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All messages dating from 28 May, 2006 to 4 May, 2007, can be found here, User talk:Nzgabriel/Archive 1

Congratulations![edit]

Congratulations on your one year anniversary with Wikinews, Nzgabriel! Jcart1534 23:16, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it's great to be here. And to celebrate I have an exclusive interview coming up soon, watch for it! --Nzgabriel | Talk 23:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work![edit]

Good work on the interview, Exclusive interview with prominent blogger, David Farrar. Enjoyed reading it. Cheers, Jcart1534 10:40, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. --Nzgabriel | Talk 19:32, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A pitty that you didn't write something on the blog about it... I've blogged about recent reports today, maybe you could write something about your experience with this interview, your cooperation with Brian... You could ask Zanimum to invite you to the blog.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 19:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I did blog about it on my blog: http://gpollard.wordpress.com ([1] and [2]). The blog is also under a Creative Commons licence if that helps. --Nzgabriel | Talk 20:38, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I just read about it on Planet Wikimedia, as long as it shows up there, we'll have promotion for Wikinews!--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:27, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The video response from Key is even more amazing... One peace of advise, email him to make sure you get permission to license the video under the GFDL which you claim on Commons, or some idiot might delete it... Or even better, you might want to dually-license it under GFDL-cc-by-2.5, which prevents problems for using it here on Wikinews.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ouch, I just read the license email,... Normally Commons doesn't allow works if derivate works are not allowed... In fact, if it can't be altered, then we can't have a Wikinews version... I really fear for the future of this file on Commons.--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:02, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You should send them an email to ask if we could have derivate works, i.e. our version of the video. They may allow that, although it would contradict their request to not have alterations... I mean, it's normal that you can cut videos, no? Anyways, they always retain personality rights...--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:08, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The e-mail permission is in regards to our version: "the video in question (indexed on your Wiki at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Exclusive_video_interview_with_New_Zealand_Opposition_leader%2C_John_Key as Wikinews_john_key.ogg)." The person who I was talking with was quite adamant that derivative works were not allowed explicitly. --Nzgabriel | Talk 10:41, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well that's very unfortunate, because I believe it will get deleted by Commons within the week...Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 12:17, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'll start discussions up again with the person who I have been talking to. --Nzgabriel | Talk 19:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Video Interview[edit]

Great job!!! Can we YouTube the video or something? That would be cool :) DragonFire1024 21:02, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Video has been deleted: would you mind posting it on YouTube, for example? --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:08, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just sent a requesti. Be back soon; school. --Nzgabriel | Talk 20:08, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
YouTube video has been uploaded and the article now links to it. --Nzgabriel | Talk 08:18, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NZ article needs background[edit]

Care to add it? New Zealand newspaper poll projects majority for National Party. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:36, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Video Wikinews + John Key[edit]

Heya!

I am currently making a promo for wikinews video edition and am going to contact John Key. Please see the email I will be sending him later tonight located at http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/User:Symode09/Email

thanx, —Symode09 09:04, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good, and definitely ask him. But I am not sure if they are able to do it. --Nzgabriel | Talk 10:25, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

not sure about that what's her name stuff[edit]

I was trying to build a case, okay, on blogs, on the popularity of Paris Hilton. Is that impossible to do on this website? I wasn't trying to blog, merely report on it. My instinct was to revert you if it really mattered which it doesn't. -Edbrown05 12:28, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why is Paris Hilton famous? What has she done? That's the report I was working toward. -Edbrown05 12:31, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't think it really mattered what one person thought on his blog. And I didn't think that they were a 'well-known' blogger, as they didn't even have their own domain name yet. If you think it is important to add more substance to the story, feel free to add it back in. --Nzgabriel | Talk 23:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for four related images[edit]

I was wondering, would you be able to track down the source information for Image:Before Lahar.jpg, Image:After lahar.jpg, Image:Lahar during.jpg and Image:Lahar.jpg? If not, they should probably be deleted per Wikimedia fair use provision policies, but I thought that, given you are active around here (and we love you for being so :D), I'd be courteous and come to you first and see what you could do. Cheers, Daniel 06:14, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They came from webcam that other news outlets used as well. See Brian New Zealand for more information, as I have very, very limited Internet access currently. --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OK, will do, thanks. Daniel 09:09, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A present[edit]

I present to you the wikinews trophy for your continued efforts to make wikinews a better place. You have proven yourself a dedicated contributor, and Wikinews is better for your efforts

. Bawolff 23:39, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, I'd like to thank my computer and the Internet for helping me to accomplish this task. --Nzgabriel | Talk 23:42, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're very welcome, I can't believe you don't already have a trophy. Bawolff 23:43, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Succesful reconfirmation[edit]

Hi Gabriel,

your reconfirmation was succesful, I've archived it, you can find it here. Keep up the good work!

