or libel, we delete it. —     22:18, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Subsequent edits have made this article even more POV'd - is there even an attempt at neutrality here?\
 * CommentTop delete vote was made by 72.139.185.19 ; the same vandal that did this disgusting ridicule of disabled children. Vandal's vote should be removed; vandals are not permitted to vote. Are they ? 65.95.151.166 06:39, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * As bad as personal attacks are, that was made on Wikipedia, so the vandal should be dealt with on Wikipedia. —     07:05, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment This article has not developed to a newsworthy article and I remove my Keep vote. Not sure if it need to be deleted now but if nothing happend it dont deserve to stay international 13:19, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Israeli killed in mob attack in Sydney
—     02:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Potential copyvio. See Talk:Israeli killed in mob attack in Sydney for details. Tomos 12:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Bangalore to Host the Fourth International Conference on GPLv3
—     02:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     10:09, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Prepared stories/Misc/Obituary preload
—     20:28, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will close August 13, 2006

This "template" is useless — anyone can easily type in prepare and add a date template. —     07:37, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep- handy if you use the Portals input box to create the article Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 09:00, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - It is redundant. --Jambalaya 12:32, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Jane Lanthrop Stanford Middle School Security Crisis
—     07:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

abandoned, unsourced (attempted original reporting, i guess). Doldrums 09:07, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete don't think this is very news worthy either... --R2b2 09:09, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Van gogh
—     07:35, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Not news --R2b2 08:52, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * speedy deleted as not news and speedy deletion guidelines, it's not 150 years of VV Gogh not its born nor its death, a fake !Jacques Divol 12:51, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Are you wearing the UK’s favourite T shirt?
—     07:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio not listed here --R2b2 08:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * press release, i think. Doldrums 09:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Over a Third of Americans believe government carried out 9/11, poll shows
—     07:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio not listed here --R2b2 08:56, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete for potential copyvio. Tomos 01:50, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Nairobi gets a face lift
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

unsourced editorial, abandoned. Doldrums 19:25, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete for reasons Doldrums pointed out. Tomos 09:42, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Hulk Hogan returns to WWE's Raw tonight
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

unsourced, minimal, abandoned. Doldrums 19:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete for the reasons Doldrums suggested. Tomos 09:46, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

News outlet yet to discover insensitive typo]
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

unsourced?, notnews?, adandoned. Doldrums 19:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

US Citizens Robbed Billions
—     20:09, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

unsourced, abandoned, copyvio? Doldrums 19:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

GAO RFID Inc. is spun out of GAO Tek Inc. to focus on the RFID market
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

abandoned press release. Doldrums 19:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

French Angry about 11 American wins in Tour?
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editorial, tagged notnews. Doldrums 19:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

02 August
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Heavy fighting as Israel pushes into Lebanon
Copyvio that wasn't listed here... --R2b2 23:56, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete Compared the both texts, and Wikinews article is consisted of parts of the Reuter article. I am not a lawyer, so I might change my opinion when someone shows persuasive defense. Tomos 00:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Inside the Mind of Hezbollah
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, not news. --R2b2 23:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. This one is pretty problematic. The entire text is a quote from Washington Post's article, and it is indicated so in the article. Yet the link goes elsewhere (which is quite misleading to say the least), a site called golnews. The linked page does not have a link to the WaPo article, either. I have read a case in which good faith is considered a factor in determining if a use is fair use. This practice reminds me of that (see, for example, Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises). On top of that, it seems abondoned before making into a full article. Tomos 07:09, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Jalsa Salan of Jamat-e-Ahmadiyya Ends on Sunday in England
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Abandoned, not news. --R2b2 23:53, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. This page is currently tagged "notnews," but I think it could have became a decent news story with more details. But it is abandoned, only two sentences were written. So it should be deleted after all. Tomos 06:58, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Philippine rape victim too drunk to resist
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

The article's original version and the latter half of the source cited are substantially similar. The copyright notice of the source and "editor's note" at the beginning of the text of the source article indicates that it is a copy of a news paper article, fully copyrighted. The article was first posted on the web overthere "05:23am (Mla time) July 26, 2006" which translates 21:23 UTC July 25. And the original Wikinews post is times stamped as "10:31, 27 July." So I think that there is little reason to think that this is a post by a copyright holder or they took the Wikinews article. Finally, I thought about fair use (and I am not a lawyer), but it seemed that some factors work against fair use defense, namely - (1) the Wikinews article does not add something new but virtually re-arrange a portion of the cited source, (2) substantial portion and parts of the source article is in the Wikinews' original version.

These things combined, I thought I should worry about potential copyright violation.

Additionally, I just checked the Philippines' Intellectual Property Code seems to have a fair use provision very similar to that of the U.S. See sec.185 (p.86) here, which was cited in Philippine_copyright_law at least on the level of statutory language.

