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Original Reporting
The content of this was taken from Google's cache after receiving an e-mail from descds telling me that his site would have to close - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 05:25, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The Google Cache link in the sources takes me to a Yahoo search page saying that it can't process the request. Even if you can't find a direct source, it should be okay, as long as you are explicit here on the talk page as to exactly what information in the article is verified by you (i.e. that you are the source for). - Borofkin 05:47, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Meh, it was working, I used it to get the PDF I have. I have posted the statement below - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 10:47, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

What was Dvdrs.net?
A little backgournd would be helpful for those not familiar with the site. What was it? Was it a dupecheck? Was it a release scene news site? Was it a forum? Was it a database of DVD covers? I have no idea, there's little in this article to help. 210.210.10.78 11:20, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Statement posted on the website before it's closure
This was posted on dvdrs.net before it was closed. Unfortunately I can not find a permanent link as the site is gone and the google cache has purged it.

STATEMENT OF CONCLUSION Many are now aware that the MPAA have filed a lawsuit against us regards the indexing parts of the site. We have expressed and believe that these sections are not illegal and have tried to work with the MPAA to a satisfactory resolve. The MPAA however have failed to respond to our requests and we feel we must act on this situation ourselves.DVDRS has been evolving for sometime and has been steadily moving away from its initial purpose. Indexing Usenet is still a part of the site granted, but we are now far more than that with in depth articles on DVD-R/W, DVD+R/W, DVD+R DL, DVDRAM, BLU-RAY and HD DVD media, software and hardware technology We also have a healthy movie, game and hardware review section as well as active news. Our forums are also more about technology than Usenet.

To this end we feel its time to drop reference to Usenet entirely. We understand that this may be seen as defeat or guilt by some parties but we feel its more about compliance and adaptivity. If a governing body feel that what we do is illegal we wish no part of it and will show willingness to comply by removing areas that may be in dispute. This isn't about acceptance of guilt, this is about removing anything that people deem offensive.

DVDRS will reach its final evolvement and we hope you understand why and where we are heading. We also understand that DVDRS will always be seen, in light of recent press, as a site that dealt in illegal file sharing. We feel there is no way we can recover from this and thus will re-launch Talk DVD with some of DVDRS database and ideas. This decision has not come easy for us and it pains us to do so.

We understand many members will not appreciate these changes and all we can do is apologize. As a site we must evolve and hope you can likewise do so. If you do not wish to be a part of these new changes we hope you will vote with your feet and not your negative opinions. What we do now is for the good of the site and any negativity will only result in instant removal. Any site that wishes to slam or slander us may do so willingly, we will not fire any shots back and quite frankly are not interested in your adverse opinions.

I have to confess that the site has caused my family a huge amount of stress over the last year. We have had many issues to deal with and the recent lawsuit is the final action that has decided our course. “I am a family man and this is not a business, i cannot take the fight to anyone without fear of risk. Money has changed hands but remember i have always invested this back into the site. If you feel i have got rich from these dealings i feel for you, however many will see that this simply wasn't the case. Granted some will not be happyabout that but at the end of the day this is a hobbyist site and one i enjoy working with. Talk DVD will feature the same morals and goals as DVDRS and we will re-invent and invest a huge amount of time in sections there to make us a fun, friendly place to be.

We will move the site to that location, streamline the member base to active membership and hopefully develop as time permits. We hope that you see our actions as the only recourse and that we feel passionately enough about what we do to try and evolve.” The site will be closed for restructure. All reference to Usenet will be removed, the logo adapted (its a long time coming anyway) and NZB indexing sections dropped. We will prune our membership database and remove any inactive member who have not logged the site for 6 months. Members who are still active and wish to be removed after this time will be allowed to submit a request for their account to be terminated.

Site supporters will still have all benefits of their donations minus the NZB section and Usenet reviews. We will not issue any refunds under the grounds of our TOS and no funds to do so :- (a) Payment Obligation and PayPal® Authorization. There shall be no Refunds, except in demonstrated cases of payment fraud or under the terms agreed to when purchasing a product or service as agreed to during the payment process. (b) Termination of Your Subscription DVDRS may also, in its sole discretion, at any time discontinue providing the Service, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that any termination of your access to the Service under any provision of this Agreement may be effected without prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that DVDRS may immediately deactivate or delete your account and/or bar any further access to the Service. Further, you agree that DVDRS shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the Service. (c) NZB Section Access Access to the DVDRS NZB section is considered to be a Site Supporters Club membership free benefit and is not a condition or entitlement of the membership fees. You acknowledge that DVDRS, in its sole discretion, may terminate your access to the NZB section for any reason, including, without limitation, if DVDRS believes that you have violated or acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of this Agreement or any DVDRS Terms of Service or User Agreements.

