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Wikinews:Water cooler/technical/Archive/9

Tawkerbot2
Are we interested in installing Tawkerbot2 here? If so, I have a server where I could run it. It's a quite acurate bot for detection and auto-reversion of simple vandalism in the article namespace. In its usual configuration, called calm mode, it never makes a revert twice, i.e. the human is always right. It does not use admin powers and does not block vandals, but seeeing its edits makes it easier for admins to find the vandals. I'll list us here if we are interested. Main reason not to install it is simply that we arn't a very busy site. Nyarlathotep 11:28, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Date oddity
Someone has raised an odd one on my talk page that someone else might have an idea about. Darfur rebel leader signs peace plan is dated May 5, 2006, yet on Portal:Africa it is listed as May 7, 2006. I tried a refresh and moving whitespace in the DPL to get it to refresh with the correct date. Any ideas? --Brian McNeil / talk 14:50, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Dates on DPL is based on when the category got added (which one depends on how you have your DPL set up). They are only sorted using the actual date category on the Australia portal and the main page. Every where else its when whoever added one of the categories. see also WN:DPL Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 16:09, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Why can't we have one standard - that of Australia portal and the main page,so that the articles are sorted only by the original date of posting, and not by the date when last category is added ?Indrajitneogi 19:57, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

New flag
We now have, for use in the same way as  undefined. See the top of the Water cooler for an automatic list of open polls. Dan100 (Talk) 09:01, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Discussions of the news
We have had an unending flow of people attempting to create space for discussions of the news. There are two solutions to this:

Blogs
If you write an article I suppose you could post a link to your blog, if the blog allows commenting, on the article's talk page. This practice might be helpful to draw new article writers. We already have a small following from bloggists in general.

pov.wikicities
Another way is to create a link on the article itself using the Template:POV_discussion. Which moves the POV off of wikinews to someplace that is still managable.

 By using one of these two methods, POV discussions are possible. --Sfullenwider 00:16, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Many will object to any self links, although it might be a good idea. POV wikiciteis is only one of many debate wikis, so one template does not suffice to handled them, nor does POV wikicites actually have any traffic. You might even link to Uncyclepedia occasionally!

I've created a general template for all manor of discussion links at Template:discussions. It uses links by site name alone, thus preventing the inclusion of POV titles, although POV wikicities links should include the title. It also uses a smaller less obvious font. I've listed many "matters for consideration", but it imposes few hard & fast rules, especially if you remove my "no self links" rule. I'd suggest that people simply edit the list of "matters for consideration" on Template:discussions, and start using it.

Also, you might consider adding a (via) after the primary source which links to the blog from which the first author learned about it. Asasigning credit in such ways is standard blogsphere practice.

Please post a link back to wikinews from any discussion you link to from wikinews, as it brings in more contributors. Nyarlathotep 17:05, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

 * A few of the rules you set forth are a little illogical in a catch-22 fashon. At this point, I think it may be best to let a few people use it and evolve it some.  --Sfullenwider 22:49, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

 * They arn't supposed to be rules, execpt for a few, like the no self links. And yes they are very self-contradictory if taken as rules.  But they are supposed to be "points to considder".  Your more than welcome to use and/or edit it.  I think only MrM opposes any links to discussion sites, everyone else seems willing to look at it on a case by case basis.  And, yes, it'll have to simply evolve.  Nyarlathotep 17:45, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

"history" and signature records not accurate?
I made an edit here at around 13:06 today which correctly identified me (but the time is way off) "Neutralizer 03:18, 19 March 2006 (UTC)" but that edit showed up in MrM's user talk page "history" with the right time but as if an anon did the edit??

(cur) (last) 13:06, 19 March 2006 67.71.123.166 ??

It also shows up in the anon's "user contributions" but not in mine at all? Neutralizer 13:44, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Probally some server bug. Don't worry too much about it, if it only happened once. Theres been times before where edits by one logged in user have been attributed to another in the history. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:04, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Evil... heh. irid:t 00:05, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Articles either disputed or in development should not be spidered
We should change robots.txt so that articles in development or disputed are not spidered. This would be done by generating the Stories in Development and Disputed stories sections with a simple Special page, which would be blocked in Robots.txt.

In other words,
 * Create Special:Development and Special:Disputed, which rewrites to /w/index.php?title=the_title
 * Add lines to robots.txt
 * Disallow: /wiki/Special:Disputed
 * Disallow: /wiki/Special:Development
 * Add parameter to <tt> <DynamicPageList> </tt> if necessary to generate titles in format (may exist, didn't find complete docs on <tt> <DynamicPageList> </tt>)
 * <tt> <DynamicPageList> </tt>
 * <tt> urlformat="Special:Disputed/$title" </tt>
 * <tt> ... </tt>
 * <tt> </DynamicPageList> </tt>

Result would be,
 * <tt> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/My_disputed_story </tt> (still works, but not put anywhere reachable)
 * <tt> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Development/My_story_in_development </tt> (not spiderable, but clickable in generated lists)
 * <tt> http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Special:Disputed/My_disputed_story </tt> (not spiderable, but clickable in generated lists)

Comments?

StrangerInParadise 13:38, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That seems like there should be an easier way of doing it, but thats fine. The main problem I have with that is that I think disputed/developing stories should be indexed. It has a big warning on the top if its disputed, people may still want to find them. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:33, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The steps outlined above are to prevent spidering, while keeping the other dynamic functionality of the site. <tt> urlformat="Special:Search/$title" </tt> could be used, bypassing the need for creating <tt>Special:Development</tt> and <tt>Special:Disputed</tt>, though this would be better. The idea is that Wikinews find such things, but Google should not. StrangerInParadise 13:13, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes I understand that. I don't understand why we need this. I think its fine that googles sees all. another way to do it would make all developing a subpage of something like Developing (Developing/blah). That may work better, as redirects are left behind. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:21, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think it is fine that Google sees unfinished product, which allows ill-intentioned users to publish God-knows-what via Google under the Wikinews name. I don't understand your counter-proposal, except that it seems more complicated that what I proposed. StrangerInParadise 22:15, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

 * we're the only ones who can publish stuff under wikinews name (legally; Wikinews is a trademark of the wikimedia foundation. They can re-publish, but they have to choose a different name) My proposal is start a story as a subpage of developing (Developing/Bush, US politicians, accidently shoot each other, again) then once complete move to Bush, US politicians, accidently shoot each other, again. This doesn't work for disputed. However I don't support my own proposal. I think its fine people see it unfinished. I do think itwould be nice if we put back into template:new page to give a little warning though. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:14, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Fixed your Create a New Article
hi, I was fixing some stuff up on UnNews, and Craig was good enough to give me your bot code, so I figured that I may as well do it for you, so now, when people turn out a new article, it'll have the dynamic placeholders (like July so enjoy! --Olipro 03:18, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Dynamic placeholders have not worked in the past . Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:10, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Forgot about subst: . Thanks Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:12, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Spellchecking
Wouldn't a spell checker be great!
 * use an external editor. In fact,it's the better way to edit articles !
 * you could use the famous GoogleBar too Jacques Divol 13:02, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Using the Mozilla Firefox internet web browser with the SpellBound extension is a great way to spell-check Wikinews and Wikipedia articles. You can even have multiple dictionaries so if you want to spell-check using US, UK, Australian or other varieties of English, it can easily been done. Blank<font color="#F88017">Verse 05:04, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

