Wikinews:Deletion requests/Archives/Deleted Archive 14

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Threat to Rural Post Offices in UK
—     10:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:44, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Jason Safoutin 19:47, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:07, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

The Swedish Pirate Party presents their election manifesto
—     10:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Press release. —     19:44, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete or ReWrite Jason Safoutin 19:48, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:07, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Nationwide UK Model Search is Launched
—     10:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Press release. —     19:44, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Jason Safoutin 19:45, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:08, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Florida gets ready for Ernesto
—     10:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:44, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Ernesto is near carolinas now. Jason Safoutin 19:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Should have been published the day created. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  20:06, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

template:w
—     10:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

This is the most useless template. Same effect can be achieved by doing this:  (Only difference is that will take out brackets too as well as interwiki namespace). Useless template, possible avenue for high impact vandalism, transcluding useless things is supposedly not good for preformance reasons, lets kill it. Bawolff ☺☻ 05:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * There was no information about the use of this link in the Wikinews: metapages. Now one can see it at Writing_an_article . --Mac 09:07, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for adding it. There should of also been something in the help: namespace (although help ns is a mess), but I definitly saw this at the bottom of the save diagram (Select text and click w: to link to Wikipedia (requires JavaScript).). - mediawiki:edittools Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:31, 31 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  13:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * May I ask why? Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 18:27, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - useless. If anyone wants it, copy it into your userspace. —     19:41, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with MessedRocker. Jason Safoutin 19:49, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Hilary Duff Goes From Blonde to Brown
—     19:55, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. This isn't life changing news. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  14:32, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikinews is not a supermarket tabloid. I changed my hair color...write an article? ;) Jason Safoutin 15:33, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I once dyed my hair, and no one made an article about me! (Then again, I'm not a star of the Disney Channel). Oh wait, this is a deletion discussion. Nuke with fire. —     15:38, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes but did Hilliary's just magically go brown, or was human intervention involved. I want to know every detail imaginable. &lt;/sarcasm&gt; Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 06:04, 31 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete never mind life changing news - it aint really even news at all! :) --R2b2 05:59, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete but i guess: all her hair ? :)) Jacques Divol
 * The horror! I never realised Duffman's wife was a bottle blond.  Delete. --Brian McNeil / talk 13:51, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Deleted --Nzgabriel | NZ Portal | Talk 00:10, 2 September 2006 (UTC).

The new version of SearchInform
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Press release. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:13, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

With false McCain attacks, Dems betray ’08 fears
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Senator McCain in Greenland
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Sabarmati River Development Front
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Weak keep--I tried salvaging it as best I could, but there's only so much I can do without sources. PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - still missing sources and should probably be "minimal" anyway --R2b2 06:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Rama Krishna Gaddipati in Asia's Best Entrepreneur Under 25
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep--I reformatted the article, made it more neutral and presentable. PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - only source appears to be from the company the guy is CEO of --R2b2 06:30, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

International campaign of Human Rights
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Press release. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  14:24, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Study suggests Fluoride harms children's kidneys, liver
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Press release. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Town of Neversink Takes on Alcohol Ban
—     15:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     08:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Doldrums 10:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete PVJ(Talk)[[Image:Flag_of_India.svg|25px]] 06:23, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

temp day headlines
—     18:46, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

2005/June/20/Temp, 2005/June/21/Temp, 2005/June/22/Temp, 2005/June/23/Temp, 2005/June/24/Temp, 2005/June/25/Temp, 2005/June/26/Temp, 2005/June/27/Temp, 2005/June/28/Temp
 * not needed anymore? Doldrums 07:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep These are good to keep for history reasons, imo. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  03:59, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete useless--Cspurrier 14:40, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete served their purpose by pointing me to a few pages with deleted images. --Brian McNeil / talk 15:49, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Tyco Execs Convicted

