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User:Bddpaux/Archive 3

FAC nomination
Two things, really. --Pi zero (talk) 20:24, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * An article can't be nominated for FA until it's been archived. That's at least a week after publication, longer at times of slow output.
 * Realistically, it's not FA material. Way too short.  Take a look at WN:WIAFA.
 * About 5 seconds after I nominated it, I went back and looked at the length more carefully.....it's awfully short. --Bddpaux (talk) 23:10, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I do identify with your enthusiasm about the pictures. Laura too has remarked on how well they're coming out.  --Pi zero (talk) 00:02, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm laughing at myself, on this. BRS re-nominated this, and I've supported it.  So much for self-consistency. :-P  --Pi zero (talk) 15:19, 24 December 2016 (UTC)

Talkback
I have given you a talk back just in case you missed my message. :)  Curtaintoad  curtain or toad   04:57, 4 March 2013 (UTC)

Wikinews Writing contest 2013 is here. :) Please sign up to participate?
We've created the Writing contest 2013, which will start on April 1 and end on June 1. It is modeled on the successful 2010 contest. It would be a really great time for you, as a Wikinews accredited reporter, to do some original reporting and conduct interviews. People should be around to interview to prevent a backlog, and several reviewers have access to scoop to make it easier to review any original reporting you do. If you are interested in signing up, please do so on Writing contest 2013/entrants. There is at least one prize on offer for the winner along with the opportunity to earn some barn stars as a way of thanking you for your participation. :D --LauraHale (talk) 10:18, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Boston Marathon
FYI

TUFKAAP is I believe now reviewing, and planning to not-ready, an article about it that was submitted by a University of Wollongong student. --Pi zero (talk) 19:54, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Multiple explosions hit Boston Marathon
Hi. I just wanted to give you a heads up that Multiple explosions hit Boston Marathon was published. While it meets all Wikinews's guidelines for publishing, during the review process, a fair amount of material was removed because it was not found in the article. In many cases, an article with this much unverifiable information would result in the article being marked as not ready. Given the breaking news aspect of this particular story, as the reviewer, I chose to just remove that information that was not verifiable based on the sources and to clarify the ambiguous statements like "it is believed" to properly credit the information. This was simpler and enabled the quicker publication of the story. As more information becomes available, or if a new perspective can be found on the topic, please feel free to write and submit another story on the topic. If you have any questions, please ask myself or another reviewer for assistance. For a faster response, if you can wait five minutes, we are often available on IRC to assist when we do review. --LauraHale (talk) 23:57, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Something like the bombing in Boston does not benefit at all from trying to write off broadcast live coverage. You're pulling the 'fog' the 24/7 news broadcasters are throwing out to keep people glued to their coverage.
 * For something like that, the only worthwhile OR is on-the-ground. Sorry. --Brian McNeil / talk 07:02, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

 * Er? I could see writing off live broadcast coverage if it was televised press conference, but talking heads regurgitating... (I was watching the news and ABC24 was running the press conference with the police chief saying NO SUSPECT, and then they would flip to Boston local news which specifically said they had a suspect. It was so disconcerting.)  Just unsure why this comment was left for Bddpaux unless I missed something? --LauraHale (talk) 07:11, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

 * One might well find, examining the page history carefully, that most of the material excised from the article during review was added by someone other than Bddpaux. --Pi zero (talk) 12:21, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I commented on pretty much I think every major contributor's talk page since there were several, including at least one University of Wollongong student. Some of the things that I removed I knew I could verify (because I watched the Obama speech where the loss line was used).  I intended to give basically a courtesy notification to all parties involved.  The article that was published second was a lot stronger than the first article published, which was essentially a rush to publish while meeting all the bare requirements in order that we could have the time to develop a fuller, better article.  (Hopefully that makes more sense.)  I have always found Bddpaux's work to be pretty good, and there was no intend to suggest otherwise or that their contributions were the cause for the problems. (Though I did not consider it a bad thing in general to remind people checking for facts.  My little bit of review analysis showed that accredited reporters like myself [probably mostly me] are one of the biggest cohorts of problems when it comes to reviews being not ready because of verification issues.  I'm tired.  Long day.  My apologies.  Babbling.)  --LauraHale (talk) 12:31, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Brian's comment is interesting in that, technically, yes policy here allows "observing" live feeds then using that as OR. HOWEVER, prudent thought (and experience!!!) reveals that even the big names are sometimes grabbing at all bits of flotsam that float their way. Proof, once again, that breaking stories should generally be kept very short, unless you're right there in the fray yourself. --Bddpaux (talk) 15:04, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Pretty much spot-on. As Laura states, a televised press conference is a good one, we stand a chance of the same starting run as the mainstream in-attendance. The talking heads? They'll seize on any old cobblers, and you can end up less-informed trying to follow a breaking story like the bombings via them. Wasn't dissing Bddpaux, Laura; I'd seen a few diffs holding notes from the aforementioned "talking heads" and wanted to highlight the risks. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:23, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Longview, Texas police involved in standoff with unnamed gunman
I was lucky enough, for once, to be able to start reviewing your genuinely breaking article almost the moment you'd submitted it. Unfortunately, by the time I was loading the sources, about half an hour after you'd submitted, one of the sources had been updated to say the standoff had ended. Now that's breaking. :-S  --Pi zero (talk) 23:12, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Assistance with understanding how much original reporting costs
Hello and I apologize for writing in English. As all language Wikinews improves, The Wikinewsie Group wants to be able better support original reporting done by contributors like you. One of our newsletters at The Wikinewsie Group/Newsletter said you have recently published an original report. This is why I am contacting you.

