Wikinews:Deletion requests/Archives/Deleted Archive 11

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Islamic Army in Iraq claims responsibility for bombings targeting American forces
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:29, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Possible copyvio (hat tip to International). Aloha, KeithH (talk) 17:01, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Transcripts
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:34, 5 May 2006 (UTC) Since this is a non-article, this deletion request shouldn't be closed until May 5.
 * Transcripts themselves are not news. Transcripts could be welcomed at Wikisource so long as the text is not copyrighted. --Chiacomo (talk) 02:19, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - I agree with the above, and the project doesn't seem to have gotten off the ground yet. Transcripts are most useful when picking quotes to insert into an article - this process can be done via a Talk page instead. Frankie Roberto 11:09, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - We're a news service, not a primary source house. That's what Wikisource does. — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 01:25, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Geeking out ThinkGeek.com
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 17:30, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Advertisement. But I feel like listing it here instead of speedy. Nyarlathotep 14:22, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Not really an ad, but not news. Certainly intreasting that someone cares so much. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:36, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * me geuses peral based on server header:

Server: Apache/1.3.31 (Unix) mod_perl/1.29 mod_ssl/2.8.19 OpenSSL/0.9.6m

Bawolff ☺☻ 22:38, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, and should be speedy. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:08, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Osama Bin Laden was murdered
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 17:30, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

No citations added. Also, the authenticity of this article is questionable. If someone as high-profile as Osama Bin Laden had been murdered it would have made headlines world over-no such media reports have surfaced so far.PVJ 07:32, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * We shouldn't always look to other news outlets for verification - it's possible that the very person who murdered Osama has decided to give Wikinews an exclusive interview, and therefore it will be Wikinews that breaks the news to the world (once our intrepid team of reporters confirm the claim by viewing the body, of course). However, this does not appear to be the case with this article, and therefore I vote delete. - Borofkin 08:10, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I sincerely doubt any of the possibilities of Borofkin's statement above, so therefore delete, and should have been speedy. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 02:09, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Explosion Hits Outside Sinai Peninsula Base in Egypt
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 14:29, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

dupe of Egypt:Twin suicide bombings hit Sinai, minimal. Doldrums 15:25, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Elsevier IP Addresses Linked to Wikipedia Vandalism
Tagged not news; abandoned. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:08, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Team X get off to a Great Start
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:05, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. No edits since April 16. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:08, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Record flood levels in Balkans as Danube bursts banks
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:05, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. No edits since April 17. --Chiacomo (talk) 05:08, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Australian Big Brother Season 6 premieres on April 23
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:05, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Tagged not news. --Goldiemicky (talk) 12:54pm, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Jason Safoutin 18:14, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete/Terminate with extreme prejudice Oh, that they would put the television show and all its derivatives up for such a vote. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:25, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Down with Big Brother! - Borofkin 08:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete I'm happy with news articles about Big Brother and other TV programmes - they become news events and we sholdn't be snobby about this kind of thing, but the new series simply being about to start isn't enough of a story. An article about who the new housemates are, when their names are released, would be okay though. Frankie Roberto 11:56, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State speculates about Iran's abilities
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 22:34, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. Tagged requesting comments, no comments. The neutrality of this article is disputed. It continues to fester, and should be put out of our misery. Karen 06:17, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Nyarlathotep 13:18, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Take a look at creation the edits and take a look at the talk page...I would say keep, but now it has been edited beyond what the original report was about. Jason Safoutin 14:35, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I would have liked to have seen this story's original coverage published since is was a timely topic. After the proposed and bold edits were made, the story became too broad to cover the event that triggered its reporting. The story was taken off focus; its original focus is no longer a topical story. This is why the story was abandonded, and why I nominated it for deletion. Karen 23:13, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Apprentice star slams Asian press
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 22:34, 25 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Abandoned, was tagged for lack of sources. --Brian McNeil / talk 12:40, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

User:84.121.3.154/Make Poverty History
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 12:03, 24 April 2006 (UTC)


