Wikinews:Deletion requests/Archives/Deleted Archive 16

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May 15

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Udara palliyaguruge

It's not a news article at all. It's a CV. Uncle G 05:34, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Speedied. Self-advertisement, short article with no news context.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 17:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

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Template:Itemstub

Not very usefull in news articles. —FellowWikiNewsie 01:59, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete We don't have stubs, it's expand or die in a day or so. This - like many of the following templates is useless to us. Please refer to WN:AAA, I have commented on the meta and wikipedia pages of the project that brought us these fun templates. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 15:58, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Note we have template:stub/template:expand which falls in and out of use occasionally, but we don't need another template. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:15, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I regularly use expand on short articles; the difference is the article is complete but short. A stub is more for future expansion which is a luxury we don't have with news. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 10:03, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

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Template:Stub-section

as above. It's also a dupe of Template:Expand. —FellowWikiNewsie 01:59, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Again, this fails to take into account we're not encyclopedic. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 16:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

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May 14

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template:Guideline list

Doesn't refelct the guidelines of wikinews, we have our own. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete  Thunderhead  ►  22:54, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Our policy list is at Template:Policy nav1. Perhaps the Wikipedia users should review our policy's before creating useless pages. —FellowWikiNewsie 00:05, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per above.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:29, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
• Brianmc morphs into something resembling a pepper pot with a sink plunger sticking out the front and shrieks Exterminate!!! --Brian McNeil / ^talk 16:04, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:Guideline in a nutshell

Useless. —FellowWikiNewsie 15:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

and further it seems we already have this: Template:Policy in a nutshell. --SVTCobra 00:11, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

• not entirely useless, but i feel if we want it we should make our own. delete. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:NestTextColors

What's this page for?? —FellowWikiNewsie 15:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:TSP loose end

What's this page for?? —FellowWikiNewsie 15:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:TSP loose ends

Useless redirect. —FellowWikiNewsie 15:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:Uncategorized

Useless. —FellowWikiNewsie 15:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:Cat

Useless. —FellowWikiNewsie 15:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:Clarifyme

Useless. —FellowWikiNewsie 15:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Template:Wikify

Useless. —FellowWikiNewsie 15:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• merge to template:cleanup Bawolff ☺☻ 23:01, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews:Category pages

Should I say??? —FellowWikiNewsie 15:19, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Category:Main topic classifications

Useless. Only used on one page. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Category:Wikimedia commons categories

Useless. Sub-cat of Category:Main topic classifications. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Category:Wikinews administration

Useless. Also see, [1]. It was deleted before per consensus. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Category:Wikinews categorization

Useless. Only used on one page. Also see, [2] It was deleted before per consensus. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikinews:Categorization

Very encyclopedic. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Category:CommonsRoot

Useless redirect. —FellowWikiNewsie 15:01, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Category:Categories

Should I say??? —FellowWikiNewsie 14:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete--MarkTalk 15:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - --SVTCobra 15:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Don't forget Category:Fundamental, too. Uncle G 05:07, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

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Wikipedia attacked by trusted administrator

Read the talk, it was an old story when published here and just copied (lazily) from Wikipedia. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 13:28, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Delete, old news unfortunately. I don't see why everybody is so against it though.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:35, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Old news that's not relevant to Wikinews. It's just another article about an edit dispute on Wikipedia. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:40, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete If it weren't for that soft redirect (?? is that new around here ??), the article has been abandoned for a week. --SVTCobra 15:21, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Someone apparently made the soft redirect template yesterday. Also while I am commenting here I will say delete. Funpika 18:24, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
  • We shouldn't get into soft redirect like that imho.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:30, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete DragonFire1024 18:38, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

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Wikinews:Commons categories

I be thinking this needs to go. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:59, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Useless. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:40, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete--MarkTalk 15:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 23:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - misleads and confuses users. --SVTCobra 23:54, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

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May 13

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Category:San Francisco

Compare to Category:San Francisco, California. Duplicate. —Zachary ^talk 20:14, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:35, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect and merge to Category:San Francisco, California. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:40, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't think category redirecting is a good idea anywhere, because in the case of it even existing as a redirect, when somebody adds the category to a page the link will be blue. Since someone might instinctively think that "since it's not red, there's nothing wrong", it'll eventually end up as a redirect with articles in it. —Zachary ^talk 15:24, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, also per ZJH's comment I'm guilty of assuming when I get a blue link I've hit the right category. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

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Category:Los Angeles

Compare to Category:Los Angeles, California. Duplicate. —Zachary ^talk 20:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:35, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect and merge to Category:Los Angeles, California. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:40, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