Tomos 00:17, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Israel: Qana Building collapsed eight hours after attack
—     20:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Higly pov and article that contain disputed info alredy merged in another article. It was taged dupe but Ealturner removed tag. Kill it to avoid unecessary dispute. international 23:38, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Way too heavy emphasis on Israeli military, no NPOV and somewhat dupes a section in a related article. --Jambalaya 00:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Wi-Max in Sri Lanka
—     20:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned and unsourced --R2b2 23:09, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just in case, I searched potential source for this with GoogleNews, but nothing turned up. Tomos 23:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Popular Medicine Found Unsafe
—     20:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Disputed and unsourced --R2b2 23:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. Just in case, I looked for any story that said this, with Google News. None turned up. Tomos 23:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete so did i, with the same results. the drug very recently had some kind of FDA approval in which i saw no such concerns were raised. Doldrums 04:13, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Image:Speakeasy_Logo.gif and others
—     20:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Image:Comcast_Logo.gif
 * Image:Zone_Labs_Logo.jpg
 * Image:Avis_Logo.gif
 * Image:Southwest_Airlines_Logo.gif
 * Image:American_Airlines_Logo.gif

These are unused corporate logos. I compiled the list from Special:Unusedimages. User:Sawran uploaded them in case some stories come up. Neither Fair_use_policy, MediaWiki:Uploadtext nor Image_use_policy says anything on such a use, but I think the fact that image is not used means that it is not used for a journalistic purpose, at least yet. And while I have only a little knowledge on the issue, that does not sound like a good fair use ground.

The images are uploaded on December 9. Some images might have been used for some article since deleted. (I don't know).

Amgine inqured about the images to Sawran on Dec 12, and Sawran replied that he was not against deletion if the logos break the fair use policy.

I think fair use policy is not that clearly broken, but it does seem not a fair use. And Sawran has been inactive for a while (Special:Contributions/Sawran). So I thought I would ask your opinion. Should we delete them or not? Thanks.

Tomos 04:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Briefs/August 4, 2006

The time is 23:00 (UTC) on August 4th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

7/11 blasts suspect held in Kashmir
India

An alleged member of the Kashmiri militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba has been arrested by Indian police in connection with the July 11 train bombings in Mumbai which killed 200 commuters on the city's commuter rail network.

Swan in German zoo tests positive for H5N1 virus
Germany

A "highly pathogenic strain" of the H5N1 Avian Flu virus has been detected in a dead Australian black swan, floating in a pond located at the Dresden Zoo in Dresden, Germany.

East Timor, Kuwait start negotiations for investment in public works
East Timor

Kuwait might finance a great number of public works in East Timor, in an investment worth 500 million to 600 million dollars, the East Timorese Prime Minister said today. José Ramos Horta leaves today for an official visit to Kuwait.

From the eleventh century to the Digital Age, the Domesday Book is now online
United Kingdom

The Domesday Book, penned in the eleventh century, can now be explored online after more than twenty years of work.

Katcher died of drowning, coroner says
United States

A coroner revealed last week that Ryan Katcher, a missing Illinois student who was found dead a few days ago, had died of drowning.

Newcastle, Australia man arrested for selling stolen jewelery online
Australia

New South Wales Police have arrested and charged a 39 year-old man from Warner's Bay in Newcastle, on the NSW Central Coast after he allegedly stole jewelery from his employer and sold it on an Internet auction site.

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Car crash enrages bees

August 4, 2006 A 16 year old girl has crashed her car into a hollow tree stirring up the fury of a swarm of bees ten miles (16km) south of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ten people including the girl received treatment at a hospital.

Jacqueline Cossairt's SUV crashed into the tree after she lost control on a gravel road.

Despite hot summer temperatures, firefighters wore full safety gear including face mask and oxygen tanks as they tried to rescue her from the wreck. The bees were doused with foam and water.

"Those bees were mad," said Volunteer Fire Chief Kent Gilbert, who was stung at least 50 times while trying to pull her from the wreckage. "I've never seen bees, especially honeybees, attack like that."

"I'm not too swelled up," Gilbert said. "As long as I'm standing upright, I feel OK, but if I bend down I get a headache. The back of my head is real tender where they stung me."

Jacqueline was taken to Lutheran Hospital with broken legs and multiple bee stings.

A neighbour, a paramedic and seven firefighters were also hospitalized due to heat and bee stings.

Stan Grove, a biology professor at Goshen College, said that bees were most active during summer as they try to keep their hives cool by flapping their wings.

"They don't like to be jostled," said Grove.

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User talk:152.163.100.14

Your article
Your article on the Deleware Dining Society doesn't conform to the Wikinews Content Guide or our NPOV guidelines. The article has been speedy deleted as Wikispam. Please do not recreate it. --Chiacomo (talk) 03:06, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

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Swedish nuclear reactors shut down over safety concerns

August 5, 2006

Three of Sweden's ten nuclear reactors have been shut down due to safety concerns following an incident last week at the, in which the reactor cooling systems failed. The reactor has since been shut down there. After the incident, the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, SKI asked all the nuclear power plants to demonstrate that the same failure could not happen in them. On Wednesday, two more reactors at Oskarshamn were shut down after the operator said their safety could not be guaranteed.

