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Wikinews:Water cooler/technical/archives/2010/August

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When JavaScript is disabled, the box which says 'This is the stable version, yada yada yada' hovers over the text of the article and cant be hidden afaics. John Vandenberg (talk) 12:26, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

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Would it be possible to get our News Briefs to show up on Google News? It would definitely give us more publicity... Benny the mascot (talk) 02:03, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sure it is, but I have no idea how to go about making that happen. Turtlestack (talk) 02:35, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Publish the news briefs maybe? — Mike moral  ♪♫  02:36, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The issue with publishing them is that they don't represent the written published story. Since I have to make numerous editing decisions and what-not to most stories, if people are just reading the briefs but not the article, then there will be confusion as to what the real article is and thus will take away from the published actual article and its authors. The briefs can't become the defacto version people turn to to read wikinews and, besides, they really just represent the audio script for the show. Turtlestack (talk) 02:48, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps we can create a simple page layout with just the audio download link/player and a link to the transcript below? Such as:

Wikinews News Brief for August 5, 2010

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Description of Wikinews briefs, etc.

— Mike moral  ♪♫  02:58, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That could work nicely. As long as there is no confusion between the briefs for the AW and the actual articles, I see no problem with that. Turtlestack (talk) 03:02, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

 * I'm sure if we include a decent blurb explaining AW and how this is a compilation, we'd be fine. — Mike moral  ♪♫  03:54, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Just as a sidenote, the brief just has to be linked from the main page to get on google news. It does not need to be published. I don't think we should publish them, as thats what we use to denote articles that are published. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:04, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Facebook to Russian Wikinews
We've got Russian Wikinews. Is there a way we can attach Facebook plugin to news stories, so people can "like" and comment them on Facebook? --Ssr (talk) 18:24, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I think something might be wrong with the Facebook updates... Benny the mascot (talk) 19:14, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Does Social bookmarks do what you want? An actual like button might be harder. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:31, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
 * We'we got an analog of Social bookmarks at ru:Шаблон:Социальные закладки (can someone please add interwiki to the protected page at Social bookmarks?) but in can only share, and I wonder about built-in "Like" button: there's a Facebook plugin for websites that can be integrated like this: http://bugtraq.ru/rsn/archive/2010/07/10.html. This could be a great advantage for Wikinews. --Ssr (talk) 03:12, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * There might be privacy implications. The privacy implications are limited by the fact that this uses an iframe (due to same origin policy), which is much better than the usual way these things are done by loading remote js code. However facebook would still be able to get statistics about how many people visit each wikinews page with the like button on it, what browser they use, if they are logged into facebook, who they are on facebook, if they are the same person who visited the page 2 hours ago, etc. Since there are strong privacy implications, someone at the foundation would have to tell us that its ok with privacy policy and all before we'd do it. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:15, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

From a privacy policy point of view, anything which allows third parties to track user patterns would be out -- passive buttons stored locally and linking to remote services are OK.--Eloquence (talk) 16:56, 16 August 2010 (UTC)


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I don't like this
 We already have a couple of newsworthiness templates, which seems enough, considering that the first time I saw this, it was misused.

(It was used on an item declaring the winner of a Big Brother series. That item deserves deletion because it is minimal and contains opinion, but if someone wants to dispute the newsworthiness, they should do so on the article talk page, not by plastering this unfriendly template on it.  The name of the competition winner is not gossip, even if it is not the kind of news I, personally like to write, review or read.)  --InfantGorilla (talk) 20:00, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

 * InfantGorilla, to quote Peter Griffen (Family Guy) - I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. - This is a perfectly valid template, and kind of gives a proper version of the "Celebrity 'News'" template made as a bit of a joke some time back. How about I add some documentation to this so and mark it so it only gets added to the talk page, rather than plastered onto the article? Since Bawolff's revision of EzPR, you're advised to read the talk page prior to review anyhow.  Personally however, I think it's not worthy of a moan. I discussed it with several editors prior to its creation, and they all agreed it was worth doing. So I did it. BarkingFish (talk) 01:35, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

I no longer object after Shankarnikhil88's [ rewrite]. I will probably use it myself. --InfantGorilla (talk) 07:46, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

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the note at the top that this turned out to be a hoax should be in type at least as large as the main body, and preferably larger. Now it is just tiny type that could go unnoticed. —24.91.15.147 (talk) 20:30, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Done (and awaiting review by an editor.) You are right: if Wikinews makes a retraction, it shouldn't be shy about it. --InfantGorilla (talk) 23:33, 26 August 2010 (UTC)


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Federal Aviation Administration proposes US$24.2m fine against American Airlines

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{{QuoteRight|We put rules and regulations in place to keep the flying public safe. [...] There can be no compromises when it comes to safety.|source=U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood}}

The fine far outstrips previous penalties, and stems from the carrier's failure to properly maintain and inspect wires bundled on {{w|McDonnell Douglas MD-80}} airplane wheel wells. The FAA says that American Airlines flew 286 of the airplanes 14,278 times without upgrading the wiring which could, if sparked, ignite the nearby fuel tanks and explode the plane. "We put rules and regulations in place to keep the flying public safe. We expect operators to perform inspections and conduct regular and required maintenance in order to prevent safety issues.  There can be no compromises when it comes to safety," {{w|U.S. Department of Transportation}} Secretary {{w|Ray LaHood}} said after the fine announcement was made.

American Airlines has vowed to dispute the planned penalty, and issued a statement saying that "American Airlines has always maintained its aircraft to the highest standards, and we continue to do so. We assure our customers there was never a safety of flight issue surrounding these circumstances more than two years ago." The carrier has 30 days to appeal the fine. Airline spokesman Tim Smith also said that "there was never a flight safety issue. These events happened more than two years ago and we believe this action is unwarranted. We will challenge any proposed civil penalty. We are confident we have a strong case and the facts will bear this out." {{QuoteLeft|There was never a flight safety issue. [...] We will challenge any proposed civil penalty.|source=American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith}} In an Airworthiness Directive issued by the FAA to American Airlines in 2006, the airline was ordered to upgrade the wiring on the wheel wells. To comply with the order, during four days in April 2008, American grounded their MD-80 fleet and cancelled 3,100 flights to inspect their planes, causing 250,000 fliers to be stranded or disrupted. However, in later inspections, government inspectors continued to find problems with the wiring.

The largest fine the FAA has ever imposed was a USD 9.5 million penalty in 1987 on {{w|Eastern Airlines}}, also for maintenance issues. The carrier went bankrupt after paying about USD 1 million of the penalty. The largest fine planned by the FAA was a USD 10.2 million fine against {{w|Southwest Airlines}} in 2008. The airline later negotiated to reduce the penalty to USD 7.5 million.


