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User talk:Schwael~enwikinews

Welcome
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I just checked this IRC link which is at the top of the page, and it works. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:25, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

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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.

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User talk:JoshuaZ

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

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Dominic The Majestic
Appears to be someone using Wikinews as a webhost or something. I'm not yet familiar with the deletion procedures on Wikinews so I thought it would make sense to point it out to an experienced user (that is you) and let you either a) deal with it or b) let me know what to do. Thanks. JoshuaZ 18:19, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for alerting me to this. Whenever you see junk, just mark it with, so then it's marked for speedy deletion. Sadly, I'm not an admin, only an "accredited reporter", so I can't delete it permanently. But it should be gone in an hour or two. Thanks again!  --  Zanimum 18:33, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: User:Language123
I think that its pretty clear that user:Language123 isn't here to contribute to Wikinews. He should stay blocked because he is a vandal. According to our username policy, inflammatory, deliberately confusing, and other inappropriate usernames are not allowed, and in certain circumstances, admins may block accounts with such usernames. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   23:26, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I was under the impression he was blocked for spaming? user:Bawolff

 * I thought so also in which case an indefinite block for a single spam edit seems to be uneccessarily biting(does this carry over from the 'pedia or not? Most wikimedia projects have some form of this)- if it were a username block he should have been told that. JoshuaZ 06:55, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

eCanadaNow
hi, reg. the US_India deal article. eCanadaNow used to only mirror our articles, and used to attribute it (to "WN"). since this one was attributed to "Agencies" and included the quote that our article didn't have (i had never see them do derivative work from our stuff before), i tagged the article. sorry for the bother. best, — Doldrums(talk) 09:26, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

edits to old articles
Articles that are not marked breaking are usually considered "done" after a few days. I reverted your edit to remove the image as the article is several days old now. DragonFire1024 22:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * And also if the person in question has an issue with his photo being displayed, he can contact Wikinews. DragonFire1024 22:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * For one, the image was published under: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. making it usable on Wikinews or any Wikimedia project and basically any site. If the individual did not want his image to be known he himself would not have uploaded it. So to remove the image basing it on harassment or whatever is not actionable. If the user has an issue with his photo on any Wikimedia site then he has the right, as the author, to request the image to be deleted. DragonFire1024 19:14, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Lee Mortimer dead
I doubt the user who posted that page cares much about your condolences on his talk page. While at first glance it looks rather memorialistic, it actualy seems to be an atteack page. "He will be sorely missed, only by his pet fish" seems pretty degrading, and R.I.H. = rest in Hell (a term I have been known to use regarding politicians and pop music artists, although I generally refrain from using it when they have actually recently been deceased). Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 20:23, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Your intimidation of witnesses to a crime
In re: you're hateful comments and intimidation of witnesses on a user collaboratio page: Your bluntness reveals a lack of sharpness. Checkuser could reveal what other articles were edited from that IP. Coupled with information gleaned from a court-ordered search of that IP's records, the checkuser info, gathered with a warrant or by cooperation from whoever claims to be in charge of Wikipedia that day, investigators will have a smoking gun that leads them to the terminal where the edits were entered. Humint will wrap things up from there. Stay tuned. You bet I'm dangerous -- dangerous to criminal conspirators.

 * Accusing critics of pontification and disruption is standard bullying, endorsed and modeled by leaders at the highest levels of Wikipedia, including by one of two founders who remains active in the project. I suggest you, JoshuaZ, shut up before you find yourself guilty of intimidating a witness and interfering with a murder investigation. Andevere 01:24, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Title change
Hello JZ,

I changed the title. It's imperative to have either 'White House' or Bush Admin' in the title. You objected to the title being too long? Really? That was your reason for taking out 'Bush Admin'? Too long? How so? One current featured article is entitled "Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away'. Much longer. Emperor NortonXXIII 23:23, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Russia, Europe and Asia
have done the easy thing and added Cat:Asia as well. –Doldrums(talk) 16:00, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Fast evolution observed in butterflies
Very good article. I:
 * put all the latin stuff in italics, as should be done for foreign languages
 * put the news content before the background information, which is the proper way to go in news articles
 * put in images, which I think are essential for an article like this

Just some ideas.

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:39, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Televangelist Jerry Falwell dies at age 73
I wanted to bug you about this article. I noticed that the article was in the category Category:Creationism. While Falwell was a creationist, that wasn't a major part of his public persona and isn't mentioned in the obit at all, so I was thinking of requesting the category be removed. But I wanted your opinion before I did so. JoshuaZ 15:24, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree with you. Neither creationism nor creationist is mention on his Wikipedia page, Jerry Falwell. --SVTCobra 16:08, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

PTS Taiwan holds "Why Democracy?" the Movie Pre-launch Seminar to examine the democratic process in Taiwan
I've changed with 1st person's remark, please have a review. If this article isn't suitable for publishing, please nominate to deletion. Brock contact... 16:21, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

And one more thing - signing
On talk pages please remember to sign your talk page comments. You can do so with four tildes, ~. Scottyl 05:38, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi
Hi, it's Solumeiras, formerly w:User:SunStar Net here. Hope you're OK! --Solumeiras 17:47, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes, yes everything is well with me. Is there somethign wrong I should know about? JoshuaZ 17:50, 29 October 2007 (UTC) (scratch that saw you just registered here). JoshuaZ 17:51, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

 * No, there's nothing wrong you should know about... I just saw a name I recognized from en.wikipedia, that's all! I've already made a login with the same name on Wikisource to prevent impersonation, and will be doing so soon on Commons, Wikimedia Incubator and Quality Wikimedia soon enough... --Solumeiras 17:53, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Joshua, thanks for improving the title of Vitamin D
do you think we could get even more in the title: about vitamin D also more vital than previously taught? I'm a newbie I don't know title length restrictions, but maybe an ingenious wording could keep it short enough.Regards,Richard L. Peterson 18:25, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Response
Yeah, actually I would if it were a religious group. In fact, if it were quite an important aspect of the religion, it might cause my departure. But let's focus on the question in hand, which is slightly less serious. Why do they care? Put that to them, but they do. No real names, no real faces as far as their concerned. (on a related side note, I understand (but can't verify) the only paper to publish an unmasked picture of any of them was some Finnish tabloid that seriously considered the possibility of bankruptcy, although good management means their back to where they were before now). If you really want to do it, then go ahead if need be, although bear in mind 1) I don't like it (I never have the heart to revert people removing them on Wikipedia, I leave it for someone else) and 2)there is little way to measure any damage caused. I do see why we might want to use the names, but I share the view of many fans: it's pretty useless informantion, and if they don't want it out there, we might as well respect that. I, at least, am sensible enough about it not to give up on a site merely for that reason; many others take offense and leave. That was my concern when I made the change. But as I said, if you need to, I see both sides of the argument, and go ahead. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 07:37, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Question
Hi JoshuaZ. Would you be warm to an admin nomination? Jcart1534 23:47, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

