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Talk:Pope John Paul II dies

Just a personal thought
I actually find editing this somewhat distasteful - he's not dead yet, and I'm not comfortable with highlighting what a dying man went through - but I guess it's no different to what a thousand news providers are doing around the world... :/ Dan100 (Talk) 23:13, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * It's a regular thing in journalism. Some news organizations even keep databases of obituaries of famous people, and regularly update them, ready to roll in the events of their deaths.  There's been at least one incident, as I recall, of a news organization accidentally publishing such an obituary.  The only difference is that, being a free news service, what we do is transparent. Uncle G 23:39, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Latest news

 * The Vatican press office is now closed until 07:00 UTC. It is unlikely that there will be news before then. Uncle G 04:15, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Indeed it is a regular practice and yes some media outlets have made mistakes - Snopes on CNN's "Not Dead Yet" blunder
 * The Vatican is expected to make an announcement at 09:30 UTC. Uncle G 08:29, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The Pope is still alive. There has been a "compromise in the state of his consciousness", but he is not in a coma. Uncle G 09:38, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The Vatican is expected to make an announcement at 15:30 16:00 UTC. Uncle G 15:15, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * No announcement yet. Uncle G 16:31, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Written statement to be released at 5pm UTC. Press conference cancelled. Dan100 (Talk) 16:44, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Written statement released. The Pope's condition is still very grave, but he is still responding when addressed by aides.  Camillo Cardinal Ruini is currently celebrating mass. Uncle G 17:26, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Uncorroborated reports that the Pope has died being bandied about. I'm on top of it. Uncle G 19:59, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Salt water whirls in my eyes
it is really ood; I'm an evangelical atheist, yet for some strange reason, the death of the pope has touched me. ~The bellman | Smile 14:09, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * He hasn't died yet! Dan100 (Talk) 16:42, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * has now :P ~The bellman | Smile  03:02, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Hehe,that's true... - Richardson...that's me.Let's talk. 8:50, 27 Apr 2007 (UTC)

Media attention
Alot of people would echo Dan's view that it is somewhat immoral to write about the Pope's death before it occurs and indeed many are disgusted at the way his death is being treated, the media attention and lack of privacy he has received in his last few moments (theres an idea for a story if any one wants it Catholics disgusted at media fanfare surrounding Popes death). However unfortuantly this is the way news media works. How do think the BBC and Reuters are so quick with indept stories after events? As soon as the Pope dies they will have a detailed story up and ready recounting his lifes work. → CGorman (Talk)  14:35, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Two things:
 * The media attention is with the collusion of The Vatican. The Vatican can be secretive, and has been secretive in the past.  It has chosen not to be.  And no-one is intruding.  (No news outlet is publishing telephoto lens photographs through the Pope's bedroom window, to pick an example out of thin air.)  Several commentators have put the coverage down to the wishes of the Pope himself.  He was, after all, a very media-friendly Pope.  I'd like to see evidence that Catholics are disgusted at the media fanfare.  Most appear to think that the coverage is appropriate for a person, who is, after all, a singular figure on the world stage.  Heads of state get, and warrant, this level of attention.
 * I'm not sure why you're talking in the future tense about detailed retrospectives on the Pope's life. Several of the news services, including CNN, were running such retrospectives at 01:00 UTC on Saturday 2, April.  In other words, the detailed retrospectives have been running for about 15 hours now.
 * Direct anyone who enquires about the process to the encyclopaedia, where they can read about it at obituary. Uncle G 15:15, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * evidence that Catholics are disgusted at the media fanfare. I can't point to any such online resource detailing this at present - but I assure you that here in Ireland many Catholics are unhappy with the large amount of media coverage; many in particular are citing Sky News as being completely over the top with its endlessly amount of so called breaking news about the Popes condition. I personal argree with you that the Vatican has been very closed in the past towards the media and this Pope certainly was a very media friendly Pontiff. → CGorman (Talk)  18:09, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * As I understand it, Sky News is a rolling 24-hour television news channel. If those people didn't want to watch an endless repetition of "No further word on the Pope's health, latest information released by the Vatican press office X hours ago was Y.", then they shouldn't have tuned in to a rolling 24-hour television news channel.  What would those people have had a rolling 24-hour television news channel do?  Make up stories just to fill in the air time, when one sixth of the population of the planet had pretty much paused from whatever else they had been doing?  Treat the (impending) death of the Pope as less important an event that it actually was?  It's not as though there wasn't a demand by Catholics to be kept updated with the very latest information, and so to provide exactly the sort of coverage that you are claiming was complained about by Catholics.  The BBC reporters in Krakow and elsewhere reported that throughout the day Catholics going to and from church had been approaching them asking whether there had been further news.  I've seen no statements from the "many Catholics" in Ireland.  On the basis of actually reported evidence, given by journalists on-air, I'd say that Catholics were happy with the coverage. Uncle G 13:04, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * You seem to be taking this the wrong way - I personally had no problem with the coverage. Im meerly telling you that many people I know in my town (in Ireland) where not happy with the media attention. Older Catholics where happy because they are more traditional but many of the younger Catholics (30-40yrs) were not happy; they felt he should be allowed to die in a less public manor and that somehow his dignity was damaged by constant reports of his inability to move, the feeding tube etc. Like I said I had no problem with the media coverage - im just informing you that many younger Catholics did. → CGorman (Talk)  14:12, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Could be a while yet
I'm no expert (I share the same religous views as The Bellman), but I understand that Catholics believe in 'preserving life at all cost'. The Pope himself decreed some two years ago that feeding should not be withdrawn from patients in PVS. While I don't think the Pope is going to enter a state of PVS, he may well enter a coma and life support equipment could well keep his body alive for a long time. If I'm proved wrong so be it, but we shouldn't be suprised if the Vatican doesn't announce his death for some time. Dan100 (Talk) 19:26, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * We should all hardly be ignorant in the wake of the tragic Terri Schiavo's death, but it is Catholic teaching not to require "extraordinary" or "artificial" means of life support. Dpr 20:14, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Yuk. Hat tastes bad. Dan100 (Talk) 20:25, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

