Portal talk:Current events/August 2003

message: That Michael Johnston entry is so long and stands out so much that it should have its own article. --Menchi 03:49, Aug 9, 2003 (UTC)
: Go for it. I'm currently working on ex-gay.—Eloquence 03:53, Aug 9, 2003 (UTC)
:: Did the move and tiny articlizing. But somebody else with knowledge on his history (his-his!) can better that article. --Menchi 04:04, Aug 9, 2003 (UTC)
::* Here: Michael Johnston. --Menchi 04:10, Aug 9, 2003 (UTC)
:::well done, all of you! --Ruhrjung 07:46, 9 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Super-long entries 

message: * Fugitive Texas Democrats, having fled Texas (violating the Texas Constitution according to Republican Texas Senate leaders) to avoid a legislative quorum which would enable voting redistricting, are being helped by internet group MoveOn.org. The Texas Constitution says lawmakers can compel attendance "under such penalties as each house may provide."   
::This was news on the day they fled, but is the fact that some web site is requesting donations for them really newsworthy? Seems more like an ad than "real news". Mkweise 07:01, 24 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text:  Reuters is covering it .... and yahoo has it as thier top item right note in thier "Technology - Reuters Internet Report" ... pretty newsworthy to those 2 scources ... (aslo Washington Post is carrying it) reddi 07:09, 24 Aug 2003 (UTC)
replies: text:  BTW, this is as newsworthy as say the circus of the California recall is. It's all political news.
Current events shouldn't include things that haven't happened yet. Thispagemade me check the date on the calendar. I'm removing the thing about mars. Put it back on that date. Mintguy 07:06, 24 Aug 2003 (UTC)

text: Some other editor changed the original line "Astronomy: Mars is coming close to Earth. " ... that news was reported the day it was listed. (atleast the day I saw it 1st; .au is 1 day ahead of me sometimes) reddi 07:24, 24 Aug 2003 (UTC)

text: The upcoming mars proximity has been in the news for at least 6 months, but the night of its closest proximity will be Aug 27. Mkweise 14:33, 24 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fugitive Texas democrats 

message: I've removed the following story from the section for the 28th of August:
:* Microsoft uses Linux-based network after recent cracker attacks. 
... for two reasons: firstly, the attack that the switch was to avoid was to start on the 16th, and the switch occurred the day beforehand (and was widely reported then), so this doesn't belong on the 28th of August, and, secondly, that it's not really ground-breaking that a large website (Microsoft's Windows Update) switched to a ultra-scaleable hosting company (Akami), nor that such companies use Linux.
James F. 15:41, 28 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed story 

message: Michael Kamen died on August 18th 2003. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.148.174.52 (talk) 15:33, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Michael Kamen 

message: i like luxmys birthday at 2003  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.235.15.238 (talk) 00:44, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Luxmys birthday at 2003 

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