BTW, JoshuaZ, I replied to your e-mail. --SVTCobra 00:09, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Time references
You wrote: ''"0558 local time (0358 GMT)" should be adjusted to fit our MOS and wikilink to the appropriate timezone. So should read something like "05:58 EET (UTC+2)" JoshuaZ 03:21, 7 November 2007 (UTC)''
 * While I agree (and like to think I kinda "coined" that paricular notation of mentioning the time zone and the UTC offset), I can't even keep up with it on current news, nevermind on archived articles. I am going to decline this Editprotected and let you do it yourself when you get your Adminship. --SVTCobra 03:38, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Criss Angel challenges Uri Geller and Jim Callahan over paranormal claims
C56C made major edits to this piece making it complete as far as I can tell. May I ask why you restored the Abandoned tag? JoshuaZ 00:22, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You are right. I undid my changes and struck my comment. I saw C56C's edit summary and thought s/he had just removed the tags. My bad. --SVTCobra 00:28, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi, you can't publish "as of" a date in the past. Just as an extreme example to illustrate the concept, one cannot publish a story dated September 1, 1939 "Germany invades Poland", just because Wikinews hasn't had the story yet. Just like print newspapers we can't report "in the past" but only about the past. We have to do so from the present. --SVTCobra 01:22, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You'll see this most commonly in the edit summaries as a "date bumb" --SVTCobra 01:23, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * No worries. So are you going to fix it or do you want me to? --SVTCobra 02:08, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Consider it done. --SVTCobra 02:23, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Question again?
Hi JoshuaZ. I'm sorry I hadn't seen your reply to my question earlier. I have gone ahead an nominated you for admin. You'll have to go over here to accept the nomination. Cheers, Jcart1534 23:30, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Chinese Sub article
This source uses the word "recently" for the incident article 76.64.160.46 01:39, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations
Cheers --SVTCobra 03:10, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Hopefully I won't mess up with the tools too soon. JoshuaZ 04:14, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, JoshuaZ. Nice to see you working "the buttons". Congratulations on your adminship! Jcart1534 19:09, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry
Welcome. How are you? I am sorry. My edit in Wikinews:Administrators was stupid, and desperate. I understood my blunder in edition. Prasuk 09:42, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Re Teddybears
Hi. And thanks for your help with my first article. You can probably tell that I'm new here, though I do edit on Wikipedia a bit (different ID). - Notmyopinion 02:25, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Creationists
Check out: Texas science curriculum director "forced" to resign. Reetweert 04:55, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Siemens science competition
Sorry, I messed up that rename. --SVTCobra 02:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Soviet observation
Uh, the Associated Press makes that comparison explicitly, as do many other sources. JoshuaZ 14:54, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Would something like "behavior that news reports have compared to Soviet era policies?" JoshuaZ 15:05, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

 * AP, Reuters, BBC they can all fall prey to pov. If you had a quote from someone, like Kasparov or an analyst from a think that says "This is like when Stalin sent people to the gulags" then include the quote. But the Soviets didn't really have to deal with elections, so on that level I don't think it is a fair comparison either. --SVTCobra 15:16, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

 * I added a quote from Reporters Without Borders. I tried to keep is short because otherwise it just disproportionatly long compared to the rest of the article. --SVTCobra 10:24, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Munroe
Hi, Joshua, I glanced at you Munroe interview. I notice it contain many direct links to external sites which is generally frowned upon here. I am not sure how best to tackle this, but I notice that some were to individual comics which are single-frame. Perhaps, Munroe would let us use those images. Some might even argue they would be fair-use, but I won't. Well, cheers and happy editing.--SVTCobra 03:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Yeah, I thought about that issue. I thought given the nature of it made sense (although maybe using the tags to the comics at the bottom might make sense also). I'll talk to Munroe and find out. His comics are all under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License, which is slightly more restrictive than the one we use so we can't just port them over directly. I'll send him an email and hold off publishing until we get an answer. JoshuaZ - (talk) 03:23, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

 * It may make sense also just given the topic to include a comic anyways. I've sent Randall a followup email. JoshuaZ - (talk) 03:31, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I am not a copyright expert, but whether they are by-nc-nd or by-nc-sa, I think we can freely use them here. We just have to attribute them. Of course it means they will have to uploaded locally since it doesn't meet Commons' criteria. --SVTCobra 02:23, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Are you sure? Since we have downstream commercial users of our content I have trouble seeing how that could be correct. JoshuaZ - (talk) 02:24, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I think we are OK here due to the Copyright terms on images may vary, please check individual image pages prior to duplication. disclaimer at the bottom of every page on Wikinews, but feel free to vet this on IRC or the Water Cooler. Cheers, --SVTCobra 00:55, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
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Wikinews Bulletin
 Anonymous101 (Talk) 21:33, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Indiana congressional candidate Tony Zirkle defends speech at Nazi meeting
Hi,

I just published Indiana congressional candidate Tony Zirkle defends speech at Nazi meeting which you created

Hope thats OK

--A101 - (talk) 21:04, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Zirkle
Clarified that that was the date retrieved for this article. Cirt - (talk) 21:11, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Maybe I as a wiki noob should be blocked
I guess you have already looked at my response to your comment. I wish Wikinews had a much more formal Op-Ed section. I wish I where a pro at making editorials, because all I seem to be doing is confusing admins, getting my facts wrong (Bush did go to Harvard business school, in addition to Yale, vernacular aside .) and getting the occasional nasty/entertaining response from Anonymous101. I wish I where more familiar/experienced with Wiki policies and formating. So I will have an "operational pause" (e.g. no more “flaming") for the next month, play with sandboxes and maybe after which I can be a "professional troll". Not only that, but I plan to thoroughly cite every flame after said operational pause, so this particular post will not be out of complete hypocrisy. QUINTIX (talk) 12:13, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Re: Comment on my talk page. Wow, I seem to have a talent here. Maybe I should make confusing people a career or something. Anyways, the "block" proposal is a joke... I am going to sorta do a pseudo-block on myself, by not posting any opinions on articles over the next month so I can master my trolling craft.  I'll be asking for help along the way, so I'll try to keep in touch. QUINTIX (talk) 01:04, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikinews Bulletin
Here is the latest Wikinews bulletin. Enjoy!

Anonymous101  12:31, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration
Good statement there, concise and to the point. Cirt (talk) 18:23, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

FlaggedRevs
If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:59, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

fundamentals of the evolution of the creation
yes, i confess that this user is a fundamentalist. here are my favorite lessons from

grade 11 and 12 physics.

the four physical forces are readily apparent.