RSS feed
Not sure what is wrong with this, but Technorati does not accept the (ping) click.

Reactions
I haven't been able to find out what reactions there were to the news in the Philippines and in Brazil, which would balance the article a bit. Uncle G 00:14, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Correction
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Correction: The article identifies the sacrament: "The Anointing of the Sick" and "The Last Rites" as the same thing. This is a common mistake/misunderstanding probably due to the fact that they are often administered together for the dying. They are in fact separate. "The anointing of the Sick" is one of the seven sacraments Catholics and Orthodox believe Jesus instituted. It does not require that a person be dying to receive it. Any serious illness, operation etc that brings increased risk of death is sufficient to request this. I have requested it even for non life threatening illnesses and received it. "The Last Rites" just as it sounds is a "rite" in the Church. Rite in this sense refers to a formally approved prayer or series of prayers for a specific purpose which stands on Scripture or takes inspiration from Scripture. It is not a sacrament. In this case it is for the rite of passage into the next life. (John Corrigan M.Phil. professor of Philosophy and Theology at Immaculata University, Malvern, Pa.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 146.155.157.34 (talk • contribs) 21:51, 13 June 2014
 * — You are incorrect, sorta. "The Anointing of the Sick" is one of three activities that are collectively referred to as "The Last Rights". So while the terms aren't identical, they are certainly closely related. A similar example would be this: all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads (toads are a subcategory of frog). Similarly, Anointing the sick is a last right, but it isn't the whole of the Last Rites. The article could be worded more precisely (it would have been if I'd written or reviewed it), but I don't think it is so wrong as to need a correction. — Gopher65talk 00:26, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

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Ted Koppel to step down from 'Nightline'

April 2, 2005

Ted Koppel announced he plans to quit as host of the 'Nightline' television program after his contract runs out December 4, 2005.

Executives at ABC are considering canceling the Nightline program after his departure or possibly changing the show to a live, hour-long format.

Nightline has fallen behind in rankings compared with programs such as "Meet the Press" and "Face the Nation". Network news in general is losing ground in recent years to cable news, talk shows and the Internet. Television anchormen who have left in the past several months include Tom Brokaw of NBC and Dan Rather of CBS. The only other major television anchorman of the past few decades who remains in his chair is Peter Jennings, who has been on ABC's "World News Tonight" since 1982.

Koppel began working for ABC in 1963, serving as a foreign correspondent for the network. He started working for the Nightline program in March 1980. The program, started in 1979, was created to provide nightly news updates on the Iran hostage crisis.

Koppel is 65 years old and has a daughter named Andrea Koppel, who is the CNN correspondent to the Department of State. He says he has no plans to retire, but he is looking into other projects. Koppel received numerous awards for journalism, including 41 Emmy awards.


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 * Gmail 1st Birthday; Storage capacity increased to 2GB
 * Abbas orders more security reforms, hundreds of security officers to be forced to retire
 * Inspectors close Chicago landmark Healthy Food restaurant after finding dead mouse in cooler
 * Iraqi insurgents attack Abu Ghraib
 * Pope John Paul II dies
 * Google doubles Gmail storage, adds text formatting
 * China releases 'Human rights report' on US
 * Australian rescue helicopter crash in Indonesia: nine dead
 * Australian Treasurer told to 'try harder on welfare'
 * Vatican releases statement on health of Pope
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 * American comedian Mitch Hedberg dies on tour at 37
 * Telescope takes first image of planet outside our solar system
 * SBC teams with Scientific-Atlanta for cable TV rollout in 13 US states
 * Flora springing into Spring in Mid-Atlantic coastal region, USA
 * Fourth Lebanon bomb rocks shopping mall
 * Ted Koppel to step down from Nightline
 * Abbas fires security chiefs for failure to curb lawlessness
 * Violence in Rio ends in 30 deaths

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Fourth Lebanon bomb rocks shopping mall

April 2, 2005 Another bomb has exploded late Friday in a shopping center in the Lebanese Christian village of Broummana east of Beirut. Nobody was killed in the blast, but twelve people have been wounded, though not seriously, reports say. Lebanese television pictures showed extensive damage to the area. The explosion is the fourth targeting Lebanon's mainly anti-Syrian Christian population in as many days. The last, on March 27, killed two people and wounded five others.

