User:Simeon.A.Scott

Notice

I do not contribute to this wiki, and have not since it was altered from the continuous development style of normal 'wiki' services, to an otherwise indistinguishable but fundamentally opposed style of development where collaborative efforts by disparate contributors such as myself is accepted until being suddenly frozen in state by parties unknown, without negotiation and without opportunity for correction of error or continued effort at improving of an article. I felt betrayed at the time of the change, and wonder what freakish motivation caused this change, and why contributors were either ignored, or what put them in cahoots with the authors of the change? However this development is mirrored in the wider scope of wikimedia enterprises, such as the development (and recursive redevelopment) of increasingly arcane and esoteric markup syntax, publishing of raw IPs of unregistered contributors, etc. Worth reflecting on, but sufficient to drive me to direct my main effort elsewhere.

Please do not attempt to contact or stalk me in any way. All discussion regarding content linked below is correctly addressed at the current maintainers of this site. I accept no responsibility.

Articles I've contributed original reporting

• April 23, 2005: Controversial Queensland Premier of 19 years dies at 94

Articles where I've made a primary contribution

• April 28, 2005: UK govt concealed Attorney General's doubts over Iraq invasion
• April 27, 2005: CIA gives up search and interrogation on Iraq WMDs
• April 26, 2005: Argentinian workers preparing to defend control of factory
• April 25, 2005: Study: Children who socialise more, get cancer less
• April 24, 2005: 5-year-old girl arrested and handcuffed by Florida police
• April 22, 2005: Advertising contract scandal could bring down Canadian government
• April 21, 2005: Melbourne's tram-driving teen faces more charges
• April 20, 2005: Australian blitz on fish poaching
• April 19, 2005: Teen tram thief may yet work as tram driver
• April 18, 2005: Unconfirmed: 20 dead, 500 hurt after protest in Iranian city of Ahwaz
• April 17, 2005: Internet censorship study group reports on China
• April 16, 2005: Paris hotel fire kills 21
• April 15, 2005: Australian police seize one tonne shipment of ecstacy
• April 14, 2005: Chinese authorities question genetically altered rice allegation
• April 13, 2005: India-China border-treaty hoped to improve ties, facilitate trade
• April 12, 2005: Australian Immigration denies issuing banned drug
• April 11, 2005: Arsenic and Thalidomide may be used to fight cancer
• April 10, 2005: Australia unemployment at 30-year low, but under-employed also at 5.1%
• April 9, 2005: Angola: Marburg virus still spreading, 180 dead
• April 9, 2005: Who's the richest entertainer in Australia? The Wiggles of course!
• April 8, 2005: Sex, mental and physical exercise, fight dementia
• April 7, 2005: Western Australia apologises to abused wards-of-state
• April 6, 2005: Study: cognitive therapy as good as medication, but lasts longer
• April 5, 2005: Triple limb-reattachment fails - boy loses foot
• April 4, 2005: 13 pilot whales returning to sea, off Western Australia
• April 2, 2005: Australia, NATO enhance ties
• April 1, 2005: Iraq: Uneven voter turnout elects women who push sharia law while anti-woman violence rages
• March 31, 2005: Dresden city council wants DNA matching for doggy-doo
• March 30, 2005: Monday night's Indonesian quake toll appears less than first feared
• March 29, 2005: Surgeons reattach boy's three severed limbs
• March 28, 2005: Australia silent on UN racism committee condemnation
• March 27, 2005: Guards uncover 600-foot escape tunnel at US prison in Iraq
• March 26, 2005: Gender imbalance in Tsunami deaths
• March 24, 2005: India signs on to chemical patents to comply with WTO order
• March 23, 2005: UN Reform: China, South Korea oppose seat for Japan on Security Council
• March 23, 2005: 96 dead of Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola
• March 23, 2005: AU$1.25M reward offer for proof of living Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine)
• March 23, 2005: Australian Govt to lessen indefinite detention of immigrants
• March 17, 2005: 50 Italian parliamentarians call for global summit for "a new financial architecture"
• February 17, 2005: Oldest human fossils dated as 200,000yrs old
• February 6, 2005: Inquiry to be held into Australian immigration detention of Australian woman
• February 5, 2005: Australian immigration detains Aussie flight attendant for 10mths, and maltreats her
• January 31, 2005: Survey reveals US student apathy for freedom of speech
• January 6-25, 2005: Australia to deport asylum seekers to Tsunami Zone
• December 26, 2004: Australians fast over 2004 Xmas in empathy with detainees

Articles where I've made substantial additions, or editorial work

• January 30, 2008: "Anonymous" plans to protest Church of Scientology on February 10 .. oh these were reverted because of some beuracratic rule about freezing stories after 24 hrs? /me starts packing bags ....
• April 12, 2005: KLM flight to Mexico sent back by U.S. Homeland Security, inquiry follows
• April 10, 2005: Chinese rioters storm Japanese embassy in Beijing
• April 7, 2005: Bitmover ends free Bitkeeper, replacement sought for managing Linux kernel code
• April 5, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson obituary spawns conspiracy theory
• April 3-4, 2005: Aussie rescue chopper down: 9 dead / Australian rescue helicopter crash in Indonesia: nine dead
• April 3, 2005: World Bank to tighten security belt for Wolfowitz
• April 3, 2005: China releases 'Human rights report' on US
• March 25, 2005: Harvard's Berkman Center blog group develops blogging tutorials
• February 7, 2005: Thaksin Shinawatra leads party to stunning victory in Thailand
• February 5, 2005: GNU Hurd operating system: first user program run using L4 microkernel
• February 3, 2005: Eastern Australia hit by severe storms
• February 1, 2005: Mother of first Australian soldier killed in Iraq expresses anger
• January 31, 2005: Report: British serial killer murdered 250
• January 30, 2005: First free Iraqi election begins; insurgents strike
• January 27, 2005: Sun donates Solaris operating system, 1,600 patents to community
• January 26, 2005: MST creates Marxist school in Brazil
• January 22, 2005: Department of Defense report lambasts communication failure in US War on Terror
• January 22, 2005: Latham quits as Australian Labor leader
• January 13, 2005: Mamdouh Habib to be released from Guantanamo Bay without charge
• January 13, 2005: Brazilian President son's photoblog causes polemic
• January 12, 2005: IBM Releases 500 patents to open source community
• December 5-26, 2004: Activists protest against School of the Americas

• Various dates: Wikinews:Writing an article
• Various dates: Wikinews:Style guide
• Various dates: Wikinews:Original reporting
• Various dates: Wikinews:Code of Ethics

Full list of contributions

• Significant contributions here on wikinews (or list minor contributions as well)

Contact points

• Essentially none. I'm not interested in this site now.