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User talk:Koavf

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Wikimedia Foundation receives copyright infringement claim from Mormon Church
From The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the LDS Church or the Mormon Church..." I went with "Mormon Church" because this is a "widely known" name as well, and to use the entire "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" is very very long in the headline of an article. I hope you do not mind if I move it back. Cirt (talk) 04:58, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your response. I respect your opinion, though I also respectfully disagree, as a perusal of similar types of news stories about this organization seems to hold that "Mormon Church", is used more frequently than "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints".  Thanks for the polite response. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 19:07, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thank you for taking the time to point out the transcription error in this article about Noam Chomsky. I had to listen to it several times before I was sure exactly what he said. Good ears;). Gopher65talk 23:13, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

You're very and thank you Justin for reading my news. did you like it? Sara walker (talk) 01:30, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Tell a title of one of your news Justin Sara walker (talk) 01:31, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * News stories I have written are on my user page. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:28, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Moving images to Commons
Hi. Just wanted to explain a bit why I rv'd your seemingly perfectly reasonable edit on the image. I don't particularly dispute the point about it being ineligible for copyright. The thing is, though, there's a long and tragic history of Commons dissing Wikinews by deleting stuff (with neither warning nor notification) we are using and cannot replace, but which we could almost always upload locally under fair use if we knew it was about to happen. There's probably... usually... no malice at all involved, either, but one can't help thinking if Commons cared to it could easily set up an infrastructure to check whether a pending deletion would cause problems for a sister project that allows local uploads, and either notify them or even automatically do a local upload with some sort of copyright-justification-needed-within-x-amount-of-time tag. The worst incident I've seen was a Wikinews article we published with an image that had been sitting happily on Commons for something like six or seven years, and then a little more than a day after we published our article, while it was the number one lead on our main page so that this image was the single most prominent image displayed on our entire site, Commons deleted it. The icing on the cake was, this was just after the article was more than 24 hours post-publication, so that our archive policy had kicked in (the reason we can't replace most images that get deleted out from under us). So, once we've uploaded something locally, we're not likely to voluntarily delete it in favor of moving to Commons, making ourselves more vulnerable to the mishap of Commons deletion. --Pi zero (talk) 14:05, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay But if it gets deleted there, you can undelete it here. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:47, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hm. An interesting thought, except that we don't know when an image we use here is deleted there.  --Pi zero (talk) 13:42, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Files You could have a tracking category like Articles_with_missing_files. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:03, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * There are about... I think it's around 450 articles in our archives with missing images. Two and a fraction percent of our entire archive.  Only earlier this year I created a template missing image to try to at least neatify the articles involved.  Small as Wikinews is, we need less stuff to keep track of, rather than more.

 * In the specific instance, though, I concede that if the image were ever deleted from Commons, sooner or later we would presumably notice and would then find it especially easy to fix. --Pi zero (talk) 20:32, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Category:Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
I hope this was an error here, I can't possibly see how anyone could argue the D.L. is not a Theologian. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:24, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

User:SarahStierch
Was that edit at the user's request? It's hard to follow what's going on here, locally. The impression I get hunting around is that Sarah's position at the WMF is over, is that correct? BRS (Talk)   (Contribs) 14:22, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes. Microchip08 (talk) 14:25, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Blood Red Sandman I notified her on en.voy. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:55, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Reviewer??
I saw that you'd requested Reviewer status some time ago....doesn't look like much has happened re: that request. It seems you've done some cat'ing around here (thanks for that!!). Outside of that, have you done much else in term of proofreading etc.? I think (if I'm interpreting things properly) you are into Wikidata a bit (a project FAR BEYOND the scope of my expertise). --Bddpaux (talk) 22:56, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
 * You can see all of my WMF edits here, of course: Special:CentralAuth/Koavf. As you can see, I've been most active in sheer number of edits on en.wp, commons, data, en.ws, en.voy, and en.wikt. I've tried to do more on non-Wikipedia projects over the past two years and although I may not be as familiar with the norms at en.wn, I don't think reviewer is too much to ask considering my history here and elsewhere on WMF projects. If you do, that's fair. Alternately, if you have in mind some threshold I should cross, let me know. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:01, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * That's cool and I'm with you there. But considering what I'd said in the comments section over on your request, the 'general' flow here goes: Newbie, Reporter, Accredited Reporter, Reviewer (aka 'Editor'), Administrator (and a few beyond that -- but those cross into inter-wiki roles). Now, what I just said is not canonical by any means! But reviewers spend a lot of time here reading, re-reading, proof'ing and taking action on article submissions (again, functioning as a news editor). It's not a glory-filled job...I can assure you!! I have no questions about your roles/contributions across the span of WMF, but 'Reviewer' means something REAL SPECIFIC here in these parts. So, if you REALLY WANT to, you're welcome to lurk here for a while, doing some plain-old copy edits and what-not (user Pi Zero has even taken action to make a lot of those mundane things a bit easier of-late). From there, we'll see where things can go. If others think your congealed meta-role qualifies you to be a reviewer here, then I'm willing to listen, but as user Blood Red Sandman pointed out, taking that route worked out badly in the past. We've seen (in the past) that users who come here, puffed up, looking for some badge-of-honor before proving themselves tend to create more problems than they fix and then run away mad. (I'm not accusing you of being one of those people, heck, I don't know you); but God's-honest humility is the order-of-the-day around here if things are to succeed. --Bddpaux (talk) 17:02, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Not sure I'd go quite as far as to say it's normal to get Accredited Reporter before Reviewer, but it's certainly known. Accredited Reporter is based entirely on trust, so a user with little track record on Wikinews can get it if they're trusted by the community (although it's most common for users to do some writing first, then apply). For reviewer, it's not as high-trust. Trust is an element, of course, but reviewer is about competence with Wikinews policies and processes. I'm not aware of any other priv on any wiki where competence is required to be demonstrated in quite the way it is for reviewer. Write a couple of articles a week for, say, a month and the community will likely be tripping over itself to hand you reviewer. BRS  (Talk)   (Contribs) 19:45, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