All site supporter funds have been used for that, to support the site. There is no funds to issue our members refunds, if there had been, we would willingly give them.

Danish speaking sections will be removed. We understand that we have a large population of Danish speaking members and encourage them to stay as part of the active membership base but they will, unfortunately, need to speak English from now on. This is not for racialist reasons but so we can better effectively moderate our forums. We will be moved to shared hosting as the services of a dedicated server will no longer be required. We understand that these changes will bring some negativity and expect the worse. However we also feel that its this or close the site entirely and we have worked far too long and hard for this to happen.Since the PR press release broke we have been seen as an organized pirate network and this is unacceptable. In the first day of the press release we had 100 new members sign up looking for pirated movies. This has continued everyday since and we will not allow DVDRS to be used this way. We have not, will not and never shall host illegal files here. To this end we tried to control the situation with locking out both site supporters and new registrations.

We feel our actions are justified to keep the site free from such problems in the future. These decisions are not open for debate and have been thought over long and hard. We still voice we have done nothing wrong but feel that the stress of the last few days has not been worth it. We hope that the MPAA can finally see that we are willing to work alongside them to resolve any disputes they may have on anything we do and hope they will next time contact us directly before they decide on a course of action.

D9 at binnews has expressed his dismay at our actions but understands them. We feel we are far more than an indexing site and although what we have done is not illegal, feel its not worth risk for us to pursue. However D9 has expressed he will continue the fight and would welcome your support on these matters. We wish him well. If, after we move, restructure and remodel, negativity becomes the main voice on the site, we will be forced to close. We hope it doesn't come to that and hope each and every member understands our need to evolve. If you still have a passion for DVD in any form (be it games, movies, or technology) we hope you'll become an active member.

We wish to thank every active member and hope you can see our actions as just. Thank you Descds Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 10:47, 6 March 2006 (UTC)


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Whistleblowers do not face criminal charges. Criminals do. The left lost. Gore conceded. Get over yourselves already. --68.85.27.47 05:51, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

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New Zealand online auction web site bought for NZ$700 million

March 6, 2006 John Fairfax Holdings Limited announced today that it will be purchasing the New Zealand online auction site TradeMe in a deal worth NZ$700 million.

An additional $50 million will be paid out if earnings targets are met over the next two years.

Sam Morgan, who founded Trade Me in 1999, is set to make over $220 million.

Fairfax chief executive David Kirk said "I am delighted Sam Morgan will remain with TradeMe for a good period of time. We also welcome as new colleagues the entire Trade Me staff." TradeMe has 48 employees.

"The business will be run absolutely as it is today. There's not a lot we can do to improve the way the business has been run and developed."

The purchase follows acquisitions of other online businesses worth AU$200 million by Fairfax since the late 1990s, which according to its competitor News Corporation have produced limited returns.

TradeMe is New Zealand's largest auction site, and became the most popular website in New Zealand in 2005.

During peak hours, TradeMe has approximately 30,000 - 50,000 people on line at any one time, and 565,000 auctions running. TradeMe has about 1.2 million members, representing a sizable proportion of New Zealand's population of around 4.2 million people. Trade Me accounts for over 60% of New Zealand's web traffic.

The transaction needs to get final approval under the New Zealand Overseas Investment Act. This is expected to take place in April.


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Australian Prime Minister visits India

March 6, 2006

Australian Prime Minister John Howard began a visit of India yesterday. Interest in the visit has been dominated by the issue of uranium sales and Australia's stance on the recent agreement between the United States and India.

Before departing, Mr Howard gave an interview at Kirribilli House, in which he stressed the importance of Australia's relationship with India, and emphasised their economic significance. "India is one of the great coming powers of the world. The economic growth has been enormous. It's important that we do what we can to strengthen the economic relationship with India," he said.

This is Mr Howards second visit to India as Prime Minister. He will meet the Indian President, Prime Minister, and also Sonia Gandhi and others. The visit is expected to continue until Wednesday.