Last week's incident at the Forsmark plant was triggered by a short circuit that cut power to the reactor cooling system. Two of the four backup generators also failed to start, but the remaining two worked and were sufficient to meet the plant's needs. Greenpeace reports that the fault in the backup power systems were traced to new equipment installed in 1993. The spokesman of the Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate Anders Bredfell denied that there was any danger of a meltdown, adding that there was also a backup gas turbine to power the cooling system in an emergency.

However, Lars-Olov Höglund, who was responsible for the nuclear plant Forsmark for many years, said the incident was the most dangerous one since and, and that a meltdown was avoided only by pure luck. His views have however been questioned as he is involved in litigation with the Swedish nuclear industry and is known as an outspoken nuclear critic. Researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology as well as the personnel at the power plant were critical of Höglunds' view.

Speaking to BBC News, SKI spokesman Anders Bredfell said that the (IAEA) was informed of the incident as required and that the incident classes as a '2' in the 0-7 scale used by the IAEA to assess the severity of the incident.

Another reactor in Forsmark and a fifth at Ringhals nuclear power plant have been offline due to planned maintenance work. With five of its ten reactors down, Sweden's power generation capacity is down by almost a fifth.

The environmental group Greenpeace called on the government to shut down all reactors and probe whether the fault was a generic one. The has called for an independent investigation of the incident. Sweden is scheduled to retire all its nuclear power plants in the next few decades, as decided by a referendum in 1980.


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User talk:Zeitlupe

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; 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! Doldrums 05:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
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Reply
no thanks necessary :) incidentally, i share ur scepticism of official-speak, but on wikinews, we have the policy of writing neutrally and letting the facts speak for themselves. i changed the headline since all we had to support it was one expert's claim, while there were other contradictory statements from other sources. Doldrums 15:28, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

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Ugandan rebels agree to a ceasefire

August 5, 2006

The leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, the rebel group in  Uganda, has agreed to a unilateral ceasefire to end 18 years of fighting.

Lieutenant General Otti spoke on behalf of the LRA leader Joseph Kony on Friday, declaring an end to hostilities, ahead of peace talks due to begin next week.

Speaking to the BBC, Otti said: "I, Lt Gen Vincent Otti, second in command of the LRA, by the order of Gen Joseph Kony, chairman of the LRA High Command, do hereby declare a unilateral cessation of hostilities.”

The Ugandan government has said it will wait to see if violence does actually stop before accepting the ceasefire.

It is a significant step in relations between the government and the rebels who have been fighting a twenty year campaign. However, it is unlikely Kony or Otti will attend the talks with the Ugandan government in Sudan, as they are both wanted for war crimes.

During its campaign the LRA has been accused of multiple atrocities, including the deaths of thousands of people in the north of the country and the kidnap of up to 20,000 children for use as soldiers.

The group, with a cult-like status, was formed by Joseph Kony in 1987 against the forces of the current leader Yoweri Museveni, who had taken power the previous year.

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Apollo Moon landings tapes reported missing

August 5, 2006

The magnetic tapes of the first moon landing that was beamed to the world via three tracking stations and those of other 5 Apollo missions have gone missing. There will be a search for these tapes in the hope that they may be found before they deteriorate.

The missing tapes contain original recordings of five Apollo Moon Landings. Due to the format incompatibility between the Apollo recordings and the commercial TV, the public transmissions were projected onto a screen from which they were filmed using conventional TV cameras which substantially degraded the quality of the picture. These were digitized and can be seen in the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal website, where all the graphic documentation of the Apollo Moon landings is maintained.

The tapes were originally stored at Goddard Space Flight Center, but, without any explanation, were taken to the US National Archives in 1970. A few years after, in 1984, about 700 hundred boxes of tapes were returned to Goddard along with documents stating that the tapes were withdrawn.

"We have the documents to say they were withdrawn, but no one knows exactly where they went," said John Sarkissian, a CSIRO scientist.

Mr. Sarkissian who has been working at the Parkes Observatory for more than decade, initiated a study about the participation of Australia in the Apollo Mission. He requested the tapes from NASA and they told him the tapes were missing.

"We are working on the assumption they still exist," Mr Sarkissian said, "Your guess is a good as mine as to where they are."

"People may have thought 'we have tapes of the moon walk, we don't need these',"

"We want the public to see the way the moon walk was meant to be seen,"

Mr Sarkissian proposes that if the tapes are found that they be digitised and stored.

The Goddard centre, home to the only known piece of equipment that decodes the analogue tapes, is set to be closed in October raising fears that, even if they are found, it might not be possible to decode and copy them.

Only a few people saw the original high-quality broadcast. One of these people is David Cooke, a Parkes control room engineer in 1969.

"I can still see the screen," Mr Cook, 74, said. "I was amazed, the quality was fairly good."


