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User talk:GreenReaper

Welcome
Have the new welcome template! --Brian McNeil / talk 12:20, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Hey..
so I herd u leik mudkips? 81.169.155.246 06:08, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Of course. Who doesn't? GreenReaper 06:10, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * well, uh, I happen to have a mudkips right here. 81.169.155.246 06:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, really? Hmm. Why don't you . . . walk away for a while? :-) GreenReaper 06:16, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

open proxies
thanks for the heads-up. have blocked some of these that i could identify as open proxies. — Doldrums(talk) 07:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

GreenReaper
Is ruining the internetz, he is letting his deviant sex practices get the best of him. ALLAH ACKBAR!! ALLAH ACKBAR!! (preceding unsigned comment by Hojhoto )

fur story
How does it qualify as an interview? Bawolff ☺☻ 03:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * See this revision - Zanimum was the person who decided to add that to the article. I'm not a regular at Wikinews, so I don't know what qualifies as an interview. It wasn't exactly one-on-one, but there were more board members than people attending the meeting. GreenReaper 04:22, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well that's slightly pushing it, but I think its okay. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * p.s. do you want me to revert the crap on this page? Bawolff ☺☻ 03:30, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It is history. Let it remain. :-) GreenReaper 04:22, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * ok. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Gamespy story
I give up, you find the talk page with my comment on it and move it to match the current article. Oh, and you've created a slew of redirects that need fixed too. :-) --Brian McNeil / talk 22:17, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I did! You can delete the redirects if you want, since it's not been published. GreenReaper 22:20, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I went to recent changes after posting the above comment and saw you were already on the case. We're not as anal as Wikipedia about redirects, so it's more a case of the dreadful ones you list on WN:ALERT, the rest are at the mercy of our merry band of rouge admins. ;-) --Brian McNeil / talk 22:28, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

RE Related
Normally we don't add related news to the older articles. Or maybe I misunderstood your question? DragonFire1024 (Talk to the Dragon) 19:04, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

 * No, that was my meaning; if that's not what Wikinews does, then fair enough. I figured it made as much sense as having the old stories linked in the new ones, since people are just as likely to start reading the oldest as they are the newest - perhaps more so, as that one is featured. GreenReaper 17:10, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Webcomix article
I noticed your remark on the webcomics article I did years ago. Things have changed here on Wikinews, as well as in The Other Place in the intervening time; we now actually have an honest-to-goodness comments namespace. I know Wikipedia is not the place for flamewars, and provocative comment, but our comments namespace _is_.

So, if there is 'yet another deletionist purge' that is annoying the webcomics community, I'd have no problem seeing it played out against that backdrop. It would show our content as still-relevant, and links back into what made the article newsworthy in the first place.

Oh, and I'd welcome feedback on our new welcome template (inserted above), it is hoped this might help with getting people started on-project. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:20, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

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I replied to your comment at Your Wikipedia talk page 67.184.97.46 23:07, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

(that was me) — Ilyan  e  p  (Talk)  23:07, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Ironiridis

Archived
For the period where I abandon Wikinews... again... and manage to accumulate a whole bunch of unanswered messages and lose my adminship due to "deadminship", see Archive 5. Ironiridis (talk) 00:52, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

A solitary tumbleweed skips across your screen...
Just cleaning up a little here, guys. Nothing to see here.

If you're looking for me, good luck. My email still works, if you need it. Ironiridis (talk) 00:56, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Stupidaccountswontwork

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Colombia's National Liberation Army declares ceasefire for elections

March 2, 2006

The National Liberation Army (ELN), a rebel group in Colombia, has agreed to a truce for the upcoming congressional elections after attending government-sponsored peace talks, held in Cuba beginning in December. ELN representative Antonio Garcia says that the group wants Colombians to be able to vote undisturbed on March 12. According to Reuters, in some previous elections the ELN has attacked security personnel and kidnapped international observers. Some human rights groups are concerned that paramilitary groups might try to influence the vote with intimidation.

The ELN is the second largest rebel group in Colombia. The larger, FARC, shares with ELN their Marxist ideology, but has continued attacks. Some analysts suggest that ELN is losing its will to fight and military capacity, while the FARC is still large. ELN has been damaged by illegal paramilitary groups, and the Colombian army. According to military officials, ELN still has around 5,000 fighters.

Following elections, there plans for further peace talks in Cuba in April. Garcia has said, "The ELN ... expresses its desire for peace and ... will not realize a single military action that could affect election day March 12." Currently Garcia has not announced a truce for the presidential election on May 28. One of their major concerns is to get recognition as a political organization, rather than as a terrorist group.


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Talk:Coca growth up in Bolivia, Peru, claims U.S. State Department

Is this story not hugely slanted by having no response from the (democratically elected by a landslide) Bolivian government? Or anything except a US perspective?

Some issues with it:
 * There's no context to the culture of coca growing by peasants. It's a traditional crop with many legitimate uses.
 * A cocalero ('scuse spelling), as far as I know is a farmers' co-operative. From this report you might as easily think it was a drug cartel.
 * Morales' popularity is as well attributed to his Indigineous background as his "support for coca"
 * ...Or his support from the many social movements against privatisation and neo-liberalism.
 * Where's the numbers on coca growth? How fast does the stuff grow, given that Morales was elected so recently? Why then try to make a link to his government? He gets elected and 2-3 months later there's more coca being grown. WTF?