Uranium sales
Alexander Downer earlier in the week welcomed the US-Indian agreement on nuclear technology, but stated that Australia did not sell to countries that had not ratified the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. Mr Howard indicated that there are still no plans to change this policy. "We don't have any plan to change our current policy. We sell uranium to countries which adhere to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty," he said.

In an interview later in the day in Delhi, Howard was less committed on the issue, and suggested that policy may change depending on circumstances. "We do have a long-standing policy of only selling uranium to countries that are part of the NPT regime, but we will have a look at what the Americans have done and when we get a bit more information about that we'll further assess it," he said.

Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson for the Australian Democrats, accused the government of a "backflip" over the issue. "In what looks a policy backflip in less than a week, the PM now appears to be considering the export of uranium to India despite the fact that it has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty," she said in a press release. Senator Lyn Allsion also called for policy to remain as it is, saying, "The Government must be consistent in its commitment to achieving a nuclear-free world."

Senator Christine Milne of the Australian Greens went further, arguing that Howard was crumbling under pressure from Washington and had backed down over the issue of uranium sales. "The deputy sheriff has once taken his running orders from US President George Bush and is yet again undermining international law. Australia has already torn up international law to follow George Bush into Iraq and Guantanamo Bay; now the world will be less safe as they tear up the NPT," she said.

US-Indian agreement
Mr Howard adopted a wait-and-see approach to the US-Indian agreement. "Of course it has to run the gauntlet of the American political process. We're certainly not going to suddenly change our policy just because the Indians and the Americans have reached an agreement. We'll study it, and if there are things that should additionally be done that are in Australia's interests then we'll do them," he said.

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If you read through the sources, and Howards comments, you will see that the focus of his visit appears to be improving our economic relationship with India, and creating opportunities for Australian business. Someone may like to create a new section of the article that covers this angle. - Borofkin 07:15, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

the "india" bit
article has little/no statements/reactions/views from the indian side. Doldrums 07:30, 6 March 2006 (UTC)


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H5N1 bird flu virus reaches Poland

March 5, 2006

Two cases of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus have been confirmed in Polish birds. The H5N1 strain of bird flu has already been found responsible for the deaths of over 93 humans in the entire world. Some scientists fear it may be starting to establish a foothold in Eastern and Central Europe.

There have been isolated cases of H5N1 transmission from birds to humans, raising fears among the international scientific community that the virus will combine with a human influenza virus, mutating in such a way that it could transfer readily from human to human. A global pandemic, similar to the Spanish influenza outbreak of 1918, could result.

The two cases in Poland were discovered in the northern town of Toruń, famous as the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus. Two swans have been confirmed to have been carriers of the virus. Samples from the subjects have been sent to the European Union (EU) laboratories in Weybridge, England, but initial assessments have been seen as highly reliable. "Yes, we have confirmed that it is definitely H5N1," said Jan Zmudzinski, director of Poland's national laboratory, in the town of Pulawy. A hygiene-security zone protected by police has been established, extending up to several hundred metres from the spot on the river bank of the Vistula river where the swans were found.

Boud, a resident of Toruń, told Wikinews that he has observed authorities putting precautionary measures in place to attempt to slow the spread of bird flu. He said that during March 6 and 7 he observed:
 * The establishment of an "inner zone" next to the Vistula river which has been cordoned off by police. No cars or non-residents are allowed to enter this area, which includes Philadelphia Boulevard ("Bulwar Filadelfijski"). Normally the riverbank is a popular place for casual walks and exercising dogs.
 * The establishment of an "outer zone" including the entire town centre.
 * Placement of special disinfection mats for people to walk over in the main intercity bus station ("PKS") in Toruń. The station is an entry and exit point to and from the outer zone.
 * Placement of signs around the town instructing people that the feeding of birds is strictly prohibited.
 * Placement of warning signs about infection risks under storks' nests in villages near Toruń.
 * Authorities prohibiting transport of animals into or out from the quarantined zones.
 * Disinfection "sand mats" on main roads out of Toruń, that vehicles must necessarily pass over to disinfect their tires.

The World Health Organisation held a three-day emergency meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss plans to deal with the virus, and also to revisit contingency plans for the possibility of a future pandemic. With the discovery of H5N1 in Poland, fears of a pandemic have increased in the scientific community. "Events in recent weeks justify that concern," said Margaret Chan, special advisor to the WHO on avian influenza.

While bird flu has not affected Europe's agricultural output as much as it has that of Southeast Asia, there have been some serious economic consequences of the recent bird flu outbreaks on the continent. France has been forced to increase its subsidies to poultry farmers, spending over 52 million euros ($63 million USD) in aid. Over thirty bird cases have been confirmed in France, while Germany is currently investigating a possible case in a cat.

