Wikinews:Deletion requests/Archives/Deleted Archive 2

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Articles deleted, starting 24 Feb 2005:

May 24

Category:29 November 2004

Reason: Unused category, non-standard date format. - / 02:14, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Category:Organisations

Reason: Unused category, and a bit broad at that. - / 01:15, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Category:Beijing

Reason: Unused category, doesn't follow naming conventions (City, country) - / 01:05, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Category:15 February, 2005

Reason: Unused category, probably a proof-of-concept experiment. - / 00:44, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Category:Auto Racing

Reason: Duplicate of Category:Auto racing and does not meet naming standards. DouglasGreen 00:32, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Realization of AIDS potential "late" says retiring World Bank president

Reason: Abandoned article - / 20:48, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. It is abandoned. DouglasGreen

Prime Minister of Ethiopia bans demonstrations following Elections

Reason: Abandoned article - / 20:41, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. It is abandoned. DouglasGreen 00:34, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Afghan president calls protesters enemies of progress

Reason: Abandoned article - / 20:37, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. It is abandoned. DouglasGreen 00:35, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Another author of “anti-bush” books dies of apparent suicide?

Old, no links, unfinshed, NPOV --Cspurrier 16:02, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

• Keep To me it doesn't seem to meet the "deletion guidelines" requirements. I also think it is an article which answers the invitation we were all given before we started in wikinews

"What we want from YOU!We want you to write articles for Wikinews that:You find interesting: If it's of interest of you, it will be interesting to many other people! You feel isn't getting adequate coverage: Do you know of an issue that has been forgotten or is getting enough attention in the rest of the press? Here's your chance to tell the world!Is important to you: The news you write can be about a global event or what's happening in your local town - we don't mind!"

I don't think its beyond repair in terms of NPOV and it mostly just states accepted facts. I will try to work on it later this week.

Paulrevere2005 18:26, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - repeated recreation of deleted article. This is, iirc, the 6th incarnation by User:Paulrevere2005. - / 20:37, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Comment: This is an old story that I found on Special:Lonelypages. --Cspurrier 21:53, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. It is long ago abandoned. DouglasGreen 00:36, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

* Comment; Ok, I did a little editing and added a source from May 13th. who has brought in new info. Now I don't think we can criticize the source since our admins have been referring to bloggers as "outside journalists". It's not ready for publication but I think it now escapes any possible deletion criteria.Paulrevere2005 20:45, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

EU-Council adopts Software Patent Agreement against its own Rules

Old, no links, unfinshed --Cspurrier 16:02, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. It is abandoned. DouglasGreen 00:36, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

May 23

Parakeets Talking In Conversational Language

It is not news. --Cspurrier 17:49, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. It appears to be a self-promotional advertisement from someone's website. Also it has been abandoned. DouglasGreen 00:40, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

May20

Bush promises probe of Saddam's underwear

THis is a non-sensical eyesore if you ask me, i put it for speedy delete but someone disagreed so i now am doing this to put it to a community vote.--Ryan524 20:15, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. This is old news by now. Everyone knows about this already. And this story sure doesn't add anything new. DouglasGreen 00:41, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

May 19

L.A. elects Latino Mayor

• copyvio from: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-051805mayor_lat,0,4177047.story?coll=la-home-headlines. Lexor 11:35, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
• A copyvio was placed on the temp page as well. Andrew pmk 03:41, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
• re-worked story, it should I believe now pass copyvio tags -Edbrown05 03:26, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

May 16

Croatian election results

The existence of the transclusion prevents the article from being renamed from the user namespace to the main article namespace. Uncle G 13:23, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. I do not know what is a transclusion. But that page is empty. DouglasGreen 00:43, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Results of 2005 Croatian local government elections

This was originally a redirect, but despite a clear invitation to rename the article here once it was ready for publication and an explanation on the user's talk page that redirects should be used so that later renaming is possible, it, too, was replaced with transclusion. The existence of the transclusion prevents the article from being renamed from the user namespace to the main article namespace. Uncle G 13:23, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Comment: Removing a single-edited article on request of the original author in order to replace it with the transcluded article is a trivial use of the speedy delete, which any admin could do. It is not a major problem. But the users involved have been made aware of the process, and the need to retain the edit history, so I don't think this will be an issue in the future. - / 17:41, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