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Airliner crashes in China, 42 killed

August 27, 2010

42 people have died in the crash of an airplane that was flying to in the province of, north-eastern China, on Tuesday. 54 people, including the captain, survived the crash. Chinese government news agency Xinhua reported that the jet missed the runway during landing, was damaged and caught fire. The aircraft had taken off in.

The reason for the crash is not yet clear. However, at the time of the accident, reports indicate that the was engulfed in thick fog, though the local weather bureau contradicts this. A surviving passenger reported that the aircraft began to burn well before it came to rest. Many people then rushed to the front, instead of taking the emergency exits. The heavy smoke generated by the fire made breathing difficult. Xinhua reported that government investigators recovered two 'black box' flight recorders on Wednesday.

There were 91 passengers and five crew members aboard the jetliner. According to a Xinhua report yesterday, at least five of the survivors, including three children, remained in a critical condition, and several more are seriously injured.

This is the first major civil aviation crash in China since the crash of a China Eastern Airlines CRJ-200 in 2004. 55 people were killed in that crash.

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Translation note
Yes, I translated this article from an article in the French Wikinews. However, that article itself was translated from the German Wikinews. Since the article was directly translated from fr.wikinews, I listed that as the translation. A la votre (Beifall), --Shankarnikhil88 (talk) 00:59, 27 August 2010 (UTC)


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No, it doesn't imply that the Earth is hollow. What it implies is that if you dug a tunnel straight through the entire Earth (and used... I dunno... a forcefield to keep it open), at the very centre of the Earth you would be weightless, because all of the Earth's mass would be tugging on you equally in every direction.


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You're thinking of this backwards.

Earth's equatorial radius is currently 6,378 kilometres. If you crushed the Earth to the size of a pea, it would be a black hole. But someone orbiting from a distance of 6678 kilometres from the centre of mass (300 kilometres above the current surface, or Near Earth Orbit) would experience the same force of gravity in either circumstance. Regardless of whether you are 6678 kilometres from the centre of the Earth or 6678 kilometres from the centre of an Earth massed black hole, the gravity you experience will be identical. At a given distance from an object the force of gravity will be the same, regardless of the density of the object, provided that all the mass of the object is below you.

The reason that a black hole "has a stronger gravitational field" (even though it doesn't really) is because you can get much closer to the centre of mass without crashing into the surface. That's it.


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Air Berlin to code-share with American Airlines and Finnair by November

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Low-cost German airline {{w|Air Berlin}}, which recently announced that it will join the {{w|Oneworld}} airline alliance, has stated that it plans to begin code-sharing with fellow Oneworld members American Airlines and {{w|Finnair}} as early as November. The airline also said that it could begin code-sharing with British Airways and {{w|Iberia (airline)|Iberia}} in summer 2011.

"We're in concrete talks with American Airlines over code share flights that we'd like to start in November. The same applies for Finnair Oyj," Air Berlin chief executive Joachim Hunold said.

A code-share agreement with American Airlines would have a predicted "'incremental market potential' of 2.4 million passengers a year," according to {{w|Dow Jones}}. The "incremental market potential" would be an extra 1.7 million fliers a year with a code-sharing agreement.

Air Berlin accepted an invitation to join the Oneworld alliance late July. The air carrier became the first low-cost airline to join one of the three major airline alliances: {{w|Star Alliance}}, Oneworld, and {{w|SkyTeam}}. Air Berlin joined the alliance sponsored by British Airways. {{double image|center|Air Berlin Airbus A320-200 D-ABDQ DUS.jpg|250|Oneworld.Cathay Pacific.Airbus A330-300.HKG.2010.JPG|240|Airline Air Berlin is to code-share with Finnair and has joined one of the major airline alliances, Oneworld. {{Image credit|Arcturus / FRED}}}}


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Talk:Airliner crashes in China, 42 killed

German sources
These are the German language sources used in the original French version of this article. --InfantGorilla (talk) 08:57, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

"Facts" change as a story develops
I consulted some more recent English language sources, and identified some factual problems with the story.

The crash happened on Tuesday, not Wednesday. The last major crash was in 2004 not 2005. And while early reports say that the plane overshot the runway, others said it landed prematurely, and it seems that recent reports are hedging by saying it "missed" the runway. Also 'cracked cabin' may not be the same as 'broke in two'.

This outcome leads me to suggest that it is unwise to translate a foreign Wikinews story and put it up for review, without doing some review oneself, and looking for more recent coverage.

--InfantGorilla (talk) 09:46, 27 August 2010 (UTC)


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Tobacco attracts predators with chemicals in response to caterpillars, a study finds

August 30, 2010

Ian Baldwin, of the in, , and colleagues have discovered a multi-step protective mechanism of tobacco plants against   caterpillars. In response to a chemical in the caterpillars' larvae, the plants release an odorous substance into air to attract another species of insects, called "big-eyed bugs" (). These carnivores come to the scene and attack the caterpillars. The response is triggered within 24 hours, which is a relatively short period of time. The discovery occurred as a result of field studies in a nature preserve in southwestern.

The phenomenon starts with the recognition of the caterpillars by the plant. As a PhD student in the Department of Molecular Ecology Silke Allmann explained, "The plant cannot see its attacker, but plants can sense the digestive substances that attacking larvae have in their oral secretions when these substances come into contact with the leaves." To test that, the scientists coated some of caterpillars' eggs on two groups of tobacco plants and glued them. On one of the groups, the glue was mixed with caterpillars' split. The latter got more attention of the attackers, getting 25% of eggs destroyed against 8% for the other group.

Allmann supposed that "The simplest assumption is that the larval oral secretions contain a special enzyme, probably an isomerase, which rearranges the Z:E ratio of the aldehyde in favor of (E)-2-hexenal." The researchers heated the oral secretion to destroy the enzyme, and applied it to wounded leaves. No plant response related to the studied process was observed, confirming the hypothesis.

(E)-2-hexenal is a strong antibiotic agent. The food consumed by a caterpillar typically includes hundreds of microorganisms together with leaf tissue, which are mostly unneeded and killed by the above-mentioned substance quickly. Because of this important role of this substance, the caterpillars can't change their metabolism easily enough to prevent the subsequent events from happening.

