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Talk:Colin Powell Resigns as U.S. Secretary of State, Rice Likely Successor/Review

This article has been submitted for review by the Wikinews community. The review period is currently a minimum of 8 hours for regular articles and 4 hours for urgent stories. An article needs to find consensus - no objections - in the following categories in order to be accepted for publication. See also Article stages for information on what constitutes a valid objection.

Is the article neutral?
''All factual claims need to be attributed or sourced. On-topic information which is relevant to the article should be added. Off-topic information should NOT be added to "balance out" an article.''
 * yep. Lyellin 17:41, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Is the article accurate and have sources been cited?
''All facts should be verifiable. Factual claims which are attributed to a person or group, but considered false by another person or group can remain in the article as long as the controversy is accurately represented.''

The article is accurate, but the sources were not strictly primary sources. I have added links to the briefing Powell made regarding his resignation and the copy of his letter made available by the State Department. It may be worth going through the briefing and raising some of the queries mentioned therein in this article prior to publication. --BenM 05:19, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The article is inaccurate or misleading as its use of words like "replacement", "chosen" and "successor" for Rice and Gonzales implies that they will automatically be filling the post. In fact this is not certain. Rice and Gonzales are currently only nominees, and must first be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. See google news searches for "gonzales confirmation" or "rice confirmation". -- en:User:KeithTyler

 * Is the current version better in this regard?--Eloquence

 * Looks good to me, there's a clear trail of where reports regarding Rice's appointment has come from (Reuters citing senior BushCo types). Even if someone else (e.g. Wolfowitz) gets the job, the statement is still valid because we're only reporting what some officials are tipping.  --BenM 16:56, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Better now. Lyellin 17:41, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The article assumed that other Bush administration officials were "hawkish" - a term that implies an aggressive desire for war and/or exploitation. Better to cite a source which holds this view. It's a matter of considerable dispute whether Bush et al. actually favored or desired war -- or just felt it was a last resort and were reluctant. Despite countless hours of research -- including reading insider books like Misunderestimated by Bill Sammon, I've been unable to find any proof that ANYONE on the Bush team preferred war over diplomacy. If we can find evidence of this, this would not flip us from unsure to sure - but from unsure to NEUTRAL. That is, we should say that some sources indicate the Bush team preferred diplomacy, while other sources indicate that some of them wanted war all along.

Note that it is primarily US Democrats and other anti-Bush advocates who pro mate the POV that Bush et al. wanted war all along. Unless Wikinews is planning to adopt an anti-Bush POV as its official policy, I hope to nip this sort of thing in the bud. We should be neutral, or this project will fail. Ed Poor 15:51, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Is the article legal?
''Does the article violate any laws of the state of Florida in the United States? Specifically, does it violate other people's copyright, in text or images? Please make sure that no images have been directly copied from a non-free source without permission, and that any brief text quoted from a non-free source is attributed accurately. Use Google News and Google Search and pick individual phrases from the article to verify this.''
 * Seems to be. Lyellin 17:41, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Does the article comply with our policies and guidelines?
Aside from the above categories, does the article comply with Content guide and Style guide?'

The style guide specifies past tense, but the article makes heavy use of present perfect ("has resigned", "has been chosen"). - en:User:KeithTyler

 * Present perfect seems acceptable to me. I've amended the style guide accordingly. What do you think?--Eloquence 16:49, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * I think it's alright. First paragraph is a little shaky though. Lyellin 17:41, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Is the article comprehensive?
''Relevant information on the topic should be included, while keeping in mind timeliness. Given that an almost infinite amount can be said about any topic, objections in this category carry less weight than those in other categories.''

 * Yes. Lyellin 17:41, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)


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Talk:Brazilian soccer player's mother has been kidnapped

A style point for future articles: "Brazilian soccer player's mother kidnapped" looks better as a headline, to my eyes at least, than "Brazilian soccer player's mother has been kidnapped" does. In general, the present continuous tense sounds odd to me in most of these cases. In some languages (Greek, German) it's much more common, but in English for whatever reason it seems weird. --Delirium 07:53, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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User:Lyellin~enwikinews

So I clearly have disappeared for quite a long while here - This page was radically out of date. Impressive how much changes in four years. Glad to see WN still going strong, and many of the users I remember from the start still here. I occasionally pop on to copy edit when I need a break, and will continue to do so. Best wishes, all.

Links for me

 * Series of Thoughts
 * WikiBureau_United_States
 * User:Lyellin/2005UKlessons
 * User:Lyellin/Personal Challenge

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Talk:High-speed train derailment in central Queensland (Australia)

This article has been submitted for review by the Wikinews community. The review period is currently a minimum of 8 hours for regular articles and 4 hours for urgent stories. An article needs to find consensus - no objections - in the following categories in order to be accepted for publication. See also Article stages for information on what constitutes a valid objection.

Is the article neutral?
''All factual claims need to be attributed or sourced. On-topic information which is relevant to the article should be added. Off-topic information should NOT be added to "balance out" an article.''

Is the article accurate and have sources been cited?
''All facts should be verifiable. Factual claims which are attributed to a person or group, but considered false by another person or group can remain in the article as long as the controversy is accurately represented.''

Is the article legal?
''Does the article violate any laws of the state of Florida in the United States? Specifically, does it violate other people's copyright, in text or images? Please make sure that no images have been directly copied from a non-free source without permission, and that any brief text quoted from a non-free source is attributed accurately. Use Google News and Google Search and pick individual phrases from the article to verify this.''

Does the article comply with our policies and guidelines?
Aside from the above categories, does the article comply with Content guide and Style guide?'

Is the article comprehensive?
''Relevant information on the topic should be included, while keeping in mind timeliness. Given that an almost infinite amount can be said about any topic, objections in this category carry less weight than those in other categories.''

This isn't comprehensive in the slightest. It might have been comprehensive at 2am this morning, but a lot more has come out during the day, and it looks really bad if we're going to release articles that are so out of date. Ambi 12:01, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * I think this is a weakness of having to wait awhile for these things to be approved. Other media sources released an article something like this at the time I put it down for review, but by the time this article has been checked by an admin, it's already out of date.  Ideally, we'd release a snap brief summary of the item, followed by continually more comprehensive updates, but I don't see how it can work with the current proposed mechanism. Lankiveil 05:55, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I see no problem in the article
It seems ok to me.--carlosar 01:45 Nov 18 2004 (UTC)


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Wikinews:Capitalization poll

This page is a poll to help us decide on the capitalization policies for Wikinews. Voting ends January 21, 2005 at 00:01 UTC.

Title naming convention
Should page titles be capitalized using the upstyle approach? ("US President Bush Visits China For Trade Agreement" vs. the downstyle approach: "US President Bush visits China for trade agreement")?

