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Tim for president

I've actually deleted the thing twice and voted here to delete the version with a non-caps title. There's a link on deletion requests to the first piece of news I found about the guy.

As to sockpuppeting, it is pretty obvious it is the same guy and it's only something we really worry about if used in voting or block avoidance. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 11:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

No problem. I was a little surprised, but thanks for the apology, which is accepted. StockGear 20:28, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Sitenotice

Updated, but I always have to search for changes required in the Wikimedia namespace. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 21:39, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Images

Just a reminder, all images must have (url) sources. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:47, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Recently my edit to the story about the Canadian Sextuplets being given blood transfusions was considered vandalism and this is my counter argument.

Well since The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is the offcial bible that Jehovah's Witnesses use, it should be considered that most likely Mark Ruge and the watchtower.org would be quoting from the New World translation. That is why I considered it more Factually accurate to change the quote to original text from the translation that the group would have been using. Also it is unclear what exact page Mark Ruge directed the reporters to but on the Watchtower.org, the offcial site of Jehovah's Witnesses, but on the issue of blood there is this article http://www.watchtower.org/e/hb/index.htm?article=article_07.htm and if you scroll down some it eventually quotes the scripture in question and uses the same text I used.

Also it has been brought to my attention that the one source has original text before I edited it. But since I looked at the original text that Mark Ruge told the reporters too look at and it was my edited version, so obviously this error was on the part of reporter who wrote the original story on Canada.com and did not copy the text exactly but instead wrote it out in a different translation which is inaccurate to the original quote that Mark Ruge intended to have them see.

This I believe backs up my point that the scripture should be written in the translation that the original source had it from.--Darthbudge 18:59, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I have not found any other news sources that quote it but it says clearly in the Canada.com source it says that Mark Ruge directed the reporters to the Jehovah's Witnesses website watchtower.org. And the link I posted above clearly quotes the scripture in the same manner that I did. I view this to higher source because this is the site that the reporters should have been quoting from because that is where they were directed and shown the scripture.--Darthbudge 20:43, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

image:TAGHeuer.jpg has been spedied

STOP!

I deleted image:TAGHeuer.jpg, as I strongly suspect it came from a competing news organization (big no no in images at wikinews. See WN:FU) Actually I think it came from wikipedia (w:Image:TAGHeuer.TC.jpg) who in turn got it from http://www.linktrader.co.uk a competing news site. (No longer in operation, now domain parked. see http://web.archive.org/web/20050912062724/http://www.linktrader.co.uk/ ). The article this image was used on &mdsah; Prestigious 2007 design award given to TAG Heuer, currently has no image, which is a bad thing, and I'll try to find a replacement image (eventually). If you disagree with this deletion, please tell me, and I'll undelete. Bawolff ☺☻ 07:28, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

American football

I'm not so sure a sport popular in only one country merits lead article. Can you look for an alternative lead? --Brian McNeil / ^talk 20:29, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I'll have a poke about, perhaps need to polish something. You were well-intentioned with the change, and it may turn out this is the best for a lead on a content basis (I've not looked). I know if you dig out stats pages I'm one of the wiki's more active contributors but real life is severely curtailing my current contributions at this time. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 20:45, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews shorts

I just checked, the code to produce the table of contents is in the template for the wikinews shorts article. I'm reluctant to take it out of there without spending a lot of time looking in archives to see what effect it would have..

Upshot is... Ignore it, I don't like sources being listed with a bolded heading, but it works. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 20:56, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

shorts formatting is up for discussion.  — Doldrums(talk) 04:19, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Super Bowl

Yes. I renamed the article to Colts win Super Bowl XLI. The article on Wikipedia uses Super Bowl, not Superbowl. —FellowWikiNews (W) (sign here!) 22:35, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Anna Nicole Smith.jpg

The image page contridicts itself (says cc-by-sa, then says cc-by-sa-nd ). Bawolff ☺☻ 02:33, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Also the source says another thing (cc-by). Bawolff ☺☻ 02:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

In fact every single image you have uploaded in the last couple of days have different licensing info then the source page. Image:Birmingham snow 02 08 07.jpg was very close to what you cited, so I changed that one. Am I correct in assuming that you just misread the page or something, and I should change them to reflect FlickR? Or do you have some reason to believe that these are under those licenses? Bawolff ☺☻ 02:58, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Tea

☻ Someone has poured you tea ☺

Thank you for the welcome

Thanks for the welcome. Were you named after Markie Post? TS3 20:28, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Welcome messages

Hi Markie. When you welcome users use {{subst:hello-anon}} or {{subst:hello}}. See Template talk:Hello for more info. Keep up the great work on this website! —FellowWikiNews (W) (sign here!) 20:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

image work

Thanks for the nice additions you've been making here. I wanted to make you aware of a couple search tools Bawolff left me, if you're not already: mayflower or yotophoto [for finding free images]. Could be good stuff for your bag of tricks :) Best regards -Edbrown05 11:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Vandalisim and Thanks

Thanks for your help cleaning up that vandalisim a couple of minuites ago. --Thunderhead - (talk) 16:29, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Good job!