To find out what happens after a caterpillar's presence is noted by the plant, Silke Allmann, a graduate student in Baldwin's group, examined the green leafy volatiles (GLVs), the substances responsible for the smell of fresh-cut plant parts. These substances are released into air if a plant is damaged. As the study released, the tobacco plant GLVs typically have a major share of Z isomers with very small amount of E isomers present. But the shares are distributed equally during a caterpillar attack. In a study with varying amount of different isomers present, E isomers turned out to be the ones attracting the predators to come to the scene and to attack the caterpillars.

What is surprising, Silke Allmann found that the caterpillars are the direct stimulus of this change: caterpillar saliva converts the Z-isomers of the GLV molecules to E-isomers. Prof. Ian Baldwin commented, "That's where it got really weird. Why would a caterpillar do this to itself?" He suggested that the E-GLVs could have anti-biotic effect in the caterpillar's digestive system.

The speed of the triggered reaction is relatively fast, it taking about one hour for the GLV isomers ratio change, and about 24 hours for the predators to be attracted by the substance released into the air. As Prof. Ian Baldwin, who was leading the research, said, "Other indirect defense mechanisms of plants require the activation of new metabolic pathways for the release of odorant signals, and these responses are much slower."

The multi-step intricate approach involved is attracting the attention of scientists, who are looking forward to its application in agriculture. Baldwin noted that "in effect, the caterpillar calls the police on itself", and suggested to genetically modify crops to release similar signals to defend themselves against pests.


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Hello. Please DO NOT edit a page when it is listed as "undergoing a major edit". Also don't just simply remove the tag and edit away. It is very annoying to get an edit conflict page. Thanks, --Shankarnikhil88 (talk) 19:21, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Brush fire burns near Santa Clarita, California
Hi. Don't add the publish tag to articles; it's not for use by authors. In this case, it simply moved the article to WN:Newsroom. --Pi zero (talk) 21:11, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

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It may be because I'm using Google Chrome on Monobook, but the section headers and blockquotes are misplaced. Also needs more info in middle sections, particularly "'Fairbairn is not interested in having parents involved': Parents". TeleComNasSprVen (talk) 18:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)


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 * Thanks for the background info that you provided on the Thekohser situation. Gopher65talk 13:40, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Leave Greg alone
Please don't harass or stalk users when this, quite obviously, is a 'guest appearance' on this project. If Thekohser works out here, fine by me.

Journalism is utterly different from encyclopedic work. You seem to miss a few points; this project de-adminned Jimbo, and, well... Let those of us who know what we're doing deal with Greg. He may make a great journalist; such is utterly different from a 'pedian. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:50, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Eh? Harass? Stalk? Based on a single friendly post to his Talk page, my only edit to Wikinews? Have you gone bonkers? I was giving Greg congratulations and some advice, that's all. My post was friendlier than yours! But I was giving him similar advice. I worry that you seem to have misread it so badly. Well, so what else is new? Lots of people around here don't read well. Some of them have high-level privileges. Good luck with Wikinews. Greg may well be a help. I'm not going to be watching, particularly, unless some flap makes noise loud enough to be heard at Wikipedia Review or Wikiversity, where I helped arrange for Greg to be unblocked. He was great, highly cooperative, pioneering a technique for efficient demonstration of cooperative and constructive editing while blocked. Without true block evasion.

 * I created this technique for Wikipedia, with the case of an editor who was topic banned, but who was being dinged for making "harmless spelling corrections." He was actually trolling, but that wasn't proven till later. I came up with a method for him to *suggest* the spelling corrections, and far more efficiently than what people had been telling him he should do. (This was a topic ban, from article pages only, and he was being told to suggest the spelling corrections on Talk, which he correctly rejected as preposterously cumbersome. So I suggested he make the change, but self revert "per ban of [his name]." He was outraged. Self-reversion would have represented cooperation with the ban, and that was the last thing he wanted to do. He was ultimately site-banned, when it became plain what game he was playing. He was trying to complicate ban enforcement, being able to attack any administrator who dared to block him for making a spelling correction. Self-reversion would have not complicated ban enforcement, all it would have taken was a recognition that self-reverted edits represent a user taking on the burden of "reverting the edits of a banned editor." I.e., himself. Because self-reverted edits don't stand in the content, they are merely suggestions existing in history, there is no reason to enforce a ban based on them. Just to maybe check to see that the revert was real and not phony. Which is quick.

 * I then suggested this for another topic banned editor. He had been totally depressed at being topic banned, but he was indeed a difficult editor. I'd supported his topic ban, though only as a temporary measure. He was a world-class expert in his field, that he'd been banned from. I suggested self-reversion and he then made a major edit to the article under ban, and then reverted himself "per ban." The edit was reviewed and almost completely accepted, quickly, by the very editor who had originally sought for him to be banned. Self-reversion had encouraged voluntary cooperation between two otherwise opposing editors.

 * So why didn't this catch on? Well, long story. The short version is "politics."

 * However, well over a year later, while I was a probationary custodian at Wikiversity, and I was approached by Greg for assistance at dealing with his block there -- it had been placed by Jimbo himself -- I first arranged for him to set up an alternate account and tell me what it was. He did so, and I blocked it immediately (he knew I would do this), but this allowed him Talk page access without first dealing with the global lock. Another sysop greeted him and suggested that he contribute content through his Talk page, which I knew and he knew was way too cumbersome. I suggested self-reversion. That he edit by IP, with a summary including "Will self-revert per ban of Thekohser." Thus openly identifying himself and cleaning up after himself, immediately. It worked, and he was allowed to do this for several weeks. Then another admin decided that "the experiment was over" and blocked the IP. But I had unblocked, based on the positive behavior. The admin reblocked, basing that on a supposed lack of consensus to unblock (which is the reverse of the norm, as the community later confirmed.) Being now equipped with a history of positive contributions, I was able to question this block, and the ultimate result was that a 'crat did the delinking as you did and unblocked him. It worked perfectly. During the trial, several editors followed his contributions and reverted them back in, having reviewed them.

 * I'm now experimenting with a more difficult case (and I'm not an administrator now, and I don't need to be), an editor who is far less cooperative, but also who has long been recognized as being potentially a very valuable contributor. The point is that it's actually not difficult to handle positive contributions from sometimes-disruptive editors and, in fact, it's done all the time on Wikipedia. Unless they have been blocked! Somehow "block evasion" becomes a terrible crime that must be punished, or else the sky will fall. No, blocks should be enforced but only as needed. I.e., efficiently. I've argued that the standard policy that edits of blocked editors may be reverted on sight is a good policy, but that, then, any registered editor should be able to review them and bring them back in if they are decent contributions. I've now done this for years, and even though occasionally I get yelled at for "encouraging block evasion," I have never been seriously threatened over it. Yes, I "encourage block evasion," but only through an editor making good contributions. Some people have forgotten the goal of the project and the purpose of blocking. Not surprising, some people are not very capable of following such an abstraction as "if a rule prevents you from improving the project, ignore it." It blows their fuses. They like that "rule" when they think it gives them freedom, but hate it when a banned editor reads it and says, "This means that I *must* edit when I see that correction to make...."