Yes, Page Titles Should Be Capitalized (use "upstyle" headlines)

 * 1) Golbez 08:00, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Lankiveil 10:14, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC) (it's the best way to be consistent, otherwise we might have inconsistent capitalisation schemes. It's simple, anyone can do it, and it doesn't look out of place.)
 * 3) Angela 22:10, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Formulax 06:38, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) wpopp 14:36, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC) (as user Lankiveil, but all other things without capitalization)
 * 6) Francisco Melendez 19:09, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC) As a real newspaper would.
 * 7) jabelar I know it seems like a minor thing, but we should use the precedent of other news outlets, as reader familiarity will ensure a broader readership.
 * 8) Sarge Baldy 00:45, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC) This is the journalism standard, and I believe therefore should be used over the Wikipedia standard, even though I find it less visually appealing.
 * 9) Rhobite 15:05, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC) Wikinews won't adhere to all journalistic standards. That's why it's important that we follow the standards which we're capable of following.
 * 10) Ezhiki 15:44, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) LoganCale 21:17, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC) I think the title should be capitalized, yes.

No, page titles should not be capitalized (use "downstyle" headlines)

 * 1) Eloquence 11:31, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Ambi 11:59, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Anthere 18:19, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Foeke 18:26, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) TalkHard 21:48, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Delirium 07:50, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) Dittaeva 08:15, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) MacGyverMagic 08:36, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) carlosar 09:30, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) Fredrik 14:23, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) user:Zanimum
 * 12) Garrett Albright 08:27, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) Guaka 17:25, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) notafish 02:46, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 15) AaronSw 04:08, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 16) The bellman 06:01, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 17) Cap'n Refsmmat 21:20, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC) (no other sites capitalize! And besides, it's not as much of a "title" as just the link, and when you're listing news events like in a ticker you don't capitalize them.)
 * 18) IlyaHaykinson 00:51, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC) (check out a typical day at Google News: some news organizations capitalize everything, some don't. I think that it's more natural to read non-capitalized English)
 * 19) Regebro 01:11, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 20) Alexander 04:20, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 21) Estel 10:55, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC) (same as Wikipedia page titles/headline bits as well as anything else)
 * 22) Zarggg 14:43, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 23) Bjarki 14:56, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 24) Yann 20:31, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 25) Jeandré du Toit, 2004-12-05t13:33z
 * 26) NicoDietrich 15:36, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 27) Mcgeek 16:26, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 28) jkrusky 21:53, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 29) Vacuum 02:46, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 30) Whosyourjudas 03:57, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 31) me at work 19:22, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 32) Andrevan 19:55, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 33) Andrew pmk 22:12, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 34) Softssa 20:26, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 35) Tmh 19:51, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 36) Minh Nguyễn – Many major outlets don't capitalize everything these days: CNN ZDNet BBC Guardian ABC (au) MSNBC – 20:41, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 37) Greudin 19:20, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 38) DV 07:34, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) (I'm looking at the front page of the San Jose Mercury newspaper, and it uses lowercase. I agree with Maureen's comments below that it's not a matter of consistency, because this varies even in the established news media, so I vote for lowercase because it's easier to read.)
 * 39) Den fjättrade ankan 04:42, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 40) Davodd 00:29, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC) This poll's basic options are misleading - both headline styles are "capitalized", but use different approaches in application. (upstyle [cap all major words] vs. downstyle [only cap first word & proper nouns]). Most studies show that downstyle is easier for readers to use than upstyle. I have tried to clarify the questions with the proper journalistic terminology.
 * 41) Fred Condo 02:07, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC) downstyle
 * 42) Monet 20:21, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 43) Ford 03:08, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 44) Xcjm 04:41, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 45) Dan100 12:15, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 46) Simeon 14:25, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 47) AliceCrypto  (Talk|Contributions) 08:34, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 48) The bellman 13:46, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Headlines in articles
Should headlines within articles be capitalized ("Related Links" vs. "Related links")?

Yes, Headlines In Articles Should Be Capitalized

 * 1) Golbez 08:00, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) carlosar 09:30, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Lankiveil 10:15, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC) (see comment in article title section)
 * 4) Francisco Melendez 19:11, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC) For consistency.
 * 5) Ezhiki 15:44, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) LoganCale 21:18, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)

No, headlines in articles should not be capitalized

 * 1) Eloquence 11:31, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Ambi 11:59, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Anthere 18:19, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) Foeke 18:26, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) TalkHard 21:48, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Delirium 07:50, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) Dittaeva 08:15, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) MacGyverMagic 08:37, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) Fredrik 14:23, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) zanimum
 * 11) Formulax 06:38, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) Garrett Albright 08:27, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) Guaka 17:25, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) notafish 02:46, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 15) AaronSw 04:08, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 16) wpopp 14:44, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC) (It's more like normal text)
 * 17) The bellman 06:03, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 18) Cap'n Refsmmat 21:20, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC) (Goes along with the titles, I say)
 * 19) IlyaHaykinson 00:51, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC) (consistency with en)
 * 20) Zarggg 14:46, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 21) Bjarki 14:56, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 22) Yann 20:31, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 23) Jeandré du Toit, 2004-12-05t13:33z
 * 24) NicoDietrich
 * 25) Regebro, 16:14, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 26) Sarge Baldy 00:45, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 27) Whosyourjudas 03:57, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 28) Rhobite 15:05, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 29) me at work 19:22, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 30) Andrevan 19:55, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 31) Andrew pmk 22:12, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 32) Daniel Brockman 03:46, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC) (Consistency with Wikipedia)
 * 33) Tmh 19:51, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 34) Greudin 19:20, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 35) DV 07:38, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) (easier to read)
 * 36) Den fjättrade ankan 04:43, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 37) Fred Condo 02:08, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 38) Ford 03:08, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 39) Simeon 14:27, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 40) The bellman 13:39, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Headlines on index pages
Should headlines on index pages like the Main Page be capitalized ("Politics and Conflicts" vs. "Politics and conflicts")?