WeatherBot images on Commons: OK to delete?
Hello, the WeatherBot weather images (such as Image:Aus C 10Apr2005at0411UTC.jpg) have been requested for deletion several times on the Commons (most recent is with links to the others). They still have not been deleted because we are not sure whether Wikinews wants the images or not. (It's also been discussed at least here & here.) So, do you think we might be able to get a final word on this? Either keep or delete, but it's a bit silly for us to keep raising the question and get nowhere. I will check back here for comments. Thanks, commons:User:pfctdayelise 07:45, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I think they are ok to delete. The issue has changed a bit since when the last votes were held. The weatherbot is dead, and weather images as far as I know are not used anywhere. --Cspurrier 15:51, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I think delete all but Last images. (So that old templates still work, and people could get an idea of how it used to work). So basicly any unused weather bot image. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 19:28, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Why delete? They can be a useful resource for other projects.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 03:31, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * How? I can see no use for them whatsoever. Jon Harald Søby 22:51, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * From my point of view, the WeatherBot images should go, unless someone else started running the bot (I don't think so, though). -- IlyaHaykinson 08:55, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[These files should be deleted soon...] BTW, it just occurred to me, if you want to start it again, it should be possible to do with one base image and something like w:Template:Superimpose. Well you might want to put white circles for where the numbers should go, then the numbers could be coloured as the circles used to be (to indicate temp range) Or you could just give that up altogether. A solution like this should also avoid the caching problems that meant WeatherBot couldn't just upload continuously over the same file. Just an idea --commons:User:pfctdayelise 06:10, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Keep them. Wikicommons is not paper - disk space is cheap - and they could be of use to meteorology or Internet history scholars in the future. -- Davodd | Talk 20:27, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Daylight saving in North America
Washington D.C., New York City, and most other East cost cities are observing Eastern Daylight time now. Several recent story edits corrected factual errors which incorrectly gave times in EST (putting them an hour from the correct time). Sources for these stories gave correct times, but contributors forget that only a small section of the U.S. is still using EST currently. Check http://time.gov if you're not sure, but at least check your sources! Until North American Winter, many places in North America will be observing daylight saving time. Use this link: EDT coded EDT. Substitute Central and CDT, Mountain and MDT, and Pacific and PDT when appropriate. If you just totally don't know, omit the time zone. If you know what area, just place the zone as ET, CT, MT, or PT (just like national broadcasters do). Karen 21:15, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Failing to consider this resulted in factual errors to these recent stories:
 * 1) Shots fired on Capitol Hill
 * 2) Fatal Crash on New Jersey Route 17
 * 3) Trains grind to a halt in Northeast US
 * Karen 22:53, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Great catch (: Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 03:06, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Custom toolbar button for adding sources
The folks at en.wikipedia came up with a nice hack to add custom buttons to the formatting toolbar (the one you see on the edit screen if you have a compatible browser). Try it out e.g. by editing the sandbox and notice the #R" icon, which stands for "Redirect".

We could do the same with our source template, for which there currently is only a JavaScript link below the edit box. If anyone wants to make a button for it, the template for new buttons is here. Let me know if you come up with a nice icon, and I can set up the site JavaScript for it.--Eloquence 07:47, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I might give it a go tomorrow... Frankie Roberto 19:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Sources to References Transition?
Folks, as y'all might know, Wikipedia's been using a system of using after a sentence, and then in the ==Sources== section add a it sorts by the time of addition of the first category listed in the DPL definition, but obviously also shows that date (I think that's what Bawolff meant by "a different sorting method"). Re hacking, perhaps meta:DynamicPageList2 is stable enough to ask to get it installed on Wikinews? —Dapete 10:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

category stuff
why does Category:Europe list only the 9 subcats that it does? and not the others (such as Category:United Kingdom, which are categorised properly. Doldrums 05:32, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Sitenotice acting up
style guide link appears unlinked, bold on some pages (eg. main page, RC), but is ok on others (in MediaWiki:Sitenotice itself, editing page, this page). what gives? Doldrums 15:01, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I also have that problem now and then. No idea what's causing it, really. --+Deprifry+ 15:09, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't know either. blank edits to the sitenotice seem to fix it (or has in the past anyway). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:34, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Blank edits simply refresh the processed version on disk (the cache). Could be a caching issue. Most certainly a MediaWiki bug... keep in mind, whenever you edit a template that is included on hundreds (or thousands) of articles, MediaWiki must regenerate the cache for every single page that includes it. There is certainly the occasion for hiccups. irid:t 04:20, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

AutoWikiBrowser
Wikipedia's AutoWikiBrowser now supports Wikinews. Very useful if you have to go through all the articles in a category, or want to do a typo-check on new pages. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:36, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Point to note if you're trying AWB we have our own list of Typos. This will be used if you overwrite Default.xml for AWB after selecting the Wikinews project. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:08, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

purging cached special pages
how does one purge the cache for special pages: eg. Uncategorized categories? Doldrums 06:47, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I tried the standard method and it didn't work, so I geuss it must just happens at regural intervals. I really don't know. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 04:04, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The pages aren't cached, as far as I know. If your browser is doing caching, you can purge your cache manually. If you're using Firefox, the key combination Control-F5 will refresh the entire page, without caching. irid:t 04:18, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
 * nope, this is about the server cache, not the browser cache. the page text itself states "The following data is cached, and was last updated 15:32, 2 September 2006." yes, the standard method doesnt work. Doldrums 06:14, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
 * You cant purge the cache on a special page at the moment. There is a reson for this but I cant remember what it is - something to do with the way the pages work. Most Special pages update at intervals - daily, weekly or monthly. There was a Bugzilla bug submitted about 6 months ago asking for it to be fixed but Im not sure where their at with it (search the Bug directory and you might find it) --Errant 09:10, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

How to insert picture
Hi Wikinewsie's

Please help me with the following,( needles to say I am a new newsie around!);

1)How do I add a picture to my article which is stored on my desktop? 2)How do I link pics posted on other wikipages/wikinews ? 3)How do we paste comments (viz:Copyedit, minor edit, gramatical correction etc,etc) when an article is updated? Thanks in advance !!!

(It feels great to be around :))

(Editorinsaif 11:34, 12 September 2006 (UTC))

 * I've replied on your talk page. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Featured stories
Hi All,

I'm glad people around here are really helpful!!

Could anyone please tell me the following; 1)How do stories appear on the right hand side of the page eg Featured story, This day last year etc? 2)Any special editing required to appear them there?