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 10:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's good news, and all I can promise is that I won't do any bad work! --Nzgabriel | Talk 20:00, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Project news[edit]

The Wikinews Bulletin
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June 11, 2007 The Wikinews Bulletin Volume 1, Issue 2

Editor's note Board elections turn political; Wikinews has candidate
Wikinews gets own OTRS queue Administrators and accreditations: June 11 - June 26
Blog activity: June 11 - June 26 Featured content: June 11 - June 26
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--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Could you clarify your reasons for protecting this page? I'm afraid I don't consider it justified when considering the Protection policy. Adambro 14:28, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They were just my live OR notes, no one should, or need to, edit them. I will be working on the article soon. --Nzgabriel | Talk 23:58, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Common Nation[edit]

I am the Editor in Chief of Common Nation. Common Nation is updated with the lastest national and political news as well as family, social, and health coverage. Let me know what you think! Thanks. Asher Heimermann|Talk 00:21, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You could give links to full articles on the stuff you blog about. And I don't think it is entirely appropriate for you to ask for advice, etc for your website on Wikinews, you could have contacted me by e-mail, etc. --Nzgabriel | Talk 00:47, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikinews Bulletin Delivery[edit]

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July 3, 2007 The Wikinews Bulletin Volume 1, Issue 3

Editor's note Wikinews popularity soars as result of Wikinews investigation
July 1 Mass Image Deletion Administrators and accreditations: June 27 - July 3
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Delivered by your friendly neighboorood Thunderhead 08:51, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

America's Cup[edit]

I normally don't touch sports stories, but given your excellent coverage of the America's Cup races, I felt that it was necessary to at least report the final result when it came in. Great job on the article expansion, btw. --SVTCobra 02:19, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I thought Team New Zealand was showcasing New Zealand in a great light, and I wanted to help promote the image neutrally! --Nzgabriel | Talk 09:22, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikinews Bulletin Delivery[edit]

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July 19, 2007 The Wikinews Bulletin Volume 1, Issue 4

Editor's note Board Elections: Möller, Walsh retain seats; Brioschi elected
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Thunderhead - (talk) 21:59, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections[edit]

Is there anyway I could possibly gain a vote from you? Answer me back, I want to prove myself to the Wikinews community? --TUFKAAP 19:47, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry but no. I voted for those who I truly believed would help and whom I knew very well in the community. I can't say I have noticed you much here on Wikinews, although I don't participate in community discussions as much as I would actually like. --Nzgabriel | Talk 20:02, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikinews Bulletin Delivery[edit]

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August 1, 2007 The Wikinews Bulletin Volume 1, Issue 4

Editor's note Wikimania: 2 Wikinews editors will attend
Arbitration Committee election results announced Administrators and accreditations: June 27 - July 3
Blog activity: July 4 - July 19 Featured content: June 27 - July 3
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Thunderhead - (talk) 16:43, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Issue VI - August 12, 2007
Administrators and Accredidations

This week, no users recieved admin status from the community. There are no ongoing RFAs or RFBs.

Featured Articles and Images
Exclusive Interview with Tony Benn

This week, Wikinews editor Brianmc got an interview with British politican, Tony Benn. Benn, 82, was also formerly the Secretary for Energy under UK PM James Callahan and Harold Wilson. The interview, which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 2.5, can be found here. There is also an audio interview available at this image page in .OGG format.

Blog Activity

This week, several new articles appeared on the Wikinews Reports blog: "Home video catches alleged UFOs in Haiti", "Encyclopædia Britannica reaches Wikipedia's main page", and two articles under the heading "Wikinews reports from Wikimania 2007".