Detroit teachers stage sickout to protest working conditions as Obama visits
Hi. Some difficulties; see review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 23:30, 20 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Published. Had difficulties, discussed in review comments.  --Pi zero (talk) 17:51, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm getting used to news writing and this is helpful. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:49, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

wikinews-l
Am I correct that you're admin for this list? --Pi zero (talk) 21:01, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, I am one of two but I believe the other person has never actually been active in a year or so and I've been inactive for about two months. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:15, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Is it by any chance moderated? It's one of the places I send notices about en.wn ArbCom elections, but I suspect they never appear on the list.  I sent one — now irrelevant — eight days ago, a real-time update on the state of nominations (which closed about 90 minutes ago), and the list informed me that it had received the message, but it looks to me as if the message never actually got sent to the list.  I'd like to send a notice there when voting opens late tomorrow... if it's going to reach the list.  --Pi zero (talk) 21:37, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I can check the archives and start moderating it more aggressively. The problem is that my computer literally snapped in half several weeks ago and I still haven't gotten a new one. :/ —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:49, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Wow. I literally hadn't deleted my filter for a minute before I got spam. It gets several hundred messages a day. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:53, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I can't decide whether I'm more impressed by "several hundred messages a day" or "literally snapped in half". Thanks.  I'll plan to send my next notice to the list tomorrow.  --Pi zero (talk) 02:11, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Best to message me once you do. By the way, you have mail--not sure if you've seen it yet. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:16, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Koreas hold joint training session for Olympics
I don't think I can make use of reviewing for the article, but that is what I am doing. I would not call it editing since I am not adding any information to it. If something needs to be changed, consider pinging me on IRC. I almost had an ec. •–• 06:41, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
 * We used "selected" in earlier stories: it's a selection, not an election. As far as all the blue links, maybe just the word "bombed". Thoughts? --is this passable? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:08, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
 * it was a note for self. So that I do not forget to check. I am still reviewing it. Let me finish it. •–• 07:35, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Julian Assange's appeal against lifting the arrest warrant was denied by UK court -- and I would not be able to write about it -- it is going to lose its freshness. Would you like to write about it? •–• 01:38, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * In short, yes but I don't have time. :/ I'm trying to write something about the Olympics opening ceremony. Thanks for the request--please keep me in mind for future stories. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:28, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * oh there are tonnes of articles I wish someone could write because right now, there are five on the to-do list. Is there a way we could discuss about what to write? Any IMs? Telegram? Ping me on Telegram if you use it; my username is @acagastya [though I noticed @koavf isn’t registered] 223.237.211.254 (talk) 03:37, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * (this *is* you?) I'm not familiar with Telegram--usually if you want to talk off-wiki, I use email and that has an associated IM name. It's totally fine to send me an SMS, too. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:40, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * emails aren’t the best IMs. SMS from India to the US, that would be difficult, too. Well, I think you should try Telegram (it works on any platform, Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows, and in browsers) and you would not even have to share your contact number to people for messaging. •–• 03:49, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Oh, but I do have an IM account thru Gmail: justinkoavf. I can IM you that way. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:51, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

are you talking about Google Talk? (FWIW, I hardly use anything that is owned by Google, except for YouTube services, due to Google’s privacy policy and their love of selling our information) (By the way, the url is www.telegram.org) •–• 04:04, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * That is correct. And yes, I have scaled back on using everything Google other than Gmail--unfortunately, one's email address is pretty fundamental. Let me take a look and get back with you. Unfortunately, I'm in the middle of an obit here now and I have so many other things going on outside of Wikinews and other wikis. :/ Do you want to set up a time to talk? That will force me to set aside time for us to collaborate. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:08, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * No, we can chat while editing too. But currently, I need to leave for college. And the reviewers from UTC - zones should be sleeping so I need to write articles before they wake up. :-S •–• 04:21, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Quotations
We do not use “”. Instead, we use the plain ones "". •–• 11:11, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * We try, anyway. (Modern software that "thinks" it knows better than we do can be really annoying, can't it? :-)  --Pi zero (talk) 13:22, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * in iOS 10, the key displayed '”' but by default, it printed '"'. In iOS 11, it shows and prints '”'. And that is really annoying. •–• 14:17, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * [citation needed]. We should use typographic quotes, since they are correct. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:32, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Korean military parade
I don't know what is "newsworthy" in that story the way MSM is portraying it, but are you planning to write about it? If so, I suggest you to do it asap. •–• 16:42, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I won't have a separate story, just a story on the opening of the Olympics that mentions that. I don't have time for separate ones. :/ —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:33, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Poet, lyricist, and digital activist John Perry Barlow dies, aged 70
Alas, when I got to the end of the review, I couldn't remember all the thing I'd thought of during the review. (This is something I want a semi-automated review assistant to help with: keeping track, through a review, of notes on what to say at the end.) At any rate, I do try to split my edits during a review into small units that provide a meaningful diff and can be given a reasonably coherent edit summary; and if asked about a particular edit during the review, I can probably look at it and remember what it was about to provide a better explanation. --Pi zero (talk) 02:33, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Hey sorry, what is this in regards to again...? Are you apologizing for something or something? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:22, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
 * It is pizero's habit to explain (and thus, documenting what should be done in a particular situation) what they edited. Like for example, in one edit, they take care of WN:FUTURE, they would explain in the edit summary -- that is how their review takes place so the authors can learn what to do and what not to do -- and when I was copyediting, I noticed the tone was not acceptable, I don't know if it is a NPOV problem or style problem (example, "Barlow is survived [...] loved ones across the world.") which is one of the things that should have been mentioned in the review comments, pizero and I, we both agree. What pizero means to say is, there were other things they wanted to point out in comments, but might have missed -- because it was a long review. •–• 08:10, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The "So-and-so is survived by" is a stock phrase, of course. But... yeah, there was something a bit off about some phrases.  I'm not sure how to sum it all up, but it may be discernible in the individual edits.  --Pi zero (talk) 12:01, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I think I see why you're posting, thanks. All your edit summaries made sense and I don't in principle disagree with any of your edits. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:12, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

