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Today on Wikinews : BP attempts a "top kill" on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; musician David Byrne sues Florida's governor over a campaign song; Slipknot bassist Paul Gray is found dead in hotel room in Iowa; and, in history - don't panic, it's Towel Day!

Today is Tuesday, May 25th, 2010. I'm Dan Harlow and this is Wikinews.

New BP oil spill plan (0:33)
The British energy company BP will be attempting a "top kill" on the leaking Deepwater Horizon oil well by firing a mud and cement mixture into the blowout preventer on the sea floor later this week. If successful, the oil well will be closed off with cement. A backup plan in case of failure (there is an estimated 30–40% chance of failure) would be another containment apparatus.

BP has been using the oil dispersant corexit to disperse the oil film into small droplets which mix with the seawater. A riser insertion tube inserted into the largest oil leak site is collecting between 1,360 to 2,000 barrels of oil per day. Two relief oil wells are also currently under construction for what is hoped will be a permanent solution to the oil spill. This pair will take about 90 days to complete.

$500 million will be forthcoming from BP for the gulf spill's impact on the environment and damage to regional ecosystems as far as where water currents may spread the oil. BP also put forward a ten-year research plan to study the long-term effects of the oil spill on the environment.

Controlled surface oil burns and skimming have removed some of the oil spill. It is estimated that 5,000 barrels of oil a day are leaking from the ruptured pipe 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) below sea level. A Natural Resources Defense Council marine biologist, Lisa Suatoni, said that only about 7 to 10 percent of oil from the Exxon Valdez spill was cleaned up in 1989.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal wants an emergency permit for dredges which will contain the pollution and homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano, is seeking viable options which may be more effective and better for the environment.

In a highly publicized statement, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar stated, "I am angry and I am frustrated that BP has been unable to stop this well from leaking and to stop the pollution from spreading. We are 33 days into this effort, and deadline after deadline has been missed”.

BP also released a statement saying, "This is a complex operation requiring sophisticated diagnostic work and precise execution. As a result, it involves significant uncertainties and it is not possible to assure its success or to put a definite timescale on its deployment."

The oil rig Deepwater Horizon suffered a gas explosion and sank April 22, 2010 off the coast of Louisiana resulting in 11 persons missing (and presumed dead) of the 126 on board. BP and its business vendors were completing a new oil well at the time, constructing a layer of cement in the well to reinforce it, which resulted in the blowout.

6.5 magnitude earthquake hits Acre, Brazil (3:16)
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake occurred in Acre, a Brazilian state 125 kilometers east-southeast of Cruzeiro do Sul, at 11:18am local time and at a depth of 565.3 kilometers, according to the United States Geological Survey.

A civil defense service spokesman in Cruziero do Sul reported to Times Live that the quake was unnoticed, adding, "This zone suffers a lot of earthquakes, but the last one we really felt was 20 days ago. We didn't register any disorder or damage on the surface,".

An official of Brazil's Seismological Observatory told the news agency AFP, "Generally speaking, quakes more than 500 kilometres deep don't leave signals in the surface, they are only detected by instruments,".

Washington politician Dino Rossi to announce US Senate bid (4:05)
Former Washington Republican state legislator Dino Rossi is to announce on Wednesday that he is running for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Democratic  Senator Patty Murray. The story broke Tuesday morning with reports that Rossi had begun hiring senior campaign staffers including Pat Shortidge, who most recently worked on Marco Rubio's Senate campaign in Florida.

While Rossi failed twice at winning the Washington State governor's office in 2004 and 2008, a poll by the University of Washington in early May 2010 showed that a Senate race between Patty Murray and Dino Rossi would be close. Meanwhile, several other Republicans in Washington State have already declared their intentions to run against Murray. A Rossi announcement this Wednesday could cause some turmoil within the Washington State Republican party, as other candidates have already gathered key endorsements and are moving forward with their campaigns.

Washington State will have a primary election on August 17, where the two candidates who get the most votes will advance to the general election in November.

Ukrainian basketball player Alexander Belostenny dies at age 51 (5:10)
Ukraine's basketball federation announced that Ukrainian basketball player Alexander Belostenny has died of lung cancer in Germany at the age of 51.

Belostenny was a key player on the Soviet Union basketball team and was both a European and Olympic medalist. He won gold in the 1979, 1981 and 1985 European championships and gold in the 1982 FIBA World Championship. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1988.

After retiring in 1994 he opened his own restaurant in Germany.

Slipknot bassist Paul Gray found dead in hotel room at age 38 (5:44)
In America, bassist of the heavy metal band Slipknot, Paul Gray, was found dead in his hotel room in Iowa. His body was found around 10:50 Monday morning by a hotel employee.

Chris Diebel, the spokesman for the hotel where Gray was found, released a statement saying “Gray checked into the extended-stay hotel on Saturday and was scheduled to check out today”. He added that Gray had “stayed at the hotel before and was remembered as being a quiet and respectful guest.”

Gray started with Slipknot when it formed in 1995. In 1996, they released their first album, which sold over a million copies worldwide. Over the following years, the group received seven Grammy award nominations and won one in 2006 for “Best Metal Performance” with “Before I Forget”.

Slipknot became famous for its artistic live performances and the iconic masks that all band members wore in public. Gray was known by his fans by either his band number #2 or his nickname “The Pig”. Along with drummers Joey Jordison and Shawn Crahan, Gray was one of only three original members of Slipknot that still remained in the band.

An autopsy, including toxicology reports, is due later today, however, police investigating the death say that no foul play is suspected.