 * electro-magnetic
 * strong nuclear
 * weak nuclear
 * gravity

the four chemical elements are also obvious
 * singularity/disassociated quarks and electrons/plasma/gas
 * liquid
 * solid/bose-einstein condensate
 * energy
 * gravity potential energy
 * electromagnetic energy
 * infra red
 * visible light
 * ultra violet
 * mechanical energy
 * sound
 * propagation
 * resonance
 * motion
 * force multipliers

ok, that was more than 6. the point is that probably only the great commentator Rashi knew all that there is to know about

the four dimensions and their co-ordinate points

and

the velocities of objects relative to other objects.

in the words of the Creator, interpreted by Rashi, - paraphrased -

two first_things, creation, elohim. aleph tav the heavens and aleph tav the earth

have a good semester. Boron.merkava (talk) 16:54, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

 * 1) I hope you don't mind, but when I read the above comment by brain screamed in pain at the horrible formatting, so I fixed it.
 * 2) *points to above comment* Wow, there are some nutters out there, aren't there? Since when is *plasma* a chemical element? Chemical properties are primarily determined by the electron shell... which plasma doesn't have. Plasma is a phase of matter, yes, but not a chemical element (which is probably what he meant, if he knew what he was talking about). Also there are more than 4 states of matter, but a singularity isn't one of them:P. Anyway, just thought I'd randomly rant about that guy's comment on your talk page. Please ignore me;). Gopher65talk 00:27, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

A penny for your thoughts
Okay, not really, but I am requesting your participation in the following Water Cooler Discussion: OR and Broadcast report. The discussion involves the need for specific policy concerning how Original Reporting relates to information recieved from a broadcast report of an event. This can include both news-style reports and non-news reports, such as a sporting event. Thanks and again, please share your thoughts on this so we can get as many people involved as possible, especially since this relates to an important topic such as OR. —Calebrw (talk) 05:18, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Re:
I apologize, I did not see that article. I will add the sources and edit the article you created for format, and we'll go from there. Thanks, Tyrol5 (talk) 22:57, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

 * The title you gave to the article does not conform with style guidelines, so I will move your info, as well a the pic (a good one, by the way, you're very lucky!), to the one I created and it'll be a team effort. Tyrol5 (talk) 22:59, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

 * I think we've got everything. Does it look good to you? Tyrol5 (talk) 23:21, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

 * Sounds good, I'll post it for review now. I won't be around later tonight (I will be busy within the hour), so add any details that might be necessary. It usually takes several hours for it to be published. Tyrol5 (talk) 23:25, 24 February 2011 (UTC)

 * I do remember seeing the foam come off, I wondered what it was. I'd say that if it was worthy of mention in the press conference, then go ahead and put it into the article. Tyrol5 (talk) 01:15, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

The article's been published. Good work, and I look forward to collaborating with you in the future. Tyrol5 (talk) 16:06, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

privs
'''Note! Your privileges on English Wikinews have been reduced.'''
 * Under the Privilege expiry policy (enacted October 13, 2012) the rights held by your user account have been reduced due to inactivity, or lack of privilege use.

 * Point 4 of the Privilege expiry policy provides for fast-tracking reacquisition of privileges. We all understand that real-life commitments can severely curtail the level of commitment you can give to Wikinews; the privilege reduction is in no way intended as a reflection on your past work, or to imply you are unwelcome. The aim in curtailing privileges is to address security risks, and concern that a long period of inactivity means you may not be up-to-date with current policy and practices.

--Pi zero (talk) 21:29, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Wikinews Writing contest 2013 is here. :) Please sign up to participate?
We've created the Writing contest 2013, which will start on April 1 and end on June 1. It is modeled on the successful 2010 contest. It would be a really great time for you, as an inactive Wikinews accredited reporter, to renew your credentials by doing some original reporting or conducting interviews. People should be around to interview to prevent a backlog, and several reviewers have access to scoop to make it easier to review any original reporting you do. If you are interested in signing up, please do so on Writing contest 2013/entrants. There is at least one prize on offer for the winner along with the opportunity to earn some barn stars as a way of thanking you for your participation. :D --LauraHale (talk) 10:26, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

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User talk:NickSentowski

Welcome
NickSentowski, 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! --DragonFire1024 / talk Jason Safoutin 20:05, 16 March 2006 (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
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 * 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!

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User talk:Prateek01~enwikinews

Welcome
Prateek01, 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! --DragonFire1024 / talk Jason Safoutin 20:06, 16 March 2006 (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!

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 Prateek01. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Prateek01~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 23:23, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:36, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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Moo! More on this topic later.

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Civilians killed in U.S. raid near Balad

March 17, 2006 A U.S. raid near Balad on Wednesday resulted in the deaths of between nine and 13 civilians. An Associated Press photographer recorded pictures of the bodies of two men, five children, and four covered corpses reported to be women. The victims had bits of rubble tangled in their hair and were covered in dust. Police Capt. Hakim Azzawi said in an interview with the Washington Post that 13 in total were dead, two men, five children, and six women. The U.S. military confirmed the attack but said only four people died — two women, a man and a child.

Family of the victims said the 11 dead people were wrapped in blankets and driven in three pickup trucks to the Tikrit General Hospital.

The US military said that the raid resulted in a "foreign fighter facilitator" being taken into coalition custody for questioning.

Police Capt. Laith Mohammed stated that the attack 50 miles north of Baghdad involved U.S. warplanes and armored vehicles, which flattened a house in the village of Isahaqi.

Ahmed, the brother of the dead man, told the Associated Press, "The dead family was not part of the resistance. They were women and children. The Americans have promised us a better life, but we get only death."


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Talk:Civilians killed in U.S. raid near Balad

NPOV
This title is deliberately and maliciously misleading, to the point of vandalism.

I will assess the rest of the article now. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:58, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

 * CBS title; "Iraq: U.S. Raid Kills Women, Children". Is that also "deliberately and maliciously misleading"? Please look at sources and read the article before tagging. The US military admits killing women and children + AP has photos and eyewitnesses. Please apologise after you actually read the sources. Neutralizer 22:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Less so. The US did not plan to kill children and women, which your title purports. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 22:22, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Any more objections Amgine? International 22:37, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, just a minute... -  Amgine | talk en.WN 22:43, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * No, this title dont make sense. I suggest: Journalists and Iraqi police report 11 civilians dead in U.S. raid International 23:00, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I've added the content which supports the title. The USA is reporting 4 dead. AP has pictures of 11 dead, and a police report of that. Washington Post has a police report of 13 dead. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 23:13, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I strongly disagree that the original title was misleading. It simply stated the central aspect of the story. Also, it is simply not true that it implied that the US intentionally killed the women and children, it merely stated as a fact that they were killed. The current title however is "maliciously misleading, to the point of vandalism" as it degrades the victims to the object of a statistical dispute. Truely disgusting! Moreover, the rewrite aims to give prefenrece of the information given by an involved party (the US military) over that given by an independent journalist from a major news agency -- a clear case of POV-pushing. --vonbergm 23:25, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I support change of current title International 23:30, 16 March 2006 (UTC) And agree that article is pov in favour of U.S. military. International 23:36, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Done, any objections? International 23:47, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * A lot better. I added a "suspected" and moved the US-army info back into the first paragraph as it relates to information given there. I still don't like the title. The centerpiece of the story is that civilians were killed. How about "Several civilians killed in US military operation". It's a little vague, but the range of the estimate of the number of civilians killed is so large right now that this is probably the most sensible. As the story develops one could make the title more accurate as more coherent information comes in. "Civilians" is better than "people" as it hits at the center of the story and avoids NPOV issues of the emotionally charged "women and children". It seems to that according to US reporting "civilians" is that same as "women and children" as everyone else is labeled a (suspected) terrorist/insurgent/etc.. --vonbergm 00:02, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