Thanks again for all your help! (Editorinsaif 06:03, 13 September 2006 (UTC))
 * The stories from last year are automatically picked up with July, 2005 . Whilst you might not be able to make changes to the main page you can look at the wikicode for it.  The actual code for the historical list is in a template, and can be seen here.  All those occurrences of 2005 will need changed to 2006 on January 1. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:03, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Error with pages
Check this out... 2006/September/14. It's empty. What's the deal with these pages? -- Zanimum 15:38, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * They are not empty, they just look that way :). They contain the DynamicPageList of the day's articles, they are then transcluded onto the main page. --Cspurrier 17:21, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * If you press "Edit" you will see that the list is generated correctly. --Skenmy(talk) 17:23, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, cool all! --  Zanimum 17:46, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Submitting Audio to the Automatic RSS EMail?
When I try to submit my podcast, it does not seem to work..I have followed the template on submitting your audio to the podcast, but it doesn't seem to work..--Jonphamta 03:08, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Did you put the full URL not the image page? (for example for [[image:270906_1800_newsbriefs.ogg]]/[[media:270906_1800_newsbriefs.ogg]] it would be http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/270906_1800_newsbriefs.ogg not http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Image:270906_1800_newsbriefs.ogg)  If this still doesn't work, try asking Gumboyaya (he knows more about this then I do) or post the message you sent, here or forward to me. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:13, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

It appeared to show up hours later, when Gumboyaya did todays report. But it seems useless now, sine I did yesterdays..--Jonphamta 02:32, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm, well at least it worked. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

broken rss feed
I have the RSS feed displayed on my google personal home page and for some time the most recent story has been Ignatieff leads in tight race in Canadian Liberal "Super Weekend".

The story is dated October 2nd. This is not a problem with Google: Ignatieff... is the most recent story on the Wikinews RSS feed. (http://feeds.feedburner.com/WikinewsLatestNews)

Does anyone know how to fix this?

 * Cspurrier is probably the best person to talk to for that. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  03:27, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed (I think)--Cspurrier 02:37, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Worked for me. -Edbrown05 04:52, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It seemed to have been fixed but hasn't updated in a while.. most recent story is from October 13th

Template:Topics - formating nav boxes
Theres a variaty of formating techniques on various nav boxes. I think we should standardize them Compare portal:computing portal:Europe portal:Ontario. I personally liked the variation in use at computing before the one with just general topics changed from | seperating to [ ] seperating. however acording to template talk:topics that causes problems in some browsers. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:19, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I read the template talk page, the problem I see discussed there was use of <br> to force a newline within a template. This assumes a specific browser window size.  There is a technical limitation that prevents use of the bar "|" character within the dynamic nav boxes, but I think there's a comment on them as to what markup to use to get round this.  What we actually need is someone who is blind, for people reading the text the separator isn't that critical, what a screen scraper/reader does with it is more important. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:15, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Captcha
When the site displays a captcha to stop spammers (a necessary evil at best), the instructions are incorrect. They refer to an image, but the actual action needing to be done is to solve a simple math problem. (At least it is for me... does this vary based on circumstances?) Dtobias 16:07, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * See Wikinews:Water cooler#Cross-wiki_question for the discussion. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  16:11, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't see any relevant discussion at that link. Dtobias 19:56, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I think he meant Water_cooler--Cspurrier 20:01, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's what I meant. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:15, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Stats
The website used for statistics on Wikimedia projects (http://stats.wikimedia.org/) I am not allowed to access. "Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server." Anybody else had this problem or is it just me? --Nzgabriel | Talk 04:48, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It only works if you search for it on Google and click on the Cached botton. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:48, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * yes, it doesnt work since some times ... Jacques Divol

DPL2
I've started the process to upgrade us to DynamicPageList2. It is a lot more fully-featured, and while being basically backwards-compatible with the current DPL, the new one uses <dpl> tags instead of <DynamicPageList>. This will hopefully allow both features to coexist, and will let us slowly migrate pages to the new list. -- IlyaHaykinson 05:08, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Yaaaaaaaaaay!!! — Doldrums(talk) 05:34, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

wikipediapar
Template:Wikipediapar now supports (well, atleast i think it does) two parameters, the first is the name of the article to link to, the second is an optional link text. if the second param is not used, the article name (first param) is used instead. a cursory look appeared to show that the change has not broken anything in this widely used template. but, i wld like some other editors to look over it, just to be sure. thanks, — Doldrums(talk) 05:34, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Looks great. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:42, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

test
Hello, I seem to be able to post here fine, but I cannot create a Wikinews story, I enter the mathematical solution. In addition, I cannot create an account only my IP. I tried with both Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer 7... What is going on here?? 70.49.85.112 03:00, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Please go to WN:ALERT and post a message under Other alerts. You can then email an adminsitrator who will create an account for you. I'm not an admin, yet... Thunderhead (talk) 04:12, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm, thats odd. Basicly, if you give me (or someone else) your email, we can create an account for you, Email you the password, and then you can change the password and have the account. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:46, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello, I don't think the issue is having someone create an account for me, I think the issue is that my IE7 or F2.0 browers are not allowing me to work through the Wikinews security. Do you know someone on here that is technical enough to answer my question.  Thank you 67.71.152.39 18:11, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Note: This is a Toronto, Canada IP address. — Doldrums(talk) 18:18, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

 * We really need more information about what is happening. When you try to create an article, what happens? Are there any errors? Is you browsers' security setting too high? --Skenmy(t•c•w•i) 18:22, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, I have more relevant information now. I can edit and save; however, when I add an http link I get a request to solve a simple math problem to stop automated spamming, I solve it correctly but it does not allow me save my edit, it requests another math problem be solved !  Hopefully, this will be enough to resolve the issue :)  67.71.155.46 13:33, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Sources section
I noticed acommon mistake made by users of English Wikinews. Frequently you can find something like this in the Sources section:

Wikinews Hotline -- add SMS capability?
I am considering adding SMS-to-email capability to the hotline, to stimulate use. I know that lots of news organizations do this in many countries, so hopefully it'll be just a matter of marketing it well. If I hear positive feedback, I'll set this up (probably via www.aspsms.com, where it's reasonably inexpensive). If folks want to help me out with little donations to help pay for it, I'd really appreciate it. -- IlyaHaykinson 10:14, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

RSS feeds not working properly
I use RSS extensively to get minute news. Wikinews's RSS feeds (which is mentioned in the main page) are not working properly. Till a week ago, it wasn't being updated at all. Now the file updated with a considerable lag. The feed file should be updated simultaneously with posting of new wikinews... Towsonu2003 01:15, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * By the way, were Wikinews not wikipedia (they're seperate entities). Umm, I'mnot entirely sure who's maintaining the RSS feed now. (I know it used to be Dan100, but I think someone else does now.). I'll ask on IRC. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:27, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Also the feed has incorect copyright information on it. (says cc-by-sa as oposed to cc-by). Bawolff ☺☻ 01:32, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Re:Bawolff Oh, sorry, weird typo. it was supposed to be Wikinews. Fixed above Towsonu2003 06:21, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello, I manage the feedburner subscription, but the code that produces the feed itself is provided by User:Dcabrilo. Dan100 (Talk) 16:11, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

interwiki bot
Hi! Can someone give me a bot status to User:K.J.Bot? I will make some interwiki (to: de, en, es, fr, it, ja, pl, pt) i Category:Date. 194.116.193.55 15:11, 27 November 2006 (UTC) // pl:Krzysiu Jarzyna

 * Only bureaucrats can give you bot status. There is a list of them on WN:ADMIN. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  23:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Please see Bots. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:31, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

-

To write, edit, start or view other New Zealand articles, see the New Zealand Portal

