User talk:Cartman02au

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[edit] Hey

Hey Nathan, just wanted to let you know that I think your writing has improved a lot since I was last here. By the way, I think you should consider archiving your page as it takes a while to load on dial-up. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 12:42, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I sent you an email; let me know if it doesn't show up. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 05:18, 8 August 2006 (UTC) P.S. Thanks for archiving!

[edit] categories

there's Category:Australian Politics with 1 article and Category:Australian Federal politics project with 37. and there's a discussion about what to do [Wikinews:Water_cooler/assistance#cats running wild on wikinews here]. Doldrums 04:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] images in Bali Nine article

i'm not sure the use of the screenshots will be covered under fair use. i think screenshots are fair use only if the the images illustrates the screen shot - i.e. a one can use a Baywatch screenshot in an article on Baywatch. but one cant use a Baywatch screenshot of Pam Anderson to illustrate an article on Pam, unrelated to her baywatch appearence. Doldrums 08:05, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Images from competing news sources do not qualify as fair use. —this is messedrocker (talk) 21:57, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

i think we can use a screen capture of a TV news report only if the subject of our article is the tv program itself. the use of images of someone or something featured on the program might be acceptable if there is no other way to obtain an image of the someone/something (eg. we might, i think, use a screen capture of an al-qaeda video shown exclusively on one tv channel). for the Bali Nine case, i think there must be other photographs available (from families or photo agencies), so i think we won't be able to justify fair usage - we will simply be using commercially, material from a competitor, just becoz we are not willing to spend money or effort to buy or take a photo ourselves. incidentally, am not particularly well-versed with copyright stuff, so u might want to confirm this with someone better informed. Doldrums 03:32, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Date stuff in templates

Have you looked at the changes in Template:Latest news? You should be able to apply something similar on the Australian latest news template, with the time difference taken into account (see the new article template I did for NZ). --Brian McNeil / ^talk 21:12, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] interview

interested?  — Doldrums(talk) 05:40, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question...

If I submit an article that I wrote myself, but has been put out elsewhere does that constitute copyright?

Let me know... I'll do a rewrite.

Thanks.

Amanda

Not if you have personally written it, however it depends on the site you submitted it to. If it's on CNN or the AP, yes, you need to rewrite it. By the way, Welcome to Wikinews! Thunderhead(talk)^{(Check out my RFA test}) 02:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Cartman!

You are a gem. Thank you for your offer to help. The articles have not been published in any of the big agencies, simply press releases sent out on the MuttShack Website. I am the Founder of MuttShack, so that all copyright issues can be resolved by my boss... i.e. ME! Please let me know what needs to be in place. I would be much obliged if you can let me know what I have to do to comply with those.

Awesome job... editing for WikiNews!

Amanda

[edit] Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! Wishing you all the best for the forthcoming year. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 16:19, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merry Christmas!

[edit] The Goings-on Selection

Welcome to the first edition of this fortnightly Community Newsletter! If you have comments, please voice them. If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe. If you have news for the next edition, please submit it here.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 00:30, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] in regards to Image:Pacific highway south of buladelah.jpg

If you have permission through an email from the author, please post it on the image description page. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:28, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

also for images like Image:JHoward official.jpg, please tag as {{publicity}}. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:03, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, thats what I needed. I tagged all the images from that site appropriately. Bawolff ☺☻ 10:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adding a link to a protected story

Hi,

If I understand correctly (I'm a WickiNewbie)from the history at:

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/UK_Government_report_into_UFOs_released

you have locked the page - is it possible to add a relevant link?

http://www.uk-ufo.org/condign is the site set up by the individuals (including myself) who worked to get the documents released.

Regards, Joe McGonagle Ufo-joe 18:04, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] spot of OR

care for a spot of OR on this?  — Doldrums(talk) 14:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nice to see you

Long time no see...Welcome back :) DragonFire1024 05:38, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New policy has users up in smoke

Hello. I am not sure if you check this page anymore, but I thought you might be interested as to what is going on here at Wikinews: Wikinews:Image use policy/New wikimedia policy action plan. I am outraged as well as others...do you have an opinion? DragonFire1024 09:45, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem :) We miss you though :) DragonFire1024 21:25, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Well you would have to look on the big discussion page...I am not sure...I do know that Wikinews was NOT initially consulted by the Board before a decision was made or to get our opinion DragonFire1024 07:44, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

