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User talk:MJK

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

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User talk:Macblack10@msn.com

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User talk:Macblack10~enwikinews

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Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Macblack10. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Macblack10~enwikinews that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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User talk:Ihsan1~enwikinews

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Ihsan1. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Ihsan1~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.

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Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Copey~enwikinews

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

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User talk:Joecig

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Australian resort manager faces possible 10-year prison sentence in Indonesia

February 22, 2006 Barbara Kathleen Higgs, 43, a manager of the Bulan Baru (New Moon) resort on the Indonesian island of Lombok has been charged with possession of cannabis and could face a maximum 10 years in prison if convicted.

Indonesian police allege that they found 50 grams of cannabis and two bags of cannabis seeds at Higgs' house in Senggigi, where she has lived for five years with her husband.

Under Indonesian law there is no provision for bail. Ms Higgs will remain in custody until her trial is complete.

According to Police Brigadier Kadek Sudeartana, Ms Higgs has been the "target of operations for one month". Sudeartana also said that Ms Higgs was suspected of being in possession of drugs after tip-offs from a number of members in the community.

The husband of Ms Higgs, who refused to give his name claims the arrest is a misunderstanding. "It's been a mistake", he said. "You'll find that by tomorrow all the charges have been dropped".

Australian consular officials from Bali have visited Ms Higgs and offered their assistance.

Ms Higgs is the most recent Australian to be caught up in drug offences in Indonesia, with the Bali Nine, Schapelle Corby, Michelle Leslie and Graham Payne facing the Indonesian legal system in recent times.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer have once again warned Australians to avoid drugs when travelling overseas.


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Mladic arrest operation 'under way'

February 21, 2006

Reports are showing up on several sources that an operation to arrest Ratko Mladic for war crimes is currently in-progress in Serbia.

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User talk:Brian/Archive 4

Yes
Please see Image use policy as well. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 23:49, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Papua New Guinea
Could you set up a Portal:Papua New Guinea here for the Wikipedia PNG portal to link to, similar to the Portal:Oceania. I had thought the setting up of country portals here was an automatic process. Thanks.-Gadfium 05:30, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

I've been banned
My speech and debate class has banned me from wikipedia as it's "not a valid source" Now i have to find that news article about wikinews being just as accurate as a written encycopedia.terinjokes 15:02, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Texas court injunction
Why only delete the talk page regarding a case that a judge has apparently injunctioned, and not the article itself as well? Is there a reason for redirecting rather than deleting and making available only to admins? Rickyrab 21:20, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Rickyrab 21:26, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Image
The Fair Use doctrine of the United States allows for copyrighted images to be displayed, however it does not give clause to the cases of them being modified (to remove copyright notices, etc.). Therefore, we can't legally use them on our site. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 06:00, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Archiving of WN:DR
I am not sure what to do with deletion requests on WN:DR once they have been deleted. Do we just delete them out off the page or do we have to move them to another "archive" page? - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 20:48, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks :) - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 20:53, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Interviews on Usenet sites targetted by the MPAA
Thanks for your comments it is appreciated - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 08:21, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Your Ricin Intervention
Hi, I wanted to wait until the emotions subsided before asking you about your intervention in the article; "I will block all users who have edited this article if this does not get sorted out Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 23:40, 26 February 2006 (UTC)" Please tell me; What exactly did you mean by "sorted out"? What exactly did you expect me to do,if anything, at that point? Were you also going to block editors who only commented on the talk page? Why did you feel you had to make such a threat? In hindsight, do you think it was appropriate to make such a threat?

I do not want to leave the matter unsettled because if you have something to say about the way I handled my edits in that article, I'd like you to be up-front about it with me directly; plus, I certainly don't think we need another admin making block threats on article talk pages...that is really off-limits, imo. Neutralizer 14:06, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for your comprehensive and friendly response. I also have great respect for you as an editor. Neutralizer 21:04, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Userpage design
That's a yes. terinjokes 14:28, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

RE; Quote
hehe, too much script...

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An interview with Jimbo Wales

February 22, 2006

Just five years ago, when Jimbo Wales founded Wikipedia, the project's goal of 100,000 articles seemed ambitious. Yet today, the project, now one of the top 25 websites in the world according to Alexa, is nearing closer 1,000,000 articles in English, and 3.5 million articles across all languages. This week, we interviewed Jimbo Wales.

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 Wikinews: Raul654 asks: "Recently, there were revelations about organized attempts by US Congressmen to whitewash their articles. What is your take on this, as well as earlier reports of Corporate astroturfing?"

 Jimbo Wales: The question is invalid. There were no revelations of organized attempts by US Congressmen to whitewash their articles. Not any evidence of "corporate astroturfing" of which I am aware. There was evidence that some congressional staffers edited Wikipedia in inappropriate ways. But the internal evidence of the type and style of these edits do not suggest "organized attempts".

 WN: Nichalp asks: "Budget permitting, are there any plans to increase the number of Wikipedia servers, specifically into the less developed countries?"

 JW: We are always buying new servers. There are no specific plans to add servers in less developed countries, but we have looked into it as a possibility. We are particularly interested in doing so if it helps increase access and reduce costs for those users.

 WN: An anonymous reader asks: "How much of a role do you feel the Wikipedia community (and the communities of its sister projects) should have in the running of the Wikimedia Foundation? Do you see an increasing separation of the organization from the projects? If so, do you regard that as beneficial or a potential problem?"

 JW: The community has always been and will always be absolutely crucial to the running of the Wikimedia Foundation. We are increasing the community input and activity in the foundation through a new series of committees to delegate things to community members which have traditionally been handled by me or the Board. I do not see any increasing separation of the organization from the projects, quite the opposite. I consider the increasing integration of the community and the foundation as overwhelmingly beneficial.