chat
Seems you are technically advanced and open minded. I would like to have a 15 minutes talk about how you read and write news and ask for your guidance about a few things. What talking platform would you prefer? We could use IRC text chat (my nick 'Sveta') or another place for audio chat, whatever you are more comfortable with. Gryllidamsg/chat 21:26, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for writing. I am very flexible on that--even the phone is fine with me. Tell me what method and give me two or three ranges of time. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:50, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Let's start with IRC (#wikinews channel) for simplicity. Does 19:00-20:00UTC work for you? If not, I can try to do a time between 22:00UTC and 06:00UTC, you choose (subject to availability - have several adhoc meetings this week). --Gryllidamsg/chat 03:19, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry this is taking so long. :/ Would a phone call work for you? Or IMing? —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:06, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Either option would work equally well. It is just that I am in Australia and international calls can be expensive so I would rather try IRC chat first. Another option is online audio chat via for example SIP or Jitsi or a standard HTML5 audio chat app but for me it is difficult because I do not have a smartphone to do such calls from and none of my desktops are in a good place or time to have a conversation. --Gryllida (chat) 03:24, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Okay, please choose a time Over the next 48 hours and I'll make it. Thanks. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:38, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Now (for the next hour), or Sydney this Saturday morning 6AM (again one hour). Failing that, the same time on any weekday (again in Sydney). --Gryllida (chat) 01:58, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Signing on now... —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:00, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I see you, but not any messages from you (as of yet). In the text box at the bottom type hi and press enter, or use another webchat . --Gryllida (chat) 02:05, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I have a couple of messages that I've sent at https://webchat.freenode.net/. I'll try http://www.kiwiirc.com/client/irc.gnu.org/wikinews. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:10, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks. :-) --Gryllida (chat) 05:36, 12 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I am signed on again--the friend who need a ride last nite needed more than just a ride. I'm not paying close attention to IRC so ping me there or post to my talk here to ensure that I see you. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:56, 12 October 2018 (UTC)

I guess a next step is a meeting at 9PM Sydney time today, or Wednesday morning 6AM Sydney time. If you like, prepare a story that you find interesting to write about. Otherwise I can pick one and we could walk through writing that. I think we may need approximately 30 minutes to begin with. --Gryllida (chat) 08:20, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm signed on now--same situation where I'm not actively paying attention but a ping here or a direct message on IRC will probably get my attention (the latter makes a noise, so that helps). It looks like 21:00 in Sydney is in about 3.5 hours--I will just stay on IRC thru then. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:39, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

deleting
why did u delete i m trying to help get a news article published. Baozon90 (talk) 22:42, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * You posted the same thing on both Requested articles (where it belongs) and Wikinews talk:Requested articles (which is only used for discussing the requested articles page) and I only removed it from one of those two places. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:53, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Ramirez5
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Starwars is NO MORE
 * Oh, okay. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:00, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Article??
You haven't submitted an article in a bit? You've done some interesting work here.--Bddpaux (talk) 16:34, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

 * I have three exclusive interviews that I wanted to publish at times that made sense and a fourth one lined up. I prefer to do original reporting otherwise, I sometimes will do some of the "I read other news sources and summarized them, but it's mostly a matter of there only being 24 hours in a day and my attention going elsewhere. :/ —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:08, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

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User talk:Sumthingweird

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OR Notes on Rudd heckled over 5% climate target
Can you please add your OR notes to the talk page of the article. Thanks --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 03:59, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Source Formatting
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User talk:CarwilJ

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Are you the same as
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User talk:Carwil

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User talk:Xoox~enwikinews

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Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Xoox. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Xoox~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 23:23, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:41, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Xoox~enwikinews


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User talk:PAD

Welcome
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 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
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title: User talk:PAD


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User talk:Bob de bouwer

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 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
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title: User talk:Bob de bouwer


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User talk:Naught101

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title: User talk:Naught101


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User talk:Mario~enwikinews

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 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Mario. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Mario~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 23:21, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:34, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Mario~enwikinews


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User talk:5Hanse~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called 5Hanse. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name 5Hanse~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 23:11, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:28, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:5Hanse~enwikinews


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User talk:MikeMarr

Welcome
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title: User talk:MikeMarr


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User talk:Drguayo~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

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

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

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 23:16, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:30, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Drguayo~enwikinews


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User talk:Zubair~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Zubair. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Zubair~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 23:41, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:41, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Zubair~enwikinews


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User talk:PamelaClarkBrown

Welcome
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User talk:NMEditor~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called NMEditor. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name NMEditor~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 23:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:34, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:NMEditor~enwikinews


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User talk:Whistlepig~enwikinews

Welcome
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 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Whistlepig. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Whistlepig~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 23:39, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:40, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Whistlepig~enwikinews