May 13

Al-Qaida Takes Out 40 Americans In 48 Hours; Declares Victory In Al-Qaim

Copyvio (catch by Lexor). Dan100 (Talk) 12:05, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Leukemia cases at California elementary school receive no Federal investigation

Copyvio. Dan100 (Talk) 12:05, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

May 12

Device claimed to be able to see through walls

Old, to the tune of five months. I think ther editor who moved it across from SAS wouldn't have done it if he'd realised it's age! Dan100 (Talk) 18:43, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete - Dan100 is right I did not know how old it was when I moved it. --Cspurrier 20:53, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete - No recent news in article. DoubleBlue (Talk) 21:12, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete - I didn't realize how old it was either. 84.10.91.236 07:45, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Henin-Hardenne stops Sharapova

Abandoned. Dan100 (Talk) 10:14, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

34 US Military Bases on Worst Toxic Waste Sites List

Copyvio. Dan100 (Talk) 10:02, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

May 14

President Bush marks end of WWII; reports circulate his Grandfather helped Hitler

Reason: Bush's attendance at VE day events has already been covered. The rest of the article is simply a lame attempt at the PoV pushing of material from 2003. The so-called 'background info' - which is not at all related to the VE day celebrations - isn't even about President Bush, only an ancestor. Dan100 (Talk) 07:20, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

To be honest, I'm split on whether we should keep it or not. Personally, I tend to not adopt a harsh line on issues, and I think the article is imformative, so I was very inclined to say "Keep". What made me not say that was the fact that the sources were all 2003 and 2004, which makes the article outdated and by extension, irrelevant. That doesn't mean it should be outright deleted, and it doesn't actually seem to be POV, but should we really be keeping articles about events that occured many months or even years ago? News is all about up-to-the-minute stuff. Ronline 07:51, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

I am quite torn here. The article, as it stands, should be Deleted. It is POV, not news, it's just not good. That being said, I'd really like to see a piece on the Prescott stuff itself, if anything new has occured. So I'd encourage all editors to see if we can't find anything new regarding the issue, and then writing a new article if we can. Lyellin 13:51, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

That's a good idea, so I went looking on both Google and Yahoo. The latest thing to be published is a Guardian (a British newspaper) article from September 2004 - nothing more recent. However there is an excellent line in the article: "The Prescott Bush story has been condemned by both conservatives and some liberals as having nothing to do with the current president." Says it all! Dan100 (Talk) 16:09, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete. The article has redeeming qualities, but it's been the cause of too much arguing — Bush isn't even in Europe anymore. Perhaps next time an article can be more quickly developed into a version people agree on. -- IlyaHaykinson 14:14, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete. It is no longer news. --Cspurrier 14:35, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete. I looked around for anything recent or fresh from this article, and found absolutely nothing. The lawsuit against the Bush family mentioned in the article appears to have been dismissed. Also, I read: "The Anti-Defamation League in the US is supportive of Prescott Bush and the Bush family. In a statement last year they said that "rumours about the alleged Nazi 'ties' of the late Prescott Bush ... have circulated widely through the internet in recent years. These charges are untenable and politically motivated ... Prescott Bush was neither a Nazi nor a Nazi sympathiser." Furthermore, the most recent source is from September 2004, and the only reason it ran then was because of the upcoming November 2004 election. Otherwise this is a hot, breaking story - from 2003. So it is not news. DouglasGreen 17:05, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete. -Edbrown05 19:05, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete, for reasons given.--Eloquence 23:25, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Anything that needs to use the word "meanwhile" to link one part of the story to another has serious problems. However I do think that the Prescott story is newsworthy, if only something had happened recently. Millions worldwide still in slavery is a good example. People have been in slavery since Methuselah was a boy. What makes it news is that the ILO released a report. - Borofkin 00:26, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Keep . I am going to try to get in touch with the lawyer for the Holocaust plantiffs to find out what's happening with the lawsuit. I realize we will still have the NPOV issue in some people's minds, but hopefully the article can avoid deletion..because then I would run into the resurrection problem if I try to reintroduce it later ??? Paulrevere2005 13:04, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

update; Ok these 2 octogenarians(plaintiffs) are in the news almost every week and I finally have some contact leads(see below); So I will get in touch with 1 or both of them and write a brand new story about their lawsuit and whatever else they want to talk about.They sure have some strong opinions.[[1]]