 WN: ALoan asks: "English Wikipedia is approaching 1 million articles, but less than 1 in a thousand are Featured articles. The list of featured articles English Wikipedia should have has few featured articles, and recent surveys of articles chosen at random show that many articles are poorly written. How can we get from here to an encyclopedia of well-written articles? Or should we not worry too much about coverage and content?"

 JW: We should be tightly focused on the quality of our coverage and content. The goal of Wikipedia is to create and distribute a freely licensed high quality encyclopedia. The path to that goal will require us to be flexible and thoughtful. The first steps will come soon with the article review system, which will initially be used simply to gather data. After we have data, we can begin to work on how we will focus our attention to improve quality.

 WN: GeorgeStepanek asks: "You've said that 'Wikimedia's mission is to give the world's knowledge to every single person on the planet in their own language.' But very few of the wikipedias in the languages of third-world countries are seeing as much activity as the first-world language wikipedias. Do you have any ideas on how this could be turned around?"

 JW: I am a believer in outreach. I would like for the Foundation to raise money specifically to pay one or more minority language co-ordinators. The goal would be to reach out in a more organized way to professors and graduate students and expat communities who have good Internet access, to seed projects for languages where the majority of speakers have poor internet access.

 WN: Jacoplane asks: "How do you feel we will be able to reach Wikipedia 1.0? The tools currently available for vetting our articles are crude at best. The Featured article process seems too slow, and the article validation feature seems to have died a quiet death. Are you planning a big push on this front?"

 JW: Isn't that the same question as the quality question? The article validation feature has not died a quiet death at all.

 WN: Quadell asks: "Most important decisions on Wikimedia projects are handled with consensus. However, we sometimes have to deal with legal issues, especially related to copyright law. For instance, we as a community may need to decide whether to consider a certain use "fair", or how to deal with conflicting copyright claims. Dealing with this through consensus is problematic, since we can't do something illegal even if there is widespread misguided support for it. In general, how can we as a community deal with these issues?"

 JW: I don't think there is any real problem with this. The community is strongly in support of following the law. I don't know of any particular cases of widespread misguided support for something illegal. In particular cases, there can of course be [dis]agreement, but I have never seen anyone in the community argue that we should not listen to the advice of our legal team.

 WN: Raul654 asks: "Where do you see Wikipedia in 10 years?"

 JW: I don't know. My favorite answer to this is to say, the real question is: where will the world be after 10 more years of Wikipedia. :) Seriously, I think we'll eventually see a tapering off of new article creation in the large language wikipedias as more and more "verifiable" topics are covered. At this point, most changes will be expansions and updates and quality improvements to existing articles.  But in 10 years, it seems likely to me that many languages which are now quite small will have very large Wikipedia projects. Our community will continue to become more diverse as more and more people worldwide come online.

 WN: Kevin Myers asks: "The values reflected in certain Wikipedia policies (anti-censorship, neutral point-of-view) are problematic in cultures where freedom of expression is limited, as the blocking of Wikipedia in mainland China and arguably the Muhammad cartoons controversy attest.  As Wikipedia expands internationally, do you foresee Wikipedia becoming increasingly controversial in countries where "Western values" are seen as a potential threat?"

 JW: I don't think that neutrality and objectivity are really controversial among most people of the world. It is true that the leadership in some places does not value these things, and may actually work against these things, but we can not deviate from our goals to accommodate them.

 WN: On a similar topic, Vsion asks: "Are there currently any efforts being undertaken by the Foundation to address the People's Republic of China's blocking of Wikipedia or to alleviate its effect?"

 JW: Beijing-area Wikipedians are working to have the block lifted. Our position is that the block is in error, even given China's normal policies. Wikipedia is not propaganda, it is basic information. We expect that the block will be lifted.

 WN: David.Monniaux asks: "The Foundation receives daily accusations of libel from semi-well-known people who have an entry on Wikipedia or are mentioned in some Wikipedia entry. What do you propose? Would a strict application of the rule of citing controversial claims suffice, in your opinion?"

 JW: Yes. I think that our current systems do a good job of addressing these sorts of complaints, although it is very time-consuming for us here in the office. What really works wonders is a very strict application of the rule of citing controversial claims particularly relating to biographies of living persons. The new policy on biographies of living persons is a very strong step in the right direction.

 WN: Tony Sidaway asks: "In the past six weeks the number of userboxes on English Wikipedia has risen from 3500 to 6000 and, despite your appeals for restraint, the number pertaining to political beliefs has risen from 45 to 150. Can the problem of unsuitable userboxes still be resolved by debate?"

 JW: My only comment on the userbox situation is that the current situation is not acceptable.

 WN: Larsinio asks: "How can Wikipedia effectively explain to the public its open-contribution model without simultaneously worrying the public about inaccurate information?"

 JW: I think we do a reasonably good job of that. The best thing is to point to our overall quality while at the same time pointing out that we are currently a work in progress. Over time, this answer will change as we move toward '1.0'. At that time, we can point to '1.0' for those who are made nervous by the live editing.

 WN: Rob Church asks: "Do you consider the encyclopedia to be 'finished'? Do you think it ever can be?"

 JW: Nothing is ever finished. Human knowledge is always growing.

 WN: Raul654 and Pavel Vozenilek both asked, "What kind of cool new features/announcements can we expect to see in the next year or two?"

 JW: I think this question is too hard for me to answer. I almost never "announce" anything, and features are developed publicly by the community. I think other people have a better idea than I do what will happen in the next year or two. :) Ask Brion [Vibber].