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Thunderhead - (talk) 00:14, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

IRC Discussion
  • This fortnight, not much happened on IRC. There was a debate among DragonFire1024 and Wikimedia Foundaton intern Mike H., but that was about it.
Wikimedia News (From Meta)
  • The Polish Wikipedia on DVD has finally been released and is available for purchase in shops in Poland as well as online. The release contains 239 000 articles, 59 000 images and the dedicated Java software WikiMiner. The DVD costs 39 PLN (~ 10 EUR, $14). Soon the 8 GB image of the DVD will be available for download as well.

Help with interview[edit]

Hi there, as a fellow Oceanian and someone apparently highly experienced in the field of WikiNews interviews, I was hoping to ask you for some advice. Mainly,

  1. How do you go about approaching a subject to request an interview?
  2. How do you put together questions?
  3. How do you record the interview?

Horribly vague and open-ended questions I know, so I'll be a bit more specific. There's a public official coming close to 6 months in office, and I was thinking of organising an interview on the general topics of "Who are you? What have you done so far? What are you thinking of doing?" and writing up a little piece here, but not having done this kind of thing before I wouldn't mind a few prods in the right direction. Confusing Manifestation (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 04:45, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I have done a few interviews. The way I get in contact with them is usually by e-mail, or some other technological device (I.M.). So try and find their e-mail online.
When I am asking for an interview I usually say who I am, what the interview will be about, and how many RSS readers there are.
I usually like the interview to be done via e-mail, that way I have exact quotes, etc. But I recently did one (not yet released) via telephone. I recorded that by putting the phone on speaker phone, and put my computer microphone next to the speaker. Very basic.
If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask. --Nzgabriel | Talk 05:30, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the quick reply. I was actually planning on trying for a face-to-face interview, so do you know anyone here who's done a few of those I can talk to? Also, how many RSS readers are there, and where do you get that information? Thanks, Confusing Manifestation (Say hi!|Stalk me!) 01:29, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There are 30,000 RSS readers, this information can be found on the Wikimedia Foundation website here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects#Wikinews. To do an interview you could buy a voice recorder, or just jot down notes using pen and paper (yes, those still exist ;) ). I don't know of anyone here who has done a face-to-face interview similar to what you are proposing. Sorry. --Nzgabriel | Talk 02:53, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Large image note from poll[edit]

Hi, I noticed that on the Wikinews:Main page poll you mentioned that the large image lead needs more OS/browser functionality. I think that we've tested it on all major operating systems and browsers and it appears to work correctly in the vast majority of the cases. Did you have a specific example in mind? -- IlyaHaykinson 08:54, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Firefox on Ubuntu. --Nzgabriel | Talk 08:57, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have noticed the same, it also has problems on IE6 and below Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 08:58, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I fixed the font size issue on Ubuntu, again. We need to add it to the instructions to leave lots of extra space I guess. As for IE6, I'll download an IE6 virtual machine to test with that on a regular basis. -- IlyaHaykinson 09:02, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikinews Bulletin: September 1, 2007[edit]


Issue VII - September 1, 2007
Administrators and Accredidations
Featured Articles and News In Pictures
Ségolène Royal during her meeting in Toulouse on April 19, 2007 for the 2007 French presidential elections.
Original reporting

Since our last edition, 18 articles have claimed original reporting. Some highlights:

Several others wrote stories based on television sources. The Wikinews Reports blog activity was mostly related to some of these stories. You can ask any of the blog authors if you want to help out on the blog.

Editor's note

Summer's over, and contributions seem to have increased a bit lately. I'd like to thank and welcome some of our newest community members for that: be sure to make Eric Wester, TheFearow, Theory, LaraLove, ISD and others feel most welcome! --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:32, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Site activity
  • Wikinews is approaching 10'000 articles. Spread the word!
  • A Wikinews:World News Quiz has been set up after the Quiz extension was added to our MediaWiki repertoire. Users who take the quiz are invited to post their scores on the talk page.
  • Substantial changes have been made to the main page recently. TheFearow has implemented a dynamic news ticker - see Wikinews:Ticker for information and the template at Template:Ticker. Currently only available for almost every browser that isn't IE. IlyaHaykinson added the Template:Lead article with large image to the main page, which is currently the subject of a poll. A complete main page redesign is also being discussed.
  • User:Cspurrier has kicked off an ongoing mailing list discussion on the topic of setting up some kind of official organisation to issue press cards and support our off-site activities, like a Wikinews Chapter.
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  • Some of the IRC topics include slow server activity, tinyurl's, the nearing of the 10'000th article on Wikinews, ... (add more here if you know more...)
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--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 23:06, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edbrown05's block[edit]

I saw that you blocked him again. Ehh... isn't there a better way to handle his type of behavior? It's always been the WikiWay that blocks should be preventative, not punitive. I started a discussion on the water cooler to see what the community thinks we should do.