 * Most disruptive editors will not go for self-reversion as a device. They won't want to cooperate by acknowledging the block. They would rather sock and try to remain undetected, they don't want anyone reviewing their edits. They cause disruption and wasted effort, and this can sometimes be part of their motive. A blocked editor who self-reverts is an asset, and the quid pro quo should be that any IP being used for such editing should not be blocked, unless there is a very good reason, such as edits -- even if self-reverted -- that "out" editors, revealing private information. IP should only be blocked if it is being used for inflicting actual harm (which can include complicating block or ban enforcement.) --Abd (talk) 02:25, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Apologies
No need to go on at such length.

I know a little of Greg's history with WMF projects, and I'd like to see him find his feet here and steer clear of areas where a cross-wiki posse might form.

If he can get on with other contributors here, he's quite welcome. But, that said, none of the regulars have time to de-escalate drama and reform people. You're thrown in at the deep end, and expected to get on with it.

My comment, in your eyes, may seem harsh; better that than a slowly escalating drama.

So, let's leave Greg to find his feet on-project. The standard of writing expected here is higher than on enWP, and we use FlaggedRevs. Also, timescales are painfully tight as, facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news.

I think Greg can cope, but he should never expect the same 'gentle' treatment as on WP. Wikinews lacks manpower to mollycoddle; you're expected to be a self-starter. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:13, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Sure. No problem. I'm not invested in Greg being useful here, that's between him and you. (But he was not treated particularly gently on WP!) I do understand that the conditions here are very different! Flagged Revs is pretty interesting, I was hoping for it long ago on WP. --Abd (talk) 03:31, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

 * I chanced upon this conversation. It may interest you to know that Greg, if he proves himself, would not be the first user to come to Wikinews and make something of themselves after a community ban elsewhere. Our very own Diego was banned on enWP (as I delight in reminding him, I was the blocking admin). He's proved an industrious contributor and was able to use his work here and elsewhere to earn a second chance on enWP. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:36, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

 * Thanks. Yes, I'm quite aware of that, which is one reason why I became involved in this issue. Diego knows, we worked together on Wikiversity (and I know his history). --Abd (talk) 02:26, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Eh?

 * Only after rollback, I see it's you - I remember the above. So, I assume you meant well. I have no idea what's going on at Wikiversity (beyond serious drama) but please, please, please keep WV disputes there. I really don't want problems to go cross-wiki if it can possibly be avoided. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 21:24, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

 * thanks, BRS. Fascinating that the above discussion was in place, I'd totally forgotten it. Don't worry, I'm not bringing WV disputes here, per se. Diego's user page on WV suggested communication here. He made a disruptive edit at Wikiversity, I pinged him about it on his Talk page. Then, based on other conversations, at WV and at meta, and what is written on his user page, I made the comment on his talk page here. I'm surprised to see it rolled back as vandalism, it wasn't. No harm, however, I assume he'll see it anyway. I'll say, though, I'd not want to see my own Talk page redacted that way unless you knew, for sure, that it was harassment. Good luck, see you around. --Abd (talk) 22:49, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

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Google search for "wikinews"
Is it just me, or does a normal google search for wikinews return the Italian Wikinews as the first hit, which redirects to the English Wikinews when you click on it? This seems somewhat odd to me.. Mlm42 (talk) 23:49, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * yeah it does (italian wikipedia actually). Interwiki redirects in title should be http redirects, so the behaviour is weird. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:52, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

WikiPinions
How Fun Would A Wiki-style collection of The World's Opinions Be!?

Opinions on any subject in the world, as long as that subject is well referenced, of course. Naturally No swearing/crude/sexually or racially explicit terms.

Let it be known that it was first thought of here, By ME!

Now you can by all means, rip my idea to shreds...

BKCW8''' talk  10:41, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

 * It's possible that you'd get more useful feedback on this idea at Wikiversity. --Pi zero (talk) 23:14, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds kind of like wikiinfo (multiple points of view). Bawolff ☺☻ 23:26, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Imo, this proposal is not useful. We already have the Comments namespace, and if you want to give opinions that are not allowed to be posted here, get a blog. Diego Grez return fire 23:31, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

 * A curious idea; but not relevant to this project's mission. We're pushing things with the opinions namespace as it is. -- Brian McNeil (alt. account) /alt-talk • main talk 05:10, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * If you mean opinions from notable people, I think that is the mission of WikiQuote. If you mean the opinions of everyone, there are dozens of wikis in the world that aren't as strict about neutrality and verifiability as the Wikimedia family.  Take a look at what has been done, and perhaps use that to inspire you to try something new.  It probably wouldn't be fun for me, at this moment in time, but the well reasoned opinions and editorials are interesting, whether in a wiki or elsewhere. --InfantGorilla (talk) 06:26, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * In short, my answer is no. We as a news agency don't need this, but like InfantGorilla said, this is more meant for Wikiquote. — Mike moral  ♪♫  06:31, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Also: people's uncensored opinions, from my observation, often include libel or otherwise legally problematic issues. This is removable on a project like this one, but boundaries would be much harder to establish on a "WikiPinions". Sonia (talk) 06:34, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Not suggesting it to be apart of this project, Just thought it would be a fun idea...The opinions would be filtered as to not be a forum for prejudice/hate speech and what not BKCW8''' talk  08:16, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * If you don't want it as part of this project, then Meta is a better venue to suggest this. --Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 11:09, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

JetBlue flight attendant accused of cursing at passenger granted bail
This article has been published with a title that represents serious factual inaccuracy. The charges are trespass (not swearing), reckless endangerment (a charge bits of the States has have where you did something stupid that could have (is it killed or just maimed?) someone) and "criminal mischief," an oddly-named charge I had to look up which involves damaging somebody elses property. So he was not bailed on any charge relating to the 'cursing' or any other spoken conduct. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:16, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I think the title is supposed to mean that the passengers accused him of swearing, not that he was charged with swearing. However I can definitely see that as misleading. I think we should move it. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:19, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The article title didn't seem misleading when I reviewed it, but now that it's been pointed out, I can see how is. "Angry flight attendant granted bail" anyone? — Mike  moral  ♪♫  02:19, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

We don't know the flight attendant was angry, he could of just been drunk. OOPS my bad there's no way of knowing the flight attendant is a 'he'...do happy people steal beer and break out of aeroplanes? BKCW8''' talk  08:30, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

 * After a good look at "Steven", I'm forced to conclude that's a 'he'. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:02, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Returned
Hey everyone,

I'm not sure if you remember me, but I'm a sysop here that took a long break almost a year a go. I would just like to inform you that I have returned to normal activity, and am gladly ready to help maintain the site.

