Wikipedia talk:In the news/Archive 6

message: Put Milosevic's photo in "In the news" it is the biggest news in decades. --Serbianna ₪ 21:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Considering 9/11 was less than half a decade ago, no. --Golbez 22:25, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

text: It's not the biggest news in "decades". The fall of communism, the Soviet Union and the Iron Curtain was the biggest news in decades. The Iraq war and European enlargement were recent big events. At most, the death of the war criminal Milosevic is one of the most important events to date in the year 2006. Johnny English 16:16, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Got one in there now. Admrb♉ltz (T | C) 02:47, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Sorry. Admrb♉ltz (T | C) 02:52, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  MILOSEVIC 

message: Even though I am not Estonian, it feels kind of sad to see how much controversy Lennart Meri's death on ITN has caused in less than one day. Regardless of his eligibility to ITN, Meri was a highly respected political figure, and his death was a sad thing to happen (as is pretty much anyone's death). I'm glad this will remain a Wikipedia internal matter. If it would leak out into the public media it would taint Meri's memory. JIP | Talk 11:00, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: Why don't we do like the German Wikipedia and just leave a different space for 2-3 notable deaths on the front page? Would solve this problem -- except for the new debates about notability. Tfine80 20:18, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main page redesign 

message: Is this really news? I'd suggest restoring the note on Venezuala's flag, which is actually quite interesting, as it is convention only to include the most notable of sports. Case in point, people even hesitated about mentioning the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Harro5 08:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My general feeling is, if the sporting event is notable to enough have its own article, then it has a chance. Not an automatic one, but still. Also, I would not have hesitated on the Commonwealth games. --Golbez 08:59, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Yeah, Iditarod is a big event in the Arctics, even though it's not notable in countries with no snow. The wikieditors involved always do a good job on those pages. I've put it at the bottom on ITN. It will be the first one to get off when a new item comes in. The Commonwealth Games should go on ITN, but I'm not doing daily updates this time. -- PFHLai 09:09, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Idatirod? 

message: "Six young men are in intensive care after taking immuno-modulatory drug TGN1412."  How is this noteworthy?  --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 23:21, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  TGN1412... 

message: Could someone apply the proper copyright tags to :Image:10003427yl6sp.jpg (probably  ?) and get it , please ? It's on the Main Page right NOW. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 23:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Here's a free pic of Larry: :Image:20060319.1541.aqua1.x.geoir.17PLARRY.90kts-954mb-177S-1482E.jpg. --199.71.174.100 00:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

text: It's protected. Shimgray | talk | 00:59, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  A big thank you to Shimgray & The Tom.  I hate to see vandalism on Main Page...... -- 199.71.174.100 01:21, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Larry's Picture 

message: Shouldn't the 2006 Commonwealth Games entry be in the present tense to match with the rest of the box? Melchoir 00:42, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. -Splashtalk 00:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! Although... isn't "Australia sweeps" more natural than "Australia sweep"? Melchoir 01:00, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Huh interesting. I think I was using Australia as a kind of collective noun (or something) i.e. referring to the team rather than the country. -Splashtalk 01:47, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Am I the only one getting sick of Australia absolutely owning every event? Case in point, the fact that we can do this and still be absolutely factual. I think we need to branch off into a separate Australian Wikipedia to recognise our dominance. Harro5 01:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, it is a little surprising to me that Portal:Australia/News doesn't even mention the Games. Well, whatever. Melchoir 01:38, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Except the opening ceremony, that is. (ahem) Okay, that's all, folks! Melchoir 01:39, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tense of Commonwealth Games entry 

message: *Regarding the Australian sweep of the 20km walk, is it possible to get the names of the silver and bronze medal winners linked? --DMG413 03:39, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Current Commonwealth Games entry

message: Alexander Lukashenko (pictured) is re-elected in the Belarusian Presidential elections as President of Belarus amid widespread condemnation.
We should reword it thus imho: Alexander Lukashenko (pictured) is re-elected as president in the Belarusian Presidential elections amidst widespread condemnation of the election's validity.
Could someone with edit priviledges sort this out.  137.222.10.67 10:14, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --Golbez 15:18, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Lead item wording