I'd just like to congratulate you on your nice work here!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:28, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

NCAA basketball conference tournaments

Hello! Thanks for the comments on the templates...I borrowed the basic structure from some of the templates on Wikipedia. I'm slowly building up the various conference tournaments...some of them are done so far but if you'd like to help I'm using "Template:3RoundBracket" and "Template:4RoundBracket-Byes" to fill each page. If you need help using them I can explain them to you further, too. Just go ahead and work on anything that you can - I'm hoping to have all the individual conferences finished by the end of the evening (evening being in the midwestern United States). Theirishpianist 22:55, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!

Thank you for the welcome, Markie. I will contribute articles when I can. I've been going through the Content Guide and Style Guide to see how things should be done. Thanks for the links! Cheers, Jcart1534 18:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: wikiholic

I need to go to the WikiHospital :P —FellowWikiNews (W) (sign here!) 19:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Hey there well first of all thanks for fixing the page up and correcting any of the other errors that you may have found on the article. also i wanted to ask what else can i do when i post news? does it always have to be sourced? what if the only source is from like lets say TV or a newspaper how can i relate to those sources?. Thanks much Maverick423 21:44, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Alright well how to make a timetable will be nice =) the news i posted was straight from our radio news here in deep south texas, also 4 other stations have said the same stories these stations include Wild 104.1, 94.5 the rock, 100.3 Ktex. and well its just too many as they are all covering the story. Our local news is going to talk about it at 10 and they should have it on their website in 1 day. thats pretty much the timeline that the news follows down here. that is why i say that the news takes a while to come out on official sources (such as the net). well any extra help is much appreciatedMaverick423 21:57, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

broken redirects

u don't need to tag them for speedy. they're on a list already. think they used to be deleted by a bot, but looks like the bot is laying down on the job.  — Doldrums(talk) 20:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I think that's messedrocker's bot... but anyway, I've modified the template on admin action alerts so that they include redirects that have speedy on them. (For cases where the redirect really has to be deleted). Bawolff ☺☻ 01:04, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

red links

Try refreshing your cach by using control-r on your keyboard if you have anymore problems with red links, etc. It happens to me too. Don't know why... —FellowWikiNews (W) (sign here!) 17:35, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Working on images?

I see that you're working on fixing some of the image problems on Wikinews. Just to let you know, Wikinews is using Template:Imagedelete for image deletions instead of the standard Template:Delete. This will help our administrators (plus me). Thanks!  Thunderhead  ►  17:59, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Good to see more people working on these images.  Thunderhead  ►  18:02, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

crow copyright

We generally use {{NZCrownCopyright}} for crown copyright stuff from New Zealand. We use the other one for canadian, british/whatever other country that has crown copyright, crown copyright. Happy editing. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:46, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Jacques Chirac announces he will not pursue a third Presidential mandate

I'm not a native speaker, if you have time and feel like it, could you copy-edit the story where needed?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:37, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:36, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

You're Welcome. -—DelarionDavis13 19:49, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

You're Very Welcome. —DelarionDavis13 19:51, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

UPN is returning launch on October 1, 2007

Guess what, I Have Great News, UPN is Coming Back in this fall and the another shows in return in this fall. I Was Putting On CNN Money.com on the Internet in this Afternoon. -—DelarionDavis13 00:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Image:CricketWorldCup2007Cup.jpg

Please make sure you check licenses at flickr carefully. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:03, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Mark, while we're glad to have us listed here, our blog mentions at the bottom (of the navbar) that the original source is http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/image/284844.html

Thanks for this - image has now been deleted due to this.--MarkTalk 18:18, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

For some excellent wikiing...

