text:
User talk:Thescotster19

Welcome
Thescotster19, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 12:37, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Thescotster19


text:
User talk:Cranbourne

 "Welcome".

 I doubt it.

NPOV policy
You are not allowed to change the WN:NPOV policy without a concensus and your edits have been reverted again. Jason Safoutin 13:17, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * You are extremely impolite. Whoever makes the policy around here ought to review it, this is supposed to be a wiki isn't it? Are we not allowed to edit pages? Why then are they editable? Who are you anyway to police this policy? Who has appointed you as the policy police? What are your credentials, how are we to know they are not fake, and how do you know that my changes are not approved? Where on EARTH did you find your definition for vandalism? Can you in fact use a dictionary? ffs! -- Cranbourne 13:27, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * One. It requires the community to change a policy not one person. Two, please do not delete other users messages on talk pages. Policy cannot be single handedly changed. Jason Safoutin 13:31, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, dude, that would all be fine, except I didn't change the policy. I strongly suggest before you indulge in any further 'news reporting' that you invest in a dictionary and read it. If you still have problems understanding what is wrong in your revert of my addition, then please consult a teacher or psych professional for explanation. If both of those fail, I can recommend some good wrestlers. Oh and two, it's my talk page?! I'll delete what I want. -- Cranbourne 13:36, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * It is not good ediquette to delete messages. You amy archive them but do not delete them.  Jason Safoutin 13:39, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * (The page is archived automatically...) -- Cranbourne 13:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Once again you are not allowed to change anything on WN:NPOV without community concensus. This is site disruption and considered vandalism. Jason Safoutin 13:39, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Once again, whoever makes the policy should review that policy, if it is indeed the policy, since my change to the page did not change the policy. -- Cranbourne 13:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree. Changing policy without any consultation with the community amounts to vandalism. --elliot_k 13:38, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, it possibly does, if you either haven't actually read and understood the policy, or my contribution to the description of the policy. Or perhaps if you have a dim grasp of English, in which case a role as a policer of policy on an english-language news wiki is something you should approach more cautiously. But in fact I think even those people can understand what is going wrong here. -- Cranbourne 13:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * As a new user, I strongly suggest you read your welcome message and read policy. Threatening users is also against WN:NOT and could result in a block. Jason Safoutin 13:46, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * As a 'competent police' I strongly suggest that you re-read what I wrote, it is not a threat. It is a warning that if you attack me, reactions on you will likely be as delitirious as your attack is to me. (BTW, what you just said sounds like a threat to me ... !) -- Cranbourne 13:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC) updated Cranbourne 13:58, 23 March 2006 (UTC) and again soon after.

Cranbourne, anyone is alllowed to change project pages for a reason, but your not allowed to "revert war" with changes to any page, especially poroject pages. After being reverted once, you should engage other users in a dialog on Wikinews_talk:Neutral_point_of_view, or the water cooler. I've protected the page in question to prevent the edit war from continuing. Nyarlathotep 14:08, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Another fine policy you've gotten me into. I'm afraid that that process tends to result in preservation of the status quo, regardless of merits of change. Sorry, but I have work to do and cannot continue this conversation. Goodbye, and good luck. -- Cranbourne 14:12, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Please also protect this page. That is only fair given your decision to protect the NPOV page. I think it would also be fair to unprotect this page if my changes become significantly absorbed into the NPOV page, but not otherwise. Thanks in advance, you are a gem. -- Cranbourne 14:16, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Cranbourne, your behaviour amounts to hostility. Please refrain or you will just end up being be blocked. Anyone is welcome to contribut and edit wiknews, but there are policies. Please have a read through this page: Introduction, Thanks. --elliot_k 14:30, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Cranbourne, people miss use & abuse policy all the time around here. You were not wrong to make your first edit, but once reverted, you should talk about it with people. Some users, such as maybe User:Mindspillage, User:Bawolf, and myself, are sympathetic to the intent of your changes, but further discussion is always necissary when edit wars start. Nyarlathotep 16:05, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Blocked
You have been blocked for 12 hours for violating the Three Revert Rule. This is designed to discourage users from entering into revert wars and instead use the relevant talk page to reach a consensus and then introduce the material that can be agreed upon. You may appeal your block via IRC, or contacting another admin. For the time being you are restricted to editing this page. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:12, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

title: User talk:Cranbourne


text:
Talk:Minority mars Paris CPE protest

Where did the headline "Demonstrations continue throughout France" come from?! Sorry not to have caught it earlier -- it has to be renamed. —67-21-48-122 14:24, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

title: Talk:Minority mars Paris CPE protest


text:
Talk:Duckworth wins contentious Democratic primary in IL-06

In the final paragraph, the writer introduces someone named Scott, but doesn't offer us any clue as to who Scott is. May we have a first name, a title, or some indication as to who Scott is and what role they play in this election? Wandering Star 14:42, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * In the first paragraph, Scott is mentioned as "Lindy Scott", the final candidate in the election. Lyellin 14:46, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

New category
editprotected Category:DuPage County, Illinois Benny the mascot (talk) 03:21, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅.--Brian McNeil / talk 18:18, 12 February 2010 (UTC)


text: File:Flag over marrivkville 0282.JPG

title: File:Flag over marrivkville 0282.JPG


text:
Police arrest hostage taker in Greek mental clinic

March 23, 2006

A hostage situation in the private mental clinic Castalia, in the suburb of Glyfada, south Athens, has ended with the arrest of a 26 year old man. The man had locked himself up along with three hostages in the Accounts Department, on the first floor of the building.

According to Greek police the man, who was armed, has mental problems and is a drug addict. His demands were unknown to the police, as he did not communicate them to the police negotiators. The situation in the Castalia clinic prompted the Greek Minister of Public Order to cancel his scheduled meetings in order to supervise personally the rescue operation.


text:
Talk:42 West Papuan asylum seekers get temporary Australian visas

There is a corresponding Swedish article. When this major rework of this article is done someone should add sv:Australien beviljar papuanska flyktingar visum to the article.