Members of the The Wikinewsie Group are trying to assess the costs associated with original reporting across all Wikinews projects. This way, we can determine how much original reporting currently costs, who is paying for it, what Wikinews and other projects get for these costs (especially when paid for by unpaid, volunteer contributor reporters). This information can then be used in applying for grants, measuring the success of Wikinews original reporting and seeing how reporters can be better supported. If you could complete this survey on that topic, we would very much appreciate it. We will try to anonymize the responses as best possible when writing up any report. Thank you very much for taking the time to fill it out (especially in English). Please do not hesitate to ask me or pi zero about any questions you may have about this research. We hope the results will enable us to better assist you in conducting more original reporting on Wikinews. --LauraHale (talk) 08:23, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Article assistant tools
Since you sometimes start an article and find yourself short on time to finish it within deadline, I'm wondering if you have any thoughts on what sort of interactive tools might help streamline the process of writing. This is a blue-skying sort of question. I'm now nearing ready to start using my tools to build interactive-assistance software, and am in the market for ideas about different kinds of interactive assistance one might want to provide. --Pi zero (talk) 14:45, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, hmmmm......not too sure right off-hand. Y'know, the one thing that's got me a bit chaffed lately is how my local rag will only put about 3 sentences of most articles online, but you have to be a paying subscriber to get the rest. I just don't know what to do with/for/about the world of print journalism anymore....I really dont....it all seems to be going downhill and they just want to sit around and whine about it....and make content EVEN HARDER to get ahold of. Maybe some concrete examples might help (as far as possible tools). I can tell you something concrete, though: there're articles that appear locally (Tyler Morning Telegraph)....and I know they're solid events/stories for a multi-national source like ours....BUT the event happened, say, last night, and there's really only that one, maybe 2 online articles about the event (at least, usually according to Google news, that is)...I'm rambling, I'm not sure where I'm going with this. I'm just trying to say that with local quick stories, it's hard sometimes to meet our 3/3 rule, that's all.--Bddpaux (talk) 15:02, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

 * Hm, yeah. There's a technical trick that often works to get around type of paywall, but of course it wouldn't be ethical to use it as a reporter.  As a reviewer I've occasionally used it when the reporter appears to have had free access, but that is at worst a gray area since I'm just checking their work — and I generally recommend in review comments that in future they avoid that source.  It'd be different if the reporter and reviewer were both bypassing a paywall.  Our policy against pay-per-view sources has both legal and moral reasons — we're not out to undermine a news site's chosen economic model.  --Pi zero (talk) 16:06, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Qualifying Texas
A few of us did discuss unqualified state names upon a time, and felt Texas is an internationally recognized place name, like London (only bigger :-). Anyway, I've said my piece, and if you have a hankering to qualify it anyway, so be it. I did note on the article talk, that one would say "Idaho, US" rather than "Idaho (US)"; best avoid informational parentheses in news writing. --Pi zero (talk) 04:29, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Haunted attractions in Texas prepare for 2013 Halloween season
It needs a lede to explain why the article exists. This honestly shouldn't be difficult (I speak as someone apt to make things harder than they have to be!). Wikinews spoke to some etc., kind of thing. See my review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 01:25, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Published. --Pi zero (talk) 13:40, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Thanks much
Thank you for your comments and participation in the discussion of Wikinews interviews New York bar owner on Santorum cocktail for WN:FA, much appreciated, -- Cirt (talk) 14:19, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

Re
I have replied to you here Gryllida 20:36, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Controversy brews surrounding small Texas church
I really hope you get somewhere with this. It looks like something - currently minor - that could blow-up into a story the mainstream would be all over. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:29, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Fleetwood Mac
Hi. I left a comment on the article review. If you could provide additional insight into your review there, it would be appreciated. :) --LauraHale (talk) 07:10, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Possible review?
Any chance of a review tonight? I need to format it still and send the source to scoop. --LauraHale (talk) 21:23, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I promise I'll try within the next 18 hours from this moment.....can you just put the source stuff on the talk page??--Bddpaux (talk) 21:57, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I'd rather not share e-mails, but I can paste the raw text. I e-mailed scoop with proof I e-mailed people, though hard to show no response. --LauraHale (talk) 22:09, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Litigation for Varanasi Heritage intensifies
with reference to your kind notes in my User talk page. https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User_talk:Rahulkepapa#Varanasi_article

Following your advice in

https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Is_Varanasi_becoming_a_city_where_dialogue_is_formally_prosecuted%3F&action=edit&redlink=1

I have now prepared https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Litigation_for_Varanasi_Heritage_intensifies

Does it work well? Am I understanding your advice?

Cheers rahulkepapa

Thanks a lot for your encouragements. I am learning and trying to follow your advice. I have shortened more the article. I will continue the issue on other small articles. Doing my best to conform to a Western style of English. Not so easy to be spontaneous in other cultures styles. I think some deviation should be allowed for styles of other cultural environments, since English is used differently in different cultural contexts. Grammar remains the same. But etiquette changes. Allowing some difference in styles may be enriching a global communication platform like wikinews that is meant to allow independent news making throughout the globe. Thanks a lot for your patience with me. I am learning a lot. --  Rahulkepapa (talk) 08:22, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Modern media battles in the ancient city of Varanasi

 * I added quotations to the source list with reference to the antiquity of the city.  But I do not know what I should do with reference to the dates.  I put the date of today. Should a different template be used for sources in encyclopaedias?

Rahulkepapa (talk) 05:34, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Admin
I've closed your RFP as successful and turned on your amin bit. Congratulations, and welcome to the janatorial team. :-)  --Pi zero (talk) 19:03, 20 November 2013 (UTC)