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Talk:Apollo Moon landings tapes reported missing

I don't think reporting on a news articles is a good idea
The event (loss of the NASA tapes) is definately newsworthy but writing a report about a report on that isn't all that good I reckon. I believe that we should report on the event not an article about the event.--Apartmento2 12:05, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * not very important, nothing to argue, just a question of style, if you don't agree the form, feel free to rewrite it according to your taste and wikinews ways Jacques Divol 12:39, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * To write a report about a report as you describe is more honest than pretending to write a report based on the information contained in the report in question and pretend that it is original.--Tequendamia 14:07, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I never said it was original.--Apartmento2 06:37, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Article contains many false statements
First of all, we are not looking for missing Apollo videotapes. We are looking for special raw data recordings that contain unconverted slow-scan television, recorded as a backup in case of an equipment failure or a video circuit outage during the Apollo 11 EVA. Since there were no problems converting the slow-scan signals to NTSC video, there was no need to use the backup telemetry recordings. These were shipped to GSFC were they were placed into storage for several years. There are NO missing Apollo videotapes. All of the mission television broadcasts are available in many different formats including DVD's that contain every second of every Apollo television broadcast. You need to post a correction with the story and directing web visitors to the web page that tells the true story about the search for better Apollo 11 television pictures: www dot honeysucklecreek dotnet/Apollo_11/tapes/index dot html Regards Bill Wood Retired Apollo tracking station engineer Barstow, CA USA
 * Sir, our article mentions that the Apollo landings footage is available in its entirety in the converted format. The only incosistency between your comment and our article that I'm able to see is that you're only talking about the Apollo 11 mission and not the other ones. Is this correct? Are the raw recordings for the other Apollo missions accounted for? --+Deprifry+ 16:42, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Among other things the current version of the article says:

1. That Goddard Space Flight Center will be closed in October of this year. FALSE It is a facility on GSFC that has the antique equipment needed to play back the tapes that will be closed in October in a budget cutting move. We would like to keep it open.

2. That the "missing" tapes contain the "original" recordings of five Apollo Moon Landings. FALSE The "missing" Apollo 11 tapes were recorded to back-up the scan-converter or the video circuits to the Houston MCC. These were to be played back through the scan-converter after the EVA if needed. Since the primary goal was to send scan converted video to Houston, where it was recorded for posterity, there was NO need to use the backup tapes. These were sent to GSFC for retention in case anyone else requested them. No one did because the scan converted tapes were available. It was only in the last two or three years, that we found that the slow-scan tapes could provide better images, then the search started.

3. The slow-scan television signal was "projected on a screen from which they were filmed.." FALSE The Apollo 11 lunar module slow-scan images were converted using a specially designed RCA scan-converter. The process used a special slow-scan television monitor and an RCA TK-22 vidicon television camera. Sarkissian's source article covers the process in great and accurate detail. The current article leaves the impression that NASA copied the telecast like a person who uses a camcorder to shoot a movie in a theatre so he can get a bootleg copy.

4. The current article keeps referring to "Moon Landing" tapes. There was NO television broadcast of the Apollo 11 landing. The back-up slow-scan telemetry tapes we are looking for were taken during the Apollo 11 stay on the Moon.

5. The tapes we are seeking have not "gone missing." The tapes were stored at GSFC and the US National Records Center in Suitland, MD. Later, these were recalled by GSFC. What happened to the back-up tapes after the recall is not known to us. We hope to get NASA support to dig in to old records and to talk to people who worked with tape storage back 30 years ago.

Bill Wood, Member of the Apollo 11 slow-scan tape search team

reverting post publish changes
wikinews articles are not substantially altered after publication - they are retained as historical documents. i understand that u have pointed out errors in the article, for which a correction will be issued, on the article page. in the meantime, raise whatever issues you have with the article here, on the talk page. Doldrums 15:59, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Per conventions, I have reverted this to the version that was originally published. A correction may be added once it has been worked out here on the talk page. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:32, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

errors listed
User:Bill Wood has listed errors he has identified on his talk page. Doldrums 17:48, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

proposed correction.
text of proposed correction. please comment on any changes required. Doldrums 18:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I've edited this to use the correct template that should eventually be put on the page. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:38, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

 * If the second "missing" in the first paragraph were changed to "being sought." It would be more accurate. We have no knowledge that the tapes are "missing." Only NASA could make that statement, and they have not done so.  We need access to storage records at GSFC to see where the tapes ended up. -- --Bill Wood 22:33, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Correction has been published for some time now. —     09:55, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

The correction is wrong

 * I haven't found any link to any letter by any Bill Wood! That information is unsourced.There is nothing to correct, the information provided by the Australian Newspapers is correct.--Tequendamia 13:16, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

 * OH, I understand now. They can't find them, the search is on, but they are not missing. That's what they say: Sleuths search for Apollo 11’s mystery tapes; August 14, 2006. In other words, they don't know if they will ever find the tapes, but the tapes are not missing. Could the article reflect this semantic confusion?--Tequendamia 13:31, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The letter can be found in the edit history, here. And the article you link to is the follow-on from Mr Wood getting someone to tell the story correctly.  --Brian McNeil / talk 15:31, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * ":tell the story correctly" means to say that the "tapes are missing", but "are not missing".--Tequendamia 15:46, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

 * WTF. Are you guys out of your minds ? The correction is misleading - it makes it sound like nothing is missing. In fact the original higher-quality recordings are indeed missing. This is terrible reporting.

New Technology Available
The tapes are missing because newer technology can review these tapes and prove the moon landing was faked. How would America feel once they have proof that their government has lied to them about some of the greatest events of all time?


