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Wikinews:Protection policy

Pages and images can be protected by administrators to stop them from being edited or moved. A page can either be semi-protected to prevent editors that are not logged in or whose accounts have been registered for less than four days from editing it; or fully protected, so that only administrators can edit the page. Where possible, pages are protected for as short a time as possible, as protected pages are considered harmful.

To request the protection of a page, go to Admin action alerts.

Why pages are protected
Permanent protection is used for:
 * Protecting extremely high visibility pages such as the Main Page from vandalism.
 * Protecting high use templates from vandalism.
 * Protecting the site's logo and key copyright and license pages
 * Protecting certain technical pages (such as the MediaWiki namespace, which contains interface messages for the wiki).
 * Archiving articles in accordance with the archiving conventions
 * Protecting legitimately deleted articles from recreation
 * Preventing pages in the MediaWiki namespace from being edited; these pages can alter how Wikinews appears to all users
 * Protecting redirects and disambiguation pages, which have little need to be edited and are a potential target for vandalism.
 * Semi-protecting newly published articles, as these articles generally should not be significantly expanded

Temporary protection is used for:
 * Enforcing a "cooldown" period to stop an "edit war"
 * Preventing vandalism
 * Protecting a page or image that is a target of persistent vandalism or disruptive edits

The protection of a page on any particular version is not meant to express support for that version, and requests should therefore not be made that the protected version be reverted to a different one.

Admin advice
This does not cover articles which are being archived, but articles which are being protected for any other reason.

 * 1) Don't edit or revert a temporarily protected page except to add a protected page notice, or add dispute tags
 * 2) Do not protect a page you are involved in a dispute over
 * 3) Add protected to the top of the talk page of the temporarily protected page and note the protection in the edit summary
 * 4) Encourage resolution between the disputing parties
 * 5) Unprotect pages as soon as possible, removing protected from the top of the page, and make mention of the removal in the edit summary.

Admins should not protect pages which they have been involved with (involvement includes making substantive edits to the page or expressing opinions about the article on the talk page). Admin powers are not editor privileges - admins should only act as servants to the user community at large. If you are an admin, and you want a page in an edit war in which you are somehow involved to be protected, you should contact another admin and ask them to protect the page for you.

In addition, admins should avoid favouring one version of the article over another, unless one version is vandalised.

In general, temporarily protected pages should not be protected for long.

There is no need to protect personal CSS and JS pages like user/monobook.css or user/cologneblue.js. Only the account associated with these pages is able to edit them.

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Wikinews:Blocking policy

In certain circumstances it may be necessary for an admin to block a user or IP address in the best interests of the site. It is up to admins to use their discretion to decide when to block, and how long for, however for guidance:

When to block?
Admins can block users or IP addresses who:
 * Vandalize articles
 * Break the three revert rule
 * Excessively and consistently break site policy. Admins should only do this as a last resort - efforts to educate must be made first, followed by warnings.
 * Are trouble-makers who are not contributing to our goals.
 * Are spammers or spambots.

For how long?
For vandalism and breaches of the three revert rule, admins should block for up to 24 hours. In other cases, admins should, in the first instances, consider the use of shorter blocks for first offenses, and only 24 hours or longer if truly necessary.

Spam accounts should be blocked indefinitely but talk page access allowed.

How to block
Admins can go to Special pages and select the "Block a user/IP address" link. This takes them to Special:Blockip, which has further instructions. Special:Blockip is also accessible via the [block] link that appears next to each user on recent changes.

The "reason" that the admin fills in will be displayed to the blocked user when they attempt to edit, as well as appearing in the block log and the block list.

Expiry times are entered in the GNU standard format (e.g. 12 hours, 2 days, 1 month). Alternatively, a block may be "indefinite" or "infinite", meaning the block is permanent, until an admin explicitly unblocks the account.

If you don't enter an expiry time, you will see an error message.

Disruption
Admins may, at their judgement, block IP addresses or usernames that disrupt the normal functioning of Wikinews. Such disruption may include changing other users' signed comments, being incivil to newcomers or making deliberately misleading edits. Users should be warned that they are violating policy before they are blocked. For dynamic IPs, such blocks should last 24 hours. For static IPs and user names, such blocks should initially last 24 hours, but repeat violators may be blocked progressively longer, up to 30 days.

Admins may also block new user accounts that make lots of disruptive edits, for any length of time or permanently, at their discretion. Sockpuppets that were created to violate Wikinews policy should be blocked permanently. However, blocks should not be used against isolated incidents of disruption from IP addresses nor against user accounts that make a mixture of disruptive and useful edits.

Reincarnations of blocked disruptive users will be reblocked if they continue being disruptive, or if they edit in a way which suggests they are likely to continue being disruptive—such as "YOU CAN'T STOP ME!!11!!" or "JOIN ME IN MY FIGHT TO DESTRY WIKINEWS!1!!1!!"

See also Don't disrupt Wikinews to illustrate a point

Usernames
According to our username policy, inflammatory, deliberately confusing, and other inappropriate usernames are not allowed, and in certain circumstances, admins may block accounts with such usernames.

Admins can force a name change by blocking the username (with an expiry time of infinite).

Care should be taken to unblock the user's IP address if they attempt to edit again. To unblock the IP but not the username, wait until the user next tries to edit a page, and something like Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by OldUserName will appear at Special:Ipblocklist. Click "unblock" next to the #number. Then the user can log in under their new name.

If an account has been blocked both for vandalism and for having an inappropriate username, the IP should be left auto-blocked.

Impersonation
Usernames that are designed to impersonate legitimate users may be blocked immediately and indefinitely. The IP address of these users should be left autoblocked. Accounts and IP addresses that illegitimately use another account's name in their signature should be warned first, and then can be blocked.

Please be sure that the account is a malicious impersonator before blocking it; someone might choose a name similar to that of another user without any ill intent. Use common sense. If the suspected impersonators are vandalizing, flaming other users, or otherwise acting with malice, then they should be blocked immediately. If they are making legitimate edits, they should be told of the possible confusion and encouraged to change usernames.

