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July 29

Dreary Days for Dublin

Fiction. Dan100 (Talk) 21:28, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. ----RossKoepke^Talk 21:33, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, no potential at all. --Dejan Čabrilo 21:45, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. I "Un biased" it and was left with 2 rather vague sentences. -- Davodd | Talk 00:08, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

July 28

Fire starts in northwest Montana

Abandoned. -- Davodd | Talk 21:42, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

XWiki 0.9.840 has been Released

Copy and paste of press release. I believe such articles should be speedies - thoughts? Dan100 (Talk) 12:07, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

• Comment - don't speedy them... There is a slight chance somebody may edit the article and create a proper story using that press release as a source. --Dejan Čabrilo 12:10, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

To be honest, I reckon they are speedy candidates (guidelines linked in the intro above) - see no. 6 - no advertising or spam. Plus it's probably also a copyvio. Dan100 (Talk) 12:17, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

I spent some time thinking about it (around 5 minutes this time) and yes, they should probably be speedied, as that content can hardly be used. A new article will be in order anyway, due to copyright issues, etc. so a press release is of no use to us. So, speedy :) --Dejan Čabrilo 17:39, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

July 27

CCVS GRADUATE SHOWS OFF GENITALS AT GRADUATION CEREMONY

Not convinced this is salvageable - no sources. Dan100 (Talk) 18:01, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete - I hate caps. - Borofkin 02:43, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Manchester Utd beat Beijing Hyundai 3-0

Copyvio. Dan100 (Talk) 12:51, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

English football: Manchester City Complete Vassell Swoop

Copyvio. Dan100 (Talk) 12:46, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

English football: Chelsea deny Shevchenko move

Copyvio. Dan100 (Talk) 12:42, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

July 26

Henchoz Signs for Wigan

Copyvio. Dan100 (Talk) 16:56, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete. --RossKoepke^Talk 18:20, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Liverpool fan jailed in Bulgaria

Copyvio -- Lyellin 16:02, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete --Mrmiscellanious 16:09, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete. --RossKoepke^Talk 18:20, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

9/11 was "Wake Up Call" - Blair

Copyvio -- Lyellin 16:02, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete --Mrmiscellanious 16:09, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete. --RossKoepke^Talk 18:20, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

London artists release a video about attacks

Advert. Dan100 (Talk) 13:26, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete. As it stands right now, it does very well seem to be an advertisement. --Mrmiscellanious 13:28, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete. --RossKoepke^Talk 18:20, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

The Food, the Bad, and the Ugly

Copyvio --Cspurrier 15:26, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete. --RossKoepke^Talk 18:20, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

July 24

Infighting among factions, agencies reveals glimpses of atrocities in prisons

Copyvio --Cspurrier 21:08, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Let's develop the story and give it a chance before just deleting it. -- NGerda 21:14, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

Nick, you obviously don't understand the copyvio procedure. The original article will be deleted, regardless, to remove the copyvio from the page history. If someone re-writes it at the temp page - great - that will be moved into the page after the deletion. (This applies to all NGerda's "votes" below too.) Dan100 (Talk) 21:17, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

In copyvio - the vote isn't Keep or Delete - it's show whether or not the content is a copyvio. If so, it gets the boot. We cannot keep copyvios on Wikimedia servers. -- Davodd | Talk 04:36, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Twenty-nine killed in Baghdad bombing

Yet another copyvio... Dan100 (Talk) 21:06, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Let's develop the story and give it a chance before just deleting it. -- NGerda 21:14, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

We cannot keep a copyvio in an edit history. -- Davodd | Talk 04:31, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Tehran’s nuclear point man Hassan Rowhani makes startling admission

A violation of copyright. Dan100 (Talk) 20:43, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Let's develop the story and give it a chance before just deleting it. -- NGerda 21:14, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

We cannot keep a copyvio in an edit history. -- Davodd | Talk 04:32, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Burundi police shut down radio station

Copyvio. Dan100 (Talk) 20:41, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Let's develop the story and give it a chance before just deleting it. -- NGerda 21:14, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

We cannot keep a copyvio in an edit history. -- Davodd | Talk 04:32, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Police get suspect out of river

Abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:50, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Police dog dies

Abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:50, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

France to control its EU borders

Abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:50, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

July 23

Tour de France 2005 18° étape

Abandoned. -- Davodd | Talk 21:27, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

British squad for 2005 announced

Abandoned since December. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:49, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Fire in Jurong East, Singapore

Abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:49, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

AFL: Hawthorn defeats Melbourne

Abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:49, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Captor of Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan disputed in media

Abandoned since March. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:49, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

