User:Cspurrier
About Me [edit]
I am currently a PhD student in sociology at the University of Western Ontario. Unfortunately this leaves little time for Wikinews, but if there is something going on around London, Ontario (or something really cool in Toronto) that needs covering let me know.
I discovered Wikinews in mid-March 2005 while trying to start a Wiki based news website. I had just finished getting my site set up when I found Wikinews. I was very happy to discover I would not need to be the one to start it. :) I joined Wikinews and made my first edit on March 15 2005. I became an admin on 25 May 2005. On 3 October 2005 I became a bureaucrat. I am a former member of the Wikinews Arbcom and I have Checkuser status. I am a former Steward.
I am interested in stories about technology, law, Fiji and the rest of the South Pacific.
Contacting Me [edit]
If you need me, please leave a note on my talk page or send me an e-mail.
My Projects [edit]
I created the Wikinews:Print edition and used to update it. Hopefully it will be replaced by an automated system in the future.
Awards and Things [edit]
The Medal of Persistence is awarded to users who have dealt with a large amount of vandalism
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File:Barnstar-printedition.jpg
We, Chiacomo and Dcabrilo hereby award this Print Edition Barnstar to Cspurrier for his amazing dedication to the Print edition of Wikinews.
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Articles I wrote (or started) [edit]
- Jetstar to offer iPads as an in-flight entertainment option
- Prime Minister of Vanuatu loses seat over paperwork error (rewrite)
- Wikimania 2009 held in Buenos Aires
- Six charged with the attempted assassination of Fijian coup leader
- 65th running of the Aiken Trials held
- Explosion near Afganistan base kills at least 19, U.S. Vice President may have been target
- Day 1 report of Wikimania 2006
- EBay buys VeriSign payment service division
- Yahoo launches new Podcast Search
- VeriSign acquires Weblogs.com
- Oracle buys Innobase
- First virus to affect handheld gaming console found
- Australia's High Court rules mod-chips are legal
- Autodesk to buy Alias
- UK cable TV operator NTL acquires Telewest
- Microsoft Office 12 will support PDFs
- US rejects EU proposal to give control of the Internet to the UN
- RIAA files 757 lawsuits against file sharers
- Apple agrees to replace iPod nanos with scratched screens
- New ten dollar bill for the US
- FCC extends 911 deadline for VoIP
- StarOffice 8 launched
- Microsoft launches MSN adCenter
- Google Toolbar for Firefox now out of beta
- New Palm Treo will run Windows Mobile
- Delta Air Lines to cut up to 9,000 jobs
- Arizona applies ban on autodialers to mobile phone spam
- Google prepares to launch WiFi service
- Sprint/RealNetworks to provide cell phone Internet radio and podcasts in US
- IDG cancels Macworld Boston
- Stolen laptop with personal data of more than 98,000 students recovered
- Dell to drop Itanium-based servers
- Microsoft announces Xbox 360 launch dates
- Lexmark releases printer with built-in CD burner
- Oracle to acquire Siebel for USD 5.85bn
- US FEMA aid site only supports Windows with Internet Explorer
- Google hires Vint Cerf, the "father of the Internet”
- Sony breaks UK sale records with launch of PlayStation Portable
- Munich delays switch to Linux
- Linux installed on 2,460 desktop computers in Italian schools
- Microsoft enters VoIP market with the acquisition of Teleo Inc
- Microsoft announces name of new version of Windows: Vista
- Tsunami Warning issued for Indian Ocean due to large earthquake I wrote a significant part, but many others have worked on this story
- Spyware is changing users' online habits
- Fiji "running out of patience" with Vanuatu over ban on Fijian biscuits
- Crown Prince of Kuwait admitted to hospital
- New top level domain approved
- FCC requires VoIP providers to have 911 service
- BBC begins trial program allowing legal TV and radio downloads
- MPAA sues six BitTorrent sites linking to TV shows
- Apple updates iMac line
- Time Warner loses personal data on 600,000 employees
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie in theaters
- Lawsuits filed against students accused of illegally sharing files over the Internet2
- VoIP penetrates emergency calling infrastructure
- Proposed bill could force federal weather data offline
- Iran shuts down Al-Jazeera bureau
- New version of Opera web browser released
- Adobe to Purchase Macromedia for $3.4 Billion
- Survey finds Spam tolerance growing
- Microsoft releases low-cost Windows XP Starter Edition in Brazil
- New top-level domain names created
- Suspect in Atlanta courthouse shooting appears at hearing