"Public" accounts
Wikinews policy is that accounts with a specific name, but created for general public use by multiple people (password freely available), are not to be used. These are seen as pretending to a reputation as an individual within the Wikinews project, while masking anonymity. Public accounts are not considered necessary because anonymous users can edit freely, and anyone can quickly create a username without even an email address being required.

Examples include any account where the owner posts the password for public use. These may be blocked on sight indefinitely, with the block message pointing out that public accounts are not needed.

As an alternative, when confirming that the password is public, it is quite simple and often creates less fuss to just go into Special:Preferences and change the password. This makes the password no longer public, and can also be done by anyone, not just an administrator.

Bots
Admins may block on sight any bot that appears to be out of control. Initial blocks should last 24 hours, which should be sufficient time to allow the operator of the bot to respond.

Anonymous and open proxies
Administrators are permitted and encouraged to block the IP addresses of anonymous proxies indefinitely. See the entire thread for discussions about the legitimacy of using an anonymous proxy to edit Wikinews. Such blocks are routine and uncontroversial.

Personal attacks which place users in danger
Blocks may be imposed in instances where threats have been made or actions performed (including actions outside the Wikinews site) which expose other Wikinews editors to political, religious or other persecution by government, their employer or any others. In such a case a ban for a period of time may be applied immediately by any admin upon discovery. Admin applying such sanctions should confidentially notify other administrators of what they have done and why. See No personal attacks.

When blocking may not be used
Use of blocks to gain advantage in a content dispute is prohibited. Likewise, users should not block those with whom they are currently engaged in conflict.

Admins should not block themselves (to enforce a "vacation" on themselves, for instance) because the resultant "autoblock" may affect other users (see Effects of being blocked, below), unless they know what they're doing (i.e., they have a static IP).

Effects of being blocked
Blocked users can still see all Wikinews pages, but the "Edit this page" link brings up a "User is blocked" page which explains the reason behind the block and gives information on how to request unblocking. This page includes the "reason" message supplied by the administrator who placed the block. Links and template includes all work as normal in the "reason" section.

The duration of the block depends on the expiry time that was entered at the time of the block, which may be "indefinite" or "infinite" (i.e., until explicitly unblocked).

When a blocked user attempts to edit, the IP address from which they are editing is "autoblocked," so that they may not make the same edit anonymously or under a different user name. There is an internal autoblock expiry time variable, which is set to 24 hours, meaning that when a username is blocked indefinitely, their IP address will be automatically unblocked 24 hours after they last accessed a page.

Note that blocking does not in any way restrict any feature other than normal article editing: normal users can still read articles, as well as adjust their watchlists and user preferences. Administrators and bureaucrats can continue to use all of their respective features: add and remove blocks, roll back vandalism, make someone an admin, etc. If an admin or bureaucrat is blocked for a content dispute (such as the three revert rule), they should be careful not to use these abilities in relation to the article or articles in question, as a temporary revocation of administrator access ("de-admining") is the only way to ensure that this does not continue.

Accidental blocks
Occasionally, users with dynamic IPs will find that they have been blocked accidentally, because their present IP address was previously used by a vandal or hard-banned user. These blocks will disappear if they can force a change their IP address. If that is not possible, the block should be reported to the nearest friendly admin via the IRC chat room (link at top of all pages) or by email - see the list of administrators for some likely candidates.

Range blocks
Range blocks are sometimes used when a vandal or disruptive user has been IP blocked on several occasions but responds by using a different IP address. In most cases, range blocks will affect at least some legitimate users. Therefore, range blocks should only be used when the disruptive behavior is frequent and severe enough to make other methods ineffective. This is a matter of judgement, and the likely number of legitimate users that might be affected should be considered.

When used, range blocks should be as brief as possible.

The range block feature is difficult to use correctly because it requires an understanding of binary arithmetic. It has certain limitations inherent in its implementation, requiring the starting and ending addresses to be an exact multiple of the distance between them, which must be a power of two. For details, see Range blocks.

In many instances guidance should be sought from a user with the CheckUser privilege prior to applying a range block. They will be able to establish if the proposed block will impact any legitimate users.

Unblocking
Special:Ipblocklist contains a list of all currently blocked users and IPs. Admins will see a link to (unblock) next to each user. After clicking this, you should type in the reason that you are unblocking the user and then click the Unblock this address button. If an admin feels they were not blocked for a valid reason, the safest course is to contact the blocking admin, another admin, or the mailing list and ask to be unblocked.

Admins may unblock users if:
 * They were blocked in violation of this policy.
 * The reason for blocking no longer applies.
 * The block has lasted too long.
 * In other appropriate cases

There are no hard and fast guidelines on unblocking, hence the "in other appropriate cases" guidance. Admins must use their common sense and good judgement. However, similar to the three revert rule, an admin must not unblock a user more than three times within a 24 hour period. An unblocking war is more harmful than an edit war or a revert war.

A user may add Template:Unblock to his/her talk page once they have been blocked to appeal a controversial block. The appeal should concisely explain why the block should be lifted and how similar situations leading to the block will be avoided in the future. Under no circumstances should a user send private, personal information to an administrator as part of their unblock appeal.

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Talk:"Fraudulent" U.S. military recruitment confirmed by audio/video tapes

Cleanup

 * Title
 * Appears to say the US Military has been found guilty of fraud. Find a way to show it is reported or alleged, until guilt is determined by authorities.

 * The above comment is not accurate now Paulrevere2005 23:28, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Image
 * I find no basis in the article as written to have the Marine logo. All or none, and might be better to have a "USA" logo instead of any one of the branches of military service.

 * Please read the article.Its not very long."Jim Massey, a former Marine recruiter.."This isn't just an isolated incident. This is a widespread epidemic! I would say 98 percent [of the recruits Massey enlisted] were fradulent."

