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First Post
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! The bellman 03:42, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Oceania page
To kick things off, what do we think about the Oceania portal page thing? Should we keep the current format, or make it more like the Main page (with articles grouped by date rather than by topic)? This is my prefernece, because at the moment we produce a very small number of articles, and it looks silly to have empty categories, or categories with articles weeks old. - Borofkin 04:20, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * hmmm... well ive got no real objection to a rearange, it would be nice if one day we had enough articles to divide it up better. but atm, maybe youre right that it would look better all clumped together. I think that we need to start thinking about how to divide things up site wide though. so that we have ten or so core cats that all articles are put in. Similar to the list we have in Oceania atm. Cause one of the things i really like about Wikinews, is that it can work as a research tool (for wikipedians among others) and if we give everything a cat as its created it will be easier to search through. The bellman 04:27, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the categorisation seems a bit haphazard so far. I've been putting my articles into Category:Country (for each country that is relavent), and then one of the broad categories if I can find one (e.g. Category:Politics and conflicts). - Borofkin 04:31, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Great re-oragnisation borofkin. Do you think we should add a link in Oceania to here? The bellman 06:49, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Yep, the link to the Bureau looks good to me. We also need to think about this entity called Oceania. Does it make sense to group those countries together on one page? The current regions are the result of an arbitrary decision made at the beginning of the wiki. Should we perhaps move our efforts to an Australia page? Or Australia and New Zealand? We could link directly to them from the main page, in the More News From box. In general I oppose having links from the Main Page to region pages that aren't being maintained by anyone. - Borofkin 22:15, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Or we could move this page to WikiBureau Oceania, we would still be well and truely australian dominated, but could also cover NZ the pacific islands and PNG. Ambi wants to change the name of the Bureau anyway, cause she really doesnt like the down under name, which is fair enough. thoughts? The bellman 22:41, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I've got no problem changing the Bureau name to something less colloquial, but I'm not entirely happy with Oceania. It's an ill-defined region, and I've hardly heard the term used anywhere else. If we must be in a region (rather than just moving to a straight Australia regional/local news page), I think we should be in Asia or even something like Asia Pacific - Borofkin 23:41, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * well the thing about asia pacific is that there is already the region of Asia, so then asia-pacific sounds a bit odd. We could split up asia into middle east (already seperate) west and ceteral asia, east asia, and asia pacific in which we could include ourselves, Indonesia, PNG, East Timor, NZ, and the pacific isiles. Or we could use south east asia but that really excludes the pacific isiles, and i think some australians and kiwis would object to being lumped in as part of asia, rather than asia pacific The bellman 01:59, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't see why any of these region pages should exist if there is no-one maintaining them. Using a "bottom-up" rather than "top-down" approach, new articles should go onto the Main Page, and then if some contributors want to focus on a specific region or locality (such as Asia, Australia, or Parramatta then they move their efforts off onto another page, and possibly only link to articles from the Main Page when they have global appeal. - Borofkin 02:20, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

just on a side note: an idea which ambi had (on IRC) was that on the requested articles thing in oceania we should use red links cause then we dont waste namespace. If we were to do this we could then put something of the form ref after it, so that someone can come along later and start the article. The bellman 05:00, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was thinking that myself. What I'm trying to do is divide up the labour, so that people who are good at researching can do that, and people who are good at writing articles can focus on writing rather than having to muck around with creating bylines and sources and other mundane stuff. I'm also looking for the Wikinews equivalent of a Wikipedia stub, because a stub seems to encourage people to add to it, where they might not have created the article to start with.
 * Sometimes I don't feel like writing (and I don't think I'm particularly good at it) I just feel like doing some kind of support activity. - Borofkin 23:34, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Parliament
So Parliament comes back from the summer recess on the 8th. Does anyone want to try and organise a feature article in advance? I'll be in canberra on the 8th, but i honestly dont know if i'll have loads of free time or not, or even if ill have an internet connection or not. However there is a chance that i will be able to take some PD pictures for us; but i cant give any gaurantees. The bellman 05:05, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I start a new job next week so my daytime web-surfing will have to be seriously curtailed. With you away as well, unless we can attract some more contributors, I fear that Oceania is going to grind to a halt. - Borofkin 05:13, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Have no fear, the patron saint of the internet, has wikinews in the palm of it's hand, and will make sure no harm comes to it. Or something like that anyway The bellman 22:36, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll be able to step in and give some help. I'll also be down in Canberra not long after The Bellman, so I can probably help with parliamentary coverage as well. Ambi 09:00, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