Musician David Byrne sues Florida governor over campaign song (7:01)
David Byrne, the former lead singer of 1980s art punk band Talking Heads, is suing Florida governor Charlie Crist over the latter's use of the Talking Heads song "Road to Nowhere" in an election commercial. Byrne alleges that Crist made use of the song in a campaign commercial without the artist's permission, and that if permission had been asked Byrne would have declined it.

Byrne told the BBC that the lawsuit, in which the musician is claiming $1 million in damages, is "not about politics, it's about copyright".

The lawsuit was filed early Monday afternoon in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Tampa and Byrne is represented by Lawrence Iser, the attorney who represented Jackson Browne when Browne successfully sued Arizona Senator John McCain in a similar lawsuit in 2008.

The advertisement, which premiered on January 12, attacked politician Marco Rubio over reversals in Rubio's public positions. The video has been been withdrawn from use and was blocked on the video hosting site YouTube "due to a copyright claim by Warner Music Group."

Governor Crist's campaign had no comment on the lawsuit.

On this day in history (8:11)
Today is Towel Day, a tribute to the late author Douglas Adams. Why a towel? According to Chapter 3 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,

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"A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-bogglingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.

More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost". What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with."

— Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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"only be about a couple of months" - you're damn brave. I salute you. \m/

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Rollover on Illinois Route 59 in Naperville injures one

May 26, 2010 A motorist was injured during a collision that resulted in a rollover in the city of Naperville, Illinois, United States. The accident occurred at about 8:15 am (13:15 ) on the interchange of and.

Naperville police reported that Pavitra Durgam, a 26-year-old from Chicago, was traveling southbound on Route 59 and tried to turn left onto the ramp to Interstate 88. In doing so, she cut in front of a car heading north on Route 59. The other, currently unidentified driver swerved to avoid her, hit a curb, and collided with her car anyway.

Northbound traffic on Route 59 north of Diehl Road, including the entrance into eastbound Interstate 88, was blocked as crews cleaned up the area of the collision. The unidentified motorist complained of back pain and was thus sent to nearby Edward Hospital. Durgam received a citation for failing to yield to oncoming traffic as she turned.


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I've used the intersection before. I added some details from personal experience into the article. Benny the mascot (talk) 02:35, 26 May 2010 (UTC)


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Jamaica: Violence kills at least 30

May 26, 2010 Authorities in Jamaica say that gunfights in the capital have left at least 30 people dead, as hundreds of troops and police search for an alleged drug kingpin wanted by the US. At least 25 people were injured as well.

The violence has been triggered by the Jamaican government's efforts to extradite, the alleged leader of the "" group. Armed security forces stormed the Tivoli Gardens slum of western Kingston on Monday in an effort to locate Coke, who has not been found. Last week, Coke's supporters barricaded the area in an attempt to thwart his arrest.

The trouble has forced the closure of schools and businesses across the capital, and the government has appealed for blood donations for the wounded. A state of emergency is in effect for parts of Kingston.

The has issued a travel alert to warn citizens against visiting the island nation. Jamaican Prime Minister has promised "strong and decisive" action to restore order.

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¿¿¿Qué??? Benny the mascot (talk) 03:20, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I don't know if you understand Spanish or not, but it says "The girl is sad... what does the girl have... what can I do... for her to smile" Probably another of his songs. Griffinofwales (talk) 03:26, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yea, I can understand Spanish. The comment just seems so random! Benny the mascot (talk) 03:37, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * ;) --Diego Grez return fire 17:55, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

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Al Jazeera says 29, and VOA says at least 30, and I heard 31 (from AP, IIRC), so why do we have 26? Griffinofwales (talk) 03:11, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Ahem. ✅ --Diego Grez return fire 03:12, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * And the title? Benny the mascot (talk) 03:15, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * And fixed. Next time review the article and don't rely on the writer to do it all. Griffinofwales (talk) 03:18, 26 May 2010 (UTC)


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Its better than hearing years of coverage of Miley Cyrus living.


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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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Mexican cartoonist Gabriel Vargas dies at 95

May 26, 2010

One of Mexico's most successful cartoonists,, died yesterday at the age of 95. His death was announced by the. Vargas had been ill for several years before his death, but no cause of death has yet been given.

Vargas's most successful comic strip was "" which he started in 1937. The strip looked at a low-income family struggling with everyday life. It sold up to 500,000 copies per week until the 1970s.

Later in his career he won several awards for his work, including Mexico's in 1983 and the  prize in 2003.

There was a memorial viewing for Vargas at a funeral home in yesterday.


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Thread:Comments:Oil spill reported in Gulf of Mexico/Comments from feedback form - "wow! i hpe they clean it up"/reply

It was four years ago. If it wasn't cleaned up long ago, I doubt anyone would notice it after 2010's dreadful accident in the Gulf.


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To put this in perspective, 2500 tonnes is about the quantity that appears to be spilling from the Deepwater Horizon well every three days.

The Exxon Valdez spilled about 80 000 tonnes, and the Gulf War spill of 1991 was probably much more than a million tonnes.


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Iraqi Airways drops flights to United Kingdom and Sweden

May 26, 2010

have announced that they are to drop all flights to the United Kingdom and Sweden. The announcement comes after a row with Kuwait over war reparations.

Iraq and Kuwait are in dispute over billions of dollars of reparations; this includes around $1.2bn in aircraft and parts seized beginning in 1990 by Saddam Hussein. The airline's director general was stranded in the United Kingdom on the basis of a court order obtained by  last month, but his passport was returned and he was allowed to leave after he informed the court of all the airline's assets in the UK.