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User talk:Brooking56

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User talk:Windchimed

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User talk:R. Koot

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User talk:Dujour~enwikinews

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User talk:Jbarnet1

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User talk:Hrishikesh desai

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User talk:Dlomax~enwikinews

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User talk:Antonrojo~enwikinews

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Your link on your user page
Your link to Barack Obama is broken because Wikinews doesn't have an article with that name. Fortunately for you, there's a system for inter-wiki links. If you wanted to link to Mr. Obama's Wikipedia article, for example, use this:

Barack Obama

Which will turn into "Barack Obama", which works much better.

Hope that helps... ironiridis 18:58, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

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User:Antonrojo~enwikinews

My Philosophy of The Moment
"Whenver we exaggerate or demonize, or oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose" --Barack Obama Antonrojo 12:57, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:64.247.96.128

Welcome
Thanks for experimenting with Wikinews. Your test worked, and has now been reverted or removed. Please use Sandbox for any other tests you want to do, since testing in articles may disrupt the site's working and will be reverted quickly. 64.247.96.128, welcome to Wikinews! Please refrain from using content pages for testing. Here are a few good links for newcomers on how to edit Wikinews:

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-  Amgine | talk en.WN 19:38, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

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Thaksin rebuffs resignation calls while elite call for appointed PM

March 6, 2006

Beleaguered Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra may have offered to speak with entrenched opponents such as the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), but defiantly refuses to give them the satisfaction of him resigning unconditionally. Instead Thaksin has promised not to take office if his Thai Rak Thai party gets fewer than 50% of the votes. With the three main opposition parties boycotting the election, a mass abstention would be required to force the PM out in this way.

Protests led by Chamlong Srimuang's Dharma Army foundation are reportedly going to continue until the caretaker PM resigns. The former Bangkok governor led a popular but bloody revolt against the military government of General Suchinda Kraprayoon in 1992; he is now one of the prominent figures staking out Sanam Luang, calling for the resignation of Thaksin, and vowing to stay until he goes. The kick-off of this extended protest was on Sunday, with protesters from southern provinces arriving as early as 11am for a protest that saw Thailand's The Nation reporting 60,000 present for a march to the Democracy monument and on to government house.

Attacks from other directions have come alongside the mass-protests. 96 members of Bangkok's elite have put their names to a petition to go before the King. Calling for the invocation of Section 7 of the constitution to appoint an interim Prime Minister, signatories include a former central bank governor, former ambassadors, and more than a dozen senators.


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User talk:Sabina~enwikinews

Please do not move your user pages to the main namespace. User pages do not belong in the news article space. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 20:33, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

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Study reveals 10% of telecommuters work nude

March 8, 2006

A survey by SonicWALL, a Sunnyvale, California-based company, reports that 10% of worldwide telecommuters are nude while working, finding 12% for men and 7% for women, respectively.

A gender gap also exists for showering on work-at-home days, with 44% of women showering, while only 30% of men did. The survey also found that 39% of both sexes wear sweats while working from home.

The survey also covered less racy topics, including opinions on productivity. 76% felt that working at home increased productivity.

The number of telecommuters has increased sharply in recent years. For example, 43% of U.S. government employees telecommute at least part of the time, up from only 19% one year ago.


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Book review controversy over Daniel Dennett's 'Breaking the Spell'

March 7, 2006

Professor of philosophy Daniel Dennett's (Tufts University) new book Breaking the Spell uses the scientific method commonly employed to analyze natural phenomena in order to examine religion. The New York Times' February 20th review by Leon Wieseltier, which was strongly negative, has sparked debate about the merits of this approach.

Breaking the Spell attempts to present an understanding of religious memes (pieces of information that can spread from person to person) in the same way as Richard Dawkins approached genetics in his selfish gene theory. Dennett's book presents the point of view of an individual religious meme, in competition with other memes, trying to maximize its own successful spread.

Wieseltier objects to Dennett's "meme's eye view" analysis as "scientism", claiming that "Dennett lives in a world in which you must believe in the grossest biologism or in the grossest theism, in a purely naturalistic understanding of religion or in intelligent design, in the omniscience of a white man with a long beard in 19th-century England or in the omniscience of a white man with a long beard in the sky." Not all aspects of human life can or should be illuminated by scientific methods, claims Wieseltier.