Cheers, red  - thunder  .  17:18, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Welcome back. Diego Grez return fire 17:20, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Credit for your work on Wikinews
I attended Napier University's Open Day today (well, earlier in the last 24 hours).

When I got an opportunity to speak to one of the lecturers, I introduced myself, cited where examples of my work could be found, and was met with the response, "I recognise your byline".

Apparently, my journalistic work here is something they'd take into consideration and fast-track me into the third or fourth year of a four-year BA (Hons) in Journalism because of.

I raise this here because I know many contributors are near school-leaving age, or might look into similar if there's a possibility of cutting a couple of years off an expensive course.

 * Do not ask me for references.

--Brian McNeil / talk 00:59, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

 * That's great to hear -- I love it when Wikimedians see doors open because of their work here. -Pete F (talk)

Announcement/invitation
Hi all, I'm wearing my Wikimedia Foundation hat today. You may be aware of our Bookshelf Project: creating collection of materials that help people understand the Wikimedia world and how to start contributing to our projects.

We believe that screencasts—video demonstrations of how to use software—are a great way to reach a wide audience. We have seen some cool examples emerging in the Wikimedia volunteer community and from other sources. But there are some pretty big challenges involved in producing a good screencast, especially if you're on a tight budget and/or want to use free and open source software.

So, we want to create an online tutorial (using screencasts) that helps people get started on producing their own screencasts. And we want to work with the passionate and knowledgable volunteers in our community to produce the best results and lay the groundwork for ongoing resources (perhaps as a WikiProject) for Wikipedians who want some support in producing screencasts.

Interested? Please visit the Screen Sprint page on the Outreach wiki for more info, and an application to submit by Monday, August 30.

-Pete F (talk) 23:36, 27 August 2010 (UTC)


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I deleted your submitted article after just a day to respond to the proposed deletion. In the face of an suggestion that there was no permission to publish, the early deletion was a precaution to protect privacy.

The article is stale (see WN:CG) and is unlikely ever to be published. I moved most of the notes made to User talk:UCCsoccer/Irish footballer undergoes knee operation for your reference. If you have evidence to make a case for undeletion, you can appeal at WN:AAA, though don't post private information to the wiki when making your appeal.

I was sad to delete your article, as this is the kind of local and original reporting that I (personally) would love to see more of at Wikinews. If you wish to make further reports about Irish sport for Wikinews, I recommend that you interview a sportsperson that you are not so closely related to, and take a notebook or tape recorder. Read our original reporting guideline first.

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 * 1. Daddy Christmas isn't here, but climbing trees is good enough.
 * 2. Weigh a cathedral : it weighs around 0 lb.
 * 3. How much time does it take to do nothing ?


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I have a dream too Martin Luther. It's to go to the grocery store without being accosted. You had your chance but FAILED as USUAL so shut up and let the adults talk.


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MLK did not fail. The people who inherited the movement failed. Guess which event his relative is NOT at?


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Usually they give the binomial name some days after the discover.--Siciliano Edivad (talk) 11:29, 28 August 2010 (UTC)


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There is a space before the archive template, resulting in an ugly blank code box. Also, maybe this should be tagged with mentioning Wikinews/a Wikimedia project?  — fetch · comms  15:17, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
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Beck unlike MLK trys to divide people he is nothing but trash and it's sad to see the party of Reagan to go to such lows.


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Canadian professional wrestler Luna Vachon dies aged 48

August 29, 2010 Former and manager  has died at the age of 48. The cause of death was not announced. Vachon wrestled for, formerly World Wrestling Federation between 1993 and 2000.

At the time of her death, the Canadian-born Vachon was living with her mother in Florida after a fire at her house destroyed all of her possessions including her wrestling memorabilia. Her death was announced by family and friends.

Vachon wrestled for several wrestling promotions including the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and the now defunct. As well as performing as a wrestler, she also appeared as a manager for several superstars. After appearing for the WWF on and off between 1993 and 2000 Vachon was released from her contract.

Former employers World Wrestling Entertainment posted a statement about the death of Vachon on their website. They said "World Wrestling Entertainment has been made aware of the passing of Gertrude (Luna) Vachon. WWE extends its deepest condolences to the Vachon family. Ms. Vachon was under contract with WWE at various times from 1993 through 2000, and performed under the name 'Luna' Vachon. She last performed for WWE in early 2000."

Fellow wrestlers also paid tribute to Luna. said "Luna was the first Queen of Extreme. My first manager. Luna passed away on the night of two moons. Pretty unique just like her. Strong woman." commented that "Luna was as freaky as me...maybe even more...love her and will miss her...hopefully she's in a better place."

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Air Berlin to code-share with American Airlines and Finnair by November
It doesn't look so great with short articles. Perhaps the image(s) should be centered, like other agencies do. — Mike moral  ♪♫  16:29, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it's because the double image is too wide. However, adding the sources at the bottom here seems like a good option. Perhaps we can do it both ways (in the sidebar for longer articles and at the bottom for shorter)?  — fetch · comms  20:07, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That was my original idea. Sources in the sidebar should only be used when it doesn't make the sidebar longer than the article text. Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 07:38, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Beck story

 * 1) It had too many images, jammed up against each other.
 * 2) Why are the Newsroom, and Style Guide, on both the left and right?
 * 3) Why does this article use the dateline template? Does it feature original reporting from someone in Washington, DC?
 * I may have additional comments, once I've loaded it on my phone. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:39, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) The replacement for social bookmarks has too many links, and they all show the offsite link graphic that was previously suppressed (This is a "bug" in the Simple skin I was using for on-mobile convenience). --Brian McNeil / talk 17:44, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * You fixed that, it's not related to the template at any rate.
 * Some of the current infoboxes have the "Collaboration" section (like the Aviation one). It was based off that.
 * That can just be removed, not related to this template.
 * It has less than the current social bookmarks template. I would say remove the newstrust link and add the identi.ca, which I have done for now in this template.
 *  — fetch · comms  20:13, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * RE 1. Perhaps we should have a 'graphical competence' requirement for reviewers? No? ;-)
 * RE 2. Yes, you're right, but there is less of a differentiation with the new layout style; it's become a needless repetition where, slightly moreso, it was a distinct re-emphasis.
 * RE: 3. NewsTrust, whilst not used much, is one where we'll get good, constructive criticism from on longer articles. The additional point I'd put in about this re-tooling of social bookmarks is that it should be further down the sidebar. People should have read some before clearly getting the opportunity to share the story. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:40, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, so I've removed the collaboration section and readded newstrust in, while moving the social bookmarks links to the second-bottom (optional sidebar text will be last). Funny enough, both Reuters and the NYT have their Twitter/Facebook links at the top.  — fetch · comms  21:03, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