 WN: Celestianpower asks: "If you had not founded Wikipedia, and had just been referred to it by a friend, how active a contributor do you think you would be?"

 JW: [I] dream fondly of such a scenario. I might actually get to edit articles then. Instead of spend the morning (this morning) documenting transactions and taking phone calls.

 WN: OpenToppedBus asks: "The last fundraising drive was less successful than had been anticipated. Do you see a shortage of money holding back Wikipedia/Wikimedia in the short-to-medium-term, and are there any plans to bring in income from sources other than individual donations?"

 JW: The last fundraising drive was more successful than had been anticipated, by a long shot. It was the most successful fund drive in our history. [Regarding a quoted goal of $500,000], Mav wrote something like that somewhere, in a scratchpad kind of way. That number was just a placeholder and had nothing to do with me or the official view of the foundation. He's apologized repeatedly for it.

 WN: Thryduulf asks: "What is your single greatest wish for Wikipedia?"

 JW: I would have to just point back to our original goal: a freely licensed high quality encyclopedia for every single person on the planet. That's what I remain focused on daily.

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First-hand journalism information
I wrote this article originally for the Wikipedia Signpost (article). The interview took place on IRC on February 15, 2006. The questions were submitted by Signpost readers, who agreed to have their questions dual-licensed under both GFDL and the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. I have also done so for my input (i.e. compiling the questions), and Jimbo has as well. Ral315 00:00, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Encouraging
A million thanks to Mr. Wales and the righteous Wikimedia contributors! This project, along with NASA/ESA recent success with Cassini and the Mars Rovers, are the greatest, most noble achievements so far this millenium! The internet, no - the world, maybe the universe, have been waiting for something like Wikipedia. So far it's looking pretty good in the direction you are taking it and how well you seem to be navigating around the pitfalls of engaging so many minds in this mad world of ours. Aside from telling everyone who'll listen how great I think this is, I look forward to contributing more directly to Wikimedia's long-term success.

Broken link to German wikinews
Could one of the admins please replace the interwiki link to the German wikinews? It should read "Interview mit Jimmy Wales: Wie geht es weiter mit Wikipedia?". Thanks! --Angela H. 21:07, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
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User talk:202.6.138.33

Welcome
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Please do not vandalize articles
Please do not vandalize articles. --Chiacomo (talk) 00:05, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Senator Hatch lashes out at critics of domestic surveillance program

Question
I wrote "Notably", but that might be a bit biased. I can't think of a better way to bring up the fact that the gov't has previously found evidence contrary to Hatch's statement. -- IlyaHaykinson 01:33, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Typo
editprotected One of the sources has a date of 'Febuary' instead of 'February'. Van der Hoorn (talk) 13:28, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

 * ✅ ♪Tempo di Valse ♪ 01:23, 8 March 2009 (UTC)


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Welcome
Wikinews desperately needs more gutsy reporters; please give the project as much time as you can spare. Neutralizer 02:23, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Australian resort manager faces possible 10-year prison sentence in Indonesia

Gaol
It's not a spelling mistake - don't make edits to the word in the headline or body claiming so.

It's a chiefly British usage which the original author chose - don't make headline changes inconsistent with body text without discussion here.

If it were a spelling error in the headline and body text, don't only change the headline text. If making changes to both, check all body text. Do not make edits which leave inconsistent word or spelling usage between the body and headline.

It might be wise to defer word usage choices to the original author or locality of the story event. Karen 02:42, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Well I did take that into consideration. If it's a jail/gaol in Australia that's one thing, but it's in Indonesia. And they don't call jail there a gaol.

 * Search Google News for Jakarta Post (most prominent English language newspaper in Indonesia) and jail or gaol . Jail gets 59 hits, and Gaol gets one, and it's about "slang language like Bahasa Gaol". -- Fuzheado 03:04, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

 * How about a compromise away from using the world jail/gaol, and going with prison? -- Fuzheado 03:11, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how the word usage in Indonesia is relevant, as English is not one of their official languages, and this is an article about an Australian that will be of greatest interest to Australians rather than Indonesians. - Borofkin 03:15, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * That is why gaol was used, the article was about yet another Australian getting busted for drugs in Indonesia. I am sure it happens that often (drug busts) in Indonesia that it isn't reported in the news, but when it affects another Australian (especially given the number of Australians which have been arrested for drugs offences) it is notable. Australian English uses the term gaol over jail. Prison isnt something we use widely here - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 04:08, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Prison (headline), prison (first mention of "gaol"), and custody (second mention) are fine by me - it's not prison in one place, jail in another, and gaol in the third; consistency was my main complaint, and my second was incompletely replacing gaol with jail on the basis that it was a spelling error. I'd prefer to avoid slang terms, so I'd tend to just replace the whole thing. I would have not reverted any of it if the changes were done to the complete article, and the original author hadn't chose local usage. I think the author's local usage or the event location's usage can decide - no point in trying to internationalize every story. Just make each story's usage consistent with itself, and keep the original author happy if possible. Thanks! Karen 04:16, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I generally concur. Thanks very much for your input Karen. - Borofkin 04:25, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


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This account should be deleted cause they impersonated someone MrMiscellanious
Delete me....