The explosion happened at about 9:45pm local time, at the 'Rizk Plaza' shopping mall. It is understood from local media that a bomb was placed in the underground parking area below the complex, although there has been no official confirmation from security services. Sources on the ground say that the actual commercial center occupied the ground floor, with upper stories occupied by inhabited apartments.

Located in the Metn range of mountains east of Beirut, Broummana is about half-hour's drive from the capital and is popular with tourists, particularly those from the Gulf states.

Earlier, the pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karami had announced that he would not step down as he had previously announced before. He will instead attempt to form a unity government until the country's elections, due in May. The anti-Syrian opposition had refused to join his government and have instead demanded his resignation.

Lebanon has seen significant political unrest since the assassination of its former Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, and the subsequent pullback of Syrian forces stationed in the country.

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User talk:Rickyrab

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Violence in Rio ends in 30 deaths

From Thursday through Friday night in a sad spectacle of savagery, 30 innocent men, women and children were killed in Rio De Janeiro by criminals.

The killings occurred randomly at several places around the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro. The same death squad of criminals is suspected in all the killings. According to Rio's Public Security Secretary Marcelo Itajiba, outlaw police officers may be responsible for the crimes.

The criminals' actions might be a retaliation against recent arrests of policemen involved in fighting corruption and criminal activity.

In the victims' list released by the police include six children from ages 13 to 16, and three victims older than 50. The remaining were aged 18 to 45. Some of the victims were just walking in the street, 11 were in a snack bar, and one boy was playing pinball when attacked. Other victims were found at random places around the city.

On Wednesday a group of outlaw policemen killed two people, beheading one of them. The head was hurled in a direction towards the patio of the police station, the 15º Batalhão de Polícia Militar de Caxias, in Rio.

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Talk:Iraq: Uneven voter turnout elects women who push sharia law while anti-woman violence rages

Raed Jarrar is not really that credible - 18:19, 1 Apr 2005 DouglasGreen

 * I accept that Raed may not be credible, but I found his calculation to be credible. However, I accept that is my opinion, and not substantiated otherwise. - Simeon 02:10, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, I checked and I agree now that his calculation is not very credible. His figures for number of expatriot Iraqis are much higher than the IOM figure, and he doesn't say where he got his number from. So I will remove the mention. Simeon 04:03, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

ideas on legitimacy of election are false, since turnout was higher than US election even with his revised figures - 18:19, 1 Apr 2005 DouglasGreen
 * this is not logic. :) US voter turnout is low compared with most other places. It ranks 140 out of 160 countries. Here we would say 'US voter turnout was only 44%!' since my country has over 90% turnout. The US has in some years had turnout at 80-90%.

 * There has been significant contention over the legitimacy of recent US elections, as I'm sure you're aware, and overall voter turnout is one of the factors discussed in some of the dialogues which exist. I think it is well known that when turnout drops, it is generally people from low income groups that do not vote. This is often discussed in the election banter surrounding the event, when the commentators try to predict the outcome.

 * "The overall average turnout in the post-war period for established democracies is 73%".

 * 58% would rank Iraq around 115 out of 160, and since the ideal is 100%, and initial reports were that turnout was higher - above 70% - and since the argument is that the number of people who couldn't or wouldn't vote may have impacted the result, I'm putting 'only' back.