there's also an FAQ created because there appears to be a fair amount of misconceptions about this. –Doldrums(talk) 07:51, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Well yes, but alos it seems that both Doldrums and Eloquence have stated, that despite the EDP and the fact its there for "non-free images" they said the small amount of images, which were at one point ALL but I compromised and relicensed most of them, my images are not allowed under an EDP despite being used in several OR articles and especially articles not reported among the local press here in Bflo...Why have an EDP then? DragonFire1024 07:54, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes but then why have one at all? Point is...without it if WN has no use of ANY non-free images whatsoever, then there will be a whole lot of nothing image wise coming on here any more...for one that would in clude many many publicity photos. DragonFire1024 08:06, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Thats what i have been trying to say...but Eloquence, and the board seem to not care what we think. Every time I try to get a rational answer...I get sideswiped and no one tells me why my images are not allowed under the EDP. DragonFire1024 08:13, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Also see: User:DragonFire1024/DRAFT: Open-letter to foundation-1 mailing list on why this image policy Will Hurt Wikinews. Feel free to add or remove whatever...edit it or whatever to make it better. DragonFire1024 08:16, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

RE: I agree...here is a list of my images that I want to request an EDP (this is a small list as there were nearly 75 images I took with my camera that neded to be relicensed. I relicensed more than half to compromise.) User:DragonFire1024/Images to request for EDP. DragonFire1024 08:21, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes but regardles of the meanign of free, for a news agency, not matter how hard they try, no news site will ever be able to host all 100% free images. Its just not possible. Not every image can be free. DragonFire1024 08:34, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

it discourages the use of non-essential, "decorative", free images and has given us the opportunity to draw the boundaries. if there is a good rationale for a non-free image to be used, we can use it. –Doldrums(talk) 08:18, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

that's right. it asks for "minimal" use. this to ensure that "image is essential, no free alternative" is not used as a free-pass. note that if we strictly publish free material, it enables other people (including those who don't mind adding on decorative non-free media) to republish our work. if our material is not licensed cleanly (a mix of free and non-free, so it is difficult for republishers to sieve free stuff from non-free stuff) we will be failing in one of our key missions - to serve as a "free-content newswire". the policy –Doldrums(talk) 08:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WM:AU

Welcome Back to wikinews, nice to see you around! :)

Has that project died? I see your IRC meeting has not happened for over 3 months now, and am beginning to wonder if ii will never happen Brian | (Talk) | ^{New Zealand Portal} 07:23, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

We decided last May, to wait until WM:AU is done, so we can follow, and see what probs happen. (However since then, some of the more interested users have left WP) Brian | (Talk) | ^{New Zealand Portal} 10:09, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Your cursed :P Talk about WMNZ, and suddenly WMNZ mailing list wakes up again :) Brian | (Talk) | ^{New Zealand Portal} 11:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinews on YouTube

Thought you might be interested to see that the second official Wikinews Video promo is on YouTube. Tell me what you think :) DragonFire1024 20:42, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ombudsman commision

Please see [1]

[edit] Want a bot?

I'll create all those pages for you, if you want. —Zachary ^talk 08:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Ok, it's working. I'll run it on the first of each month too. :) —Zachary ^talk 08:45, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Great OR!

I added GFDL/cc-by to some of the images you forgot to license on Commons. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:56, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Also, I hope you blog this, we can use http://wikinewsreports.blogspot.com to draw attention to Wikinews... See http://en.planet.wikimedia.org/ for some recent bloggers talking about their reports on Wikinews. I'll ask User:Zanimum to invite you to blog. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:14, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

i've done some copyediting on this[2] could u pls check that i haven't changed anything in substance. –Doldrums(talk)

Protests on Wikinews!. I mentioned your article on the blog but I mostly wanted to talk about the other article, I hope you still want to write a post about your experiences. For example something like Sage Ross blogged. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:09, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

I've invited you on the blog through your Gmail address.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:52, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I read your blog, very nice and very cool! You shouldn't be surprised that flashing your press card at the police works, it's one of the rights of the press. We are very efficiently spamming http://en.planet.wikimedia.org/ ! Yaj! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:19, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinewsie.org

I have set up your @wikinewsie.org email address, please contact me at brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org to get the password, username, and access details for your accredited reporter email address. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 12:52, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

BTW, the email you list as your accredited contact bounces. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 12:52, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Haneef article

Very nice! Just one thought: it may be best to clarify that this is happening in Australia, somewhere in the title. The "Indian" bit (being the only geographical reference) could be confusing. However, I have no real solutions to the problem, but just though that I should tell you in the event that you think it might be worth a move also :) Cheers, Daniel 07:26, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Left you a message

Hi, left you a message on meta. Please respond. -Biophase 17:40, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested article

What do you think of this article request? irid:t 04:19, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Horse Flu