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Template:New Zealand badly broken
Thanks to some glitch, this archived article from 2005, NZ Prime Minister in mid-air emergency, appears in the New Zealand infobox, dated November 24, 2006 (the date it was last renamed and cleaned up.) Could someone who understands these things please fix it? --InfantGorilla 22:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * What glitch? The article "NZ Prime Minister in mid-air emergency" currently does not have a New Zealand template. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  22:51, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The borken infobox appears in several front page articles, such as New Zealand Telecom could be split into three. It should not show a 2005 article, and it certainly should not date it incorrectly. --InfantGorilla 23:04, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Opps. I misunderstood your question. Any articles -for example in template New Zealand- will show once they are renamed. This also happens in the Canadian news infobox. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  23:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Can this be fixed by redesigning the templates? Latest news does not seem to have this problem.  I don't yet know enough about template coding to understand if they have anything in common. --InfantGorilla 00:55, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * have done a "order=addcategory". — Doldrums(talk) 05:45, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That won't make a difference. I think the DPL thinks you re-add the categories in a rename. this is a problem with all DPL's. The main page isn't effected because of its structure,(+portal:Australia). It uses a date based DPL, we're its one DPL per day, however you need a consitant number of articles published daily for that to work well. so in short, no fix. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:41, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * see here for reason of my latest edit which caused some misunderstanding Towsonu2003 07:26, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Reactions to the Iraq Study Report
I thought that when'published' items were supposed to appear on the Main Page. It's quite an important article, perhaps alomost as important as the lifting of the advice to boil water in Vancouver, yet it has not appeared. Fentonrobb 20:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 'coz it didn't have the date template. now fixed. — Doldrums(talk) 21:03, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is almost as important than the boil water in Vancouver but don't forget that Wikinews strongly supports local reporting. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  21:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

RSS feed dead -again
RSS feed is dead again. Can someone fix it please? The last news it has is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WikinewsLatestNews/~3/58405229/STS-116_launch_scrubbed - see http://feeds.feedburner.com/WikinewsLatestNews

It was going really good for the last few weeks :( Towsonu2003 20:06, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Fixed again, thanks Towsonu2003 21:22, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It is dependent upon this being up-to-date when the bot visits it, because of caching this is not always the case. I have one of my browser tabs set to auto refresh this, but it is not very dependable (browser crash, local connection issues, etc often prevent it from working). All you have to do most of the time to update the rss feed is just go to this page. --Cspurrier 21:44, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I have a bookmark, "Refresh RSS" that goes to the aforementioned page. As soon as I saw RSS mentioned in RC I went to that page.  Would incorporating that template page into somewhere like the Newsroom result in it being refreshed more regularly?  I'm thinking it could be hidden down the bottom. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:22, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

What about DPL2?
Is Wikinews planning to enable DPL2? It's been a long time since the extension occured and it has still not been used in the project that needs it the most. I hope that we all agree that current DynamicPageList is useless for Wikinews in the current form and could serve at best as a temporary solution. Wikinews is suffering from lack of mechanism providing lists of recent articles in categories.

Is DPL2 ready for use? Can it be applied to Wikinews? Are you going to support request to introduce it to Wikinews? --Derbeth 15:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ilya said he was going to enable it soon i think (Don't quote me on that). Bawolff ☺☻ 06:55, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * On a side note, I think semantic mediawiki would be a useful think to have. what do you think? Bawolff ☺☻ 06:55, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

RSS broken
RSS is broken again. Why is this happening? This is like 3rd this month... Towsonu2003 07:00, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Good question. I don't even know who is maintaing it currently (My bet is on either Ilya or Dan100. but honestly I can't seem to get it out of anyone who to ask). Note if you're refering to the OR feed, that's inic. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:58, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * See the other post above --Cspurrier 08:05, 25 December 2006 (UTC)


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Accredited Reporter Template
What do people think of this...

--Brian McNeil / talk 21:09, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I made it so text wraps, I hope thats okay. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:09, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I have made this Template:Accredited reporter --Brian McNeil / talk 09:30, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Regional portal template
I created template for easy creating new regional portals for European countries. Just open Portal:Zyz for edit, type   and voila! You got full-featured regional portal, you just have to remove red link by submitting blank page (&nbsp;) as major event.

You can see how it works looking at Portal:Finland. --Derbeth 17:03, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thats kind of already been done -- template:geo-portal. But yours is a bit more specific. Thanks for the template. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:30, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Instead of having a blank major events wouldn't it be better to not have a major event at all, like Switzerland? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:54, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Can you create portals for subnational entities with this template as well? --Fasten 12:04, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Not from the sounds of it. use place (if its in asia its ok) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 03:11, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Link to Aussie Portal from Main page
The Australian portal has been actively maintained for over a month now. We've managed to produce at least one article a day (with a few exceptions), and keep the lead stores updated. I think it would be worthwhile to have a link to the portal from the main page. At the moment there is a link to Oceania, an Orwellian entity of ambiguous definition and geopolitical significance. Would anyone object to adding a link to Portal:Australia from Template:FrontPageSectionMenu? - Borofkin 01:42, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Sounds ok to me--Cspurrier 15:25, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Shouldn't this be on the main page talk? Football also wants a link Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:28, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Nevermind I misread your question. I don't think anyone would object to australia being on the menu. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 17:31, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
 * IMHO it wouldn't be a bad idea if the local news were found by clicking a link on the main page, and those news would not be among the major news. I mean, yes, local news are important to the people who live in the country and should be present in Wikinews, but I really don't think someone outside Australia (don't take this personally, this is just an example) cares about Australian children having an iodine defficiency or something. Similarly an aussie might not care about the an EU vote on new sugar production limits, but these news are important to Europeans, and should be found in the Europe section. I just mean that it would be nice if stories, that clearly are of interest only to a specific group of users, would only be found on the portal/category pages (like in all major news sites; BBC News doesn't show a debate about the condition of Aberdeen's small streets, but it'll be found on a subpage.--HJV 17:07, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Need more admins / Quick Deletion / User Speedy Deletion
Problem : We are getting tons of short, massively tagged, and immediately abandonded articles.

Idea one : In any given situation, there is some chance that any given admin sees one of these articles as being a speedy deletion cadidate. More such article might be speedily deleted if we had more admins as (a) higher chance someone sees it as fitting the criteria and (b) admins would be less fearful of speedy deletes if their were more admins to fix any mistakes.

Idea two : Quick Deletion would be exactly like speedy deletion, except you also post a note that you deleted it on WN:DR, and you'd undelete it if anyone asks. Admins could still only quick delete according to the speedy deletion guidlines, but they could safely interpret those guidlines more broadly. Such a note on WN:DR usually means "I think speedy probably applied, but I'm not sure, and I'm happy to undelete if anyone wants it."

Idea three : Users may #redirect any article they feel qualifies for speedy deletion to WN:USD (Wikinews:User Speedy Deletion), which says the article has been speedily deleted by a non-admin, and explains how to view the history and/or revert the deletion. Such articles will eventually be deleted as part of a redirect clean up. Admins will revert any such USD upon request on WN:DR, WN:ALERT, etc.