 * But if you don't want the image,for whatever reason, can't you edit it out? Paulrevere2005 23:38, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Content
 * Appears primarily to report how others are covering the story, and not the story itself. Who is accused of fraud, when did it happen, where did it happen, why did it happen, and if possible how did it happen?
 * The above comment is not accurate now,please read the article.Paulrevere2005 23:28, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Answer these questions, please. - Amgine/talk 21:59, 13 May 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:U.S. Senator calls for nationwide investigation into Army recruitment tactics

The article has been corrected and the tag is now unwarranted; but the tagger asked on my talk page that someone else other than him should review it and remove the tag. Paulrevere2005 22:58, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Where did my comments go?
I had comments describing what I felt was wrong with the article. Where are they now? - Amgine/talk 23:10, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Here they are, transcluded:

Cleanup

 * Title
 * Appears to say the US Military has been found guilty of fraud. Find a way to show it is reported or alleged, until guilt is determined by authorities.

 * The above comment is not accurate now Paulrevere2005 23:28, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Image
 * I find no basis in the article as written to have the Marine logo. All or none, and might be better to have a "USA" logo instead of any one of the branches of military service.

 * Image is now gone. Paulrevere2005 12:06, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Content
 * Appears primarily to report how others are covering the story, and not the story itself. Who is accused of fraud, when did it happen, where did it happen, why did it happen, and if possible how did it happen?
 * The above comment is not accurate now,please read the article.Paulrevere2005 23:28, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Answer these questions, please. - Amgine/talk 21:59, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Attention Amgine ! Administrator approved the story,
Dan100 advised the story is good now (see my talk page) Tag removed; Paulrevere2005 22:02, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, Paulrevere2005, I read that yesterday. - Amgine/talk 16:21, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Tag removal time
Transfered from my talk page; "I rewrote the first paragraph, if you or someone else could take a look at it, I think it is almost ready to be published. Cspurrier 00:49, 14 May 2005 (UTC)"

I think the article is just fine now. Does anyone have any objections if I remove the tag? With the understanding anyone else can put it back? Paulrevere2005 12:05, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

added army image per Amgine's suggestion
Paulrevere2005 14:37, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

The scoop is that the 17 year old
The more interesting story is that the 17 year old got this story about practices, not that the army has fradulent recruiting practices. Wikinews benefits from having the edge on this.

Great point. check out [] Paulrevere2005 21:43, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

AP Style
Made some minor edits to accommodate AP style guidelines. - Tparlin 17:51, 15 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Haven't checked your edits, but you should know that Wikinews follows its own style guide. - Amgine/talk 17:55, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

I also fixed some basic news writing problems (i.e. quotes should go on their own line, and should always have attribution). Tparlin 18:04, 15 May 2005 (UTC)


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Secret Downing Street Memo leaked

May 14, 2005

Documents leaked from the U.K. government revealed an apparent secret agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom to attack Iraq in 2002. The Times, a British national newspaper, reported that newly-discovered documents reveal British and U.S. intentions to invade Iraq and leaders of the two countries had "discussed creating pretextual justifications for doing so". The documents go on to say that Tony Blair decided the U.S. would need to "create" conditions to justify the war. The leaked document has not received much coverage in the United States.

The document, known popularly as the "Downing Street memo", is a document purporting to contain the minutes taken during a meeting among United Kingdom government and political figures on July 23, 2002 discussing the build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Its authenticity has not been officially confirmed nor denied by the government, though Downing Street has stated that the document contains "nothing new." There have been repeated media and congressional requests for clarification.

Downing Street in London contains the official residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom] (at 10 Downing Street) and is a metonym for the United Kingdom government. Ultimately the United Kingdom sent 46,000 troops to join the United States-led action, by far the largest non-US contingent in the invasion.

The memo comes on the heels of other leaked documents from the UK.

Outline
The memo says that it was sent to Secretary of State for Defence Geoff Hoon, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jack Straw, Attorney General of England and Wales Lord Goldsmith, Cabinet Secretary Sir Richard Wilson, Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee John Scarlett, Director of the Government Communications Headquarters Francis Richards, Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Michael Boyce, Head of the Secret Intelligence Service Richard Dearlove, Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Jonathan Powell, Downing Street Director of Government Relations Sally Morgan, and Downing Street Director of Communications and Strategy Alastair Campbell.

The memo was intended to be kept confidential and is headed ''This record is extremely sensitive. No further copies should be made. It should be shown only to those with a genuine need to know its contents.'' It deals with the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq War, and comes at a point at which it becomes clear to those attending, that U.S. President George W. Bush intended to remove Saddam Hussein from power by force.

The memo runs through the military options and then considers the political strategy in which an appeal for support from the international community and from domestic opinion would be most likely to be positively received. It suggests that an ultimatum for Saddam to allow back United Nations weapons inspectors be issued, and that this would help to make the use of force legal. Tony Blair is quoted as saying that the British public would support regime change in the right political context.

The most controversial paragraph is a report of a recent visit to Washington by Dearlove (known in official terminology as 'C'):

 * C reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. The NSC had no patience with the UN route, and no enthusiasm for publishing material on the Iraqi regime's record. There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action.

This was even more explicitly stated elsewhere in the memo:

 * ''The Defence Secretary said that the US had already begun "spikes of activity" to put pressure on the regime. No decisions had been taken, but he thought the most likely timing in US minds for military action to begin was January, with the timeline beginning 30 days before the US Congressional elections.

 * ''The Foreign Secretary said he would discuss this with Colin Powell this week. It seemed clear that Bush had made up his mind to take military action, even if the timing was not yet decided. But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran. We should work up a plan for an ultimatum to Saddam to allow back in the UN weapons inspectors. This would also help with the legal justification for the use of force.

 * ''The Attorney-General said that the desire for regime change was not a legal base for military action. There were three possible legal bases: self-defence, humanitarian intervention, or UNSC authorisation. The first and second could not be the base in this case. Relying on UNSCR 1205 of three years ago would be difficult. The situation might of course change.

The main sections covering the ultimatum are:

 * ''The Prime Minister said that it would make a big difference politically and legally if Saddam refused to allow in the UN inspectors ... If the political context were right, people would support regime change. The two key issues were whether the military plan worked and whether we had the political strategy to give the military plan the space to work.

