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Dell delays filing of financials as accounting investigation continues

March 30, 2007 Dell Inc., a global leader in computer hardware manufacturing and sales, announced yesterday that it will delay filing of its annual performance report, the, required for compliance with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and listing rules.

In a press release, Dell explained that an audit committee of the company's board of directors is carrying out an investigation into accounting and financial reporting issues. The company stated that it would delay filing of the 10-K since the investigation had not been completed.

The internal investigation has found evidence of accounting errors, misconduct, and deficiencies in areas of financial control.

The chairman of Dell's audit committee,, indicated that the delay in filing would extend past the April 3, 2007 deadline as well as an April 18, 2007 extension date. "As we move toward the conclusion of our investigation, we are committing the time and resources required to ensure a thorough and comprehensive review and resolution of all identified issues and the implementation of appropriate remedial measures,” said Luce.

The investigation is to determine whether the restatement of any financial disclosures are warranted, based on the accounting errors identified. The probe will also assess whether there are deficiencies in Dell’s internal control over financial reporting.


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Boat capsizes in Guinea, up to 60 dead
A boat carrying around 120 passengers capsized and sank off the coast of Guinea and as many as 60 did not survive. State television called the type of boat a pirogue, which is usually used for fishing. However, many people living in coastal communities in Guinea use open boats to travel between towns due to the poor roads.

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Maradona out of danger
Diego Maradona, the Argentinian soccer legend is stable and recovering after being hospitalized on Wednesday. Doctors said that he was given sedatives to curb alcohol cravings. This is not the first health crisis for the 46 year-old Maradona.

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Thailand elections announced
Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has announced that a general election will be held on December 16 or 22. At the same time, he resisted requests from the military for emergency powers as anti-coup protests grow. Surayud was appointed prime minister by the military after the overthrow of his predecessor Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup last September.

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Ethiopian helicopter shot down in Somalia
An Ethiopian helicopter battling rebel forces near Mogadishu in Somalia was hit by a missle and crashed. No survivors were reported. Ethiopian troops are helping Somali government forces against an insurgency. Dozens were killed in fighting on Thursday as a six-day truce was broken.

Related news

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User talk:Grye/Archive2005

tea
☻ Someone has poured you tea ☺

A history of this user (me) at Wikipedia
 so you know...   Amgine Administratorship
 * Hi again. It looks like Amgine is up for de-administratorship on Wikinews here: (Anyone can vote.) Take it easy, buddy, The Champion 01:53, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Not everyone can vote. You must be a registered user, or at least a contributor, to vote in a community poll.  Please abstain from voting on projects on which you have not contributed to.  --Mrmiscellanious 04:03, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

It looks like MrMiscellanious [sic] is lying about that. It turns out that you are allowed to vote. Primetime 21:04, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, yes. You can certainly vote, but it'll never be counted.  Plus, don't you think it's kind of trollish?  I mean, don't you have a life other than to attempt to destroy someone's online reputation on other wikis because you don't like him?  There's a rhetorical question.  --Mrmiscellanious 16:17, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

No thanks, Mrmisc, I don't do crack. Grye

 Vandalism

As you are a member of Wikipedia, and should know the foundation-wide policies are similar, you are now blocked for six months on Wikinews for your actions on manipulating other user's signed quotes on a community-consensus poll. --Mrmiscellanious 20:05, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

This is from my block page, which I did NOT do.: The reason given is this: ''Impersonating another user on community-consensus poll. This is a static IP.''

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to dispute this. The IRC channel sent to is down, & I've spent over an hour that I don't have right now trying to get around that.

 * Hey Grye, Did my e-mail get through? One way to dispute it would be visiting the user pages of the Wikinews administrators listed here. Then, in the toolbox listed below the search box on the left side of the screen it should have an E-mail this user option on each page. Even though you're banned, you can still create an account, enter in an e-mail address in your preferences, and then e-mail them. Primetime 22:37, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't think I can create an account [from here], I think he blocked my IP.

& I can't use the IRC, it's down.

 Re: Block on Wikinews

You striked-out my text, which is impersonating me as it was a signed quote. You have been blocked because of it. Plain and simple. If you want to screw with your own comments, go ahead - but if you screw with anyone else's, I will hunt you down. It was intentional, and I do not plan to make any more contact with you, as you are undoubtedly a troll. If you didn't hold your head up so high, maybe you'd actually realize there are people, abiding by rules keeping the community in peace, right underneath that big chin of yours. --Mrmiscellanious 16:19, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

No thanks, Mr Misc, I told you before, I don't want any crack. Grye 20:54, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

 Your block

I'm Looking into it. Whats your IP. by the way IRC server moved to irc://chat.freenode.net/wikinews. Bawolff 20:22, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Is this you? Whats your IP? Bawolff 20:29, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

 * 68.196.103.58 is Grye's I.P. Thanx.
 * Yes, that was me. I did not see that I had crossed out his stuff, thought it was the rest of mine, obviously I was wrong. By the time Inoticed it, I could not correct. & Mrsmisc didn't confront me at all about it before nixing me. Grye 21:33, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Uhm if your IP is 68.196.103.58 then that is Not you. Questionable edits you made:
 * 1) Crosses out MrM's comment and moved quite a few things around. was the crossing out an accident?
 * 2) Some other problems with editing comments after the fact (generally considered a bit rude)
 * 3) Why are you claiming and edit made by someone else is you? (Maybe you misread the diff because the dit befor that was you, which I could understand)

P.S. Sorry I took so long to get baack to you, my time on wikipedia is limited. By the way, you can now edit your talk page on wikinews (nothing else) - user:68.196.103.58. Bawolff 23:39, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Removing the <-OL-> was accidental
 * Striking out Mrmisc's paragraph, that was not intentional.
 * No, that was not me, with IP 18.78.2.196 I just saw my IP on that page & thought it was me.
 * the edit after posting, That's something I should really watch, I sometimes edit to be less edged, but I should just be more succinct & polite in the first place.

No worries about timing, thanks for looking at this anyway. Grye 13:29, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Sorry, i always forget to go to wikipedia. I put a notice on WN:ALERT and will see what other admins think about this. no promises. I'm really sorry about how long this took. Bawolff 07:26, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks like you've been unblocked already. Sorry about how long it took me to get to you. Bawolff 07:39, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

No worries, I did out-of-the-blue find you & put this on you in the 1st place, so thanks for looking at it, & working on it. Grye

Further on the issue
  I had been blocked for 6 months  by Mrmisc

'' Then I was  unblocked ... ''

 Your block has been reinstated  by Mrmisc

Apparently Bawolff did not take into account your meatpuppet attempt. You and Primetime both acted in a malicious way to strike out my comments, and forge Cartman02au's vote. Your block will stand at six months. If another admin unblocks this user, I am asking that you contact me before hand. --MrMiscellanious – Happy Hanukkah – 17:11, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

 * I did no puppeteering whatsoever. & If you want to talk about being malicious, lets talk, here & now, because you're no saint. Grye 22:40, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

 Unblocked  by Amgine

I have unblocked you after reviewing the Blocking policy and determining there is no basis in that policy for a 6 month block. You have shown you are aware that editing another's comments is inappropriate, is a blocking offense, and have said it was done accidentally or in ignorance at the time. You have been blocked twice for this issue, and I am confident this was not something you plan to do again in the future. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 22:17, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you, Amgine, for paying attention & acting, & despite our differences. Grye 22:42, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

 Re-blocked  by Mrmisc

Looks like I'm re-blocked, again. I can't edit even my article page, to move the reference "(I am also) user:68.196.103.58, although this IP will be used little if at all after 3rd/Feb/2006." from here to there. Grye 23:03, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

 Unblocked  by Amgine

 * Just a moment, Grye. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 23:02, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Wikinews Shorts: March 30, 2007

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UN Security Council calls for release of British soldiers in Iran

March 30, 2007

The United Nations Security Council has issued a statement calling for a "early resolution" to the rising tensions between United Kingdom and Iran by releasing all 15 British sailors and marines who were detained by Iranian forces on March 23.