Amer Abdul-Jabbar, the Iraqi Transport Minister released a statement saying that "We will announce whether or not we will dissolve the company." The cancellations were announced by the director general of Iraqi Airways, Kifah Jabar Hassan.

Hassan spoke about the plans to dissolve the company, saying that "[w]e can establish another airline company and put an end to this case. With this, the Kuwaitis will get nothing”.

On April 25, Iraqi Airways sent its first jet to the United Kingdom in twenty years. The flight had been delayed for over a year and was met with further restrictions for nine days after the in Europe. The aircraft was impounded by London High Court and no further flights to the UK have been made.


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User talk:Ambrose~enwikinews

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:13, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
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Template talk:Wn news

Lock?
Why is the internal news bulletin protected? Does it have a history of vandalism?

If not can we reduce it to semi-protected (so I can edit it), or ideally unprotected (so that wikipedians, developers and so on can casually edit.)

--InfantGorilla (talk) 12:05, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree. Unprotected. Bawolff ☺☻ 12:53, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Updates
editprotected Please remove some old news, and add

 * The May writing contest ended on May 22.

--InfantGorilla (talk) 12:08, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Current links
Wikinews Blog and Wikizine are no longer active. What to do with those websites? --George Ho (talk) 08:06, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I commented them out. --Pi zero (talk) 10:31, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

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Comments:Large fire on London 2012 Olympics site

Comments from feedback form - "not very percific"
not very percific —212.219.207.41 (talk) 12:19, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Comments from feedback form - "rofl."
rofl. —217.206.224.73 (talk) 10:37, 10 January 2011 (UTC)


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Talk:Plane crashes into Toronto office building

Wikimedia or Google Maps links
Nice touch to link to the location on Google Maps.

What do people think of linking to the Wikimedia mapping tool? Like this:

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Irish Senator Kieran Phelan dies at age 60

May 26, 2010

Irish Senator has died suddenly at the age of 60. Phelan died after falling ill in his hotel in Dublin this morning, shortly before a meeting due to be held by the.

Phelan sat on the and had been a Senator since 2002. He was also a County councillor and was elected council chairman in 1998. He was a member of the party.

released a statement on the death of Senator Phelan. "Kieran is a well known, much admired and greatly respected member of Seanad Éireann. He is a constituency colleague of mine and a lifelong friend. I will miss him deeply," he said.

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UK police announce arrest of suspected serial killer

May 26, 2010

Police in the United Kingdom have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of being a serial killer. The man is being questioned over the death of one prostitute and the disappearances of two others in, West Yorkshire, England.

The man was arrested on Monday after 36-year-old Suzanne Blamires vanished on Sunday. Body parts believed to be hers were found floating in a river yesterday afternoon, and police today announced they were questioning a man on suspicion of her murder and that of two missing prostitutes.

The man, who lives in Bradford's, is facing questioning over the April 26 disappearance of Shelley Armitage, 31, and the June 2009 disappearance of Susan Rushworth, 43. This morning a granted  extra time to question the man, which will expire tomorrow evening.

Rushworth was last seen on a double-decker bus heading to Thornton Road. She had three children, was addicted to heroin and suffered from epilepsy. Armitage was last seen on CCTV in the red-light district. She lived just three streets from Blamires and the two knew each other. Blamire's suspected remains were found in the in nearby  by a member of public at 2:00 p.m. The area is being examined by forensics experts, crime officers and police divers. West Yorksire Police's homicide and major enquiries team is conducting the investigation. Police dogs have been used to search a drainage culvert and undergrowth on Thornton Road, and black bags from skips behind nearby halls of residence have been examined. Members of the police underwater search unit were also at work. Previously, separate searches have been held for Rushworth and Armitage.

Assistant Chief Constable Jawaid Akhtar said the remains from the river are of a single unidentified woman. He said that all three women's families are being assisted by family liaison officers. Speaking at an on-scene press conference at the junction between Dockfield Road and Otley Road in Shipley, he described the investigation as "a very thorough and painstaking inquiry into three missing women, all of them sex workers, with all the necessary resources and expertise devoted to it."

Some British media has compared the case to the serial killer, often referred to as the Yorkshire Ripper. Sutcliffe lived in Bradford and killed three of his thirteen victims there; he also attempted to murder seven more people before his 1981 conviction. Most of his victims were prostitutes.


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Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center

May 27, 2010

Space Shuttle Atlantis landed Wednesday, May 26, at in Florida, after 11 days, 18 hours and 4.8 million miles in space on mission.

The shuttle landed at 08:48:18 EDT (12:48 UTC), on runway 33 of the Shuttle Landing Facility for the last time Wednesday. Speaking of the smooth landing, Mission Control said, "That was pretty sweet. That was a suiting end to an incredible mission." "It was smooth as silk. We were clearly riding in the middle of a fireball, and it was spectacular. The windows, all of them, were bright, brilliant orange. One of the neatest things was when we flew right into orbital sunrise," STS-132 Commander Ken Ham said of the landing.

Mission STS-132 carried the and an Integrated Cargo Carrier-Vertical Light Deployable (ICC-VLD) to the International Space Station, and featured three spacewalks, after docking with the station on Flight Day 3, May 16. It was Space Shuttle Atlantis' 32nd mission and also its last, completing almost 25 years of service. Along with Atlantis, the and  will also be retired in 2010. The shuttles will be shown at museums around the country.

