Wikinews:Deletion requests/Archives/Deleted Archive 12

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Lebanese Hezbollah militants threaten Israel with Iranian-made rockets
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 14:31, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed R2b2 05:23, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It just needs very mild langauge sanitisation, after which it can be published. Another source could be found if desired too.  But I never liked the "don't publish because its only got one source" garbage when MrM pulled it, and I don't think its a problem here either.  Soruce is apperently realitively credible.  Nyarlathotep 15:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Sox and Yanks Washed Out
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 14:31, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, no sources R2b2 05:26, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Australia: QLD Liberals, Nationals abandon amalgamation
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 15:13, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Lacking sources, abandoned. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:48, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

England 6 - 0 Jamaica
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 15:13, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:46, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Personalized news market gets crowded
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:04, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Not news. The Wall Street Journal article referenced is over three weeks old. There is no single event or phenomenon, and to be honest the article sniffs of advertising. - Borofkin 23:51, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - A digg clone and some other complete unknown news site. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Perth Cyber Unit Net 2nd arrest
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:04, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

No sources plus seems abandoned. R2b2 04:48, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete as per nom. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:41, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Unexplained boom heard in Romania
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:04, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, plus not sure about news worthiness... R2b2 04:40, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete abandoned incomplete -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:36, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Indian States Bans "The Da Vinci Code"
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:04, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Previously tagged abandoned. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:49, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Students Angry over Project Assigment
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:04, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed (notnews) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:20, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - I don't think it can be argued otherwise, this is not wikinews Pluke 19:39, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Gwange Peninsula Falls Short Of Arabian Coast
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:04, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed (sources) -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Story preparation/SpaceX launches Falcon I rocket
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:41, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Prepared story that has long been made irrelevent due to actual events (which are documented in other Wikinews stories) R2b2 04:12, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I remember that. We've had that story for such a long time, and it kept apearing in developing, then they delayed the lauch on and off again for about 6 months, until they finally killed their rocket or what ever happened to it (didn't it blow up?). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:21, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yup it blew up - and its even covered in the article Mishap destroys SpaceX Falcon 1 after maiden launch R2b2 02:21, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Students angry over lecturer's outburst
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:41, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Tagged "not news" and not likely to be addressed. Event covers a single class, not large enough scope for Wikinews. Karen 20:05, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Borofkin 01:08, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Not quite big enough; must be at least neighborhood or larger story. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:15, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

June/12/Latest news
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:41, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Shouldn't this be in wikinews: namespace? no links, created by anon. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:21, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Pretty much the very same is already in the project space, so I say delete. — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 01:09, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete as per nom -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Shantelle Taylor gets job on Key 103
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 21:04, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

It's basically doomed to be a substub on a matter that is only interesting to a few people and won't get much further developed than this. It isn't even adequately referenced, for goodness sake! — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 23:01, 11 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Staff page is non-existent, among other things. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 02:46, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Dashcode leaked
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:49, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 05:00, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Air Madrid plane forced to make emergency landing after bomb threat
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:49, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:57, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Barcelona win Champions League
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 16:57, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Old news - no real content... R2b2 06:44, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Edmonton Oilers win Conference Finals
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 15:34, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Previously tagged abandoned. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 04:58, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Fernandez leave Marseille
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 15:34, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Previously tagged abandoned. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 00:01, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Yankees beat Royals 15-4
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Previously tagged abandoned. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 23:56, 6 June 2006 (UTC)`

Fatal Crash on New Jersey Route 17
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Previously tagged abandoned. -  Amgine | talk en.WN 23:49, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Pennsylvania voters choose congressional nominees
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Previously tagged abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 23:42, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Rooney World Cup fate
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Previously tagged abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 23:40, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

U.S. stocks seeking direction
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 23:37, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

One killed on Oklahoma mall shooting
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 23:32, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Atheist sues for proof of the existence of Jesus
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Previously tagged, abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 23:30, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Iran Parliament passes bill requiring Jews & Catholics to wear special badges
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Previously tagged, abandoned, disputed. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 23:29, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Mental, emotional health providers assist Indonesian quake victims
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:23, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Copyvio Jason Safoutin 11:27, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

WP
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 15:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

REASON --Does not seem like news to me. MyName 15:20, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Deleted - In the future, for obviously speedy deletion candidates, you can simply put on the page. — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER  (TALK) 15:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Victory For Oakland's Public Housing Tenants
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:43, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