 * redirect in wrong namespace (prepared story?), no pages link to it. Doldrums 07:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Cross namespace redirects are harmless, I don't see the problem with keeping it. Redirects are cheap. However it is very unlikely that an external website links to it, so I'm neutral. Bawolff ☺☻[[image:smile.png]] 07:59, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Workspace/World's Most-Spammed Man

 * as above. Doldrums 07:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

US box office breakouts for August 20
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

United Nations says new strain of Bird Flu found in Thailand
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Neo-Nazi Gang Kills Saudi Tourist in the Ukraine
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * can we keep this on hold while awaiting a response from a potential Ukranian contributor. Doldrums 11:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Start-up offering permanent Adspace in exchange for funding
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Press release. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

MERCADONA OPENS ITS 1000th STORE IN CALPE
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

US Box Office Breakouts for August 19, 2006
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Fans Rip Off Chris Brown's Clothes During Concert
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. Initially, I could not find a similar text from the suggested source, but it is here, in the same site. The Wikinews article and the chrisbrownweb.com both cites WENN as the source. My best guess about WENN is that it is http://wenn.com, a commercial news organization. Both are two-paragraph long, and the first paragraph is quite similar and the second is the same (basically because it is mostly a quote.) I suppose WENN is http://wenn.com, a commercial business company. Without having an access to the original article, I cannot tell if there is a possibility that this could be a fair use. If the original article was very long, and the Wikinews and chrisbrownweb used only a part of it, there might be some more room for defense.. In short, I am not sure. Tomos 21:52, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Podcast Host Blasts Lieberman Right-Wing Supporters
—     08:01, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     17:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

British Airways flight prepares for emergency landing
—     17:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

abandoned. Doldrums 04:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Seattle's Terminal 18 evacuated for bomb scare
—     20:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

abandoned, minimal. Doldrums 04:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Rumors of SciScoop's Death Greatly Exaggerated
—     17:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

not news, unsourced (correction to original article has been issued, according to talk). Doldrums 04:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Devotees offer Janmashtami prayers
Doldrums 04:11, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyright infringement. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete. 04:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
 * have speedy deleted this as a long-standing copyvio. Doldrums 04:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Edinburgh Extends Parking Zone
—     04:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Security Council backs ceasefire in Israel-Lebanon conflict
—     04:34, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * keep npov concerns have been addressed. have published article. Doldrums 04:15, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

King Booker becomes the new World Heavyweight Champion
—     04:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Mobile phone waves can bring planes down
—     04:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. And it's odd how cell phones can bring down airplanes but snakes can't. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete lack of sources can bring articles down. Doldrums 04:20, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

U.S. Senate ratifies international treaty on cybercrime
—     04:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment. I took a look at edit history, and found that the problem "editorial clean-up tag" cites is addressed in the next edit, and it seems publishable. The article was indeed tagged as "published." So it seems appropriate to remove the clean-up tag and publish/archive. The only problem I can think of is that no small part of the article might come from Council of Europe's summary without an attribution. (Again, see this edit to compare the quoted summary and the article's main text.) Is there a potential copyright problem here? Or is the summary copyright-free? I digged around and found copyright statement on the Council's Disclaimer page. Note the restriction on any commercial usage and requirement for attribution. The summary of the Treaty quoted, which is not listed as one of sources, is available here. And I see that all the three paragraphs are quoted in the earlier version of the article. Lack of proper attribution, combined with our license (Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 with attribution to Wikinews, without restriction on commercial use), it goes against their stated copyright policy. What's left is a fair use defense. I am not sure about that, either. And I wonder if we should take into account that it is an european organization, and we should better consider their copyright law exceptions and restrictions. Tomos 04:01, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Bad Breath Could Indicate Medical Problems
—     04:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete stinks. Doldrums 04:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Northern Dynasty applies for water rights to pristine Alaskan fish spawning stream
—     04:36, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     07:59, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete as tagged, and for lack of sources and npov. Doldrums 04:21, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