/ Mats Halldin 17:53, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

I tried, but I'm too ignorant to get it right. Help? —67-21-48-122 22:23, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Image:Indonesia map.png
Please change the map to Image:Indonesia map.png (commons dupe). Thanks. Siebrand 10:22, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

 * done by User:Deprifry. –Doldrums(talk) 13:00, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


text:
User talk:Ebkebk

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 19:14, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Ebkebk


text:
User talk:True411

Welcome
True411, welcome to Wikinews! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 19:15, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:True411


text:
User talk:Connollymc~enwikinews

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 19:16, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Connollymc. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Connollymc~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 23:13, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:30, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Connollymc~enwikinews


text:
User talk:Dshildreth

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 19:17, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Dshildreth


text:
User talk:Wandering Star~enwikinews

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 19:17, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Wandering Star. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Wandering Star~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 23:38, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:40, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Wandering Star~enwikinews


text:
User talk:GuerillaFister

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 19:18, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:GuerillaFister


text:
User talk:Jens~enwikinews

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 19:19, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Jens. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Jens~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 23:16, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:32, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Jens~enwikinews


text:
User talk:Rogerina~enwikinews

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jason Safoutin 19:20, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * Audio Wikinews could always use more contributors
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Rogerina. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Rogerina~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 23:25, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

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

title: User talk:Rogerina~enwikinews


text: File:Thai party ballot.png

title: File:Thai party ballot.png


text:
Talk:Protesters mark 3rd anniversary of Iraq invasion

NPOV
amgine: i don't see why we cannot make NPOV corrections to a published article - leaving obvious POV in an article is bad for wikinews. i didn't add any new information. Boud 21:09, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * bush claims that he is supporting democracy in the middle east - that is a POV (highly disputed). The fact that he claims this, is not disputed, but presenting his claims as fact is highly POV.
 * The most serious estimate of civilian deaths in Iraq, according to the NPOV of Casualties of the conflict in Iraq since 2003, is 100,000 from March 2003 to Sep 2004 inclusive - about 18 months - so saying "30,000 to 100,000" for three years when the best estimate is 200,000 for three years (if we conservatively assume that the killing rate was constant, whereas in reality it has probably increased), is a big underestimate.

 * Your NPOV tag is not actionable:
 * Bush's claim is what is being reported. That is the definition of NPOV. (btw: "alleged" has a specific legal connotation of committing a crime, surely you do not mean that his claimed support of democracy is a crime?) [AMGINE]
 * Not quite: there is a difference between reporting Bush's claim as a claim and reporting it as a fact or as a comment about a fact. In case 1, the present sentence says: ...outlining his commitment to democracy in the region which implies that Bush is making comments about something, and that something is Bush's commitment to democracy in the region - presented as a fact. If we report that Bush outlines X, that implies that we consider X to exist. We neither agree nor disagree with his POV about X, but according to this wording, we consider X to exist. We could word it differently to my original NPOV change, e.g. ...outlining what he claims is his commitment to democracy in the region, but the present version implies that Bush is making comments about something factual, despite the disputed nature of the "fact".
 * In case 2, the present sentence says: Elaborating on the effort to build democracy in Iraq... which implies that the effort to build democracy in Iraq is a fact, which Bush happens to elaborate on (comment on). We could word it differently to NPOV it, e.g. Elaborating on what he claims is an effort to build democracy in Iraq... would be NPOV.
 * As an analogy to help, consider the statement: Elaborating on the arrival of Martians in Leichtenstein during the 1990's, Mr Bush said..., and suppose that Bush really had said something about Martians arriving in Leichtenstein during the 1990's (for the sake of the analogy). Would this sentence not have been rapidly NPOVed, to show that wikinews does not claim that Martians landing on the Earth is a fact? IMHO this would have been rapidly NPOVed to something like Elaborating on what he claimed was the arrival of Martians in Leichtenstein during the 1990's, Mr Bush said... or maybe by adding a sentence such as NASA, ESA and other near-space institutions consider the claim that Martians have landed on Earth to be "preposterous". i don't mind too much whether it's claimed or felt or alleged - the important thing is to NPOV it and not let it be thought that we consider his claims either to be true or false. Boud 22:25, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Wikipedia's estimate is based on something, is it not? find that source and bring it here. Otherwise, assume the number is recent news and not necessarily relevant in this already published article (what was known and believed at the time by the reporters.) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:27, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The wikipedia article is based on a long NPOV process involving many, many different people. There is a lot of debate about the Lancet Survey and if we only copy the link to the main source to wikinews, then wikinews people will have to redo the whole debate. The information is old news - about a year and a half old. It seems to me pointless to have an in-depth NPOV debate about old information on wikinews - surely that process should happen on wikipedia, and on wikinews we should respect the results on wikipedia. Boud 22:25, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

WN:NOT: Boud 21:17, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Wikinews articles are not advertisements. Especially, they are not political advertisements. Surely this means that an article should not be a political advertisement for bush?
 * Especially, they should not be altered to an angle or POV not reflective of the article as it was published. Does this mean that an NPOV article should not be made POV, or that an article violating NPOV cannot be made POV, or both?

 * You've removed the relevant sentences of course: Wikinews articles are not works in progress. Developing articles are marked with the template. Once written and published they are historical documents; they should not continue to be updated or changed.'
 * Wikinews articles reflect what was known and believed at the time they were published. Wikinews is not an encyclopedia. Our articles have a very limited period of newsworthiness, after which they become a part of our second mission: An historical record. Yes, we have articles in our history which are clearly wrong, clearly POV in hindsight, because we reported what was known and believed by our reporters and which was later found to be untrue or inaccurate. That is the nature of news. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 21:27, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Do you mean that if wikinews reporters fail to read the relevant articles in the wikipedia about old information and thereby put POV in a wikinews article, then it cannot be NPOVed later by people who spent a bit more time background-checking in the wikipedia? Boud 22:25, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is what it means. The period of time that an article should be published before further POV changes are dissallowed is not clear, however. Certainly other articles have gone into NPOV disputes after being published for up to three days. - Borofkin 22:27, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, in that case, shouldn't there be a reasonably objective deadline after publication after which a wikinews article automatically becomes frozen? If the intention is that articles really are frozen as historical records, including POVs of wikinews reporters who worked on the article and (whether intentionally or not) missed obvious wikipedia background material etc., then the problem is that many people familiar with the wikipedia culture will not realise that they should expect articles to be POV - on the other hand, if a page is frozen, no more edits allowed because it has passed the edit-by date, then it would be much more obvious why there are more likely to be POVs in the article than for a normal wikipedia article. Boud 23:23, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Possibly. I don't have an answer to these questions. At the moment it is not something that is defined, it's just up to the community at the time. - Borofkin 04:11, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

minor changes
i propose some changes which i think are sufficiently "minor" to be made after publication and serve to address the concerns expressed about this article.

Doldrums 05:06, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * "outlining his commitment to democracy in the region." to "stating his commitment to democracy in the region."
 * "Elaborating on the effort to build democracy in Iraq" to "Elaborating on his efforts to build democracy in Iraq"
 * "Three years on, with 2,300 Americans killed, 17,000 troops injured, somewhere between 30,000 and 100,000 Iraqis killed and the onset of "civil war," the US occupation of Iraq costs $200 million each day." to "With 2,300 US citizens killed and 17,000 US troops injured during the first three years, and an estimated 30,000 to 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed during the first 18 months, the US occupation of Iraq costs $200 million each day.
 * retain the wiki article box.