 * If you haven't had WN:AAA on your watchlist, you may now wish to add it. And there's also WN:BLOCK — note, we have the imho sanest blocking policy around, in that the opening paragraph states that the admin should use their best judgement and everything later on the page is guidelines.  --Pi zero (talk) 21:12, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Got it. Cool. But, maybe I need some sort of primer on how to delete ancient abandoned articles. I'm tired right now....brain is fuzzy. --Bddpaux (talk) 04:15, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Since I too am tired and fuzzy atm, I won't try tonight to describe how to do that.  --Pi zero (talk) 04:27, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, if you're up to it.......I'm properly awake now! --Bddpaux (talk) 18:49, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Let's see.
 * Tagging articles as abandoned (trying to be really thorough, while I'm at it):
 * There should have been no meaningful activity on the article for four days or longer. Usually that means no edits at all.
 * The place to look for them is WN:Newsroom. It's a good idea to purge the page, so it's up-to-date.  Most articles that might want tagging are Disputed, but occasionally they show up under In development, undisputed.
 * One usually puts {subst:aband} on the article. However, some articles should be moved to userspace instead of deleted, in which case one uses {subst:aband|userspace=username}.  Userspacing articles is commonly done with original reporting, and lately we've (at least sometimes) userspaced articles written by students as part of coursework.
 * Selecting articles to delete (or to userspace):
 * Look at the Proposed deletions section near the bottom of WN:DR. There are four queues there, depending on how many days' notice is given for the particular type of deletion.  Take the first queue with a grain of salt:  it lists not only articles tagged for blatant copyright violation, but also articles reviewed as not-ready on the copyright criterion, and I've always tended to hang back on deleting an article after just one day because it was not-ready'd for copyright (unless the copyright problem was severe).
 * Deleting:
 * When deleting the article, the delete page has a menu of reasons for deletion; select from the menu Abandoned article - 2 day warning. The following field on the delete page is for additional info; by default it contains some info about the content of the page, and if the page has only been edited by one user there's a parenthetical remark identifying that sole author; myself (being a neatnik), I prefer to delete from that all the info about content, which just clutters up the deletion log and may even cause an overflow so one loses part of the parenthetical, but leave the parenthetical if there is one.
 * Then also delete the article's talk page, if there is one, selecting from the menu reason Disassociated talk or comments page; again I remove the supplementary stuff about content, but preserve any parenthatical about identity of an only editor. (An article almost never has only had one editor, but it does happen with the talk page, if the only stuff there is one or more reviews by the same reviewer.)
 * Userspacing:
 * This is a pain. One renames the article, with its talk page if any, and without leaving a redirect, by switching the space from (main) to User: and adding a prefix to the title "username/" — so, for example, an article by User:Pi zero with headline "Kangaroo attacks crowd in Mumbai" would be moved to User: space with title "Pi zero/Kangaroo attacks crowd in Mumbai".  And then comes the bothersome part, which we hope eventually to build a tool for:  decatting.  The category tags at the end of the article get ":" added before "Category", thus  becomes Category:France and so on.  Status templates at (usually) the top of the article get "tl|" added right after the {, so  becomes ... and so on, and original and interview templates in the sources sectino get "tl|" added too.  An infobox gets a parameter "nocat=1" added to it, so  becomes  and so on.
 * --Pi zero (talk) 16:54, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Excellent news that you've been given the mop. Use it wisely! —Tom Morris (talk) 17:29, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Re: Hmmmmm............
Good day, Bddpaux. I would certainly be glad to contribute to Wikimedia (not only in terms of images shared within Wikimedia archive) but also in copy-editing (to begin with). As for today, my experience in editing within Wikipedia is limted only with adding images to Wiki articles and, as I've already mentioned, in uploading a number of documentary and travel works from my personal archives. To be brief, I'd be glad to attend to work within Wikinews.
 * User talk:Mstyslav Chernov Sounds great! Glad to hear that!! We're very happy to have you hear. BTW, you might want to sign each of your talk post with 4 tildes (four of these: ~ )  which will yield your version of this: Bddpaux (talk) 20:16, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
 * So, feel free to jump over to the Newsroom and have a go at it!! ...and, please: don't be too quick to get your feelings hurt, OK? We have standards here, but with persistence, you will learn them!  Cheers!  --Bddpaux (talk) 20:19, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you kindly for assistance and good advice! As for today I'm getting used to Wikinews space and, surely, will have my first try to jump into it one of these days! Mstyslav Chernov (talk) 08:11, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

The Common Weal
Did you get a change to check out the abandoned video report for that? (sent link-to out to scoop). --Brian McNeil / talk 22:11, 16 December 2013 (UTC)
 * No, sorry......too busy. --Bddpaux (talk) 02:07, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

gantdaily.com
I've hit a snag reviewing the flu article: gantdaily.com is refusing connections. If it becomes available at some point, and I notice, I can finish the review fairly quickly. Anyway, so's you know, that's what's going on with the article atm. (Too bad I wasn't up to reviewing it later yesterday; the problem might not have existed then.) --Pi zero (talk) 15:23, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
 * User:Pi zeroWell, I sent that one off into the ether and plugged in a more local source.......I really only grabbed that tiny bit for the end of para 2 from the Gant daily article, and the local one I inserted in its place should suffice readily. --Bddpaux (talk) 17:01, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

Accreditation
At the accreditation requests I noticed you oppose occasionally if the candidate has not contributed much here. I might note that the accreditation is a thing needed for other regions Wikinews too. While having it centralized at English Wikinews may be unintuitive, it is done so, and it in my understanding currently with a broad scope. Gryllida 08:02, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Though I agree, more or less, it does also seem fair that we want to know what the candidate has done for some Wikinews, and whether it reflects our journalistic values. In understanding that, it's admittedly easier for us to really grok what someone has done on en.wn that on some-other-language.wn.  (Indeed, it's not impossible that some-other-language.wn might have much different journalistic values, which is something we'd need to watch out for, a bit.)  --Pi zero (talk) 13:24, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

 * Agree with aspects of both these remarks. TWG is supposed to be there to facilitate any language variant doing OR, and part of that will be encouraging them to set up their own accreditation programmes which are validated as some as-yet-undefined minimum standard. There are real problems with this in more than a few European countries; many have government-issued press IDs which are only given out to people who make the majority of their income from journalistic work. That is a problem, and it will be one of TWG's tasks to lobby for such rules to be amended. I am aware of one legal case in Belgium where the judge applied the laws usually reserved for recognised journalists to a blogger. So, there's hope on that front. On the flip-side, such laws have discouraged several languages from even trying to set up an accreditation process.
 * I've been 'practically comatose' in terms of content creation over the last year. That doesn't just need to change, my New Year's resolution will be to do something about it. AffComm recognition of TWG is useless if we do nothing with it, and if I am made redundant in the New Year I'll have plenty time to cause trouble; starting with being the first Wikinewsie to be recognised as a member of the press by a government. WM-UK have offered whatever help I need to get that recognition from the Scottish Parliament, so we'll see. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:09, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Well, I suppose this whole discussion shines some much needed light on things (for me, at least). I thought each WN project stood on its own two feet (accreditation-process-wise) but I guess that isn't true. It still seems a bit clumsy to me, though, that we're to weigh in on a person whom we know very little about (work-wise, that is). So, English WN is the giant decision-mill over who does/doesn't get accredited? Something just seems a bit odd about that, really. --Bddpaux (talk) 03:46, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Each Wikinews 'should' stand on its own, yes. But, that presents headaches where there's some of these issues around how countries which use a particular language look at the press. France is one of the countries where their interior ministry issues press credentials to journalists (on that 'make the majority of your income from the trade' basis). Thus, when the issue came up there is was met with "what's the point?"
 * I want to see each language sort themselves out with an accreditation process, and have TWG verify that meets as-yet unspecified minimum criteria before any access/credentialing by the group takes place. As has been demonstrated, there are quite a few problems with accreditation all being routed through enWN. The most-obvious is, as you highlight, we've very little visibility of appropriate use of credentials.
 * Back in the dim and distant past, when we first set up accreditation here, there was discussion about the process taking place over on meta. I'd rather not see that, because I find meta largely useless. For the current request that prompted this discussion, the problem is we're talking about a photographer. Their work is going to end up over on Commons, which gives us a whole new set of headaches. I'm sure we'll get some progress on clarifying this in the new year, I doubt I'm alone in finding the rate of progress painfully slow. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:57, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
 * English Wikinews has some advantages that none of the others Wikinewses (afaik) have, deriving from the fact that, whatever our size is right now, our infrastructure was built by a, comparatively, very large number of journalism enthusiasts. We've got infrastructure in place, including the key elements of our meritocratic system, that it'd be hard to imagine evolving by any less labor-intensive route.  --Pi zero (talk) 12:09, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
 * God knows I'm no huge lover of committees....but maybe it'd be a good idea to discuss this whole bit of business in the large scale via such a group. --Bddpaux (talk) 03:53, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