"Members of the Security Council expressed grave concern at the capture by the Revolutionary Guard and the continuing detention by the government of Iran of 15 United Kingdom naval personnel and appealed to the government of Iran to allow consular access in terms of the relevant international laws," said the U.N. Security Council in a statement.

"Members of the Security Council support calls, including by the secretary general in his March 29 meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, for an early resolution of this problem including the release of the 15 UK personnel," added the statement. All 15 members of the Council agreed to the wording of the statement and released it after nearly four hours of debate, but Russia and South Africa opposed to having the statement or the Council's recommendations be "too harsh" or to put the blame fully on the Iranian government.

Iran released a statement shortly after the Security Council met saying that getting the U.N. involved, "will not be helpful."

"This case can and should be settled through bilateral channels. The British government's attempt to engage third parties, including the Security Council, with this case is not helpful," said a statement released by Iran's U.N Mission.

The sailors and marines from the frigate had been inspecting, in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1723, a ship that was believed to be smuggling cars into Iraq, though it was subsequently cleared after inspection when Iranian gunboats surrounded the sailors and arrested them at gunpoint.

On Thursday, Iran stated that they are "suspending" the release of the 15 soldiers, including a female soldier, 26, who was supposed to be released "very soon."


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User talk:74.227.157.150

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User talk:Che~enwikinews

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Hello,

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

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Che. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Che~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.

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Israeli company develops new radioactive waste conversion process

March 30, 2007

Israeli firm Environmental Energy Resources (EER) has announced that it has developed a new technology, plasma gasification melting technology (PGM), to safely dispose of low- and medium-level nuclear waste. Extremely high temperatures are used to turn the waste into a mildly radioactive glass-like substance, which can be used as a building material. The process also releases an extremely hot mixture of gases that can be used to power steam turbines, generating electricity. The company claims that 70% of this electricity is used to drive the PGM process, while 30% is available as exportable energy.

Environmental impact
The solid waste produced by PGM is resistant to leeching, so there is little danger of radiation contaminating water supplies. However, it remains to be seen how openly companies will accept the use of mildly radioactive slag as a building material, even for use as a road bed filler.

The waste gases (hydrogen gas, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen gas, and various hydrocarbons) are produced by pyrolysis of organic substances in the input waste, and are therefore mainly harmless. If they were instead burned in the presence of oxygen, many of the usual pollutants would be produced, such as nitrogen dioxide and dioxin. Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are examples of pollutants that are generated by PGM, however, so the process cannot be called entirely clean.

Origins
PGM was developed by EER with the help of Russian scientists from Russia's Kurchatov Institute research center, the Radon Institute in Russia, and Israel's Technion Institute. The company, founded in 2000, won the bid to clean up after the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.


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Revert
Sorry...I misread the edit. :) DragonFire1024 07:43, 30 March 2007 (UTC)


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COOL!
WOW! COOl. Amazing. Good. --72.87.42.143 07:48, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I must agree. Don't we have tons of radioactive waste just sitting around (well, buried)?--67.72.98.118 09:05, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

It still pollutes?
Hmm, doesn't it rather defeat the purpose of nuclear power if this method of cleaning up nuclear waste produces greenhouse gases? Ravenstorm 17:51, 31 March 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:Atrytone1650

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Iran airs new video of UK crewmen, releases new letters from Turney

March 30, 2007

Iranian television has aired new video footage of three of the fifteen UK sailors and marines seized by Iran a week ago. On Thursday evening, the Iranian Embassy in London released a second letter purported to be written by detained servicewoman Faye Turney.

The footage was released hours after Iran criticized yesterday's United Nations Security Council statement, which voiced “grave concern” over the incident and called for an "early resolution" of the matter.

In the video footage, three crewmen are shown with one identified as Nathan Thomas Summers. Summers was seen confessing to being in Iranian waters and apologizing to the Iranian people. "We trespassed without permission," said Summers. "Since we have been arrested our treatment has been friendly. We have not been harmed at all."

"I would like to apologize for entering your waters without any permission ... I deeply apologize," continued Summers. "They have looked after us really well."

According to the BBC, the UK Foreign Office described the latest video as "disgraceful exploitation".

A hand-written note, the second letter apparently written by Faye Turney, was released by Iran on Thursday evening. The letter requests the UK government to withdraw its troops from Iraq. "Isn't it time for us to start withdrawing our forces from Iraq and let them determine their own future," the letter states.

In reply, a Prime Minister's office spokesman said: "It is wrong. It is wrong in terms of the usual conventions that cover this. It is wrong in terms of basic humanity".

Iran has also released a third letter purporting to be from Leading Seaman Turney, addressed to the "British People". The letter states that she has been "sacrificed due to the intervening policies of the Bush and Blair governments" and repeats the call for the withdrawal of British and US forces from Iraq. British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in response: "I really don't know why the Iranian regime keep doing this. All it does is enhance people's sense of disgust at captured personnel being paraded and manipulated in this way."

The BBC says it has been able to confirm the names of six of the 15 sailors and marines held by Iran. Apart from Leading Seaman Turney and Seaman Summers (from Shropshire and Cornwall respectively), they are: Paul Barton from Southport, Danny Masterton from Ayrshire, Joe Tindall from south London and Adam Sperry from Leicester.

On March 23, the fifteen sailors and marines from the frigate HMS Cornwall had been inspecting a ship, in what the UK identified as Iraqi waters, when they were surrounded by Iranian gunboats and taken into Iranian custody. Iran claims the UK forces were in Iranian waters, and are still detaining the fifteen.


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Do we need to reserve 3rd lead?
Are you sure you're studying the right thing Mr Fruitsmaak? :-P You're getting quite good at doing the local news. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:05, 30 March 2007 (UTC)


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2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Ireland

March 30, 2007

England beat Ireland by 48 runs in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana.

This is both teams first game in this phase, and both begin the stage without any points, having both lost to their fellow group qualifiers - New Zealand and West Indies, respectively.

Toss: England won, and elected to bat first.

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Joyce, 1.1 ov), 2-23 (Vaughan, 5.2 ov), 3-89 (Bell, 21.2 ov), 4-113 (Pietersen, 26.3 ov), 5-194 (Flintoff, 43.3 ov), 6-245 (Nixon, 48.2 ov), 7-258 (Collingwood, 49.3 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Bray, 0.5 ov), 2-11 (Morgan, 3.4 ov), 3-72 (Porterfield, 18.5 ov), 4-116 (Botha, 29.5 ov), 5-139 (KJ O'Brien, 35.6 ov), 6-139 (NJ O'Brien, 36.2 ov), 7-197 (Johnston, 44.5 ov), 8-209 (White, 45.5 ov), 9-210 (Langford-Smith, 46.1 ov), 10-218 (McCallan, 48.1 ov)

England: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan (capt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, A Flintoff, P D Collingwood, R S Bopara, P A Nixon (wkt), S I Mahmood, J M Anderson, M S Panesar Ireland: W T S Porterfield, J P Bray, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), A C Botha, K J O'Brien, D T Johnston (capt), W K McCallan, A R White, D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin

Player of the match: P D Collingwood (England)

Umpires: B R Doctrove (West Indies) and S J A Taufel (Australia) TV umpire: D J Harper (Australia) Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire: S A Bucknor (West Indies)


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User talk:74.67.39.89

Hi,

copying large chuncks of text is not fair use, since a more free alternative is clearly available, in the form of Wikinews reporting, which consists of compiling a report after reading multiple sources.