 * I will remove the italics though for 'less than 50%'. I hope this removes the alarmist tone you want to avoid, while still keeping the argument easy for readers to follow. - Simeon 02:10, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your review of my comment on this article. I accept your changes. However, I am concerned about the article for a a few remaining reasons which perhaps you might like to discuss.
 * 1) The article seems to have nothing good to say about prospects of women in Iraq.  Those sources I consulted seemed to portray improvements as well as setbacks in prospects of women.  However, this article seemed exclusively focused on negative or pessimistic comments.  DouglasGreen 04:28, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Do you know of some relevent positive comments? I came across none in my research. If you know of some, please feel free to amend the story to expand it, this is wiki, and we like balanced news. :) - Simeon 05:15, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * 1) The article, as far as I can tell, does not make a strong linkage between the "skewing" of the elections and the resulting desire for sharia, or Islamic law.  Is it your contention that if violence had been less in Sunni regions and turnout had been higher, that the result of those elections would have been better for women?  If so, how?  I don't really see how lessened Sunni participation dimmed the prospects of Iraqi women.  Are they that much better than Shia's in their attitudes toward women?
 * I included the background to explain why the elections are seen not to be representative by many Iraqis and outsiders. I didn't find any outright explanation of whether the Sunni/Shi'a split is driving the moves against women, or why that should be so. Iraq's religious slant had been to Sunni under Hussein, and was widely considered as being secularly governed, now it is swinging to Shi'a and sharia, I think the reader can decide for themselves whether there is a link, in the absence of any party explaining it. But if you know of any decent explanations, or counter-arguments,please include them. - Simeon 05:15, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * 1) When reading about increased violence toward women in post-war Iraq, the first explanation that leapt to my mind was that it was a reaction to the increased independence of Iraqi women, or Westernization.  However, that possibility does not seem to be addressed in the article.
 * No, this is certainly not the case. Or if it is, its a very delayed reaction, pent up under Hussein for a long time. I don't remember reading any reports that women in Iraq have become more liberal since the invasion. If there are people making this argument, and it seems important, add information to address that. - Simeon 05:15, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * 1) I thought the "puppet politicians" part had the side effect of casting all the women's participation in the Iraqi government in a negative light, portraying them as passive victims or collaborators... doesn't anybody else have a countervailing opinion of women's participation?  DouglasGreen 04:28, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The quote is from the very politician at the start of the article. So it's impossible to leave out. Again, if you find any, please add them. Perhaps there are some pro-active statements by some of the Iraqi women's lobby groups who I also sources quotes from. You're right that the story paints a very negative picture of the current state of affairs. I think it is probably accurate, given they are in the middle of a war-zone. But something encouraging positive action would add to the story. :) - Simeon 05:15, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Headline and lead POV
The headline and lead section are POV. I'm going to change them. Maurreen 05:09, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * OK, there is no need to mention here unless you are going to explain in greater detail. - Simeon 05:15, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Previous headline had POV issues
I changed "biased" to "disputed" in the headline for obvious NPOV reasons (also fixed minor punctuation & plurality errors). -- Davodd | Talk 09:18, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Reply to above
First of all, thank you, Simeon, for writing this article, and also for your reasonable and moderate replies to the points I have raised. I agree with you that the status of women in Iraq is important and worth talking about. Obviously we in the US and elsewhere are concerned that the new Iraqi government not be a step backward in terms of women's rights.

Also please see my latest changes to the article. Although rather minor, I have attempted to find and represent a couple of other points of view to those raised in the article. Hopefully this balance which I have attempted to represent will improve the article for everyone. DouglasGreen 04:44, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please use --82.83.54.230 08:29, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Maybe a featured article?
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Abbas fires security chiefs for failure to curb lawlessness

April 2, 2005 Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas fired several security chiefs Friday for their failure to curb lawlessness in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The announcement comes a day after Tawfik Tirawi, head of Palestinian Intelligence in the West Bank, resigned, saying that too little was being done to curb lawlessness by other security chiefs.

Haj Ismail, head of Palestinian national security in the West Bank, also resigned Friday after Abbas called for his resignation.

Reuters quoted a Palestinian official as saying that Abbas "was not happy with the performance of some of the heads of security forces... and he will take other crucial measures in the near future."


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Articles I've suggested, begun, edited, or written:

 * April 6: 'Great' title for John Paul? (wrote original)
 * April 4: China's Catholics yearn for ties to Pope &
 * April 4: Direct flights between Bangaladesh and China to begin
 * April 4: New China bank fraud uncovered
 * April 4: India and China to discuss energy: cooperation or competition? (wrote original)
 * April 4: India-China border talks (wrote original)
 * April 3: Speculation abounds on future pope (wrote original)
 * April 3: Mourners, pilgrims flock to Rome (suggested)
 * April 3: Le Monde: Tension in Sino-Japanese relations (suggested)
 * April 3: U.N. to end food aid for China (suggested)
 * April 3: Labor shortage in southern China (suggested)
 * April 2: US has been financing Kyrgyz pro-democracy programs (wrote original) &
 * April 2: Catholic Church prepares for papal election conclave (wrote original)--(2nd lead for 5+ days)
 * April 2: China releases 'Human rights report' on US (wrote original)
 * March 28: Four Americans die from mine impact in Afghanistan (wrote original)
 * March 28: India may rise as regional power (wrote original)
 * March 26: Chinese government to safeguard old Beijing (wrote original)
 * March 26: Hundreds of thousands protest anti-secession law in Taiwan
 * March 26: Zimbabwe's Mugabe: Vote for us or starve (wrote original)
 * March 26: India to build aircraft carrier by 2012 (wrote original)
 * March 17: "Mao suits" fading away in China (edited)
 * March 15: China enacts historic "anti-secession" law (edited)

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American comedian Mitch Hedberg dies on tour at 37

April 2, 2005

Stand-up comedian Mitch Hedberg was found dead Wednesday in his hotel room in New Jersey. The comedian, originally from the St. Paul, Minnesota region, was on an east coast tour of the USA. Hedberg started his career in South Florida, and later worked in Seattle.

While the cause of Hedberg's death is yet unconfirmed, Hedberg's performance at a show in Portland, Maine in October 2004 suggested he might have a problem with drug use. According to Steve Kolowich of the Bowdoin Orient, "Hedberg, who was clearly intoxicated, was falling down all over the stage that night. At one point, he lay down behind the back curtain and told jokes for approximately ten minutes before rolling back into sight. He also asked the audience where the best bar in town was, and invited them to join him there after the show."