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User talk:Man It's So Loud In Here~enwikinews

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Comments from feedback form - "6 years old. not NEWs"
6 years old. not NEWs —202.89.147.92 (talk) 16:57, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * This was NEWs six years ago, when it was written. Tempodivalse [talk]  17:02, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Not heard of archives, then? C628 (talk) 17:28, 26 May 2010 (UTC)


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I'm glad you found me so fascinating, but please don't touch; I bite. You can get more hands-on at the petting corner. Blood Red Sandman (Talk)   (Contribs) 17:41, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

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Proposal to deprecate the "reviewer" user right on en.wikinews
It has been bought to my attention by other users that the "reviewer" group right is still active on en.wikinews, despite the fact that it is essentially useless, and serves no purpose to either man or beast. Editors and Reviewers can only pass or fail articles, since the second level of pass available to reviewers is not used, and it seems pointless to me to have 6 reviewers on the site, none of whom are active, barring Tempodivalse.

It is therefore my proposal that the "reviewer" user group/right be deprecated on this wiki, and that those who have this right be amended to the editor group, since as I say, both can essentially do the same stuff anyhow. BarkingFish (talk) 20:30, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Not particularly important, but it seems rather pointless. Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 20:32, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Points to you, sir, for that terminology. --71.87.155.34 (talk) 20:43, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

 * [edit conflict] This has been brought up before (people wanted to keep at that point). I say burn with fire . I support removing the group outright. I think all it does is confuse users. Personally I think reviewer is a much better name then 'editor' for the group, since in a wiki, we all 'edit'. Bawolff ☺☻ 20:34, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I say get . It hasn't served any useful function in the past and, given the way FR works for us currently, seems highly unlikely it ever will in the future. It also causes needless confusion. (This has been proposed before somewhere, btw, but failed due to lack of consensus - can't remember where that was though.)
 * previous proposal - Water_cooler/proposals/Archive/18. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:46, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah. Also, this. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:04, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

 * Most of the "reviewers" we currently have are developers, who i assume were granted it back when FR was first installed to see if it worked correctly. I only gave it to myself because i was curious as to what it did (i'm contemplating removing everyone from the reviewer category, it shouldn't be controversial). If we can't have the userright removed for some reason, then at least remove it from documentation and don't have anyone in it. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:36, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Only two are developers, and Brion probably doesn't even know he has the right, being given it rather randomly by brianmc. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:09, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * As a side note, if we go ahead with this, I'd also like to propose that we rename the current "editor" user group to "reviewer", since, in a general sense, we're all editors. "Reviewer" is much more descriptive. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:36, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * per Temp. --71.87.155.34 (talk) 20:43, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * btw, this is the list of all validated (reviewed by someone with reviewer rights to flag level 2) pages http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?namespace=0&level=1&title=Special%3AReviewedPages Most of them have the non-best revision flagged as best. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:05, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * What's the difference between the two? Benny the mascot (talk) 22:53, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The "reviewer" user right is sort of like "editor", except that it allows them to sight a revision to a second, higher "quality" level. (In other words, "editor" allows one to set level "0" [unsighted] or 1, "reviewer" can do 0, 1, and 2.) But for the news system that we've developed, the 2nd level really doesn't serve much purpose, we use 0 and 1. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:30, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. Benny the mascot (talk) 00:10, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * . We're not going to use it, and it's just confusing to people. the wub "?!"  17:57, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I would offer my two cents my saying it is better if we rename the current "editor" user group to "reviewer" It does sum up better the disc. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 23:43, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
 * - Tempodivalse explains it well - it had me confused on my first article - if it improves things - get rid of it then! SatuSuro (talk) 02:19, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ (I was bold) Editors are now reviewers, reviewers are now super-reviewers, and no one is a super reviewer (except voice of all who i didn't touch as i assume he has that group from testing flagged revs). Now we need to decide if we want to ask the devs to remove the group outright or not. I have no idea if that problematic or not to do. Personally i'm not really sure if we should bother just because I think any confusion is now avoided since we renamed. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:51, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * p.s. Anyone who doesn't like my new names, feel free to revert/change/etc. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:51, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I thought this proposal was for technically obliterating the group, not just renaming stuff and demoting people (although that was a good move). Next, i think we should remove all mentions of the old "reviewer" status from documentation and replace "editor" with "reviewer" where appropriate. Tempodivalse [talk]  03:52, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * and plot to take over the world as well? :P But been bold is always good :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 07:54, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

 * , aren't we going to post a request at bugzilla to have super-reviewer removed? I was under the impression we were going to completely obliterate it, not just hide it from documentation and rename everything. Tempodivalse [talk]  16:31, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note, I just de-reviewed all pages that were reviewed in this manner (there was about 30 pages). Should i file a bugzilla request? Bawolff ☺☻ 19:47, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * To remove the group? Certainly. Tempodivalse [talk]  23:41, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * 23351 Bawolff ☺☻ 21:03, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

 * I strongly the renaming of the "editor" group to "reviewer". It was confusing before, since anyone who edits a wiki is an editor, but only editors (group) were allowed to sight an article. It was silly. As for the superreviewer group, it could actually serve a purpose, but only if we had 10's of thousands of users. Since that's not likely in the near (or distant:P) future, there is no reason to keep it around right now. If at some point we decide we need a secondary review group, it can always be readded. Gopher65talk 16:00, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Guideline on peer review
I propose that we make Tips on reviewing articles  a guideline, and include it in the standard message for newly promoted reviewers. I've been developing the Tips page pursuant to this policy discussion. It includes some wording about what peer reviewers are responsible for, which relates to this. --Pi zero (talk) 16:17, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I generally support this, as long as we stress it's not a hard rule but rather encouraged suggestions for how to go about reviewing - I don't think it's a good idea to force people to review in a certain way. After my recent skirmish with Shaka, we probably need to clarify what a reviewer should actually do (in terms of responsibility etc.). Tempodivalse [talk]  18:01, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't really think its specific enough on what reviewers are responsible for. Pretend I am a new reviewer, here's the questions i'd imagine would go through my mind as i try to come to grips with peer review:

Bawolff ☺☻ 03:15, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * What defines plagarism/copyvio. Obviously a word for word copy paste job is not ok. What about a sentence. What about three words that come in the same order? (most academic things define it to be cheating if you have three words that are the same and in the same order as a source)
 * To what extent should things be fact checked. Do i need to verify every single factual claim in the article? Do i need to verify only major factual claims, and number type claims? Do i just need to read the sources and make sure there are no blatent contradictions?