I hereby present the Working man's barnstar to Markie, for his growing contributions and excellent work! Well done and keep it up!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:41, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

shucks, someone's got there first. –Doldrums(talk) 07:55, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah, and I meant to second it... Markie, looks like I have to third it  Thunderhead  ►  08:17, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Well-deserved Barnstar. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 11:50, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Just a quick thanks for the image and for checking through Rugby Union: France wins Six Nations. And it appears I'm posting this as you were posting on my talk page, so thanks for the compliment :-). --86.130.29.129 22:25, 17 March 2007 (UTC).

Wikipedia/wikinews ads

Why no commons? Bawolff ☺☻ 23:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Well actually, all of these images are okay at commons. The PD ones are obviously. The screenshot is okay, as it's a free screenshot of a GPL program. Anyways dont worry too much about it. they're okay here for now anyways. Also, you do have surviving images on commons: Image:IMG 2860.jpeg. The photo of Tom stephens and the MS loo got deleted. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:40, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

No, the new policy has nothing to do with what we are talking about and won't affect it. (however are old policy does, but no one follows that anyways). Bawolff ☺☻ 19:37, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

infobox map

I would love to find a Free map that I could use. Maybe, for now I'll just put in that photo of HMS Cornwall. I knew the map was hideous, but I did not know it was inaccurate. Thanks. --SVTCobra 21:32, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

O-oow...

I've nominated you for adminship: Wikinews:Administrators#Requests_for_adminship.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:15, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Just a reminder... I'm hoping you are going to accept the nomination (visit the page and see how voting is going). Adminship will give you some useful extra buttons that make dealing with vandalism easy. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:35, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Plus, making April Fools jokes is a lot easier ;)  Thunderhead  ►  08:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

dealing with copyvio

hi, just to let u know that there's a template - {{copyvio sas}} that u can place on user talk pages of editors who submit copyrighted text. also, when u tag an article as copyvio, it's good to blank the copyrighted text. happy firefighting! –Doldrums(talk) 16:14, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

the problem is that keeping the text as it is means that we're effectively publishing it - making it available for anyone to see, so it would amount to copyright infringement. normally, the people who do the tagging/blanking can be expected to do the job right, and if anybody wants to verify if the tagging was correct, they can go to the history and find out. best, –Doldrums(talk) 16:29, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

The Admincycle Is Yours!

The admincycle is yours!

Congratulations! The admincycle is yours! You're also the first person to get the "admincycle" instead of the "adminmobile". Your extra buttons will be arriving shortly.  Thunderhead  ►  19:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Admins use BMW motorcycles, I have corrected the "JapCrap" Thunderhead was offering. Oh, and congratulations and welcome to the Cabal. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 19:51, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem about the bike (Now I can keep the car!!!)!  Thunderhead  ►  21:04, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Indeed I was.  Thunderhead  ►  22:05, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Yup. Congratulations Markie, you earned it! —FellowWikiNewsie 21:11, 7

April 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to the cabal! Brian | (Talk) | ^{New Zealand Portal} 21:25, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Pope image

I hope you don't mind if I changed the image of the pope to this one. The other one had a large shadow on his face so I thought that this one would be more fitting. Cheers :) —FellowWikiNewsie 21:47, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews:Video_Wikinews

Hey Markie!

Thanks for joining Video Wikinews 2.0! I'm currently creating the graphics for video wikinews, and have finished the opener. Take a look at it on the video wikinews blog - here and tell us what you think of the opener on the yap page!

thanks

--Symode09 15:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Admin

Congratulations, you are now an admin. Use your new powers wisely. :) If you have any questions let me know.--Cspurrier 19:53, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:Incident_on_Shatt_al-Arab.png

Hi Markie, well there is this article stating "Der Zwischenfall ereignete sich im Shatt al-Arab im Norden des Persischen Golfs." (The incident occured in the Shatt al-Arab in the north of the Persian Gulf). Here is also something in english stating "On that occasion Iran insisted that the British boats -- which it has not yet returned -- were intercepted only after they entered Iranian waters on the Shatt al-Arab." If I remember right many of the first breaking news on this incident stated that it happened on the Shatt al Arab. I produced this map based upon those statements. cheers -- Torsten 21:17, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

WN:AWB

May I suggest download AutoWikiBrowser and adding yourself to the Wikinews:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage? Make sure you put your name in the "Approved admins" section if you do ;) Cheers,  Thunderhead  ►  21:30, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Protecting articles

If you protect any articles please remember to put the {{archive}} template on them. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 21:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Audio track

Hey Markie,

Can you send me the origiginal non .ogg audio file. Please send it to video_wikinews@hotmail.com so, I can add the audio to the video opener.