PS3Land Interviews Pandemic Studios
—     07:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Extreme copyvio --R2b2 21:52, 17 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. I compared the Wikinews article with the external article, and they seem to match. I did not read word by word, but pasted the text of the external in between paragraphs of the Wikinews article, and compared the shape of the paragraphs and words at the end of lines. There seems to be no room for fair use defence. Tomos 15:30, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

The Washington Post: Google sends letter warning about using its name as a verb‎
—     07:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

See talk page‎ — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  11:58, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Google Ranked First in e-Business Customer Satisfaction
—     07:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  13:51, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I just want to point out that anon User:68.3.51.196 has made the claim to be the copyright holder and releases it, see Talk:Google Ranked First in e-Business Customer Satisfaction. Of course, anyone could do that. --SVTCobra 21:59, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I have sent an inquiry to the site regarding the copyright release statement. The text of the inquiry is at User:Tomos/An_inquiry. The problem is that I did not find the contact address, so I used article submission form instead (article can be submitted by anyone, even anonymously, it seems). If I receive an answer/reply, I will report it here. If you find a better address for the inquiry, please feel free to use the text I posted. Tomos 13:12, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Malaysia LMG Tourer with Hydroxene technology
—     07:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC) Abandoned. — F e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  13:55, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Pakistan observes 60th independence day
—     05:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio.--+Deprifry+ 12:24, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Lieberman accuses Lamont supporters of hacking website and e-mail system
—     07:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - despite the claim that this was no longer abandoned (I reverted the removal of this DR), the only change made to it was a spelling mistake fix and removal of a comma. --R2b2 22:33, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - I think this page should be salvaged - especially because the investigation is ongoing.--The lorax 03:47, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

George Bush says "no" to lebanon ceasefire
—     07:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Last substantive edit was Aug 7. No source. Tomos 12:20, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  12:01, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Stephen Colbert urges vandalism of Wikipedia
—     07:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Interview: Lil' Kim new show
—     07:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Winner of Sci Fi Channel's reality series possibly unmasked
—     07:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

White-haired pensioner becomes YouTube's latest hit
—     07:45, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyright infringement. —     19:30, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I disagree. YouTube is literally broadcasting. Whatever license that YouTube has over the uploaded content (a process which seems to surrender the uploader's rights) seems to be of the kind that on can freely quote from. I can't see any difference between these two situations: 1) "Politician A said he is against abortion" where the source is a TV interview; and 2) "Peter said he is 78 years old and likes to bitch about things" where the source is his YouTube videos. Anyway, this is not real news anyway only Cat:wacky, so I can't waste any more time researching the particulars in a fight for this article. --SVTCobra 22:39, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * You got it all wrong! I'm not saying linking to the video is copyright infringement, the article itself is! —     22:43, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * to Messedrocker - SVTCobra is not suggesting linking to the video is okay. He is suggesting quoting from it is okay. Tomos 12:16, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Eh, you say po-tay-to, and I say Al Bundy. —     12:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * to SVTCobra - Quoting is a type of fair use, if properly done, under the U.S. copyright law, as far as I am aware. It will bring a copyright issue if unproperly done. But the issue here is the potential infringement of Reuters. Tomos 12:16, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, I understand. I didn't realize that the wording of the article was so close to the Reuters piece. If the originator of this article wants to save it, they should rewrite. --SVTCobra 22:59, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I've compared the first version of the Wikinews' article with Reuter's. Word-to-word matches are quite limited throughout the article. The first sentence of the Wikinews' article is original. So is the 5th paragraph describing the number of videos posted and # of views so far. For other parts of the Wikinews article, I could find matching contents in the Reuter article. There are 5 paragraphs of the Reuters, or approx. 1/3 of it, that are not in Wikinews. Combined, Wikinews uses no small portion for a competing purpose, and with relatively little added-value. If other articles on this subject dealt with more or less the same sets of facts and organization, perhaps it would not be a problem. I checked Times Online and Mumbai Mirror. Their articles does not look like the one here. Although our activity is non-commercial, I am afraid that is not a strong enough reason for fair use defense. But I am not a lawyer, and I could well be wrong.  Tomos 01:51, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Category:Energy Crisis
—     07:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will close August 21, 2006.