I've thrown a few points up on the Water Cooler, and I certainly agree with your sentiment about committees; but, what I believe TWG should be is more of a co-operative. All Wikinewsie.org has helped with is improving the chances for individual acts of 'social engineering'. We've no backstop if something goes wrong, if we find one of our reporters jailed or similar. Your remarks on the current accreditation request echo my own thoughts: "Have you got skin in the game?" That's why I think it needs to go out to the relevant language communities; their reputation depends on the people who might contribute there on the basis of accreditation.

I don't want the current Water Cooler discussion to be as crude as 'enWN pushing the problem onto the other languages', and I can rarely be bothered going over to Meta for discussions, seeing the failure of WN:WORTNET as vindication this is a common Wikinewsie view. I would like to see a bit more local input on the raised points before highlighting the discussion on other languages. I tend to do better at defining technical problems, and some of the challenges TWG faces are anything but technical and thus well-definable. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:54, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

US temperatures edge upward following brutal winter storm
I really struggled to identify what was bothering me and whether it was something to not-ready the article on. This is subtle stuff. I did my best to explain my thinking in the review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 14:44, 10 January 2014 (UTC) User:Pi zero Yeah, y'know...I feel you. I'm the quickest one to stomp around and talk about the "spirit" of an article.....I think I might've just started a bit too early on that one!! --Bddpaux (talk) 23:39, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Mailbox quota
I noticed a 'caution' on the quota of your Wikinewsie.org mailbox. No problem if you need the quota upped — since you're obviously still active in the community — if you do need a bump, or any other issues with email, give me a shout. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:57, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I deleted a few old ones......I'll hit a few more later this week. Hopefully, that'll pull me under the limits. --Bddpaux (talk) 19:41, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Noted magician, Aldo Colombini dies following stroke
Is this going to be worked on in the future? Should I try and start hunting for references? I can't seem to find any. TeleComNasSprVen (talk) 03:07, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * It's tagged abandoned and scheduled to be moved to userspace. And overdue to be moved to userspace, actually.  Doing that now.  --Pi zero (talk) 11:05, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 * User:Bddpaux/Noted magician, Aldo Colombini dies following stroke. --Pi zero (talk) 11:09, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Wikinewsie email
Your mailbox is currently over-quota.

Can you please resolve this as it is causing bounces on scoop? If you need a password reset, please let me know. --Brian McNeil / talk 09:03, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. --Bddpaux (talk) 15:49, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks! (Note, haven't checked on the hosting yet). You're clearly still here, and still working. As part of the move to Amsterdam I imposed quotas on people where, 'technically', I could give most users gmail-sized allocations. If a bigger mailbox allocation helps — in the short-term! — happy to do so in your case. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:28, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Citizens express both praise and worries over Texas rains
I've been worrying about this, in the background, as I've been reviewing other things. I looked it over a bit shortly after you'd submitted it, and I just wasn't sure whether it was coming out newsworthy. Or possibly within range that a really well-chosen small tweak to the lede, of a sort that a reviewer can do, would make it work. Though I'm sure sitting on the queue hasn't been doing it a bit of good. --Pi zero (talk) 18:53, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * By-and-large, my lede is a bit weak-ish. For now, I'll let the winds decide its fate. I was really hoping to get a lot of good farmer quotes, but wasn't quite able to bring that to fruition. Whatever happens, for my next one, I'll need to hit the "four bad years and now a good year"-angle much harder. --Bddpaux (talk) 21:27, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, I tried to provide useful review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 13:30, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Election committee
Would you care to add your name to a bulleted list at WN:Arbitration Committee/2014 election? Since it'd look best if the edit was by you (though I s'pose any of us could do it, referencing the water cooler). --Pi zero (talk) 14:10, 4 July 2014 (UTC)
 * ....and done. --Bddpaux (talk) 15:04, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Voting has closed. Would the election committee care to set up a page WN:Arbitration Committee/2014_election/Results, along the lines of WN:Arbitration Committee/2013_election/Results? --Pi zero (talk) 13:18, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

 * Ok, I'll try to do just that. --Bddpaux (talk) 16:40, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Keep me posted
Keep me posted on Arbitration Committee/2014 election/Results, and when it's complete I'll look it over and certify after you've certified it. -- Cirt (talk) 21:08, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Haunted attractions open across Texas for 2014 Halloween season
Same hang-up as last year, I see (alas for the delay reviewing; well, it happens). I've found it impressive what a difference a lede can make. Review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 12:22, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Being bothered by User:Pi zero
He is bothering me with rubbish each edit. He is never contributing. He deletes articles comments sites here, although the article is existing. Articles under development are clean up articles. I might not write about RB Leipzig. My started articles have interest and he says that other archived articles are which from amateur clubs, university clubs or something else. He wants to rename my name here and is not rename me. My articles are written after the style such as about other proven football match reports. He is psychic unable to name reasons. Please remove him from the board! He neither productive nor socially competent or educated, for a globally representative on public free sites. --Nikebrand (talk) 21:41, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I will respond at your talk page. --Bddpaux (talk) 22:06, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Interview
You should forward those emails to scoop. --Pi zero (talk) 14:47, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, y'know, it always seems so weird to have a transcript of the interview on the talk page, and then the interview just (essentially) re-pasted as the 'article.' --Bddpaux (talk) 14:50, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Tools for writing
This thread might be of interest? --Pi zero (talk) 16:44, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