Yes, Headlines on Index Pages Should Be Capitalized

 * 1) Eloquence 11:31, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Foeke 18:26, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) TalkHard 21:48, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) BenM 05:22, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) Delirium 07:50, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) Golbez 08:00, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 7) carlosar 09:30, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 8) Lankiveil 10:16, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC) (see comment in article headline section)
 * 9) Angela 22:10, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 10) Formulax 06:38, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 11) Garrett Albright 08:27, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) The bellman 06:04, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) Francisco Melendez 19:14, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC) Most definitely. It only makes sense to me, not to mention consistency.
 * 14) Cap'n Refsmmat 21:20, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC) (Of course. It looks nicer on the main page, but not on the titles. Somehow.)
 * 15) IlyaHaykinson 00:51, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC) (voting yes; only capitalize section names, not the article titles themselves)
 * 16) Zarggg 14:47, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 17) Rhobite 15:05, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 18) Ezhiki 15:44, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 19) Andrevan 19:55, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 20) LoganCale 21:19, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 21) Xcjm 04:43, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)

No, headlines on index pages should not be capitalized

 * 1) Anthere 18:19, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) Dittaeva 08:15, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) Fredrik 14:23, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) notafish 02:47, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) AaronSw 04:08, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC) consistency people!
 * 6) wpopp 14:49, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC) Yes, consistency, excepted the page title
 * 7) Bjarki 14:56, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC) consistency please
 * 8) Yann 20:33, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 9) Jeandré du Toit, 2004-12-05t13:33z
 * 10) NicoDietrich
 * 11) Regebro, 16:14, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 12) Sarge Baldy 00:45, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 13) Whosyourjudas 03:57, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 14) me at work 19:22, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 15) Andrew pmk 22:12, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 16) Daniel Brockman 03:50, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC) (Consistency with Wikipedia)
 * 17) Tmh 19:51, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 18) Greudin 19:20, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 19) DV 07:37, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) (I agree with Maureen's comments below that it's not a matter of consistency, because this varies even in the established news media, so I vote for lowercase because it's easier to read.)
 * 20) Den fjättrade ankan 04:44, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 21) Davodd 22:26, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC) Headlines are - at ther essence - sentences.
 * 22) Fred Condo 02:08, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Ford 03:08, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 24) Dan100 12:19, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC) Consistency.
 * 25) Simeon 14:32, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) The bellman 13:35, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments

 * 1) I'm not voting because I'm not a member. But I am a newspaper copy editor and I'd like to make a couple of points: Whether you choose to capitalize every word in a headline or not, it's not a matter of consistency with other news organizations. At least in the USA, practice varies, but lowercase is more common in my experience. +If every word is capitalized, that has potential for ambiguity. Sometimes it's not immediately clear whether an expression is a proper noun or not. - I'm "Maurreen" on the English Wikipedia. 4.152.228.14 15:05, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 2) We should capitalize on common sense and normal writing rules, and not capitalize at all. :) There really is no reason to, at all. --Regebro 16:17, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 3) We need a "blanket vote", because most of these things are "keep consistant", so there needs to be a section "If you agree that all of the above are yes, please vote yes in the all of the above section.  Likewise, if you agree that all of the above should be no, please vote no in the all of the above section. --me at work 19:22, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 4) If we do decide to capitalize, we at least shouldn't capitalize prepositions like in the example at the top of this page. —Daniel Brockman 03:53, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 5) No matter what the so-called “concensus” reached here is, I will continue to capitalize all of my articles and contributions. — Francisco Melendez 20:52, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * 6) You seem to be under a misconception Francisco, that the articles you may write or contribute to are yours. They are not. Buen dia.-Stevertigo 22:05, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * No, no, no, I am saying that I will continue to capitalize articles I write—unlike Wikipedia, most articles here are written by one person—and will revert any vandals that try to move the page to lowercase titles. 17:55, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC) (Francisco, not logged in.)
 * 1) I join the growing list of professional journalists who doubt the viability of this project due to its over-awkwardness and general lack of understanding about HOW or even WHY news is written. Please remember: news is written for the reader, not the writer.  Davodd 01:58, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) After talking to the folk here my opinion has changed. 03:02, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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Wikinews talk:Workspace

Archive1

Making brief pages long
The Workspace did used to be very wordy. Then Pingswept cleaned it up a lot, making it much easier to use.

Pages like the Workspace don't need long, very wordy intros. Users simply do not read it, and it gets in the way of the function of the page. Dan100 (Talk) 08:05, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The purpose of the Workspace and why things are where they are
The workspace is the central hub through which article work takes place. There's a large clear header for 'Creating new articles', which sends would-be writers straight to the Writing an article page. Below that is the 'Work on existing articles' section, where editors can see what articles are works-in-progress and reach them easily. There's also brief pointers to the style and content guides and the Article flags guide. There's also links to update the front page leads (kept here, and not the front page, to reduce simple vandalism).

The purpose and reasoning is to enable work on articles very quickly and clearly, and no more. Dan100 (Talk) 15:22, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Please explain purpose of content in-line. People should not have to switch to a discussion page to find out what something is. It should be self-explanatory. Where it is self-explanatory, you should not go and document it again somewhere, it just makes more things to get out-of-date whenever something changes. - Simeon 03:00, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * The inline content is so you can see what's being worked on in each section, and as you can see it works very well. What else needs explaining? Dan100 (Talk)

Submit a story articles not displayed on workspace, may lead to duplication
Submit a story may contain articles which are not mentioned on the workspace page. This could lead to duplicate stories being filed. - Simeon 03:00, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Proposed solution 1: make Submit a story inline into the Workspace
 * Proposed solution 2: rm Submit a story
 * Proposed solution 3: embed Developing stories template into Submit a story and educate users to add their headline to it
 * Proposed solution 4: ask users of workspace to check Submit a story before starting a new story

 * This is a personal opinion, but Submit a story is a quick and easy way for someone to ask Wikinewsies to write a story for them. It is often not a well-written article, and may take a considerable effort on the part of a contributor to research and write the article. Where it has been well written, great! those article are quickly put up on the developing stories. Where not... if it languishes, or is superceded by an article from workspace, I guess I don't have much sympathy or remorse since the contributor might have taken the time to become familiar with the WN processes and written the article. - Amgine/talk 07:11, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I've had a fiddle, how's that? Someone give it a test-drive and find out what's wrong Dan100 (Talk) 07:50, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Dan, great! I've cleaned up the text a little to make it clearer how someone should edit/publish them. - Simeon 13:38, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Requested Translations
I took the liberty of adding a new section to the Workspace -- "Requested Translations". There are many non-English articles in other Wikinews versions that are not included here. While any and all translation requests are welcome, it would be very useful if people would post requests for translations of excellent articles. I just posted one. Oh, and I'll be filling translation requests myself -- mainly French to English. --Zantastik 06:31, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Fabulous, Zantastik! Thanks! - Amgine/talk 06:37, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Workspace changes
I have taken the Proposed Workspace and put it live. I think it is a cleaner layout and works well with the new /  system. Main changes I have made:
 * Removed Submit a story, deprecated
 * Made a separate and highly visible section for starting new articles
 * Removed the separate "stub" listing. I'm not yet convinced we need this, and it could turn out to be too much maintenance in addition to the tag.
 * Added a little navigation menu at the top

Thoughts?--Eloquence 3 July 2005 15:41 (UTC)

 * It looks very good. I made some adjustments - I removed the articles stages again, as I really don't think people want them back. They killed the site first time round, and I don't see why that should be any different this time round, either. Either an article's developing, or it's ready to be published - no need to complicate the matter. I also moved the lead update links higher to get to them more easily and made disputed articles slightly less prominent (not like we get many). Dan100 (Talk)