According to an AP report on KLTV.com, Hedberg's mother, Mary Hedberg, claimed speculation that her son's death was drug-related was "gossip." The same report notes that services will be held in Woodbury, Minnesota on Tuesday, April 5.

Hedberg, a frequent guest on Late Night with David Letterman, had released two CDs titled Strategic Grill Locations and Mitch All Together. He also directed a movie, "Los Enchiladas!" The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.


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Australia, NATO enhance ties

April 2, 2005 Australia has plans to post a defence attaché to NATO headquarters in Brussels, and enhance counter-terrorism intelligence co-operation — but will not be increasing troop numbers to assist the multilateral defence body in its task in Afghanistan.

NATO chief suggested during a recent visit that more help in the troubled nation would be welcome. Australia currently supplies just one soldier to Afghanistan who assists in the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance. Up to 150 had at one time been on the ground there after the September 11 attack on the, but were brought home by November 2002.

"We are facing terrorism everywhere and anywhere," Mr Scheffer said. "We are all facing – the NATO alliance, Australia and this region alike – the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. We are all faced with the consequences of fragile and failing states."

Defence Minister Robert Hill said a change of role for NATO, set up to counter the perceived threat from the in the, meant Australia was likely to be working more closely with the organisation in the future. NATO now provides security in Afghanistan and trains Iraqi personnel.

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SBC teams with Scientific-Atlanta for cable TV rollout in 13 US states

April 2, 2005

Regional U.S. telephone giant SBC Communications is one step closer to offering cable television to the 18 million households in its 13 state coverage area. The company announced a $195 million contract with Scientific-Atlanta Thursday to provide a video operations center and regional hubs for the new service. Under the brand name, U-verse, the SBC's television rollout is set to launch in 2006 after field trials begin later this year.

The company is seeking the so-called "triple play," where a telecommunications company offers voice, data and video in one bundled package. Local telephone companies like SBC have been losing business to cable TV companies, which have added telephone and Internet services in recent years.

In a slew of recent deals, SBC is looking to stop that trend. Within the past six months it has signed alliances with various technology firms to build out a fiber network to the home strategy. For instance, SBC has a $1.7 billion deal with Alcatel to build out its fiber optic network and a 10-year, $400 million, pact with Microsoft to license its IPTV technology to allow multi-channel television to stream over its Internet backbone.

In most of the U.S. only cable TV companies like Comcast have been able to offer the "triple play" of voice, video and data services. But traditional phone companies like SBC and Verizon have been upgrading their copper wire telephone networks to fiber optic. SBC says it plans to spend billions of dollars to overhaul its telecommunications network, saying the aging and brittle copper wires which were originally laid in the early 1900s do not have enough bandwidth to allow television capability.


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Crosswords/2005/April/2

April 2, 2005

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 * 8. Midday (4)
 * 9. Refrigerator ancestor (6)
 * 10. Describing a diluted solution (7)
 * 11. Place to sit (4)
 * 12. A road (6)
 * 16. A metal (6)
 * 19. Fable (4)
 * 21. Aquatic weeds (5)
 * 22. A nonmetal (7)
 * 23. Break the rules (5)
 * 24. Box (5)
 * 25. A stored collection (7)
 * 26. Type of pig meat (5)
 * 27. Joke (4)
 * 29. Sewing tool (6)
 * 32. Permitted room to move (6)
 * 36. Chamber (4)
 * 37. Without satisfactory utility (7)
 * 38. Reflective surface (6)
 * 39. Seeing organs (4)
 * 40. Tasty (5)

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 * 2. Grab (6)
 * 3. To supply (5)
 * 4. Hanging knot (5)
 * 5. Fail to hit (4)
 * 6. Expensive (4)
 * 7. At the center of an apple (4)
 * 13. Deep meditative state (6)
 * 14. Cut shallowly a design or words (7)
 * 15. Topic (5)
 * 17. Bird with large beak (7)
 * 18. Sit back (7)
 * 20. Molasses (7)
 * 22. Verse (6)
 * 23. Secret group, said not to exist (5)
 * 27. Jumper, overcoat (6)
 * 28. Minor rainfall (6)
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 * 31. Ideal, of society, self, etc. (5)
 * 33. Egress (4)
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Talk:Flora springing into Spring in Mid-Atlantic coastal region, USA

A new gadget is a wonderful thing. When my sister dished off to me my first digital camera she won as a door prize, I knew that for the price of the ticket she paid to win it, it was worth having.

So when I finally broke that first and only digital camera I owned... well, I mean when I got this great new 'spritzy' model of camera to replace the "old" camera, with features so new to me it will take many outings to scratch its capabilities, I treked a few miles on these ever so cloudy day to try it out. My subjects were willing, but the sunshine was not. Sadly, there was not a drop of sunshine to illuminate my shoot.

But despite what clouds may say, Spring is in the air! And the blooms prove it!