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User talk:Wyrdraxiom

Welcome
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title: User talk:Wyrdraxiom


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User talk:Gerald15~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 Gerald15. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Gerald15~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 23:18, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:31, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

title: User talk:Gerald15~enwikinews


text:
User talk:Newtonlee~enwikinews

Welcome
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Our key policies - if you read anything, read these! Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews: There are always things to do on Wikinews: By the way, you can sign your name on Talk pages using four tildes ( ~~~~ ), which produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, you can ask them at the water cooler or to anyone on the Welcommittee, or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! Bawolff ☺☻ 04:19, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
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 * Introduction - overview of the site
 * Writing an article - how to write and publish a complete article
 * Content guide - what's suitable for Wikinews
 * Contents - the contents page.
 * Newsroom - The comunity portal
 * Existing articles need expanding and checking for spelling and mistakes
 * The front page lead articles often need updating
 * Developing stories need finishing and publishing
 * Discussions need your input
 * And of course, stories need writing!

Your account will be renamed
Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Newtonlee. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Newtonlee~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 23:19, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed
 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 06:35, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

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User talk:209.0.209.34

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Steelers defeat Lions to advance to NFL playoffs

January 2, 2006

The Pittsbugh Steelers defeated the Detroit Lions 35-21 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. The victory earns the Steelers the final spot for an AFC team in the NFL playoffs.

The Steelers, who had a 10-5 record heading into the game, were strong favorites against the Lions, who were 5-10. Pittsburgh took an early lead on an 81 yard Antwaan Randle El punt return less than two minutes into the game. However, the Lions fought back, with quarterback Joey Harrington throwing scoring passes on two consecutive drives in the first quarter to put Detroit up 14-7.

Veteran Steelers running back Jerome Bettis scored the next three touchdowns, matching a career high. His third touchdown resulted in a standing ovation from the crowd of 63,794. This will likely be the last home game for Bettis, as he is expected to retire at the end of this season.

The Steelers (11-5) go on to play the Bengals (11-5) in Cincinnati next Sunday at 4:00pm in the wildcard round. The Steelers split their season series with the Bengals winning 27-13 on October 23 in Cincinnati, but losing 38-31 at home on December 4.

"We play [the Bengals] twice a year and we know them," said Steelers receiver Hines Ward. "It's not going to be easy, but we're more comfortable with them."

The other AFC wildcard game has the Jacksonville Jaguars (12-4) visiting the New England Patroits (10-6). The winners of the wild card round will face the Indianapolis Colts (14-2) or the Denver Broncos (13-3) in the divisonal round.


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Talk:Oklahoma City suburbs on fire

The title "Oklahoma City, USA suburbs on fire" is really rather akward. The title doesn't have to explain were the city is, that can be done in the article if its really necessary. Personally, I think an interwiki link is sufficent. Johnny Q 05:39, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with you. Karen 05:47, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Of course it has to explain where it is. If I started an article titled "Belém suburbs on fire" would you know where it was talking about?  Probably not, even though Belém is a larger city than Oklahoma City.  Titles are regularly changed when they are not specific.  They are supposed to be as specific as possible.  Since we're discussing this I'm going to put it back into develop.  --MateoP 05:51, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This is not an actionable objection. Please resolve this withouth returning the article to develop. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:52, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * As it stands it is a eurocentric title and does not belong on the front page. --MateoP 06:03, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Please don't disrupt Wikinews to make a point... --Chiacomo (talk) 06:04, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not making any point. The title is unacceptable without naming the country.  --MateoP 06:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree. There is only one place called Oklahoma City. Titles only need to be specific enough to prevent confusion, and should pass a reasonable-person test, in my opinion. If a reasonable person doesn't know that the US has a state called Oklahoma, it's their loss. The last thing we'd want to do is have headlines that explain where certain countries are, or major cities. -- IlyaHaykinson 06:08, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This is a global wiki, IlyaHaykinson. Your reason-person test seems to be ethnocentric, assuming everyone comes from your perspective.  Goiania is a Brazilian city which is the only place called Goiania and has a population easily larger than that of Oklahoma City, would this city go without country in title in your opinion?  I doubt it.  --MateoP 06:15, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I think that unless there are multiple places that Goiania refers to, it should have just that in the headline. All headlines on Wikinews are written to be from the local perspective. If you live in or around Oklahoma City, you'd expect the headline to be something like "Oklahoma City suburbs on fire". Same with living in Brazil for Goiania. The country name is only typically added when it's a potentially confusing name (i.e. an article about London, Ontario) or a very small city that a person aware of the locale won't know (i.e. an article about Chatsworth, California). -- IlyaHaykinson 06:18, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Where is the cutoff point, in your mind? In truth, if I wrote an article about Goiania I guarantee people would change it.  Are you going to back me up if I do?  Because it has at least twice as many people as Oklahoma City.  This just seems to make a lot of abritrary judgement calls.  Oklahoma City only has 500,000 people in the city.  There are a couple of dozen cities in most mid-sized countries with that many people.  --MateoP 06:21, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Well the EU came to town. You should have just renamed it.  Just marking pages is a mark of the power hungry.  Editing them works towards the mission of wikinews.  Especially when a mere 10 taps of the keyboard is all that is needed. --Sfullenwider 06:31, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I did rename it. 3 times.  Another would have been against the 3RR.  There is no other way to correct a NPOV decision than to tag it.  --MateoP 06:34, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

I also agree with IlyaHaykinson. Additionally, if Belém's suburbs were on fire in Brazil, I'd suggest "Belém do Pará" instead of "Belém, Brazil". Furthermore, a story about Goiânia would not require noting within the headline it was in Brazil because Goiânia is a unique city name. I'd support MateoP if someone required "Brazil" be in the headline. Unique city names need not be further defined by country within the headline. I'm unsure how omitting the country (in this case, the United States) in the headline would make it "eurocentric". Karen 00:26, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

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12 hurt in San Luis de La Balsa tourist bus accident

January 2, 2006

In San Luis de La Balsa, Costa Rica a tourist bus carrying foreign tourist flipped over in the highway about 55 miles Northeast of the capital of San Jose. At least a dozen people were injured. One man, Dan McHugh, is a Canadian who is among the people hurt.