 * Yes, it's probably a good idea to keep the number of templates low. Let's try the simple approach first and see if we really need more tags.--Eloquence 3 July 2005 16:09 (UTC)

 * I have suggested a change on Wikinews_talk:Proposed_Workspace, that I think might make it look even nicer: I applied the new theme from the stage tags. Kevin Baastalk July 3, 2005 16:38 (UTC)

 * In general, it looks like this:

 * Thoughts? Kevin Baastalk 3 July 2005 18:47 (UTC)

See above. Solution looking for problem. Dan100 (Talk) 3 July 2005 21:17 (UTC)

 * I designed the original new workspace. I see that someone (was it you?) has implemented it.  Is there any more of a problem to the solution of it's design when i designed it the first time, then when i designed it the second time?  If so, what problem does the design of the first design solve that the second design does not? Kevin Baastalk 3 July 2005 23:28 (UTC)

 * And furthermore, what problems do your changes solve? I don't see any, so why shouldn't I revert them under the same pretense that you used to revert my changes?

 * I'm not adverse to discussion, figuring out what the consensus is, and applying the consensus, whatever it may be, irrespective of individuals' unique preferences. However, I dispute, on logical grounds, that, in the given situation, the reason you claim is sound. Kevin Baastalk 3 July 2005 23:38 (UTC)

(Just a quick interruption to the discussion at hand) - I really like the new workspace and submit a story interface. I think it's far more welcoming to newbies and not-so-newbies like me who haven't quite got the hang of the formatting. It'll be interesting to see the effect it has on submissions, I think it could get people submitting in a more thoughtful way but could also get people sneaking press releases etc in more easily, but they will be easily deleted. On the whole, I think it should really increase involvement. Well done all! ClareWhite 4 July 2005 11:01 (UTC)

 *  This may not be related to the new streamlined workflow, but we've seen a huge increase in both story submissions and publications. Congrats!  -- NGerda July 4, 2005 11:08 (UTC)

Not particulary, we're doing about the same as this time last week, give or take a few. The number of stories fluctuates wildly - and we're still far below the March peak.

Re: 'RFC' - it's just surplus to what we already have. If you have an issue with an article, you can mark it with an article flag, which will then list the article in the Disputed section. We don't need two ways to do the same thing. Dan100 (Talk) 5 July 2005 11:26 (UTC)

 * it's just a facade for the disputed category. the rfc tag puts it in the disputed cat, and it's simpler, more general, and less threatening.  The alternative would be a whole bunch of different disputed tags, as seen on article flags.  right now, if you put such an article flag on an article, it will show up in the "rfc" dpl, because that will put it in the "disputed category".  "rfc" does not have it's own category. people can go ahead and continue using the traditional disputed tags.  any of these tags will move the article to the rfc dpl.  for a newbie, however, it may be easier and less confusing to just use one tag for any dispute.  now that option is available, and they don't need to read a big tutorial about all the different dispute tags, they just see, "oh,  ".  it's there for newbies, to use fewer tags. Kevin Baastalk 5 July 2005 23:51 (UTC)

Verify English Translation
Someone should verify that my translation of Bavaria ha sido adquirida por SABMiller is accurate. The translation can be found at SABMiller acquires Colombian Grupo Bavaria brewery. Theshibboleth 13:35, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Evergreen
I re-added the Evergreen section to this page. As exists in most newsrooms, an "Evergreen" file is kept on stories that are not time sensitive, but are of interest and may be slower to develop than daily news or breaking news stories. It is where most investigative and feature(in-depth magazine)-type stories are kept. Unlike "Prepared" it is not about a story that has not yet happened. Unlike "Developing" - they are not listed on the front page since they could take days or weeks to finish (and are prone to being deleted as empty or ultra-short before they are finished). In the spirit of wiki, the reason for a public evergreen list instead of a single user's subpage sandbox is to allow collective community input on a long-form story from its creation instead of it being primarily one person's work. -- Davodd | Talk 16:19, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * That makes sense. There just wasn't any demand from editors for such a system. Dan100 (Talk) 12:37, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

rss feed for developing stories
I wonder if it would be possible to have a rss/atom feed just for developing stories. --JWSchmidt 23:27, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

SHORT summary of major pitfalls should be displayed
I SHORT summary of major article pitfalls should be displayed to prevent new users from getting ticked off by editors POV'ing and Minimaling their articles. --Sfullenwider 03:54, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Why no story on the page A1 Wall Street Journal article
Why no story about the page A1 Wall Street Journal article, the BBC article or the AP wire service article from late this week, all of which reported Britanica's response calling for a retraction of the Nature study? Signpost's strong bias in favor of Wikimedia Foundation interests should be an embarassment. 207.200.116.196 02:51, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

errors
Something's gone wrong with the workspace page. I keep seeing thing like 'UNIQ4ea58e5e503d1a61-nowiki52fc467e5e752d5100000001' on the page, and no left hand nav. Frankie Roberto 09:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I suggest commenting out the inclusion of Special:Newpages until the problem is fixed. 81.175.154.38 14:08, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The techies at meta are aware of the problem. Unfortunately, they are pondering as much as we are. Jason Safoutin 14:10, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Did exactly that until this is sorted out. --Deprifry|+T+ 20:06, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

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Hi Wikinewsies. Best to talk to me at en.wikipedia, I don't check my userpage here often.

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Wikinews:Legal Library

This page should eventually contain a fairly detailed discussion of possible legal issues that editors need to be aware of. For now, it is just an outline sketch, please add to it as needed.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, particularly articles 18 and 19 are often cited by people outside the United States as being grounds for the existence of freedom of speech, expression or of the press in those countries. The Universal Declaration is, however, not a treaty and is in no way legally binding. Citizens of countries with no constitutional freedom of speech or the press should refer instead to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which is a treaty and binds signatory states by international law.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is a ratified treaty granting certain rights, defined within that treaty to the citizens of those signatory countries which have ratified it. Some countries have specific declarations and reservations regarding certain rights as defined in the main text of the treaty. Article 19 covers freedom of speech, expression and the press.

Libel
Libel is the publication of deliberate and malicious falsehoods which are shown to be damaging to someone's reputation. Libel suits may be made in different juristictions, which may have different standards for deciding if a case before it can be ruled as libel.
 * Discussion of Libel and Press Freedom, from US Government

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Talk:Florida's Walt Disney World launches revamped attractions

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Please add sources (press release, coverage etc.).--Eloquence 16:56, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Here:   --    user:zanimum
 * http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/orl-bizstitch17111704nov17,0,6914840.story?coll=sfla-business-headlines
 * http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/moneystoryB1117STITCH.htm

I have fixed the Sources section. It seems ok to me now.--carlosar Nov 18 13:45 UTC 2004


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Hari Kostov resigns as prime minister of Macedonia

Prime minister Hari Kostov of Macedonia has resigned from his position as of Monday, November 15. The Macedonian parliament will meet on Thursday to decide whether or not to accept his resignation.