topic with unclear focus, possibly pov. Energy as a subcat of cat:biz/econ is a better alternative. Doldrums 10:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I concur. —     10:11, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - I created this category, so of course I am biased. However, there is a growing volume of news about a developing energy crisis, particularly related to the price of oil, but also to other aspects such as supply of oil and natural gas, mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, growing electricity demand, and a perceived need for a resurgance of nuclear energy. The mainstream media appear to be seeing a developing energy crisis, so it should be able to stand as an Issues sub-category on its own. Rosko 14:05, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * the trouble is that calling it a "crisis" would be pov, unless there is a _consensus_ in the real world that it is a crisis, and i don't think that such a consensus exists. this deletion request is not to downplay the significance of news about energy source, but to fix the pov problem, hence my suggested alternative. Doldrums 04:37, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Perhaps then making it just Energy, as you suggest, but not as a sub-category of Bus+Econ. There are aspects of energy-related news that are more Sci/Tech related than Econ, but are still of relevence to those interested in Energy per se. Would you accept an Energy sub-cat to Issues? Rosko 06:16, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * in wikipedia, we can have energy as a subcat of biz/econ, enviroment and perhaps even politics/conflicts, sci-tech. if wikinews cats also allows auch "multiple inheritence" then we can use the same. note that there is no cat:Issues (probably becoz almost everything in wikinews would potentially have to be included in it).
 * Actually, there is a cat:Issues, of which econ/bus and sci/tech are sub-cats. However, what you say about Energy being a sub-cat of multiple sub-cats could work. I shall go do it now! Rosko 08:49, 15 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete, and re-create as suggested by Doldrums above. I suggest adding an infobox about the energy crisis instead, which could include some critical stats and latest contents of the new category. -- IlyaHaykinson 02:44, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete A user put a speedy delete tag on Category:Energy Crisis. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  12:20, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Gamaka event at Bangalore
—     04:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     20:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete for the reson suggested. Tomos 15:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Three firefighters die in shooting range blaze
—     04:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     20:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete for the reson suggested. Tomos 15:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Tales from Earthsea is a hit in Japan
—     04:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     20:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete for the reson suggested. Tomos 15:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Uproar over notice against PM
—     04:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     20:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete for the reson suggested. Tomos 15:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Retroactive War Crime Protection Proposed
—     04:27, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyright infringement. —     20:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. I compared the first version of the article with the suggested external source, an AP article. For the first 12 paragraphs, I see virtually the same text in the AP article. There are a few differences, but not many. There two paragraphs in the AP article that I do not see in the Wikinews article. At the end of the Wikinews article, I see the last three paragraphs are not in the AP articles. I knew AP runs multiple versions of the same story with slightly different texts, so I checked if I could find another story from AP with those texts. I could. . The first version of the Wikinews article indeed seems to match word by word with this AP story. Another strong indication that this is a copy-and-paste of an AP story is that the beginning of the Wikinews article says it is by "Pete Yost," the reporter of the AP article. Combined, it seems that Wikinews article is a reproduction of the AP article, and a copyvio. Tomos 15:38, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Template:Move
—     05:21, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will close August 19, 2006

This template has/should have no real use. Pages should just be moved, there is no need to create a template proposing it. If the move needs to be debated we can use the talk page as we always do. --Cspurrier 15:39, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Blogger.com made website called Liverpool Evil Cabal
—     20:54, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

