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[edit] Archived requests

[edit] Justin Holmes

  • Date request was made: October 01, 2006
  • Position: Student Body President
  • Organisation: SUNY New Paltz Student Government
  • Web: http://www.wikipaltz.com
  • Email address: justin@ssdp.org
  • Phone number: 845.380.8139

[edit] Statement

I have been banned from my campus for one year in a case in which ample evidence has arisen that 1) I am innocent of the myriad charges pressed against me by the administration of my school and 2) that I have been specifically targeted for my activism.

I face a criminal trial on Tuesday for a charge of "harassment." The complainant in this case is a state official who, when filing false police reports, did not realize that I had shot a video of the incident in question. You can view this video, along with the police reports and affidavits from others at the scene, here:

We have the support of many faculty members, the mayor of our vilage, and now a former administrator. One faculty member has even [08/25/2006 Faculty member testifies that administrators admitted they were seeking to get rid of student leaders testified that the Vice President of Students affairs was "Looking for an oppurtunity to get rid of" us].

Our situation has had quite a bit of local news coverage as well:

We hope that WikiNews will cover this controversy and our trial on Tuesday.

[edit] Wikinews Community Discussion

Well, this seems quite interesting ... Thunderhead(talk) 22:18, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Michele Reutty

  • Date request was made:23 June 2006
  • Position:Director
  • Organisation:Free Public Library of Hasbrouck Heights
  • Web:http://www.bccls.org/hasbrouck/contactus.htm
  • Email address:reutty@bccls.org
  • Phone number:(1 201) 288-0484 or (1 201) 288-0488

[edit] Statement

This is not me. I think Wikinews should interview her because she is facing disciplinary action for upholding the Fourth Amendment. [1]

[edit] Wikinews community discussion

[edit] Tom Harrison

[edit] Statement

About the recent release of video of American Airlines flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon on 9/11, Wikipedia user Jimwilson made a plausible case that Judicial Watch got credit for the work of his organization, filght77.info. The discussion is on the Wikipedia talk page, wikipedia:Talk:American Airlines Flight 77#Flight77.info. As original research we can't include it there, but I thought someone at Wikinews might be interested. Tom harrison 20:42, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinews community discussion

[edit] J.Antonio Farfan

  • Date request was made: May 31,2006
  • Position: Artist
  • Organisation: N/A
  • Web: www.jantoniofarfan.com
  • Email address: artist@jantoniofarfan.com
  • Phone number:

[edit] Statement

Deborah in the Seventh book of the Old Testament is the person represented in the Mona Lisa.

After twelve years of observation. Artist, J. Antonio Farfan has found that the sitter in the Mona Lisa painting is Deborah. A prophet, leader and judge in the seventh book of the old testament. The fingers of the Mona Lisa have within them three Roman numerals. The right hand has the Roman numeral VII while the hand underneath has Roman numeral IV and V. If you take that the upper hand has the most importance you can go directly to Judges, which has been the seventh book in the Old Testament even during the time of Leonardo. Furthermore, chapters four and five (indicated by the other two Roman numerals) both speak of the same person. That person being Deborah, also known as a " Mother of Israel". The most striking observation is upon reading the biblical excerpts. "..and she dwelt under the PALM TREE of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in Mount Ephraim"( Judges 4:5). "In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel." ( Judges 5:6-7). This clearly indicates Leonardo was playing with the word Palm, which in Italian is interchangeable between the palm of hand and palm tree. It further clarifies the findings of Maurizio Seracini, whose recent discoveries of hidden drawings within the Adoration of the Magi demonstrate a war, a palm tree, a woman previously thought to have been the Virgin Mary. This idea permeates his early work and becomes incresingly important to him as he gets older. Finally in his last work, Virgin and child with St. Anne. is actually Naomi and Ruth, from the next book of the bible, The book of Ruth. As is very clear by the Roman numeral VIII on her foot. Still skeptical? Download the free book at www.jantoniofarfan.com, the observations have been published and out. I have included three of multiple points. Viewed clearly by many images of the mona lisa online

[edit] Wikinews community discussion

I'm not sure if we could ever make this interview NPOV or non-disputed. Probably not a good idea. Flipbaywood 00:53, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Burton Danet, Ph.D.