 * The title is still not NPOV. IF you are going to mention the journalists POV the Iraqi POV then you haver to add the US POV. Thats only fair AND NPOV. Jason Safoutin 00:15, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Why do you claim that the journalists and Iraqi (police ?) reports express their pov and not reported facts? International 00:22, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Dont know if "Several civilians killed in US military operation" is better without write about the 'military operation'. What about "Journalists and Iraqi police report several civilians killed in U.S. raid" untill full confirmations? International 00:24, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Why would you suggest that the journalists and Iraqi police's POV/fact are anymore less or more important than the U.S. POV/fact? Jason Safoutin 00:25, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Because the local officials and the journalists can be considered independent sources, whereas the U.S. military and local insurgents are actively involved in this conflict and have a strong interest in only releasing information favourable to them. --vonbergm 00:29, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * How about "Several civilians killed in U.S. raid". Shorter, and all sources including the US agree on this, the only diagreement is in the exact quantification of "several". --vonbergm 00:29, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Its best if titles are a bit more distinctive, as we can never resuse titles, so you should consider using the town's name. Nyarlathotep 00:33, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * vonbergm: And where do you get that so called fact from?:

Isn't that your POV, thus eliminating the NPOV? Jason Safoutin 00:35, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Because the local officials and the journalists can be considered independent sources, whereas the U.S. military and local insurgents are actively involved in this conflict and have a strong interest in only releasing information favourable to them.
 * Nylarlathotep, good suggestion. How about "Several civilians killed in U.S. raid near Balad"? --vonbergm 00:36, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I support that title International 00:40, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I can agree to that. Jason Safoutin 00:38, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

"foreign fighter facilitator"
For accuracy, 2 of the 3 sources say the attack was targeting someone the US military gave this new catch-all label; so I'll change the label of the target from "insurgent" to this one the US military used the most in these articles. Neutralizer 01:01, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the fix, I missed that. --vonbergm 01:11, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

insurgent attacks
Please start a new story for other news events. Thanks Neutralizer 04:27, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the suggestion to edit article to more clearly show actions insurgents are taking in relation to current US operations. Please see sources for more details.
 * Nova, I agree with Neutralizer that your edit should be an own article. This is about a specific insident. Your claim that I vandalize is very inappropriate. International 11:59, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Interational and Neutralizer, I have provided two newsources (Al Jazeera and The Independent) that report the insurgent activity as being part of the same conflict re the current US activity. I think that this alone supports the position that they are part of the same story. My concern is that the tone of the article implies that either US forces are attacking insurgents without provocation or that insurgent forces are powerless to responsond to an unprovoked attack.  Can you help me understand why reporting of insurgent activity in the same conflict doesn't belong here?--Nowa 13:07, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * As I see it there is two diferent newsevent. And that article imply "US forces are attacking insurgents without provocation" is not my interpretation. Story is about killed civilians.(cynism mode on) U.S. can attack insurgents anytime, its war. US army and insurgent may kill each other anytime as much they like, wich is what war is about and what is reported on routine. (cynism mode off). And I see a little implication in your edit to justify the U.S. killing of civilians by the reason insurgents do the same. That is povediting in my view. International 13:28, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * International, who is "rutin"?--Nowa 13:38, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * A cynical friend of mine. International 13:44, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * International, What I think I hear you saying is that this is an article about civilians that are killed only by US forces in this particular raid.  Is that correct?--Nowa 13:41, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Im not sure I understand what you think Nowa, but I guess we have material for a new interesting article here, or two.International 13:50, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. What title would you propose?--Nowa 13:55, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Glad its sorted out; Nowaplease start an article covering the insurgents killing civilians but this article is about americans killing civilians; for example, when 9/11 attacks were being reported, noone was included in the story references to US bombs being dropped on Iraq around the same time(if you remember the US was patroling portions of the skies over Iraq then). The other difference is we have admissions from the US they killed these civilians; when these "insurgents" are blamed for bombings there is rarely any proof of who acutally did it (might have been just some Iraqi soldier gone loco or one angry citizen whose family we killed) so we need to word the "insurgent" articles with less certainty,usually, in order to not be specualtive, it seems to me. Neutralizer 14:28, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. What title would you propose?--Nowa 13:55, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Glad its sorted out; Nowaplease start an article covering the insurgents killing civilians but this article is about americans killing civilians; for example, when 9/11 attacks were being reported, noone was included in the story references to US bombs being dropped on Iraq around the same time(if you remember the US was patroling portions of the skies over Iraq then). The other difference is we have admissions from the US they killed these civilians; when these "insurgents" are blamed for bombings there is rarely any proof of who acutally did it (might have been just some Iraqi soldier gone loco or one angry citizen whose family we killed) so we need to word the "insurgent" articles with less certainty,usually, in order to not be specualtive, it seems to me. Neutralizer 14:28, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Demonstrators protest Condoleezza Rice's trip to Australia

NPOV
The phrase "US invasion in Iraq" is POV. While this is how I think of the war in Iraq, others will consider if to be against our WN:NPOV policy. Please find something more suitable - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 00:33, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought "US invasion of Iraq" was a universally accepted term. Who do you think doesn't accept it? Are you able to suggest an alternative? - Borofkin 00:37, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You are both correct I think. Google has 642,000 references to the exact phrase U.S. invasion of Iraq and 432,000 for US led invasion of Iraq; so for our NPOV purposes I inserted the "led". Neutralizer 01:35, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I have no problem with "US led invasion of Iraq". - Borofkin 01:37, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok; I thought about "Coalition invasion of Iraq" but that doesn't fit with the story at all and only has 10,200 google references. I have to go out soon so I will remove the tag but Cartman02au might want to put it back if this change does not do the job. Neutralizer 01:40, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * My point was that invasion could be interpreted as POV by some basically, I would rather see the article held up now rather than in a few days when eveyone is bickering over it. For those who are against the war we use "invasion" but perhaps war is more appropriate. I am not sure, we need to find an Iraq war supporter and ask them! - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 01:49, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The invasion of Iraq was an invasion, legally. It was not supported by the Security Council, and did not meet the Geneva Convention's "imminent threat" standard, nor was it retaliatory. It is also generally accepted in news reporting world wide. (btw: Invasion is not necessarily pejorative; the invasion of Afghanistan is widely considered to have been a beneficial act for the region.) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:29, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It's still an invasion, regardless of the legality, justification, etc. The first sentence of the Wikipedia article on Invasion says "An invasion is a military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government." The important element is that the military of the US/Britain were moved, uninvited, into territory controlled by someone else. That this is an invasion is undisputed. To use another example, the D-Day landings in France was an invasion of German-held territory by US and British forces. - Borofkin 02:42, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification :) - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 08:59, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

The title is wrong
"labelled" is not the verb that the article is about. The article is about two people shouting at her during a public address. I can label her whatever I like in my owh home, but that's not news. Can someone think of an accurate title and move this article? Thanks. Bill3 17:17, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

The title was fine!
Sigh. It really irks me that folks are extremely quick to change the headlines of articles on a whim. There really should be more discussion about major Headline changes BEFORE the change is made. The title "Condoleezza Rice labelled "war criminal" by Australian demonstrators" was as accurate as you can get - in my humble opinion. I thought long and hard about it before I published it. Now the meaning has changed, - rendering confusion and verbosity. Whoever changed it to "Condoleezza Rice heckled during speech by Australian demonstrators" makes it now sound like the speech was by demonstrators. I'd appreciate it if it was changed back. --elliot_k 02:54, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree. Making change now. -Edbrown05 03:24, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Things aren't binary. The new title had flaws but the original title also has flaws.  These can and should be fixed.