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Category:WikiProject template sharing

Empty category; also WikiProject seems to be a Wikipedia thing, which we're not. —Zachary ^talk 20:07, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. We have Wikibureaux but they'll probably start working once we grow bigger.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:35, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —FellowWikiNewsie 14:40, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

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Category:Vehicles

Has three articles in it. Bit minimal/pointless IMO. --MarkTalk 19:55, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

• Encyclopedic. Cars might be a better title, maybe as a subcat of transportation.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:35, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect and merge to Category:Cars. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:40, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - if there is to be a category, then I suggest it be Automobiles or Automotive rather than Cars or Vehicles. But given the amount of content Category:Transport should serve us for the foreseeable future. --SVTCobra 23:51, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. I can't ever see this category being effectively maintained - and it is encyclopedic. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:15, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Where can go the users to see news about cars, motorcycles and so on. There is a lot of news about vehicles in the newspapers, TV channels and so on. This is basic for a minimal news geneal quality. A car is a vehicle and vehicle includes more transport than cars --Mac 09:04, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

This is encyclopedic information, you want news about cars you go to a petrol-head site. Wikinews categories should be more generic. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 13:03, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

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template:see also

One of thoose, lets make every single project in wikimedia have the same templates thing. Basically, it formats against what our style guide wants, and is absolutly useless (how hard is it to make a list?). Bawolff ☺☻ 19:37, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete I can't think of a place where this would be used here. —Zachary ^talk 19:57, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:35, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Useless. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:40, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete --SVTCobra 23:55, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

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May 11

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Template:Brief

Unused template; was once used for Wikinews:News briefs, but uses an obsolete method for producing the briefs on the page. I have substituted this template to place these briefs directly onto the page. —Zachary ^talk 14:27, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete —FellowWikiNewsie 01:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

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Atlanta Falcons fire head coach

• Delete One liners are not articles. DragonFire1024 08:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep published. –Doldrums(talk) 10:21, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
  • It was placed directly into the published category by its original author in xyr very first edit, rather than going through a proper review. Given that the sole source of the article was a press release, that was not the correct way to publish the article. Wikinews is not a press release publication service. Uncle G 12:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

see disc. in WC. –Doldrums(talk) 14:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete —FellowWikiNewsie 01:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

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Miami Dolphins coach going to Alabama

• Delete One liners are not articles. DragonFire1024 08:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep published. –Doldrums(talk) 10:21, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —FellowWikiNewsie 01:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

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May 10

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Image:Vladivostok meeting1.jpg

Breaking news image, source is dead, but appears to be a forum, which could be considered a news source. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Possible copyvio.—FellowWikiNewsie 01:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Neutral. If copyvio, prove it. Contact author/user if possible. DragonFire1024 06:42, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

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May 9

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Image:Skymap3.PNG

I'm requesting deletion on the basis its an orphan, unused and unlinked (and we arn't commons). Bawolff ☺☻ 23:31, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

• Comment - You might want to check with DragonFire1024 who uploaded it and is an active user. He might be intending to use it. It is only six weeks old. --SVTCobra 00:02, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

It should be on commons, but really I lost interest in it so I will delete it. :) DragonFire1024 08:54, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

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May 8

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Bright Idea

Sounds more like an editorial/spam, there are no sources, and the subject of this article, aimaring.com no longer exists (guess it wasn't such a bright idea after all). Keep in mind this has been published since December 26, 2005. —Zachary ^talk 03:37, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete it, speedily if possible. It reads like spam that slipped under the radar. JoshuaZ 03:38, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Also if you come across any like these again just add the abandoned template. Much simplier. --MarkTalk 18:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Also remember to watch out for one liners in the old articles. DragonFire1024 18:41, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete How could this one stay published for two years without someone noticing?!? —FellowWikiNewsie 19:56, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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Template:Datecategory nobriefs

This template was created originally to replace the {{Datecategory}} template on calendar pages where briefs do not exist, but now that the Datecategory template has been changed to do what this template does, there's no reason to keep it around. The categories that use this template can be updated to use the Datecategory template instead (just {{Datecategory}} will work). —Zachary ^talk 14:53, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

The categories using the template have been updated. —Zachary ^talk 11:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

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May 7

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Category:Law

Not really used, I think it should be merged into category:Crime and law for clarity. Bawolff ☺☻ 08:28, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

• Merge and delete -- I agree 110%. —Zachary ^talk 08:36, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
• Merge & zap --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:38, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
• Merge and delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:44, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect --Skenmy^{(t•c•w•i)} 15:04, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
  • If it's redirected, and someone adds [[Category:Law]] to a page, will it instead be categorized into Crime and law? —Zachary ^talk 14:55, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
    • That is my understanding. If not, Merge and delete. --Skenmy^{(t•c•w•i)} 15:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
    • No. Uncle G 18:45, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
    • I support the merge and delete Bawolff ☺☻ 23:28, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
• Merge —FellowWikiNewsie 19:59, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect--Mac 22:39, 11 May 2007 (UTC). Everybody voted Merge. So merge now.