While not as obvious as most, this is a copyvio as it is a straight copy and paste from Indymedia. IM's policies forbid commercial use whereas our CC-BY licence allows it - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 04:39, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Afghan government demands answers to Canadian air strike claiming the lives of 16 villagers
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 10:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 07:20, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

NASA signs agreement with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 10:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Previously tagged for deletion (presumably for abandonment). - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 07:16, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Floods Hit North Shore of Massachusetts
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 10:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 07:12, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Barcelona win Champions League/Temp
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 10:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 07:11, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Scholar knowledge competition spoiled
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 10:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 07:09, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Moxie - Greening the Greyzone
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 10:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 07:07, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

FBI knew about Jimmy Hoffa tip since 1976
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 10:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed as not news according to WN:CG. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 07:05, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Police thrash protestors in Patna
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 10:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 07:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Ahmadinejad rejects EU's "walnuts and chocolates"
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 10:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 04:36, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

New censored online Chinese encyclopedia launched
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 10:57, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, old news.--Eloquence 09:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Ruslana
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:29, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

copyvio; but nice story to have. -- IlyaHaykinson 04:00, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

President Bush addresses US on immigration reform
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:29, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

abandoned, incomplete. Doldrums 19:16, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 07:29, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Indian Association of Coldwater Fisheries Association formed
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:29, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

abandoned. unsourced stub. Doldrums 19:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikinews talk:Administrators/Mass Request for Deadminship, 2006
discussion page of deleted page. Doldrums 18:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Deleted. By the way, talk pages of deleted article can be nominated for speedy deletion via . — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER  (TALK) 18:29, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Mtodorov 69/Beauty Contract With Death
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Just moved to user space as editorial, however the essay makes accusations and insinuations which may be viewed a libelous or defamation. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 09:06, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Australian Miners town Beaconsfield suffers backlash
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 08:58, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

UK Fails to deport 1023 foreign criminals
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, disputed, previously tagged for dr. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 08:51, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

KC Dance leaves for National Clogging Competition in 1 week
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 08:50, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

User:207.200.116.196/Elements of the Mossad are Terrorists
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

User space editorial (the repeat "Mossad are..." vandal) in a dynamic IP user space. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 03:28, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Editorials in user-space are gennerally fine, but claiming certain groups are terroists, is not a good road to go down unless you have very good evidence. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 03:47, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Al-Jazeera claims Mossad murdered 530 Iraqi scientists
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned (also, title/content misleading - aljazeera.com is not aljazeera.net) - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 03:26, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

template:Wikipedia2
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 15:39, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will be closed June 3, 2006

Vary similiar to template:Wikipediapar. My reason for deletion is having two non-articles for the same purpose is a bad thing (IMHO). Bawolff ☺☻ 23:54, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete (after updating any pages using it obviously). Frankie Roberto 17:35, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Administrators/Mass Request for Deadminship, 2006
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 04:15, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will be closed June 3, 2006

Was speedied by amgine, I disagree with the speedy so restored it, and put it here insteed. I vote netural Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 23:48, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Anyone can Rfda any admin if a user sees that they are not fit to be an admin. Jason Safoutin 00:10, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, or rather keep deleted. I disagree that anyone can RfDA.  -- IlyaHaykinson 01:20, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Not a matter of agreement. This is a DR not a speedy and there fore violates policy. Anyone can Rfda if they beleive that an admin is not doing their job. Show me policy that says I cannot add an admin. Jason Safoutin 01:31, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I believe that we have an established protocol for resolving disputes. This page is not a request for de-administration, even, it's a request for changing policy (i.e. reconfirming all the admins).  Since you put that up without discussion and consensus of policy change, it's effectively a disruption of the site.  I suggest spending the time you allocate to Wikinews for writing or editing news articles instead of going after users. -- IlyaHaykinson 01:41, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Re-speedied as vandalism. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 01:22, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. I disagree with it being re-speedied however, (Although we could easily undelete if this turns the other way). I Think the original speedy was okay, but if a user disputes a speedy, it shouldn't be re-speedied (especially by the same user who deleted it in the first place) (IMHO). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:53, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep deleted, disruption, was rightly speedy-deleted.--Eloquence 01:56, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Let it go through DR, don't speedy, If it is redeleted (by another admin, not the same admin) I wont undelete however Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 04:11, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:District of Columbia
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 15:39, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will close June 3, 2006