February 21
Pretty quiet in here - anyone still around? Abmyers 03:22, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm still here, but not editing. New job, no time. - 129.94.6.30 04:59, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I'm doing what I can but also has to be after working hours. Abmyers 22:59, 22 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Go The bellman!!
Congratulations to our very own The bellman, still in the Writing_contest race after 10 days! - Borofkin 04:24, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Well i figure if aussies can win every kind of sporting comp, we should also be able to win wiki comps. ~The bellman | Smile  15:21, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * And don't forget our very own Simeon who is also still in. ~The bellman | Smile  14:26, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Ahh, my apologies Simeon. Congrats to you too. - Borofkin 02:10, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Get some life back into this place
Hey kids,

Does anyone else live in Canberra (or somewhere close by...)? Cause i do (sort of anyway), and im interested in doing some OR for when the new senate sits on July one. It would be cool if we had a bunch of people in the public galleries (or even better the press galeries if we could manage it) updating the site in real time, blow for blow. We also have to get a whole heap of background stuff ready. This could be a really good opitunity to prove we are the equal of other news organisations, and to build up our cred amongst bloggers and the likes, and so increase our aussie traffic, and take us one step closer to world domination. :P so what do you all think? I want to see if i can contact some wikipedians who are from canberra to lend a hand aswell. ~The bellman | Smile 11:59, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

DynamicPageList
Since we don't keep it up to date, I've redone the Oceania page with the DynamicPageList feature. I also created Australia. - Borofkin 02:12, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

More AFL / NRL Coverage
According to the Media section of The Australian (p. 20), the second most mentioned item in Australian news media the past week (after the budget) was AFL football; with 15,080 mentions. NRL got 8,502, and was the fourth most talked about category. If WikiNews is serious about covering Australian news, given that sport (both major football codes especially) constitutes such a large part of the news, perhaps we should increase the coverage of sports? - User:AmishThrasher

 * Richmond is no. 3! Shouldn't that be the top story! Seriously, if the coverage is to be meaningful to myself it needs to be comprehensive. I want to see all the results of the week and top stories in one place. I don't expect to come to wikinews for that.

Corby verdict - story preparation
If any Aussies happen to be paying attention, I'm working on Story_preparation/Corby_verdict_released. Feel free to jump in and add info and your predictions. - Borofkin 02:33, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Original reporting
Is anyone doing or thinking of doing original reporting? I've created a resources page with links to primary source material such as media releases. It's all government at the moment, but if anyone has any other stuff please add it there. - Borofkin 00:35, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:151.37.162.209

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Multiple bomb threats in Sydney 'nothing more than a hoax'

November 3, 2005

The Sydney police have declared that the numerous bomb threat e-mails circulating the city today were all hoaxes. The messages warned of a late afternoon bomb attack at Town Hall station.

There were unconfirmed reports of evacuations at Town Hall Station, although it is not clear whether these were officially sanctioned, or just the result of word-of-mouth.

The police stated that there have been no evacuations. The Deputy Police Commissioner has said that the threats were "nothing more than a hoax", appealed for calm, and says that if any credible threats are received, the public will be kept informed and dealt with appropriately.


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 * I've started this article: Bomb scare at Sydney's Circular Quay - you should try to find out as much as you can and add it. No other news agencies at the moment are reporting this. - Borofkin 06:27, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

It's okay for you to be the only source. You are a Wikinews Contributor - you should write what you know, and the community will clean it up if they think it needs work. I was the only source for articles like Carnival style protest held in Sydney. Just remember that if you haven't personally witnessed an evacuation, then you should call it something like "unconfirmed reports". Be bold! - Borofkin 06:38, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Nope, I'm out Randwick way. But I kind of am another source now because I rang the Police Media Unit. They're number is on the website, and they give out info to anyone who rings up. - http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news - Borofkin 06:55, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Australian Portal
Hi Ben.... haven't heard from you in a while.... just letting you know that I've comletely redone the Australian Portal - it now displays articles grouped into days, the same as on the main page, and has a lead article. We can set our own standards on the Aussie portal - for example, we could ditch the whole "develop" and "publish" stages if we wanted to, or we could create an "australia-publish" stage, that would cause the article to appear as published on the Australian Portal, but not on the Main Page. Articles are still in the main namespace, however, and still have to be NPOV. Anyway, let me know what you think on the Australian discussion page. - Borofkin 23:37, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