No policy perposals here per se, as you can try them now. But do people have thoughts/opinions? Nyarlathotep 16:17, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

 * The problem at the moment is only one or two users who go for the approach to article production.  Yes, it leaves a mess to be tidied up, but I think the solution is  which states it'll be deleted if not developed.  At the same time as applying that most of the other tags should be removed.  There's got to be some cleanup of these anyway, but some of them may end up developed into articles if, for example, we get a cute bit of Wackynews that catches the eye of someone who contributes in a more conventional manner. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:27, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Whats wrong with ? article will totally disapear from almost all DPLS and an admin will get to deleting it? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:57, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I think Brian would like to give it a chance to develop further. IMHO, we should eventually redesign the main page to more accurately represent the status of articles.  But my specific views here are maybe excessive & require modifing the DynamicPageList extension for automated briefs agregation.   Nyarlathotep 18:42, 22 January 2006 (UTC)


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Opposition should push for Australian federal electoral reform: Whitlam

May 29, 2006

Former Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam has attacked the Labor party's stance on electoral reform during a speech at the opening of Labor member Kevin Rudd's new office in Brisbane.

Mr Whitlam said that the Australian opposition's recent record of defending the rights of citizens and improving the functioning of governance was "abysmal".

He also said that the Labor party seemed to have ignored the fact that the incumbent government has an advantage in determining election dates. "They don't seem to care that the national elections are held on the date which the incumbent prime minister calculates will give the biggest advantage to his party," he said.

"In this way, he restricts the capacity of the alternative government to choose candidates, prepare policies and plan campaigns."

As well, Mr Whitlam voiced his belief that Labor should push for fixed four-year terms, much the same as those which operate in some Australian states.

Mr Whitlam said the joint standing committee on electoral affairs' report last year, which found that election terms should be fixed for three-years at the least could be used to push for reform. Mr Whitlam added that it has long been Labor party policy for Australia to fix four-year terms for both houses of parliament.

Mr Whitlam said the issue of electoral reform was urgent. "Referendum proposals must be submitted to the electors... not less than two nor more than six months after they have been passed by an absolute majority in each house of the Parliament. The issue is urgent."

Mr Whitlam also warned that if Labor won the next election that it would be frustrated by a coalition majority in the senate. Senators are elected for six-year terms with half of them due for re-election every three-years.


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NPOV

Can't say militant only cause Israel said militant. Yrtsihpos 02:03, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Horrible title
The title is horrible. Maybe something like: Israel holds Lebanon responsible for terrorists attacks.

Use of "terrorist" must be attributed as it is a POV
Wikinews cannot label people terrorists, to make use of the word you must cite a source that claims the attacked group are terrorists. Terrorist is not a label people attach to themselves, they consider themselves freedom fighters, or something similar. Yes, it is a minority viewpoint, but it means the use of the term is disputed and to use it you must attribute the definition to maintain neutrality.

Or you just use a different word like militant, or insurgent. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:32, 4 June 2006 (UTC)


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Violence in East Timor causes United Nations evacuation

May 29, 2006

An upsurge in violence in East Timor has made the United Nations evacuate hundreds of staff members and families from the country.

Sukehiro Hasegawa, the Special Representative to Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Dili said, "A temporary relocation for non-essential staff is the most judicious choice at this time."

The decision comes after the Australian-led peacekeeping operation and the East Timorese government struggled to contain unrest in Dili, the country's capital.

Gang members, some wielding machetes, have been fighting along ethnic lines. There also has been looting and buildings have been razed.

Staff members and families will be relocated to Darwin, Australia. Over 100 United Nations staff will remain in East Timor awaiting the arrival of more Australian peacekeeping forces.

The peacekeeping operation began after an appeal by the government for international help. Australian forces are part of the multinational force that numbers over 2000 military personnel.

The peacekeepers say they do not directly engage in combat. This brought confusion from one child who said, "Why aren't the Australians doing anything?"

The Australian Prime Minister John Howard said, "It's a trickier operation than some people think, nobody should assume that it's just a simple walk-in-the-park military operation -- it's quite challenging."


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Increased Violence In East Timor Causes UN Evactuation
Hi Jesse... nice article! I've added categories, a link to our "in-depth coverage" page, and also removed the line source. We generally only put sources at the bottom in the "Sources" section. I've also moved the article back to develop for the moment. We usually allow articles to sit in develop for a short period to give other contributors a chance to review them and contribute changes. This article could certainly be expanded, and there are some sentences that need to be changed to conform to the style guide. For example, sentences such as "Only time will tell what the final result will be in this hostile situation." are not in a journalistic style. Excellent work so far though! - Borofkin 03:25, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

image
Hi there. Welcome to wikinews. I noticed you've uploaded an image. Images are nice things. I like images, especially public domain ones (:. However I need to verify that it actually is public domain (general site policy). Could you please say where you got it from (website url, took it yourself, friend etc) on the Image:Kabul.jpg page. Thank-you very much. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave me a message. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:38, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure. Its actually very easy

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By the way, we have built in commons support. You can link any image at commons directly by its commons name. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:52, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

 * see also commons:Commons:First steps/Reuse and meta:Help:Image page and meta:Help:Images and other uploaded files (proably the best one to read) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:06, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

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NSW school maintenance a "disgrace": Opposition

May 29, 2006

New South Wales opposition leader, Peter Debnam has called the maintenance backlog in NSW schools a disgrace following an announcement by the Iemma government to spend AUD$120 million over four-years.

Mr Debnam challenged the government to fix the problem before the election in March next year and said that the plan was a "fraud".

In 2005, the NSW Auditor-General released a report disclosing a $116 million maintenance backlog in schools across the state. The report stated that there were 1,000 outstanding maintenance jobs, ranging from leaking roofs and fraying carpets to classrooms in need of paint across the states' 2,224 government-owned schools.

On Sunday, NSW Premier, Morris Iemma announced that his government would be spending $120 million over a four-year period to clear the backlog. During the announcement, he admitted that the government needed to do more to clear the backlog. “It is part of our plan to ensure our children have the best possible education and the best possible learning environment,” he said.

Teachers have said that the level of funding and time frame were not enough to clear a backlog spanning 10 years. President of the NSW Teachers Federation, Maree O'Halloran said, "Why should children have to wait four years for overdue maintenance work which forms the maintenance backlog?"

"In 2005, the Auditor-General identified a $115 million maintenance backlog and Professor Tony Vinson called for an additional $90 million dollars for maintenance per year, over two years." said Ms O'Halloran.

Opposition education spokesperson, Brad Hazzard said that the government's plan is a fraud and that the reason students are leaving school is because of the out-dated infrastructure.

"The announcement of extra money is a fraud because it is over four years," said Mr Hazzard.

"The State Government has shown no foresight about the major problem that causes … students to walk away from the public school system annually - 1960 infrastructure in the 21st century." said Mr Hazzard.


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Tauranga man charged with the robbery of a bank

May 29, 2006

Adam Leatham, 22, was arrested on Saturday for armed robbery of a Cherrywood Westpac bank branch last week, Tuesday, May 23.

Leatham appeared in Tauranga District Court this morning for five charges relating to the robbery.

Police say that he was wearing orange overalls, a balaclava and a pistol when he stole $6300 from Cherrywood at about 3:15 p.m.