Some talk posts starting here on Bawolff's page and continuing here on FellowWkikiNew's page and ending here on Drew's page suggest that this category should be deleted in favor of the category Washington, D.C. and the portal Washington, D.C. -Edbrown05 06:24, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. If the deletion is made, some protected stories would need to be moved to the new category. -Edbrown05 06:28, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thats easy enough. I think I actually categorized thoos stories in the first place. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 23:53, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:Politics (Undeletion request)
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:25, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

This undeletion request is to close June 2, 2006.

Category:Politics was closed with a deletion consensus (at the time), but ended up being deprecated instead of completely deleted. However, I've noted that people complained about not being able to vote on the category, so I am running this up for undeletion. My vote is neutral delete/deprecate. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 14:01, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Support undeletion I'm not really sure what the issue was that led to it's deletion. PVJ [[Image:Flag of India.svg|25px]] (Talk) 17:01, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Leave deleted This was deleted as a category that we don't need.  Politics and conflicts is the preferred top level category into which it appears all the stories have been moved.  We cannot maintain Category parity with Wikipedia as news about politics invariably involves some sort of conflict and the cases where this category would be appropriate on its own are extremely rare. --Brian McNeil / talk 17:37, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete -Edbrown05 06:29, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Keep deleted Agree with Brianmc:s argumentation. international 18:01, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Keep deleted Agree with Brian McNeil's arguments. --Gabi S. 19:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

DO NOT DELETE: Just leave the deprecate note on that says " use Politics and conflicts " It is silly to not have the note there, new users will have no idea what’s going on. So keep the cat, as a page, don’t use it. Check monthly to see if any user mistakenly put an article in it. Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 23:08, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm rather sure that when people vote "delete," that means they don't want it to be a category (i.e. deprecated). — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 23:23, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Flame retardent mobile/Neutralizer+Mrmiscellanious
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:13, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will close June 2, 2006

Leftovers from a rejected community forum. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 14:08, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You could speedy this if you want proably. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 01:55, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Wellington will be host of New Zealand Sister Cities Conference
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 14:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, past event, and not much info. -- R2b2 00:28, 24 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Support deletion. I agree. PVJ [[Image:Flag of India.svg|25px]] (Talk) 17:02, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Akashi-LTTE talks fail
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Hard to understand, abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 22:33, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Two Italian F-16s collide - pilots safe
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)


 * CopyVio Direct copy and paste. Jason Safoutin 19:35, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Dutch parliamentsmember Ayaan Hirsi Ali loses her Dutch citizenship
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Dupe of Ayaan Hirsi Ali leaves Dutch Parliament, abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 04:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Scandal rocks Italian soccer clubs
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 04:42, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Santiago de Chile pollution
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 04:37, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Russian President Putin refers to United States as "comrade wolf"
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 04:00, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Jimmy Wales interview
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 03:56, 23 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Who wrote thoose questions? This honestly sounds like a cnn interview (which is a bad thing). Intro paragraph is a tad bit sensationalist. I'd say delete and be done with it. (Sorry if I offended someone with that) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 05:02, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Ahmadinejad sends letter to Bush
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 10:56, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Dupe - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 23:22, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:International politics
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 10:56, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Only used on a few articles and is a sub-category of Category:Politics which is listed below. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, and fixed heading. --MrMiscellanious (talk) – 22:06, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Catholic
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:19, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Very very similiar to Portal:Christianity. doesn't even have an associated category. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:47, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, I don't think we should have portals without categories unless the portal is a join of more than one category in a DPL. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:38, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:Politics
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:19, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Very similiar to Category:Politics and conflicts. No associated portals, only links to Water_cooler/miscellaneous/Archive/June-July_2005. Note my vote is neutral on this as it could be useful in the future, and its a very big project to merge, just to unmerge if we change our mind.
 * Merge with Category:Politics and conflicts then delete. — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 18:47, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * If we do do that, we should get a bot to do it. Its proably in the top 20 most popular categories. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:54, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It wouldn't take long to do it by hand -- I'll volunteer to do some of them. --Chiacomo (talk) 19:43, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Just counted. 215 articles (I thought it was more around 400). I geuss thats not to many. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]]