 * Those are good questions. The No copyvios item I wrote into the Tips checklist actually does more to address them than anything I know of in any of our policies, guidelines, or help pages.  (Perhaps that's just my ignorance?)  Because that checklist is meant to be very compact for quick reference, IMHO it shouldn't go into greater detail — but most items in the checklist do provide links to where the material appears elsewhere on Wikinews (hopefully in greater detail), and that one doesn't because I don't know of anything to link to.  Any pointer to where such material exists, or writing of such material and giving a pointer to it, would be great.  --Pi zero (talk) 17:18, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ( Okay, it does more to address the first question. The second one might be better addressed.  --Pi zero (talk) 17:54, 29 April 2010 (UTC))
 * On third thought, what the checklist says about the second question also seems clear and to the point, and equal to what I've noticed on the subject elsewhere in the policy/guideline/help pages:
 * The sources must verify all facts in the article (except the obvious).
 * If anything more elaborate than that is needed, then, again — as for no copyvios — I think it should be on a different page rather than Tips. --Pi zero (talk) 04:45, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Allow bureaucrats to de-admin
Hi, I'd like to propose that we give bureaucrats here the ability to de-sysop (but not de-crat) on this wiki. IMHO, this would make it more convenient to remove admin status from accounts (i.e., resignations, addition/removal of bot admin privs etc.) as we don't have to go through the stewards - and we do this fairly frequently; for instance, in the past year, I can think of at least four en.wikinews desysop requests. It's also more organised if the sysop/desysop logs were all hosted on the same wiki, instead of being spread out at meta. (I know this is technically possible to implement, as several wikis, such as simple.wikt, simple.wp, and Meta already have it.) Not a really important feature, but I think it'd be helpful nonetheless. Thoughts and comments, please. Tempodivalse [talk]  16:29, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

 * — I actually thought that it was already this way. Is there some reason why this ability isn't in the hands of crats by default? Gopher65talk 15:52, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * No idea. It really does seem natural for them to be able to remove the bit. (I think it's because bureaucrat was first implemented on Wikipedia, and you know how wiki-conservative they are. Smile.png) Tempodivalse [talk]  16:24, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Votes

 * No strong feelings, but why not. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:12, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Go for it! Benny the mascot (talk) 00:29, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't care. --Diego Grez let's talk 00:32, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Power Overwhelming. -- Shakata Ga Nai ^_^ 01:59, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Why not? -- Mike moral  ♪♫  02:00, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * as nom as these always immediately turn into votes, may as well do my share of the vote stacking. :b Tempodivalse [talk]  02:03, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * No reason we shouldn't have it. --Thunderhead (t - e - c) 19:17, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keeping things local is a plus. Pmlineditor discuss 16:05, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. I feel this should be the default where local bureaucrats exist; while we do need to interact with the broader cross-wiki community in order to thrive, keeping straightforward actions like desysopping local where possible is a good idea in my opinion. – Juliancolton  | Talk 03:16, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, why not. It's not like they're going to abouse it, or anything.

 * Can someone file a request at bugzilla for this to be implemented? Consensus appears to be unanimous to support the proposal. I'd do it but I have no idea how to file a bug. Tempodivalse [talk]  16:24, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ — https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23392 Gopher65talk 16:50, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
 * This should now be implemented. Gopher65talk 03:16, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, it is. The "administrator" button in Special:Userrights no longer has an asterisk :) Tempodivalse [talk]  02:46, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

UK Election template
Would it be worth putting the template to the right on every Election 2010 page? It worked well for BBC News. — μ 13:03, May 9 2010 (UTC)
 * Mm, I've not thought of that, but yes, that would be a good idea. Although maybe include two or three more parties, instead of labelling all as "other"? Dunno about that though. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:22, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * And it needs to be changed from "659 out of 650 seats declared" to "649 out of 650 seats declared". Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 15:43, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * So it does. Tempodivalse: I think the box looks quite good smaller rather than larger -- and then there's a problem with which parties to include. If you include the SNP, you need to include Plaid. If you include everything above five parties, you need to include Sinn Fein -- a result which is basically pointless. Seven parties other than the trio have seats: which ones do you add? — μ 08:49, May 10 2010 (UTC)
 * Microchip, yeah maybe you're right, for some reason I got confused and thought one of the other parties got votes in the two digits. Probably better to keep it short ... Although, can we make the "649 out of 650 seats declared" text somewhat larger? I can barely read it on my screen. Tempodivalse [talk]  14:11, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Writing Competition sponsorship
Since the 'long' writing contest tailed off, but the newer short, regular, contest seems to still be going strong, I'd like to start looking into some sponsorship options (i.e. prizes!).