Outside the bank Leatham was trying to hijack a car, he threatened an old man with his pistol, eventually stealing a black Mitsubishi Mirage. The car was later found abandoned around Fairmont Terrace in the Glenn Terrace or Ridge Street area.

Leatham will be back in court Friday.

Police would like any information from anyone who saw "suspicious activity" around the bank on Tuesday, around 2:00 p.m.


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Malaysia bans film "The Last Communist"

Manjit Kaur of the Malaysian Star reports the controversial documentary The Last Communist or Lelaki Komunis Terahkir has finally been banned by the Home Ministry under the Film Censorship Act 1991.

The film was passed without any cuts by the National Film Censorship board in March but the Home Ministry retracted the approval ten days before film was scheduled to start screening.

The film is described as a "semi-musical documentary" and is inspired by the leader of the disbanded Malayan Communist Party, Chin Peng and the Malayan Emergency during which over ten thousand Malayan and British troops and civilians lost their lives.

The film features "interviews with the people in the towns [Peng] lived from birth to national independence" that is "interspersed with specially composed songs in the mould of old-fashioned propaganda films." The film made its world debut at the Berlin Film Festival. It also appeared at this year's Seattle International Film Festival and the London Film Festival.

The ban comes after Berita Harian, a conservative Malay daily, printed a series of articles critical of the film and the Censorship board. In the first article, the reporters ask government ministers and professors to comment on the impact of the film.

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Memo
I realise I have been writing articles for a Malaysian audience and leave International readers without a point of reference. I'll try to take this into account from now on. --Tshase 06:29, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


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Australian woman dies in backburning operation near Bathurst

May 29, 2006 A 42 year-old woman has died following an accident during a backburning operation on a farm at Black Forest, near Bathurst in New South Wales' central west. According to police the woman died after suffering burns to 98 percent of her body.

A backburn is carried out to reduce the amount of material that could fuel a fire during the bushfire season. In Australia, it is common for these backburns to be carried out this time of year, in preparation for the fire season.

At around 2PM on Sunday, the woman and a group of people were conducting the backburn on the property when the wind suddenly changed direction. The woman tried to move out of the fire's path but tripped when she was climbing a fence where she was engulfed by the fire.

The woman was rushed to Bathurst Base Hospital before being airlifted to the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney where she died at 1:30 a.m. today.


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Boeing delivers final 717 to AirTran, ending Douglas era

May 29, 2006

Boeing Commercial Airplanes on Tuesday delivered the final 717 jet built to AirTran Airways in ceremonies in Long Beach, California, bringing production of McDonnell Douglas jets to an end.

"AirTran Airways would like to thank the many Boeing employees for their hard work and dedication over the years and enabling us to build a world-class aircraft fleet that is unparalleled in the aviation industry," said Joe Leonard, Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of AirTran Airways.

The final Boeing 717 was the 15,599th plane built by the Long Beach plant, the original home of Douglas Aircraft and McDonnell Douglas. It also marked the end of the popular DC-9 family of jets, which has sold over 2,400 units over its 41-year history.

In 1995, McDonnell Douglas introduced the MD-95, which later became the Boeing 717 when McDonnell Douglas merged with Boeing in 1996. The 717 had suffered from slow sales throughout its history, with 155 planes ordered. In January 2005, Boeing announced that it would cancel the 717 program after completing all outstanding orders.

The 717 program's demise leaves the C-17 military cargo jet as the only remaining jet aircraft built in California. Some workers from the 717 program have transferred to the C-17 program. Its future is also uncertain as Boeing's contract to produce the aircraft expires in 2008.


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In the land of the open source elves: Interview with "Battle for Wesnoth" creator David White

June 1, 2006

If you've always wanted to live in a world populated by elves, dwarves and wizards, you don't need to pay for a ' subscription or buy the Special Extended DVD Trilogy Edition of ' just yet. You could instead give  a try — an turn-based strategy game in a fantasy setting. For the practically minded, "open-source" means that the code which the game is made of is available to anyone who wishes to use, redistribute or change it. It was created by volunteers and can be freely shared. Even the multiplayer online part of the game is free (no ads or spyware either).

But Wesnoth, as it is often abbreviated, is notable not only because it is free. While its graphics are simple by modern standards, the sheer number of units and scenarios that are available for the game is staggering. This is where the "open source" philosophy comes truly into play: anyone can contribute art or new campaigns. As of May 2006, the forum where users can share and discuss their own art contained over 25,000 messages. Most of this art is made available under the same open source terms as the game itself.

Battle for Wesnoth lets you command armies of units such as archers, swordmen, mages and gryphons during the course of a campaign consisting of multiple missions. Typically, your mission is to defeat an enemy leader, but some scenarios let you liberate a prisoner, find a lost artifact, traverse dangerous territories, and so on. Your best units can be taken from one mission to the next, "levelling up" in the process. Even units of the same type vary in their abilities, making the tactical use of the right unit at the right time very important.

The game is reminiscent of turn-based strategy classics such as ' or '. Throughout each campaign, the player is informed of the progress of the story. For instance, in the "Heir to the Throne" campaign, the player follows the story of Prince Konrad, who must reclaim the throne of Wesnoth from an evil queen.

The game was originally designed by David White, who is still the project's lead developer. We exchanged e-mails with David about the state of open source gaming, the future of Wesnoth, and the collaborative aspects of game development.

'''David, thanks for taking our questions. Open source games suffer from the problem that very few people have all the abilities needed to make a good game: programming, graphics, story development, sound effects, music, and so on. When you started Battle for Wesnoth, how did you deal with this?'''

Not very well. :)

Version 0.1 of Wesnoth was developed entirely by me, and it was ugly. It had awful graphics, and no sound or music at all.

I think the best way to deal with the problem is to make an early version of the game which showcases the desired gameplay. Then, people with the appropriate skills who like the game will contribute. This worked out well with Wesnoth, anyhow, as I soon attracted a fine artist, Francisco Munoz, and once the graphics were decent, more people started wanting to help.

'''I noticed that the forum allows anyone to submit art for the game. How important have contributions from ordinary players been for development?'''

Well, as with almost any free software project, contributions from users have been very important. In the area of art, this is definitely so, though making a substantial contribution of art generally requires a reasonable amount of skill, so the number of people who can contribute art is somewhat limited.

This has meant that the number of people who contribute art is much smaller than, say, the number of people who contribute bug reports or feature requests. Still, there are plenty of good pixel artists out there, and we have had many good contributions from our community.

'''Also, within the game itself, it's possible to directly download new campaigns from the Internet, many of which have been created by players. Do you think that, in essence, we are seeing the beginnings of applying "" principles to game development?

On one hand, I see the ability to directly download new campaigns as a mild convenience — it wouldn't be much more difficult for the user to, for instance, go to a web page and download campaigns.

On the other hand, it does blur the line between 'developer created content' and 'user created content' and so, like a Wiki, makes it much easier for any user to contribute to the game.

I think that for an Open Source game, making it as easy as possible for users to contribute content is a key way to help make the game succeed. We have tried hard to do this in Wesnoth. I don't think that with something dynamic like a game, it's quite as easy to make absolutely anyone be able to edit it or contribute as easily as they can in a Wiki, but we have tried to make it as easy as possible.