 * The first is already implicit in the sentence; he's making a speech. In the second case the sentence previous states he's making a speech, and the sentence itself *is* the statement elaborating on the efforts from the speech. The additional content is spin in a previously published article. If you have new information, write a new article. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:32, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * the actionable objections are that this article makes claims it does not (and cannot?) substantiate, such as claiming bush has a "commitment to democracy ...", that what is happening in Iraq is "an effort to build democracy". finally it incorrectly reports stats - X casualties in 18months is not the same as X casalties in 36. i cannot agree with ur characterisation that these corrections are "spin", they are required corrections to incorrect reporting. i point out that it is spin to place part of a quoted speech outside quotes to make it appear to be factual. Doldrums 05:48, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * No, the article says he made a speech outlining his commitments to democracy. It says he elaborated in a speech the efforts to build democracy. It states what the authors knew and believed were the statistics on casualties at the time the article was published. Nothing more. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:54, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * amgine: the actual wording could be interpreted as being a quote, but it can also easily be interpreted as accepting parts of bush's speech as fact. This is the problem. spin (public relations) has: Phrasing in a way that assumes unproven truths as one of its five key methods of spin. The POV problem with the present article is phrasing in a way that assumes unproven truths stated by G.W.Bush. As for not correcting an error due to the authors' lack of time to look for background information in the wikipedia, by that logic, spelling errors and in fact any error, due to the authors' errors at the time of publishing should also be preserved. In that case, a systematic freezing of editing should occur - there's no longer any point in having an article open to editing if it cannot be corrected for gross errors (such as 100,000 or so dead people forgotten about). Boud 02:48, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Contributor's Response re NPOV
This is all quite funny really! When I wrote this article on Monday, I added the Bush speech stuff to give a NPOV. I've been accused in the past of bias POV when reporting on Protests... I was being very careful this one. I thought it would be more NPOV with Bush's words. After all - thats the bottom line of why thousands took to the streets. This is a very interesting discussion. AZADI --elliot_k 08:56, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * This is a part of the reason I find the accusation quite amusing, you conservative warmonger you! How dare you attempt to produce a neutral article!

 * I have not seen an actionable NPOV compaint on this article. I am going to remove the NPOV tag. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 03:24, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * elliot: Your effort to be NPOV is of course laudable (to be supported :), but i suggest that next time, to avoid having accidental spin enshrined in concrete by people like amgine, you be careful to use "quotation marks" around what is cited. Boud 02:30, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

 * cheers mate. respect to ya. --elliot_k 04:32, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Bush section obviously POV
I agree with Boud's comments at the top of this page. Also, "Operation Iraq Freedom" is a similar term to the Taliban's "Taliban's Ministry for the Protection of Virtue"; such self serving psyops labels should not be used in a NPOV publication. Also a few other small pov comments I'll try to fix. Neutralizer 04:58, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Oops;just saw the last edit time on the article. Too late I guess; oh well. Neutralizer 05:00, 27 March 2006 (UTC)


text:
PAD petitions election commission for Thaksin's disqualification

March 23, 2006 Thailand's People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has petitioned the country's Election Commission to disqualify caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from the upcoming April 2 election and to postpone it, to bring an end to the current political crisis. According to the Bangkok Post, approximately 1,000 PAD protesters rallied outside the election commission's headquarters to mark delivery of the petition.

Parinya Thewanarumitkul, a law lecturer at Thammasat University, claimed at a Thai Journalists Association forum that he had evidence that the PM had abused his position by using government resources to aid in the organisation of a March 3 rally of Thai Rak Thai supporters. In addition, Parinya expressed doubt that the required 500 MPs would be returned, due to the main opposition party election boycott and the requirement for 20% of the eligible electorate to vote for a candidate, even when the candidate stands unopposed. Thailand's Democrats, the current main opposition party, who are boycotting the April 2 election, raised doubts over the validity of a number of Thai Rak Thai candidates' listings. Calling for the Election Commission to investigate these allegations, Pichai Rattanadilok na Phuket of the National Institute of Development Administration also highlighted the 46 constituencies where the Prime Minister's party stands unopposed, viewing vote buying as a possibility in these areas.

According to Democrat claims, over 200 people who applied to be on ballots failed to meet the requirement to have maintained party membership for 90 days prior to the announcement of the election. It isn't just the candidates of smaller parties that have caught the eye of the Democrat panel examining candidate credentials. They claim that at least three of the Thai Rak Thai candidates should be disenfranchised due to having not voted during the 2005 election. The three accused — including the party's deputy leader — dispute the claim that they failed to vote. Party deputy Somchai Sunthornvat claimed it was a person with the same name who had failed to vote, and threatened to sue the Democrat party for making the allegation.

While PAD protesters demonstrated away from Government House, the beleaguered PM returned unnanounced from his election campaigning in the country's northeast. In addition to his having been continuingly called upon leave office, his key privatisation policies had been dealt a serious blow by the ruling that the privatisation of the state-owned power company EGAT was unlawful.

Judges overturned two royal decrees that had been the foundation of the plan for Thailand's largest ever IPO. Supporters of the eleven civic groups that had filed the petition with the court greeted the decision with cheers. Mention of conflicts of interest in the privatisation process adds fuel to the accusations of anti-Thaksin groups, who accuse the PM of leading a government that indulges in cronyism.


text:
Talk:PAD petitions election commission for Thaksin's disqualification

Original Reporting
I dug into the linked-to Thai constitution to discover how the allegation that failure to vote would mean not qualified to stand. Section 68 specifies that you must exercise your right to vote in order to maintain it.

Also, the image is mine. This is the party list which each voter obtains in addition to a constituency list (I have a scan for one of the Chonburi Changwats (constituencies) as well. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:37, 23 March 2006 (UTC)


text:
Information from prisoner leads to freedom for 3 hostages

March 23, 2006

Three men, James Loney, 41, and Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32, both from Canada, and Norman Kember, 74, of Britain were rescued today by British SAS and Canadian JTF2 Special Forces in Western Baghdad. Major General Rick Lynch, a spokesman for the US military commented on how the rescue was initiated: “We detained two suspects this morning, the detainees gave us intelligence that led us to the rescue of the three hostages.”