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This looks a little better, but a point that nagged at me with the Beck one; what on earth are "Related stories" supposed to be? Where do you put "Related news"? The two are quite distinct, and I really dislike the blurring between the two here. Related news is supposed to be where Wikinews sources from earlier articles on the same item, such as an ongoing political crisis. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:48, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

 * Load an article with the template, you have "From Wikinews" in one place, and "By Wikinews" in another. Don't wear the name out. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:53, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Related stories should be things in the same category (like the infoboxes). I have changed "Related news" to "See also", as has been used before.

 * Where does it say "From Wikinews"? The template defaults to "By Wikinews".  — fetch · comms  20:18, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * "See also" is from The Other Place, please do not use this!. There is quite an important distinction you seem to be missing; it is not referring people to encyclopedic articles on related items, but to earlier points in the unfolding progression of a long-ish-running story thread. Using "Related stories" on, say, the European Union is piffle; you can have stuff from Sweden, and from Greece in there with zero real interrelation. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:35, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * NYT uses "Past Coverage", does that sound a bit better than "See also"? And, would "Other stories: " seem like a better replacement for "Related stories"?  — fetch · comms  21:06, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * "Related news" has been a long-held usage; please find something other than "Related stories" for stuff in the same main topical or geographic category, that usage is just wrong. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:57, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Changed to "Other stories" and "Previous coverage" for the related category articles and see also bit, respectively.  — fetch · comms  00:45, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Sources/External Links
Rather unintuitive. Sources and external links are very similar. Why separate them? Perhaps we should group them back together. :| TelCo NaSp Ve :|  18:29, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * No. Sources are news articles information is culled from in writing the article. External links are not. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:31, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree with Brianmc, sources are separate from external links here just as external links are not the same as references on Wikipedia.  — fetch · comms  20:19, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm slightly uncomfortable with how sources are less-emphasised than external links with the new layout. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:58, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I think this is how it'll end up: if the sources are in the sidebar (for longer articles), the external links will be, also. If it's short, both will be in the body section. I have added an EL param for the sidebar, too.  — fetch · comms  00:48, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

What the hell?

 * Where did this come from? Doesn't look too great, and also buggy - I've just tried to review an article and discovered that the review box now appears behind the text of the article, without moving it, so I actually can't edit using EzPR.  Fix it, or remove it until it works. BarkingFish (talk) 23:32, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
 * It's meant to be a trial. Bawolff will have to update the gadget, of course; we're just testing the design/visual parts to make sure it's not hated universally.  — fetch · comms  00:49, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Well you can add one to the list of "hated" for a start. Not great at all, too much whitespace, too cramped and frankly unappealing to the eye. BarkingFish (talk) 01:03, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Personally, I think the new layout is OK; however, what's going to happen to infoboxes? Are they going to be replaced by that Other section? Just wanted to know. However, I don't really have a problem with the new sidebar, it looks more "pro" then our existing format. --Shankarnikhil88 (talk) 04:01, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

 * I'm strongly opposed to adopting this. I'm not happy with the layout; and fundamentally, I think there should not be a single master template like this.

 * I agree with assessment "too much whitespace, too cramped and frankly unappealing to the eye" (except that I'd put a comma after "cramped" :-). The two-column format both sqeezes the body of the article, and smears together the other items, that used to be visually distinct form each other, into a generic mass.

 * I think it's a mistake to bury the layout into a master template, regardless of what the layout provided by that template might be.
 * It puts too much power into a single template, with no upper bound on how badly things could go wrong when it's tinkered with. I'm also uncomfortable with making major format changes to large swaths of archived articles (which would eventually be the implication of changing the template), even though one might argue that technically it doesn't change the "content".
 * It's fundamentally inflexible. A format that's out in the open is easy to make common-sense adjustments to on a per-article basis.  Pulling haveyoursay generically off to the right, instead of having flexibility to place it for best effect, is just one case in point.  Another is the loss of expressiveness in what used to be the infobox.  It's also illustrative of the general problem that, as far as I can see, there's no way to apply the archive template.
 * It's awkward, and highly accident-prone, to have to wrap a template call around the entirety of the article.
 * --Pi zero (talk) 07:33, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I fixed that interview article—somebody had put the OR template in the sidebar, which stretched it (please don't do that!). The template is pretty flexible, I think: Most sections can be removed if you want, and the ones that can't are already in almost every article (and with good reason); and you can add whatever extra sections you like to the sidebar, even if there's no code for it. I think it's a good idea to have a fully standardised layout—it puts us more in-line with what the mainstream media have (and I personally think our articles are, by default, too wide). Haveyoursay can go anywhere—what we have moved to the sidebar is that ugly white box that we have to put at the bottom of every article (I prefer it this way). I would like the option to add some more stuff to the infobox, but they had previously been rather non-standard and dissimilar—if we have a space for an image and a caption, it might look nicer (we could even have a standardised format where, if a parameter is set to "country", it automatically sets the image to  or whatever it is. Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 08:27, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * And just put archive at the bottom of the article text—there shouldn't be any problems that way. If that doesn't work, just stick it outside the template. Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 08:41, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with Dendodge—if you look at other news sites, like Reuters, the NYT, WSJ, etc., they use even more cramped column-style layouts than Wikinews. The old format is wide, which makes it look like an encyclopedia (and a bit more tedious to read, for me at least). Going to columns isn't that bad of an idea, as it makes us look more mainstream and professional. A bit of whitespace can help keep the article from looking like a big blob of text, and help the words flow by the reader's eye (well, that's how I imagine it). This study discusses the advantages of using columns in text, and although we're not actually dividing the text into separate columns, a more narrow approach seems to be better.