As is this article is just repeating a press release from a government (the US) that has ample reason to be against the government of the other 2 countries. It should not be taken at face value. 86.30.5.107 22:26, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, MrM. As I didn't see the story until after it was "published" there was no opportunity to "discuss the development of the article". However I took time to post the above comments because, if I had seen it in time, those are ways that I think the article should have developed, into a more rounded and informative form that wasn't simply "US Govt Says _" Using News sites to force my opinion on people doesn't interest me. 86.30.9.88 12:15, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Am I the only one that feels that MrMiscellanious' boxed comment above is completely innapropriate? The discussion prompted by this anonymous user is regarding NPOV, which is the most essential guideline for any story we post. The points mentioned are completely valid, and unfortunately make this story unpublishable in my opinion. There is only one side from this article, only one source (the US government) and is essentially regurgitating a press release. I'm also vaugely concerned about MrM's plainly obvious pro-US slant.
 * Unless this article can be balanced out with facts, this article should not be on the front page. ironiridis 00:13, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

npov

 * I agree with 86.30.9.88; the story is completely one-sided. Perhaps it can include reference to the increase in opium production in Afghanistan since the US led invasion; to NPOV some of the article's presentation of the US as the protector of the world from harmful drugs? Neutralizer 14:01, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I have included a related story but do not want to include the opium references in the body of the article unless others agree that is a good thing to do. Neutralizer 14:18, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The best is to get a response from Bolivia or Peru into the article; I think. Neutralizer 21:12, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Search
Please help dispel my ignorance. I do not find this article by typing coca growth in the Wikinews search box and clicking Search. Is this because the article is disputed? 67.21.48.122 23:11, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Not sourced
Finding no basis for the following in the sources cited, I will remove it. It is preserved here, in case its return can be justified:

"They claim the victory of Evo Morales in the presidential race in Bolivia is one of the reasons for the rise in coca growing associations known as cocaleros. Morales campaigned on his support for the coca industry."

67.21.48.122 22:39, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


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Authorities impose vehicle ban on Baghdad

March 3, 2006

As of Friday, March 3, police will be ordered to confiscate any private vehicle on the roads of Baghdad during a day-time vehicle ban. The restrictions come on top of the regular night time curfew, which ends at 6 AM, when the new curfew will kick in. Despite the traffic ban, people may walk on foot to their local mosques for Friday prayers.

The curfew is part of the efforts by the Iraqi government to combat escalating violence after the bombings of the golden mosque of Sammarra on the 22nd of February. According to the BBC at least 400 people have died in the violence following the assault on the Shia shrine; the Arab network Al-Jazeera estimates this number to be at least 500.

The security situation in the country as a whole has greatly deteriorated since the attack that triggered a wave of violence between the Shiite and Sunni Muslim groups. The Iraqi administration fears that clerics might encourage violence during the day's Friday prayer, and interim prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari made an appeal on Iraqi TV for the religious leaders, asking them to "express themselves in the language of national unity."

Source

Le couvre-feu étendu en Irak Myndigheterna i Bagdad inför fordonsförbud


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Talk:Bus crash outside Cusco kills at least 13

The sources contradict, so does the article. Were there two buses involved, or just one? How many people were killed? I don't know what to do with this. -MescalineBanana 07:57, 4 March 2006 (UTC)


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User talk:MescalineBanana

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User:MescalineBanana

Ahoy there. I mostly wikify and fix grammar and structural issues.

mescalinebanana@gmail.com

Art

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Wikinews:Dispute resolution/Users Borofkin, Mrmiscellanious, and others

=Statement by User:Borofkin= There seems to be a great deal of tension surrounding this user and his participation in this project. He is frequently accused of various violations of policy and of not editing in good faith. Likewise, he often accuses other users of vandalism, not editing in good faith, and manipulating discussions to attack him personally.

There has been a great deal of discussion on article talk pages, user talk pages, and WN:ALERT. There has been article revert wars, and user-block wars. I'm not pretending to be impartial, as I too have been in conflict with this user. I'm posting to this page because I would like the community to consider the problem in a more formalised way, and attempt to build consensus to try and prevent further conflict.

I am not trying to attack this user, I'm trying to prevent further conflict. This may mean the user has to modify his behaviour, and it may mean those in conflict with him need to modify their behaviour. My prediction is both.

I would like to clarify that I don't consider myself to be directly in dispute with Mrmiscellanious. I don't know if it is acceptable on the dispute resolution pages, but I would like to see all users who have an issue to post a statement here.

I have removed the diffs that I posted previously, and will only comment on events in which I was personally involved.

Dispute over block for 3RR
The incident of note when I felt myself to be in conflict with Mrmiscellanious was his defence of "reverting vandalism" when he was blocked for 3RR of Full extent of Abu Ghraib detainee abuse revealed. This incident disturbed me greatly, because I found it extremely difficult to believe that MrM, with all his experience and knowledge of policy, really thought that he was reverting "simple vandalism" as defined in WN:3RR. I always try to assume good faith, even when edits are bizarre or possibly malicious, but to see a long-term and respected contributor put so much effort into getting himself unblocked when the policy violation was obvious was too much to handle.

As I have said above, I don't consider myself to be currently involved in any dispute with MrM, however this incident has caused me to sympathise greatly with those who are or have been in a dispute with him, and is my main motivation for bringing this whole matter to the dispute resolution pages.

Editing style
Much of Mrmiscellanious' work on this wiki involves dealing with vandals, cleaning up articles, and working with other contributors to remove bias from articles. This is vital work, it isn't easy, and by its nature will regularly bring him into low-level conflict with many users. However, my general impression is that Mrmiscellanious has an unnecessarily abrasive and agressive editing style. I frequently find myself becoming angry upon reading talk page comments from him, because they are abrupt and confrontational. Other administrators seem to be able to take a cleanup or NPOV'ing role without creating so much ill-feeling.

To put it simply, I wish he would try harder to be nice. I wish that rather than going into abrasive-confrontation-mode, he would withdraw, and try to involve more people in these low-level disputes.