 * The current title gets the verb wrong. She was "labelled" long ago, the news item is about her having that label shouted at her.  If further claritiy is possible, it should also be indicated that it was shouted at her while she was making a public address.  I can label John Smith as being "a pretty smart guy", but that's not news.  If John Smith was giving a talk in public and I interrupted the event by repeatedly shout this label at him, that might be news. 84.203.7.134 13:30, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Semantic Folly
Now the title makes no sense at all! FACT: Rice was labelled a war criminal by Australian demonstrators. You don't demonstrate in private. Rice is a public person. Its pretty simple really. And every time someone changes it, the meaning makes less and less sense. Sometimes I wonder why I bother writing for Wikinews. Sigh... Disillusioned. elliot_k 13:47, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry, That was me who changed it to "Condoleezza Rice heckled during speech by Australian demonstrators" because the previous title("Condoleezza Rice disrupted during speech by Australian demonstrators")'s use of the word "disrupted" was wrong I thought. But you are correct in retrospect; my title did sound as if the speech was by the demonstrators; apologies. Neutralizer 14:04, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Nobody is saying that fact is false. Just now, I labelled you "confused" while discussing this with a friend - but I won't make a news article.  Me and my friend could have been demonstrators, and I still wouldn't make a news article.  If you were on stage at WikiMania 2006 and me and my friend shouted the label at you (and if lots of people cared) then I might make a news article.  ...and there is no difference when you replace the first word, "labelled", with your new word "dubbed".

 * The labelling is not news, the shouting of the lable during a speech is news. For clarity and for anyone reading this, my title was: ""War criminal" shouted at Condoleezza Rice by demonstrators in Australia" Bill3 23:33, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Bill. The meaning of your title reads as if a war criminal has shouted at Condoleeza Rice. Labelling me "confused" is not news. I am not the Secretary of State. If you had labelled, dubbed, named, called me something and I was indeed an important person, then it would be news I guess. Are you Australian? --elliot_k 01:54, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

SOMEONE HAS DELETED A WHOLE BUNCH OF TEXT FROM THIS PAGE
--elliot_k 14:13, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Seems that was me too; hopefully I fixed it back. :-( Neutralizer 14:25, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Dr Rice
Often persons holding high office have PhD degrees but, not being medical doctors, are not usually referred to as Dr X. To attempt to recognize Rice's PhD but not insist too much on it, I have put "Dr Rice" at the start and converted to "Rice" (or "she") later. 67.21.48.122 22:30, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
 * With all the "honorary" degrees being handed out in the USA I don't think the title should ever be used as it can often be misleading as to the education level of the holder. Neutralizer 14:11, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Happy Meals
Renamed to "Condoleezza Rice dubbed "war criminal" and "murderer" by Australian demonstrators" to satisfy the semiotic junkies. Hope thats the end of it... --elliot_k 14:17, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I won't be back. Neutralizer 14:26, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Title issue again
MrM has changed it; hopefully he will discuss his pov here on the talk page. In the meantime I reverted it back to the previous title which,I think, had been agreed upon through collaboration. Neutralizer 00:35, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I think perhaps this title is more accurate. The whole article isn't just about the "war criminal" statement -- it's about demonstrators disrupting her visit... The former title probably was a bit sensationalist. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:37, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I must go to work but I support the prior title Condoleezza Rice dubbed "war criminal" and "murderer" by Australian demonstrators. Neutralizer 00:38, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The title Demonstrators protest Condoleezza Rice's trip to Australia is definitely dry and boring, but probably less biased. One way to think about it is this: why should the title be Condoleezza Rice dubbed "war criminal" and "murderer" by Australian demonstrators and not Rice says "democracy is well and alive" after being heckled by Australian demostrators? To use a quote in the headline is to take one tiny part of the story and make it the focus. There will always be disagreement about which tiny part of the story should feature in the headline. The focus of the article is the protest, therefore, I support the title Demonstrators protest Condoleezza Rice's trip to Australia. - Borofkin 00:49, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I also support the "Demonstrators protest Condoleezza Rice's trip to Australia" title. Bill3 01:14, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

This article is more than the two brandings the protestors give Ms. Rice. Including them in the way it was only promotes specific statements, and therefore, the protestors' cause. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 00:45, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

 * This sort of behaviour is really starting to make me angry. I am growing more and more disillusioned about the state of play here on wikinews. This is unfortunate and not conducive to good morale. Of course the title "promotes the protestors' cause." The story is about the protest. There were 3 protestors inside the venue. There were two interuptions to Rice's speech. The most memorable being the two quoted assertions. Many other news outlets identified the "war criminal" phrase. Pissed off at this petty and ridiculous edit-war of what really is just a simple title. --elliot_k 01:43, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Elliot, you are quite right to be annoyed, as the article was published three days ago. If people had an issue with the title, then they should have raised it then. However, now that it has been raised, it's a little difficult to ignore. The article is definitely "about the protest", as you say, and the title should reflect this focus. The title shouldn't promote the protestors cause, just as it shouldn't promote Rice's cause. It should be neutral. - Borofkin 01:57, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Neutrality is all about a point of view. It is impossible to remove bias from anything. Ever. A story about a protest will by default, by definition, and to all intents and purposes promote the cause in some way. It is impossible not to! --elliot_k 02:03, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The only people who make that claim are those who are too lazy to even attempt to achieve neutrality. NPOV is non-negotiable - it is imparitive we keep it that way.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:10, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with Elliot here. NPOV is not about removing bias, or making an article perfectly neutral, it is about attempting to fairly represent all points of view. My position on the title is that Condoleezza Rice dubbed "war criminal" and "murderer" by Australian demonstrators doesn't fairly represent all points of view, whereas Demonstrators protest Condoleezza Rice's trip to Australia does a better job. Not perfect, just better. - Borofkin 02:12, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

 * MrM. So now you just label me as "lazy"? That was easy wasn't it! Mate, its the reality of things. NPOV should be chased yes. But as long as you are looking at something there will be a POV. Thats just a logical fact of life! --elliot_k 02:15, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

NPOV is easy to achieve. Don't dismiss it as difficult, or whine about it to be. All you need is collaboration. Some users wish to diminish that, and for that they are lazy. You need to remember that not everyone has a bias, and in many subjects, a lot of people don't have any. Stating that there will always be POV is quite lazy, since so many users have given their time and effort into assuring that there is no bias. NPOV is non-negotiable. Do not substitute it for any reason. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:40, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

The title
A significant part of the article is about the fact that Australian demonstrators actually managed to get inside an auditorium and have a go at the "most powerful woman in the world". The reason I used the phrase/s in the title, is because that is the news element of the article in itself. This does not happen very often. The controversy is in the protestor's comments. So therefore have every reason to be included in the title. "Dr Rice had a nice day" is not news. "Dr Rice called a War Criminal" - is news! --elliot_k 02:23, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree; but at least you got the story out. Our Wikinews' policy alerts us to the constant battle before us to avoid presenting an anglo/american centric point of view, but I find it's a constant battle because people who have it usually don't even know it; just look at the trouble I'm having just trying to write a little well sourced article about subject matter that is "taboo" in the USA; and a similar article was simply deleted(and stuck into my user space) without even going through the deletion request process. As I said, be glad the story you worked on was allowed to be published, this story I worked on won't be, because the subject matter has been censored. Neutralizer 04:24, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