 * DeleteYes,seems like a duplicate of a Wikipedia article.PVJ[[Image:Flag of India.svg|25px]] 17:17, 20 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete; duplicate of Make Poverty History. Ral315 (talk) 01:20, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Ulead releases new VideoStudio version
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 12:03, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Reads like a press release. If it is new-worthy, it's not clear to me how it could be. Just another commercial software release. Imroy 10:41, 21 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Can you give me any direction to improve it? This is my first article on en WikiNews, thanks. --H.T. Chien / 眼鏡虎 (Discuss|Contributions) 12:29, 21 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry if I did not write the article right. After I read the opinions in the talk page, I think if any of you think it's not an article that match the policy then admin may delete it as well. I think I will read more here to know the writing style before posting another news. Thanks for your opinions. --H.T. Chien / 眼鏡虎 (Discuss|Contributions) 18:32, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Former German Minister of Research and Technology: "9/11 run by Bush Administration"
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 12:03, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

The article promotes a conspiracy theory, which is pretty old. That's why this is not news. --SonicR 13:02, 23 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree, delete it. --Sean Heron 14:13, 23 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Jason Safoutin 14:23, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree,9/11 conspiracy theories aren't really news and they only sow seeds of discord within the community.PVJ[[Image:Flag of India.svg|25px]] 15:25, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Karen 08:19, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Net Neutrality Defeated
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned dupe that is barely a stub. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:46, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

SBI Strike angers people
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. Bawolff ☺☻ 01:43, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * DeleteThe strike itself was called off a while ago so I think this article is somewhat redundant now.PVJ59 08:35, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Rendered redundant by article State Bank of India employee strike settled.  KeithH 05:00, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Flame retardent mobile
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Entries will almost definitely violate WN:E and often WN:NOT (theater of war). This page encourages fights to escalate, and just creates nonproductive discussion/flames. Also is violates NPOV(while the NPOV rule does not apply to project pages, this page has the same problems NPOV articles create).--Cspurrier 23:54, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 *  Temporarily abstain Its not meant to violate wn:e as its supposed to be constructive critisim to try and fix a problem. The first step in figuring out any sort of problem is what is it. It is not meant to be a theater of war, as it isn't you do this, no i don't, style but people keep saying you do this, lets figure out why people have that imppression. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:11, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The main reason I started this was that the other systems quite frankly wern't working. I thought that maybe openly talking about it would help. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:25, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Opposed to any and all projects that further divide the community.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 00:24, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Violates WN:NOT (Wikinews is not a battlefield/theatre of war). Furthermore, The mere development of this page and its contents has concerned me to the point of pondering a Wikibreak. I love Wikinews for the attempt at NPOV, this goes against that goal. I am wondering if I can work with users who support this page, as they seem IMO to put their POV ahead of Wikinews. Jason Safoutin 00:39, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I had the impression it was a you do this, no i don't style page at first glance. -Edbrown05 01:10, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. I agree with Bawolff a little, but this probably is not going to work too well. Flipbaywood 01:13, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep. A curious new page with a purpose stated to act dampening conflicts is to be deleted for the sake of fears over a possible future problem in a use of it? What makes this a certainty? It is only as justifiable as a claim that it should not be deleted for the sake of its future potential use in dampening conflict. The future is the future. Fear over one possible outcome is equal in merit to respect for a possible future role in reducing conflict when neither have been demonstrated in any event yet. If in use it descends, put it to the delete then with my full support. Until that happens, how can it be said that the page should be deleted for fear more than kept for respect for future potential? Is there any certain policy that it can be said to be violating in its present state? If not, I will set as advocate of it as forum for the casual discussion type that seems needed for a reason congruent with that for which the page was created by Bawolf-conflict dampening for resolution by casual status. Octavian 03:19, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes Octavian. See comments above. Violates: WN:NOT WN:E. Its purpose IMO is to encite war and was created in anticipation of war. If you have personalissues with someone, then take it out on them and don't use Wikinews for a battleground. Jason Safoutin 19:46, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I have not any personal issues as you base your post on response against. My concern is organizational. Your comment has not application at all in that respect DF. You have also not responded to my question of why it should be that one possible future occurrence involving the page-that it might violate those policies somehow-is considered adequate justification to delete the page, when that view has only the same merit as a consideration that it might in the future not violate those policies, and further might instead be used along with them to prevent organizational problems within wikinews. Perhaps I was not clear, but that is the extent of it to me. The comment made by Cspurrier had those references to policy "Entries will almost definitely violate WN:E and often WN:NOT (theater of war)" but speaks of an interpretation of a potential future occurrence-one that has not occurred in the present. Are you stating that the page in its current state somehow also violates those policies? If not, why is it the one possible future is thought so significant as to justify deletion and the other so devalued and relatively ignored as to allow it before either can be? Octavian 20:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Zarqawi; the Pentagon’s ongoing war of deception
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)