McHugh says that the roads were slick which caused the bus to slide into a ditch and roll onto its side. He says that he was only cut by shattered glass while other passengers were pinned under the bus.

The nationalities of the other passengers is not immediately known, though McHugh said that there were Australians on the bus and the U.S. Embassy confirmed that there were citizens of the United States also.

One woman with serious injuries was air-lifted to a hospital in San Jose while others were taken to local hospitals in nearby towns.


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New Zealand's South Island and southern North Island struck by storms

January 2, 2006

New Zealand's warm sunny New Year's weather has come to a sudden end as gale force winds and rain assault southern New Zealand.

In parts of the New Year campers have finished their holiday early as winds averaging 120km/h (75 m/h), gusting at times up to 180km/h (112 m/h), have blown in.

Power went out to 1300 homes in the capital city Wellington; flights were grounded at the airport, with incoming flights diverted to Palmerston North airport.

“The will also be affected by the low,” says  forecaster Michael Short, “with heavy rain around the  and .”

The MetService has issued severe weather warnings for most of the South Island and the southern portion of the North Island; bad weather is also forecasted throughout the rest of the country.

The MetService says to expect bad weather for the next 10 days as a deepening low moves south of Stewart Island, but a flow of westerly winds is expected to stay put all week.

Holiday makers have been asked by MetService to review their holiday plans and keep up to date with the latest weather.


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Rape and murder suspects in Ciudad Juárez arrested

January 2, 2006 A 17-year-old girl was reportedly raped and murdered in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico's fifth largest city, on Christmas Eve, and now 3 have been arrested in the incident. According to spokeswoman Claudia Elena Banuelos of the Chihuahua Attorney General's office, the 3 men were drinking with the victim when one proposed having sex with her. When the victim refused the sex, the attackers raped her, according to the spokeswoman. One of the attackers then allegedly hit her in the head with a blunt object several times, and ran away when he saw she was unconscious. The 3 attackers were identified as Mario Loya Aguirre, Eleazar Pena Navarro and Jorge Armando Sifuentes Martinez.

This was the 32nd murder of a woman in Ciudad Juárez in 2005 — police have reportedly solved 26 of these murders.

More than 350 women have been murdered in Juárez since 1993, according to federal investigators. A report from Amnesty International indicates that as many as 400 women may be missing. At least a third of these killings followed a similar pattern in that young women were assaulted, strangled, and dumped in the desert. Police incompetence, cover-ups, and even involvement in the murders have been alleged over the years.


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Redskins qualify for playoffs with win in Philadelphia

January 2, 2006

The Washington Redskins defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 31-20 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. With the win, the Redskins advance to the NFL playoffs for the first time in six years.

The Redskins pulled ahead in the first quarter, but the Eagles answered with Mike McMahon throwing two touchdowns to rookie wide receiver Reggie Brown.

Washington evened the score at 17 on the opening drive of the third quarter, thanks to a 54-yard pass to wide receivcer Santana Moss and a 6-yard running play by running back Clinton Portis. David Akers put the Eagles in the lead again with a 35-yard field goal on the next drive.

McMahon then made a crucial mistake, when a bad pass was intercepted by line backer Lemar Mashall at the Philadelphia 22 yard line. Portis ran the ball up the sidelines on the next play for his second touchdown of the game, putting Washington ahead 24-20. Free safety Sean Taylor clinched the victory for the Redskins with a 39-yard fumble return.

Portis ran for a total of 112 yards in the game and set a franchise rushing record of 1,432 yards. This is the fifth win in a row for the Redskins, who finish the regular season with a 10-6 record.

"Looking back to 5-6, we talked at that time that if we lost another game we'd be out," said Washington head coach Joe Gibbs. "Trying to win five straight is a tough deal, but our guys seemed to understand what it would take. We went back to the basics."

The Redskins go on to play the Buccaneers (11-5) in Tampa Bay next Saturday at 4:30pm in the wildcard round. The other NFC wild game has the Carolina Panthers (11-5) visiting the New York Giants (11-5). The winners of the wild card round will face the Seattle Seahawks (13-3) or the Chicago Bears (11-5) in the divisional round.


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New South Wales firefighters continue to battle fires, threat eases

January 2, 2006 Firefighters in the Australian state of New South Wales continue to battle bushfires across the state.

Rural Fire Service Commissioner Phill Koperberg said that there are still three fires on the Central Coast, while another fire in Junee is moving north and is now spread over 35,000 hectares.

He added that it could take up to four days to contain the fires due to rain and strong winds. A southerly change blew through the state last night, easing temperatures and reducing the fire threat. No homes are believed to be under direct threat at this time.

It is feared that the weather which helped the fires take hold may return on the weekend.

Fires on the Central Coast fires continue to affect road and rail transport between Sydney and Newcastle.

The Sydney-Newcastle Freeway and the Pacific Highway have been reopened, although there is heavy traffic on the freeway at Brooklyn and Cowan. Drivers have been advised to exercise caution due to thick smoke. Trains travelling between the Central Coast and Newcastle to Sydney are heavily delayed.