 * The story I contributed is a "news" story. The two articles you point to can't essentially be classified as "news". More opinion than news, in my opinion... But, Re: Anglo-American-centric_point_of_view. The Anglo/UScentric world view seemingly displayed by wikinews admins and editors appears to be the hardest issue at stake. Particularly when a news story reports on a disrespect shown to a US leader (Rice), it seems folks around here aren't willing to accept criticism of their beloved government - at least when it is in the title. Sigh... I also note the attack on me by MrM is yet to be addressed. --elliot_k 05:01, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I noted it, the MrM lazy comment. -Edbrown05
 * If anyone owes an apology, it is you elliot, you have just attacked so many Wikinews users with your comment above. Maybe NPOV isn't a big issue to you, but it is a the lifeline of this wiki.  And I will not allow someone to assert that there is always going to be bias, so we should disregard it completely.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:43, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Being objective here, I don't think he was saying we should abandon NPOV completely. I do think he was saying that it is sometimes an unreasonable goal on something as simple as a 10 word article title. Summarizing an entire article into something that short requires compromise; that compromise can sometimes be extremely difficult to arrive at neutrally. irid:t 20:52, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * NPOV is non-negotiable in every category - titles, article text, categories included, everything. Compromise isn't allowed under NPOV, and bias can always be removed.  Those who won't, are lazy.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:56, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed on the non-negotiability. Most certainly, NPOV is the very foundation of WN. However, when you reach the point where this article will be sliding off of the front page soon, other editors generally don't contribute as much time to it. And, again, it requires more effort than most people are willing to put into it. Not that they're lazy, but that older articles simply aren't as visible. I imagine we all feel this effect. The only thing I wanted to point out is that User:Elliot K isn't against NPOV, it's just hard to reach a compromise, especially when others have an opposing viewpoint of what NPOV means in that particular scenario. irid:t 21:02, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I think everyone is missing the point. NPOV is non-negotiable, true. There can be no compromise when it comes to NPOV, true. The point is that there is no objective way to determine when NPOV has been achieved. An article only conforms to NPOV policy until a contributor comes along and says that it doesn't. One contributor cannot certify an article neutral, it is achieved through consensus, which means co-operation and compromise. - Borofkin 03:29, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Mrmiscellanious...
who says to me: "...bias can always be removed. Those who won't, are lazy." And that I have "attacked so many Wikinews users with your comment"... WTF??

Excuse me, Mrmiscellanious - I have NOT attacked anybody in any way whatsoever. Please do not turn the tables. You are using an Ad Hominem argument. I am merely pointing out the difficult notion (and to stress a point - the impossibility) of bias removal. In particular when it involves real-life protest. But THIS DOES NOT MAKE ME LAZY. I fully respect and abide by the rules of WN. If you think that I am not - you are fully mistaken.

Think about it. How the hell do you think I could have managed to publish over 100 articles in 4 months on this site if I wasn't adhering to the NPOV. Furthermore, I'm a WN Admin and was nominated for ArbCom. Also, I've been a staunch supporter of WN in my other writing and media guises, and have been promoting this website since before it was launched. I love this place.

I also did not "assert that there is always going to be bias, so we should disregard it (NPOV) completely" - I have not, do not, nor ever said that NPOV isn't a "big issue" to me. Where have I said that?

My specific point is that there will always be a struggle at the site of meaning. Communication is difficult at the best of times. Particularly here on the internet.

By simply labelling me as "lazy", you have really offended me mate. You have taken a cheap shot. You have taken the easy way out. You are shooting the messenger.

I suggest you read the Etiquette Guide. I am not lazy. I put many hours into contributing articles, editing media on this and other newsmedia services. I also conduct grass-roots news media workshops. It is my art, my life. Please do not attack me for engaging in open discussion. --elliot_k 04:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You want to take your anger out on me? Do it.  I don't care.  But I will not let you stand by and take it out on the wiki's reputation.  You are lazy.  You're lazy for disregarding NPOV, and by saying POV can't be removed.  I take offense to your statements on this, because this is what this wiki is all about.  You have offended all individuals on this wiki who have worked so hard on keeping this site bias-free, in order to prevent it from turning into another Indymedia.  If you don't want attacks, don't attack what we do best.  Simple as that.  Now, when you're ready to apologize to this community, then I will apologize to you.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 11:56, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Dear Mrmiscellanious

 * I never asked you for an apology.
 * I am angry. Yes. At your remarks towards me personally. But, mate, I'm not going to "take my anger out" on anybody.
 * I am not Lazy. Will you please stop saying that. That is a false and offensive statement.
 * I am not disregarding NPOV. When/where have I done that? Why do you say that?
 * At a semiotic level, the meaning of NPOV is actually a Point Of View. Can't you see the conundrum there? Its not an attack. Its just the difficult reality of human communications.
 * I know full well that maintaining a Neutral Point of View is important to Wikinews. I am fully aware of that and I do uphold that basic concept. I thought I had explained all that above. Over 100 articles contributed remember. How could they have been published without a NPOV.
 * So, excuse me but, just what am I supposed to apologise to the entire community about?
 * I feel I am being unfairly targetted and attacked by you. Is it the content of my contributed article that offends you. Why is nobody else attacking me?
 * Please read the Etiquette Guide before responding.
 * Repeat: I don't want attacks. And I am not attacking anybody.

 * When you're ready to apologize for stating that many of our articles are biased and not providing a single representation of fact, then I will respond to your statement. But, as of now, I have not and will not read any more responses from you.  Perhaps you should look at what you are asserting first.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Surely discussion about the nature of NPOV is a good thing. If Elliot is saying something, then it's likely that many more people are thinking it. The appropriate response for experienced contributors is to engage others in discusssion, not to attack them, or label them. - Borofkin 23:29, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

 * MrMiscellanious, So you're just going to refuse dialogue completely? I hope not. Thats a real shame. I need to figure this out. What am I doing wrong? How can you possibly say my contributions are "not providing a single representation of fact"? I just don't understand. Thats a false statement. I thouroughly research all my efforts. I provide sources to every quote. All information I present is verifiable. Please let me know: what is it I need to look at that am I "asserting"? I really don't get it, mate. Please offer some idea as to what it is exactly I am to apologise about? If you refuse to talk about this, how can we move forward? Thanks. --elliot_k 02:51, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Note to other Admins: I am really concerned about MrMiscellanious' combative behaviour on this and many other articles. He seems to antagonise and abuse the wikinews system in an effort to push a certain POV. He is disruptive, confrontational, aggressive, and refuses to engage in meaningful discussion. A consensus community needs open and transparent discussion in order to work; to present all POVs. Are others concerned about his behaviour? Or perhaps its just me. I dunno! But I am increasingly frustrated. I don't mind discussing the issue of POV at all, it is fundamental. However, I am finding WN less than productive and more a shitfight. Is there some action that can be taken? --elliot_k 02:51, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Cooling off
There are two articles brewing right now which seem to be evoking a lot of anger and frustration. Considering their volatile nature, perhaps it's best if we all back off from them. If they're important enough, maybe we can return to them when we have a level head and a more reasonable perspective. Nobody can collaborate in this atmosphere, not even those who aren't involved in these disputes. I am not labeling anyone here; I am simply saying that the situation is heated and needs a moment to simmer. Can we agree, at least, to that? irid:t 16:27, 21 March 2006 (UTC)


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User:Amgine/Babel system

In other langages: bg de en fr es he pl pt ro ru sr zh

This page provides a framework for displaying and linking user language proficiencies, so users may volunteer to provide translation for Wikinews.