This is currently a redirect. The page title of this redirect indicates something counter-factual - an involvement of the company Blogger.com behind the web site Liverpool Evil Cabal. I think there is a fair chance that such a headline on Wikinews does not harm the company's reputation, but just in case it does, I request for deletion of the redirect. Tomos 12:43, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * please note that i've posted a notice of this at the WC. not sure if the changes will stand or the old title will be retained (with a correction posted). Doldrums 12:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment after thinking about the archival issue, I came to think that it is not a bad idea to place some correction notice in place of this redirect. Tomos 12:56, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  17:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * It should be noted that I have changed the content of the page &mdash; it used to be a redirect, now it's a correction notice. —     17:54, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep the correction notice. --+Deprifry+ 18:35, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Albertsons becomes Wal-Mart's hypermarket concept brand
—     18:47, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     19:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, hoax. 85.25.135.126 09:07, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete potentially a hoax (but it is hard to determine without having domain-specific knowledge) and abondoned without citing a source. See talk:Albertsons becomes Wal-Mart's hypermarket concept brand for further information. Tomos 13:41, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  14:52, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Doctors separate 4-Year-Old Conjoined Twin Girls in Utah
—     18:47, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyright infringement. —     19:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. I compared the first version of the article with the cited source. First sentense was in my opinion different from the external site's. I could find very similar sentenses for the remaining 4 sentenses. I see little added value (or "transformative"-ness) in this article's use of the source article, and it uses rather important part of the source, so I am inclined to find it difficult to defend it as a fair use. But I am not an expert, and I could be wrong. Tomos 13:37, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Chocolate helps repair ageing blood vessels
—     18:47, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyright infringement. —     19:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete for potential copyvio. Both of the two paragraphs posted in the first revision of the article are the same as the ones in the page cited as the source. There are four paragraphs in the external page. I think it is hard to defend this as a fair use. Tomos 12:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Lamont Bentley Dies
—     18:47, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Not news -- event took place last year. —     19:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete.--Stevenfruitsmaak 14:57, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Old news. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  15:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Category:Latin America
—     18:56, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will close on August 14, 2006.

Unnecessary category that lists countries by spoken language rather than geographical location. Central America and South America are the appropriate cats here. --+Deprifry+ 17:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete --Jambalaya 12:32, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete.--Stevenfruitsmaak 14:58, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Liberal contestant Ignatieff's ex speaks out
—     02:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will run until August 9, 2006.

Inflammatory, unsourced hearsay. 198.20.40.50 04:50, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

The author of this article deleted the above request. I have restored it. Please do not delete it again until it's been dealt with, this is a different request than the one from last week. Crimson 14:56, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Delete

 * Delete - Some anonymous user claims to have an exclusive interview with a political candidates ex-wife? And won't produce the transcript? Come on. 72.139.185.19 07:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - There's been a very vocal minority of users that have been adding as much negative slant to the Michael Ignatieff article as possible. It strikes me that this article is more of the same. Unless the anonymous reporter can send a transcript and/or audio file to be verified, there's really no reason this article should exist. And there's certainly no reason anyone should be citing it. 198.20.41.74 18:18, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Later added: The alleged audio file has yet to appear, and there's been no progress on documenting any of this. It's still unverified slander. -- 198.20.40.50 19:22, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Later added: Delete For the reasons above. --198.20.40.50 18:55, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Possibly defamatory/libellous material. Also yellow journalism. I understand this article has already been put up for deletion and the request was archived after the anonymous author sent in an audio file. However, I am dubious about the article's legitimacy. The author claims that the interviewee lives in London however, as far as I can determine, the phone number the anonymous reporter gives for her has a Sheffield area code. Checking BT.com there is no Susan Barrowclough in Sheffield, at least not one with a listed number. The article is possibly slanderous and defamatory and is aimed at the frontrunning candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada - it is possible it is a "dirty trick" by a rival camp or enemy of the candidate and the inconsistencies in regards to the phone number and purported location of Ms. Barrowclough make me suspicious . The original deletion discussion can be found here. Crimson 00:46, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * delete, Jacques Divol
 * Delete' I don't know what is so newsworthy about a father being estranged from his children. In addition, the article uses wp as a source and the wp article uses this article as the source for the same claims. (It's under "Family" on the wp page. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 23:31, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Leaving aside the issue of verification, I still don't think there's a real story here. Its also currently extremely biased to one side. (My previous vote was a Keep if the article was further developed - it hasn't been) --R2b2 01:03, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Let's call a spade a spade. This article is muckraking, pure and simple. At best, it's the type of tabloid journalism that will keep wikinews from every being taken seriously. At worst, it's libellous and actionable. -- 149.9.0.27 02:05, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete the article as it stands does not report a news event or phenomenon, is pov, is unsourced. i see no way to turn this into a publishable article. yes, wikinews does need more OR and more interviews, but they need to follow the required processes a heck of a lot more than this one has, and the result shld be news - should enlighten readers on something they want to & need to know about - something which, in my view, this article doesn't. Doldrums 07:00, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - It doesn't look like this article will ever be of satisfiable quaility. It'd be a shame to see this go away, though. However, like all articles that can't make the cut, this one will have to go away, too. —     07:11, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Slander --213.249.155.231 02:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Keep
* Keep audio file sounds ok, original reporting it is international 01:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - this is original journalism and it's reasonable that the contributor is trying to obtain a response from the other side before publishing the entire transcript. Since a phone number for the interviewee is provided, assume good faith unless the interviewee is contacted and denies the interview. 65.95.151.130 12:47, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - per 65.95.151.130. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  17:15, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