Only one person has been killed by the fires, a 65 year old man who suffered a heart attack while helping residents evacuate on the Central Coast.

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Row over Australian flag at Bondi Pavilion

January 2, 2006 New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma has prompted controversy following recent race-riots, when he urged the Waverley Council to reconsider its decision not to fly the Australian flag over The Bondi (Beach) Pavilion Community Cultural Centre.

"There is no problem with the flag and as for council banning the flag, it's absolute nonsense," responded Waverley deputy mayor George Newhouse. He said that the Premier, who described the council's decision as divisive and disgraceful, did not understand the facts.

"We already fly the flag at Bondi, we proudly fly the flag at Bondi and this decision has absolutely nothing to do with racism or Cronulla. It has everything to do with practical common sense," Mr Newhouse said.

"The Pavilion is a heritage-listed building and it will cost thousands of dollars to perform a heritage study and then erect the poles, which don't exist. We already have the flag, we love the flag, there is no problem with the flag and as for council banning the flag, it's absolute nonsense," said Mr Newhouse.

Riots took place in December at Cronulla, another Sydney beach, with many of the proponents and commentators blaming inter-ethnic tensions for the outbreak.

Premier Iemma last week presented a new flag to the Brighton-le-Sands RSL Club after its symbol was burnt during the December 11 riots.

Of the Waverly Council decision, Premier Iemma said, "Our flag is a symbol of national unity and the council decision is just ridiculous. They want to reconsider it immediately."

The Council first voted against installing the flag in March 2005 because of a lengthy and expensive permit process. It is the second time in a year the council has rejected the motion. Mayor of Waverley, Mora Main, says there are already number of Australian flags flying in the Bondi Beach area. She said their primary concern was cost - not just $150 for each flagpole, but more than $15,000 because of the need to do a heritage study and consult the community.

"It's an iconic heritage building. Anything that's done to the pavilion needs to go through a rigorous heritage process," Cr Main said.

Before imposing the ban, the Council recently rejected an offer from Federal MP Malcolm Turnbull to pay for an Australian and Aboriginal flag.

However, Mayor Mora Main says the Council would now have a rethink.

"I have called on the Premier and Mr Turnbull to meet with me to discuss the appropriateness of putting flags on the pavilion and also how it can be funded," she said. "It's great to hear this discussion about the flags and I look forward to hearing everyone's ideas when we consult with the community."


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Microsoft Windows metafiles are a vector for computer viruses

January 2, 2006

Microsoft Windows metafiles have been discovered to be a vector for computer viruses, as they are treated as image files, but can execute machine code. Windows metafiles often use the extension .wmf files, but they may also execute if their extension is .jpeg, .png or any other common image extension.

This vulnerability affects any Windows software which displays images, including instant messenger software, email clients, and web browsers. Firefox reduces the vulnerability by asking a user before executing Windows metafiles, but metafiles masquerading as another format will still be executed automatically by the operating system.

Microsoft has not yet issued a patch for the vulnerability, prompting Ilfak Guilfanov to release an unofficial patch. Microsoft's security advisory recommends unregistering shimgvw.dll to disable handling of Windows MetaFiles. Critics point out that shimgvw.dll could become re-registered by malicious processes or other installations. They also suggest that malicious Windows Metafiles could merely remain "dormant" until shimgvw.dll is re-registered.

The exploit has been used to attack online forums which allow embedding of image files via <img> tags, prompting some gaming forums to disable <img> tags. Any site accepting image media upload, such as avatars, will also be vulnerable if this site accepts .wmf files, possibly masquerading as another media file format.

The exploit has also been used by an instant messaging worm, which appears to provide a backdoor for later exploitation via an IRC bot.

The McAfee antivirus company said the WMF vulnerability is being exploited to drop over 30 variants of the Bifrose backdoor trojan horse, and exploitation by other malware is likely. McAfee estimates the first generation of such exploits had infected more than 6% of their customer base by 31 December 2005.

"The WMF vulnerability probably affects more computers than any other security vulnerability, ever," said Mikko of F-Secure.

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Descobrixen vulnerabilitat seriosa dels arxius WMF de Microsoft Windows Descubren vulnerabilidad seria de los archivos WMF de Microsoft Windows


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Talk:Microsoft Windows metafiles are a vector for computer viruses

Is this even news?
Is it binary? Is Microsoft Windows involved? Then it's a vector for computer viruses. We already know this. Is this even newsworthy? 67.189.63.57 23:09, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Sources not linked from article
Metasploit's sample exploit ( explanation )

Slashdot's coverage:

Metafilter's coverage:

MediaWiki's vulnerability
I preformed a few minor tests to verify that MediaWiki does not allow uploads of .wmf files, or .wmf files renamed to .jpg, but these don't warent an OR tag. I don't know if there is some format under which MediaWiki can be tricked into mistakenly accepting a .wmf file, nor if MediaWiki running under Windows uses system DLLs for file type identification, and thus is vulnerable itself. Nyarlathotep 19:41, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Okay, we are vulnerable. Commons accepts .wmf files mascarading as .ogg files. However, I've yet to find any format which is natively displayed by MediaWiki, oggs are just an offsite link, even if they are not offsite. Nyarlathotep 21:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Will that play anywhere though. Mediawiki displays that as a speaker icon. If you download it, your mediaplayer will just say the file's gibberish. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:31, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