[[2]]

Dear Paul Revere, as I know, Peter Gingold has no email adress and no secretary. Please try to contact at following adress: schneid@hrz.uni-kassel.de

Best wishes Klaus Bretthauer)

Category:New_York_City_Subway

Reason: We should not endlessly multiply categories in this fashion. Most world cities have a subway, or bus system, or taxi system, etc. This should be handled by putting it into two categories: the name of the city, and the category Category:Transport. DouglasGreen 23:45, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - at a future point in time a sub-category of Transportion Category:Subways may be needed, especially if we can develop a large enough stream of articles. Frankly, subway news is a genre in certain cities, and could use its own portals if we get enough stories going. - / 03:15, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Category:New_York_City

Reason: City names should follow the format, <city>, <state> or the format <city>, <country>. That leads to the Category:New York, New York not just New York City. If we let the different formats multiply, no one will know the category without looking it up. DouglasGreen 23:45, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Indeed. Delete this, and the other two cats listed under May 11. Dan100 (Talk) 10:32, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete after creating the other cat annd moving the articles over. - / 03:12, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

Category:The Netherlands

Reason: Most of our articles on this country have gone in the Category:Netherlands not Category:The Netherlands. For consitency, let's delete The Netherlands. I have already moved the few topics that were found in The Netherlands to the other category. DouglasGreen 00:06, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reason given - / 03:09, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

• Keep for accuracy. The name of the country is The Netherlands; similar to "The" Hague (I don't think we'd be dropping that "the",right?)" Wikipedia says "It should also be noted that the plural "Netherlands" is actually an archaic term, referring to the time when it was a collection of regions that weren't yet fully united [[3]]

To be accurate, we should delete the "netherlands" category as it only accurately applies to a bygone era. Paulrevere2005 03:40, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

May 13

Portland first city to pull officers from FBI terrorism task force

Reason: Abandoned. Dan100 (Talk) 16:30, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given - / 03:07, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

May 10

Genetically modified coca plant produces more cocaine

Reason: Abandoned article. - / 23:53, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Scripps general manager suggests distributed newswire to replace Associated Press

Reason: Abandoned article - / 23:49, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• I started this, but never wrote the article. Deleting is fine with me. Sorry about that. Pingswept 02:20, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Are we to expect a tempestuos Pontiff in an increasingly tempestuous world?

Reason: Article recreation, see below. - / 23:42, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Recreated articles should be speedy deletes. -- Davodd | Talk 01:17, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete for reasons given --Cspurrier 14:02, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Comment; there is nothing on this page. It was an error. The article below has been worked on by Simeon. Paulrevere2005 01:16, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Are we to expect a tempestuos pontiff in an increasingly tempestuous world?

Reason: Article was placed on Dr previously for {{notnews}} under title "Pope Benedict XVI's opposition to the Masonic Order and other "religious mysticism" goes back at least 22 years", during which vote editorial content was removed and title altered to "Pope Benedict XVI's last speech as Cardinal on April 18 speech mentions dislike of sects and "human mysticism"". Since the deletion tag was removed, Paulrevere2005 has:

• Reverted the article with expansions to the disputed version which led to its placement on Dr. [4]
• Moved the article to "Pope Benedict XVI's last speech as Cardinal emphasizes dislike of "religious mysticism""
• Moved the article to "Are we to expect a tempestuos pontiff in an increasingly tempestuous world?"
• Recreated the content under Are we to expect a tempestuos Pontiff in an increasingly tempestuous world?
• Returned to editing this article when the other was tagged as disputed.