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If you wont delete me I at least deserve a comment that I am a vandal…
Surely you know that we can't "delete" an IP address -- nor can we actually delete accounts. --Chiacomo (talk) 03:37, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Got to love shared IP Addresses. Never know when a cracker will pop up on one next.
I dunno... One of the wonderful things about wiki is the desire to be open for anyone who contributes in good faith. You know, you can select the little "edit" link and edit within the thread. It'll help keep the thread together. --Chiacomo (talk) 03:40, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

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Category talk:Local only

Exclusion from Main Page
My understanding was that a story categorized as 'Local only' would appear only under Topic and Region portals listed as a category of the article. Has this been changed? -Edbrown05 05:51, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Nope -- it never was... :D The daily DPLs don't exclude anything other than disputed stories and stories categorized with Category:No publish (which was added today, going forward). --Chiacomo (talk) 05:53, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I long for the day when we are writing so many articles that we need to exclude some from the main page. - Borofkin 05:55, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I too long for that day. I oppose, at this point however, excluding any news story from the main page. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:57, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I support categories to differentiate news with local, regional, or global interest. I oppose exclusion of news stories from the main page based on that scope.--T.D. Reid  22 February 2006
 * Okay, then what does the category do now? Is it existence preparation for the day when it is needed? -Edbrown05 06:05, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

As it stands, the DPL for each day is generated thusly:  category=Published category=February 22, 2006 notcategory=Disputed notcategory=No publish suppresserrors=true

In order to suppress stories using Category:Local only we'd need to add  to each daily DPL. I suppose it exists for that time when it will be needed. --Chiacomo (talk) 06:08, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

 * OK, gotcha, thanks for clarifying that. I was wrong on my understanding. -Edbrown05 06:15, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It excludes from develop list on main page. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 19:12, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Bad idea
This (IMHO) is a bad idea that wont work for Wikinews. I am totally opposed to excluding any articles from the main page. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)   (sign here!)  03:50, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think the idea currently is to exclude pages from the Main page (it does from develop for some reason). The idea is to eventually exclude them (aka, when we have over 50 new articles a day). Currently the only thing that's really ever been excluded is stuff using template:specialPublish (portal:Quakers). Bawolff ☺☻ 06:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * note I believe this category should be removed from template:nopublish. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The idea is meant as a way to allow for user generated content even if it is not necessarily MainPage stuff, for example, a quick report on Groundhog day (btw, the groundhog did not see its shadow this year, which means early Spring!) that could appear in the 'Culture and entertainment' category, but not on the MainPage using the tag. IMHO, the tag can be used for participatory inclusivity by keeping little stuff (even awfully written articles  ) from slipping through unreported. -Edbrown05 07:40, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thats a good point, but I still think even the little stuff should be on the main page (at this point in time). We've had multiple articles about summer solstice's, New years, Daylight savings time, on the main page. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:43, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:202.5.151.58

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Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. 202.5.151.58, welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

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This is a brilliantly useful little category. -Edbrown05 06:27, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

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Hope fades for families of trapped Mexican miners

February 22, 2006

Almost 600 desperate family members and others remained camped outside the Pasta de Conchos coal mine near San Juan de Sabinas, in the northern Mexico state of Coahuila where 65 Mexican miners were trapped by a gas explosion around 2:30 a.m. (0830 GMT) Sunday. Some are threatening to storm the mine while soldiers are trying to keep them calm and rescuers continue to pick through the rock and debris with hand tools, fearing that any power equipment might set off another explosion.

The local newspaper's headline caused panic by quoting one of over a dozen surviving miners who were close enough to the exits to escape: "They are surely dead," (La Prensa de Monclova). However, Arturo Vilchis, Civil Protection Director, refused to speculate on the condition of the miners, while Javier de la Fuente, an engineering contractor with mine owner Grupo México S.A. de C.V. also tried to hold out some hope.

The men were each supposed to be carrying oxygen tanks, each with a six hour supply, and there's some hope that they could reach other oxygen supply tanks, or that some air might be reaching them through the ventilation shafts into which rescuers have been pumping more oxygen since shortly after the explosion.

Juan Rebolledo, vice president of international affairs for Grupo México, assured onlookers that U.S. mining experts were on the way, and officials at the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration have confirmed that they've sent a specialized equipment truck and several mining experts which should arrive at the mine site on Wednesday afternoon.

Meanwhile Consuelo Aguilar, a spokeswoman for the National Miners' Union, called for an investigation into Grupo México's responsibility for the disaster. Pedro Camarillo, a federal labor official, said nothing unusual was found during a routine evaluation in early February.


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Note: the China Daily headline cited here has the typo: "intoo" just as it's rendered in in the template in this article.

wtf is a "a six out suppy of oxygen"


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User talk:Zaz

Greed will be overcome, resistance is not futile. Long live Wikimedia!

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Background in electronics, interested in nearly everything, I hope to contribute to the enlightenment of our species.

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Preparations for inaugural Bathurst International Motor Festival begin

February 22, 2006 The Bathurst Regional Council has begun preparing the Mount Panorama motor racing circuit for the inaugural Bathurst International Motorsport Festival (BIMF) to be held between April 13 and 16, 2006. The Mount Panorama motor racing circuit is considered to be the home of motorsport in Australia.

Council's staff have been busy cleaning the facilities, erecting signage, checking pedestrian bridges and inspecting the track surface for the past few days.

The BIMF will be the first event to be held at the 6.2 kilometre circuit over Easter since 2000. In 2000, Event Management Specialists held the first motorcycle racing event since 1990, but due to EMS going bankrupt a short time after their 2000 event was ran and the inability of the then Bathurst City Council to find another promoter, the Easter event was canned.

The BIMF is inspired by the Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival in the United Kingdom. The Bathurst Regional Council and event promoter Global Entertainment Team promise that the event "will cater for all motoring enthusiasts, collectors and historians".

According to the BIMF website, the on-track program consists of:
 * Manufacturers showcasing their vehicles and track times
 * Historic touring car races
 * Aussie racing car races
 * Australian GT sports car
 * Parade laps by car clubs
 * Parade laps and races by "Legends of Motorsport"
 * Stunt car and bike events
 * Rally cars
 * Displays of cars from all eras of Mount Panorama's history
 * The chance for patrons to purchase a ride around the circuit in a race car.