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Adult-only TLD rejected by Internet body

March 30, 2007

The creation of the proposed "adult-only" Top-Level Domain name, .xxx, has again been rejected today by the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which manages the Internet's domain name systems. The creation of the TLD was opposed by a 9 to 4 vote, with one abstention on the part of ICANN CEO Paul Twomey.

The domain was first proposed in 2001, with reasons stated as creating an "adults-only" section of the Internet, making it easier to filter out pornographic or otherwise unsuitable websites for children. The proposal was approved in June 2005, with a final decision to be made in December of the same year. However, in May 2006, the decision was reversed, and the approval was revoked. In January of this year, the proposal was reopened.

The rejection of the creation of the TLD today was focused on the main reason of ICANN not wanting to become involved in "content regulation". Steve Goldstein, ICANN board member, told the Associated Press that "the last point in our board's resolution that under the revised agreement that we, ICANN, would be forced to assume ongoing management and oversight roles regarding the content, and that is inconsistent with ICANN's technical mandate."


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US Food and Drug Administration reports melamine found in contaminated pet food

March 30, 2007

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced at a press conference today that a chemical used in the manufacture of plastics was found in recalled pet food from Menu Foods.

The FDA found melamine in samples of Menu Foods pet food and in samples of wheat gluten, imported from China, which was used as an ingredient. The FDA analysis, however, does not confirm the presence of the rodenticide aminopterin, which was reported March 23 by the New York State Food Laboratory.

According to Stephen Sundlof, director of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, melamine is used primarily to make plastic kitchenware, although it has been used as a fertilizer in Asia.

Sundlof also indicated that the presence of melamine in the urine of cats that died from kidney failure was revealed through testing. He stressed that melamine was not determined to be the source of illness or deaths in the affected animals.

Sundlof suggested that melamine would not be found normally in pet food.

At a news conference Friday, Paul Henderson, President and CEO of Menu Foods, indicated that Menu Foods is satisfied that the contamination problem was related to melamine and not aminopterin. "One week ago, some of the dedicated researchers who had been investigating this matter reported the discovery of a single, toxic compound in our pet food," said Henderson in his opening statement. "That, seemingly, cleared the way for us to address the problem, deal fairly with the pet-owners who had been injured, put our business back together, and move on," he continued.

"In the intervening week, other top scientists have been unable to validate the findings. That is, they were unable to find the toxin – called aminopterin – in our pet food, or in any of the component ingredients. It was also brought to our attention that some veterinary experts held the view that aminopterin was inconsistent with what was being observed in dogs and cats," Henderson said.

Menu Foods has determined that melamine in wheat gluten from a new US supplier was the likely source of contamination, and that they are confident that the issue has been resolved. "Melamine has been found in the wheat gluten from a new supplier in the United States, who sourced this wheat gluten in China," said Henderson. "This is the same ingredient that Menu Foods made reference to in its recall press release of March 16. Melamine has not been found in the wheat gluten that we obtain from our other suppliers."

Henderson refused to name the supplier of the wheat gluten, leaving that up to the FDA. "We have had correspondence with the FDA and we know that they are diligently following-up on the supply of the suspect wheat gluten. It is not our place to name the supplier as we do not want to interfere in any way with the important investigation they are conducting."

Menu Foods is maintaining the warning on the previously recalled product. "The recalled product is unfit for consumption by pets. It contains melamine. The pet food that we have manufactured after March 6 is safe and healthy," stated Henderson.

Menu Foods is the manufacturer of several brands of cat and dog food subject to a March 16, 2007 recall.


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User:BradPatrick

w:User:BradPatrick is my main user page.

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European Union calls for release of British crewmen in Iran

March 30, 2007

The European Union has released a statement calling for the release of all 15 British sailors and marines being detained in Iran and that "appropriate measures" will be taken if Iran refuses to release them.

"The European Union deplores the continued arrest of 15 British citizens and underlines the EU's unconditional support for the government of the United Kingdom. The EU repeats its call for the immediate and unconditional release of the British Royal naval personnel. Should the UK citizens not be released in the near future, the EU will decide on appropriate measures," said the statement released by the EU.

The statement added that "all evidence clearly indicated" that at the time of the seizure, the British naval personnel were on a routine patrolling mission in Iraqi waters, and called the Iranian seizure a "clear breach" of international law.

All 27 members of the union agreed to the statement.

On March 23, the fifteen sailors and marines from the frigate HMS Cornwall had been inspecting a ship, in what the UK identified as Iraqi waters, when they were surrounded by Iranian gunboats and taken into custody. Iran claims the UK forces were in Iranian waters, and are still detaining the fifteen.


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Talk:Iran airs new video of UK crewmen, releases new letters from Turney

Sorry, but this article looks pretty silly talking about a video without giving a link to the video itself... Iran has 7 million or so internet users, it's hard to believe that none of them have reposted the video in either downloadable format on some sensible independent wesbite or at least on have-a-look-but-don't-download google/youtube... ? i'm about to start searching myself, but contributors to the article should probably try searching too IMHO... It's not as if Iranians live in a cave and rubbing two sticks together to make fire is their idea of high technology. (E.g. try finding out where the word algorithm comes from.) Boud 19:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Well it has to be from a source we are allowed to use. In english, and the site has to be in english. We cannot add the vid from a competing news source. DragonFire1024 19:28, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * i'm not saying we should upload the video to commons.wikimedia, only that we should include a link as a reference. Boud 20:07, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * One possible reason Iranian Internet user have not posted the video on YouTube or similar sites might be that they can't access them. --+Deprifry+ 19:37, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Have a look at this report on filtering of the internet in Iran: http://www.opennetinitiative.net/studies/iran/ - sure there's filtering. Look for C. Global List Results and We found extremely heavy filtering in the pornography (100% of sites filtered) and anonymizer categories (95%). The other categories that experienced filtering were provocative attire (18% of sites blocked), translation sites (15% of sites), gay / lesbian / bisexual sites (11%), women's rights sites (7%), blogging domains (6%), humor (6%), sex education (4%), hate speech (4%), and news outlets (3%). If 100 people in Iran decide they want to publish the video, the Ministry would need better than about 99.5% efficiency in blocking to stop them entirely. Since Iranians would probably not think of publishing a video of British prisoners on a pornographic site, and they would not risk much by publishing it non-anonymously, they would miss both of the highly censored categories. Anything much less than 100% efficiency in censorship cannot stop "hot" information getting out on the internet. Boud 20:07, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * That report is rather dated and as mentioned in the article I linked to, the censorship has been significantly stepped up since then. But as you say, no filtering is perfect and there are certainly ways to circumvent it. But this gets me to the motivation to circumvent the filtering for that purpose. If I were an Iranian Internet user, I'd probably be rather pissed at the censorship. I would also have a very slow connection, since my government restricts my online speed to 128kbps. So uploading a video would take some time. And then why would I go to all that trouble to post a video that promotes the position of my government, the very same government that denies me access to sites like Wikipedia, and presumably since it's hosted on the same server, Wikinews? --+Deprifry+ 20:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It's not just "ways to circumvent it", it's also the huge number of users and the number of different ways of communicating through the internet. The 128kbps article you quote talks about a government request: that's not the same thing as a government (ministry) being able to really implement that request. In any case, i've only had 128kbps at home for several years (it's still officially 128kbps even though in practice it's now 256kbps) and downloading/uploading videos only required moderate patience and multitasking. As for wikipedia, http://fa.wikipedia.org has nearly 20,000 entries, so i don't see the Iranians as being particularly limited by government attempts at censorship - more likely they're annoyed and disrupted but not seriously limited. In any case, the youtube link below presumably proves that the video has been posted by iranian bloggers. :) If i get gnash to work, i might be able to check it (though (c) is another issue). Boud 21:56, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Even if it was on YouTube the chances are it's there illegaly (copyvio). And I don't know if I would be comfortable with that... DragonFire1024 19:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Are we allowed a screenshot of this?--Mark Talk 19:45, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * i'm not saying we should upload the video to commons.wikimedia, only that we should include a link as a reference. AFAIK in wikimedia projects we never worry about copyright situations of referenced material - the question is whether it's reliable, verifiable etc. or not. Also AFAIR Iran is not party to the standard international copyright conventions. Especially in the case that the video is the main theme of an article. Linking to it doesn't imply that we're going to defend (nor attack) the people publishing it. Boud 20:07, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