• My vote is delete. Lyellin 23:50, 7 May 2005 (UTC) - New changes do not change my vote. Lyellin 01:27, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete --Cspurrier 03:23, 8 May 2005 (UTC) - still delete --Cspurrier 03:05, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Comment; Simeon has worked onthis article and changed the title.Please have a look at the new article before voting. Keep; Paulrevere2005 01:19, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Ontario's oldest tavern reopens

Reason: Abandoned article - / 22:20, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Rumsfeld to Stay on as Defense Secretary

Reason: Abandoned article - / 21:54, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Ukraine Supreme Court orders new election

Reason: Abandoned article - / 21:48, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. This is a news brief - short but it still tells most of what is important. -- Davodd | Talk 01:21, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Palestinian elections could be vital to Middle East peace process

Reason: Abandoned article - / 21:41, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Polish government refuses support to EU software patents directive

Reason: Abandoned article - / 21:38, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

US Cabinet Reshuffle

Reason: Abandoned article - / 21:34, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

User:81.202.140.23/Fall of SEOInc

Reason: Article is copyright Philipp Lenssen, but according to his blog he has been issued a "cease and desist" order regarding this post. (After which post it showed up here.) Article is also unsourced editorial. - / 05:16, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Chinese commuter plane crashes; 54 dead

Reason: Abandoned article - / 04:39, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Canada's highest court okays same-sex marriage

Reason: Abandoned article. - / 04:29, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Category:Chemical Weapons-US

Reason: duplicates Category:Chemical weapons-US - / 03:36, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Category:Chemical Weapons

Reason: duplicates Category:Chemical weapons - / 03:33, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 09:54, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Template:Original research

Reason: duplicate of Template:Original reporting and has been superceded by the new design.

• Delete for reasons given DouglasGreen 22:45, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

May 8

Korean Film Council awards a research grant to a Russian BitTorrent site

Reason: Abandoned; non-English source means it's difficult to finish Dan100 (Talk) 07:42, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete If someone has a good russian translator site, please add it to the Reference desk. - / 04:42, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete 2-0 - / 00:01, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Canadian Government Rocked by Sponsorship Scandal

Reason: Abandoned article - / 23:24, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 07:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete 2-0 - / 00:01, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Brits bring the "full monty" to Prague

Reason: Sources are from 2004, Manchester guidelines even older. - / 23:07, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 07:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
• Delete for reasons given. Paulrevere2005 12:06, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete 3-0 - / 00:01, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

May 7

Two recent attacks in Afghanistan: four police and one US soldier dead

Reason: Abandoned article. - / 02:21, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 07:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete 2-0 - / 03:56, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

NY Times faces heavy scrutiny by Brazil´s local media

Reason: Disputed article, abandoned. - / 01:58, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 07:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete 2-0 - / 03:56, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Sheriff's report on Hunter Thompson's death released

Reason: Disputed article, abandoned. - / 01:10, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

Keep; there was hardly any community objection and the article is timeless since it relates to the cause of death of a famous artist. It may need some editing, so let it have its day, please. Paulrevere2005 22:52, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, old, abadoned, this is not an encyclopaedia Dan100 (Talk) 07:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

• Ok, It's fixed now I believe. As I say, similar to the death of Elvis; this is still news today, especially the scan of the actual sheriff's report. Definitely not a deletion candidate now. Paulrevere2005 11:31, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete 2-1 - / 03:56, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

U.S. cracks down on Latin American gangs

Reason: Disputed article, abandoned. - / 01:08, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete; Old news now. Paulrevere2005 22:55, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 07:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete 3-0 - / 03:56, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Chesnoff claims France a hot topic on college campuses

Reason: Disputed article, abandoned. - / 00:58, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 07:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete 2-0 - / 03:45, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Blog announces plan for anti-Japanese riots

Reason: Disputed article, abandoned. - / 00:53, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 07:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete 2-0 - / 03:43, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Bush vows to end world tyrannies

Reason: Disputed article, abandoned. - / 00:51, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for reasons given Dan100 (Talk) 07:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Delete 2-0 - / 03:40, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

May 1

Administrative power of SMTH taken

Reason:Seems to be abandoned. Dan100 (Talk) 20:33, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Deleted 1-0 - / 04:23, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