Dennett responded that this criticism followed a pattern of recent "stunts" by the New York Times book review: "When you can't stand the implications of some scientific discipline X, but can't think of any solid objections, you brand them instances of the sin of Xism and then you don't have to take them seriously!" He continues to state that "the very idea of an intensive scientific exploration of religion so upsets Wieseltier that he resorts to flagrant falsehoods — and doesn't even bother supporting his claims with citations."

Wieseltier also criticizes several of Dennett's quotations of fellow philosophers, including David Hume, William James, and personal friend of Dennett's Thomas Nagel.

Brian Leiter, a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas, also objects to Wieseltier's claim that some aspects of human life can not be illuminated by a scientific approach. "'The view that science can explain all human conditions and expressions, mental as well as physical' is not a 'superstition' but a reasonable methodological posture to adopt based on the actual evidence, that is, based on the actual expanding success of the sciences... during the last hundred years," writes Leiter.

Dennett is eager for the religious to read Breaking the Spell, and spends the first third of the book motivating and justifying his project; this may have had bearing on the Times' selection of reviewers.

Both the selfish gene theory and the idea of memes were originally popularized by Professor Richard Dawkins (University of Oxford, Biologist), in his book The Selfish Gene. The selfish gene theory is the most widely accepted basis for mathematical models in evolutionary biology, as it has repeatedly correctly modeled various problematic situations, such as gender ratios in insect species with haploid males.

Daniel Dennett is among the most widely read living philosophers, highly regarded for the diversity of his academic contributions. Many of his popular works concern evolution, memetics, and human thought.


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Talk:Study reveals 10% of telecommuters work nude

Woot! 3 other editor within 5 min of submission! Its only a brief, but I've struck gold. ;) Nyarlathotep 21:14, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, but how can you expand on something as minimal as that? could you work out from this:
 * How many government employees that 10% would be? :-) I think you have leeway to link somewhat absurdly on Wackynews. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:24, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure, its good "context" to report that too, if your not actually drawing your own conclusions, i.e. not speculating. Nyarlathotep 21:27, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure, its good "context" to report that too, if your not actually drawing your own conclusions, i.e. not speculating. Nyarlathotep 21:27, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Can anyone fiind the number of Americans that telecommute? I couldn't find it. Nyarlathotep 21:46, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


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Good work on Dana Reeve, 44, wife of Christopher Reeve, dies of lung cancer. :) Jason Safoutin 16:05, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

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South Dakota governor signs abortion ban into law

March 5, 2006

Republican Governor Mike Rounds of South Dakota signed South Dakota House of Representatives Bill 1215 into law today, banning all abortions in the state except to save the life of the mother (with no exceptions for rape and incest) to take effect in July.


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Talk:H5N1 bird flu virus reaches Poland

There are actually some English-language speaking people in Poland who even know how to use a wiki, and even in the "village" of Toruń - a good place to ask for local information is probably here: pl:Dyskusja:TVN24: Martwy łabędź w Toruniu zarażony ptasią grypą. Of course, locals can only give info about the fact of the riverside being quarantined or maybe say who/when found the birds, if that person has been checked in a hospital, etc. Boud
 * I note this page has links to a polish version and what I think is a Russian version. We also have a Category:Avian Flu and an Avian Flu infobox that can be used on the English wiki.  You can cite our earlier articles as sources in your own if you back-translate, and you can cut content from your own article's translation here where it repeats stuff that has frequently been covered on en.  --Brian McNeil / talk 22:32, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Tag
I have tagged this article after reading the single provided source. Prior to that I have tried to make good-faith edits to make the article more readble.
 * Paragraph 1: Can we have one report, even in Polish with babelfish link to back up that there has been concern in Poland for a number of months.
 * Paragraph 2: The association with SARS needs sourced.
 * Paragraph 3: Transport of infected livestock is not mentioned in the cited source. It must be removed or sourced elsewhere. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:48, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Babelfish does not translate polish. i agree that the three points you mentioned would need sourcing (e.g. from the wikipedia articles), except that i'm not sure that the first case really refers to months of concern in Poland, i read it as months of concern in the world, or in Europe (which in some people's POV, is the same thing as "the world", yes, i admit that eurocentrism exists as well, not just US-centrism...), so IMHO it's rather a case of rewording more carefully (documenting months - or years(?) - of concern is probably not difficult). Boud 23:11, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I have done a little bit of work on this today, removing the unsourced material. I will add the original stuff below a little later (after I do some more copyediting). It is a great article, it's just it needs a little work - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 00:39, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