Who: Burton Danet, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist (retired), Co-Founder, A Better Community for All (ABC4All) found on the internet at http://abc4all.net

What: Exploration of the "Potential for Cultural Unity"

Why: Global Humanitarian Relief

When: Goal Date: Legacy of ABC4All in Perpetuity

Where: All over the world.

In development nearly 10 years, implementing since 2004, ABC4All is creating a community aimed at improving local/global conditions via "ABC4All WorldSolutions!

An ABC4All Key Core Team (ABC4AllKCT) consists of 5 associates. An expanded Core Team is composed of approximately 35 people. An additional 458 people have joined the international "ABC4All Global Mentoring TEAM Project" found at the Taking IT Global website: http://projects.takingitglobal.org/abc4allglobalteam.

ABC4All is poised to offer the world "Global Humanitarian Relief." How? By offering the world information that includes technologically advanced food/water that "Improves Health Maintenance (IHM)." Included is an accidental discovery of a new type of healthy consumable water that also can eliminate bacteria/viruses and can kill Anthrax in 30 seconds. Plasma Activated Water (PAW) has myriad uses: http://abc4all.net/paw.htm. The Value Proposition with just one application is unheard of: Replace all harsh chemicals used to disinfect/sterilize with water!

Other ABC4All associates offer similarly advanced techologies for the world. These are two examples but illustrate what is possible:

"Embrace solutions based upon common sense: Is it too difficult to get your healthy nutrition that improves health maintenance (IHM) from a cold bowl of "superfood" cereal and a cup of energized water? Is that too hard to imagine if it offers HOPE for improved health maintenance to any living person in the world today?"

-- Robert Chew, ABC4All Co-Founder, from a grant application.

Finally, in conjunction with all of the above, a setting in which "Dual Global Citizens (DGC)" from all over the world will share the solutions to help create "better communities for all" is offered: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Abc4all

[edit] Casey Fenton

  • Date request was made: 16:31, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Position: founder, lead programmer
  • Organisation: CouchSurfing, "a free international Internet-based hospitality service. As of August 2006, it had more than 100,000 members in 205 countries."
  • Web: http://www.couchsurfing.com, http://www.couchsurfing.com/casey
  • Email address: send an email to kasper dot souren at g mail dot com and you'll get Casey's phone number

[edit] Not Casey's Statement

Guaka is typing this. Recently CouchSurfing seemed dead. The CouchSurfing Collective has been going on in Montreal for a while, it's now breaking up (to be continued elsewhere). A new organization structure was found, new programmers joined the efforts, a wiki was launched.

[edit] Nona Jackson

[edit] Statement

Events: I do not think that non-biological mothers should exploit and extort from innocent kids. I specifically refer to Debbie Rowe's constand greed about stealing off Michael Jackson and his children.

Yes, Michael's three kids are half Jews but they are all of the same parents and this has nothing to do with Debbie Rowe at all. There is no evidence that she carried Prince and Paris. Yes, we are told that she came out of the hospital probably with babies, but whose babies did she leave the hospital with?

No one should take money off another without being properly married especially when there was no sex involved. No one should take money for kids that are not theirs. No child deserves to be deserted at one point and then when money is running out, they should be used to steal some more. Who does she think she is to be exploiting beautiful kids that are not hers. She is a very silly woman indeed. If she wants kids that are biological she needs to conceive hers from someone else who wants to have SEX with her.