John Kerry calls for investigation into Downing Street memo

Abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:44, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Labor proposes tax cuts for middle and high income earners

Abandoned since February -- without objection, I shall speedy this one. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:44, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

London eyewitnesses: Police tackled Asian, held a gun to his head and " unloaded five shots into him"

This story is a NPOV duplicate. --Cspurrier 14:57, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. The story reports on a very specific incident. If the headline is inaccurate that can be corrected. More information may now be known. -Edbrown05 15:11, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete duplicate. If there is something to add to the story, add it to Armed police shoot man dead on London Underground. DoubleBlue (Talk) 15:24, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Duplicate, biased article. --Mrmiscellanious 15:33, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. This article is a duplicate, as noted. It has been set back to a redirect, as is appropiate. The headline is factually uncorrect - no-one ever said "held a gun to his head". Dan100 (Talk) 16:00, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. I see this as a duplicate article, of an article that was well written - this is intended to push a POV, and doesn't deserve to see the light of day because of it. Lyellin 16:30, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep this is the only story in development addressing the details of the killing and which may, when developed, show that the killing was an execution "unlawful killing

of a human being by a human being". Paulrevere2005 18:25, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Comment;Where is the article? How can someone vote on an article they can't read? Paulrevere2005 18:28, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Paul, this has been explained to you several times now. I'm not going to do it again. Dan100 (Talk) 18:37, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

• Objection; Nonsensical Process;The story has already been deleted ! If not? Where is it???? Is this vote for the deletion of "Armed police shoot man dead on London Underground" to which the story in question has been redirected too?? Just shows some people vote without reading what they are voting on. Paulrevere2005 16:46, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

The story is at [1] as you can find by going to the page and clicking history.--Cspurrier 16:52, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

• Notice; you have been voting for the deletion of a different article. Just click on this story title above; "London eyewitnesses: Police tackled Asian, held a gun to his head and " unloaded five shots into him" above and you'll see what I mean. If this vote passes then the story Armed police shoot man dead on London Underground must be deleted. Paulrevere2005 16:46, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

As should be fairly obvious we are voting on the deletion of the story titled "London eyewitnesses: Police tackled Asian, held a gun to his head and " unloaded five shots into him" " Once the vote is complete, the story with this title will be deleted, in cases like this where the story has been redirected we are voting upon both the story and the delteion of the redirect not the story it is redirected to. --Cspurrier 16:52, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Hong Kong's government asks Beijing to intervene in a dispute over the term to be served by new Chief Executive.

Abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 06:10, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete --Cspurrier 14:57, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Russian lake vanishes overnight

Abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 06:10, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete --Cspurrier 14:57, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - although interesting, it's been abandoned. --Mrmiscellanious 16:12, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, sadly, as it could easily have been published at the time but it's too late now :-( Dan100 (Talk) 16:14, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

NIST World Trade Center investigation team calls for improvements

Abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 06:10, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete --Cspurrier 14:57, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

U.S. Mayor proclaims Seattle a "City of ONE"

Abandoned -- though it might have been a good article. --Chiacomo (talk) 06:10, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete --Cspurrier 14:57, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - I thought we'd done this ages ago, actually... Dan100 (Talk) 16:10, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

South African Geographical Names Council changes name of South Africa's capital to Tshwane

Abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 06:10, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete --Cspurrier 14:57, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

500,000 Iraqi children died between two U.S. wars due to sanctions, says U.N.

Abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 06:10, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete --Cspurrier 14:57, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

July 22

Template:Movie listings (United States)

Abandoned something.. -- Davodd | Talk 06:03, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete--Ryan524 19:41, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Sigma Phi Beta, Arizona State University's gay fraternity, forms national organization, elects first national officers

Copyvio. -- Davodd | Talk 04:09, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete Dan100 (Talk) 09:43, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

July 21

High school students create more environmentally friendly, efficient air conditioner

No content. Not really news as it isn't enviromentally friendlly or efficient anyway. -- Alexws 20:20, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

• ARGUMENTS --
• Keep for now - wait and see if it gets some content. - McCart42 (talk) 23:41, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
• 12 hours - with not even a sentence of material = speedy delete. -- Davodd | Talk 04:08, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

2005 Kuomintang visits to Mailand

Abandoned - Amgine/^talk 18:45, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Red Cross appeals for aid to assist victims of Kenyan attacks

Abandoned stub. -- Davodd | Talk 16:33, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete --Ryan524 19:37, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

No trial for policemen accused of violence at Diaz school in Genoa after the G8

This one got through the net - whoops. No English sources and can't be fact-checked, although it needs it. Look at the talk page for more. Dan100 (Talk) 08:08, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