The three men are part of a Chicago based pacifist group entitled Christian Peacemaker Teams. The organization opposes the presence of foreign troops in Iraq and has members in Iraq to investigate detainee abuse by coalition forces. A fourth member of their group, Tom Fox, an American, was found shot and killed in Baghdad on March 10th.

The activists had been held since November 26th, 2005. The group Swords of Righteousness Brigades claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. After their rescue, both Canadians required medical attention, according to British Foreign minister Jack Straw.


text:
Representative accuses Bush of signing bill not passed by Congress

March 23, 2006

On March 15, Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) sent a letter to President Bush's White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, accusing Bush of signing a law that did not pass the House of Representatives.

The bill in question is called the Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005. Before a bill is passed into law the same version needs to be approved by both the House and the Senate.

Waxman cited a $2 billion spending difference over the next 5 years between the conflicting versions of the bill.

Waxman also stated his understanding that either the Speaker of the House or his staff called the White House to inform President Bush of the situation before signing the bill. Another letter was written March 22 by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Waxman asking the White House to respond.

The full text of the letter can be found in the sources section below.


text:
Talk:Information from prisoner leads to freedom for 3 hostages

Watch out for misleading
This happens often where the insurgents seemingly abandon their kidnapped victims and someone(maybe the insurgents) phones in with the pick up location and then our forces go charging in and pick up the victims. US military always tries to spin these events as heroic "rescues" for psyops purposes when they are simply pick ups. If the bad guys are not there; it's not a "rescue". Neutralizer 23:48, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, it is. For all we know, the hostages were just left alone for a split second. Every major news site reports it as a rescue. For that matter, it is a rescue. It was not a phone in tip or anything like that, it was an interrogation that yielded leading to their rescue. Lyellin 23:49, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * No, to quote MrM. I don't care what POV publications do, we do not push pov, even USA military pov. There is NO evidence at all it was a "rescue" which has a sensationalistic bent to the word. Neutralizer 23:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Sorry - we're not posting POV. It's a rescue. Someone was in a state of duress, and removed from that duress. According to Wiktionary: 1. To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil. - in this case, they were removed from the confinement they faced. 2. To liberate from actual restraint. They were tied up and bound. They were liberated from restraint. 3. To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil. Again, this definiton applies. Lyellin 23:59, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I actually agree with Neut on this one, regardless of the dictionary definition of the word, "rescued" has a charged tone to it and implies something else entirely. When I read the stories elsewhere, it took me a while to understand that they were left unguarded. I think "freed" is more appropriate. --Wolfrider 01:39, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * "Freed" is an action verb. While I appreciate the sentiment, it disregards that "rescued" is also the interpretation of those rescued. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 01:45, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

A Subject refocus for title to match source article content "Combined Troops storm House to Release Three Aid Workers taken Hostage"? Octavian 01:56, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm actually going to finish the article.. then we can worry about it. Lyellin 02:41, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * If our US marines left 3 "suspected foreign fighter facilitators" tied up in a tent while the marines went to have lunch; and some insurgents came and untied them, would the title be "3 hostages rescued in Iraq"? This is a perfect example of anglo/american centric point of view,imo. Neutralizer 02:49, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I suspect in Iraqi insurgent papers, it would be, yes. But unfortunetly Neutralizer, the issue becomes that the word works and adequetly describes what happened, without showing bias. Lyellin 02:50, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You just made my point; putting us on the same level as a pov group except on the opposite side of the scale.:) Neutralizer 02:54, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutralizer, my point is that any use, of any word, is POV. It would be POV to say "located" and ignore the work of the army personal there. You know what, I'm done discussing this for now. It's a silly argument. I'm going to actually work to finish the article, and make it a GOOD AND COMPRESHENSIVE ARTICLE. Perhaps, if you'd like, you can join me in adding substance to the article. Or, like it seems many people here seem fine with, we can just cause needless hold up and debate. Lyellin 02:57, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Lyellin, ok,let's drop the title thing. I think the article should include lots of info on Fox. I think that his death was already covered(earlier article) but it seems weird and almost disrepectful to the guy to have a feel good article about these 3 and not address in a major way in the same article the brutal killing of that poor man. What do you think? I will write up the Fox stuff but not if anybody is going to object. Neutralizer 03:03, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * What's your objection to "freed"? Neutralizer 02:53, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

What about "freed"?
That's the title in one of the sources and is more accurate and less sensationalist,I think. The rescue word is better in the body just as Reuters did it,imo, as in a title it gives rise to "firefight" imagery.Neutralizer 00:01, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * If you are worried about the word giving that imagery, it will give that view in either the body or the title, either way.Lyellin 03:01, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Fox
I agree Fox should have a larger mention than what he does here currently. Perhaps we should link to the previous articles, and provide a sentence or two more information. We must keep in mind that the point of the article is the other three hostages, though. Lyellin 03:06, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * ok, bed 4 me now;zzzzzzz Neutralizer 03:37, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

"interrogation"
only the tribune mentions interrogation, all the others simply say that a detainee informed the military. i think we should stick to reporting exactly what the spokesman said (video of press briefing) and not assume "interrogation" if it hasn't been said. Doldrums 06:16, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Made a change - see if that works.. if not, feel free to reword it again. Lyellin 06:23, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Title
Lyellin, somebody changed the title we agreeed to to some psyops "mission" thing. Am trying to fix redirects as well. Neutralizer 13:52, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Neutralzier it's not Psyops. It's the word the military uses. Heck, the guy I work for that was in the 82nd Airborne in Iraq - that's the word he would use. But, if this is an issue, it oculd go to "Joint operation rescues three hostages in Iraq". Lyellin 13:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Comment; that makes the point; much military jargon has a psyops element like "Operation Iraqi Freedom". Neutralizer 14:11, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * And secondly - it's better to discuss the change here, on a contentious article, then just outright moving it. Did you see why it was moved? Because for an article title, the person used active voice, which is a good thing. Lyellin 14:01, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I thought we had agreed on 3 Hostages rescued in Iraq? Neutralizer 14:04, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Just because you and I agreed to something does not mean that later on, someone can say "wait, this does not meet jouranlistic style guidelines, let me fix it" - it's a wiki. Even so, should it have been discussed? Possibly, although style guideline stuff is normally allowed to go through without an issue - especially since the title was drawn from the article itself. Lyellin 14:18, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * My opinion is that to say " joint mission" is really misleading as it misleads/overplays what actually happened in the title? Neutralizer 14:05, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I can't find discussion here about moving it to that "joint mission" title? Is this talk page complete? Neutralizer 14:07, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * It was a joint mission, under any definition. It was 3 different military forces leaving their bases with a goal in mind. That is what a mission is, that is what it was treated as, that is what happened. Joint mission is what it was, and is what the article says it is. Lyellin 14:18, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