Two-time plane crash survivor, Austin Hatch, scores first goal in college sports
Well, published. Had some difficulty with distance from source along the way. --Pi zero (talk) 20:28, 13 November 2014 (UTC)

Trial begins in Kaufman County, Texas murders
If I'm not just confused, there's a single-source problem here. Review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 19:03, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

 * Closer. Different problem encountered.  I'm finding this a rather fascinating story.  Review comments.  --Pi zero (talk) 22:38, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

FA promotion
Just a note, for future reference. I voted for the Delph interview, of course. But we do generally wait for more votes; I've seen promotions with four votes, myself I prefer to wait for five. --Pi zero (talk) 18:14, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah....I concur. It had just lingered for so darned long...... We really should have, (informally, at least) some sort of set threshold. It's weird, some articles that get nominated fall into a sort of purgatory....one or two votes and then you can't buy another vote for 10 bucks!  --Bddpaux (talk) 20:49, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * If we had an assistant for closing those things —which I really mean us to have, eventually, because there are so many fiddly details to it— the assistant could offer advice on the decision as well as the procedure. --Pi zero (talk) 21:16, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Category:Scientists
Hey! Quick note, profession-cats (Category:Scientists, Category:Lawyers, Category:Musicians etc) are aimed to group other categories into. I've recently gone through them and added recommendations on each for where to put individual articles. BRS (Talk)   (Contribs) 18:14, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Wikinewsie email
I'm getting bounce messages due to your wikinewsie mailbox being full. If you need a password reset, please let me know and confirm you've a working email address associated with your account here (so I can send the new password via 'email this user'). --Brian McNeil / talk 10:27, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Things should be a bit better now. --Bddpaux (talk) 03:41, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Not looked, and happy to bump your quota up if that's what's needed. However, I'd be happier to have a confirmation you've changed the password as well. Pick one that's long-enough the NSA will have to work on it.
 * Wish I could get my head into the right frame of mind to contribute more here, but I've been distracted, and working on other things. --Brian McNeil / talk 10:08, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

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Taipei residents: Universiade players lack in civic virtues

Taipei City is holding the 29th Universiade, the players live in ( 林口 ), New Taipei City, about 20 km from Central Taipei.

At first, the people very much welcome these players. But the players made trouble at night the other day.

The players hold parties and drink in the middle of the night. They even insult the local residents. Some people say angrily: "If the government can't to keep public security, then please put the players in the countryside or mountains, don't put beside the community of a city." They think the players are lacking in public morality.

More exaggerated is that there is a male player sexual harass a female staff, she has alarm, the male player will be held accountable.

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Wikinews:Accreditation requests/Lhcollins

 * Close as unsuccessful. User withdrew nomination. --SVTCobra 11:37, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Lhcollins (talk)

 * Name: Lhcollins
 * Location: Maryland, New Jersey, & Pennsylvania, USA
 * Areas of interest: Emerging musical acts and the venues that support them. Other interests include Psychology and environmental issues.
 * Reason: To give me the access I need to contribute to Wikinews, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia more effectively.
 * Accomplishments: Regarding venues, The Ottobar, Lucerna Music Bar, The Upstage Club, The Saint (music venue), Asbury Park Music Awards and numerous fixes to articles about other small venues (e.g., The Stone Pony, Hammerjacks, The Recher Theater). In terms of emerging artists (and one DJ), Charlie Mars, The Ries Brothers, Deal Casino, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Emily Grove, Holme (band), The Blind Owl Band, and Jeff Raspe. In real life I am a psychology professor whose hobbies include construction, home renovation, photography, web design, digital art, technology. I am a published author.

Here are the photographs I have contributed to Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lhcollins
 * Contact information: lc@chwd1
 * User ID:
 * Applied on: 13:48, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

I would also like to be able to apply for press passes. They require a letter from my editor. How is that handled? Thank you for your help.

Comments
You have never contributed to English Wikinews. Just because you wish to help Wikipedia and Commons (and hopefully this project too), we can not grant accreditation. You need to establish yourself as a trustworthy editor. Wikinews is not a place where one can get free press passes, you need to earn it. acagastya PING ME! 16:04, 2 September 2017 (UTC)

 * It would have been more appropriate for me to ask for credentials from Wikipedia or Wikimedia since I already have a long history of contributions as a trustworthy editor with them (Wikimedia Commons & Wikipedia contributions for the music world alone), but I couldn't figure out what their process was to get press credentials, or even if there is one. Thanks anyway. You just saved me a lot of money! :-) Lhcollins (talk) 14:39, 23 September 2017 (UTC)


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Tim Curry, TV premiere screenings, cosplay feature at Fan Expo Canada

September 6, 2017

Toronto pop culture convention Fan Expo Canada has wrapped for another year. It ran from Thursday to Sunday. Major panels included and the cast of ', ' voices  and, actors , , , , and child leads from . Canadian television channel hosted a  panel with seven lead cast members. On the heels of sister event Toronto Comic Con's ' reunion event, the lineup included a twentieth anniversary panel with the stars of another Canadian high school television series, '.

Heading into its fourth and final season, attendees got a chance to see the season opener of  on Saturday, followed by a panel. The event has had a continuing relationship with the series, screening other episodes previously. The second season premiere of the sci-fi series  was accompanied by a panel including. Canadian true-crime drama  had its world premiere. Other debuts included broadcaster with the Canadian premiere of ', with  in attendance,  with the Canadian premiere of ', and  with the new animated series .

Anime fans could watch episodes of their favourite shows, including AKB0048, Otaku No Video, Hana Yamata, My Hero Academia, Fairy Tail, and Penguindrum.