April 23

Anti-Japanese riots may be scripted by government

Reason: Dire article with no potential whatsoever. Completely irredemable opinion piece and not newsworthy. (Hautbois 21:00, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC))

yup, irredemable opinion with no evidence. I'm shocked the NYT ran this. Delete. Dan100 (Talk) 13:43, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Deleted 2-0 - Amgine 03:19, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wikinews Defaced

Reason: The fact that the Pelican Shit/Ass Pus/Bugger vandal has defaced WikiMedia sites, once again, is not news. Uncle G 11:18, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Oh i did not know that this wasn't the first time! it was news to me! --Adenosine 19:14, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Not newsworthy. Delete. Dan100 (Talk) 13:43, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Deleted 2-0 - Amgine 03:19, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Some time before March 9

Summaries/Business

Reason: Outdated, abandoned thing of questionable value. Most likely a test. -- Davodd | Talk 07:14, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Delete Looks like an article's notes. - Amgine 17:41, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Unanimous - Amgine 01:56, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Main Page/FixTheTop

Reason: Outdated suggestion. -- Davodd | Talk 07:18, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Delete Only linked to in archives. - Amgine 17:44, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Unanimous - Amgine 01:56, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Yukos-2004-12-20

Abandoned article. -- Davodd | Talk 07:20, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• A part of the series of abandoned articles/notes - Amgine 17:49, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Unanimous - Amgine 01:56, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Yukos

Abandoned article. - Amgine 17:49, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC) Unanimous

User:203.103.157.193/Web site offers talking letter service

Article is a press release/advertising spam. - Amgine 03:34, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Delete Its spam. CGorman 17:41, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Unanimous - Amgine 20:22, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

March 9

Hunter Thompson's anti-Bush language brought the Secret Service to his door

Reason -- Three original sentences, the rest copied and pasted from columns - not news articles - which are themselves both speculative and unsubstantiated. This is the culmination of more than a week of discussion and dispute, and the vast majority of the article is not about Hunter Thompson but about George Bush Sr. - Amgine 00:01, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

OPPOSED! Wikinews' criteria for deletion do not include the reasons given by Amgine.Paulrevere2005 03:19, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Well, you're right about this entry. It should not appear on this page.

It should appear on speedy delete instead.

I'm waiting for Rolling Stone to come a knockin' at Wikinews' door for the copyright violations in this article. The quoting is so extensive that the reader easily loses track of where the quotes begin and end.

It's a privilege to edit on Wikinews. Jimbo Wales can easily declare this site a disaster and shut us down if we abuse that privilege. If Wikinews is ever called on a copyright violation by a mainstream news outlet, (and Rolling Stone certainly qualifies), this site may be shut down before we even know what hit us. Administrators, please delete copyright violations as soon as they are caught. — DV 09:27, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Delete for copyvio reasons. A valid topic, the article should be re-written with original work as per the copyvio message on that page. -- Davodd | Talk 09:56, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• English 101; There is NO copyvio because rolling stone is shown in the article as the source quoted.In terms of content you can't have it both ways, if its my paraphrasing then its not NPOV. The only way it can REALLY be npov is if its quoted verbatim.

Wow, reporters saying its a "priviledge" to write,report,edit; pravda here we come.Paulrevere2005

NOTICE; Where is the article right now?Obviously we need to be able to read it to determine if its a copyvio.

The title of each section is a link to the article in question. - Amgine 18:55, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Paulrevere2005, when I enter another person's home as a guest, if the owner asks me to take off my shoes, I do so as a common courtesy.

The same concept is at work when editing on Wikinews.

The site owners, (Jimbo Wales and the Wikimedia Foundation) have asked us to stick to some non-negotiable rules, including NPOV, the "wiki process", and respecting copyright, when editing articles. As a common courtesy, I agree to abide by those rules while I am a guest on their site.

We've all been granted a privilege to edit on this site, and that privilege can be taken away if we break the rules. Editing on Wikinews is not a "right". Wikinews is not a government-owned web site. It is privately owned by the Wikimedia Foundation.

If at some point I get sick and tired of living with the rules on Wikinews, I can always set up a competing "Wikinews" on my own web site. The MediaWiki software is freely available to all.

(If you remember when you were a teenager, this is kinda like when you moved out, you didn't have to live under your parent's rules anymore.)