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Day 1 report of Wikimania 2006

August 6, 2006 Wikimania 2006 is the second annual Wikimedia conference. Hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it began August 4 and will run until August 6.

Wikimania began with a keynote presentation from Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation. Wales played a short portion of a clip from a recent episode of U.S. television program The Colbert Report discussing Wikipedia. In the clip, Colbert says that "any website that has a longer entry on truthiness than Lutheranism has got its priorities straight." His keynote continued by re-emphasising Wikimedia's mission, as stated by Wales in a Slashdot interview: "Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing".

Wales stated that Wikipedia is "not as good as Britannica — yet". Additionally, he also stated that in the coming year, Wikipedia will be making "a turn towards quality". "We have always had this goal, but we all know we're not there yet - in the coming years one of the themes is going to be a turn towards quality." said Wales.

He then introduced Brad Patrick, the general counsel and recently-appointed interim CEO of Wikimedia. Patrick said he found Wikimedia after reading Wales' list Ten Things That Will Be Free on Lawrence Lessig's blog. After discovering the Wikimedia Foundation, Patrick emailed Wales about meeting for lunch. He had lunch with Wales a few months later and was hired as general counsel shortly after.

Wales went on to describe Wikia, the company he co-founded with Angela Beesley. He announced that Wikia has received venture capital, allowing them to hire full-time engineers to work on the MediaWiki software. He emphasized that Wikia, has "a total commitment to free knowledge and respect for communities."

Later, Wales announced that the One Laptop Per Child project will be including Wikipedia as the first element in the content repository. He also announced that the board has approved Wikiversity as "a center for the creation and use of free learning materials and activities". Wikiversity will "create and host a range of free-content multilingual learning materials for all age groups in all languages". It will be launched soon with a three language, six month, beta trial period.

Wales described a project called Wikiwyg: a WYSIWYG editor for the wiki. Wikiwyg is an attempt to make the wiki easier to edit. "An intelligence test by making it hard to edit, just does not work," noted Wales. While the release date is uncertain both Wikia and Socialtext are devoting full-time engineers to the project.

Wales emphasized the need to focus on quality. He also briefly discussed the commitment in the German Wikipedia to rolling out a stable version. He stated that if we do not have it rolled out by next year's keynote "we are making a big mistake".

Wales finished his keynote by giving an update on his Ten Things That Will Be Free and proposing "that the foundation seek funding to hire community coordinator and recruiters for important languages where we currently do poorly".

Other notable speakers included Ward Cunningham, Lawrence Lessig, Eben Moglen and many members of the Wikimedia communities.

The day wrapped up with a poster reception and a party celebrating Wikia's 250,000 articles and Wikia's founders Angela Beesley and Jimmy Wales birthdays.

Archived copies of many of the presentations are available on the Wikimania wiki.

Wikimania 2006

title: Day 1 report of Wikimania 2006


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User talk:R Landgren~enwikinews

Welcome
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Talk:Day 1 report of Wikimania 2006

Jimbo Wales plenary
Jimbo started by playing the Wikipedia/Colbert report clip Wikipedia's past present and future emphasized the idea that has become Wikipedia's mission	"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing"

milestones

discussed the Siegenthaler error and the traffic increase after-wards the Nature article we are not as good as Britannica .. yet in the coming year "a turn towards quality" "We have always had this goal, but we all know we're not there yet - in the coming years one of the themes is going to be a turn towards quality"

"the projects have been far ahead of the foundation's organizational capacity" "but the foundation is maturing as and organization" we need to be organized enough to get grants

introduced Brad Patrick

Brad hired as General Counsel for WM Foundation, and also serving as "interim CEO" Brad speaking: Brad found Wikipedia from the lessig blog Ten Things That Will Be Free went looking for the foundation glad to find it near where he lives had lunch with Jimbo in Dec after emailing him in August and become general council

OLPC will be including Wikipedia as the first element in the content repository

Board just approved Wikiversity "a center for the creation and use of free learning mateials and activites" "create and host a range of free-content multilingual learning materials for all age groups in all languages" host and foster research based in part on existing resources in Wikiversity and other wikimedia projects

6 month beta trail period in three languages launching soon

Wikiwyg Socialtext and Wikia working togeter to port Wikiwyg release date uncertain but Wikia and Socialtext devoting fulltime engineers to the project

"an intelligence test by making it hard to edit, just does not work

Stable version there is a commitment in the German wikipedia to rolling out a stable version Stable version are better because we allow anyone to edit while at the same time giving the general public a better view

if we do not have it rolled out by nex t year's keynote we are making a big mistake

update 10 things that should be free Wikipedia "I propose that the foundation seek funding to hire community coordinator and recruiters for important languages where we currently do poorly"

Completedness
This article is looking good, but it only seems to comment on the keynote and Brad Patrick. Surely other things went on that day? —     06:29, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It is only about half done, I am writing it from between events. --Cspurrier 13:08, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Category addition
"Category:Wikimania" should be added. Van der Hoorn (talk) 03:24, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Sken   my talk 20:40, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

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Australia cause South Africa heartbreak in Tri Nations rugby

August 5, 2006

A late try by the Australian Wallabies substitute, Mat Rogers caused the South African Springboks heartbreak in tonight's match at Sydney's Telstra Stadium. Australia won the match 20–18, their second in this year's Tri Nations.