Response by Mrmiscellanious
=Statement by User:Neutralizer (and reinsertion of evidence previously presented)=

I have now included below all the information that was placed initially by Borofkin and SIP (and later deleted).

Statement

 * These 18 minutes of edits tell it all. A new contributor was yelled at by MrM on the article talk page; then MrM accused him of being my sockpuppet; then MrM blocked him for a non-existant 3RR on the same article MrM was aggressively editing; and even after Brian proved the anon lived 1,000 miles away from me, MrM did not offer any apology at all to the anon. Is it any wonder the anon came to this point? "I am finished here fully and absolutely". And this happened just 2 days ago.This is typical of MrM's rude behaviour and its damage to this project.
 * These edit comments by Mrmiscellanious in the incident above are also typical of how he drives new users away; "THIS IS THE LAST TIME I AM REVERTING THIS. KEEP THIS TAG UP, THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE THAT STATES WHAT THE TITLE STATES."and this classic, which is almost humourous in its revelation;(cur) (last) 22:32, 1 March 2006 Mrmiscellanious (Not my job to look at sources.)

 * Overall, MrM makes the experience of wikinews much more combative and annoying than it should be,imo. He uses personal attacks,threats of blocking,page protections and actual blockings to force articles to the tone and/or content that he wants.

 * I will also say I do not expect this process to succeed as all previous attempts to address the MrM issue have been sabotaged/bogged down/individualized or deflected by MrM's supporter(s) which is why his behaviour has continued unabated and unremorsed for so,so long. Neutralizer 13:10, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Accusing contributors of vandalism when they are making good faith edits

One incident was defence of "reverting vandalism" when the user was blocked for 3RR of Full extent of Abu Ghraib detainee abuse revealed.

Bullying
The user is frequently accused of editing in a rude, obnoxious, agressive, and bullying way. Below are some examples of edits that could be considered bullying.

Misuse of Admin authority; uses wrongful Blocks in his edit wars
Most recent example was MrM. falsely accusing me of being an anon # 65.1.149.41 (who apparently turns out to be about 1,000 miles away from me). Then he blocked me on the basis of his off base assumption. In fact he blocked each of us separately for 3RR; when both of us combined were not 3RR. Only after I was able to contact other admins on Irc who showed him I was not the anon did he remove the blocks; In the meantime the anon was so annoyed he said he'd never come back (how many Opaluses have we lost). MrM's behavior to the anon on the article history page is particularly offensive with these particular comments;

Mrmiscellanious (Not my job to look at sources.) and

Mrmiscellanious (THIS IS THE LAST TIME I AM REVERTING THIS. KEEP THIS TAG UP, THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE THAT STATES WHAT THE TITLE STATES.)

To top it off, he even refused to apologize for the false accusations and unwarrented block.

22:58, 1 March 2006 Mrmiscellanious blocked "Neutralizer (contribs)" with an expiry time of 1 day (3RR violation on Saddam_Hussein_admits_to_requesting_trials)

22:58, 1 March 2006 Mrmiscellanious blocked "65.1.149.41 (contribs)" with an expiry time of 1 day (Violation of 3RR; IP address used by Neutralizer)

I am also including SIP's edit below which Amgine and Chiacomo deleted. If SIP puts in his own statement then he can move this edit to go with his statement, if his wishes.

False claim of unsourced, blocking authority

 * , et sequiem

I would also like to clarify that, as with Borofkin, I don't consider myself to be directly in dispute with Mrmiscellanious.

Response by Mrmiscellanious
=Statement by User:Vonbergm= Like the other two users above, I do not consider myself as being in "direct conflict" with MrM, but I have had several run-ins with MrM and take issue with some of MrM's behaviour in these situations that I consider damaging to Wikinews. I also have increasing difficulty assuming good faith on some edits of MrM and found myself getting increasingly agressive in responding to preceived ("allegedly") disruptive behaviour of MrM. I have challenged MrM on many of the points outlined below before (e.g., , ) without ever coming to any agreement. This is why I would like to take this opportunity to utilize this formal process to get input on the problems I see in MrM's behaviour, and possible responses to it. Hopefully this will help avoid similar situations in the future.

Agressive edits based on misinformation
Being bold and making agressive edits can help avoid lengthy discussions or cuts them short by moving the article forward. When made in good faith, bold edits are sometimes the only way to come to a reasonable compromise in a timely fashion. For this to work it is necessary that the edits are informed. If they are not, then the edit in question is simply disruptive.

Misinformed edits happen. It is safe to assume that every regular contributer has made an edit that was not supported by facts. We are only amateur journalists with limited time and resources and, given how a wiki works, the ramifications of such edits are relatively minor. Usually the error is caught and corrected, and people get seldomely hung up on this.

Taken by themselves, these two editing scenarios are harmless or even useful. Taken together, they are extremely harmful to the project. Agressively insisting on false information makes it next to impossible (for me at least) to assume good faith. Some examples

 * (Note edit summary: "Remove image, does not enhance article, messes with layout, is not even a "new" photo, AFAICT." and subsequent comment on talk page: )
 * Exceptionally agressive edit. The question of whether or not the picture should be included was ongoing on the talk page. Despite this MrM seems comfortable to make a "bold" edit, altough he only has weak reasons ("not enhance", "layout", picture takes up "bandwidth") and throws in the uninformed statement (easily contradicted by the sources) that the picture is not "new". The "AFAICT" in the edit summary and the "I believe" in the comments on the talk page indicate that he himself is not very sure on this, putting further questions why he would make such an agressive edit based on so little information.