I'm not wild about his behavior, and the block log is very very revealing. However, he's also a really decent contributer in article space. *shrug* irid:t 07:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for comments on User:Edbrown05[edit]

I am, sadly, being attacked by Ed, just as you were. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this. See one two three. I don't think traditional mediation is even an option here. Do you have any ideas? irid:t 06:25, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Arbatrition. --Nzgabriel | Talk 06:38, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy birthday![edit]

Congratulations on being a year older. :)irid:t 20:01, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A birthday steak!
Thanks irid. --Nzgabriel | Talk 03:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Terror raids in NZ[edit]

You have a great article and it's very well-written, and I think it's a better second lead than lead. The only times I've thought my interviews are worthy of lead article status are the two Presidential articles. If it wasn't for Brownback, and the significance and prestige it gives the project to have him talking to us (which boosts all our work on here, as it gives us more credibility, more readers, and more feeds to outside sites) I wouldn't have had an issue with the lead being yours. This is just a special circumstance is all, and a rare one that may not be repeated. --David Shankbone 19:11, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for leaving a message, I was kind of angry that this was happening. I concede that your article is of importance, and that it is (at this point in time of Wikinews' history) quite a feat. And also yours was original reporting, mine wasn't. I still hold a view that mine was perhaps more news-worthy than yours, but I guess that's just because yours was an interview. Oh well, what's done is done. --Nzgabriel | Talk 00:13, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edbrown05 Request for ArbCom[edit]

I've proposed a request for arbcom relating to the recent situation with Ed. If you take issue with being listed as an involved party, please remove your name from that list. Otherwise, I suppose you'll be expected to make a brief statement on that page. irid t i e 08:41, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You've been added as a member of the Userpage Sharing Project. You were added by me because I needed people to test the template with. If you wish to be removed, please contact me here. If not, please add {{User:Thunderhead/sharing}} to the top of your userpage (or wherever you want to stick it. Thanks, Thunderhead - (talk - email - contributions) 22:44, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gabriel[edit]

Gabrie Pollard is Joshua Nelson signed up to wikinewsKrayz-one 21:51, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for help on Video Interview[edit]

Hi Gabriel,

I'm currently pursuing an interview with Reggie Bibbs (see Wikinews:Story preparation/Interview with Reggie Bibbs on his life with neurofibromatosis), and I might get lucky and get him to give us a video interview.

Problem is, I don't have any video editing skills, so I was wondering if you would like to help me on this project, and do something like what you did for the John Key interview (ie editing the raw footage, adding a Wikinews-branded introduction and then subtitles)? Do you have time for anything like that during the next week or so?

cheers, --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 18:54, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can do that for you, "Steven". Looks like we'll have a few more interviews in the coming week(s), as I have one that will be done by Wednesday and the other is yet to be sorted out. --Nzgabriel | Talk 22:26, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent, thanks in advance, I'll let you know when I get the file (will probably be .avi). --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 21:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I just started working in a new hospital which seriously restricts internet access, and I have not internet cafe nearby... could you help me to download the video and upload it to Commons under the cc-by-2.0 license (I'll forward permission to OTRS, just say it's pending). I got these instructions for FTP transfer of the video:
Using an FTP program like Fetch.
The URL is:207.44.136.30/username is: anonymous
password is empty (blank)
or in a web browser: ftp://anonymous@207.44.136.30/
If you could have a look at the video and possible edit it as previously discussed, that would be great. take your time anyway. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:16, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As a side note, you probably already know this, but all web browsers are also ftp clients, so there is no need to use a special program like fetch. Bawolff 01:05, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your article is nr. 1!!![edit]