original reporting
If someone wishes to add the original reporting tag, then feel free to add the following info (and maybe remove unsourced info or do a for people wanting more background?) if it helps, since i live in Toruń and have observed the following Monday-Tuesday 6-7 March:
 * it seems there is an "inner" zone right next to the river, in which no access is allowed (except for residents, who are very few in number), while the whole town centre is considered an "outer" zone
 * the "inner" zone, which includes part of the bank of the Vistula next to the town centre, is cordoned off by police - no cars or ordinary citizens are allowed to enter the Philadelphia Boulevard ("Bulwar Filadelfijski"), whereas normally the riverbank is a popular place for casual walks and exercising dogs
 * there are disinfection mats for people to walk over in the main intercity bus station ("PKS") in Toruń, since it constitutes an entry/exit point to the "outer" zone
 * there are big signboards around the town warning people that feeding birds is strictly prohibited
 * there are big signboards around the town prohibiting bringing animals into or out from the quarantined zones
 * the main roads out of Toruń have disinfection "sand mats" that vehicles must necessarily pass over to disinfect their tires, constituting another barrier defining the "outer" zone
 * there are warning signs about infection risks under storks' nests in villages near Toruń

Boud 23:11, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Pulawy
Mr Zmudzinski is the director of Poland's national laboratory (in town of) Puławy. --Ariok (Polish Wikinews)

???
Available content is better tamed now. Tempus fugit -- would it be acceptable to publish soon? 67.21.48.122 21:25, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It's published as it's ready I think - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 00:51, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

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User:Mindspillage

I mostly exist on Wikipedia; please see my userpage there for the full story, including biographical trivia, and wikiphilosophical musings.

I wear too many hats on Wikimedia projects already, and I'm not much of a journalist, so here I mostly lurk, and every so often pop in... I live in Herndon, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC. I attend school in Arlington, and if you really want someone to go bring a laptop and camera out to the city, I might be able; feel free to ask (via email). My particular areas of interest and knowledge are law, classical music, and mathematics.

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User talk:Mindspillage

My main talk page is my Wikipedia talk page. If I've been recently active here, leaving a message here is fine; if I haven't you're better off going over there if you'd like me to see it within a reasonable period of time.

WP:NPOV
I've left more helppful comments at User talk:Cranbourne and Wikinews talk:Neutral point of view. Nyarlathotep 16:14, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

May I nominate you for admin?
May I nominate you for admin here? Nyarlathotep 23:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Ping
Hi, curiousity seeks the cat. -Edbrown05 06:37, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Accreditation Request
Congratulations! Your request for accreditation has been approved by the community. Please check and verify all information there is correct and complete. If you wish to obtain a freelance Wikinews pressbadge, please contact either myself or Amgine. Have fun! --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 00:02, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Rfda
This is a message to inform you that I have added every administrator to the Rfda section on WN:A. This is not personal and I feel as if the community, who did not have the option of voting for or against most of the administrators, should be able to choose who they want to be in charge. I also want to say that I value everyones work on this site and I know that everyone does their best. I hope that none of you will take this personally and I hope that all of us will continue to work together. Jason Safoutin 12:16, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

My User Page
Hi Kat. I hate having to ask this, and to be honest I cannot believe I am, but would you mind deleting my user page? I am sure you are aware of the problems a few of the admins over at Wikipedia have had recently, and I really do not want a piece of it. My user page history contains some personal info that could identify myself, although it is now out of date. The consequences of such an attack against myself could be disastrous in my chosen career, and, needless to say, I do not want to risk such an attack. Thanks for your help, Rje 18:44, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I've deleted your page, but kept the latest two revisions since they include no personal info. --Deprifry|+T+ 19:05, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikinews ID card
Do you still need a Wikinews accredited reporter ID card? I can make one for you if you'd like one (or need it). —     09:13, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll need to e-mail it to you, so what's your e-mail address? —     00:10, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Welcome Back :D
Hiya, Mindspillage. Good to see you doing some editing on Wikinews. How are things going? --Thunderhead - (talk) 01:54, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, things have been quite hectic with me also, what with midterms coming and going. Plus my work here, and on other wikis. At any rate, always glad to have you back. --Thunderhead - (talk) 01:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Welcome back from me too. Also wanted to give you a friendly reminder to tag the talk of (non-archived) protected stuff with . Bawolff ☺☻ 02:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