The audio I am talking about is located at [1]

thanx

--Symode09 14:01, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I'd prefer MP3 please. You may also be interested in seeing what I have done with the opener so far. It is available on the project's blog - http://www.videowikinews.spaces.live.com/

I'd also like to invite you to join the video wikinews project - http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Video_Wikinews/2.0/

thanx

--Symode09 14:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Kool thanks, what part of the UK are you in? --Symode09 14:25, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Just got your email, thanks I'm just cutting the stuff together now! kool, I love manchester (stupid northerners) but I still love London more.

Oh, If you haven't worked it out, I live in Australia! :P

--Symode09 14:50, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeh, except global warming is killing our famers and causing 1 farmer every month to commit suicide - we are on the highest water restricitons in the world! I'm uploading the vidoes - they will be on the blog in about 10 mins --Symode09 15:23, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I've just added the new vidoe to the blog. My final graphics will be released in about 10 hours. You can see my prototype at, http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~symode09/graphics.htm and http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~symode09/graphics1.htm --Symode09 15:41, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Whoops, the links were wrong, they are now correct, sorry! :P --Symode09 15:44, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

With the second link, the second scene is about 1 min in - sorry, there's a problem with the graphics somewhere and I can't find it! The sunset also usually slins slower! --Symode09 15:47, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey markie,

I have added a heap to the blog so, take a look! Tell me what you think of the ideas!

--Symode09 16:06, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

No, no, no! Not 60 minutes. I meant a show similar to 60 minutes, a show in the US and Australia (is it in the UK?)

It is like a Current Affair but, more in depth and higher in quality. More investegative. You can see a 60 minutes story at http://youtube.com/watch?v=8DWZcf_GLWY

--Symode09 16:25, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Can you make up some additional theme music from the music link we were talking about? DragonFire1024 22:03, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Surprise me :) You seem artistic so be bold...go something closer to a little more dramatic. DragonFire1024 22:08, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

And message Symode when you gt it done...no rush though :) DragonFire1024 22:10, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey Markie!

I'm just putting together a collection of pics of the contributing video wikinews team to be posted on the blog. If you want your pic to be added to the collection, email it to; video_wikinews@hotmail.com

--Symode09 15:49, 11 April 2007 (UTC) Hove you done any Audio yet from brianmc's selection? Was wondering... DragonFire1024 05:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

No Problem :) Its ok...I was just curious and thought you might have forgotten...no pressure :) DragonFire1024 09:09, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

CommonsTicker

HI - i have reactivated the script, have a look at Wikinews:CommonsTicker. The ticker now generates one subpage per day, and keeps the newest 7 (or 10 or something) subpages included on the ticker page. You can delete old subpages or keep them for reference, as you like. -- meta:User:Duesentrieb 20:51, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Blocking users indef

According to our blocking policy, only users that are really disrupting Wikinews should be blocked indef. Indef blocking is good for sockpuppets, really bad vandals, etc. Next time use a 24 hour block for vandalism. Remember that being an admin can be fun and reviewing policies when in doubt is recomended. It is also good to list vandals on WN:AAA for other imput by Wikinews admins. Happy editing and have fun with your new tools :) —FellowWikiNewsie 18:00, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Cheers for this. I did actually consult Brian as soon as i had blocked him for another opinion but i will use the 24hr ban in future. Sorry for any trouble caused and will ake sure i get it right next time. --MarkTalk 18:03, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:Commons undeletion

Yes, of course you can put me down as a contact. I will try to remember to check my talk page here often but you are far more likely to get a hold of me on my Commons talk page if you want a same-day reply :) — Editor at Large ^talk 17:25, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Is this better

This is my first news story on this site. I think I sourced this correctly now, but please tell me and feel free to change it if not. Please reply back on my page. Regards, --Wpktsfs 20:01, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

How about now? --Wpktsfs 21:23, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for helping me out and not biting this newcomer! I have been editing Wikipeida since the beginning of this year, and have been looking into a career in journalism. Cheers, --Wpktsfs 22:02, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Hoax my ass

check TV. He´s PM no more.