My guess is that it's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUhfsL1v_rQ&mode=related or maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8wPG9VxYxw&mode=related but right now i'm still compiling gnash from cvs since i don't want to use non-free software to view the video (and gnash is still in development), so for the moment i have to rely on other people looking at youtube stuff for me... Boud 20:23, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * noting from WP:EL, "If you know that an external Web site is carrying a work in violation of the creator's copyright, do not link to that copy of the work." A clip from a TV news broadcast may not be from a Iranian source, might easily be from news sources from other countries in the region. a screenshot from the clip may be fair use, an external link to a mainstream news source which hosts the video is ok, links to youtube copies are not a good idea - 1. copyright status needs to be verified. 2. content needs to be verified, what if a friendly neighbourhood mashup artist thought he'd try something? –Doldrums(talk) 20:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * You're right that that's the present version of the w:WP:EL guideline - it even says Notice on linking to YouTube, Google Video, and other similar sites: There is no ban on linking to these sites as long as the links abide by these guidelines. From Wikipedia:Copyright: If you know that an external Web site is carrying a work in violation of the creator's copyright, do not link to that copy of the work. and  Knowingly directing others to a site that violates copyright may be considered contributory infringement. ... This is particularly relevant when linking to sites such as YouTube, where due care should be taken to avoid linking to material that violates its creator's copyright.. i'm pretty sceptical about the notion of "contributory infringement" - that seems to be saying that if some students illegally print off copies (or photocopies) of some textbook which costs $600 a copy or is out of print (but still copyright protected) and you tell someone Fred Jones has a copy of "Algorithms 101" and you suspect it's probably not a legal copy, then you are contributing to the copyright violation? Sounds like a rather suspect extrapolation of copyright law to me, i thought only the person making the copy was violating copyright. People are still allowed to read such a text or refer to it.
 * In any case, this wikinews talk page is not the place to discuss changing the guideline. And it seems like the debate is far from finished: see this link. Boud 21:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Here's a BBC retransmission of the Iranian video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8wPG9VxYxw - ie. the one referred to here http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL309146320070330 and here http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10431867. i'll let other people decide whether it's OK with copyright or not and whether or not to add a link to the article - e.g. if the BBC has violated copyright by retransmitting the video, would we be "contributing" to the BBC's copyvio by just linking (not transmitting) the BBC's pirate copy? Alternatively, if the BBC could legally copy it, then doesn't that imply that the youtube contributor had the right to further copy it and distribute it? Boud 23:29, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Text transcript consistent with the video k8wPG9VxYxw - http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iran/10114824.html Boud 23:32, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Works good as external links. The copyright problem lies at youtube imo. international 04:19, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Editprotected request
editprotected Could an admin please fix the malformed red-link template immediately below the sources section? Thanks, ♪ Tempo Di  Valse ♪ 03:27, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅--PatrickFlaherty (talk) 04:19, 4 December 2008 (UTC)


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Israeli website reports speculation over U.S. attack on Iran in April

March 31, 2007

Reports from the Israeli website Debka.com, which reports on intelligence matters, say that the United States is planning to launch air strikes on Iran targets on Good Friday, April 6 at 4:00 a.m. local time (UTC+3:30), citing unnamed Russian intelligence officials.

The Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the United States State Department, Nicholas Burns, however, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday that diplomacy was the "best and preferred" course of action in dealing with Iran, adding "I do not believe a military confrontation with Iran is either desirable or inevitable."

Another newspaper, the Russian weekly "Argoumenty Nedeli" (Week Arguments) is quoted by the Russian Information Agency (RIA) Novosti as saying that the attack is planned for a single continuous attack of 12 hours from 4am to 4pm, with the choice of the Easter holidays in many Western countries likely since "Western opinion" will be "on holidays". Friday 6 April is cited by Novosti as a likely, though not definite, date. Another RIA Novosti report written in French and dated March 30 states that the US military command is ready to make an attack during the first fortnight of April, but that any final decision will be made by US political leaders.

The targets will be "Iranian nuclear installations" that will be "designed to be devastating enough to set Tehran’s nuclear program several years back," said the website quoting unnamed Russian intelligence officials.

United States forces completed a large-scale series of military exercises in the Persian gulf off the Iranian coastline this week, involving 15 ships, 125 aircraft and 13,000 sailors. Naval commanders said the exercises were meant to demonstrate United States' commitment to security in the region, including keeping sea-lanes open for oil shipment and were defensive in nature.

Despite the claims by the Russian official, Iran does not think that the U.S. can "pressure" the U.S. tax payers into another war.

"U.S. officials are under pressure from Americans. I don't think the U.S. is in a position to mount its pressure on the U.S. taxpayers," said Manuchehr Mottaki, Iran's Foreign Minister.

The Gulf Cooperation Council has called on its member nations - Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, all home to U.S. forces in the region, to not take part in an attack on Iran. Qatar and the Emirates have already said that they would not.

"Russian intelligence has information that the U.S. Armed Forces stationed in the Persian Gulf have nearly completed preparations for a missile strike against Iranian territory. The Pentagon has drafted a highly effective plan that will allow the Americans to bring Iran to its knees at minimal cost," said the unnamed Russian intelligence official as reported by RIA Novosti a Russian based news agency.

The strike force is allegedly going to be composed of the "USS Nimitz and its support ships" which will join forces with the John C. Stennis strike group when it leaves the U.S. on April 2.

Although the Nimitz is scheduled to relieve the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, all three ships will remain in the Persian Gulf if the 15 British sailors and marines being detained by Iran are not released and will also remain if any armed conflict begins between the two nations.

The USS Bataan and USS Boxer will also be part of the strike force.

The Nimitz strike force will be "composed of the USS Princeton guided-missile cruiser, four guided missile destroyers – the USS Higgins, USS Chafee, USS John Paul Jones and the USS Pinckney. The strike force is armed with two helicopter squadrons and a special unit for dismantling sea mines and other explosive devices," said Debka according to Russian intelligence officials.

Despite the claim, Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov says that the situation will be resolved "peacefully."

"We are constantly working on how to resolve the situation around the Iranian nuclear program and other conflicts peacefully. This policy is unchanged and we will pursue it in the future," said Lavrov.

Russian intelligence officials also say that the recent U.S. military exercise in the Gulf on March 27 was "practice" for the strike in April and that it will be up the U.S. "leadership" to give the go ahead as by April, the military is expected to be ready for the strike.

Different sources agree that the attack is allegedly only going to take place by air and will last 12 hours. No attack by land is expected. The attack is allegedly going to be called "Operation Bite."

Russia's Defense Ministry refuses to comment on the reports.