I am assuming there will be regular repeats of this competition? I have (as Baldrick would say) a cunning plan for a partnership/promotion to get equipment that would be extremely useful for Original Reporting. If we can clear up, and do a little professionalising of the competition, I can run this past Kul in the office before going to the company I'd like to target for some freebies. And we're talking hi-tech freebies that I just know would appeal to some of our more cash-strapped Wikinewsies. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:30, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
 * May I be the first to say, ooooh! Smile.png This will really add some incentive to participate. If we could get this implemented, that'd be great. Yeah, Mikemoral was planning to host this type of competition once every two months (although I personally would like to it monthly, and making the competition even shorter, maybe two weeks). Please keep us updated on this. Tempodivalse [talk]  21:35, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Ahem, you're the first place. CoI? :-) (j/k) --Diego Grez return fire 21:40, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

 * I will try to make it on IRC when I get home from work to discuss this with the cabal regulars. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:59, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The PC rebuild is not going as simply as I'd like; hence no IRC appearance. To sum things up, 3G mobile kit & the processing power of handheld devices makes it attractive for us (Wikinewsies) to have this stuff, and nice PR for companies to give us it. I would be speaking to Kul before hitting on any potential sponsor; but, one competition ever 2-3 months would be a great bit of PR for them. That is what people would have to accept. --Brian McNeil / talk 01:07, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh my gosh. --Diego Grez return fire 01:10, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

I'd point out that in the last competition, which had prizes, no one accepted their prizes... Bawolff ☺☻ 18:43, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

 * I would have done, but didn't write enough. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:34, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

The Main Page
As a hobbying newsreader, I decided to join this site. My first concern is that the main page does not look professional enough, like a real news site. I think that the community should try to give it a bit of a revamp, and I would be glad to lead the charge or help. Tjc6 (talk) 23:49, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, thanks for your feedback. What specifically do you think looks unprofessional about Wikinews' current layout? When it was redesigned it about half a year ago, one priority was to make things look as organised and symmetrical as possible. Maybe if you elaborated on that a bit, we'd have a better idea what to look for. Tempodivalse [talk]  00:22, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Some of the things that I have noticed:
 * The large list of recent articles on the right side of the page...It doesn't seem to fit in to me. News sites like this have these articles categorized with possibly images and captions, etc.
 * The headline layout just doesn't look very clean or crisp to me. If you look at the sites of CNN, BBC, FOX News, etc, there is usually one main headline and one or two smaller ones. I also believe that the images in these headlines should be larger.
 * The header bar usually contains the names of sections, or at least some sort of headline mechanism.
 * On an unrelated note, I would also think it would be good if we could add a breaking news banner to the top of the site's pages, ala CNN or FOX. It would inform all members of breaking events better.
 * I have experience in graphic and web design, so I would be glad to whip up a proposal. Cheers, Tjc6 (talk) 00:47, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the detailed reply.
 * On your first point: TBH, I don't think the latest news list looks too bad - although maybe the font size should be larger. I'm not sure, from a technical standpoint, how we can fit in images or captions into it - we use a system called Dynamic Page Lists (DPL) to have the list automatically updated when a new article is published, but it doesn't support images - we'd have to do all that manually, which takes a lot of time, and even then I think it would look a bit clunky.
 * About the headlines in the boxes (which we tend to call "leads") = Yeah, I would prefer the images to be larger, although it may be tricky to make the overall formatting look good, as images come in all shapes and sizes. (For instance, with the current layout, if we had one headline with a very narrow image and one with a very wide image, it wouldn't be to noticeable. If the images were larger - i.e., took up the entire width of the headline box - this would look far more out of place, IMHO.)
 * Third point: We already have this, to some extent. In case of breaking news, we have a special parameter we can put above one of the headline boxes that reads "BREAKING NEWS", which serves pretty much the same purpose. I suppose an extra bar may be added, although it might be redundant.
 * One other point, remember that we're working within the limitations of wiki-formatting here. Unlike other large websites like BBC, CNN, etc., we don't have the luxury of enabling fancy scripts to do all this work for us. We do have some scripts, but most are rather basic, and writing up more elaborate ones like what BBC has would take considerable efforts, due to the special considerations and difficulties that wiki-style formatting poses. Also, the project has only have two or three contributors capable of writing up proper scripts - that is a limitation as well.
 * Cheers, Tempodivalse [talk]  01:06, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you were looking for something like Ticker, which produces the following?

 * That used to be on the Main Page, but apparently caused problems for some users. (I have a slightly adapted version on my userpage which only displays breaking news if any is available, as on the BBC) Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 22:24, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I might create something to see what you guys think...sound alright to you? Tjc6 (talk) 15:21, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * We're always open to suggestions, if you want to knock something up in your userspace. Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 15:45, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not aware of the ticker causing problems, just that lots of people didn't like it. Bawolff ☺☻ 19:05, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Tjc6: If you have the wikicode-fu to understand our current main page, and improve on it, please go ahead and create an alternative design proposal. The reality is that most designs evolve, or a dramatically different design appeals to a large number of people, then must-have items from the prior design are incorporated. Remember: Unlike other sites you might see news on, we don't have advertisers to please with forcing multiple page views. We do need to have a workable design for updates. It should consider that leading-edge developments will be to provide content on mobile devices. Our graphics-lite version is a lot closer to managing that than a flash-infested monstrosity. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:20, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikinews Hotline via Google Voice
I was able to score an invite for this secondary account I've setup (already have Google Voice for my Gmail) because Google is giving invites to all college students with an .edu email address.

Luckily, this is free, unlike the old hotline mailbox, which Ilya set up and graciously paid for out of his own pocket. I feel this is better for us because Google voice offers transcription of people's call which can help with interviews and breaking news when a reporter is on the scene of an event. The transcript can be pulled from here, edited for grammar spelling (the transcript is good but not great!)