 * This block of edits ignored concerns raised on the talk page and changed the character of the story in a way not founded in the sources. In particular, moving a key paragraph sceptical of some information to the bottom and inserting the word "earlier" is a deliberate attempt to go against the information in the sources (which imply the opposite temporal relationship) to push a POV. At the time I did not feel like imitating MrM's agressive editing behaviour and simply complained about this on the talk pages . The article remains with information that is contradicting the sources.

 * Changed the title 4 times in less than a day (to exactly the same title!) while refusing to take part in discussions about the title  for a good portion of the time. The fact that the title he proposed "Report: Bush authorized NSA surveillance of international conversations" misses the main point (that US citisens are targeted while they are in the US) makes this quite concerning. His insistence on the "Report:" exemplifies his obsession to relativise statements challenging his POV. (Other examples to this point below. In this case the information was verified independently by two sources cited in the article early on.)

 * Changed title 3 times to same title "Spain issues arrest warrant for three U.S. soldiers accused of killing two journalists in 2003", adding the "accused of"-phrase. This is are his only edits of the article. He makes one edit  to the talk page explaining his reasons for insisiting on the "accused of" formulation despite the fact no parties question that the soldiers killed the journalists and ignores the further discussion. He prevails with his unilateral approach of repeatadly changing the title and ignoring discussions on the talk page. A good example of the type of behaviour that practically forces escalation if other people are not willing to simply give up their oncerns.

Disruptive behaviour / POV pushing
If MrM's behaviour would be consistent in his actions independent of the political flavour of an article, one could argue that MrM's is merely trying to enforce cite policy. In many cases MrM does point out problems with articles and helps improve the wiki. This explanation breaks down when one is confronted with MrM's double standarts. These large discrepancies in his behaviour force the interpretation that much of his agressive editing practices are driven by his POV. I want to add to the examples given above.

Some of these discrepancies are so big that MrM's statements reach into the grotesque. For example he has been an animate advocate on the question on "reliable sources". He has insisted that sources like LA Times, Washington Post or NY Times are not "credible" and made clear he will only accept on "government documents" as sources (when the reporting is critical of the government). While this insistance in itself is already absurd (especially applied in this particular instance, see this for the discussion on the talk page), it appears malicious when compared his defense  of a (right-wing) blog  as a "credible" source.

More (although less clear-cut) evidence for POV-pushing can be found when it comes to disparate use of language. For certain kind of news he insists on inserting words like "alledged" or the like to relativise the validity of statement that is "unverified". While it is important to correctly attribute information, he pushes this point ad absurdum in certain instances, while he completely ignores this point in other instances (note the missing "alleged" before "target", despite lengthy discussions pointing out that there was not even reliable information what entity fired the missile, let alone what the target was).

I have not been directly effected by some of the problems of MrM's dealings with policy, but have witnessed some of them as they developed on the talk pages of articles I was involved in. Thus I do not want to discuss these in detail but just point out three mayor issues that disturb me regarding this. The first is the disparate application of policy, employing aberrant interpretations of policy when convenient, and neglecting policy in other cases , which makes it difficult not to suspect that a siginificant portion of his motivation to enforce policy is derived from POV and personal grudges. The second point is MrM's inability to recognize his own mistakes as exemplified here . I firmly believe that the open recognition of ones mistakes and taking responsibility for them is a prerequisite for improvement (at least when this statement is interpreted in a culture-sensitive way). The third is the "John Wayne Syndrome" exhibited here where it becomes evident that MrM sees himself as the lone guardian of the wiki, the last fortress, and if he faulters the whole wiki will slide into chaos. This is an extremely harmful attitude (and very un-wiki) and needs to be straightened out.

Goal
The above is not trying to be a "fair" evaluation of MrM's behaviour. I have focused entirely on my interaction with MrM. The articles that I participated in are focused quite narrowly on issues that can be labeled as "controvercial" and thus have a greater potential for conflict than average articles. Moreover, this is not a fair representation of MrM's behaviour on these particular selection of articles either. I have witnessed numerous cases where MrM has pointed out problems in articles that I had previously overlooked and where he helped improve the quality of an article in a constructive fashion. I have seen examples where he has made changes to his own edits when problems were pointed out to him. There is no doubt that he has made valuable contributions to this wiki.

I hope that in this process MrM can understand what parts of his behaviour are harmeful to this wiki as they are a siginificant contributor to the edit wars and conflicts he has been involved in, and that he can improve his behaviour to avoid the problems outlined above. I am sure that MrM also takes issue with some of my behaviour and I am looking forward to hearing some of these issues and doing my part to help improve this wiki.

Response by Mrmiscellanious
=Statement by User:Cartman02au= I currently am not personally involved in a dispute with MrMiscellanious, but as with others can sympathise with those who do.

In my experience, MrM does not edit collaboratively with other users. On a recent article StrangeInParadise and I were working on New South Wales set to adopt harsher anti-cannabis laws, MrM made changes which affected the quality of the article without discussing it on article's talk page. In fact, MrM made only one entry on the talk page during the period the article was worked on and that entry was unrelated to the changes he made.

Also of concern are attempts by MrMiscellanious to interject his POV into otherwise neutral articles. Again, in the article above, MrMiscellanious removed sourced material in an attempt to slant the article to his own POV .

Again referring to the NSW cannabis article and MrMiscellanious' involvement is a 3RR block which I strongly objected. MrM applied a 4 day block for what he at the time claimed to be a 3RR violation. According to WN:3RR the maximum block for a 3RR policy violation is 24 hours. When questioned about this MrM claimed that he had the right to block for longer as it was a repeat violation. Unfortunately, the 3RR policy affords administrators no such allowances. When challenged about the block later, MrM claimed that he made the block in accordance with disruption conditions of WN:BP. Frankly, he can not have it both ways.