 * If you download it, and somewhere along the way, any of the vulnerable dll parse the file (for example, after checking the file header to discover it's really WMF), then you probably could be infected. Whether that does happen is another question. -- KTC 00:42, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Breaking?
I have no idea if this is really breaking news, virus vulnerabilities are traditionally handled in pretty obscure channels, but this seems like a really really big one, and the exploits seem nastier than usual. Nyarlathotep 16:40, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * News broke yesterday of it (NPR and WINS carried the story) but I wasn't able to gather sources and find out which versions of Windows were affected and how. ▪ NeoAmsterdam TalkEdits 17:22, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Everything is effected: no official patch exists. Somebody even claimed that they accedentally infected their DOS machine running wget, meaning that the metafile got run somehow once it was downloaded.  Nyarlathotep 17:48, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Not a DOS machine, but a "DOS box" -- a misnomer for the cmd.exe command prompt. (black text window thing) The code was executed instantly because a filesystem filter driver detected the new file as soon as it was written to disk. In order to index the file for searching, the filter driver used vulnerable Windows code to examine the file. 24.110.60.225 02:47, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't know about anyone else, but this has been in practice for many... many years now. WMF was widely exploited since about the time that the ASF/WMV "hacks" came into place.  That being said, I don't think it should be breaking - and I think the focus of this article should switch to the patch rather than the vulnerability, which has been known and exploited for years. (see )  --MrMiscellanious – Happy New Year – 17:53, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think your linked article is the same issue at all, as we arn't talking about a buffer over/underflow here. Here we appear to have a vunlerability which is trivial to exploit, works on all Windows machines, and is actively being exploited by the worst sorts of people, along with hosts of online forum pranksters.  I've seen people say "An IM worm was only a matter of time", but they always appear to be referring to the initial discovery of the an outbreak on Dev 27th, although that is not absolutely clear, I could be wrong about its exploitation history.  Anyway, its not clear to me that any computer virus stories should be considered breaking news, but this one seemed like a probable candidate, revert if you disagree.  Nyarlathotep

 * The code, to my understanding, only executes under a buffer overflow. So, I would say it is very relevent to point out that this is not new information, and has been discovered for years.  --MrMiscellanious – Happy New Year – 23:56, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Not my understanding of this vulnerability, but yes it is not extremely new but has been talked about since November. It is currently widely exploited by spyware but not much malware (haven't heard of any.) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 00:56, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * You're confused. There were two vulnerabilities in quick succession. The first one was a buffer overflow in November that was easy to fix. The second one, made public on December 27, is a serious design flaw which seems to go back 15 years to Windows 3.0. It's not a buffer overflow, and thus won't be stopped by most things that work against buffer overflows. Unlike a buffer overflow, this is easy to write a solidly reliable exploit for. You can exploit essentially all versions of Windows with the same WMF. 24.110.60.225 02:52, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, it's only a "serious design flaw" because we have the benefit of hindsight and living in a different computing world than that of 15 years ago. The same can be said of TCP/IP not have much consideration for security in its protocol design. It didn't need it when it was invented. Unfortunaly, just not the case anymore. -- Wikipedia:User:KTC 05:37, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Has this vunerability been exploited in the wild yet?
Tabbed as NPOV because of concerns over the title.

has this vunerablity actually been epxloited in the wid yet?

ShakespeareFan00 20:15, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I think you miss-read the title, as I did once myself, dispite the fact that I wrote it. I'll renamed the article to something less likely to cause miss-readings and remove the tag.  Feel free to restore the tag if you don't think I managed to address the issue.  Or just rename the article yourself, I'm not picky about the title.  Yes, its has a number of wild exploits, mostly trojans, but it also has an IM worm.  Nyarlathotep 20:27, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes. See External links in Wikipedia's article - 2005 WMF vulnerability. -- Wikipedia:User:KTC 20:32, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I know The Reg isn't exactly a credible and reliable news source, but they do take this sort of stuff seriously. Their article starts off "Hackers have created a range of Trojan programs which exploit a dangerous new Windows Meta File vulnerability."  Note the use of past tense: It's confirmed and wild. ▪ NeoAmsterdam TalkEdits 21:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Am I the only one
who first read WMF as wikimedia foundation? Bawolff ☺☻ 22:32, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * lol The only one who will admit it so far. ;) --Ikester 23:01, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Suggestion
Change the article name from Microsoft Windows metafiles are a vector for computer viruses to Microsoft Windows are a vector for computer viruses ;-) --ren
 * But that wouldn't be news.

Patch Available
Windows XP just notified me that there was a fix for something unspecific...

Size: 196 KB - 710 KB

''A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.''

More information for this update can be found at

The link doesn't seem to lead anywhere, and searches for patches related to the KB article 912919 doesn't turn up anything. Can't find any sources. Hmm...

More information is available here... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-jan.mspx --anon 70.92.174.251 20:40, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I just checked [http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com], there is an update. KB912919, see this security bulletin.  This should be written as a new article. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:47, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The update requires a restart... C-ya! Brian McNeil / talk 20:49, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I have reverted this because the availability of a patch should be a new story that has a ==Related news== section with a link to this story. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:02, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Love to, but I'm anon. ;) Someone else will have to handle that, I guess. Still, though, I figured it'd be worth mention until a new article actually existed... --anon 70.92.174.251 21:06, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * As an anon there is absolutely nothing stopping you from starting a new story, just fill in the title you want in the box on the main page and have a go. Not registering an account will only stop you doing some things like renaming stories. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:09, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, I'm used to the WP convention of anonymous users being prohibited from creating new articles. Well. I don't have much to contribute, but I'll give it a shot. Thanks. --anon 70.92.174.251 21:52, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I have created a stub article at Microsoft releases emergency patch for WMF exploit, hope you're happy to contribute to that. --Brian McNeil / talk 21:38, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure this really warrants a seperate news story. Patches are just whats expected. Not releasing a patch would be a news story. But releasing an emergency patch 5 days ahead of their scheduled monthly patch update doesn't seem like a news story to me. I recommend generalizing the new story to cover all responces to the exploit, not just Microsofts. We can continue this conversation on Talk:Microsoft releases emergency patch for WMF exploit. Nyarlathotep 22:17, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This was a significant exploit, I had coworkers that got hit by it and had major problems getting cleaned up. They didn't do anything stupid, this was an exploit without a patch.  Most other issues have been exploits reverse-engineered from patches.  I think the stub I mention above has become an okay article, can we continue any discussion on this on it's talk page? --Brian McNeil / talk 22:24, 5 January 2006 (UTC)


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Talk:Steelers defeat Lions to advance to NFL playoffs

Has Bettis actually officially stated he's retiring?