The BBC quoted Kostov, who was appointed last May, to have said that "there is no will for genuine teamwork" within the coalition, and that one of the parties in the current government has been promoting corruption and nepotism. Kostov also claimed that the preoccupation with the rights of Albanian ethnic minority in Macedonia was obstructing economic modernization, according to Reuters. Kostov himself was not a member of any of the coalition's parties.

Kostov's resignation was preceded by a referendum organized by the Macedonian opposition, aimed against a decentralisation law which would have given the Albanian ethnic minority in Macedonia additional rights. The referendum was declared null and void due to a low turnout. According to the NOS, some now fear that fights between Albanian guerrillas and the Macedonian army, which came to a halt in 2001, will start again.


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Neutrality
Ok. --carlosar Nov 17 11:43 UTC 2004

Accuracy
It seems ok. --carlosar Nov 17 11:43 UTC 2004

Legality
No images, no legal issues, I can't see any trouble, it is ok. --carlosar Nov 17 11:43:53 UTC 2004

Writing
It is good to me, but I am not an native English speaker. Someone in USA or UK, or another English language country could check it.--carlosar Nov 17 11:43 UTC 2004

Policies
Ok.--carlosar Nov 17 11:43 UTC 2004

Comprehensiveness
Ok. Again: it is good to me, but I am not an native English speaker. Someone in USA or UK, or another English language country (or someone really good in English) please check it.--carlosar Nov 17 11:43 UTC 2004


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Senator Harry Reid elected Democratic minority leader

Democratic Senator Harry Reid has been elected the new leader of the Democratic party in the Senate. Reid, from Nevada, replaces out-going leader who lost his re-election bid in the state of South Dakota. Reid was re-elected with 61% of the vote in the.

Reid won the position as the Republican party still holds majority in both houses of Congress. (R-IL) and Tom DeLay (R-TX) were re-elected by the Republicans for new terms as and  in the House of Representatives.

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Majority of Dutch parliament against accentuation of anti-blasphemy article

The proposal from Dutch Minister of Justice Piet Hein Donner to strengthen the anti-blasphemy provisions of the criminal code has been rejected by a majority of the Tweede Kamer, the country's parliament. Donner put forth the proposal shortly after the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, but denied that Van Gogh's death had anything to do with the proposal.

NOS reported that Donner's own party, the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), supported his proposal. However, their two coalition partners — the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie, VVD) and Democrats 66 (D66) — announced they would not back the ban. The Labour Party, the largest opposition party, also refused to vote in favour. Without their support, the motion could not be passed. Consequently, NRC Handelsblad reports, Donner withdrew his proposal.

Although the Dutch criminal code already makes blasphemy illegal, the law has only been enforced three times since the 1930s. The article in question states that anyone who ridicules a cleric or relic may be imprisoned for up to three months. According to Dutch broadcaster RTL, Member of Parliament Lousewies van der Laan (D66), will make a motion on November 17 to have the article removed entirely from the criminal code.


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Hi,

welcome to the Wikinews demo! Would you mind adding the articles you start to the appropriate section in Workspace? That's the only page which currently lists all articles in progress.--Eloquence 19:28, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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.

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Talk:Iran Agrees to Suspend Uranium Conversion

The name is hexa fluoride and not hexaflouride.--201.6.21.4 19:27, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * I have no knowledge of the topic, but the wikipedia article is Hexaflouride, and hexa is almost always a prefix to another word. In this case I'd suspect something like a 10 atomed flouride, or perhaps a flouride with a specific number (10), or neutrons, electrons, protons, something like that. Lyellin 20:55, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)


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Talk:Majority of Dutch parliament against accentuation of anti-blasphemy article

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The news organizations (television stations?) NOS and RTL aren't well known on a global scale, so the article reads a little bit oddly: When I first saw "According to RTL...", I thought this was reporting the position of a political party with acronym RTL, and only later figured out it was a news organization. I'm not sure how to better word this though. Something like "According to broadcaster RTL..." sounds a little bit funny. --Delirium 03:08, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Blasphemy is already illegal in the Netherlands. Donner wanted to update the legislation about it, but the Tweede Kamer now wants to remove that law altogether. Therefore, I think this article is factually incorrect. 131.211.151.242 08:16, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * BTW NOS is reputable source here in the Netherlands. We should have some rule about the use of local sources. 131.211.151.242 08:34, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * You've got a point there. Any suggestions for a title which covers the contents better? Foeke 17:07, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * I agree. We must discuss about local sources, although I think they are necessary sometimes--carlosar 01:15 Nov 18 2004 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and changed the title to something more appropriate. Foeke 20:22, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Superb - let's get this published! Ambi 12:51, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I'm intrigued by this european law against blasphemy. I think it ought to be included in the article, a short description of what "blasphemy" entails. I'm curious.Rainbird 20:11, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Note: The name of the D66 Member of Parliament refered to is *Lousewies* van der Laan, not Medy van der Laan (no relative, although also D66), who is state secretary for media affairs. --82.171.130.244 17:08, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Change the title?
I suggest we change the title of this article to Majority of Dutch parliament against strengthening of anti-blasphemy law. I feel this would make it easyier for people to know what the article is about.


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President of Brazil meets Vietnamese President

According to Brazilian official sources Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian President will meet with the President of Vietnam Mr. Trần Đức Lương today at 11:30 AM at the Palácio do Planalto (Plateau Palace), the Presidential official residence, in Brasília, Brazil. At 13:00 (1:00 PM) there will be a lunch with the Brazilian and Vietnamese Presidents and comitive.

According to Brazilian official sources the Brazilian and Vietnamese Presidents will talk about economic cooperation between the two countries, mainly the production of ethanol. United Nations (UN) reform and the effort by Vietnam to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be discussed as well.


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Should we be using words like "today" in news article titles? Unless the article is read on the same day it is written, the word becomes insignificant... Garrett Albright 08:12, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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I really need to update this page.

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I'm too lazy to replicate my userpage, so just check out Goobergunch from Wikipedia-en. --Goobergunch

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Brazilian President meets President of South Korea

November 16, 2004

BRASÍLIA, Brazil – Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the, met with the of the Republic of Korea Mr. at 5:30 PM at the Palacio do Planalto (Plateau Palace), the Presidential official residence, in Brasilia, Brasil. At 8:00 PM there was a dinner with Brazilian and South Korean Presidents and comitive.