 * It looks good.
 * I took a wikibreak over Christmas, and a longer wikinews break. BenAveling 06:25, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Multiple bomb threats in Sydney 'nothing more than a hoax'

Original reporting
This report was made by User:BenAveling at Talk:Anti-terror amendments to be rushed through Australian parliament because of new 'potential threats':

 * ''"A colleague just had a phone call from his wife. Apparently there is a bomb scare at circular quay, which is being evacuated."

I've created this article to see if anything develops. If it turns out to be nothing we can just delete it. - Borofkin 06:30, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

I just spoke to the Police Media Unit - added information from that conversation. - Borofkin 06:45, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Evacuations
Funny that the Police are saying that there have been no evacuations, yet your colleague reports being evacuated from Town Hall station. - Borofkin 07:05, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

I suspect both are telling the truth - there isn't an official evacuation, but the story gets mangled as it passes from person to person. There are bound to be some wikinewsreaders on the scene. They can report in when they get home. (They might be a bit late home of course!)

Anyway, even the story is a story of a hoax, it's clearly a real hoax, so to speak. I've tidied it up a little and I suggest we publish.

Also

They have clearly done no more than you did! :-)

Regards, BenAveling 07:25, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Quote in headline
The source of the quote in the headline must be given somewhere in the article. (E.g. Sydney police official John Doe told reporters the emails were "nothing more than a hoax.") Otherwise, let's change the headline.
 * The headline uses the quote from the sentence The Deputy Police Commissioner has said that the threats were "nothing more than a hoax", the source for which is the Police press release. - Borofkin 01:30, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, my apologies. I had looked through the article and somehow I convinced myself that it was not there.  Sorry again.  Cllewr 20:04, 4 November 2005 (UTC)


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我正在自学法律和德语，准备后年考法律硕士，明年考德语四级. 参见我在wikipedia的用户页.

I'm studying law and German by myself now. I'll take the law graduate exam 1 years later, and China's German 4-band exam next year's June. See my wikipedia user page for more information. w:user:acerperi de:benutzer:acerperi

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User talk:212.85.15.88

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World Bank warns of high bird flu cost

November 3, 2005

The World Bank has issued a report warning that a bird flu pandemic could cost the Asian economy up to $283 billion and lead the region into recession. The report has identified the tourist, transport and retail sectors of the Asian economy as being particularly vulnerable to the effects of such an outbreak. World Bank economist Homi Kharas noted that, "One large shadow looms over the generally positive economic outlook we have sketched out... and that is avian flu."

The report, published twice annually by the World Bank, admitted than Asia's recent growth was going to slow down slightly anyway in 2006 (due to higher oil prices and tighter monetary policy), but that a bird flu epidemic could make this partial slowdown much worse.

The report comes just days ahead of an Asian political summit, where the foreign ministers of many of the countries already affected by the H5N1 virus are expected to agree to even closer co-operative measures to help stall the advance of the virus. The foreign ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam have already agreed to closer co-operation to contain the virus and develop a vaccine.

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First off, we really appreciate your contribution.

But sometimes users submit an article from somewhere else, not realizing that Wikinews cannot keep copy-and-paste versions of articles which are published elsewhere under a restrictive copyright. An article created in this way is a copyright violation, and Wikinews policy is to erase these even if they are excellent article ideas.

Another problem which sometimes comes up is press releases: Press releases are sometimes excellent sources, but they do not qualify as unbiased news articles so they can't be published as they are. Two key things to remember about press releases is that they're usually written to represent the viewpoint of an involved party (Thus likely running foul of our Neutral Point of View policy). And second, they are generally covered by copyright which can conflict with our open editing approach.