-edw 06:07, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

News?
Can this really be considered 'news'? Spring comes round every year... Dan100 (Talk) 08:14, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * So too does Groundhog's Day! So too does the Zimbabwe national election come round every four years.

 * I submitted it to contribute something light hearted. In its defense, my daughter-in-law said, without bias I think, that she liked it very much! But this story, along with an earlier submission of Ode to Hunter S. Thompson, attempts through experience to define what Wikinews is all about.

 * My thinking is that WHacKynews is the Wikinews answer to being light-hearted. -edw 16:29, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Telescope takes first image of planet outside our solar system

April 2, 2005  reported yesterday on a picture of a planet taken by the Very Large Telescope located in Chile. The European Southern Observatory's telescope, which was used to capture the picture, has made the first confirmed discovery of a planet orbiting another star.

Scientists have been trying to locate planets outside our own solar system for nearly 10 years. Inferences of nearly 150 planets in other solar systems have been observed so far by using instruments and measurements that only suggest the existence of another planet. Until now, no planet has been confirmed by the means of a photographed image. There was, months earlier, another team of scientists who took pictures of what might be another planet, but that image remains controversial because it shows what may be an even more distant object instead.

The research team that photographed the planet with its host star was led by Ralph Neuhaeuser of the (AIU). "The detection of the faint object near the bright star is certain," he told Space.com on Friday.

The new image contains the star, GQ Lupi, with an orbiting planet. It is smaller than our, 70% the size, and is located 400 away from our solar system. The planet is nearly twice the size of Jupiter. Unlike our sun which is 4.6 billion years old, the GQ Lupi star is approximately 1 million years old and is considered very young for a star. The planet orbiting GQ Lupi is three times further out than 's orbit around our sun, and scientists estimate the orbiting period to be about 1,200 years. The planets wide orbiting distance from the GQ Lupi was an important element for enabling the photograph to be taken.

The planet, much like the star it orbits, is very hot — about 2,000 degrees Kelvin — so despite the detection of water in the planet's atmosphere, which at that temperature would make it gaseous, there is no expectation it might support life.

The discovery will be detailed in an upcoming issue of the journal .


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Vatican releases statement on health of Pope

April 2, 2005 At 9.30 am today the Vatican released a statement to give the latest news of the health of the Pope.

In the statement, the condition of the Pope at 7am UTC this morning was described as being "substantially unchanged and therefore very serious". At dawn, he was said to have entered a "compromised state of consciousness".

Last night, the Pope was heard to say several times 'I have looked for you. Now you have come to me. And I thank you.' The statement was an apparent reference to all the young people he met during his pontificate.

Although the Pope is reported to have spoken, many people are unconvinced, following his inability to speak during Easter mass.

In a press conference held this morning, the official Papal spokesperson, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, is reported by BBC News as saying "Sometimes it seems as if he were resting with his eyes closed, but when you speak to him, he opens his eyes."


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BBC TV news also said the next update from The Vatican would be released at 4pm UTC. Dan100 (Talk) 10:38, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Please don't edit the old story; instead edit the newer stories or write a wholly new article. -- IlyaHaykinson 20:36, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please check out His last words, I realize this is a good thing to add about his last words --Henrique Vicente 01:25, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)Henrique Vicente
 * We already have a separate news article (Pope John Paul II dies) that covers his last words. This article is not the place. Uncle G 12:22, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Closing a vote
Hello! Not sure if this is the right place but I think we need someone to conclude at Water_cooler/policy. I suggest an admin does it. --MGA73 (talk) 16:22, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

 * Is there really noone who is willing to make a formal conclusion with a date? --MGA73 (talk) 16:27, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Please Protect Talk:Pope John Paul II dies
It just never ends Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 11:56, 2 July 2024 (UTC) I reverted one of their edits and i get a message on my alerts saying multiple times my account has tried to be logged into. BigKrow (talk) 18:08, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Protected for one month. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 02:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

181.127.232.16
IP tried hacking my account. BigKrow (talk) 18:07, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * @BigKrow, you may want to consider enabling two-factor authentication for your account which would make it more difficult for someone to gain unwanted access to your account. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 02:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

FloridaPanthersSCWinners
same vandal account as FloridaPanthersFan something.... BigKrow (talk) 18:12, 5 July 2024 (UTC) Hello, I am Whipperpie. Can you stop instigating Panther Sun's accounts? Whipperpie is a part of Moosebag Studios and Panthermedia. There is no mean to instigate on Wikinews.
 * Already globally locked. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 02:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Urs truly, Whipperpie

Edition request
Hello! Hoping you are well, I am writing the following request, since I didn't find a miscellaneous page to write the subject. I'm a Commons file renamer and I came here because there is a request to rename an image that is placed on the main page of this wiki Main Page. Since it is a main page, it has a cascading protection, so it is impossible to make the request set in Commons. I would be grateful if you could temporarily modify the main page by temporarily removing the template Template:Lead article 5 which is where the image is located, and thus make the change. Thank you very much --Mazbel (talk) 23:47, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Mazbel: I both made the request and placed the file in that template. I didn't even think about how that would cause the file to be protected. Sorry about that. I've replaced the image the template is using. Heavy Water (talk) 19:41, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