The recent incident where MrMiscellanious was blocked for breaching 3RR also gained my attention. MrMiscellanious repeatedly reverted Full extent of Abu Ghraib detainee abuse revealed in obvious violation of 3RR. The amount of effort MrMiscellanious put into having his block listed was ridiculous given such a simple policy violation.

MrMiscellanious' recent objection to my administratorship also demonstrated to me that he will bully users where possible to get what he wants. In his objection he claimed that "Quite disturbing comments have been made on his account about administrators in general". When asked if his comments were in regards to my opposition to the 3RR block against StrangerInParadise and a question I posed on the misc water cooler page he told me that those were the main reason for his opposition..

The final issue I see with MrMiscellanious are comments like this - ''If that's the case, than I have no problem with telling you to join Indymedia, and get the hell out of here - you are no longer welcome. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 23:42, 26 February 2006 (UTC)'' these are inappropriate (especially for an Administrator) and counter-productive. It seems to be as soon as MrM doesn't get his own way he becomes aggresive towards other users which is most certainly not in the spirit of wiki.

Addition to statement - March 7, 2006
Despite another administrator removing userboxes from the site. MrM has created a solution of his own (see, and . He was also requested to remove these "userbox alike" images from his userpage, but instead replaces them with different ones. - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 09:05, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Pursuit of WN:RfAr
I am going to withdraw from "dispute resolution" as it is pointless when MrM has been given a week to at least acknowledge it and has failed to do so. I have requested arbitration on WN:RfAr - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 09:29, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ditto; Neutralizer 02:17, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Response by MrMiscellanious
=Statement by User:International= I welcome this initiative to make a dispute resolution of various acting of Mrmiscellanious here on Wikinews. My opinion is that Mrmiscellanious have by far crossed a line on what is appropriate behaviour both as editor and as administrator and made my and others effort here less constructive and sometimes unplesant. The other users statment already contain most of my issues with Mrmiscellanious so I will wait until these are correct adressed. I just add one example of Mrmiscellanious behaviour that i find very wrong.

Manipulative behavour to make other disrupt site
Mrmiscellanious used Dragonfire as a tool for sitedisruption by persuade Dragonfire to violating 3RR. Dragonfires statment of the events on his userpage. Amgine blocked Mrm and 3other users. Consequences of that dispute was also that a user  left wikinewsproject. It is still unsolved.

Resolution
I am have good fait in Mrmiscellanious change in behaviour. But it should be documented in this dispute resolution and stated by Mrmiscellanious what he actually agree to and clearly define what he agree not to continue to do. International 18:42, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Response by MrMiscellanious
=Statement by User:Mrmiscellanious= A very wise wiki editor once said, "I think you have to take the crap dished here without comment." . Although the user was talking about the comments on the RfdA, I think it is plausible for it to apply here, as well. Therefore, I will not make a statement - not as long as I am a party in any disputes - as it is disrespectful for the fellow editors who are here to make a statement. I am not interested in doing such. You do whatever you want, but if you're expecting a statement from me, I'm not going to provide one. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 00:47, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Response by Vonbergm
Thanks for at least acknowledging our attempt to solve this issue. I ask you to reconsider as I feel that this process here is much more likely to result in some solution acceptable to everyone involved as opposed to anything coming from arbcom which is doomed to leave either you or us unsatisfied. If there is anything I can do to change your mind, let me know. --vonbergm 03:25, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * And I really do not understand your statement (except for the last sentence), so maybe I am missing some essential part of what you are trying to say...

Response by Cartman02au
It is unfortunate that you feel that way, but there are issues that need to be sorted out. My choice to go to the ArbCom was after you failed to respond for seven days, only after eleven days do we get a response which shows you are unwilling to co-operate in the process developed by the community - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 02:19, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Response by International
I was going to respond but Mrm editconflicted me with his answer to mediation so I dont say anything (?) International 20:12, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

=Request for Mediation= It appears that comments by parties to this dispute are complete, or sufficently complete.

Will there be mediation on these matters?

I would like it to be known, that as an ArbCom member who would recuse himself from this issue, that I would volunteer to mediate. That is, firstly if Mrmiscellanious wants to go to mediation with myself acting in that role, and secondly, if there is no objection from other parties to the dispute.

So the question is, MrMiscellanious do you want to go to mediation with myself acting as the mediator, or perhaps some other person, or no mediation at all? -Edbrown05 03:29, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Ed, you ask "if there is no objection from other parties to the dispute". Yes,Ed, I do object. Five users requested RfAr 3 days ago and are just waiting for Arbcom to finish your current work with Amgine as requested by Bawolff. We waited 12 days here at DR for a reponse from MrM. and this is what we got today from MrM.; "You do whatever you want, but if you're expecting a statement from me, I'm not going to provide one." In addition, I really worked hard on my arbitration statement for about 5 hours today(you should see all the edits it took me to get it right) so yes, I do object. Neutralizer 09:09, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

If MrM will accept mediation I would think the ArbCom would likely deny or postpone the request. --Chiacomo (talk) 06:24, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I am happy with any mediator that is acceptable to MrM. - Borofkin 06:30, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Same here. I fear that in this case arbitration has the strong potential to leave people unhappy and drive them away from the project. --vonbergm 06:39, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Ok, count me in on the mediation, even at this late date. vonbergm convinced me its the right thing to do. Neutralizer 18:41, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I refuse any requests for "mediation". --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer Ed, but it appears that it is pointless - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 20:38, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

=Next step in dispute resolution=

General discussion
Whats next, any idea?International 20:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * If there are "innocent bystanders" with the strong belief that mediation would be preferable to arbitration, maybe they can convince MrM to change his mind. Otherwise it's back to writing articles until arbcom looks at this. --vonbergm 20:37, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, articles. Here I come! International 20:44, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


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2006 "Stolenwealth" Games to confront Commonwealth Games in Melbourne

March 3, 2006

The possibility of large-scale protests in the face of the 3,000 journalists covering the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, has event organisers and the Government worried.