To avoid a block
Lyellin; I am disappointed that even after I gave in to the use of the "rescue" word, you allowed the title to go much more misleading with "joint mission" with no talk page discussion; and now you are criticizing me for moving the title with no talk page discussion. However, since I will be blocked again by attempting to stand up for a NPOV title or now,it seems,even the "rescued" title. I will withdraw from this article entirely so make the title whatever you like. But to support my point, I'd say that technically the word "heroic" could even be added, "Heroic joint US led Mission Rescues 3 hostages". I think it's pretty heroic to risk one's life to rescue others..but the problem is; as Wolfrider pointed out; a title should not give immediate false impressions when people headline browse; and I think this "joint mission" usage definitely does that; at least in my opinion. Neutralizer 14:23, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Just so you know, the title was not moved by an anon, but by a user. I did not "allow" or deny anything. The title was moved by someone else, while I happened to be away from the computer, just like you, and only coming back to do small edits in between schoolwork, so I was not paying attention. I am criticizing you because you moved it to "freed" or at least attempted to from the edits I read, without discussion. As I explained above, purely grammatical changes to articles, along with style changes to articles and headlines are normally not discussed. The move was made by an established editor on the site. Changes that affect the actual article or message are discussed, traditionall, especially on an article like this that has gotten contentious. I will not change the title to "whatever I like", but to a title that actual fits both the article and style conventions. You can say technically any word could be added - should we remove all the words from the title? No? Alright then. We can describe the event as the event it was then... which is good, because the military, the soliders on the groud, the guys who could care one little bit about what is being done here, will call it a mission, because that is what they go out every day to do. There is no false impression here - it was a joint mission, which means that more than one nationality had military members go and conduct operations to rescue these hostages. Lyellin 14:30, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Commentif insurgents/al-queda stormed abu ghraib and freed prisoners; would your preferred title be "Joint mission rescues 3 prisoners"? The word "mission" carries an extremely positive POV with it.Neutralizer 14:55, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * As I said Lyellin; I will withdraw form this article, but do not expect me to agree with your opinion; ok? Who is this "established editor" 67-21-48-122? They must have known I would get really upset if they had been looking at the talk page and that Amgine would be ready to block me again. Neutralizer 14:42, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Redirects
When the title was moved by the anon; the redirects were not done; I tried to fix them but could not fix the one on this talk page. Neutralizer 14:22, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

"Information from prisoner leads to freedom for 3 hostages"
The objective truth here is that the prisoner is the one who really caused the rescue to happen; without him it would have been a mission to nowhere. The title should include his cooperation I think "Information from prisoner leads to freedom for 3 hostages" is really, actually the true story here.Neutralizer 14:30, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Who is 67-21-48-122 ?
Lyellin says its an established editor who moved the title to include "joint mission"? I don't see anything on his user page? Neutralizer 14:34, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Xe is a user with about 200 edits. I would not say xe is a established editor, but certainly not a new user. Xe chose a username that is very similar to his ip address. There is a discussion on the water cooler about if his/her user name violates our username policy. --Cspurrier 15:13, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok; thanks for that; I missed the water cooler topic til now. Anyways, whoever in the heck it is should not have changed the title without discussion here,imo. But no big deal. Neutralizer 18:47, 24 March 2006

(UTC)

"action verb" and "active voice"
Amgine refers to "action verb" above as seemingly a bad thing. 67-21-48-122 referred to his title change as "active voice" as seemingly a good thing. Could someone enlighten me as to how those terms come into play with title selection ? Neutralizer 19:07, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Please look at the wikinews style guide, listed at the top of every page, and the section entitled "headlines". Lyellin 19:08, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Thank you,I read it; then would not this be a better title; "Information from prisoner leads to freedom for 3 hostages"? Neutralizer 21:23, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * At least it's active voice. Hearing no objections, better late than never, your wish is my command.
 * —67-21-48-122 01:08, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Thank you, I really think this is the perfect npov title.:) Neutralizer 02:52, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Typo
editprotected

'by by' => 'by' Van der Hoorn (talk) 20:02, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Done — Gopher65talk 02:03, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


text:
Canadian Press speculates on special forces role in Iraq

March 26, 2006

Canadian news agency the Canadian Press (CP) is speculating that Canadian Forces soldiers, specifically the elite Joint Task Force 2 unit, may have been involved in the rescue of two Canadian hostages in Baghdad, Iraq, James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden, Christian Peacemaker Team members both held hostage there since November 2005.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has refused to answer questions about whether these troops were involved. It would be significant to Canadians if their troops were involved in Iraq, as Canada previously refused to contribute troops to the US-led invasion of Iraq.


text:
Wikinews:Translators/Esperanto-1

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/Esperanto-1


text:
Wikinews:Translators/Esperanto-2

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

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

Rikardo «Dokĉjo» KINNE

title: Wikinews:Translators/Esperanto-2


text:
Wikinews:Translators/Esperanto-3

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/Esperanto-3


text:
Wikinews:Translators/Esperanto-N

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/Esperanto-N


title: User:Amgine/Babel/eo-2


title: User:Amgine/Babel/eo-1


title: User:Amgine/Babel/eo-3


text: User:Amgine/Babel/eo-N

title: User:Amgine/Babel/eo-N


text:
Wikinews:Translators/ro-1

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/ro-1


text:
Wikinews:Translators/ro-2

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/ro-2


text:
Wikinews:Translators/ro-3

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/ro-3


text:
Wikinews:Translators/ro-N

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/ro-N


title: User:Amgine/Babel/ro-1


title: User:Amgine/Babel/ro-2


title: User:Amgine/Babel/ro-3


text:
Wikinews:Translators/ru-1

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/ru-1


text:
Wikinews:Translators/ru-2

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/ru-2


text:
Wikinews:Translators/ru-3

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/ru-3


text:
Wikinews:Translators/ru-N

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/ru-N


title: File:24March2006.pdf


title: File:24March2006.sxw


text:
User talk:Octavian~enwikinews

Toronto dj
I know a toronto dj named Octavian; is this you? Neutralizer 03:06, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

It is not. Octavian 22:08, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

 * thanks for the heads up; Neutralizer 14:34, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Octavian~enwikinews


text:
Talk:EU bans 92 airlines, buries "flying coffins"

If there was some way to list specifically which airlines were banned, I think the information would be very useful for those of us who travel to places "off the beaten path". Wandering Star 04:02, 24 March 2006 (UTC)


title: User:Amgine/Babel/ru-1


title: User:Amgine/Babel/ru-2


title: User:Amgine/Babel/ru-3


text: User:Amgine/Babel/ru-N

title: User:Amgine/Babel/ru-N


text:
Two explosions in La Paz kill 2, injure 6

March 22, 2006 Two explosions were heard in the city of La Paz, Bolivia on Tuesday night, March 22 and in the early morning Wednesday, March 23. The first occurred at the Linares Motel, at 21:50 (01:50 UTC), and left two people dead and four injured. The second explosion occurred at 01:45 (05:45 UTC) at the Hotel Riosinhio II, less than a block from the La Paz bus terminal, injuring two people.