* Keep if the article is developed further. My comment above still stands... --R2b2 01:30, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep 2 admins are now working on this so I agree with messedrocker's comment above. Paulrevere2005 00:20, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: Since the refactoring of the discussion, Paulrevere2005 is referring to my comments below. —     07:12, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Comments

 * I can send evidence to an administrator.Original reporting guidelines suggests; "If you don't want to publish notes on Wikinews itself, whether for privacy or length reasons, feel free to e-mail the research to an administrator. Administrators should note on the article's talk page that they have received the research notes." Would this be useful at this point in time? I have already sent the audio file of the interview to a lawyer as I have already received death threats regarding this interview; but I can also download that audio file to "commons"; is that the best approach at this point? 65.95.151.130 17:00, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I would like to remind people that IP address signed votes don't count. And whilst I'd love to see material like this hitting Wikinews first, it requires that someone has built a reasonable reputation and level of trust. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I realize I should probably register, but if you check out my Wikipedia edits, you'll see I've been using the same, static IP since 2004. Just sayin'. -- 198.20.40.50 22:50, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment I'd like to see the article further developed before I'd make a choice - right now its hard to tell what the article is actually trying to say. The article however does seem very biased against Ignatieff. For a good article, it should really give him a chance to respond to the comments. --R2b2 21:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Repeat;I can send evidence to an administrator.Original reporting guidelines suggests; "If you don't want to publish notes on Wikinews itself, whether for privacy or length reasons, feel free to e-mail the research to an administrator. Administrators should note on the article's talk page that they have received the research notes."
 * Would this be useful at this point in time? I have already sent the audio file of the interview to a lawyer as I have already received death threats regarding this interview; but I can also download that audio file to "commons"; is that the best approach at this point? 70.48.207.171 23:09, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes it is. F  e  llow  Wiki  News   (W)  23:15, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * APOLOGIES EXPECTED! note; Thanks to a friend for wikinews' administrators email addresses.
 * I just sent a verification audiofile to Eloquence,Chiacomo, Craig Spurrier, Nyarlathotep as well as a few other regular contributers here. I will also send the audiofile to any other regular contributor who requests it.I have set up an email at barrowcloughinterview@yahoo.com so you can email me there also if you wish. Perhaps someone could also change the format of the audiofile so it can be downloaded to commons; it is currently in the wav format. 65.95.151.40 00:51, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment The prior deletion request had one keep vote that was valid, made at much urging from anonymous editors. The article certainly isn't in a publishable state, it is full of inline links to sources that are not direct links to articles but rely on the reader finding whatever it was that was relevant.  Sources go in the sources section, not in the middle of articles where readers can be encouraged to leave the site. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:31, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Addendum The prior request should still be listed here, the article claims Original Reporting status and thus the required listing duration is at least 7 days, not 3. --Brian McNeil / talk 20:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Addendum to addendumBrian McNeil is mistaken about the number of valid "keep" votes before; there were 3, not 1; Since he correctly states the time for the 1st request should be 7 days instead of 1, and assuming we do not wish to have 2 requests going on simultaneusly, I have transferred the edits from the first request and included them above. 64.229.64.116 20:31, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Comment;There seems to be no good reason to delete while the article is not published and still being worked on. It just seems as if there is a rush to censorship pressure regarding this interview from people who are not usually on wikinews. I am actually on wikinews a lot myself (so hopefully you can count this as a valid vote) but I decided to use an anon signature for this article after received harrassing anonymous telephone calls, including threats, within an hour of when I gave my name and phone # to the Ignatieff staff (I was calling them for a response to Barrowclough's comments). Also, It is not my fault that the 5 administrators I have sent the audiofile to have not responded. 64.229.64.116 20:43, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think this is a matter for WN:DR - if the article turns out to be true, we keep it, if it's a hoax or libel, we delete it. —     22:18, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Subsequent edits have made this article even more POV'd - is there even an attempt at neutrality here?\
 * CommentTop delete vote was made by 72.139.185.19 ; the same vandal that did this disgusting ridicule of disabled children. Vandal's vote should be removed; vandals are not permitted to vote. Are they ? 65.95.151.166 06:39, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * As bad as personal attacks are, that was made on Wikipedia, so the vandal should be dealt with on Wikipedia. —     07:05, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment This article has not developed to a newsworthy article and I remove my Keep vote. Not sure if it need to be deleted now but if nothing happend it dont deserve to stay international 13:19, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Israeli killed in mob attack in Sydney
—     02:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Potential copyvio. See Talk:Israeli killed in mob attack in Sydney for details. Tomos 12:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Bangalore to Host the Fourth International Conference on GPLv3
—     02:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned. —     10:09, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Prepared stories/Misc/Obituary preload
—     20:28, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