Babel elements
Each Babel user infobox describes the language group and level of proficiency the user has, and a brief description in both the language of the Wikinews edition and language in question.

Languages are grouped according to the ISO 639-1 2-letter code (a list of ISO 639 codes, both 2 and 3 letter, is available.) This may be updated to rfc:3066, which uses both a language code and a country code.

Proficiencies are added to the language code according to the following list:
 * 1. Basic proficiency. The user is able to understand basic sentences, and answer simple common questions.
 * 2. Intermediate proficiency. The user has a larger vocabulary, and is able to understand more complex communication.
 * 3. Advanced proficiency. The user is able to communicate fluently in the language.
 * N. Native language. This is the user's primary language, the language of xyr birth and development family and culture.

For example, de-1 refers to a person with basic skills in the German language, and fr-3 indicates a person with advanced proficiency in French.

Above is an example of Babel infobox usage.

Usage
Templates are listed below alphabetically by ISO 639 code. To use a Babel infobox on your user page, edit your userpage and add a copy of it by adding on your user page where you would like the box to appear (replacing XX with the 2-character language code, and the Y with the level of proficiency), and save. The complete code to create the box will be added to your userpage, and will appear.

Each box includes a link to the appropriate Wikinews:Translators/Language-X page, so people may now locate you for help from that page. If you're especially interested in volunteering to help with translations, add your name to the list on that page.

Multiple languages
Many—even most—users interested in language userboxes speak more than one language, and are interested in volunteering to serve as a language reference in more than just one language. The boxes below may be used with the following standard syntax:

 * XX-Y...

Where Z is the number of languages the user would like to list, and XX-Y is first language/proficiency to be listed. Repeat the vertical pipe and a different XX-Y for each language to be listed. After saving, you will need to go back in and subst: each of the language userboxes as well; an easy substitution.

 * Box 2
 * Box 3
 * Box 4
 * Box 5
 * Box 6
 * Box 7
 * Box 8

DE German

 * Translator pages: Translators/de-1 Translators/de-2 Translators/de-3 Translators/de-N
 * Infoboxes: de-1 de-2 de-3 de-N

EN English

 * Translator pages: Translators/English-1 Translators/English-2 Translators/English-3 Translators/English-N
 * Infoboxes: en-1 en-2 en-3 en-N

EO Esperanto

 * Translator pages: Translators/Esperanto-1 Translators/Esperanto-2 Translators/Esperanto-3 Translators/Esperanto-N
 * Infoboxes: eo-1 eo-2 eo-3 eo-N

ES Spanish

 * Translator pages: Translators/es-1 Translators/es-2 Translators/es-3 Translators/es-N
 * Infoboxes: es-1 es-2 es-3 es-N

FR French

 * Translator pages: Translators/fr-1 Translators/fr-2 Translators/fr-3 Translators/fr-N
 * Infoboxes: fr-1 fr-2 fr-3 fr-N

FY Western Frisian

 * Translator pages: Translators/fy-1 Translators/fy-2 Translators/fy-3 Translators/fy-N
 * Infoboxes: fy-1 fy-2 fy-3 fy-N

JA Japanese

 * Translator pages: Translators/ja-1 Translators/ja-2 Translators/ja-3 Translators/ja-N
 * Infoboxes: ja-1 ja-2 ja-3 ja-N

LA Latin

 * Translator pages: Translators/la-1 Translators/la-2 Translators/la-3 Translators/la-N
 * Infoboxes: la-1 la-2 la-3 la-N

NB Norwegian Bokmål

 * Translator pages: Translators/nb-1 Translators/nb-2 Translators/nb-3 Translators/nb-N
 * Infoboxes: nb-1 nb-2 nb-3 nb-N

NL Netherlands

 * Translator pages: Translators/nl-1 Translators/nl-2 Translators/nl-3 Translators/nl-N
 * Infoboxes: nl-1 nl-2 nl-3 nl-N

PL Polish

 * Translator pages: Translators/pl-1 Translators/pl-2 Translators/pl-3 Translators/pl-N
 * Infoboxes: pl-1 pl-2 pl-3 pl-N

RO Romanian

 * Translator pages: Translators/ro-1 Translators/ro-2 Translators/ro-3 Translators/ro-N
 * Infoboxes: ro-1 ro-2 ro-3 ro-N

RU Russian

 * Translator pages: Translators/ru-1 Translators/ru-2 Translators/ru-3 Translators/ru-N
 * Infoboxes: ru-1 ru-2 ru-3 ru-N

SV Swedish

 * Translator pages: Translators/sv-1 Translators/sv-2 Translators/sv-3 Translators/sv-N
 * Infoboxes: sv-1 sv-2 sv-3 sv-N

YI Yiddish

 * Translator pages: Translators/yi-1 Translators/yi-2 Translators/yi-3 Translators/yi-N
 * Infoboxes: yi-1 yi-2 yi-3 yi-N

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Wikinews:Translators/English-1

Find a translator who is able to speak at a basic level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have a basic level of proficiency in English.

Volunteers
People who have listed themselves here are particularly interested in the opportunity to help with translating tasks.

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Template:Find translators

This template will not work for pages which have a space in the title. - fixed! All Translators

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Wikinews:Translators/English-2

Find a translator who is able to speak at an intermediate level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have an intermediate level of proficiency in English.

Volunteers
People who have listed themselves here are particularly interested in the opportunity to help with translating tasks.

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Wikinews:Translators/English-3

Find a translator who is able to speak at an advanced level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have an advanced level of proficiency in English.

Volunteers
People who have listed themselves here are particularly interested in the opportunity to help with translating tasks.

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Wikinews:Translators/English-N

Find a translator who is able to speak at a native level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have a native level of proficiency in English.

Volunteers
People who have listed themselves here are particularly interested in the opportunity to help with translating tasks.

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Wikinews:Translators/de-1

Find a translator who is able to speak at a basic level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have a basic level of proficiency in German.

Volunteers
People who have listed themselves here are particularly interested in the opportunity to help with translating tasks.

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Wikinews:Translators/de-2

Find a translator who is able to speak at an intermediate level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have an intermediate level of proficiency in German.

Volunteers
People who have listed themselves here are particularly interested in the opportunity to help with translating tasks.

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Wikinews:Translators/de-3

Find a translator who is able to speak at an advanced level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have an advanced level of proficiency in German.

Volunteers
People who have listed themselves here are particularly interested in the opportunity to help with translating tasks.

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Wikinews:Translators/de-N

Find a translator who is able to speak at a native level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have a native level of proficiency in German.