Off the track, the organisers have promised manufacturer displays, merchandise stands, music, joyflights, Off-road demonstrations and joyrides, autograph sessions and interviews with influential people in the Australian motor industry.


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Original reporting
The original reporting in this article stems from me going to the circuit today, walking around and speaking to council's staff about the festival and what preparations are being made.

Fortunately, during the outing I was given pretty much full access to the modern $24 million pit complex and took a stack of photographs (2 used in this article). Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 10:31, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Fine work, Cartman. - Borofkin 00:53, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it means alot coming from another Wikinewsie :) - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 10:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Spelling
This is aimed to the user who edited kilometre to kilometer. English (not American English) prefers the first spelling as is the case in Australia - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 10:31, 23 February 2006 (UTC)


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Hello. I usually operate over on Wikipedia as Qwghlm. You're better off contacting me there rather than here.

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Alternative to controversial hotel proposed to Buffalo, N.Y. business owners and residents

Residents and business owners in the Elmwood Avenue neighborhood and surrounding area in Buffalo heard a competing proposal for development in their neighborhood at the February 22 meeting held at the Burchfield-Penney Art Gallery, at Buffalo State College. The meeting, attended by at least 140, was originally to consider the Elmwood Village Hotel but also included a new revitalization proposal from Rocco Termini which would increase retail space, but involves less demolition and no hotel.

Rocco Termini, a Buffalo, New York developer wants to develop the corner of Elmwood and Forest, the same spot where Savarino Construction Services Corporation want to build the Elmwood Village Hotel.

Termini proposed that a similar revitalization take place on the intersection like one that incorporated 3 buildings on Aurburn and Elmwood just last year. Termini's proposal will add more retail space than Savarino's proposal with the possibility of including up to seven retail outlets.

"I just think it's necessary to preserve the streetscape that we have. That's the whole point of living and shopping on Elmwood," said Termini. "You should be able to go into little shops, that have unique items, and that bring people to Elmwood. When you bring a big box on Elmwood Avenue, it takes something away from the urban-streetscape, just as suburban areas do not want a big box Wal-Mart. We don't want a big box on Elmwood avenue and I think that's just what this (the hotel) does, brings a big box to Elmwood," said Termini.

When asked if there were any development companies currently interested in his proposal Termini said, "I will be willing to take a look at this myself," said Termini. "Or I would be more than happy to be partners with Sam, Sam Savarino," who is President and Chief Executive Officer of Savarino Construction Services Corp.

An unnamed source close to the project stated, "Rocco has serious concerns that the Mobius's asking price could make his project infeasible." It is unknown if Savarino Construction or the city of Buffalo will consider Termini's proposal.

Termini purchased and developed several buildings and areas including the Ellicott Lofts on Ellicott Street in Buffalo, which opened in 2003, The Oak School Lofts which used to be a Buffalo Alternative School, and ‘IS’ Lofts on Oak Street in Buffalo.

Eva Hassett, Vice President of Savarino Construction, and Karl Frizlen an architect from The Frizlen Group and designer of the hotel commented on the development proposal. Hassett said, "We've been thinking about it and trying to put it together for the last few months, and it was made public a couple of weeks ago."

"There are lots of different areas you can look at. This is an Elmwood Avenue hotel. Putting it somewhere else makes a completely different kind of hotel. We wanted a hotel that people could walk to from the business on Elmwood. We wanted a hotel that people could walk to from the Albright Knox Art Gallery. This is really a location for this kind of hotel. Other locations end up being for other kinds of hotels," said Hassett

"We are excited about the concept of a boutique hotel at this corner. We think it makes sense to the various businesses in the area or the galleries just down the street. We also believe that this is a way for the visitors of Buffalo to experience what the best of what Buffalo has to offer. We think it will be a great way for people from out of town, to get to know what we know about the city," said Hassett.

Although Hassett had said that the proposal has only been around "for a few months", Karl Frizlen said that he came up with the idea "three years ago when Hans Mobius," former owner of the properties at risk, "came to me and asked what we could do with these properties." Frizlen also said that he introduced Mobius to "four different developers, who after seeing the properties, did not want to tackle them, saying that they felt like it was too much for them to take on."

Hans Mobius did not attend last nights meeting.

Frizlen is also designing the former telephone company building at 504 Elmwood which would be a "mixed use building with retail on the lowest level and lofts on the other two floors."

Residents and business owners voice concerns
After speeches from developers, residents and business owners were invited to present questions and comments.

Mark Freelend, a Buffalo resident, and local artist, said "I'm looking at my house in the picture, and I'm picturing all the houses on Granger street behind me, and I'm realizing that, if this is implemented (the hotel), we will get zero sunlight. The Sun is supposed to be free, for everyone. The people on Granger are going to have eighty windows looking at them and their children being raised, and playing in the backyard, guests looking in the windows of their houses twenty-four hours a day. A million people starring into their houses. No sunlight, and they are on permanent reality TV. Put a price on that!"

"I think this hotel is totally out of scale to the area and it does not conform to the style (of Elmwood) at all. It will totally obscure the gateway of Elmwood. The gateway now has open arms that allow for passage and view into the commercial corridor. This hotel stands as a brick wall as far as I can tell," said Nancy Pollina one of the owners of Don Apparel at 1119 Elmwood. Pollina referenced to the recent 'revitalization' project on Auburn and Elmwood saying, "That building was boarded up for years, and that was beautiful a renovation. That building was not in any less need of repair than Hans Mobius's properties."