message: Currently the item in question reads "Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Laila Freivalds resigns following the Muhammad cartoons controversy". Now, this isn't quite right because it suggests the resignation came about as a direct result of the cartoon controversy (suggesting the crisis was mishandled by the minister or something). According to several sources I've seen (this being fairly representative) she resigned because of continuing questions over the Swedish response to the Asian tsunami and after admitting she knew about her ministry's role in closing the website of a political party that contained the controversial cartoons. I suggest it be reworded as “Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Laila Freivalds resigns over allegations that she played a role in closing down the website of the Sweden Democrats which had contained controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad”. Mikker ... 18:24, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to be clear: there are two Mohammad cartoon controversies. (1) The worldwide protests sparked by the publication of cartoons widely seen as blasphemous in a Danish newspaper (see Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy). (2) The controversy over the alleged censorship of the Sweden Democrats website. Freivalds resigned because of (2) not (1). Mikker ... 18:39, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Mikker, the controversy in Sweden is certainly a separate event, but the part of it connected to the cartoons is so closely connected to the global events, both in content and in principles of freedom of press, that if one decides to call it two events, would it not be better to call (2) : Leila Freivalds resignation? After all, most journalists in Swedish radio and television clearly consider this just to be the last drop after what they consider the much bigger scandal of her alleged mishandling of the Tsunami help. Hearing their analysis, the cartoons themselves dwindle into insignificance. The fascinating story of how her lie was made obvious by the boring "Riksdag & Department" looking at public internal papers is much more a part of the story than the cartoons themselves. DanielDemaret 08:17, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

text:  About the wording allegations I may have missed something, Mikker. Is it not clear what her role was by reading "Riksdag & Deparment"? She knew that a civil servant of UD intended to contact thos responsible for the web, and she at least tacitly approved of it. The events seem clear, not alleged. The legal implications are unclear, as they always are, of course. Can it really be against the constitution just to have a chat explaining the harm the web page could cause? I think it is against the constitution, but a court would have to decide.DanielDemaret 08:26, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It is always a good thing to be cautious about such matters, especially on a high traffic site such as Wikipedia. I think "alleged" should stay even if you think (like me) that she probably did intervene improperly. We can let readers make up their own minds. Besides, WP:NPOV would also suggest "allegedly". Mikker ... 20:33, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Right-o. The question, I suppose, is not whether or not she indirectly intervened in any way, but whether or not it was improperly done. Alleged, it is then. DanielDemaret 23:18, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Laila Freivalds news item wording. 

message: The Japan-Cuba game was the finals of the World Baseball Classic, an event that started a while ago. Also, I think it's somewhat strange to say "in the U.S. state of California" -- not only does almost everybody know where California is, but considering the size of the state, it's better to refer to the city (San Diego). -- Mwalcoff 01:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  I've updated this accordingly to simply say "in San Diego, California". --Aude (talk | contribs) 01:42, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Can you also add the words "finals of the" before "World Baseball Classic?" Thanks -- Mwalcoff 01:48, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  World Baseball Classic 

message: That is all, thanks :) porges 08:58, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please add non-breaking spaces between numbers and units 

message: It says "a capital crime under Islamic law".  To be more accurate it should acknowledge that it is a fiqh ruling... since fiqh is human effort to follow the Sharia... the Sharia is more of a vague concept.  So, we should say "a capital crime under Afghani government fiqh ruling" or something.  except... is it clear if it's codified law?  It is an interpretation of sharia... and a very notable interpretation... but, saying it is sharia is... well, ambiguous. gren グレン 03:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's false to say he was "acquitted", i.e. "found innocent". The case was dismissed for technical reasons, no verdict was ever issued. Babajobu 15:24, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The article doesn't describe anything remotely resembling an acquittal.  Could an admin please fix the ITN template.  Phr 20:51, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed the wording now. Please let me know if the wording is clear now. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 22:36, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks!  It's certainly better now.  I think it doesn't have to be "clear" as much as "not wrong".  People wanting clarity can read the article.  Phr 23:08, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it should (hopefully) be both. :-) Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 23:09, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Heh, I see the article itself is in a pretty confused state right now.  I'm sure people are busily working on it and will sort it out quickly. Phr 23:11, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Abdul Rahman (convert)]] 

message: Nominations for in the news follow specified criteria and are approved for placement by others if they have merrit.
Who said World Intellectual Property Day is a holiday?
After comments below:
:Please stop nominating trivial fake holidays for ITN. --Golbez 09:49, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Your semantic argument has no purpose, none of your recent nominations have fit the ITN criteria. --Golbez 09:40, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivial fake holidays 

message: The item about the protests in France refers to protestors.  According to dict.org the correct spelling is protester. Phr 19:46, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  misspelling in note about french protests 

message: Solar eclipse on 29 March 2006 is currently on AfD. Should it stay on ITN ? Do we have a policy against featuring such articles on the MainPage ? --PFHLai 19:36, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If it had been on AfD before it was put there, I wouldn't have put it there. However, it seems like it will survive handily. However, it could still be confusing for it to have the large template there, but I don't think it's that too large a problem. --Golbez 21:15, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Solar eclipse on 29 March 2006]] now on AfD 