Australia led the Springboks 10 points to nil at half-time, which stretched Australia's hold over the Springboks to zero three halves of football, as the Wallabies had previously beaten South Africa 49 to nil in Brisbane. It was Mark Gerrard who scored Australia's first half try, along with a conversion and penalty goal to Stirling Mortlock.

The Springboks hit back in the second half, with tries to Jaque Fourie and Percy Montgomery. The Springboks now led Australia, looking to wrap up their first win of this year's series. However, replacement Phil Waugh, playing his 50th match, came on and made a break down field, off-loading to replacement back Rogers, who scored in the left corner to tie the scores up. Mortlock kicked the conversion, which hit the post, but bounced through to win the match.


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Mideast stance hurts Canada's PM Harper

August 5, 2006

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's strong support for Israel in its current crisis with Lebanon is unpopular with many Canadians. A recent Strategic Counsel poll for BellGlobeMedia found that 45% of Canadians disagree with the Conservative government's support for Israel, a number that climbs to 61 per cent in Quebec. Harper leads a minority government and needs to win more seats in Quebec in order to secure a majority in the next election, widely expected to be held next year.

Nevertheless, Harper told reporters at a caucus retreat yesterday that he believes his position is in tune with Canadians and will be maintaining it.

"I think the position we have, properly understood, is exactly the position of Canadians," Harper told reporters.

title: Mideast stance hurts Canada's PM Harper


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User talk:Crimson

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; 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! Doldrums 15:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
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 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

single-sourced articles
please make sure u use aleast two sources in an article. multiple sources are helpful in providing independent confirmation of events, ensuring a wider range of povs are incorporated, and importantly, are also useful, even required, for copyright reasons - an article based solely on one source, even if it is completely rewritten, can be considered a copyvio, as it substantially reproduces the same content. compiling information from multiple sources removes this problem. Doldrums 19:47, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Doldrums makes a good point, that's for a good report. -Edbrown05 07:11, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I've gone back and added additional sources and rewritten the articles accordingly.

UN backs Lebanon ceasefire
looks really good. Doldrums 06:17, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Fidel Castro
Why did you reverted this PD image to my AP's version? Hołek ҉ 16:45, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Public domain of Cuban media photos
Why do you believe photographies by Cuban media outlets are in the Public Domain? It says "© Copyright Juventud Rebelde" at the bottom of their page. --+Deprifry+ 16:48, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Do you have a citation for that? The U.S. and Cuba are both signatories to the Berne Convention --+Deprifry+ 16:53, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * In fact, the U.S. Copyright Office specifically lists Cuba as a nation the United States, through Berne, the WTO, a bilateral agreement from 1903 and the Universal Copyright Convention, has copyright relations to. --+Deprifry+ 17:00, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, if the photos were produced by the Cuban state (Juventu Drebelde credits "Estudios Revolución" which does sound like an offical agency) then they are Fair Use via . --+Deprifry+ 17:10, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikibureau Canada
Hi, would you add your name to WikiBureau Canada, to help us get a team going there. I hope you don't mind. F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  02:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Ramsey case
Sorry you wasted your time on Arrest in JonBenet Ramsay case.

Didn't you see Arrest made in JonBenet Ramsey murder case

--SVTCobra 02:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to wikinews
This is a little belated, but I wanted to say Hi and Welcome to Wikinews. Its nice to see more Canadians on Wikinews (I'm assuming your canadian by your areas of intreast, if you're not, my apoligies). Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:31, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes I'm Canadian, however I'd prefer not to join the wikibueru as I'm not a very good writer and would prefer to do other tasks. (so far I've written two articles, and they havn't been very good). I am listed in the Wikinews Canadian directory though. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 05:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

How about a nice warm glass
☻ Someone has poured you tea ☺

Re:Headline correction needed.
You (not only Administrators) can edit the lead article template (thereby changing the title of the lead as it appears on the main-page) here. If you need any other assistance, please feel free to ask. PVJ(Talk) 17:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Only registered users can edit the leads. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  17:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Accreditation
You have been listed as an accredited Wikinews reporter on Credential verification. Congratulations! If you wish to update your contact information, please contact me or another administrator. Please remember that you are representing Wikinews in "real life" and your actions will reflect (well or poorly) on the project. Please remember, also, that you are not working for Wikinews or the Wikimedia Foundation, but are in fact, an independent citizen journalist that is accredited by Wikinews.

You may request an ID Card verifying your credentials -- I will attempt to prepare one for you.