 * CopyVio. Direct copy and paste. Jason Safoutin 13:53, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Seal hunt showdown turns ugly
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Copyvio. Even the title. irid:t 15:55, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Sports briefs for the week of April 2, 2006
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 23:04, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Home Office report: UK bird flu outbreak could claim 320,000 lives
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Dupe, abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 22:50, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

RAF doctor jailed over Iraq refusal
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. KeithH 17:41, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

USMC Capt: "I believed Bush. I was wrong."
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. KeithH 17:39, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete &mdash; Karen 21:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Arjun Singh announces 27% reservations for OBCs in top educational institutions
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 06:14, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Prisoners forced to be porters for military in Burma
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed -  Amgine | talk en.WN 06:08, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Muslim students are running a large peaceful online protest
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:58, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Car Crash in Calgary, Canada
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 22:41, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete &mdash; Abandoned just before it was finished, too. Karen 21:31, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Arson and Vandalism at Sikh Places of Worship/Temp
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal) 22:38, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Annual report details aggressive pursuit of human rights, democracy goals
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:24, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Giant cracker explodes open the case of UK homeworkers
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:20, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete &mdash; Needs attention from original author, can't finish - otherwise. Karen 21:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Russia bans moldovan and georgian wines
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Copyvio This article is Copyvio. Jason Safoutin 10:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete It's been on here since April 13 and no one's taken any action. --TUFKAAP 20:03, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * done, copyvios may be given 3 days to live, but not a week. Nyarlathotep 21:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

portal:Ayyavazhi Undeletion Request
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:04, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

objection was that there is no Ayyavazhi articles. I think this Portal is now justified as there appears to be one. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:14, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * portal:Ayyavazhi (also recreated as Ayyavazhi) &rarr; Admins: special:undelete/portal:Ayyavazhi
 * delete, it's still religious promotion for me, not real news. And just because there's ONE article is not a reason to create a portal. The article's goal in fact. Or we could automate this creating one portal for each category ! I do not think that portal are Press Release place. Jacques Divol 09:27, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I understand where you're coming from, but if the news is neutral, In the spirit of neutrality, We should accept news from all topics. We have a whole load of Christian news. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:50, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Undelete agree with Bawolff & Divol :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 09:38, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. One article does not constitute its own portal/category, as it would show conflict of interest for us not including them for the one-time articles on other religions, or groups claiming they are religions, or etc.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:37, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose undeletion, for now. I support the idea of such a specific portal, but not for a single mis-dated article in development. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:20, 15 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. I presented the reason there in the talk pages of the article as well as Category. - Vaikunda Raja
 * Keep/Undelete/Make it exist again - Portals are works in progress, so it's okay if there's only one article. Also, merge and redirect Ayyavazhi into the Portal: one, since all portals must be in the portalspace. (It took me hours to enforce that rule!) — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 13:15, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * There are a couple of portals with no articles. I don't see why it matters too much. If a user sees a pathetic portal for a subject dear and near to their heart, they're more likely to write. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 03:20, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Poll results indicate Americans want change.
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:36, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned article (no edits 4 days), that honestly doesn't look like its going to go anywhere. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:52, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Artistic director cancels "My Name is Rachel Corrie" production
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:36, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:54, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Google overtakes MSN to become second most visited site in the world
Tagged as notnews, actual event was in January, no source indicating newsworthy. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:03, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete &mdash; Karen 22:21, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Extreme Delete irid:t 22:38, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yahoo is beating google, I'll believe that when I see it. Delete Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:37, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Story preparation/Bird Flu reachs UK

 * Delete. Article was already written and this one was never used. Jason Safoutin 12:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

ANZ National Bank agrees to $10 million refund, pays record fine
Abandoned - Cartman02au (Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 22:29, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Third Country Resettlement Sparks Hot Talk
Abandoned, disputed. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 18:34, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete &mdash; Karen 23:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Quitting school is more common and get worse ( News)
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 20:30, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Unsourced editorial piece. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:26, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete &mdash; Karen 23:28, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Arsenal Beats Juventus 2-0
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 20:30, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. KeithH 05:07, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Tim from Big Brother deems industrial relations reforms protests "great success"
Abandoned - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 06:27, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
 * delete - Borofkin 18:16, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Poll results indicate Americans want change.
Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 06:13, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's a good idea, but it's a just list of percentages without rhyme or reason. And as I mentioned in the talk page, the fact that all the links point to a single source makes it look suspect.  Scrap it and start fresh, IMHO.  KeithH 10:09, 8 April 2006 (UTC).
 * Abstain. It still needs work, but definitely is better than what it was before, and it's no longer abandoned. KeithH 01:09, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Senate Judiciary Committee approves immigration bill
Abandoned, disputed. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 07:13, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 22:13, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