A better way to get an article on an exciting subject published here is to write an original article following the guidelines described in writing an article, or to write a brief explanation of the subject and include the url address of articles or websites to use as sources. If you are part of the story that the article is about, you may also wish to consider requesting an interview rather than writing the article yourself.

Thanks again! Brianmc 14:36, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

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Teaching Intelligent Design: Incumbent Dover PA school board fails reelection

November 9, 2005

The Dover, Pennsylvania school board became the first to mandate inclusion of Intelligent Design in a public school biology curriculum. For this year's November 8 election, Republicans fielded a pro-Intelligent Design slate of candidates including some returning candidates who had previously voted to include a statement about Intelligent Design in the biology curriculum. A mixed slate of Democrat and Republican candidates came forward as an alternative group of school board candidates, the Dover CARES coalition. They proposed to remove Intelligent Design from the biology curriculum but allow discussion of Intelligent Design in courses dealing with philosophy and comparative religion.

All eight open school board seats were won by Dover CARES coalition candidates. Two candidates who had previously voted as school board members to include intelligent design in the public school science curriculum received the fewest votes in Tuesday's election. One of the newly elected board members is Bryan Rehm, a parent of a Dover school student. Rehm, along with ten other parents, initiated a law suit against the school board for its decision to insert Intelligent Design into the science curriculum.

In October 2004, the Dover school board decided that Intelligent Design is a scientific theory that should be mentioned in biology classes that include discussion of biological evolution as part of the course content. The board mandated that a statement should be read in those classes stating "Intelligent Design is an explanation of the origin of life," and "The school leaves the discussion of the Origins of Life to individual students and their families."

The school board's statement on Intelligent Design directs students to the book Of Pandas and People as a source of information "for students who might be interested in gaining an understanding of what Intelligent Design actually involves." This book is published by the Foundation for Thought and Ethics, a non-profit organization founded for the purpose of "promoting and publishing textbooks presenting a Christian perspective."

Parents of some Dover public school students filed a lawsuit against the school board, charging that including the school board's statement on Intelligent Design was an attempt to introduce religion into the science curriculum. The book Of Pandas and People says, "Intelligent design means that various forms of life began abruptly through an intelligent agency." The original complaint in the law suit against the school board claimed that "Intelligent design is a non-scientific argument or assertion."

The US District Court Judge John Jones, who heard the non-jury case, hopes to make his ruling by the end of the year. The evidence phase of the trial ended on November 4, 2005.

A local Dover newspaper, the York Daily Record, editorialized that Dover voters should take trial testimony into account during the general election when they could cast votes for school board members along with other elective offices.

Biology teachers in the Dover schools have refused to read the school board's statement on Intelligent Design to students because the Pennsylvania state code for education states that "The professional educator may not knowingly and intentionally misrepresent subject matter." In a letter to their administrator, the teachers stated their view that "Intelligent design is not science." School administrators have been reading the school board's Intelligent Design statement to students in Dover public schools.

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"Intelligen" I suggest waiting to fix the title of the article. When the election results are available we should create a new title that includes the results (how any pro-ID candidates won). --JWSchmidt 16:08, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Needs some background
Hi, sorry to disturb ;), but I think this story needs some further background. Like how is the election held, who's eligble to vote (teachers? parents? all citizens?) etc. I don't think that's commonly known outside the US. --Deprifry | +T+ 15:05, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Some information about the board and the election:
 * The Dover school board has nine members.
 * Eight of the nine school board positions will be decided by the election on 8 November. Normally it is not this large of a fraction of the total, but there were many resignations from the board during the last year. Replacements were appointed to the board after the resignations. Elected replacements for board members who resigned must be selected at the next election after a resignation.
 * In the USA, local school boards usually have primary control over the public schools. States are divided into local school districts such as the Dover Area School District. The registered voters who are residents of the Dover Area School District can vote for school board candidates. Registered voters can include almost all citizens, including teachers, parents and board members can even vote for themselves. --JWSchmidt 16:56, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Title change?
Maybe the title of the article should be changed to include the results. --JWSchmidt 06:14, 9 November 2005 (UTC)


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French riots continue into second week

November 3, 2005 The uprising continued Thursday in the suburbs of Paris, where residents have set fire to buildings, cars, and buses and shot at police and firefighters. Reports indicate that at least nine people have been injured as a result of the violence.