Unfortunately, Google at the moment doesn't offer toll-free numbers, but you can still choose your own number, just long-distance charges will apply. Here's a few potential choices:

 * (312) 945-6397 = (312) WIK-NEWS (Chicago)
 * (440) 847-9454 = (440) TIP-WIKI (Trinity, Ohio)
 * (619) 796-5463 = (619) 7WN-LINE
 * (310) 896-5463 = (310) 8WN-LINE (Redondo, CA)

Feedback please... --Patrick M (TUFKAAP) (talk) 21:19, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

 * This is very nice of Google. (Since long distance charges apply, does Google get a share of the cash to pay for its services?)  The Trinity Ohio one looks to be the nicest number, though the Chicago one, in a major metropolitan area, would save more people money.  Do you recall that the line was barely used, despite being widely promoted on-wiki?  I never understood why: perhaps it is an inevitable result of the small size of the Wikinews community.  Transcription may help, especially if there was a way to automatically make text available to editors.  --InfantGorilla (talk) 13:35, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * This looks like quite a good idea to trial something like this. How easy, with Google's service, is it to actually have the line "manned"? I.e. when some Wikinewsies are available, they can be 'pooled' as having stuff directed to their PC? --Brian McNeil / talk 16:19, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * "Manned" as your suggesting is essentially impossible. Google Voice is just a proxy for phone calls, essentially.  You call it, and it forwards the call to your home, cell, work, whatever (ring-all).  It doesn't translate from phone to VoIP (at least in a manner that is accessible on your computer).  Even if it did, whats the point in manning a phone number that no one uses?  -- Shakata Ga Nai  ^_^ 18:13, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
 * That's not true. I have my GV number hooked up to my Asterisk box via SIP, and it was pretty easy to setup to boot. terinjokes | Talk 09:02, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Accredited Reporters' T-shirts
I have found a local print company that does print-to-fabric T-shirts. That is, it doesn't go to shit like iron-on, it doesn't crack like screen print.

Who is interested in a "PRESS" T-shirt? The more I can order at once, the cheaper they will be. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

 * I'll take a couple --RockerballAustralia c 10:13, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * They'll be front & rear printed. I'll start working on the design over the next couple of days. Personally, I'm wanting two. However, there's a need to have at least eleven ordered up to get a decent discount. I really want to get some good ones done, and the guy that owns the shop was really nice about explaining stuff. I'd be really happy to put a fair bit of business his way. On that basis, I'll have a few words with Kul about what requirements the WMF would impose for use of the WP logo. I'm sure the shop (which is in Edinburgh city centre) would be delighted to do Scotland-specific Wikipedia ones and pay a pound or two to the WMF for the privilege. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:38, 20 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you need to poke Kul? — μ 12:32, May 28 2010 (UTC)

twinkle
I dislike the current warning gadget, and I really like Twinkle. Since WN uses a reduced warning system, not much work would be needed to import the required templates. 4-5 block templates, 2-3 welcomes, 10-15 single issue warnings (I can specify), and 4-5? warnings. There are a few others that might be needed. As part of that, I would need admin (for a few hours) to import the necessary templates. So, 1. Does WN want Twinkle? 2. Which warnings does WN want? and 3. is WN ok with me doing the imports? Griffinofwales (talk) 03:12, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Wikinews is not much vandalized recurrently. Twinkle is awful. We don't even need the rollback function. UserMessages works well, and some more warning templates, if needed, must be fulfilled by Bawolff. Again. UserMessages does everything we really need, if you don't like it, try using ImportScript et cetera. --Diego Grez return fire 03:16, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

I think these are all the necessary templates. Comments anyone? — Mike moral  ♪♫  03:38, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Warnings
 * vandal warning --> Lv. 1
 * test --> Lv. 1
 * spam warning --> Lv. 1
 * stop --> Lv. 2
 * Block templates
 * blocked
 * indefblocked
 * proxy block
 * usernameblock
 * schoolblock
 * Notices
 * sofixit
 * only news
 * yourarticlegone
 * oldnews
 * editor message
 * signyourposts
 * copyvio sas
 * Welcomes
 * howdy
 * howdy-anon
 * welcome-comment

 * , I'd like to point out that we have our own mini-version of Twinkle, "User Messages" (in prefs) which serves pretty much the same purpose. I don't really know that we need another gadget to do the same thing, but don't have strong opinions either way. *shrug* Tempodivalse [talk]  03:44, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * our warning templates suck. Most of them use such strong language that i would block the person before leaving that strong a warning on their talk page. We lack templates for simple test like edits but is stronger than test. In general i write the warning notices out by hand rather than use a template. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:14, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Also why do you need admin to import templates? Bawolff ☺☻ 09:16, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Import is enabled for editors? Griffinofwales (talk) 22:49, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * No, but it is enabled for Admins, Importers, and Transwiki importers. --Diego Grez return fire 22:51, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Then I do need admin to import. Much quicker, plus I would only import the one revision. Griffinofwales (talk) 22:54, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Agreed. We already have this; no need to have it again. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 10:13, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * If you want Twinkle, why not install it in your vector.js and tweak the links to exisiting templates? It's probably just a simple find & replace. — μ 12:23, May 28 2010 (UTC)
 * btw, there's no limit to the number of gadgets we can have, so if someone takes the time to import it, we might as well make it a gadget, and then people who don't want to use it don't have to. (sidenote: there was a previous import attempt. it got deleted due to what I currently believe was fud). Bawolff ☺☻ 12:34, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, where are you trying to extract the templates. Wikipedia is not compatible with CC-BY-3.0. --Diego Grez (alternate account) alt. talk 13:20, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * /me notes that we aren't licensed under cc-by-3 :P. and that has never stopped anyone before. Bawolff ☺☻ 14:09, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikinews Breaking News Mailing List
What would you guys think of a breaking-news mailing list? Kind of like CNN and the major networks have. We'd have to limit posting to a small group, (administrators?), but I think it would be a great addition for us. (By the way, sorry for the shortness of this. I've been writing practice papers for finals, and I'm a little burned out at the moment.) --Thunderhead (t - e - c) 20:24, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Err... scoop? Δεν δοδγε  τ\c 21:39, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes. Which was recently cleaned. It is currently set up as a distribution list, spam filtering is not ultra-high-tech, and you need to do some of your own.
 * If you mean you want something else, then use wikinews-l - it's really quiet as it is. -- Brian McNeil (alt. account) /alt-talk • main talk 01:22, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