190.45.154.217
Vandalism on the Pope story, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 16:33, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * No action for now. There's only been one edit, and it doesn't seem like they're doing anything more. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 02:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Baskemtball69
Still editing vandalism somehow, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 16:39, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I deleted the pages they made. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 02:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Tkzeemoondreamer07
Repeated vandalism of Wikinews talk:Content guide (posting irrelevant or nonsensical content), , , , despite warning. —Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 15:08, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Global steward or admin request: range block
There was a series of vandalism incidents from the same IP block out of Poland. Each edit was a different IP:

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Can we get a long-ish term, anon-only block on 2a01:1000::/21? —Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 16:16, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Global steward or admin request: Hello, Annoying!
Vandalism with declared intent. —Michael.C.Wright (Talk/Published) 00:11, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

49.98.225.141
IP not English creating pages in Asian, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 22:24, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Oladayo198
Spam account? Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 16:38, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Loki on Wings
globally blocked user. BigKrow (talk) 16:41, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

User:The One in One
Using foul language on article, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 19:41, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Already globally locked. Leaderboard (talk) 05:23, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

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Australian Treasurer told to 'try harder on welfare'

April 2, 2005

A professor from Australia's most prestigious university said yesterday that Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello, "must try harder on welfare." Professor Bob Gregory of the Australian National University and leading economist said, "If people could not hide on disability and sole parent pensions then [Mr Costello] couldn't claim credit for the fall in unemployment."

"In my view, the Treasurer has to come out openly and say that he has not been able to produce full-time jobs at a sufficient rate to get people off welfare. Either he has to wait until the economy generates unskilled jobs or he has to play around with the wage system."

Another report relating to the Australian Social Security system was released yesterday by researchers at the University of Melbourne. It found that care-givers who look after mentally ill dependents claim significantly less stress when they engaged in work outside the home.


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Australian rescue helicopter crash in Indonesia: nine dead

April 2, 2005

A Royal Australian Navy (RAN) helicopter, helping victims of last week's earthquake in Indonesia, crashed Saturday night, killing nine Australians onboard,and injuring two. The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, described the event as 'heart breaking' and said the crash of the Sea King helicopter appeared to be an accident.

The 30-year old helicopter crashed on approach to Amandraya village on the remote west coast of Indonesia's island of Nias, ferrying an emergency medical team from the HMAS Kanimbla to the village. They were part of a relief effort following the devastating earthquake on Monday.

Six from the Navy and three from the Air Force, died, confirmed Defence Force Chief, Lieutenant General Peter Cosgrove.

The dead were seven men and two women, including four air crew, with the remainder were members of the medical relief team intending to commence operations on the ground.

The two injured survivors were airlifted to Kanimbla for emergency surgery by a second helicopter from the ship that landed with a medical team after seeing smoke from the crash site.

"The helicopters had been working for a while in inserting, on the southern end of (Nias) island, medical teams which indeed evacuated some of the Indonesian people back to the ship for treatment. This was another one of those sorts of tasks," said the Defence Force Chief.

"After losing contact with that aircraft, a second Sea King from the Kanimbla, in the general area, came upon the aircraft on the ground, on a soccer field, on fire. Events unfolded from there. We know that the helicopter was flying at low height at about the time when the crash occurred. But we don't know (what went wrong)."

The Kanimbla immediately scrambled its second helicopter to inspect the crash zone for a second time after Indonesian military authorities in the area suggested the other nine passengers on board may have survived. An hour later the ship's crew members were informed that all nine had been killed and their bodies were discovered in the wreckage by a team of paramedics and rescue personnel.

Airworthiness investigators would immediately begin an investigation to find out the cause of the incident. Inquiries would include a coronial inquiry to be conducted in Australia.

The names of the dead have been released:

Royal Australian Navy
 * Lieutenant Mathew Davey from the ACT.
 * Lieutenant Matthew Goodall from NSW.
 * Lieutenant Paul Kimlin from the ACT.
 * Lieutenant Jonathan King from Queensland.
 * Petty Officer Stephen Slattery from NSW.
 * Leading Seaman Scott Bennett from NSW.

Royal Australian Air Force
 * Squadron Leader Paul McCarthy from West Australia.
 * Flight Lieutenant Lynne Rowbottom from Townsville Queensland, Formerly Launceston Tas.
 * Sergeant Wendy Jones from Queensland.


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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:17, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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User talk:24.61.29.52

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User talk:203.134.71.115

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User talk:209.148.146.46

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User talk:80.165.152.43

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User talk:84.222.94.226

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User talk:132.68.1.29

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User talk:203.51.74.55

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User talk:61.11.99.217

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Thanks for visiting Wikinews. I hope you take a minute to look around and become familiar with the site.

I noticed in the article "Fourth Lebanon bomb rocks shopping mall" that you posted the text "sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdf".

I can recommend a good keyboard if you are having trouble with stuck keys.