Numerous uprisings have been reported in over 20 Paris suburbs, all of which are towns with large African immigrant populations, poor education, health, and infrastructure, and long histories of police brutality and deportations.

French President Jacques Chirac met with his administration on Wednesday to discuss the current situation. However, there has been no announcement regarding strategies to suppress the violence. The communities are calling on riot police to be withdrawn, since they are serving primarily to incite further confrontation.

The uprisings erupted when two teenagers, 15 and 17 years of age, died of electrocution in a power station where they were hiding to escape an ID check from police. A third is seriously injured.

The uprising gained force and spread across the country after riot police tear gassed the women's prayer room of a mosque on the holiest night of Ramadan, then called women "whores" as they emerged, choking.

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Israel begins using sonic booms against Palestinians

November 3, 2005

Israel stepped up use of sonic boom raids against civilian communities in the Gaza Strip this week. The Guardian reported that during the past week, Israeli jets created 28 sonic booms by flying at high speed and low altitude over the Gaza Strip. The sonic booms usually occurred 1-2 hours apart during nighttime hours. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the sonic booms have led to miscarriages and heart problems. Buildings in the area have also been damaged, including the Chairman Arafat shop in Gaza City. Israeli citizens living in communities around Gaza have also complained of the booms. The United Nations filed a letter of protest with the Israeli government, alleging that the tactic is an abuse of human rights.

Israel defended its raids, saying the booms are designed to be a show of force against militant groups in the region. According to the Guardian, an anonymous senior Israeli army intelligence source says that the sonic booms were being administered to break civilian support for armed Palestinian groups. "We are trying to send a message in a way that doesn't harm people. We want to encourage the Palestinian public to do something about the terror situation," he said. "What are the alternatives? We are not like the terrorists who shoot civilians. We are cautious. We make sure nobody is really hurt."

The Gaza Community Mental Health Programme filed a suit this week in the Supreme Court. Eyad El Sarraj is a psychologist and director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme. He told the Guardian Unlimited, "The Israelis do it after midnight and then every one or two hours. You try to go to sleep and then there's another one. When it happens night after night you become exhausted. You get a heightened sense of alert, waiting continuously for it to happen. People suffer hypertension, fatigue, sleeplessness."

"For children, the loud noise means danger. Adults may know it's only a sound but small children feel threatened. They are crying and clinging to their parents. Afterwards they are dazed and fearful, waiting for something to happen."


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User talk:Pavankp

Welcome
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title: User talk:Pavankp


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User talk:Cnic.org~enwikinews

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

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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 Cnic.org. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Cnic.org~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
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title: User talk:Cnic.org~enwikinews


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User talk:Shaya f

Welcome
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title: User talk:Shaya f


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User talk:Patcito

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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title: User talk:Patcito


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User talk:Dubhdara~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
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 * 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 Dubhdara. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Dubhdara~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
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User talk:Ruennsheng

Welcome
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User talk:Mipadi

Leave me a message!

(Note: I usually respond to messages here, on my talk page. If you leave a message and expect a response, please check back here for replies.)

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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title: User talk:Mipadi


text:
User talk:Svaksha

Welcome
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 * 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
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 * And of course, stories need writing!

title: User talk:Svaksha


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User talk:Jwood~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * 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 Jwood. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Jwood~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) 06:33, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Jwood~enwikinews


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User talk:Raheem~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * 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 Raheem. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Raheem~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 23:20, 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:Raheem~enwikinews


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User talk:75White

Welcome
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Addt'l Hello
Hello, welcome to Wikinews! Remember to sign your messages on talk pages (as well as the Water Cooler, Deletion Requests, etc.) using the ~ 's. Also, please look at a few links above. The article in question has been deleted per our policy. --MrMiscellanious (talk) (contribs) 20:30, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

title: User talk:75White


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User talk:Tsdibrita

Welcome
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 * Style guide - how articles should look before publishing
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
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title: User talk:Tsdibrita


text:
User talk:Ofeky~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * 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 Ofeky. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Ofeky~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:Ofeky~enwikinews


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User talk:Cdmcd

Welcome
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title: User talk:Cdmcd


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User talk:Avichai

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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title: User talk:Avichai


text:
User talk:Ssfraser

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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title: User talk:Ssfraser


text:
User talk:Jjwoody71

Welcome
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title: User talk:Jjwoody71


text:
User talk:Mblair

Welcome
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 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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Libby, former Cheney aide, pleads not guilty

November 3, 2005

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, pleaded not guilty before the U.S. district judge, Reggie Walton, in Washington's E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse on Thursday, in response to his indictment regarding the CIA leak scandal.