 * We aren't going to change the archived articles, that's per the older WC discussion. But one template, I feel, gives a more "fit-together" look. Everything flows into a single clean layout. We're probably going to fullprot the template if completely adapted, and changes won't be made without testing in a sandbox first. Nothing should go wrong unless an admin decides to be stupid (I mean, if someone tinkered with the main page, how badly could that go, as well?). I also concur with Dendodge that this template is really quite flexible. We can move sources, external links, and "see also" into the sidebar for longer articles and out for shorter. We can add extra text to the sidebar when needed. We can credit articles that are wholly OR and not credit individuals for regular articles. I'm not sure what you mean by "expressiveness" for the infobox—the old ones don't seem expressive to me, they seem clunky and out of place with the rest of the article. For archiving, the template would work fine at the bottom of the text, or it could be added as a sidebar parameter. It should work fine both ways.

 * One single template makes it harder to forget things like adding an infobox, and this could be advantageous for new editors. Brianmc has proposed writing a sort of article wizard, like the enwp one, and this could be integrated with that, as well. For accidents, people will obviously need to be careful when editing published articles, as usual. I see no increased risk of accidents; I could just as easily blank half an article during an edit conflict as I could typo a template parameter.

 * I realize that some people will not like this design, but I think that making Wikinews appear to be more of a professional, mainstream, and respected news organization means making our articles look more clean and professional-looking themselves.  — fetch · comms  19:47, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Wrapping the entire article in an template is possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard
I know there has been discussion on making the articles look nicer, but I've not paid too much attention to it. This just caught my eye... and when I realized that there was an attempt to wrap the ENTIRE article in a template... Wow... That is just a shitty shitty shitty idea. Think about it. Let me count the ways that I can come up with off the top of my head: I think that is a good start. Now, that all being said, if you want to redesign the articles, be my guest. But for the love of god and server kittens, do not so using an entire page template. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 08:37, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) In order to make any reasonable changes/upgrades/improves to article designs, you're going to have to change this template.  That will force the servers to repop EVERY article.  With a few articles that isn't bad, with 10k? You're seriously gonna piss off the ops people.
 * 2) It will become an extremely high usage template, thereby making people extremely reticent to change it, thereby locking us into a setup that wont suit us down the line.
 * 3) Someone will make a mistake changing the template once and break EVERY SINGLE ARTICLE on the site.  Sure, you break published now and it'll screw things up, but it will only partially look bad - you can't "break" the entire article.... unlike this "solution".
 * 4) This will just make it even freaking harder for people to get in and start writing.

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 * 1) Absolutely. This won't be applied to old articles, but if used from here forward every tiny tweak will be an unbearable server load in a few years.
 * 2) I would not like to be stuck in this format.
 * 3) Very, very valid point.
 * 4) This is the important one. MediaWiki was developed because 'raw' HTML was too daunting for mere-mortals; you're putting the scary back into editing.

 * Aside: Shaka knows what he's talking about when it comes to those server kitties, he'll get delegated the task of extracting them from the co-lo rackspace. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:16, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't need to do that if we used several templates and updated one of them anyway? I mean, this template can be broken down into two or three separate ones, but updating one is going to affect all articles anyway, right?
 * Can't we make a new design later? I don't foresee this being used for another five years, but I don't see it being tossed aside after eight months. I mean, if we don't update archived articles this time around, why do it later? Anyone can propose new ideas any time they want.
 * That's why we have sandboxes, and the template should be fully protected later on. If we broke this template into several smaller pieces, this issue could be avoided, but then we have multiple templates just like before, which is just harder to deal with for new users.
 * Seems easier for me. If we add an article wizard-type thing, then we just tell users to "put sources where it says sources= and put the text where it says text=", etc.

 * I'm not opposed to using several templates, as long as the end result is a design in which every part fits together nicely and doesn't look out of place or unprofessional.  — fetch · comms  19:55, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

 * With a template this complex, so much as forgetting a single curly brace, will frag the entire thing. That in turn will then frag every article on Wikinews.  As for a "Wizard" type thing.  Are you making the Wizard?  Yea...  Get on that one first.  Even if you did, have you not noticed that you can goto WN:Newsroom, punch in an article title, and it gets pre-filled (like this example) with all the info/templates you need.  Great... except for the fact most of the new articles (that aren't spam, and aren't done by experienced editors) lack all those templates.  People don't know what they're looking at, don't understand, and thrash it.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 21:51, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I understand that—that's why a guided wizard would be more helpful (at least, I've never had this problem in enwp's Articles for creation process). Yes, I can make it, and fairly quickly, I'd say.  — fetch · comms  22:01, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Mobile - hideous
Finally got my Nokia to load the Beck article; the body text 'allowance' is not more than four words wide. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:47, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Nothing looks great on mobiles, but it looks fine on my BlackBerry: In page view it's no worse than the rest of Wikinews, and in column view (my browsing method of choice) it looks nothing short of awesome. I think we need a special version of Wikinews for mobile devices, though, and we have for a long time. Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 08:52, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The standard/old layout, on the whole, looked fine. Where I've been told there is an issue is that a "true mobile" Wikinews would likely be read-only. That is an absolute no-no. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:56, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Once we get the true-mobile gateway, like Wikipedia has, this will look FANTASTIC!!!!shift+1! See... the Mobile gateway, it strips all templates.  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 18:14, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I know, the WP mobile gateway is my BlackBerry homepage. That's not the kind of mobile gateway I am suggesting for Wikinews—we can do better. Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 22:06, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Reads fine to me on an iPod Touch. This is what we really need.  — fetch · comms  20:00, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I've created a mobile Wikinews page; however it's definitely in alpha. --Shankarnikhil88 (talk) 00:43, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Horrible
The new "style" just looks awful. Diego Grez return fire 19:57, 29 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Leaving constructive criticism on how it could be improved might help. In what ways is it awful? In what ways is the old version better? What ideas do you have, for improving this or making a new design altogether? etc.  — fetch · comms  20:00, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Separate templates
I've made separate templates at Template:Page layout/top and Template:Page layout/sidebar. The text goes between the two. Would this be good, or break it up into another template?  — fetch · comms  01:20, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

 * If there are just two templates, that go at the top and the bottom, call them /top and /bottom. That's easier to remember, and more likely to be used correctly.

 * As for how far to break things down into separate templates, I think that depends partly on what appearance one is going for, which seems not to be settled yet — there's no reason for us to simply polarize the community into those in favor of a particular change, and those in favor of not changing anything.

 * I see two somewhat distinct motives for breaking up the master template.
 * Whenever possible, elements of the article should by outside template calls rather than inside them. The single biggest case of this is that the article body should not be inside a template call.
 * Templates should, when possible, each perform a single function, so that different functions are insulated from each other.