Throwing around silly accusations that we are on the way to "Pravda" by following the rules reflects more poorly on you than the rest of us.

Copyright violations put this site at risk of being shut down. Extensively quoting an article and then adding three original sentences is a copyright violation, plain and simple. Please don't take my word for it - send a copy of your article to Rolling Stone's legal department and ask them what they think of it. — DV 20:13, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I can't find the article"Hunter Thompson's anti-Bush language brought the Secret Service to his door."on wikinews.Paulrevere2005

Delete for reasons stated. And honestly, if you can't abide by Wikinews policy, and really feel that it is your fundamental right to "report," then why don't you start your own news site? There are a thousand free blogging sites out there that will let you broadcast whatever you want without any editorial policy whatsoever. --Fastfission 06:40, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

There are currently four very similar articles on this event. Does anyone object to me deleting the 3 older ones and keeping the new one until the rest of the dispute is resolved? Specifically, I am proposing deleting:

Hunter Thompson on the radio; Jan.2003; “we'll see what happens to me if I …commit suicide … with no witnesses."

Another author of “anti-bush” books dies of apparent suicide

Hunter Thompson's anti-Bush language brought the Secret Service to his door

and keeping:

Hunter Thompson on the radio; Jan.2003;“we'll see what happens to me if I get my head cut off ..commit suicide … with no witnesses."

Objections? Pingswept 01:34, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• No objections from me. Maybe you can archive 1 of the 3 up for deletion as there is some different info in those 3.If someone wants to re-write they might look at today's ny times article by frank rich "Gonzo Gone, Rather Going, Watergate Still Here " If someone can figure out what the word "counselor" might have meant and who wrote it on Gonzo's typewriter, this story might gather even more momentum. I will rewrite it myself if I can figure out how to avoid the "old news" slur.Paulrevere2005

Delete 3 - 1 - Amgine 08:46, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Ukraine and Western bias

Reason -- old disputed article, deletion requested in early December but never listed. Also, copyright violation. - Amgine 01:03, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. It is research notes, not a news article. -- Davodd | Talk 09:55, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

We have consensus. I'm deleting it. Pingswept 01:46, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Actually, we can't delete the article now for some technical reason (something about "block compressions"?). As soon as that's fixed, it should go. Pingswept 01:49, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Delete Unanimous - Amgine 09:08, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC) (as the archiver, article moved to list of articles to be deleted when that bug gets fixed.)

Tsunami Help Id

Reason -- Not english, deletion request January 1 but never listed - Amgine 01:05, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

OPPOSED! Wikinews' criteria for deletion do not include the reasons given by Amgine.Paulrevere2005 03:31, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Yes, it does. This site is "en.wikinews". When an article is not written in English, those of us who don't read whatever language the article is written in have no way of knowing if the article has a copyright violation, unsourced information, defamatory material, or is just sheer nonsense.

If anyone wants to keep this article, translate it into English, and resubmit it, so we can verify its contents. There are a number of Wikinews sites in other languages for contributors who don't care to write articles in English.

We should speedy delete all articles that are not written in English, or we risk being burned by someone with an anti-Wikinews agenda at some point down the line.

— DV 09:11, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. All non-English articles should either be transwikied or deleted from en.WN -- Davodd | Talk 09:51, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, for reasons stated. --Fastfission 06:36, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

While PaulRevere2005 is technically correct that "not English" is not part of our deletion criteria, that's because it's part of our "speedy deletion" criteria. Unless someone objects, I'm adding the speedy deletion criteria as counting for normal deletion, and deleting the article. Objections? Pingswept 01:52, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I wasnt very active back when the tsunami happened, but i was under the impression that there was some special status for tsunami related articles. (this is not an objection to the deleate, just a request for clarification) The bellman 03:00, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I have looked, but I have not found anything relevant. I found a mention of it at Wikinews:Water_cooler/policy/Archive1, but that's it. Pingswept 04:13, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Delete 3-1 - Amgine 09:08, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

April 20

Terri Schiavo has died, according to spokesman

Badly titled apparent mistake. The interwiki link was also added to the real article. Uncle G 11:51, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Deleted previously deleted