'''How do you moderate user-submitted content? Are there scenarios or graphics you have rejected because they crossed a line — sexual content, excessive violence, etc.?'''

Well, there are basically three levels of content acceptance:

 * 1) 'Official': content can be accepted into the game itself — the  content will reside in our SVN repository, and will be in the tarballs released by developers.
 * 2) 'Campaign Server': Content can be allowed on the campaign server (the server which users can connect to in-game to download more content).
 * 3) 'Disallowed': Finally, content can be disallowed on the campaign server, which means that the creator could only distribute it using their own channels (for instance, having a web site people could download it from).

Content only makes it to (1) if the developers happen to like it very much. We don't have any firm rules as to what is allowed and disallowed, and a campaign that has short-comings from the developer's point of view might still be allowed if it is exceptional in other areas. As an example of this, the campaign 'Under the Burning Suns' contained explicit references to religion. To avoid controversy, we wanted to avoid references to religion in Wesnoth. However, recognizing the exceptional quality of the campaign, we decided to accept it into the official version of Wesnoth in spite of this one aspect we didn't like.

Artwork containing nudity has also been a controversial point in the past, as has violence (particularly explicit depiction of blood). We generally take the point of view that we will review each item as it comes, rather than making blanket rules.

With regard to whether we allow things onto the campaign server, (2), our general policy is that to be allowed onto the campaign server, the content need only be licensed under the GPL. However, we reserve the right to remove content that we consider to be distasteful in any way. Fortunately, our content submitters are generally very reasonable, and we haven't had to exercise this right.

Our aim is to keep Wesnoth appropriate for users of any age and background — of course, it contains some level of violence, but this is not depicted very explicitly, and only parents who do not want to expose their children to animated violence of any level need be concerned. For this reason, we also do not allow expletives on our forums or IRC channels.

How do you feel about games like "", where players trade user-generated content for money?

I've never understood the appeal of games like that. I don't enjoy cheating in games, and to me buying items with real money seems like cheating — except worse, since it actually costs money.

What changes to the game or gameplay do you anticipate in the coming months and years?

Well, we've avoided making many gameplay changes at all, since very early on in Wesnoth's development. Wesnoth is meant to be a simple game, with simple gameplay, and 'changing' gameplay will probably lead to it being more complex. We want to keep it simple.

Changes will probably focus on improving existing features, and making the engine a little more customizable. Enhancing the multiplayer component is big on the list — we've progressively added more and more features on the server. We also want to add more graphical enhancement. For instance, a particle system to allow various combat effects.

If you had unlimited resources at your disposal to improve the game, what would you change about it?

Wesnoth was always designed to be a simple game, with simple goals. It has exceeded all the expectations I originally had for it. There is still some 'polishing' work going on, but really I don't think there is too much I would dramatically change.

Probably the largest thing I can name is a much better AI than we currently have. I'm pretty happy with the AI developed for Wesnoth — I think it's much better than AIs for most commercial games — but it could be better. That's the only area of Wesnoth that I think could really be very dramatically improved.

I am pretty happy with our in-game graphics. Some people compare our graphics to modern commercial games, and think our graphics are laughably poor. We often get comments that our graphics are around the same quality as those seen in SNES or Genesis games, or PC games from a decade ago. (These people should try playing a strategy game on the SNES/Genesis/PC from this long ago; Wesnoth's graphics are much better).

I am very happy with our graphics overall. I think our artists have done an excellent job of making the game look attractive without detracting from functionality. Adding 3D graphics, or changing the style of the 2D graphics would only be wasted effort in my mind — I think we've achieved a great balance of making the game easy and clear, while making it look good.

With unlimited resources, I would like some more storyline/cutscene images, and a nice new title screen, but these are relatively small concerns I think.

There are some enhancements to multiplayer I would like added — multiplayer campaigns is a long-time feature request. As are more options and features on the multiplayer server.

Overall though, if I had 'unlimited resources', I'd much rather develop an entirely new game. We don't have enough good Open Source games — it's a waste to pour all the resources we have into one. :)

'Wesnoth has dwarves with guns, World of Warcraft'' has gnomes and goblins with explosives and flying machines — where do you, personally, define the limits of the fantasy genre? Are there scenarios playing in a steampunk world, or ones with modern technology? Would you allow those?'''

Actually we have Dwarves with 'Thundersticks' :) — mysterious weapons that make a loud sound and do lots of damage, but are clumsy and unreliable. The developers do not comment on whether or not these 'thundersticks' are or are not like 'guns' on earth. We like to keep Wesnoth slightly mysterious, and leave some things up to the player's interpretation, rather than spell it out.

We once used to have dragoons with pistols, and other weapons like that, but we made a very intentional decision to remove them.

I don't like categorizing things into 'genres'. Many people debate whether Wesnoth is an 'RPG', or 'strategy game', etc. I think the debate of what genre something is in is largely irrelevant.

We do have a vision for what the world of Wesnoth is like though — and Wesnoth is a world of ancient-era weaponry, with a little magic. Of Elves and Dwarves and Orcs. Very much inspired by Tolkien. I actually originally chose this setting because my focus was on technical excellence — writing a good, solid engine — not on creating a new fantasy world. I decided to stick with a very well-known, proven theme, figuring I couldn't go wrong with it.

We probably wouldn't allow anything that departs dramatically from the world we've made into the official version of the game, but we'd be happy to have it on our campaign server. The main attempt at a 'total modification' of Wesnoth is a project known as Spacenoth, which has a sci-fi/futuristic theme.

At this time though, there is no release of this project. I hope they do well though.

'''How do you feel about turn-based games like "Heroes of Might and Magic" with their massive army-building and resource management? Do you think there's going to be an open source equivalent of this type of game soon?'''

I haven't played Heroes of Might and Magic very much. The few times I have played it, I thought it was boring to be honest. I don't like the type of game where one marches armies around a 'large map' and then must 'zoom in' to a different 'battle field' every time a battle takes place. I find games like that to take far too long, and tend to become tedious.

I would prefer a civilization or perhaps colonization type game. FreeCiv is nice, though it's close to being a clone of Civilization II. I'd like an original game that had the same sort of theme as civilization, but with new and innovative rules.

'''Every online game and community is also a social space. Have you met interesting people through Wesnoth whom you would not have met otherwise? Are there other stories you can tell from the community — have there been real world meetups, chat rooms, etc.?'''

I've come into contact with lots of very interesting people through Wesnoth, and have learned a great deal from them. The Wesnoth developers — many of whom are from Europe — used the LSM conference in France in 2004 as an opportunity to meet each other. Nekeme, an organization dedicated to developing and promotion Free games was kind enough to sponsor two developers to go. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend, but the developers who did had a very nice time.

We have several IRC channels on irc.freenode.net, and the most popular ones — #wesnoth and #wesnoth-dev are usually fairly busy with both discussion about Wesnoth, and friendly discussion of other topics.

Also, the developers have tried to make a habit of playing "co-operative multiplayer" games against the AI. During these games, we use the in-game chat facility to get to know each other better, and discuss improvements to the game.

Are there other open source games that have personally impressed you, or that you enjoy playing?