 * Merge & Delete. I could help too. --Deprifry|+T+ 20:11, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge & Delete, watch out for the articles that also have category Politics and conflicts. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:40, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:Canadian politics
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:19, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Dpl's could fuse together the mystical powers of Category:poltics and conflicts and Category:Canada much better. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:47, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, if required make Portal:Canadian politics as proposed by Bawolff. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * If we were to do that, we should proably start doing that with the more popular places (like Australia) Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 00:35, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

UN says US should close Guantanamo prison and avoid using secret detention facilities
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:08, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Dupe, merged international 14:54, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

"World Ends" - prepared story or Bad Joke? (Undeletion request)
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:10, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Not an undeletion request as such - but can we consider moving (or copying) the World Ends Story from the "bad jokes" page to the "prepared stories" portal?

Discussion page on that article gives more rationale. deicide2006


 * Weak keep - While it's definitely going to happen someday, thus making the story preparation appropriate, I'm more inclined to have it deleted. See, by the time the world ends, it will be far too late for us to get this story out of the proverbial freezer and into the proverbial microwave. Since it wouldn't be able to help us then, then what's the point of keeping it? — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 01:10, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 *  Delete Bad joke. Keep in BJAODN This is something that should go on Unencyclopedia or something. Its not news as life will end at some point or another for you me and everyone else. Jason Safoutin 02:21, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 * That would be Unnews. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:02, 21 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Logically speaking, if the world has come to an end who's going to stick around to publich this article? And more importantly who's going to read it? PVJ[[Image:Flag of India.svg|25px]] 06:40, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * "Move to prepared stories" (1) Debate is not whether to DELETE article but whether to MOVE from "bad jokes" to |"prepared stories". (2) Who says the end of the World will be sudden - it could take days, even millennia - plenty of time to publish and evolve a news story.  (3)  To say that this is "not news" because it is inevitable is nonsense - plenty of things that are predictable are still news ("President gives State of Union address"... "Hurricane strikes Florida"...) and by this reasoning ALL of the prepared stories would have to be deleted.  For example, that |Fmr President Gerald Ford is going to die is not news... should we delete? (4) I agree this is not news... YET... hence it should be a prepared story.  IMHO if we are to allow ANY prepared stories, we should certainly allow this one.  deicide2006
 * Delete. Terribly bad joke. Keep it at BJAODN. If the world ends, we're all going to be dead. How will we publish it. Flipbaywood 14:42, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, but replace with It's the end of the World and I feel fine. Incidentally, I don't think it is right to vote to delete something from BJAODN. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:24, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * In case anyone is confused, I mean keep on BJAODN, and I think those who have voted above should indicate the same. --Brian McNeil / talk 22:26, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * keep at BJAODNN Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:02, 21 May 2006 (UTC)


 * OK - leave it where it is Thinking about this some more, I suppose we could argue that this is CURRENTLY a bad joke. If the World does start to end, then it stops being a joke!  We can still work on it while it's filed under BJAODN, I suppose...  deicide2006
 * Delete or Keep in BJAODN Prepared stories are only useful if there is some hope of them being used. --Cspurrier 02:31, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Rare videotape featuring al-Qaeda chief Zarqawi aired
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 14:18, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Was marked as +dr on May 1, 2006 but not listed here. Abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 08:15, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

SmileCity Woes
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 14:18, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, unsourced - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 08:15, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Serbian police look for Mladic
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 14:18, 18 May 2006 (UTC) Lacking substance, abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 08:15, 14 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. Frankie Roberto 19:05, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

US Immigrants March; Congress Debates
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:13, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 02:44, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


 * This is another one which ought to have been kept and cleaned up, but wasn't (unless there was another article on the topic??). I would give it a go, but don't have the time right now... Frankie Roberto 19:04, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Bodies Found Off Island
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:13, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

REASON: Abandoned, hasn't been developed. Frankie Roberto 00:27, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Pakistani politicians involved in fistfight
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:13, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

REASON: Abandoned since 9th May, hasn't been developed enough or included more than once source. Frankie Roberto 00:11, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

NO MORE
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 22:16, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 20:49, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

New worldwide rankings show Wikipedia strength outside United States
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 02:57, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

(I rushed through the unfamiliar Deletion guidelines... but this seems to me to be the correct procedure.)