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Reliable??
Not sure if this is true,...so I started it...Anymore sources available? Got to go for now. DragonFire1024 19:47, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * the CNS thingy mentions Arab press reports, CNN-IBN doesn't seem to think any sources are necessary, just blandly assert. i'd suggest we look for those Arab news reports, and attribute the claim to them. –Doldrums(talk) 19:50, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed...more sources are there. DragonFire1024 04:32, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Speculation
"Reports say . . ." it's more like "Reporters are speculating . . ." and on Good Friday, noless? Well, if it happens on that day, I think we can say that the Crusades have formally begun again. Bush will be "George the Lionhearted" instead of "Dubya." --SVTCobra 00:02, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Speculation?
Not sure what to say about this article. Tone it down, change title and remove from firstlead. international 05:41, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Well for one, its a report on what someone and something said. The title is what it says may...attack Iran...not that it will. You cannot tone down already publihed reports from the sources...This is a perfect firstlead...very big international interest. DragonFire1024 05:53, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Speculation is speculation. Well its intreasting, its still speculation. They could just be trying toscare Iran, or doing something totally unrelated. (Note, I agree with DragonFire, its published its finished. I personally don't think that the lead article should be about someone saying someone migh do something. However if I'm reverted, i don't really care that much). Bawolff ☺☻ 06:02, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I won't revert, i just was upset that you chose to do so before discussing. *sigh* DragonFire1024 06:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

official US stand
has been that it wants diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue. needs to be sourced and reported. –Doldrums(talk) 11:08, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

another facet to the "attack"
now this is interesting. –Doldrums(talk) 11:35, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * IMO, Russia and Iran have been having their own little cold (or fun in their eyes) for a long time. Would not be surprised if Russia was just trying to scare Iran for fun...given their recent nuclear agreements. DragonFire1024 11:39, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

time claim 0400 misquoted and missing timezone info
The present timezone in Israel is UTC+3 and in Iran (at least Teheran) it's UTC+3:30 e.g. according to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ (this includes daylight savings corrections).
 * debka source: http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=3990
 * Operation Bite has been scheduled for April 6 at 0040 hours - that means 40 minutes past midnight in some timezone
 * wikinews article (present version):
 * April 6 at 4:00 a.m. local time

Is there time info in any other of the sources? If not, then we have at least five different possible values of the time:
 * if 0040 is UTC, then in local (Israeli) time this would be 03:40 am local time
 * if 0040 is UTC, then in local (Iranian) time this would be 04:10 am local time
 * if 0040 is local Israeli time, then in local (Israeli) time this would be 00:40 am local time
 * if 0040 is local Israeli time, then in local (Iranian) time this would be 01:20 am local time
 * if 0040 is local Iranian time, then in local (Israeli) time this would be 00:10 am local time
 * if 0040 is local Iranian time, then in local (Iranian) time this would be 00:40 am local time

None of these agree with our present text, though they're no more than a few hours off.

It's also possible that someone just misread "0040" for "0400" and then decided it must be local time without stating which local time.

My suggestion: we put
 * "in the early hours of April 6 (local time),"

instead of
 * "on Good Friday, April 6 at 4:00 a.m. local time,"

Boud 16:02, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

The following source does state 04:00 local time, it mentions mostly a US attack, doesn't mention Israeli participation, so presumably that would be Iranian local time (removes some of the ambiguity i mentioned above): http://www.rense.com/general75/bite.htm. It cites this french-language rian.ru article http://fr.rian.ru/world/20070319/62260006.html which does say 4am to 4pm.

The rian.ru 62260006 article says the plan is an attack 4am to 4pm during the first week of April just before Easter in order that Westerners are mostly on holidays following the attack and "Western opinion" will be on holidays, and it could be on 6 April which is a holiday in Muslim countries. It cites the original source as the Russian weekly "Argoumenty nedeli" (Sunday Arguments).

Hmmm... So i guess debkafile misquoted? Boud 16:19, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

April is key
There are actually six aircraft carriers in a state of readiness for "troop surge". April 6th might not be the day, but April is mentioned a lot in the international and military press. Here are a few subjects and sources that can be researched further:

- USS Ronald Reagan was near Phillipines last week, practising drills with Japanese maritime security forces. - USS Ted Roosevelt is undergoing updates at Norfolk shipyard, including RAM missiles being added. - The Sixth fleet of Marines (about 2000 people) is in Mediterranean near the port of Haifa. - USS Nimitz left San Diego with thousands of crew members on April 2nd, perhaps to replace USS Ike, or not. - USS Ike and Stennis are now in Persian Gulf, with about 10,000 US military personnel related to that effort. - USS Harry Truman left Norfolk shipyard December 2006. Navy news sources said it recently completed training cycle "to prepare for surge capability" in April 2007. - Navy reports it wants 6 CVN's in Pacific theater, of which 3 need to be based at San Diego. - USS Carl Vinson announces this week that its home port will be moved from Norfolk to San Diego. - Fuel supply to Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant is a major topic in UPI news, in India and in Arab press. - Iran's angry reaction to UN sanctions on nuclear material and financing is well-documented. - Articles on the Russian company "Atom Stroi Export" in Arabic News get into a lot of detail on whether UN sanctions are applicable to the "civilian" Bushehr nuclear project. What happens to the spent nuclear fuel rods is not yet determined. This fuel supply issue, during a period when Iranian officials report "great progress" in Bushehr, is raised in the middle of a major international debate on nukes in Iran. - SIX US aircraft carriers and their strike forces are ready, or getting ready, for Persian Gulf duty (see above). - Diego Garcia, a UK and US base south of India, is shrouded in mystery, but there are at least a few planes there. - many threats and promises on timing are reported by UPI ; tough language from Ayatollah in March, and vague answers from many US military sources on the degree of readiness.

The speculation is not really "are we going in," but when. Other media topics lately seem trivial compared to this powder-keg.

Signed,

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 * I see you have the welcome, I think all your article needed was expanded a bit before publishing. Plus a new title, titles are unique on Wikinews, we can never re-use them so you need to look at all the information you bring to the article and pick out some unique, but hopefully catchy point about it and use that as the title.  I would have come back and worked on the article, or someone else would have picked up on it later on, I'm dealing with some older stuff that hasn't been properly proofed. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:19, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi Brian, I changed the title to something more unique. I see your point about expanding the article, but I re-read the sources. There really isn't alot of info here.  They all use fluff whether it be about another incident or the politics of Australia.  Also, they don't agree on much.  They can't agree whether the attackers had mortars or rockets.  They can't agree whether there was air support in repelling the attack. (for others we are talking about this article)

 * Yup, I commented on the page, I read one of the sources and skimmed the other two - it is pretty thin, bulk it up with pictures, or (shown here to bulk up this comment).  However, always aim for two paragraphs, and four sentences minimum with the  tag.  --Brian McNeil / talk 16:43, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Award
Thank you so much. I am honored. It is an honor to just be nominated. There are too many people for me to thank, I cannot possibly list them all. --SVTCobra 00:37, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

JonBenet
I did see it... about a second after I published mine:) No worries, I had some additional material which I've merged into the existing article. Crimson 02:36, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Replied...
on Talk:Astronomers to vote on potential new planets.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Talk) 10:25, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

PepsiCo
I edited to story to fit the Wikinew Style guide> http://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=PepsiCo_names_Nooyi_CEO_as_Reinemund_retires&diff=297756&oldid=296375

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Top story
Whenever you feel it is outdated you're welcome to update it -any registered user can.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:51, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Although I didn't have to reply: yes, you got it right!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

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Actually, the SVTCobra moment had been on my talk page for some time. Thank you for acknowledging it nonetheless. Now the context is explained. —     02:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

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Talk:Israeli company develops new radioactive waste conversion process

Is headline accurate?
The science of this is well beyond my level of knowledge, but from what I read in the sources this is what I think: --SVTCobra 23:43, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) They use high heat to make the radio-active waste benign; this obviously requires a lot of energy.
 * 2) A hot gas remains which can be used for generating electricity; but this is just recapturing some of the energy used in raising the temperatures.
 * 3) I don't think there is a net gain in energy; but I could very well be wrong.