• Have checked TV and online - he has not left. Where have you been looking?? --MarkTalk 21:51, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Uhm, the wrong place it seems. I´ve gotten news that it had been shown on CNN. Since BBC says nothing, I guess that It was about that Tycoon Oil guy. So nevermind, I screwed up. Yup think this was the BP man. Dont worry we all make mistakes. --MarkTalk 22:04, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair use

I went ahead and agreed with your deletion request in the commons because I uploaded my image to the wrong area, but I noticed you deleted my fair use image uploaded locally to Wikinews for Delta's rebranding. It worked out because the old livery next to the new logo communicates a similar idea without raising copyright issues. I would, however, like to talk about putting multiple images into a single image for informational purposes in the future. I'd like to have the ability to take images from multiple sources, credit them, and at the same time receive credit for putting them in the same image. People do tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to copyright, and for good reason, but I strongly believe that fair use exists so that people can communicate original ideas using copyrighted material. Images containing images from multiple sources can also save time for the reader. The technical term in the journalism industry is "infographic," and I think Wikinews could benefit from having a process by which to create them using existing fair use guidelines. --Omaryak 21:53, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Ready

=) looks like everything is in order on that plane crash news so should be ready for publishing. =)Maverick423 16:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

WHATEVER

I guess you Wikinewsies aren't very helpful anyhow. Iddo999 21:36, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Help - water cooler

Hellow Markie, and thanks for the welcome post. My name is Zohar, and as I stated on my user page, I'm a sysop on Hebrew Wikipedia and about the only one on Hebrew WikiNews. I would like to post some questions about your community and project in general (such as how do you get materials, publicity and etc.) and maybe establish a route for co-operation between the Hebrew WikiNews and yours. I wanted to post something on the water cooler, but got a bit confused as to which one (in Hebrew we just have general one for each project). If you could point me to the best place I would be most thankful. Zohar 21:40, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

RUDE BEHAVIOR ON WIKIQUOTE

What the hell is this supposed to mean? Iddo999 21:41, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Internet Empire?

Why did you delete it? 38.119.107.79 16:48, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Image:175935main sn2006gy main 516.jpg

Regarding the deletion of this image, note that on the bottom of the NASA webpage (here) there is a link to the original authors (here) at the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The image is also credited to them (NASA/CXC), which means it is their work. Their image use policy (here) clearly states "The images on this web site may be used for non-commercial educational and public information purposes", which means this image can't be used on the Commons. Thanks. --Tom

Image:Alan johnston bbc.jpg

What context on the bbc website was it used on. (In a staff bio page, or as part of a news article)? Bawolff ☺☻ 23:11, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

I have emailed the BBC press office asking for an image we can use under CC or Fair use. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Right ok cheers. --MarkTalk 08:48, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

• For future reference, permission to use BBC pictures can be sought via email to pictures<at>bbc<dot>co<dot>uk. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 09:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Wazzup!

Mind if I tell you a joke? ۞ 16:43, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I take it you don't respond to questions? ۞ 16:47, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Deleting Rampage?

Why so? ۞ 16:49, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Reply to message.

Replied here. ~~ Vagish ^{[wp] [wn]} 15:48, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Article

There is no internal wiki article for Operation Neptune, so I used an external one. I do not have time to write a Wikipedia article on this topic. 70.49.86.109 13:50, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Just to let you know we do not use the date tags here in text and if there isnt a wp or wikinews link then an external link should not be used in the text section. If it is key to the article then it can be included in the external links section at the bottom of an article but as this link is not i have not included it. Thanks --MarkTalk 13:55, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews Video

Heya!

I see you have previously shown some interest in Wikinews Video Edition and, need your help. As you may already know, the projet is is need of assistance - we have finished all the graphics and need to start actually brainstorming ideas for the first news story. We will cover one news story and, will cover it with much depth - the story will go for 15-20 minutes. We are looking for something which is not of direct interest to the media (ie. tax increases or politics) but rather, a heartfelt or deep story. Could you please help to collaborate and brainstorm here.

thanx, USer:symode09

Archive? Add?

I'm a little lost. You told me not to add the archive tag, and then a few days later you told me not to add anymore material. Why not archive it to prevent the additions OR allow additions since its not archived? C56C 20:23, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

re: copywritten image

I've uploaded the image you've asked me about for a wikinews article I'm writing. I pulled it from the Opie & Anthony wiki, and I realize it's copywritten, although the image exists for XM promotion. With that in mind, if it's still unacceptable, I'll replace it before I publish the page. Addendum: Well, now that you gave me no time to explain myself, I'm just going to go ahead and stop contributing to this site. Thanks for the chance. Booticon 18:36, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

dr

Please note that for anything not in the main namespace, the delay is a week. Bawolff ☺☻ 21:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Time Zones