At the dinner Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said South Korea is a strategic partner in Asia and he also said that business between Brazil and Korea in 2004 will be 3 billion. Mr. Lula said Brazil supports Korea in their effort to join the (IDB).

According to official sources Brazil and South Korea also discussed energy and natural resources cooperation agreements. They signed the Broad Relationship of Cooperation for Common Prosperity in the XXI Century agreement which covers natural resources, science, information technology and technology in general.


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Firefox 1.0 Internet Browser released by Mozilla Foundation

November 16, 2004

Mozilla 1.0, a free , has been released on November 9, 2004 by the  Foundation.

Some major characteristics of the browser are: pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated RSS news reader, themes, online fraud protection, extendable with add-ons and multi-platform (it works on, and ). As of November 16, 2004, there are Firefox versions in the following languages: Norwegian, Polish, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Greek, Korean, Spanish, Russian, Slovenian, Czech, English, Romanian, German, Hebrew, French, Hungarian, Swedish and Catalan. Other languages should appear later.

Firefox has grown rapidly in popularity, with a Preview Release of the 1.0 version surpassing 10 million downloads in days. The browser has received critical acclaim by some magazines and is seen by many as a real competitor to 's, which currently holds over 90% market share. Here's what some reviewers have said about Firefox:

 * "Move over, Internet Explorer. Feature-studded and secure, Mozilla Firefox 1.0 is a safer, better choice for Internet browsing." CNet

 * "All told, Firefox is clean and fast. If you want a browser that respects your PC intelligence and helps you get things done, Firefox is a good place to start." PC Magazine

 * "Despite its small flaws, Firefox is an excellent browser that is within a [sic] two years of unseating Microsoft IE from its throne." PCWorld

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British white paper on public health

UK Health Secretary John Reid has proposed widespread legislative and health care changes in a new white paper on public health released Tuesday. Titled "Choosing Health", the paper details government plans to restrict smoking in public places, limit 'junk food' advertisements to children, make available "lifestyle trainers", campaign against sexually transmitted diseases and tobacco, and improve food labelling.

The white paper comes after extensive public comment that involved 150,000 people.

Smoking would be restricted in enclosed public spaces, restaurants, workplaces, and some pubs. The ban would be enacted gradually, affecting government and NHS buildings in 2006, enclosed public places in 2007, and private property in 2008. Permanent exemption would be granted to pubs that do not serve prepared food -- though not at the bar -- as well as private clubs, a decision that has provoked some to call the measure incomplete. Up to 90% of pubs are expected to be affected. The Scottish executive proposed a complete ban on smoking in enclosed public places last week, and Ireland has already banned smoking in pubs and restaurants.

Food advertisements targeted to children would be banned until 9pm, under the White Paper's proposals. The restriction is a measure to tackle rising rates of childhood obesity. The government also intends to develop voluntary standards on food and drink advertisements to children with industry, only threatening legislation if an acceptable standard is not reached by 2007. Additionally, low income families would receive vouchers for fresh fruit, vegetables, milk, and infant formula. School lunches would also be held to stricter nutritional standards. Reid has warned that unless childhood obesity is tackled, "we face the prospect of children having shorter life expectancy than their parents".

Food labelling would also be improved, with a "traffic light" system implemented. Packaged food would be evaluated based on its fat, sugar, and salt content.

The paper is unusual for suggesting a more holistic approach to health care, offering for the first time "lifestyle trainers." The National Health Service would be funding with an additional £1bn to make people's overall lives healthier, which is expected to save £30bn in preventable illness.

The paper additionally makes mention of reducing accidents, which affected 2.7m people last year and is a leading cause of child death, curb binge drinking, and reduce substance abuse among youths.

The paper has been criticized by many parties. The Tory Shadow Health Secretary has criticized the Labour government's comprehensiveness and creation of a "new nanny state approach". He has additionally described it as "gimmicks". The Liberal Democrats have accused the government of not being comprehensive enough. It has also been criticized by the British Medical Association as being implemented too slowly, saying "When lives need saving, doctors act immediately".

Mr. Reid has argued against the nanny state label, saying "In a free society, men and women ultimately have the right within the law to choose their own lifestyle, even when it may damage their own health. But people do not have the right to damage the health of others, or to impose an intolerable degree of inconvenience or nuisance on others ... This is a sensible solution which balances the protection of the majority with the personal freedom of the minority in England".

The full white paper "Choosing Health" can be read here.

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A few points, having edited it so far: --119 07:22, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure about what citation method we will use... This one just kept me from losing track, no big deal if you change it.
 * Adult health foods has a good deal of information out there that is not yet covered
 * I kind of missed the overall 'healthy living' and preventative care theme
 * Oh and completely missed the government ad campaigns on STDs and cigarattes

 * I dunno much about the law. That being said, I agree that I'm not sure how the citation method we will use will wind up being, but the article was well written and SEEMS comprehensive. Lyellin 16:24, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

This article has sat for 8 hours, but it has been edited by no one but the original author (the IP was me). I would appreciate having any passing wikipedian edit the article or, failing that, you decide to call it published. I think it suffers from having only one editor. --119 17:26, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)


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British-Iraqi careworker Margaret Hassan reportedly killed

The British-Iraqi careworker Margaret Hassan, who was kidnapped in Iraq over a month ago, may have been killed by her kidnappers, according to the husband of the 59-year-old. He was informed by the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs after analysis of a videotape showing the execution of a blindfolded woman. Al Jazeera was also said to have received the tape days ago, but after delaying to confirm Hassan's identity, ultimately decided not to broadcast it.

The international organization CARE was shocked by the news. Hassan led the CARE-department in Iraq for years.

Since her kidnapping on October 19, 2004, has appeared on several tapes pleading for her life. She made a personal request addressed to Prime Minister Tony Blair to remove British troops from Iraq to meet her kidnappers demands.


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Australians talk tough ahead of Brisbane test match

November 17, Brisbane, Australia - The Australian cricket team has brashly talked up their chances of winning the first trans-Tasman test, which is due to begin in Brisbane tomorrow.

Bowler Shane Warne has stated that he will be targeting New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming, Glenn McGrath has revealed that he will be after Nathan Astle, and Australian batsman Matthew Hayden has vowed to hit New Zealand bowler Daniel Vettori out of the ground.

The New Zealand team's reaction to this Australian bravado was muted. "It's just history repeating itself", said former New Zealand coach and former test player John Bracewell. "They just have a set of lines they've been using since I've been coming over here and it's exactly the same story, just a different name saying it. It's just repetitious", he went on to say. New Zealand batsman Scott Styris went further, labelling the Australians' comments as "a yawn".

Australia is widely tipped to win the opening match of the two test series, especially due to New Zealand's loss of frontline players James Franklin, Darryl Tuffey and Shane Bond to injury.