• Keep - it is an translation from it.wikinews.org - we don't see many of these, but as the other wikinewses grow, they should be considered as authentic sources. -- Davodd | Talk 19:53, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - needs verifiable sources, we can;t verify sources if they aren't in english.--Ryan524 19:36, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer files suit to remove November redistricting initiative

Copyvio. -- Davodd | Talk 16:29, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete --Ryan524 19:37, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

July 20

Palestinian militants agree to truce with Israel

Article copy/paste from VOA, bylined, never developed/published - Amgine/^talk 22:40, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

• Comment - Since VOA text is public domain, this does not technically violate any Wikinews or Wikimedia Foundation content policy. It isn't harming anything by gathering dust in the archive. -- Davodd | Talk 04:15, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

UK Foreign Affairs Committee blasts Blair Torture Policy

Article on an event from March. "Wikinews is not an encyclopaedia". Dan100 (Talk) 11:04, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

• It does seem to violate the "current events" qualification for being news. I support a delete unless a current angle is added to it. Otherwise it smacks of a POV-oriented addition to the site. -- Davodd | Talk 04:17, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

July 19

London bombing investigators reportedly find timing device

Ten days old and the information contained in it is demonstrably false. While the article does not claim directly that timer fragments were found, to even report the suspicion by other news services implies, whether intended or not, that we condone their claims. Wikinews does not speculate, nor does it mislead. Dan100 (Talk) 11:56, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

• This article was discussed before, and kept. Passed 3-1 decision Removal of tag. (24.85.70.132 appears to have been Amgine's IP address at the time.) Uncle G 12:05, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
  • The reason that the article is ten days old, by the way, is because Dan100 has been repeatedly tagging it. It would have been published the day after its dateline had this not been the case. In using the fact that the article is ten days old, Dan100 is giving the delay to publication caused by his own actions as part of the reason for this article's deletion. Incidentally: The notion that simply reporting what other news services have reported implies condoning their claims is false. Properly attributing claims to the named entities that make them does not imply anything. Uncle G 12:32, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
• Yup, it was kept first-time-round. Now we know that the sources used to write this article were completely wrong, I'm re-listing it. Uncle G has also twice removed the "misleading" dispute tag saying "the dispute is over", even though I have made it abundantly clear that it is not. Dan100 (Talk) 13:56, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
  • I actually said in my edit history comment that the "dispute appears to be over". I based this upon neither you nor anyone else having made any edits at all to the discussion of the dispute on the talk page between 2005-07-13 and that time, including no replies to the points raised by 70.71.17.223, which was not "making things abundantly clear". Moreover, the point about the fact that we now know the sources to be wrong is exceedingly ironic. We also now know that the sources were completely wrong that told us on 2005-07-07 that the bombs detonated 5 minutes apart and that there were 33 people killed, too. By the "but we now know" logic that you are propounding here, we should be having a deletion discussion of Coordinated terrorist attack hits London on that basis. This article, datelined 2005-07-08, wasn't about what we know now. What is in the article is a report of what the sources said on that date. Uncle G 14:39, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Question: What is the status of this article now? I personally would vote to delete. --Chiacomo (talk) 14:32, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Comment - I removed the developing story template from this story - it has had no substantive changes to it in about 2 weeks; it is not "developing" except as a dispute war. There is no need to have such a dispute war on the front page - particularly since even if it *is* published, it will be available only in archives or subject portals anyway. -- Davodd | Talk 00:56, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Though I vote for delete, I do not wish for the conclusion of this RfD (delete/keep) to *EVER* *EVER* be used as a precedent. This RfD is a fiasco and needs to be brought to conclusion. We have a policy debate here that should be used for future reference instead of this RfD for future RfD debates similar to this one. --RossKoepke^Talk 16:27, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

I'm deleting this article, it has two votes for delete, none for keep, and has been up long enough for everyone to have a chance to voice their opinion. --RossKoepke^Talk 17:20, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

July 18

Associated Press misquotes Blair

Abandoned copyvio. Dan100 (Talk) 10:52, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

July 17

British police name two more bombers

Copyvio -- didn't copy the whole article, just parts. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:10, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete if it doesn't get re-written. Dan100 (Talk) 16:18, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Army makes controlled explosion of suspect package in Leeds, England

Abandoned, disputed --Chiacomo (talk) 05:05, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Borderline speedy - just a fraction more context given beyond the headline, but no real content and no sources. Dan100 (Talk) 16:19, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

July 15

Microsoft

Corporate portal? - Amgine/^talk 00:36, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Looks like the creator may have meant for this to be Category:Microsoft. I noticed he did include some Microsoft-related articles. --RossKoepke^Talk 00:19, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Friesland