 * ''...John Scarlett assessed that Saddam would allow the inspectors back in only when he thought the threat of military action was real.

 * ''The Defence Secretary said that if the Prime Minister wanted UK military involvement, he would need to decide this early. He cautioned that many in the US did not think it worth going down the ultimatum route. It would be important for the Prime Minister to set out the political context to Bush.

Veracity
A former senior U.S. official called it "an absolutely accurate description of what transpired" during the senior British intelligence officer's visit to Washington. He spoke on condition of anonymity. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair denied that anything in the memo demonstrated misconduct and said that it added little to what was already known about how British policy on Iraq developed.

The US and British administrations have neither confirmed nor denied its accuracy:

 * White House spokesman Scott McClellan, when questioned about the document's accuracy, did not confirm or deny its accuracy.

 * US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, when questioned about the document's accuracy, did not confirm or deny its accuracy.

 * George W. Bush has not responded to questions from Congress regarding the memo's accuracy.

 * The British Embassy in Washington did not respond to requests for comment.

 * A White House official said the administration wouldn't comment on leaked British documents.

Interpretations
Critics of the war claim that the memo proves that the Bush Administration
 * 1) was determined to go to war with Iraq prior to considerations of legality,
 * 2) and with full knowledge that, at best, "the case was slim",
 * selected and exaggerated intelligence so as to confirm their policy and
 * 1) developed a plan to manipulate public opinion.
 * 2) Also, critics say that the contents (such as "Military action was now seen as inevitable.") and the date of the memo, July 23rd, 2002, contradicts the official White House position that Mr. Bush did not finally decide to carry out the invasion of March 2003 until after Secretary of State Colin L. Powell presented the administration's case to the United Nations Security Council, in a speech on Feb. 5, 2003. They also point out that the memo is dated at a time when Bush stated that "we haven't made any decisions on Iraq, but all options are on the table."
 * 3) Another paragraph has been interpreted to show that Geoff Hoon believed timing of the war's start was intended to influence American elections:

 * The Defence Secretary said that the US had already begun "spikes of activity" to put pressure on the regime. No decisions had been taken, but he thought the most likely timing in US minds for military action to begin was January, with the timeline beginning 30 days before the US Congressional elections.

Some people suggest that it is clear from the memo that some of those present at the meeting believed that Iraq might possess weapons of mass destruction (WMD) "capacity". However, the memo explicitly states that the capability was less than that of Libya, Iran, and North Korea, and that Saddam was not threatening his neighbors.

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair
When the document was published, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair denied that anything in the memo demonstrated misconduct and said that it added little to what was already known about how British policy on Iraq developed.

US Congress
On May 5, Congressman John Conyers sent a letter to President Bush signed by 89 of his colleagues demanding an explanation of the revelations in the memo. No specific White House response to the letter has been made publicly. In response to the Bush Administration's refusal to answer the congressional delegation's questions, Conyers et. al have given serious consideration to sending a fact-finding mission to the UK.

Conyers has requested 100,000 signatures from citizens (a petition) to request that the President Bush answer the questions in his letter.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan
On May 16, presidential spokesman Scott McClellan said that the memo's statement that intelligence was "being fixed" to support a decision to invade Iraq was "flat out wrong." However, McClellan admitted that he has not read the memo, but has only received reports of what it contains.

On May 17, McClellan told reporters that the White House saw "no need" to respond to the letter from Congress.

On May 23, McClellan retracted his statement about intelligence treatment:
 * "Let me correct you...let me correct you on the characterization of the quote you attributed to me. I’m referring to some of the allegations that were made referring to a report.

 * In terms of the intelligence, the - if anyone wants to know how the intelligence was used by the adminsitration, all they have to do is go back and look at all the public comments over the course of the lead-up to the war in Iraq, and that’s all very public information. Everybody who was there could see how we used that intelligence."

This has jokingly been called "the McClellan challenge".

US Secretary of State Rice and UK Foreign Secretary Straw
On May 18th, 2005, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw were questioned on the memo, during live coverage of a joint US-UK conference, aired on Sky News:

And if I could, then, ask both of you to comment on the very well-publicised British memo that was leaked ... from the minutes of a meeting that took place in July of 2002 with Tony Blair and some of his military intelligence advisers. In particular, it quotes one British official saying the intelligence and facts that the U.S. was putting forward were being fixed around the policy....

...could you speak to these allegations, in particular, Madam Secretary, and whether or not this is true?

...Mr. Secretary Straw, if you could also speak to the authenticity of this memo? And in particular, you're quoted in here saying that 'The case was thin, Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capacity was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran.'

Neither Rice nor Straw answered the questions. The full transcript is available here.

News coverage
The memo was a major story in the British press during the last few days of the 2005 general election campaign and was also covered in other countries. The story had limited coverage in the USA but has recently gained more attention in the American press.

Some have criticized the American media’s coverage of the memo as disturbingly poor.

On, May 20th, 2005, a new Public Editor for The New York Times (NYT), publicly assesed the coverage of the memo in The New York Times in a forum on the their website. He also stated that, due to continuing reader interest, the paper intends to give fuller coverage to the memo.

The lack of news coverage of the memo has also spurred criticism from Media Watchdogs and editors of small newspapers.

Internet
Numerous web logs have picked up the story (see blogpulse for a histogram), and a website, www.downingstreetmemo.com, has been created dedicated to informing the public about the memo.

Pundits
On May 18, conservative pundit and former Reagan Administration advisor Paul Craig Roberts wrote an article calling for Bush's impeachment for lying to Congress about the case for war.

Citizens
A coalition of citizen groups running the gamut of social and political issues will ask Congress to file a Resolution of Inquiry, the first necessary legal step to determine whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses. The formal Resolution of Inquiry request was written by Boston constitutional attorney John C. Bonifaz and reported by Larisa Alexandrovna for Raw Story, article available here here. The request states the constitutional grounds for impeachment:

 * "[The President] has not given [the Senate] full information, but has concealed important intelligence which he ought to have communicated, and by that means induced them to enter into measures injurious to their country, and which they would not have consented to had the true state of things been disclosed to them."