 * No, you're right. It's not yet official. Johnny Q 07:11, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I've redirected Pittsburgh Steelers defeat Detroit Lions, a fairwell to Jerome Bettis here
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The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Detroit Lions on a hard fought game on both sides. This is the last season that Jerome the bus Bettis will be playing for The Pittsburgh Steelers, Bettis rushed for many yards and scored at least one touchdown. His fans and players supported him throughout all of his years at Pittsburgh. Joey Harrington for the Detroit Lions did not do as good as he usually has produced and gave up touchdowns.

Feel free to merge any content you feel is appropriate. Nyarlathotep 01:11, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Editprotected request
Please change category "North American football" to "Football (American)". Maxim (talk)  17:37, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Brian McNeil / talk 13:11, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Typo
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quater => quarter Van der Hoorn (talk) 12:44, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

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Bolivian President-Elect takes 50% pay cut to aid social programs

January 2, 2006

So more staff can be hired for Bolivia's education, health and social programs, President Elect Evo Morales announced that he and his cabinet will take a 50% pay cut. The 46-year-old leader slashed his future salary of about $3600 a month to $1800.

Raising Bolivia from its situation as one of the poorest countries in the world is a primary intention of the president elect. "It's a question of sharing the country's situation among us all." said Morales. "This is a democratic revolution and we will answer the Bolivian people's call." Cabinet ministers and all 157 members of Morales' party that were elected to Congress will also take a 50% pay cut, Morales said. The salaries of 157 substitute congressmen will be eliminated.

Morales, who is known across the country as "Evo", is Bolivia's first native Indian president. Growing up in poverty has marked his politics. He often says, "For a handful of people there is money, for the others, repression." Evo will soon move from his rented single room of a shared house to Bolivia's presidential palace.

Morales also met with business and civic leaders on Tuesday in a conciliatory meeting. Morales said his government would create a stable legal and economic environment to attract investment and create jobs which was applauded by the Bolivian elite.

"I do not have a professional education, but it is important that we co-operate. You have the professional capacity, I have the social consciousness".


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Wikinews talk:Blocking policy

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Rangeblock info

 * Helpful rangeblock info and tools
 * en.wiki
 * MediaWiki
 * Rangeblock helper
 * Range Calculator - use this if unsure if an IP is within a range

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If this is true, then why do all other wikis block IPs for less than indef? Open proxies are rarely open for long, so instead, a shorter time span should be fixed. Griffinofwales (talk) 00:57, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Not sure why we do them indef, but there was some community discussion on the matter in this archived water cooler thread that might be of help. Cheers. Tempodivalse [talk]  01:07, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Griffinofwales (talk) 01:08, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Out of date?
There's a few sections in here that seem quite iffy. For example, Blocking_policy states that admins should inform Jimbo, which I doubt is current policy. Could someone do an overhaul? — μ 12:27, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

JOIN ME IN MY FIGHT TO DESTRY WIKINEWS!1!!1!!
This policy is complete bullshit. It should either be completely rewritten or just correct the inconsistencies. It introduces itself using "It is up to admins to use their discretion to decide when to block, and how long for [...]." Then says: "For vandalism and breaches of the three revert rule, admins should block for up to 24 hours." This should be fixed, to prevent disputes, and all that jazz. アンパロ Io ti odio! 21:23, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
 * sofixit — μchip08 01:20, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The page is mostly guidelines, which frankly makes sense. Some of the guidelines are indeed out of date with what is currently considered best practice, and should be updated.  --Pi zero (talk) 22:10, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Detalise
This policy may need to be elaborated (like discussed at one of the last workshop meetings); one of things to clarify may be the blocking policy length which per Brian McNeil is

 * In case of spamming,
 * 24 hour block
 * If 24 hour block expires, and they spam again, double the block.
 * If they spam after that - a week-long block.

Generally the reading doesn't seem to be complete and I have to ask others about how to block, or just wait; we might try to bring it to be a self-sufficient guide.

--Gryllida 12:00, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

 * Better guidance could indeed be helpful to admins. What we don't want is for admins to hesitate to use common sense, nor anyone to be tempted into wikilawyering; so the more detailed guidance we provide, the more important it becomes to keep the heuristic tone apparent in the way we phrase things.

 * Various contextual circumstances would greatly vary the above rule of thumb, for example. --Pi zero (talk) 12:27, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

 * I'd just like to make it clear, per contact yesterday from Gryllida that I will be taking no part in the revision or updating of the blocking policy, or writing any essays in relation to the same. I consider my own views on blocking here to be exceptionally strong, compared to the weak assed POS we have now which lets people off with a slap on the wrist and a 5 minute time out.  - I believe if people want to bugger around with the site, we should treat them like they treat us. Hit them hard, hit them heavy, and stop them causing anymore trouble. There shouldn't be a fear of using administrative functions when needed, and using them with good effect. Just use them right. BarkingFish (talk) 21:14, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

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