We ain't Wikipedia. Dan100 (Talk) 20:56, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Maybe this was meant to be Category:Friesland? --RossKoepke^Talk 00:19, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Via Rail investigating security breach

Abandoned for 7+ days. Dan100 (Talk) 20:03, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Paris security tight at 2005 Bastille Day parade

Bastille is over and done with, so this story is obselete. Dan100 (Talk) 20:02, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Somalian food hijackers given 48 hours to return ship

The "48 hours" were up 24+ hours ago. So the article's now obselete. Dan100 (Talk) 17:54, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Italy announces troop reduction in Iraq

Abandoned. Dan100 (Talk) 17:51, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Alligator found in South Carolina apartment

Abandoned. Dan100 (Talk) 17:50, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Ran Andrews to exhibit at the XXXI anniversary Batik Show in Barcelona

Disputed & Abandoned --Chiacomo (talk) 05:19, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Unprecedented Global Coverage of John Paul II’s Passing

Abandoned. - Amgine/^talk 04:42, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Wendy's

A portal for the company? - Amgine/^talk 04:39, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

July 14

Sports/Homepage

Abandoned, orphaned - Amgine/^talk 04:30, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Security Breach Releases 40 Million Credit Cards In Largest Privacy Violation Ever

abandoned--Cspurrier 02:20, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Orissa High Court sets aside death sentence for Dara Singh

abandoned--Cspurrier 02:20, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Portal naming scheme

Local, Local:Africa, Local:Asia, Local:Central America, Local:Europe, Local:Middle East, Local:North America, Local:Oceania, Local:South America, Local:North America:Canada, Local:North America:Mexico

Redundant portal naming scheme, created for a test mainpage layout. - Amgine/^talk 00:03, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Body parts fall from sky, hits house in N.Y.

Disputed article, abandoned - Amgine/^talk 23:55, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Friesland

Abandoned pre-portal - Amgine/^talk 23:44, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Teeks99Sandbox

Sandbox in main namespace, abandoned - Amgine/^talk 19:29, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

July 13

Bermuda, Belgium

Test portals, effectively empty. - Amgine/^talk 01:24, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. --Cspurrier 14:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Former WorldCom Chief found guilty of all charges

Copy of Former WorldCom chief found guilty of all charges, without edits. - Amgine/^talk 00:29, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. --Cspurrier 14:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. --TUFKAAP 21:09, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

News Briefs: March 12, 2005

Abandoned, unformated... - Amgine/^talk 00:13, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. --Cspurrier 14:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Pot Club Goes to City Council, Santa Rosa, California

Abandoned. - Amgine/^talk 00:11, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. --Cspurrier 14:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv beat Maccabi Haifa 1-0

Abandoned. - Amgine/^talk 23:03, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. --Cspurrier 14:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Pakistan admits centrifuge sale to iran

Abandoned - Amgine/^talk 21:58, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Andrew pmk 22:50, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Richmond County Orchestra debuts world premiere blues concerto for saxophone and orchestra

Ad copy. - Amgine/^talk 21:48, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Andrew pmk 22:50, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. --Cspurrier 14:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

News Briefs: January 25, 2005

Orphaned, unformatted, abandoned - Amgine/^talk 21:40, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Andrew pmk 22:50, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. --Cspurrier 14:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Druze and Christian Arabs riot in Israeli village

Abandoned - Amgine/^talk 20:52, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Andrew pmk 22:50, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. --Cspurrier 14:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Huge plume visible from Oregon

Abandoned (probable eyewitness account) - Amgine/^talk 20:45, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Andrew pmk 22:50, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. --Cspurrier 14:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Still no proper RSS News feed in most Wikimedia pages

Somedays I come here and feel like I've taken crack. Dan100 (Talk) 20:02, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Informative to me, but not really news. I {{hello}}ed the user though. BTW, are we worried about the hello template being vandalized? Is there a way to embed a template so it will be replaced with the current template text when the page is saved? - McCart42 (talk) 20:22, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

To embed a template as text, use {{subst:template name}} - Amgine/^talk 20:45, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Opinion piece. Andrew pmk 22:50, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. --Cspurrier 14:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Earth/Science and technology

+ Earth/Major events

Deprecated portal layout. - Amgine/^talk 18:29, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Andrew pmk 22:50, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. --Cspurrier 14:22, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Template:US human rights

POV infobox, in use - Amgine/^talk 04:03, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Keep - I don't see how this is POV. - Borofkin 01:26, 14 July 2005 (UTC) Delete - it's PoV because it suggests there are human rights problems in the US, which many would dispute, and there's no way of providing an alternate PoV to ensure NPOV. Dan100 (Talk) 11:14, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

