User:Chris Mann
About me
[edit]Here on Wikinews, I am an administrator and moderately active contributor of both synthesis and original reporting articles.
On Wikipedia (and most elsewhere), I go by the nicknames ConMan/Confusing Manifestation (see w:User:ConMan), and on IRC I use Confusing (since someone took ConMan). I was previously known as User:ConMan here, but have renamed myself in case any potential interview subjects would take offense at the connotations of my nickname (see w:Confidence trick).
I live in Canberra, Australia, and am employed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Stories I have written / collaborated on
[edit]- November 22, 2007: Australian Liberal Party criticised over fake pamphlets
- January 22, 2008: Two thirds of Queensland flooded; "disaster zone" declared
- February 21, 2008: East Timorese President regains consciousness
- March 12, 2008: Jayant "Dr Death" Patel arrested in Oregon, US
- April 7, 2008: Wikinews interviews Australian Statistician Brian Pink (OR)
- April 7, 2008: South Australian father and daughter in sexual relationship
- April 16, 2008: Stolen Generations used as medical guinea pigs, Australian inquiry told
- May 1, 2008: An Australian child's vocabulary: it's "I" before "we", both before "you" (OR)
- May 21, 2008: Colombian rebel leader 'Karina' surrenders
- May 26, 2008: Australian art gallery raided by police; photographer faces possible indecency charge
- May 26, 2008: Author Robert Asprin dead at 61
- May 29, 2008: UK study highlights child abuse by humanitarian workers
- May 30, 2008: First fertilised fish fossil found
- June 3, 2008: 'Expelled' fair use upheld
- June 3, 2008: United States authorities bust multimillion dollar drug ring in New Jersey
- June 4, 2008: Ovarian baby "miracle" birth
- June 11, 2008: U.S. teens generally reducing risky behavior says CDC (OR)
- June 11, 2008: Million-dollar trial aborted on account of sudoku
- June 13, 2008: Secret files left on train costs UK agent's job
- June 17, 2008: US Midwest floods raise concerns about water quality
- June 19, 2008: Police charge Australian man over laser incident
- June 20, 2008: Scientists say genetic building blocks are from out of this world (OR)
- June 20, 2008: Guinea coup trial defendant names co-conspirators
- June 23, 2008: Outgoing Australian Democrats leader predicts new party amidst double dissolution
- June 24, 2008: We'll always have .paris: ICANN votes for top level domain registration in 2009
- June 25, 2008: Australians getting drunker, fatter, but among the world's longest-lived
- June 26, 2008: Conrad Black loses appeal against fraud conviction (OR)
- August 7, 2008: Online buyers conned by fake Olympics ticket web sites
- August 19, 2008: Teen sex conviction in Australia for Mi-Sex manager
- Plus several minor copy-edits, see my contributions.