User:InfantGorilla

I occasionally show up at French Wikinews: see Utilisateur:InfantGorilla


 * If you need the assistance of an administrator (sysop), post at WN:AAA
 * If you need any help, post at Water cooler
 * If your article is ready to publish, and meets Wikinews policies and guidelines, add the tag to the top of the page

Article rescue campaign
If you feel these stories are worth saving, clean them up for publication. (If they are short and current add them to Wikinews Briefs for today).
 * Child labor, unsafe conditions at European co-op's Asian suppliers

Some articles we rescued from proposed deletion

 * C-17 crashes near air force base in Alaska, Jul 30, 2010. this was rescued by the original author (a newcomer,, Gopher65, and Amgine: a rare example of collaboration among three people
 * Wikinews Shorts: November 10, 2008 (later sharded by Shakataganai)
 * IPhone is On Top, Nov 2008 (diff)
 * Change of mind: Democrats accept Burris was tagged for deletion as minimal but became Wikinews Shorts: January 13, 2009

Other rescues that were less likely to be deleted

 * this short contribution was put in context and given sources to become Wikinews Shorts: January 13, 2009
 * A 2 paragraph article in Wikinews Shorts: January 13, 2009 became Israel bans two Arab political parties
 * Armed gang kidnaps Greek shipping magnate Pericles Panagopoulos in Athens became Wikinews Shorts: January 13, 2009
 * Search And Rescue beacons soon to make the digital jump Jan 25, 2009 - rescued by the original contributor

Some rescue candidates that we didn't save

 * More than 60 killed in Pakistani suicide attack, Sat July 12 2010: to rescue, it needed at least one more source, and to refocus on more recent events, such as funerals, investigation, response
 * Wolfgang Loitzel wins The Four Hills Tournament Wed Jan 7, 2009 - too late - he won on Jan 6, so it is no longer news
 * User:InfantGorilla/In depth: Guantanamo military commissions Sat Nov 1 2008. I would be surprised if this could be revived.

To do list
Some behind-the-scenes changes that (with consensus) might improve the wiki. If I find the time and talent to do all these, great. If you get to one of these first, even better.


 * 1) Draft (at Water Cooler) an apology to the subject of Wikinews interviews Chiaki Hayashi, Asian Projects Coordinator at Creative Commons, and propose a way of issuing it.
 * 2) Edit Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions it seems from recent misunderstandings by new editors that neither the qualifications or purpose are clear.  If you just want to sight portals, then you need the Reviewer bit, but you need to be qualified (or at least trusted) to do full article reviews.  Secondly, it is clear that the community expects some experience to demonstrate understanding of the seriousness of a review, so the intro should say that, to avoid someone volunteering to review as their first act on Wikinews.  So, edit the introduction to that page to say this, and make it much shorter and clearer.  Add Reviewer message
 * 3) Propose (at Water Cooler) that stale be listed as a WN:PROD reason.  Right now MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown lists it as a speedy deletion reason, yet staleness isn't listed at Criteria for speedy deletion.  Synchronise stale and tasks.  (See https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikinews/en/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown&diff=prev&oldid=817612 and User talk:DragonFire1024 )
 * File:Canada-US Border Line.jpg - cc-by-nc image.  Should the cc-by-nc be a speedy deletion tag, or is the image allowed by the Image use policy?  Arguably not a publicity shot, so it doesn't seem to fit within the Fair use policy.
 * 1) Fair use and cc-by-nc-sa-2.5 seem to be out of sync with Image use policy, Image copyright tags, gol image and pgol regarding grants of license.  There are about 20 images left, so evidently the backlog of over 2000 non-commercial images has been largely dealt with.
 * 2) Commons: Take a copy of the image they've overwritten, and add the article's publish date as a suffix before putting "on pain of Brian" notice in the img desc page. --Brian McNeil We need an 'on pain of Brian' template
 * 3) There are some literal links about the place, that would be better built with the {{fullurl: magic word, as that would help secure server users (without the javascript gadget) stay in the right session.
 * 4) It would be nice, one day, to have the current version of HotCat at English Wikinews: it has some nice new features, to make it easier to find cats, and to keep the recent changes log quieter.
 * 5) Why does Serbian Wikinews get 100 articles per day with just 14 active reporters?  It has overtaken all the others in total articles posted.
 * 6) {{tl|archive}} does not explain how to request a factual correction.
 * 7) User_talk:Adambro ref non-free file File:Toad on highway.jpg
 * 8) archive User:InfantGorilla/Talk:Australian Prime Minister accused of poor leadership on climate change and User:InfantGorilla/Comments:Australian Prime Minister accused of poor leadership on climate change somewhere useful

Synthesis articles
For synthesis articles, I have preferred to summarize the news for an international audience, rather than write extensive background or analysis.
 * Wikinews Shorts: January 21, 2009 (original submission by another contributor, majority written by me diff)
 * Senator Ted Stevens loses re-election bid in Alaska ballot (original submissions by other contributors, majority rewritten by me diff) 19-Nov-2008
 * India's flag lands on Moon 15-Nov-2008
 * iPhone sales exceed BlackBerry (original submissions by other contributors, majority rewritten by me) 11-Nov-2008
 * Socialist Ségolène Royal launches campaign for French presidency 18-Nov-2006
 * Wikinews Shorts: November 7, 2008

Brief articles

 * Sprinter Allan Davis wins the Tour Down Under 27-Jan-2009 (original submission by other contributor, majority written by me)
 * Strong earthquakes in Indian and Pacific Oceans 23-Jan-2009 (original submission by other contributor, majority written by me)
 * Paris rail terminus temporarily shut down by unplanned strike 14-Jan-2009
 * Alaskan Democrat gains in US Senate race 18-Nov-2008
 * Pakistan wins Fortune Cup defeating West Indies by 3-0 (original submission by another contributor, majority written by me) 18-Nov-2008 diff
 * Blackwater may pay financial penalties for improper arms shipments 13-Nov-2008
 * Luis Fortuño is elected new governor of Puerto Rico 9-Nov-2008 (original submission by other contributor, majority written by me)

Translations
''from foreign language free content sources
 * 2010 FIFA World Cup: arrivederci Italia! 27-Jun-2010
 * 3 out of 4 UMP voters prefer Sarkozy for President of France 23-Nov-2006
 * French postal service is back on the rails 22-Nov-2006

Cleanup, expansion and hyperlinking jobs I am proud of

 * US Senate confirms Clinton as Secretary of State diff 22-Jan-2009
 * Blair, Brown promise an extra £540 milllion to Pakistan, Iraq diff 19-Nov-2006
 * "Darfur a powder keg" says UN Head of Humanitarian Affairs diff 18-Nov-2006
 * Blair agrees Iraq is a disaster diff
 * Protester killed in West Bank; world reacts to Gaza conflict diff1 diff2 5-Jan-2009. It was top of a Google News search the following day: http://news.google.com/nwshp?&q=Qalqilyah though it since dropped out of the Google News archive.

Awards
I may be an old and grizzled PHB in real life, but I am so happy to get an award, I think I will frame one and put it above my desk.



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