July 12

Category:Science and Technology

Mis-capitalized version of Category:Science and technology. Lexor 00:21, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Deprecated portal layout files - South America/Temp

South America/Sports, South America/Culture and entertainment, South America/Science and technology, South America/Economy and business, South America/Weather, South America/Obituaries, South America/Crime and law, South America/Disasters and accidents, South America/Politics and conflicts, South America/Major events

Abandoned portal schema. - Amgine/^talk 23:17, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Immune-boosting plant extract synthesized

Abandoned incomplete. - Amgine/^talk 22:58, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Star Trek fans contribute $3,000,000 to TrekUnited

+ Star Trek fans contribute $3,000,000 to TrekUnited/Temp

Not sure if the copyvio issues were ever resolved? Abandoned unpublished. - Amgine/^talk 22:50, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Talk user:Redge

Probable page move vandalism, but not relevant any longer... - Amgine/^talk 22:41, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Reopening of Futuroscope amusement park in Poitiers, France

Abandoned incomplete. - Amgine/^talk 22:37, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Free content

Statement that WN is PD? - Amgine/^talk 22:29, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

New York Lawyer Convicted in Terror Trial

Abandoned incomplete article. - Amgine/^talk 22:17, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help Ms

Not english - Amgine/^talk 22:10, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Governments using Linux risk violating law, says Microsoft's CEO

Abandoned disputed article - Amgine/^talk 21:31, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Indonesia

Abandoned pre-portal? - Amgine/^talk 21:29, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

CBS fires 4 employees because of fake news about Bush

Orphaned/abandoned copy of published article CBS fires four in fake Bush story fallout - Amgine/^talk 21:02, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• ­Merge, no redirect. Andrew pmk 22:45, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Main Page/New Developing stories

Abandoned developing stories schema - Amgine/^talk 20:59, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Andrew pmk 23:40, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Two women strangled in further political violence in Honduras/Temp

Abandoned - Amgine/^talk 19:59, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Sigur Rós to release 'Takk' 12. september

Press release Dan100 (Talk) 16:34, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

I agree even if I started writing this article. It doesn't belong here. --Ómar Kjartan Yasin 12:22, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Weak keep. It shouldn't be published as it stands now, but with some more inforation it could be newsworthy, maybe? If it's not the sort of thing we want on wikinews, should something be added to a policy to say that we don't accept press releases? If there's already something there about that, I apologize, just link it. - McCart42 (talk) 15:20, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Press releases were discussed to death on the Water cooler - general agreement was not to use them, iirc. Dan100 (Talk) 21:12, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Kerala

+ Kannur

Abandoned pre-portal? - Amgine/^talk 06:29, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Texas

Abandoned pre-portal? - Amgine/^talk 06:00, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Wikibureaus - Indiana

Indiana/Terre Haute, Indiana/South Bend, Indiana/New Albany, Indiana/Muncie, Indiana/Indianapolis, Indiana/Gary, Indiana/Fort Wayne, Indiana/Bloomington, Indiana/Evansville

Localization scheme, abandoned and moribund - Amgine/^talk 05:17, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Keep. This is a very noteworthy attempt at something great, and I feel we need to expand on this idea to encourage local reporting. -- NGerda 05:46, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

Keep. Just needs updated with DPL code (and contributions of stories). -- Davodd | Talk 09:03, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete Abandoned. If anyone ever wants to start it again, it won't be hard for them to recreate it. Dan100 (Talk) 07:07, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Modification Keep Indiana, subpages are abandoned and should go. -- Davodd | Talk 15:13, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Keep. I think eventually we will have enough contributors to make local portals like this possible; let's not get rid of it. - McCart42 (talk) 20:35, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

keep. At least, keep indiana... others can be deleted.

Keep Indiana, but Delete subpages. For reasons stated by Davodd. -- IlyaHaykinson 07:08, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Linux Kernel v2.6.10-rc2 released

Abandoned incomplete - Amgine/^talk 04:51, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. Andrew pmk 22:48, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

George W. Bush nominates EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt as Health Secretary

Copy of George W. Bush nominates EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt as health secretary without edit history; delete this one and rename the other to preserve edit history. - Amgine/^talk; 04:30, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• Comment I think this falls under the be bold' wiki ethos and can be done without listing here. Nominate for merge, instead? -- Davodd | Talk 09:05, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Merge it if you want to; no-one else will. I vote delete. Dan100 (Talk) 21:11, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Vloedgolf Noodhulp/Ontwikkelingshulp/Europa

Not english - Amgine/^talk 04:18, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help/Missing & Found Nl

Not english - Amgine/^talk 02:39, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Simultaneous bombing exercise was underway at same time and places as London tube explosions