Among the citizen groups are:
 * Veterans for Peace
 * Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)
 * 911Citizens Watch
 * Democracy Rising
 * Code Pink
 * Global Exchange
 * Democrats.com
 * Velvet Revolution, and
 * Gold Star Families for Peace

A website, afterdowningstreet.org, has been established for the newly emerging citizen's coalition.

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Wikinews:Newsrooms

Wikinews Newsrooms will be Wikinews offices located around the country created from space donated by business owners. It would be a community newsroom where Wikinewsies can collaborate on articles, assist one another in finding media for articles, and print and distribute Wikinews Print Editions to their communities. Local offices could also be in charge of recording Audio Wikinews and Video Wikinews programs. At first, computers could be available at a "bring you own" policy, but as donations raise, we eventually might be able to buy computers. The goal of this project is to raise community awareness of Wikinews, create a physical meeting place for Wikinewsies, and to further increase the quality (and quantity) of Wikinews articles.

Let's get this started!

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Wikinews:Newsroom donations

If you have unused/available space (in your office, business, etc.), please let Wikinews use it for an official Wikinews Newsroom!

Please give verbose and specific information on each of the items listed, and please sign your username.

Space

 * Winona, Minnesota -Telecron 19:25:47, 2005-08-26 (UTC)
 * Lahore, Pakistan - Ali Rana

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Wikinews:Print edition/May142005

New York City Henry Hudson highway retaining wall collapses

Pope Benedict XVI begins process for sainthood of Pope John Paul II

Protests spread in Afghanistan

Uzbekistan protesters under fire after prison break

Irish inflation back on the rise

Bundestag approves EU Constitution

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Browser wars: Internet Explorer drops below 90 percent in the U.S. but Firefox gains slow

May 13, 2005

A report on May 10 by web analytics company WebSideStory estimates usage in the United States of Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) web browser to have fallen to 88.9% by April 29, 2005, from 89.9% on February 18, 2005. Microsoft's strongest competitor, Mozilla Firefox, improved its market share from 5.7% to 6.8%.

All browsers based on Mozilla program code combined have a market share of 9%, while other browser alternatives combined make up a share of 2.1%.

The report also contains data from Germany and Japan. Firefox was found to have a much higher usage share in Germany (22.6%), and a lower one in Japan (2.8%), where Internet Explorer still holds 93.9% of the market.

While Firefox's market share is still increasing in the United States, its growth has slowed down compared to a very rapid increase after its widely reported 1.0 release on November 9, 2004. Technology writer Paul Festa speculated in an editorial for Silicon.com that the decreasing growth rate "could mean that the browser has converted a substantial proportion of its natural constituency, thought to be early adopters and the technically savvy." Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser developed by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation in collaboration with a team of volunteers.

In most countries, Microsoft's Internet Explorer has long enjoyed a market share above 90 percent. Many have attributed this to the browser's deep integration into the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Browser usage also varies strongly for different demographics. PC World, for example, reports only 67% of their visitors use IE.

While Firefox's market share continues to increase, its growth rate has slowed and it may not reach its target of 10% overall market share by the end of 2005.

Perhaps in response to inroads in a market it has dominated so heavily for many years, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced plans in February for a new release of the IE browser before the release of Windows Longhorn. The focus of the new release is improved security, which is much sought by users as IE is thought to be the vector of most security flaws in the Windows environment. Two new vulnerabilities have been reported within the past two months which affect Windows NT, 2000, and XP.

Microsoft's new release may be late, as some corporations are taking steps towards promoting Firefox as an alternative to Internet Explorer. CNET News reported on Thursday that technology giant IBM is encouraging its employees to use Firefox. IBM is also promoting other open-source technologies such as the free Linux operating system.

Related news

 * May 10: Major security flaws found in Mozilla Firefox browser
 * May 12: Security flaws in Mozilla Firefox internet browser fixed


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U.S. Defense Secretary announces closures and expansions of military bases

May 14, 2005

United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced the closure of 33 major military facilities in 22 states around the U.S. When word of the plans to shuffle facilities was released, closing some and expanding others, many community leaders shuddered.

Cities like San Antonio, Texas, a town built on the back of military establishments, fear the possible economic effects. If the city's bases were closed, the city and local businesses could be crippled. The current announcement, however, benefits the city of San Antonio with the expansion of Ft. Sam Houston, despite the closure of two air bases.

Groton, Connecticut, on the other hand faces the closure of a submarine base. Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn) claimed the closure was "cruel and unusual punishment." His state would lose 7,133 military jobs as well as 1,041 civilian jobs. Many communities around the nation stand to lose, while others could end up winners, as a result of the announced re-shuffle.


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Talk:Browser wars: Internet Explorer drops below 90 percent in the U.S. but Firefox gains slow

Okay, is it just me, or is this article a bit biased toward Firefox?

 * No. In fact, it is a great example of one of the notable (yet still undocumented) exception to the NPOV rules enforced in Wikimedia: that you might write biased articles about non-free and Microsoft-related things.

 * Better example: This wikinews article: MSN Encarta introduces wiki-like enhancements (and see that none complained about the "neutrality" of the article!)

 * Hope this helps you understand Wikimedia.

Cleanup
The article was nominated for cleanup and removed from publication for "remove irrelevant FF info, add in MS IE info" It has since been cleaned up. Anyone can do this. - Amgine/talk 01:36, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

 * The purpose of a news site is to provide relevant background information where appropriate, especially facts that the reader cannot be expected to know. When a program developed by a non-profit organization, free of advertising and spyware, competes with proprietary software, that is worth noting, because it is unexpected, and because any "free" program for the Windows platform these days tends to be funded either by ads or by spyware.