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 * I don't see anything wrong with any of these sections. Lyellin 16:13, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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My only objection:
 * What is a trans-Tasman? Is it the same meaning we find in trans-Tasman ? If the answer is yes I think a simple link to Wikipedia solves the problem. --carlosar 01:15 Nov 18 2004 (UTC)
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I change the bit about how Firefox is "called Camino" on OS X. This was simply inaccurate. Come on guys, that was really obvious; this should not have been a green article. - Prell

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"(...)The browser has received critical acclaim and is seen by many as a competitor to Microsoft's Internet Explorer" -> This paragraph could be better. It seems there is a little bias here and no neutrality. Who says Firefox is better("critical acclain")? The users? The magazine editors? Can you prove that?--carlosar 01:15 Nov 18 2004 (UTC)

My suggestion is change to: '' Firefox has grown rapidly in popularity, with a Preview Release of the 1.0 version surpassing 10 million downloads in days. The Microsoft's Internet Explorer, a competitor browser, currently holds over 90% market share according to polls.''

or something like that.-carlosar 01:15 Nov 18 2004 (UTC)

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I have made a little change. Reason:Fix a probable Neutrality problem.--carlosar 01:45 Nov 18 2004 (UTC)

''Firefox has grown rapidly in popularity, with a Preview Release of the 1.0 version surpassing 10 million downloads in days. Microsoft Internet Explorer, a competing browser, holds between 75-90% of the browsing market share.'' -> I think it is much better. It is ok now. --carlosar 01:55 Nov 18 2004 (UTC)

 * The prior version is factually accurate and presents the critic's acclaim as their own, not Wikinews'. I've heard no one say IE has a market share of 75%. Reports on the decline of IE market share talk of a slip from 9x to 9x%, etc. It's simply overwhelming. 75% is less accurate than the existing version. The browser has received critical acclaim and is seen by many as a competitor to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which currently holds over 90% market share. --119 04:04, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Sorry, reading it more, just got home. "over 90% according to polls" is not accurate as that's just not how web metrics are recorded...

Support for critical acclaim: From Firefox site: “Beware of spyware. If you can, use the Firefox browser.” - USA Today

“Better than Internet Explorer by leaps and bounds.” - FORBES

Others: "Despite its small flaws, Firefox is an excellent browser that is within a two years of unseating Microsoft IE from its throne." PCWorld

"Move over, Internet Explorer. Feature-studded and secure Mozilla Firefox 1.0 is a safer, better choice for Internet browsing." CNet

"All told, Firefox is clean and fast. If you want a browser that respects your PC intelligence and helps you get things done, Firefox is a good place to start." PC Magazine

{Written by Joshtek: From PC Format magazine issue 169 p18: "The free, alternative [to Internet Explorer] - and in our opinion, superior - browser [known as Mozilla FireFox] is so well-loved by its users that they're now donating money to find its development." }

Market share: "Internet Explorer held more than 95 percent of the U.S. browser market for several years, but its share dropped to 94.7 percent in July and had declined further to 92.9 percent on Oct. 29, WebSideStory Inc., a San Diego Web metrics company, said Tuesday." Internet Explorer loses market share, another

Neutrality Problem
I think we should prevent saying things like:"this is better than that", unless there is clearly a consensus (what it is not this case because I doubt Microsoft agrees - whether MS is right, or not ). If we do that we are in risk of advocating tendencies, what we should do not. Anyway, even if you want to emit an opinion, you must say clearly it is a opinion of someone, like this:"InfoWorld says XXXX software is better than that...etc". Another option is: you prove XXXX is better than YYYY by showing an reliable technicall test. Another thing: there will be always magazines saying that "XXX is better than that YYYY" or "YYY is better than XXX". A magazine can be biased and we must considering this.

It think we must be neutral, the more we can. --carlosar Nov 18 14:54:51 UTC 2004

I have made some little changes. Take a look, I think it is better now. --carlosar Nov 18 15:10 UTC 2004

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Add your comments below. Is there any reason why it's "minority head" instead of "minority leader"? Ambi 13:04, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)


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Russian Tatars not allowed to use Latin alphabet

November 16, 2004

— Russia's highest court has judged that living in the federal state of  may not apply the  to their language without permission from the federal government in Moscow. The Tatars had instituted legal proceedings because their differs greatly from, the BBC reports.

The law banning all alphabets but has been one in a long range of regulations and restrictions, claimed by officials to be designed to protect Russia's linguistic heritage. The Russian federal government has been cited to consider the use of a non-Cyrillic alphabet by federal states a 'separatist tendency'.


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Japan to reduce aid to China

Japan's Diet has proposed to reduce economic assistance given to China. Economic aid is currently given in the form of grants and technical assistance under the Official development assistance (ODA) program. ODA contributes to the development of the economies of states harmed by Japan during World War II, an approach pursued not only as restitution but to improve regional stability and to secure scarce natural resource trade.

Assistance to mainland China will total $8.9bn this year, making Japan an unusual second to the United States in aid. This is down 30% from 1997, and is the fourth year-on-year decline as of 2003. Loans to China total $30bn to date.

The ODA has been a key feature in Sino-Japanese economic and diplomatic relations. It was begun in the 1980s as China "opened up" to foreign investment. It is in part restitution for damage inflicted on China and atrocities such as the Rape of Nanking, seen in Chinese culture in much the same way as The Holocaust is in Western culture.

China is increasingly being seen as a competitor, however. Popular opinion in Japan is also increasingly resentful of what is perceived as anti-Japanese sentiment in China. Some feel that China should be grateful for ODA funds and that it is not. China has also been criticized by Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura for not being sufficiently cooperative with regards to environmental issues, which necessarily affect its eastern neighbor Japan.

The People's Republic of China's Communist leaders have also been criticized for violating human rights and effecting a military build-up. Some argue that economic aid should be tied to compliance on relevant standards.

Through the ODA, Japan enjoys the support of many developing nations in UN votes. When China did not react favorably to Japan's intention to seek permanent UN Security Council membership, The Japan Times criticized the aid as a "complete waste".

Asia Times Online predicts "it is inevitable that funds flowing to China are set for further downsizing."

Total Japanese expenditures on ODA have reached $221bn distributed to 185 nations. Currently, the biggest recipient of Japan's ODA aid is India. Japan may soon be outspent in aid to China by France, Germany and Italy.

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The first instance of this article was labelled review. That may seem very fast. I did that because in its current state, I feel it is capable of standing on its own as a useful piece, fact-checking and bias notwithstanding. With a minimum eight-hour delay, it seems appropriate that we be early in putting out work that is complete enough to be useful. --119 18:35, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * I don't see any problems currently. Lyellin 21:02, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Looks fine to me. Lankiveil 22:02, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * I think it is ok. --carlosar 01:25 Nov 18 2004 (UTC)

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CRS analyses al Qaeda statements

A report by the United States government's Congressional Research Service (CRS) analysing al-Qaeda statements was made public Tuesday. The report examines methods used, ideas presented, and audience intended in al-Qaeda public statements, and how they have changed over time. The CRS is an auxiliary research office for the United States Congress, and does not make its unclassified reports public.