This deletion request will close August 13, 2006

This "template" is useless &mdash; anyone can easily type in prepare and add a date template. —     07:37, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep- handy if you use the Portals input box to create the article Brian | (Talk) | New Zealand Portal 09:00, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - It is redundant. --Jambalaya 12:32, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Jane Lanthrop Stanford Middle School Security Crisis
—     07:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

abandoned, unsourced (attempted original reporting, i guess). Doldrums 09:07, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete don't think this is very news worthy either... --R2b2 09:09, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Van gogh
—     07:35, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Not news --R2b2 08:52, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * speedy deleted as not news and speedy deletion guidelines, it's not 150 years of VV Gogh not its born nor its death, a fake !Jacques Divol 12:51, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Are you wearing the UK’s favourite T shirt?
—     07:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio not listed here --R2b2 08:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * press release, i think. Doldrums 09:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Over a Third of Americans believe government carried out 9/11, poll shows
—     07:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio not listed here --R2b2 08:56, 5 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete for potential copyvio. Tomos 01:50, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Nairobi gets a face lift
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

unsourced editorial, abandoned. Doldrums 19:25, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete for reasons Doldrums pointed out. Tomos 09:42, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Hulk Hogan returns to WWE's Raw tonight
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

unsourced, minimal, abandoned. Doldrums 19:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete for the reasons Doldrums suggested. Tomos 09:46, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

News outlet yet to discover insensitive typo]
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

unsourced?, notnews?, adandoned. Doldrums 19:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

US Citizens Robbed Billions
—     20:09, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

unsourced, abandoned, copyvio? Doldrums 19:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

GAO RFID Inc. is spun out of GAO Tek Inc. to focus on the RFID market
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

abandoned press release. Doldrums 19:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

French Angry about 11 American wins in Tour?
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

editorial, tagged notnews. Doldrums 19:38, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