April 21

Talk:Study: cognitive therapy as good as medication, but lasts longer

Reason: Copyright violation (e-mail information not specifically used in the article) should be deleted from talk history 10:38, 10 Apr 2005 to 14:18, 11 Apr 2005. Current content (and retain everything by ed) - Amgine 14:32, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This is still outstanding I think. I have just actually requested permission to list the emails, and it has been declined, so please delete the talk history pages between the dates mentioned by Amgine above. - Simeon 06:35, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Selectively Deleted 2-0 - Amgine 19:06, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Semifinal results of the NCAA Tourament

• Abandoned stub - tourney over -- Davodd | Talk 03:14, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - abandoned - Amgine 16:35, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Delete 2-0 - Amgine 18:43, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Google, Yahoo! to allow user-generated video search

• Abandoned stub. -- Davodd | Talk 03:14, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - would have been a good tech story, still could be, but currently abandoned - Amgine 16:36, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Delete 2-0 - Amgine 18:35, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Encyclopædia Britannica acquires Wikimedia Foundation

Yawn. A boring joke which has been done to death already.--Eloquence 09:51, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Comment: I changed this redirect to go to the Main Page. It may be of note that this article name is a link from the Wikipedia BJAODM story and will be the repeated target of vandalism if we just delete and blank it. -- Davodd | Talk 08:30, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Selective Deletion previously selectively deleted, content is exclusively redirect to main page. - Amgine 17:32, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Israel and Palestine unite in music

Abandoned stub from SUBMIT. Delete unless someone writes it within 3 days. -- Davodd | Talk 08:27, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Previously Deleted - Amgine 17:41, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Palestinian Media Watch releases report entitled "Kill a Jew and go to Heaven"

Reason -- abandoned article, NPOV issues, citation issues, stub - Amgine 00:51, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

OPPOSED! Wikinews' criteria for deletion do not include the reasons given by Amgine.Paulrevere2005 03:27, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Yes it does. See the subsection "Problems that may require deletion". — DV 09:15, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Delete unless it is finished within the next few days. -- Davodd | Talk 09:47, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete for reasons stated. --Fastfission 06:36, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• I went to list this then found it was already here. Delete! Dan100 (Talk) 09:14, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Deleting on the "abandoned article" grounds. Hasn't been expanded in weeks. Pingswept 01:40, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help De

Reason -- Not english, deletion request January 1 but never listed - Amgine 01:10, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Deleted after 9 days by Pingswept 01:36, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

AMA split over Western Australian cannabis laws

Reason: Abandoned article more than 1-month old. -- Davodd | Talk 16:54, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Pingswept 01:53, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Neutral. While i agree it should probably be deleated, under the current deletion guidelines the suggested action is to put a clean-up notice on it. I guess, this is what happens when we copy our policy straight from the 'pedia. The bellman 02:54, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Updated deletion guidelines to reflect this. Objections? Pingswept 04:13, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

looks good The bellman 05:37, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Article deleted by someone, so I'm archiving this Pingswept 01:51, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Bolivian president resigns amid protests

Page is copied from CNN. If it's not rewritten in 7 days, delete. -- IlyaHaykinson 22:57, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Delete CGorman 15:58, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Leaders Sign Forest Treaty in Africa

Reason -- copyvio'ed February 7 but never listed - Amgine 01:16, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Deleted by Pingswept 04:56, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Ukraine and Western bias

Reason: Old disputed article, marked for copyvio and deletion Feb. 28 - Amgine 03:47, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help Id

Reason: Not english. Article tagged for deletion Jan. 1 - Amgine 03:43, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This just in… (my InBox)

Reason: Well done article, but researching sources the original author discovered that, while true, it happened some years earlier. Singl author added Dr, but with significant history the article is listed here. - Amgine 03:40, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Bush praises Iraq election

Reason: Not news, but source document. Article tagged but not listed March 9 - Amgine 03:25, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Canadian government drops Kyoto from budget

Reason: Abandoned article, more than 2 weeks since last substantive edit (excluding the vandalism) - Amgine 18:41, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

April 25

User:144.134.237.63/Life without 'Lemon' laws

Reason: Abandoned, anon user space, NPOV - all since Feb 19 - / 02:10, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)