Development company may be 'moving too fast'
Both residents and business owners in the area are concerned that the proposal is moving too quickly and said that the developers should wait before having any city meetings and wait for a consensus from the community on the hotel.

Mrs. Pollina said, "I think people feel passionate about their neighborhood, and this is their neighborhood. I feel that what was most shocking is that the city's planning board meeting and Common Council meeting, which are they need to push this through, is next week without almost no notice. This (the proposal) is being rushed.

However; Sam Savarino did say that "some people have gotten emotional about this project. And I want to let the community know that we will listen to what you have to say. We're not forcing this down anybody's throat. If this is not something this community wants, we do not want to have it here."

The city's Planning Board is expected to meet on February 28, 2006 at 8:00am in room 901 on the 9th floor of City Hall. The city's Legislative Committee meeting of Common Council is expected to take place on the same day at 2:00pm in Council Chambers on the 13th floor of City Hall.

'Significant changes' to be made to hotel design
It has just been confirmed from an unnamed source close to the project that "significant changes" will be made to the design of the Elmwood Village Hotel. "Its not being cancelled, just redesigned," he said. The changes are not yet known, but they are could be released "tomorrow. He (Savarino) doesn't want it released until he touches base with a few people today."


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Ok...I have a lot of stuff to go through and a lot of e-mails coming to me. i have recordings which I will try and get uploaded. Most if not all this will be OP. I will hgave limited sources in the end I THINK...not sure :) Also, this is NOT the final title. I needed something to at least get me started. I would appreciate that no info is added until I reply on talk page. Please make all suggestions here.

I am also waiting on several pictures/sketches from Rocco Termini. He romised me a digital Image of his proposal so I am waiting for that too. Also Sam Savarino said he will send me every sketch and or plan of the proposed hotel. I am hoping to get all this tomorrow (today depending on timezone and when you went to bed lol). If not I will call and e-mail them. Jason Safoutin 11:30, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok. I added quotes from some owners and residents. They are on a separate tape from the interviews (which I will add tomorrow [Thursday]) so it was easier to go from the begining of the meeting as opposed to the end, where I did the interviews. I am working on a way to upload all good audio from this, but I need to purchase a cable to do that, and that may be a problem :( Jason Safoutin 03:52, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok. The source is a source only for Rocco Termini's other projects. Everything else is from tape. The anonymous source is reliable and is another freelance journalist. I have crosschecked him with another source I have and they have confirmed that they are reliable. I know the sources name but only for the moment does he/she remain to be anonymous. The info from the anon. source is breaking news. If it were not such a local of a story I would add breaking to it. Also as the sources says, its very possilbe that eminent domain MIGHT be an issue, assuming Rocco gets these peoperties. He allegedly wants a million dollars. The sources says Rocco will not pay that, but given his other projects, which were all financially susseccful, I think he will. I am about ready to publish. But I am just waiting on a reply from my source. When I get that, then to the press we go :) Jason Safoutin 17:35, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok. I added the final major quote edit. I have gone through all the recordings and this is all the truely useful Info. I have. I am done here, unless there are typos and such. What do you think? Jason Safoutin 23:58, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

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I think the headline needs work.

Also, I've noticed Wikinews works exceptionally well with a dial-up connection, probably due to its lack of advertisements. About your reference above to needing cable, if that refers to bandwidth issues to upload audio content related to this story, I would just want you to know that your reporting here is considered by me to be in "good faith". Meaning, that I would accept your account of the events. There are accredited users

And now that I write this, I see you have applied for Accreditation :) Edbrown05 05:32, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh no, I am not on dial-up. I just don't have the cable :) Jason Safoutin 12:18, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I am open to title suggestions. I do like the first part And then there were two...I think that adds dramatic effect. I do think that something just isn't right about the second part... Jason Safoutin 12:20, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * You will want to link to the earlier 'related' story in this article of course. I find the "dramatic effect" for the headline confusing... Not one, now two new developments proposed for -- I dunno. -Edbrown05 13:47, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Well whats wrong with the headline first...And Yes...the related article is on its way...have not forget about it just did not get that far yet :) Related Wikinews added. Jason Safoutin

 * What's wrong with the current headline is that it presupposes you read the earlier article. You need a headline that stands on its own, and I can't think of one at the moment - sorry. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:47, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree...but I do not have any Idea at the moment either. So...I will leave it for now. Jason Safoutin 00:00, 24 February 2006 (UTC)


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Australian children suffering from iodine deficiency

February 23, 2006 Almost half of all Australian primary school children are mild to moderately iodine deficient, researchers say. A new study documenting iodine nutritional status in Australian schoolchildren has revealed many are not getting enough iodine - which can lead to mental and growth retardation. The report's authors say iodine deficiency is "the sleeper health issue in Australia", and potentially a very serious one.

The results of the Australian National Iodine Nutrition Study published in the Medical Journal of Australia this week, revealed that children in mainland Australia are borderline iodine deficient. The report has prompted calls for all edible salt to be iodised. They say adding the mineral to salt is the simplest and most effective method of preventing iodine deficiency disorders.

A cross-sectional survey of 1709 schoolchildren - aged 8–10 years, from 88 schools - was carried out in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland, between July 2003 and December 2004. Tasmania was excluded from the study - where an voluntary iodine fortification program using iodised salt in bread, is ongoing.

The authors say the results confirm the existence of inadequate iodine intake in the Australian population. They call for "urgent implementation of mandatory iodisation of all edible salt in Australia." Most iodine in food comes from seafood, milk and iodised salt.