 * Are they claiming they've discovered a chemical process that affects nuclear properties of a substance? (That's still not possible with today's technology, as far as I know.) Wouldn't the glass still be radioactive waste, just... glassy? More likely, the radiation is simply shielded by the glass (and various impurities), and is prevented from leeching out into the environment.

 * More suspect is the claim to produce net gain in usable energy. I found some possible answers in the abstract of this article on "Self sustaining vitrification for immobilisation of radioactive and toxic waste". Seems that by adding "powdered metal fuel", the mixture is self-burning -- so I suppose the turbines could generate some energy. We still need to know what the net waste products are of this procedure as well as how much electricity is consumed in creating and prepping the fuel. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 00:30, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Okay, I've done a little research over at EER's PGM site, and edited the article to reflect the new information. See what you think. -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 01:42, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Excellent work. The article looks great, but my core question remains about the headline. Is it converting radioactive waste into clean energy? Or is it an energy efficient way of neutralizing radioactive waste? --SVTCobra 02:48, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Oh, the headline is definitely suspect. They're not converting waste into energy, they're reducing waste to a less harmful state (and drastically smaller volume) in a way that produces some excess energy. I'm not up for wordsmithing right now; maybe you can create a better title? -- Phyzome is Tim McCormack 20:37, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I moved it to "Israeli company develops new radioactive waste conversion process".--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:22, 31 March 2007 (UTC)


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Comments:Adult-only TLD rejected by Internet body

I thought they already accepted it
I thought they already accepted it. Oh well, good for them, .xxx would be a total mess to administor unless it was entirely volunteer. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:16, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm confused as to how this would be impossible to administer. It should work on a voluntary basis: those sites that want the .xxx TLD should register for domains that end in .xxx, similar to those of .com, .net, .org, etc. that are all unrestricted. Those sites that acknowledge their content could do it, and get some publicity and recognition for it, and those otherwise inclined would be fine doing what they pleased. It's like .info. You can get .com just as easy, but some choose .info. Why not the same? LeRob 08:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


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Wikinews Shorts: March 31, 2007

Hicks to serve 9 months in Australia
Full report: First Guantánamo Bay prisoner sentenced David Hicks of Australia has been sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment following his guilty plea. However, all but 9 months of that sentence has been suspended per the military judge. Hicks has already spent 5 years at Guantánamo. The United States will send him home by May 29. Hicks is first person convicted at Guantánamo since detainees began arriving in 2001.

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Wikinews:Image use policy/New wikimedia policy action plan/FAQ

''This FAQ is in the making. If you believe an answer is not clear or not correct, feel free to ask for clarification or make a change.''

What are you people talking about?
foundation:Resolution:Licensing policy.

What is this "Board" and "Foundation"? Why should I care what they resolve?
The Board of Trustees is responsible for running the Wikimedia Foundation, which foots the bills necessary to keep Wikimedia projects, including Wikinews, running. The Board has the power to direct the activities of the Foundation., including by passing resolutions.

How familiar is the board with Wikinews' workings?
One of the board members is Eloquence, who more-or-less founded Wikinews. Another, member, Mindspillage, occasionally edits on Wikinews. Jimbo Wales has been active in the past. Many Wikinews editors have also voted to elect the members to the board.

Have there been discussions about this resolution before? Where?

 * Wikinews news, 20 February 2007
 * Board recapitulates licensing policy principles Wikipedia Signpost, 12 February 2007.
 * Eloquence requests comments on draft policy, Wikizine, 2007-03-06
 * Kat Walsh's mail on foundation-l
 * foundation-l Mailing list February 2007 Archives

See also the Licensing policy FAQ draft

Why wasn't I told about this?
The board, for obvious reasons, doesn't spend all its time clicking on Special:Emailuser links on thousands of user pages on the projects and their many language editions. They discuss changes with the Wikimedia community in places like the mailing lists and at meta. Users from various projects who are aware of such discussions then inform other users on their projects on Water cooler, etc. On en.Wikinews, User:Bawolff posted a note about the upcoming changes on Template:Wn news on Feb 20, but Wikinewsies didn't take much notice until after the resolution was announced.

Why was this resolution needed?
See Licensing policy FAQ draft

What is "Free"?

 * short answer: material is free if it is released under a license that permits anyone
 * the freedom to use the work and enjoy the benefits of using it
 * the freedom to study the work and to apply knowledge acquired from it
 * the freedom to make and redistribute copies, in whole or in part, of the information or expression
 * the freedom to make changes and improvements, and to distribute derivative works

 * shorter (and long) answer, See.

Does this resolution forbid the use of fair-use media/local uploads?
No. See point #2 of the resolution.

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

Do we have an Exemption Doctrine Policy?
Yes. We've had one for a long time. Our EDP is Fair use, which has been policy since June 2005. The adoption of that policy was a necessary pre-requisite to local media upload facilities being enabled at Wikinews in the first place. In requiring that each project have an EDP, the Wikimedia Foundation resolution is not imposing a new requirement. This was the same requirement that Wikinews had to meet back in 2005.

So what changes do we have to make?
Compared to some projects, we don't have to do much at all.
 * The resolution requires an EDP. Wikinews has had an EDP since June 2005.
 * The resolution requires that the EDP be minimal, and not enable the use of non-free content where free content is a reasonable alternative. We must ensure that our Fair use policy is in line with that.
 * The resolution requires that all non-free content be explicitly labelled with a rationale that explains how its use at Wikinews is within the scope of fair use. We must therefore ensure that all existing non-free content be suitably labelled, and ensure that all newly uploaded non-free content be uploaded with a rationale.

So the primary impact of this is on non-free images?
Yes. We must ensure that from March 23, 2007 onwards, we delete any newly uploaded non-free media that are not accompanied by a fair use rationale, and ensure that we have clear mechanisms in place for adding fair use rationales and good help pages to aid uploaders in adding fair use rationales. Furthermore, we have 1 year to deal with the backlog of already uploaded non-free images, ensuring that either they have a fair use rationale added to them or they are deleted.

Free-content images are unaffected by this resolution. This has nothing whatsoever to do with the Wikimedia Commons.

Does this mean that we have to delete all non-free images?
No. It means that we must delete those non-free images that we cannot provide a proper fair use rationale for. As the resolution states, any non-free images that we don't already have a fair use rationale for should go through a discussive process where we attempt to find a fair use rationale and delete the image if we cannot find one. We have 1 year to do that.

But we may not modify old stories. That's against policy.
Incorrect. If the old stories used non-free images in a way that cannot be justified under a fair use rationale, then those stories were not in accordance with our fundamental policy in the first place. Also note that we may modify old stories. Our archive conventions do not override our copyright policy. We can, and must, modify old stories if they violate copyright. A non-free image that is used in a way that is not justifiable as fair use is a violation of copyright.

What categories of non-free images do we have?
See the Fair use. You can find the actual categories corresponding to the whitelist entries at Category:Publicity photos, Category:Crown copyright image, Category:IRIN, Category:Logos, Category:Screen shots, and of course Category:Breaking news images.