REASON -- This article is a copy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-05-08/Rankings_update, a page available under the copyleft GNU Free Documentation License. Wikinews cannot relicense it under the non-copyleft Creative Commons Attribution License. Further, the article stripped the credit to Wikipedia:User:Michael Snow, which possibly contradicts a requirement in the GNU Free Documentation License to give attribution to authors. Further, Content guide states that "Stories should appeal to a large number of people." This article is about the popularity of one particular web site, so my guess is that it lacks sufficient international interest. The article does not even bother to explain what "Wikipedia" is! Thus I request deletion. --Kernigh 15:41, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Smoke plume over Manchester, UK
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:41, 11 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Abandoned Jason Safoutin 02:00, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - abandoned and I couldn't find a source to confirm the story. Frankie Roberto 16:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --Brian McNeil / talk 18:42, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Tyler is officially been reported as homesexual
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 18:22, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Some kind of personal attack. Think speedy delete is needed. international 18:20, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. By the way, in the future, if you feel something needs to be speedied, add to the page. — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER  (TALK) 18:21, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Aw, Im to slow. Thanks international 18:24, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

May 5 declared day of mourning in Russia
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:01, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Very similiar to another article (thats published) and I don't believe theres enough new information to warrent another article. Bawolff ☺☻ 02:46, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * also similiar to Armenian president offers condolences over Black Sea air crash. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:45, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

RED RAIN
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:01, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 02:16, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Beat me to it. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 02:46, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Ethanol seems to have the best chance of replacing gasoline
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:01, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. — THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 02:16, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Thunder Over Louisville
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:09, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Unsourced, abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 22:56, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --Brian McNeil / talk 23:04, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 00:49, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Jason Safoutin 00:52, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

More arrested in connection to recent beatings
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:09, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Unsourced, abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 12:44, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --Brian McNeil / talk 23:05, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 00:51, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Too bad...Looks likt it could have been an interesting story. Jason Safoutin 00:53, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Countdown to Kentucky Derby 132
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:09, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Unsourced, abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 12:47, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Guess, er sorry... I mean delete. --Brian McNeil / talk 23:06, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom - <span style="font: italic 10pt/12pt cursive;"> Amgine | talk en.WN 00:51, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Jason Safoutin 00:54, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

HPK won Finnish championship of ice hockey
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:09, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Needs cleanup, abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 12:47, 4 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep article has been cleaned up, may be ready for publication.

Zacarias Moussaoui recieves life in prison
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 13:09, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Dupe. We need better article collaboration. This version was created before the one on the Main Page, but someone ignored my version. Sorry if this sounds attackish, but I'm just a little irritated. Flipbaywood 23:33, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * ? according to the history's the one the mainpage (the published one) was created 2 hours before this one :) Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 07:38, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Jason Safoutin 00:55, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Morocco
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 19:13, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

I know its speedy, however does any one know what language it is so we could transfer it to appropriate language wikinews? Bawolff ☺☻ 23:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It's French, but it doesn't look like a portal and I don't think it'd belong anyways. — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 00:48, 4 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete - Even if we moved it to French Wikinews, it's not a portal. — THIS IS M ESSED [[Image:R with umlaut.png]] OCKER (TALK) 11:16, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Whoops, I should know that (I'm supposadly supposed to be learning french, but as you can see I havn't gotten to far). Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:22, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * temporaryily keep I'm asking user:Divol to see if anything can be salvaged for the french fr:wikinews. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 22:28, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

VeriSign shuts down Rogue Science webpage over alleged Al Qaeda links
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:14, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Besides the fact that veri-sign does not control the internet (Whatevery happened to good old fashioned IP addresses?), and this article just looks full of pov, and possibly factually incorrect, its also semi-abandoned. Bawolff ☺☻ 00:50, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Berlusconi concedes defeat
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:14, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

A verbatim copy from an AFP article in its original form, slightly edited afterwards but not enough to neutralize the infringement. --Deprifry|+T+ 18:06, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

United Church of Christ communications director criticizes 'Meet the Press' for excluding mainline church voices
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:14, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Disputed (NPOV) and abandoned - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 22:34, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Trains cancelled in south india on may 1st
— THIS IS M ESSED OCKER  (TALK) 11:14, 4 May 2006 (UTC) Unverified - Cartman02au <SMALL>(Talk)(AU Portal)</SMALL> 22:07, 1 May 2006 (UTC)