Please do contact me with any questions about the accreditation process or if I can be of any assistance to you. Have fun and good luck! --Chiacomo (talk) 03:56, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Wikipress ID Card
i don't know, actually. Cspurrier, Amgine, Chiacomo or MessedRocker may be able to help you. Doldrums 05:07, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Admin?
Sure. You seem like a good contributor that can help the Wikinews community :-) F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  21:23, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
 * No, thats my job. All I have to do is to go to Administrators follow the easy steps and after 7 days a Bureaucrat will give you admin status. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  22:45, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Adminship
As Administrators says, all u need to be an admin is a month's editing on wikinews & the community's trust. u already have the former, i think, and the way to test for the latter is a RfA. u can either nominate urself or someone else can nominate you. listing significant contributions u've made to wikinews (either articles or project-related stuff) in the nomination is one way to let people who've not come across you much on wikinews to get to know about you. getting familiar with Wikinews policies (and, i personally think) Wikipedia policies is a very useful thing if u r looking to becoming an admin.

do note that "adminship is no big deal" and u can be a significant contributor to wikinews without ever becoming an admin. adminship is helpful and is required, if u r interested in doing certain chores such as deleting, protecting and blocking - all of which admins can only do only as per policy and which cannot be used to prevail in a editorial or other dispute. more on this here. cheers, Doldrums 09:51, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

 * would you like me to nominate you for adminship? Doldrums 10:02, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

 * the curtains gone up! can u please post ur acceptance? good luck! Doldrums 17:22, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

WN:AR
Hey, your vote counts, so stop on by WN:AR and cast your vote, Thanks! terinjokes User Page / Talk 10:07, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

They're everywhere!
Wikipedia has a wonderful search facility (not!). Here are your wikignomes, they get into everything - like dust. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:10, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

WikiGnome
You don't exactly fit the description of a Wikignome, but I've met you in several page histories were you made little tweaks, which is kinda like a wikignome.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:11, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations
Congratulations, you are now an admin. Be good, follow policy and have fun :). Remember most anything you do can be undone easily, if need be. If you have any questions just ask. --Cspurrier 19:17, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * congrats. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:29, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the club! PVJ(Talk)(Articles I have written) [[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 15:07, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Congrats! F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  17:16, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Welcome to the not-so-exclusive Wikinews admin club. Keep your cool, avoid disputes, try to arbitrate fairly and you'll do fine.  Don't let the extra buttons stop you contributing in the main namespace, and if you're not sure ask.  There are still things I'm learning that sysops can do. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:29, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I used to admin a Wikia (acecombat), so I know some admin features. Any questions, ask on my talk page. And the MediaWiki (Allmessages) namespace is for that stuff like (From Wikinews) or the (Aritabition Message), right? Thunderhead (talk) 23:33, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Not sure what the arbitration message is, but from wikinews yes. The really important ones are Mediawiki:Sitenotice, Mediawiki:anonnotice, mediawiki:common.css And the stats + upload ones. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:43, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Way to go, Crimson! OmniBotMind 23:33, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Liberal debate
Hi Crimson, I just emailed the Liberal Party for admittance to the debate, and found out that you had already scheduled to attend. Will you be there as a reporter or photographer? -- Zanimum 18:00, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Adminship thanks
Hi there! I'd like to thank you for your support to become an admin, it's greatly appreciated! -- Zanimum 14:29, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Source to Liberals, BQ, win Canadian by-elections
Crimson, could you fix the Canadian press source to Liberals, BQ, win Canadian by-elections. Regards, Shyam  ( T / C ) 09:21, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * fixed. — Doldrums(talk) 10:16, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks Doldrums, Shyam  ( T / C ) 10:17, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back!
nice to see u back at work :) — Doldrums(talk) 17:04, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

New Policy has users up in smoke
Hello. I am not sure if you check this page anymore, but I thought you might be interested as to what is going on here at Wikinews: Image use policy/New wikimedia policy action plan. I am outraged as well as others...do you have an opinion? DragonFire1024 09:45, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

hi
Just wanted to say hi, as I haven't seen you around in a while. Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:38, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Danforth MPP candidate?
Hi Robert, are you a supporter of Ms. Bracken? Or did you ask every Danforth candidate to respond?

Until I saw you posted the article, I was wondering why you were asking for a link to that article in particular. Thanks! -- Zanimum 19:07, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

 * No, I'm not a supporter. I was approached about doing an interview so I just used all the questions you've been using and added two of my own. Crimson 19:10, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Fantastic! So, did you contact multiple candidates, or just her? I was tempted to send out a second email to everyone, to see if that would wake people into replying, but it wasn't much help. Glad to see your reminder stimulated at least one candidate. --  Zanimum 19:14, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

 * What happened was Johan Boyden from the CPC contacted me earlier this week and asked me about how to get interviewed for Wikinews. I told him I could do that and I used your questions as a template (I actually didn't realize you'd done all the interviews to date or I would have consulted you) added two questions aimed directly at Communist candidates, and asked him to have the candidates send me the responses so I could code them. So far I've gotten two. I hadn't realized you'd already tried to contact them - don't know if your messages go to them or not. Anyway, hope I haven't stepped on any toes. Crimson 19:21, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

 * No, no, no. Please, any time you want to "step on toes", step away. The more interviews the better, I don't care who gets it done.

 * I contacted all the candidates (or, I think there were five Greens that weren't nominated by the time I sent out to them, but almost all the candidates, from every party). You'd think there would have been more, even if they just had an assistant answer as them. Basically, what's linked to from that template is the only people who replied. There were a few others that replied, but they just sent generic, unstructured biographies that I couldn't salvage into the default format.

