User talk:PatrickFlaherty/Archives/2008/December

re: George Bush proposes economic growth package worth up to US$150 billion

It looks like someone else fixed the whitespace problem before you viewed the page. Thanks anyway! ♪TempoDiValse♪ 14:55, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Quebec's Liberal premier Jean Charest wins third term

Please don't forget to sight articles after you publish them. This article didn't appear on the front page for several hours until I sighted it. Thanks, ♪TempoDiValse♪ 20:56, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the catch. --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 22:21, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

for letting me know that there was another Iraq article, I will merge my article with it. Anonymous101^talk 17:10, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Wikinews needs more diligent-devoted reviewers, like you, so articles get published forthwith

Hi! I notice that there are very few Wikipedia English editors who desire to induglge in here, unmindful that if they come, news die in just 2 days. That is wrong. In Wikipedia English, I would spend just 5 - 7 hours to edit more than 20 good positive additions.[1] But for instance, in Manny Pacquio, my good edit via IP address was retained while over 500 editors wanted to be in that December 6-7 fight day. Here, once my or your article is published, it is never vandalized-edited and published, without prior full review-approval. And there is no danger of being blocked here, as I was painfully blocked just because of my defensive dire prophecies against just, I say solely - one Filipino editor, from my very own school Ateneo de Manila University, who had personal anger at me, unrelated to Wiki. For this reason, before I contributed here, I announced that I am being stalked by the same 3 Filipino blockers here, but I will concentrate to PROVE, that: even if I have had not enrolled in a single communication or journalism subject-elective in 1971-1982, and even if my English language knowledge is limited to legal and technical words and phrases, I have had more than a year experience in Wikipedia English to become a good editor here, and slowly, of course. I will prove that I am an asset in Wikimedia projects rather than a liability.

It is not a joke to spend 10 hours daily from July 2007 to November 22, 2008, and be blocked just because of personal enmity. (My contributions to Wikipedia English - 6,747 edits: July 2007 to November 19, 2008) Yes, because of the accusation that I posted personal info of IP address Mumbai-Bombai and dire prophecies to allegedly OUT the Filipino editor, there, to expose the truth. The Filipino editors there, are not skeptics, since Filipinos are 99% with religion, and they seriously indulge in clairvoyance, like in Mumbai. In the English articles I created[2] my best articles (legal) are Writ of Amparo and Habeas Data and Philippine Extrajudicial Killings and Desaparecidos. For this reason, I am happy, that my baptism-first article here is - Eighth Filipino journalist killed this year, December 7, 2008. As accredited reporter, you will easily comprehend that this article tells the whole story about Filipino journalists-accredited wire, online and even tabloid reporters, being silenced in great magnitude (not only lawyers, judges and communists, though).

The Argentina thing was not put on the spot. I just happened to have read it in our Philippine Daily Inquirer, imagine, middle page. Human remains in mass grave confirm Argentina secret death camp is shocking. It was discovered solely as one since 25 years ago. It never ever happened in the Philippines amid e-jay killings: mass grave in the PIT of a secret prison. It is not killing but elimination, journalistically speaking extermination, and legally, genocide.

It is so easy to write news articles here, in just 30 minutes; but it takes 5-7 hours, a) to Wikify the entire articles, b) to read and rephrase, all the sources, relevant or not, and c) upload good images (for me, no image, dry article); Market maker Bernard L. Madoff arrested in $50B giant Ponzi scheme vis-a-vis the almost empty, start-class English article Bernard L. Madoff. My only difficulty here, is: I have had no Information Technology learning, since I knew Word, PC, and internet forums/Wikipedia since April, 2006- 2007, when I was Googled. Here in the Philippines, even if a 4 year old child can handle PC games, judges and lawyers, rarely know how to type in Word or to open the Internet. Until now, I do not even know how to re-direct, and to use many IT tools in Wiki. But I have TIME unlike most of editors here. Another advantage is: here in the Philippines, when, I would start at 1 p.m., almost all the breaking news are in, amid the sad fact that many editors here are asleep (especially Asian news). Finally, in 23 Australians arrested in global child porn network, this one, I had a hard time putting in ... since when the breaking news came in, they were so incomplete; I am interested in specific names, and journalists are/were afraid or had not come across the identities. So, I had to wait, fearing that another editor here might write the article, and I had already spent 7 hours on this. Merry Christmas, I hope this is not Too Long To Read. Cheers.--Florentino Floro (talk) 06:56, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

I, User:Florentino Floro, share and bestow upon PatrickFlaherty this Wiki Christmas cookie for consistently writing excellent articles on Wikinews

User:Florentino Floro^talk has given you a Wiki Christmas cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!
Spread the goodness of cookies by adding this Cookie to their talk page with a friendly message. --Florentino Floro (talk) 06:56, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the cookie and the complements. I look forward to reading more of your articles. Cheers, --PatrickFlaherty (talk) 00:54, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Promotion

Thanks for the editor flag. I'm off to review the guidelines. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 02:37, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

NfA

I'll accept a NfA, if you think I'd be good enough. Gopher65_talk 00:20, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Oh, my late reply, I had a little cold yesterday, due to sudden weather changes. Sorry for my over-concern on articles. I really notice that experts here use little Wikifying, due to simplicity. Fresh from Wiki English Encyclop., I had this habit. But, there are some advantages too. There are articles like solar taxi and others, which contain technical words, not only places and persons which are hard to comprehend. I had hoped that readers who do not know Wikifying, would touch the blue link to find out the meaning of the technical phrases. Thanks a lot. Merry Christmas.--Florentino Floro (talk) 06:34, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

23 Australians arrested in global child porn network

See 23 Australians arrested in global child porn network

Please note that this article now has a substantial correction notice attached to it.

Given the circumstances, it was required that the article be corrected and the notice detail what was previously stated. This is not the normal way of dealing with things like this, but it was a serious error that could have been legally actionable. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 09:26, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

I apologize for the terrible error.[3]--Florentino Floro (talk) 09:32, 24 December 2008 (UTC)