"With respect your honor, I plead not guilty," Libby said.

Libby's lawyers addressed reporters following the arraignment. "In pleading not guilty he has declared to the world that he is innocent. He has declared that intends to fight the charges in the indictment, and he has declared that he wants to clear his good name," said attorney Ted Wells. "He wants to clear his good name, and he wants a jury trial," Wells added.

The former vice presidential aide was indicted by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald last week on two counts of perjury, one count of obstruction of justice, and two counts of making false statements. The indictments focus on whether he attempted to cover up his actions during the investigation instead of whether he illegally leaked the identity of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame. After being charged, Libby immediately resigned his position.


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Talk:Libby, former Cheney aide, pleads not guilty

Is the indication that Libby is a Cheney aide in the title really necessary? It seems like its trying to imply something about Cheney's involvement. --Wolfrider 22:25, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

The fact that Scooter is/was an extremely influential figure in US politics is why this is world news, (unlike, say, 'Devonshire man accused of being drunk and disorderly pleades not guilty') - so I personally believe it is relevant & does not imply that Cheney is guilty of the same thing Libby is accused of. :) --Mike

 * I'm with Mike (+ I can relate to the Devonshire man..I've been there..but it ain't news) Neutralizer 23:50, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I expanded the article by bringing out more info from the second source. Neutralizer 19:33, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Reinserted reference supported by SF Gate source. Neutralizer 15:47, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I have examined the source twice more, http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/11/03/national/w074713S93.DTL, and have found no mention of presidential pardon anywhere within it. I have found no mention of Mr. Bush jr. except:
 * Libby's indictment has enabled Democrats to raise anew questions about the Bush administration's primary justification for invading Iraq
 * and
 * Bush told the nation on Jan. 28, 2003, that "the British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."
 * In short, there is no support for the statement:
 * President George W. Bush has not ruled out the possibility of granting a presidential pardon to Libby should he be convicted. Democratic leaders, however, have requested that the president do so.
 * And so I am removing it for a second time as unsupported by sources. - Amgine / talk 00:07, 6 November 2005 (UTC)


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EU to investigate secret CIA establishments in Romania, Poland

November 3, 2005

The European Union, the and the Red Cross said Thursday they will investigate allegations by  that the CIA has set up secret jails in Romania and Poland.

Mark Garlasco, senior military analyst with Human Rights Watch discovered the secret prisons by examining flight logs of CIA aircraft.

Garlasco, who is a former civilian intelligence officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency, told The Associated Press, "The indications are that prisoners in are being (taken) to facilities in Europe and other countries in the world."


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Gulag
Um, I've just realised that HRW may actually be referring to former Soviet gulags. If HRW has actually used the term 'gulag', then we can use it, in quotes, otherwise it's POV, IMO. - Borofkin 23:07, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok; I changed it to "prison"; but that doesn't seem right either. Neutralizer 23:54, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok; "secret CIA jails" seems to be the term HRW used. Neutralizer 23:57, 3 November 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:137.205.192.27

Wikinews needs you
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User:Mipadi

Heylo, I am Mipadi. I joined Wikinews on November 2, 2005, when I made a very minor edit in the article "Tom Cruise parody site defiant in face of Scientology threats, demands its day in court". I visit Wikinews often, but I don't contribute a whole lot; however, I am a frequent contributor to the Wikipedia. I joined Wikipedia on June 20, 2005. I have the same name on Wikipedia, so you can feel free to view my Wikipedia user page.