Volunteers
People who have listed themselves here are particularly interested in the opportunity to help with translating tasks.

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Wikinews:Translators/es-1

Find a translator who is able to speak at a basic level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have a basic level of proficiency in Spanish.

Volunteers
People who have listed themselves here are particularly interested in the opportunity to help with translating tasks.

 * Deprifry - If Babelfish, Google translation and every other automatic translation site go offline simultaneously, ask me. Otherwise, you'll probably get better results there ;).

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Wikinews:Translators/es-2

Find a translator who is able to speak at an intermediate level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have an intermediate level of proficiency in Spanish.

Volunteers
People who have listed themselves here are particularly interested in the opportunity to help with translating tasks.

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Wikinews:Translators/es-3

Find a translator who is able to speak at an advanced level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have an advanced level of proficiency in Spanish.

Volunteers
People who have listed themselves here are particularly interested in the opportunity to help with translating tasks.

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Wikinews:Translators/es-N

Find a translator who is able to speak at a native level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have a native level of proficiency in Spanish.

Volunteers
People who have listed themselves here are particularly interested in the opportunity to help with translating tasks.

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User:Bawolff/Sandbox/Babel/de-n

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Wikinews:Translators

Translate translate everyone! See also WORTNET.

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User talk:Nowa~enwikinews

Welcome
Nowa, 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! --DragonFire1024 / talk Jason Safoutin 03:43, 17 March 2006 (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!

Tough start...
I hope you are not angry at my reverting of your edits on Civilians killed in U.S. raid near Balad. As I said in the Talkpage I hope you cover that news in a new article. No article cover the "Operation Swarmer" either in a specific or broad perspective. Happy editing. International 13:06, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * International, Thank you for your comments.  Please see talk page of said article for further discussion.--Nowa 13:08, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

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 Nowa. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Nowa~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 23:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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User talk:Helpfulstuffnz~enwikinews

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

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! --DragonFire1024 / talk Jason Safoutin 04:25, 17 March 2006 (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
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * 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!

Second Welcome
Welcome to Wikinews, Its nice to have another kiwi around here (I take it, that you are an kiwi anyway:) Thanks for First Gold for NZ: Commonwealth Games. I hope it, is only the first of many golds for NZ :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 07:00, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Article publication
Please respond to some of the questions raised regarding the Playstation article. Also, it's a really good idea to let an article be examined by other editors before publishing it. Often other editors can see where an article may not be addressing all the journalism questions (who, what, where, when, why, and how?) that the original author does not see. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 07:54, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

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 Helpfulstuffnz. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Helpfulstuffnz~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 23:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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Remote New Zealand island evacuated as volcano erupts

March 17, 2006

The New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) began an emergency evacuation of staff from Raoul Island, the largest and northernmost of the Kermadec Islands, due to a volcanic eruption that occurred this morning at 8:21am (New Zealand Daylight Time). Six DOC workers were living on Raoul Island when it erupted.

Rolien Elliot, DOC Area Manager for Warkworth, said, “A helicopter has been sent to pick up the DOC staff that are based on the island, five of whom have been accounted for. One staff member is missing after going on a routine mission to check the water temperature of the lake .... We are monitoring the situation closely, with the safety of the staff being our top priority."

DOC staff on the island have been communicating with New Zealand using a satellite phone.

The last eruption occurred in 1964 (see photo), when workers had to be evacuated because of the possibility of continuing activity.

It takes two days' sailing for a Navy frigate to reach Raoul Island from Auckland.


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User talk:130.111.243.149

Welcome
Wikinews desperately needs more gutsy reporters; please give the project as much time as you can spare. Neutralizer 06:48, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

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First Gold for NZ: Commonwealth Games

March 17, 2006 Moss Burmester won the first gold medal for New Zealand in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, in Melbourne yesterday. Burmester carried on the NZ tradition of winning the final of the 200m men's butterfly. His winning time was 1min 56.64 sec., a best by 0.25 sec., putting him in the top ten in the world.

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User talk:Mattks~enwikinews

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

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! --DragonFire1024 / talk Jason Safoutin 07:09, 17 March 2006 (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
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * 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!
 * Just a reminder that Transcripts is not active or approved yet so there is a very real possibility that anything based out of that will be deleted. don't get discouraged if it is. Perhaps bring it up on Water cooler so it could get more support. there is plenty of other things also to do. By the way Welcome to wikinews. happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 04:21, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I looked at the transcript that mrm deleted, To me it sounds like he didn't think a bunch of links justified an article. (however delete and run isn't very nice IMO) Maybe we could do it with subpages of Transcripts (ala Transcripts/blah) if its just being used to keep track of links to speches for future articles. I think I can rig the create box to do that if you wish. I also suggest you bring this up at Water cooler in the proposal section to get more comunity input. Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 04:33, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Hi Bawolff. This is my very first conversation on wikinews.  :)  I'm up for any idea or inovation you have in mind.  Anything that might serve to reduce revert wars sounds good to me.  Because of the copyright issue, links to transcrips might be the only way to give researchers access to the material.  Thanks for you interest. Mattks 07:39, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Apologies for my late reply
I've replied on the Transcripts talk page. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:04, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

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 Mattks. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Mattks~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 23:21, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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No charges over election spending for New Zealand Labour party

March 18, 2006 Labour won't be prosecuted over its election spending, even though police did find a prima facie case.

Acting police Deputy Commissioner, Roger Carson, said yesterday that police did find a prima facie case that Labour had breached section 221 of the Electoral Act. Section 221 prohibits advertising promoting a party unless the secretary of the party gives written authorisation.

In the alleged case of over-spending on taxpayer-funded pledge cards, police say that there was insufficient evidence to show that an offence under section 214b of the Electoral Act had been committed. Section 214b sets the maximum amount that parties may spent on election expenses.

Police will be sending Labour a warning saying that the party risks prosecution if a similar complaint is received in the future.

In February the New Zealand Electoral Commission referred the Labour Party to the police, for allegedly overspending NZ$418,603 in last year's general election.


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Wikinews:Translators/fr-1

Find a translator who is able to speak at a basic level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have a basic level of proficiency in French.

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title: Wikinews:Translators/fr-1


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Talk:No charges over election spending for New Zealand Labour party

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Press releses, and election act used as sources


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Wikinews:Translators/fr-2

Find a translator who is able to speak at an intermediate level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have an intermediate level of proficiency in French.

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title: Wikinews:Translators/fr-2


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Wikinews:Translators/fr-3

Find a translator who is able to speak at an advanced level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have an advanced level of proficiency in French.

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title: Wikinews:Translators/fr-3


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Wikinews:Translators/fr-N

Find a translator who is able to speak at a native level of proficiency. Users who are linked to this page have volunteered to translate for Wikinews, and have a native level of proficiency in French.

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title: Wikinews:Translators/fr-N


text: User:Amgine/Babel/fr-N

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User talk:Akanemoto~enwikinews

Welcome
, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions; I hope you like the place and decide to stay! If you haven't done so already, you may want to create an account.

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! Jacques Divol 09:00, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
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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 Akanemoto. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Akanemoto~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 23:12, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:28, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Akanemoto~enwikinews