[edit] Wikinews community discussion

The statement does not mention a "current event or phenomenon", and the requestor does not appear to be notable in any way, so I don't think it would be appropriate to conduct an interview in this case. - Borofkin 01:46, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Evan Prodromou and Michele Ann Jenkins

[edit] Statement

Wikitravel and World66, the two foremost Open Content wiki travel guides on the Web, announced today that they'll be joining together to work towards their common goals. Both sites were acquired by Internet Brands, Inc., an American company that operates a number of consumer information Web sites. Both domains will remain on the air, under their Creative Commons licenses, and community-oriented decision-making will remain the norm. On-page advertising -- similar to Wikia's business model -- will support new hardware, bandwidth, and development effort. The sites will gradually be melded into a more cohesive user experience, emphasizing each site's strengths.

Relevant URLs:

[edit] Wikinews community discussion

Looks like no-one is interested in this interview, so it will be archived shortly. - Borofkin 00:52, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pete Ashdown

  • Date request was made: 1 May 2006
  • Position: Candidate for U.S. Senate
  • Organisation: Pete Ashdown for U.S. Senate
  • Web: http://vote.peteashdown.org
  • Email address: pashdown@xmission.com
  • Phone number: (801) 983-PETE (7383)

[edit] Statement

Democracy is based upon communication and communication is facilitated by technology. I have been utilizing online tools including MediaWiki to not only show a method for government to operate with maximum transparency, but also involve the people in an ongoing two-way interaction rather than the existing one-way. What we have had since the dawn of democracy in ancient Greece is what I call Democracy 1.0. It holds strong ideals, but is still controlled by the rich aristocracy. Adding technology to the mix creates Democracy 2.0, where truly everyone can have a voice and the best ideas will rise to the top.

[edit] Wikinews community discussion

I wonder if his opponent would be interested in an interview as well. --Chiacomo (talk) 03:03, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Cool! this guy uses a wiki on his website... Lots of fodder for interview questions there. --Chiacomo (talk) 03:06, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, Pete is a techie of sorts. Wikipedia:Pete Ashdown has some more biographical information. I think an interview could be extremely informative. Andrevan 19:49, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
How does the interview get set up? Neutralizer 12:40, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Start an interview planning page (e.g. Wikinews:Questions_for_interview_with_Glen_Stollery_of_ScienTOMogy.info), contact the interviewee and arrange a time/place/method of interview. Write some questions, do the interview, perhaps seek some other points-of-view (his opponent would be a good one) and then write an article. - Borofkin 23:52, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
  • I would not be keen to supporting this interview without an opponent also receiving one, as well. Of course, if we ask and they deny, we should ultimately still interview this candidate. But, I'd like to secure a firm "yes" or "no" on an opponent before granting this one (just so no one can allege bias on us granting an interview to only one side). It would be nice to formulate a good set of questions for both (or multiple) candidates to respond to; sort of like a blind debate. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 03:14, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
I agree Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 04:55, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
I sent Hatch an e-mail, we'll see what he says. Andrevan 22:01, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
With regards to the interviewing of other candidates, it should be a stock letter... "This guy will talk to us, we'll listen to his side of the story." Offer them their chance, and if a statement or refusal is given prior to the interview you can quote it. Sure, we have NPOV obligations, but if the other parties will not offer their position we can't report on it, so a skewed story is no fault of the editors/interviewers. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:30, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Having read the wiki page for this guy, I'd say that one of the objectives of the interview should be to expand the wiki article. I'm so far outside the state of Utah that I have a driving license from a different country that issued my passport, and my interest would be more in getting a handle on the international aspect of Democrat policy. Will this be an IRC interview? I'm pretty sure that would put the opponents at a distinct disadvantage unless they put a speed typist in the channel. ;-) --Brian McNeil / talk 22:42, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
On the question of where to conduct an interview, I would suggest doing here on Wikinews, rather than on an IRC channel. Both Wikinews and IRC are 'real-time' communication. The value added element of this wiki is its transparency. -Edbrown05 07:03, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Ed, interviews is one of the times when IRC logs *can* and *are* published. Certainly, the formation of questions should be started on an article page, as they have been in the past. But conducting it on the wiki will just be complete hell. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 19:35, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
If there is a general vibe that this interview should be conducted, then I recommend creating a planning page (e.g. Wikinews:Questions_for_interview_with_Glen_Stollery_of_ScienTOMogy.info) and continuing discussions there. Remember, we don't need consensus to conduct an interview - just a person to kick things off and run it. The resulting article needs to be accepted as neutral by the community, of course. - Borofkin 07:10, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
I agree with MrM here, I've always been opposed to conducting interviews on the Wiki, because it blurs the line between the Wikinews contributor (original reporter) and the interviewee. - Borofkin 00:08, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
I was unmindful that IRC logs are publishable in these circumstances. I would be interested in developing some questions for Mr. Ashdown. -Edbrown05 08:33, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