The book Star Wars Made Easy, targeted to non-fans to get up to speed on the fictional universe's various facts and figures, was ironically launched by DK Canada for a room of fans of the franchise. Author Christian Blauvelt answered questions from the audience on topics like his opinion on Midiclorians — he understands fan contention, but suggested that science and religion can co-exist, like in the real world — quizzed the audience on trivia, and signed copies of his book.

Some panels were quite ahead of the curve: one on Star Wars costume and prop building discussed building Porgs figures, despite the film  not being released to theatres yet.

were at the event with United and Unity, two brightly lit characters of their own creation. The force received funding in 2014 from the Provincial Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy to create a short film featuring the character United, receiving positive recognition locally. “Our United superhero program is part of our on-going efforts to connect with our community and show police in a different light,” YRP Constable Andy Pattenden told Wikinews. He explains that the officers who developed the project have a background in film-making, and “serve as an opportunity for us to start a conversation with youth and connect with them at a non-traditional level.”

Star Wars character, a puppet in the 1983 film , was re-created by the as an. The 501st is a fan group that dresses like the series villains for charitable events, particularly those raising funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The new addition to their annual display commanded long lineups throughout the day, from con-goers looking to donate in exchange for a photo-op with the massive, slug-like alien.

Wikinews talked with Cheryl, the co-host of the weekly video series "Our Didnee Side", who was dressed as Gadget Hackwrench, a mouse from the 1990s television series . Speaking for both of the hosts, she said their passion for Disney has “exploded” since starting the YouTube channel, and that they are both “creators. We can't seem to go a day without making something. We love doing Disney cosplay because it is like a beacon for other people in the fandom to come find us in a sea of other characters.” Conventions like Fan Expo Canada become “a great opportunity to meet like-minded Disney fans, and to possibly escape for the weekend from our 'boring human' lives.”

Adrianna Prosser, host of Toronto geek culture community website Geektropolis, spent part of the convention Fan Expo Canada 2017 as the. She told Wikinews that "geeking in Toronto is always such a joy, what with amazing and passionate fandoms coming together at Fan Expo!" She explained that the site tries to keep the feeling of the event going all year, featuring local creators and “geeky” fans, in an effort to bring the community closer together.

Party game — intriguingly available under a non-commercial Creative Commons license — offered a "Free Apologies from An American" booth, where a representative offered regrets to the largely Canadian visitors. The booth's curtains came into use at least once on Friday, closing when a Trump cosplayer reached the front of the line.


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Peggy Whitson, record-breaking 'American space ninja', returns to Earth

September 6, 2017

Just after sunrise on Sunday (1:21 UTC), NASA astronaut and biochemist, 57, returned to Earth in Kazakhstan, in a , after a 288-day mission in the International Space Station (ISS), bringing her lifetime total days in space to 665, the most for any U.S. astronaut, most for any female astronaut internationally, and eighth overall. Whitson was greeted with flowers, a pair of sunglasses and a medical team. All three arriving on the capsule, Whitson, fellow top-ten endurance astronaut Fyodor Yurchikhin, and NASA astronaut Jack Fischer, were carried from the capsule in chairs because they were no longer used to Earth's gravity. Because of, which flooded the and much of the rest of Texas the previous week, NASA was unable to send a plane to pick them up at their landing site. Instead the European Space Agency transported all three to, Germany.

The astronaut left in command of the ISS, Randy Bresnik, had left them with, "We are in your debt for the supreme dedication that you guys have to the human mission of exploration," and called Whitson in particular an "American space ninja."

Whitson's colleagues on the ground said she worked at great speed, continually seeking and performing new experiments. Her team completed work on plant physiology, chemotherapy drugs, and the effects of microgravity on stem cells and human eyes.

Whitson's home, in Houston, was not destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, though NASA's staff there has experienced some hardship, with many sleeping at Mission Control. Whitson commented, "Any trepidations I might have about returning in the aftermath of a hurricane are entirely eclipsed by all those folks keeping our mission going."

According to the Associated Press, Whitson has broken a few other records: She is the oldest woman to serve in space and the most experienced female spacewalker, at ten spacewalks. She is also the first woman to have commanded the ISS more than once.


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Talk:Tim Curry, TV premiere screenings, cosplay feature at Fan Expo Canada

Full quote from Adrianna
Through Facebook messenger, she said:

 * Geeking in Toronto is always such a joy what with amazing cosplay and passionate fandoms coming together at FanExpo! Geektropolis tries to keep that feeling all year long, our tag line is "geek on Toronto!" and we look for great local creators and geeky fans to profile and bring the community closer together.

Full quote from Cheryl
Through Facebook messenger, she said:

 * We love doing Disney Cosplay because it is like a beacon for other people in the fandom to come find us in a sea of other characters. It becomes a great opportunity to meet like minded Disney fans and to possibly escape for the weekend from our "boring human" lives.

 * We are both creators. We can't seem to go a day without making SOMETHING. Katie is a makeup artist and graphic designer and I'm constantly putting together products for my Etsy shop "LetsMakeSomeMagic". Together we collaborate weekly on our YouTube channel to bring a little magic to everyone's Mondays.

 * Since starting our channel, our passion for all things Disney has exploded! After our first trip to Walt Disney World together in May 2016, we've been chomping at the bit to go back. Hopefully, if all goes well, there will be more Disney trip vlogs in the near future!

Full quote from YRP
Through email, the Constable said:

 * Our United superhero program is part of our ongoing efforts to connect with our community and show police in a different light. These characters which were developed by officers with a background in film making appeal to kids and teens alike. They serve as an opportunity for us to start a conversation with youth and connect with them at a non-traditional level.

(This quote I can forward, unlike the others, above.)

Quote source for Blauvelt
I do have audio for part of the seminar that I could email to the general line, but it's not OGG, so it's not going onto Commons. -- Zanimum (talk) 21:23, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Other notes
-- Zanimum (talk) 21:23, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
 * "Trump" moment viewed when passing the booth, I do have a meh quality photo
 * Size of the lineups observed


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Frankfurt defuses World War II-era bomb, evacuates 60,000

September 4, 2017

Experts in, defused a -era bomb yesterday, after more than 60,000 people, the most since World War II, evacuated from the area.

The HC 4000, dropped by the 's , was discovered days ago near the campus in a construction site. Fire chiefs warned its reportedly 1.4 tons of explosives could have destroyed an entire city block.