02 August
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Heavy fighting as Israel pushes into Lebanon
Copyvio that wasn't listed here... --R2b2 23:56, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Compared the both texts, and Wikinews article is consisted of parts of the Reuter article. I am not a lawyer, so I might change my opinion when someone shows persuasive defense. Tomos 00:39, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Inside the Mind of Hezbollah
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, not news. --R2b2 23:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. This one is pretty problematic. The entire text is a quote from Washington Post's article, and it is indicated so in the article. Yet the link goes elsewhere (which is quite misleading to say the least), a site called golnews. The linked page does not have a link to the WaPo article, either. I have read a case in which good faith is considered a factor in determining if a use is fair use. This practice reminds me of that (see, for example, Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises). On top of that, it seems abondoned before making into a full article. Tomos 07:09, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Jalsa Salan of Jamat-e-Ahmadiyya Ends on Sunday in England
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned, not news. --R2b2 23:53, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. This page is currently tagged "notnews," but I think it could have became a decent news story with more details. But it is abandoned, only two sentences were written. So it should be deleted after all. Tomos 06:58, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Philippine rape victim too drunk to resist
—     07:45, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

The article's original version and the latter half of the source cited are substantially similar. The copyright notice of the source and "editor's note" at the beginning of the text of the source article indicates that it is a copy of a news paper article, fully copyrighted. The article was first posted on the web overthere "05:23am (Mla time) July 26, 2006" which translates 21:23 UTC July 25. And the original Wikinews post is times stamped as "10:31, 27 July." So I think that there is little reason to think that this is a post by a copyright holder or they took the Wikinews article. Finally, I thought about fair use (and I am not a lawyer), but it seemed that some factors work against fair use defense, namely - (1) the Wikinews article does not add something new but virtually re-arrange a portion of the cited source, (2) substantial portion and parts of the source article is in the Wikinews' original version.

These things combined, I thought I should worry about potential copyright violation.

Additionally, I just checked the Philippines' Intellectual Property Code seems to have a fair use provision very similar to that of the U.S. See sec.185 (p.86) here, which was cited in Philippine_copyright_law at least on the level of statutory language.

Tomos 00:17, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Israel: Qana Building collapsed eight hours after attack
—     20:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Higly pov and article that contain disputed info alredy merged in another article. It was taged dupe but Ealturner removed tag. Kill it to avoid unecessary dispute. international 23:38, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Way too heavy emphasis on Israeli military, no NPOV and somewhat dupes a section in a related article. --Jambalaya 00:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Wi-Max in Sri Lanka
—     20:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Abandoned and unsourced --R2b2 23:09, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just in case, I searched potential source for this with GoogleNews, but nothing turned up. Tomos 23:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Popular Medicine Found Unsafe
—     20:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Disputed and unsourced --R2b2 23:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. Just in case, I looked for any story that said this, with Google News. None turned up. Tomos 23:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete so did i, with the same results. the drug very recently had some kind of FDA approval in which i saw no such concerns were raised. Doldrums 04:13, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Image:Speakeasy_Logo.gif and others
—     20:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Image:Comcast_Logo.gif
 * Image:Zone_Labs_Logo.jpg
 * Image:Avis_Logo.gif
 * Image:Southwest_Airlines_Logo.gif
 * Image:American_Airlines_Logo.gif

These are unused corporate logos. I compiled the list from Special:Unusedimages. User:Sawran uploaded them in case some stories come up. Neither Fair_use_policy, MediaWiki:Uploadtext nor Image_use_policy says anything on such a use, but I think the fact that image is not used means that it is not used for a journalistic purpose, at least yet. And while I have only a little knowledge on the issue, that does not sound like a good fair use ground.

The images are uploaded on December 9. Some images might have been used for some article since deleted. (I don't know).

Amgine inqured about the images to Sawran on Dec 12, and Sawran replied that he was not against deletion if the logos break the fair use policy. 

I think fair use policy is not that clearly broken, but it does seem not a fair use. And Sawran has been inactive for a while (Special:Contributions/Sawran). So I thought I would ask your opinion. Should we delete them or not? Thanks.

Tomos 04:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)