  1. Naked News presents a new style of news
  2. MS Explorer cruise ship passengers are safe
  3. The Onion: An interview with 'America's Finest News Source'
  4. In the spirit of US Thanksgiving tradition, two turkeys receive presidential pardon
  5. Chess grand master Kasparov arrested after protest
  6. Al Gore and Climate Panel awarded Nobel Peace prize 2007
  7. 2007 Ig Nobel Prize winners announced
  8. Baby falls from third floor window and survives
  9. Chinese student found dead in Perth suburb
  10. Canadian cruise ship sinking in Antarctic
  11. Youths riot in Paris suburb, attack police station
  12. Andrea Muizelaar on fashion, anorexia, and life after 'Top Model'
  13. Two Lordi fans mugged while manager and bodyguard were shot at in Louisville, US

--Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 00:20, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Popular articles/recent : filters articles from the last 3 days. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 22:12, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This story may strike a chord with you, but I'd appreciate it if you were a little more careful with the edits. --SVTCobra 03:55, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikinews Bulletin[edit]


Issue VIII - March 7, 2008
Administrators and Accredidations
Featured Articles and News In Pictures
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  • Several images were featured on the main pages, which you can check out in the News In Picture archive.
  • The image below, by David Shankbone was voted as Wikinews' picture of the year.

Original reporting

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Several others wrote stories based on television sources. The Wikinews Reports blog activity was mostly related to some of these stories. You can ask any of the blog authors if you want to help out on the blog.

Editor's note

A new year has started, and contributions, especially original reporting, seem to have increased a bit lately. I'd like to thank and welcome the hundreds of new wikinewsies since the last edition. --Anonymous101 (Talk) 21:13, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Site activity
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Anonymous101 (Talk) 21:27, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Wikinews Bulletin Delivery[edit]


Issue IX - March 19, 2008
Administrators and Accreditations
  • Since our last edition, no users have been given the mop and bucket.
  • No one has became an accredited reporter on Wikinews. You can currently vote on a request by WNewsReporter and Zachary.
Featured Articles and News In Pictures
  • No articles were promoted recently. Eight candidates are waiting for your vote, including a self-nomination by Celticfan383 which could become our first featured sports article.
  • Several images were featured on the main pages, which you can check out in the News In Picture archive.
  • Several images have been featured on the Main Page. A slideshow of these images is available below. (ogg format) -
Original reporting

Since our last edition, many articles have claimed original reporting. Here are the most recent:

Several others wrote stories based on television sources. The Wikinews Reports blog activity was mostly related to some of these stories. You can ask any of the blog authors if you want to help out on the blog.

Editor's note

I would like to thank our users who have helped increase our level of Original Reporting content. Some users who I think have been especially helpful are Leila Monaghan (talk · contribs) who has got interviews despite being a very new user and BrockF5 (talk · contribs) who has continued to provide us with excellent reports and images. In addition, Brianmc (talk · contribs) has been helpful in combatting vandalism. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 19:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Site activity
IRC activity
  • Some of the IRC topics include the mass deletion of CC-NC or ND images. ... (add more here if you know more...)
Wikimedia News
  • The Wikimania call for participation deadline closes TODAY!. Get your last-minute submissions in or get involved with the Wikinews efforts at WN:WM2008.
  • Wikimedia Commons has accepted the Creative Commons 3.0 license.
  • The English Wikipedia now has more than 10'000'000 pages, all namespaces combined.
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--Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 20:04, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have started WN:TO-DO as a place to list what should be daily or weekly points to check for regular contributors. Some parts are admin-only (e.g. Archiving) but others are things that anyone can get involved with. Feel free to add additional points and spread the word about this shortcut to get people helping do Wikignome tasks. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:55, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading images[edit]

PLease remember to add a fair use rational to images. I have deleted toge images you uploaded as the were not used and had no raitonal. This makes them eligiable for sppedy deletion. When you write the associated article feel free to restore the image if you write a rational. Anonymous101 :) 11:43, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The same applies to Image:John Key in Antarctica.jpg. I'll give you a few minutes to add a rational but uless you do it will have to be deleted. Anonymous101 :) 11:46, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikinews Bulletin[edit]

Here is the latest Wikinews bulletin. Enjoy!


Issue X - May 17, 2008
Administrators and Accredidations
  • Since our last edition, Cirt (talk · contribs) has been given the mop and bucket, and Ryan524 (talk · contribs) (now retired) asked for adminship.
  • No one has became an accredited reporter on Wikinews. There are no requests you can currently vote or comment on, although there are lots of De-adminship Requests.
Featured Articles and News In Pictures
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[edit] Credit: Jon Davis
Strega crossing the finish line to win the Gold Unlimited class at the Reno Air Races 2009
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Several others wrote stories based on television sources. The Wikinews Reports blog activity was mostly related to some of these stories. You can ask any of the blog authors if you want to help out on the blog.