New Policy has users up in smoke
Hello. I am not sure if you check this page anymore, but I thought you might be interested as to what is going on here at Wikinews: Image use policy/New wikimedia policy action plan. I am outraged as well as others...do you have an opinion?
 * My opinion is in the policy, really; I fully support it as written. But I'll go through and try to reply to comments on teh discussion page. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 04:35, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

EDP
I relicensed all my images to CC 2.5, except for the images here: User:DragonFire1024/Images to request for EDP. Can you comment on these and the EDP request. DragonFire1024 12:07, 2 April 2007 (UTC) Well that makes no sense whatsoever. The EDP was created specifically for non-free images. So you saying that because of the license, they cannot be under an EDP? Wrong. see: Image use policy/New wikimedia policy action plan/FAQ

Do we have to delete all non-free images? Answer: ''No. The important part is that the resolution leaves the room for individual projects (such as English Wikinews) to formulate project-specific policy on what kind of non-free images the project accepts. The project-specific policy is called "EDP" or "Exemption Doctrine Policy."''

 * The resolution requires an EDP. Wikinews has had an EDP since June 2005.
 * The resolution requires that the EDP be minimal, and not enable the use of non-free content where free content is a reasonable alternative. We must ensure that our Wikinews:Fair use policy is in line with that.
 * The resolution requires that all non-free content be explicitly labelled with a rationale that explains how its use at Wikinews is within the scope of fair use. We must therefore ensure that all existing non-free content be suitably labelled, and ensure that all newly uploaded non-free content be uploaded with a rationale.

So how does my images NOT fall under an EDP exactly? Because I don't follow... DragonFire1024 20:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Also from the FAQ: We must ensure that from March 23, 2007 onwards, we delete any newly uploaded non-free media that are not accompanied by a fair use rationale, and ensure that we have clear mechanisms in place for adding fair use rationales and good help pages to aid uploaders in adding fair use rationales.

 * Does this mean that we have to delete all non-free images? ''No. It means that we must delete those non-free images that we cannot provide a proper fair use rationale for. As the resolution states, any non-free images that we don't already have a fair use rationale for should go through a discussive process where we attempt to find a fair use rationale and delete the image if we cannot find one. We have 1 year to do that. DragonFire1024 20:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * BTW, sorry if I seemed somewhat harsh...was not my intentions. so I clarified and toned it a bit down...DragonFire1024 21:06, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry...then the FAQ is wrong and it needs to be changed...because at the moment its misleading and lying to contributers. It specifically states above what the EDP is for. At the time I uploaded these images it was allowed...you me and anyone else had no clue this was going to happen unlees it was in discussion over a year ago. So the answer still makes no sense given the users were allowed to use this license. And again, it states that any non-free image can be given a rationale with discussion and help...all of which, other than you there has been no discussion, avoidance at actual help instead being given ultimatums (Eloquence and IMO not helping at all.), and not even a consideration for a fair use rationale, as it clearly states above have not even began to start...rather the situation of images, as opposed to the policy, has been ignored. DragonFire1024 21:33, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Video
See: Video 2.0. DragonFire1024 00:51, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikinewsie.org
I have set up your @wikinewsie.org email address, please contact me at brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org to get the password, username, and access details for your accredited reporter email address. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:51, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

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You've been added as a member of the Userpage Sharing Project. You were added by me because I needed people to test the template with. If you wish to be removed, please contact me here. If not, please add to the top of your userpage (or wherever you want to stick it. Thanks, Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 22:47, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

RFDA
Please note i have put you up for de-admining at Administrators. --Mark Talk to me 16:22, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Accreditation Expiration
Greetings, I wanted to let you know that our policy regarding accreditation has recently changed slightly. Specifically we've enacted an automatic expiration of accreditation after 2 years. You can very easily "re-up" your accreditation should you choose to, but at this point in time you're on the Inactive list. As such your accreditation will automatically be revoked on March 15th unless you request otherwise. Currently, posting to the following thread will keep your accreditation. At a later date, all Accredited reporters will be put in for that "re-up", at which time you'll be notified. Thank you, and should you have any questions, feel free to contact me on my talk page. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 20:34, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

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Hello.... I've uploaded this document, selecting no license because I wasn't sure which to pick. If it is not appropriate to upload the file here, please help me find an alternative (such as commons?) - Borofkin 23:39, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

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Porn star promotes Italian wine

March 7, 2006

Roberto Cipresso, one of Italy's most respected winemakers, has gone into business with Savanna Samson, a New York porn star, whose real name is Natalie Oliveros.