 * Just because MS IE is mentioned in the title, this is not an article about IE - it's an article about recent changes in the browser market. It is simplistic to narrow your focus to one competitor in that market, and to not discuss the one browser which has been eating MS IE's share in recent months: basic analysis is also something a news site should provide, where it consists of undisputed facts, rather than opinion; this was the case here.--Eloquence 12:55, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

"open source," as it it used in this article, probably should be written as Open Source (TM). The Open Source Initiative trademarked the term and governs which software licenses meet the Open Source Definition. As I'm not familiar with how a journalist would decide this point, I'm offering this as a suggestion and won't change the page myself.


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Gaza settlers protest planned pullout

May 14, 2005

Israel's Independence Day was marked by protests around Gaza Strip as nationalist Israelis rallied against the dismantling of 21 settlements in the region. The protests where peaceful as many marched or even held picnics in the settlements. Police estimated a turnout of about 35,000 but organizers estimated much higher numbers. This comes after similar, larger protests against Ariel Sharon's plan to end conflict with the Palestinians over the area.

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Wikinews:2005/May/14

 * Gaza settlers protest planned pullout
 * North and South Korea to meet next week
 * Serbia and Montenegro football: Partizan secures League title
 * Kosovo's independence unacceptable for Serbian PM
 * Mexican president defends emigration
 * U.S. Defense Secretary announces closures and expansions of military bases
 * Al Jazeera announces English-language channel for 2006
 * Russian football club signs two Portugal internationals
 * Bikers begin descent on South Carolina resort for rallies
 * U.S. Senator calls for nationwide investigation into Army recruitment tactics
 * Uzbek president blames outlawed Islamist group for deaths

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Bikers begin descent on South Carolina resort for rallies

This weekend is the kick-off for two motorcycle rallies held annually in the U.S. eastern seacoast town of Myrtle Beach. Enthusiasts this year are expected to meet or exceed the 170,000 bikers that arrived last year in droves to the small resort town of 23,000. Festivities span two weeks, and extend again this year into the Memorial Day. Leading off is the week-long Harley rally, followed by the next week's BikeFest. In and around town, both day and night are punctured by the sounds of bike engines gunned and revved at stop lights and in parking lots. Groups of cycle riders dominate the streets. “By Friday night, the front parking lot will be a full line of motorcycles to the corner.” said motel owner Ranjan Patel. The Super 8 motel takes up half a block at its location in the heart of the downtown motel strip. “Both sides [of Ocean Blvd] are nothing but bikes.” Both she and her co-owner husband agree, the influx of bikers dwarf in size the numbers of tourists who visit during regular summer months for ocean-side and family amusement park attractions.

The highly accesorised bikes, decked with chrome and polished to show it, flashed the townscape. Choppers made a showing, but road hogs dominated the ridership, often going twosome. Many rally goers arrived on the scene with SUV’s or big pickup trucks towing cargo trailers loaded with cycles. Growth in the sheer size of the two rallies led police to make changes in the handling of traffic flow. During BikeFest last year, the mostly black crowd that came in on the heels of the largely white Harley rally the week earlier, were faced with confusion when the two-lane Ocean Blvd was made one-way.

A branch of the NAACP in Conway, the next town over from Myrtle Beach, alleged discrimination by Horry County and Myrtle Beach Police. They claimed authorities and police used an overwhelming and aggressive police presence, combined with a restrictive one-way traffic pattern, to intimidate and discourage the participants in the rally.

An injunction was issued earlier this week by U.S. District Judge Terry Wooten, who ruled that bikers at both rallies be treated the same. Myrtle Beach city lawyers immediately filed an appeal to the ruling at the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, saying "the trial court erroneously determined that the plaintiffs would likely succeed on the merits; that is, that the city of Myrtle Beach intentionally treats Memorial Day weekend tourists differently from others similarly situated because of their race."

A plan to submit an opposition to the notice has already been announced by Michael Navarre, an attorney for Steptoe & Johnson, who represents the NAACP civil rights group. "We certainly don't think the judge has ruled erroneously," Navarre said, according to The Sun News.

Traffic control and safety measures were in full swing Friday morning on US-17. Both directions of the 4-lane divided highway south of Myrtle Beach had traffic cones and parking barriers set up to control traffic. Large flashing road signs on each side of the highway warned cars to use the passing lane. The warning sign flashed a message that the right lane was for motorcycle use only. Police monitored the pull-offs near a Harley dealer's lot where popular attractions were set-up in the immediate vicinity.


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User:MrArmadillo~enwikinews

testing one two three... is this thing on?

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File talk:10Mar2005-00-05-12.jpg

MrArmadillo here, May I use this graphic for a 3D transition (as in ESPN sports, with flashbacks and such) to be used in the broadcasts?

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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 MrArmadillo. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name MrArmadillo~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) 06:34, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:Sduffy

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Title change on the RAF article
Hi Sduffy!

Could you please adress the title change on the talk page of the article before moving it again? The title you are moving to does not seem to reflect the content of the article. - Amgine/talk 20:35, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi!
 * I'm not avoiding discussing things; I'm involved in several discussions at the moment. If you would care to join the Wikinews IRC channel we could possibly get through this quickly, especially with the database issues at the moment. - Amgine/talk 05:18, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Proposed new workspace
Proposed Workspace

What do you think?

Discuss at Water_cooler/proposals or WikiNews Talk:Proposed Workspace.

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Wikinews talk:Template messages/Deletion

Does this page exist for a reason? The problem is that the category automatically lists every page with the flags on it. That means every page like this is also listed in the category, which ultimately causes confusion.

It seems that it is best to list all flags once on the Article flags page, and nowhere else. - Simeon 12:10, 14 May 2005 (UTC)


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Wikinews talk:Template messages/Maintenance

Does this page exist for a reason? The problem is that the category automatically lists every page with the flags on it. That means every page like this is also listed in the category, which ultimately causes confusion.

It seems that it is best to list all flags once on the Article flags page, and nowhere else. - Simeon 12:10, 14 May 2005 (UTC)


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Talk:Bikers begin descent on South Carolina resort for rallies

My wife and I, on our southbound journey to Florida, hopped of I-95 to overnight in Myrtle Beach because we had never seen it.