Now I get it. Thank you for your help! Lkpotts 19:50, 20 May 2007 (UTC)Liza

Archiving

I see you've been having a go at the archiving. Please don't append the {{archive}} tag, instead put it after the publish tag which should be immediately before the categories. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 16:01, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Chat login

I seen you replace the wikizine chat to http://wnirc.awardspace.com/, I clicked on it and wanted to try it out so I typed in my IRC name "FellowWikiNews", after I logged out but when I clicked on the url again it showed my IRC username. When I do a hard refresh (ctrl-r) it quickly refreshes to "Wikinewsie???" then my name "FellowWikiNews" appears again. Please fix it!! —FellowWikiNewsie 21:16, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

• It's fixed now. —FellowWikiNewsie 23:15, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I like the new interface thing. A couple of sugestions:

• Channel should be a drop down menu with the choices:
  • #wikinews
  • #wikinews-en
  • #wikinews-spam
  • whatever the vandal chanel was
  • #en.wikinews on irc.wikimedia.org
  • possibly #wikinews-cabal
  • possibly other lang wiki channels

The information on the the intro is incorect. RC is at #en.wikinews at irc.wikimedia.org not #wikinews-en at irc.freenode.net

I think that is all, good work. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:10, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Sean Heron

There have been some answers about which articles he wrote etc, please review the request.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:11, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Trafalgar Park...

What do you think: Main page. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:28, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes there was a convenient gap... I got another pic ready for tomorrow, if you would find any on the articles here or something, please add it. Gotta go study now, but I'll keep in touch. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:59, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Matsuoka

Hi, thank you for your copyediting! --Aphaia 17:44, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Cambodia story

I can't find another source for the Cambodian-ASEAN story. It's pretty weak anyway. Can you please spike it? Thanks, and sorry for the trouble. I know better now. Wisekwai 20:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for looking, but it's the same story. I tried to punch it up a bit, but better writing cannot hide the fact that it's a one-source story. I should know better. Wisekwai 20:37, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

cgi:irc login page javascript

The javascript on your irc login page, ( http://scripts.blitzed.org/cgiirc.js ), is it free, can we use it onsite? Bawolff ☺☻ 21:02, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Awaken

Hi Mark, I am surprised you haven't heard of awake (a·wak·ened, a·wak·en·ing, a·wak·en) [2] "cause to become awake or conscious" from Old English. First it was "president elect," now this. I thought us Americans were always the ones accused of not using enough of the English language. Now it seems that the vernacular of England's native sons is being abridged. --SVTCobra 18:47, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Template talk:Featured picture

Hi Mark,

I'd like you to have a look at the page and share your thoughts. I've added your name as a participant since you previously showed interest in the project, remove it if I've been too bold there. Anyway I've listed some candidates and I was hoping that you could join in updating the template if you have time... Make sure to put the page on your watchlist!

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:17, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Discussion about blog

Wikinews:Water_cooler/miscellaneous#Content_of_Wikinewsreports_blog: please join in on the discussion.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 08:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Olympic pics

Hello, all the photos that I want to add are in the italian version of the article. All the 3 images are made by wikiusers and uploaded on Commons. Check if some of these are suitable for the publication. Thank you and sorry for the long waited and bad written reply.  :-) --Trek00 06:13, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Formula 1 images deleted from commons

You requested to inform you about that. commons:User:Ejdzej 10:16, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Comment editing

I will not remove any information from any page if that information is factual and that the quotes from anyone are agreed to by the person making the statement.

Endorsement

You need to have a meta account to endorse...they did not count your votye because you were not logged in. DragonFire1024 01:57, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

ArchiveBot

Please see Wikinews:Bots#Request_for_ArchiveBot. I have changed the proposal for ArchiveBot, detailed under the Important Note section. Please revote under that section if you still approve of this bot. --Skenmy^{(t•c•w•i)} 11:53, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

{{Deletion request}}

I reverted your edit, use SVG over PNG. Big67 21:39, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Big67: I reverted you. your reasoning is flawed (The png is of good enough resolution for our purposes that there would be no difference in quality when using a png version vs an svg version). Also, the current icon was chosen after a long debate on WN:WC. At least discuss a bit before changing. Bawolff ☺☻ 04:24, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

RSS feed

I'll have something for you shortly Dan100 (Talk) 10:23, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Yesterday we had 11,571 subscribers - this should be a MHT (probably needs IE to open) of the subscribers page.

30 day average - 11,784. this should be a MHT of the stats page. Dan100 (Talk) 10:59, 29 June 2007 (UTC)