Editor's note

In the last few months activity on Wikinews has continued to decrease to an incredibly low level. There are hardly any new contributers joining and one of our best users, DragonFire1024 (talk · contribs) has gone on Wikibreak. However, some excellent articles are continuing to be written. Anonymous101 :) 12:09, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Anonymous101 :) 12:19, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Game?[edit]

ARe you sure it was a wise move to interview that site? My impression was that particular site was more a sign that "The Game" was already dead. Well, whatever, but it's not always best to imagine that someone draping themselves in some part of popular culture really has much to do with it. Nyarlathotep (talk) 16:17, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Issue XI - May 17, 2008
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Although the 34th G8 Summit had ended, the demonstration of anti-globalists exposed a critical issue on poverty, etc.  » Full story
Original reporting

Since our last edition, many articles have claimed original reporting. Here are the most recent:

Several others wrote stories based on television sources. The Wikinews Reports blog activity was mostly related to some of these stories. You can ask any of the blog authors if you want to help out on the blog.

Editor's note

In the last few months activity on Wikinews has started to increase again, and discussion has restarted on the embargoed wiki. Anonymous101 (talk) 11:50, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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A discussion that may interest you.[edit]

w:Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 July 28 has a deletion review of the Wikipedia article on Jonty Haywood. JoshuaZ (talk) 00:42, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FlaggedRevs[edit]

If you have not already seen this, please look, comment, and vote both here and on bugzilla. Further assistance such as contact information for Google would be a very useful detail to share and help in petitioning for a listing in their news index. --Brian McNeil / talk 14:57, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request[edit]

Hi, if you are still online would you mind correcting the headline of http://wikinewsreports.blogspot.com/2008/09/operative-for-republican-party-edited.html to make it more accurate. Please change it to something like

News agencies suggest that campaign operative for Republican Party edited article on vice presidential nominee

(By the way, I am sending this message to every user with blog access who seems to be online as the headline has a major inaccuracy and I don't want to see it on Google News)

Thanks, Anonymous101talk 20:13, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You've resigned?[edit]

I'm sorry to see you go: [3] I hope you come back in the future! In any case, good luck and best of wishes. tempodivalse 13:25, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

privs[edit]

Busy elsewhere? We understand, but this is a notice of privilege expiry!
Busy elsewhere? We understand, but this is a notice of privilege expiry!

Note! Your privileges on English Wikinews have been reduced.

Under the Privilege expiry policy (enacted October 13, 2012) the rights held by your user account have been reduced due to inactivity, or lack of privilege use. You can view your user rights log here.
The privilege reduction is in no way intended as a reflection on your past work, or to imply you are unwelcome. The aim in curtailing privileges is to address security risks, and concern that a long period of inactivity means you may not be up-to-date with current policy and practices.

--Pi zero (talk) 00:46, 20 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

TVNZ photo[edit]

Hello Gabriel,

I'm not sure if this contact is still active for you, but thought I'd try it. I am the author of a book called Moon: Living Abroad in New Zealand. It's a guide for migrants and potential migrants that tells them all about life in New Zealand and how to immigrate.

The book is going into its third edition this year, and I am looking to update some of the photos in it. One photo I had in previous editions was the TVNZ building in Christchurch, in the section about media in New Zealand. This building was pulled down after the earthquake, so I want to replace the photo with the TVNZ building in Auckland.

I saw your photo of the TVNZ sign on the Auckland building and would love to use it. I know it's on a creative commons license already, but the publisher would prefer to get specific permission from you to use it, with full credit to you of course.

If this is OK with you, perhaps you could fill out a permission form and then scan (or take a picture of it) and email it back to me. I posted my email below so let me know if you want me to send you the form. If it's not OK to use the photo, just let me know and I won't submit it.

If you could get back to me either way by February 7, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance and I hope you're having a great summer!

Best regards, 72.0.209.167 (talk) 14:43, 27 January 2015 (UTC)Michelle Waitzman Author, Moon: Living Abroad in New Zealand loveinatent@hotmail.com[reply]

This sounds phishy. --Pi zero (talk) 14:56, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]