United Nations restricts its Chinese writing to Simplified Chinese beginning 2008
Abandoned. A shame nobody took an interest in translating it - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 06:16, 7 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete unless someone can complete the translation - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 07:03, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Big Brother
Information is unverifiable and comes from an unknown source. -- Frankie Roberto 22:01, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Delete 1-0 - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 02:41, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

First Father's Day Service in America
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 14:07, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 20:34, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Vladimir Putin's Dissertation
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 14:07, 4 April 2006 (UTC) One, it's in the wrong language for English Wikinews; it should go in the Russian version or be translated. Two, even if I can't read it, just quoting something doesn't make it a news story. So what? KeithH 03:46, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

U.S. Nuclear Weapon in Europe
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 02:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned stub. --Brian McNeil / talk 18:06, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Arson and Vandalism at Sikh Places of Worship
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 02:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)


 * large part s of the text are copy/paste of another article http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060327/NEWS01/603270308/1001 and this article too http://www.cbc.ca/bc/story/bc_temple-fire20060327.html Jacques Divol 16:11, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Unless we've relaxed the rules, copyvios are to be deleted on-sight - we can't afford be caught carrying copy-righted material and threatened with legal action by some news corp, which is the sort of thing they are prone to doing! It's tough on the original poster, but they should not have ignored the plentiful and clear warnings against posting copyvios. Dan100 (Talk) 20:28, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Category:Tennessee Lady Vols Basketball
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 02:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Last of the mistake categories that have been fixed. Lyellin 05:45, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Category:NCAA Women's Basketball
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 02:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Whoops - one more Lyellin 05:48, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Futurama returning with 26 new episodes
inaccurate, no longer news, poorly sourced - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 22:45, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

All of the above. Karen 03:49, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Hawaiian fifth grade gets hole-in-one
Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 05:58, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

BBC announce TV highlights for Christmas 2005
Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 04:46, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Publish. Looks done to me, whats wrong with pub? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 04:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Please review the edit history, this was done in march with a December date. --Brian McNeil / talk 08:50, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete See edit history/talk page. Karen 02:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Philadelphia Quaker meetinghouse turned into art studio
Long-abandoned. Good story idea though. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 04:43, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

U.S. Hiring Hong Kong Co. to Scan Nukes
Copyvio. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 03:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Sfullenwider 05:05, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Instant Replay Era Officially Begins
Abandoned, disputed. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 02:35, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Sfullenwider 05:06, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * De-lete. --Karen 03:59, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Monk's body pristine, fifteen years postmortem
Abandoned, disputed. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 02:32, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Sfullenwider 05:07, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Feingold finds little support from fellow Democrats who sponsored Clinton censure
Abandoned, disputed. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 02:29, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Sfullenwider 05:04, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Farnkerl 13:19, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

BBC and EastEnders win Christmas Day TV war
--Sfullenwider 01:20, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Extremely old news started today. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:07, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. irid:t 22:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Trump trumping his way to Israel
No meaningful content, disputed, old news and abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 01:06, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, please. irid:t 22:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as per listing. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 02:24, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --Brian McNeil / talk 09:34, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

U.S. House Appropriations Committee votes to block Dubai ports deal
Abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 01:01, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. irid:t 22:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as per listing. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 03:19, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 04:22, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

French Students Continue to Riot
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 08:59, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. irid:t 17:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

1976: U.S. endorsed Iranian plans to build massive nuclear energy industry
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 08:39, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. irid:t 17:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Police stun men on trail
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned minimal article (has source, otherwise a speedy candidate) - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 08:34, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. irid:t 17:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Simply the greatest game of one-day cricket ever played
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 08:20, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. irid:t 17:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Michelle bachelet assume the presidential charge
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 08:19, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. A 56% to 49% margin ?! irid:t 17:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Key evidence overlooked by Senators, media in NSA wiretapping controversy
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 07:43, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not a current event, seemingly POV. irid:t 17:05, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm. I've got no problem with it per se, but I don't think anyone is going to work with it now.  All info & quotes should be merged to the related wikipedia articles.  Nyarlathotep 16:32, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Robbery in Gothenburg airport, terminal evacuated
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:55, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