The wine world had previously suspected that Cipresso's collaboration with Samson would be little more than a publicity stunt. Such fears evaporated when U.S. wine expert Robert Parker rated their effort at 91, describing it as "an outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character".

Samson's husband, Daniel Oliveros, who introduced her to the winemaker, is a Manhattan wine merchant. The couple met when she was a dancer at Scores, a popular strip club.

Savanna Samson's last film earned her the porn industry's highest award for best all-girl sex scene. Her best-known films are Big Blowout, Fetish Underground and Poke Her.

Roberto Cipresso's previous investor was Pope John Paul II.

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AT&T to buy BellSouth for $67 billion

March 6, 2006 AT&T Inc. and BellSouth announced a US$67 billion merger deal Sunday. If approved by shareholders and regulators, the merger would create the largest telecommunications company in the United States, with control of over half of the telephone lines in the country and the largest cellular service provider, Cingular Wireless.

"This transaction combines two solid, very well-run companies," AT&T Chairman and CEO Edward E. Whitacre said in a press statement. "BellSouth operates in an attractive region with a growing economy. It has great employees and an outstanding network, with fiber optics deeply deployed in its service area. It has a strong record in terms of customer service and a sound, conservative balance sheet. These strengths, added to those of AT&T, will improve our ability to provide innovative services to more customers while returning substantial value to our owners and improving our growth profile."

AT&T and BellSouth had shared ownership and operations of Cingular Wireless, which will be absorbed by AT&T as part of the merger. If the deal passes shareholders, BellSouth stock holders will receive 1.325 shares of AT&T common stock for each single share held of BellSouth stock. at a rate of 1.325 shares of AT&T stock per BellSouth share. Though subject to approval by government regulators and shareholders of both companies, the merger is expected to be completed within the next year.

BellSouth and AT&T employ nearly 316,000 people in the United States. The merger, if approved, would give AT&T 70 million telephone users, almost 10 million broadband subscribers, and AT&T will provide services to more than half the companies on the Fortune 100 in 22 states.

Whitacre will remain as chairman, CEO and a member of the board of directors of the combined company. Duane Ackerman, currently chairman and CEO of BellSouth, will remain in his position for a transition period following the merger. Additionally, three members of BellSouth's board of directors will join the AT&T board.

The announced purchase recalls the planned US$115 billion dollar merger of MCI WorldCom and Sprint in 1999 that was prohibited by the federal government. Despite this, analysts think the federal actions will be smaller, since these actions came under protest three months ago due to the actions of their European rivals.

With the price of AT&T closing at US$27.99 per share, and the price of BellSouth closing at US$37.09 per share, AT&T will pay an additional 17.9% for each stock of BellSouth. This operation ultimately leads to a capitalization of US$165 billion, and officials with the companies predict a force reduction of at least 10,000 employees, lower costs of operation in networks, and an overall savings of $2 billion after the second year, with altogether savings reaching US$18 billion.

AT&T also announced that it will try to acquire the US$10 billion worth of stocks that were yielded during the company's bankruptcy in 1984.

The corporate headquarters for the combined company are expected to remain in San Antonio, Texas, though Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin said Monday that they will work to persuade AT&T executives to move their headquarters to the BellSouth HQ in Atlanta. Cingular's headquarters will remain in Atlanta, as will the combined company's Southeast regional telephone company headquarters.

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Australian Senator Bob Brown calls for ban on junk food ads

March 7, 2006 Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown today called for a ban on junk food advertisements during times that children are watching TV. In a press release, the Senator referred specifically to the previous night's episode of Four Corners.

"The extensive use of psychologists to analyse little children’s responsiveness to TV advertising, including how best to influence parents to buy goods by 'nagging' from children, is exploitation without honour," Senator Brown said.

The documentary, entitled How The Kids Took Over, investigated the increase in marketing to children, who "have a say" in AU$700 billion worth of spending each year. "The marketing assault is aimed not only at getting children to spend. Even companies who market adult products, such as cars, are enlisting children to help persuade their parents to buy the 'right' brand," the program summary said.

In the past the Government has rejected such calls. It recently launched a $6 million advertising campaign encouraging children to exercise an hour each day.

Senator Brown says he plans to propose a Senate Inquiry.


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