I see you have just posted another article on the horse nice work, I had just started another one as well but its focusing on economic and political aspects. Please join in expanding it, think that publishing may need to be held up unitl later today the article is Horse flu damage spreads Gnangarra 01:57, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22324572-2722,00.html an interesting take on this, might be worth including it in the next article, I might do one tonight but not any earlier, WA's decision on the travel ban is due later today and reports indicate thats there will be racing here so I'm waiting for comfirmation of this before hand as its a starting point on the recovery of the industry. Harness is saying if the ban lifts they'll race tomorrow night, and thoroughbred both city and country saturday. Gnangarra 03:30, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

and check to see if theres any other before starting this :) Gnangarra 03:31, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article 10K

Well done on writing article 10k. Gnangarra 13:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Election article

Thanks, I was a bit suprised someone hadn't already created it ;) ~ Sebi _[talk] 08:24, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide

Hi, FYI you placed {{archived}} on this article but did not full-protect it. Cirt - (talk) 08:22, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Nope, it is still not full protected. Cirt - (talk) 04:19, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Archiving

Hi. Thanks for contributing to the archiving process. It is a tedious process, which is why we often fall behind. But may I ask that you review WN:ARCHIVE before you do any more archiving? It is important that we do it right, otherwise we might as well have a bot do it. Cheers and thanks. --SVTCobra 01:32, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi Cobra, is there anything in particular that I am doing incorrectly - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 01:43, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

In my intrepretation, the process is a thorough review, wikilinks should checked and fixed if necessary (including how the publishers are linked in the sources section and local links should be used when possible instead of WP links), redundant links should be removed, sources should be sorted, spelling errors should be fixed, date format and layout conventions should be enforced (i.e. where tags, sections, and cats belong). I think if you review the changes I made following your archiving, you can see what I felt should have been done. --SVTCobra 02:10, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] South Park episodes available free online

Minor issue with the {{archive}} tag. Thanks for doing the archiving! Cirt - (talk) 09:28, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

FYI still issue w/ the archive tag, it is {[archive}} instead of {{archive}}. Cirt - (talk) 09:42, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Sweeeeeeeeeeet. Thanks, Cirt - (talk) 09:46, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

. I confirm that my freenode nick is cartman02au

[edit] FlaggedRevs

If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 15:01, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ass Pus vandal(s)

I've reblocked this user permanently. "Ass Pus" is a known vandal that should not be given short blocks. You should also request a checkuser as the underlying IP is often an open proxy. I am waiting on confirmation of that for this one. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 09:19, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

The IP is confirmed as a proxy, user blocked on wn, en.wp, commons, and meta. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 09:04, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WN:PRINT

If you don't get a prompt response from Craig, I have the template document for creating the print edition.

It's for use with Open Office, is mostly just a cut-and-paste job, and then you save as a PDF. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 09:26, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright

Please do not copy&paste things directly from sources. In your recent article there were several instances of either copy/paste or near-copy/paste. Please be careful not to violate the copyright of others. Gopher65_talk 17:46, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Here you go:

• From article, before I changed it: "OECD figures released overnight predicted Australia would avoid a recession, with the economy predicted to grow by 1.7 per cent."
• From source: OECD figures released overnight predicted Australia would avoid a recession, with the economy predicted to grow by 1.7 per cent.
• From article: It would be first time the federal budget has gone into deficit since 2001.
• From source: It would be first time the federal budget has gone into deficit since 2001.

Here's one where the wording isn't identical, but is too close for comfort:

• From article: Mr Turnbull said the government focused on inflation for too long earlier in the year.
• From source: Labor had mismanaged the financial crisis by focusing on inflation for far too long earlier this year, he said.

Also, while copying direct quotes is fine, remember that many other sites use a different quotation mark than we do. We use the straight ones (") while many other sites use angled variations (“”). So when you copy/paste direct quotes, make sure to replace their funny looking quotes, if they use them:). Gopher65_talk 21:50, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

And I totally understand that OR bit:(. I live in the middle of western Central-Canada (Saskatchewan, if you know where that is (no one does:P)), and nothing ever happens here. Not only that, but apparently some prolific Wikipedian lives around here, and s/he has taken a million pictures of the entire area:(. Bah, humbug! Nothing for me to do, barring a plane crash or something unfortunate like that. Gopher65_talk 21:59, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Riots in Nigeria kill around 400

Hiya Nathan,

I hope you don't mind but I reverted your edit to Riots in Nigeria kill around 400 (diff) as the Quote box drops into the sources section when it is lowered.

I hope you don't have a problem with this, and, if you do, feel free to revert me.

Thanks,

Anonymous101^talk 11:42, 30 November 2008 (UTC)