Hours later, two suspects in the crime were arrested by the police in the city of El Alto. They were American Claudio Lestat, approximately 30 years old (25 according to some sources) and his partner, Uruguayan Alda Ribeiros, of 35 years (40 according to other sources). Dynamite was used in both explosions, according to government attorney Jorge Gutiérrez.

President Evo Morales indicated that the promoters of the incidents were "industrialists" and "oligarchists" who, "using external agents", claimed to halt the reforms that have been happening in Bolivia. He also suggested that the United States could be behind the incidents: "Is there an effort against terrorism from the government of the United States, or did they send North Americans to commit terrorism in Bolivia?" Despite the accusations, the United States embassy in La Paz announced its cooperation.

However, authorities have not ruled out religious motives, because Lestat is a self-proclaimed "minister of pagan rites". Police also announced that the Chilean consulate in the Bolivian capital was also a target, to be attacked on Saturday the 25th.

Names and ages of the victims of the explosions are: Marlene Patzi Tapia (26), Cristian López (26), Alva Natividad Heredia (44), and Jessica Wilson (24), the last from the United States. Also affected were Marco Antonio Romero Galindo (20), Iván Quiroga (27), Elizabeth de Quiroga (44) and Ximena Vargas (18).


text:
Talk:Two explosions in La Paz kill 2, injure 6

Translated by Dvortygirl and Alhen. --Dvortygirl 05:30, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * And now some bits from Mrmiscellanious. Thank Alhen for me, Dvortygirl! -  Amgine | talk en.WN 06:18, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Wow! Don't know how to properly say this is what assembling world news is about. -Edbrown05 06:40, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Original reporting
The photo credit goes to Wikcionarista Alhen, of La Paz, Bolivia, for taking the photo: His caption, "Av. Perú, a una cuadra de la Terminal de Buses La Paz - Bolivia", translates Avenida (Avenue) Perú, one block from the La Paz bus terminal in Bolivia. --Dvortygirl 07:06, 30 March 2006 (UTC)


text:
Talk:China enters the low-cost laptop competition

nexus7 06:04, 24 March 2006 (UTC)See my comments about this and generally Godson related things in the discussion section of this Yellow Sheep River develops Linux based computer Wikinews article.

Longmeng is not a laptop. It weighs half a kilo, so it's portable in a sense, but it is not a laptop: no screen, no battery power. --Jantangring 07:27, 6 April 2006 (UTC)


text:
Wikinews:Translators/yi-1

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/yi-1


text:
Wikinews:Translators/yi-2

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/yi-2


text:
Wikinews:Translators/yi-3

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/yi-3


text:
Wikinews:Translators/yi-N

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

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

title: Wikinews:Translators/yi-N


title: User:Amgine/Babel/yi-1


title: User:Amgine/Babel/yi-2


title: User:Amgine/Babel/yi-3


text: User:Amgine/Babel/yi-N

title: User:Amgine/Babel/yi-N


text:
User talk:Brian/Archive 6

Accreditation
I am assuming that my accreditation request was sucessful. Do you know what happens now? - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 01:37, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * My user number is 5579. You can email me also if you need to magnaboy-at-westnet.com.au

Brian New Zealand vs. Amgine
The ArbCom has reached a decision in the case Brian New Zealand vs. Amgine --Deprifry|+T+ 20:38, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

WN:NPOV
Is it fair to lock a page after a disputed edit. The best way to solve this is to revert that edit and then lock the page. Please change WN:NPOV back to its version before the nonconcensus change was done. International 23:42, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks and it's back
Thanks for your comments about my article :-) Just to let you know, it's back now! Possibly some of the article may need to be changed accordingly but I don't have time to do this so you're welcome to improve it. I did remove the bit speculating about what happens if they don't fix it since clearly it's irrelevant. Probably most of the rest can remain since it's historic but the wording perhaps needs to be adjusted. Nil Einne 20:30, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay scratch that. It was definitely back for a while but seems to have disappeared again maybe it's still being realigned. In any case, I guess we can rule out the possibility it'll be gone for good. Nil Einne 20:32, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Oooops hehehe, it is still back, kind of. It looks like I was right, it must be still under realignment as some of the channels are working, some are not and the signal quality is rather poor. Nil Einne 20:35, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Regarding my RfA
Hey! Thank you for your support on my RfA. I'll wap you next time you're in the channel. ;) irid:t 22:36, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

pfff, you block yourself !!!! ;)
i blocked the kid one day Jacques Divol 09:04, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

 * its seem the IP address is from http://www.wm.edu/ domain Jacques Divol 09:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Consensus about what?
Do editors here read the story before tags or just headline? Re; http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Talk:

What is the issue? Miscelanos seems to think the article is about struggle in cockpit "The 9/11 Commission Report, which came out a long time ago, contains all the information about the struggle in the cockpit." but article is about how there was NOT a struggle in the cockpit. What is the issue you see? Yrtsihpos 13:46, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

With regard to the specific story, I've done editorial cleaning and if there's no more objections, I will remove the tag. Karen 18:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Deadminship
I am requesting deadminship. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 00:19, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I Quit
Might come back in a one day. Can some on please make sure that Story preparation/ANZAC Day, 2006 is published on April 25th. Thanks.

I enjoyed editing when I did. Ever since Userboxes, this site has gone down hill.

I wish the site my best.

Amgine, MrM, I hope you can work over your diffences. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 04:00, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * BTW: There is an IOTM, next week: 28th, @ 1900, someone better run /organise that. Info on meta. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 04:21, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I see amgine did not keep to his word, allready editing. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 04:21, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm very sorry to see you go. Hopefully you'll come back soon. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 06:20, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Brian...please do not go...If you go I go...simple as that...please stay. Jason Safoutin 10:19, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I seriously hope that you will reconsider your decision. This whole project can only succeed with active, passionate editors like yourself. Don't let a little wheel warring get you down. I would much prefer it if you instead rested your adminship duties for a few weeks, and focused on editing. Is it possible to forgive and forget?--Eloquence 21:58, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Arbitration case.
An arbitration case involving you has been filed. Ral315 23:52, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

title: User talk:Brian/Archive 6


text:
Virologists discover why H5N1 doesn't spread easily between humans

March 24, 2006

Virologists think that the reason the H5N1 strain of bird flu has poor ability to spread between humans is that the infection does not cause coughing or sneezing.