The group "Black GST" - which represents Indigenous Genocide, Sovereignty and Treaty - are planning demonstrations at prominent Games events unless the Government agrees to a range of demands including an end to Aboriginal genocide, Aboriginal Sovereignty and the signing of a treaty.

The Black GST say they hope the focus of the world's media will draw attention to the plight of indigenous Australians during the Games. Organisers say supporters are converging from across Australia and from overseas. Organisers say up to 20,000 people may take part in talks, rallies, colourful protests and many cultural festivities designed to pressure the Federal Government on Indigeneous rights issues. They want the Government to provide a temporary campsite for the supporters, saying "organised chaos was better than disorganised chaos."

The 2006 Stolenwealth Games convergence, described by organisers as the "cultural festival of the 2006 Commonwealth Games," was virtually opened on March 2nd with the launch of the official "Stolenwealth Games" website. Scoop Independent News and Perth Indymedia reported that the launch was held at Federation Square in Melbourne. The site contents were projected via wireless laptop by the Stolenwealth Games General Manager, and a tour of the website was given on the big screen. He said "overwhelming amusement was the response from the audience." The group say permanent access points to the website are being set up at public internet facilities across Victoria during the coming weeks.

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"Interest in the Stolenwealth Games is building all over the world and this fresh, exciting and contemporary site will draw in people from Stolenwealth Nations around the globe to find out about the latest news and events," said a Stolenwealth Games spokesperson. "We have been getting many requests from around the world wanting to know about the Stolenwealth Games. We have provided many ways that individuals and organisations can support the campaign by spreading the word."

The Victorian Traditional Owner Land Justice Group (VTOLJG) which represents the first nation groups of Victoria, has announced its support to boycott the 2006 Commonwealth Games until the Government "recognises Traditional Owner rights." The group asserts that culture has been misappropriated in preparation for the Games.

Organisers of the campaign say they welcome the formal support from the Traditional Owners. "While some seek to divide and discredit Indigenous Australia, this support is further evidence that the Aboriginal people are united in opposition to the ongoing criminal genocide that is being perpetrated against the Aboriginal people" said Black GST supporter and Aboriginal Elder, Robbie Thorpe.

"We now have endorsement from the VTOLJG and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy for the aims and objectives of the Campaign and we are looking forward to hosting all indigenous and non-indigenous supporters from across Australia in March," he said. The Black GST group have said "the convergence will be held as a peaceful, family-focussed demonstration against genocide, and for the restoration of sovereignty and the negotiations towards a Treaty."

But the campaign has received flak in mainstream media, such as Melbourne's Herald Sun, who wrote: "the proposal to allow BlackGST to set up an Aboriginal tent embassy at a site well away from the Commonwealth Games will be interpreted by some as the State Government caving in to a radical protest group. A major concern for the Government... is to protect the event from disruption... no chances should be taken..."

"Games Management Zones"
The Black GST has been planning the convergence for months, calling for Aboriginal people and their supporters to converge on Melbourne. The Melbourne-based Indigenous rights group have called on thousands of people concerned about the plight of indigenous Australians to converge on Melbourne during the Games, which they have dubbed "the Stolenwealth Games". But the choice of Kings Domain has made conflict almost inevitable, as the area is one of the areas gazetted by the State Government as a "Games management zone".

Under the Commonwealth Games Arrangements Act, any area gazetted as a management zone is subject to a range of specific laws - including bans on protesting, creating a disturbance and other activities. The protest bans will be in effect at different times and places, and offenders can be arrested.

A spokeswoman for the Black GST, which advocates peaceful protest, said the site had been chosen because it was close to where the Queen will stay on March 15. "We figured that she is only in Melbourne for 27 hours or something like that so we thought we would make it easy for her to come next door and see us," she said. "We are a very open, welcoming group, so she will be welcome to come and join us."

Kings Domain is the burial site for 38 indigenous forefathers of Victoria. Black GST elder, Targan, said trade union groups have offered to install infrastructure at the site. The group initially worked with the State Government to find a suitable camp site, but the relationship broke down when the Government failed to meet a deadline imposed by the protesters. "While we are disappointed the ministers were not able to meet deadline on our request, we thank them for their constructive approach towards negotiations and the open-door policy exercised," said Targan.

A spokesman for Games Minister Justin Madden said the Government was still investigating other sites. Victoria Police Games security commander Brendan Bannan said he was not convinced the Black GST represented the views of most indigenous people. "We are dealing with the Aboriginal community and they don't seem to support it at all … the wider Aboriginal community don't support disruption to the Games at all," he said.

The Government was told that Black GST supporters would camp in Fitzroy Gardens and other city parks should it fail to nominate a site. A spokesman for Aboriginal Affairs Minister Gavan Jennings said the Government was taking the issue seriously, but had not been able to finalise a campsite before the deadline. Under special Games laws, people protesting or causing a disturbance in "Games management zones" can be arrested and fined. While prominent public spaces such as Federation Square, Birrarung Marr, Albert Park and the Alexandra Gardens fall under the legislation, such tough anti-protest laws cannot be enforced in the nearby Fitzroy Gardens.

Games chairman Ron Walker has urged the group to choose another date for its protest march through the city, which is currently planned to coincide with the opening ceremony on March 15. The group believes that an opportunity to gain attention for indigenous issues was lost at the Sydney Olympics and has vowed to make a highly visible presence at the Games.

Sacred Flames
The Black GST said the Australian Aboriginal Tent Embassy's sacred flame, burning over many years at the Canberra site will be carried to Melbourne before the Games, and its arrival would mark the opening of the protest camp from where a march will proceed to the MCG before the Opening Ceremony.