I didn't have the time to write a full article back then (I created the brief) and it's old news now. No longer relevant, and don't think that anyone's going to finish the article anyway.--85.49.227.213 03:20, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. In my opinion, anything that will only show up in the archives probably won't be worth it. ReporterFromAfar3136 06:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete: as requested - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 20:53, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Category:Football (Canadian)
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:02, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

To similiar to Category:Football (American) IMHO. perhaps rename American to North American. Bawolff ☺☻ 03:08, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete but I'm totally ignorant about Canadian football, so ignore my vote if anyone who knows anything objects. Nyarlathotep 04:07, 19 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Redirect. Agree with Bawolff. Merge both to Category:American football ReporterFromAfar3136 06:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You can't redirect categories. Well you can kinda, but it doesn't really work. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:16, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Closing statements: It seems as if there's favor going towards a merge. Merging both to American football would be US-centrist, so I'm merging them to Category:North American football. —M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 22:02, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Bush protesters tear gassed
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 19:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Disputed, abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 21:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. In my opinion, anything that will only show up in the archives probably won't be worth it. ReporterFromAfar3136 06:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete reasons given - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 08:04, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Michael Jackson is building a mosque in Bahrain
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 19:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Disputed, abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 21:10, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. In my opinion, anything that will only show up in the archives probably won't be worth it. ReporterFromAfar3136 06:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Category:Need Help
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 23:48, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Seriously abandoned with only one edit. -- ironiridis 16:58, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Zapped per speedy deletion guidelines --Brian McNeil / talk 17:05, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm a bit slow today, just noticed that was a category. If anyone wants it restored for a proper vote, let me know on my talk page. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:08, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Bush makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 23:48, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 20:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Bush told before war 'Saddam unlikely to attack US'
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 23:48, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 18:03, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep; could be an important article; As Ed says it needs a re-write but that will only fly if the re-write is done by someone not involved in the preceding arguments,I imagine. Neutralizer 18:19, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. This and many others never get rewritten, at least not to the point where NPOV would allow.  --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 20:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Abandoned. Contributors have 7 days to make it un-abandoned if they want. - Borofkin 00:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep; if its going to be fixed. I ain't going to do it.  Nyarlathotep 02:54, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Bahá'í Faith and Portal:Ayyavazhi

 * More religiuous propaganda. Jacques Divol 12:43, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Would you include Portal:Quakers and others as well with that? To my knowladge, as long as the articles are neutral, the portals okay. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:37, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * maybe you are right, but where are the neutral articles here : Portal:Ayyavazhi ????, just some dates. ... ok ok . i do not like to see religious (and political) people coming into wikinews (yes, i am french ;)) . Jacques Divol 16:51, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You have a point with Ayyavazhi. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 20:29, 10 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Portal:Ayyavazhi, Keep Portal:Bahá'í Faith. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 05:59, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Portal:Ayyavazhi. - Vaikunda Raja 23:14, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Amgine deleted it. I'm temporarily restoring it as an anon deleted the deletion notice thus it was not properly listed for three days. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:15, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

- Deleted Ayyavazhi: 3-1 <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

- Keep Portal:Bahá'í Faith: 1-1 <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

New Chief Minister unsure of Bengaluru name change
Abandoned. Jason Safoutin 02:47, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete as per listing. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 06:01, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

- Deleted: vote 2-0 <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Agreed on process to implement N-deal: PM
Abandoned. Jason Safoutin 02:46, 9 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete as per listing, though this is current enough to be fixed. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 06:03, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

- Deleted: vote 2-0 <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Avalanche occurs at Artesina ski resort in northern Italy
Abandoned. Minimal also. Jason Safoutin 02:38, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

- Deleted: Vote 1-0

International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) Joins Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP),
—M ESSED R OCKER (talk) 02:28, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. Jason Safoutin 02:34, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

- Deleted: vote 2-0 <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Tajikistan: Last synagogue destroyed
Abandoned. Jason Safoutin 02:32, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

- Deleted: vote 1-0 <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Australian parliament debates Millennium Development Goals
Abandoned. - Borofkin 00:51, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

- Delete: vote 1-0 <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 21:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)