message: Why is it "NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency" and not the other way round? As far as I know, Russia has more to do with this space launch than NASA. So why are Americans always placed first? Voyevoda 23:14, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Because we like to see people accuse us of a pro-US bias. --Golbez 23:26, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

text: More to point, that was the format I was given. However, the commander is Russian and the craft is Russian. If someone else wants to change it, I won't stop them, but I don't see a pressing requirement to. Anyway, NASA comes first in the alphabet, which could be considered the most neutral way of handling it. --Golbez 23:31, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I doubt, that in cases where USA is the most involved side, the alphabetical order is followed. Voyevoda 23:36, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: We do have that convenient "American" bit we can whip out, don't we. You are not assuming good faith. --Golbez 23:44, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Favorisation of USA

message: Argh! Somebody correct the picture! That is not Moussaoui! The Minister of War (Peace) 12:14, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nobody here to correct it!? Argh! The Minister of War (Peace) 12:19, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The 'pictured' note was moved to the previous entry. Ergo, it isn't Moussaoui, but the text no longer says it is either. --CBDunkerson 12:23, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, this was just changed . It actually did say Moussaoui was pictured. The Minister of War (Peace) 12:27, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

text: (edit conflict) Ok, I see from the history that the changes to picture and text took place ~15 minutes apart. Hence the various comments on the mismatch. By the time I looked it was resolved by UtherSRG. --CBDunkerson 12:29, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Argh!

message: An administrator needs to change this - NZSL is not yet an official language of New Zealand, at least not yet.  The front page is misleading - yes, Parliament did pass the act, but it needs to recieve Royal Assent from the executive before actually becomining an offial language.  I also posted something about it on the Administrators' Noticeboard.  You can see more discussion NZSL's talk page, or on my talk page.  Thanks, zappa 02:40, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just tweaked the template, changing "making..." into "to make ...". Hope it's better now. -- PFHLai 06:08, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The act did receive Royal Assent on Monday, so it became law on Tuesday. -- Avenue 01:18, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Too late now. The item is no longer on ITN. -- PFHLai 20:28, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[New Zealand Sign Language]]

message: *Serbia is faced with the highest level of floods waters in last 25 years as water levels of four major rivers are increasing. source 1, source2. --Pockey 20:23, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Pls see my response on the ITN Candidates' page. -- PFHLai 00:35, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Flood in Serbia

message: The 2006 Jama Masjid Blasts looks like a good candidate for Main Page. It is already listed on the Main Page of Wikinews. -Ambuj Saxena (talk) 05:26, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Pls see my response on the ITN Candidates' page. -- PFHLai 10:33, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  2006 Jama Masjid Blasts 

message: Why was there no mention of the Tel Aviv suicided bombing that killed 9 civilians nor mention of Hamas' refusal to condemn the act? That certainly should have made the front page. —Aiden 22:29, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Was there a substantial update to an article about it? ITN is not a news list, it's a list of newsworthy updates to the pedia. --Golbez 22:51, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tel Aviv Bombing 

message: May I suggest you remove the loaded word of "still" (refuses to concede) from the news brief of the Italian election.  BlueGoose 12:32, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: POV with Bersculoni piece

message: "House of Representatives" should probably like to Nepal House of Representatives and not Parliament of Nepal, or the link to it changed. 68.39.174.238 15:42, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Problem

message: In the part about the Great American Boycott, "continues" should be "continue".  Thanks, zappa.jake (talk) 03:14, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed already. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 23:38, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  minor grammar error 

message: Currently we've got this on ITN:
:After significant losses in English local elections, the British Labour Party government will see a major cabinet reshuffle.
Seems to me that there are 2 major problems with the wording, it should be in the past tense as the significant part of it has now happened and I think it would be hard to argue that the government has done the reshuffling as not even Gordon Brown was involved. I propose this as the new wording:
:After significant losses in English local elections, British Labour Party Prime Minister Tony Blair conducts a major cabinet reshuffle.
Ian3055 12:07, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 14:46, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  British elections/reshuffle 