This request is 14 days old. It will be archived in the next day or so. - Borofkin 07:13, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Rather than archive it, let's get to work on it. It's still timely. - unsigned comment by 69.124.54.186
It's now 28 days old. If you want to work on it, please create a planning page (example: Wikinews:Questions_for_interview_with_Glen_Stollery_of_ScienTOMogy.info), contact Ashdown and arrange a time/place/method of interview. - Borofkin 06:00, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brian M. Sweig

  • Date request was made:12-10-2006
  • Position:vp and co inventor
  • Organisation:Environmental Safety Solutions,llc
  • Web:www.enviroboot.com
  • Email address:bsweig@enviroboot.com
  • Phone number:212-922-9001

[edit] Statement

In early 2006 Brian M. Sweig and Paul Silva found the need to drastically reduce the airbourne particulate matter from the use of jack hammers. The need grew as the knowledge of silicosis cancer and other respiratory ailments were uncovered.

Environmental Safety Solutions,LLC was created and the Enviroboot jack hammer dust suppression was launched. The reduction in our last test was from approx 6,000,000 particles over 30 min of jack hammerring down to 600,000 particles.

We are looking to save lives in the work place, save contractors and residents prep time and clean up time. The enviroboot is american made and is number 7 recyclable.

I feel saving lives from silicosis (the next mesothelioma)is a news worthy topic.

[edit] Wikinews community discussion

[edit] Jeffrey Crigler

  • Date request was made: December 6, 2006
  • Position: CEO of Voxant, Inc.
  • Organisation: First commercial "open source" news network
  • Web: http://www.voxant.com
  • Email address: jcrigler@voxant.com
  • Phone number: 703-964-0652

[edit] Statement

Voxant is embracing the wikinews model....but with a major new twist. Voxant is creating a professional, business oriented, advertising supported news network. We have learned from Wikinews.... but begun to apply commercial principles to the endeavor. at www.TheNewsRoom.com you can contribute news stories.... with attribution and copyright protection... for syndication to hundreds of distribution points like Lexis/Nexis, Factiva, AP, etc., Profit from you news stories and create distribution and viewership opportunities.

Jeff Crigler has been in the news and media business for 20 years. An early progenitor of Nexis and IBM InfoMarket, an entrepreneur with 5 successful companies under his belt, Voxant is Jeff's latest innovation... which is to combine the open-source and community principles with commercial business savy to create the next generation news network. Read his stuff at [2]

[edit] Durk Simmons

  • Date request was made: November 12, 2006
  • Position:Pagan novelist
  • Organisation:
  • Web: http://www.myspace.com/durk_simmons
  • Email address: durksimmons@yahoo.com
  • Phone number: 410-507-5904

[edit] Statement

Religious persecution against Wiccans has continued unabated in the 21st century due mostly to misinformation started 2000 years ago.The bad P.R. can be see almost anywhere, from movies and books to TV shows and advertising. In response to these ever present negative messages, I have written a novel that addresses some of the major discrepancies, for example, the Devil worshipping. Why would a Witch worship a deity from a different religion? The 'Devil' only exists in the bible. That is just one example of many. "Strings of Connection: Book 1 of the Witches in America Series" address many of these untruths, but presents the information in an engaging fictional adventure novel. He is to be a featured guest on the Ed Norris radio show on WHFS at 11:00 on November 20, 2006, and has been a televised guest speaker on both WMDT 45 in Salisbury, MD, and Fox 45 Morning News WBFF in Baltimore.