Black GST claims supporters from all over Australia, including three busloads from the West Australian Land Council, will gather in Melbourne during the Games for peaceful protests.

Aboriginal Affairs Minister Gavin Jennings had offered Victoria Park to the protesters. Victoria Park, former home of Collingwood Football Club, where one of the strongest statements of Aboriginal pride, when St Kilda star Nicky Winmar in 1993 raised his jumper and pointed to his bare chest after racial taunts from the Collingwood crowd.

Black GST, which has labelled the Games the Stolenwealth Games, said the State Government had failed to find a suitable venue. Black GST may encourage protesters to camp in prominent parks such as Fitzroy Gardens and Treasury Gardens. Graffiti supporting the action has also appeared in central Melbourne. Melbourne City councillor Fraser Brindley has offered his home to the Black GST organisers. "I offered my home up to people who are organising visitors to come to the Games," he said. Cr Brindley will be overseas when the Commonwealth Games are held and has offered the free accommodation at his flat at Parkville. He said he agreed with the protesters' view that treaties needed to be signed with indigenous Australians. "I'm offering it up to the indigenous people who are coming to remind Her Majesty that her Empire took this land from them," said Cr Brindlley. Nationals leader Peter Ryan said: "This extremist group has no part in the Australian community." Melbourne councillor Peter Clarke said the actions were embarrassing and that he would try to discourage him. "It's not in the spirit of the Games," he said.

Aboriginal elder, Targan, said the possibility of securing Victoria Park was delightfully ironic. "There's a lot of irony going on," Targan, 53, a PhD student at Melbourne University, said. "GST stands for Genocide, Sovereignty and Treaty. We want the genocide of our people to stop; we want some sovereignty over traditional land, certainly how it is used, and we want a treaty with the government," Targan said.


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Australia will not export uranium to India

March 3, 2006

The Australian foreign minister,, has confirmed that Australia will not export to India while it is not a signatory of the  (NPT). The confirmation was prompted by a recently announced agreement between India and the United States involving the sale of civilian nuclear technology. "Well our policy has developed over many years, going right back to the time of the Fraser Government actually, our policy has been that we would only export uranium to countries that are signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty," Mr. Downer said in an interview on today's AM radio programme.

Mr. Downer also said that the Australian government was disappointed when India and Pakistan developed nuclear weapons, but supports the new United States deal with India as an attempt to engage with India and "open up their civilian nuclear industry to International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors."

"We've considered very carefully over the last few months the American proposal for this agreement that President Bush has signed with the Indians, and our view about it is that it's a good step forward in what's been a difficult situation," Mr. Downer said.

The (ALP) supported the government's stance on exporting uranium to non-NPT countries. "Any future agreement to export to India must be dependent on India becoming a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the negotiation of a bi-lateral agreement ensuring that Australian uranium is only used for peaceful purposes," they said in a press release.

US-India agreement
The deal between the two countries involves the US supplying civilian nuclear technology to India, in exchange for money and a promise to open some reactors for inspection. India has said it will reclassify 14 of its 22 nuclear reactors as being for power generation only, which will allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAFA) to inspect them.

In a press briefing, National Security Advisor Steve Hadly said that the agreement would bring India "into the international non-proliferation mainstream", including "placing its civilian nuclear facilities and programs under IAEA safeguards, and also harmonizing its export control lists with those of the and the ." The deal stops short of normalising India's nuclear status; however it is not clear that this could occur without a complete renegotiation of the NPT, or an abandonment of nuclear weapons by India.

The director of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, called India "an important partner in the non-proliferation regime".

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
The NPT permits 5 states to own nuclear weapons: France (signed 1992), the People's Republic of China (1992), the (1968; obligations and rights assumed by Russia), the United Kingdom (1968), and the United States (1968). All other signatories have agreed that they will not seek nuclear weapons technology. 187 sovereign nations are currently signed on to the NPT; however India, Pakistan, and Israel have not. India and Pakistan possess nuclear weapons, and Israel is suspected of possession of nuclear weapons.

Uranium exports
Australia has 30% of the world's available uranium. According to the, from 2000 to 2005 Australia exported 46,600 tonnes of uranium, to the value of over 2.1 billion. Australia currently exports to the USA, Japan, South Korea, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Belgium and Finland. Exports are for electricity generation only, in accordance with the NPT.


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Harry Browne, former US presidential candidate and best selling author, dead at age 72

March 2, 2006

Harry Browne, two-time US Libertarian Party presidential nominee and best-selling author died of Lou Gehrig's disease in his home in Franklin, Tennessee, Wednesday night, 1 March 2006. He was born 17 June 1933 in New York City and grew up in Los Angeles, California.

He was the Public Policy Director for DownsizeDC.org and was a consultant to the Permanent Portfolio family of mutual funds.

He was nominated by the US Libertarian Party as its presidential candidate in 1996 and again in 2000.

He is also know for his articles (including those on LewRockwell.com) and books including:

 * "How You Can Profit from the Coming Devaluation"
 * "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World"
 * "You Can Profit from a Monetary Crisis"
 * "Why Government Doesn't Work"
 * "The Great Libertarian Offer."

His writings focused largely on supporting libertarian ideas and investment advise. "How You Can Profit from the Coming Devaluation" predicted the future rise in gold prices in the 1970s.

He is survived by his wife Pamela Lanier Wolfe Browne and his daughter Autumn.