message: I have been discusisng this over on Wikinews, but it seems that they do not control the Wikinews box on Wikipedia. So, I am posting this here. This is my original query and proposal:
Why do the Wikinews stories not have direct links to those stories? Clicking the Wikinews link takes you to the list of stories and I never seem to be able to find the story I am looking for. I think the bullet should link directly to the Wikinews story.
I think that the logical idea that someone gets from that section is that you can read the news you are interested by clicking somewhere in that blurb, but there is nowhere to get to that story. When you go to the main page of Wikinews, you almost never can find the article you are interested.
I propose that the bullet should be the link to the story.
Can this be done? Otherwise I think it is useless to have such a section on the main page. But maybe I am just being picky.
Cyferx 03:59, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The thing is, this isn't really supposed to be a Wikinews box.  Although most people probably (quite fairly) assume that this feature exists as a handy newsfeed, it technically isn't.  Rather, it's a subtly-different creature—a means of highlighting articles that concern subject matter that is, so to speak, in the news—demonstrating Wikipedia's non-paper ability to be up-to-the minute.  Perhaps this could/should be made more explicit, because it's an ongoing issue in terms of a lot of items being submitted to it that don't contain substantially-updated articles.  The Tom 04:36, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Then Wikinews should be removed from the box and it should be called something other than "in the news" which immediately brings to mind that you can read that as a news story. I think it is perfectly harmless, and quite useful to have it link directly to Wikinews stories. The fact that it doesn't seems to be actually dysfunctional in this hyperlinked world. It simply isn't intuitive that you cannot read the news story that generated that mention. Cyferx 00:27, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm somewhat curious if the title Topics in the news might make the feature's significance more clear. The Tom 02:06, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Direct links to Wikinews Articles 

message: It's just yet another mine collapse. It is notable, but how many mine collapses were there this year? Plenty, I would think. Elle vécut heureuse à jamais (Be eudaimonic!) 01:01, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I feel that mine collapses are relatively rare compared to other disasters in the world right now. --Siva1979Talk to me 17:28, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  mine collapse main page worthy? 

message: There are two periods on at the end of the second entry. Not life threatening, but a bit annoying.--72.146.173.79 02:57, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  extra period 

message: The current section indicates that the Sudanese government and the SLA rebels have signed a peace accord "to end the Darfur conflict."  This language might mislead some readers into thinking that the peace accord in fact ends the conflict.  That is not true; whether there is peace or continued conflict depends on future actions of the parties to the conflict.  I suggest changing the language to something less definitive, such as "with respect to the Darfur conflict."  (My suggestion is a bit awkward; but I feel that it's on the right track.  Perhaps someone will come up with better wording.)  -Scottwiki 23:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well caught--it had irked me, too.  That said, after trying to wrap my head around potential wording for a bit, I just thought it might be better to throw a fresher news story up in its place anyway.  Italy ought to get a president in four something hours, anyway. The Tom 01:00, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rephrasing item on Darfur conflict 

message: The High Court should not be called "Britain's High Court".  It's the High Court of Justice of only England and Wales. Bastin8 17:25, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Apple Corps v. Apple Computer 

message: Legal cases are italicized.  Please italicize Apple Corps. v. Apple Computer. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 02:56, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italicize legal cases 

message: Since there's a high probability this will be announced in a few hours, might as well be prepared: Raul654 04:25, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed it for now; it could be very confusing for someone who happens upon this page for accident. Also, it's been more than a few hours. --Golbez 14:40, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, I meant what I said about a few hours - most people are saying that if Rove is to be indicted, it will be today, this very afternoon. Raul654 15:45, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh. Hm. Well, if it happens, then it's 3 reversions back. :) --Golbez 15:48, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ooo, Good. Dmn € Դմն 15:48, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Might as well be prepared for the news

message: This note was on the main page, disconnected from anything about the bears:
Instead of Banks Island, Canada. It should be: North West territories, Canada. This is for the top story on the ITN. Thanks. FellowWikipedian 20:40, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Banks Island is in the NWT, though. The Tom 18:30, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I copied the discussion below. FellowWikipedian 19:10, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grizzly-Polar bear hybrid 

message: There were no revelations that Hirsi Ali lied, there was just a repeat of old news that she had lied. This error was probably copied from an error on BBC. Can an admin please fix it? It should say something like 'following a report repeating old news that Hirsi Ali had lied...' or so (let a native speaker phrase it). The current phrasing is incorrect. Gerrit CUTEDH 20:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I will make this change. If someone feels strongly I acted incorrectly, revert me. I will not take offense. ++Lar: t/c 21:01, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: For future reference you may report errors on the main page to WP:ERRORS. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 21:06, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you're still looking for an image of Hirsi Ali, :Image:Hirsi Ali.jpg from commons is public domain. jaco♫plane 22:54, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error on Hirsi Ali 

message: Last chromosome in human genome sequenced - CNN
This sounds worthy of a main page news piece. What do you think? --Shultz IV 17:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Try Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates next time. -- 199.71.174.100 02:07, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last chromosome sequenced in the [[Human Genome Project]] 