Residents of the neighborhood, including those of two nearby hospitals, were asked to evacuate by 8 a.m. local time (0600 ), though the bomb removal process only began around 2:30 p.m., as the evacuation drew on. Just after 8 a.m., Markus Röck, a spokesman for the Frankfurt fire brigade, said: "The situation is relaxed which is a good sign and everything so far is going according to plan. We will now assess if everybody has left voluntarily and go from house to house and remove people if necessary."

About 1,100 workers assisted with the evacuation, according to the fire brigade, and helicopters and heat-detection technology were used to check everyone within 1.5, about 1 , had left. A convention center and concert hall opened to house people, and at museums and, other activities were offered for free.

When the area near the bomb was evaluated, other parts of the city became more populated. Peter Cachola Schmal, director of the, remarked, "It's a different atmosphere here today, because people are settling for a longer time[...] People are coming here to sit with their laptop and work, for example, or read the newspaper for hours."

Fire brigade director Reinhard Ries said, "the scale of this bomb is overwhelming. I have never seen anything like it."

Likely thousands of unexploded bombs from the era remain across Germany, and reportedly eleven bomb defusal technicians have been killed there since 2000. Devices may become more unstable as time wears on and their fuses age.


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Wikipedia in the news: Philippines
The Guardian just covered Wikipedia's coverage of the Philippines. Darkfrog24 (talk) 13:28, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Kashmir
P.M of Azad Kashmir's Statement,publish in daily jang is according  to U.N.O -Need Study Passed Resolution of G.A For Kashmir —Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.116.232.41 (talk) 20:47, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

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Silly little thing..........
I've been engrossed over the past few evenings by 'Manhunt:Unabomber'......it's good!! I've learned a lot things about how they caught him and it features some of my favorite actors. Ostensibly, a huge break in the case happened when a professor found and gave investigators a copy of an old Style Guide from the Chicago Tribune. The first time I'd ever heard to words 'Style Guide' was right here at WN! --Bddpaux (talk) 18:44, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Side note on review
Food for thought. --Pi zero (talk) 19:33, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Wow. God knows I make mistakes but those are very basic for a very important publication. Yikes. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:06, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Interesting story.....and a VERY interesting blog too! --Bddpaux (talk) 19:01, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
 * I've been following his blog lately. Haven't agreed with all his positions, but it is interesting, yes.  I got onto him because he's one of the regular panelists on a weekly half-hour critique of journalism (that I... aspire to follow) on WGBH, Beat the Press.  --Pi zero (talk) 01:58, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

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Interesting listen/read on investigative journalism
From the excellent ProPublica: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/item/the-breakthrough-how-a-small-news-outlet-brought-down-the-state-hero. I've never listened to audio from them before but they're just as good at it as they are at the written word. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:18, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

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I would also like to see Jezebel established for future articles, but it is not difficult at all to find sources for this one. Easy fix. Darkfrog24 (talk) 11:00, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * looking at te edit history, the source was replaced, but nothing significant was used from NPR. Also, the point about hurricane is pointless. There is no connection, so a) I would not allow that unless it has some connection and b) the edit history must hint usage of second source, it should not be a source farm. Comments? 27.59.67.146 (talk) 12:41, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * There's nothing fundamentally wrong with mentioning the hurricane in the article. It's background, it's related to the story (if there were otherwise any doubt, Whitson said something about it), and it's placed well down the inverted pyramid (which is the right place for it, since it's peripheral).  Reviewers shouldn't get involved in content choice unless it becomes really important (I keep thinking of the article I reviewed, once upon a time, about the last US combat troops from the Iraq War leaving Iraq, that spent a lot of space discussing the war while somehow managing to convey the impression that nobody in the US had ever been opposed to it; that I not-ready'd, and it was a vastly better article when it got resubmitted and published).  The related news complements that point; so I see no problem with those inclusions.  --Pi zero (talk) 13:25, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * If you look at the source code, you'll see passages marked .  NPR was the source for "Whitson was the first woman to command ISS" and the Houston quotes. The NPR article sported one of the quotes that I first saw in Jezebel.  There is also a large amount of overlap between the NPR article (most of the articles available about this event, actually) and AP.
 * I also thought it was neat to connect two related articles that are about two disparate events happening at the same time rather than about the same arc of events at different points in time. Darkfrog24 (talk) 15:40, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * When I was new, and I had used NYTimes, which was paywalled, and the article was not ready'd, I replaced it with other source which had overlapping content, but it was not ready'd again for not drawing any facts from it. 27.59.67.146 (talk) 16:29, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * "Reviewers shouldn't get involved in content choice" -- but what if the point fails to establish a context -- what if there is a connection, but needs to be explained? Just like in the article about triple talaq, the only reason Hindu's sati pratha was mentioned was because it was a religious custom, and that was eradicated. So, what about this one? So if there is some good connection, it is fine, else it is not worth saying. (and if it is to promote older article, then it is a big NO) 27.59.67.146 (talk) 16:34, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, there are considerations like failing to establish context. I guess what I was trying to articulate was that the reporter needs to have lots of leeway to decide what to cover and how to cover it, as long as... well, as long as it works.  If I were to critique the paragraph about Harvey, I would say that, as currently written, it assumes the reader already knows about Harvey.  If I were reviewing this I would then have to struggle with whether or not I could fix that with a change trivial enough to fall within reviewer's purview.  --Pi zero (talk) 16:45, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