US and Japanese scientists, led by Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, found that avian influenza and human influenza viruses infect different tissues in the respiratory tract. Another group of scientists, based at the University of Rotterdam, has also published similar results.

Professor Kawaoka's team discovered that bird flu tends to be found among alveoli deep in the lungs. Human flu is instead most prevalent in the mucous lining of the nose and sinuses, as well as the throat, windpipe and bronchi.

Human flu infects parts of the respiratory system that cause coughing and sneezing. When an infected person coughs or sneezes, tiny droplets containing the virus are released into the air, which other humans can inhale, becoming infected. As bird flu infects the alveoli, it doesn't cause coughing or sneezing, and heavy exposure to the virus is required before it can get to the lungs.

Professor Kawaoka said, "For the viruses to be transmitted efficiently, they have to multiply in the upper portion of the respiratory system so that they can be transmitted by coughing and sneezing."

For H5N1 to be transmitted easily among humans, it would need to undergo multiple mutations, according to Professor Kawaoka.

"Certainly, multiple mutations need to be accumulated for the H5N1 to become a pandemic strain," he said.

These mutations would have to affect where the virus binds in the human body and affect the way in which it reproduces.

Currently only one strain of H5N1, A/Hong Kong/213/03, has shown the ability to latch onto cells in both the upper and lower parts of the human respiratory system.


text:
User:Paul Kouwelas

Welcome Paul!

Thanks for making the typo fix in the Yellow Sheep River's Muncator story, not to mention all the comments you made in the talk section.

Karen 12:31, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

title: User:Paul Kouwelas


text:
Journal Nature study 'fatally flawed', says Britannica

March 24, 2006

Encyclopædia Britannica has strongly criticised the scientific journal Nature for last year's investigation into the encyclopedia's accuracy compared to that of the open-source online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Britannica also called for a retraction of the article. Nature has rejected the accusations, saying that their comparison was fair and that they do not intend to retract their report.

In a 20-page response (titled "Fatally Flawed") to the report's findings that there was not a significant difference in accuracy between the two encyclopædias, Britannica wrote that 'Almost everything about the journal's investigation [...] was wrong and misleading.' The document goes on to call the investigation 'invalid', 'completely without merit' and 'careless'. Britannica also accused Nature of 'misrepresenting its own results'. The last 12 pages of this comprehensive rebuttal are responses to specific article criticisms, mainly consisting of differences of opinion on style and article composition, but some citing outright factual errors on Nature's part.

In their response, Nature refused to reveal their original data for comparison, and commented that Britannica had raised their grievances in private some time ago, and then received no further correspondence until Britannica's open letter of 22 March 2006. Nature notes that Britannica criticised 'less than half the points [their] reviewers raised', and states that the two encyclopædias were subject to the same treatment.

Wikipedia has been stigmatised as unreliable due to its open-source nature and a perceived problem with vandalism. The December 2005 study was seen at the time as a major boost to the credibility of Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales was notified by one of his team members, on 27 January 2006 that all corrections provided by Nature were in place. Recent changes to some of the Wikipedia editing policies have attempted to resolve some of the reliability issues raised.

Wikipedia has yet to comment.


text:
Benedict XVI Elevates 15 to Cardinal

March 24, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI elevated 15 men to College of Cardinals today at an Ordinary Consistory, a ceremony in which the new Princes of the Roman Catholic Church receive three-cornered hats of crimson, the color distinguishing their new office and signifying their willigness to shed blood to spread the Christian faith.

In addition to fulfilling vital roles as advisors to the Pope and leaders at the highest administrative and pastoral roles of the Church, some Cardinals (those below age 80) also serve as electors in the Conclave, the means by which a new Pope is chosen.

According to the announcement made in an audience by Benedict XVI on 22 February 2006, the new cardinals eligible to participate in a conclave are:

 * Archbishop William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
 * Archbishop Franc Rodé, C.M., Prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
 * Archbishop Agostino Vallini, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
 * Archbishop Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino of Caracas, Venezuela
 * Archbishop Gaudencio B. Rosales of Manila, the Philippines
 * Archbishop Jean-Pierre Ricard of Bordeaux, France
 * Archbishop Antonio Cañizares Llovera of Toledo, Spain
 * Archbishop Nicholas Cheong-Jin-suk of Seoul, Korea
 * Archbishop Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., of Boston, U.S.A.
 * Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, Poland
 * Archbishop Carlo Caffarra of Bologna, Italy
 * Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B., of Hong Kong

Three Cardinals elevated for their distinguised service include:

 * Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Archpriest of the Basilica of St Paul Outside-the-Walls
 * Archbishop Peter Poreku Dery, Archbishop emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
 * Father Albert Vanhoye, S.J., former Rector of the Pontifical Institute the Biblicum, and Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

title: Benedict XVI Elevates 15 to Cardinal


text:
Explosion in French college

March 24, 2006 A large explosion ripped through a research building of the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse (ENSCMu) in Mulhouse, eastern France. Mulhouse's mayor, Jean-Marie Bockel, confirmed that the blast killed one person and injured another. Police declared Code Red, and the neighborhood was evacuated.

According to the French Press, TF1, the victim was in his forties and had worked at the institition for about a year. A young woman was seriously injured and about a dozen people received minor injuries, with two suffering from shock. 150 firefighters were on the scene.

The ENSCMu is a technology college, with an enrollment of 8,000 and a 25-hectare campus near the town's centre. It is known for its museum of coloring agents (Musée des Colorants), which has about 2700 samples, mainly from the second part of the nineteenth century. The museum's database is available online in French.

The blast occurred at 11:25 GMT (12:25 local time). It is reported to have been heard two kilometres away and to have broken the windows of nearby buildings. The blast was followed by a fire that was contained by about 15:00 (local time).

The explosion's cause is not yet clear but it is believed to have happened in a ground-floor laboratory in an annex building constructed in 1977. The lab was apparently focused on industrial safety.

title: Explosion in French college


text:
Talk:Virologists discover why H5N1 doesn't spread easily between humans

Renaming
I'd like to shorten the headline, not lengthen it. But as it is, it repeats an error — that avian influenza doesn't transfer from one person to another. I don't see a solution other than to add a word. "Virologists discover why H5N1 doesn't spread easily between humans" —67-21-48-122 12:56, 24 March 2006 (UTC)


text:
Talk:Explosion in French college

This is just copied off Reuters!