message: Why is this on ITN ? It's not even the final yet ! Are we promoting tomorrow's show with some front page advertising on Wikipedia ? -- 199.71.174.100 02:09, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's hardly advertising, and while I might've personally been inclined to wait until the final, there's plenty of precedent and justification--the viewership numbers alone put in quasi-SuperBowl territory (well, not quite that high) and it's no different that reporting the outcome of biathalon races at the Winter Olympics or the item immediately next to it about UEFA. The Tom 02:31, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  So, who "won the semi-final" ?  Armenia ? Come on. No difference ? If there is a page about the winner and the winning song, much like a page about the winning team and one about the football game, I would understand. Looks like whatever is on ITN is setting a precedence, instead. Maybe we should start including the results of every round of 2006 NBA Playoffs now ? We are almost down to the Final Four. -- 199.71.174.100 05:11, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree it's on the lower end of the notability chart, but this certainly isn't as cut-and-dried as your hystrionics seem to presume.  In any case, I've removed this grossly offensive content for space reasons at the moment.  I'm fairly certain we ran the finals winner last year and imagine it'll happen again. The Tom 05:28, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Nothing against the Eurovision Song Contest. I'd even support its inclusion when we have a winner. Wikipedia has surprisingly good contents about this annual event that deserve an appearance on ITN. It's not "grossly offensive". I just think it's way too early to show that on ITN right now. Armenia making the cut is not even important enough a news item to get on Current events, so there's little justification for it to be on the Main Page, methinks. I look forward to seeing a link to the winning artist's wikipage on Main Page tomorrow. -- 199.71.174.100 05:39, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Sad but true, first one is (was) a copyvio by an AP photographer. I killed it. --Avatar-en 09:45, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ooops.... and I thought everything at Wikimedia Commons would be good..... Sorry for suggesting the change. -- 199.71.174.100 11:56, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not even so sure about the copyright state of this one (it's a screenshot from a vidiwall). --80.171.39.124 16:52, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]] on ITN ? 

message: * Newly-sworn-in Italian prime minister Romano Prodi labels the Iraq War a "grave mistake" and pledges to withdraw his country's troops. 
"In the news mentions and links to entries of timely interest—that is, encyclopedia articles that have been updated to reflect an important current event". Has the Romano Prodi page been updated with these comments of his ? Want to read about it, but i can't find it. Cache problem again. I hope not. -- 199.71.174.100 06:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for fixing this, Pharos. -- 199.71.174.100 21:38, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Romano Prodi: a "grave mistake" 

message: Could anyone please consider changing the Indian flag image to any of the protest images that have been added to the article Indian anti-reservation protests, 2006 (the article is in "In the news" on the main page right now). Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 12:27, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like it was already done. --Golbez 14:22, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Image change

message: How about instead of East Timor's flag, we use :Image:TAG_E.jpg, which shows the Austrailian battalion deployed in the region?
:It's a promotional image. I'm not sure whether we allow those on the main page. I've wikilinked the image in the message above for everyone's convenience.-gadfium 05:57, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: East Timor image change

message: The news is essentially, incorrect. Those are only preliminary estimated results. The final results will be known by the end of this week. These news say as if the referendum passed... (which is yet to be determined tomorrow morning) --HolyRomanEmperor 23:10, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Montenegrin independence referendum 

message: By what measure are we calling this "the largest train station in Europe"?
*Train movements, Berlin approx 1600 , Clapham Junction more than 2000
*Travellers and visitors, Berlin 300,000 daily  109.5m per annum, London Liverpool Street 141.1m per year 
*Platforms, havent found a figure for Berlin, but London Waterloo has 36 in use
And that is just a cursory look around the UK figures (which I'm familiar with) other locations in Europe may be able to beat these figures. Also is there any particular reason this story didn't appear at Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates? Ian3055 23:22, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Although I'm not familiar with train stations, I would say that your stats refer to the "Most active", "Busiest", "Most number of platforms", not the "largest", which I'm guessing is purely based on the area. jaco♫plane 23:26, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

text: The Times of London seems to be under the impression it's the "largest in Europe" The Tom 00:49, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Berlin Hauptbahnhof 

message: Please consider updating ITN. Colombian presidential election, 2006 and 2006 Giro d'Italia have been waiting on Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates for quite some time. Thanks. -- 199.71.174.100 05:03, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update, please. 

message: How about instead of the Indonesia flag we use the public domain :Image:Klaten collapsed houses.jpg?  It illustrates the situation much better than a flag.  -- NGerda 00:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Java earthquake image update

message: The link to “Yugoslavia” should be redirected to “Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia”. – Zntrip 15:24, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Montenegro