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Category:Main Page

I believe this category was once used to put articles onto the Main Page, but because of the way the main page works now, there is no need for this category to exist anymore. Articles in this category should be removed from it, and the category deleted. —Zachary ^talk 13:35, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 14:44, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete --Skenmy^{(t•c•w•i)} 15:05, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
• Actually, I think it was used for articles that appeared on the main page, before we used DPL's on the main page. However, this was before my time, so I don't know. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:22, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

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May 4

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Category:Benedict XVI

Compare to Category:Pope Benedict XVI. probably could have been speedy. Bawolff ☺☻ 06:16, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete —FellowWikiNewsie 13:52, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
• No contest. I wasn't aware of the other cat.--Blivit 02:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete duplicate; unused and less descriptive (there could be other people that go by Benedict XVI somewhere. ;)) —Zachary ^talk 08:45, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Just a reminder too - when you create people categories remember to add sort keys when you categorise them. Everyone who has a category page should be reachable from Category:People, ideally by being in a sub-category. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 12:49, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete --Skenmy^{(t•c•w•i)} 15:05, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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May 3

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Image:Delta before after.png

The copyright for this image is questionable; being both "fair use" and under a creative commons license could be conflicting. The image itself is IMO unnecessary. The only difference between the web page before/after is a color change and the new logo. The new logo has been uploaded as Image:Delta logo.gif, is properly sourced and licensed, and is sufficient in the article the images are used on. Apologies to the uploader, who might have spent some time creating the comparison picture. —Zachary ^talk 06:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Delete because fair use images are not allowed if they aren't used on any article.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Delete The relevant article conveys enough information about Delta's rebranding (new logo, old livery), and I've decided not to argue for the use of this particular image. I will, however, argue for the future use of such images to be possible when a company decides to rebrand itself by allowing the people who create said images to receive credit for them (the reason for the seemingly "conflicting" use of CC-by-2.5). Not only did I spend time creating the image, but also researching the fair use guidelines for using such images. I believe the news value of these images justified their use. It shows you in one glance how the Delta brand has changed overnight. People should be able to combine multiple images into one image to convey an idea. That's what fair use is for. --Omaryak 21:06, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Delete per above.  Thunderhead  ►  01:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

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April 29

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Template:Review

Superseded by Template:Ready. —FellowWikiNewsie 19:13, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Redirect; the ready template is indeed a lot better but it doesn't seem to harm. A previous vote here didn't result in consensus, btw.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:16, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

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User:Kroll-be and User talk:Kroll-be

Please delete my user page and my talk page as I do not want them to appear in Google search results for my name any longer. I don't plan to become active in WikiNews again.Kroll-be 17:08, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Done, but the cached version may still appear.  Thunderhead  ►  17:16, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

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April 28

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Image:NewStandard vs WashingtonPost by Alexa.JPG

Fair use claims for screen shots has always been different here compared to Wikipedia, where it is made very clear that fair use can only be claimed if the article is directly related to the screen shot, for example screen shot of a website on an article about that website. See for example Template:Non-free web screenshot. I suggest we change our Template:Screen shot to clearly mention this, and change our policy on this.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:54, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. The U.S. nonprofit news agency shuts down article where the screen shot is used has nothing to do with Alexa. The graph rendered by Alexa does relate directly to the article, so hmmm... By keeping this screen shot, Wikinews makes the fair use assertion that it can snap a picture and re-use a graph made by the tools provided by an outside party. Intuitively, it doesn't seem to make much sense.
  Yet, if this image were removed, a portion of the article's text of becomes senseless since it makes direct references to the image.
  So in that sense, Alexa is news because it has something to contribute to the article. Under that context, its web page content is subject to Fair use.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Edbrown05 (talk • contribs) 19:46, 29 April 2007