Story already featured on Security expert: Terror 'exercises' were underway at same place, same day as bombings --Hydrox 02:36, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, both really. - Amgine/^talk 05:06, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

July 11

Tsunami Help/Confirmed Deaths Nl

Not english - Amgine/^talk 02:33, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• delete --Dejan Čabrilo 05:16, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help/Governments Nl

Not english - Amgine/^talk 02:29, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• delete --Dejan Čabrilo 05:16, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Yushchenko's Poisoning

Abandoned article notes, also Yushchenko's "Last Supper" (redirect page) - Amgine/^talk 01:48, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• redirect to Ukraine opposition candidate Yushchenko is suffering from a Dioxin intoxication, doctors say --Dejan Čabrilo 05:18, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Summaries

Abandoned project, superseded by News briefs - Amgine/^talk 01:43, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• delete --Dejan Čabrilo 05:18, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Yukos

Abandoned article notes - Amgine/^talk 01:21, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• delete, no need to redirect, anything can be yukos related. --Dejan Čabrilo 05:18, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Images

Abandoned project, never started - Amgine/^talk 01:02, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• delete, category can take care of things :) --Dejan Čabrilo 05:20, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help ZH

Not english - Amgine/^talk 00:57, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• delete --Dejan Čabrilo 05:20, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Disasters and accidents/Latest news

Abandoned, deprecated portal layout - Amgine/^talk 00:50, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• delete, no use for it. --Dejan Čabrilo 05:20, 15 July 2005 (UTC) Perhaps redirect it to one page up? --Dejan Čabrilo 05:21, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help Nl

Not english - Amgine/^talk 00:30, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• delete --Dejan Čabrilo 05:20, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help/Helpline Numbers Nl

Not english - Amgine/^talk 00:28, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• delete --Dejan Čabrilo 05:20, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help/Aid Agencies Nl

Not english - Amgine/^talk 00:19, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• delete --Dejan Čabrilo 05:20, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Latin America/Latest News

Abandoned, deprecated portal system - Amgine/^talk 00:14, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• redirect to Latin America --Dejan Čabrilo 05:22, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

South America/Latest News

Abandoned, deprecated portal system - Amgine/^talk 00:12, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• redirect to South America --Dejan Čabrilo 05:22, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Correction: NASA corporate directory not leaked

I removed this from Deletion Requests earlier 'cause it had been deleted.. Readded now that the article has been restored. This is not a story -- unless we want to write a story about how Wikinews almost wrote a story on a bogus hack. --Chiacomo (talk) 21:23, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Article once again has been speedied.. But I'll leave this here just in case. --Chiacomo (talk) 21:34, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Texas police are looking for a missing elderly woman

User:Goodgerster tagged it but didn't list it. Abandoned and not news, really. Might have been news had the old woman not been recovered -- thankfully, we can safely delete this one. --Chiacomo (talk) 20:27, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Keep for now. It's not yet abandoned; Let it sit on developing stories for a few more days. If it doesn't get fixed, list it as abandoned. -- IlyaHaykinson 20:37, July 11, 2005 (UTC)

There is no story... The woman has been found and I edited the article to state that. I look for for more sources but couldn't locate any with useful information. --Chiacomo (talk)

Delete, dead story. Dan100 (Talk) 14:59, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Now it is King's Cross again

Not news--Cspurrier 15:44, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Can this be speedied as a test page? -- NGerda 20:13, July 11, 2005 (UTC)

I moved it to the user page of the contributor (User:218.208.207.238) to get the POV off the main namespace. -- Davodd | Talk 09:09, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete it anyway. Dan100 (Talk) 09:20, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Vloedgolf Noodhulp/Ontwikkelingshulporganisaties/Belangrijke Internationale Organisaties

Not english - Amgine/^talk 06:17, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Deleten zee ErtiKool Bork bork bork. -- Davodd | Talk
• Deleten reasons stated --Chiacomo (talk) 16:31, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Vloedgolf Noodhulp/Ontwikkelingshulporganisaties/Belangrijke Internationale Organisaties Nl

Not english - Amgine/^talk 06:14, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Deleten zee Ertikool Bork bork bork. -- Davodd | Talk 06:39, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Mozambique/Elections

Incomplete report, abandoned - Amgine/^talk 05:27, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete also a poor usage of a subpage. -- Davodd | Talk 06:40, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Template:Mozambique/Elections

Related template - Amgine/^talk 05:27, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete obsoleted by DPL. -- Davodd | Talk 06:41, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Vloedgolf Noodhulp/Ontwikkelingshulp/Links Andere Giften

Not english - Amgine/^talk 05:23, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Deleten zee ErtiKool Bork bork bork. -- Davodd | Talk