We must check our fair use policy to ensure that those whitelisted categories are not excessively broad, and we must ensure that at the very least the image copyright tags corresponding to those categories make explicit fair use statements (although such statements do not eliminate that requirement for a specific fair use rationale for each use of a non-free image).

We must also review Category:Breaking news images. Per our long-standing policy, no image there should be used outside of a breaking story. We have several archived stories that are in violation of our policy in this regard.

We seem to have some other categories as well, though.
Yes, we also have Category:CC-BY-ND-2.5, Category:CC-BY-ND-2.0, and Category:Non-commercial. Those non-free images are not in the classes listed on our fair use whitelist, and have never been allowable under our Fair use policy. All of those images must be examined, and their use here brought into accordance with our existing, and long standing, policy. That can be done by providing a fair use rationale (which is not valid for user-contributed images, or usage which dominates an article), or by relicensing the image under a free-content copyright licence.

Similarly, we have Category:Currency images and Category:Fair use TIME Person of the Year covers. We must consider whether these should be added to our fair use whitelist.

But the CC-BY-ND licences are free content licences, aren't they?
No, only two of the Creative Commons licenses are considered to be free content copyright licences, and they are not the aforementioned ones. Some organizations don't even consider those two to be free content licences. See the Wikipedia article for details.

What about Grant of licence? Those non-free CC categories were covered by Grant of licence.
The idea that people can grant non-free copyright licences to Wikimedia Foundation projects, by uploading content that is "licenced for use on this project only", "licenced only for non-commercial use", or "licenced for use without permission to create derived works", is in part what caused this Board resolution in the first place. Such content is not compatible with the goal of Wikimedia Foundation projects. We need to review all images in the aforementioned categories and in Category:Gol image and deal with them by relicensing the images under free-content copyright licences, providing fair use rationales that justify the use of that non-free content, or deleting the images.

Note that the incompatibility between grant of licence and what the Board originally allowed for Wikinews when local upload was enabled in the first place was pointed out on Wikinews talk:Image use policy back in July 2005. Grant of licence was never permitted as an exception to the free content policy.

But I uploaded content of my own under a non-free licence! I want to retain that material.
The Wikimedia Foundation projects have always and explicitly been about creating free content resources. Free content has always been one of the Foundation goals. You can find it at point #4 on the list of Foundation issues and also in the the Foundation's Mission statement and even in the Mission statement. We are sorry that you thought otherwise, but that has never been the case. If you want to retain your content, you can choose to relicense it under a free content copyright licence.

But I don't want to relicense my content under a free content copyright licence!
Then your content is unacceptable at Wikimedia Foundation projects, and your goals are not the same as ours. Our goals are to create free content. Your goal is to create proprietary content.

I'm not being proprietary! I just want to stop people modifying my work and using it anywhere but in Wikinews.
That is exactly how you are being prioprietary. Free content can be modified and freely re-used by others. Prohibitions on derived works and prohibitions on the copying of content elsewhere make things non-free. You are wanting to prevent other people having the very freedoms that free content is intended to give to them.

It should be noted that many distortions and parodies cannot be prevented by law (as fair use explicitly allows for parody); it is the useful and beneficial modifications that are most likely to be affected. In the case of images covered by CC-BY-ND, those are primarily: overlaying of text; usage of the image in a video (usage in articles is permitted); cropping, transformations such as color, blur, sharpness and contrast; animation; vectorization, and so forth. There are plenty of educational and useful scenarios that are affected by preventing derivatives, while the main thing you may want to prevent (political parody and distortion), cannot be legally done, as the right to satirize content is considered especially important in copyright law.

Furthermore, distortions that are explicit attacks on your character are already covered by existing law on libel and slander. You do not need copyright law to prevent them.

Finally, one should consider that in addition to any legal tools that exist to deal with undesired behavior, there are social mechanisms, such as ostracizing those whose actions you disapprove of, or publicly shaming them. You will always be able to use these tools. A copyright license that prohibits building upon your work, on the other hand, prevents many beneficial uses and causes friction by default. This is why it is considered non-free, and unacceptable.


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Wikinews:Image use policy/New Wikimedia resolution for image licensing

This page is to discuss how we are going to follow foundation:Resolution:Licensing policy.

Some of the questions regarding this policy and its background are addressed in FAQ page.

The text below is meant to be a clear and concise summary of the changes brought about by the resolution and the ongoing discussion about it, useful for informing newcomers to the discussions. it was refactored from earlier discussions on this page. see the talk page for the original discussions and consider using the talk page for long/less on-topic discussions, which can later be summarised here.

Intent of the resolution
The mission of the Wikimedia Foundation is to provide for the creation and distribution of free-content educational materials. And anytime we let in non-free content, we deviate from our mission. In some cases there really is no replacement, which is why "fair use" is allowed at all. But that's a pretty narrow set of cases, and that's discouraged, too.

Since this is a matter of Wikimedia-wide resolution and not just any one project, it was decided by the board; we'd seen several projects that had started slipping away from the free content goals of the Foundation and wanted to make a clear statement of what they were, before they slipped even further away from them."

Objections

 * Good stuff gets deleted: in some cases, only non-free images or other media is available for use during the short period news articles are written and remain "hot". the change in policy trims the leeway we have to use such material. there are also other original contributions, such as in photoessays, licensed under restrictive terms that will be deleted due to the change in policy.

 * Contributors want more control over their work: some have licensed media under non-commercial or non-derivative licenses and prefer to see it stay that way. the contributors fear that their work will be used in derivative work that are contrary to their views and intentions in submitting their original work.

 * "Wikinewsies weren't consulted": many Wikinewsies, including those who've contributed much of the material now disallowed were unaware of the impending change, and so didn't speak about it. Discussions about the change took place in other interwiki venues such as mailing lists and was noted on Wikinews news but appears not to have garnered the attention of many wikinewsies.

Responses to objections
Good stuff will not get deleted if they are relicensed.

discussions about how this change is to be implemented is still very much underway. there is still some leeway in determining what stays and what goes. –Doldrums(talk) 09:26, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Poll
There is a poll where you can vote in favor for or in opposition of the policy, which will be sent to the Board, WMF and anyone "up top" affiliated with Wiki-wide decision making and policy issues regardless of the outcome.

"Abolish Fair Use!"

 * a lot of fair use stuff don't really add much to the article.
 * upload everything to commons, makes it easy for other wikis to use the media.
 * but is difficult to find free media quickly for use in developing stories.

"Don't change anything"

 * the criterion for hosting/deleting images remains unchanged. the process of attribution, use of templates, providing rationales are changed per the resolution
 * WN will continue to retain some non-free stuff, may violate the change in policy formulated by board resolution.

"Amnesty for published stuff"

 * avoids deletion of good stuff if contributors are not willing to relicense.
 * WN will continue to retain some non-free stuff, may violate the change in policy formulated by board resolution.

Proposed EDP guidelines/rules

 * media "necessary/adds value to article"
 * free alternative not available
 * free alternative not available prior to publish

Media affected
for organised lists of what's affected and how

Examples of affected media
archetypical examples for discussing the effect of particular proposed changes

Image:Inflatable-boats-from-greenpeace.jpg
 * Well the green poster needs an edp. Removing AshleyX from this list as it is fine, as they granted us permission as long as we attribute. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:56, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Template reworking

 * Template:Logo
 * Required Changes:
 * not much, just something about how we rationalize using logos. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:15, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Status:
 * Template:publicity
 * Required Changes:
 * No dead people, no people with free images. basicly what the big red box says, but nicerly worded. Bawolff ☺☻ 09:15, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Status:
 * Template:Screen shot
 * Required changes: unexamined to my knowledge. -Edbrown05 19:14, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
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Examples of how the Main page feature box can be used.