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-03-24T130650Z_01_L24755599_RTRUKOC_0_US-FRANCE-EXPLOSION.xml
 * ok, just revert to past version Jacques Divol 13:50, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

The link to http://journowiki.org/cgi-bin/irc/irc.cgi is dead.
 * Its been changed to . Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 19:50, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Not really a valid source?
The article says, "this school is known for its museum of coloring agents (Musée des Colorants), which has about 2700 samples, mainly from the second part of the nineteenth century." I supplied as a source the web page of the museum, which provides (in French) the above information and considerably more. However, someone at 24.118.114.210 removed it, commenting, "(not really a valid source)". Do we have opposing conceptions about how the term "source" should be defined? Does that person understand the French language, so as to form a competent judgment about whether it qualifies as a source? Should I be obliged to provide a translation of more of the page in question, so that all English-readers can judge? Is the idea that only on-line news services and on-line versions of print and broadcast media qualify as sources? —67-21-48-122 19:30, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I think they met that non english sources cannot be used on Wikinews (english) because most of us are not able to read them. So as far as I know, we need to use english sources. Jason Safoutin 19:32, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * We can not really use non English sources as primary sources. However they are perfectly acceptable as secondary sources for a fact or if a translation (or a link to a translation)  is provided on the talk page --Cspurrier 20:16, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

title: Talk:Explosion in French college


text:
User talk:80.218.146.96

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

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

additionally the edits you made to U.S. Hiring Hong Kong Co. to Scan Nukes appears to be a copyright violation and has therefore been blanked for the moment. see Writing an article and other links above for more information on how to contribute to wikinews. Doldrums 13:53, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Money Masters
Spam is not allowed on wikinews and will be quickly removed. Please read your welcome message for acceptable ways to write articles for Wikinews :) Jason Safoutin 19:04, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyright violation
Your article Leo Wanta, U.S. Secret Service Treasury official speaks out has been deleted as it is a blatant copyright violation. Please refer to the copious links above detailing how to write for wikinews and the warnings posted on the new article page. Even if you cannot see a copyright message on a web page you should assume one applies. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:01, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

title: User talk:80.218.146.96


text:
BNP lose council seat in Keighley

March 24, 2006

The British National Party(BNP), a far-right political party failed to hold on to one of its seats on Bradford City Council, West Yorkshire, UK. The byelection was called after the incumbent BNP councillor, Angela Clark, stood down. BNP had won the seat in 2004 after it adapted an ongoing campaign against gangs grooming girls for sex. The BNP claimed white girls were being groomed by Asian men for sex. The original campaign was organised by Angela Sinfield, whose 13 year-old daughter was groomed by a gang which she pointed out contained white and Asian men. Sinfield joined the Labour Party last year and was its candidate for the Keighley West seat. She sensationally won the seat with 1819 votes over the BNP's 1216, a swing of 11.4 per cent from the BNP to Labour. The voter turnout was near general election levels, 58.8 per cent.Three BNP councillors remain on Bradford City Council, with two of them up for election in May.

title: BNP lose council seat in Keighley


text:
User talk:Ngchinfung~enwikinews

Welcome
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. Ngchinfung, welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Doldrums 14:17, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Style guide - how an article should look before publishing
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Ngchinfung. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Ngchinfung~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 23:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Ngchinfung~enwikinews


text:
Talk:Journal Nature study 'fatally flawed', says Britannica

Well i don't know about you but 'not a significant difference in accuracy between the two encyclopædias' is good enough. If Encyclopædia Britianica is prepared to say that about Wikipedia then we done good.--62.6.139.11 14:43, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Nah, maybe that wasn't clear enough in the article, it was Nature's report that found there was 'not a significant difference in accuracy between the two encyclopædias', Britannica completely denied this.. --Sammysam 14:50, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Britannica would say that though, because it loses them money if people use wikipedia instead of them Cryomaniac 00:21, 25 March 2006 (UTC).

No more Wikimedia articles this month?
I could have sworn we weren't going to do any more of these until April. ;) irid:t 15:08, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * [blush] Sorry, I'm new. --Sammysam 15:20, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

 * No need to blush, this is a good story worth covering. Frankie Roberto 17:53, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Why did someone take off the publish tag then? I didn't think it was a bad story. Certainly in comparison to some of today's other published stories. --172.201.94.102 18:29, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * WE're not publishing any more wikimedia articles because we're looking like the wikipedia propaganda machine. Its too bad though because this was a well done article. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 21:41, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Content
This article doesn't currently explain WHY EB thinks the study was 'fatally flawed'... Some further summarisation and an example would improve the article... Frankie Roberto 17:53, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Biased reference
The theregister.co.uk article Nature mag cooked Wikipedia study seems to be rather biased, should it be removed? Anarchist42 21:15, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * We can reference biased things. we just need to make sure our end resault is unbiased. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 21:39, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Nature link redirects
The link to the Nature editorial goes through a bunch of hoops before finally landing at the final destination http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7070/full/438890a.html era 26 Nov 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.17.205.19 (talk) 21:34, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't know what you're talking about. There is only a PDF from Nature, no editorial.  —Fellow Wiki  Newsie 21:56, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


text:
User:Sammysam~enwikinews

My name is Roshan Samarasinghe, if you want to credit me for my awesome reporting. Ha. :)

title: User:Sammysam~enwikinews


text:
Lawsuit accuses Chicago priest of molesting 13-year-old boy

March 24, 2006

Rev. Chester Przybylo has been accused in a civil law suit of molesting a 13-year-old boy almost 20 years ago, when he was serving at Holy Martyrs parish in Chicago.

The plaintiff said the abuse took place in the apartment of a friend of Rev. Przybylo and the rectory of Five Holy Martyrs, and continued for more than a year. Rev. Przybylo supposedly threatened to have the plaintiff's mother, a Polish immigrant, deported if he resisted.

The plaintiff says that he told a bishop and another pastor about the abuse, but he said, "I was yelled at and told to go to confession as if I sinned."

Rev. Chester Przybylo is currently the pastor at Shrine of Christ the King church in western Chicago, a conservative Catholic congregation which is not officially recognized by the Roman Catholic hierarchy.

Rev. Przybylo has denied the allegations.


text:
User talk:Fitandhappy~enwikinews

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jacques Divol 16:07, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:31, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Fitandhappy~enwikinews


text:
User talk:Moriarty73

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jacques Divol 16:08, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Moriarty73


text:
User talk:Solbe006

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jacques Divol 16:08, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Solbe006


text:
User talk:Cleversmith

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

Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Jacques Divol 16:10, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Cleversmith