User:The wub

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Hi there! I'm "the wub" (don't tell anyone, but that's not my real name!) I'm an admin and long time user on the English Wikipedia, but I've recently returned to Wikinews after a prolonged absence. I'm an Editor here, which means I review articles and changes before they are published. Useful Wikinews links for my reference: Wikinews:Admin action alerts Wikinews:Template messages/User talk namespace Category:Infoboxes Special:UncategorizedCategories Category tree Articles created   This includes some based on public domain sources, such as Voice of America. "Bank of England raises interest rates" — Wikinews, January 11, 2007 "Foot-and-mouth confirmed at UK farm" — Wikinews, August 4, 2007 "UK bank gets emergency support" — Wikinews, September 14, 2007 "Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, dies at age 95" — Wikinews, September 13, 2009 "Premier League: United snatch victory in dramatic Manchester derby" — Wikinews, September 21, 2009 "Images show new dimension to Saturn's rings" — Wikinews, September 22, 2009 "Red dust storm engulfs Sydney, Australia" — Wikinews, September 23, 2009 "Scientists confirm new superheavy element" — Wikinews, September 26, 2009 "Apple and Orange pair up in UK iPhone deal" — Wikinews, September 29, 2009 "New ring discovered around Saturn, could explain dark side of its moon" — Wikinews, October 7, 2009 "Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize" — Wikinews, October 9, 2009 "EU deems UK privacy laws inadequate, takes legal action" — Wikinews, November 1, 2009 "New ocean forming in African desert" — Wikinews, November 5, 2009 "Scientists find key human language gene" — Wikinews, November 12, 2009 "London Lord Mayor's Show draws crowds despite bad weather" — Wikinews, November 14, 2009 "European Union emerges from recession" — Wikinews, November 15, 2009 "Edward Woodward, English actor, dies aged 79" — Wikinews, November 16, 2009 "Large Hadron Collider restarted" — Wikinews, November 21, 2009 "Indonesian ferry sinks, at least nine dead" — Wikinews, November 22, 2009 "Attack on mosque kills 30 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan" — Wikinews, December 4, 2009 "Walt Disney World twinned with Swindon, England" — Wikinews, December 8, 2009 "Bombings kill over 100 in Baghdad" — Wikinews, December 8, 2009 "Hubble telescope spots oldest galaxies ever seen" — Wikinews, December 10, 2009 "Turkey bans pro-Kurdish party" — Wikinews, December 14, 2009 "Thirteen arrested in connection with Baghdad bombings" — Wikinews, December 14, 2009 "Ryan Giggs named BBC Sports Personality of the Year" — Wikinews, December 14, 2009 "Irish bishop resigns over child abuse scandal" — Wikinews, December 17, 2009 "Rage Against The Machine top UK singles chart" — Wikinews, December 20, 2009 "Madagascar leader names army officer as prime minister" — Wikinews, December 21, 2009 "Obama's suspension of Guantanamo repatriations criticized" — Wikinews, January 7, 2010 "Bank of England holds interest rates at record low" — Wikinews, January 7, 2010 "Woman returns home with Christmas turkey, a month after setting out" — Wikinews, January 19, 2010 "British military secrets leaked on social networking sites" — Wikinews, January 26, 2010 "World Economic Forum security chief found dead on eve of summit" — Wikinews, January 27, 2010 "Healing ozone layer may contribute to global warming" — Wikinews, January 27, 2010 "Roger Federer wins Australian Open" — Wikinews, January 31, 2010 "Airborne laser successfully destroys ballistic missile" — Wikinews, February 13, 2010 "Chip and PIN 'not fit for purpose', says Cambridge researcher" — Wikinews, February 14, 2010 "Car bomb explodes outside court in Northern Ireland" — Wikinews, February 23, 2010 "Tamil party drops commitment to independence from Sri Lanka" — Wikinews, March 15, 2010 "Officers reprimanded for crashing British nuclear sub" — Wikinews, March 17, 2010 "Alistair Darling unveils UK's 2010 Budget" — Wikinews, March 24, 2010 "Tobacco manufacturers and retailers fined over UK price fixing" — Wikinews, April 17, 2010 "Condemned US killer to face execution by firing squad" — Wikinews, April 25, 2010 "WHO starts simultaneous immunization campaigns in over 100 countries" — Wikinews, April 25, 2010 "'Psychic' octopus backs Spain to win World Cup" — Wikinews, July 9, 2010 "Church of England rejects compromise over women bishops" — Wikinews, July 11, 2010 "Intel posts best ever quarterly results" — Wikinews, July 14, 2010 "Facebook and UK government clash over tributes to killer" — Wikinews, July 14, 2010 "Australian election debate moved to avoid clash with cookery show" — Wikinews, July 21, 2010 "Wyclef Jean considering standing for president of Haiti" — Wikinews, July 28, 2010 "Protests over housing costs sweep across Israel" — Wikinews, July 24, 2011 "Jenson Button wins Hungarian Grand Prix" — Wikinews, August 2, 2011 Articles significantly edited   "Foot-and-mouth source confirmed as research laboratory" — Wikinews, August 7, 2007 "Swiss mountain claims two lives" — Wikinews, August 10, 2008 "12-year-old school boy has sex change in Sussex, England" — Wikinews, September 19, 2009 "Herman van Rompuy named as first permanent EU President" — Wikinews, November 19, 2009 "Norwegian police lower death toll in massacre" — Wikinews, July 26, 2011 Accreditation Reporter: Peter Coombe Location: Lancashire, United Kingdom Email: Email via Wikinews Tel/Voicemail: Not available Other contact methods: Twitter @thewub Disclaimer: "Accredited Wikinews reporters do not represent the Wikimedia Foundation, but are trusted contributors whom the Wikinews community has certified for the purposes of gathering information related to Wikinews articles." 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