Forget about sleeping in late the next morning. You rise with the rally-goers when they fire up their bikes!

The resort is far behind us at the time of this writing. -Edbrown05 14:07, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

I wondered where the cool photos came from. Paulrevere2005 14:46, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Cool story. Nice work, Ed Dan100 (Talk) 17:04, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Kudos to the Author; nice work -CGW


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Template talk:Copyvio

= No docs? Good. = It would be nice to amend the currently prescribed behaviour, for several reasons. Currently the seems to automatically add the deletion request? This is in my opinion bad.

Copyright violation may be fixed by rewrite. Rewrite to a new location and deletion of the old one means the page's history may be lost. The copyright violation may be only a small part of the page, totally replacing the page would be silly in some cases.

I have been working on the Deletion requests and Policies and guidelines/Deletion guidelines, and directed users to the following page to learn about how to deal with suspected copyright violations: Policies and guidelines/Responding to suspected copyright violation. Right now I have to sleep, so the new page is empty.

Whatever the current copyvio process really is, as far as I can tell is undocumented. So creating a new document is both necessary and simple. We can work out a good procedure etc from scratch if necessary, or document the current system if that's really the best. However:

Certainly, it's not good to fill up the deletion request documentation with info on copyright, so I don't think the copyright violation case should approach the deletion request any differently than any other case. Exceptions to rules are what makes documentation difficult to read and write, and the complexity explodes exponentially, with both number of rules, and with time as changes are attempted. - Simeon 14:58, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Copyright violations must be deleted, since if they are in the document history they still amount to a copyright violation (it is available for view, so we are "publishing" it.) However, with the new version of the software (1.4.x) there is now the ability to delete only the copyright violation versions from the document history, so a copyvio should no longer require complete document deletion.
 * Here's how to do a partial document deletion. Delete the whole document, then selectively restore the revisions which do not contain the copyright violation. The copyvio is no longer available on the history, and so is not "published" anymore.
 * - Amgine/talk 15:40, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Too long?
I suspect we could delete the sentence "You may do so on this current page; administrators have the ability to selectively purge old versions containing the copyright violation." (Sorry BRS) For a typical infringer, this will be too long - didn't read. Once they have got to 'rewrite attempt' that is all they really need to know - the rest is for the benefit of the regulars, who could read it at WN:PROD or WN:COPYRIGHT if we get around to saying it there. --InfantGorilla (talk) 20:19, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

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Russian football club signs two Portugal internationals

May 14, 2005

came into agreement with FC Porto on a deal bringing two stars of Portugal's national team, Maniche and Costinha into the Russian club. Their transfer cost was 16 and 4 million euros respectively, making this the most expensive transfer deal in Russian football. The head of Dinamo's board of directors, Alexey Fedorychev, is among the wealthiest Russian businessmen and he is responsible for making the money available to the club. Another Dinamo transfer target is the Greek footballer Seitaridis, also playing for Porto, but this deal has not yet been confirmed.

Meanwhile, in a match Saturday with  Dinamo Moscow suffered its fourth defeat in a row 1-2, dropping to 9th place. Amkar (one of the poorest teams in Premier League) on the other hand, won the second match in a row. Despite conceding an early goal, Amkar was able to fight back, score from a penalty and secure a slender lead to win the away game.

Despite numerous signings between seasons and hiring a new coach, Oleg Romantsev, Dinamo's performance is far from the best. Last season saw them at 14th place (out of 16), barely avoiding relegation, and the start of a new season isn't promising either. It is yet to be seen, whether the new signings can help the club join the ranks of the top RPL teams, such as Lokomotiv Moscow and CSKA Moscow.


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Al Jazeera announces English-language channel for 2006

May 14, 2005

Arab news channel Al Jazeera announced Saturday that it plans to open an English-language channel called Al Jazeera International at the beginning of 2006. The project fits in with the robust growth and in-your-face style of the original channel, but faces significant challenges in the new markets.

Al Jazeera's confrontational approach to news has earned it enemies in every government in the Middle East. Its independence has caused the Iranian government to close its Tehran bureau for covering ethnic riots near the border with Iraq.

Al Jazeera has also earned the enmity of Washington D.C., where the Bush administration regularly complains about their coverage. Al Jazeera offices were also hit by U.S. weapons in Kabul, Afghanistan, and Baghdad, Iraq, although the U.S. military insists they were accidental targets.

The biggest issue for Al Jazeera is a lack of distribution. All major news services in North America, a prime market for the English language channel, struggle to gain and maintain distribution.

The new channel has named its management team:
 * Nigel Parsons is to head operations at the company's Doha headquarters
 * Sue Philips, a former employee of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, is to be in charge of the European coverage from Al Jazeera's London office
 * Trish Carter, formerly of Television New Zealand is to head the Asian desk in Kuala Lumpur
 * And Will Stebbins, formerly with Associated Press Television News, is to head the North American operations.

Al Jazeera has been expanding in other markets as well. It opened a channel last month which covers news events without a presenter or commentary. It also have a sports channel and plans for a children's channel.


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Mexican president defends emigration

May 14, 2005

spoke out on Friday in defense of Mexican workers headed North. Fox claimed that United States actions to halt illegal immigration are a step back from bilateral relations. Fox also said that the anti-immigration movement building in America is not "the road we should be building between friends and partners."

In the past year, U.S. Senators John McCain and have proposed a bill that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain legal jobs and provide the option of becoming U.S. .  Others are proposing bills that would step up funding for border security and require U.S. government-issued I.D. cards.

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Uzbek president blames outlawed Islamist group for deaths

May 14, 2005 Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov blamed Islamic militants for the violence in the eastern city of Andijan. The unrest led to government troops firing on civilan protesters and rebels, killing at least fifty according to local hospital sources. Independent sources count the number of dead over 100.

Today, President Karimov denied directing his troops to open fire, blaiming the outlawed Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir for the deaths following their insurrection.