Professor Cres Eastman, Director of the National Iodine Nutrition study, and Chairman of the Australian Centre for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, says it is crucial that children and pregnant women in particular have an adequate intake of iodine. Iodine deficiency can lead to serious health problems including brain damage, stunted growth and deafness.

Professor Eastman says manufacturers could easily remedy the situation by using iodised salt in their products in line with the United States and most European countries. "I suspect they won't do that on a voluntary basis, we've tried so far and haven't succeeded, so we've convinced the Food Standards of Australia and New Zealand| that all salt should be iodised," he said.

The report says the decline in iodine intake appears to be due to changes in the dairy industry, where chlorine-containing sanitisers have replaced iodine-containing sanitisers. Iodine released from these chemicals into milk has been the major source of dietary iodine in Australia for at least four decades, but is now declining. Another contributory factor has been the decreasing consumption of iodised salt used in foods. The report states that few if any food manufacturers use iodised salt in the preparation and manufacture of foods.

Professor Eastman says iodine is added to only 10 per cent of Australian salt in contravention of a World Health Organisation recommendation that all salt be iodised. He says authorities are reacting slowly to his urgent calls for mandatory iodised salt.

"The effects of iodine deficiency are dependent upon how severe it is and when it occurs. So if we go to the pregnant woman, she doesn't get enough iodine, she won't make enough thyroid hormone, and the foetus won't get the amount of thyroid hormone it needs for adequate and proper development of the brain, so you'll then see consequences being loss of IQ, learning difficulties, hearing difficulties and other neurological problems," Professor Eastman said.

"If an infant's not getting enough iodine... brain development won't be completed and they won't grow normally, and as you get older the problem will be that you will develop a goiter and your thyroid won't function as well as it should, so that may have all sorts of pernicious effects upon normal function in life." More than two billion people around the world live in areas prone to iodine deficiency, and yet the problem is easily fixed. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that every country should iodise all edible salt. The most well known effects of IDD are visible goiter and cretinism, a condition characterised by severe brain damage occurring in very early life. WHO say Iodine deficiency is the world’s most prevalent, yet easily preventable, cause of brain damage.

Professor Eastman said he is alarmed by what they found. "Pregnant women in Australia are getting about half as much as what they require on a daily basis. So that alarms me, because there's quite serious potential for adverse effects and brain damage in the next generation of children born in this country," he said. "If Iodine deficiency is serious you lose 15 IQ points, on average. There shouldn't be anyone suffering from iodine deficiency in a developed country like Australia."

Lydia Buchtmann for Food Standards Australia New Zealand, says they are looking at mandatory guidelines on iodine by the end of the year. She says the issue is complicated and will take time to get right. We need to "make sure there's sufficient iodine added into the food supply, to help those people with a deficiency. But at the other end of the scale we've got to make sure the people who eat a lot of food - we all know the teenage boy who comes home from school and eats a whole loaf of bread - that those people don't get too much and get overdose," Ms Bauchtman said. "One of the reasons that iodine is going down is because people are taking that good healthy eating message and not adding salt during cooking."

Senior researcher Mu Li, of the University of NSW's school of public health, said "it is reasonable to assume that pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers are also iodine deficient, putting the next generation of children born in this country at risk of the neuropsychological consequences of iodine deficiency."


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suggest renaming to "Study finds Australian children suffering from iodine deficiency" or better yet, "Study finds iodine deficiency among Australian children". btw, should iodine be capitalised? Doldrums 14:44, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

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Arsenal beat Real Madrid 1-0

February 22, 2006 Arsenal beat Real Madrid 1-0 in a UEFA Champions League second round, first leg match on February 21, 2006. A 47th minute goal from meant that Arsenal became the first side from England ever to win at the.

Arsenal generally had the better of the game, Henry's goal coming after he made a surging run from midfield, evading challenges from both and  before shooting low past. Arsenal's Spanish forward had had an early chance, which was saved by Casillas while  blocked a  shot. At the other end, Real's David Beckham had two chances, one a missed header and the other a clear one-on-one, but saved. Late on in the game, Arsenal sub could have scored a second, but Casillas saved at his feet, before Ronaldo just missed a Beckham cross in front of an open goal.

The second leg of the tie will be played at on March 8, 2006.

Real Madrid: Casillas, Cicinho, Sergio, Woodgate (Mejia 9), Carlos, Gravesen (Julio Baptista 76), Beckham, Guti, Zidane, Robinho (Raul 63), Ronaldo.

Arsenal: Lehmann, Eboue, Toure, Senderos, Flamini, Ljungberg, Hleb (Pires 76), Gilberto Silva, Fabregas (Song 90), Reyes (Diaby 80), Henry.

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Mozambique and Zimbabwe struck by earthquake

February 22, 2006

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred in southern Mozambique near the small farming town of Espungabera near Malvernia just after midnight.

The region is comparatively remote, and detailed reports of what has occurred at the epicenter are not yet available. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), damage is expected, but there are no detailed reports at this stage. As of February 23, February 23, 2006 07:13 UST there are no reported injuries. The area is approximately 100 km away from the Zimbabwen border.

Residents in the surrounding region have been urged not to return to buildings due to possible aftershocks. The region is home to the East African rift system.

The earthquake was felt as far as 800 km away as Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa, and in Zambia. No damage is expected in those countries.

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Baltimore police seek sex offender for failure to register

February 22, 2006 Police in Baltimore County, Maryland asked for the public's help to find 23-year-old Matthew P. Keenan. Police said an arrest warrant had been issued for Keenan on the charge of failing to update his information with Maryland's State Sex Offender Registry.

Police described Keenan as a white male, 5'6" (1.7 m) tall, 150 pounds (68 kg) with brown hair and brown eyes. They believed Keenan was last seen in the Armistead Gardens neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.