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User talk:68.115.222.204

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Talk:At least thirty-three more dead in Ethiopia election clashes

Clarification
The first sentence says that at least 33 have died, implying that 33 or more people definitely died. But then the second sentence says that Reuters thinks it's 23. Is this supposed to suggest that Reuters is wrong? If so, then why are they cited as one of the article's sources? Someone please explain what this is supposed to mean. Cllewr 00:52, 4 November 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:203.34.60.42

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Talk:IRA weapons decommissioned

—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 23:14, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Removed dupe
I removed the dupe tag because the two articles cover the same subject but from somewhat different angles. Wikinews can certainly host more than one article on a single topic, especially if they cover it differently. - Amgine / talk 05:52, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:FEMA accused of misusing trained disaster workers as public-relations workers

Don't see what is wrong with this article. I added another source with interview of firefighters. Please specify what is NPOV here, the critique given by the tagger clearly does not apply. --vonbergm 06:22, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't know either. I simply searched for articles in Category:Disputed that were published. Disputed articles are not published (even with a publish tag) so I thought it best to move them back to develop so the disputes could be dealt with -- better, I think, than people believing an article had been published when it has not. --Chiacomo (talk) 06:31, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Good find. I will see if anyone sees a problem with it and will pulish it sometime tomorrow if there are no osbjections until then. --vonbergm 06:44, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Simply housekeeping... I don't know whether to bump the date or not -- it's somewhat old. --Chiacomo (talk) 06:50, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Remember, one of the goals of Wikinews is to provide an archive of news articles which will always be available as a historical record. News articles which indicate what was known at the time they were written. - Amgine / talk 06:57, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed; I just ran into a 1 week date bump re; a 2 week old article. Neutralizer 20:00, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * This case (and a few others) may be problematic as the articles should not have been (and weren't really) ever published. Again, I'm not sure how to handle articles like this. --Chiacomo (talk) 07:02, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * It is quite simple; approach the article as though it were new, but publish with the original author's date when it is ready to be published. - Amgine / talk 07:06, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Have not heard anything regarding the NPOV claim. I believe the additional source removes all remaining doubts, if there ever were any. Will publish tonight leaving date intact unless someone objects. --vonbergm 19:17, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't think there is an actionable NPOV concern here. I say publish now. Neutralizer 20:02, 4 November 2005 (UTC)


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UK National Audit Office: Online learning service Learndirect 'too bureaucratic'

November 4, 2005

In an independent report released today, the National Audit Office has accused Learndirect and its administrators Ufi (University for Industry) of being 'too bureaucratic' in their administrative processes. They say that the administrative structure is too large, and should be streamlined. This should free more money to spend on students.

However, they have praised Learndirect, saying that they have 'pushed the boundaries of learning' in a short time frame.

Sir John Bourn, the Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office issued this statement:

"Learndirect is a major innovative feat that within a few short years has become the largest education provider of its type in the world. It is attracting large numbers of learners who otherwise would not have undertaken learning.

Management and administration costs have reduced with time but still take up too large a portion of the budget. They need to be streamlined so that more money can go into services for learners, and to increase the emphasis on small- and medium-sized businesses.”


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User talk:207.232.153.201

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Talk:French riots continue into second week

Awright! The Cheese Surrender Monkeys get what they get! 8D wdd

 * I don't get it. What's the reason for setting the place aflame? -68.232.153.54 04:25, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't get it. What's the reason for setting the place aflame? All those sources and nobody got nuthing more to write about it? There's nearly more words in the sources than in the news story! What's the matter? Cat got your toungue?


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Talk:North, South Korea plan united team for 2008 Olympics

I see no reason why this was not publishable as written on November 1, 2005, thus I'm putting it back into publish form with two more sources. - McCart42 (talk) 18:28, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
 * The problem of this article IMHO is that it's a verbatim copy from the Voice of America (a public domain source). In my opinion we should aim for original content written by Wikinewsies to be published. If people want to read VOA articles, they visit the VOA website. --Deprifry | +T+ 18:49, 4 November 2005 (UTC)


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Anti-Bush protests turn violent in Argentina

November 4, 2005 An anti-American rally in Argentina became violent Friday when rioters clashed with police, set street bonfires and destroyed storefronts over six square city blocks. Earlier there was a peaceful march by about 10,000 demonstrators who listened to Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President, urge them to fight U.S. policies, including free trade agreements.

Bolivia's leading presidential candidate Evo Morales also joined the protestors to oppose U.S. President George W. Bush.