 * I think it would have helped if I had sent to each fringe party individually. I sent to the LIB/PC/NDP/GRN candidates individually, but FCP/FREE/COMM/LIB/CFR/IND all as one.

 * Anyway, I'm glad that he contacted you, and that you were willing to help out with that interview range, it's much appreciated. --  Zanimum 19:54, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

WN:WM2008
I'm looking for people interested in attending Wikimania 2008 in Alexandria in their capacity as accredited reporters. What would be required is any presentation materials you can help on, sitting on a panel for questions from the floor, and a workshop to introduce non-wikinewsie Wikimedians to editing on the project.

For this I'm trying to rustle up some input from major news outlets that can be considered to have an editorial policy close enough to that of Wikinews that we can work with/for them. That includes CBC and the BBC. Obviously if I can persuade CBC to become involved and possibly sponsor an attendee they'd want someone from Canada. What I have my fingers crossed that we can arrange is them covering the costs of accommodation and flights to get there. In exchange I'd expect them to want an article or two on things like the keynote speeches and photos to go with them.

If this interests you, sign up on the WN:WM2008 page, if you're not sure and have questions then get in touch with me on my talk page. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

RFDA
Please note i have put you up for de-admining at Administrators --Mark Talk to me 18:05, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

 * While I oppose your RFDA, and generally oppose any de-sysop for inactivity, I noticed that you moved yourself back to the list of active admins. Are you returning to the project in an active way? If not, this move may be inappropriate. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:59, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The list is of admins who ave made zero edits in the past 30 days. Crimson made an edit so xe counts as active again, not a very high standard but an easy to measure one :). --Cspurrier (talk) 01:05, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Accreditation Expiration
Greetings, I wanted to let you know that our policy regarding accreditation has recently changed slightly. Specifically we've enacted an automatic expiration of accreditation after 2 years. You can very easily "re-up" your accreditation should you choose to, but at this point in time you're on the Inactive list. As such your accreditation will automatically be revoked on March 15th unless you request otherwise. Currently, posting to the following thread will keep your accreditation. At a later date, all Accredited reporters will be put in for that "re-up", at which time you'll be notified. Thank you, and should you have any questions, feel free to contact me on my talk page. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 20:47, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Tireless Contribution
With all due motivation and enthusiasm, I have been trying to develop Wikinews. I regret to say this but review's are discouraging me at any go. I require your guidance and experience but why do you seem to be so arrogant. After 3 days, having received no comment I have put two of my articles under publish Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh defeated Afghanistan by 105 runs, Demolition of Hindu temples in the US, wrote on the wall ' Get Out ' condemnation around. At least cite a reason for their shortfall, don't remain arrogant. --Abhinav619 (talk) 02:12, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:BabitaKP~enwikinews

Welcome
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User:Zeitlupe

My Wikipedia accounts

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User:Fephisto

I really only have this user account to correct occasional typos that I see or misreported facts. If you want to really talk to be check out my Wikibooks user page:

Fephisto at Wikibooks

GO RON PAUL!

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Talk:Mideast stance hurts Canada's PM Harper

according to the article, poll says 45% disagree. does that mean that the other 55% agree? please report polls fully and fairly, reporting part of the numbers can be seen as attempting to push a point of view. also, attribute all opinions - who says that these numbers "hurt"? also the headline would be better if it said who harper was. Doldrums 16:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:Rugby1~enwikinews

Welcome
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Wikinews:Briefs/August 5, 2006

The time is 18:00 (UTC) on August 5th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs.

Flooding kills dozens in North Korea, leaves thousands more homeless
North Korea

Flooding due to heavy rains has devastated North Korea, leaving over 100 dead and thousands homeless. The United Nations' official figures give the death toll at 154, with 127 more missing. North Korean officials have said that hundreds have been killed.

However, The South Korean aid organisation Good Friends estimates that around 10,000 are dead or missing, with 1.5 million people homeless. While these figures have not been confirmed, the group's information has been found accurate in the past.

Swedish nuclear reactors shut down over safety concerns
Sweden

Four of Sweden's ten nuclear reactors have been shut down due to safety concerns following an incident last week at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant, in which the reactor cooling systems failed. The reactor has since been shut down there.

Ugandan rebels agree to a ceasefire
Uganda

The leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, the rebel group in Uganda, has agreed to a unilateral ceasefire to end 18 years of fighting.

Mideast stance hurts Harper
Canada

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's strong support for Israel in its current crisis with Lebanon is unpopular with many Canadians. A recent Strategic Counsel poll for BellGlobeMedia found that 45% of Canadians disagree with the Conservative government's support for Israel, a number that climbs to 61 per cent in Quebec.

Apollo Moon landings tapes reported missing
United States

The magnetic tapes of the first moon landing that was beamed to the world via three tracking stations have gone missing. There will be a search for these tapes in the hope that they may be found before they deteriorate.

Australia cause South Africa heartbreak in Tri Nations rugby
sports - rugby

A late try by the Australian Wallabies substitute, Mat Rogers caused the South African Springboks heartbreak in tonight's match at Sydney's Telstra Stadium. Australia won the match 20–18, their second in this year's Tri Nations.

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