I use the Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard 1.0A, Model 1027.

The batteries last forever (haven't had to change them in four months) and not a single key has become stuck.

It's really convenient to not have to worry about wires.

Anyways, thanks for stopping by.

— DV 14:53, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Story preparation

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User talk:138.89.6.110

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United States helped Kyrgyz pro-democracy programs

April 3, 2005

Shortly before parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan, an opposition-run newspaper ran photographs of a palace under construction for since-deposed president Askar Akayev. This newspaper received grants from and was printed on a printing press financed by the US government.

The US government itself confirms this. In fact, nearly one year ago in May 2004, Lorne Craner, US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor revealed: ''We did a project recently... in Kyrgyzstan where there had only ever been one printing press. We funded the operation of another printing press there so that newspapers that were once unable to print day by day -- due to censorship and lacks of facilities -- are now able to print much more often, basically every day now.''

Kyrgyzstan became the nation with the highest per-capita foreign assistance level in central Asia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Most of the money came from the US, under the FREEDOM Support Act, passed in 1992 to help former Soviet republics in transition. Money ear-marked for Kyrgyz pro-democracy programs totaled about $13.3 million dollars last year.

According to a US State Department statement, the programs receiving the money "focus on improving political processes and accountability of government institutions, strengthening civil society and public advocacy, and supporting independent media."

Akayev, in an interview with RIA Novosti, said that the opposition which had taken over the government in Kyrgyzstan was supported "with financial and technical support from the USA."

As proof, he cited a report which was posted on the Internet and attributed to the US ambassador in Kyrgyzstan. "The scenario was carried out to a tee. In it he writes that president Akayev has to be toppled, removed. And because the country is key, a neighbor of China, with a Russian [military] base, it's necessary to increase influence there."

The New York Times described this report as "crudely forged" and Kyrgyzstan's new leaders have pledged to keep both the US and Russian military bases in the country and maintain friendly diplomatic relations with Russia.


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Google doubles Gmail storage, adds text formatting

NB this subject is also covered in Gmail 1st Birthday; Storage capacity increased to 2GB

April 2, 2005 On the first anniversary of Gmail's release, Google has announced that it will increase the amount of storage available for the users of the web-based email service from 1 GB to over 2 GB. Additionally, they have added formatting rich-text features to Gmail. According to a page at the Gmail Help Center, while not all accounts currently have the formatting features added, "over the next several weeks, we are introducing rich formatting to all of our users."

The increase in storage is announced on the main Gmail page with a JavaScript counter that increases the quoted available storage in relation to the current date. For example, on April 1 at 5 a.m. UTC the site announced 1025 MB available, 30 hours later — 2050 MB, and a week later it should announce a total of 2075 MB.

Unless Google adjusts the code behind the counter, the text will read "Over 2075" after April 9.

''Code analysis performed by Wikinews writer Pingswept, and while believed to be correct, is original reporting and has not been verified by any external source. A more technical analysis is available.''

Related news

 * Gmail 1st Birthday; Storage capacity increased to 2GB


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Talk:Google doubles Gmail storage, adds text formatting/Notes

Additional detailed code analysis on google's code's functionality.

The increase in storage is announced on the main Gmail page with a Javascript counter that increases the quoted available storage in relation to the current date. The array below, from the source of the page at Gmail.com, defines three Unix timestamps at which the description of the storage available will be updated.

var CP = [ [ 1112331600000, 1025 ], [ 1112439600000, 2050 ], [ 1113062400000, 2075 ] ];

The timestamps correspond to April 1 at 5 AM GMT, April 2 at 11 AM GMT, and April 9 at 4 PM GMT.

function updateQuota { if (!quota) { return; } var now = (new Date).getTime; var i; for (i = 0; i < CP.length; i++) { if (now < CP[i][0]) { break; } }  if (i == 0) { setTimeout(updateQuota, 1000); } else if (i == CP.length) { quota.innerHTML = 'Over ' + CP[i - 1][1]; } else { var ts = CP[i - 1][0]; var bs = CP[i - 1][1]; quota.innerHTML = format(((now-ts) / (CP[i][0]-ts) * (CP[i][1]-bs)) + bs); setTimeout(updateQuota, 50); } }

Between April 2 and April 9, the updateQuota function scales the advertised storage linearly between 2050 MB and 2075 MB. If the same code were running in the first window, between April 1 and April 2, the function would have scaled the advertised storage linearly between 1025 MB and 2050 MB, though it is not known whether this code, downloaded around 6 PM GMT on April 2, was in effect then.

If the code is not changed, the function above will return the phrase "Over 2075" after the April 9 deadline defined in the array above. This will be concatenated with text in the rest of the source to describe the available storage as over 2075 MB.


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 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

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User talk:195.137.69.156

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk)  21:17, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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title: User talk:195.137.69.156


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User talk:65.87.185.146

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk)  21:17, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * 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
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:65.87.185.146


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User talk:85.76.32.46

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! → CGorman (Talk)  21:31, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * 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
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:85.76.32.46