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Talk:Australia will not export uranium to India

article does not quote or discuss the Indian view of the story. eg., why it chose not to sign npt, why india says it deserves a special treatment outside npt (its nuclear doctrine + stringent anti-proliferation) and of course, any direct reaction to the australian statement. Doldrums 07:30, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

 * "open up their civilian nuclear industry to International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors." I am wondering what this means in practical terms? None of the articles I have read address this; to me it's like someone having 2 tool sheds (A and B)full of weapons in their backyard; Shed A being full of attack weapons(like ballistic missles) and shed B being full of defensive stuff(like anti-ballistic missles) and agreeing that the cops can come have a look in B shed from time to time but not in A....I don't get it... what's the point? I'd like to see the article include some more in depth rationalle as to why the US thinks this is so great.Neutralizer 13:18, 3 March 2006 (UTC)


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Fire Fighters Join "TR" Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

February 16, 2006

Quoting Theodore Roosevelt, who said that we must do “the greatest good, for the greatest number,” Harold A. Schaitberger, of The International Association of Fire Fighters, (IIAF), announced that the his organization was joining the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, (TRCP).

In a press release, Schaitberger, who is IIAF General President, said, "I’m proud to announce that, along with a number of our sister unions in the Building Trades, the Machinists and others, we, (the IIAF), are joining the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP), and will be rolling out its programs and benefits for your enjoyment over the coming weeks."

Praising the TRCP as, "an organization that focuses its efforts solely on conserving, maintaining and enhancing access to land and water available for Americans to enjoy their interests in hunting, fishing and shooting," Schaitberger explained that the IIAF is also, working with (the TRCP) to extend this program to our Canadian members."

Schaitberger explained that the TRCO, "is founded in the spirit of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, and an avid outdoorsman who believed, “There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country..."

Schaitberger also shared plans for his member workers unions, in the IIAF will "initiate a union-focused sportsman club that will have its own magazine, web site, radio show (in addition to the television shows already in production) and affinity programs to promote union-made products and equipment and offer discount merchandise and trips."

The IIAF General President indicated that this state "greatest good for the greatest number" statement, "is a guiding principle of TRCP. It is a guiding principle of this IAFF. And together, we hope it will do some good for you as you enjoy the outdoors." The IIAF web site is located at http://www.iiaf.org

The TRCP is a non-profit organization who's web site says is, "driven by a Board of Directors and a Policy Council made up of leaders from many of the country’s top hunting, fishing and conservation groups. We have a national focus on access and conservation issues affecting hunting and angling and are supported by our own nationwide network of over 90,000 sportsmen and women and more than 1,400 affiliated local and state-level clubs and organizations, that themselves represent nine million Americans."


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Please contribute :)
If you have more information about the situation that lead to the vehicle ban, some other POV's like Iraqi sources or other Middle Eastern sources then please contribute.

Well done Story
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Wikinews talk:Dispute resolution/Users Borofkin, Mrmiscellanious, and others

I have no time until next week to make my statement in this case but most things have already been said. I think this is a good initiative to make a dispute resolution and if necessary arbitration. International 13:34, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

absence of MrM reply
I think some form of reply from user MrMiscellaneous is appropriate. The failure to reply would be a smack in the community's face for the efforts done on its part to address issues. -Edbrown05 08:26, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Not sure what the formal process is. I am not quite done with my comments and intend to leave a note on MrM's talk page to invite him to respond once I am done. Don't know how others are dealing with this or what the "proper" way is. --vonbergm 17:10, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Notification
I just wish to formally note here that I notified MrM of my actions on March 4, 2006 - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 09:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Ditto. --vonbergm 20:16, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

I've not commented yet
I am waiting for the format to take shape, and am engaged on various fronts elsewhere. Should my input be needed sooner, please let me know on my talk page. StrangerInParadise 20:12, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Joint Statement
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Pakistan government blocks bloggers ahead of Bush visit

March 6, 2006

Pakistani bloggers have been reporting this week that the Pakistani government has started blocking local access to the blogging tool Blogger.com. Blogger.com, along with its companion domain blogspot.com, is one of the most widely used blogging tools in Pakistan. Because of the government's decision to block the site, many Pakistani bloggers are now unable to update their blogs.

Bloggers are debating whether the move by the Pakistani government is a sign of a long-term online censorship campaign, or a temporary move to prevent potentially embarrassing blog coverage of U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to the country this weekend.

"Truth is — it may have very little to do with Bush's visit," writes Indian blogger Neha Viswanathan on the Global Voices email list, run by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. "The anti-Bush protest has hardly found a voice online. I really do think this might be the first of other blocks. This might be on a very experimental basis to see how far they go. The Pakistani govt has hardly had any dialogue with bloggers at all. "

"The other theory is of course the one on Danish cartoons- which is likely," she continues. "But there is so much content on that outside of the blogosphere (the limited one at Blogspot) that it doesn't' seem to fit together. I wouldn't be surprised if the govt of Pakistan comes up with an IT censorship policy."

Other bloggers see a more direct connection with the Bush visit. "I have communicated with several bloggers and friends back in Pak[istan]," writes UAE-based Pakistani blogger Omer Alvie. "So far there's no resolution to this problem. Bush's visit in Pakistan is resulting in protests, a strike in Lahore and curfew areas in Islamabad. The feeling among bloggers is this is all rather suspect. Neha, might be right this might be on experimental basis. I feel this a a [sic] precursor to what the government can do in the future."

To date, the Pakistani government has offered no comment on the decision to block online access to Blogger.com.


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Ian Thorpe starts to recover from chest pains

March 3, 2006

Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe is reported to be feeling much better after suffering from chest pain for some time.

The Olympic gold medalist was due to swim in the 100m and 200m freestyle and in three relays at the Commonwealth Games, but due to his complaints his fitness has been in doubt. He has been unable to take the drugs needed to overcome his pain as they are banned from the Games.

Thorpe told the media Thursday "It's actually the best I've felt in a while; the antibiotics are starting to work."