The full report is available at the website of the Secrecy News project run by the Federation of American Scientists. Released November 16th, 2004, it is titled "Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology".

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The head of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, has revised his choice of 25 Commissioners after he was forced to withdraw his last list of candidates. Controversy was sparked by his choice of conservative Italian Rocco Buttiglione for the Justice Commissioner position, who made several statements regarding homosexuality and women that members of the European Parliament objected to.

His new line-up, according to the BBC, is mostly identical to his previous one; only two previous candidates (the Italian Buttiglione and the Latvian Ingrīda Ūdre) have been replaced. The European Parliament voted in favour the Commissioners on November 18th, giving Barroso and his staff the green light to start their official five-year term starting on Monday. While the Greens, Eurosceptics and the Communist Party voted against, the Commission secured the approval of the Parliament's biggest parties - the Socialists, the Liberals and the European People's Party. The vote ended with 449 in favour, 149 against and 82 abstentions, CNN reports.


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Sharon considered temporary Israeli coup in 1967

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon considered a temporary coup d'état of the Israeli government with other members of the Israeli military shortly before the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, it has been revealed.

Days leading up to the '67 Arab-Israeli War featured a build-up of Egyptian, Syrian, and Iraqi forces on the border that was perceived by many as a threat to the very existence of Israel. Military advisors pressured for a preemptive strike, which was felt necessary to offset Israeli numerical inferiority. Then-Prime Minister Levi Eshkol was under intense pressure from his cabinet and military on the decision to pursue diplomacy or war. Many pro-war officials considered war inevitable and a delay only harmful to Israel.

Ariel Sharon was a Major General in the Israeli military during the war. On May 28th, he advised the Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin that the cabinet could be detained and a coup declared. Sharon and others felt that the civilian government was unable to reach a necessary decision. The military would make the decision the government would not, and begin war in the government's best interests.

He explains: "We often asked whether in the State of Israel there could arise a situation in which the army takes control. And I always said it was impossible, that this couldn't happen in the State of Israel."

"And then, after the meeting on May 28, I said to the chief of staff and others who were present, that there had arisen a situation in which this could happen, and that it would also be well accepted - that is to say, to seize control not in the framework of wanting to govern, but in the framework of making a decision, the fundamental decision, and that [the] army can make it without the government."

"I don't remember if he agreed or not, but I think he also viewed it in this way."

Sharon stressed that no definite plan existed. However, he defended giving it serious consideration, saying: "They [the civilian government] would have accepted it with a sense of relief. That was my feeling."

Prime Minister Eshkol later decided in favor of war on June 5th. Ariel Sharon served as a commander of the Southern Division. His comments may be found in full in Ma'arachot, a publication by the Israeli defense ministry.


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Talk:Brazilian delegation returns from Arafat funeral/Review

The truth is that they arrived too late for the funeral--201.6.21.4 19:31, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * I have fixed it now. --carlosar

Radiobras or Agência Brasil or ABr is a state-owned news media. It is an official news source, from government.

Unfortunatelly the sources are in Portuguese. I suggest you ask someone who speaks Portuguese(besides me) check it. Also I suggest the use of translation tools like Alta Vista.--carlosar

Which one?
Which one: "November 13, Brazil" or "November 13th, Brazil" ? --carlosar Nov 17 10:26:00 UTC 2004


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Help:Reverting a page to an earlier version

To revert to an earlier version:
 * Go to the page, click on "Page history" in the sidebar (there are also "Page history" links on the bottom and top of every page), and click on the time and date of the earlier version you want to revert to. It will not work if you click on 'cur' or 'last'.
 * Then when that page comes up, you'll see something like "(Revision as of 23:19 Jul 15, 2003)" below the title, rather than "From {project name}".
 * Verify that you've selected the correct version, and click to edit the page, as you would normally.
 * You'll get a warning, above the edit box, about editing an out-of-date revision.
 * Ignore the warning and save the page. Be sure to add the word "revert" (or "rv") to the edit summary

Reverts and edit conflicts
Reverts never cause an edit conflict - if between you pressing edit, and then pressing post, someone else edits the page, their edits will be silently overwritten (though still in the page history). Beware of reverting high-traffic pages! Conversely, if it looks like someone has deleted your edits, consider if it's more likely that it's one of these unfortunate reversion conflicts.

Admin-only "rollback" link
On a user contributions page an admin has additional "rollback" links at lines which are also marked "top", i.e. the lines regarding edits of articles which are the last edit made by anybody to that article. Clicking on the link reverts to the last edit not authored by the user concerned, with automatic edit summary "Reverted to last edit by X".

If, between loading the User Contributions page and pressing "rollback" someone else has edited or rolled back the page already, one gets the message "Rollback failed" with explanation.

If the user concerned has created the page and been the only editor, even though a rollback link appears, clicking it gives the message "Cannot revert edit; last contributor is only author of this article."

This feature can not be used when the last two edits were by the same user, and one wants to revert the last one only.

The feature is especially useful in the case of a known vandal, whose edits one need not check anymore before reverting them.


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Help:Variable

This is a list of variables that can be used in the wikitext. The way they are rendered depends on the time, on the project, or on the page in which it occurs.

On the left is the variable, on the right how it is rendered at this time, in this project, on this page.

Constant, only depending on the project and parameters
"INT:" is used to get text from wfMsg, such as messages in the LanguageXx.php file (see example over). It is short for "internal".

Varying with time
NUMBEROFARTICLES: number of pages in the main namespace which contain a link and are not a redirect, i.e. number of articles, stubs containing a link, and disambiguation pages.

This depends on system variable $wgUseCommaCount If true, article count will only include those with commas (","). If false, will only count those with links (""). The default set in [[DefaultSettings.php is false, this can be changed in LocalSettings.php.

CURRENTMONTHNAMEGEN: is the genitive grammatical form of the month name (used in Finnish).

Depending on page
PAGENAMEE displays the page title in the form that is used in URLs, i.e. with underscores for spaces, and escape codes for special characters, and is therefore used for constructing URLs. For example, on a page called "Another test", PAGENAMEE would produce "Another_test" rather than "Another test". See also Variables  and

When used in a template, these three variables refer to the page in which the template is included, not to the template page.

Examples of combinations
See also m:Template:UTC.

In a template, for a link to a page which depends on a template parameter, the external link style is used even for internal links, to avoid that the system links to the edit page even if the page exists. To construct the external link, variables can also be useful.

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