 * Here's where the appearance comes in. When multiple elements of the page are to be tightly coordinated with each other, that's a reason to bundle them into a single template that makes sure their coordination is done correctly — even though, layout permitting, one would have preferred to separate their logical functions into different templates.  When I tried to articulate what was bothering me about the appearance of the proposed layout, I identified the fact that various elements that used to be visually distinct from each other were now being "smeared together" in the side bar.  That directly impacts decisions about breaking up the template, because the sidebar seems to want to be a single template no matter how many elements are in it.

 * In hopes of formulating a way out of this aesthetic impasse, I'd like to understand better the underlying factors that the proponents of this are aiming for. Looking back at the water cooler thread didn't really help me, alas.  I'm honestly not sure what "outdated" means, in this context; the BBC's article layout, for example, has some similarities to this proposal, but in some aspects it's more like the existing layout than the proposed one.  It seems I'm just missing a point somewhere.  Would any proponents of the proposed appearance be willing to attempt to explain to me what's driving it?  --Pi zero (talk) 16:17, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I think that part of the goal is to bundle a few things together. I personally envision a layout that simply fits together, as the current infoboxes look sort of out of place in comparison to the rest of the article. The haveyoursay and social bookmarks are left floating by themselves, too. The article should look clean, smooth, fitting together. Sort of why our main page is not individual boxes floating around (like the enwp main page). I'm not sure how to best phrase it, but the goal in designing this was to make it seem more "modern", like a news article and not an encyclopedia article.  — fetch · comms  01:12, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Fatally flawed
To suggest this be changed to an opening and closing template does nothing to address the serious concerns raised by ShakataGaNai. It's just a little sleight of hand to make what's one template into two; all the other problems remain.

I, personally, am very unhappy to see Wikinews try to mimic the mainstream, who are trying to mimic print. Wikinews is not paper.

The distinct advantage our current layout has is that the only near-universally used templates are date, source, publish, and archived. They're distinct, not lumped into one wiki-explosion-waiting-to-happen. Go ask Brion what happened when someone tried to do something odd like delete the wnWP sandbox to find out the risks you're introducing.

As it stands, I'm opposed to this; please look to what can be salvaged from the effort. The reason so many articles don't look that great is how short they are - the solution to that is not to hide the paucity of detail, but to be more in-depth.

Shaka's point about article creation from the Newsroom is even closer to home; if you've not zapped my Howdy template off your talk, there's a 'start an article' tab in there.

I'd rather see effort on newswriting, and reviewing, than what feels like 'rearranging the deckchairs on the titanic' - content is king, so I'm off to look for some other homeless people to talk to. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:44, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, it solves the part about just being one template and not wholly breaking every single page. But I realize there are some other issues; splitting up the template was intended to just address one single issue of having one template.

 * We're not trying mimic the mainstream completely. Doing a complete paper-type design is illogical for the project's goals, I agree. But we can still do with a more visually appealing design (looking less like an encyclopedia/Wikipedia article) as well as a modern/up-to-date organization.

 * Universally used templates are unavoidable, but I don't understand how this is an explosion waiting to happen. Using separate templates was intended to help avoid major server load on every change or breaking things if a mistake was made. Obviously, they can be separated even more, but this is just a start.

 * I agree that this may not be the best for all articles, but that's why it is flexible, as the sources can go in either the body or the sidebar, things can be added, left out, to make it look better lengthwise, etc.

 * The last bit can be addressed with an article wizard-type system; this would be extremely helpful in showing people exactly where to write, what not to remove, etc.  — fetch · comms  01:22, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

 * You're tring to make MediaWiki do something it was never intended to. Even as two templates, a change to either flags every page they're used on to be regenerated and recached. People love Wikipedia for the way it is, which is closer to what Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Calliau intended than any other content management system on the net. I got partway through a portal redesign, but software development is required. This seems similar; you're pushing the template system beyond its design limits for asthetic reasons. Content, content, content - not 'if you build it, they will come'. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:36, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

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User talk:Shemp99~enwikinews

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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.

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Thread:Comments:Oil-eating microbe found in the Gulf of Mexico/Deepwater Horizon

Sorry if I missed this, but has/will this help clean up the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?


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Thread:Comments:Glenn Beck to hold controversial 'Restoring Honor' rally at Lincoln Memorial/GOP Legacy, etc.

Yeah, I would just like to say how strange it is for Beck and others to hold the rally at the site where King gave his speech. Individuals like Beck do not represent voters like me in any way, shape or form. If Reagan came back and saw what was happening to his party, I think he would throw up. How dare Beck and others call themselves "patriots". The GOP just seem to look more and more ridiculous everyday.


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Thread:Comments:Oil-eating microbe found in the Gulf of Mexico/Deepwater Horizon/reply

According to the Telegraph probably.


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Thread:Comments:Glenn Beck to hold controversial 'Restoring Honor' rally at Lincoln Memorial/GOP Legacy, etc./reply

I agree Shemp99 Reagan was a postive man who never demonized his critics i think he would be insulted to be compared to Beck, Limbaugh.


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Thread:Comments:Apple to hold media event on September 1, may update iPods and Apple TV/Comments from feedback form - "hejjrksjesaklqwui3iwijewh,a"

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Thread:Comments:Glenn Beck to hold controversial 'Restoring Honor' rally at Lincoln Memorial/Comments from feedback form - "It amazes me that this article..."

It amazes me that this article is supposedly about the Restoring Honor Rally and you focus the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs to disparage the event by Al Sharpton by relagate Alveda King (niece of King's, comments to the 10th paragraph. It is very wasy to see the bias in your reporting.  Typical!


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User talk:FilterFreePortal

Again, sorry. — Mike moral  ♪♫  00:34, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

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Thread:Comments:Glenn Beck to hold controversial 'Restoring Honor' rally at Lincoln Memorial/Comments from feedback form - "If Alveda King will be there, ..."

If Alveda King will be there, does that change anything? I enjoy how everyone dances around the fact that Glenn Beck is White and MLK was (is?) black. I say despite this being an incredibly "ballsy" move by Beck, its kinda complements the worthy and great plight of MLK.


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Thread:Comments:Glenn Beck to hold controversial 'Restoring Honor' rally at Lincoln Memorial/Comments from feedback form - "It amazes me that this article..."/reply

Typical of the Republican who thinks if it is not in his favor it's bias. go watch Fox if you want your side of the story they worship Beck all day.


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The Main Medias Liberal Bias is the oldest hoax in the republican book. even republicans admit it so drop it.


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If you think that MLK would support this then you need to backtrack to beck article on MLK (MLK Socialist?) so stop pretending that Beck respects Martin Luther King.