Mandatory registration for offenders convicted of certain sexual or violent crimes began in Maryland after 1994. Addresses of offenders have been made public.

According to the registry, Keenan is a child sex offender. Detectives added that Keenan was convicted of raping a child in 2002. This conviction led to the requirement that Keenan keep his current address on file with the registry. Keenan's last verified address listed with the registry was in the 3700-block of North Point Road in Dundalk, Maryland.

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UK and Aussie troops will not fight opium in Afghanistan

February 23, 2006

Colonel Gordon Messenger, commander of the British forces in Southern Afghanistan, has said that troops under his command will not be engaged in the fight against cultivation. "There will be absolutely no maroon berets [of the marines] with scythes in a poppy field," he said.

The United Nations has reported that a "fear that Afghanistan might degenerate into a narco-state is slowly becoming a reality."

U.S. State department officials and the claim that Afghan drug trafficking is a primary source of funding for terrorists. Doug Wankel, a former Drug Enforcement Administration official who is point man for the U.S. counternarcotics initiative at the American Embassy in, said the opium industry is "financing terrorism. It's financing subversive activities. It's financing warlordism. ... And if it's a threat to the government of Afghanistan, it's a direct threat to the national security interests of the United States."

Australia recently committed 200 extra troops to Afghanistan. John Howard has said that they also will not be involved in destroying opium poppies. "Well, dealing with that is overwhelmingly the responsibility of the local authorities," he said.

A 2005 U.S. State department report warned that Afghanistan is becoming a "narcotics state". Afghan hectares in opium cultivation has increased by 50% since the coalition invasion; up from an average of 67,000 prior to the invasion (1998-2001), to an average of 97,000 since the invasion (2002-2005). The last year under the Taliban, 2001, saw production of 185 metric tonnes; in 2005 production was 4,100 metric tonnes.

Afghanistan produced 87% of the world's opium in 2005 with 104,000 hectares in production. President Karzai has blamed the coalition for this situation, "This particular operation (controlling opium production) was supposed to be done by an agency, a department that was funded by the international community, by the United States, by Britain. The failure is theirs, not ours." Karzai said. "Where international money and creation of forces for destruction of poppies was concerned, it was ineffective and delayed and half-hearted." Karzai is opposed to aerial spraying which was proposed by the United States, as is done in other drug producing regions of the world, because of what Karzai called "health concerns".

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Michael Morales execution postponed indefinitely

February 23, 2006

The execution of Michael Morales, convicted in 1983 of the murder of Terri Winchell, has been postponed indefinitely because San Quentin State Prison (California) could not comply with a federal court's order that his execution be supervised by licensed medical personnel.

Morales was originally scheduled to be executed at 12:01 a.m. on February 21, 2006, but the execution was postponed until 7:30 p.m. that evening after two anesthesiologists assigned to participate in the execution withdrew on ethical grounds. The anesthesiologists were originally asked to participate in compliance with an order by a federal judge.

In his February 14 ruling on a motion by Morales's lawyers, U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel required that either Morales should die of a lethal dose of barbiturates instead of the standard three drug combination used in lethal injection, or that two anesthesiologists should be on hand to ensure that Morales would feel no pain from the two drugs that caused paralysis and heart failure. Fogel also ruled that the barbiturates should be administered by a licensed medical professional.

Prison officials could not find a medical professional willing to administer the single-drug lethal injection.


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Talk:Michael Morales execution postponed indefinitely

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The doctors that where supposed to do the work where interviewed yesterday. It would be nice to have a quote from them to round out the story. There has also been plenty of information from both defense counsel, Larry Starr and the prison officials. If I have time today, I will add to the article, but please buff it up if you can. -Drew 13:02, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

some of us are not from the US. I know execution is by state, but not where San Quentin is Added California
 * The Federal Government also executes people, although they haven't done it very often since the 70's. Timothy McVeigh was a Federal Execution.


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Talk:Baltimore police seek sex offender for failure to register

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Ya know, technically, this is an NPOV violated story. I understand why it is there, but there are literally thousands of these guys out there. We could do a portal for the volume. Any thoughts on this? -Drew 13:06, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, a couple. It's a short article.  The authorities happened to have the balance of accessible facts on the topic for now. I did verify the PD claims with a seperate agency. I've also attributed the claim that Keenan is a sex offender to the authorities in each case.

 * Like any news story, this one can be approached from different sides. Here are four of them: Police, Keenan, Pro-registration, Anti-registration.  I'm still working to develop sources on the Keenan POV.  For example, I looked for court records on the 2002 rape mentioned.  In Maryland, you need an account with the clerk office to get these--as noobie newsie my account isn't activated yet.  Sorry.  But, just to say, if I were to find something partial to Keenan's POV I wouldn't refrain from reporting on it.

 * I wouldn't be interested in a sex offender portal. I hope to write about a wider variety of topics from a local, but aspiringly neutral, POV.Tdreid 01:02, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

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Say I recognized this person at noon-time yesterday at the Garden Bar, and wrongly reported that information here, instead of notifying Crime Stoppers. -Edbrown05 14:02, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your earlier edits, btw. I'm not sure I follow your point above.  Why would it be incorrect to mention your findings here?  What you do with the Garden Bar information is your choice and your responsibility, isn't it? Tdreid 01:12, 24 February 2006 (UTC)


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Hi! Even I don't fully understand my point either on that discussion page. And since it was purely speculative stuff, I won't pursue it further.

Seeing your reporting on Baltimore issues is of interest to me, because I lived there for 20 years. My wife has links on her home web page to local news events there. I of course told her about the news you reported. Best regards. -Edbrown05 18:00, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

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