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User talk:12.183.100.8

Welcome!

12.183.100.8, welcome to Wikinews! Thank you for your contributions I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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:
 * Neutral point of view - tell every side to a story in a fair and balanced way
 * Cite sources - everything in a Wikinews article must be sourced
 * 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.
 * 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!

Here are some other hints and tips:

 * I would recommend that you get a username. You don't have to log in to read or edit articles on Wikinews, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires no personal information, and there are many benefits of having a username.  (If you edit without a username, your IP address is used to identify you instead.)

 * When using talk pages, please sign your name at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (~~). This will automatically produce your username (or IP address) and the 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!–Doldrums(talk) 12:12, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

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2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Australia

March 31, 2007

Australia beat Bangladesh today by 10 wickets in the Super 8 phase in the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda.

This was Bangladesh's first game in the Super 8 stage, which they entered pointless after defeat to fellow group qualifiers Sri Lanka. Australia already led the Super 8 group with 4 points on the board, thanks to their victory over the West Indies and group stage win over South Africa.

The match was reduced to a 22 over game due to delays from the wet outfield.

Glenn McGrath became the leading wicket taker in World Cup history with his 3 wickets here, taking him past Wasim Akram.

Toss:  Australia won, and elected to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tamim Iqbal, 2.4 ov), 2-8 (Shahriar Nafees, 3.3 ov), 3-25 (Aftab Ahmed, 5.3 ov), 4-37 (Mohammad Ashraful, 7.5 ov), 5-65 (Saqibul Hasan, 16.2 ov), 6-97 (Habibul Bashar, 21.1 ov)

Australia: N W Bracken, M J Clarke, A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden, G B Hogg, M E K Hussey, G D McGrath, R T Ponting (capt), A Symonds, S W Tait, S R Watson Bangladesh: Abdur Razzak, Aftab Ahmed, Habibul Bashar (capt), Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful, Mohammad Rafique, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Saqibul Hasan, Shahriar Nafees, Tapash Baisya, Tamim Iqbal

Player of the match: G D McGrath (Australia)

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and B F Bowden (New Zealand) TV umpire: R E Koertzen (South Africa) Match referee: B C Broad (England) Reserve umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)


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Football: Crouch hat-trick lifts Liverpool to victory

March 31, 2007

Three goals by Peter Crouch gave Liverpool a comfortable 4-1 win over rivals Arsenal on Saturday at Anfield. The two teams are in a battle for third place in the league at the moment, and both are in need of points to guarantee a Champion's League berth for next season. Liverpool's win puts them in third for the time being, but Arsenal have a game in hand still to be played out against Manchester City. Saturday's match acted as a return to the Premiership for Peter Crouch after his broken nose kept him out for several games, and he played as a lone striker with Steven Gerrard acting as close support from midfield. Arsenal meanwhile played two strikers with Emmanuel Adebayor returning from suspension being paired with Julio Baptista.

Liverpool started the game very strongly, with Peter Crouch scoring after only four minutes. A back heeled one-two between Pennant and Arbeloa release Arbeloa on the right side, and his low cross found Crouch, who slotted the ball past Jens Lehmann. Arsenal responded positively with a header by Adebayor, but the ball flew just over the crossbar and landed on top of the netting. Baptista then had a chance on goal for Arsenal after he was found open by Adebayor, but the Brazilian's shot was scuffed well wide of the net and failed to trouble Jose Reina. Arsenal would be made to pay for their missed chances minutes later as Crouch bagged his second of the afternoon when he headed in a cross from Fabio Aurelio.

Jens Lehmann was awarded a yellow card during the halftime break for allegedly spitting water at a Liverpool supporter, but the game continued without further incident. Steven Gerrard had the first of the chances in the second half, but his shot from just outside the box was directly at Lehmann. Arsenal then had their best chance through Adebayor, but he was unlucky to see his low drive cannon off the base of the post with Reina well beaten. Liverpool then increased their lead on sixty minutes when Agger directed Aurelio's curling free kick into the back of the net past a diving Lehmann. Adebayor continued to threaten Liverpool's goal however, and if not for a fingertip save from Reina, he would have pulled one back for Arsenal off a header. Arsenal would pull one back minutes later through William Gallas has he tapped home a corner from Cesc Fabregas. Arsenal put on pressure for a few minutes in an attempt to force a grand-stand finish, but it was to be Liverpool who would score next. Germain Pennant's cross into the box found Crouch, and after some good control and a flick between his legs, the tall Englishman powered his third into the back of the net, sealing the victory for Liverpool.

Liverpool now travel to Holland to take on PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League, the team that dropped Arsenal out of the same competition. Arsenal meanwhile have no competitions left but the Premiership to take part in, and their next game is at home to strugglers West Ham United.


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FHR Summary
Watched the game, made notes, wrote article. No sources used this time. —Dark Squall 14:16, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
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Sydney holds voluntary one hour blackout

March 31, 2007 Many lights in Sydney, Australia's largest city, were turned off for one hour at 19:30 local time (09:30 UTC) on March 31, 2007 to raise awareness of climate change. This Earth hour, which was organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), received support from the government of New South Wales, many environmental groups and some businesses.

Many famous buildings such as the Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Luna Park took part.

Organisers also hoped the event would encourage Australians to conserve energy, claiming if various electronics were switched off when they were not in use the country's greenhouse gas emissions could reduce by up to 5%.


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Two Wikimedia employees announce resignations

March 31, 2007

Brad Patrick and Danny Wool announced their resignations from the Wikimedia Foundation last week.

Danny Wool, previous Grants Coordinator for the Foundation made his resignation first known on March 20, by removing his name from the current staff listing on the Foundation's website. Unlike Patrick, this was the first indication of Wool's resignation.

According to a mailing list post by Wool, he will be running for a seat on the Board of Trustees, the Wikimedia Foundation's governing body, in June. Earlier in the same message, he says that he is unwilling to discuss the reasons of his resignation with the community.

Brad Patrick's resignation was known to the Board of Trustees about a month previously and was made public on March 22. Patrick says in his mailing list message that his resignation is not related to Wools, and that "the timing is just unfortunate". Patrick says that he will not be leaving the Wikimedia projects, just "not going to be the WMF's General Counsel" anymore.

In an interview with Wired News, Patrick criticized the Board's ability to "handle things", as well as concerns with the "informal structure of the Board" and "the inexperience of its seven members". When contacted by phone, Jimbo Wales said that he was confused by Patrick's statements.

"What I hope for is for the board to decide to choose a future that will be conducive to a very powerful executive director who can provide some much needed leadership right now," Patrick said.


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source?
where's this "handle things" quote sourced from? can't find it on Wired. Patrick talks about handling funds and business opportunities in that article, not "things". –Doldrums(talk) 18:06, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

and what's this - Brad Patrick's resignation was known to the Board of Trustees about a month previously when it was made public on March 22.? –Doldrums(talk) 18:12, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Brad Patrick submitted his resignation to the Board a month ago, and it was made public on Foundation-l on March 22.  Thunderhead  ►  18:18, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Both of these events are old imho. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:48, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Also suprising as it sounds, we're not wikizine or the signpost. Why is is that we report every time someone close to the foundation so much as breathes. If it was the Mozilla foundation or some other foundation we would not care. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:51, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I dunno, I saw this in Wired News before the Signpost.  Thunderhead  ►  23:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * This is interesting... DragonFire1024 08:55, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Wondering sentence
Found on the article:

" that this could be thwarted if the board resists changes that are needed."

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:45, 31 March 2007 (UTC)


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User talk:208.120.163.218

Welcome
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Category:April 3, 2007

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title: Category:April 3, 2007