"I know you want to know who gave the order to fire at them ... No one ordered (troops) to fire at them," Karimov told the news conference in Tashkent today.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing crowds of unarmed protestors being fired upon by soldiers. Human rights groups have lamented Uzbekistan's poor human rights record of torture arbitrary arrest and torture. The White House has called for restraint to avoid further bloodshed. The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed support for Kamirov in the face of what it terms extremism.

The White House's muted response may reflect the political sensitivity of its air base in southern Uzbekistan which supports its operations in neighbouring Afghanistan. It's widely feared that, should the unrest spread, Uzbekistan may see the popular overthrow of the government as occurred in neighbouring Kyrgystan.


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North and South Korea to meet next week

May 14, 2005 Meetings are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in, North Korea, between vice-ministers of South and North Korea. The talks are the result of telephone messages between the two countries on Saturday and are the first official talks between the countries in 10 months.

The initial element in the discussions is a humanitarian aid request for 500,000 tons of fertilizer. South Korea's government has indicated it can supply this. Annual requests for fertilizer run from 200,000 to 300,000 tons.

South Korea has also indicated they can use the meeting to discuss nuclear issues and the resumption of multi-party talks. The U.S. has also met with North Korea's United Nations ambassador to discuss resumption of the six-party talks.

Relations between the two countries had been warming, but high level meetings were cut off when it became known South Korea had airlifted 460 North Korea refugees from Vietnam in 2004. Informal connections began to resume with meetings last month to discuss how North Korea could handle an outbreak of bird flu.

The two Koreas are technically still at war, but under a cease fire agreement.

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Just wanted to take a moment to say thanks...
I have noticed your many excellent copyediting revisions, and they are much appreciated! You help us communicate better, and look good. Thank you very much! - Amgine/talk 20:26, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Thank you very, very much! I'm really enjoying the site but have been waiting for the message saying 'You've done too much/done it wrong. Please go away.' So your message has really made my night. You're not to know but this week has been monumentally horrible but I now have a little dose of the warm'n'fuzzies! Now - I wonder if I can remember how to sign my name? Laura Thomson 20:48, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

 * You're doing great! I can't help with your horrible week; mine has been kind of rough too. But I can certainly point out how your edits have helped here! Don't jump in more than feel comfortable with, but we appreciate everything you help out on. - Amgine/talk 18:20, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Euro
The plural of euro is (believe it or not) euro not euros. → CGorman (Talk)  14:40, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks - can you tell the UK hasn't joined the Euro yet? Laura Thomson 16:17, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
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Silence!
Hope you haven't gone forever... drop in when you can! Dan100 (Talk) 23:17, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Nichiyume~enwikinews

Great Point re; 17 year old
The more interesting story is that the 17 year old got this story about practices, not that the army has fradulent recruiting practices. Wikinews benefits from having the edge on this.

Great point. check out [] Paulrevere2005 21:45, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

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

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Kosovo's independence unacceptable for Serbian PM

May 14, 2005

During a meeting of the Democratic Party of Serbia on Saturday, the Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica said that he will not agree to Kosovo's independence, and that the solution for Kosovo is wide autonomy. "When I say autonomy, that's more than autonomy Kosovo had prior to 1999, but it is still just autonomy and not independence," Koštunica said.

After the war in 1999, Kosovo was put under UNMIK's administration, but it still officially remains a province in Serbia. The province's Albanian majority wants full independence from Serbia.

Koštunica said that Kosovo needs a solution acceptable by both parties and that an imposed solution will "jeopardize difficultly achieved stability in Serbia and the region."

Koštunica also reaffirmed his stance on participation of Serbs in Kosovo's institutions: "For now, there is no room for Serbian representatives in institutions of Kosovo."

The Serbian government had advised Serbs in Kosovo not to vote in the local parliamentary elections held last October. Koštunica said that the degree of participation depends on advancement in protection of human rights of the Serbs remaining in the province.


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Serbia and Montenegro football: Partizan secures League title

May 14, 2005

After equalizing with Zeta (1:1), the leader of Serbia and Montenegro, Partizan Belgrade, secured first place in the First Federal League. The second placed Red Star lost against Budućnost and is now 8 points behind—too much to tie in the remaining two rounds.

All results of the 28th round are:
 * Borac - Čukarički 1:1
 * Hajduk Belgrade - Sutjeska 3:2
 * Zeta - Partizan 1:1
 * Zemun - Hajduk Rodić 1:0
 * Vojvodina - Smederevo 2:0
 * OFK Beograd - Radnički JP 3:2
 * Red Star - Budućnost 1:2
 * Železnik - Obilić 4:3


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Talk:Mexican president defends emigration

Should "Defends" and "Immigration" be capitalized here? Thanx 68.39.174.150 23:29, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Probably not. At some point the community voted to use downstyle, so it would be Mexican President defense immigration. Lyellin 23:32, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

No imigration is the wrong way
Trade access and the eliminaton of quotas and bilaterla treatments that pit the US versus small economies is the smart way to reduce unwanted immigration. The continuos protection of farm lobbies is the wrong way. JM de Cardenas

Edit protect request
sudoPlease remove the spaces before. By the way, this is page 10,000 on Wikinews ;)-- — μ 02:41, 6 February 2011 (UTC) 02:41, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Diego Grez return fire 02:52, 6 February 2011 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Print edition/May152005

Serbia and Montenegro football: Partizan secures League title

Kosovo's independence unacceptable for Serbian PM

Mexican President Defends Immigration

U.S. Defense Secretary announces closures and expansions of military bases

Al Jazeera announces English-language channel for 2006

Leukemia cases at California elementary school receive no Federal investigation

Russian football club signs two Portugal internationals

Bikers begin descent on South Carolina resort for rallies

U.S. Senator calls for nationwide investigation into Army recruitment tactics

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Talk:U.S. Defense Secretary announces closures and expansions of military bases

Great pic!
Good job, CSpurrier! - Amgine/talk 02:13, 15 May 2005 (UTC)