Template:Process

Outdated tag - no longer in use. -- Davodd | Talk 05:21, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Template:Reviewfailed

Outdated tag - no longer in use. -- Davodd | Talk 05:21, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Arafat dies

Abandoned - Amgine/^talk 05:20, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete -- Davodd | Talk 05:21, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help Fr/Health & Safety

Not english - Amgine/^talk 05:13, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Transwiki if appropriate - but delete from en.wikinews -- Davodd | Talk 05:17, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Red Cross discovers abuse in Guantánamo

Abandoned - Amgine/^talk 04:59, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete -- Davodd | Talk 05:17, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Aljazeera says United States have used napalm in Fallujah

Abandoned, disputed article - Amgine/^talk 04:50, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete -- Davodd | Talk 05:18, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

July 10

Tsunami Help/Help Needed

Abandoned community coordination effort, orphaned - Amgine/^talk 03:18, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete -- Davodd | Talk 03:44, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete -- 6 months out of date, no longer required. Andrew pmk 22:42, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Lift of EU arms embargo against China may be less likely

Abandoned back in April. --Dejan Čabrilo 03:03, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete -- Davodd | Talk 03:45, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete reason stated - Amgine/^talk 05:18, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

India may build aircraft carrier, seek status as regional power

Abandoned. --Dejan Čabrilo 02:58, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Keep and Merge with "India to build aircraft carrier by 2012" if any good info is in it. Otherwise Redir. -- Davodd | Talk 03:57, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Redir - Amgine/^talk 05:17, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete. Dan100 (Talk) 21:07, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

India may built aircraft carrier, develop as regional power

abandoned. --Dejan Čabrilo 02:58, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Keep and Merge with "India to build aircraft carrier by 2012" if any good info is in it. Otherwise Redir. -- Davodd | Talk 03:56, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Redir only additional content is comment about F16 sales to Pakistan. - Amgine/^talk 05:16, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. What's the point of creating a redirect? Dan100 (Talk) 21:07, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
  • This Google link and others from Yhao, MSN, etc. link to it. No redir for could encuurages vandalism as it will go directly to edit. -- Davodd | Talk 22:00, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Those links will be removed from the databases of those search engines next time they spider us. Plus what are the chances of someone searching for that exact phrase?! Dan100 (Talk) 09:13, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help/Aid Agencies/Europe Nl

Orphaned and abandoned - Amgine/^talk 02:57, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Transwiki if appropriate - but delete from en.wikinews. -- Davodd | Talk 03:47, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Prince Rainier of Monaco dies

Abandoned.. Another article on the topic was written. --Dejan Čabrilo 02:56, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Redirect to other article. -- Davodd | Talk 03:43, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Absolutely agree, and it's a speedy. --Dejan Čabrilo 03:45, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help/Aid Agencies/Fundraising Events

Orphaned and abandoned. - Amgine/^talk 02:56, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete -- Davodd | Talk 03:51, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Governing Liberals hang on in Andorran elections

Abandoned from May or something... --Dejan Čabrilo 02:54, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete -- Davodd | Talk 03:51, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - Amgine/^talk 05:11, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Newfoundland and Labrador

I don't know about you guys, but I am dying to know what was this article supposed to be about! Anyway, it's very much empty and dead now :( --Dejan Čabrilo 02:53, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. It's an as-of-yet empty Canadian province news homepage - like Ontario (which links to it) - someone just has to add the DPL template to it to get it up and running. -- Davodd | Talk 03:51, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

My bad... keep indeed. --Dejan Čabrilo 03:55, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Not a "bad." That's why we have this page; to sort out the keepers before we delete them. No one knows everything, and here we all learn something! ;=) -- Davodd | Talk 03:59, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Delete. It's blank. If anyone ever wants it, they can re-create it. Dan100 (Talk) 21:09, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Federal High Court jails five for ethnic killings

No sources, seems like it's a copyvio, though I didn't do a google test. Abandoned. --Dejan Čabrilo 02:46, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete abandoned. -- Davodd | Talk 04:00, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete abandoned. - Amgine/^talk 05:01, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep because Google test reveals no results. Andrew pmk 22:44, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Oil prices up 400% since 9/11

Factial accuracy disputed and abandoned. --Dejan Čabrilo 02:45, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete reasons given - Amgine/^talk 04:57, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help/Aid Agencies/Fundraising Events

Orphaned, abandoned info - Amgine/^talk 02:44, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete abandoned. -- Davodd | Talk 04:02, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