For those who are aware about the hurricane, they would think "why mention this?". For those who don't know, they would say "what the hell is this and what is the relation?". In any case, the connection and context should be more than her home situated in Houston. 27.59.67.146 (talk) 16:58, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I get the impression the whole state of Texas is pretty traumatized; I think you're mistaken about those who know being likely to think "why mention this?" --Pi zero (talk) 18:06, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * The world is bigger than Texas. (Unless this is taken too seriously.) The first thing that came to my mind was "Why mention this?" -- same with Ellipse0934. I believe there are others who think the same. No matter how many people are affected, if we fail to establish the connection -- it is of no use. 103.254.128.118 (talk) 18:34, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't understand your thinking. The size of the world seems utterly irrelevant to the question.  This article isn't about the world, it's about .  There are two questions here: is the mention of Harvey justifiable, and is it justified.  I'd really like you to explain what is needed to justify it, but if you really can't see that it's possible to justify it then presumably you don't know what is needed (because you don't see that there is anything that would justify it).  --Pi zero (talk) 20:04, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Assorted anonymous contributors 1) now that I have pointed out what I got from NPR, are your concerns satisfied? 2) are you the same person as each other and/or as Acagastya the reviewer? We're such a small crowd on here that being three people instead of two can tip the scales (as opposed to being forty-two instead of forty-one). Darkfrog24 (talk) 23:33, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * This isn't a vote. It's true that your paragraph about Harvey fails to explain the significance.  That said, it would be pointless for me to rewrite the paragraph to address this problem; I would disqualify myself from reviewing it, and could only make it acceptable to me, having no idea how to make it acceptable to the other currently-active reviewer because I can't figure out their thinking on this. It appears to me you have three choices.  You can either revise the paragraph to explain the significance, hopefully satisfying my concerns; or you can remove it; or you can give up on the article.  Fwiw, I personally would recommend the first option; but keep in mind, I intend to review Zanimum's article first (hopefully, tomorrow morning). Btw, way back at the not-ready review comment the question raised was about acceptability of Jezebel.  I admit I don't see any basis for considering it anything but a blog; its self-claim to have a staff of writers doesn't in itself signify anything.  --Pi zero (talk) 03:50, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * It might not be a vote, but it is a conversation and I want to know if I'm responding to one person, two people or three. As you point out, if these anons are both Acagastya, that would explain why they're not just improving the article themselves.
 * One post ago you just said that the mention of Harvey was justified. Aside from that typo I fixed, what's different? "Explain the significance" of what?  You mean put in a line to the effect of "Hurricane Harvey is a big storm that just trashed Houston"? Darkfrog24 (talk) 11:20, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Your post kind of bothers me, Pi Zero. You're acting like I refused to change the article when what I actually did was say "Here's what you were looking for.  Do you still see a problem?" Darkfrog24 (talk) 11:29, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay, substantive stuff: I made a small change to the article, but I feel what we're going for is "Would a reader who, for whatever reason, has not heard of Hurricane Harvey before still understand this article?" I feel the article now conveys the concept "Hurricane Harvey was a big storm that affected Houston, which matters because NASA has facilities there." I think it did before, but now it does it even more. If that was not the issue, please respond. Darkfrog24 (talk) 11:41, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * About the IP/logging-in thing, Darkfrog24, I basically agree with you — logging in would be preferable; I only intended the voting remark to maintain separation of issues. It's entirely possible I slipped slightly on terminology. Using the distinction I (later) made between "justifiable" and "justified", I meant to suggest it was justifiable, regardless of whether or not it had actually been justified in the text of the article.  It's also possible I underestimated how well the article was already conveying the Harvey thing, but, as  you say, it does so better now, at least in my judgement.  --Pi zero (talk) 12:47, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for responding so graciously. And yes, the reader is getting a better article. Darkfrog24 (talk) 18:42, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * It's a good when we end up with a better deliverable. (Fortunately, got it reviewed under the wire.) One of the views of an article I try to keep in mind is, if somebody in the distant future reads it as an archived snapshot in time, will they understand?  They could easily be unaware of Harvey.  --Pi zero (talk) 21:49, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Review of revision 4344358 [Passed]
Is it too late to fix the comma in the title? It should read "Peggy Whitson, record-breaking 'American space ninja,' returns to Earth" to match the punctuation and spelling in the rest of the article. Darkfrog24 (talk) 23:32, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * We try to minimize renaming after publication, to avoid multiple entries in some feeds. I'd rather not do it now, for that reason.  It's not substantive, though, so it could be done after the article is fully protected in the archives (thus, off then main page and out of all feeds).  If we remember.  --Pi zero (talk) 23:50, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
 * That sounds reasonable. Sorry for the late reply but I'm having computer trouble. 11:33, 9 September 2017 (UTC)


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I was translating this article into Dutch, and I compared it with a German source: http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2017-09/bombenentschaerfung-frankfurt-massenevakuierung-zweiter-weltkrieg-sprengbombe They say: the bomb was 1,8 ton. Explosives in the bomb was 1.4 ton --Livenws (talk) 15:04, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the "more than" change. I don't speak German, so I would appreciate if you changed the English article to reflect whatever the proper weight should be. --Hameltion (talk, contribs) 15:36, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * We require that the sources drawn on for the article be listed in the Sources section; that is what the section is there for, and our review process must verify everything in the article from the provided sources. Inserting facts without adding the sources used is creating a problem; it can easily force an (already overworked) reviewer to do even more work to make up for the lapse, while at worst it could prevent an article from reaching publication.  --Pi zero (talk) 21:37, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Is there some style I should use with footnotes? Also, I found that the CNN source I used says: "specifically a 1.4-ton HC 4000 air mine, the statement said." --Hameltion (talk, contribs) 21:41, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * We do not use footnotes for sourcing on en.wn. --Pi zero (talk) 21:45, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I understand that, I was just wondering if you cite sentences. Is this good, just having sources at the end? --Hameltion (talk, contribs) 21:47, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, sometimes a reporter leaves an embedded html comment after a passage in an article, providing specific information about the sourcing of that passage.  There's been some discussion lately between reviewers over how useful that is, since the reviewer should be studying the sources carefully, for themself, to determine all that any sources have to say about it, rather than assuming that what one source says in one place is all they need to know to have full confidence it.  For my part, though I acknowledge the concern, I think that, depending on the situation, such embedded comments can be helpful to a reviewer if they exercise due caution.  Another way to provide supplementary notes for the reviewer is to leave them here on the collaboration (aka talk) page; our review gadget goes out of its way to make sure the reviewer doesn't forget to read this page carefully before finalizing a review of the article.  --Pi zero (talk) 22:01, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Btw, if sources disagree about something, we may want to either specify whose information we're using, or report that there is disagreement between sources (or both). --Pi zero (talk) 22:03, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I see. Would you like me to add hidden comments or have you already started the review? --Hameltion (talk, contribs) 22:05, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I put up under review on the article when I started the review, which requests edits not be made directly to the article, but instead any desired changes be explained here on the talk page. In this case I've noted your edit, and allowed for it.  --Pi zero (talk) 22:41, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
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