I'm afraid I haven't played many. I like RPGs, and I know lots of people love and similar games, but I much prefer party-based and generally more storyline-oriented RPGs.

FreeCiv is pretty well-done, though I am happy to play commercial games, and so I think Civilization 3 and Civilization 4 are both technically superior in virtually every regard. I think that's an inevitable problem when you make an Open Source game a straight clone of a commercial game.

Probably the most promising Open Source game I've seen is, but it still has a long way to go.

Honestly, I don't play that many games. I like playing commercial RPGs, usually console-based, with my wife, and I occasionally like playing the commercial series. To play an Open Source game, it'd have to be very good, and appeal to my tastes, and I haven't found any Open Source games like that, sadly.


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Indian Supreme Court issues notice to government over quota issue

May 29, 2006 A vacation bench of the Indian Supreme Court comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and L.S Panta issued a notice to the Central Government questioning the basis for the government's decision to reserve 27% of the seats in universities for members of the Other Backward Class group of castes. The notice also asked the government to explain how this move would be implemented without depriving meritorious students from the "forward" castes their fair chance at securing seats. The court also wanted the Centre to explain the basis on which castes would be classified as "backward" or "forward".

The government has been granted eight weeks time by the Bench to file an affidavit in regard to this notice. The apex court also said that it would examine the effects of this policy, which, the petitioner said, would divide the country on the basis of caste thereby threatening India's integrity. The Bench said that the questions posed to it had serious social and political significance and would hence be dealt with appropriately. The two petitions were filed by Shiv Khera and advocate Ashok Kumar Thakur. Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramianam, who was representing the respondents, accepted the notice and appreciated the Court's view that striking medical students should return to work in the interest of the patients.

The medical students welcomed this move and have decided to start running parallel outpatient clinics from tomorrow onwards. They have however clarified that their movement will continue despite the government's assurances that the number of seats in institutes will be increased. The main opposition party, the BJP has said that it supports the reservation policy, but that financially disadvantaged students from the "forward" castes should also be given consideration.


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Fan resurrects sitcom

May 29, 2006

A fan that set up his own company and bought the rights of his favourite sitcom has today released the DVD.

Craig Robins, 41, was so frustrated that Joking Apart, originally shown on BBC Two in 1993, had not been released that he secured the rights from the BBC and did it himself. As a video technician, he was able to produce the DVD, and has established a label to sell the product.

He is thought to be the first individual to have achieved such a feat.

Joking Apart was written by Steven Moffat, best known for writing Coupling and some episodes of the new Doctor Who. It is based upon the collapse of Moffat’s first marriage.

The show stars Robert Bathurst, who played David in Cold Feet, and Fiona Gillies, who appeared in Peak Practice. The cast members say that people who remember the show often approach them. Bathurst, Gillies, Moffat and co-star Tracie Bennett recorded interviews and a commentary for the disc in central London in January.

The disc, available from today, is being distributed via Robins’ website. He hopes to release further forgotten classics.

Moffat says: "I would be absolutely delighted if this was a success."

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Iraq roadside bomb kills four, including two journalists

May 29, 2006

A roadside bomb in the Iraq capital Baghdad has killed four people, including two journalists working for television network CBS. The two journalists, cameraman Paul Douglas and soundman James Brolan, both British, were embedded with the American 4th Infantry Division and were on a routine patrol when a nearby car packed with explosives was detonated. A U.S. army officer and an Iraqi interpreter were also killed. CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier, who the journalists were working with, was seriously injured and was flown to an U.S. military hospital to receive surgery.

With the addition of these two journalists, Iraq is now "the deadliest war for reporters in the past century", according to, the total coming to seventy-one. This compares to sixty-nine reporters killed during World War Two, and sixty-three in.

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Category:Terrorism
Hi Gabi... just wanted to let you know that :Category:Terrorism used to exist, but was deleted. If you think it should be undeleted, please initate discussion on the Water Cooler, or raise an undeletion request. I'm removing all articles this category. Please do not recreate it without seeking input from the community. - Borofkin 06:12, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for letting me know (I'm new here). I will ask for re-creation of that category, since I think it belongs to a news source, and it is pretty clear what terrorism is, unless you sympathize with terrorists :) --Gabi S. 06:29, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * "it is pretty clear what terrorism is" - unfortunately this is the crux of the problem. Some people call the United States terrorist for attacking Iraq. Some people call Israel terrorist for their actions in the occupied territories. Terrorism is a very vague and poorly defined concept. See Terrorism for a discussion of some of the problems with the term. - Borofkin 06:47, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * This is nonsense. There must be a "terrorism" category here, with current events associated with it. There are clear cases of terrorism (I don't even have to give you examples), and a discussion will take place in borderline cases to decide if that specific event falls under terrorism or not. By the way, according to Wikipedia, the term "Acts of Terror" may be a more neutral term. This term may be used instead, I don't care. --Gabi S. 10:32, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
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 * Start a discussion on the water cooler, and attempt to convince others. There are certainly others that agree with you, however you will need to gain wide support from the community. Remember, this issue has been discussed and voted on before.
 * Raise a request for undeletion at Deletion requests for Category:Terrorism.
 * You could create Category:Act of terror and start adding articles to it, however note that it will almost certainly be subject to a deletion vote before too long. People will see it as a reincarnation of Category:Terrorism.
 * - Borofkin 23:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I will do it... Give me some time. --Gabi S. 07:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

By the way, Welcome to Wikinews! Users such as yourself who are willing to participate in discussion are always very welcome. - Borofkin 06:49, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

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I'm not sure which article you're talking about which was deleted. I see an article created by an "anonymous" editor on May 29 which you renamed on May 30 to Lebanese Hezbollah militants threaten Israel with Iranian-made rockets. That particular article was marked abandoned and deleted per WN:DR on June 18. See the deletion log for more information. Please let me know if I can provide additional information or help you further. --Chiacomo (talk) 23:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

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Singer Meat Loaf falls ill during concert
Please add your sources to the article as it cannot be published without them.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 00:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Meat Loaf
Please put you Original Reporting notes on the article's talk page and please use the proper source template which is located just under the edit summary box. DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 00:14, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * As an admin at en, this is a useful reminder of how carefully we should treat newbies. The JPS 00:15, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I think DragonFire1024 didn't notice that you added the OR notes.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 00:16, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you guys are fast :) The JPS 00:17, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
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 * I didn't take any pics, unfortunately. I didn't think they'd be much point as the quality wouldn't be much good, esp. when the DVD of the tour is out. I'm sure the incident will appear on YouTube soon, and is bound to be picked up tomorrow by RS. The JPS 00:22, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Popular radio presenter Buckley fails to present final show
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BBC support song making chart impact
This is good work, and I'm sorry about the long waits for review. Wikinews was somewhat dead over the last two days; inexplicably so, given there is decent activity today and in the days before. I hope it doesn't put you off.

As a Wikipedian with clue over how news - and Wikinews - works, can I ask a favour? For Wikipedians has never received any feedback and I'm keen to hear how useful you feel it is to people coming over from The Other Place with little or no prior knowledge of the project. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 23:04, 3 November 2010 (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 Daina77. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Daina77~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 23:15, 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) 06:30, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Daina77~enwikinews