[edit] Wikinews community discussion

This sounds like a good idea. I would like to do this interview, but I don't know any way to contact him. Thunderhead(talk)(Check out my RFA test) 23:07, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

his email address is durksimmons@yahoo.com . you could also try user talk:207.255.181.139 but that proablly won't work. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:11, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, folks, how do we go about this? Does someone just say here, "I got the ball!" and contact him, interview him, and then write the article? Or do we pound questions on right here for consensus beforehand? -Richard 'Doc' Kinne 19:47, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

I belive we make the questions on a subpage, and then one of us contacts him and we ask the questions on the IRC channel (#wikinews-interview) 68.187.184.167 20:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Its ussually whoever has the ball decides. All three of thoose methods have been used in the past. Bawolff ☺☻ 23:13, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Elson Silva, Ph. D.

[edit] Statement

Hidrology has been neglected on high technology for patenting affairs and USPTO is issuing thousands of patents that violates principles of science. The link above is my request to USPTO asking the intitution to stop violating science by paying more attention to the Fundamentals of Science (Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Logics).

Since measuring fluid conduction on porosity is easier than measuring heat conduction I believe that after this massive IP violation is fixed the number of patents addressing Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity should increase in 20 to 40 years from the present 17 to around 100,000 new issued patents abiding to Theory of Science. This should take place because a spatial quantitative assessment increases reliability and control on hydrodynamics properties of fluid moving on porous systems also restoring advanced scientific Hydrological support to fluidic devices needing an enhanced macro and microporosity and dynamics between hydrological zones.

I trust that USPTO basic policy is to avoid violating principles of science requiring inventors to employ correct Etymology and also preventing duplicity of terminology respecting common knowledge from all interrelated sciences. Coherence on connotation system is the correct way to hone the advancement of technology.

References:

[edit] Wikinews community discussion

[edit] Uga Man

[edit] Statement

I don't have a website, I don't have a phone and I don't want to reveal my e-mail address, but the reason I feel I should be interviewed is because I am running the first-ever wikicampaign. I have fresh, new ideas for the future of the country, and many of these ideas are based on the spread of information through the wiki. Some say I am not notable enough, but everything that is needed to be known about me can be verified through my writings and contributions here and on wikipedia. Some say I am not running a campaign because I have not filed with the FEC, and that is true, but running a campaign and filing with the FEC do not always have to be synonymous: Ralph Nader ran a surprising write-in campaign in 1992 where he received more votes than most of the regular "candidates" in the Democratic primaries in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Interviewing me will not be hard and will not take up much time since the interview can be conducted on my talk page. I hope my explanation for why an interview with me will be helpful to the site convinces one of the great reporters here at wikinews to ask me a few questions about my innovative campaign and the future of the country. Thank you. --Uga Man - (talk) 22:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinews community discussion

No. Clearly I don't take this sort of thing seriously. Now don't remove this again. TheCustomOfLife 01:52, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

  • With a username of "Uga Man" you don't seem particularly credible, or electable. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:44, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
I have written 4 published articles here on wikinews since the first request was made and I am sorry for my actions when I first arrived.--Uga Man - (talk) 22:34, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

While Uga Man 2008 is a humorous read, I don't foresee any circumstances under which we can publish an interview with Uga Man. --SVTCobra 22:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)


I've just told him that, if he reveals his real name, I will publish the article. However, I'll publish it so that it isn't included on the front page feed or RSS feed. He can link to the article, people can find it on Google, but it won't be included in our main feeds. -- Zanimum - (talk) 15:55, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

If you don't register with the FEC then I simply can't see how Wikinews can treat you as a remotely credible candidate. --Brian McNeil / talk 16:25, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
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