 * Besides, I'd have thought IRC is better for co-ordination of breaking news efforts. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 12:29, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

 * I agree with Sandman, a mailing list isn't the best way to inform people of breaking news, since large threads over email are so unwieldy and it's easy to lose the ... ahem ... thread. :b IRC is best, followed by talk page. Tempodivalse [talk]  13:54, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think thats what he means. I think he means have a list intended for readers where we post breaking [wiki]news articles to, not a list for discussion (p.s. i disagree with tempo's assesment of lists in that regard). I think it might be something to look into. The more ways to get Wikinews content to the readers the better. (Of course there is the question of what is breaking news). Bawolff ☺☻ 18:31, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * /slap Bawolff.
 * Not something that can end up with "BREAKING! Glenn Beck unzips fly." FFS! We used to get the print-ed on iTunes, and sundry. A mailing list? Those are for the curmudgeonly of the world such as myself. We'd be better off posting to Usenet. I can arrange a live feed of all published articles to news://alt.hackers.malicious. :P --Brian McNeil / talk 23:27, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I've been meaning to ask how that was set up and the PE RSS feed also. — Mike moral  ♪♫  01:22, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Print eddition rss feed was set up by MrM I think (although it could of been someone else). He's now long retired. I could probably set up something on the toolserver if you want. Mailing lists are typically set up by devs via filing a bug request (you need community concensuss) Bawolff ☺☻ 01:34, 31 May 2010 (UTC)


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Attack occurs in Stavropol, Russia; at least six dead

May 26, 2010 A radio-controlled bomb exploded in the city center in the southern Russian city of earlier today, killing at least six and injuring more than 40, according to initial reports.

The explosion occurred at 18.45 Moscow time (UTC 14.45) in front of the Stavropol Trade-Union Sport and Culture Palace, where many people gathered, the Stavropolye State TV Company reports. A performance by Chechen dance ensemble "" was about to begin in the Palace. Security officials haven't dismissed a possible connection between the concert and the attack.

"According to preliminary reports, several of those that were hospitalised are now in intensive care. The wounded have shrapnel wounds. Their conditions are considered critical or medium-critical," said Boris Skripka, the head of the civilian defense and emergency situation administration.

The country has seen some violence from rebel groups recently: on March 29, suicide bombings at the Moscow Metro killed at least 40 people and wounded over 100. Stavropol is included in the newly-created of Russia.


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Turkish shopkeeper saves falling toddler

May 26, 2010

A four-year-old Istanbul toddler was saved from serious injury by a quick-thinking shopkeeper, who caught the boy as he fell the thirteen feet (four meters) from the floor above. security cameras caught images of both the child riding on the outside of the escalator and Ali Apari's sure-handed catch.

Noticing that the child was dangling from the handrail Apari ran below the boy as the four-year old neared the railing at the top of the shopping centre escalator. As the boy fell, Apari positioned himself to catch the toddler as he fell off eight feet above him.

Arapi said later, "Children believe the escalators are playgrounds, the families are irresponsible. The families should take better care of their children." Arapi had just had a brain operation a month before this incident, and Arapi could have been badly injured himself, if the child had hit his head instead of his arms.

However this is not the first incident of a child falling from riding an escalator at the shopping mall. Four days earlier in imitation of older children, a two-year old had to be rushed to hospital after falling from halfway up the escalator. After these falls the shopping mall has attempted to thwart attempts to ride the outside of the escalators by impeding access with flower pots. In 2006 a sixteen-year old and a three-year old died falling from escalators in Turkey.


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Talk:Attack occurs in Stavropol, Russia; at least six dead

The first source cites 6 victims, not 3, see (2nd sentence) --Ssr (talk) 20:06, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, I noticed that, but the other source says three - we generally use the more conservative number when figures contradict. Note though, I've added that some reports put the death toll at six. If more clear information is available later, we can update the article accordingly. (What about other news sources, how many people are they saying were killed? If they're all agreeing on one certain number, then the other is probably incorrect.) Tempodivalse [talk]  20:12, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Major news sources put 6 now instead of 3, e. g. http://lenta.ru/news/2010/05/26/blast2/ (cites other major sources) --Ssr (talk) 20:15, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, updated accordingly; thanks. I hadn't looked at the Google News Russian headlines (which all say six people), but was basing everything on the provided links. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:18, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Comment on verifiability
I don't feel as though I'm "uninvolved" enough to review the article per our publishing policy, having added so much. However, being fluent in Russian, I've gone through the article/sources and can ascertain that all the information is present in the links - in case the reviewer is having difficulty with Google Translate's pathetic Russian/English translations. Tempodivalse [talk]  20:12, 26 May 2010 (UTC)


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