You could easily just explain it without the graph, rework the text and keep the OR tag. I believe screen shots should only be used to comment on the websites themselves, e.g. in Google convicted in case brought by Belgian press and Fictional documentary about Flemish independence causes consternation in Belgium. To use a slippery slope analogy: are we going to allow use of Alexa graphs on every article on websites that we report?--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 20:08, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. with no fair use rationale, this is just a copyvio. see section "Intellectual Property and Copyright Infringement Notice" on alexa's terms of use. we can use an external link to the alexa page instead. –Doldrums(talk) 08:42, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Their 'terms of use' page is itself probably a copyright infringement in and of itself in view of every other place that says the same thing for all the standard unthinking reasons. -Edbrown05 08:53, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

The interface (web page) is not password protected, anybody can go there. So I asked a question of their software and got a reply. Now I cannot report the response, and am relegated tbeing able to only just talk about it? -Edbrown05 08:57, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

That is sheer... I'm trying to climb up the slippery slope. signed Ed

why don't u just add it as an external link. that way, it's completely ok. u can also play around with a few more comparable sites to get a better picture, for eg., [3]. –Doldrums(talk) 10:00, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't know. I open the link provided by Doldrums immediately above and notice on the resulting web page that Alexa says after clicking "Put this graph on your site!" link: To put an Alexa Traffic Graph on your site or blog simply copy the code below and paste it into your site where you would like it to appear. Feel free to play with the user-editable variables below to create a graph that works best with your site. Graphs are free, but they do come with a small advertisement at the top. Intended uses and restrictions.

So I don't think this image is a big deal, and the image should not be deleted. It seems that Alexa encourages the use and distribution of its charts. -Edbrown05 01:41, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - Despite Ed's logic, I think it is impossible to claim Fair use if the image is not used. This renders the debate about whether it is just another screenshot moot. Basically we are just hosting a copyrighted image that is subject to Alexa's policy: The Service, and all materials on the Service including images, text, illustrations, logos, audio and video files (collectively "intellectual property"), are protected by copyrights, trademarks, servicemarks, or other proprietary rights which are either owned by Alexa, or owned by other parties who have licensed their intellectual property to Alexa. Content here on Wikinews is supposed to be free so that others can feel free to duplicate it on their sites. This cannot be said for this image. --SVTCobra 02:10, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

It can be said that this image is free. Sheesh, look at the Doldrums link and note that immediately underneath the graph there is a link to "Put this graph on your site". -Edbrown05 02:54, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Free as in free content definition (or whatever the thingy Eloquence started was called). Bawolff ☺☻ 03:08, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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April 27

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Dr. Mathieu Eugene Getting Ready For Brooklyn's 40th District - by Smith Georges

Keeps getting recreated with zero effort to fit our guidelines. Consider it spam. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 16:34, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:11, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 18:12, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

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Category:Automobiles

Encyclopedic cat, no article links. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:40, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete --Brian McNeil / ^talk 16:34, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:11, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 18:12, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

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Category:Droughts

Encyclopedic cat, no article links. —FellowWikiNewsie 14:40, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete --Brian McNeil / ^talk 16:34, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:11, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —Zachary ^talk 18:12, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

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April 22

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Image:Santa arrest.JPG

Not really fair use, only used for a joke long past.Bawolff ☺☻ 17:49, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, even though I liked the joke.  Thunderhead  ►  17:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:43, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
• comment We arn't using it in a news article. But if more people vote delete so be it. —FellowWikiNewsie 19:38, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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April 21

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Image:Musharrat and Jintao.jpg

All rights reserved copyright notice at bottom is a sure sign, but want to make sure no one has a reason for keeping it before i delete it. Bawolff ☺☻ 22:36, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:35, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete —FellowWikiNewsie 19:44, 22 April 2007 (UTC)----

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Canadian Kid Grows Popularity On Piczo.com

Umm where to begin. Well first, 10 000 hits over a period of a month from being featured on the frontpage of a specific webpage isn't that amazing. B, its piczo, and piczo should go brackrupt (Okay that's not a valid reason, but its my feeling none the less). It contains nothing newsworthy. I can think of several people who have blogs/home pages/other forms of personal sites that are probably undoubtedly more popular than that. This just isn't news in any sense of the word. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Support deletion  Thunderhead  ►  06:43, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Delete it should be speedy deleted. DragonFire1024 06:46, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Delete not newsworthy. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 07:41, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 11:26, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

• Speedy delete Not newsworthy. —FellowWikiNewsie 19:44, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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April 11

Image:Malin Space Science Systems 1.jpg

I uploaded this image onto wikicommons so everyone on wikicommons can use it (:O) -Nima Baghaei ^{talk · cont} 02:31, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - stated above (:O) -Nima Baghaei ^{talk · cont} 02:31, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