German secret service director talks about Bin Laden

Mostly just a link to a source. Abandoned. --Dejan Čabrilo 02:42, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Speedy Delete Probably qualifies as a "Very short articles with no context" on Wikinews:Speedy deletion guidelines. -- Davodd | Talk 03:41, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete Probably qualifies for speedy, as Davodd says. - Amgine/^talk 04:25, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Movie listings

Part of an abandoned article sorting process - Amgine/^talk 02:37, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Speedy Delete Probably qualifies as a "Very short articles with no context" on Wikinews:Speedy deletion guidelines. -- Davodd | Talk 03:40, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Tsunami Help/Gound Zero Conditions

Probably a typo recreation of Tsunami Help/Ground Zero Information? no links to it. - Amgine/^talk 02:31, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Speedy Delete Probably qualifies as a "Very short articles with no context" on Wikinews:Speedy deletion guidelines.

Torture Scandal: Jack Straw got off scott free

Article apparently never god to the main page, and is from May. It was duplicated work. --Dejan Čabrilo 02:18, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. -- IlyaHaykinson 02:28, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete -- Davodd | Talk 03:35, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins criticizes Donald Rumsfeld

Abandoned, no sources - Amgine/^talk 00:32, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. -- IlyaHaykinson 02:28, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete -- Davodd | Talk 03:35, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

New Zealand Parliament passes Aquamarine Reform Bill

Abandoned, incomplete - Amgine/^talk 02:14, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. -- IlyaHaykinson 02:28, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete -- Davodd | Talk 03:34, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

The Incredibles (Movie review)

Abandoned, incomplete - Amgine/^talk 02:25, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. Appears complete enough to keep. -- IlyaHaykinson 02:28, July 11, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - this in no way resembles a news story. There is no event, interview or other current-event type infomration. In Wikinews:What Wikinews is not - this appears to fall under the Wikinews is not an encyclopedia category. -- Davodd | Talk 03:33, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Davodd is right, this reads like an encyclopedic article. IlyaHaykinson 07:11, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

July 13, 2005

Category:2005 US Human Rights abuses

Inherent POV sub cat of Human rights. -- Davodd | Talk 9 July 2005 15:52 (UTC)

Deleted 1-0, - Amgine/^talk 04:05, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Reaction from a Muslim Londoner

Obvious POV; editorial. -- NGerda July 8, 2005 23:25 (UTC)

I know he probably spent a lot of time writing that, but that is definitely point of view. It's an important viewpoint, yes, but it's not news. 68.55.90.192 9 July 2005 04:43 (UTC)

• Comment: normally I would say Delete unless the writer gets a user page to where it can be moved or it can be re-written to comply with NPOV. But I think this is a case where we can show users that all work here is collaboratove and are subject to rehabilitation or drastic revision. -- Davodd | Talk 9 July 2005 05:15 (UTC)
  • I have attempted to rehabilitate the article by removing POV but there was not much left so I changed the focus and renamed it. -- Davodd | Talk 9 July 2005 05:23 (UTC)

Delete. It's not a news story; just an observation. You can use a blog for that. Dan100 (Talk) 9 July 2005 11:08 (UTC)

delete. not one for wikinews, but please keep it for a few days on a temp page instead of making it disappear, the original writer should be encouraged to use it elsewhere as it's a nice comment. clarewhite

Deleted (apparently by NGerda) 3-1, - Amgine/^talk 03:45, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

July 5, 2005

European Parliament might vote against software patent directive tomorrow

This article appears to be a cut-and-paste of a press release from an acivist group - as such its NPOV and copyright status are in question. I am nominating it for deletion based upon the fact the original contributor obviously cut-and-pasted this from another source without adequate proof the original author agrees that it may be released into the public domain. -- -- Davodd | Talk 5 July 2005 23:18 (UTC)

Delete. It's too late now anyway. Dan100 (Talk) 6 July 2005 17:46 (UTC)

Keep. Could you name the origin of the article to check your accusations ? NPOV is no deletion argument either. You can rewrite it to NPOV. Greetings, --Leopard 7 July 2005 01:49 (UTC)

Original article and the web site's copyright (scroll to bottom) -- Davodd | Talk 7 July 2005 07:02 (UTC)

Delete, the main problem is copyvio and the fact that it is out of date --Cspurrier 7 July 2005 01:50 (UTC)

Montreux Jazz Fest, Alameda Writers, Meet a Talent Agent, "What Teens Want", Songwriters Guild of America Week, TV Producers' Boot Camp, NashCamp Songwriting Week for July

Copyright violation -- -- Davodd | Talk 4 July 2005 12:29 (UTC)

Delete: Press release as well. --NGerda July 7, 2005 05:16 (UTC)

Deleted by NGerda due to community consensus over a period of three days.