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First Google Print books unveiled

November 4, 2005

On Thursday, Google announced the first major expansion of Google Print -- allowing visitors to search and read a further 10,000 texts via the project's website. The new additions are out-of-copyright American literature and historical documents from the 19th century.

This initial expansion comprises documents from the New York Public Library and the libraries of Harvard University, Stanford University, Oxford University, and the University of Michigan. In a formal statement, University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman said, "Today we welcome the world to our library. As educators we are inspired by the possibility of sharing these important works with people around the globe."

Since its initial announcement, the project has been the subject of legal threats from publishing companies and authors who want to ensure that Google does not scan and distribute copyrighted material without permission. As a result of the legal action the scanning of copyrighted material has been on hold, and there has been speculation that the project was a failure. However, Google has announced that it restarted scanning copyrighted works from the 1st of November.

Google's controversial service also faces competition from the Open Content Alliance, formed by internet companies including Yahoo! and the Internet Archive.

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Major new bird flu outbreaks reported in Asia

November 4, 2005

New outbreaks of the lethal H5N1 strain of the avian influenza have been documented in Vietnam and China. According to a Vietnamese animal health officer, 4,000 poultry and water fowl have died of the virus after October 25 in provinces 70 kilometres north of Hanoi. In China, 9,000 chickens and twenty wild birds have died of the virus in just over two weeks with more than 300,000 birds culled as a precaution.

Meanwhile, Japanese authorities are planning on culling 180,000 chickens in response to the discovery of the first case of bird flu in the country in over a year. Most of Japan's previous avian influenza outbreaks have been due to the H5N2 strain, which poses no known threat to humans. The virus found in a farm north-east of Tokyo has been confirmed as belonging to the H5 family, but additional tests are needed to find out whether it is the H5N1 strain. A Japanese agriculture ministry official said that there was "little concern" of the virus being the H5N1 type as no case of the strain has previously been found in the area.

At least 60 people have died of the H5N1 strain in east Asia. Over 40 of the fatalities have occurred in Vietnam, where tests are currently being conducted for at least one possible additional human infection. China has not reported any human infections of the avian flu.


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Talk:World Bank warns of high bird flu cost

Should the headline perhaps mention that we're talking about Asia here? - Apollyon 00:23, 5 November 2005 (UTC)


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Liked your article on the A380. Hope you're going to stick around and be a regular contributor. Brianmc 19:47, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

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Engine troubles delay Airbus superjumbo tour

November 5, 2005 The departure from France of the new Airbus A380 superjumbo airliner on a tour of Asia and Australia has been delayed, leading to a rearrangement of its public appearances. Citing "a precautionary measure", Airbus announced that two of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines on the prototype airliner would be replaced before the tour commenced.

Singapore will remain the airliner's first stop, where Singapore Airlines will display the aircraft they intend to launch into passenger-carrying service in November 2006. It is expected that the Airbus 380 will wear the livery of Singapore Airlines when it arrives on November 11, three days later than originally planned.

The massive airliner will then bypass the planned stop in Malaysia, and fly directly to Sydney, then Melbourne and Brisbane as part of the leadup to Qantas' 85th birthday celebrations on November 16. Qantas plans to commence A380 operations starting in April 2007.

The Malaysia visit will be rescheduled for November 17, occurring during the return flight to France.

It is unclear whether the originally planned Australian tour dates can be kept, and sources indicate that the airliner's first stop in Brisbane, on November 11, maybe eliminated in favour of a brief appearance on November 16.


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Talk:Engine troubles delay Airbus superjumbo tour

My first WikiNews article! I've been following this story for a while on various discussion boards. Sorry about the cats. Someone with a bit of experience can check this over before publishing. I used the image from the WP article, but I dare say that artist's renditions of the aircraft in Singapore Airlines or Qantas livery could be found. I believe that the original intention was to apply large Qantas decals in Brisbane (rather than respray the aircraft), but this was unsourced, so I didn't include it. --Skyring 05:10, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Airbus engine delay
I'm disapointed to see problems already with the aircraft
 * I don't think it's possible to carry any program of similar size to completion without a hitch. If it comes to a choice between safety and eating a bit more time during testing, then they should test away! However, this will be a public test of whether the aircraft can keep to a schedule. --Skyring 23:25, 7 November 2005 (UTC)