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April 6

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Category:Children

Encyclopedic cat, not used. —FellowWikiNewsie 16:57, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Set the Sith on them! --Brian McNeil / ^talk 17:54, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - Only one article, all others will fall under people. —Dark_Squall 02:22, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

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April 4th

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March 19

Category:Organizations

Not used anywhere, encyclopedic cat. —FellowWikiNews (W) (sign here!) 23:55, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. I agree that its useless, things will fall into other categories much more easily.—Dark Squall 02:36, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:45, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
• delete duplicates Category:Groups. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:59, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Done  Thunderhead  ►  02:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Category:Boy Scouts of America

Encyclopedic cat, sub-cat of Category:Organizations. —FellowWikiNews (W) (sign here!) 23:55, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Again useless, empty subcategory of an otherwise empty category—Dark Squall 02:36, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
• Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:45, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Done  Thunderhead  ►  02:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

March 18

Category:War

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Was taged for deletion in November by Brainmc but he never listed it here. —FellowWikiNews (W) (sign here!) 14:46, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete --Brian McNeil / ^talk 17:14, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Please fix your keyboard, you have mapped the "a" and "i" keys in the wrong place.

P.S. Sorry for forgetting to list this, I've never seen a war without some politician shooting off his mouth about every little detail, hence I think articles should be under Category:Politics and conflicts, or Category:Dumb politicians ☺. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 17:14, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Delete.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:16, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Delete.—Dark Squall 15:41, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

• If this gets deleted, what precedent does that set for category:Iraq War? (personally i think war should be a subcat of p&c, then for stuff like iraq war we make a portal for it in a similar matter to Portal:North Korea nuclear proliferation - combine caats iraq and war) Bawolff ☺☻ 22:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

February 14

I Killed OJ - New Book by Martin S. Freigger

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★MESSEDROCKER★ 05:43, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete: advertising. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 00:48, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Same reason, advertising. -Edbrown05 01:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Funny part is that, if this subject was actually controversial, everybody'd be reading it and we'd cover it, but they have to promote it like crazy cuz it ain't controversial in the slightest.  :) Nyarlathotep 22:23, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:14, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Urgency Reynolds Publishign Co. to release book- To Kill an Orenthal by Martin S. Freigger

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★MESSEDROCKER★ 05:43, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete: advertising. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 00:49, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Press release. -Edbrown05 02:02, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:15, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Martin S. Freigger - Author

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★MESSEDROCKER★ 05:43, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

• Not news, POV, borderline speedy. —FellowWikiNews (W) (sign here!) 00:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete: advertising. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 00:50, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, actually speedy as it is promotional material. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:15, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

February 11

Did David Cameron Smoke DOPE

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★MESSEDROCKER★ 05:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - Violates WN:NOT. Article expresses opinion of author - editorial (WN not soapbox). --TRosenbaum 16:42, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete: POV. Hégésippe | ±Θ± 00:51, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete It's not just an editorial...it's a crappy editorial. LOL. Terrible spelling at the most. —FellowWikiNews (W) (sign here!) 00:54, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Category:Science

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★MESSEDROCKER★ 05:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

1. Recreation of deleted content (however content is different from deleted version)
2. No articles
3. Confusing haveing Category:Science and technology as well as this

Note there is a whole pile of other stuff I think should be deleted, but I want to wait to see if these are successful, as the others are based on similar arguments. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:14, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete —FellowWikiNews (W) (sign here!) 00:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:15, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Template:Sisterlinkswp

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★MESSEDROCKER★ 05:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Quite useless. Everyone else (with the exception of wikipedia (en) due to a naming conflict) use template:sisterlinks (which has been on wikinews a lot longer then this one). Should redirect there imo. Category:Nature is only page that uses it. The documentation may have copyright issues as well (Actual template doesn't as the near duplicate at template:sisterlinks was uploaded by original creator). Bawolff ☺☻ 00:06, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Category:Nature

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★MESSEDROCKER★ 05:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Encyclopedic category. No articles. bordering on speedy. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:06, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete —FellowWikiNews (W) (sign here!) 00:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:16, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

February 3

Global Warming

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★MESSEDROCKER★ 06:07, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Not written in a news article format, and doesn't really have any new information.I believe it should be deleted, and redirected to category:Climate change (or the cat should be portalized). Bawolff ☺☻ 20:42, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

• Deleted as speedy, lots of redirects created to Category:Climate change --Brian McNeil / ^talk 20:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

February 2

Google TV

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★MESSEDROCKER★ 06:07, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

i quote from the article: "If there really was a Google TV, it would be major news, not some unsourced wikinews article who's only source was a video on youtube".  — Doldrums(talk) 12:21, 2 February 2007 (UTC)